Chapter 35: Brother my Brother
Usa and Ko were in boat… Ko looked though her telescope while Usa was board… very board.
"You know if someone would just join a crew we could do exciting things…" said Usa.
"For the last time! I'm not going to be that idiot's musician…" said Ko.
She sighed as she looked for a boat… then she saw one, it wasn't a pirate ship. Ko gave a smile… it was a sneaky smile… a smile she only gave when it came to one person…
"Oh Usa…" said Ko, "Bet you can't guess who I see…"
"Trent?" asked Usa happily.
Ko sweatdroped, "How'd you know?"
"That look… you only give that look when you know your going to torture him…" said Usa getting up to stretch, "But it will be nice to pay a quick visit to my brother…"
Hours later on the Merry Go, Eido collapsed… He needed a break… He used the spell to much...
"Nami is going to owe me a date… Robin is going to owe me a date… Kaya is going to owe me a date… Sanji is going to owe me a meal… I need to think of what Zoro, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper are going to owe me…" whined Eido.
"Whiner…" said Hyde who was tired but not as tired as her bookkeeper.
Nami got to the back deck…
"You going to complain about it not going fast enough… I need a break!" whined Eido.
"No actually I was going to tell you slow down next time you start up again… Kaya and Yuki have motion sickness from how fast were going." said Nami.
"Thank you…" cried Eido.
Nami and Hyde sweatdroped.
"Geez, you know how long it took me to catch up to you guys…" yelled an annoyed voice.
Nami looked over the side Ko was alone in her and sister's boat.
"Hey Ko…" said Nami.
"Geez, Tangerine Head… I have no idea what your in a hurry but it took a long time for me to find you…" said Ko.
"Don't tell me… another person looking for us to help them in the mamodo battle?" said Nami.
"No not really…" said Ko, "But in a way yes…"
"What do you mean?" asked Nami.
"I'll meet you over at the side… I need to use the latter…" said Ko.
Nami was confused… Ko could easily jump up.
A few minutes later Ko managed to climb the latter… with an injured Usa on her back, she was bruised and cut badly… like she had been a fight and lost…
"Usa!" said Luffy.
"What happened?" asked Nami.
"It's a long story…" said Ko, "But first can you treat her..."
"Sure…" said Chopper.
Later everyone were in the men's room while Chopper was treating Usa.
"Its strange… but Usa's injuries seem to be healing…" said Chopper.
"At least her healing factor still works…" said Ko.
"What?" said Chopper.
"It seems to be slower than usual… but its working… I was worried… I wasn't sure… thanks for checking…" said Ko.
"What are you talking about?" asked Chopper.
"Well you see… for some reason Usa has rapid healing abilities… small cuts heal in less than a minute while life threatening injuries takes a few hours… those wounds… they should have healed by now… but something happened…" said Ko.
"I know about that… Usa told me about it after she cut her finger while helping me cook last time she was here…" said Sanji.
"What happened to her?" asked Eido
"I should tell you more about our families… you see as you know we have a bastard of a father… our mothers however are part of the Clans of Konegi Island… my mother is just a member of the Kone Clan… we are known for our strategic minds, not only but quite a few are the best in the world… Usa's mother is from the Gi Clan they are known for their brute strength… but she no ordinary member like my mother… Usa's mother is the only child of the Head of the Gi Clan, which mean her mother will one day head the Gi Clan..." said Ko.
"So does that mean Usa will one day head the Gi Clan?" asked Luffy.
Ko shook her head, "Your assuming Usa's her mother's only child… before our mothers met our father… her mother was married to a man named Trenton… he died… I won't say what killed him… anyways… they had a child together… a son named Trent… he's the one who will one day take over the Gi Clan…" said Ko.
"Oh…" said Luffy.
"So what does this have to with what's going on?" asked Zoro.
"I'm not done yet Sword Boy… Trent is unsure about his status… you see Trent has been undefeated by all member of the Gi Clan expect for 1…" said Ko.
"Let me guess Usa?" asked Brago.
"Give a point to the Weird Goth Kid..." said Ko sarcastically, "Anyways, yeah… Usa is indeed the one who he never beaten… here lies a problem… Usa is not undefeated… she has lost… because of this fact he afraid that he might lose his spot at heir and will be passed up for Usa..." said Ko.
