Everyone was eerily silent for a long time. Our only chance of escape was gone. And it was all my fault.
I sniffled. My eyes began to sting from the tears being held back. Then, without warning, I broke down.
"I'm so sorry guys! It's all my fault! Now you can't escape! I'm sorry~~~!" I cried, dropping to my knees.
Vivi patted my back half-heartedly. She probably was beginning to hate me now. I had just basically killed her friends. My friends. Our friends!
"Marie, it's alright! We can find another way," Nami shouted, trying to reassure me.
It didn't work.
My hands fumbled around the debris-filled staircase, searching for the perfect object. I found a rock, thinking my choice was satisfying. I lifted the rock high in the air, and slammed it down onto my left wrist. I cried out in pain, but I continued to do it. Vivi tried to pry the rock from my grip, but it was as if it were impossible to stop me. I soon stopped with the rock, for it didn't satisfy me.
Vivi relaxed, thinking I was done. She was wrong.
I grimaced when I found a glass shard. Perfect. I held it tight in my grip, and slammed it onto my left arm's soft skin. The skin broke, and began to leak blood, and I screamed in agony. I raked it along my arm horizontally, gritting my teeth, still letting out screams of pain.
"I-want-to-die!" I said, in-between slices.
I was surrounded by blood. Red blood. My blood. I soon began to feel faint, and Vivi managed to snatch the glass shard from my weak grasp, and tossed it away. My eyes were losing their sight, and I decided to lay down, but instead collapsed into an awkward heap. Well, problem solved, I guess.
My consciousness soon slipped away from me without warning. I just went with the flow, and allowed myself to fall into the pit of slumber.
Nami screamed as Marie cut herself with the glass.
"MARIE!" she screamed to the blond, but it was as if she couldn't hear anything.
"I-want-to-die!" the devil's fruit user screamed.
Marie's blood flowed out in a red puddle, surrounding her body. Her grip slackened on the glass, and Vivi took the opportunity to toss it away. The blond fell in a free-fall position, and her eyes shut.
The navigator was going crazy with worry.
"MARIE!" she screamed.
"Nami, she's unconscious!" informed Vivi.
"Rip off some of her jacket and use it bandage her wounds to stop the bleeding for now!" ordered Nami, and the princess obeyed.
Vivi tossed off the rest of Marie's jacket, for it was ruined. The princess held the child in her arms as she sat, hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the navigator was sick with worry, feeling a motherly protectiveness for the blond.
I woke up to being flung away from a deafening explosion. What a pleasant way to wake someone up. Note the sarcasm.
I screamed as I was lifted into the air, and I landed ungracefully in a heap, far from where the explosion went off.
"Marie!" shouted Usopp and Chopper's voices in sync.
I moaned loudly. "What kind of wake-up call was that?! Jeez…what is going on, anyways?" I asked.
I stood up, opening my eyes, and shouted, "Heat-Heat: Heal!"
My burn marks soon disappeared, making me smile happily.
I was, however, interrupted by a rat lady exclaiming, "Mr. 4! The kid's awake!"
"Uhhh!" was the response. I sweat-dropped, wondering just who talked like that. I looked over at them, and blinked.
What….weirdos.
"Who the heck are you weirdos?!" I exclaimed at the man, probably Mr. 4, and the short, rat-looking woman.
"They're the number 4 pair," said Usopp. "The mole-lady ("HEY!") is Miss Merry Christmas, and the man is Mr. 4!"
"Ah, I see…" I said, smirking. Miss Merry Christmas began to rant.
"Hey, I say hey! What's so funny kid, huh kid, huh?!" she exclaimed.
I cackled evilly, amused that they were falling for my chill act. On the inside I was trembling in fear.
"Why, you both are. You see, I have the upper-hand, unlike you weaklings," I chuckled.
"Hey, I say hey! We're gonna kill you, I say kill you!" she shouted. Whoops.
Maybe I went a little too far….
"Good for you,…well, may I have the first move?" I asked.
"I say, I say, whatever kid!" she said loudly.
I shrugged at her, and with my hands up, I exclaimed, "Heat-Heat: Knives!"
I swung my hands as the palms faced the ground towards them, and heat was in the shape of a blade. The pair jumped out-of-the-way, and the old wall that used to be behind them was sliced through cleanly, and the chunk that was separated from the base fell to the behind of it.
"Whoa, I say whoa! That kid isn't weak, I say isn't weak!" Miss Merry Christmas exclaimed.
I smiled, taking that as a compliment. Seriously. If someone says you're not weak, then they're basically calling you strong, right?
"Thanks for the compliment, Miss Merry Christmas!" I chirped, and continued, "But! I can't let you and your partner cause any more damage to this kingdom! So, I'm going to have to defeat you, along with the help of Usopp and Chopper, right?" I turned around to look at the reindeer doctor and long-nosed sharpshooter. They nodded, and I smiled.
Then, suddenly, a gun-dog-thing sneezed, and a baseball flew out of its mouth.
"What the-?" I exclaimed, and it flew towards Mr. 4. He hit it with a metal baseball bat, and it flew towards Usopp. It flew under his armpit, barely inches from his skin, as he dodged.
