/The Weight of the Blade Ch.3/
When I awoke, I was woken up by the most annoying thing. I woke up to a crash on the wall and something hittimng my head. I opened my eyes and rolled out of bed and had the scythes point over the nearest living thing, Unfortunately the nearest thing was Chopper. I glared angrily at the door and let my scythe de-materialize. "Sorry about that Chopper. What was that loud crash?" I asked him as I stood up.
"Oh, it was probably one of the others hitting the wall. There's a storm raging outside." He said plainly as he ground up some medicine. "I was ordered to watch over you by Luffy. You really have been exhausting your body some how. You were in no condition to get up so I was tasked with watching over you." He said as he looked over.
"A STORM!?" I said as I looked outside and saw everyone working to keep the ship going and not capsized. I even saw Zoro working. I burst out and looked around as I covered my eyes to block out the rain. I ran to Franky, sliding a couple times I looked around as I held onto the muscle-y cyborg and looked around.
"GOOD TO SEE YOU UP KAT!" Franky said as he manned the wheel.
"WHAT SHOULD I DO!?" I shouted asking him.
"GET DOWN ON THE DECK AND ASK NAMI!" He shouted as a massive wave washed over onto the deck. I ran down and crashed into Nami.
"KAT!? GET OVER WITH SANJI AND HOLD THAT ROPE!" She shouted I nodded and ran to Sanji and grabbed the rope he was holding and pulled with him.
"KAT! HOLD TIGHT!" Sanji shouted to me. I nodded and held on as we braved the storm. It was almost 12 or so hours before the storm faded. I panted as I looked at my bright red hands, they'd grown red because of the ropes I was grabbing onto. I layed on the deck and looked out at the starry sky. It was odd, when I passed out there wasn't a cloud in the sky, that's the grand line for you. I looked up and saw everyone up and in the kitchen. I got up as fast as I could and hopped up from the deck to the rails and climbed up. I ran in and smiled when I got my food. I sat down by the counter and ate. I stayed up all night staring out at the sea and the stars. I looked over at one point and saw Robin walking to the beds. I smiled a bit and then went back to star gazing. I walked to Robins bedside once it was hours later and pulled out my ruby from my stash I'd made in my jacket. I gently set it down atop Robins book.
"Hmhmhmh, what're you doing Reaper?" Robin said suddenly. I nearly jumped out of my skin as I looked at her with her eyes open. I panted as I held my heart.
"G-god Robin! You scared me!" I whispered to her. She giggled a bit.
"You didn't answer the question." She said pleasantly.
"Leaving you a gift." I said and then remained silent for a while.
"Why?" Robin asked as she sat up in bed.
"C-cause I want to." I said nervously as I tried to walk out. A couple of arms stopped me and locked the door.
"Hmhmhm, I don't think you're telling the full truth." She said as she got up.
"I just wanted to repay you for all your kindness." I said as I crossed my arms. She smiled a bit and a long rope of arms handed her the Ruby.
"Kindness? Whatever do you mean?" She said as she observed the ruby.
"F-for saving me from abandonment twice now." I said as I looked away. "T-that means a lot to me in case you didn't know." She giggled a bit and tossed the Ruby to me. I caught it and looked at her.
"Oh, that. Hehehehe yes, I did didn't I? Well, why repay me? You're a pirate now aren't you?" She said with a smile as she put on hand on her hip.
"I'm a pirate with morals." I said as I tossed it back. She caught it with one hand and then tossed it around in 2 more attached to her shoulders.
"Hmhmhmhm, now isn't that interesting. I thought you to be a Pirate with a target of some kind." She said as she walked past me and opened the door to reveal dawn. My heart had stopped as I looked at the wall and stared for a long while. I was snapped back to... well it was more along the lines of SLAPPED back to reality honestly, by Nami. I looked to her and she nagged me about something about being a perv and spying on the girls as they slept. I defended myself but left out the conversation with Robin.
"So you left Robin a present and she wasn't in here?" She said as she crossed her arms under her enormous rack. I nodded and looked at her. She sighed and walked out. "Alright fine, I believe you. But this little incident is gonna cost you to 5000 beli to keep from Sanjis sensitive ears." She said with a smirk. I tossed her the 5000 beli instantly. "Thank yoooou~" she said as she walked off. I looked out to the deck and saw Robin entering the Aquarium. I walked out and looked to dawn and sighed. I walked to the wheel and leaned up on the rails. What did she mean by Target? That single thought kept going through my head and kept eating away at me for the entire day. I looked out at the sea, looking for an answer as I thought. Eventually Brook took notice and attempted to make conversation. He laid a single of his boney hands on my shoulder. I looked at him and smiled a bit.
"Hello Brook." I said as I turned to him.
"Hello Kat, has something been troubling you, you've been distant all day." Brook said, I sighed and looked out to the sea. I guessed I couldn't hide it forever.
"Yeah, something has been bugging me." I said, defeated at the start, I didn't bother fighting it because I knew it would make this a lot more obvious. "It's something rather personal." I said plainly.
"Hmmm?" Brook said as he looked at me. "Is that so?" he said as he giggled a bit.
"Yeah, I've been being eaten away at a single question." I said.
"And what is that thought Kat?" He asked, just like any other person... or whatever he was, a walking corpse perhaps?
"Well it's about Robin." I told him.
"Oh? About Robin is it? Yohohohho, has it something to do with love perhaps?" Brook said as he took a sip of his tea. I turned to him and blushed. LOVE!? I'd never even thought about that! "YOHOHOHOHOHHOHOHOH!" Brook laughed tearing up from laughter. I growled and knew I was still blushing. I walked off and shook my head. Love? BAHHH! Never. I walked up the stairs and saw Robin enter the room Nami owned, the navigators room I think it was. I saw Usopp leaning up on the rails, I wondered what others thought of Robin. I walked up to Usopp.
"Hey Kat." Usopp waved at me.
"Hey Usopp, I have a question." I said plainly.
"Captain Usopp has an answer for ANY question." Usopp laughed as he looked to the sky.
I rolled my eyes and then looked at him. "What are your thoughts on Robin?" I asked him bluntly. He looked a little surprised and then looked to me.
"Robin?" He asked confused. "She's creeepy! She's always smiling and seems to try an creep people out, like when she says 'I sure hope I don't get torn apart.' She says it so plainly and with a smile!" he said as we both shivered. Creepy indeed. "But why do you ask?" he asked me.
