RED DEVIL SPADE 10
Killer
The ship's condition is getting even worse and worse, imagine a sailor without a boat... A boat without a sailor, a boat and sailor without a sail, now this ship is a boat with a sail but with soul less sailor, THAT, is our ship. Captain Kid has been auto-living for the week, the island is... Nowhere to be seen, we've gone in an opposite direction than the eternal pose, the vivre card is pointing to the exact opposite position, Kid insisted we follow the vivre card, we're going slow, the wind hasn't been really helping. Kid hasn't been sleeping and eating well lately, the dark bag under his eyes are visible, and getting even bigger from time to time. Not just the captain, the crew also seem to lost their interest in everything. Everything in this ship is done half heartedly, the deck is never clean, the meals aren't cooked well, the dishes are piling up, and a cheerful voice was never to be heard again, the merry song once echoing through the hallway was not heard again, the song that flow softly as the crew threw a party was not heard again, the song about sea that was heard at the deck at night was not heard again. As the first-mate and vice-captain I could feel that the crew is really missing that one girl's presence. The hallway is empty, the deck is filled with silence, the once full of love dining room is now filled with nothingness and emptiness. I walked slowly through the hallway to that room, I knocked slowly and opened the door "Kora..." "Killer... Come in" she said, her voice was shaky, it was breathless and hoarse, like she has been crying for hours. I come in silently and put my mask at the night stand, she's sitting at the edge of the bed, the room is a mess. I sit at the other edge of the bed, we sit in silence for a few moments. "...I wish she never changed" her voice is a low whisper "...why?" "Because..." She sobbed "if she never change her way of thinking towards the marine she... She won't-" "she won't ever set sail" she inhaled softly "and she won't ever meet the Kid Pirates" she looked at me with watery eyes "..." "Do you regret meeting us?" "...no.." "She lived the way she wanted to live, there's nothing to regret Kora..." "I... I'm... B-but it's not f-fair... Mira is... Mira is a nice person... And we all know damn well what did marines do to nice persons..." I nodded in silence agreement "anyway, there might be some things you want to know about our progress" "what happened?" "You might want to see it yourself" she stood up and walked to the door "lead the way" her tone is cheerful, but I could see the fear in her eyes. I walked through the door and onto the hallway, she followed silently behind me, I opened the door leading to navigation room and walked in, gesturing her to walk in.
Kora
What I saw when I entered the room surprised me, there were Kid, Heat, Wire, and a few others, all staring intently at something on the table, my curiosity rose and I peeked trough the crowd, but due to my height, I couldn't see much, but after I managed past the crowd, and stand beside Kid (who stand at the very front) to say that I'm surprised is an understatement, the 3 objects on the table were; a vivre card pointing to north, while there's a log post next to it, pointing west, and the last, my eternal pose, pointing south. The feeling to just destroy all of it was strong, from what I heard (from the whispers behind me) we're waiting for Kid's decision on which thing we should follow. Killer showed up next to me and leaned "they said they saw a marine base from where the eternal pose's direction, with one ship heading towards it, and from the vivre card's direction, they saw a few marine ship sailing north, probably the few last ships from the fleet that attacked us a few weeks ago" I nodded and looked at Kid, he looked at me and sighed "men, you're dismissed, just do what the fuck ever you wanted to do until I give the next order, everyone leaves this room except Killer and Kora" "aye-aye captain" with that, the crew flee from the room, leaving only the 3 of us. I glanced at the table again and frowned, marine ship or marine base? Where would you keep a 17 years old girl who's about to be trained to be a marine? That would be the marine base. ONLY, for this time,you're keeping a vice admiral's daughter, who's a pirate and forced to be a marine by her father... Now where would you keep her? "... Kora..." Kid's voice pulled me from my thought and I looked at him, he's sitting by the table, face covered in his entwined fingers as his elbow was supported by the table "Kora... Do you know where's Mira?" He asked, his voice breaking at the end of his word. I looked at Kid, then at Killer, who stand at his captain's side, and shrugged at me. I inhaled deeply "if you're keeping a normal 17 years old girl who signed up for the marine, that would be the marine base" I took the eternal pose as I speak "but to be honest, if you're keeping a vice admiral's daughter who ran from his father for 11 years, now found and forced to be a marine.." I put the eternal pose again "I don't know..." My voice cracked "they could put the other piece of the vivre card in the marine ship and keep Mira in the marine base... I... I d-don't know wh-where she is..." I chocked on the last words and sobbed. For a few moments, the room was silent, my silent sob and the voice of Kid's finger running through (yanking) his hair. Kid sighed and stood "so it's the captain's decision after all" me and Killer nodded, he looked at the objects "we'll follow that" then I noticed the vivre card was slightly burning "and we better hurry"
Kid
