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chapter 9

THE DEADLINE HAS SHORTENED
ZORO AND USOPP TAKE A DETOUR

Sanji was out, smoking one of his cigarette by the handrail. As he does, he didn't realize that he was being watched, as well as everyone else, by a small figure. A small figure that quickly moves around him, studying him. The small figure climb onto the hand rial and sneaks up to him. When the figure got closer, Sanji breath out his cigarette and said.

"I told the others to not to leave the place so messy. Now they attract rats."

The figure was enraged and yelled at him. "Hey! I'm a mouse! Not a rat!"

Sanji froze, blinking at the small white figure on the handrail next to him. "What?" He deadpanned.

"By the way, can you give me some food? I'm hungry." The mouse asked.

"Uhm... No..?"

"What? Why?"

"Because.. you're a mouse. You'll bring more friends and infested the whole ship."

"I don't! Because I don't have any friends!"

Sanji went silent for a minute and sigh "Still, I can't give you food like that."

"Why? Is it because I'm a girl?"

"You're a what?"

The mouse jumped off the handrail and onto the deck. Just as it did, it transform into a woman with claws, mouse ears and a tail. Sanji was confused to wherether he should be afraid or swoon over her.

"WAAAAHHH!!!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!" In the end, swooning took over him.

He then bends down on one knee and hold her right hand. "Please forgive my earlier actions mademoiselle, but if you are in need of food, then it is my job and privilege to provide it."

"Uwah! Thank you!"

"Now then, please, follow me."

Sanji leads her towards the kitchen where Robin was. She looked at the lady rather curiously and wanting to know more about her.

"Hi!"

"Hello there."

Sanji showed her to her seat before he went cooking and Robin did a small interview with her.

"So, what's your name?" She asked.

"Ah... I.. never had one."

"Really? But what do people call you if they need help or something?"

"They don't because no one ever did. No one wants help from a mouse."

There was a slight pause before Robin asked. "What are you?"

"Eh?"

"Tell me, have you eaten a fruit before that tastes very bad?"

"A fruit eh? Hmm.. I think I have. When I was young."

"Well that explains it."

"Here you go." Sanji served up a plate of rice and she looked at it as if it was her first time before wolfing down everything.

"Why don't you have a name?" Robin asked.

"I was never given one and other people called me bad names. So I don't have one."

"Other people? I thought you don't have friends."

She froze for a minute. Silence fell into the room with her head hang low with her eyes shadowed. "They're not my friends. They're just bad people. They judge you and call you things. They always called me a brat. I didn't understand it at first but I thought that they were calling me a rat. Something that they don't want to kept around. I mean, I'm not a rat, I'm a girl. Why won't they see that?" She stated, almost mumbling to herself about other things.