edited by Gerbilfriend and me
Macey: We're back!
that we are. please don't go singing about it!
Macey*whining*: ooowwww!
Ace: what's this about changing something in the story again?
oh...um... have you been reading my messages?
Ace: yes!
why you... sigh, yes. i am thinking of changing something. why?
Ace: what is it?
you've read my messages! why don't you tell me?
Ace*looking at them again*: another fire devil...? firebird...? what?
I was talking to someone who happens to think that you should keep your original devil fruit of fire and she was giving ideas of what i could for Macey's instead since i want it to be fire based somehow/in some way.
Ace: was i won't get the water one then?
properly not if i go with this idea and change it back to the flame-flame fruit.
Ace: who will get it then?
Sabo most likely.
Ace*shrugging*: i don't really care. do whatever you want. just let the fans know if your changing things, again.
shut up Ace!
Sabo: maybe we should the reviews before this gets into a fight?
Luffy: Reviews!
Macey: I agree!
okay, okay. reviews.
Guest-
um... is your name...? anyway, here's update!
Macey: what kind of name is guest?
ASL: i don't know.
Sin: what kind of name is Sinner or Sin?
hey! it's good one for this story! as everyone will find out why in this chapter!
Macey: oh? so we covering Sin's backstory then?
Yes, most of it at least anyway. the rest of it will be in the next chapter.
Sin: fuck...
ASL: next review!
DryBonesZero-
ASL: who screamed?
Macey: people can find out this chapter. but, there are only a few choices. and yes, Uncle West really shouldn't underestimate me. i am my parents' daughter after all.
Freedom Fighters: true that... who's your dad again?
Macey: sigh. we will go over this again later...
next review!
Macey: wait!
why...?
Macey: my dad has been keeping tabs on me?
can we deal with that issue later? and no, just your worry-wart uncles.
Macey: oh, okay. next review!
AceAyane-
oh my friend, i thank you once again for the help. you are a friend and a great help with fixing up things in the chapter! (PS AceAyane does have nothing to do with the author notes at the start and end, only the actual story/chapter)
Macey: yes thank you! Freedom Fighters? ASL?
Freedom Fighters: thank you!
ASL: thanks!
anyway, back to the review. i have no secret to reviews! i just do them! and the difference between visitors and views? no idea. i didn't even know that was a visitor and views thing... i wonder have may have actually viewed this but not follow or fav...
Macey: who knows or cares! bahahaha!
i do!
Macey: anyway! on with the chapter!
Chapter 12
Kaitlyn stood there with the weird cuffs on. She had no idea what they were, what they were made of or why they made her feel so weak… but she had to get to Kay! Kaitlyn crawled on the ground over to Kay, who was holding her side and bleeding a lot. She had to stop the bleeding! She could do that easily with her devil fruit powers!
"Kate…" Kay said coughing up blood as she held onto her side. "Run…"
Kaitlyn shook her head as she put her own bloody hand over Kay's wound, making sure her own blood got in there with Kay's so that she could heal her.
"I can heal you! I can help!" Kaitlyn told Kay in a strained voice- trying her hardest to not cry or scream. She didn't want to show how scared and worried she was that she was going to lose her first friend in forever. "I can stop the bleeding!"
Kay smiled softly and sadly at her younger friend. "You can't Katie."
Kaitlyn grew horrified as she realized that her devil fruit powers wouldn't work. Why wouldn't they work!? She tried harder to get them to work. She had to save her friend!
"You're a devil fruit eater…cough…" Kay coughed and spat up blood as she looked at the cuff. She was getting weaker, that much was obvious. Plus, it was hard to breathe without blood getting in the way. "Those cuffs are made of sea-stone… they're one of the few weaknesses that devil fruit eaters have… Your devil fruit powers won't work with them on…"
"TAKE THEM OFF!" Kaitlyn shouted desperately as she tried to yank them off forcefully. Tears were peeking through the corner of her eyes, but she refused to let them fall just yet. She had to get the cuffs off, she couldn't let her friend die like this! "TAKE THEM OFF! I HAVE TO SAVE HER!"
The Marine leader walked forward and went over to Kaitlyn, who wasn't paying any attention to them. He then stabbed her in the side with his sword without a word of warning. He then stood on Kay's hand that was at her side to make it bleed more.
"Just hurry up and die, you stupid girl." the Marine told Kay who just glared up at him angrily. He wouldn't get away with this. Not if she could help it.
"Make me you bastard!" Kay snarled at him. It was almost as if the wound was just a minor injury with the way she tried to fight back. "What kind of justice is this!? Killing kids for no reason at all!"
"It's not for no reason at all, you bitch!" the Marine told Kay as Kaitlyn tried to attack him in order to get him away from Kay. "It's all because you helped a criminal with bad blood to try and escape justice. Since you helped the criminal, that makes you a criminal as well and you'll both begetting what you deserve, death."
The Marine kicked Kaitlyn away from them using Haki, though Kaitlyn didn't know what it is. Kaitlyn's whole body was sore where he kicked her and how she had landed hurt like hell too! She was sore! This pain was one of the worst that she has ever felt! Kaitlyn slowly sat up as she tried to work out where everything went wrong…
Moments ago…
Kay was shooting at the Marines as they shot back while Kaitlyn cut her wrists/arms a little to make sure she had blood to throw at people. The moment her blood landed on the wounds on the Marines, she was able to control them. Even if only a little, against the Marines that had swords and tried to fight against her, well, they couldn't move very easily anymore at least.
