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HEY There everyone~~!
I am, HokkyokuNoOokami, the one who never make serial fic (or dumped it half-way) had decided to make a new serial (and please help and pray that I make this until the end.) Hahahahah! I am sorry… :[
I'm still doing One Piece fiction and the main pairing will still be ZoSan. Second pairing will be LawLu. And various pairings. I hope you enjoy!
I still haven't decided on the title, so it may change when I see fit. Ahahaha! I'm sorry again :[
Another thing to mention that, I got this courage from one of my favorite writer, the one and only Masamoony-schwan! Thank you really! You helped me gathered my courage to -finally- make this serial.
And another special thanks to Spidermonkeycatbear for sticking and willing to help me with the proofread :d~ I really appreciate it.
And so let the story begin~
Eiichiro Oda- sensei still own One Piece, Hail Oda...~~ \(^o^\)
CURSED or BLESSED [1] : Here Comes the Boy
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The man focused all his attention to his task. His hands were moving elegantly, dipping some blueberries into the glazy syrup and putting them aside together with other colorful berries. He then moved to garnish the other dish.
He boiled one and a half quarts of water, added some salt, and slowly poured the liquid into a casserole, which already had layers of bread slices topped with onion, tomato puree and cheese sitting inside it. Satisfied with the mixture, he put it in the preheated oven, and went straight back to the now glazed berries. His pale slender hands moving nimbly, taking the light cream that was prepared earlier and decorated the pastries with some cream and berries, garnishing them to perfection. With the final touches, making the cakes even brighter than perfect, he put seven beautiful mouth-watering millefeuille plates on the walnut oak-colored maple countertop.
Then he rang the small silver bell to call one of those boisterous waiters who were available to serve the guests. It didn't take long until a beautiful dusty purple-haired girl appeared in front of the counter in the restaurant side.
"My beautiful angel! What are you doing here?"
"Basically, helping those overly busy waiters... Or would you prefer to cause an uproar?" she said, pointing to the five waiters who were running energetically from corner to corner to serve the guests. Some of them often nearly kissed (read: crashed) against each other from the hectic situation they were in.
"Oi Blondie! Stop chit-chatting and continue your work! We're busy here!" shouted one of the chefs, his eyes slanted down, causing him to look sleepy every damn time.
"YEAH! Get your ass here and help us!" added another with the one who had a pair of swollen lips. Sanji sighed and rolled his eyes.
"It looks like they need your help, Sanji."
"Yeah. 'Cause they are idiots."
"Well then, hurry up and do your work! Besides, those guests are dying to taste your food and here I am drooling on your cake. Spare me one later tonight," she grinned.
"Anything you need, Carina-chwaaann~~~~ my sweet heart~~~" swooned the blond, popping his now heart-shaped eyes, conveniently ignored by the girl as she walked away.
"OII SANJI!" another shout from the head chef. This time Sanji didn't waste his time.
"Yeah, yeah…" the blond chef spat lazily and strolled back to the oven where he had put the dishes earlier.
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That was practically what he did every single day. Working as a chef in Rain Base Restaurant, a three-star restaurant. Sanji was what he was called. Blond hair, pale skin, average male, height around 5'6", but with his slender figure, he looked more fragile than he should be. Flawless skin, small face, and he even had these strange curly eyebrows; they complimented his features better. He was what you would call beautiful, though strangely he didn't seem to have lover yet.
He sucked on his cigarette, then puffed the smoke out. Leaning against the dusty sand stone wall at the back of the restaurant, he tilted his head up to appreciate the sight in front of his clear amber beads.
Tonight the moon was so clear he could hear his heart thumping hard in excitement. Even though today he – or rather, they – had a fucking hectic messed-up day, he didn't feel tired at all, credit to the full moon that was offering her light on him. He stood up and exhaled into the cold night breeze. Taking a long breath through the cancer stick, he then pulled off the stick from between his lips, threw it on the ground, and while stomping on the cigarette butt, he exhaled the smoke. This was it. He longed for a night like this to set himself free.
He loved the night, and night loved him back, because he was one of her children. He put both his arms up, stretching himself as high as he could, then he relaxed again. He inhaled once again, tensing his body and then peculiar things unfolded from off his slender back.
Wings. Black bat wings spread to their full range, gracefully. The chef let out a big smile, looking up, and then with one big flap, he was floating in the air. Then after more – maybe two or three – flaps, he was flying through the cold night breeze, higher towards the smiling moon. He flew jovially, couldn't help the fiery feeling inside him, because the full moon was here to accompany him.
He drifted around, circling above Rain Base rooftop before speeding up wildly towards random directions. He longed for this, he longed for the night, because he needed to conceal those wings and pretend every day to blend with those who were called humans. Because he wasn't one of them. Because he needed to live in peace with them. Because he had no place to return. Because he knew, once they knew who he was, nobody would let him stay. Nobody would accept him anymore, even those who loved him before. Because he had experienced it all.
You see, Sanji was what humans called a vampire. Famous feared creatures who rule the night. Feast on human blood either to live or just for fun. Irresistibly beautiful sly creatures who always got what they needed, what they wanted. They were illogically beautiful, arrogant, egoistical and full of tricks. They were considered the most wicked dangerous creatures. No humans could resist them, no one, nobody.
