[Arc] Brand New Wave! Chapter 1

Setting the time back some...

Noel found herself walking down the docks of an island not too well-known. The mink decided to do a bit of exploring away from her crew just for the hell of it. She was use to traveling about alone so this wasn’t anything new to her. A storm had recently passed by and there were many different ships docked here, some here to wait the storm out.

“Hmm..hm..hmm.” The rabbit hummed cheerfully to herself as she continued walking, her brown clown like shoes squeaking with every step. Her mallet which she named Cindy rested strapped to her back and her hands rested behind the back of her head. Normally, Noel would get herself into some shenanigans right about now, but things just felt...boring at the moment. She was also starving which was distracting as well. Her stomach growled once more, causing the rabbit to stop in her tracks and look down at her belly, growling back at it in retaliation.

“Oh quiet down, won’tcha!” she demanded before stomping on the ground, which came off way less threatening due to the squeaking. “I’ll find ya somethtin to shut ya up.” The mink patted her stomach as she looked around before focusing on the ships. She squinted her eyes at the sight of a particular ship that had some people hulling crates in. Some of them had pictures on the side of them, most likely indicating what they were containing.

Ignoring the more dangerous crates with things like ammunition and cannonballs drawn on the side of them, Noel’s mouth gaped open at the sight of some of the boxes labeled with pictures of meats, fruits, but her eyes started to beam at the what appeared to be a picture of...a CARROT on the side of one of them. “Nyeheheh looks like we hit the jackpot aye, ole friend?” Noel grinned before patting her stomach again. She then extended her rubbery like arms courtesy of her devil fruit powers out to a pole nearby the ship and gripped onto it before pulling herself in while making sure not to bring attention to herself from that ship.

Noel casual leaned against that pole whistling, waiting for the right opportunity to sneak in. Once it appeared that no one else was hulling anything in, Noel stretched her leg out towards the entrance before casually retracting the rest of her body over and marched onto the ship.

”This’ll be just a quick in an out...What could go wrong!!?”

Present...

“WAAHH THIS IS VERY WRONG!!!”

The ship Noel snuck upon was taking part in a big ship battle! Noel was at the bottom of the ship, but the various explosions still rattled that area. “No no no no, how did I end up in this mess!? Me of all rabbits!” Noel claimed, her gloves hands on the sides of her face as she shook her head. “Of all things....they mock me with this!!” It appears that Noel wasn’t paying the ship battle and various people shouting above level any mind. She sat there in defeat in front of an open crate, the one with the carrot symbol...which turned out to be a carrot cake. “Carrots and cakes are meant to be enjoyed SEPARATELY!” The mink groaned as she pushed the crate away with her stretched out foot to the other side of the room like a pouting child.

“This day can’t get anymore crappy...” Noel mumbled, crossing her arms as she retracted her leg back, the battle between the pirates and marines still ongoing.

“Ehhh...” Noel continued to stair at that crate of carrot cake from across the room annoyingly with her arms still crossed. The rabbit mink loves carrots, and she loves cakes....not so much a fan of them being mixed together. Noel could’ve kept this unnecessary pouting going all day if she weren’t interrupted by the growl of her stomach once more which led her to sigh in defeat. “Yeah yeah I hear ya.”

Noel bounces back up on her feet and started walking towards a crate with some fruit symbols on it. The ship she stowed away on continued to shake from the battle that the mink was unaware of going on along with the constant shouting of the people above. “Oi pipe it down up there!” Noel yelled, waving her fist towards the ceiling. Whether anyone up there heard her or not is currently unknown, but it was unlikely as the pirates were pretty occupied.

After taking a few steps, the mink had finally made it to the crate and opened it. It wasn’t carrots, but still anything is better than that cursed carrot cake in Noel’s eyes.

Before the mink was a crate filled with various kinds of fruits which caused her to chuckle lightly at the “treasure” she has found. ”Bon appetit, mon ami.” she whispered to herself, and was just about to grab something out, but quickly froze in her tracks as she heard footsteps, her floppy rabbit ears sticking up in the process. The steps sounded closer compared to the noise above...and was inching towards the direction of the door. “Bwaah!” In a panic, Noel accidentally dropped the crate she was going to dig into, dropping its fruity contents all over the ground before hiding behind said fallen crate, not bothering to try and pick it up.

Was it one of the pirates on this ship? Have they come to investigate her shouting earlier!? How many were coming!? Was she going to have to give them a wallop or two with her mallet?!?!

