Kan-Gar-Chu! (One Piece fanfic)

Before her eyes was a giant-sized humanoid figure that was hunched over with the ceiling just above their head.

The only reason why Bunbun did not see them before was that she was previously inside the building and did not have a good view of the outside right away.

After backing away further into the outside where it was more open, she was able to make out the form of her attacker much more clearly.

They were female from their body shape while some parts of them were quite familiar to Bunbun.

It was almost like she had encountered someone from her tribe.

Her appearance was similar to the canines of the Mink Tribe but it was closer to the appearance of a malamute or husky type of canine.

Silver fur with purple fur patterns covered her body and she had silver hair with purple streaks in it.

There was a long fluffy tail behind her and she had arms and legs similar in shape to the Mink Tribe too.

Her purple eyes shone with a strong murderous intent before fading a little when Bunbun began to talk. "Prove you are not related to them. Get on."

Her arm reached out and her giant hand turned over as if she was telling Bunbun to jump onto it.

Bunbun could not sense any danger from doing that so she jumped up quickly. "Take me somewhere quiet and secluded then I will reveal myself and we can talk."

The giant furry canine girl nodded in response before walking carrying Bunbun in one of her hands. "If you are not related to them then I am sorry in advance..."

Bunbun remained invisible but spoke up while resting on their palm. "No problem. I can understand that there must be a reason behind this."

When they arrived somewhere nearby that was more secluded, Bunbun jumped off their palm and returned to her original form. "Alright! Now you can see me. Do I look like any of those Camo Pirates you were talking about?"

The giant furry canine girl looked over Bunbun studying her before letting out a sigh. "Sorry, it seems like I was mistaken. You are not wearing anything that they usually use. Ahem... Sorry for the trouble and allow me to introduce myself.

I am Ripley Camille Gold of the Ripper Mercenary Group. I come from a planet called Huon and a lot of those from my home planet are a part of my group. The Camo Pirates invaded my planet and caused much trouble there so they can be considered as my greatest enemy."

Bunbun nodded slowly. "They sound like an annoying bunch."

Ripley became a little emotional again as she agreed with Bunbun. "They have camouflage technology that makes them difficult to deal with so that was why I mistook you for one of them. 

My planet was targeted since my race was quite well known for being strong warriors and possessing strong senses. They took that as something that could be considered as a threat... or a challenge to them."

She went on to explain more details about the Camo Pirates who were a ruthless group of space pirates.

They raided many planets and were involved in all kinds of illegal businesses ranging from stealing and reselling of resources to human trade too.

It was not strange for them to suddenly appear on a random planet and begin hunting down those they considered a challenge.

Their fighting style was incredibly ruthless as they made use of any trick available to them which included making use of their technology that made them invisible.

The residents of Huon suffered a lot from them even if they could find the Camo Pirate invaders but a group of mercenaries arrived who were hunting them down.

The mercenaries sent the Camo Pirates running from planet Huon so Ripley and many others were inspired to go out into space and become mercenaries too.

During their travels, they had run into the Camo Pirates a couple of times but they were never able to put an end to them.

Ripley was almost finished telling her tale as she explained. "The reason why I wanted to catch you so eagerly is because my crew ran into some trouble only recently. We were taking separate ships and were on different tasks so I could not be there to support them.

I only got the report recently that they came under attack from the Camo Pirates before their contact broke off completely. I am sorry for acting so rashly..."

Ripley was much larger than those of her tribe so she had to use a separate ship from her mercenary group so she would not always be with them when they went out on tasks but she was the leader of the mercenary group.

If she was not accompanying them on her ship then she was on another mission somewhere else since she had a trusted subordinate who she could count on.

What she did not expect was that the Camo Pirates would show up again.

Seeing the way that Ripley was opening up so much about her situation, Bunbun thought to herself. 'This might be a chance! Alyssia did say that this path would be the best to take if we wanted to get introduced to everything outside of our planet."

Her gaze turned serious as she said firmly. "I have allies who are trustworthy and are looking to get into the mercenary business too. Perhaps we could be of help to you?"