"It's such a beautiful place" the young female uttered. Her right hand lifted as she extended her thumb, closing her left eye as to take in the details. "Gotta draw, gotta draw" she said, her voice filled with excitement. "Maybe Nani, instead of drawing you could ya know......never mind" Brigg said waving his hand as Nani gave him that blank look, she had decided on her course of action right now and well, they had learned that when she needed to draw very little would halt her from doing so, when they forced her to stop and do some actual maintenance work, well lets just say she did more harm than good. Her Justice coat hung upon her shoulders like a cape, it was much larger, the measurements have been wrong so it actually trailed behind her, making it seem as though it did not belong to her. Her bow and Quiver were strapped to her back beneath the cloak.

So that is how the first part of the day really went, as the rain beat down, as the exploration team searched the island, Nani painted, she set her easel up and just went to town, each stroke of the brush bringing to life the vision of the trees that were within her head. Each painting, it meant something to her, every time she painted something, she would make sure it was significant and what was significant about this one? She had never, ever seen trees with rainbow leaves, the large trunks where natural, they were in all aspects tree-like, yet the leaves, every color in a circular formation danced from them. Her brush brought forth the raining sky which seemed to enhance the tree's beauty. As she closed her eyes, she continued to paint, remembering a face. "You'd have loved this Kiva" she said softly as she opened her eyes.

In front of one of the trees, within her painting was a male, his head was a mat of black, his eyes glimmering emeralds, roughly about sixteen, he looked so happy by the trees, yet he did not seem to be a model, outside of the painting he was not present, and something of note would certainly be the very faint, small broken lines across his neck. "Another memory" she whispered softly as she stood up. The rain continued to hit the gazebo that Brigg had set up for her. How long had it been? the rain had not subsided but the light of the day had certainly darkened. "I should see if they made dinner yet" Nani said, her mouth salivating at the thought of food.

With that, she would return to the ship, strange. It was so quiet, Her eyes looked to the ground, footprints, a few of them hurried movement. "What..." she muttered to herself as she clipped her painting supplies back on to her belt. She took off in a run. The long red hair turning sleek from the pelting rain. The footprints had been fresh, the mud had granted her that much knowledge. As she ran up to the ship, noticing the muddy footprints, she would skid to a halt at the top. Supplies had been broken, under....."THOSE ARE MINE" she screeched, her eyes had located many pairs of knickers strewn across the deck. "BRIGG, JEFFRO, I SWEAR TO GOD, NO TO SOMETHING BETTER, I SWEAR ON ALL THE MUSES OF THE WORLD, I SHALL NOT LET YOU GO A DAY WITHOUT SHITTING YER KNICKERS" she slightly husky voice shouted into the raining sky.

She had forgotten about the chaos, about the other footprints, about the supplies other than her own panties. She grudgingly went to pick them back up, cradling about twelve soaking pair of pants. Her lace thong ruined. "Wh...Wh..Why would they do this" she said sniffling. At that moment. A loud groan came from the direction of."Wait...why's the supplies, why are the ration...WHAT IS THAT NOISE" she said as she proceeded to process, dropping her knickers to the deck once more, her coat also fell as she drew her bow from her back, reaching back to notch a singular arrow. From a large amount of broken wood, that seemed to be from the grain barrels a figure emerged. "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH" Nani uttered as she released her arrow in shock. The familiar twang of the string resounded in her ear, the thud of metal sinking into the wood and a small squeal, like a girl whose pigtails had just been pulled all followed within that order.

