edited by Gerbilfriend and me
Macey: and we're back!
that we are.
Macey: we covering the rest of the back story this chapter?
yes, we are. we have to cover how you got your scar after all.
Macey: sweet!
Sin: fuck...
Macey: it's all good Sin!
Don: how did you get that scar? i don't think i actually know. i know you got it when we were fighting against the Celestial Dragon. well, when you fought against the Celestial Dragon since i was doing something else. so how did you actually get it?
Macey: find out this chapter like everyone else!
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Reviews!
there's only one today... oh well, that's fine.
DryBonesZero-
Macey: we still working out what to do with the devil fruit situation. nothing has been decided or set in stone yet. but i think kerennie is trying for something, different. I believe looking at this possibility notes *holding them* she is looking at giving Ace a fire devil fruit but not the Mera-Mera one. so that way Ace can still be fire but be different at the same time! there almost one where she has have the water one and there's another one where i think... *staring at it hard* am i reading this right? an elemental one? that would be so cool!
MACEY! THOSE ARE DRAFT MAYBES!
Macey: i know that, i just thought i would let the fans know what is going on.
PLEASE STOP JUST DO THE REVIEW!
Macey: fine! anyway, thank you for not an issue with it. we will work something out. *looking at me* can do the elemental fruit for Ace? that would be cool and different! everyone wins then!
maybe.
Macey*shrugging shoulders* whatever than. and yes, you do have a point. people seem to change Luffy's devil fruit more than Ace. are we giving Sabo a devil fruit? because DryBonesZero has a point. we can give Sabo the fire one, Ace can have the elemental one and i can have one with purple and white flames!
Macey...
Macey: thank you! we know you're not being mean and just want to see/read something different! that was meant to be the whole point of this story to start with! that's why i vote elemental fruit!
for the love of... please leave ideas in your review or PM me if anyone has an idea on what to make Ace's devil fruit. if you like the elemental fruit idea, let me know. Ace can still use fire but then can use other elemental such as water, earth, wind and such as well and it will be different.
anyway, on with the chapter!
Chapter 13
As soon as she was free, Mace coughed the water up as her lungs received fresh air at last. Oh god! That was close! Damn fucking Marine playing fucking dirty…
Moments ago…
"Okay, okay, we surrender!" the Vice Admiral said putting his hand up, then smirked as Macey stopped. "Not!" he created a water whip and turned to use it against Ace, who was protecting Luffy and couldn't see it coming.
Macey ran quickly to intercept the attack and she hit the whip with an arm covered in Haki to cut it off and stop it from hitting Ace. But it suddenly disappeared and Macey felt something… or rather, someone, grab by her hair and pull. Macey went backwards into the Marine who then grabbed Macey's neck and mouth, then he started to cover her face in water.
"I'll kill you just like I did the other girl," the man told her. "Then I will kill the Bloody Nightmare."
Bloody Nightmare…? Was that girl who Macey had saved…?
Macey couldn't get her Haki to work as her body was panicking from the water, while he was trying to drown her. She felt him lift her up from the ground and she could hear Don and the others calling her name. But it sounded so far away…
Her eyes slowly started to close as she could feel her body shutting down probably because she was dying, she was drowning. She heard Don scream her name then the next thing she knew, she was free from the mans' grip and was no longer drowning. Someone had saved her… but who…?
"Sin…" Macey slowly said, realizing that it would have been only been him as the others were too far away. He had joined the fight… to save her…?
Present time…
Oh thank god! Don let out the breath he hadn't realized he had been holding when he saw that Macey was in danger.
"Mace!" Jack shouted running over to her, with Marc right behind, as they checked on their captain. Does that mean…?
"YOU ASSHOLES!" the girl that they had been helping shouted. She glared at the Marines as if she was going to kill every single one of them. "I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" Maybe she was going to kill them all and it wasn't just a look. Don was pretty damn sure that she meant it.
"Oi!" Jack shouted as he went after the girl to stop her from joining back in the fight. "You're too injured to fight!"
"Mace!" Don shouted- worried about how his Captain was. If they lose her… they would most likely lose themselves too.
