"I'm off, Akisaki~san…" the manager of the store looked at me in a minute and took something out of her counter
"You might get raped outside, Frosty…" I growled at her making her laugh out loud and throw a bag of something at my face. I caught it after it fell from my face and looked at her questioningly
"It's left-overs for today. Not really that much but it will prevent you from starving. I know you haven't been eating for this week. It's quite obvious… I wonder why the others didn't notice it…" I gave her a small smile before leaving the Red Conqueror's Bar
If you wonder what I am working there, I'm just a performer. Akisaki is such a nice person for accepting someone useless as me. Actually, Akisaki never needed a singer in her bar, but she took pity on me and accepted me for this job. She said I have talent but I strongly disagree on that. Though I don't feel shameful on this job… She may pay me big time but I also work as the extras in exchange. You know… like being a temporary body guard or waiter. She doesn't mind though, I wonder if she even notices.
Oh, how rude of me, I didn't introduce myself! My name is Hermes D. Valor, I am an Orphan who doesn't even know the name of my parents. No, as of what I heard, I was with my parent 'till I was 9. Somehow, I got into an accident and had amnesia. It was terrifying after I woke up; knowing no one and nothing in this world gave me a sudden fear that everything might devour me. But I got used to it, with the help of the doctor and some people. I strived to live alone even though there are people who are willing to take me in. They are kind… I know… But there is something whispering me in my mind saying
'… don't trust anyone who you don't want to trust…'
It was weird… but I totally trust NOTHING in this world. I feel so… so alone and casted away. Like I was never really from this place.
But enough with this sob story. Dramatic stuff won't help me anyway. Right now, I'm on my way to one of the safest place I know… Home…
"Hahahahaha! I'm sure boss has already got to that witch's bar…" a guy talked to his bud. The other laughed with him made an annoying face
"Oh? That Red Something Bar?" I stopped in my tracks and listened to their conversation
"Yeah! The one that people go to at nights. I heard it was a hidden base of a mafia. The witch is one of those guards, if boss kills her then he gets some ransom out of her head." A vein popped in my forehead as I try to control and relax myself. But it was already too late, I already found myself hitting the guy HARD with my fist on his face. I took his collar and raised him in the air even though I was shorter than he is
"What the fuck did you just say you fucking bastard?" I unconsciously cursed at him making him flinch from the sound of my aggressive voice
"I-I" I growled at him
"Tell me… who's gonna kill who?" the grip on the collar started to tighten making him choke
"S-she..!"
"Akisaki~san!" I slammed the bar's door open and scanned the whole area for her. I paled when I saw the broken wine bottles in the floor and some pieces of wood from the counter. I rushed inside and went to the kitchen to see Akisaki bleeding in the floor and a guy with a sword pointing to her.
Suddenly… I got enraged… suddenly… I got mad
"YOU LITTLE—" I ran and was about to deliver a punch to that guy but he dodged it and stabbed me with the sword on my stomach. My eyes widen at the sudden surge of pain and fell down on the floor.
I wasn't even able to punch the bastard…
…damn, I'll die not even able to hurt him…
how pathetic…
"Hermes? HERMES!" Akisaki shouted for my name that made my body twitch.
"Oh? So this is the rumored 'Chosen One' eh? He could even match my speed…" my eyes rolled to see him looking down at me.
"DON'T TOUCH HIM YOU INSOLENT FOOL! I TOLD YOU! YOU WONT GET ANYTHING FROM ME!" Akisaki shouted at him with pure rage on her voice. It kinda touched me that she still cares about my well being even though she's in a tight position but I have to make a way for her to escape.
"Nothing? Are you sure?" the guy smirked and looked at her evilly
"What about that fruit you made?" her eyes widened with her body shaking
"I knew it. So the stupid theory you made was actually real?" he kept on yapping and yapping while ignoring my own presence. It was actually a good sign, since I could strike him anytime I want. But for now, I seriously trying to move my body up
"The world consists of infinite dimension. One of those dimensions happened to be known in ours. What was it again? Oh! One Piece…" I stopped my struggles and remained frozen in there
"One… Piece...?" I barely was able to say it but he was able to hear me
"Oh? So you know it too? Probably because it's the most popular anime here… But there's more to it…" he sat down beside me and fisted my hair
"Did you know? People with strong imaginative abilities can acquire a foresight? Well, your popular perverted manga Author happened to have one. Oda Eiichiro is a prophet chosen from another dimesion's god… and this girly here happened to get all puzzles solved." I didn't move. I couldn't believe what he is saying. Half of my life, I dedicated myself to read this miracle called 'One Piece'. At first it was so childish, but then it gave me all the emotions I need to become a real person. And now… why is it that I'm hearing this stupidity? Is this some kind of prank made for me to die happily?
"T-the bag… the bag he is holding… take it… Game Game Fruit is in it…" she started to cry and begged to spare me. The fruit she just mentioned… was it a devil fruit? If it is… then…
He opened the bag that I was holding and revealed a grey colored devil fruit. My heart beated so slow that everything started to slow down and get silenced
'…eat it…'
A dark voice whispered in my mind that made me jump forcefully and bite the fruit. It was disgusting! But I somehow managed to swallow it.
"YOU FUCKING SHIT!" he kicked me at the stomach making me scream in pain. Well, the time he stabbed me hurts more but this time I felt like screaming for a reason. He raised his sword and swung it don't with full force straight to my throat. And that was the time I finally blacked out and felt cold.
'Huh..? I'm still alive..? Maybe not… Considering that everything is so dark and silent. This maybe the other world already…'
I was about to get convinced that I was dead until a blue screen suddenly appeared infront of me making me jump back and fall.
'Revive to save point?'
What? Save point? Now that you mentioned it, I ate the Game fruit. So I probably am a Game human. There was two choices under that question which was YES and NO. Obviously, I clicked the YES key and everything went bright that almost blinded my eyes
"SHIT! HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET HERE?!" someone shouted making me open my eyes to see who it was. Red… red hair… and there is only one person who is capable of cursing badly…
"Eustass Captain Kid?" he glared at me with his name being called
"Who the fuck are you?" oh yeah, and guess what?
The one I am looking at now is my First love…
/TO BE CONTINUED/
Aaaaaand yes… I had the sudden urge to write a Shounen Ai Fiction. Please don't doubt me, I just kept reading yaoi lately that pushed me to imagine perverted stuff and you know what I am thinking. Anyways! This is my fisrt start of this story and I still have a writer's block. I somehow managed to write this
Anyway! Hope you guys would enjoy this following chapters :D
-June_Venoia(Anoia)