(A/N- Yo pplz :) Happy Platypus Day! Sorry for not updating yesterday! Thanks to everyone who subscribed/favorited and to... wait no one reviewed. Never mind then :) what matters is that you read and liked it ^^ I started writing this... and decided I just want to get it over with :( the next chapter would be puny and rather boring if I didn't. So please enjoy it! I don't own One Piece.)
Owari
Kelly's POV
We walked into the arcade. It was hard to hear anything from the sounds and music of video games. Lights flashed and twirled. A garbly voice said something over the loud speaker that was impossible to make out over the noise. We divided up coins and ran off to different games.
Ussop and I went to one of those shooting booths. This one had fake guns laid out on a counter. In front of us was a huge set up. Robotic pirates and parrots peeked out of barrels or trees on a small island. Each object had a small target on their head.
"How does it work?" Ussop asked.
I motioned to the slot. "Put the tokens in."
"In here?" He slid a few in and a ding sounded. Everything on the island stopped.
I picked up a pistol.
"3... 2... 1..." Brriiinnggg.
All of the automatons started moving and music started playing. A red laser came out of my gun to help me aim. I started shooting randomly, hoping to hit something. The target flashed and I saw red 1 light up to my left.
I don't usually play these kinds of games, but when I do I always have fun. As long as I'm not shooting animals.
Saffron's POV
I walked past Luffy, who had his face pressed up against a game. It was one of those games where when you put a coin though the top it goes through a maze of pegs and slides then lands in a tray. The tray moves back and forth, and if your token pushes off other coins, you can end up with dozens of tickets.
"What's up?" I asked Luffy.
"I can't win this stupid game." He glared at the tokens at the bottom.
"Let me try." I said, taking out a coin and pushing it in to the slot.
We watched as it bounced around and finally settled on to the tray. I smiled as a few tokens started to get pushed off. So close... just a bit further... They balanced precariously off the edge. And stopped.
"Huh?" I said. I dug out another token and pushed it in. It clinked down the pegs and slid on to the pile of coins. The tray went back, making the token push the others toward the edge. But nothing fell.
"What the heck, man?" I yelled at the coins. Maybe if I made them feel bad they would jump over the edge.
Luffy popped on of his in. It bounced and rolled through the obstacle course of pegs. It clinked against the other coins. By now there was a cliff made out of tokens that were supporting each other from falling. It looked like the slightest tap would send them over.
Of course, nothing fell.
Luffy punched the game in frustration. Suddenly the cliff collapsed. Several coins fell and tickets started coming out.
"Nice job, Luffy!" I said, high fiving him.
"Heck yeah!" He cheered.
I watched the tickets come out of the machine. They weren't stopping. Looks like we'll be here a while... I thought, and sat down.
Nearby, Sanji was playing DDR. And winning. He was on the top difficulty, one of the hardest songs, and had a perfect score. I think it was partly because Jackie was watching and cheering him on energeticly. She had once told me about how he would make an awesome break dancer.
I looked around and saw Kelly and Ussop in an intense shooting contest. Ussop won by a long shot. 20-65. But Zoro was no where to be found.
Jackie's POV
Everyone was trading in their tickets for prizes. I took a few bouncy balls and some plastic vampire fangs. I noticed Zoro was no where to be found, and told the others about that.
"That Marimo probably got lost." Sanji said.
"I'll go look for him, then!" I said, and ran off before anyone could say other wise. I looked down aisle after aisle after row of games, but only saw regular kids. I hope he didn't go outside, I thought with a smile. I turned a corner and saw a familiar face.
"Tyler?"
Tyler turned around, his hands full of tickets. "Hey, Jackie! Hows it going?"
"Good, good." I nodded. "How long have you been here?"
"All day." He said. "We've been in the arcade the whole time, though. You should see how many tickets we've got!"
"How many?"
He thought for a minute. "At least more than 2000, I think."
"SERIOUSLY?"
He shrugged. "There's about six of us, and we all got tons of tokens."