It was really hard to distinguish between vampires and humans, for vampires are masters at concealing themselves amongst humans. The only thing – or maybe two – to distinguish themselves were their bat wings and the absence of their reflection in the mirror. However, even knowing these, they were hard to detect because they blend themselves very well and only when they reveal their true form would they be recognized as one. By then, it would probably be too late. They could live up to eight hundred years old. If they die after eight hundred years, they will be reborn with their memories and skills intact. Luckily, this would be very rare as it occurs only to the one whom they considered the highest of their rank, the Vampire King.
But all of these were not what Sanji was. Sanji had their skills, ability, and appearance of a vampire, but there was one and the only one difference. He had no place in the circle, not in the Menneske Verden*1, nor in the Annen Verden*2. Sanji was a half vampire called an Avare*3. He was considered the cursed one, The one who will bring calamity to their clan. They hated him. He had to accept it anyway, even he didn't understand where his fault was.
The blond disliked the fact that he had to drink human blood if he wanted to stay alive, he decided to substitute it with animal blood. It sucked – really really sucked – at first, but he managed to go on and he now was used to it. Probably lady luck was with him, as he became an expert as a chef, and that enabled him to get easy access to all kinds of fresh animal blood.
Other thing was, while vampires were hard to resist, he was the only one who damned to be reject by all, either human, vampire or even farligenete*4. He learnt to suck everything up and accepted himself as what he was, but pains and disappointments would sometimes resurface inside him. It wasn't an easy thing to be ignored because he was lonely and insecure. He needed someone who would accept him as what he was, but it was hard. He tried a lot in the past, but it only gave him more pain, more hurtful feelings. Those he loved and those who loved him, once they knew his true identity, they turned into the exact opposite of what they had showed him. And by now he has already given up, or so he thought. But everything changed that night.
Lost in thought, the flying blond crashed – face first – against a big Sakura tree, causing big ruckus in the middle of the night. He whined, quickly touched his now reddened nose, then he decided to fold his wings back in, letting himself in free fall while feeling those Sakura petals caressing his whole body, but before he landed harshly onto the ground, he kicked the main log, did a flip, and doing a superhero landing – or so they called – graciously onto the hard soil. He let out a smug 'Heh!' though he knew nobody watched him then stood up like nothing happened. Turned out he was mistaken about the nobody watched him thing.
"WWWOOOOWWWW! THAT WAS FUCKIN COOL! How did you do that?! Teach me! Teach me!" came a boisterous overly excited voice. Sanji jumped and quickly turn his head over his shoulder.
"Khh…- th-the fuck boy! Who are you?" he asked, a nice rosy pink tinted his pale high cheekbone, clearly embarrassed.
"I'm Luffy! Monkey D. Luffy! And you?" the boy grinned widely. His arm was stretched to offer the blond a handshake. The taller man coughed a bit to regain himself before taking the warm hand into his, returning the politeness.
"Sanji…" he said curtly.
"Sanji? Only Sanji? OUCH!" the noirette boy cried in pain when suddenly his pet bit him on his left leg. An oversized dog. It was as high as the boy's waist. Was it even a dog?
"Oh yes, this is Z- OUUCCHH! What's wrong with you, Zoro?!" the beaming youth's eyes twitched before pinching his big dark brown dog's cheek.
[Oh! Wait… were those earrings, three of them? Huh?]
Sanji squinted his only visible eye, looking at its green streak all over his ear, and cheek fur and tail. It couldn't be wrong. The blond thought in awe.
[The color was glowing under the moonlight and it was, beautiful.]
"That is," Sanji commented as he stretched his hands to pet the animal, "a very big dog you have there."
"Yes, he is! This is Zoro anyway. He is also very cool! You see, he is… EAAAOOOOWWW! ZORO, WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" The dog gave another bite, now on the boy's waist. Then before Sanji could touch or say anything else, both the boy and the enormous dog were gone. Though the blond could see remaining dust on the hard soil from their strange antics. Sanji did catch the boy's last words before they completely vanished in the deep of the night.
"Be my friend and let's hang out sometime…"
Words were sometimes ignored easily, but that boy, that stupid face with a wide smile, something in him captivated Sanji. He felt something heating up in his chest. Was he sick? That was impossible, right? Vampires couldn't get sick. Whatever it was, it was comfortable and nice. Sanji wouldn't mind for the sickness to recur sometime later. Wait, he did mean what he said, right? To be friends with him? But would he stay if he knew Sanji's true form? He wouldn't and Sanji knew it. But it would be better than to have no friends, wouldn't it?
Sanji remained frozen at his spot, gazing to the direction where the two had vanished. He let out a sad smile and sighed.
"That was the strangest thing I've ever seen in my whole life."
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1 A world where all the creatures live including humans; non-humans can go and stay here.
2 A world where only the non-human creatures live; humans can't go here.
3 A half vampire – considered cursed (a term used by vampires)
4 A creature; neither human nor vampire (a term used by humans)
Footnote: words in [..] were spoken inside various characters' mind.
Anddd~~~ That's the prologue.
I do hope you guys enjoy the story.
For those who are curious about the other dish Sanji made, it's called Soupe a L'Oignon. No I haven't eaten this, but it looks nice.
Yes I added various char. This Carina was the one in the Gold Movie. Those Chefs were OC/Random I don't care, they weren't important anyway [LOL]
And so how was it? Good bad? Haha~ please do review so, I could do others better.
Jyaa~ 'till next time o/
HnO