Lighting the spark
"Hey.."
"Whats the matter"
"One of our cameras went off"
"Might be malfunctioning, we need to call the repair guy"
"Maybe"
"Where was the camera anyways?"
"The back entrance, specifically the docks where the trucks come in"
"Well that shouldn't be too important for us to call Caesar over"
The two security guards were in the surveillance room. They had been watching everything that was going on in the building. One of the screens became static that was moderating the back entrance. Another had Nami grabbing Luffy by the arm.
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"Nami" Luffy said confused on why she was pulling him.
"I dont want to hear it!...i dont care what your relationship with that big titted bimbo..(tightening her grip)..I'm doing this because I promise my mother I would do something nice for you...so shut up and let me take you out but you're buying!" She exclaimed.
"That's not a nice thing to do" another voice said.
The two stop walking when they saw Yusai and the others walking to them. They all wanted to escape from Hancock. Vivi felt her heart ache seeing Nami holding Luffy's arm and Robin smirked seeing how normal Nami looks holding Luffy's arm.
"Shouldn't you pay since you offered" Yusai said smirking.
"I dont need to pay anything, taking Luffy to a place to eat is my way of paying him back" Nami exclaimed.
"Fine but we're coming"
"Fine, I dont care…"
The two stare off with fire in their eyes. Luffy can feel their rage and wanted to escape but Nami wasn't letting go. Robin intervened.
"But Nami, I thought you were taking him on a date" she said.
"W-well..(blushing).. i-i had to think of something to get away from the witch..I wasnt going to actually go out with him" she said and turned to Luffy.
Her faced turned full red seeing her arm was still linked to his. She got away from him. She didn't know why it took her this long to realize it but it felt natural to her. A strange feeling started to grow inside her. She shaked her head ignoring the new thoughts in her mind. Her face was back too normal and was replaced with a serious one. She turned around and continued walking.
"Let's go...we should all get something to eat"
Yusai sighed and followed along with Luffy who looked like his normal self. Vivi didn't like how Nami reacted. She started to feel that she might have feelings for him. "Nami.." she thought until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to Robin who smiled sweetly.
"Let's go" she said kindly.
She nodded and smiled. The two began walking. Kira followed along wondering why Nami doesn't like Luffy. She thought that day she put them together cleaning the classroom would make them friends. Her eyes lead her to Yusai who brought Luffy aside of the group. Her eyes squinted to him. "Yusai.." she thought.
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"So Luffy, did you notice something" Yusai asked.
"Ya, this place...they changed things, the place that we got in is fixed and more heavily protected"
"Really…(smiling)..that won't be to hard"
"Had a feeling you would say that"
"I dont plan on leaving empty handed this time…but first we need to get away from your friends"
"Aren't we going to eat?"
"We will eat after"
"But im hungry" Luffy stated with his stomach growling.
"Stop thinking with your stomach...do you know how important this is, we need the information if we want…."
"What information?"
Yusai and Luffy heard Kira behind them. Yusai turned to her.
"Information about this trip, there probably is an assignment so we better find all kinds of information" he said causally.
"That's smart of you" Kira said with her arms crossed.
She was still suspicious of them. She felt something between the two that didn't feel right to her. Even though Yusai looked his normal self she can see that he's hiding something in his eyes.
"Namiii, Robin!, Viviiii, Kira!" Sanji yelled running to them.
Zoro and Usopp followed behind. Sanji was crying in front of the girls. He felt like he was in hell without seeing his precious girls.
"Are you lovely ladies ok….(glared at Yusai and Luffy)..did you hurt them" he said in anger.
"Sanji, were fine...they didn't do anything to us" Vivi stated with a warm smiled that made Sanji melt.
"Seems like you guys had a great time" Nami said sarcastically seeing their frowns.
"It's just some building" Zoro said.
"Ya, some building that you easily got lost in" Usopp exclaimed.
"I wasn't lost...i was exploring"
"Just admit that you were lost moss head" Sanji exclaimed.
"What did you say cry baby"
"You heard me"
The two were against each other with anger in their eyes.
