"Are you serious?" I asked myself as I stared blankly at the LOCKED front gate.
There were, not only the gigantic lock that Ratchet had fashioned for it a long time ago, but numerous large chains strapped, wrapped, and coiled all around it. My eye twitched in irritation at the fact that I didn't know why it was.
"Son of a bitch…" I cursed quietly while biting my tongue to prevent me from saying much else.
A tap on my shoulder brought my head back up from its hung position and my eyes met with Kaku's shadowed ones. I suddenly felt like I shouldn't really react to this whole situation violently like I usually do and then my entire body released the aggressive tension it was housing. My eyes traveled around my surroundings, stopped at a seemingly never ending road that lead towards and into town, and an idea popped in my mind.
"Let's take advantage of this, Kaku," I suggested as I looked back at him. My friend's expression distorted slightly at my sentence and I smiled. For once I had confused him. "Since we aren't going to be able to get in, as it would seem, let's head into town."
I advanced on the path before us with a spring in my step, Kaku right at my side. I loved how quick he was! I had been craving some time away from the shipyard and having Kaku with me made it all the more entertaining. Someone accompanying me into the city was always fun since where I was headed you need more than one person to enjoy yourself fully.
"And where exactly are we going?" questioned Kaku, his gaze straight in front of him.
"To a…" I stopped. Usually people might, and more than often do refer to it as a bar, but it wasn't really. It did have a bar of course, but it was much more than that. "Let's just say it's a kind of odd place," I said, "Not something you'd usually expect to find."
"Sounds interesting," he said.
I looked to the corners of my eyes and met his from the corners of his. A smile came on to my face and I nodded.
"It is, Kaku," I confirmed while looking back in front of me, "It really is."
My lungs expanded as I took in a breath of the wonderful aroma of freshly sawn wood that was saw dust filled and I stared at the faint, outlined silhouette of the town. We had a ways to walk, but, in the words of Isis from earlier… "Shouldn't take too long."
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ONE PIECE!!
I hope this one leaves you craving more!! It was a bit hard to get out, but I got it out!! YAY!! Sorry it took so long and I apologize for how extremely short it is, but I saw that as the only way it could work. Please review guys!! It's good encouragement!!
-Love Maruri