"I'm fine!" Mace smiled doing a little salute to Don. She was acting as she hadn't been close to death just moments ago. Don had to try to not laugh at that, that was so Mace. Who else would be acting like everything is fine after almost dying?
Don nodded his head and went back to his fight. He had to make sure that he, the ASL trio and Max got out of this!
"LET ME GO!" the girl shouted at Jack who had hold of her.
"STOP BEING DIFFICULT!" Jack shouted right back at her, "I'M A DOCTOR!"
"I DON'T CARE!" the girl screamed, "I'LL MAKE THEM PAY FOR WHAT THEY DID TO KAY! SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS! SHE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE!"
"Jack!" Macey ordered, "Let her go!"
"But…!" Jack started to say in return, clearly worried for the girl's health. That is until he saw the look in the younger girl's eyes (Kaitlyn not Macey). She looked like she was going to kill Jack if he kept getting in her way. It wasn't just the look in her eye either… it was far more than that all at once. It was like he could feel her bloodlust just from looking, but he was also touching her and that really started creeping him out.
Fuck…
Jack let go of her quickly, more than willing to not touch her and get her wrath directed at him instead of the Marines. He watched, a little horrified, as some of the blood started going back into her body and some of the blood floating in mid-air. Shit… this girl was dangerous and scary…
"Let the Bloody Nightmare begin~" the girl said- in an almost sing-song voice. Her hands were spread out at her side as the blood began to rise and weave around her in the air like a menacing cloud. "I'll show you just why they call me that."
Bloody… Nightmare… what!?
"I believe we found who we were looking for," Macey smiled, though it was a bit strained, as she got back up. She then got back into captain mode as she gave out orders. "Don! Max! ASL! Retreat and back up the Bloody Nightmare! Jack! I want at least one of those Marines alive to get information from! Marc! You're with me! We're going to help Sin!"
That damn bastard was going to pay… with his fucking life!
"Right Captain!" the crew nodded.
"Right Macey!" the ASL boys shouted.
Kaitlyn had no idea who these guys were. First, the girl with the blonde hair, blue eyes, purple shirt and black pants came out of no-where like she owned the place and saved Kaitlyn in the process. Then a weird looking, grey – human – land - shark thing wearing a purple shirt and pants appeared with three young boys- two raven haired boys and a blonde. One of the raven haired boys had freckles and seemed to older than the younger raven haired boy who had a straw-hat. The blond boy didn't really look like the girl blonde, and he had a top hat and goggles on.
Then there were the other guys.
One was called Jack, who seemed to be a doctor or something since he was treating Kaitlyn. Why he was treating her though, she didn't fully understand other than it was an order from the blonde girl, who he had called Captain.
They were a pirate crew or something? The boys had called her, and she had called herself, Mace and said something about being the Captain of the Freedom Fighters or something like that. Kaitlyn thought she read something about them in the paper at some point or other…
Marc, the other boy who had gotten the weird sea-stone cuffs off her. Kaitlyn was a little grateful for that, not that she was going to voice it. Right now, all that was on her mind was killing the hypocrites.
Max was the other one who helped her; he was fighting with the land shark human person and the three young boys. Then there was the kid who had wings… Sin? Something like that. He… he was interesting and… very dangerous.
Kaitlyn has never sensed bloodlust like his before, it was strong. The whole time he was watching the fight, she felt it. Then it almost doubled, if not tripled, once Kaitlyn's cuffs were off and the hypocrite, who had killed Kay, tried to kill Mace the same way that he had killed Kay.
To say that Kaitlyn was surprised when Sin had suddenly had wings, and had saved Mace would be an understatement. She had never seen someone do something else for someone else like this before… it was, well, kind of nice change of pace. Not that she would admit it out-loud.
The Freedom Fighters seemed to have relaxed once Mace had been saved by Sin. Some of them going over to her and the other ones fighting the hypocrites with a vengeance. Some charging with weapons, others with their bare fists.
Kaitlyn would admit she was impressed but never out loud, at how Mace had shook off the near-death experience like it was nothing.
Kaitlyn's anger towards the hypocrites never left though. Kaitlyn was going to kill every single one of them… Kay didn't deserve that happening to her… it wasn't sure fair and Kaitlyn was going to get revenge for her friend! Even if it killed her!
