ONE PIECE: Dawn of a New Era

Leroy paid no mind to his navigators attempt at a slight swindle.

Instead Watching the waters patiently he bent forwards.

Watching

Waiting

Waiting...

Eyes focused far out into the distance, hands tight around the rod when suddenly!

A BITE!

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Leroy let out a victorious laugh as he pulled with so much force that the fish was launched out of the water and into the air! He pulled the catch all the way over to him from 100 meters away!

The fish was massive! A Giant Salmon the size of three people! Meters long with amber red skin! It silhouetted the sun as it came crashing down into the Horizons Palm!

Kirk jerked his head back in surprise as the fish exploded out of the water and landed heavily on the deck "Holy Crap!" Jeanne and Kirk said in unison

Both Looking incredibly surprised as the Fish became the flop harshly against the deck, shaking the wood.

""SHISHISHI! I knew We wouldn't need to wait much longer! Grandpas Tricks always works!"

"Now we don't have to pay kirk to go swiming" He said with a playful smile as the fish slowly began to dry out and stop flopping across the deck

At the realization of not being able to get his money, Kirk frowned and laid back on his chair again.

"Kále! Mind Giving us a hand with the Cutting!" Leroy said, pulling the hook from the mouth of the Salmon and handing the reel back to Jeanne.

With a hop, and harsh thud of the weight which caused the Navigator to give another annoyed grimace, The Swordsman nodded, hopping down from his spot and snatching his swords, tossing one to Leroy. Both unsheathing them and beginning to work on the sea creature

Jeanne helped with pointing out how to cut and where "Gonna wanna start by gutting it. Make a cut right along here." She ran a finger against the bottom first section of the fish near the head.

A few seconds later, the guts spilled out! They were, surprisingly small. "Huh...This is it?" Leroy question picking up a section of the viscera.

"Yep. Fish have way less goin on than us. Even big fresh water salmon guts are like this big" She held up her fingers at shoulder width.

"Ugh, that thing is disgusting. Take it to the kitchen or something so blood doesn't get all over the deck! I'm not cleaning that up!" Kirk said covering his nose and wincing hard. Since he seemed to love to stay busy, he always was going around making sure the ship was clean. Kirk wasn't the type to make sure everything was spotless, but he did want the place not looking like a pig pen.

"I'm surprised you managed to get a fish like that, though. Such a big one so close to the surface." He only glanced back at the fish for a moment before sighing as the three began to cut into the bone and picking up his journal again.

He was going to have to make a list of the stuff they would need at the restaurant or whatever island they were going to head to next.

"Ah c'mon kirk! It'll be alright!" The Captain tried to reassure as he finished splitting the fish in two sections for him and the Swordsman to work on separately. "We'll clean up! Promise!"

"Yeah, I'll make sure these two knuckle heads keep that promise" Jeanne said reassuring Kirk

"Ugh, fine." Kirk just had an extreme look of distaste with the whole salmon situation, but he knew he couldn't be too bitter about the salmon. He didn't have to clean up any blood, so that was certainly a win, but there was still fish in the vicinity and it made him bristle.

He wasn't about to go off on the others and complain about the fish, it wasn't his place to do so and he wasn't the insufferable kind to make sure they didn't eat something they enjoyed because he didn't like it.

About an Hour passed, and the Trio finished the filleting, wrapping up the chunks in cloth and stuffing them in the Icebox to keep fresh.

Turning on the tap, Leroy washed his hands of the fish blood. The other two heading back out to now clean deck. Back to what they were doing before.

As Leroy dried his hands, Kirk snagged a banana. As he ate the insides… he bit off bits of the peel too, oddly enough. It was normal to him not to waste any bit of anything, even if it was a peel of a banana.

"…We should really get some books soon." He mumbled half to himself, becoming bored with the fate of just laying out in the sun, watching the sea, as they slowly headed towards wherever the sea restaurant may be. Biting another section of the peel

"Yeah...Maybe a book for you to eat normally...What the fuck did you just do?" Leroy stared in disbelief at his navigator as he bit THROUGH the banana.

"Eh? I'm just eating a banana. What, something wrong with that?" The Fishman shot a raised eyebrow up at Leroy, confused at his disbelief, before biting into the banana again, eating it almost like a burrito. "You don't eat it width ways, do you?"

"Well oh...You know I eat it Normally and PEEL IT FIRST?!" He said extremely sarcastically A smile began to grow over his face as he stared at his Navigator in disbelief at what was happening.

"Why would I peel it if I'm gonna eat the skin anyways!?" Kirk frowned at his disbelief. "You think I'm about to waste food? No! Have you ever even tried the skin before? Of any fruit?"

"What's there to waste! It's the peel! it's like a nut shell! It's just used as compost for nature!" He blinked slowly. He'd always seen Mamtha use left overs for compost or throw it to the birds Use peels for compose. It was just a fact of life! Even monkeys don't eat the peel!

"I don't criticize you guys for eating that crappy fish, so don't criticize me for eating the peel!" Kirk shot back.

"What do you eat the husk of corn too? Do you eat get your fiend hands on a melon and go 'Mmmm Rind!'" The Smile kept growing

"Fiend hands!? The hell did you just call my hands!? Of course I eat the rind of a melon! Momma didn't raise a bitch! Bitches waste food! If you're gonna get your moneys worth out of it, you eat the damn rind!" Kirks frustration mounted at his playful teasing

"I sure do love eating egg shells! Tis that what you think??"

"I don't eat egg shells!!" He yelled

"Oh what about waste kirk!? Huh? What about waste!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He then belly laughed so loud the entire ship heard it. He thought it was the funniest thing on the planet in that moment. He wanted to keep it going as long as he could.

"What about Tamales, Kirk? Do you eat the Husk? Do you eat the wrapper on food?"

"OF COURSE I DONT EAT THE TAMALE HUSK!!" Wait, has he actually ever had a tamale before? He didn't think he ever had the chance to… but he at least knew what they were about. Kirk could still defend his perfectly reasonable and normal thing that he did! "That isn't edible!!"

"It's a plant! Just like a banana Kirk!"

"You never answered if you ate corn husk either!"

"The banana is a fruit! The peel is the fruit SKIN! Edible!!"

"AND OF COURSE I DONT EAT THE CORN HUSK!!"

"AHAHAHAH-Oop!" He suddenly laughed so hard he feel off the table!

Only then laughing Even harder !"AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA"

"STOP LAUGHING BEFORE I SHOVE THE REST OF THIS DOWN YOUR THROAT TO CHOKE YOU TO DEATH!!" He waved the banana threateningly up in the air at Leroy, like an old man waving his cane at some kids to get them off of his lawn.

"HEHEHEHAHAHAHA! I CAN'T- I CANT B-BREATH AN-ANYWAY"

"AHAHAHAHAHA"