"No, Usopp! You have to run far, far away!" shouted Chopper.
Tick…Tick….Tick.
It was going over Usopp's head as he ducked, when the odd ticking noise stopped, and the baseball exploded.
"Usopp!" I shouted, beginning to rush towards the eldest of us three, but Chopper held his hand up to me in the universal 'stop' signal, and ran towards him.
I glared at the number four pair, and scowled. "So, your baseballs explode? So then that means one of your baseballs woke me up." I said to the pair, annoyed. Stupid baseballs exploding stupidly making stupid damage to the stupid world. Ugh!
Miss Merry Christmas nodded and said, "Yeah, duh duh! That's the handiwork of my dumb partner, Mr. 4, duh, duh!"
I snapped, "Quit the bragging, you fat old rat-lady! Get a life, instead of talking weirdly all day! Let's fight!"
She glared at me, and transformed her feet and hands into claws. She hopped into the ground, burrowing down there.
I scowled, my senses on high alert. My eyes flicked around, searching for any kind of movement.
Suddenly, the ground under me opened up, and came out Miss Merry Christmas's claws as they wrapped around my ankles, and she raced towards Mr. 4.
"AAAHH!" I screamed as Mr. 4 lifted up his bat, ready to swing.
As a last resort, I screamed one of my new attacks, "HEAT-HEAT: WAVE LEVEL THREE!"
A heat wave radiated from my body, which was so intensely hot that Usopp and Chopper got scorch marks on them. But they were of some distance from where me, Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas were.
Miss Merry Christmas released me with a shout, and Mr. 4's eyes widened.
I screamed, closing my eyes.
Silence.
I cracked open my eye lids, and gasped at what my powers could do. Mr. 4 was laying down, flat on his back, his skin raw from the heat wave level three. His partner was sprawled out, her skin showing the disgusting effects of being too close to a heat wave.
"M-Marie..!" said Usopp, shock written all over his face.
"Wow, wow! That was amazing, Marie!" shouted Chopper in awe, stars around his eyes.
I giggled thanks to my friends.
"Whoa, I say whoa, that kid is dangerous, I say dangerous… But as the assassin rules say, kill the weakest targets first, duh duh!" sad a familiar voice, and I whirled around in surprise.
Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. 4 rose to their feet. I gasped and exclaimed, "B-But, that's impossible! You both got severe burns! How is this possible?!"
Miss Merry Christmas ignored me and said, "It seems that the younger you get in this crew, the stronger you get! Or maybe that's just the deal with these three…"
I narrowed my eyes at her, and she suddenly rushed herself at Usopp.
"AH! Usopp!" I screamed.
Chopper popped a round, sphere-like candy in his mouth and crunched down on it.
Wait…how can I understand their japanese…?
The instant I thought that, every single word that came out of their mouths was in japanese. I scowled, annoyed at myself for wondering that. Now I can't understand them without having Siri on! Me understanding them was like as if Siri had implanted her translating self into my brain. Huh….weird.
I pulled out my phone, and went to my music, ignoring everything going on around me. I scrolled through my songs, until I came to one that made me grin, and I clicked on the play button.
30 Seconds To Mars's song "This Is War" began to play.
"A warning to the people, the good and the evil
This is war
To the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim
This is war
It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight
To fight, to fight, to fight
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world
A warning to the prophet, the liar, the honest
This is war
Oh, to the leader, the pariah, the victim, the messiah
This is war
It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight
To fight, to fight, to fight
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, It's a brave new world
It's a brave new world
I do believe in the light
Raise your hands up to the sky
The fight is done, the war is won
Lift your hands toward the sun
Toward the sun
(It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie)
(The moment to live and the moment to die)
Toward the sun
(It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie)
(The moment to live and the moment to die)
Toward the sun
(The moment to fight)
(To fight, to fight, to fight)
The war is won
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave a brave new world
It's a brave new world
A brave new world
The war is won
The war is won
A brave new world."
I hadn't realized I had been singing along, until everyone blinked at me. I blushed, when Chopper suddenly shouted, "I see their weaknesses, now!"
I blinked at the sudden noise. Chopper flung sand at the dog's nose, and Its face had the "I'M ABOUT TO SNEEZE" look. The doctor pushed the dog's head into one of Miss Merry Christmas's holes, and exclaimed, "MARIE, USOPP! GET AWAY FROM THE MOLE!"
I followed his instructions without hesitation. Together, side by side, me, Usopp, and Chopper were sprinting away from the battle zone.
I felt heat on my back when the battle zone exploded. I was flung off my feet, and got a mouthful of sand as I fell face-first into it.
I got onto my hands and knees, and spat out the disgusting sand. I turned my head around, and my eyes widened.
"AAAHH!"
TBC
AN: I know, I know, this chapter was shorter than the first two. But that's because I already had all of that written before I posted The Heat-Heat Fruit on FanFiction. Chapter three, however, was not written before. Well, I hope this chapter was alright and survivable. Please review and tell me how I can improve The Heat-Heat Fruit, or just anything really, as long it is about the fan fiction. If it's not, then, well, there IS reason that PM exists! See ya guys next Saturday, and by then (I hope) I'll have chapter four up and ready for you to read!