"Whoa... Oh! Have you seen a guy with g-" I mentally slapped myself. Baka! He watches One Piece! Oh crap, I hope he didn't see any of the Strawhats!
"A guy with...?" He asked.
"Never mind, never mind!" I said quickly. "Ummm I gotta go! See you tomorrow!"
"Um. Ok, bye." He waved as I ran off.
Gotta hurry gotta hurry... THERE!
"Zoro!" I called. He was staring at a map of the Pier. Not that it would help him.
"There you are!" he said. "Geez, it took me forever to find you."
"I was the one who found you!" I shot back. "You got lost again!"
"Did not." He insisted.
"Doesn't matter, but we gotta go before we get seen!" I grabbed his hand and dragged him back to the others.
Emma's POV
I was sitting on a chair upside down. My feet where my head should have been, my back where my thighs should have been, and my hair trailing on the floor. Never tried it? You should. After a while, it feels like your face is going to explode! I twirled a glob of water around my finger, watching it spin absentmindedly.
"I've been wondering this for a while..." Chopper said.
I looked at him. "Hm?"
"What... what's a mellorine?"
"Mellorine?" Gabby asked.
"Now that you mention it, I've been wondering that too." Franky raised an eyebrow. "Sanji says it about girls a lot, maybe it's a compliment?"
"Actually," I raised my hand and dispersed the water, "it's a alternative type of ice cream. It's dairy free, and it uses animal or vegetable fat instead."
"Ew..." Nami said.
"He's a strange one, isn't he." Robin smiled.
I heard the door upstairs open.
"WE'RE BACK!"
"Downstairs!" Gabby called.
The others thumped down to the basement.
"How was it?"
"Amazing!"
"Awesome!"
"Scary..."
"Let's go again!"
While they chattered about their trip, I heard the house phone ring. Gabby picked up the basement extension and shushed everyone.
"Hello?" she said. "Who...?" She smiled, then her face fell. She swore. "Oh, no... um, ship. I said ship. My friends are... doing homework. We have crossword puzzle. Ship is 14 down. Yeah." She paused, then her eyes widened. "Wait!" She shouted, then hung up angrily.
"Who was that?" I asked.
Gabby rubbed her face. "My neighbor. She's gonna be here soon! She's supposed to check on me and she'll be here for a few hours."
Luffy jumped up. "Let's hide, then!"
Gabby shook her head. "There's no use. She'll find out you're here one way or another, she's one of those types of people."
"Then..."
"Is the portal finished?" Robin asked.
Franky nodded. "Of course."
"So..." Zoro said.
"Should we go home?" Chopper finished.
Everyone was silent.
"Yes." I said.
"We-"
I stood up. "No. We need to get you home as soon as possible. The time stream between dimensions doesn't look like it's consistent, so who knows how long you've been gone."
"Then let's hurry!" Gabby said. "We don't have long!'
Everyone got up and quickly started making sure they had what little belongings they had brought. Ussop and Franky started turning switches and pressing buttons on the machine. The ark started sparking.
"We need to use the necklace." Saffron said suddenly.
"Huh?"
"The necklace." She showed us hers. "I have this feeling... that we need it to make the portal."
My eyes lit up. "Of course! The power source! Who has their necklace?"
Kelly, Gabby, and Jackie held theirs up. They had been wearing it just in case since yesterday.
"How do we use it?" Kelly asked.
"We've never actually opened a portal with them." Gabby said. "But... I think I know how."
I nodded, understanding. It's like when you get a new power. Eventually you know how to control it. You just know, like an instinct, and soon it becomes as natural as moving your arm.
"Ready." Franky said, his hand over a button.
I looked at the others. They nodded.
"This is good bye for sure, then?" Chopper asked, looking sad.
"Good bye, yes." Jackie smiled. "But not for good."
I narrowed my eyes at the machine. My necklace started to rise. The others started to float, too.
"Now!" Gabby said
The button was pressed. The necklaces glowed blue. A portal appeared in the arch. Winds whipped up our hair and papers flew around the room.
"Go!" I yelled
"Bye!" Saffron called.
