One Piece isn't mine, blah, blah, blah. Same old, same old.

The End of Two

I stood up. "Makino," I said, "isn't about time for us to leave?"

She looked at me with those beautiful brown eyes. "Can't we stay a little bit longer? Please Church? Just a little bit?"

I sighed. As soon as I looked at her eyes, we both knew that she had won. I plopped back down on the hillside, and she grinned. "Come on, act happier. The sunset's pretty and you're here with your beaUTIFUL girlfriend, right?"

I grunted. "Yeah, yeah, whatever." But I had to admit, she was right. It was amazing out here. It's a no-brainer why they call it the Suns Island, for the sunset and sunrise are both beautiful. I looked longingly at the ocean. Suddenly, Makino sat up. "What is it?" I asked.

"Look, right there! It's a pirate ship!" she exclaimed.

"A pirate ship? No way!"

"Look for yourself!"

I stared. A pirate ship? Here? But why? There hasn't been a pirate ship here in 20 years, just because we're so close to Marineford.

"Well," I scoffed, "they can't do anything. If they get to close, the Marines will just capture them all."

Just as I had said that, cannonballs came flying towards us. "What? Those idiots! Don't they know how close the Marines are?"

But apparently they didn't care. Round after round of cannonballs came flying towards us, each closer than the last. "Come on," I said, grabbing Makino's hand. "we need to get out of here!"

She stood her ground. "Didn't you say that they couldn't do anything? That the Marines would come?"

"They will! But they can still kill us before the Marines arrive!" I kept trying to pull her, but she refused to move.

"I'm not scared of them. They're just a bunch of thugs." She stared at the ship, which was now almost at the dock.

"I know they are, but they're thugs that will kill us without a second thought! Come ON, Makino! I'm not playing!"

Finally, she relented. "Alright, let's go."

I gave a sigh of relief. "Finally. Now's come on."

Just as I turned around, a voice called, "Go where?"

I whirled on the spot. Six pirates, all uglier than the last, advanced slowly towards us. "Away from your ugly selves," I snarled, "let's go Makino!"

The tall, ugliest pirate of them all broke from the semi-circle. "No, no, no. You can't just leave that quickly! We haven't even killed you guys yet!"

"As if!" I pushed Makino, starting to run, but before I could get anywhere, I suddenly was slammed into the ground by a hand in the back of my head.

"Church!" Makino tried to run forward but another pirate grabbed her arm roughly.

I got on all fours slowly. I coughed, and blood splattered all over the ground. "Bastards," I coughed slowly, "I'll make you pay for that."

The pirate who hit me laughed. "Let's see you try. And, to make it more interesting, every time I hit you, my friend here gives a little cut to your pretty girlfriend. Let's see how many cuts it takes for her to die, eh?"

I stood up. "You won't even hit me once. I'm going to kill you!"

As I charged him, someone hit me from behind in the back of my knees. As I fell forward, the pirate kneed me in the face. "One." He counted evilly, and nodded to the other pirate who was holding on to Makino. The pirate broke out into a bloodthirsty smile, and pulled his sword. He placed it on Makino's arm, and while I gazed in horror, gave a sharp pull. Makino's sharp, bloodcurdling scream pushed me over the edge.

"That's it!" I yelled, "you'll never get away with this!" I threw a punch at his face but he grabbed my hand and swiftly hit the inside of my elbow and my nose.

"Three and four." This time, the pirate holding Makino bent over and slit a large opening on each of her legs.

"MAKINO!" I tried to throw another punch, but once again he grabbed my hand.

"You're really weak, aren't you?" He laughed as he hit me in the stomach and I doubled over. "Four." He kicked me in the face. "Five." I started to lose consciousness. "Six, seven, eight, nine, ten!" He sang in almost a singsong voice. He kept kicking me in the head, until I lost track of the pain. I was numb to everything, except Makino's screams. I tried to pull myself up, but I couldn't. "Twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two." I heard as I got closer to blacking out. I looked up one last time, and regretted it instantly. Makino wasn't even able to scream anymore. Her body looked like a voodoo doll, but instead of pins there were sword wounds. I finally faded out to the words "Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine."