The Gate to Kisho
Tohru's Diary
Day 6: To our dismay Lightside Island was… not very appealing. On the contrary, there's always this gloomy-sounding Darkside Island. Anyways, today we took a short stop at a sea port, where Zato got lost in the lines to board a cruise ship. One of the passengers– a girl and musician going by the name Olvia – was given the chance to join our crew! But she gave Zato an awkward look and walked off. Surprising.
On our way to Darkside Island! As we dropped anchor into a small ship storagehouse, we entered the island… that welcomes pirates!
"Master…!"
"Silent! Don't say my name! You'll spoil it for the readers!" the dark figure hissed.
"o.O… er… huh? Anyways, I was going to tell you that Zato's crew landed on the island recently!"
"Oh. Very well, I shall make preparations."
Chapter 14
Darkside Island
"Surprising how nice this place is in comparison to the last island!" Tohru exclaimed, skipping ahead of the group. "And they even like pirates. Do you think we'd be able to split up?"
Fuyu put up a sharp look and shook his head. "Despite the mood here, I'm getting a bad feeling. I think we should just stay together."
"We could stock up for real here. See! Some stores even give discounts for pirates!" Tohru grinned at the idea of loads of her own wantings.
"This reminds me," Mike said. "I remember when hearing into that Raiga person's conversation.. he talked about something of sending the crew towards the 'dark island'. Perhaps this is it?"
"Which is yet another reason why we should stay alert," said Zato. "Just act normal, and be ready for action whenever that happens."
Unknown to the group, four hooded figures entered the street from four different alleys, eaching forming a large rectangle around the crew. Hanging as false earings, attached Den Den Mushi enabled communication between one another. "We have assembled. Now we should form the barrier and crush Zato's crew."
"All we have to do is focus our blasters. There aren't any barriers. Shoot the three of them, and take their heads to Master."
"Alright. Firing in
three…"
"Two…"
"One…"
The four aimed their guns at each of the crew members. Directly before they shot…
"Halt right there, Zato Alba, captain of the Star Pirates!" a deep voice boomed and reverberated. Zato, Fuyu, Tohru, and Mike tilted their heads upwards to see a massive figure standing upon the tower. "I am Evian Jacques!"
All of the four hooded figures collapsed… their plan had been ruined.
"Evian… Jacques?" Tohru whispered to Mike.
"And it's not just you! Fuyu Sashimi… and little girl!"
Tohru exploded with anger and shouted, "IS THAT ALL YOU TAKE FROM MY APPEARANCE? LITTLE? AND HOW COME YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME??"
Evian leaned forward and whispered, "I'm sorry, but you aren't important at the moment. If you want, I could hold you hostage and force Zato to kill himself."
"Seriously, what's with all the people wanting to kill you, Zato?" Fuyu muttered.
Tohru steamed and faced Zato. "Captain, it's clear that he's after your head like the number of people we've met before. I beg of you to let this guy be my opponent!"
Zato and Fuyu stared at her for a second and suddenly started bursting out laughing. Mike sighed, thinking, 'Obviously I'm not even noticed in this scene.'
Tohru flipped her two rods out from her sleeves and attached them into a single weapon. "Get down here and fight me!"
Evian grinned and leapt down to Tohru's side. "It looks as though your experienced for these such situations. Let's just see…"
Smack! Evian fell backwards with a red mark bloating on his face.
"Rule of combat number one," Tohru began. "You don't talk when you're right by your opponent."
Evian stood up and made a quick attempt to hide his blushing and embarrassed face. "So you know some 'rules of combat'? That must mean you're skilled at fighting."
Tohru sighed and jabbed her rod forward, striking him in the stomach this time. "Rule two. If your opponent has a long weapon, you might wanna try moving back a bit."
Fuyu leaned to Zato and whispered, "This guy must be some motley if he's losing to Tohru."
Evian cursed Tohru for her 'luck' and actually attacked this time. She stepped to her side and laughed at his poor coordination.
She stopped laughing when his punch formed a crack in the ground. "So you can do something!" she cried. Evian pushed himself off the ground and went for Tohru again.
"Zato!" Mike whined. "This guy isn't some pushover, he could seriously hurt Tohru. Shouldn't we intervene?"
Zato ignored the panther until Mike grew to massive proportions, stunning all the bystanders. "Mike… seriously transform back. Yes I'll go intervene… just don't hurt me!"
"Hey Evian Jacques!" Zato shouted. "How 'bout you trying fighting someone like me! Drop Block Star!"
Evian turned too late, as he was slammed back into the wall of a store. He furiously emerged from the debris he created and charged at Zato.
Fuyu flashed behind and beat him down with the butt of one sword. "Rather simple to take out."
Tohru sighed and suddenly screamed, "HE WAS MY OPPONENT!"
Mike stepped up and grabbed hold of Evian. He swung the male around twice and then hurled him off into the distant section of the island.
The sun had set before they knew it. "Man, that day went quick," Tohru sighed.
The ship was completely loaded up with gear they bought at the island. Zato sat upon the head of the ship while Mike and Tohru let the ship float off to the sea. "The next stop is the threshold of our journey!" Tohru exclaimed. "The glorious Gate to Kisho!"
Fuyu grinned, never thinking the journey would take him this far. "So we've sailed all the way through Southwest Blue already."
"And the next part of our journey is Kisho Sea!" Zato shouted. "So let's go! Just three more seas left till we reach the Grand Kingdom!"
The ship set sail towards the first pitstop of the voyage!
A dim light lit the dark realm. "Hyuck… those darn meddling pirates. So I underestimated them," the Master whispered into the Den Den Mushi.
"They defeated you too? Did you even open up your abilities?" Raiga shouted.
"No, I remained a clumsy idiot throughout. But not to worry, it was an open battle. I couldn't reveal myself there. I'll take care of them tonight, while they are resting," the master chuckled.
One of his servants came up with a report. "Er, sir… the Star crew has already left the island…"
Awkward man appears, but it's not his last appearance. This Evian Jacques plays a key role, and we shall see.
Meanwhile, the crew
heads towards a place they have no idea of. Is this their true
destination?
Next Time – Mistrap! The Wild Chef to the Rescue!