Log 14
Crusoe POV
Damn...It was cold. I wasn't good in cold weather. Never had been. It was like Blaze and I were opposites. Our hair color showed the color of our weaknesses...hahaha...I began to realize I was delirious, thinking about this kind of stuff. The piles of crap that that girl had piled on top of me were still there. I was stuck underneath the stuff, too cold, and too stiff to move.
"You're burning up." A felt a soft hand on my forehead.
"Nami?" I croaked.
"No," Came the reply. "Kagura."
Kagura? I turned my head. It was that woman who'd saved me from before. Her brown eyes regarded me with concern. Why was she looking at me like that? Wasn't she the enemy? I studied her face as much as my throbbing mind would allow. She was actually quite pretty, with a nice figure and hair that was thick and soft looking. Hair that I'd love to run my fingers in.
I blinked. What was I thinking? Nami's beautiful orange hair was the only hair I'd be running my fingers in. It must've been the cold making me think these thoughts. I hated it. But something about that woman drew me closer. I wanted to know more about her.
"We need to get you warm." She started tossing things off of my frozen body. "And you're wearing something like this! Of course you'd be freezing your ass off!" She gestured at my green open vest, shoved the hood onto my head and zippered me up. "This should keep you warmer than you've been."
She climbed back up the manhole, stuck her head out for a few seconds and came back down, a man in a yellow gas suit following her. She pointed at me. "Carry him and follow me."
The man grunted as he lifted me up and followed that woman called Kagura. I weakly looked around Sunny as we came back onto the deck. Brook was laying facedown, snoring. Why was he snoring? And why was it snowing? The last thing I remembered was it being a fire island, not a snow island. As the man walked off Sunny and into the huge building that was on the banks of the snowdrifts, I passed out once more.
I blinked to a soft, red glow. I thought it was Blaze's hair at first, but found out it was the fire. I was a helluva lot warmer than I had been outside, and saw I was wrapped in furs and laying on a warm bed. My shirt was off and warming on the chair and Kagura was sitting by my bed, replacing the cool towel that was on my head. She glanced at me.
"Good you're up." She said. "You were running a pretty high fever."
I blinked again. Those thoughts of pressing my body hard against hers were floating into my head again. I didn't understand it. What was wrong with me?
"Thanks." I had to get out of here before I made a terrible mistake. "I'm fine now. I'll be going."
I sat up in bed and placed the towel on the side table. I made to get out of bed, but Kagura held me fast. "No, you're still sick."
I was conscious of her hands on my bare shoulder, how she'd taken her coat off, showing almost all her skin. I swallowed. There was something about this girl I liked. Without even thinking, I leaned forward and softly placed my lips on hers. I felt her stiffen as I held my lips there, and then slowly relax. As I worked her lips apart, I slid my tongue into her mouth, tasting the Mi-
It wasn't Mikans. It was a cold taste, like fresh snow. I jerked back. What the hell was I doing?
"Sorry." I mumbled and fled out of the room.
"Hey, wait!" She called after me.
I ignored her and strode down the long corridors of something that resembled a lab, like the ones at the World Government. I shivered and took down the hallway.
"Cobalt Crusoe!" I heard her yell. "Wait!"
I stopped and turned. She tossed me my vest and a purple fur lined coat. "You're going to die out there again."
I grunted my thanks. "Just because I kissed you once doesn't mean that I like you."
Her eyes glittered with laughter. "Of course."
I slipped on the coat and followed her down the hallway. "So why is this part of the island cold?"
She gave me a strange look. "I heard you were in the Marines. Don't you know?"
"Know what?"
"Aokiji and Akainu fought a great battle here, on Punk Hazard." Kagura explained. "It was so great that it split the climate of the island in half. This island used to be Vegapunk's experimentation lab, until it went wrong four years ago, and everyone had to evacuate because of the toxins in the air. They named it Punk Hazard, hence the 'punk' in Vegapunk's name. Aokiji and Akainu chose this place because the toxins were mostly gone and it was least populated."
"Hmm." So that was why he'd quit the Navy.
"How come you're not up to date?" Kagura asked.
"I haven't read the news in a while." I replied.
"No I thought you were part of-" She broke off in the middle of her sentence and backflipped twice, landing with a frightened look in her eyes. "I forgot! You weren't part of Re(mark)able group anymore! Doflamingo-sama didn't tell me!"
I frowned. "Doflamingo?"
The wind stirred, making her hair fly around, creating a slight halo above her head, like a scared angel. "You're the Time Twister..."
"Ye-ah." I said, confused.
A small tornado of wind appeared in her cupped hand. "I know I can't beat you."
"Whoa whoa whoa," I raised up my hands. "Who talked about beating anyone?"
"I have to stop you!" She cried, the wind becoming fiercer. She must've had the Kaze Kaze no Mi, Wind Wind Fruit. "Or else, I'd anger the Master and Doflamingo-sama!"
There had to be a way I could get out of this without hurting her. I was rough and brash, so even if I tried to not hurt her, I would end up doing it anyway. There was only one way, one I wasn't so comfortable about, but it had to be done.
"Time Flat Focus." I froze Kagura, her eyes widening. I set the time of her frozen state shorter, allowing her to move after thirty seconds. I had to hurry. I rushed up to her, placed my hands on her hips, and kissed her once again. I felt my powers slowly stop and she could move once again. But she didn't break our kiss. I pushed her gently against the wall, kissing her deeper. I had to stall for time. She ran her hand slowly up the back of my head, feeling the little, buzzed hairs.
I heard footsteps and suddenly broke it off, pulling her with me behind the corner and pressing her against the wall.
"Kagura-sama is acting weird just now." One of the men said.
"How so?" His friend asked.
"She took that blue haired guy to her room." The first said. "Even though the Master told us to bring all prisoners to him."
"That's strange."
I pressed Kagura harder against the wall, feeling her hot, nervous breathing on my neck. They were getting closer to our hiding spot. I felt her breasts pressed against my chest and tried not to think about it, or look down.
"Do you think-" The man never finished his sentence. I flung my fist out, connecting with the man's gas mask.
I felt splinters of glass, tiny pinpricks on my knuckles, little bursts of blood in my fingers. "PUHH!" The man grunted as I solidly scored a hit on his nose. Crack!Splinters of bone shattered under my fist, a stream of blood spurted out.
He fell over, holding his face with both hands. I finished him off by lifting off my left foot. I flung the right one around my body. Thwack! The man grunted and fell over. I landed gracefully on both feet. That was one heck of a shot, but my legs weren't prepared for that kind of jolt. I rubbed my leg with slight discomfort.
The other man rushed at me. I ducked under him. Punch under the rib cage, twist the fist for maximum effect.
"Acck!" The breath should be knocked out of him by now. Impact would throw him back, making his head fly forward and his stomach inward. A heel kick should finish the job. Bend the knees, throw weight forward, bring the heel down.
I felt the glass give way under my heel, visualizing in my mind the tiny, spiderweb like cracks that should be appearing on it. My heel caved into the weakened glass, the purple shards scattering like a flock of birds.
The man crumpled to the ground, thoroughly beaten. I landed on his back for good measure, getting another oomph out of him. I felt Kagura's eyes staring at me, her mouth slightly agape with awe. I straightened my jacket and fixed my hair. There was a glass shard on the ground and I checked my reflection in it. Good, good. I gave a last glance at Kagura and winked.
"Bye."