I can't believe I got these chapters done this fast.
Luffy: (picks nose) Well you stay up too long.
And I still get up early in the morning.
Luffy: Zoro says you got extra caffine in your system that makes you're a vampire.
I'm not! A vampire would be pasty white, and I'm just about as dark as you are!
Luffy: I figured!
You mean you were about to believe him?
Luffy: Zoro doesn't lie all the time.
He was just being sarcastic Luffy...
Luffy: ...
He's being a little mean to me.
Luffy: Well that's not very nice.
I can handle it. So! How are the reviews?
Luffy: You only got two.
Huh? Only that much?
Luffy: Yup.
(shrugs) Oh well, gets to the new chapters sooner.
Luffy: (grabs the first one) From Tori-san...
That's good. And yeah... I didn't know if it was 'casta' or 'casa', I'm a horrible speller. And I looked up on the songs you mentioned, I liked some of them, but what I'm looking for is songs that make you think of the OP characters, whether it reminds you or imagine them singing it. Sorry if I wasn't clear the last time... It was late at night and I wanted sleep...
Luffy: Then sleep!
... Just open the last one.
Luffy: Yeesh... You and Zoro are complete opposites when it comes to sleeping.
I know Luffy...
Luffy: (grabs last one) From Dream-san...
Thank you and yes... it's a curse. And I think I'm coming up with yet another idea for a new fic... I think I need to see a doctor... I'm coming down with 'newficideaitous'...
Luffy: Huh!? Where's Chopper!? Chopper! (runs out of the studio)
... I was kidding...
Luffy: (pops up behind her) Why didn't you say so?
(startled) Luffy! How many times did I tell you not to do that!?
Luffy: This will be the second time.
... Enjoy the new chapter everyone. And I'm still open for any songs out there.
I lie here paralytic
Inside this soul
Screaming for you till my throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this womb I'm suffocating
*Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take you in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live for love wanna live for you and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I come alive somehow)
Rebirthing now
I Wanna live my life wanna give you everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I come alive somehow) *
Right now
Right now
I lie here lifeless
In this cocoon
Shedding my skin cause
I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this womb I'm suffocating
**
((Bridge))
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive
... - Skillet
Chapter 21: Market Rumble
As soon as we turned the corner, there was a Mahou no Kira.
At first Sanji and I were about to attack it, but Usopp stopped us.
"Wait guys, listen…"
We did and realized that this Kira was trying to defeat something around another corner… and lost.
"So, take down whatever beat that thing?" Sanji said.
"Yep." I said. "If it's those gun things, then I'll act as a distraction."
"Why?" Sanji asked again.
"I'm rubber, it'll bounce back."
"Good idea." Usopp said.
We turned the corner, something huge hit my chest, bounced back and blew up whatever tried to blow me up.
"Nice job." Sanji said as he continued to walk ahead down the path to more neon signs with shop flags, like at the festivals I like going to growing up. "Welcome to Market." He said as he quickly killed a Kira with a swift kick to the neck and Usopp took down a security camera.
We checked the stalls, but all of them were fresh out of anything edible, which sucks because I was hoping for something to eat. It was completely unlike me to not say that I'm hungry. Although I was really focused a lot, which is also unlike me. But then, this is a serious thing I waltzed in. My stomach even growled so loudly that I thought it was a lion at first. There's something wrong with me if I can't even recognize my own stomach's need.
Luffy's POV: End
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Usopp's POV
I have to give myself a pat on the back for making sure these two cannons don't get themselves hurt, just because there's a Kira there.
And it was a good idea on Luffy's part for taking advantage of his physical ability. Just the word 'distraction' bothered me a bit.
He's a good fighter, but he's not a pawn.
Hell, we're all in this together after all.
Usopp's POV: End
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Sanji's POV
There are some advantages for Usopp being the kind of person that he is. If it weren't for him we'd be no better off than that Kira.
Well… Luffy would be okay, being rubber and all, but I'll be in serious shit if that were to happen to me.
At this point I'm just glad Usopp and I are back on good terms.
Sanji's POV: End
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Luffy's POV
We went through a doorway and saw a clown guy, a Kuroi no Bachiatori!
'Maybe he knows where Swordsman is!' I thought, but something told me that now isn't the right time to get him to talk.
We stayed in the shadows until he left, and we continued when we knew he was gone.
"Why didn't you want us to attack?" Sanji asked.
"He may know where Rika's Aniki no Bachiatori is being held. And I get this gut feeling that now isn't a great time to question him."
The two just looked at me.
"Nani?"
"You usually follow your gut?" Sanji asked.
"Only when a situation is serious. And I promised Rika… I can't afford to screw it up. And I know the Aniki will fight it out long enough for us to find him, but the clock is still ticking."
