Hallo and welcome back!
Glad you're still around, this chapter is the first unbetaed and all mistakes are my own and solely to be blamed on Grammarly. Hope you enjoy
There was no use arguing, Robin was hands down the most intelligent person he knew. That didn't stop her from being creepy though, in fact, it made her even more creepy. The intelligent foes were always the most dangerous, he knew that. Completely objectively that woman should not be alone with children and his opinion had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he had been suffering night terrors ever since he had walked in on her changing the ugly bird's dirty diaper.
The scene had started out so utterly sweet and innocent, as she had tickled the giggling babe's belly, whispering sweet little words in her ears. Only when he had stepped closer the true horror of the scene had manifested itself. It wasn't sweet nothings the archaeologist had cooed, no.
"My my, aren't you the sweetest little thing, just be careful chewing on that foot of yours, not that you acquire a taste for human flesh. You want to be a cannibal when you grow up my little bird? Who wants to be a cannibal? You want to be a cannibal!"
His knees still got weak just thinking about it. And the kid had just kept giggling! Maybe it was already too late, maybe he should resign himself to his fate, dying surrounded by creepy women. And he had thought Tori could be different if they all worked together, teaching her only the best traits each of them had.
After that incident, he had kept his exceedingly tired eyes on her and what he saw chilled him to the bone. The child of his terrifying friends was not normal.
Robin's creepy morbid bedtime stories that would keep him up all night? The child slept like a rock. He still flinched whenever Zoro and Sanji vented their frustrations on each other. It was a horrid situation, the powerful energies bearing down on anybody and everybody, the swordsman's vicious snarl that made battle-hardened marines turn tail… all of that would only make the bird coo and laugh and clap her hands in delight.
He had to do something. It was his turn to protect the crew. They had to change the way they acted around the child or she would become more horrifying than all of them combined. Yes, the great Captain Usopp would save them from their blindness! He would make them see!
Timidly he knocked at the library's door, knowing Nami was inside and working on her maps… It was a highly risky manoeuvre disturbing her like this, but the issue just couldn't wait any longer.
"What is it," the navigator barked, but he had become brave since they had started their journey together, so he only shuddered when he heard a delighted squeal following.
The child was utterly defenceless, how could it be so carefree as to giggle and coo at the terrifying irritation seeping from the resident thief?
There was only one logical answer.
He was too late. It was done. The child was a psychopath.
I know it's short but I hope it was fun nonetheless!
In two weeks, the crew thinks it would be a good idea to leave the child alone with Luffy... hopefully betaread but who knows...
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