Chapter 19 – Dereshishi
Olvia glanced back at her friend. With Robin having announced her intention to head towards Alubarna, she had turned to follow her daughter, but noticed that the final member of their little party still stood unmoving at the edge of the desert town. "Saul?"
"Dereshishi!" The giant grinned, his eyes unwavering in his focus on Crocodile and the young pirate captain, lit with more interest than they had been for a long while. "Ya go ahead with Robin, Olvia."
"I want ta see,"
The boy with D in his name and light in his eyes.
"WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN ALUBARNA!"
And the crew who believed in him so much.
"…what this boy can achieve."
The desert wind swept over the pit of quicksand, the only movement that rustled it.
Saul waited.
The sun beat down on the sand, a scorching heat that rippled the air.
And he waited, never moving from his spot.
Until finally, a ripple appeared.
Slow at first, minute grains shifting, before all at once a head popped out of the sandpit, and opened its mouth wide. "MEEEEEAAATTTTTT!"
Saul heard the crunch of Robin's footsteps on the sand behind him, glimpsed out of the corner of his eye as Olvia returned to stand next to him. And sunlight glinted brightly off his teeth as he laughed, long and loud.
"DERESHISHISHI!
"Somewhere out there in the sea, ya'll surely meet yer nakama, Robin!"