"Thanks for everything!" Kelly said.
One by one, they jumped through, saying goodbye right before the swirling energy swallowed them up. Luffy stopped when he was about to jump. He looked back, holding on to his hat so it wouldn't fly away.
"What's wrong?" Jackie asked. "Hurry, we won't be able to keep this up for long!"
He smiled. "Thank you! We'll definitely meet again, right?"
"Of course!" Jackie said. "As long as you don't give up on your dream. Deal?"
He laughed. "Deal!" He turned around. "I'm gonna be the pirate king!" he cheered, and jumped in.
The portal started to sputter out and the wind died down.
I sighed. It's over for now, I guess...
I began to step forward to shut it down. Suddenly the portal flew back open. My necklace went forward, taking me with it. I let out a scream as I felt my self fall through the portal. Darkness surrounded me. I reached up desperately, my hands trying to grip something solid.
Suddenly I stopped falling. I looked up. Gabby had my hand. Jackie was holding Gabby's feet. Saffron and Kelly were hanging half way out of the portal, keeping Jackie from falling, forming a human chain.
I forced myself to take slow, steady breaths.
"Careful." Gabby said. "Hurry, pull us back!"
I felt myself begin to rise. I focused. My legs started turning to water and I started flying up, half pulling Gabby along. I glanced around. Dozens of portals swirled around the empty void, like stars in the sky. They kept disappearing and appearing, with no apparent pattern.
My heart skipped a beat as a stray portal appeared right next to my face. I felt myself being pulled toward it and tried to fly away. The pull was so strong that I could barely keep my self from being sucked in. Suddenly it started to glow. A bright white light spread across it, and I could look through the portal.
I gasped.
It was the lab from my dream. The boss scientist guy was staring at me. I could make out the original portal machine behind him. The other henchmen were not there. Only him. I could tell it was a boy now. And only a bit older than me. He wore a white lab coat He was writing on a clip board, but now his eyes met mine.
"G-G..." I tried to speak. He had a strangely... evil feeling about him. His eyes didn't hold the right kind of curiosity, it was more of a hunger to know, observe, and was definitely not a friendly, questioning look. "Go! GO GO GO!"
I could feel my power slipping away. I closed my eyes and used the last of my strength to propel me through the other portal, dragging Gabby with me. I hit the basement floor hard, panting. I held up a hand, but couldn't summon any water.
"You ok?" Saffron asked.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." Kelly said.
I shook my head. "No... no, I saw... the lab from my dreams. And the guy that was there. He's... he's not normal..."
"What do you mean...?" Jackie asked.
The portal machine let out a screech of metal against metal. Suddenly the entire thing folded in on its self. It all got sucked in to the portal, which throbbed and shrunk. It disappeared in a small white flash, and the wind died completely.
"I don't know..." I said. "But I'd say we've got an enemy on our hands."
The door bell rang. Gabby lept up and went to let her neighbor in.
An enemy... I thought. That's the only thing he could be. But now I know for sure... that we aren't done with this. We still have more adventures in front of us.
(A/N- Fin. It was a bit rushed, so I hope that wasn't confusing... How's that for a dramatic ending? :D Thank you to everyone who ever reviewed, subscribed, favorited, or read this, and to all you who stuck around til the end of this ff! This concludes Five Friends, One Piece. Next up is the Detective Conan story! Maybe like... The case of the Five Mysterious Girls? Or do you think I should shuffle up the cast? I definitely can't handle more than five main characters right now, but maybe later I'll bring in more people.
Anyway, stay tuned for the Detective Conan ff! Let me give you an idea of what I'm planning- the series continues as the five girls find themselves in Detective Conan. They'll help solve a murder or two, and did I mention the Kaito Kid heist? But who's that mysterious new enemy, and will the girls expose him at last?
For now, subscribe, review, and thank you to everyone who gave this story a chance! The series is still going, so be sure to keep an eye out for new updates. Never stop dreaming! This has been Jazzcat1231, and I wish you a happy Platypus Day. Bye! One Piece, you will forever be a piece of my heart!)