Chapter 6 - bath time

"Open the gates! The Snake Princess has returned!" With that, the Kuja Pirates finally returned to Amazon Lily, sailing through the huge gates and into the docks. "Welcome home, Kuja Pirates!!!" The women said in unison as they watched the ship enter the village. One of them, a little girl, said, "They're so cool!! I'm gonna join them someday!!" The other adult women began fawning over Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates as they got off the ship and began walking on the docks. "KYAA!!! It's the Gorgon Sisters!! Lady Marigold!! Lady Sandersonia!! Snake Princess!!! Her beauty knows no bounds!!" The bystanders shouted. One of Hancock's servants greeted her, "Thank you for all you've done. We have prepared your carriage." "Has anything changed here?" The Pirate Empress asked. "No, not a thing..." The servant lied to her.

In the Kuja Castle of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock finally entered the main room of the palace. "Welcome back, Snake Princess!" "...Enshida, what is this?" "Ah, that is a clay statue of you, Snake Princess, that the children of the village worked very hard on. They even painted it... I'm sure it was very difficult for them. They carried it to the castle very carefully, as to not break it. It was very cute..." Enshida explained as Hancock took a closer look at the clay statue of her. "I see... they made me out of clay..." The Pirate Empress then knocks the gift to the ground, shattering it into pieces. "It's so ugly!! It's ruining the interior of this room." "Ah, Snake Princess?!!" Enshida exclaimed in shock as she stared at the broken pieces. "Don't bring such filth into the castle!! Just throw it away and clean up the floor!! More importantly, Enshida..." "Y...Yes, ma'am?!" She replied. "I didn't see the warriors defending our kingdom at the port..." Hancock said as she walked to her bed. "...Ah, about that... it seems that a dangerous 'monkey' was spotted in the jungle... and so, they went to subdue it. But do not worry, they will return soon! Would you like something to drink?" "Bring me some white sake." "Right away, ma'am."

Soon after, a loud gong is sounded by one of Boa Hancock's servants, signaling that, "It is now time for the Snake Princess's bath!!!" The women inside Kuja Castle begin to leave immediately, despite being in the middle of a banquet. "From now on, entering the palace is forbidden!!!" shouted the servant after all the women exited the palace doors. Standing next to a Kuja warrior, an eight-year-old girl innocently asks the other, "How come every time the Snake Princess takes a bath, it's such a big deal? Does she not want to be seen naked that much...?"