"Well, I just thought she was an odd character is all, I wondered what everyone thought of her." I said plainly.
"Well, she's interesting I'll tell you that much." He said as he leaned back. Robin walked out and smiled at us. I waved and she waved back. She walked towards the deck and sat by the mast reading. I walked into Namis room and she glared at me.
"What do you want Kat?" she said as she set down her small book and looked at me.
"What? Can't I come in here to have an intellegent conversation?" I said with arms crossed. She glared at me and I shivered a bit. "Anyways, I want to know what you think of Robin. What's your opinion on Robin?" I asked her curiously. She looked a bit surprised and then held her chin.
"Robin? Well she's like a sister to me! She's smart and interesting, she's got that creepy factor and she's always got something interesting hidden up her sleeves." Nami said with a smile. "She's also great at finding valuable things." Nami said with a greedy smile. THERE'S the reason she was talking good about Robin.
I nodded and walked out. "That's all I wanted to know, thank you." I said as I closed the door. I walked to the rails and saw Robin on her way to Choppers office. I walked over and asked Brook his opinion on Robin.
"Robin? Yohohoho she is a very fun woman, interesting and she even tells me what panties she's wearing." Brook laughed a bit. I blushed and looked away as I walked off.
"Robin?" Zoro said after I asked him. "What do I care about her? She's a weird girl." Was all he said. I walked to Luffy and asked him.
"Nahahahah, Robin's strange, but she's awesome too!" He said. "She's really smart and she can read ancient languages." Luffy added on, saying she's really smart wouldn't be saying much coming from Luffy if you didn't know her and knew Luffy. I walked to Choppers office and asked him.
"Robin? Ooooh she's super smart, very organized and she's super good at understanding books! She's a great help when you need her and she's actually quite pretty." Chopper said with a slight blush. I smiled a bit and agreed with him, in my head of course. I walked out and asked Franky about his opinion.
"Hmmm? Robin? She's difficult to understand, she's smart and rather snarky at times, she's a bit freaky, but not freakier than Franky." He said as he held the tops of his arms together over his heads in a pose. I rolled my eyes, he was right about the freakier than him bit. Lastly, I asked Sanji.
"Robin-chuaaaan?~" He said in a swoon. "Those eyes are those filled with both innocence and tempered steel. Her voice is as gentle as a springs breeze and to see such a lovely face dawn a smile? Ohhhh it drives a man mad by the mere thought. and should she see fit to call my name?" I'd had enough by then so I left as he went on and on. I sat by the rails, thinking about what everyone said. She is indeed strange but she was also super smart, super sweet, strong and rather organized. I groaned and held my head. I stopped thinking about her for about an hour at best and then my mind went right back to her. WHY!? Why couldn't I stop thinking about her?! It was driving me mad, was I seriously in love ? I walked around, in deep thought and eventually I was snapped out of it when I bumped into Robin.
"Oh, excuse me Robin." I said as I moved aside and she giggled.
"Hmhmhmhm it's alright Reaper. You looked troubled. Care to share with concerned allies?" She asked with her usual smile.
I sighed and leaned up on the walls next to the door of Choppers office. "Well... something's been eating away at me." I said plainly.
"Is it leeches or perhaps a shark?" She said, I couldn't help it, I giggled even though that was really dark.
"No no, it's a question, do you know what it feels like to be in love?" I asked seriously. "What does it feel like?" I asked seriously. She stood there smiling a small bit as she thought.
"I'm not sure what it feels like, perhaps it feels maddening, perhaps it feels amazing, I might never know." Robin said as she walked up and smiled. "Perhaps you do." She said as she placed a kiss on my cheek. NOW, my eyes were wide and I stood stiff as she walked past. I looked out to sea and blushed a bit. D-did she know?! That thought kept rushing through the thoughts in my head that were going millions of miles a hour. I turned and saw Usopp and Nami leaning up to me with devilish grins.
"What?" I said, playing it cool.
"You like Robin don't you?" Usopp said with a weasily grin and I tilted my head.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." I said plainly as I walked past the 2, I could tell they were following since I heard their footsteps.
"Don't lie Kat, that's Usopps forte and I've grown accustomed to it. I can tell when you're lying." She said.
I turned around and put on a big grin. "I have no idea what you 2 are talking about." I said plainly as I climbed up the largest mast to the crows nest. I groaned when Usopp and Nami rushed up.
"Tell us the truth! You like Robin don't you?" Nami said with a glare. I rolled my eyes.
"Oh come on, will you 2 leave me alone?" I asked annoyed. They groaned and climbed back down. I sighed in relief as I sat down in the crows nest. I looked out to the sky and saw a couple clouds. I smiled and tried to make a picture out of it. I saw long hair, smooth looking lips, eyes of innocence and tempered steel... WHY DO I KEEP SEEING ROBIN?! I rubbed my eyes and suddenly it was a different picture, it looked like a dragon, I shook my head. "Why'd it look like that?" I said. I held my eyes and groaned. I couldn't stop thinking about her, it was driving me mad! "GAAHHHH! This is so stupid!" I shouted as I hit my head on the side of the crows nest. I looked around and sighed as I lay there. I sat up when I heard someone call my name.
"KAAAAT!" Nami shouted. I stood up and looked down to her. "Do you see any land?!" She shouted. I looked around and shook my head at her.
"NOOO!" I shouted back and she looked at the bracelet on her wrist. She walked up to the front of the Sunny and looked around. She looked at her wrist again and then rubbed her head. "What's up!?" I asked and she looked up at me, I jumped down from the crows nest and rolled once I hit the floor and stopped inches from the wall. I walked up to her
"Odd..." She said as she walked back and forth from the ends of the ship. I watched her and tilted my head at her. I looked at the pointer on her wrist and one of them seems to be changing directions when she walks from the ends of the ship, one time it'll be pointing in the direction she's walking, once she reaches the ends of the ship she turns around and walks back and now it's pointing in that direction. It's odd, I walked over to the side of the ship and looked at the sea. Nothing, baren ocean, I held my chin and wondered. I looked up, nothing. I looked down at the ocean again, still nothing. "Eh, this must be an island under the sea, let's head to the next one." Nami said. I nodded in agreement, I didn't think I was ready for a fight under the sea. I looked out to the ocean. I saw something in the horizon. I squinted my eyes and leaned forward, it was a small dot in the horizon. It seemed to be moving since it kept in the same spot in the horizon, it never moved back or forward, just kept in that same spot. I shrugged and walked off. I looked back and the dot was gone, I must've been seeing things. I walked to the head of Sunny and looked out past Luffys head and jumped up onto the top of her head and leaned up on the orange curved blade to the right of me and watched the sea pass us by. Dolphins, sea creatures, a couple pieces of wood and a shark. I watched the sea and marveled at the beauty of it. It broke my heart to know that the sea hated us for eating some strange fruit, such a beautiful thing, the hate of it is dire poison to a man like me. I sighed and watched the sun set and eventually my head was cleared of all thoughts and I was at peace with my mind. I walked inside and grabbed some dinner. I ate, drank and talked the night away with Brook.
