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Here it is.. Chapter 13
D'tioles New Queen
As Usopp, Chopper and Anya entered the wooden building the raven-haired beauty quietly returned the book that she was holding as Zoro briefly glanced at her. I wonder what happened to her. The young swordsman thought as he watched Robin.
Something seems off. The green-haired man thought yet again as he noticed Robin was acting differently, but before he could think even more he heard Usopp talk. "Oi, Why are you guys so quiet? Where is Chopper? We got the things he asked for." The young sniper said as he started to look around.
"Chopper is inside the room with Anya's father." Zoro replied as the little girl immediately went straight to her parent's room. "Mister Doctor we have the things you need." The little girl said as she looked at the young doctor as he prepared some bottles.
"What will you do with that mister?" The young girl said as she looked earnestly at the young doctor. "Oi Chopper, we got the leaves and the things you asked for." The young sniper said as he entered the small room.
Chopper looked at the young girl and Usopp as he smiled at them. "Good! Now I can finally start!" The young doctor said briefly as Brook followed the young sniper inside the room.
"I need your help guys, I need the extra hands I can get." Chopper said briefly as Usopp, Brook and the little girl nodded at the young doctor's request.
"What about us?" The green-haired swordsman said as he entered the room while Usopp and Brook looked at Robin who followed Zoro in entering the room. "What do you need us to do Chopper?" The raven-haired beauty said as Chopper looked at them.
"I think I am good guys, but can you tell Luffy and the others that we are here?" The young doctor said as Usopp nodded in agreement to Chopper. "Yeah, Ace said that we should go back to the hotel before sunset. Maybe they will worry and look for us if we don't return there on time." The young sniper said as Zoro scratched his head.
"Where is this hotel?" The green-haired swordsman said as Robin chuckled at what she heard. "I know where the hotel is." The raven-haired beauty said as Zoro looked back at her.
Shit! That means we will go to the hotel together. The swordsman thought to himself as he looked at the tall skeleton. "Oi Brook, you going to come with us to the hotel?" Zoro said as Robin glanced at the Young green-haired man.
The raven-haired beauty remained silent as Brook looked at the young swordsman. "I'll help out Chopper and the others." The skeleton said as Zoro just looked at him. Shit! Dumb ass! He didn't get what I was trying to say. The swordsman thought as he looked at Robin who was now looking at him.
"Shit, why is she staring at me again?" The young-swordsman said to himself as he scratched his head, "Tss... Yeah, we'll go ahead then." He said as he walked out the door as the raven-haired beauty followed him.
As the Door of the house closed, Usopp looked at the others as he held his chin. "Something seems different between the two of them." The young sniper said as Chopper and Brook looked outside the window, "Yeah…" The young doctor commented as he watched the two walked away from the house.
While Chopper started the medicine for Anya's father, Robin and Zoro walked quietly towards the hotel. The scene of the city slowly changed as the old buildings slowly turned new as the quiet streets slowly filled with people.
As the two walked down the buzzing streets of Anastasis the young swordsman noticed a rather peculiar site, the Raven-haired beauty being quiet which was unlike her.
Was she bothered with what I said earlier? The young swordsman thought as he watched the raven-haired beauty walked in front on him. Shit! Way to go stupid! The swordsman thought again as he scratched his head, the green-haired man is not an expert in dealing with girls, but he knows all too well that what is happening between the two of them is not good.
Ever since we arrived on this Island, we haven't been able to talk properly. The swordsman thought as he watched the raven-haired beauty walked ahead of him. Think dimwit! The green-haired man thought to himself as he slapped his head. "Oi Robin!" Zoro yelled suddenly causing the archeologist to look back at him.
The young swordsman immediately stopped as he saw the raven-haired woman looking at him. Shit, now she is looking at me. What to say to her, think Zoro, think. The green-haired man thought as he looked at Robin's Azure eyes. "Yes Zoro? You called?" The archeologist said as she looked at him and walked towards the green-haired man.
"Yeah, I just want to know where this hotel that you were saying earlier is." Zoro muttered as the Archeologist stopped on her tracks and looked at the Youngman.
"The Hotel?" Robin said as she placed her hand on her chin, "Ah yeah, you weren't able to see the hotel earlier since you got lost again when we arrived here." The raven-haired woman said as she started to chuckle at her comment of him getting lost.
Zoro immediately blushed when he heard Robin say lost, "I didn't get lost. There were just a lot of those stupid people walking the streets that I decided to wait and just watch the parade." The green-haired swordsman said as he protested and scratched his head.
