Chapter 31: Unbreakable Bonds. Summer's adventure in Wano!
(Before we begin, this chapter has spoilers about the manga of One Piece, if you are watching the anime. Unless you are not afraid of death, I recommend that you enjoy.
Monokuma: Upupupupu... It was a magnificent warning, Infinity Prime. So much that I want to cry!
Oh shut up. And stay out of this! Excuse me, now yes, enjoy.)
After the piece of planet was returned to its place, Chopper and Mikan treated the entire team.
Tsumiki: Please don't fight again when Chopper-san and I heal you.
Devil Rose: Ha! You can't force a queen to stay... Ow!
Chopper: See?! This happens to you for not listening to the doctors, silly!
Devil Rose: Okay, I'll listen to you. Just because I want to, not because of obligation!
Chopper and Tsumiki: Yes, yes.
Zack: Thanks guys.
Yang: I apologize for my sister. She is not like that.
Tsumiki: Oh, don't worry, Yang-san ... Chopper-san explained it to me.
Sonic: Anyway ... What did Kuma mean by "ask the desert man"?
DN Luffy: Ah, Crocodile!
Nami: Luffy is right. After all, Crocodile is "sand".
?: Damn you, Bartholomew Kuma.
Suddenly, Crocodile appears, with visible bandages.
Crocodile: I didn't need you to heal me...
Nidai: Don't say stupid things, you got an impressive beating!
Naegi: Besides, we can't let you leave.
Crocodile realizes that they have put a Kairōseki bracelet on him.
Crocodile: Do you think this is going to stop me?
Naegi: No, but you have the 7th Division of the Dragon King Pirates on you. And believe me; we can with you without many problems.
Asahina: Wow.
Zack: Hey, is it my thing or did Makoto just threaten a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?
Hinata: No, it's not just you.
Naegi: Uh ... Sorry.
Kirigiri: Ignore them. You have done it very well.
Naegi: Thank you, Kyoko.
Devil Rose: Crocodile, I'll only ask you once: how do you know my mother, Summer Rose?
Crocodile: Summer D. Rose. Yeah, she was... a real bummer.
Then he feels Devil Rose's scythe close to his neck and Yang crack her knuckles.
Blake: Ruby, Yang, calm down!
Crocodile: Kuhahaha. You have the same character when she got angry. He hung out with old Whitebeard for a while before joining Roger's gang.
Everyone: WHAT?!
Nami: Ruby's mother...
Robin: ... was she in Roger's and Whitebeard's bands?
DN Luffy: Awesome, Ruby!
Crocodile: I can't tell you much, I only know because he fought with her and because of the "Wanted" posters.
Yang: Marco.
Crocodile: Finally, it was about time. Now as for that kid...
Crocodile tries to go after Zack, when Pekoyama's sword blocks him.
Pekoyama: Don't even think about going after my captain.
Zack: Peko, you don't have to...
Pekoyama: Of course it is. The Young Master, I and all the members of the 7th Division are family. Also...
Pekoyama smiles, while the 7th Division does the same.
Pekoyama: You are like our little brother.
Shamar (Night) - Sonic Unleashed [OST]
Already in the laboratory...
Prof. Pickle: Oh yes it's Sonic and company. I guess it went well.
Yang: Exhausted and electrocuted, but okay.
Mihawk: Nikos, it seems that the lessons I gave you are not working on you.
Pyrrha: It's not...
Mihawk: You are like Roronoa; it is necessary to have patience. At least you are on the right track.
Prof. Pickle: In any case, it is highly unlikely that there is a temple in Empire City.
Weiss: It makes sense; with so many skyscrapers, I doubt the temple would have appeared.
Yang: Where then?
Prof. Pickle: I would recommend going to Adabat.
Sonic: Great, let's go!
Devil Rose: One moment, please. Marco, I want to ask you something.
Marco closes his eyes and smiles.
Marco: You want to know why your mother is famous on the Grand Line, right?
Taiyang: What do you mean by "famous on the Grand Line"?!
Qrow: That mission...