"YOU ASSHOLES!" Kaitlyn shouted as she glared at the Hypocrites as if she was going to kill every single one of them while she walked towards them. "I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" and Kaitlyn damn well meant it.
"Oi!" Jack shouted as he went after the girl to stop her from joining back in the fight. "You're too injured to fight!"
"Mace!" Don shouted sounding worried, since their captain had almost died after all. How the girl didn't seem put off by it was a mystery to Kaitlyn since most normal people would have been freaking out.
"I'm fine!" Mace smiled doing a little salute to Don. Acting as if she hadn't been close to death just moments ago. How could the girl do that…? But Kaitlyn couldn't think of that right now, she had to avenge her friend first and foremost.
"LET ME GO!" Kaitlyn shouted at the guy who had a hold of her. He should just let Kaitlyn go! It would be easier for everyone that way! She was going to kill the hypocrites, every single last fucking one.
"STOP BEING DIFFICULT!" he shouted right back at her, his arms tightening around her waist. As if that could restrain her. "I'M A DOCTOR!"
"I DON'T CARE!" Kaitlyn screamed angrily at the doctor, even if he helped her! She owed him nothing and he was getting in the way! If he didn't stop… then he was going to end up dead as well. "I'LL MAKE THEM PAY FOR WHAT THEY DID TO KAY! SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS! SHE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE!"
"Jack!" Mace ordered, having taken notice of the state she was in probably. "Let her go!"
"But…!" Jack started till he finally looked at Kaitlyn in the eyes and saw the look in her eyes. She was going to kill him if he kept getting in her way.
He seemed really freaked out as he finally let her go. But she didn't care. Continuing on her original goal, she made some of her own blood start going back into her own body and some of the blood floating in mid-air. Kaitlyn could do that after all, since she knew how to and because of her devil fruit as well.
"Let the Bloody Nightmare begin~" Kaitlyn said in her sing-song voice with a creepy grin of her own. "I'll show you just why they call me that," grinning like a mass murder.
"I believe we found who we were looking for," Mace smiled knowingly, and then ordered. "Don! Max! ASL! Retreat and back up the Bloody Nightmare! Jack! I want at least one of those Marines alive to get information from them! Marc! You're with me! We're going to help Sin!"
"Right Captain!" the crew nodded.
"Right Macey!" the three young boys shouted.
Kaitlyn had no idea how they knew who she was or why they were looking for her. She would have to ask later. Right now, Kaitlyn just wanted to kill every single hypocrite here.
Right now, she was going to make the hypocrites pay.
Macey was going to kill that man! First, he killed an innocent person! Second, he tried to kill Macey's new and amusing crewmember (though the girl didn't know she was yet)! Third, he had gone to hurt ASL Trio, which had been a trick to catch Macey herself then he almost killed her. Forth and lastly, he had gotten Sin involved in this - who hated getting involved in fights! Sin just wanted to try and live as peaceful as he could while paying Macey back for whatever reasons he believed he needed to pay her for.
Macey was going to kill him- not only for her own amusement and to get her hands on his devil fruit to test her theory of how devil fruits are reborn, but also to get revenge for everything else the fucking bastard did!
This Marine had no idea what kind of storm is coming his way. Almost literally too… just not the typical storm one might be used to.
Macey activated her Haki right off the bat as she went for the marine who had made the fish bowl over Sin's head now.
"LET GO OF MY FRIEND!" Macey screamed as her Haki sparked all around them.
The others could feel her Haki but it didn't really bother them unlike last time. It seems Mace has better control over it and her emotions compared to the time with the Celestial Dragon… in fact… they were all kind of feeling… stronger thanks to it. Like her very will was coursing through them and giving them strength.
Suddenly they felt and saw her Haki cover the whole island- knocking normal and random creatures, and probably people as well, but not the Marines and the pirates collected there.
"Mace…" Don said under his breath, stunned and maybe more than just a little impressed as he stood there like a statue frozen in place.