The door finally opened, and the mink peeked from her hiding spot, making sure to lower her ears the best she could so she couldn’t be found so easily. It appeared to be some boy with blue hair who at first glance looked to be around the rabbit’s age. Still, she assumed he was member of this ship and if he found her out, Noel would probably have a fight on her hands.

Didn’t stop her from sneakily picking up an apple from the ground and steadily munch on it while she observed.

Noel laid there hidden behind the crate, silently observing this fellow trespasser who she assumed was one of the pirates of this here ship. The rabbit was not sure what her plan of action was if this guy managed to find her. Hell, now that she thought about it, Noel didn't actually have a plan in case she was caught red handed stealing from this crew! Noel's half assed plans always seem to get her into some sort of predicament, yet she seems to never learn from them. One of this mink's many faults, but it wasn't like she exactly hated putting herself into these situations.

The rabbit was just about to take another small bite out of her apple until she noticed the guy approaching her location! Quickly, she hid the rest of her face behind the crate, dropping her fruit in the process much to her dismay. She pulled her rabbit ears down to each side of her face before stretching them further to cover her mouth. The poor rabbit's heart started to pound harder as the footsteps grew closer and closer. 'Errr if he sees me, he's probably gonna  call his boys on me...' Noel thought to herself, predicting that there will be a fight on her hands, and what's worse, she'll have to fight on an empty stomach!!

The moment Noel heard the guy her ears shot right back up as her eyes widened. "Okay then...." the rabbit whispered as she slowly went for her mallet on her back. Maybe if she gave the boy a quick bonk on the noggin, she could get out of this scott free...while grabbing some of the food of course.

Hopefully she wouldn't go overboard and try to flatten the stranger...

"H-huh?" Noel immediately stopped in her tracks at the next words to escape this blue haired fellow's mouth. She then sneakily peeked back out to see that the guy was just partaking in the fruits she spilled on the ground. Noel's ears lowered in relief as a silent sigh escaped her mouth. Looks like she was in the clear for now. Noel just went back to silently watch this guy get his grub on with a look of curiosity on her face that would slowly morph into one of disgust as she overheard him praising that ABOMINATION of a cake! She quietly stuck her tongue in the guy's direction to further express her hatred for that unholy spawn before sinking back behind the crate fully. "Well, other than having piss poor taste, he doesn't seem to be much of a threat...Maybe I could just sneak out of one of those windows and march down the docks like nothin happened." Noel quietly mused to herself while nodding, still under the impression that this ship never left despite being very obviously wrong.  

But while she quietly plotted to herself...

THUD!

As the blue haired kid tripped over her hiding spot Noel nearly bounced a bit and fell on her rear next to the guy from being caught off guard. Normally that would've stung a little, but stuff like falling didn't really hurt Noel anymore, but it didn't stop her from rubbing the side of her hip like it did from force of habit.  "Ahh...uh oh..." Noel's eyes were locked onto the boy's in a standstill. Welp, there goes her "stealth." She was expecting him to call for his crewmates, but was completely taken off guard at what he said next, causing Noel to tilt her head an raise an eyebrow. So.....this guy isn't apart of this ship? Or at least that what the rabbit gathered. Just another stow away here for some grub. "Well actually I...." Noel raised a finger up, and was just about to tell the teen the truth, but the a sneaky little idea struck her, causing the mink to smirk as she put her finger down.

"Nyeheh, well well weeelllll. I can't say that me and the boys take too kindly to...trespassers." Noel got right back onto her squeaking feet and started to circle the boy like a shark with some distance from him to make sure he didn't try anything funny. "Ya got guts, kiddo. Would hate to see em splattered all over the floor. I'll tell ya what. If you surrender all of the food you've stolen from the-I mean US, I will consider not rattin on ya. Throw in yer own stuff as well if ya want to seal the deal." She then stopped circling the guy and stretched her rubber like arms out towards him in an attempt to clench onto his shoulders, and reel herself towards him with her feet barely touching the ground.

"Sooooo, how's about it!?" the rabbit grinned deviously with a wink as she stopped in front of her "prey."

It appears that Noel's empty threat has fallen on deaf ears. The blue haired boy didn't appear phased at all, and laughed in the rabbit's face! "...Are all folks with blue hair this cheeky?" Noel mumbled to herself as she let go of the guy's shoulders, backing up a bit. Noel crossed her arms, and pouted a little at the smiling guy. Getting into an actual fight right now wasn't in this rabbit's agenda today, so she wasn't keen on her little plan failing like that.

