Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece at all. Wish I did.
So the Straw Hat Crew is back. And a new plan is being hatched.
"Can you believe this? We have to babysit a couple of teenagers."
"At least you guys just have to worry about baby girls, Sun's son, Kenn, hates me with a passion."
"But then again, all of you have to deal with jealous and possessive mermen."
"Hey, so what? At least we can be near the girls." Luffy was always the one who tried to cheer everybody up. But in this kind of situation, it wasn't going to work. All the mermen decided to take their woman to work instead of their kids. So the boys and the kids are all together at one house.
"Usopp, you know you didn't have to participate in this, right?"
"As this crew's rightful captain, it's my duty to come and escort you."
"Yeah right, he just didn't want to be left alone on the ship." Zolo and Sanji shared a small laugh between them.
"Not true." Usopp argued back.
"Guys, shouldn't we be working on the plan?" Zolo asked them.
"What do we need to work on? It's simple. Pursuade the girls to come with us."
"Did you forget about the freaking crap fish that stands almost as tall as the first few windows of our ship?"
"We don't have windows on the ship, Sanji."
"Point being: there's no way those fishes would let them go. You should have seen how Arlong holds Nami. Protectively,and he ignores poor Mariko."
"You think that's bad? Choo made me and Kenn leave the house yesterday so that he and Sun could be alone."
"I know that part, you guys ended up coming to stay with Rae and me." Luffy smiled. Seriously, can nothing bring this guy down? Well, except when it deals with the sadness of his crew.
"Guys, when are we actually gonna do this?"
"Whenever possible." The door to the house they were in opened, revealing three fuming girls, followed by a grinning Jimbei.
"I can't believe you're making us do this here."
"I actually only wanted Sun, but you and Rae just had to follow me. But I don't mind. A little more fun for me." The kids looked up at their mothers, not knowing what was going on. Except for Siria. Ever since that little encounter with her father, she's been more open about what's going on.
"Hey guys, let's go walking outside." She pulled her brother with her, signaling the other girls to come with her. "Don't worry Zolo, we don't need you guys."
"Sure, whatever." The kids left the house. Siria planned to tell them what she founds out about her father and her mother. 'It's probably the same thing with their family.'
"Ok, sis, what's going on? You've been acting very weird since that new guy came into the house."
"Guys, have you ever realized how weird our moms act around our dads?"
"Nope." 'Kenn, you are super stubborn.' She thought of him.
"Now that you say that, yeah." Bliss thought back to when all the times Kuroobi had tried to hug Rae, but she would either move away or throw something in his face.
"My mom and dad are always fighting, but my dad barely lets her have a breath of his own."
"Well, my dad told me that him and mom aren't married. But he's going to propose to her soon. He even showed me the ring he'll be giving her."
"That's not bad, sis. That's exciting."
" No it's not Kenn. Mom doesn't care about that, she hates him. He forced her to leave her island so that he could own her."
"Hold on girl, how do you know this?"
"I know because my Dad told me everything. He even threatened me. If I told anybody about this, he said the consequences would be dire."
"That's crazy sis. Dad would never."
"You don't get it Kenn. Dad doesn't care about us at all, he just wants mom."
"Stop all this. You're just saying this because you want mom and that human dude to hook up."
"He'll probably love mom and us more than dad ever did." Kenn covered his ears. He has had enough of hearing what his sister was saying. Truthfully, he had always known about his mom and dad, but refued to believe it.
"Sis. Just stop it. I'm going to see dad work. And when I come back, I expect you to have gotten this nonsense out of your head." He left the group of girls. Not knowing what to do at all.
"Give him some time, Siria. I think it's hard for him right now."
"But will you guys help me?" She turned to her cousins, she needed the help right now.
"With what?"
"I'm going to talk to Zolo about my mom and see how he feels about her. But I want us to do it as a group. Can we?"
"If it's for true love, then of course we'll help." Bliss jumped with excitement. She'll get to play cupid.
"You hopeless romantic. I'll help to. Besides, Sanji seems like he'll be a much better dad than Arlong."
"Where did the big fish freak go?" Zolo asked the girl he really liked. She was leaning against the sink counter in the kitchen, her hair a big mess from the little 'game' she was forced to play.
