Virgil sat there looking at Riley. She wanted him to choose right now? He just met her. Then again his dad had just met her dad when he joined his pirate crew. But that had been a life or death situation. This wasn't, as far as Virgil could see.
Riley shifted in her seat, uncomfortable with him staring at her. I mean she hadn't even showed the boy her wings. Imagine when she does.
"Virgil," Zoro started. " You want to be the best swordsman in the world right?"
"Yeah, I do." he nodded.
"Well that means that some day you're going to have to beat me."
Virgil thought about this for a moment. He knew he would have to face his dad some day, but just hearing his dad say that he would have to sent a chill down his spine. Virgil knew that at this rate he would ever be able to defeat him. He's only ever beat the adults in the village, but that's not saying much.
"I know." he whispered, not completely trusting his voice.
"Then if you're going to beat me, you're going to need more opponents. Better opponents." he said pointedly. "Once again, I know." he said.
"Well the only way that's going to happen is if you go with her. She's aiming to the top, and so are you. So do you want to go with her?" he asked.
Is he really asking me? He has the look of I-know-what-you're-going-to-do-before-you-do-it. So he probably knows what I will choose. Yet I don't know what to choose. I know that I should go with Riley because she is aiming to the top just like my dad said. But what if she's not the right person t be on top? What if I'm not the right person to be on top? She's only thirteen so could she really be a good pirate? But I think I want to go with her. So……
"Fine. I'll go with you. I'll join your crew. But if you ever get in the way of my dream so help me I will…." Virgil left the sentence hanging, knowing that he had gotten his point across.
"I couldn't stand in the way of my crew mates dreams. A captain that does that doesn't deserve the title of Queen or King of the Pirates." Riley said as she stood up. "You want to know 'bout my shirt right?" Riley asked warily.
After getting a nod from the both them she said, "Why don't we go around back? So nobody will see."
Virgil could barely keep a smile off his face. He was going to get to find out about what was up with her shirt, and he was going to go out to sea. Not that he hadn't before when while he was bounty hunting, but now he had more of a purpose.
Riley let go of Virgil's hand she had been leading him with, and continued walking. When Riley's hand let go of his he took at as a sign to stop and stood beside Zoro.
Riley walked a few feet more and stopped. She turned slightly so that she was looking at Zoro and Virgil over her shoulder. Suddenly her shoulders twitched and wings burst out. They unraveled so flawlessly that they didn't even touch her shirt. The slits had been the perfect size.
Virgil let out a cry and fell to the ground. Zoro's eyes widened and backed up a bit. Riley seemed amused by their reactions and fluttered them up and down. "W-what the heck is that!?" Virgil shouted pointing at her wings.
"Wings." she said as she twitched her wings down so they weren't covering her face. Slowly as if making sure she wouldn't tip over, she faced them and flapped her wings down twice. Gently she started to lift up off the ground and hover slightly above the ground.
"Yeah, I can see what they are," Virgil said taken aback, "But why- but how-" Virgil's rambling was cut short by Zoro. "Didn't your mother have a devil fruit that was some type of bird?"
Virgil looked from Zoro to Riley and then back. "Devil Fruits do that to people?!"
Riley laughed. "Not always. Just if you're lucky." Virgil watched her wings move as she laughed. "You call have giant wings growing out of your back lucky? Dad, did her dad act like this too?" he asked turning to Zoro.
Zoro laughed now. "Yeah, actually I think Riley's more normal than Luffy." Which probably isn't true. Zoro thought.
Virgil was still surprised, but he was at least standing up now.
"So your not going to quit just because I'm like a Harpy or a Siren are you?" Riley asked walking over and offered her hand to help him up.
"No way I'm I quitting just cause you're weird." Virgil said. Then quieter he asked, "You said her mom had a Devil Fruit right? And I know her dad had one too. So did you get both powers?"
Riley tilted her head to the side before saying, "Yeah, but they don't work as well as my wings. When I was little I didn't use them much. Didn't train with them."
"But you can use them?" Zoro asked. Riley bobbed her head up and down before throwing her arms back. They stretched three feet further than normal people's arms should stretch before snapping back to her. "See? They don't work too well. So I mainly just fly."
"Well do you have a ship yet?" Virgil asked. Riley made a snot noise. "Unfortunately no. Like I said I mainly just fly."
"Some pirate you are. Pirates spend time on the ocean not in the air!" Virgil shouted. "Well excuse me! I only just became a pirate yesterday I'll have you know!" Riley said angrily. Riley sighed before backing up. "Besides I know where we can get a ship. It's only a few islands away. Which means less then eight hours flying."
"Oh yes! Because everyone has wings to fly with!" Virgil said sarcastically.
"Do you have everything you need?" Riley asked completely ignoring his sarcasm. Virgil looked down at himself. Her was wearing his normal black pants and his blue shirt. He had his swords tied to his waist as usual. What else would he need?
"Nope I'm ready." he said gripping his swords for reassurance. "But how are we going to get there?"
"Like this." Riley said before running over and wrapping her arms around Virgil. "Bye, Zoro. I'm glad you let him come." she said before her wings cut through the air and propelled them upwards. Virgil let out a yelp as she brought them even further away from the ground.
"Bye, Dad! See ya when I come to beat ya!" Virgil shouted before they disappeared into the already darkening sky.
