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The crew aboard Cipactli`s ship were working hard, determined to reach Tamatoa`s hoard first.
With one, or rather, four exceptions.
Jackal, Menthuthuyoupi and Lucci were looking a Gustave with varying degrees of confusion. The crocodile was looking at the three with an intense expression.
""So, are you guys, uh, real villains?", he finally asked.
"Well, uh, yeah?" Lucci answered, looking weirded out by the crocodile`s question.
"Have you ever fought a good guy, like, uh, like a real fishman?"
"Nah", Youpi said matter-of-factly.
"Have you ever tried a disguise?"
"Nah, nah...", Jackal answered, shaking his head in a very dog-like manner.
"Alright!" Gustave rubbed his hands together, before gesturing dramatically to the three.
"I can see that I will have to teach you how to be villains!"
When music started playing, the trio looked around, confused at what was happening. Then, they were all startled when Gustave suddenly yelled out:
"Hey!
We are number one, hey!
We are number one!"
"Now, listen closely"
"Here's a little lesson in villany
This is going down in history
If you wanna be a villain number one
You have to chase a fishman on the run!
Just follow my moves and sneak around
Be careful not to make a sound, shh..."
Booom!
The crocodile turned around and facepalmed, seeing that Jackal had blown up an anchor.
"No! Don't do that!"
He shook his head and continued:
"We are number one, hey!
We are number one
We are number one!"
"Ha, ha, ha! Now, look at this Grimm, that I just found
When I say: "Go", be ready to flow. Go!"
He then turned around, and saw that everyone was flying away in the wrong direction.
"Flow that way, not there!
Ugh! Let's try something else..."
"Now watch and learn, here's how we'll deal with the fool
He'll slip and slide in this black blood pool!"
"Ha ha ha!"
Gustave immediately stopped laughing, as he saw that they had all slipped in the black blood themselves.
"What are you doing!?"
Eventually, the crocodile seemed to start making process with the trio. Overjoyed, he started going off on his own, singing to himself with his eyes closed...
"Ba-ba-biddly-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
We are Number One
Hey!
Ba-ba-biddly-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
We are Number One
Ba-ba-biddly-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
We are Number One
Hey!
Ba-ba-biddly-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
We are Number One
Hey!
Hey!"
Finally opening his eyes, Cipactli`s subordinate looked around confused.
"Where is everyone?"
His face then fell, as he saw everyone else on the boat sitting around a table, playing poker.
"I see that your villain-instruction song, still needs work Gustave...", his master's deadpan voice stated dryly, echoing in his head.
"Yes, my lord", the crocodile answered, while sitting in a corner of woe...
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"Uhm, Ace?"
Itachi's voice was filled with worry. Shoto and Weiss were standing behind him, looking equally concerned.
"Are you sure this is alright?"
"Of course it is!", the devil-fruit user said with a grin. "And do you know why?"
Suddenly, music started playing:
"Because", the man said while jumping up on a barrel, grinning down at his companions:
"You do what you want 'cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!"
He started dancing up on the barrel, while the others, looked on completely baffled.
"Yar har fiddle-dee-dee, being a pirate is alright with me!
Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!
You are a pirate!"
"Yay!", another voice called out. The three looked over and saw that it was Davos, who smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry, got swept up in his enthusiasm", the old sailor said, while rubbing the back off his head, looking a little embarrassed.
The trio turned back around, and saw that Ace was still singing:
"Yar har fiddle-dee-dee, being a pirate is alright with me!
If you love to sail the sea, you are a pirate!
Weigh anchor!"
Shaking their heads, but smiling fondly, the rest of the crew got back to their jobs on the ship. The former Whitebeard commander just continued singing, looking as happy as a clam while doing so, even without an audience...
"Yar har fiddle-dee-dee, being a pirate is alright with me!
Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!
Yar har wind at your back lads, wherever you go!
Blue sky above and blue ocean below, you are a pirate!
You are a pirate!"
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Grimmjow, Nami, Kakuzu and Hidan were all walking around in a marked. They were looking to replenish their supplies for the long voyage to Tamatoa’s Horde.
As Grimmjow and Nami went off to find certain things, Hidan whined to his partner:
"Kakuzu, I`m so hungry! Can't you just buy me one thing?"
The silver haired man was following his partner, tugging on his coat like a child.
"Come`on! Just one thing!", he kept on begging in an increasingly higher pitch voice.
Finally, the old Akatsuki stopped and tossed his hands in the air, while groaning with frustration.
"FINE! Pick one thing, and one thing only, and I'll`pay for it!", Kakuzu growled at his partner.
Grinning, Hidan set off to find something.
While he stood there waiting, Nami and Grimmjow joined him.
"So, what are we waiting for, exactly?", the hollow asked.
"I promised that damm zealot that I would buy him ONE thing. Now, I`m just waiting here to see what he will pick..."
Nami sighed. "The guy is always talking about how he's so old, and yet he still succumbs to whining? What a sucker", she thought to herself.
Then, Hidan came running towards them, a huge grin on his face.
"Come on, you old fossil! I found the thing I want!"
Kakuzu followed his partner, mumbling to himself about the treasure that were waiting for him on Tamatoa’s Horde.
Grimmjow and Nami followed them, since neither of them had anything better to do.
At last, Hidan stopped by a shop that seemed to be selling ice cream. The owner was a man wearing a blue and purple striped suit, along with a white hat. He had meticulously styled black hair, as well as a noteworthy moustache and a very distinctive chin.
Hidan ran up to him: "I`d like an ice cream, about", he made a gesture with his hands, "this big!"
"Alright, coming right up!" the man answered in a friendly voice. As he prepared the ice cream, Kakuzu walked up to stand next to Hidan, picking up his wallet from his pocket. Grimmjow and Nami saw that it was with great reluctance.
The shop owner finally finished up preparing the ice cream. He had to lean sideways to get it out of the store without hitting anything, as he handed it over to the silver haired man, who was rubbing his hands together with glee.
As Hidan started licking the ice cream, Kakuzu turned to the man as he flipped through his wallet. "What do I owe you?", he asked in a very depressed tone.
"Nothing! It's for free!", the man said with a big smile.
Kakuzu's eyes widened, as he exclaimed: "FREE!?"
He had yelled that with more joy in his voice, than any of his companions had heard from him before.
The shop owner was standing there, still smiling. However, he now had a different hat on, and music had started playing from within the shop.
The other three present, would also swear that they saw him slowly turning grey and that a red flag with a yellow symbol was flowing behind him.
Kakuzu however, simply exclaimed again, this time even more enthusiastically:
"FREE!?"