"Wait if she's undefeated by would they pass him up for Usa?" asked Tia.
"Well it's complicated but there was a war on out island and me and Usa helped stop it… so he's been training to beat her…" said Ko who went silent.
"So what does this have to finding us?" asked Nami.
"Sometimes during his journey he met a mamodo… Trent is his bookkeeper…. What happened next is horrible…" said Ko.
(Flashback)
The two boats met… Trent was a young man with red hair and wore a cloak.
"Still wearing cloaks?" asked Ko.
Usa and Ko looked at each other… there was something off about Trent.
"Hey Loser aren't you going to say "Chicks dig the cloak look" or something like that?" asked Ko.
"Usa, fight me right now…" said Trent.
Both looked into his eyes… they were colder than usual… something was off.
"Are you nuts? We're on two small boats… someone could fall…" said Ko.
"And that someone could be you?" asked Trent coldly.
"I think it might best if we did…" said Usa.
"Have you two lost it…" said Ko.
Usa whispered to her sister, "Something's off… I know it is…" said Usa.
"Fine…" said Ko rolling her eyes.
Both got into position… then the two began to fight… it all seemed normal until Trent yelled out "Kichika!"
He held out his hand and a blast of mustard yellow ki hit Usa head on.
"When did Trent learn an attack like that?" thought Ko.
However… Usa knew something was definitely off "That's not his ki… it someone else's and he's defiantly not possessed… otherwise I would know..." she thought.
"Hindering already little sister…" said Trent.
"If you want it that way…" said Usa, she placed her hands in front of her in a heart shaped.
"Sparkly Pink Heart Beam!" shouted Usa
She let out a pink heart shaped beam… however.
"Chishield!" said Trent.
A mustard yellow Ki Barrier blocked the attack.
"No way… and he's not even fazed…" said Ko then she noticed something glowing in his cloak. Usa noticed it too… she however got a better look.
"No way it can't be" she said.
When the Ki Barrier dropped she ran towards her brother and grabbed the cloak, she ripped it off of him and he held a spell book!
"No way!" said Ko.
"I know all about the battle for mamodo king… you should stop hiding!" yelled Usa.
A kid with dirty blonde hair appeared from behind her brother… he was clearly a mamodo as he had the mamodo lines.
"I take it you don't have mamodos yourself…" said the mamodo.
Usa and Ko shook their head no.
"Fine… your sister is beat up enough for one day… we'll be back…" said the mamodo.
"Trent let's go…" said the kid.
"Right Tachi…" said Trent.
"Wait you're leaving already?" asked Ko.
"Oh we'll be back… maybe if your friends with however you found out the battle then they can help you out… but not this time… let's go Trent…" said the mamodo named Tachi.
"Right…" said Trent.
Trent got onto his boat and both sailed away… Usa collapsed due to her wounds.
"Usa…" said Ko.
She gritted her teeth, "I can't believe we have to ask for their help… why…" said Ko.
"Trent…" said Usa as she fell unconscious.
(End of Flashback)
"And that's what happened…" said Ko.
"Let me guess he doesn't act like that…" said Zoro.
"Nope… this how he normally acts" said Ko.
(Dramatization)
Trent shows up.
"Hey Trent!" said Usa.
"Hey Sis!" said Trent.
"Hey loser!" said Ko.
"Shut up Ko!" yelled Trent.
"Like I take advice from a guy who goes though angesty moments that he can't beat his sister…" said Ko.
"Look it's not my fault that I can't beat Usa…" said Trent, then he began to have an angesty moment "Why? Why… can I beat her… why I've been training for so long…"
Both Ko and Usa began to stared at him.
"Um… ha ha…" he said nervously.
"So still wearing the cloak I see…" said Ko.
"Hey chicks dig the cloak look…" said Trent.
Ko and Usa look at each other… wondering where he got that.
(End Dramatization)
"And that's what usually what happens…" said Ko.
"He really wears cloaks a lot?" asked Usopp.
"Don't ask…" said Ko.
