Cannonballs

The submarine was slowly rising to the surface. We had been underwater for quite a while now. Since we would reach an island to replenish soon, we would finally see the sun again. It had been a little hard to keep my cool with all the boys around. I think I know why there are no girls on board now. I was looking by a window, curious. Tokei appears right next to me, an amused smile on her lips:

«We should find somewhere else to come out.»

When she is smiling like that, it always means a battle is close. I turn to her:

«Somewhere else?»

«Look up.»

I do as she says and open round eyes. There were shadows…shadows of ships above us. So, that's why she is so amused. She wants to go and fight them herself. I'd rather not, personally. I move away from the window:

«I'll go warn Trafalgar.»

I run to his room and knock on the door:

«Trafalgar-san! We can't get to the surface here!»

He opens the door, serious:

«What are you talking about?»

«There are ships above us, about four of them.»

He smirks:

«Ships, huh? This should make things interesting.»

He passes next to me and leaves. I sigh:

«Interesting?! What is he thinking?!»

Am I the only one who doesn't want to search for a fight around here? I run after him. I feel the submarine reaching the surface and everything goes silent. Not for long, at least. The moment I walk out to the deck, the sounds of cannonballs resound all around us. I react instantly. I run in the middle of the deck and open my arms:

«Repel!»

The cannonballs that were flying at us stop and change side, going back to the cannons they were shot from. Luckily I had tried to use this part of Eustass Kidd's powers. I look around at the ships and groan:

«Marine ships…those little cowards are attacking from a distance so they don't have to fight us! They'll be surprised for sure!»

I don't search for a fight, but if someone attacks, I counter them. Every time they were shooting, I would turn to repel the cannonballs back at them. I was doing my best at repelling the cannonballs that were being shot at us, but there were so many. They really were aiming to sink us instead of fighting. As I was repelling two cannonballs that were being shot at the submarine, I heard something coming in my direction. It was a cannonball, of course. I couldn't stop it, my power being concentrated on something already. I opened rounds eyes as I see it coming in my direction. It never reached me. Someone arrives running next to me and I see a long sword slashing the cannonball in two pieces, making it fly away from the submarine by the same move. It was Trafalgar. He looks at me, serious:

«You okay?»

I nodded and bowed to show my gratitude. He puts a hand on my head:

«Don't let your guard down. We'll move the submarine so we can attack them instead of waiting for cannonballs. They won't have a chance of escape now that they are full of holes.»

I can feel the submarine moving already. I couldn't stay inactive! I continue repelling the cannonballs one by one, Trafalgar slicing some here and there before they would reach the submarine. We were getting closer of one of the ships. The fight wasn't very long. They were good when it came to shooting cannonballs, but they were totally lost in fights. I stood behind, not really seeing the point in fighting when our opponents didn't even know how to hold a weapon in their hands. I was stopping the cannonballs coming in our direction instead. I shouldn't have underestimated them, though. The captains weren't total twerps. I was happy to have good reflexes and to listen to my surroundings, though. I heard a gunshot. Law's crew being hand to hand fighters, something didn't seem right about it. I started turning around when I saw a gunshot passing right in front of me, exactly where my heart was a second before. I spotted the captain about at the same time as Trafalgar had reached him, slicing him in more than two pieces. He really looked mad at the marine captain. Trafalgar looked up at me, as if to make sure I was still standing, and went back to the fight. I really am lucky.