I didn't thought it would take this long to post a new chapter for this story. Can't promise it will be back on it's track, but I will update it eventually. The chapter isn't too big, but I hope you enjoy. And since you guys probably forgot, here who is who:
Saul and Ann, Luffy and Robin's.
Mikan, Cheri, Reshi and Nazu. Nami and Luffy's.
Jeanne, Bonney and Luffy's daughter.
Hajiku, Reiju and Luffy's daughter.
Ryuma, Zoro and Hiyori's son.
Edward, Usopp and Kaya's son.
Sora and Keiki, Sanji and Pudding's.
"Why you didn't want to go with them, Jinbei-san?"
Brook asked at the same time he helped Chopper take care of the three brothers.
Jinbe was carefully working on a statue of clay, a hobby he was recently introduced to.
"Luffy, Yamato-san, Carrot-chan, and Perona-san are spending some time alone. Nami-san, Robin-san, Bonney-san, Reiju-san and Mikan-chan are shopping, Usopp-san and Franky-san are shopping for supplies and the rest of the kids are doing their thing. I believe it was best to stay here, as each of them is doing things that I wouldn't fit in well."
Brook nodded a few times and sipped a cup of tea, before turning the first mate, who was meditading on the deck.
"And you Zoro-san?"
A vein popped on the greenish man's forehead. He seemed to contemplate something for a few seconds before answering.
"I have nothing to do, so there's no reason to go there. Besides, I'm fine here."
Zoro said while lifting gigantic weights.
"Mom really left you broke huh."
Cheri spoke up, momentarily stopping playing with his brothers, to speak with the swordsman. Zoro gritted his teeth seeing Nami's son of all people saying that, but didn't bother answering him.
At that moment the explosion in the library happens. The Sunny was on the other side of the island, so they just heard a loud noise, muffled, and only Zoro and Jinbe paid attention to it, but not because of the explosion itself.
The two stared at each other for a few seconds, a smirk forming on their faces. The thought of both was the same, "they're in trouble."
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"Looks like they are having some problems there."
Perona spoke as she watched the smoke rising to the sky. They were not on the same island as the library, but the smoke could be seen everywhere, and the noise of the explosion, muffled as it was, was also heard by all five connected islands.
But other than that, they were on the ferris wheel at the amusement park, so it was easier for them to see the results of the attack. At the moment she and Carrot, who was carrying her little daughter in her arms, look curiously into the smoke. The two were sitting on Luffy's lap, who was also watching the scene. Yamato was sitting next to him. The two looked at each other and laughed.
"What are you two laughing about?"
Carrot asked, seeing their weird reaction. In her arms Celery reached out, trying to touch her father's goatee. Luffy got an even bigger smile, took the little one in his arms and lifted her, making her reach him.
"It's just that someone is having fun."
"Shishishi, at least until they get back to the ship."
The white-haired and the brunette speak respectively. A wry smile was on their mouths. Enlightenment gleamed in Perona and Carrot's eyes, and they too had to hold back their laughter. Celery didn't understand what they were laughing about, but figured it must be something fun.
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"And how do you think this one looks on me?"
Nami asks her daughter, Robin, Reiju and Bonney as she hold a dress in front of her body.
"I think you should try these too mommy!"
Mikan spoke, showing her mother another pile of clothes for her to try. Behind Nami was already a pile, and now they just piled up more.
"The apple didn't really fall far from the tree..."
Robin commented with a slight smile as she faced the two. In the corner of her eyes she also saw the hopeful eyes of the salespeople, which almost made her feel sorry for them. Almost.
Bonney and Reiju at that moment seemed distracted by something else.
"Bonney-kaasan? Reiju-kaasan? What's the problem?"
The redhead asks the two pinkettes, snapping them out of their distraction.
"Nothing you need to worry about, Mikan-chan."
Reiju replied with a gentle smile.
"But your brothers and sisters..."
Bonney spoke with an amused expression on her face. Mikan twisted her mouth in an impressed expression, while Robin and Nami faced what Bonney said with neutral faces. Only that if any of the other eight that were on the library saw them now, they would freeze.
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"Okay, we can already consider this a big failure, right? Then let's go back!"
Edward spoke, already turning and walking in march towards the ship.
Hizen doesn't even look at him, just reaches his back and grabs him by the collar.