"Bye, Virgil." Zoro said before turning walking around to the front of the dojo. The boys and girls there had stopped and were staring at the spot where they had disappeared with wide eyes. Zoro laughed at their expressions before turning his back to them.
"What have you let your daughter do, Luffy?" he asked while he laughed.
"Why don't you just admit that we're lost?" Virgil asked as Riley caught another up draft. "Why don't I just drop you?" She countered. "At least then my arms wouldn't be cramping."
"Well whose bright idea was it to fly all the way to an island that they've only been to a few times?" Virgil said.
"That's it! I'm dropping you!" Riley said before releasing her death grip on him. Virgil fell, screaming his head off all the while. "One, two, three." Riley counted before snapping her wings close to herself and dropping after him. Within five seconds Riley had even passed him. She stuck out her arms and caught him before he fell past her.
"I told you I would drop you." Riley said while snapping her wings back open and flying up back up. Riley looked at Virgil while laughing. His hair was ticking out at odd angles and his eyes were watering from the air passing by.
"Hahahahaha! You look so goofy." Riley laughed. "But meanwhile my arms aren't quite as cramped anymore."
"And another meanwhile is that I'm now snacking on bugs." Virgil said before spiting. "Well ain't that nice?" Riley asked. "Someone down there is probably lounging around on a deck of a ship and then out of nowhere they get spit on."
Virgil laughed at this thought and then spit again. "You keep doing that you're doing down again." She said. Virgil instantly quit spitting.
"So where are we going anyway?"
"A place called Syrup Village. It's the closest one to here." Riley replied swooping down to avoid some birds. "Closest what to here?" he asked watching the birds.
"The closest crew mate of course."
"You mean people know we're coming?"
"Most likely not at all. But I know that they had been part of my dad's old crew and I know their kids. Well I know they exist. See look inside that book." Riley gestured to the book that she had tied to herself with her ribbon.
After struggling to get it where Riley wouldn't drop him, he opened in up. Inside of course were pictures of The Straw Hats, but there were also pictures of kids. None of them could be older than ten. "My dad's old crew sent him pictures of their kids, as my dad did to them too. But they -you too- are older by now. I've had that book ever since I got separated."
Virgil nodded and noticed some pictures of him, too. "Seems stalkerish."
"We should get there soon. Unless you want to take another nose dive to the sea. Or ground. Which ever we happen to be over when I drop you." Riley said.
"I'm good." he said.
Not even thirty more minutes they were swooping down towards an island. The shores of it were steep cliffs and then forest. "Stick your feet out and run when we hit the ground." Riley said. Virgil did as he was told and they came to a stop about twenty feet later.
Riley swiftly snapped her wings close to her body and ran her fingers through her hair.
Virgil looked at her and cracked up laughing. "Now I know why you laughed at me earlier. You look like a troll!" he said through his laughter, pointing at her crazy hair. "Oh shut up!" Riley said shoving him.
"So who is next on your target list?" Virgil asked. "I can't tell who's who in here."
"This is them," Riley said pointing to a picture. There was a little boy and a little girl who looked to be somewhere around seven. The girl had light blue eyes and pale blonde hair. Not to mention pale skin. The boy, who looked older than the girl, had dark black hair and green eyes and tan skin.
"They're brother and sister. This is Dakota," she said indicating the boy, "and this is Megan. He's older than her by- I- think two years. I think me and Megan are the same age though."
"So where will we find them?" he asked.
"Probably somewhere in that mansion." Riley said giving a look to a different picture in the book.
"They live in a mansion?"
"Yeah, their mom Kaya inherited a fortune when her parents died." Riley explained.
"Man that would be cool but suck at the same time." Virgil muttered.
"Yeah I know." Riley muttered too.
They sat in silence for a few minutes before Virgil tensed and reached for his swords. " Riley, let's get out of this forest and into the village before something happens."
Riley gave him a weird look but stood up nonetheless. "Fine as long as we can grab some breakfast." she murmured. "It's already morning?" Virgil asked. "Yeah. It took a little more than eight hours to get here because I've never carried someone as heavy as you."
Virgil looked at her and then whispered to himself, "Did she just call me fat?"
"Here's the mansion." Riley said waving her hands towards it like it needed to be pointed out. Virgil only gave her a 'duh' look. Riley turned back to the mansion and opened up her wings again.
"What exactly are you planning to do, Riley? Riley! Riley wait! This is breaking and entering! You know like trespassing?!" Virgil shouted as she flew over the fence. He glanced around for the guards he had seen, before crawling over it after her.
"Dakota, Megan, where do you think you're going?" Merry asked as they tried to sneak out. "It's not even breakfast yet."
Dakota whipped around and looked at Merry. "What are you doing up? You're making it hard for us to sneak out."
Merry shook his head at them. "You two have to stay indoors for right now, I'm afraid." he said.
Megan's jaw dropped. "What do you mean? We were gonna go down to the beach!" she exclaimed. Dakota motioned for her to be quite or she would wake up their parents.
"I'm sorry but it seems that someone has broken in. The guards are currently looking for them as we speak." Merry told them before ushering them away from the door.
"Now why don't the two of you go upstairs and I'll wake up the chef to make some breakfast."
"Oh, joy." they both muttered.
Well that's the newest chapter in my story. I couldn't decide where to end the chapter so I just stopped here.
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