"W-well that's a little bit too many! We have ta feed uhh like a dozen...hundred starving people up there ya know! Those poor, poor famished scallywags..."

Noel placed a hand on the top of her head, closing her eyes in a dramatic fashion, or at least as dramatic she could get while the blue haired boy asked Noel a pretty important question. "Wait...fight?" Noel muttered again, opening one eye before opening the other. She then glanced up at the ceiling, finally paying more attention to that noise that going on in the background this whole time.  "Huh...guess they weren't throwin a party." The mink placed a hand under her chin and pondered more on this fight. She wondered who these pirates were fighting against. Other pirates? Certainly not outside of the realm of possibility.

The rubber rabbit brought her attention back to the boy who introduced himself in a cocky fashion. "Baratel..." Noel repeated, before snickering lightly at the first four letters of his name. "Pfft...Bara..." Noel placed a hand over her mouth to contain her childish laughter. "Oh, wait a sec!" the rabbit stopped her snickering and was just about to follow Bara up the stairs before catching a glimpse of that....EVIL cake at the corner of her eye. Noel quickly took the mallet from her back and stretched it all the way to the crate with both hands before promptly smashing it and that damned abomination to pieces! With a satisfied sigh, Noel retracted her arms and placed the mallet on her back before following that Coup guy upstairs, wanting to see this battle as well.

The moment she reached the top, Noel would see the chaos that's ensuing...and the fact that she was now on a whole other island!

"Wha-Where the hell am IIIIIIIII!?!?!"

Noel once again had her hands upon her cheeks as she panicked. Just how long was the mink on this ship!? She could've swore that this pirate ship was still docked on that other island, but now it was here, and freaking doing battle with marines! Her eyes then locked onto the ongoing battle, the marines appearing to overpower these poor pirates, but Noel wasn't too concerned about that. "Ahhh, just settle down Noel. Maybe these folks have a spare boat I could kindly "borrow." the rabbit claimed with a light snicker, just as Baratel was plotting to sneak off.

The rabbit was just about to sneak off in the opposite direction of the blue haired pirate until the two were stopped by some marines, causing Noel to freeze in her tracks! "Ahh come on! Was it my shoes?" she questioned, referring to her failed sneaking attempt. She then turned towards the gun pointing marines with a squeaky stomp of her foot which was mostly overshadowed by the various sounds created by the battle! Just like Bara, Noel didn't seem too bothered by firearms being aimed at her, but that was due to other reasons. "Woah!" It then appeared that one of the marines attempted to shoot at the blue haired lad, prompting Noel to stretch her rubber like arm out in front of him which would cause the bullet to bounce right off of her and back towards the marine who luckily threw himself out of the way!

"Nyeheh...You should really watch out for those things..." the mink said before retracting her arm. "They'll put a hole riiight through yer noodle." Noel added casually as she pointed towards her head. "What in the..." "Did you see that!?" "She ain't human." "She's a rabbit you dumbass!" "Sh-she's a devil fruit user!" were among the many things some of the marines who witnessed this would say.

Still, it appears that this wasn't going to stop their attempt at capturing the mink and the blue haired one. "You are a piece of work..." Noel commented with a small grin as she watched Bara run off to join in the fight. Guess the two really didn't have a choice now. The marines saw them as pirates...which they weren't exactly wrong about, so now a scrap was underway!

Suddenly, Noel found herself surrounded by a group of marines, each holding guns which caused the rabbit to sigh. "Listen, I know I'm cute as a button and all, but huddlin around me really ain't necessar-" "Fire!!" the marines interrupted and began blasting at the girl, but all of bullets would bounce right off of her, some of them even hitting the very marines that fired them, causing them to fall over! "Pffft, love when that happens." As Noel said that, she stretched out one of her legs, and kicked one of the marines who were still standing to the other side of the ship, and as she retracted it, she stretched her arms out all the way to the mast of the ship while some soldiers were trying to rush at her. She then quickly retracted herself to the top of the mast with a wink, causing those marines to crash into each other!

"You guys are no fun!" Noel claimed as she stretched her face out with her hands, and stuck her tongue out to taunt the marines. The ensigns who appeared to get frustrated all pointed their rifles at the mink, preparing to fire. "Hmm and lack brains too it seems." The rabbit mink then pulled her mallet from behind her and clenched it with both hands, her playful grin turning a tad bit more sinister. "Ready or not..." Noel then jumped off of the mast as the marines began shooting at her. "Here comes da BUSTA!!" The destructive rabbit then landed in the middle of the marines, slamming her mallet onto the ground which damaged the ship a bit as well as creating a small shock wave that sent those marines flying back!