"Wait, wait, wait!" The inventor starts- You can be serious, right? Listen, I'm sure your moms and dads must already know that we're here with haki. We can still say that we were just passing by and that we have nothing to do with it, and it won't even be a lie. The debt can wait for another day!
His lines are completely ignored by the rest of the group. They had walked to the library entrance, only seconds had passed since the explosion. People were still running away, screaming in fear and crying, although no one seemed to have been hurt.
"Come on! The Navy must be coming too, we don't have time to waste here!"
Edward continued to say, only to be ignored. Everyone just had their eyes on Saul, who was silent.
The user of the fruit of the Fenrir took a few steps forward and crouched down, picking up a book that was lying on the floor. The cloak was crumpled, possibly from being stepped on during the panic. Looking inside he would notice several other books scattered on the floor, some crumpled, and closer to the entrance to the tower, that had a part of its wall blown off, he would even see some charred books.
"I don't know who did this, but now it's not even about the treasure, or the weapon, is it?"
Hizen had his hands on the back of his head looking up, staring at the smoke rising through the sky.
"I think you all better go. You can say like Edward suggested it."
Saul spoke, standing up and taking the dust off his shorts.
"No way!"
Ann said with her eyes burning with determination.
"After all, we came here to have fun."
Amagi said with a cold expression. She knew of her brother's irritation and it irritated her too.
"In the worst case scenario, we won't be able to leave the Sunny for a week... or a month, whatever."
Jeanne said, cracking her neck, and her eyes gleaming with anticipation of action.
"If we're here, let's make trip worth it, right?"
Hizen spoke stretching his arms to warm up.
"Come on! We came here to have fun after all!"
Hajiku spoke, fiddling with a bracelet on her right arm. The bracelet looked more like a watch, and had a strange design.
Ryuma didn't say anything, just took his katanas out of their scabbards, placed one between his teeth and held the other two. He had a psychotic smile on his face, similar to his father's when he went into battle.
Edward sighed, and lazily pulled out a staff, of which he pressed a button, and the weapon became similar to his father's Kabuto.
"Since we're going to be screwed, I'll at least get the treasure."
"It sounds like a good idea."
Ryuuma comments as they enter the library.
"And you two." Saul says referring to Ann and Hajiku. "I just don't tell you to leave because I know you won't. But at the first sign of trouble, we'll get out of here and drag you to the ship if we need to."
Hizen, Amagi and Jeanne also gave them the same seriously look. They knew it would be harder to leave them out of trouble than to face these people, but if any risk appeared for them, they'd be running out of there at the first sign.
"Who are you? what are you doing here?"
The library was already empty, so the one who asked the question was one of the hooded ones.
The voice seemed to belong to a man, but the only thing Saul paid attention to was the book he was stepping on. The hooded man didn't even see the brunette move, in one second Saul was far from him, in the next he was in front of him, with his hands on his neck and lifting him up.
"Get your foot out of there."
The man tries to fight the grip on his neck, but it seems in vain, as even using all his strength, he can't scratch Saul's arm.
"Wait, they're from the Pirate King's crew!"
Besides him, there were five more hooded people behind, and one of them recognized the group. As children of the original members, and having already fought a fair amount of times, they already had fame and even bounties.
"Shit! What are they doing here?"
One of them spoke, as he took a startled step back. The next second Ryuma was in front of him, one of his swords millimeters from the enemy's neck.
"And what did you come here to do?"
The enemy gritted his teeth in a cold sweat. Fear seemed to take over him, but he still didn't respond.
"Don't be intimidated!"
One of them, who wore a cape with a different color, lighter and with details on the edges that seemed to try to imitate a golden tone, spoke.
"Even if they are sons and daughters of the Pirate King and the Best Swordsman in the World, they are just children! Besides, the Navy should be on their way already, so we won't have to worry about them."
Hearing this, the group's morale seemed to lift, if only just barely.
"Yes!"
"They cannot interrupt our mission!"
"Okay, I'm tired of this."
As soon as Edward said that, a smokescreen rose over the entire floor.
However, the man with the cape with golden details simply opened his mouth and breathed out all the smoke in a few seconds. At least it was enough time for Edward to get past everyone and head for the stairs.
"Well, you guys solve that there, I have a treasure to get."
He said stretching the elastic band on his Kabuto and climbing up.
"Stop him!"