"He..I don't know." ' I really hope he didn't hear anything.' She turned the water faucet on and splash some of the water on her face, it mixed with a few tears of hers.
"Are you ok?" He walked behind her. She felt him lean against her, pushing her further against the sink.
"Zolo?"
"What did he do to you?" He saw the scratch marks Jimbei had left on the back of her neck. He reached for a cloth on the counter and soaked it in water.
"He didn't do anything." She stuttered to him. She hissed when she felt the cold water press up against her sensitive marks.
"Really? Then what are these?"
"Those are..Choo's. he gets a little rough in bed." Zolo continued the wash the cuts, being as gentle as possible. He held onto the cloth with one hand and grabbed onto her arm with the other. His face leaned in closer to her, his mouth just centimeters away from her ear.
"I didn't think he was the abusive type when it came to making love."
"Yeah." She forced a laugh out. 'making love'? is that what they would usually do? Was there really any love in there? "It's not love Zolo. It's rape."
"Rape? How so?" He asked her.
"He forces me, Zolo. I never have a choice." She slipped out of his grip and fell onto the floor. "Never did I have a choice. He forced me away from my family and from my village. He forced me to have his children, which he probably doesn't even care about. He forces me every night, no matter how much I beg him not to."
Zolo watched her break down in front of him. He didn't mean for her to cry, but he needed her to realize everything herself before he could comfort her.
"Is that all I'm good for Zolo?"
"What do you mean?" He sat down on the floor next to her.
"Is sex the only thing I'm good for? Cause that's all I do. Those marks aren't from Choo, they're from Jimbei. He's been raping me ever since my children turn one."
"Why do you let him?"
"I don't know. Cause he threntens my children. Zolo, they might be half of Choo, but I'm the one who gave birth to them. And I love them with all my heart. Them, Bliss, Mariko, Rae, Nami, they're the only things keep me going." She was now crying like crazy.
"Sun." He saw her reach for a big knife on the counter in back of them. When she brough it back down, she held it inches away from her neck.
"I'm done Zolo."
"NO!" He reached for the knife but ended up grabbing onto her wrist. The two struggled for a long time; Sun just wanted to end her life right there, and Zolo not wanting to see her die.
Finally the struggle stop when Sun was laying on the floor and Zolo was straddling her waist, holding the knife in his hands.
"Do you know how Rae would feel if her sister was dead? Do you know how Kenn and Siria would feel? Or how I would feel?"
"How would you feel Zolo? You barely know me, you wouldn't feel a thing from me being gone."
"Yes, I would." He threw the knife behind his back and leaned over her body, his chest and face so close to her. "Since I met you at the village, I couldn't get you out of my head. Then when I heard Sanji and Luffy talking to me about these two wonderful girls they met; we knew it. We just had to find you three because…I actually love you."
"What is love to you Zolo?"
"Love, is something you and another person feel for each other. It's being able to see each other each new day, and still be able to look them straight in the face and blush."
"Is that all love is to you?"
"I can't explain it that well. But when I was dating another girl, she never showed me love; I never felt the way I feel around you. When I see you, I feel like I can do anything. I feel so warm inside, and that's saying something. Since when do you hear a guy say that?"
"Yeah, true." She laughed up at him.
"But I know for certain that I'm in love with you." He leaned in closer to her face. "I want you to leave Choo and love me."
"But what about Siria and Kenn?"
"Bring them with you, they're awesome kids. Except when Kenn gives me death glares, cause those are actually pretty scary."
"You would really…"
"Sun." He mumbled down at her before his lips met softly with hers. Her eyes widened at how soft it was. It wasn't forced, he wasn't trying to stick his tongue in her mouth. It was a caring gesture.
'I did it. I did it. I actually did it.' Zolo cheered himself on in his mind. He finally pulled away from her and looked her straight in the eyes. Loving how beautiful they looked in his shadow.
"I love you." He told her.
"I think I love you too."
"That's a good start."
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"Oh Choo is gonna love this." Jimbei took out his little camera and aimed it at the little scene playing in front of him. He had gotten a good picture of when Zolo held the knife away from Sun when he got her on the floor. And now he got a picture of him and her kissing.
"With the way these look, I can make it seem that Zolo was trying to rape her. Then he'll be dead. Choo will marry Sun and I'll kill him. She'll have no choice but to come with me then. I love my life."