"Stop you two...were all going to eat..do you guys want to come?" Nami asked bored.
"i would love too...Nami!" Sanji exclaimed with hearts in his eyes.
"Whatever" Zoro said with his arms crossed.
"Your the coming too?" Usopp asked Yusai and Luffy.
"Ya, Nami did offer" Yusai answered.
"She offering...that only happens once every blue moon"
"Hey!..I offer sometimes" Nami stated with uncertainty.
"Let go already...I'm hungry!" Luffy wined.
"Fine lets go" she said with irritation.
Everyone all agreed and began heading out to the exit. Nami was still leading the group but with Luffy beside her who was annoying her with questions about the food their going to eat. Sanji was talking with Vivi and Robin with hearts in his eyes. Zoro had Usopp beside him so he didnt wander off and get lost. Kira was near Yusai who felt like her eyes were burning into him. "She might be a she demon, but she's observant" he thought looking over his shoulder at her. He felt that she will be trouble for him in the future.
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"Boss, we're here...what do you want us to do"
"Good, I hear that a school is on a field trip there...why not you guys scare them a bit...it will be a perfect diversion for me, also if the guy with the cold stare ask you any questions, answer him"
"Yes Boss"
The communicator turned off. There were twelve men wearing black suits with helmets on hiding their identities. They were ordered to infiltrate Smile Corp by their boss who is unknown. One of them dropped a bag that was full with artillery. Each one took out a handgun out of the back and some didn't need it. They were skillful in close combat if it was necessary against teenagers inexperienced in fighting. They began spreading out and started their plan causing a panic so their boss can enter without him dealing with trouble.
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(BANG..BANG)
Loud bangs can be heard echoing in the laboratory. The fire alarms went on. Students and workers were panicking from the gunshots being fired. They all were running out of the building for safety except for Caesar who is in a secret room which has surveillance of everything that is going on in the building. They were scientist with suits covering their appearance with him.
"Caesar... shouldn't we be leaving"
"No!..we can't leave this building with all my research, I dont know who is behind all this but I'm not going to let them steal my work"
"What about the students"
"Who cares about them!...they aren't our problem, right now we must seal certain parts of the building so they won't enter room 99"
"Yes sir"
Caesar started biting his nails. He was sweating because he was nervous about who was behind this. "He can't be coming for me now...not when I'm so close into manipulating the drug" he thought.
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"What was that!" Nami said in fear.
"S-sounded l-like gunshots" Usopp exclaimed nervously, hiding behind Zoro who was also nervous.
"Someone must want to steal the smile drug" Kira stated.
"We need to get out of here quick…its not safe anymore" Sanji exclaimed sweating.
Everyone were shaken from fear except for Luffy and Yusai who looked calm. "Whats going on here" Yusai thought. He never thought someone would attack the laboratory now. He sensed something was wrong. Luffy in the other hand was looking at Nami who looked shaken in fear but this was different. She looked more terrified than anyone else. She was hugging herself slowly going down on her knees. Luffy eyes widen sensing danger. He began running to Nami. Yusai sensed it too and looked behind them. Men with black suits were heading their way.
"Guys...Run!" Yusai yelled out.
Everyone looked back and saw the men. They froze from fear for a second until Yusai spoke.
"RUN!" He yelled once more.
They snapped out of it and began running the opposite direction except for Nami who couldn't make her legs move.
"Nami…" Luffy spoke softly.
"No,no,..." she kept repeating herself with her hands on her head.
Luffy looked at the upcoming men and at her. He nodded to himself and grabbed her arm. He began forcing her to run.
"Luffy!.." she said shocked by this.
He didnt answer her. He kept running with her behind him. The two were far behind the group. Yusai notice and looked behind him seeing Luffy with a serious expression. Yusai understand what he was going to do and turned back. Luffy began turning his head look for something. Nami was confused what he was doing.
(Bang...bang)
"Luffy!.." Nami yelled out from the sound of gun shots.
She squeezed his hand. Luffy felt it and began running faster. He then found what he was looking for. He tightened his hold on Nami and pulled her against his chest. Now Nami had her head in his chest. Luffy watched the men about to shoot. He pulled out something from his pocket. "Hope this works" he thought and threw metallic balls at them.
