Reversal of Fate
Uchihas1010Hyuuga
Update: Rewritten… with a few big changes.
Chapter 3: Davy Back Fight
"Purple Wind-ya! How long were you planning on staring at the snow?!" Angry, Law shook her by her shoulders harder by the second. Honey lost balance on her seat and fell into his arms with the baby in between them. The baby lie safely on her lap as her free hands roamed around his chest until they reached the shoulders.
"…My eyes…" she sobbed, her tears fell faster than they're supposed to. "I don't want this," blinded by her own fear of loss of vision, she buried her face in his hoodied chest. Her hands moved from his neck and tried to search for his face.
Law pushed her head into his chest and brushed her hair so they'd fall in front of her eyes to protect them from the sun. "Close your eyes," he ordered. "Honey," he called. She noticed it was the first time she's heard him call her by her name and without the -ya. "Now you're totally vulnerable. You have to trust me."
"I owe you one." She whispered. Law wrapped her hands around the baby. "Hold baby." He lifted her up bridal style and started to walk towards the fields, hoping the farm is close by.
The river resides beside a tall mountain with the summit being nothing but a point. From a far, the island would look like a single huge thorn growing from the ocean. To go back to town they will have to either pass the fields or go back in the direction they came from because they can't cross the mountain that is in between each section of the island.
"The villagers are all looking for "Purple Wind"," suddenly a man appeared. Law didn't feel his presence until he spoke.
The man was wearing a long white sleeveless coat that flows freely like a cape would. Underneath he wore flannel shirt and black jeans with his shiny dressing shoes peeking from the ends of the jeans.
"You, aren't you… "Silent Kill" Fray?" asked Law, slightly bewildered. "What business do you even have here?"
"Drop that woman here," Fray ordered.
"Don't order me around," Law's eyes turned into an intense glare.
"You're no match for me," he declared. "The villagers are going to take this woman. You can hand her over, Trafalgar Law. Let's make a deal. What do you want in return?"
"What do you want her for?"
Fray's arms opened up and he shrugged. "What do you think? She's Purple Wind Honey. It opens up a lot of possibility for me."
"Captain!" Yelled Penguin. "Captain! I've been looking all over for you!" He panted and tried to catch his breath when he was finally a few meters away from Law. "That woman you were just with… stole… something precious to this…island."
Fray chuckled. "Yes. She stole the island's energy source. It is believed to make the snow not cold so the island can be an Autumn island. Once it snows, their land will be barren and wasted."
"It's tiny but also precious. Legend says it is protected deep within Mount Cone," he continued. "Without this island's 'Hearth', the gem to power it, this island will freeze till death!" He ended with a sinister laughter.
"You planned all this," accused Law. "You stole the power source."
"Very clever Trafalgar Law, I may have planned this but I never stole it. The villagers are fools, all I needed to do was spread a lie and it spreads like a wildfire."
Law glared at him.
"Since you don't want to do the trade with me and keep the woman, we will have to settle this with a davy back fight."
Honey hopped out of Law's hold. "I can deal with him myself, blind or not." With the baby still in her arms she created a twister with her blind sight. The twister went wild and twirled around, only hitting the riverbank, boulders, and trees.
"Purple Wind, stop it!" Law yelled and slapped her free hand.
Fray smirked. "So Trafalgar Law, are you that scared to battle in a davy back fight?" he challenged.
"It's a waste of my time. You're not going to get this woman anyway."
Within a blink of an eye, Fray got over to where Law and Honey are and have a hand on Honey. "Then I can attack you. I'm making this easy for you. Try to beat me if you can."
"Since you desperately want to lose to me, fine, I accept your Davy back fight."
"One coin. Captain face-off sounds good?"
"Just get it over with already."
"I know her real identity…" whispered Fray.
Law's eyes widened but he didn't say a word.
"Sanchou! Let's win this already and go back." Shachi cheered as he guides Honey over to the sidelines.
Fray's crew arrived at the scene too and stood at the other side, cheering for their own captain.
By the third gun fire, the two began their battle. "She's from North Blue too. Like us."
"Do you even know me before this?" Law asked after he dodged an attack from Fray.
"I work for Joker." Fray launched another one of his daggers.
Law's eyes widened. More reason to beat him. "How do you think Joker's going to take it that you lost to me? Probably expected this." Law created his Room.