However, seeing the raven-haired woman laughing in front made the awkwardness between the two of them disappear which, Zoro initially planned. "Yeah, the hotel is just here on the corner." The archeologist said as they turned and reached the hotel where they will stay.
As Zoro and Robin reached the hotel, the green-haired swordsman eyes widened at what he saw. "Eh? We will stay in that place? You sure we can afford such a place?" The young swordsman said as the raven-haired beauty looked at him and chuckled at his reaction.
However, before Robin could reply to the question of Zoro the two heard a loud noise coming from inside the hotel. "There you are ROBIN! We have been looking for you!" A familiar voice yelled inside the lobby of the building as the person ran towards Zoro and Robin.
"ROBIN-SWAN!" The blonde-haired cook yelled as he ran towards the raven-haired beauty. "Where have you been? We've been searching for you since earlier!" Sanji said as he held the hand of the archeologist and looked at Zoro who was standing right beside her. "Heh? You were with Marimo?" The blonde-haired cook said as the green-haired swordsman glared at him.
"What did you say you stupid love-cook!" Zoro protested but before Sanji could reply to him Nami approached the two and headed straight for the raven-haired beauty.
"Robin we need to talk." The orange-haired maiden said as she pushed Sanji over to her side as she held the hand of the archeologist. "What's wrong?" The archeologist said as she sported a worried expression on her face while Zoro raised an eyebrow as he looked at Nami.
"I need you to do us a huge favor!" The orange-haired beauty said as she held the hands of Robin even tighter. "A favor?" The raven-haired maiden said as the young navigator nodded to her reply. "Yes! We need you to join a pageant!" Sanji suddenly blurted the words without thinking as Nami looked at the blonde-haired cook and punched him on his head.
"Are you stupid? Don't blurt it right out without me conditioning her first!" The orange-haired beauty yelled as Robin and Zoro looked at the two with a questioning way. "A pageant?" The raven-haired beauty said as Nami and Sanji looked back at her.
"Why would you want me to join a pageant?" The raven-haired beauty asked as Nami sighed and glared at Sanji who was sweating on the corner. "It is actually a competition for the Island Goddess Amin-something." The orange-haired beauty said as Robin stopped hearing the name of the former Queen of D'tiole.
"If it's a pageant, why not you join Nami? I think you will be a more fitting candidate than me." The raven-haired beauty said as Nami once again sighed on what she heard. "If I could join the competition, I will join in a heartbeat since the prizes are good, however I don't have raven-hair." The orange-haired beauty said as Robin looked at her.
"Raven-hair? Prizes?" Robin said as Nami nodded, "In order for you to join the pageant you need to have natural raven colored hair, and yeah there are prizes like most competitions. The winner will win Gold, treasures, jewelries, and the national treasure of the Island known as the crown of Gods." The orange-haired beauty explained as the archeologist looked back at her.
The Crown of Gods, the crown that houses the Stone of Gualdove which Chopper needs to make the medicine of the girl's father is the prize of the competition. Robin thought as she looked at Nami, "Why not ask Viola to join?" The raven-haired beauty said as Sanji smiled at the comment of Robin.
"Viola-chan already agreed to join, but it would be better if you too will join too Robin-swan!" The blonde-haired cook said as Nami punched his head yet again. "Shut up!" The orange-haired beauty yelled as she looked at Robin. "Yeah, Viola already agreed to join however, the competition is open to every single maiden with black-hair so if we only have one candidate we will have a harder time in winning. So the more candidates we have the better chances of winning!" Nami said as Zoro sighed, hearing the explanation of the orange-haired beauty.
"You just want the prize that's why you are asking them to join. What greedy woman you are!" The green-haired swordsman said as Nami looked and glared at Zoro. "What did you say?" The orange-haired beauty said as she prepared to punch the swordsman when she heard Robin talk.
"I will join the competition in one condition, if neither Viola nor I win. You give me the crown." Robin said as Nami looked at the archeologist in a shocked manner. "The crown?" The orange-haired beauty said as Zoro sported the same shocked expression as Sanji.
"I just need the stone and the rest are yours." Robin added as Nami bit her lips, closed her eyes, and think. "Sure! As long as you join!" The orange-haired maiden said as she held the hands of the raven-haired beauty. She will join the pageant? Zoro thought as he watched Nami hugging the raven-haired beauty.
"Come now. We need to prepare, I already have the clothes ready for you, and we need to go to the arena now to sign you up." Nami said as she pulled Robin's hands as Sanji and Zoro followed the two women.
After a few hours of preparing, Robin, Viola accompanied by Zoro already headed first on the Grand Arena of the city of Anastasis where the competition of the Moon Goddess Aminrah will take place, as Luffy, Franky, Law, Sanji and Nami all walked together heading towards the location where the competition will take place.
