Yuuki: Nothing much to say…so Let's get moving!
8 years later
A ten year old girl was running through the streets of Loguetown. She had black hair and blue irises, with very large, teal pupils. With tears streaming down her face, this was a heartbreaking sight. Grown up adults were chasing after, throwing insults after insults, saying horrible things like 'You're not wanted here!' 'The world would be a better place without you!' 'Filthy scum!'
This was a very cruel thing indeed, as that girl was only alive for ten years, for God's sake! And you're telling her not to live already?
The sobbing girl bumped into another adult and immediately raised her arms in defence. "Don't hit me!" she cried out, yet expecting a hard slap or punch, anyway.
To her surprise, strong arms lifted her up and placed her on his sturdy shoulders.
"Why do you think I'll hurt you, little one?" He asked.
His voice was full of concern, and sympathy.
"B..Be..c..cause…Because n..nobody l..likes me…" She answered, sobs wracking her body. "They all betray me one by one, no matter how much I helped them, or even when I didn't do anything to make them angry. T..they…THEY DID IT ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY!" She wailed.
"Shhh… Now, let me teach them a lesson, shall we?" The tall man with a lean built and spiky, blonde hair chuckled.
He looked upon the mob that was fast approaching with a hateful gaze. He was fuming on the inside.
"Mister, throw that girl down! She is the Devil Child, that sunk nine Marine battleships! She's not what you think, a poor helpless girl!"
The people following that guy all shouted in agreement.
"I don't care; I've never cared for the Marines anyway. They make me sick. Those bigots; don't you know that they love lying to protect their reputation?" He snarled. "Good job you did there, if that's true." He added, giving a grin and a thumbs up to the girl on his shoulders.
"KILL HIM!"
Jutsu time.
"Fuuton: Kazekiri!" Naruto yelled as he sent a slice of wind, sharper than any knife, towards them. It was lucky for Naruto that they were packed together like sardines in a can; the wind just sliced all of their bodies into bloody halves, killing them instantly. Not one was left alive, as they were not spread out. Idiots.
Nico Robin hid her face in her saviour's blonde hair, saving herself the sight of such a gory scene. That was so much blood that was shed; her saviour must be a really heartless person to do that.
Naruto sighed, he was in a bad temper that day, having met another cocky Marine. Hell, that man was so weak it was amazing he can have the guts to even be arrogant. It was just the civillians' and marines' bad luck that they had to piss him off today.
"Come on, little girl, let's go to my home. I won't betray you, I promise! And I never break my promises, dattebayo!"
2 years later
"Otou-chan! I'm hungry! I wanna go and eat!" a twelve year old Nico Robin said.
"Yes, yes I understand." Naruto smiled down at his new found daughter.
Naruto had allowed her to call him her father after he had learnt that he had lost her mother and all that she called family when a Buster Call was activated.
He had seethed with rage when he heard about that
"Those damn marines…" Naruto swore under his breath.
He'd swear, and he did, that he would hunt down the person that did this to Robin-chan. He doesn't know who, but if he destroyed the whole World Government, it would leave nobody, right?
He had taken a whole year and a half to get Robin to trust him and warm up to him. He was happy that her tone is cheerful now, and that she was happy. However, he knew, that she would leave him to sail the seas soon, just like what she had dreamt to do with her mother. He can't go with her, as he had a gut feeling that it was VERY important to stay here.
FLASHBACK
"Temari, what are you doing here?" Naruto questioned the blonde kunoichi.
"Ah never mind, I have something to ask you, anyway." Naruto said.
The kunoichi arched her eyebrow, settling the giant fan across her back to rest more comfortably on her. "What is it?"
"What are… P..Poniglies? The one that tells the True History of the Void Century? And WHAT is the Void Century? What happened? We were alive at that time, right?" Naruto frowned. "No, specifically, I mean the rest of the Kings. I was dead already, so I don't know.
Temari sighed. "You're so troublesome…" Then realised what she had said and clamped her hand over her mouth, looking nervous all of a sudden.
Naruto waggled his eyebrows at her. "AHA! I just KNEW that you and Shikamaru were a couple! Tell me, did you two elope after I died? Tell me! Tell me!" he pestered.
Temari blushed and snapped at the blonde, "U..Urusai! it's none of your business!" She was flushing a deep crimson.
"Oooohhhhh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.
Temari retorted, "Shut up! If you want to know the answers to your original questions, Shut up and keep it shut!"
Naruto shut his mouth.
"Good, now listen. You know the language that Shikamaru constructed himself, right?"
Naruto nodded. "I think it was…Damaritian, am I right?"
Temari agreed, saying, "Yeah. Okay, he used that language to carve information of the Void Century on unbreakable stones that he called 'Poneglyphs' after he was finished carving. Some of it shows the history of the world, like shinobi and such, although only ONE Poneglyph tells the True History. And I have NO IDEA why people think information on ancient weapons are inscribed, in case you knew that and have that question in mind. Well the True History…you can read it yourself, in fact. You left one of your kunais needed for the 'Hiraishin no Jutsu' at the tomb right?"
He nodded.
"Did you see a huge, square block of rock there?" Temari questioned.
He nodded once more.
"That's the Poneglyph of True History. Read it yourself." The kunoichi sighed. "I have to get back to Shanks now, so…Ja!" and she vanished in a whirl of sand.
END FLASHBACK
'Oh yeah! I haven't checked out that Poneglyph yet!'
He turned to his daughter.
"Robin, I have to attend to something, urgent. I'll give you this money; you eat first, okay? I'll be back really soon." He said, handing her a wad of bills.
"Okay!"
"Good girl," he smiled.
"Hiraishin no Jutsu!"
Yuuki: Cliffy! Next chapter will be up by tomorrow, probably.
Ja ne!
Signed,
Yuuki-chan