Noel activates her “Loony Brawler” Toggle (+20% Reflex, -20% Defense)
Noel uses MT [Nice to Feet you!] on Captain Murasaki
Noel uses LT [Rubba Kick] on Captain Murasaki
Noel uses LT [Rubba Punch] on Captain Murasaki
Noel uses UT on Captain Murasaki

The member 'Noel B. Babs' has done the following action : Dice Roll

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'Reflex Check' : 15, 2, 9, 6

Noel stood there with mallet in hand, placing the top of it onto the ground, folding her arms on top of it as she rested her chin on her arms, looking at all of the marines she had just knocked out cold. "D'aww they look kinda cute all sprawled out on da ground." the mink mused to herself before snickering lightly. She then turned her attention to Baratel who appeared to be having one hell of a time himself, even able to find enough time to throw a little compliment the rabbit's way!

"Aww shucks, you're not bad yourself...Bara...Nyeheh..." Noel yelled out, but whispered the last part. That nickname was definitely going to stick to the sneaky little rabbit, but for all the wrong reasons.

Noel did mean what she said however. Just from watching, the mink could tell this blue hair lad was no pushover! Hell, he even showed strong signs of it back when she attempted to intimidate him, but at first Noel just thought he wasn't the brightest crayon in the crayon box. She then gave an impressed whistle before muttering, "Kinda reminds me of the cap'n." Her smile then grew more as she watched Baratel leading this crew who temporarily lost their morale onto the marine ship as if they were his own. He even has the whole leader thing down it seems. The mink was definitely impressed, but was still convinced that Miku is the best in the world!

"Wha-" Noel's moment of admiration was then cut short at the sound of someone barking orders on the marine ship, causing her to raise one of her floppy ears up to hear better. "What's with all the ruckus?" Noel asked herself before stretching herself back to the top of the mast to get a better look. As she did this, one marine came rushing towards the rabbit from behind, yelling with a cutlass in hand. Luckily, Noel managed to get herself to the top before the straggler could get her, but unfortunately for the marine, he couldn't stop himself in time and ended up running himself off of the ship and into the water with a Wilhelm like scream!

Now at the top of the mast, Noel had her eyes set on the marine ship where those orders being barked out could be heard. "Hmmmm." The rabbit cupped her hands, leaving enough of a gap, and placed them against her eyes as if she were looking through binoculars. It didn't really help much...or at all, but she did manage to spot who appeared to be the one in charge of these justice shouting weirdos. "Bingo." With a grin on her face, Noel lowered her hands to her mouth, preparing to shout. "HEEEEY, PIPE IT DOWN WONTCHA!?!" The mischievous rabbit then lifted one of her legs up and quickly stretched it all the way to the other ship thanks to her rubber like body, kicking the poor unsuspecting marine officer straight in the chest [LT Rubba Kick]! Then with a sly giggle, Noel retracted her leg, and started to twist her arms around until they looked spring like. "Maybe I should join in on the fun." Noel commented, her grin turning a bit more menacing as she placed her hands down on the surface of the mast, pushing her rubber arms down like a spring, before bouncing up, using the force of her arms to send her flying up, and to the other ship!

Marines who were retreating back, and even some of the pirates were distracted by the rabbit's little stunt, some more dumbfounded than others. "That rabbit's gonna end up killing herself!" "Is she crazy!?" "What the hell is she!?" were among the things being shouted out by both factions while Noel was on a collision course to the deck of the marine ship. Normally a stunt like this would be fatal, but to Noel this was all just a game. "Here I coooomeee!" the rabbit yelled as she managed to land feet first onto the deck, but didn't stop there. She began to repeatedly bounce off of her feet, and head in a very similar fashion to a slinky going down a flight of stairs all the way until she reached the marine officer. "Ta Da!" is what Noel would yell out as she landed back on her feet, managing to bash the bottom of the officer's chin with her head in the process [UT]....which was completely accidental on her part. "Oh, hi there! Name's Noel!" the mink said before grabbing onto one of the captain's shoulders, raising a leg up once again. "Tis a pleasure to FEET ya!" Noel added with another cheeky grin as she started to kick Murasaki's chest and stomach multiple times [MT Nice to Feet You] before letting go, and bouncing away from the marine captain to gain some distance.

"Nyeheh..." Noel started to comically wind up one of her arms, gaining momentum before stretching it out forward with enough speed and force to deliver a strong rubbery punch aimed at the officer's face [LT Rubba Punch]!

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