"W.w.WHAT. THE. FUCK. NANI" Brigg shouted angrily, though his anger was mostly due to the shock, looking down, directly between his legs just below the testicles was an arrow protruding from the ship directly behind him. As he looked up to shout at Nani some more, the young woman would already be in the air. "BRIIIGGGGY BEEEAAAAR" she shouted. The painting which she had carried now lay on the floor, though fate smiled down upon her it being protected by her cloak from the elements. "OH MY GOD, LIKE WHAT EVEN HAPPENED HERE, I WAS LIKE PAINTING AND YOU GUYS WHERE THERE, THEN THEY WENT TO EXPLORE AND THEN YOU WERENT THERE, THEN I FINISHED AND NOW EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE" she shouted now within his arms. "AND THEN AND THEN I GOT HERE AND SAW THE UNDER..... Her face darkened, contorting into a scowl. "why.....are....my....panties..........on.....the...DECK" she screeched the last word, her amethyst eyes locked on to Briggs own sapphire. During the entire time she talked, Brigg had been trying to interrupt, to explain through this feat was harder than killing a Yonko with a hot dog. Yet the poor man would continue to try, His heart began to rapidly beat faster and faster when he noted the comment about the underwear, a bit of annoyance for Nani who did not understand the situation combined with anger for defiling her private stuff and what about the others.

"Bandits?" Nani repeated. They were now sitting within the ship, out of the rain. In Briggs room as Nani had refused him into hers. She had managed to change into something dryer and had put her painting in her room. "Bandits?" she said again. "Yes, Bandits" Briggs said. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, HAHAHAHAHA, BANDITS. THE CREW DUN GONE THROUGH MY UNDERWEAR, SNIFFING IT AND BEING ALL GROTTY AND YOU TRY TO COVER IT UP WITH BANDITS" Nani shouted as she laughed, snorting every so often showing how "Funny" she thought this was. While Briggs remained stoic and unmoving. "Nani, I'm serious" "Sure you are, bandits, what a lau.....oooh whats this" Nani said getting off the bed and grabbing a small orb. "That is none of your business" Briggs uttered pulling it from her hand and setting it back. "You have to believe me, we need to save the others, they were obviously taken" "The great Briggs, taken out by bandits, I just I can't believe it, You'd have more chance me believing you streaked naked at the base with an apple in your gob". "I'll do that, if you believe me and help me" Brigg retorted. Nani looked at him, studying his face. Brigg was fucking hot, like he was gorgeous, like drop dead make your lips quiver your legs jelly gorgeous. His eyes had a warmth, a beauty to them and right now, they showed his truth.

"I believe you" Nani said, placing her hand upon Briggs chest. "Which means you have to streak when we get to the base" she said flashing a perverted smile. "You are such a child" Briggs uttered shaking his head. "So what happened" "We thought this island was deserted, we let our guard down. The exploration team didn't come back and by the time we realized they were on us, they took us out in a surprise attack, must have thought I was dead so they left me. Dunno what they planned on doing but apparently they have a village nearby. We need to scout it out, I managed to count six, but they talked about a boss. Thats all I know" Brigg said. "So the mission is simple yesh. Recover our allies, thats the first mission, arm them and then take down the bandits. Its gonna be a tough job for the two of us but we can do it." Nani said nodding. "Okay, so the plan I have is simple, we need to first scou..." "Nooooo, the plan is super duper simpler, I'll go in, get myself captured, then I can free our allies. You can be waiting nearby with some guns and when I free them we can make a break for it, I doubt they'll know to take my paints away from me but to be safe I can draw a mark or two on my body just in case" Nani said nodding.

"No. That's too dangerous, we can't just risk..." "Sure we can, Its gonna happen so like maybe you should just listen to me, I'm like super amazing remember, I can totally do this and then If I do have my paints I can use that to our advantage." "But wha...""Come on Briggs, Trust me. We got this. Your our heavy hitter, I can't fight like you can. I'm all about the sneak sneak, this is perfect for me" Nani said smiling, her head cocked to the side. "Besides, how funny would it be if they all just shit themselves" Nani said laughing. "Ok...well, We should do this quick then, we don't know if they are keeping them alive or just torturing them" Briggs said. "Yeah, we should make sure our friends are okay....but like...Jeffro could totally use a little beating" "Yeah, a little one.