Yang: What do you mean, Uncle Qrow?
Qrow: Shortly before Summer went on "that" mission, she was missing for a week.
Yang: What?!
Devil Rose and Yang: Why didn't you tell us this before?!
Taiyang: She told us herself that it was nothing.
Marco: Well, I'm not surprised; the old man and she agreed that she should not say anything.
Marco tears up, while the sisters are surprised.
Marco: She was an incredible person; even the old man was saddened when she died.
Devil Rose: How do you know that she...?
Marco: We waited for her for about five years, but she never came back. Neither did Aleena...
Sonic: Mom?!
Marco: So Aleena didn't lie when she said she had children either.
Sonic: My mother too...?
Marco: It would be better if he started telling his story.
Twenty years ago...
On the beaches of a certain country isolated by sea falls, there was a human figure. She was the spitting image of Ruby, with the same silver eyes, fair complexion, and hair faded from black to red. She had her hair pulled back to her shoulders in a half up / half down style and was wearing a hooded cape that is white on the outside and red underneath. Beneath that cape is an outfit similar to Ruby's, but mostly black: a high-neck blouse with studded wrist bands on the arms, a black and white over-the-chest corset, a skirt with white tulle underneath, gray leggings, boots and knee length with red soles.
It was Summer D. Rose, Ruby's mother and Yang's stepmother. She recently accepted a somewhat unusual mission; only one person could go and he had to be very skilled in fighting.
Summer: Ow... How did I end up here? Well, what is that I am no longer in Remnant. Maybe I can... Huh?
Summer sees something in the distance and goes to check it out and was impressed; she saw many people and a huge ship as if it were a giant whale. Suddenly, she hears a deep but kind voice.
?: We climbed the waterfall, right?... So why is there an ocean and an island up here?!
The voice came from a huge man as standing with a normal human. His head is covered by a handkerchief and he wore a copious blonde hair, covered by a typical pirate tricorne with a symbol of a face with two cross bones and on that face a half-moon mustache, just like the one on his cape.
Pirate: I can feel other humans nearby. In fact ... Oyaji, we have a spy nearby!
?: Huh?
Summer: "Oh no, I was discovered!"
?.2 : I'm going too-yoi!
The one speaking now was a young man in a black jacket and blond hair.
Pirate Captain: You can't, you're just an apprentice!
?: Hey, all of you ... Stand back! Something is coming ! Something incredible!
And at that moment, another man begins to shout:
?. 3: So this is the pirate ship?! I congratulate you for having come this far! You must have gotten through all that terrible weather and the waterfall!
Summer gets just close enough to see a broad and quite tall man, reaching the man in the tricorn at chest level. He had quite long black hair that ended at the top in the shape of a flat hat, pointed and somewhat bushy eyebrows, lush sideburns, hairy calves, a large chin and a very large mouth. He wore an orange kimono with two light golden crescent moons facing each side of the clothing which was very small for him so his legs were uncovered, as well as a very thick white and lilac rope around his torso and arms and wooden sandals.
Said person took out two katanas, ready to fight.
?. 3: ... I've been waiting for you!
Summer: "A pirate ?! Then I must stop ... I have no idea how to do it though!"
"Oyaji": I don't like this ...
Then both people collide with their weapons, forming black rays and forming a "pressure" in the area.
Summer: But what is this?!
Summer didn't care if they found out because all she could think about was what she was seeing.
?. 3: Ha ha! My name is Kozuki Oden! We may not know each other, but...! I want you to let me join your crew!
"Oyaji":!?
Summer couldn't take it anymore; she had to stop whatever it took, so she jumped into action.
Summer: Please stop now!
From her comes the same "pressure" as in the duel before, surprising the pirates and the samurai.
"Oyaji": You're the one spying on us...
Summer: Oops... Y-Yeah...
Later...
Oden: I want to go on an adventure to the sea!
Vassals: YOU CAN'T DO THAT!
Oden: Just take me to the sea with you!
Pirate Captains: DID YOU DIDN'T TRY TO KILL THE CAPTAIN?!
