The Animal Unleashed! Kenshin, the Jollys, and Hiroki's Fierce Duel!

 Days after the battle at Micro Archipelago, in the New World 

''Sailing away from the chain of absurdly small islands, where the head of the Phantom Corporation was crushed by a group of two skilled pirate crews, a pirate vessel was seen drawing closer to its next destination. Aboard it, the ship's passengers were lounging about and continuing their own personal activities as they always have been.''

Glory: Well, the weather's calmed down, so I guess we should be on the lookout for the next island. GOT THAT, SHINKU?!!

''Up in the crow's nest/lookout of the ship, a young mermaid could be seen leaning casually on a powder blue couch that hugged the circular room. She was staring almost aimlessly out at the view surrounding her, as if in a daze. The call that was directed to her shook her out of it, and she soon returned to reality.' Picking up (more like fumbling around with) the Den Den Mushi responsible for acting as the lookout's PA, she replied without hesitation.''

Shinku: Uh-yes! Yeah, I hear ya loud and clear, Glory! If I see an island, i'll let you guys know!

Glory sighed afterward and ran her hand through her blonde hair.

Glory: Who's bright idea was it to make the clueless mermaid our scout again?

Steering the wheel at the helm, and sitting on a comfortable chair in front of Glory, Karen giggled a little out of amusement.

Karen: Well, she definately adds more personality to our crew, don't you think?

Glory: Yeah, but still...

Near the helm and leaning indifferently on the ship's railing was Spike, who's gaze seemed to be drifting off into the horizon ahead of him.

Spike: I wasn't expecting the New World to be this large. I just wanna get to Raftel and get the One Piece already.

''Feeling antsy to get to the next island already, Spike had been keeping himself busy with his dreams of being Pirate King, and so he began staring off into the horizon for quite some time now. Sitting at the bow of The Jolly MK II, near her twin mermaid figureheads, was the captain, who excitedly joined in with Spike's complaint.''

Chris: Yeah!! C'mon Raftel!! Show yourself already!!

''To Chris' right, and a good number of feet back was Sakura, who was using the sun's light to help her check her sword's reflective properties. She was in the midst of cleaning it in order to keep it well maintained for battle.''

Sakura: Considering how long the Grand Line was prior to this journey in the New World, I suspect it'll still take a while to reach Raftel. No use in getting impatient over it.

Spike: Easy for you to say...

''Almost as if she came out of nowhere, a more recent figure joined the conversation. She had been closer to The Jolly MK II's stern and the exterior glass dome on its left side that housed the ship's interior garden. Leaning on the wall connected to the ship's lounge, she puffed out a cloud of smoke after inhaling her cigarette.''

Lys: In other words, the lady's saying to quit acting like such a big baby.

Sakura quietly kept to herself, though inside, she was disapproving of Lys' testimony.

Sakura: ...

Spike however, got annoyed easily and turned to glare at Lys from a distance.

Glory: Lys, I hate it when you sneak up on us! And how dare you call Spike a baby!

Lys: Leave me alone...

Glory: I HEAR THAT TONE OF VOICE!! DON'T YOU GET AN ATTITUDE WITH ME, YOU!!

Spike: Oh, i'm sorry! I forgot that not all of us antisocial freaks like you!

Lys returned Spike's glare with her own, and much like Zoro and Sanji, the two began to grow irritated with one another.

Karen[sighing]: Great, she hasn't been here long, and already she's picking fights with everyone.

Glory: I SAID TO LEAVE SPIKE ALONE, LYS!!

Lys simply ignored Glory and continued to stare down Spike as he did the same to her.

Lys: ...!

Spike: ...!

Sakura: Who knew that both our first mate and second mate would end up disliking each other so much. Though to be fair, Lys has too much of an attitude about her. Spike's resentment is understandable.

Chris was watching this scene unfold after turning around in his seat, and seemed to be somewhat amused.

Chris[smiling]: But we need a strong person like her to be our second mate! How else will be be able to get the One Piece unless we have a strong crew?

Glory[irritated]: Doesn't give her the right to pick fights with Spike though.

Lys[annoyed]: What's with that stare, baka? You wanna go?

Spike[annoyed]: No, I just wanna shove that cigarette straight down your throat.

''A few more seconds of staring later, and one or two eye twitches after that, and the two then lunged at each other and began fighting like cats and dogs. Punches and kicks connected with one another as they both swiftly manuevered around each other. Watching from above, Shinku tried to calm them down.''

Shinku[over the PA]: Oi, oi!! You guys! Take it easy! You don't need to fight it out like this!

Spike and Lys only paused in their fighting to tell Shinku off.

Spike and Lys: Back off!!

Immediately after that, they went straight back at fighting one another.' Shinku merely curled herself up in a ball on the floor and drew aimless lines on the carpet out of having her feelings hurt.

Shinku: I was only trying to help...

Karen[sweatdrop forms on her head]: Something tells me they're not going to like each other...

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