I sighed as I slammed the door to my room with a loud bang, the image of the burning vivre card was forever imprinted on my brain... Is it wise..? By following that... Will we be able to reach Mira?... What if she's at the... Wha-why am I crying? Damn it! The great Eustass "Captain" Kid did not cry! I rubbed my eye with my arm, but the tears won't stop. For the first time ever, I felt fear, the fear of losing Mira is just too damn big. My tears has stopped, but I could feel my eyes still puffy. I rubbed it again only to make the tears come out again, I cursed and tried my best to stop the tears. Suddenly the door opened, I was surprised, when I saw Killer leaning silently at the door frame I silently rubbed my eyes again. The room was silent for a moment, then he decided to talk first "Kid... You might want to know about our progress" I nodded and walked to the navigation room "what's up?" The navigator looked at me and pointed at the object on the table. Mira's vivre card, burning, more intense than before but still slowly, eating the rim of the photograph behind it, making the face of her father unclear. I was still staring at the photograph when Heat coughed awkwardly behind me, I turned to him and nodded "yes?" "We've targeted a marine ship which is not too far in front of us, if we keep up, we might be able to be in the same position with that ship in a few hours" I nodded again and put the paper down "then what are we waiting for? Maximize the engine!" I roared, but I can't deny the happiness in my voice. Finally, finally, finally, there will be a glimpse of hope to find Mira's where about. There's no doubt that if we attacked that ship, the other ships will turn and check what's wrong with that one ship. With a lot of fucking hope that one of those ships brought Mira along with them... Damn these marines, they can't just suddenly popped out of nowhere and take what's mine! I fucking swear that they will pay for this! Just you fucking see, Vice fucking Admiral Rokashi. Just you see... For now, we're going to lay back and wait...
Kora
I closed the door to my room slowly and slide down against it, my legs trembled, whether with excitement, fear, or mix of both I don't know. All I know is my heart was hammering against my chest, I know that there are some faint happiness in my heart, I know I can't get my hope too high, because the probability of Mira being there is only half... But still... A loud knock pulled me from my thought and back to the reality, I sighed as I stood and face the door "who is t-" "Killer, open the door" I shrugged and opened the poor door which is now being Killer's punch bag. As soon as I opened the door Killer breathed in and rasped out quickly "Communication room. Now. Urgent." I nodded and followed him running down the hall to the communication room. When I arrived, the door is opened, Kid was already there, holding a den-den mushi in his hand and shouting some incoherent words "Hoi! Answer me! Where the hell are you?" I flinched at Kid's tone, but I entered the room and closed the door behind me slowly "what happened?" I asked slowly, when Heat's about to answer, Kid shoved the den-den mushi in front of my face, then one voice I longed to hear was heard "Kora..." "MIRA? HOLY FUCKING SHIT, IS THAT REALLY YOU?" I screeched to the poor snail and Mira just chuckled "you won't believe what happened, and yes, this is actually me" I can feel my eyes water as I laughed "what the hell happened over there?" "Well, I met Yashiro, you remember that snout-nosed boy from the ba-" "I HEARD THAT MIRA!" "Yea, I remember, what's up Yashi" "good, the- hoi, keep still, Vice Admiral" suddenly it all clicked in my head "Mira, we're going there, please, please, please, don't mess up or die before we got there" Kid stared at me with 'the hell, how did you know where she is' face. Mira chuckled "I can't promise you that, this guy over here is very impatient you know, he got gun on my head, me and Yashi got a katana on his neck, anything could happen" I sighed as I answered "okay, just... Try to hold still... And... I thought gun didn't work on you?" "Little lady, this is a sea-stone bullet gun" there was an arrogant voice screaming at the background "whatever Rokashi, keep you fucking mouth shut, Yashi know how to use katanas very well" I scoffed while Mira just laughed when a gruff voice interrupted "time's up" and the line was cut. I cleared my throat "she's at the very front of the fleet, the Vice Admiral's ship, we need to hurry" the other gawked at me with the expression of 'how do you know that?' I sighed "Well, her father is a Vice Admiral, and the Vice Admiral always lead the fleet, that arrogant voice you heard saying stuffs about sea-stone bullets is the voice of Mira's father, with her position, Mira could easily ask for a simple call to another ship, well... Under the watch of the marines of course, that's why she can't exactly tell you where she is, there might be lots of marines aiming guns at her head or something, we better hurry"
a/n: *dark atmosphere* the author herself! arises from the dead to continue this story! the- *got thwacked by kitsu-ne-zumi* anyway, long time no see you all~ *dodging rotten fruits* my friend(hiyoko) said that she got confused on whose POV is the story from, and so, poof, here is some changes... and what is this? update before Friday? Well darlings, today I received my not-so-bad-not-so-good mid report, and I'll be gone for tomorrow until Monday, and yeah... I wanted to apologize that I didn't upload anything on white day, nobody celebrate white day here, and when I realized it was white day, it was already like... 8pm or something... maybe I'll upload something for April fools... maybe... anyway, as usual, one piece doesn't belong to me, and if you like, review please~ I'd also like to thanks everyone who followed/fovorited/reviewed this story, I am so happy, we've reached 1.790 view~