Everyone is eating at a very large table, with Summer in the middle of Whitebeard and Oden.
Summer: Emm... Why don't you leave Oden going whit you?
Marco: Oh come on. First you spy on us and now you give us orders?
Summer: I hid because I didn't know where I was to begin with!
Whitebeard: You two are not the type of people who would be happy to follow orders. Believe me, I know what happens when guys like that get together... The last crew I was on had that frustrating problem... Go sailing on your own!
Oden: I've tried that dozens of times, but it doesn't make sense! I have no idea how to navigate!
Summer: Same for me... At home we don't use boats to get around.
Marco: Ha, that's how small you are!
Summer has an angry mark and she takes out two red scythes and places them on Marco's neck.
Summer: What did you mean by "little"?
Marco: "Wow, when she gets angry, he's as scary as Oyaji." H-Height, I mean height!
Summer then puts the scythes away and goes back to eating, angry.
Summer: I'm not small; I drink milk!
Kin'emon: Whitebeard ! It turns out that leaving Wano is a serious crime, so...!
Whitebeard and Kin'emon bump fists, while Summer sighs in defeat.
Whitebeard: We are on the same team! It´s good to know. I wasn't going to take either one of them, anyway!
Oden: You didn't have to tell him that! I want to go on that adventure, legal or not!
Summer: I'm with Oden. I want to go home and I know I won't get back here in Wano! Please take me with you at least until we find an island!
Whitebeard: You'll be fine with Oden, brat.
Summer: Who are you calling brat?!
Whitebeard: Gurararara! I like you.
Two weeks later...
Izo: Where are you going, Oden-sama?
Oden: I just want to ease myself in peace! Leave me alone!
Izo: Please continue.
As the Whitebeard Pirates prepared to leave.
Pirate: I feel sorry for Oden and Summer, but our only option is to sneak out at night!
Pirate 2: Also, that Summer woman doesn't seem to be from the Grand Line. It was too nice!
Whitebeard: If you accepted his request... The rulers of Wano considered it the kidnapping of a nobleman. Dealing with the consequences of that situation would be a headache. Besides, Summer is better with them; we are pirates after all.
Suddenly a chain is wound around the mast of the Moby Dick.
Pirate 3: Hey! What is that?!
The one who showed up was Oden hooked, followed by Summer.
Oden: I knew they were up to something! Whitebeard!
Izo: No, I knew you were up to something, Oden-sama! But I'm going to stop you! Summer-dono, help me please.
Summer: The point is... I gave him the idea!
Everyone: WHAT?! ODEN, SUMMER!
Oden: Leaving this country is my dream! Please let me join you! Let me see the world!
Summer: I just want to go home; I have friends waiting for me!
Marco flies off, surprising Summer, and stands on the mast.
Marco: What crazy bastards! Well let's go, guys we hope you float to shore...
Whitebeard: Marco, wait a minute! Bring the one who's pulling that crazy couple here, just him!
Summer: What about me?!
They see then that they begin to fall down a waterfall.
Pirate: It's a waterfall!
Pirate 2: Hold on tight!
One Piece - Welcome to Wano theme
The samurai and the Huntress clung to the chain with all their might, holding on to the wild waters as best they could.
At the Moby Dick...
Izo: Get Oden-sama and Summer-dono up, Whitebeard! If they continue like this, they will die by drowning!
Whitebeard: Boy, you've seen how many times they've been rejected, right?
Izo:!
Whitebeard: And yet, they are determined to join us and go out to sea. Summer does it to go back home, but Oden... Let's handle it our way. I can't let such a wild man and such a headstrong woman unite... They could endanger my family. They must convince me if they want to change their destiny. They two have three day!
Then Whitebeard walks to where he could see them.
Whitebeard: Did you hear, Oden and Summer ?! You have three days! If you can hold onto that chain...!
Summer and Oden: !
Whitebeard: We'll let you join our crew!
Oden: Really ?!
Summer: Are you serious!?
Whitebeard: Yes. I'm serious.
To be continue...