The storm had passed, the ground was sodden but following the footprints especially with Briggs was an easy task, They would find themselves pressed upon a hill, looking down upon the village, having been careful not to have been seen, five rifles in hand. "This is as good a place as any" Briggs said softly. "Then I'll head down, I'll find them, and send them here, they can pick up the guns and I'll do what I can to lure them in this direction" Nani said as she finished drawing the two sun-like symbols upon either palm. "I still don't like this plan" Nani finished before sticking out her tongue. "It's the best we got" she said. With a quick wink the red-haired woman, her painting gear clinging to her side would begin to head down to the village. "Stop right there" a voice uttered. She stopped, turning to the sound of the voice. "LIKE OH MUH GOD, I TOTALLY DIDN'T THINK THIS PLACE HAD ANYONE ELSE HERE" "Shut it" the man uttered as he came into view along with three others. [i]Three in all, should be a few more probably at their hideout" she thought to herself. "We know you are with the marines, no other ship has settled on the island. Put your hands up". Keeping her hands closed she lifted them. "Oh no please, Oh please don't hurt me" she said, trying to get tears to surface..they did not. Yet she would continue this facade even when her hands were tied and she was forcefully pushed to walk.

Five minutes passed and she would be moved through the village, though this was a strong word for only straw huts had been erected. She was taken to one hut and as she was thrown in she fell against a body. "OOFT" she released as she landed. "Geez wimin yer heavier than ee seem" "And your a pretty good airbag Jeffro, maybe stay off the chips" she said as she righted herself. She was with all the captured marines. They murmured and asked questions, but with a hushed voice she would fill them in on the plan. Her hands were in front of her kept shut as to avoid reveal of her symbols and as she had foretold, they had not taken her painting supplies. Silly Silly bandits. She would give the crew the information on where to find Briggs. "The beams look sturdy enough, I can paint a couple of Black Marks, if we can force them on to it and have the symbol stamp onto them while the paint's drying we can take a few out straight away, then I'll distract anyone who comes with the White Symbols. You guys get to Brigg and then, then we show em what the marines can do" Nani said with a fiendish grin.

So the plan begun, within this prisoner hut they would begin to cause a ruckus, screaming shouting, swearing and some god awful singing provided by Nani, annoyance can bring anyone to their knees of course. The door swung open as two of the bandits stepped in. "SHUT THAT SQUAKING BITCH UP" he shouted over the noise, and as his comrade made a move to grab Nani who was in the center of the marines, Jeffro and Anita stood, both using their bodies to slam the man into the nearest marked beam, his body struck it hard pushing into the paint before they pulled him off and threw him to the ground, the small turd like symbol showing upon his clothing. Of course the other bandit didn't just wait, no as soon as they made their move he raised his gun, it was at this point that Nani would show her left palm revealing the white sun symbol. To the marines behind her nothing would happen, yet in the eyes of the man this symbol illuminated with a light brighter than the brightest sun. He screamed about his eyes and that was enough for him to drop his rifle. Carl grabbed it and with one quick motion struck the guard. "RUUUN" Nani shouted as they bolted all with their hands tied. This would be the dangerous bit. Getting to Brigg without anyone being injured. Brigg had said, she had seen three in all, the two now taken care off were two of the three who led her here, one now unconscious from Carls strike, the other seriously trying to hold on to his bowels. A nasty little trick. As they ran Nani would pull carls hands free, allowing him to wield the rifle that he had stolen more efficiently, which proved to be a good idea for a bullet soon whizzed right passed them.

