Into The Unknown (One piece Fanfic)

Chapter 4: Money makes everything go round

Stepping hard on the wave riders wood, pulsing my Haki through my limbs. It rapidly travels to my legs and straight to my toes. Which resulted a small layer to coat the bottom of the mini scooter.

I put all my weight down on it, and take out a seashell, pressing its button, which then coats the wave rider in a large bubble. I sink in the water and eventually, I'm completely submerged.

'How will they catch me? I'm under water,' I roll my eyes.

I put Haki in the engine, and it starts moving forward.

Lets...go

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I begrudgingly sit at the round table, slowly removing the sand and seaweed from my hair. I feel eyes pierce the side of my skull and a shot a glare back at them.

It was round man that barely fit in his chair with a very unique facial structure...and a sharp long nose.

He slowly mouthed to me 'where were you?'

I mouthed back, 'Request.'

He's lip twitches and turns back to the active meeting of multiple people sitting at the table-in a dark sewerage tunnel. A young women is leading the meeting. She has a strange hat, that's decorated with flowers with a rainbow that seems to have eyes, which blinks occasionally. Bright orange lipstick coats her lips, and with a cheery smile she continued talking like she was explaining how to bake a bread.

"The guild is going under," she says sweetly.

My head snaps to her as my annoyance dissipates immediately, "What?!"

Collective gasp around the round table ensued, and chattering begins until its silenced by her mouth opening.

Her smile widens, "The.Guild.is.going.under,"

"Yeah I understand that part, but why?" I lean forward in my chair.

The long nosed man from early snorts and rest the weight of his head on his palm, as if the whole situation was predictable.

"Let's be honest, it's basically like we're running a charity organisation instead of a business, and our headquarters is in a damn sewer," he mocks.

"Not helpful Ant," I grunt and cross my arms leaning back.

The rainbow women quickly the interjects, "actually, he's kinda correct..." She moves her bangs behind her ear.

Another voice from the other side of the table joins, "So we suffering...from being too...good?"

Rainbow lady averts her gaze, "More like naive..."

Soon everyone had something to say, and noone could get their point across as everyone collectively spoke. Chaos ensued, multiple types of discussions starts to take place.

"Maybe I should ditch this place and find a better paying mercenary corps...-"

"What about our pension... we've been working here for years...!-"

"Do you think, if I save the boss from bankruptcy, he'll finally date me...-"

Rainbow lady cleared her throat and silence was upon the dark sewerage tunnel.

"The boss...is not impressed by your ways of handling...payment methods..." Her eyes scans everyone, and then darts to me.

I quickly avert her gaze and a cold seat layers my back. Shit, what a great day.

"Especially Y/N! We're not some heros! We're people getting our money for ends meat!"

"I think it's ends meet-" a young girl intercepts.