One of them yells, only to get kicked in the back of the head the next instant by Ann. And the foot she used to make the attack was covered in a dark metallic color, knocking one of the hooded ones down.
"A kid who knows haki? What will we do now Retto-sama?"
One of the three remaining, who seemed to be answering the gold-caped Retto, asked, with notable fear in his voice.
"Tsk! It doesn't matter, after all we can't let them get in our way!"
Retto said that, taking off his cloak. He was shorter than Hizen, Amagi and Saul, but that just meant he was of average height. His hair was dark and short, appearing to be constantly cut. His muscles were well worked, showing results of being trained. He wore a white T-shirt, beige pants and black shoes. The curious thing however was the tattoo on his left arm with the same symbol of three split crowns that was on the capes.
Saul and Jeanne seemed to be the only ones to notice this.
"Go up, I'll take both of them and we'll take care of it."
Jeanne said with a hand on Hajiku's shoulder and also referring to Ann.
"What? But I want to go up too!"
The younger pinkette tried to argue, only for her brothers and sisters to stare at her with neutral eyes.
"Don't pull your luck."
That's what they all said at the same time, making her force a sad expression that was just comical.
"That doesn't sound so much fun..."
Ann also tried to convince them otherwise.
"Mom was going to leave you meatless for a week."
Saul threatened, causing her younger sister to widen her eyes in sheer terror.
"I swear I won't complain anymore!"
She said, trying to assume a more serious posture.
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE US!"
One of them yelled trying to punch Hajiku. Jeanne immediately appeared in front of him and kicked him from the bottom up, hitting him in the chin and sending him crashing straight into the ceiling, cracking it before the man fell unconscious.
By this point Saul had already thrown who he was holding by the neck into the wall, knocking him out and along with Ryuma, Hizen and Amagi, started going up the tower.
"Do you really think three brats will stop us?"
Retto questioned with veins popping out of his forehead. He was completely furious at the unexpected interference. They imagined that Marines would come, which is why their group was here, but pirates? The children of the most powerful crew? They would never have imagined this development.
"Stop criminal!"
And as if the situation wasn't bad enough, the Navy had just arrived. The one who had spoken was a captain, he wore the standard captain's cape, a navy cap, had dark hair, slightly tanned skin and brown eyes. His hair was down to his shoulders, and he had a serious look in his eyes. Underneath his cloak was a flowered shirt, which seemed more suited to a vacation situation, as well as a pair of beach shorts.
"Captain Dairo! That's Monkey D. Jewerly Jeanne! And those are Monkey D. Nico Ann and Monkey D. Vinsmoke Hajiku!"
One of the captain's subordinates spoke up, pointing at the girls, causing not only the captain but the other sailors around them to widen their eyes.
Surprise soon turns to excitement on their faces.
"Perfect! If I capture three of the Pirate King's daughters, my career will skyrocket!"
He was so excited that he didn't even notice Jeanne's foot, covered in armament haki, approaching his face. The next moment he was thrown against one of the walls, having his body crushed against it, creating more cracks on the building.
"CAPTAIN!"
The other sailors screamed, some even tried to shoot Jeanne, but she was too fast for them, and within seconds they were all down.
'If more reinforcements show up it's going to be boring.'
As soon as she thought that, Jeanne quickly jumped back, dodging a punch that tried to hit the side of her head. The attack came from the captain from before, but now he was completely different. His body had grown a lot, before he was a normal height, but now he was even bigger than Hizen and Amagi. His skin was replaced by green scales, his hands turned into claws, his face elongated forward, and the most curious thing was that on top of his head there was something that looked like a banana.
The pinkette can't help but give an ironic smile when recognizing the species. She remembered her Vivi-kaasan talking about them.
"You're not bad for a brat. But it's over!"
He said, jumping to attack her. Jeanne looked back once more to make sure her sisters were okay and once she was sure, she started to focus on her own battle.
With Ann and Hajiku, only Retto was still standing while everyone else in the group had been knocked down.
"Why not give up now, huh? What do you even want?"
Hajiku questioned, both trying to make the enemy out and hoping to at least get some information.
"Pirates would never understand..." He said, trying to keep a firm posture, but in his thoughts he felt chills to see that children had that strength. An anxiety built up as he wondered how his companions were doing. "Let's get this over with!"
Retoo said this by covering his fists with armament haki.