Kaitlyn managed to get them to swallow some of her blood as she dodged their attacks, but she got them with other attacks as well. She used Blood Crush- squeezing her own wound (which didn't really hurt her) to cause pain to all of the Marines who were infected with her blood. Kay seemed to be a little put off by it, but said nothing as she shot someone who just shot Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn put her hand over the spot to make it stop bleeding and smiled.
"Was that meant to hurt?" Kaitlyn smiled creepily while looking to the soldier who fired the gun. "You have to try a little harder than that boys. Come on."
They were fighting against the Marines and it looked like they were going to win… That was until the leader turned up… that's when everything went wrong.
There was something weird and wrong about the man… he was really strange, just walking into the fight, like it was nothing to worry about… and then next thing that Kaitlyn knew... someone had managed to put the weird cuffs on her, but then Kay killed the person. Then someone had managed to shoot Kay after that because she got in the way of a bullet. No… several bullets actually, ones that were meant for Kaitlyn and that's how they ended up in this situation.
Present time…
Kaitlyn wasn't sure what it was about the man, but there was something weird about him. Was it because her blood attacks didn't work on him? That Kay's bullets went right through the man like it was nothing, the same thing happened with Kaitlyn's draggers?
That he seemed to be like… that he seemed to be like water or something? Like he was made of water so physical attacks don't work against him.
What the hell is this man!?
"Kay!" Kaitlyn shouted as the man put his hand on her face. Then his hand turned to water and made a circle around her head (kind of like a big fish bowl) and was drowning her. Kaitlyn could see her friend dying right in front of her and unable to do anything but watch her friend thrash around to try and breathe.
Her grandparents' deaths come back to Kaitlyn and so did all of the feelings that she felt then. Of the hopelessness, being useless, and unable to do anything. Kaitlyn hated those feelings! She didn't want to feel that! Not again! Never again! Kaitlyn didn't want to be powerless!
"NOOOOOO!" Kaitlyn screamed as loudly as she could. She never knew she could make her voice go that loud or high before now. As Kay's eyes fell closed, the Marine let her go standing up straight. "KKKKAAAAYYYYYY!"
No…
Suddenly, everything was in slow motion as the Marine began walking over to where she was. 'This is it…' Kaitlyn thought solemnly, feeling horrible and guilty as she looked at her friend and then the Marine. She was good as dead. Kaitlyn closed her eyes as she just accepted it. She would be joining Kay and her grandparents soon…
There was nothing that Kaitlyn could do… she was bleeding and unable to heal herself because of this stupid sea-stone stuff. She had lost her first friend in a very long time. There was nothing she could do to stop this water man… Marine person from killing her. There wasn't anything she could do…
Kaitlyn felt the water surround her own head, she didn't fight it as she slowly began to drown.
"STOP!" a voice shouted out suddenly, which made Kaitlyn open her eyes. Who was that!?
The Marine stopped and dropped Kaitlyn who was coughing up the water as she looked around for the source of the voice. Who said that? Where were they?
A small shadow was above Kaitlyn and she looked up as it slowly got bigger… what the hell!?
Macey kept moving forward even though she could hear Don yelling at her to stop. But Macey couldn't stop. She just couldn't! She wasn't sure why! But she had to keep going! She just had to! Something told her if she stopped… something bad was going to happen to someone, so she had to keep moving!
Macey stopped suddenly as she realized she was at a little cliff and so she looked around the area. She saw nothing but she could sense people… but where…?
Below!
Macey looked down as she watched as a Marine just finished killing someone and was now walking over to a girl, not much older than Luffy. The girl looked like she was feeling weak and had given up this fight. Macey watched as the Marine put his hand over the girl's face and a water fish bowl shaped thing went around the girl's head.
He was a logia type devil fruit eater! Maybe… But it was a water based devil fruit power!
Macey realized quickly, horrified that the Marine was trying to drown the girl, and that she was slowly bleeding death too!
"STOP!" Macey shouted at the top of her lungs as she released some of her Conqueror's Haki to force him to stop.
The Marine dropped the girl and looked around for the source of not only the voice but the Haki he had sensed. The girl seemed to be doing the same thing as the Marine. Looking around for the source of the voice.
Macey took a few steps back as Don got there with Ace, Sabo and Luffy and was about to ask her what was going on. Well he was until she ran right off the cliff, scaring the hell out of the ASL Trio and Don as they watched.
Macey looked down at the Marine with a look of murder in her eyes as he looked up. The girl that Macey had seen, looked up at her too. Macey kicked the Marine away using Haki, seeing as how the man was a devil fruit eater. She heard the Marines yell out something about a Vice Admiral as she kicked the man away from the girl.
What the hell was a Vice Admiral doing the East Blue? Weren't they normally at the Grandline base? What the fuck was one doing here all the way it the weakest?
Macey landed on her feet, a little heavily (but she was fine) on the ground. Like she had just flown in here out of nowhere.
"Mace!" Don shouted looking over the edge of the cliff.
"I'm fine!" Macey shouted back.
Mace…? Why did that name sound familiar to the Marines…?
"Get down here!" Macey shouted as she looked up at Don. "Find a way down! There are a lot of Marines down here!"
At least twenty that Macey could count- which is not including the thirty that weren't really moving and were down for the count or injured.
"Let's go!" Luffy smiled as he pushed them all down the cliff without a moment's thought or hesitation and grinning the entire way.
"LUFFY YOU IDIOT!" Ace yelled as they fell down. But really… what were they expecting with Luffy there? He always went the fastest way to his objective after all and the objective now was down.
Macey looked up and was wondering what the hell the boys were doing. They didn't have to jump after Macey, they knew that… Right?