Don had never seen Macey control her Haki this well or even remotely like this before. It was like anyone who she didn't want involved with their fight against the Marines were going to be taken out, with it doing nothing against them or the Marines. Was Macey purposely knocking out anyone who can be a bystander so that they didn't get hurt?
The Marine Vice-Admiral looked at Macey, horrified at how strong her Haki was and how much ground it covered. Sharon Island wasn't exactly small; it wasn't overly large either but it was still fucking big compared to other places!
How could this little girl use her Haki like this!?
"I need to kill you before you become a bigger threat than you already you are," the man concluded as he dropped and ignored Sin now. He was down for the count, alive and unconscious, lucky for the Marine otherwise, gods only knew what Macey would do to him.
Macey smirked as Marc held out a weird black cloth- it was like an oversize blanket.
"Come then," Macey taunted the man.
"Fucking bitch," the Marine said really annoyed.
Macey disappeared from his sighed. What!? Where the fuck did the girl g… the man looked down to chest as he saw a hand in his chest. An Armament Haki covered hand in his chest.
What…? How…? He didn't even see her move… what just happened…?
"Illusions are such great things," Macey told the man as he fell onto his knees and he noticed that Mace had a crazed look in her eyes. What the hell is that look…? "Aren't they? It's a good thing that Marc can create and control them."
So that was how she did it… the crew member with her was a devil fruit eater and she knew how to use that to her advantage… just who was this girl… really? Not many people would have thought of using someone else's devil fruit to their advantage like this… just who was this girl and how smart was she really?
"Now," Macey smiled evilly as she squeezed his heart a little, looking like the devil and making the Marine flinch from the pain. "You're going to answer my questions before you die."
The man just glared at her, he wasn't going to tell her anything!
"What are you doing here?" Macey asked- squeezing the heart. "There's no way a Vice Admiral would be here just for one little girl or for me and my crew. So what are you doing here? Mmm? Mr. Vice Admiral?"
Macey flinched for a moment as her head was racing with images… was she seeing the Vice Admiral's future or something…? Stupid thing that the weird god person gave her!
Macey smirked as she licked the side of her lip, it seemed that the man was very greedy and would have gotten himself killed one day soon even if Macey didn't kill him here and now, but she was going too.
"A Whitebeard Commander, huh?" Macey smiled seeing that memory as it flashed by in her head. "and you thought you could take out the Bloody Nightmare while you were at it? What a greedy person."
Shock and confusion were written all over the Marine's face. How did the girl know all of that?!
"AAAAHHHH!" Macey and the Vice Admiral could both hear in the background. It seems that Kaitlyn was having fun.
Kaitlyn decided she was going to end this. All in one go. It was going to take pretty much all of her strength, but she was going to do it anyway.
If these Freedom Fighters killed her or took her, well, Kaitlyn would cross that bridge when it comes. Right now, she just wanted to kill every single last hypocrite here.
"Blood Explode!" Kaitlyn smirked as she snapped her fingers.
All of the Marines suddenly (that were inflected with her blood, which was pretty much all of them really) started to explode. Kaitlyn smiled her manic smile as she watched them explode all around her. It was great! Such a beautiful sound and sight! She loved it!
Ace covered Luffy's ears and Sabo covered Luffy's eyes. The youngest didn't need to see or hear this! Don stood in front of the boys and shielded them form the worst of the blood splatter and sighed. They were still young and innocent; they didn't need to see this.
Ace looked behind them and saw Macey then Marc as he threw a black cloak blanket looking thing over Macey and the Vice Admiral. Jack had tied up one of the few Marines that was left alive so that Macey had someone to get information from. He then handed the person to Max as Jack then ran over to check on Sin who was on the ground, not moving.
Sin wasn't dead… was he?
Kaitlyn collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily. It took pretty much all of her energy, including her reserved energy to take out all of the hypocrites. Damn…
Don moved from the boys to the girl. Just to make sure that she was okay.
"Are you okay?" Don asked Kaitlyn carefully as he slowly approached her.
"I'm fine," Kaitlyn told Don, he knew she was lying. She was not looking okay. Don almost laughed when he saw the look she was giving him. It was the same one that Sin had given him many times- a lot of hate but not hate at the same time.