"A smoothie for the beautiful Nami." Sanji placed a banana peanute butter smoothie in front of the sad Nami. A session with Jimbei was enough to leave her sad for a few weeks.
"Thanks Sanji." She refused to look up at him.
"Is something bothering you, Nami?" He took a seat across from her.
"No, no, why you ask?"
"Ever since you got back from whatever you were doing with Jimbei, you've been acting very weird."
"No, I'm not acting weird. I swear I'm not acting weird."
"I don't think so."
"Stop pressuring me."
"I'm not."
"OK OK, HE RAPED ME. HAPPY NOW?!" Nami picked up the smoothie glass on the table and threw it at Sanji's face. He, without effort, caught it in one hand.
"I knew it."
"You knew it?"
"The way he was eyeing you and the other two girls when he walked into the house was just weird. I had a feeling something was up. How long has this been going on?"
"Ever since Mariko was one. It started right on her birthday."
"I'm sorry Nami." Sanji stood from her chair and moved over to her. He brought her into a hug, the only way he knew of how to comfort her.
"What are you sorry about? You havn't done anything bad."
"Run away from her. Bring your daughter. I'll help you escape this hell hole."
"That's a sweet offer Sanji, but we could never escape from Mermen Island."
"Don't talk like that. Look, me and the guys have been scheming this plan for a long time. We're going to rescue you guys from here."
"But, you'll be killed."
" I can't be taking down so easily by a crappy half fish." She started to laugh.
"Half fish, there's something new."
"I'm happy to see you smiling once again." He lifted her up into his arms and carried her out of the kitchen.
"Where we going?"
"Well, you made me happy. So now, let me make you happy."
"What do you guys think?"
"This is the best meat ever." Luffy dug into the food that Rae had served both him and Usopp.
"Very good. Were you always a chef?"
"No Usopp, I never use to really cook until Kuroobi brought me to Mermen Island. I was a baker."
"CAKE!" Luffy cheered out. Rae felt her spirits light up immediately, his laugh was always enough to make her smile.
"I'll make you guys one someday. Usopp, do you mind going to find Bliss for me?"
"No no, anything for you." Usopp rushed out of the house.
"Haha, is he still scared of me?"
"No, he's just always like that."
"I see. Luffy, what was that I heard about you wanting to be King of the Pirates?"
"Just what it said, I'm gonna be King of the Pirates. Hey, want to be my queen?"
"Ha, is that another one of your funny jokes?" Luffy's face fell into serious mode.
"It's not a joke, it's serious."
"Luffy, your 'serious' face is really scaring me." Rae moved away from the table where Luffy sat. He, in return, got up and followed her. The cycle started, she would move back and he would move forward until there was no where else for her to go.
"Listen to me." She was now up against the wall, his hands were placed on each side of her head "I'm taking you away from here."
"Luffy, seriously, stop it."
"No, you're coming with me and my crew. We're going to run away from here and get you to safety. Not only you, but your sisters and your children."
"Luffy…" He crashed his lips onto hers. Not wanting to hear any kind of remark about his plan.
"Please." He whispered as he moved his lips away from hers. "Let me help you."
Kenn watched his father and the other mermen train the newbies. He did enjoy watching them all cower in fear cause of his dad.
'Siria must be wrong. Dad and Mom really love each other, I know they do.' One part of his mind kept arguing with the other part. It was a battle in his head.
'You're kidding. Mom hates Dad. So just go with what your sister said.'
'You shut up. I don't need to hear from you too.'
"Hello Kenn." Jimbei came and stood in front of him.
"Hi Jimbei, what are you doing here? It's your day off."
"I need to speak to you and your father." Jimbei called off the training to the newbies, telling them to go get some rest. "Choo come here."
"What do you want?"
"I thought I should tell you something. It has to do with that human who's staying at your house." Jimbei reached into his pocket and brought out the two pictures he took of Sun and Zolo.
"What about my mom?" Kenn asked him.
"Well, apparantly, the human couldn't resist himself. He tried to kill her." Jimbei showed the first picture, the one with the knife in Zolo's hand.
Choo and Kenn were shocked at this.
"And then he forced himself on her." Jimbei showed the picture of Zolo and Sun kissing each other.