"I ate the Joki Joki no Mi, I'm a steam man!"
He declared, throwing a punch in Ann's direction. His arm turned to steam, propelling his fist forward, yet the brunette easily dodged the attack.
"It's like Smokey's fruit, but it looks less cool."
She spoke smiling, while dodging the attack. A vein popped in Retto's forehead, annoyed both at the unfair comparison to an Admiral and at how the two of them seemed unconcerned about his abilities at all.
"You're right sir, let's get this over with."
Hajiku spoke, touching her watch-like bracelet, and turning her screen around. A reddish-pink glow covered the girl's body, and temporarily blinded both Retto and Dairo, who had been taken by surprise.
From her bracelet stretched pieces of fabric that began to cover her body. Like the glow, they were pink with a tinge of red. The fabric covered the clothes she was already wearing, and two wings, which looked like those of a butterfly, formed on her back, as well as from her strap, two insect antennae seemed to rise.
Ann stared at the transformation with shinning eyes and clapping her hands.
"What the fuck is this?"
The enemy however seemed confused by the sudden change.
Hajiku and Ann stared at each other, a mischievous smile was on their faces. The two simply nodded their heads and walked on.
Retto tried to dodge, he felt their attack coming with his observation haki, which was poorly developed, but he didn't have the reaction speed to dodge. Even though he was a logia user against two children, both children were, in some way he couldn't understand, haki users, so her fists connected with his chest, pushing him back.
Ann's fist was heavier, Luffy trained her very well, so even for a kid, she had a punch that would really hurt. And Hajiku, in addition to an impressive physical strength, since she was Reiju's daughter and inherited some of her mother's genetic modifications, plus her Raid Suit, she was able to cover her attacks with poison, as she did now.
The opponent went to his knees, not only from the attack of the two, but also from the burning sensation that began to form in his left chest.
'I see, so this is the heir of the old Germa. Rumors actually said that her mother used poison...'
He thought to himself as he forced himself to stand up.
'I don't think I have much time... so I'm going all out! Your Majesty... if I fall here... forgive me...'
His fists began to turn red as the temperature of his steam rose, and even waves of heat seemed to rise from him.
The brunette and the pinkette watched, noting that this would probably be his final blow.
Similar to Smoker's Moku Moku no Mi, Retto's fists were propelled forward at high speed. The two avoide, but the strong wave of heat still barely hit them, burning a small part of their arms.
The two clicked their tongues as the enemy assault continued. The Joki Joki no Mi user's fists grew, at the same time more arms of superheated steam formed.
What followed was a string of attacks that just multiplied more and more, giving them less room to move. They narrowly swerved, but they still felt the heat from the steam.
The two sisters just exchanged glances, coming to a plan without saying anything, and from their expressions, they seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Ann kicked as hard as she could on the ground, creating a crack and lifting some rocks into the air. She grabs some of these rocks in her hand, takes a deep breath and concentrates as hard as she can, covering her fist with haki and trying to get it to the rocks. And something her father mentioned, and they tried to teach her when they visited Amazon Lily, as it was something the Kujas had been practicing for a long time. The girl however had a hard time managing to do that.
Fortunately, she didn't need to be proficient with this technique to get what she wanted. Seeing that most of the stones hadn't been covered in haki, with only a few having been, she decides she doesn't have time to keep trying anymore.
She throws the rocks towards Retto's head, there were some steam columns in front, and while most of the rocks went straight through, just distracting the enemy, some actually hit him, bothering him. One that was covered in haki was well aimed, dodging the columns of steam, and hitting his forehead, causing a trickle of blood to start to run, in addition to distracting him momentarily.
"Argh! Fucking brat!"
Blood trickles over his eye, causing him to close it, while the distraction served to make his attack lose its intensity. Some of the steam columns broke up as their temperature dropped. And Hajiku was free to launch her attack.
She lowered her head, aiming her antennae towards Retto's neck. Like Ann she had already practiced covering projectiles with haki, and had a bit more proficiency than her sister. Another advantage that she had was that she was trying to use fewer projectiles.
From the antennae two long needles with a reddish-pink glow shoot out, both covered in armament haki.
Retto felt the attack coming, but the speed was too high for him to dodge, so he tried to defend himself with his own haki. For a moment there was a clash between the two's armament, until Hajiku's gained the upper hand and clawed at her enemy's neck, and that was all she needed.