When I awoke I found myself in my own bed... I ran outside and sighed in relief when I found I was still on the Sunny. I then was hit with something, a realization; last night I fell asleep in the kitchen while talking with Brook, so did Brook take me to bed? I walked around and finally found Brook passed out in the kitchen, so obviously he didn't carry me out, Zoro was out since he didn't really care enough to do so, Nami might've left me a check for the fee of carrying me in, Luffy... Naaaah, Chopper... I walked to Choppers office and woke him up as gently as I could. "mhnnnn leave me alone Luffy, I ain't...Zzzzz" Chopper took a few seconds and then looked at me. "Whaaaat?" He said softly as he rubbed his eyes.
"Did you take me to bed yesterday night?" I asked him. He shook his head and like that he was out like a light. So Chopper was out, Usopp... Naaahhhh he'd never do that, he'd be scared to even touch me, he'd think I'd wake up and cut him to bits. Sanji... he'd do it for the ladies, I grabbed between my legs to check something... Yep, definetly a guy. Franky might've done it but I found him sleeping next to Zoro with a jug of booze, definetly not him since I didn't smell of booze, or oil. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Usopp, Brook, Franky... That only leaves... I blushed at the thought and walked to Robins room. She was fast asleep and I didn't want another scare. I sighed and walked away and blushed at the thought. Robin... why were you doing all of this? I asked myself this and was interrupted when I saw an Island coming into my peripheral vision. I looked up at it and saw it was a tropical Island and smiled and grabbed the wheel of the ship. I guided us close to the shore and ran to the anchor and tossed it over. I smiled and decided to let the others find out for themselves. I stretched my legs and then jumped off the boat and landed in the water close to the sands. I blew all my air out and fell forward when I felt my energy sapped from me. I crawled onto the sand and stood up. I shook my legs off and looked around. I saw a lot of forest and plenty of beautiful beach. I smiled brightly and laughed a bit. "This is amazing! It's so beautiful! It's incredible how untouched this island is and how untainted it is by man!" I said as I fell back into the hot sands. I laughed and ran around a bit and then used my Sea Prism Slicer to latch onto the rails and tied some of the chain around my arm, luckily the leather of my jacket kept me from being sapped of my strength, I jumped as far as I could and fell short about 4 feet. I felt my strength sapped from me, I acted fast and pulled myself onto the side of the ship. I climbed up and panted as I laid on the floor for a little while. I saw Chopper walk out and yawn. I sat up and waved at him. I ran up and covered his mouth when he was about to call for everyone else. "SHHHHH!" I shushed him. "Don't ruin the surprise! Come help me set up!" I said quietly. He looked at me confused then I could feel him smile and nod. I ran to the supplies room and grabbed some chairs and some umbrellas. Chopper filled his back pack and his saddle bags with some beach gear, sunglasses, lotion, a bit of cooking supplies like pans and pots and some of the utensils, and we both jumped off the boat and onto the island. I set down the towels and laid everything out. I ran into the forest and chopped up a bunch of trees and set them on the beach. Chopper brought over large rocks and I set up the fire and the rocks around the wood. I laid the pots and pans on a beach blanket and made sure that the side the fire goes up against is facing down.
"This is gonna be so awesome!" Chopper whispered as we snickered and got everything set up. I ran around setting up chairs and then got onto the ship again and brought out a couple tables and set those up around the beach, I set the cooking ware on a special table for Sanji. By the time we finished everyone was starting to wake up, I knew this since I heard some doors open and close. I giggled and sat on the edge of the beach. First it was Robin, then Nami, then Brook, Sanji, Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Franky. They all gasped and looked at us as we waved at them.
"WHOOOOA!" Everyone said as they looked at the beach. Robin and Zoro were the only exceptions.
"SUUUURPRIIIISE!" Me and Chopper laughed as we stood up. "We chose not to wake you so we could surprise you with a beach day!" I shouted. Everyone ran onto the Island after they got some beach ware on. Franky in a really bad speedo, Usopp in some green swim trunks and a beach shirt, Luffy in only his trunks,his Straw hat and some goggles, Zoro was in some long swim trunks and a different bandana, Sanji was in a button up beach shirt and some shorts, Brook was in a different button-up beach shirt and his shades, his hat remained and his sandals were on, Chopper was in his tiny swim trunks and his hat, Nami was in a bright blue version of her bikini and Robin was in a dark purple bikini with small pirate symbols all over the top and bottom pieces. I decided to grab a pair of swim trunks and a pair of shades, that was all I needed as I ran around the beach having fun with Usopp, Luffy, Chopper, and Franky building his sand machines. I laughed and decided to build a Sand monstrosity with Usopp. We built a giant battle scene between me and Zoro, It was actually pretty realistic. It looked like the 2 sand versions of us could start moving at any second to start fighting to the death. I grinned when Luffy and Chopper made a Sea King out of sand. Brook joined in and built a sand statue of himself. We all laughed and ate when Sanji cooked up a giant Boar that Zoro cut up. It was delicious. I decided to grab my long black pants and my jacket and headed into the jungle. I looked around and smiled at the sights of the many animals and insects. I eventually wandered into a hidden grotto with a large lake in it.
I smiled and walked away from it. I spotted Robin and walked over to her. Boy was she beautiful... so sexy. I shook my head and cleared my head of such pervy thoughts. "Hey Robin." I said as I walked up.
"Oh, hello Reaper." She said as she turned to me. I blushed at her and she giggled. "Hmm? Why the embarrassed look Reaper?" She smiled a bit.