"He what?" Choo clutched onto the pictures, tearing them up in the process. "That bastard forced himself on my woman. And she let him?"
"I don't think she had a choice. He was holding the knife in the air." Jimbei enjoyed the angry look Choo had. But what was even better was the way that Kenn was screaming his head off about his mom.
"Dad, what are we gonna do about this?"
"Boys…" Arlong and Kuroobi came up to Choo, interested in what's about to happen. "We got a little matter on our hands."
"Zolo, can you go to the store quickly and get me these iteams? I don't know where Kenn or Siria are."
"Anything for you, angel."
"Don't call me angel, that's weird."
"But you are my angel."
"I liked you better when we would argue over stuff." She handed Zolo a list of some food iteams needed.
"I liked it when you were kissing me, but we can't all get what we want."
"I guess not." He grabbed onto her and brought her to his lips once more.
"But you forget, I always get what I want."
"You jerk. Get going." Zolo started to run out of the house. When he got to the door, he ran into a few angry looking mermen. Among them were Jimbei, Choo, and Kenn.
"Human, you are under arrest." A group of mermen grabbed onto Zolo, tying some ropes around his neck and wrist.
"What? What did I do?"
"You attacked my mom and then forced yourself on her." Kenn yelled out.
"What? Where did you hear that from?" Jimbei chuckled as he reached in for some more pictures. Why did he have to make copies?
"Evidence doesn't lie human. You were about to kill her with a knife and then decided to force yourself on her."
"I would never…"
"What's going on out here?" Sun came running out, surprised to see everything taking place. Kenn ran up to his mom and hugged her tight.
"Mom, I'm so sorry I wasn't here to protect you."
"What?" When he released her, Choo picked her up in his arms and planted a rough kiss on her lips.
"Did the human hurt you?"
"What do you mean hurt me? Zolo didn't do anything."
"I need to protect you even more. I need to do this now. Sun, marry me."
"What?"
"I said to marry me. You'll be safer."
"Say yes mom." She looked at her son. His smiling face was enough evidence to show what he wanted. Her face then turned over to Zolo, who was nervous to hear her answer.
"I…" 'at what cost? Will my children be happy?' "Ok, I'll marry you."
ELSEWHERE
"Ok, so the plan is to make sure that the humans and our moms are alone a lot, then they'll actually take them."
"Siria, we spent most of the day thinking and that's all you could think of?"
"Hey, don't get started with me."
"Girl, why are there people in front of your house?" Mariko asked.
"Funny, I was about to ask you the same thing. Wait, there's people at my house?"
"Mine too."
"Do you think?"
"The humans." They each ran to their own house. Siria got there in time to hear Her father propose. Her face fell in horror, she just prayed that her mother would say no.
To her surprise and shock, her mother actually said yes.
"No. No mom no." She whispered.
A FEW DAYS LATER
"So what happened to you Usopp?"
"They thought that me and Luffy were attacking Bliss out of nowhere. Then they just came and tied us up. Now we're all in a cell once more."
"I have a bad feeling about this." Sanji sat up against the bars in the cell he shared with the guys.
"I know who's behind this scam." Zolo spoke up.
"Yeah, who is it?" Luffy finally became interested.
"That Jimbei guy. Sun told me that he's been raping her ever since Siria and Kenn were one."
"OH yeah, Nami told me the same thing."
"He probably has been doing the same thing to Rae."
"What? That guy hurt Rae. Nobody hurts my friends or my love." Luffy went to pound up against the bars. "I need to see Rae." He was yelling outloud.
"You guys aren't gonna see my mom or my aunts." Kenn walked out of the shadows in front of the cell. He smirked at them. "I knew we couldn't trust you. My mom had a dumb moment there, but it will be better from now on."
"What does the kid mean?"
"Oh, that Zolo guy didn't tell you. My father proposed to my mom the same day you guys were brought here. And today just happens to be the wedding."
"ZOLO!" Siria's voice was soon heard, she ran over to the cage to stand next to her brother. "You have to get out of here. Mom and Dad are at the alter. I don't want to see my mom be miserable."
"Sis, mom won't be miserable. Her and dad love each other."
"You weren't there when Dad told me the whole truth."