Luffy laughed as he made sure he was under them and sucked in as much air as he could and made himself into a huge balloon. Something about a Gomu Gomu no Balloon… was that Luffy…?
Shit!
Macey picked up the girl and moved out of the way as Luffy landed where they had been moments before and breaking everyone's fall.
It confused the hell out of the Marines who still hadn't moved yet. Why were the Marines standing in one place? Were they frozen in place or something?
Macey coughed a few times as she waved her hand out in front of herself to try and get the dust and dirt out of her face. Damn, that was so cool! Don, Ace and Sabo would have thought it was cool too, if it didn't nearly kill them! What the hell was Luffy thinking!? Why did the idiot do that!?
"Bahahahaha!" Macey laughed as she held girl, who Macey was now just trying to work out who she was.
"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed as his brothers and Don had a go at him for doing something so stupid and almost getting them all killed for it.
Seriously, what the hell was Luffy thinking when he did that!?
"Who the hell are you guys!?" the Vice Admiral shouted holding onto his bleeding and very broken nose.
"Mace," Macey smirked in response as she put the girl down and stood up straight while she addressed the Marine Vice Admiral. Her eyes never left the Marine, "Captain of the Freedom Fighters." Her whole mind and being was concentrating on the Marine Vice Admiral.
He was a dangerous man and there was no way that Macey was going to take any chances with him. Not until she knew why he was here. There was no way that the Marines had sent a Vice Admiral after her, her contact in the marines would have called… Then again, he should have called the moment he knew that a Vice Admiral was going to be in the East Blue, so why didn't he?
Oh, he was so going to get it later…
But more importantly, why was this Marine Vice Admiral here? There was no way, whoever this girl was, was dangerous enough for Marine HQ to send a Vice Admiral after her. So why was he here and who was the girl?
A few of the Marines whispered between themselves- knowing who Mace and the Freedom Fighters were. How could they not know who they were? The papers were still reporting about the thing the Freedom Fighters did to that Celestial Dragon a little while back.
What the hell were Mace and the Freedom Fighters doing here?
"Jack!" Macey shouted. Macey was worried about the amount of blood coming from the girl.
"Coming Cap!" Jack shouted as he was coming down by rope, which he thankfully had tied to a tree so that the others could climb down. Jack was not insane like Luffy or Mace to jump down, which, yes, he had seen.
Max and Marc were right behind Jack on the rope. Sin was standing on the cliff still. He obviously did not want to be a part of the fight unless he really needed to be. Sin did prefer to not be in fights because of his history…
"Jack and Marc, the girl!" Macey ordered as she and the Vice Admiral Marine had a stare down. Macey didn't forget her duties as a Captain though. "Max! You're with me, Don and the ASL! Marc! Get those sea-stone cuffs off the girl right away! You understand me?!"
"Right Captain!" Marc nodded as he and Jack went to pick the girl up and was looking over her injuries. Marc was looking through his stuff to find where his lock picking stuff was. They were in one of his (many) pockets… somewhere…
"Right Cap!" Jack nodded as he went right to work.
The girl said nothing as she just sat there and stared at Macey and her crew. Who the hell are they? And why are they helping her? What are they doing here? Why are they here? What the hell is going on?
"Stick with me Max," Don nodded to the young (but slightly older than him) chef.
"Right…" Max nervously nodded.
"What about Sin?" Sabo asked.
"We'll use him if we need too," Macey told Sabo, not looking at him as there was no way in hell she was taking her eyes off the Marine Vice-Admiral for a moment. "Sin doesn't like fighting unless we need him to. Personal reasons. Just use this as a chance to use some of your Haki skills and practice using your Haki. Okay?"
"Okay!" the three brothers nodded, all getting ready to fight in their own way.
The three of them trusted Macey and her judgement, it was hard not to. She had saved Sabo and hasn't forced them to do anything that they didn't want to do, so they were more than happy to follow Macey's plan in fights. Even Ace, who normally didn't like or trust people, had faith in Macey and was fine with doing as she asked.
Macey charged at the Vice Admiral, who opened up his palm and fired water out of it at Macey, who either dodged it or used her Haki to repel it. Damn this girl was fast and she knew how to use Haki and used it well too, this was going to tough.
Don took off right afterwards, towards the big group of Marines, with Luffy, Sabo and Ace right beside him and Max right behind them. A few of the Marines fired their guns but Luffy stretched his arm out and repelled the bullets right back at them. Ace used his pipe, which he and Sabo had brought with them. They had known that there was a chance of getting into a fight and didn't want to be without it. They used the pipes to stop a Marine with a sword from cutting Luffy.
Sabo used his pipe to back up and protect Ace as Max had a sword and a gun in his hands- a gun in his right and a sword in his left. The cook or chef, depending on what you want to call him, didn't fight much, but he knew enough to protect himself and back up the crew and their little guests when he needed too.
Sin closed his eyes and covered his ears as the fighting went on… the sound of this reminded him too much of when he was little and the Celestial Dragon had come… When he had used the whole town for his own sick game… When Sin was forced to kill his own family and friends if he wanted to live… if he wanted Soul to live… Sin didn't want to remember! He didn't want too…!
9 years ago…
Six-year-old Klaus Sinner, also known as Sin, smiled as his older sister was brushing his orange hair. Sin hated to brush his hair, sure he hated it when his older sister Sign would do something girly with it, but he hated brushing his own hair more. Sin also hated brushing Sign's orange hair but their mother would do that once Sign was done with Sin's hair, which was a longer than normal being around Sin's neck length.