"Sounds like you know this guy." Sanji said.
"He spared my life twice when he could've killed me…"
There was a moment of silence before Sanji sighed.
"Okay… let's keep going."
Luffy's POV: End
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Usopp's POV
When we saw the clown guy, I immediately started to feel the fear of fighting this guy, knowing what level he is.
But Luffy didn't make a move as he ducked into the shadows, which Sanji and I did the same out of recoil.
I'm glad we didn't have to fight him then… who knows what he has.
But Luffy had a different meaning to why he didn't want to attack.
Hell, his reason's better than mine, that's for sure.
Usopp's POV: End
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Sanji's POV
Okay, what gives?
We could've taken that sorry clown out like it was nothing then question him. I don't mind dragging his damn weight around this place.
But he want to make sure he does it right for the kid, and as far as I'm concerned, this is as serious as he can get when it comes to it.
For that, I'll respect that… It's stupid, but what do I know?
Sanji's POV: End
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Luffy's POV
This place, at least, has promise of moldy cheese.
"Some of the finest cheese happens to have mold." Sanji said.
"Looks rotten to me." Usopp said as Sanji quickly took out a Kira.
I took a bite of cheese and I thought it was okay, before finishing it up.
After having a bit of a fill with cheese, I packed some in the bag, which Usopp seems to like carrying around a lot, so I let him have it while I carried the camera. I am a photographer after all.
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We went through another set of doors, which lead to this courtyard area.
We were heading down the steps when three Kiras came out through the door, which Usopp and I easily took care of.
"Better stake out at the top for any other Kiras." Usopp suggested.
"Okay, we'll be able to save our strength that way."
We went back up the stairs and walked along the walkway, only to see two Kiras coming out, which Usopp easily took care of, while Sanji took care of a Kira who tried to put a bullet to my head, which would've bounced off anyway.
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Once that was over, we went back down the stairs and looked around the area.
Sanji then walked through a doorway, took out a Kira, and I saw a jug of distilled water, or at least that what's Sanji said, and took it with us, since it was in our list of supplies.
We then head back out and went to the neighboring doors, only to see the clown guy again.
"You know…" Sanji whispered. "I don't mind dragging his ass around." He grinned as I nodded.
I looked at Usopp, who also gave me a nod as he aimed at the clown guy.
He let one of his pellets fly for the guy's head, only for the head to go up, dodging the pellet.
All of us stared, not fully believing our eyes as the clown guy's head reattached himself to the body.
"Well, well, well!" He said as he looked at us. "That was very rude…"
Oh shit…
Luffy's POV: End
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Usopp's POV
I'm not a huge fan of mold. I don't care if on some foods it's acceptable, I won't eat anything that looks mortifying!
But Luffy was eating it like it was like anything else… and I'm really hungry… Damn…
So, after eating moldy cheese, we encountered Kiras and the likes.
When we saw the clown guy again, and this time we let Luffy know that it was okay by us that we're willing to drag him around until he talks.
But when I threw my knock out pellet towards his head, I wanted to believe that I gone crazy.
But this guy has the ability to separate himself.
We're so fucking screwed…
Usopp's POV: End
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Sanji's POV
Well, it's not much but it's better than nothing, but Luffy isn't complaining. Which is good in my opinion. Let's me know he'll eat about anything if he can eat moldy cheese, which some can pull off beautifully while some, not so much.
After that, we knocked around some Kiras and found one of the many items we need on the list.
And then we see the clown bastard again.
I didn't see anything wrong with the guy and thought it was going to be easy, until I saw the head thing…
I'm starting to think that what Usopp said about jinxing was starting to get to me.
This time I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life
The one we all dream of
But dreams just aren't enough
So I'll be waiting for the real thing.
I'll know it by the feeling.
The moment when we're meeting
Will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen
So I'll be holding my breath
Right up to the end
Until that moment when
I find the one that I spend forever with
*Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There's gotta be somebody for me like that.
Cause nobody wants to go it on their own
And everyone wants to know they're not alone.
Somebody else that feels the same somewhere.
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.*
Tonight out on the street out in the moonlight
And damn it this feels too right
It's just like Déjà Vu
Me standing here with you
So I'll be hold in my breath
Could this be the end?
Is it that moment when
I find the one that I spend forever with?
**
Ooooooh,
You can't give up!
Lookin' for that diamond in the rough
Because you never know when it shows up
Make sure you're holdin' on
Cause it could be the one,
the one you're waiting on
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There has gotta be somebody for me
Ohhhhhh.
Nobody wants to go it on their own
And everyone wants to know they're not alone.
Is there somebody else that feels the same somewhere?
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
Nobody wants to be the last one there
And everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Is there somebody else that feels the same somewhere?
There has gotta be somebody for me out there - Nickelback