Kon glided through the sky as he approached Shells Town in the East Blue. He travelled from above the ocean.
He spotted the town from afar. He saw a cluster of buildings buzzing with people and angled downward, landing quietly on a rooftop at the edge of town to avoid drawing eyes.
'Gotta stay low, like Old Man Iroh said,' he thought, brushing off his shirt.
Goku, his four-armed monkey, hopped onto his head, chattering softly, his tiny holsters clinking with the pistols he'd gotten from the Ironfang Pirates.
Kon weaved through the crowded market, his eyes wide. "Woah, there's a lot more people here than in Skyloft," he said, dodging a cart piled with fish.
Merchants shouted about their wares, kids darted past, and sailors laughed over mugs of ale. 'It's so alive!' he thought, his heart racing. 'Skyloft was quiet, but this place never stops.' Goku gripped his hair, scanning the crowd like a lookout.
A sweet smell hit Kon's nose, like honey and rice mixed together, making his stomach growl. 'That's gotta be some new dessert that people eat down here just like ice cream,' he thought, following the scent through the crowd.
Goku chirped, sniffing too. Kon turned a corner and saw a little girl with pigtails carrying a plate of rice balls to a man tied to a post by climbing off a wall. The man had weird moss green hair.
'Those smell so good,' Kon thought, his mouth watering.
He climbed onto a nearby wall for a better view, leaning forward, his eyes locked on the rice balls.
A yellow-haired guy in a gaudy coat swaggered up, snatching a rice ball from the girl's plate.
He took a big bite and immediately spat, his face twisting. "Why is it so sweet?! It's supposed to be salty. You were supposed to put salt in it not sugar, you dumb brat!" he shouted, rearing back to toss the rice ball into the mud.
Kon's eyes widened. 'No way he's throwing that out!' he thought, his Chi surging.
He flicked his wrist, and a gust of air caught the rice ball mid-throw, making it hover. The crowd froze, staring as the rice ball zipped across the street and landed right in Kon's open mouth.
Kon chomped down, the sweet flavor bursting on his tongue.
'This is the best thing ever!' he thought, licking his lips. He leaned back against the wall, grinning like he'd won a prize, unaware of the stunned faces below.
The green-haired man, Zoro, blinked, his mind racing. 'Did that rice ball just fly into that guy's mouth?' he thought, squinting at Kon. 'What kind of power is that? Devil Fruit?'
Nearby, a kid in a straw hat, Luffy, watched from the crowd, his eyes gleaming with curiosity.
'That guy made the rice ball fly!' he thought, his grin widening. 'He's gotta be strong.'
Kon, still savoring the taste, eyed the second rice ball on the girl's plate.
'One more can't hurt. He reasoned that It was not stealing if the food is going to be thrown to the ground and wasted.' he thought, flicking his wrist again.
The second rice ball lifted off the plate and zoomed into his mouth. He chewed happily, oblivious to the chaos unfolding below.
The little girl's face turned red, and she stomped her foot. "It's not for you! You thief!" she shouted, pointing at Kon. The crowd murmured, some pointing, others whispering about the floating food.
The yellow-haired guy, Helmeppo, snapped out of his shock, his face twisting with rage. "How dare you steal in front of my eyes? Don't you know who my daddy is?"
He turned to the Marines behind him, who were still gaping at the flying rice balls. "Why are you standing there? Get him! I want his head!"
Kon's grin faded as Goku, perched on his head, punched him hard on the scalp. "Ow!" Kon yelped, rubbing his head.
'Goku's mad again,' he thought, wincing. 'Okay, I messed up.' He saw the Marines charging, swords drawn, their boots pounding the dirt.
'Time to run!' he thought, his Chi flaring. He pushed off with a burst of air, soaring over the rooftops with Goku clinging to his head. The Marines shouted below, stumbling over each other as they tried to keep up.
Kon zipped through the air, weaving between buildings. "I know, I know, I wasn't thinking," he said to Goku, who chattered angrily, waving a tiny fist.
"The rice balls were just so sweet!"
'Totally worth it, though,' he thought, grinning despite the scolding.
'Never had anything that good on Skyloft.' He glanced down, seeing the Marines falling behind, their shouts fading.
'They can't catch me. Good luck catching me up in the sky. I hope that they don't put a bounty on my head for stealing those rice balls,' he thought, the wind carrying him higher.
Below, Luffy watched Kon soar away, his straw hat tilting back as he grinned.
'That guy's awesome,' he thought. 'Flying, stealing food, and not even worried about the Marines.' He turned to Coby, a nervous boy beside him, his eyes shining with excitement. "It looks like I found another candidate for my pirate crew," he said, his voice brimming with certainty.
Coby's jaw dropped, his glasses slipping. "You can't be serious!"
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