(Explosion)
They explode causing white smoke to cover the men. It soon vanished leaving the men confused. They looked around for the two that they were following but they were completely gone. They decided to look for the others and began running in their direction.
(Thud)
"There gone" Luffy said after closing the janitor door.
Him and Nami hide in a small janitor closet with no lights and was crowded with supplies. Luffy and Nami were cramped. Luffy still held Nami against his chest. He can feel her shivering. She had a tight hold on his shirt.
"Nami.." he said quietly.
She didn't respond. She felt her life was about to end hearing the gunshots. Thoughts of Nojiko and Bellemere raced in her mind. She didn't want to leave them yet. She gripped his shirt more. Tears slowly slide down her cheeks. She soon felt Luffy moving away from her but she stopped him.
"Don't" she said quietly with her head down.
"Nami..the bad guys arent out there...it's safe"
"That doesn't mean they're not in the building"
"But…"
"Luffy those were bad guys with guns that can kill us with one shot...why aren't you shaking..why aren't you scared..why aren't you panicking about this" she said with frustration.
She didnt know why the guy who acts like an idiot and thinks about food a lot, is calm about the situation they are in. She doesn't understand him at all. It's making her mad not knowing who he was. She then heard him speak.
"I've been through worse" he said blankly.
"W-wait you have?" She said sounding confused.
"In my old school where me and Yusai came from...it was different than yours"
He paused waiting for her to speak but she didn't. Instead she had her ear against his chest looking at the door. She stopped shaking but that didnt mean she wasn't still scared. Hearing his heart was calming her down. Luffy continued.
"it was a school full a people that are strong"
"So like bullies?" She suggested.
"Not really, somewhere but they were brought down by someone stronger than me or Yusai"
"Who was he?"
"He's dangerous, I never felt scared of my life seeing him up close...just being in his presence makes my body go numb"
"Uh, just like Yusai when he introduced himself"
"I must of have been asleep"
"(Chuckling)..you were"
Luffy smile hearing her chuckle. He continued.
"ya, actually Yusai knew more about him than me"
"How, was he his friend or something"
"No, he never said those words about him...but he did say he's dangerous and it's his fault"
"His fault?..I don't understand"
"Me either, I didn't want to ask any more questions since it wasn't for me to bud in...also the fact that he plans on taking care of him on his own"
"Sounds to me like he's afraid almost"
"It's possible...that day, our eyes were open to the truth on what we were up against"
"What day was that?"
"When half our school exploded"
"I heard about that...people say there was a bomb planted in a room"
"No, there was no bomb...a fight happened instead"
"A fight!..how can a fight cause an explosion to happen"
"This isn't any normal fight Nami...I rather not say more; I don't want you to get involved"
Nami felt the strange feeling again. A warm sensation in her chest. She never noticed how long she was talking to Luffy or even that she was at all. She thought having a conversation with Luffy would be involving food or something stupid but instead, it was something interesting. Something that she wanted to know more of. Mostly about Luffy.
"You cant leave a girl hanging you know"
"W-what?"
"Finish the story"
"But Nami…"
"Whats wrong…(looking at him)..I'm a tough girl or do you think I'm weak like that big titted bimbo" she said thinking about Hancock.
"No, I never thought you were weak...I think your strong Nami"
She blushed hearing that from his mouth. She wasn't going to let that emotion stop her from saying more. She breathed out and talked.
"O-ok then so whats stopping you from telling me?"
"Yusai told me I shouldn't tell anyone...or they might get endanger"
"So your going to listen to Yusai and not me" she said with puppy dog eyes.
"Wellll" he said looking the other way.
(Thud)
"Ouch!" Luffy said after getting punched by Nami.
"The answer is me, you idiot" she said crossing her arms.
She saw Luffy struggling to think. "It must be bad if he's forcing himself to shut up" she thought but she felt like she needed to know more about him. No matter the cost.
"How about we keep it a secret between us" she suggested.
"A secret…"
"Ya, doesn't it sound fun"
"I guess so"
"So tell me…"
"Later.."