Sin sat there as Sign brushed his hair- they were wearing the same clothes. A plain blue shirt and black pants. Sign hummed as she worked and their mother Sara was running around the kitchen cooking breakfast. Her husband, Sin's and Sign's father, Simon was a dock worker and was coming home later this morning since he had night shift at the docks.
Sara smiled as she looked out the window. They could see the harbour and docks from here and it was a beautiful sight. Sara frowned suddenly which ended up getting her children's attention. Her brown eyes held a type of fear, which neither Sin or his sister had never seen in their mother's eyes before.
Why did their mother look so scared and afraid?
"Sign, take Sin and Soul and go hide," their mother ordered quickly, getting up and helping them move. "Right now!"
Sin and Sign looked into each other's brown eyes as Sign nodded her head. Sign didn't say anything as she picked up Sin, and then grabbed their baby brother Soul, who was sleeping, and went to go hide. Sign opened up a cupboard in the hallway of the house. She knew it had a secret compartment in the side of the wall that their father had made for when pirates attacked so that they could hide there. Sign got inside with her two little brothers.
The only way to find it was to actually, and physically, be looking for it. One couldn't just find it by opening the cupboard up and looking inside you had to move things and feel around for the small switch that opens it up.
Sin held onto his sister as hard as he could as they sat there and waited to see what was going on. They wanted to know why their mother had ordered them to hide.
BANG!
Sin flinched when he heard the door of their house go crashing into the wall. It stirred Soul a little, but Sign was able to get him back to sleep.
"Can I help you sirs?" they heard their mother ask.
"Yes you can," said a voice that neither sibling recognized. Who was that? "Our boss was bored and has decided to use this town for his amusement."
Boss…? Pirates? Marines? Bandits? Some other type of Outlaw? Who were these people?
"How is this woman Saint Rolland?" a different voice asked.
Saint…? As in a World Noble and Celestial Dragon type of Saint…? Why was one of them here?! What was he planning on doing to the town to cure himself of his boredom?
"She's boring and ugly," a voice answered, this must be Saint Rolland. "She can join in the game with others."
"Yes sir, Saint Rolland." the first voice said as they heard their mother protesting as she was taken away.
"Are there more?" Saint Rolland asked. "I need more people to make this amusing."
"Don't see any more people Saint Rolland sir," the second voice answered.
"But there are," a third voice sounded. "I found a photo. There seem to be three kids."
Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!
"Oh? Are there?" Saint Rolland said, sounding a little bored. "Find them."
Sign put her hand to his mouth as she heard Sin start to whimper. They needed to be quiet. They shouldn't be able to find them, hopefully. However, the room wasn't sound proof so they needed to be as quiet as possible.
"I want the boy when you find the children." Saint Rolland's voice said over his people breaking things. "He seems interesting enough."
A little while later…
Sin screamed when he heard and saw the door of their hiding place torn off its hinges. Sign handed Sin their baby brother as she tackled the men down to the ground and fought against them to try and give Sin time to get away.
"Sin run!" Sign shouted at her brother over the fight.
Sin nodded his head as he got out of the hiding spot and started to run away but stopped when he felt something being thrown over him. It was their kitchen table. Sin stopped as he protected Soul in his arms.
"Sinner!" Sign shouted, sounding almost desperate and hurried. "Move!"
Sin opened his eyes as he felt someone grab him and hold onto him.
"Let go!" Sin shouted.
Sin held onto Soul as hard as he could. He didn't want anyone to take his baby brother but he wasn't strong enough as someone ripped the baby out his arms. The baby suddenly woke up from the movement and started to cry.
"Soul!" Sin shouted out, and then managed to kick the man in the shin. They all heard it shatter from the sheer force of the kick from the six-year-old kid.
Being stronger than the average adult human was something not many people knew about Sin.
Sin tackled the man who took Soul- hitting him several times in the face- easily breaking many bones in the man's face. Soul just resting and crying slightly in the man's arms. Saint Rolland smiled in amusement, this boy was interesting- very interesting. Saint Rolland wanted him. He held up his hand to tell his men to not move or do anything to help the man that Sin was still hitting in the face with his bare hands.
"Sin!" Sign shouted. She had to get his attention and get them to escape.
Sin stopped as he looked up at his sister- he was partly covered in blood from repeatedly hitting the man over and over again. Sin grabbed Soul quickly as he backed away from Saint Rolland and the men with him. Soul went quiet in his brother's arms.
"Your name is Sin, it is?" Saint Rolland smiled crookedly as he looked at the boy. He had one of the ugliest faces that Sin had ever seen.
Sin slowly nodded his head- he wasn't sure what else to do as he held Soul closer to his chest. He made sure that he had a proper hold on him this time. Soul didn't cry but made a few baby sounds against Sin.
"Then it's settled," Saint Rolland told his men as he smiled, happy that he had been found someone in this lame town that was worth his time, and to make into one of his new little toys. One of his little sins, and it was even more perfect that the boy's name happened to be Sin too. "I want this boy. Bring him along. And that infant thing in his arms as well."
What…?
Sin didn't even have time to protest as one of the men picked him up. Sin didn't try to fight though as he kept hold of Soul since he was afraid that someone would try to take him again. Sin didn't want to lose Soul.
Hours later…
Sin sat in a cell, still holding onto Soul who was crying, again. Sin had no idea where his parents were or where his sister was either. He wanted Soul to stop crying, but he had no idea how to make him stop! Sin wanted the crying to stop but he didn't want to hurt Soul! Why can't the baby just stop crying?! What could he do to make the baby stop crying?! He was only six! He knew nothing about babies!
