[Killer]
After 3 whole hours of Kid's noisy whining (or that's how he sees it), the ship set sail quietly and swayed with the evening waves. It was actually rare weather in New World, according to the books. I made my way towards the old storage room and knocked. No one answered that made me sigh
"It's Killer, get out of there or I'll slice off the door." Then I heard him walking towards the door and opened it. I took a step back seeing the big trouble the little brat made. He was covered with that Poison flower in that island. It actually powederized and the red stains on his face were already starting to swell. He smiled widely that made me sigh. This kid seriously doesn't know the weirdness he's doing right now.
"What are you doing..?" he blinked and realized something. He wiped his face and smiled at me again. Maybe he realized how I knew what he was doing because of the remaining stains.
"I'm just making a poison that can slowly kill people. Though it's quite troublesome since I don't have enough materials. I end up getting damages to myself while constructing this poison. But at least I made at least 5 bottles of it…" he showed red colored liquid inside the test tubes with a proud grin. I sweat-dropped and sighed again
"You do the weirdest things… you know…" he just tilted his head at me and winced all of the sudden. I bet it was from the poison he just made. I'm quite surprised that he was able to handle this kind of strong poison. I heard that Fear Flowers has really high toxin content. That's why when I saw him having one in his ear gave me surprise. But this kid has good immunity to poison and pain, seeing him being able to injure the mistreatment of Kidd and the burns from that poison.
"I get that a lot. Anyway, can you accept my trade?" I raised my brow but then just nodded. He smiled at me but suddenly looked serious for a second
"Request trade to Killer…" then something blue appeared in front of me that made me jump back in anticipation of an attack. He snorted that made me glare. Is this his devil fruit?
"Accept it!" I looked at him suspiciously and read the content of the blue floating paper
'H3RM3Z HAS REQUESTED A TRADE…'
'ACCEPT' 'DECLINE'
Weird… I've never seen this kind of devil fruit before. But my guts are telling me that I have read an article about nonexistent devil fruits… I'll have to research later
"Click the Accept! Click it!" I clicked the accept button which made another blue paper appear. This time, I didn't get surprised because I knew it was going to happen again. But it was a weird paper, I had small boxes and another long box saying 'BERI:'
"There! I sent the Wine bottle… Click the Trade Button. You'll get a wine from me…" then again, I complied and clicked the said button. Suddenly, a bottle of wine was placed in my hands that gave me goose bumps. The weigh in my arm loosened but then I gripped at the bottle before it could fall of. I gave the kid a glare
"Remind me next time not to do what you ask…" he looked at me nervously while rubbing his hands together
"Well… I just wanted to try that but it seems that other people would feel uncomfortable… I guess I'll just use that when needed." Then he went inside the room for a moment then came back outside. It seems that he changed his clothes just now. He's wearing black sleeveless shirt and a black— wait… isn't that shorts for girls? He's showing too much skin right now
"… don't you have any more clothes to wear?" he gave a sigh and scratched the back of his head
"Well, you see. I asked Camie~san to shop with me in the Merman Island. She was the one to choose clothes for me but it seems that she chose something I never expect to use…" I rolled my eyes away
"Women…"
"Yeah… their logic is twisted… trust me…" he assured with me nodding
Maybe… maybe things might work out with him and the crew…
[Hermes]
"Sooooo… Killer~nii… Whadaya want?" I beamed at him making him sweat drop
"Nothing much, just a simple talk. Since you are a temporary part of the crew… I should at least get to know you better…" I smiled and looked at the night sky
"Killer~nii is so nice… I'm happy that you care…" he didn't comment since he knew arguing won't get him anywhere
"Anyway… Ask whatever you want to ask… I wont charge you for anything…" I winked at him making him glare at me
"… brat…" I giggled and went towards the railing to sit and view at the stars. He did the same but the difference was he wasn't facing at the sea
"… what's your name..?" I just realized that I wasn't able to tell them my name yet. Actually, if it's Killer~nii, I don't mind answering that at all
"I am Hermes D. Valor. But just call me Hermes, not Valor…." He seemed confused about it that made me chuckle
"I just prefer being called Hermes than Valor. It's just too weird to call that on me…" he leaned a little more to his back and faced me
"Why? Valor means brave right? Why would you chose your last name rather than your first?" I suddenly shuddered at him from mentioning my name and frowned
"Please don't call me like that again…" I somehow felt that he was grinning under his mask
"Then it's decided… Your name is Valor from now on…" my eyes widened in horror. I forgot… I totally forgot that this guy is also in this crew so he should be a sadist. Damn, I only focused the tsundere side of him. Now I'm going to get bullied.
"K-killer~nii… please don't call me that…" my eyes turned watery that got him startled
"What wrong with that? Why would you not use the name given to you..?" I stopped the childish act and got serious. This… is a personal question now… But since I'm not in my world now… I could tell him, right?
"It's because…" I trailed off and gave him a blank smile
"… it's not my real name…" then silence followed. I think he wasn't going to speak so I continued telling a story that I never told to some people
"… the name 'Hermes' doesn't belong to me… It was from a pastor who said that he saved me in the name of god's plans… He was messaged by the god's… So as a tribute to his sacrifice, I took his name and carried his will…"
"… Valor was from the last piece of my memories… You see, I had amnesia from an unknown accident. The last thing I could remember was 'brave' from the lips of a lady…"
"… I don't have a real name at all! It's so sad but at least I am called out. It's great to hear my name even though it's not really real…" I almost teared up but then Killer~nii laughed lowly making me look at him confused
"… then I'll give you your name… From now on, your name is Effect Valor…" my eyes looked like dinner plates when he said that. Effect Valor? That name sounds oddly familiar. I just forgot where I heard that…
"Killer~nii… You still didn't remove the name Valor… You're so harsh…"
"But at least I can call you out other than 'You' 'Brat' or 'Kid'…" he has a point anyway. So all I could do now is sigh in defeat
"Alright… I'll take that name. But why 'effect'?"
"Because… you barely noticed the burn marks from the poison you made. It's like… you weren't affected at all…" again, I sighed and looked at him weirdly
"At least your reason is reasonable…"
[Kidd]
[Meanwhile at the corner]
Those fuckers, getting all lovey dovey. Who the fuck do they think they are?! They are standing at my goddamned ship damn it! Why the hell does he smile like that with Killer?! And why is Killer talking to him as if he was already trusting him?! Didn't he just said not to trust him easily?! Those… those fuckers!
"Hey… the burns just disappeared…" Killer pointed at the kid's face making him touch at the once reddish skin
"Yeah… it's part of my devil fruit, but I'm still trying to discover more about it…" then he jumped off the railing and stretched his arms up
"Anyway… I'm going to go sleep already… I bet tomorrow Kidd will give me some troublesome work like always…" he made a thinking gesture with an annoyed look
"Kidd may be a sadist but he actually is a good person… he's just prideful and enjoys seeing people suffer…" the kid sweat dropped
"It's that sadism too?" they both laughed while I was chewing my coat off with anger.
What's this? Ever since that guy was here, I feel edgy and angry all the time. Maybe I really don't like this brat? But he's quite amusing to watch when in pain. Maybe he's real purpose on my ship is to suffer… Che! Hell if I care! I'll just leave him be like always.
But I'll seriously get him next time from bitch slapping me…
/TO BE CONTINUED/