As they walked, the group heard loud drums playing on the streets beside the arena. The beat and sound of the drums were synchronized perfectly to every step they make that surprised the young captain into stopping.
"That's so cool!" The raven-haired captain said as his eyes turned to sparkle, "I want a drummer man like him! Shishishishishi." Luffy innocently said as Nami pulled his collar. "Shut up Moron! Let's go or we'll be late!" The orange-haired maiden said as she continued to walk towards the Arena.
As the group walked, they saw long lines of people trying to buy merchandises from the festival. "Wow! The merchants are really doing well on this Island eh?" Franky commented as he looked around and saw the citizens of Anastasis crowding the stalls outside the grand arena buying and cheering for the Drum players.
Luffy looked around as his face sported a rather excited expression seeing the countless Banners of the Island's flag on the street lights while the drummers are now accompanied by guitar players playing for the people arriving to join the festivities of the Moon Goddess. "This is Super-exciting!" The cyborg said as he looked around and saw countless fireworks exploding and confetti's falling from the night sky.
"Wow! Everyone is getting worked out on this competition." The orange-haired maiden said as she looked around and saw countless maidens with raven-hair littering the streets. Sanji on the other hand ran across each black-haired beauty he sees. "I'm in heaven! So many beautiful women around!" The blonde-haired cook said as he ran towards the women chasing them on the process.
"I guess it is not only we who have their eyes set on those prizes. Well, we have Robin and Viola! No one will beat them!" The navigator said as her eyes turned to flames while her fist formed a fist.
"I Will Get the PRIZES!" The navigator suddenly yelled, surprising the people on the streets. "Hehehehehe." The orange-haired navigator nervously laughed as she heard someone yelling her name. "Nami, you're so slow! I want to enter the Arena now!" The young captain yelled as he waved at her.
Looking at the raven-haired captain, the young woman sighed as she looked around and walked towards him. "Shut up Moron!" The orange-haired navigator said as she walks pass him and continued her way towards one of the Arches that serves as the entrance inside the Arena hall.
As the group walked in the halls of the Arena, they started hearing people young and old screaming and cheering their lungs out. Everyone in the city of Anastasis are anticipating the competition held once every ten years, as the Luffy, Nami, Franky, Law and Sanji entered a large wooden doors engraved with intricate designs.
A bright light came flashing temporary blinding the group. As they slowly opened their eyes, the group couldn't believe what they were seeing. Countless citizens of the Isle holding scarfs with different colors waving them with their hands, the sounds of drums, screaming and cheering filled the arena as confetti fell from above the glorious building.
The inside of the Arena is entirely made out of marble stones and silver castings while the walls of the building were filled with intricate sculptures made out of marble and gold. The Arena gave of a Grecian feel with all the pillars supporting the roof and on the middle of the arena is a huge platform, which looked like the stage made out of pure gold.
It was truly a celebration and a sight to see for the Strawhats. "Wow! I have been in the coliseum of Dressrosa but the people here takes the cake!" Franky said as Luffy immediately looked at the cyborg. "Where's the cake Franky?" The young captain said as his tongue slowly sticking out of his mouth, "I'm Hungry!" The raven-haired man said as he held his stomach.
The cyborg just laugh at the young captain as Law looked at the raven-haired captain and diverted his attention towards Grand Arena where he saw Marines, Pirates and normal citizens cheering for the long awaited competition of the Goddess Aminrah.
"Is this for real?" The blonde-haired cook said as he rubbed his eyes while the orange-haired beauty starred at the walls of the majestic arena. A small drool formed on her mouth as belli signed eyes slowly appeared. "GOOLD! There's so many Gold!" Nami said as she looked around and saw countless gold designs of the building.
"I thought the city has so much gold, but this place is insane." The cyborg said in awe as Nami nodded at his comment whilst looking at the various gold sculptures of the arena. "If they can spend time and sculpt gold like this as designs, I wonder what the prizes would look like." The orange-haired maiden said as the rest continued to walk looking for vacant seats.
As the group settled and sat six rows behind the stage, two familiar figures approached the group. "It's nice to see you guys here." A soft yet warm voice said that caught the attention of the orange-haired maiden, "Huh?" The navigator said as she looked on her side and saw the exotic looking beauty named Octavia walking towards them.
"Is this seat taken?" The raven-haired beauty asked as the blonde-haired cook immediately stood up from his chair. "Octavia-chan!" Sanji said as his eyes turned to heart shape while Nami smiled at the exotic-beauty.
"Guys this are Octavia and Cain, they are the ones who told us about the competition." The orange-haired beauty said as Luffy and the other smiled at the two raven-haired duos who sat beside Nami.