"And you weren't there when your mother talked to me about your father. Plus, did you know that it's not me you should be worrying about?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you need to talk to Jimbei. Did you guys know that he started to rape not only her but your aunts ever since you guys turned one?"
"He woud never."
"Trust me sonny boy. I don't lie when it comes to Sun. Why don't you just go and ask him? He'll probably tell you." Kenn growled before he left the place where the cell was. He's had enough of the sarcastic human. It was time to get things settled out.
Awesome enough, the jail was right next to the marriage chapel. 'Now to look for Jimbei.' He spotted said merman just a few yards away. He got closer to the mermen and got ready to ask the questions. Until he heard the subject that was being talked over.
"Why are you so bent on getting those humans out of the way? You know that Zolo didn't force himself on that girl." Kenn didn't notice the random mermen that Jimbei was talking to.
"Because those worthless mermen that call themselves pirates and those disguisting humans don't deserve such beautiful girls. That's why."
"But to go as far as to frame Zolo like that? Was it really necessary?"
"No. But I was bored." Jimbei pulled out a picture he had taken so long ago of the three girls. "Poor Sun, being forced to marry a mermen that doesn't even love his own kids. HA! Then she'll find her precious human killed in some kind of accident. When that's done, she'll find her beloved husband in the kitchen, killed by a drug overdose. I'll make my move then."
"It won't be easy."
"To what? Get her in bed? I've been raping that bitch for seventeen years now. I know her ways."
'Siria and Zolo were telling the truth.' Kenn ran away from the spot he hid in quickly. Sprinting as fast as he could, he made it to the jail.
"You were right." Was the first thing he said. "I overheard Jimbei talking. I'm so sorry Siria. I'm really sorry."
"Why aren't you apologizing to Zolo?" He ignored his sister's question and turned to the humans.
"Ok, Like my sister, I don't want my mom to be miserable. So I'm going to ask you a favor. Will you save my mom?"
"Kenn, nothing would make me happier than to save her."
"But wait, that doesn't me I like you. And if you happen to get off his island alive, I'm coming with you."
"Good. Wouldn't have it any other way. Now help us out."
'Where's Kenn and Siria? I really need to see their faces right now to go through this.' Sun looked up at the preacher who was performing the marriage ceremony.
"Do you, Choo, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do." He looked down at her. Sun tried her hardest to hold back the tears. With all her heart, she wanted so badly to say no.
"And do you, Sun, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do." She forced out. That was it. She would be his forever.
"Before we move onto the kiss, we've decided to have you both sign a marrige certificate right in front of all Mermen Island."
"Say what?!" The preacher brought a table in front of the two and put on their the official marriage certificate on it.
"Sun, you sign first."
'Why did my name have to be just three letters?' She took the ink pen from the preacher and slowly began to write her name on the line. With each letter, she took about one minute. Saying that she wanted to make sure it was spelled pretty.
"Ok, finished." Choo took the pen from her. Her eyes closed when she saw his hand getting to the paper. Before it could touch, two certain people had jumped out of their seats and put their hand over the paper.
"We object." Nami pushed Choo away from the alter. Rae folded up the paper and put it safely…well, she didn' t have pockets at the time, so she put it in her bra.
"What?"
" I can't stand this anymore. Being too scared to do anything because of you and those ship mates of yours. Well, not anymore. NEVER AGAIN!"
"Mermen, get them." Mermen from every aisle stood up from their seats, all of them tearing off some kind of nice shirt they were wearing.
Nami, Rae, and Sun tore off their dresses, revealing some nice work-out/ running clothes. They had decided that if nobody would stand up for them, then they would run away. And probably die in the process.
Bliss and Mariko went up to join their mothers, shielding them from the attacking mermen. All girls covered their eyes, not wanting to see anything that was about to happen.
"Hey, hands off the beauties." Out of no where, a series of kicks hit every one of the mermen. Choo, Arlong, and Kuroobi stood there in shock; how did they get out of jail?
"How did…Kenn and Siria." The two children of Choo stood behind their mother, both glaring at their father.
"We know everything, dad."
"You're not going to torture mom anymore." A pair of arms wrapped themselves around Sun's waist.
"Because she's coming with me." She turned around to see her green-haired savior.
"ZOLO!" She hugged him.