Carl retaliated but they were now being shot at by two others, the group scattered. "SHIT" she shouted. They were too far for her to paint, she wished she had learned that red one, the direction symbol but she had foolishly focused on the Black Mark instead. Though this was a great technique but at this moment the red symbol would have been much more appropriate. Then another shot rung out, a scream from the bandits side. "I thought this would happen" Briggs voice would carry over as he aimed his rifle once more, he had only grazed the bandit, but this gave Carl enough time to lean out and release a bullet that carved clean into the mans right arm, forcing him to drop his rifle. The group charged Briggs, another gunner was near by now aiming for him but Nani dove forth she was closest to him and a quick tackle knocked his shot of course just before he took Briggs head. They tumbled only for the bandit to come out on top, to be sat upon her, crushing her wind pipe. "Bitches always be given me trouble" he said with a smile. "Bitches much better when they don't talk or move....just be warm and motionless" he said as he continued to choke her. Though Nani would put up her hand again the white symbol from before still upon her, thus the same happened. To the man who saw it, his eyes burned from the imaginary light that his brain had been tricked into seeing. His grip loosened and Nani turned the tide, though not a fighter and having no real hand to hand combat experience when dealing with a man there is one sure sign way of stopping them for a bit. She lifted her leg as he rolled trying to stop the burning in his eyes and when he faced her, she brought her heel down right upon his crotch. The scream well....it was something else.

As she returned from her tumble, Briggs seemed to be doing battle with a much more on par adversary, in fact...it looked as though the swordsman was being pushed back. The man was large much larger than Briggs and he wielded a blunt metal like bat, Briggs was a great sword wielder so his big weapon was certainly an advantage but his size and strength were much weaker than that off the larger man. The rest of the marines where laying down cover fire, but each time the remaining two bandits would release their own, they also werent sure about firing at the large man while Briggs was in combat so they were trying their best to find an opening. "Mother fucker" Briggs uttered as the bat connected with his sword, he struggled. "Hehe, We are having marine for dinner boys" the large man said as he brought his back to the side, cracking into Briggs sword but the force knocked the marine off his feet. Nani had to act quick, she looked around, what could she do. "Brigg you babe" she said as she rushed and rolled, picking up her bow and quiver that the Great Sword wielder must have brought with him.

Knocking an arrow, she released it as the big man took a swing, his large form, it was unusually big and to be honest the arrow seemed to barely faze him, though it did cause him to look at his hand, the shaft now protruding from the back of his hand. This gave Briggs enough time to roll and get to his feet. "Guys, subdue the other two, leave this guy to Briggs and me" "Ooh an appetizer" he said licking his lips. "W..WAIT....NO, EWWWWW. dos this mean...you were gonna eat Jeffro? He's like...sooo slimy man, not cool, thats like Ughhhh thats disgusting" Nani said shivering. "Not cool Nani, he's a cannibal and your calling me disgusting" Jeffro said as he shot his rifle. "Well DUH" "FOCUS" Briggs shouted as he swung his sword. He was tired and sore, for he managed to graze the larger man but that seemed to only tick him off more. He swung, but as he did another arrow shot through to him, this time skiffing off the nape of his neck. He seemed to feel that. "FOOD SHOULDN'T PLAY THIS HARD TO GET" he shouted.

Nani would move in closer "COME AND GET A BITE THEN FATTY" she shouted as she dropped her bow, running forward. "ONE CHANCE" she shouted giving Brigg a wink as she drew a single arrow from her quiver, using all of her strength she jumped, a warrior princess scream left her throat as she aimed to bring her arrow head down, only for the scream to be caught in her throat halfway through as the large mans hand grasped her waist holding her in a single hand. He squeezed, not hard enough to break something but enough to show he could, she dropped the arrow head and with a single hand swung his bat at Brigg who narrowly managed to dodge. "Appetizer now, sausage for dinner" he said. "Or how about nah?" Nani said through gritted teeth as she presented both of her palms, the symbol of the sun still remaining. He dropped Nani as his hand went to his eyes, screaming in annoyance at the flash that he had seen. Briggs charged in, slicing the mans leg to make him fall, he screamed, Nani took this chance to pull another arrow and jut it upwards into the man's jugular, rolling away to the left as the great sword instead carved a large chunk into the back of the man's neck. He made many sounds, wheezing and well...many sounds until he made none. It would seem the others had also completed their mission. They had killed the other two gunners which meant there where four dead and three prisoners with whom they could take back.

The marines tied their prisoners up and took them to the ship, the eight Marines who suffered no major injury would laugh and joke about the events as they did. Back to following their adventure. A new painting in her room of Brigg and her fighting the giant man, with the young boy smiling from above.