A/N I felt no need to put quotation marks in this chapter because this chapter is going to be in Brook's perspective. Well most of it.
Chapter 6
I have not felt sand against my bones in such a long time. Being able to feel it make me feel secure about where I am. The calmness of where I am is another thing I am thankful for. Having your crew destroyed twice in a life time has its emotional tug. Yet some how I felt at peace. Normally someone should be having a mental breakdown right now but I have had my more than fare share of those. I inhaled a deep breath. Letting the air fill my lungs, yet I have no lungs... I really should be going.
I stood up from my perch on the sand and started to walk to the designated point of the sunny. I slowly put my hand on my fore head. Aah Robins death was sad but not as tragic as the others. No her death was pure accident. Being shot by a special cannon ball that did not explode was bad but not as bad as the others. I stopped. That image was back. Her face. She was terrified yet when the reaper separated her soul from her body her face changed she was... smiling.
I shook my head and continued my walk, why was she smiling? I remember my first death, when I was about to bleed my life flashed before my eyes and the last image I remember was seeing Laboon as a baby smiling to our songs. Then I remember everything went black.
Maybe she saw something similar. It was possible. I fell to the ground and clenched my teeth. I couldn't control my self it just happened. Wait am I, crying? Tears involuntary poured out from my eye sockets. Damn this! It came back again Robins death. Yet this time was different it was slower. I saw the cannon ball hit her she flew a couple of feet as it dug into her. It slowed again. The ball was ripping and tearing her torso. Her organs and bones flew out of her back as it finally slipped past and blood, Blood was every where. She was falling now and when she landed I zoned back into the present.
I saw the ground beneath me it was soaked with my tears. I scooped up some sand and let it fall through my hand. This helped me reduce stress levels and allowed me to think more clearly. Was I really chosen to be the play toy of God? Was God really just doing this to make me suffer? Death had explained to me that everyone had two days that were chosen by God before time itself. The first being the day we were brought into existence. Then the second was the day we departed from this world to the next. Yet there were things that could shorten our life that was not our true death day. I remember as he explained he would try to emphasize about how we were playing God when we chose to end a life.
I remember asking him if there were any exceptions and he replied, "Only in self defense."
I picked up some more sand and let it run through my fingers, and realized I had stopped crying. Damn this whole thing had caused my emotions to be out of control. I slowly shifted in my place and turned my head to the jungle on the island. If Luffy were here he would have been in there right now I put a hand back onto my forehead and started sniffling. If only I had known how and who was going to die I could have saved them! I took my hand off my forehead . Maybe returning to the sunny is worse for me maybe I need a good amount of time away from it. Besides there was still that patch of grass...
Shit! I couldn't go back if I did I would see that and then, Oh then I would have another breakdown! It was bad enough that Sanji didn't have us clean up the blood on the grass form Robins death. He aloud us to clean everything else but that. I guess I could understand I mean it is rare for blood to be soaked up by the dirt and in return the grass that sprouted was red. Crimson to be exact. I remember asking chopper if he knew why, and he simply just shrugged and started crying. When I walked past it a week after the incident I remember being shocked that a blue hydrangea bush had started sprouting from the blood. From then on we protected that bush with our lives.
I felt as if a smile had been placed on my face because even though I do not have facial muscles, I am smiling. Yes I almost forgot that I need to water the grass and bush today I got up and began to walk to the sunny. I can't believe I' m going back to him so soon but I do need to keep the foliage healthy. Well then it is decided. I picked up my pace and ran to the sunny. The quicker I finished the less chance I had of remembering the other deaths, and seeing Death.
I slowly came closer to the bobbing head of merry 2. Yes it is good to see the little boat. Yet should I really go back to the sunny I mean I had just reminisced about Robins death who would I remember next? I reached out and grabbed the rail of merry and hopped on. I reached for the button and pushed it causing the mini merry to chug its way back to the sunny.
I leaned my head back and lied down in the little boat and decided to just stare at the clouds. There is one that resembles a bunny. Another resembles... a straw hat that reminds me. I reached up to the top of my head and took of the straw hat. It was a very fragile thing now. I still couldn't even imagine what this thing went through. It must have been made really sturdy to have been in such good condition.
The mini merry stopped and I looked to my left and saw the thousand sunny.
A/N Yup I know what you are thinking. Actually I probably don't XD if you read the authors notes I really hope that I accomplished all I wanted in making everything more descriptive. Thank you for being patient with me I hope to update everyday from now on. Till tomorrow ta ta ! R&R plz!