"N-nothing, just a litle surprised you were here is all." I said as I shook off the embarrased blush. "What're you doing in the jungle?" I asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." She said, should've seen that coming, how I didn't I will never know. "I'm here for the sights, I find the nature of islands untouched by man very interesting." she said as she turned and looked into the trees at a couple of birds.
I smiled. "Well then you and me have a similar reason for being here." I said, she turned to me and closed her eyes as she smiled. I walked past her and rubbed the head of a large bird. "I'm not sure why, but animals seem to like me almost as instantly as I see them." I said and then turned and saw a giant tiger, it growled and had a bit of drool running down its teeth. "Except big animals specifically carnivores, such as a tiger." I said with an unamused look on my face. I turned and ran, Robin joined me and we ran through the woods.
"I certainly hope I won't be torn to pieces." She said as she ran. I shivered, Usopp was right she is creepy. I ducked under a massive tree root and slid under it and then summoned Bloodbreaker and held it back behind me then raised it high and brought it down as hard as I could. It cut through the tree root and grazed the tiger.
"GH!" I said in surprise that I didn't hit it. I turned and ran again. I stopped when I stopped hearing snarls and growls from behind me. I saw many hands holding the beast and holding it tight. I walked over and looked around, I saw Robin with a pair of wings that seemed to be the same color of her skin, I was surprised to see her make wings out of many hands like she did. I smiled and held my neck when I heard Robin snap the neck of the tiger. "Ouch, seems painful." I said plainly.
"Hehehehe that's nothing. What really seems painful is when I almost pulled off Frankys-" I'd heard enough to know what came next.
"Ooookay, that's enough of that." I said as I walked off. I heard her giggle and I smiled a bit. I dragged the beast by the pelt and tossed it to Sanji.
"OHHHH! TIGER MEAT!" Luffy said as he miraculously had a fork and knife even though there were none in front of him.
"Robin-chuaaaan!~" Sanji said as he whirled over here like a tornado and knelt down and held up a plater with a plate of delicious looking meat, smothered in some kind of sauce, on the side was a couple tomatomatos and some lettuce. I walked past the 2 and smiled. "Did you down this thing?" Sanji asked Robin with a smile. She giggled and nodded. "Ahh such strength, surely she gets such strength from all the vigorous work she does!" Sanji said, I rolled my eyes and I saw Robin giggled a bit. I smiled Imitated Sanji as he blathered on and on, I mimiced his movements and I heard Luffy, Usopp and Chopper chuckled lightly with their hands over their mouths and I stood straight up when he looked at us angrily. I kept on an innocent look as he glared at us, I looked past him and could see Robin with a few fingers over her mouth as she giggled a bit. I smiled more and watched as Sanji got to work on the tiger. I walked around the beach and eventually bumped into Robin, literally, and boy was it enjoyable that very brief moment... why the hell am I saying this!? Am I seriously... No no, can't be. Anyways.
"Heheheeh hello again Reaper." Robin said politely.
"Hey Robin." I said. I looked her in the eyes and she smiled a bit more. "Sorry I bumped into you." I said as I bowed and she giggled. "What?" I said as I stood up.
"Oh nothing, you're just an interesting man. You interest me. " Robin said as she walked past, I turned around and started to notice how here hips swayed as she walked and her long legs... I NEED TO STOP THAT SHIT NOW!
"How so? Why is it that I interest you?" I said as I ran up and walked beside her.
"Hmmmm you interest me... because you're a new kind of fun." Robin said as she giggled. I smiled a bit and giggled as I sat beside her. Robin didn't seem to mind and we talked for a while. "So you honestly saw one of the navy Admirals-?"
"Yeah, not gonna lie, I kinda wish I hadn't walked into that locker room." I said as I rubbed the back of my head. She giggled as she read her book, I doubted she was paying attention but I was glad to talk to someone. I laid back and stared into the sky. I saw something in the sky, I squinted my eyes and it looked like a bird. It was falling... IT WAS A CANNONBALL ENVELOPED IN FIRE! I jumped up and grabbed my Slicer and spun it around. I whirled it around on my left side for as while. Robin smiled when she got a nice breeze out of it. I tossed it into the air as hard as I could and it hooked the cannonball and I spun around and tossed it at the sea away from everyone. I looked towards the sea and gasped when I saw pirates. "GUUUUUYYYS!" I shouted as I ran towards everyone, they all turned to me and then I pointed out to sea.
"GAHH! EVERYONE GET TO THE SHIP!" Nami shouted. I jumped onto the ship and got below deck and manned the cannons. I waited for Chopper and Usopp. I grinned when they came into view. "READY!? AAAIM! FIIIIIRE!" Nami shouted and we let loose our cannonballs. We all hit our marks and the enemy fired back. Zoro, Luffy, Sanji and Franky kept us safe. The firing squad kept letting loose our cannonballs. We sank the Ship and now just had the crew to deal with. They all actually swam away from us. I laughed victoriously and climbed out. I smiled until I saw a paper float down onto the deck. We all walked over and I picked the paper up. "...THIS IS BULLSHIT! 50 MILLION!? I TOOK DOWN 3 NAVY SHIPS, CREW AN ALL, ALL ON MY OWN... save the help from the return fire." I said as I slammed my wanted poster against the mast. Everyone looked at it and raised their eyebrows.
"50 million? That's pretty damn low." Sanji said as he held the picture. "AND ONCE AGAIN THEY HAVE A DECENT PICTURE!"
I groaned and leaned on the mast. Everyone said their comments and headed back to the beach. I sighed and jumped back to the beach as well. It was a start after all, they'll up it once I gain some more rep. I walked to the food area (AKA the area Sanji was cooking in.) and sat down by the fire. I smiled and sat there watching Sanji work. I then got a big hunk of meat, still on the bone and hat an eat-off with Luffy. I lost, OBVIOUSLY, and had a massive stomach ache. I walked it off and smiled when we all sat around the fire, talking Usopp started doing Imitations, first it was Luffy, then it was chopper, He'd've done Zoro but he'd need the swords. He did Sanji to well and the show ended with Sanji stepping on his head. I laughed and got up and started telling tales of the marines. "...And so he told me that it wasn't a ghost hand, it was a tissue, I asked him if tissues move by crawling and he FREAKED OUT!" I laughed and everyone laughed along.
"Did he seriously do the thing with the mop and nearly get fired?" Usopp asked. I nodded and grabbed a stick.
