SailorStar9: With Chapter 141 uploaded, I present Chapter 142 this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.
Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha
Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 142: Arc 11: The Gray Terminal in Crisis! Selena Reveals Herself!
"Boss!" Dogra shouted, seeing Gray Terminal ablaze in the night sky. "You gotta see this!"
"What are you screaming about?" Dadan stepped out of the house.
"That's Gray Terminal!" Magra was on the lookout post. "It's on fire!"
"Dadan!" Luffy exclaimed, seeing his foster mother save Ace from Bluejam's shotgun, the rest of the mountain bandits having arrived to save the two boys.
"Just give it up, you sea monster." Dadan glared. "Let Ace go!" she swung her ax at Bluejam who blocked it with his sword.
"What are you guys doing here?" Luffy turned to the bandits who came rushing to them.
"We finally found them." Magra hurried up.
"That's a horrible wound, Luffy." Dogra lifted the younger boy. "Are you alright? I don't see Sabo." he looked around.
"Sabo is safe." Luffy assured. "He's not here."
"Ace." Magra pulled the freckled boy back.
"You're the leader of the monkeys on Mt. Corvus, right?" Bluejam asked.
"I'm Dadan, the mountain bandit!" Dadan declared. "As fate would have it, I'm a foster parent to these kids. And no parent, even if they're just a foster parent, could stand by and watch someone try to kill their kids. If you give up now, I'll let you go. And if you don't give up, we'll take you down by force."
"I'd like to see you try." Bluejam smirked.
"Would you now?" Dadan stepped forward. "Alright then... run away!" she shouted.
"Alright boss!" the rest of the bandits chorused and fled.
"What are you two doing?" Dogra turned back to see Magra trying to pull Ace off.
"I..." Ace talked forward, pulling himself free. "Will not run away!"
"Ace, what are you talking about?" Dogra snapped. "Just leave it already! You know how dangerous Bluejam is. A kid like you can't beat him. He's on a totally different level."
"I'll fight too!" Luffy tried to struggle free.
"You guys." Dadan stepped forward. "Take Luffy and Sasha and go on ahead. I'll stay with Ace and make sure he comes back with me."
"That's enough." Sasha declared, igniting her Holy Haki for the first time. "I won't let you harm the people I love any further."
"A mere girl..." Bluejam scoffed. "Once you start overestimating your strength and skill, you're gonna get hurt. The only survivors of the battlefield are the strong and cowardly. The brave all die. That's a fact." What is this sensation? He wondered, sensing the immense aura that the girl emitted. This pressure... it's so huge... a dragon of water? He was taken aback when a towering dragon made entirely of water coiled around Sasha. "I can't move..." he found himself rooted to the ground, Sasha's Haki wave dousing the flames around them. "But what can I do in the face of this incredible pressure? Very well. I am not such a fool as to fight a battle I can't win. I will withdraw." he was forced to back off.
"Amazing..." Ace breathed in awe.
"I never knew of this..." even Dadan was shocked and winced when the water dragon released a deafening roar and flew up into the dark sky, vanishing into the clouds.
Seconds later, rain started falling onto the blazing Gray Terminal, smothering the flames.
At the edge of the blazing Gray Terminal, a strong gust of wind extinguished the flames surrounding the citizens.
"To burn an entire village and the people living in it." the cloaked Ivankov remarked on board the ship moored at the coast. "How despicable. Still I'm impressed that you heard about this happening in an outlying kingdom of East Blue. Do you have any connection to this place?"
"This kingdom is an example of what the world's future might be." Dragon stated. "No happiness can be found in a country that eliminates people they deem unnecessary. Children are born innocent, even in a country like this. Looks like that little lady awoke her powers." he glanced up at the hovering water dragon above the clouds.
"That girl?" Ivankov echoed, his cloak fending off the sudden downpour.
"No, it's nothing." Dragon replied. "Those who are willing to fight beside me in a battle for freedom, come aboard my ship!" he announced to the gathered refugees.
"Oi, Sasha!" Ace shook the blanked-out girl. "What's wrong?"
"What did I..." Sasha blinked in confusion. "What was that power?" she looked down at her palms.
"You..." Ace frowned. "Didn't know?"
"No." Sasha shook her head, her eyes fluttering shut as she gave in to the exhaustion, Ace catching her before she collapsed.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