"So you decided to watch the competition?" The raven-haired beauty said as Nami and Sanji nodded as a smile formed on the orange-haired maidens face. "Yeah, not only that we have two of our friends join the competition!" The young navigator said confidently as Octavia chuckled as a loud noise echoed from the Arena floor stopping everyone from cheering.
Silence slowly filled the air as the roof of the Arena slowly moved towards the center, Luffy watched in awe as the torches located inside the Arena slowly disappeared leaving the entire place pitch black. Nothing is heard nor can be seen inside the majestic room and it remained that way for a few minutes until the hole in the middle of the roof began to shine.
The full moon shined bright giving a dim light on the stage where a maiden was now standing, in the shine of the moon is located; the red-haired maiden extended her hands as she began to sing, the citizens and the strawhats were all in awe as the maiden singed with all her might.
Every note she sings, the people listening experienced countless emotions as drums slowly joined the maiden. The notes she sang are full of emotions that it caused the people listening to her to see bright lights flying across the dark room and was slowly getting lost on the trance like moment.
Everyone danced as they felt that they are being transported to a completely new world filled with heavenly lights and heavenly beings. The lights of the arena slowly lit as drummers filled the platform of the stage. The songstress sang as her emerald-green eyes watched the people danced to the beat of her song as the maiden hit a single note signifying the end of her performance.
Cheers and applause from the audience filled the entire arena. "Wow! That was super-awesome!" The Cyborg said as Luffy and the other nodded in agreement. "Zeffrea Rosalia, the songstress of the Isle. No songstress can match her skills in singing which is why she is the pride and joy of the whole nation." Octavia said as she watched the red-haired maiden walk away from the stage as the drums continued to play.
"Now is the start of the competition for the new Queen of D'tiole, I wonder what kind of woman will be our new queen?" The exotic-beauty said as Nami looked at her with a curious expression on her face. "Huh? Queen? You mean winner of the competition, Right?" The orange-haired maiden said as the raven-haired beauty looked at her with a gentle smile.
"The competition is not like the usual pageants that people usually see. The competition was designed to look for the future Queen of the Island nation." The raven-haired beauty said as the eyes one Nami widened.
"Huh? What future queen?" The orange-haired beauty said as she looked at Octavia, "Future Queen of the Nation?" The young navigator added as Sanji looked as surprised as she is. "What Queen? Queen of the nation?" The blonde-haired cook asked as the raven-haired beauty looked at them.
"Yes, the winner of the festival of the moon goddess will be crowned as D'tiole's new queen and will stay here in the Isle to marry and rule the Island with the king for ten years." The raven-haired beauty said as she looked at the shocked expression of Nami and Sanji.
"Ten years? So if Robin or Viola wins? They will… Marry the king?" Sanji said as he imagined both women marrying a faceless king and getting married as his face slowly change to his face as a drool formed on his face. "Don't think of such stupid things!" The orange-haired beauty yelled as she punched his head as she looked at the raven-haired beauty.
"You mean if one of our friends wins, they will have to stay here and marry the king of D'tiole?" Nami asked as her face sported a serious demeanor.
"Yes and No, since the Isle of D'tiole never had a real queen since Queen Aminrah, the citizens never really accepted anyone who wins here since they believe no one can replace the former Queen." The exotic-beauty explained as she looked at the Arena where the citizens of the Isle cheered raged on.
"However, many citizens think that now is the right time for the nation to pick a new queen. Since Kaidou ruled the Isle of D'tiole, this is the first time after fifteen years the Isle will celebrate the Festival of the Moon Goddess." Octavia said as she watched the citizens of the Isle screaming and cheering as the sounds of the drums played on.
"Moreover, with the span of fifteen years, the country experienced its darkest years, with the help of the so-called GOD's of D'tiole, the nation managed to escape the torture and pain Kaidou brought. In addition, many believed that the arrival of the Gods of D'tiole is the sign that the incarnation of the Goddess Aminrah will come forth to the Island and bring happiness to everyone." The raven-haired beauty explained as Nami and Sanji listened carefully to her.
"Therefore, there is no certainty that the one who will win here will become the new Queen. Since there is a great possibility, there will be conflict between the citizens in whether or not the nation needs a new queen." The exotic-beauty said as she looked around and saw two familiar faces on the stands.
"What are Luke and Lance doing here?" The raven-haired man said as Octavia looked at her companion. "I was supposed to ask you the same thing; I don't remember an order for them to guard the festivities." The exotic-beauty said as Nami and Sanji looked at the two.