"Not only that, but not long after that as he spun around he smacked his ex with the same mop!" I said as I laughed trying to stand. Everyone laughed.
"I can't believe he almost smacked Aokiji!" Luffy laughed. I smiled and nodded. Everyone grew pretty sleepy after a while and just layed in the sands. I was the only one left awake, I covered everyone up with the towels I brought out and then sighed as I laid near them all and then saw Robin was still awake. I walked over to her and she smiled at me.
"Hello." she said as she looked at me. I smiled at her.
"Hey Robin. What're you doing up?" I asked. She got out of her seat and I blushed when I saw that the moon reflected off her well taken care of skin and it made her look more beautiful. Yep, I was definetly in love.
"Heheheheh, why the blush this time?" She asked as she walked past me and wrapped her long skirt around her long legs. I really didn't want her to do that, they were so- I'M GOING MAD!
"U-uhmm, it's cause the moons reflection makes you look so... well rather beautiful really." I said plainly. She giggled a bit and walked into the jungle. I followed her, to make sure she remained safe of course...
"Hmhhmhmhm, I am?" She asked, clearly it was rhetorical but I gave her an answer any ways.
"Yeah, very beautiful." I said trailing behind her. She smiled a bit, I could tell she was smiling a bit more cause I caught up to her and saw her smiling more. I smiled and blushed.
"Hhmhmhmhm, well do you find Nami beautiful?" Robin asked. I shrugged, I never really thought about her.
"Well sure, she is pretty, but I don't think she is quite as beautiful." I said honestly. We came upon the hidden lake in the grotto. I looked at her as she walked to the lake side and sat down on the edge of the lake. I looked at her and she looked to me.
"Hehehehe, interesting. Maybe Nami should know this information." Robin said as she looked to the sky.
"NO!" I exclaimed, I probably shouldn't've told her what I thought about Nami.
"Hmhmhmh alright, then how about Sanji?" Robin said, I could tell she was playing with me.
"Please don't tell either." I said as I looked at her. "What will it take to keep this a secret from them?!" I said as I got on my knees, practically begging.
"Hmmmmm," She said as she put her finger on her chin. "Well, how bout a secret of my own." She said as she looked at me with a smile. I looked up at her and raised an eyebrow. She smiled and I felt an arm grow on my shoulder. I looked to it and it seemed to have a pair of lips on its palm. It leaned the palm closer to my ear and whispered a secret to me. My eyes went wide and Robin giggled. The hand disappeared into 3 or 4 petals. She smiled and I blushed with wide eyes. I looked right at her and she leaned over and kissed me. I kept my eyes wide as she pressed her lips against mine, eventually I kissed back, as soon as I did she backed up and then got up with a smile. "You keep this secret, I keep yours." She said as she walked off. I sat there for an hour just staring at the ground infront of me with the biggest blush, I passed out after that hour and laid there on the ground. I woke up to the shouts of the others. I sat up and walked to the beach. They all started packing up after they made sure I was okay. We all piled onto the ship and sailed off. I wondered if last night was just a dream and then walked to Robin and asked her. "Was last night a dream? What do you remember Reaper?" She asked with a plain look on her face.
"Well I remember walking to that hidden grotto... and talking on the way there... then there was some bit about a secret." I said as I rubbed my head.
"Did I do this?" She asked as another hand grew on my shoulder, whispered the same secret and then the hands covered my mouth and gave me the exact same kiss. I blushed a bit and nodded and she giggled. "Then that was no dream Reaper." She said with a smile as she went back to her book. I was blushing that entire day while smiling. Nami and Usopp assaulted me with questions but I told them I was imagining a very beautiful girl, I didn't give a name and lied telling them that I didn't give her a name, I wasn't lying about the beautiful girl part but I was lying about the nameless thing. I was smiling and danced with Sanji when I toasted to beauty. I smiled and walked to the wheel and looked around and saw no land in sight. I walked around and looked for a good book to read. I found a good book named 'Wings of Fate' I opened it up and began to read. I smiled and enjoyed reading it. I was interrupted by Usopp when he called me to take care of some pirates ball-sy enough to come for my head. I sighed and set the book down, grabbed Sea Prism Slicer and walked out onto the deck. I looked to the massive ship and the laughing pirates who dared laugh at me.
"LOOK AT THAT GUY! Hahahaha! 50 Million!? Pathetic for someone on the second half of the Grand Line!" some big fucker said as he laughed at me. I sighed and tossed Slicer up onto the rail and pulled on the chain and pulled my body up in an instant. I growled when they raised their weapons and grabbed the handle of Slicers Sickle and spun around, slicing them up. I growled and looked to the rest of the crew as they charged at me and fired at me. I spun Slicer like windmill and growled as the bullets hit the floor. I grinned at them.
"HEHEHEH!" I laughed evily. "SCYTHE-SCYTHE!" I shouted and the Sickle began to get faster and faster. "WIND TUNNEL!" I shouted and a giant tornado of wind formed as I turned and gathered up as many peoples, barrels, bullets and weapons as I could. I raised the tunnel and pointed it Skyward. "NAMI! GIMME A BLAST OF THUNDER UP HERE!" I shouted. I saw a giant tunder cloud forming over the tunnel of wind and then a giant blast of thunder was brought down. Luckily the chain stopped the bolt and the blast of thunder hit only the tunnel.
"THUNDER BREED TEMPO!" Nami shouted as it rained blasts of thunder. I grinned and let the bodies hit the floor and fall into the ocean. Reinforcements came out from under the deck and charged at me.
"That's right, come to papa!" I said as I began to whirl Slicer around on my left side. I grinned and tossed slicert through then and sliced up their sides. I grinned and wrapped slicer around a couple guys and used them as a wrecking ball as I completely trashed their ship. I grinned and tossed those punks into the ocean when I was done with them. I climbed up the big centeral mast and jumped off the top of the crows nest doing incredibly fast back flips and I was like a buzz saw. "SCYTHE-SCYTHE BUZZ SAW!" I shouted and began to spin faster. As soon as Slicer went across the deck, the ship split in two and I stopped spinning and flew down onto the ship. I spat out a splinter of wood that got caught in my mouth and walked back to my book. Everyone went back to work immediately. I went to grab my book but I saw Robin reading it.
"You've been reading this? It's a good book isn't it?" She asked with a smile. I nodded and giggled at her. I walked over to her and sat beside her. I smiled as she read. I read along with her. Sanji noticed us and walked in.