"Don!" Macey smiled running over, looking a little paler and tired than normal. Damn it, Mace must have overdone it. "You're Kaitlyn, right? The Bloody Nightmare?"
Kaitlyn flinched as she looked at Macey. "Yes? What do you want?" she asked.
"Ace! Help with the black-cloth, would you?" Macey called and smiled over her shoulder then looked at Kaitlyn. They could see her flinch as she saw the younger girls 'used to be' future (not that they knew about that). "I'm Macey but you can call me Mace…"
It was all too much. Using so much Haki (all three kinds), seeing the Vice Admiral's meant to be future and now Kaitlyn's. It was too much. She was just exhausted from it all. She overdid it and she knew it. Macey's body couldn't handle it or the stress of it and she collapsed from exhaustion.
"Mace!" Don shouted catching her.
Jack ran over as Max was carrying Sin on his back. Jack checked Macey quickly then sighed, damn it, she overdid it but at least she okay! She was just really exhausted.
"Is Macey okay?" Luffy asked- worried about the blonde girl that has been nothing but nice to him and his brothers.
"Mace is fine," Jack smiled, "She just overworked herself."
The young boys all smiled in relief, glad to hear that Macey was okay. "What are we going to do about her?" Ace asked pointing at Kaitlyn who flinched.
Don looked at Kaitlyn as the crew and the ASL trio looked at Don. He was in charge now that Macey was out cold. What would Mace do?
"You have a few choices," Don smiled friendlily at Kaitlyn, who looked ready to fight if it come down to it, even though it was clear that she was exhausted. "You can stay here and keep moving. Hope that the Marines or Bounty Hunters don't find you and keep hiding until it kills you."
They all saw Kaitlyn's hand roll up into a fist.
"You can fight against us and die," Don added and they all saw the girl give Don the devil's eyes, "Or you can come with us."
Come with them…? Why would they want Kaitlyn to come with them…?
"Why would I go with you?" Kaitlyn asked, "Why would you want me to come with you?"
"Because our Captain thinks you're interesting," Don answered truthfully. Don has just answer this how Mace would. It was he could do. He wasn't going to force anything. Mace would kill him if he did. "And you're a devil fruit eater too. Mace would want to study your abilities. And you look like someone who needs a place to belong."
A place to belong?
"A place where you can have your freedom and not have to worry too much about anything," Jack smiled and added to what Don was saying. "If you want, that place can be with us. Whether it's forever or only temporary."
"Why…?" Kaitlyn asked on the verge of tears, as she didn't completely understand their reasoning. Why did they save her? Why are they being so nice to her? Why are they offering her a place to belong?
"Why not?" Max smiled lightly.
Was he serious…?
"Because I'm the daughter of criminals! Everyone hates me! Why don't you!?" Kaitlyn shouted at them. They wouldn't want her there the moment they knew about her history. They would reject having her once they knew so it might as well come out now.
"Why would we hate you?" Sabo asked. Really confused. That was no reason to hate someone and whoever thought like that was an idiot. "Just because of that? That's stupid. That would be like hating my brother Ace and I could never hate Ace."
"Right!" Luffy nodded in agreement.
"That's right!" Ace agreed with his brothers with a smile, though inwardly wondering if they were as sane as they sounded – he still had his issues about his parentage after all. "Kids shouldn't be judged by who their parents are! We're not them!"
"As Mace said in the past," Marc smiled- remembering it like it was only yesterday when she had told Marc and Max the very same words. "Everyone deserves Freedom, no matter who they are. That's why we fight. It's what we stand for. That's why we're the Freedom Fighters. Why should anything else matter?"
Don, Sin, Jack and Max nodded their heads in agreement. Mace had said those very same words to them at one point or another.
"We're all friends," Jack commented with a peaceful smile. "It's what we do. Fight for each other and our version of freedom. The past is the past and that's all that matters. All we can do now is look forward to the future and fight the good fight."
Were… were these guys serious…?
"So?" Don said to Kaitlyn as he looked her in the eyes to show how serious he was. "Do you want to come with us or stay here?"
"I…"
Continue on from Sin's backstory…
"Mace!" Don shouted.