Usa began to wake up "Where am I?" asked Usa.
"Where else… a place I hate… I'm going on watch… I have a feeling that Trent's going to be back…" said Ko leaving the room.
"Still hates you guys I see…" said Eido.
"Ow…" said Usa, "Say what time is it?"
Luffy and Zatch's stomach grumbled.
"About dinner time…" said Luffy.
"It was early afternoon when I got the injuries… they should have healed by now…" thought Usa then her stomach growled.
"I'm hungry too…" she said.
The next day they continued to sail to Alabasta… no longer at breakneck speed, but at a speed that was fast but not too fast. Usa and Ko decided to join unless Trent showed up.
Zoro was surprisingly awake… many things kept going though his head… mostly about how Trent and Usa's reminded him of his own with Kuina years ago… minus the whole bizarre angst moments.
"Big Brother Zoro what's wrong?" asked Kolulu walking up to him.
"Oh it nothing…" said Zoro.
"Please don't lie to me… I don't like lying… unless it from Usopp." said Kolulu pointing to Usopp telling Kaya, Yuki and Nya one of his stories.
"and so I defeated the giant Rodan and saved the island of Tokyo!" said Usopp.
"Please tell me…" said Kolulu.
"There's nothing…" said Zoro who immediately went to sleep.
Kolulu sighed, she knew something was bugging him and she knew she had to figure out a way for him to get it out.
After Usopp was done with his story Usa walked up to Kaya.
"Kaya I have a favor to ask you… I'm unsure if you'll agree… I want you to attack me with Nya…" said Usa.
"What?" said Kaya.
"I need to see something important… please…" said Usa, She began to cry, "I really need to see something…"
Kaya reluctantly nodded…
A few minutes later Usa, Kaya and Nya were on the back deck.
"Peruk!" read Kaya.
Nya transformed in larger more vicious looking version of herself with quills and shot them at Usa Quite a few hit her. Zatch and Luffy stumbled upon this.
"Kaya!" yelled Luffy.
"Nya! Why did you do this?" yelled Zatch.
"Don't blame them… I asked them to do it…" said Usa.
She fell to her knees as the quills came out on their own. Both and Zatch and Kaya went over to the rabbit girl. About a minutes or two later Usa got up at if nothing happened.
"Why do ask her to do that?" asked Luffy.
"Ko told you about my heal powers right… I don't know what causes them but I figures something strange… mamodo powers effect them it caused them to slow down…"
"Are you sure?" asked Luffy.
Usa nodded. "That time at the garden… then with Trent… and just now… somehow a mamodos power affects my healing abilities…" said Usa.
"I heard that!" said Ko who was there yet no one noticed, "This could be a problem… then again… it might not be…"
"What do you mean?" asked Luffy.
"Well its simple you guys combined burned quite a few books right? There are only 100 in all… Trent maybe our only enemy that will after you… so I doubt there's going be another enemy after you after all there's probably less than 90 now maybe even less than 80…" said Ko.
"Thanks for the reassurance…" said Usa.
Meanwhile in Trent's boat Tachi was looking though a strange Ki orb… inside were strange dots.
"I locked on to your little sisters Ki…" said Tachi.
"Good…" said Trent.
"But there's one little problem…" said Tachi.
"What?" said Trent.
"There are 9 mamodo with her…" said Tachi.
"That just makes thing more interesting…" said Trent.
"Very…" said Tachi.
Trent gave a small but evil smile, "Usa there will be no more angst… I will finally defeat you no matter what…" he thought.
Next Time: When Trent shows up Zoro volunteers to take him on... but can Zoro and Kolulu defeat them and burn their book. Meanwhile Ko and Sanji decide to mess with Eido separately...
A/N: Interesting facts about both Trent and Tachi, they weren't created specially for this fanfic, Trent appears or mentioned in my other Usa and Ko sorties while Tachi was created for my fanfic The Lost Boy and the Mamodo: Its a Ranma meets Zatch Bell crossover in which Ryoga is Tachi's bookkeeper. Tachi controls Ryoga to go after Ranma when Ryoga's cousin Shion (Nya's former bookkeeper) moves into the neighborhood... I really need to work on it...