"Hey, what're you doing Robin-chuuuuan?~" he said, swooning as usual. We kept reading and I smiled and giggled as we started talking. He walked off and came back with 2 red drinks. We both took one. "2 cherry sundaes with only the best cherries and finest cream, all soaked in hand crafted chocolate sauce. Tres manifique!" he said as he kissed his fingers. We smiled and sipped as we read. I grabbed another book, a big one and began to read. I looked up at the sun and saw that it was setting. I stood up and stretched then walked to the kitchen. I grabbed 2 plates and brought them back to Robin. I set down on the floor and read, the book was about some kid who started a journey on his own, he befriended 5 or six odd creatures. I smiled and kept reading and found I was now sitting by Robin again. I looked over and saw she was asleep. I blushed a bit when she leaned on me. I smiled and let her sleep. I then found that her sleep was contagious since I fell asleep fast. I smiled in my sleep since I dreamt about Robin and everyone, I was on a magnificent adventure, I was saving everyone and Robin fell madly in love with me, then it turned into a nightmare when everyone died at the simple look of a witch. I fel victim and became her new slave at her whim. I woke up panting and found that everyone was outside. I walked outside and saw everyone leaning on one side of the ship. I walked over. "Oh, hey Kat! Check this out." Sanji called me over. I walked up to the ledge and gasped when we saw massive dolphins jumping off in the distance. I gasped when I saw a mermaid on the back of one. I smiled brightly.
"That's so amazing!" I shouted happily and everyone laughed. We all stopped when we saw a massive ship catching all those beautiful dolphins and pulling them out of the water. I growled and dug my nails into the wooden rails as I watched them capture those beautiful creatures. "W-we have to stop them!" I told everyone. They all looked at eachother and considered it. "What are those guys even doing here?! Those guys are a secret pirate division the marines have, made for capruring small fish for rations, they're disobeying their orders!" I said as I hopped up onto the rails I jumped onto the side of their ship and used Bloodbreaker as a climbing hook. I climbed up and was Joined by Luffy, Sanji and oddly Robin. We all used stealth to get around the ship, marines and pirates all walked around. I growled at the sickening acts they commited. I got under the deck and saw that there were hundreds... no thousands of those beautiful creatures! I saw the mermaid and ran to the tank and held my hand up on the glass and she pressed her hand up on the glass to where our fingers matched. Sanji ran over and swooned over the mermaid. I growled and slashed at the air towards the wall closest to the tank. It completely slashed through the wall and I made a massive door way and smashed the tanks. The water rushed out and the mermaid grabbed onto me. I ran out as Luffy and Sanji backed me up and got me to the Sunny. I handed her to Franky and jumped back onto the ship. I grinned when I finally got to go all out on the ship. I let loose both Bloodbreaker and Seas Slayers abilities as I sliced up their ship and the crew. When the job was done nothing remained, save the mass of sinking wood and metal. I walked to the mermaids side and watched as Chopper patched up her wounds. I finally had time to properly observe her, she had long blood red hair and a bright yellow bikin and a few black marks sewn on it in a design of some sort, she had a bright blue star in her hair and bright blue eyes. I smiled as she smiled at me. I got into the kitchen and opened up the panel to the aquariums tank. She swam up and gasped when she emerged. I smiled and we talked a bit. She asked if I could set her in the sea. I nodded and carried her out to the rails. "This good? Sadly I can't jump into the sea, I'd sink like a rock if I did." I told her.
she giggled and spoke with her very bold and melodious voice. "Yes this is good, thank you sir." She said. She jumped out of my arms and into the sea, Sanji wept at the leaving of such a mermaid and waved a tissue at her. We all waved at her as she left.
I smiled and walked to the mast and crawled to the crows nest. I kept watch until Usopp traded me places. I walked down to the deck and threw a fishing line over and waited with Luffy and Chopper. We eventually caught some big fish and tossed them into the aquarium. I laughed and enjoyed a couple cups of booze with Zoro and the gang when we finally got around to talking. I was definetly in a paradise that I never wanted to leave. Sadly I knew that it wouldn't last long.
-Sengokus POV-
"2 massive ships, both with 300 crew at minimum?" Kizaru said as he turned an apple, checking it. "And a rouge navy collector ship that we've been looking for for months you say? 700 at minimum?"
"Yes sir!" they young soldier said as he stood straight up and saluted.
"Tsk, little green horn is becoming an issue, he is truely troublesome."Aokiji said, drinking his cold tea. He sighed and frost covered the glass cup.
"Gh, little punk, thinks he's tough shit." Akainu said as he walked up to the desk. "Let me handle him." He said plainly.
"No Akainu, you'd just kill him without thought, we need him to come back alive." I said as I held my hands together. "I'll send Aokiji, bring him back frozen." I said as I looked at Aokiji. He sighed and got up.
"Right, sad that my break was ruined by some little greenhorn." He said as he walked out.
"Ghhh." Akainu clearly hated the idea. I decided to raise the little soldiers bounty to 51 Million on account of his newer accomplishments.
-Katenshis POV, hours later-
The next day after a long night of celebratory drinking, I found myself passed out on the deck. I looked around us and saw that we were still floating. I walked to the front of the ship and looked out to sea. Nothing, I tilted my head when I saw a small speck off in the distance. It was getting closer, it was literally geting closer and closer, faster than if it were sitting there... it was moving... It looked like a guy...PEDALING CLOSER! I ran to the bedrooms and made as much noise as I could. "AOKIJI IS COMING! GET UP GET UP! AOKIJI IS PEDALING TOWARDS US!" I shouted. I ran to the front of the ship and everyone ran towards me. The speck was now gone...
"UGGGH! KAT!" Everyone said as they hit my head. I leaned forward with nine bumps on the back of my head. I turned and growled at them.
"I swear to god! I saw him pedaling towards us! He was right there!" I shouted as I pointed off into the distance. I growled that no one believed me. I sighed and looked again. There he was. Sitting on his bike, tormenting me... wait... his arm was back... OH SHIT!
"PHEASANT BEAK!" I heard him shout. I jumped out in time and sliced up the attack and all that happened was a pelt of hail. I curled up and dealt with the hail. When I looked he was gone. I hooked onto the Sunny and swung back. I looked around and saw him pedaling besides the ship. I had to keep us moving and keep us safe. I ran down and looked at him. Finally everyone noticed and ran over.