Mace dodged without looking at the man, even with Don's warning, which he and Sin had both thought that he might have shouted too late. The girl had managed to dodge the attack and did her own attack of a round-house kick, getting the man in the side of the head and sending him flying off to the left. They could hear him go through some cell doors.
They all shivered and flinched in pain. That looked and sounded like it had hurt. A fucking lot.
Mace, the blonde haired girl was acting like it had never had happened. That someone who she had been saving had attacked her and she had sent him flying. She was acting like it had never happened, just smiling as she opened the cage up and offered Sin her hand.
"What do you say?" Mace smiled, "Do you want to come with me?"
Don got out of his cage and stood there, protecting her back. The other slaves all backed off right away. Damn, that girl (you know, the one that saved them) might be even more dangerous than the Fishman and Sin put together.
"Fuck off," Sin said getting up and walking off. "I don't want to go anywhere with anyone."
Don sighed as he shook his head with a small frown. "Sin. Sorry about him. He's not very good with people."
Mace just shrugged it like it was nothing, "No problems. But he's coming with whether he likes it or not."
"Why is that?" Sin asked as he glared at her from over his shoulder.
"Oh… well… um… I might have set up an explosive to go off and take out the ship," Macey smiled as she walked right past him, not at all scared of him as Don walked with her and acting like it was no big deal. She just seemed unsure on how to answer the question. "I don't care where you want to go. I'll take you there if you want! Now, whoever doesn't want to get blown up should follow me!"
"You're weird and stupid," Sin sighed as he just walked along behind her.
The other slaves followed, really far behind them. Why was Sin following this girl? Seriously? He wanted to die, so why was he following her?
"You really stocked up the ship, huh?" Don commented with awe and amusement seeing that there was a lot of food and other things on the ship.
"Course I did," she smiled as she tied two chains together- tying the two ships together. "I'm guessing none of you know how sail a ship or know where you are right?" Macey asked pointing at the salves who all looked depressed as they realized that the girl was right. No-one could sail a ship and no-one knew where they were so they would most likely get lost and die out at sea. "So you can all hop on that ship and I'll go on this one with Don and Sin! Get you to the closet island from here which would be…" thinking about it for a moment, "Cocoa? Or Majorette?" she shrugged her shoulders as if it was unimportant. "Not that it matters. One them is close by. They are sister islands after all."
Damn, this girl is seriously weird.
"On we get!" she ordered.
The twenty-five slaves got on one ship as Don and Mace got onto the other one. Mace seemed to be telling/explaining something to Don who just nodded his head then Mace stopped as she looked at Sin.
"You coming?" she smiled.
"Fuck off," Sin sighed. He still had no idea why he even came here with her. Why did he? "I'm not."
"But you're going to die if you stay here," Mace told him. As if it was obvious.
"And I'm fine with that!" Sin snapped. Sin really didn't care if he died. If he did, that means he could be with Soul sooner.
"And you called me weird!" Macey laughed as she jumped off the ship and walked past him. Where the fucking hell was she going?
"Where the fuck are you going?" Sin asked Mace as she walked right pass him.
"Oh well, I need to go to the deck to switch the lever that opens the gates there," Mace explained as she pointed at the gate that was keeping the ships inside. "Otherwise we aren't getting out or going anywhere."
"Do you know how dangerous that is?" Sin asked the girl in all seriousness. It was crazy and insane! She was going to get herself killed! Up on deck where the lever was, it was where the guards and Saint Rolland were! She was going to get herself worse than killed!
Why did Sin care…?
"Nope! But I'm sure I can handle it!"
What the hell is wrong with this girl?! She can handle it?!
"What makes you so sure!?"
"I could lie and say something stupid like experience or instinct or a feeling. But in all honestly. Nothing. I just don't like the idea of failing after coming so far is all. So whatever the hell is, I will handle it. Even if it costs me my life because i would rather die than go without freedom. I'm a fighter, remember?"
Mace walked off and Sin just stood there- staring at the spot she had just been. There was something… really wrong and weird with that girl… but… Sin liked it. He wasn't sure what it was about her, but he liked her. For whatever the hell strange reason.
