Disclaimer : I don't own One piece.
Chapter 10
The next day was a busy one. We gathered everything we needed and said goodbye to anyone we cared about.
Mom was crying but I can't fault her.
Seeing your child setting sail at 10 ,to avoid death just because she was born, is certainly devastating.
She gave me her number at the den den mushi to call her.
It was really heartbreaking saying goodbye to my mother so early but I can't stay and we both know it.
We put everything to our boat and began sailing.We were free!
" So Sabo have you decided which route we will take? "I turned towards Sabo.
" I think it' s better to take this one.
Not many people go this way ,because it's more dangerous and have inhibitant islands.
It is better for us and we can probably hunt"I nodded.It was the most logical conclusion .
"I am bored" whined Luffy.
" I can probably tell you some stories if you want, I have my notebook with me" I exclaimed.
I started telling them stories from mythology.
I was really fascinated with them so I knew a lot.
I started telling them about Hercules and his athles .
It was really amusing to see them going wide eyed with every mythical creature I referred to.
" And then what happened? " asked Ace.
I chuckled " I will tell you tomorrow! We have a long journey ahead us and I have many stories to tell"
He seemed a little a a little disappointed.
" I could just read your book to know what happens next" he smirked
" Here! You can try if you want to! " I smirked.
He looked at it and his jaw opened. " I don't understand what it says. What kind of language is this? "
" Some are written in English, some in Latin and some in Greek"I shrugged.
As i said I really liked mythology so I learned Latin and Greek so I can read the original scripts. Some things are altered at translations after all.
My mother was ecstatic to teach me as she was an archaeologist and my dad a translator.
They were the ones that got me interested in mythology in the first place.
I could have become an archaeologist but I liked being a doctor more.
" Some times I wonder where you learned all this things" commented Sabo.
" Curiosity killed the cat Sabo" I grinned.
" Are all those creatures and persons fake?"asked Ace.
"Some of them really existed but the people of that era couldn't explain some phenomena so they created myths. About the creatures I am not sure if they real but they are some devil fruits that give you the powers of those creatures. For example the Phoenix. Whitebeard's first mate eat it and they say he can become a phoenix.
He can't die from injuries because his fruit heals him.
After all the Phoenix reborns from his ashes. I don't about other fruits though" I frowned.
" That is a cool and useful power. It is not useless like rubber" taunted Ace.
" My power is not useless ,I can deflect bullets" yelled Luffy.
" And canon balls" I added.
" Really? " he asked with stars in his eyes.The others looked in disbelief.
" If you use that balloon technique " I shrugged.
" See! I am awesome " he yelled.
" Well you are not entirely useless. It could help us against the Marines. After all we don't have a canon and this boat can sink easily " he admitted.
" You know, I think that even under these circumstances it is cool that we sail together. It is more fun when we are all together " Sabo commented.
" I can totally agree. But this experience made me hate the marines more. They are really rotten " I spat .
" I wouldn't except that they would hunt you down ,when you are innocent. You are a child! It is the first time I heard doing it" frowned Sabo.
" You know they also did it when Ace was born. I read an old newspaper where they said that they were searching all newborns just to find Ace and kill him. Grandpa probably found him first and hid him"I replied.
Ace tensed. He looked away.
" It is not your fault Ace that you were born as it is not mine for existing. I am glad you are alive and I want you to live. Do you think that I deserve to die? " I asked.
" Of course not! " he shouted immediately .
" Then neither do you. We are exactly the same. They are just wrong. You know there were other children before us that they were condemned by the government"I informed them.
" What do you mean? asked Sabo.
" I read an article about an island that existed before us. It was named Ohara and it had many historians and archaeologists.
They discovered something they should have not and the government burned down the whole islands.
The Marines even had the audacity to accuse them that the archaeologists were trying to find an ancient weapon and they destroyed them for the greater good . There was a single survivor. An eight year old girl called Nico Robin. She is the only that can read the ancient language and resurrect the weapons.
So they put an 80.000.000 million bounty on a little girl, that had no one in the world. She is probably eighteen now " I explained.They looked horrified.
" Oh god! I feel sick just about hearing about it. How could they do that? They have not shame at all? " asked Sabo.
"I told you they were hypocrites. They want the weapons for themselves that's why they hunting her. They believe if they don't have it no one else should, so they try to eliminate the threat. But I don't think Robin' s goal is the weapon. She could have found it by now if she really wanted to"i commented.
"So Robin is a good person. She should join us ,then she won't be lonely" said Luffy.
"I don't know if she is good, she probably had done some bad things to survive. She has seen life's bad side so she probably has some trust issues"i explained.
"But she is not bad and she can trust us, we are the same!"he argued.
"If we find her,we will ask her to join"i agreed.
From all the Straw-hats, Robin was the only one who really needed us.
Well nami also needed us but we cant beat arlong yet.
What Robin need was companionship,someone to trust, to believe in her dreams and tell her she deserved to live.
Luffy was right she was like us and she would be a great addition in our group if she joined.
A/N: Sorry for the delayed update, I was moving in a new home. I hope you liked it ( R. I. P. people who had high expectation from this chapter)