Author's note: Hey guys, here's the next chapter.
Sabo will be mentioned in the story and in flash backs, I decided not to put him in the first few chapters because he had already died before Psycho arrived. Psycho does know about Sabo but she never got to meet him.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.
I'll always be there
Chapter 9 : End of an era
"Hey, why don't you take my old fishing boat Luffy, that things gonna sink any minute" a man from the village offered.
"This is fine, this is what I wanna start with" Luffy smiled gesturing to the small boat he was standing in.
It was a small rowing boat that barley fit one person, the wood looked like it was rotting and Psycho, along with the other villagers, weren't sure it would make it far, it was docked off a small bank next to the village.
Luffy wore his usual light blue, knee-length shorts with white cuffs, black sandles and of corse his straw hat, the only diffrence in his apperance was his shirt, he now wore a red butten up vest, and he was slightly taller apart from that he looked no diffrent then he had 3 years ago.
Luffy turned around facing the open ocean, the pushed his hat on his head sucuring it.
"Sabo was first and Ace was second, and I'm third but I'm gonna top them. Wait for me Ace, I'll catch up with you soon!" Luffy shouted throwing his fist in the air.
"What are you doing screaming and mumbling kid?" one of the villagers qustioned, Luffy turned around grinning.
"Its a challange!" Luffy announced still grinning, Psycho giggled at her big brother.
"Don't get too exited Luffy, 2 more years and I'm gonna out do you and Ace!" Psycho laughed shouting the challange to Luffy.
"I'll look fowards to it!" he replyed.
"Alright im going now!" Luffy shouted pushing away from the shore.
"bye !"
"good luck"
"bye"
The villagers waved Luffy off.
"I cant beleve he's leaving so soon, I'm gonna miss him" Makino smiled waving.
"I think we all will" Psycho replied.
"I hope he's gonna be ok" Makino mused.
"He'll be fine..."
Luffy paddled out to sea, but before he got far he felt a shadow fall over him, he looked around to see the huge and only too familiar sea monster looming over him, looking at it he recognised it as the sea monster that Shanks had saved him from when he was 7, loseing his own arm in the process.
"You dont know who you're messing with, look at this technique i've been working on it for 10 years "
"GUM-GUM..." Luffy streched his arm back a few meters "...PISTOL" he shouted pulling his arm fowards to punch the monster in the jaw with such force it was lifted out of the water.
"Thats for Shanks. you stupid fish" Luffy smiling slightly.
"I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!" He shouted as he set off once again.
"...He's not a kid any more" Psycho laughed, as the villagers cheered.
Makion sighed puting a hand on Psychos shoulder.
The vilagers stood and watched as Luffy dissapred into the distance, once he was out of sight, most people went back to their shops, Makino went back to Partys bar, Psycho decieded to go with Makino.
~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~
Psycho sat on a stool at the bar talking to Makino, the bar was empty due to the fact it was midmorning.
"Do you think he's gonna be ok out there?" Makino concerned for Luffy, Psycho chouged.
"Sure, he's strong not to mention he has a promise to keep" Psycho said confidently.
"Promise?" Makino raised her eyebrows questioningly.
"Yeah, his promise to Shanks to return his hat when he bacame a notorious pirate, you coulden't of forgotten Shanks could you" Psycho teased, Makino blushed slightly, Psycho coughed.
"Of corse I haven't forgotten Shanks" she mumbled still blushing, making Psycho chuckle.
"Tell me somthing Psycho" Makino asked chainging the subject, Psycho nodded.
"Before you arrived here, what was your life like?"
The question took Psycho off gaurd, she had to think for a while before answering.
" It was quiet, nothing special really" Psycho answered vaguely, Makino looked at her confused by the change in Psychos attuide.
"Sorry it's just I'm not ment to talk about my past" she explained, the only people she had told where Ace and Luffy.
Makino nodded understandinly, Psycho covered her mouth to chough, she then pulled out a floded piece of paper and placed it on the bar.
It was the half torn poster of the young man with the kind yet pained steely grey eyes, that had caught her eye in the book of wanted posters she had aquired a few months ago.
"who's that?" Makino asked, looking at the poster as she lent down to put some glasses away
"I was kind of hoping you might know" Psycho ancwered looking at her.
"Sorry, never seen him before" Makino shrugged, Psycho sighed.
"Why are you so intrested in a random pirate anyway" Makino inquired, Psycho shrugged.
"I don't know, theres just somthing about the look in his eyes that seems familier" she coughed, breaking her focous.
"Are you ok, you have been couging quite alot lately" Makinos voice had hints of worry in it.
"Yeah, its just a cold or somthing" Psycho shrugged the question off.
"I'm gonna get going now, thanks for the chat" Psycho jumped off the bar stool waving a small goodbye to Makino before leaving the bar.
~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~
Psycho sat on their ship in the bay looking up at the mast where her Ace and Luffy had carved their names almost 9 years before.
" 2 more years, then we will see each other again as notirious pirates" she said running her hand over the carvings.
"I swear I won't let you down"