"Fuck me dead," Sin sighed as he chased after all her. Sin was never going to understand this girl or why he was following her right now.
Macey smiled as she found the lever that she was looking for. So far, so good. She has been able to dodge all of the guards thanks to her Observation Haki. Macey pulled it and then she could hear the guards shouting and saying something about the slaves being missing.
She'd better get out of here!
Don paced on the ship. Sure, Macey had told him to not leave the ship, she needed him to get the ship out of there, especially since there were two of them but still… he couldn't help but worry about the human girl. There was something about her…
Her bravery? The fact that she wasn't scared of him? That she didn't care that he was a Fishman? That she wanted him to join her crew? That she was offering him a place to belong? Don wasn't sure what it was, but he liked her. She was so different to any human that Don had ever met…
Mace… hurry up…
Macey did another kick and knocked another guard off the ship. Damn it! They found her! Oh well, Macey would just fight her way out then! She would just go with the flow! They might have numbers on their side and they might be older and maybe a little bit more experience than her. But she had the one thing that they didn't.
A strong fighting will.
Sin covered his ears. He didn't want to listen! He didn't want to hear an order for him to kill! He didn't want any of this!
"Kill that damn girl!"
"You have your orders Sin! Kill!"
Kill… kill… kill… that was all he was good for! Was killing!
"Sin?" Mace's voice said right in front of him.
Sin opened his eyes and saw Mace standing there in front of him. One of the guards in her hand and blood on her fist. She didn't look scared of him… but she really should be. And how was she so calm? Like none of this was really happening? Like it didn't matter.
"Are you okay?" Mace asked then she smiled sweetly. "You know, don't have to fight if you don't want to. I won't make you. I'll handle this."
"KILL HER SIN!" Rolland's voice shouted over top of everything.
Sin could feel his mind blanking… no! Sin didn't want to kill her! He couldn't understand why, but he didn't want too!
Mace just watched him as he walked up to her. All the while she was smiling and acting like it was no big deal.
"I trust you Sin," Mace smiled as he walked up to her, seeming to completely and utterly trust him. Like she knew something that he didn't. "I'm not afraid. You won't kill me, Sin."
"But you don't know me," Sin told her as he raised his swords up. How can she have so much trust in him…?
"But I don't need to know you," Mace smiled at him, like it truly didn't matter at all. At least, not to her. "I know you won't kill me. Not when I can hear your heart. I don't care about your past Sin. I don't care if you have killed people or who they were. You shouldn't be afraid. I accept you, all of you. No matter what. I see you as a part of my crew and that's where you belong. If you want too of course."
Sin felt tears going down his face. No-one had ever said that to him before. That they trusted him. That they didn't care about his past or that he was killer or who he had killed. That he shouldn't be afraid. That they accepted him, all of him, no matter what. That they saw him being a part of something and told him that's where he belonged, if he wanted.
How could she have so much faith in him…? This girl made no sense!
Sin pulled back at the least minute but he still managed to cut her- from below her chest going diagonally across from her side to the left and on her stomach and part of her left side down to her hip. Shit!
"Mace!" Sin shouted with tears in his eyes. He knew that was going to leave a scar. A huge scar running from below her chest going diagonally across from her right side to the left, on her stomach and part of her left side/hip. She was going to have that forever… and he gave it to her…
"See," Mace smiled as her hand just held part of her shirt there to stop the bleeding. It wasn't that deep so it wouldn't kill her but it was going to hurt like a bitch as it healed though. But Mace didn't care. "I knew you wouldn't kill me. My trust wasn't misplaced, now was it?"
Sin just nodded his head as he cried and stood there. This was weird and stupid and strange. But… there was no one else that he wanted to go with more right now. He would much rather stay with her then Saint Rolland.
"I want to go with you!" Sin shouted which made Macey smile. She was happy to hear that the idiot was finally willing to come with her.
One of the guards went to stab Sin since the kid had stopped listening to Saint Rolland and the Celestial Dragon was pissed about it and ordered for Sin to put down since 'his usefulness has come to an end'. Mace's eyes darkened and she frowned then screamed at them to leave her friend alone. That sent a huge energy through the ship- knocking out the guards and Celestial Dragon, Saint Rolland.
