Anywho, Dear Guesty Besty: Lol, I'm glad you like Livia now. She's pretty boss.
Ok. I'm going to start now. This chapter IS in Blaze's POV, but it starts out in other people's POV so yeah...but the main POV is BLAZE.
Enjoyyyyyy~Stripey
Log 10
Blaze POV
Sallya looked up in surprise as the door cut in half. A girl with orange hair, a guy with a long nose and a...
Sallya squinted. A tanuki? She heard a quiet chuckle come from the doorway and she sighed. It must've been Ryuma the sexually harassing mummy who'd sliced up the door.
"You guys!" Hogback screeched, leaving Sally's ears ringing.
The three of them looked like they were ignoring Hogback and he wasn't happy about it. She snorted softly through her nose. They weren't wrong to ignore him. Yes, he was a zombie doctor that Sallya needed to fulfill what she wanted, but he was so...stupid.
The trio finally realized Hogback was there, screamed and then made excuses on how they didn't see anything.
"W-we didn't see anything!" The long-nosed guy stammered. "Especially not that zombie you were making!"
Sallya sighed They had seen it then.
She turned back to the still form on the table and fingered it's hair. It was coarse and tough, not like how it's would be counterpart's was. Sallya reveled in the memory of sitting in Blaze's lap, her legs wrapped around his waist, running her fingers through his soft, red hair.
The ticking of the clock brought her out of her memory.
"Hogback, it's fine," She sighed as she made her way towards the window. "They're going to see it either way."
"Huh?" The girl looked at her in the eyes as she stepped on the windowsill.
Sallya smiled. "The Night Attack is starting soon."
She turned to Hogback. "I'm going out for a bit. Make sure he's," She gestured to the zombie. "Ready by the time I get back." She vanished from the windowsill.
Absalom growled. "Buried so neatly in the ground right before the Night Attack?"
He walked around pulling zombies out of the ground. "Burning...Itching...Pain...It's all in your imagination!" He said as he pulled zombies out of the ground. "You guys are zombies! You're already dead!"
"Oh, right..." A zombie said.
Absalom looked up as he felt a pair of hazel eyes looking at him.
"Sallya," He growled. Sallya was sitting on a tombstone, giving him a playful smirk. "What are you doing here? You didn't stick the Soldier Zombies back in the ground, did you?"
She threw her head back and gave a short shriek of laughter. "Why, my dear Absalom, would I do that?"
Absalom growled. He didn't like that woman. Something about his senses tingled about her. Ever since she came to Moria, wounds everywhere, blood pouring from her body, begging him to hide her identity from the World Government, and in turn, offering him her services, they'd been having a good catch each time, but something was off about her. There was a hidden reason to why she came to Moria. Absalom was angered by the thought that she'd only come here to hide herself, using Moria-sama as one of her tools.
He sprung onto the tombstone that Sallya was sitting on.
"Revive, Soldier Zombies!"
"Waaarrrrggghhhh!" The zombies slowly stood up. And then sighed, "Such a pain..."
"Oi!" Absalom panicked. "Get a hold of yourselves, Soldier Zombies! Who am I?"
"You're the leader!" One zombie replied. "Lea-der! Lea-der! Lea-der!" They chanted.
"A leader who's hobby is peeping." Sallya muttered. "Erosalom."
"EHH!" Absalom stammered.
"Ero-leader! Ero-leader! Ero-leader! Eroi! Erosalom!" The zombies followed Sallya.
"SHUT UP!" Absalom shouted.
Sallya shot him a glare. "I still remember my fifth night here when you pinned me in the bathtub while I was naked!"
Absalom jerked back, overwhelmed. His cheeks then turned red. He remembered that night well. Absalom giggled like a little girl.
"You shamless bastard!" Sallya brought her foot up and drove the heel of her boot onto his foot. "And there's a reason why you're on the same tombstone as me, isn't there, Erosalom." She turned away from him as he howled with pain.
Absalom felt a bead of sweat running down his neck. "I-I-I don't know what you're talking about!" He stammered.
"You're standing here," Sallya said, whith a low tone. "So you can see into my shirt!"
Absalom gulped nervously. She had hit it right on the spot. Absalom didn't like Sallya, but how could he pass up the opportunity to look at that woman's amazing curves! From Absalom's position of where he was standing, he could see right into her top.
She turned and gave him a sultry look and then shrugged as she stood up. "I don't care. It's a normal thing with you."
"EHH! You're letting me off the hook just like that?" Absalom exclaimed, relieved.