"Stop Soul!" Sin shouted as he held onto Soul and couldn't understand why the baby was crying, "Shut up!"
The baby didn't stop crying so Sin just put him on the floor. Sin hated this! He didn't understand what was going on! What was going on!? Why were they doing this?! Why wasn't someone stopping this?!
Sin just laid down next to Soul who had stopped crying as he was now sucking on Sin's fingers. Sin just laid there on the ground and closed his eyes as he hugged Soul who was sucking on his fingers and slowly fell asleep…
As long as Sin has Soul… everything was fine. Even if the baby annoyed him to no end with all of his annoying crying. After all, Soul was innocent and a baby and you, so he wouldn't remember any of this…
Later…
"This is the one then sir?" a voice said.
"Yes, it is," Saint Rolland said.
Sin woke up and looked up to see the Celestial Dragon and another person above him. Sin went to pull Soul closer to him but felt nothing… Horror filled Sin as he felt nothing there and he looked to his arms. He didn't see Soul at all, he was missing! They had taken Soul!
Soul!
"Where's my baby brother!?" Sin shouted. Soul was only six months old! Where was he?! Sin needed him! Sin needed to look after him! He's just a baby! Even if he was loud and annoying when he cried!
Saint Rolland tsked in annoyance as he slapped Sin across the face. The kid should just be quiet and do as he was told. He was informed that he was slave and Rolland was a Celestial Dragon.
"Shut it, boy," Saint Rolland told Sin who just glared at the man. It was going to be fun breaking this kid and seeing that fire and light in his eyes eventually die. "Or I will kill that annoying little infant you call a brother."
Soul!
"Please don't sir!" Sin begged after he registered what the jerk had just said to him. He couldn't let anything happen to his baby brother!
That was much better. The boy seemed to learn where his place was very quickly.
Saint Rolland smirked, "That's better boy. You do as I tell you and no harm will befall your baby brother. Understand?" Sin nodded his head silently, glaring at the floor where the man wouldn't see. "Good. Charles here is going to give you something. I want no complaining or you won't see your brother." Sin nodded his head again. "Good, Charles? Take the boy to get his marks."
Marks…?
Charles, who was the other man, he was nothing special. Just a short man wearing a weird suit and sunglasses with dark brown eyes and brown hair. Charles led Sin out of the cage and Sin followed the man to a weird room on the ship? Sin didn't know he was on a ship…
"In here," the man ordered and Sin followed- he wanted Soul back so he had to listen- whether he liked it or not. "Sit down and take off your shirt boy."
Sin did what was told of him- sitting down on a chair and taking off his shirt. Sin was scared- he was shit scared. Sin went pale when he saw the brand- the red-hot iron just taken off the fire sort of brand. Sin was too scared to move. Sin knew what that brand meant- the dragon like paw mark- the oval circle shape with the two triangles on top and one on the bottom.
It was the mark of a slave…
Sin closed his eyes as he felt the brand be pushed into his back and he felt the burning skin- it was beyond painful! Sin bit his lip and tongue to stop himself from yelling and screaming out in pain. It burned! But he wasn't going to scream! Sin needed to protect Soul! He had to know that his baby brother is okay! Sin had to see him!
Sin went even paler seeing a second brand and screamed this time when it touched his left shoulder and he was held in place so that the brand branded fit right into his left shoulder- this one said- Property of Saint Rolland.
Sin sat in his cell. Happy that his shirt was back on as he didn't want to look at those ugly brands on his body. He didn't want to think about them, Sin looked at his wrist where he had a weird looking bracelet on, someone had called it a bomb collar or something…
"Here you go my little sin," Saint Rolland smiled giving Sin a weird looking fruit- it was a big weird pear and pineapple shaped fruit, white in color - with weird golden yellow colored wing shaped swirls on it.
What the hell is this?
"I believe this is will be amusing," Saint Rolland smirked, liking his plan of making the ultimate slave fighter- since, doesn't the saying go you must try them young... Saint Rolland meant, you must train them young? "Don't you know? I want you to eat this."
"Why sir?" Sin asked, hearing his own voice sounded weird. It didn't sound right. Maybe it was from the screaming from the branding…
"Your name is Sin," Saint Rolland told Sin who nodded his head again, he didn't mind explaining his reasons behind them since he loved them and hearing his own voice. "You're very existence is a sin then. Like your name. You will become a sinner for me then Sin. And this devil fruit will be the thing that forgives you for it."
Devil fruit…? What's that?
"It will turn you into an Angel, it has holy powers and properties. The very opposite of your name," the Saint went on, "then you will sin for me, Sin."
Sin shook in fear. He really didn't like the sound of this… Sin stared at the devil fruit.
"Eat, or I will kill your baby brother then you!" the Celestial Dragon ordered.
Sin slowly nodded his head. He didn't want to die and he didn't want his little brother, his baby brother, Soul to die either!
"Yes sir," Sin nodded eating the fruit, it was disgusting! But he ate it anyway.
"Good boy my little sin," the Celestial Dragon smiled as he moved his hand to tell Sin to come closer again, "Now come here." Sin walked over and closed his eyes as the Celestial Dragon smiled down at him. "Starting tomorrow. You will be in the death games and kill whoever you run into before they kill you. Understand?"
Sin nodded his head.