"My angel. I'm here to rescue you."
"Get your filthy human hands off my woman."
"Choo, she isn't your anymore." Kenn stood in front of the group of humans, He now held in his hand a sharp edged sword.
"Oh, that's a shock. My own son just called me by my name. You're growing up to be a real rebel there boy. Can you fight like one?"
"You'll have to catch us to see." Kenn picked up his mother and his aunts, amazingly being able to balance them all in his arms. "Let's go." He passed the sword to Zolo. All humans ran out the way they came in.
"Do you think Usopp and Luffy got the ship ready?" Sanji asked Zolo.
"Yeah, I hope so." The game of cat and mouse began. The ship just had to be so far away. Mariko would look back every now and then to see just how close the mermen got to them; she would then tell the group of how close they were.
"Come on guys, run faster." Luffy and Usopp were cheering for the group to go up. Kenn stopped a few feet away from the ship. He put the girls down.
"Go on. Hurry."
"Kenn, no."
"I'm gonna fight Choo." Bliss and Mariko started to pulled on her.
"Let's go." She and the others ran for the ship, Zolo throwing the sword behind for Kenn to catch.
"Fair and square fight Choo. Nobody comes in." Choo stopped the big group from running and reached for the sword that was hanging from Hachi's waist.
"Hachi, you take all these citizens back. Arlong and Kuroobi will stay with me." Hachi just went along with it, agreeing with getting the citizens back.
"Alright son, time to show me what you learned." Sun heard what was going on, she stood at the bottom of the ramp. Her son and the fathe of her son were just about to fight to the death.
"With pleasure." Kenn ran forward, his sword lifted up high in the air. Choo did the same thing, except his sword was aiming low. They clashed in the middle, Kenn brought his sword down in time to block his dad's.
Sun was fighitng back the pulling she was getting from her daughter.
"Come on mom. Get on."
"No, I can't. not without Kenn." The battle was back and forth. One minute Kenn looked like he was winning; then the next, Choo had the upper hand.
Finally, Choo knocked the sword out of Kenn's hand. It landed somewhere against the floor.
"Now you'll feel my wrath, Son." Sun knew what he meant. She pushed her daughter off her and ran towards the battle. "Say goodnight." Choo swung the sword, aiming for the side of Kenn's heart.
He hit something, but it wasn't his son's heart.
"What?" Choo looked in disbelieve, Sun had jumped in the way to take the blow for her son. He had ended up slashing just about halfway through her throat.
The sounds of Sun choking on her own blood was all that was heard.
"MOM!" Kenn yelled out. Choo pulled the sword out of Sun's neck, letting her fall to the floor. "Mom, no, mom please don't die."
She couldn't answer. Her hands came up to her wound and she applied pressure to it. There was no way that the blood was going to stop.
"Why did she do that?"
"You hurt my mom." Kenn reached down at the floor, seeing the sword was right next to his mother's body. "You're going to pay." Kenn's eyes flashed with bright red anger as he pierced his father right through his chest.
He had perfect aim, the sword went right through Choo's heart.
"You're next." Kenn turned towards Arlong and Kuroobi, both of them didn't know what to do. In a flash, he was in front of Arlong, cutting right into his lower stomach. He then turned to Kuroobi, barely dodging a punch from him.
"Not good enough." Kenn pierced the very middle of Kuroobi's chest. For the first time ever, the mermen saw what their own blood looked like. All three mermen fell to the floor, all clutching onto their stinging wounds.
Kenn dropped the sword down onto his father's chest. "Remember me Choo. Remind yourself of how you were taken down by your own son."
"You…I'll…get…you." Kenn left the dying mermen to rush to his mother, who was still laying on the floor bleeding like crazy.
"Why did you do that mom?" He whispered to her as he picked her up in his arms. The Straw Hats ship started to slowly sail off, but not before Kenn got onto it.
"We have to get her medical attention." He yelled out.
"But nobody is really a doctor."
"Then find an island with a doctor. And hurry." Sun's eyes started to slowly close, she couldn't keep them open any longer. She was too tired.
"Sun, hold on." She heard Zolo's voice. But the last image she saw were the crying faces of her two children. Then Darkness.
Next chapter is the last one. I can't believe I'm almost done. This is so exciting.
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