"Later?..why not now"
"Nami..(crossing his arms)..did you forget about the bad guys with guns"
"Oh ya…" she said totally forgetting about the situation they were in still.
Luffy saw the frown on Nami. He couldn't help seeing that. Then an idea popped in his mind.
"Why not after all this, we go somewhere just the two of us and I will tell you then…" he said grinning.
That brought her smile back along with her mood but that changed when she realized there was people with guns that can kill them out there still. Her mood went down once again.
"Whats wrong?" Luffy asked worried.
"How do you know if we're going to get out of here...those guys have guns...we could die" she said with her head down.
She then felt a hand against her cheek. It made her look at Luffy. Her eyes widen seeing a serious expression on his face.
"I won't let that happen Nami, I'm going to protect you and get you out of here safely...and we will talk right after all this and after dinner cause I'm still hungry...and I'm paying so don't give up"
Nami was surprised but grateful. She knew that he meant every word. She smiled and giggled at how he was still thinking about food. She touched his hand and brought it down. She squeezed it and nodded.
"Ok, but I want a fancy restaurant not some cheap sandwich shop" she exclaimed with a smile.
"Ok" he said laughing.
It made Nami laugh but stopped when she realized what just happened. "D-did Luffy ask me out on a date...and I accepted!" She thought with shock. Her faced turned bright red. "Did he plan this...no, no, he doesn't even know what a date is…" she thought looking at his innocent expression. "Maybe..it..might..be..fun, he isn't boring..heck, he turned every boring day into a interesting one...and it's not really a date since we're going out has..fr, no, classmates eating some dinner and then he's going to tell me what happen at his old school..that's it" she thought assuring herself.
"Nami.."
"..ya"
"Let's go"
Nami hesitated and looked at the door. She was still afraid but she felt that she was in good hands. She squeezed his hand telling him that she's ready. Luffy nodded and opened the door. The two began running, with their hands lock together.
XXX
"There's the exit" Vivi stated seeing the exit sign.
Everyone were running from the bad guys who were catching up to them. They all felt nervous on getting caught except for Yusai. It wasn't until a different alarm went on that a metal wall began coming down in front of the exit. Yusai's expression turned dark. "Caesar" he thought.
"Whats going on?" Zoro asked wondering why it was coming down.
"They planning on locking us in" Sanji answered not liking this.
"W-we won't make it!" Usopp Exclaimed in fear.
The wall was a few inches above the floor until it fully slammed down on it. When hearing that, everyone knew that they were trapped. They heard footsteps stop behind them. The twelve man blocked their only escape. Usopp hide behind Zoro and the girls hide behind Sanji who rather have himself become their shield. Yusai in the other hand was in front of the two with cold eyes, glaring at the small camera in the corner of the room.
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"Sir, what about the students that are left"
"Who cares" Caesar said stretching his arms.
"But…"
"Leave them be..(seeing the screen)..we will just say they die protecting the drug"
Caesar stared into the screen which had Yusai and everyone. He couldn't help but feel afraid seeing Yusai's glare. He felt uncomfortable even though he was in a room, somehow he felt has if Yusai was right in front of him.
"Caesar"
He spiked up hearing his name being called through the screen. He leaned in close to hear better.
"Don't think this is over"
(Smash)
Caesar eyes blinked rapidly when the screen turned into static. He felt shivers go down his spine hearing his voice all cold and deep.
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Sparks came out of the camera which had a ninja star in it. Yusai threw it so no one can watch over what was about to happen. He turned to the men with the guns. He gave them a stare that made them step back a bit. There guns were raised to him. Yusai put his hands in his pants pocket. He began stepping forward.
"Why not put the guns away...and let us..(stopped walking)..use our fists" he suggested smirking.
Laughter can be heard coming from the bad guys. They couldn't believe what he just said. Yusai grinned at their reaction. He lifted up his hands from his pockets.
(SMASH)
Guns can be seen banging on the floor with stars in them.
"There much better…(clenched fist)..now it's even" Yusai said glaring at them.