"AHHHH! HE WAS RIGHT!" Nami, Chopper and Usopp shrieked.
"Aokiji!" Luffy exclaimed while he gritted his teeth.
"Ghhhh, he's seriously after us?" Sanji said as he looked at Aokiji. Aokiji threw his hands forward and a field of Icebergs appeared infront of us.
"EEEYAAAAAHHH!" Nami and Usopp shrieked. Franky took the wheel and the whole crew ran around helping us avoid them all. I got below deck and grabbed Luffy.
"WHA!?" He exclaimed as I threw him on the mini-merry.
"DRIVE! I'll guard the ship! You need to drive me so I can do that!" I said as I got in behind him. I summoned Blookbreaker and Franky activated his system for Merry.
"ALRIGHT!" Luffy said as we took off and got on the side Aokiji was on. Already he assaulted us with ice. I sliced up the ice and stopped his freezing water tactic. I growled at him.
"AOKIJI! STOP THIS! YOU'RE AFTER ME!" I shouted. "STOP THIS AND MAKE AN ARENA FOR US!"
"Hmph, bold words little traitor." Aokiji said. He didn't stop and kept trying to sink the Sunny.
"AOKIJI!" Luffy said as he drove towards Aokiji. I turned and tried to stop Luffy. "ENOUGH!" He shouted and then rammed into Aokiji, Aokiji made a platform for himself to land on. I grinned and jumped onto the platform and Aokiji touched the floor, I smirked and slammed the pole of Bloodbreaker into the ice and jumped onto the top of the pole standing on the flat of the pole, right next to the blade. Now his ice had to grow to get me. I grinned at Aokiji.
"You realise you just lost your weapon right?" Aokiji said as his ice grew, encasing Bloodbreaker. I jumped off and slid to the edge of the ice. He turnedand held his fingers against his head. "Foolish child, how have you survived this long?" Aokiji asked plainly, sounding bored.
"Cause I'm smarter than you lot." I said as I summoned Bloodbreaker into my hands. The ice that encased it before shattered and fell into the ocean. Luffy tried to jump onto the ice. I jumped past Aokiji and punched Luffy with my Sea Prism knuckled gloves. He went flying onto the Sunny.
"KAT!? WHAT THE HELL YOU IDIOT!?" Sanji shouted at me, he stepped onto the rails and I held out my hand to stop him.
"NO! THIS IS MY FIGHT!" I shouted at him. He stopped and sighed.
"Dumbass, ALRIGHT! KICK HIS A SS!" Sanji said. Everyone started to cheer for me. They stopped and the platform of ice grew to 10 times its original size, it was now the size of an island. I jumped back away from Aokiji and he sighed, a cloud of cold air formed when he sighed.
"Phew, at least that's over with, they were growing troublesome." Aokiji said as he looked at me with his usual bored look. I summoned Seas Slayer and looked at him.
"Are you ready to die?" I asked him as I looked seriously at him. He shrugged.
"It IS a nice day, though I doubt I'll die today." Aokiji said as he put one hand in his pocket. I grinned.
"NOW THERE'S A THEORY! THINK IT'LL HOLD TRUE!?" I said as I ran towards him. I took a massive swipe at him, he not only caught the tip of the blade, but he froze it completely. I grinned when the blade became completely encased in ice. It grew heavier and I couldn't lift it. I let it drag on the ground and backed up from him.
"PHEASANT BEAK!" Aokiji shouted as he hit the ground and a bird of ice started to fly towards me.
"SCYTHE-SCYTHE ICE BREAKER!" I shouted as I smashed the ice casing on the blade of Seas slayer and also the ice bird. It made I giant wall of ice. I sliced through the ice wall like butter. I gasped when I felt a rush of cold air behind me and made a massive backflip over him. I looked down at Aokiji and slammed the tip of Seas Slayer into the ice, Ice encased the blade and I stood on the high end of the handle of my scythe.
"Hmhmhm, smart boy." Aokiji tried to compliment. I smirked and crossed my arms. The ice began to creep up the pole and I grinned at it.
"Cute." I said as I hopped down and walked up, Aokiji made a sword of ice and swung at me. I punched it and it broke. I grinned and Punched him in the gut and he coughed, I grinned and started boxing. "KATENSHIII BOXING!" I said as I kept switching sides of when I punched.
"HEY!" Franky said, I grinned since I was borrowing his attack.
"GH!" Aokiji said as he grabbed me. I started to become encased in ice. I slipped out of my jacket and Aokiji just dropped it. I Summoned Bloodbreaker and charged at Aokiji. Aokiji prepped another ice sword. We both clashed blades. He let his sword break and reared an open hand back and then reached out for me. "ICE TIME!" he exclaimed. I swirled to the side and smacked him with the back of the scythe. He shattered since he turned himself into ice an then reformed on the other side of the ice. I grinned and jumped into the air when Aokiji tried to form an ice spike under me and kill me right there, he turned and aimed his arm at me. "PHEASANT BEAK!" he shouted and another bird of ice formed, flying at me. I sliced it up and Aokiji appeared in front of me and held his head. "Ice age." he whispered. I had no time to react when a giant spike covered in smaller spikes of ice formed and stabbed me. I bared it as my leg was encased in ice. I sliced at it but the ice kept reforming and creeping up my legs. "Just give up Kat, you're never gonna win." He said as he placed his hand on my head, encasing it in ice. I saw him form a spear of ice over his hand. I was about to give in then felt heat, I looked over and saw a flaming fist heading my way.
"RED HAAAWKK!" I heard Luffy shout and the ice pillar of spikes melted around my foot, I turned and nailed Aokiji in the head hard enough for him to get him to let go and the ice began to melt. I grinned and held Bloodbreaker at my side and Luffy landed beside me in his battle stance.
"I thought I told you all that this was my fight." I said with a grin.
"Shishishishishi, you moron, like I'm gonna let the Marines take you like that." Luffy said with a grin. I smiled and got into my battle stance.
"Fair enough." I said as I felt a new rush of power. "Luffy, grab Bloodbreaker." I told him as I held the blade forward. Luffy looked confused and then grabbed onto it. "LIght your arm on fire." I said, he did so and the scythe became enveloped in flames and then the blade turned into one that was curved less with ridged on the top like a fire would make, it had the japanese symbol for fire engraved on it, the pole was made from a smoothe rock that looked like it was parts of cooled magma with cracks filled with red hot magma flowing through it, the bottom of the pole had a piece of metal made to look like fire attached to it. The top had a couple ridges of different colors of red metal on the top made to look like curved spikes. I grinned and pointed the scythe at Aokiji.