For a moment Retto continued to try to defend himself, but it was useless. Those needles were one of Hajiku's strongest attacks in this form, being covered in a poison specially developed by her mother, and only the slightest scratch was needed to knock down whoever was hit.
Retto felt his body stop responding. A tingling sensation spread all over him, cold sweat began to flow and his heart seemed to speed up by dozens of times. These sensations grew stronger and stronger as his consciousness faded.
As their opponent fell to the ground unconscious and with a blank stare, the two sisters looked at each other with confident looks and slapped their hands in celebration.
Jeanne's fight with the crocodile fruit user continued.
The pinkette was not at a disadvantage, in fact it was she who had the upper hand in the fight, and this confused and irritated the captain.
"YOU ARE JUST A BRAT, STAND STILL AND DIE!"
He spoke, lowering his claws towards Jeanne, who kicked his hand with her haki-covered foot, and thrust the attack.
"And you're just a very big lizard."
She jumped, spinning in the air and with the momentum, kicked the sailor in the side of the face, knocking him to the ground.
'If Saul saw the mess we're making, he'd be pissed.'
She thought with a smile, as the captain rose to try to continue his attack. Jeanne noticed that her little sisters had already finished off their enemy, so it would be better to end this fight soon, before more sailors came.
Dairo was breathing heavily, that girl's punches hurt more than he expected, and he couldn't even hit her properly. When he did, she protected herself by covering her arms with haki, so he barely scratched her.
The girl reached behind her and pulled something out of her pocket. It was an energy bar made by Chopper and Sanji.
The sailor narrows his eyes watching her pull something to eat in the middle of a fight, further increasing his irritation at the her.
"STOP PLAYING AROUND!"
He yells, jumping towards her. Jeanne takes the whole bar from the package and devours it in two bites, and without the sailor noticing, her pupils dilate for a split second.
The world around her comes to a complete stop, the colors fade and everything seems to take on a tinge of unreality. Dairo was standing in mid-air as he tried to make his attack, however he would be knocked down without even knowing what hit him.
The Yame Yame no Mi is a powerful paramecia with the powers to stop time for a period equivalent to the stamina spent on it. The thing is, the expense is gigantic, so the moment Jeanne even ate an entire feast, it would probably allow her to stop time by around ten seconds. But in a battle she would hardly have all that energy available, so Chopper and Sanji worked on those special energy bars for her.
It might not be ten seconds, but just a single second and a half would make a big difference in battle.
She kicked Dairo between the legs, followed by a second to the chin. In the second attack, time had started running again, and the captain felt the two hits with everything, and both attacks were using haki.
The sailor didn't even have the strength to scream, as his chin was kicked and probably dislocated. Tears formed in his eyes, and the strength seemed to leave his entire body.
He started to fall to his side as Jeanne kicked him three more times, one to the chest and two to the stomach. She was pale and in a cold sweat, using her powers could still be too heavy for her, but it was almost always worth it.
Dairo's transformation was unraveling, his eyes were open but only the white part of them was seen.
"Good job Jeanne-neechan!"
Hajiku said, seeing how quickly the captain was taken down.
"It was not a big deal..."
The older pinkette replied, as she pulled out a second, and penultimate, protein bar she had to eat.
"And now?"
Ann asked her older sister. She was still glowing, looking like she wanted to have more fun.
Jeanne gave them a playful smile and ruffled their hair.
"Now let's find the others and kick more of these people!"
"YAY!"
The two cheered, jumping and running for the stairs. While Jeanne considered one thing.
'That guy they were fighting knew haki, even at a very basic level, and he was here in Paradise. Besides, I don't recognize this symbol of crowns from any famous crew... who are they?'
Jeanne thought to herself as she went to join the others.
Thoughts? What do you guys think of their fighting style?
SethBooker408: I think it's safe to assume he has, but we have to wait and see.
AbyssDragonSalyer777: Lol, of course, Yamato had to join.
FateRider88: Sorry for the late chapter, lol.
Yup, they do.
No problem, it makes me life easier too, specially after taking so long to post.
I have plans for him, so we will see him soon.
Obviously he has, we will also see them eventually. Maybe not even just Rebecca...
Thanks, and sorry for the wait, lol.
Robin Chwan Fatliyansyah: I am continuing it.
NEMESIS HEREJE: Thanks.
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