They were surprised on what just happened. They entered their fighting stance, they don't plan on underestimating the boy again. The people behind Yusai were shocked in what just happened.
"How did you.." Kira spoke first.
"Training, and also good tech from Luffy's father"
"Luffy's father" Vivi thought wondering about who is Luffy's father. Even though they saw what Yusai can do, they knew that it won't help them. It was one against twelve.
"Sanji..Zoro" Yusai said in a cold tone.
They looked at him wondering why he called their names.
"I'm going to need your help...I can't fight in these conditions"
"Our help..are you nuts, we can't fight these guys...you might have some ninja training with those stars but we are just high school students who dont know how to fight" Sanji exclaimed.
"So are you going to give up hope on leaving" Yusai asked.
Sanji eyes widen. He put his head down and clenched his fist. He was scared. He didnt know what he can do except think negatively on the situation. It wasn't until Yusai spoke again that his mind changed.
"You dont need to know how to fight to fight your enemies….what you need...is a reason to fight!..(faced him)...once you find that, you just let your body move...let the angry take over...let your fire burn inside you…(clenched his fist in front of him)...don't let anything or anyone stand in your way…(glaring)..i know you and Zoro can fight...I saw it when I first met you two, that's why I'm waiting for the day….that I get my chance to fight both of you, but for right now...I'm going to spark the fire in you" he said grinning.
Yusai pulled out three ninja stars from his pocket. He pointed them to Sanji but his eyes were on someone else. Sanji eyes followed his and looked behind him. Then his eyes widen realizing what he was about to do.
(Smash...smash...Smash!)
Vivi, Kira, and Robin eyes widen from the sheer feeling of fear. Yusai threw the stars at them but missed and pierced the wall behind them. They all felt their heart pop out of their chest feeling how close the star was to their necks. Yusai smiled at Sanji's reaction which made everyone look at him. Sanji had his foot on Yusai's arm that threw the ninja stars. Right before he threw them, Sanji slammed his foot on Yusai's arm adjusting the target so they wouldn't hit the girls.
Sanji looked at Yusei with murderous intent. He felt hate against Yusai for almost hurting the ladies. He felt the surge of anger boiling inside him that wanted to be released. It wasn't until he saw Yusai's grin that he snapped out of his anger a bit.
"Good…(grabbed Sanji's foot with his free hand)..you can get me back after were done here" Yusai said and pulled his foot away his arm.
It left a red shoe print that would cause anyone to scream if they were slammed with a shoe but not Yusai. He was calm and relax. No anger in his eyes. Sanji stood up still feeling his blood boiling. Yusai then faced Zoro.
"I can see the fire is already inside you but...you're missing something"
"(Small smile)...it was funny seeing Sanji reaction...I don't fight with my hands or legs..(glaring)..i use swords" Zoro exclaimed.
It didnt surprised anyone that he would say that since they knew that he lives in a dojo where he practices his sword skill. He could have brought it up but he couldn't bring his weapon to school or anywhere except at his dojo. So what was the point to bring it up in the first place. Yusai smiled and reached down his pockets. Zoro was confused on what he was doing. Yusai then threw something at him. He got it and looked at two wooden sticks, size of a pen but fatter.
"Whats this?" He asked confused why he gave him this.
"Just an invention that I created...it might not be what you're use to but it's similar"
Zoro didn't understand what he was saying until he pressed down on the wood. Suddenly they extended into two long bow staff the size of him. He was surprised that something little became something huge. He tightens is grip on it and felt how durable it was. Yusai turned around and faced the enemy.
(Crack)
He cracked his knuckles and slam his fist into his hand. Zoro and Sanji stepped forward and stood beside him. Ready to fight.
"Won't this be fun...it could have been four on twelve but…(looking at Luffy and Nami hiding behind the wall)..Luffy has his on troubles dealing with a bossy she demon" he stated.
Nami had a tick on her head and wanted to beat up Yusai but she had Luffy gripping her hand telling her not too. The two heard everything and saw everything that happened. They decided to hide instead of going and help. Even though Luffy wanted too so badly but he had to watch Nami.
"So...shall we begin" Yusai said grinning with excitement in his eyes.