"No." Sallya replied as she punched him in the face with the back of her fist. The zombies were still chanting 'Erosalom! Erosalom! Erosalom!'
Sallya put her hands on her hips. "Soldier Zombies!" She called. "You know what to do!"
"Yes, Sallya-sama!" They roared back.
"Blaze," Livia said, gently. "Let Robin go."
I blinked. I hadn't realized that I'd still been holding Robin. She was looking at me with wide eyes, her mouth slightly open. Sanji was stomping his foot in the corner, furious that I'd touched his "woman".
"Sorry." I muttered as I let go of her arms.
This business with my heart going at 200 kilometers per hour whenever I touched, talked to, or even looked at Robin was really getting in the way. I felt Robin's eyes on me as I turned and walked nearer to where Moria was.
As we walked and Luffy joked with the others, I could not get my mind off that raven haired woman. I didn't realize it, but as I pictured her face in my mind, I had memorized every eyelash, every crease in her lips. I rubbed my temple. This was like a game in my head. I denied everything I felt, everything I wanted to do to Robin over and over in my head. I swore I would not lose to what my body wanted again. I had already made a mistake once with Sal. She gave me her heart and I didn't work hard enough to protect it. Robin would not be victim to my carelessness. I felt a hand brush mine casually and I turned.
It was that romantically enticing woman.
I felt my mouth go dry and I swallowed quickly.
She gave me a smile. "Thanks for worrying so much over me back there," She stepped into stride with me. "It was very sweet of you."
I cleared my throat. "N-No problem." I said, gruffly.
I heard her laugh through her nose.
"Was that man back there part of your," She paused. "Sector?"
"Yeah." I replied. "He was my tutor."
"And you became his higher?" She asked.
I nodded.
I suddenly had an urge to tell her the fact, or secret, you could call, about Livia, Crusoe and I's Cipher Pol section.
"Robin," I turned my head quickly towards her. "Can I trust you to keep a secr-what?"
There was a tear running down Robin's cheek as she watched me.
"Robin!" I exclaimed. "A-Are you ok? D-Did I say something wrong?"
I subconsciously reached out my thumb and wiped the tear away.
She hurriedly wiped her eyes. "No, Blaze, thank you, I'm fine."
I frowned.
"You're obviously not fine." I pointed out.
She looked and me and opened her mouth like she was going to say something, but was interrupted by Luffy.
"Hey look!" He said. "It's raining!"
Now that he said it, I felt my hair getting damp. I couldn't believe I hadn't noticed it. I hated the rain. Robin lifted her bag and covered her head with it. My thin white collared shirt was starting to stick to my skin.
"What are you waiting for Luffy?" Crusoe asked, covering his head with his bright orange army jacket. "Let's go inside!"
"Wait...I can see something." Luffy peered up. "It looks like a mark."
"No," Franky contradicted. "It's a mast."
"Yes," I heard Bo's voice croak from behind us. "That guy is right."
"You were still following us?!" Zoro, Livia, Franky, Sanji, Crusoe and I asked.
"Is that a problem?" He rasped.
"No, it's just..." I scratched the back of my head. "Anyway, Franky, you're right. This is actually a ship."
"Now that you say it," Franky said. "The word 'Bark' refers to a smaller, faster pirate ship. But I'd never thought that an island would be on a ship."
I nodded. "Neither did I."
I pointed out the the middle tower. "That's the main mast where Gecko Moria is."
"Be careful." Bo-san said.
We all turned.
"You too, Ossan." Luffy grinned.
Right as he said that, the clock's gong rang. My breath caught in my throat. I turned quickly towards the main mast. I swear I could feel Moria's eyes looking at me from the main mast. The gong rang eleven more times, signaling that it was twelve.
"It's started," I murmured as the gongs rang.
"What's started?" I heard Franky ask me.
I ignored him and turned back to Bo-san.
"Bo-san, you should go soon." I told my old tutor.
He nodded. "I'll be going. We'll be praying for your survival!" He walked back into the forest.
"What's started?" Franky asked again.
I kept my eyes on the castle.
"The Night Attack." I replied.
Everyone looked confused, but I didn't go into depth. They'd find out soon enough.
"Well, let's go," Luffy said cheerfully as he pushed the creaking gate open. "To the ghost mansion!"
Sorry for the shorter chapter. I just had to get this little segment out of the way. I promise there will be a longer chapter later on! The chapters are just getting shorter because I'm getting busier and busier and yeah...There will be a longer chapter out sooner or later!
Till next time, sayonara!~Stripey