"Good," the man smiled as Sin flinch as the man started to touch him and Sin said nothing. He couldn't, not if he wanted to see Soul…
Three months later…
Sin didn't question anything anymore. He didn't need to. He knew what he was. A sin- his whole existence was just a sin. Something that god could never forgive. Sin stood over the dead bodies of many men, women and children- his hands stained red with blood. If Saint Rolland says to do something, if God told him to do anything then Sin just does. If not, then Sin doesn't get to see Soul, doesn't get food or drink, or anything for that matter. It was just easier to do as he was told. Sin wouldn't get hurt and neither would Soul. Everything Sin did was for Soul. Sin sins for Soul. It was only Sin and Soul. And Soul was all that mattered.
It only took him a day to learn how to use the dual short twin blades- Saint Rolland's choice of weapon for him. He found some kind of amusement in it.
At first, Sin got hurt a lot and he hated it. He didn't want anything to do with it, with this death game and the killing but there this other side… that enjoyed it. Sometimes, Sin would black out and not remember anything. Other times, he remembered every single detail.
Sin's kind of long orange hair was tied back and he had dead looking brown eyes. Sin turned around when he heard the buzzer that said that another opponent was coming. Sin wiped off the blood on his hands and swords on his pants and shirt.
Sin glared at the spot where he knew the person would come from. It didn't matter who it was - a neighbour, a family friend, or an old friend or even family- it could be anyone and it didn't matter. All that mattered was staying alive. It was kill or be killed. Because if Sin died, who would be there for Soul? What would then happen to Soul?
Sin flinched when saw the familiar long orange hair. He couldn't remember why it was familiar but he knew it… who was this…? Who did it belong to again…?
"Sin…?" the older girl said looking at him- as if she knew exactly who he was, but he couldn't remember who she was… but it didn't matter. He had to kill her. It was all he could do.
Sin's hands shook and he looked down at them. Why were they shaking now? Why not when he beheaded Mr. Jones, one of his neighbours? Or Mrs. Kaylin, the nice baker who always gave him free samples and bread to take home? Or when he had to kill his own father? Or when had to kill Emily or Amy or Eric or Jake? Why not when he had killed the only friends he had ever had? Why were his hands shaking now, but not then? They didn't even shake with his first kill- his own mother who had ran onto the short blades and made Sin swear on his life to take care of Soul… why were they shaking now…?
"It's me Sin," the girl spoke softly, taking a step toward him which made Sin take a step back, who was this girl? "It's Sign. Your sister."
Sister…? That's right… Sin had an older sister…
"What are you waiting for, my little sin?" Saint Rolland's voice said over a speaker (den-den mushi) system, "Kill her! Or I will kill you and that brother of yours!"
Sin's face went blank when heard Soul's crying voice over the speakers after Saint Rolland's voice said those words.
Soul…
Sin walked up to his sister, who had her back turned to him as she screamed and shouted at the man for making their baby brother cry and for forcing Sin to do this. Asking him why he was doing this to them in the first place as well. Why couldn't he leave them alone? Telling him to stop this stupid game.
"I'm sorry," was all Sin said when he stabbed his sister in the back through the heart.
That was all Sin could say to whoever he killed, was that he was sorry. He didn't want to kill people. He didn't want to be what his name was. He didn't want to be a sinner but it was all Sin could do to stay alive and to keep Soul alive. Was to sin.
It was all he could do… and it didn't help that was also his name…
3 years later- 6 years ago…
Sin stayed away from the new guy as much as he could. Donate? That's what Sin thought his name was. He was a Fishman or something. It was a weird. Sin had never seen anything like him before and Sin was scared. He didn't know or like the guy. He was scary looking and all of the other slaves and people kept going on about how dangerous he was.
Sin worked on the boat. Sanding down wood on the new boat that he was working on, on the Celestial Dragon's huge ship. It was all he could do as he thought about killing himself again. The sea water… the ocean… it was right there… and it would be so easy to do it… all it would take is one step…
"Sin-Sin!" Soul shouted running over him.
Sin looked over and smiled as his little brother ran over to him and hugged him. Sin patted his head. The boy didn't have a bomb collar like most of the other slaves and neither did Sin. There was no need for one. Sin was Saint Rolland's most (reluctant) loyal slave. He knew what would happen if he didn't do as he was told. He had been here for three years after all. And he was one of the longest lasting slaves.
Soul looked just like Sin with his orange hair and brown eyes. They were both wearing plain grey pants and a red shirt.
That was right, that was why Sin hadn't killed himself yet… he still had Soul… the little ray of light and hope… he couldn't leave the kid all alone… not after killing their parents and older sister… the only two to survive those deadly games that Saint Rolland was so ever fond of from their town home…
"Hey Soul," Sin smiled as he patted his little brother's head.
They were both slaves, like the others. They were just special, Saint Rolland and the guards made it well known to everyone, especially new slaves, that the brothers were special. Sin could pretty much do anything and get away with it. Soul had gotten hurt and Sin killed the guy (another slave though) without a second thought. No-one tried to hurt or touch Soul again after that. Everyone knew how dangerous Sin was but not Soul. The kid seemed to be completely unaware of it.
Probably because Sin would rather die than hurt his Soul.
Sin had even gotten away with killing guards and low class nobles. He never did anything against another Celestial Dragon. No matter how much it looked like he wanted too. He just took it and did nothing. Normally taking it out on someone else or doing what he is doing now. Working on a wooden project or a boat. The kid was good at working with wood and making boats for someone so young.
"Saint Rolland said there's another game tonight…" Soul said grabbing his brother's shirt and gripping it hard as Sin worked on the boat, with the guards watching over the brothers. "Your gonna win… right?"
Sin nodded his head with a slight smile on his face. "Of course. Can't leave you behind, now can I?"
"Right!" Soul smiled. "It's meant to be something called, a tag-team?"