"Joker knows her identity too."
"Stop saying all this to distract me from the battle. Shambles."
Fray's body flew apart in all direction.
"Ah! What is this? Put me back together!" Fray cried. "Kidding." He laughed sinisterly as he used his devil fruit powers. Everything turned quiet. "In your room, you may control our physicality but in my Room I control your senses."
Law felt as if he was hypnotized as all he could see was total whiteness with Fray's face talking to him.
"I took away her vision by focusing her eyes to the snow and voila, snow blindness happens."
"I don't need my senses to beat you," said Law as he successfully landed punches on Fray.
The white haired man landed flat on the floor and looked up in astonishment. Law gave him a whipping kick, rolling Fray over to the other side of his Room. "You can take my senses but I still know where you are in my Room." With a smirk he stopped Room and walked off from the battle.
"Trafalgar," Honey stood up when she heard footsteps.
"I told you to close your eyes, didn't I?" Law said with a slight chuckle and placed a hand on her head.
"Take your silly captain," Law ordered to the Colourless pirates.
"Not so fast," a woman stood in front of him. "There's just 4 of you and we have the whole crew with us. We're not letting you off so easily."
"You already lost the game, respect the rules and Davy Jones," Honey snapped.
"What rules? Get 'em boys!" The woman pointed at the Heart Pirates and Honey and the rest of the crew started to attack them.
Not that they were already outnumbered a mob of angry villagers ran to their direction. "There she is! That is Purple Wind!"
"Let's capture them all and send them to the nearest marine quarters!"
Law created his Room again and grabbed Honey, Shachi, and Penguin and teleported a few meters away from the scene.
"Wait, that's my baby!" Honey heard a woman scream before she got teleported away with Law behind a tree.
"Law, do you think that woman is the real mother of this baby?" She asked tugging on his hoodie.
"Where are they?" "Let's split up and look for them!"
Law came out from behind the tree to face the villagers and the Colourless pirates. "Everyone, calm. Let me finish what I have to say."
"We don't take orders from a pirate," the butcher of the village spat.
Law calmly walked a few inches towards them. "I don't think there is a such thing as the 'Hearth' of this island. Do you even know what it looks like?"
The angry mob started to shout various things at him. "Don't insult us! Our ancestors…"
Honey came out and joined Law. "If there is such a thing why hasn't the temperature gone lower yet? It's still the same as it's always been." Her power allows her to feel her these kind of things. "A power crystal that warms up the whole island is too good to be true. How would I easily steal such a thing? Nobody even knows where it is."
The villagers began to think too and went silent. "Why would anyone make something like that up?"
"They're human too. They make stories up to things that don't really make sense to humans," explained Honey. Law looked at her with a different impression.
The villagers discussed among themselves. "Who was the first one to warn us that she stole the 'Hearth'?" At this point, the Colorless pirates sneaked up to where their captain lies and quietly took him off. Like cats, they disappear without making any sound thanks to their captain's ability.
"I don't know. We just heard somebody yell something like that and everyone started to panic."
"Okay we'll let you off for now but if the 'Hearth' is really true and it starts to get freezing cold, we'll find you," the butcher threatened again.
Honey smiled and the mob started to walk back to their homes. A red-haired woman came up to her. "The baby you were holding, I think it's my baby."
"Thank lord! We found you!" Honey cheered as Shachi and Penguin walked towards them. Shachi handed the baby that was sleeping soundly in his arms.
The woman cried as she accepted her baby and holds it close to her. "No, THANK you! I thought I've lost my baby forever," she said between sobs. "When I slipped while flowering my daffodils on the balcony and threw my baby in the air…" she sobbed again. "I didn't know what to do. I was so scared. I thought she died already!"
Annoyed by this woman's crying Law walked off.
"I don't know how I could ever repay you."
Honey shook her head. "I didn't do anything. That man saved your baby. I don't know how but he did."
The woman averted her attention towards Law and ran towards him. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
Law just watched her silently. He watched back and fro from the crying woman to Honey and cracked a smile. The blind girl had no idea what was going on.
"Men! Let's call it a day and head back to the ship," says Law as he started to walk in the direction of the harbor. The woman has already bid farewell to Honey and the others and hurried back home.
"The sun is almost setting anyways."
End of Chapter 3