I just caught up with one piece and dang...i really love this ship. Also this is totally not based off of how terrified I am of spiders pshhh.
Sometimes, Sabo honestly regretted not becoming a pirate. He loved the smell and feeling of the sea, beautiful blue water surrounding him on all sides as far as the eye could see. He might even have had more opportunities to run into his brother if he hadn't been found by Dragon.
Still, Sabo did love the Revolutionary army and the people in it. He wouldn't trade the bonds he had with them for anything in the world.
While Sabo was lost in thought, thinking of "what ifs", he heard a loud, high-pitched scream. He immediately took off for the cabins, his mind racing.
Hack, Koala, the Revolutionaries saved from Dressrosa, and himself should be the only people on board. Sabo knew that they checked the ship before they left, but what if they missed something? What if a marine or one of Doflamingo's men snuck on the ship, and was now attacking Koala?
Sabo threw open the door.
"Koala! Are you alright?" Looking around, it seemed she was alone in the room, relieving Sabo quite a bit. She turned back towards him, tears in her eyes.
"S-Sabo," Koala whimpered. Her hands were up in a fighting position towards the wall. Was someone actually there? Sabo did remember hearing of a devil fruit that could turn people invisible.
"What's wrong? Are you being attacked?" Sabo's hand gravitated towards his back before he realized that his pipe wasn't there.
Koala continued to stutter, pointing at the wall. Sabo squinted at where she was pointing and saw a small spider.
"The spider?" Koala nodded her head and pushed Sabo forward.
"Kill it, Sabo!"
"Why can't you do it?"
"It's scary," She yelled, "It's scary and has so many legs and it's gross! Please just kill it for me, Sabo."
"Fine," Sabo sighed, "give me one of your shoes."
"Use one of yours!"
"Alright." Sabo walked over to the wall and, instead of taking his boot and slamming it down on the wall, he held his finger close to the wall. Koala watched in horror as the spider crawled onto Sabo's glove.
"Hey Koala," Sabo turned, holding out his finger.
"Don't you dare come near me with that."
Koala backed out of the cabin as Sabo drew closer to her.
"Oh come on, he's a little cutie. Are you really afraid of him, Koala?" Sabo took another step forward and Koala screamed.
"Kill it!" She screeched as she ran onto the deck.
"This little guy isn't gonna hurt you."
"Yes he will. Just kill it already! Please!"
"Fine." Sabo placed it on the deck and brought down his boot. Koala walked over to him and hugged him, making sure to take off his glove and stuff it in his coat pocket first. "Really?"
"It touched the spider!"
Sabo laughed a bit and patted Koala's head.
"Thank you, Sabo."
"What're you gonna do when I'm not around to kill your spiders?" Koala thought for a moment.
"I guess I'll just always need you around, then." Koala leaned up and pecked Sabo's cheek.
"Well, if that's my reward every time then I'll make sure to always kill your spiders." Koala giggled, releasing Sabo from her hug.
"That definitely seems like a mutually beneficial arrangement."
And on the other side of the deck, a group of Revolutionary soldiers stood around a picture of Koala kissing Sabo, discussing how the rest of the army would react to it.