Tag team? Sin was going to have to work with someone? Sin bet it was the new guy, the Fishman that Saint Rolland had just brought in.
"I can handle it Soul, don't worry," Sin told his little brother gently, trying to sooth away any worries the other may have. "You just do everything that Saint Rolland tells you to do, like I do and everything will be fine, okay?"
"Right Sin-Sin!" Soul nodded.
"It's time to go now," the guards told Soul.
"But…" Soul started. He barely got any time to see Sin and Soul hated it. Just like Sin did. But they had to do as they were told or they would get less time next time, or they wouldn't see each other for long time again.
Sin stopped working as he picked Soul up giving him a kiss on the forehead and a tight hug. "It's fine Soul. I'll see you tomorrow. Okay?"
"Okay!" Soul smiled.
If Sin had known that was going to be the last time he was ever going to see Soul. He would have just jumped right into the ocean with his little brother so that they would have died together.
Sin knew he had been right. He was terrified of the new guy- of Donate, though the guy kept telling Sin to call him Don for some weird reason. The two of them had been forced to work together for the death game. The guy barely touched his opponent and the opponent was pretty much killed on the spot.
It was scary.
Donate had even managed to hurt Sin in the fight, even though they were meant to be working and fighting together. Sin hoped that was the first and last time that he would ever have to fight with Donate.
The next day…
"Fight against him?" Sin frowned as he looked over at grey coloured shark Fishman Donate- Sin didn't want to fight the guy. He was scarily strong. Stronger than Sin, he could kill Sin easily if he wanted too. Sin knew what he was capable of. He had just witnessed it in their fight after all. Why did Sin have to fight against him?
"It's only for training you baby," the guard told Sin. "Saint Rolland wants to use you two for more tag-team fights in the future. So, since you two are now partners, it means that you have to get used each other. Know each other's strengths and weaknesses."
Sin didn't like this. Not at all. But Sin didn't have a choice and he knew it. He would just have to do it. No matter how much he didn't want too.
Yep, Sin knew that Donate was a monster and all from everything that everyone had said about him, and from seeing him fight, but fighting against him! He really had no idea how much of a monster he was till then!
Sin walked to his brother 'room' and he felt his heart drop and he stopped when he saw it was empty. As in empty-empty. As in, there was no one there and nothing in there. Not Sin's old clothes that he knew that Soul had since he wore them. Not the small mattress or the old pillow (really just a bag with clothes and rags in it). Not the small toy stuffed dog toy that Sin had brought with them after taking it from their old home- the only thing left from their childhood and home.
Nothing. There was nothing here.
It was like Soul was never here. It was like he never existed.
"Soul!? Soul! Soul!" Sin shouted and looked around for his little brother. Everything that Sin did. Everything that he did. It's for Soul! Sin hadn't died yet for Soul! He hadn't killed himself and had stayed alive just for Soul! Where is he?! "SOUL!"
Sin looked out into the ocean. Sin just wanted to die. He wanted to be to dead. He was sore as he had several dark bruises all over his body and he cried as he pulled his legs into his stomach. Crying for the first time in gods knew when. Sin didn't even cry when he murdered his parents, sister, friends, or neighbours in cold blood but he was crying now.
Soul was gone. His Soul was gone, both his brother and his own actual soul. Sin was never going to see him again. Sin's only reason for living was gone.
Sin just sat there, covered in blood. It wasn't his- it was of that of a lot of other peoples.
Apparently, some of the other slaves didn't see it as being 'fair,' that Soul got special treatment because of him being Sin's little brother, and they killed him. They threw his body overboard and everything that he owned. So, Sin killed them. Saint Rolland wasn't happy about it- Sin had gotten beaten for killing all of the none fighting slaves who had been the ones who had killed Soul. Sin just wanted to die. What was there now that was worth actually living for?
Sin walked out to the edge of the ship. Just looking down at the ocean and saw Soul's smiling face. It would be better if Sin just died. He had killed pretty much everyone he ever knew, that he had ever cared about and who ever cared about him. Soul was the only thing that was worth living for and now Sin didn't have that.
What was the point in living anymore?
Sin didn't even think twice as he took a step off the ship and landed in the water. Hearing people shout but he didn't care. He just wanted to die now… and he welcomed the darkness as he was slowly drowning. Sin welcomed death…
2 years later… 4 years ago…
"Yo. Mr. Landshark, do you have lungs? Don't you need water to breathe? How do you breathe air?" a voice said.
Who was that!? Sin didn't recognize the voice at all!
Sin opened his eyes as he saw a young blonde haired girl with blue eyes, wearing a long purple shirt that looked like a dress on her, and long black pants plus oversized scandals. She looked be around eight or nine years old.
Was the girl really talking to Donate? Like it was nothing?
"My name is Donate or Don, not Mr. Landshark and what's it to you?" Don asked. Wondering who the hell this girl was and how she got here.
"Miss? Can we help?" Sin asked.
"You're awake Sin!" Don smiled- happy to see the one person that he could probably ever consider okay here, was awake since he wasn't actually that bad compared to others here. "Are you okay? You looked like you having a nightmare again." In another lifetime, Don might have considered Sin a friend. Sin was the closest thing that Don had to one here since they were fighting partners.
"I'm fine," Sin answered with a glare at Donate. Sin hated him. Sin was never going to forgive him. Why did Donate save him two years ago?!
"You still hate me for saving your life two years ago, don't you?" Don sighed.
"Stupid Fishman," Sin muttered- annoyed at the reminder that the damn fish had saved his life and stopped him from dying.
"Oi! I heard that, you stupid devil fruit eater!" Don shouted- a little annoyed that Sin was holding it against Don for saving his life.