"WHOAAA! COOOL!" Luffy said as he gawked at it.
"No Luffy, this is HOT!" I said. I grinned and charged forward and the blade had small sparks of fire on it, I swung at Aokiji and he tried to grab the blade. He caught it but it didn't become encased in ice, instead I could see his hand bleeding.
"GH!" Aokiji said in surprise. "ICE TIME!" He shouted, small bits of frost began to travel up the blade. I grinned and focused and the frost melted.
"FLAME CHARGE!" I said and a spiral of fire traveled up the handle and into the blade, the blade began to glow bright orange and Aokiji let go of the blade and disappeared in a puff of cold wind. I looked around and saw him reform a yard or 2 from me.
"PHEASANT BEAK!" he shouted, repeating his attack as the bird flew towards me. I raised my weapon and brought it down, HARD!
"BURNING SLASH!" I shouted and the bird melted into water. I grinned and ran towards Aokiji.
"Exhausted... can't stand." Aokiji said as he grabbed the ice and I began to spin fast. I kept spinning and due to the small amount of friction I was spinning wildly.
"BURNING TORNADO!" I shouted and the vortex I was creating began to become fire. I grinned and created a tornado of fire. I could tell the ocean was rocking and was being pulled in by the suction of the tornado. Aokiji began to be covered in ice.
"ICE AGE!" Aokiji shouted and the entire Island began to spike up. The fire just melted the ice under me and infront of me, I was getting faster as I traveled forward. Aokiji encased himself in Ice. I slashed right through it and smirked when I saw a splatter of blood coming from behind me. I turned and saw Aokiji laying there with a slash across his chest. I rolled my eyes when his cut iced over and fixed itself.
"Phooo... that was close." Aokiji said as he sat up. Luffy was back on the boat and I could tell without even looking that everyone was shocked. "You're smart, but you can't kill me Kat." Aokiji said as he encased half of himself in ice.
I rolled my eyes and looked to everyone. "TOSS ME MY NEW TOY!" I shouted. Nami ran off and then came back and tossed me Sea Prism Slicer. I caught it and grinned at Aokiji.
He appeared in front of me and grabbed my head. "Ice time." He said as he had his other hand on his head. I grinned and felt ice begin to cover my head. I stabbed Aokiji and his pupils shrunk as he looked shocked. I saw blood run down his chest, he dropped me and backed up, he held his chest as it iced over. "S-sea Prism stone?!" he said in pain. I grinned and whirled Slicer around.
"Yep, I've got a special trinket for you 3 Admirals." I said as I began to run at him. He threw his arm in front of him and grew a spikey wall of ice. I sliced through it like a hot knife through butter, I grinned and slashed across Aokijis chest after I wrapped the main handle around his waist. HE gasped and fell to the ground. I got the Sea Prism chain off his chest. I grinned and raised Slicer, I was about to bring it down but I felt something burning at my head. I turned around and walked off. I ran as fast as I could and at the very edge of the ice, I jumped and landed on the rails of the Sunny. I turned around and saw that Aokiji had disappeared. I grinned and turned back around. "Zuahahahaahahah!" I laughed and then panted as I jumped down onto the deck. Chopper ran over and checked my leg.
"You need to lay down, that leg is to cold for your own good, and you seriously need to get that head of yours checked." he said as he jumped up and hit my head.
"IDIOT!" Nami, Usopp, and Luffy said as they hit my head as well. "You almost died!"
"Moron, you could've died, you're lucky Luffy is the eager to meddle type." Sanji said as he blew a puff of smoke, I could see a small grin. "You did well Kat, you defeated a Marine admiral all on your own." Sanji said as he looked at me.
"Ugh, great, now his ego is gonna be bigger than himself." Zoro said, I glared at him, he grinned. "Well done Kat." He said as he walked off.
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm SUUUUUUUUPEEEERRRR!" Franky said as he raised both arms above his head and pressed the flat backs of them together making a big star. "What a show!"
"I agree! That was a chilling match! It sent shivers down my spine!" Brook said. "YOHOHOHOHOHO! DOWN MY SPINE!" he laughed.
"Hmhmhmh that was impressive Kat." Robin said as she walked over with one hand on her hip. I smiled bright and an arm grew on my shoulder, then smacked me. "Idiot. Don't be so rash, next time you encounter a Marine admiral think about what you're doing before rushing in blindly." Robin said seriously, with the first serious face I've ever seen her with... EVER. Robin said. I rubbed my cheek and looked at her.
"Alright alright!" I said as I held my head and chin. "Geeeez" I said as I looked at everyone, they all chuckled for a second then laughed loudly. I joined and we all enjoyed a good laugh then got right back to sailing. It was good to feel praised, even if it's just a little.
-hours later, at Marine ford-
"ADMIRAL AOKIJI WAS BEATEN!?" Sengoku exclaimed as he stood up in surprise.
"MAHAHAHAHAH!" I laughed as I bit into my rice cookie.
"I knew that little ice cube couldn't handle the job." Akainu said with his arms crossed.
"T-that is because the Kat seemed to have Sea Prism stone, according to Aokiji" The little soldier said.
"Sea Prism stone!? But he's a Devil Fruit user" Sengoku said as he held his chin.
"Little brat is probably using some kind of glove to use it." I said as I ate the Rice cookie.
"Clearly" Akainu said as he stepped up. "Sengoku, let me handle this greenhorn." Akainu said plainly. Sengoku was hesitant but after a while he nodded and Akainu had a slight smirk. "Good, now I can finally end this little punks life." Akainu said as he walked out.
"Yes... what need have we for a pirate like him?" Sengoku asked himself. I shrugged and looked at Kizaru. He sat on the long couch as he sipped his drink. I wondered why Kizaru remained so quiet throughout this entire thing. I didn't bother questioning. I saw Sengoku writing something down.
"Are you raising his bounty?" I asked with some cookie in my mouth.
"Yes... to 300 million." He said as he handed the form to the soldier, the man ran out and the doors closed behind him. Kat... why are you doing this? Why are you with them? Luffy... I hope you are prepared for what is coming your way.