"Is there something wrong?" The orange-haired beauty said as Octavia glanced around and saw that the two men are gone. "Where?" The raven-haired maiden thought as she looked at Nami and smiled, "Nah. I thought I just saw someone I know." The exotic beauty said as the drummers continued to play giving the already excited citizens of the Isle more energy to scream for the competition to start.
Nami looked at the two raven-haired individuals on her side and looked on the stage as she held her chest. "I'm relieved; I thought I made a mistake asking them to join." The orange-haired beauty thought as she watched as the lights raged on the stage signifying the start of the competition.
Everyone cheered as the lights on the stage illuminated the whole platform as a group of dancers started to dance to the beat of the drum. Women cheered as they saw members of the royal guards dancing while men screamed as scantily clad dancers wearing revealing outfits danced on the stage.
Sanji cheered as he watched the dancers moved their bodies to the beat of the song, "I'm really in heaven!" The blonde-haired cook yelled as the first candidate of the competition walked towards the stage. The people cheered as candidate after candidate entered and left the stage, each of the women who joined possessed traits of the former Queen, which delighted the citizens of the Isle.
Then, number seven came out and took the entire Arena by storm. Men and women, young and old screamed as they saw Viola wearing a pink form fitting dress walking down the stage dancing to the beat of the drums. "VIOLAAA-CHAAANNNNNN!" Sanji yelled his heart out as Luffy and the others cheered for their Nakama.
"She looks beautiful." Octavia said as Cain nodded in agreement to his companion. "She's my nakama!" The orange-haired navigator proudly said as the cheers of the people watching grew even more and more as Viola danced to the beat of the drum.
While cheering for the previous candidates, Robin slowly walked towards the stage as two silhouettes watched carefully at her actions. "She really looks like Queen Aminrah." The first figure commented as the other nodded in agreement to his statement. "That is why his Majesty wants her." The second figure added.
Robin held her chest as she closed her eyes and walked towards the center of the stage. The raven-haired maiden wore a violet chiffon bra-top with countless beads and purple chiffon long slit halter skirt revealing her long and slender legs.
The raven-haired maiden was truly beautiful as her hair was fixed with loose curls emphasizing her beautiful face. As Robin made her way on the stage, all the audience watching the competition suddenly remained silent as the drummers and dancers all sported a shocked expression on their faces.
"Queen Aminrah?" Octiva said as she constantly rubbed her eyes, as she cannot believe what she is seeing. "Queen Aminrah is alive?" The exotic-beauty added as the she looked around seeing the same reaction she is sporting.
Seeing the sudden change of mood, Nami and Sanji looked at the stage where they saw Robin walking towards the stage. The two were rather shocked to see the raven-haired beauty wearing such clothes as the blonde-haired cook yelled with all his might. "SO BEAUTIFUL!"
"ROBIN-SWAN!" Sanji yelled as heart shape eyes formed, "She looks so beautiful!" Nami said as the citizens of D'tiole started to scream louder and louder as the dancers started to circle the raven-haired.
Everyone inside the arena who saw the raven-haired beauty gasped as their eyes widened in what they saw. "Lady Aminrah?" A man said as the people on the arena started to stand up to see the Robin with all her wonder.
"Queen Aminrah is alive?" An old woman said as tears started to fall from her eyes, "Our beloved Queen has returned! Thank the Gods!" A man added as everyone started crying. "QUEEN AMINRAH!" The audience yelled with all their might as the raven-haired beauty watched as the whole stadium cheered for her.
"QUEEN AMINRAH!" The people screamed, as Robin remained silent and started dancing moving to the beat of the drums. Young and old, men and women cheered as they started dancing.
Inside the stage where the other candidates of the competition stayed and watched the festivities unfold saw the reaction of the town people to Robin as Viola smiled seeing her Nakama getting the cheers and admiration of everyone inside the arena.
As the candidates watched the competition, something strange is happening to them. "What is happening?" A woman said as she leaned on the wall, "I feel dizzy." Another woman said as the sound of bodies dropping on the floor echoed the small room.
Feeling the change of pressure inside the room, the Strawhats dancer immediately looked around as she covered her mouth and nose. "I don't know what is happening." Viola said as she immediately tried to run out the small room but to her dismay, her vision slowly changed, as the doorknob she was reaching seemed to be extending away from her grip.
"What is happening… Ughhhhhh…" Viola said until she herself dropped to the floor as two figures slowly watched the raven-haired beauties sleeping. "Blalalalalalalala. She's the last, now time for us to have some fun!" A man wearing a white military uniform said as he cracked his knuckles. "Time for us to get our new Queen!" The unknown man added as he opened the door and slowly headed out towards the stage.
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