"Devil Fruit Eater?" the girl smiled- seeming very happy and excited for some reason as her eyes sparkled. "Cool! I want you to join my crew then!"
What…?
"Hey Don, what's a Fishman?" the girl asked Don- looking confused. "You're a Fishman? What's that? I've never heard of it before… you should join my crew too!"
"Seriously?" Don asked, not sure if he should be taking a kid seriously. "You want me on your crew? Why? Aren't you scared of me? How have you not heard of a Fishman before?! Just who the hell are you? How the hell did you even get on the ship?!" Don wasn't sure if he should smile or frown. "You don't look like you're with Saint Rolland or his guards."
Was this girl serious?
"Well I'm Macey but you can call me Mace," the blonde girl smiled as she looked through the keys in her hand for the one that fits into the cage to open it. "Who the hell is Saint Rolland? Do they own this ship or something? Nope! I'm not with them. I was… sailing… yeah, let's go with that. When I could sense something with my Haki. No one seemed to notice me at all and I needed supplies and a new boat and stuff, so I come on board to… um… borrow them! Yeah, that's right. To borrow them! Totally not to steal them or anything. Hahaha…"
That was stupid. If the guards caught the girl… god knows what might happen. The guards might kill her, rape her. Who knew?
How did she get on the ship without the guards noticing her!? This ship had 24hour surveillance so that Sin couldn't drown himself again or in case of pirate attack. How did she get passed all of their security? And what the hell was Haki?!
It shouldn't be this easy for someone to get in here, right?
"Just leave them girl!" one of the other slaves said- who the girl had released earlier. "They'll just kill you! That's what they do! They're killers! Killer Slavers! Used for death games and matches! They're murderers!"
Sin hissed at the man who just kicked the cage door that Sin was behind, which was made of sea-stone.
"Yeah! They've killed lots of us and people before! Just leave them!"
"No," Mace told in a dead serious and almost warning sounding voice. "I don't care who they are or what their past is or what they have done. I want them as a part of my crew and they deserve freedom just as much as any of you do! They're slaves here too you know!"
Who was this girl and where did she come from? Why was she here!?
"Why?" Don asked.
"You both seem amusing!" Mace smiled, "And by that, I mean very interesting! I think having a Fishman as a First Mate would be cool and I would like to study and research Sin's devil fruit too. If he'll let me of course. You see, I'm Devil Fruit Researcher and I would love to finish off my mum's research since most of it got destroyed. And why wouldn't you deserve Freedom? Everyone deserves that. It's something that we all need to stand up and fight for if we want it."
"That's your dream?" Don asked.
"Nope!" Mace smiled and told them. "My dream to live life freely and help others keep or gain their freedom. So? What do you say? Care to join me and join my fight for freedom? Want to join my crew? Pretend to be a fighter or stay here and most likely die?"
'That's right,' Sin thought to himself, 'this is where we got our name from… from Macey's little speech about standing up and fighting for our freedom… we took the Freedom and Fighter from it and became the Freedom Fighters… Since there was more than one of us, just saying Freedom Fighter didn't sound right… that was why they were the Freedom Fighters…'
Mace didn't notice one of the other slaves had a sword in his hand, as she was getting ready to open up Sin's cage. That slave was coming to stop her from setting Sin free. Because even though Don was stronger, they were more afraid of Sin.
"Mace!" Don shouted.
Present time…
"MACE!" Don shouted.
Sin snapped out his memory of the past, of when that man had changed Sin's life forever. Back when he had met Don and when Mace had saved them from that man, when he heard Don scream Mace's name.
Sin looked below and saw that Mace had a weird water fish bowl looking thing around her face, he watched as he could see her slowly drowning… as she was slowly dying the person that had saved his life and gave it purpose again. Who wasn't afraid of him or what he was capable of. Who wasn't afraid of the dark side of him. Of the angel of death who just wanted to kill… that he couldn't fully control… and yet… she…
The person that accepted him… she was the only person who ever accepted him fully with open arms…
Sin had to do something to save Mace! He has too! He couldn't let her die! If it weren't for her then Sin wouldn't even be here now! Don and the others were too busy and were being held up by the Marines. They weren't going to get to her in time to save her!
But what could Sin do…?
I'll help… that dark voice said.
"MACE!" Sin shouted as he let the dark side of him take over- to save Mace.
Sin's wings flew out as he jumped off the cliff and flew right at the Marine who had hold of her. The man looked shocked as he let go of Mace who was coughing and on the ground, looking a little worse for wear, as Sin flew up with the Marine into the sky.
Macey: so?
So what?
Ace: yeah, so?
SO WHAT!?
Macey and Ace: the whole devil fruit thing? how you come to a decision on it yet?
no, sigh, this going to take some time. give me time! though, i do have good idea of something involving purple and white flames right now thanks to my talk with AceAyane... purple... my favourite colour...
Macey and Ace*whining*: fine!
Macey: wait...? did you say purple and white flames? cool! i want this! give Ace his original devil fruit! i want this purple and white flames one! it sounds cool! or, rather should i say hot?
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Don: Mace. just, no.
anyway... 13 reviews, 20 favs and 27 follows! yes! that's great! keep counting and coming fans!
Macey: do people like the pic of Sin?
aka gender bended Nami, that one that is cover image. i like it.
Sin: well...
you have no say in this matter!
Sin: ... whatever...
Sabo: it is a good pic Sin and you totally look badass.
Luffy: yeah!
Sin: whatever, i don't care.
Macey: so? what happens next?
find out like everyone else! till next time fans!