Mace stood there, a little shocked at what happened then suddenly collapsed. Sin caught her and looked around for the ships. That he could see not that far off on the distance. Sin let his wings out as he flew over there as fast as he could. He needed to get someone to help her! Someone needed to stop the bleeding!
Hold on Mace! Sin thought, I'm going to get you help! Hold on!
End of flash back… Two days later…
Sin opened his eyes quickly as he sat up. Partly panicking as his body and mind were still back in his dream of the past.
"DON! MACE!" Sin shouted without meaning too.
"Shhh!" Jack told Sin who looked every confused.
Wait… what…? Jack…? That's right… it wasn't just Mace, Don and Sin anymore. There was also Jack, Max, Marc, Ace, Sabo and Luffy too…
"Don and Mace are sleeping," Jack told Sin who was now calming down- Jack pointed to either side of Sin's bed.
Sin looked and saw Don asleep on his right and Mace asleep on his left. Their heads were resting on their arms on the sides of the bed. But they were both holding one of his hands, as if they were making sure that Sin didn't disappear or something.
"What happened?" Sin asked Jack who gave him a cup of water and drinking it. What happened after he blacked out and had saved Mace?
"We kicked Marine butt and got another crew mate," Jack told Sin as he pointed to a bed where the 'sleeping form' of the girl, who they had been helping, was. "Temporarily at least."
Sin nodded his head as Jack patted him on the back, "Now. Go back sleep. We'll talk when the sun is actually up."
"Why…?" Sin asked curiously. Nothing that Mace or Don or anyone in the crew really made any sense to Sin. Why were Don and Mace here? Why were they waiting?
"Why what?" Jack asked very confused by the question. What type of question was 'why?'. It could mean anything. "Why when the sun is actually up? Because it's late and I want to go to sleep."
"That's not what I mean!" Sin told Jack, sounding really annoyed. "Why are Don and Mace here?! On either side of my bed!?"
Jack laughed lightly. "Sin. You're our friend and crew mate. Like a brother. We were all worried about you. Especially Don and Mace. They've known you longest after all."
Friends…?
"Even though I'm an awful person? A killer… a murderer…" Sin said with tears in his eyes. Not understanding how Jack could call someone like him a friend.
"Despite that Sin," Jack smiled. "You're a good guy and you're our friend. We have never seen you as anything else. Especially Don and Mace. I remember Don throwing me over board for upsetting you one time and Marc too when he was making some bad angel and killer jokes too."
Friends…
That's right. That's how Don had always treated Sin ever since they first met, even back when they were both slaves. Don had always treated Sin like a friend. Something Sin never thought he wanted or needed… Don was always there… he always had Sin's back… always saved him… and when they joined Mace. She was there, always. Shutting people up when they made bad jokes about killers or angels or being a slave and things like that. The two of them have always had his back…
Even though they called each other names and claimed to hate the other… they had been friends… the whole time… smiling… laughing… Don always trying to cheer him up… making people back off when they asked too many questions or said anything wrong… They asked and wanted to see how Sin was doing… was there for Sin for the little funeral he had for Soul… even though Don didn't know or had even met him… Don was always there as a friend for him…
How come Sin didn't see it before…?
"You're never alone…" Mace muttered in her sleep- holding one of his hands while Don had the other. It was almost as if she knew what was going on around her even though she was asleep. Maybe she just knew them that well? "We'll always been here for you…"
Sin owed them both a big apology tomorrow. Don also deserved a long overdue thank you too for saving Sin's life six years ago.
Don: ... Sin gave Mace the scar?
Sin: I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!
Macey: it's all good Sin. it's fine.
Sin: but...!
Macey: not buts! *everyone snickering in the background at the word 'but'* it's all good! anyway! reviews? favs? follows? have our numbers gone up?
they have! 14 reviews! 24 favs and 35 follows! it's has gone up!
Macey: yes! anyway, what happens next chapter?
we'll be covering how Kaitlyn interactions with the crew. so it will be interesting.
Macey: it does sound interesting. okay, till next time then fans!