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Chapter 6: Meow?
***"Don't you ever mess with defensive creatures again you bastard," she said low and menacingly. Mizuki lifted her foot and stomped on his ankle hearing the bone break. He screamed. As he rolled around the floor she slowly walked up to his other ankle. She lifted her foot up again…but before she could step on it something heavy fell on her head causing her to crumble on the floor.***
'What the hell was that?' Mizuki groaned as she slowly got back up wincing as she touched her head. The man she was fighting was unconscious next to her. Blood was pooling under them and stained most of the yellow and black hoodie she was wearing. She tried standing, but her legs shook slightly causing her to fall back onto the floor. "Dammit…" Mizuki grumbled to herself as she tried to stand again. Her head was pounding and she felt sore all over. When she finally stood up blood started slowly trickling down her face. To clean most of it she used the sleeves from the borrowed hoodie.
"Nyaa…"
"What was that? Who is there," questioned Mizuki slowly and quietly. She then remembered what had happened earlier. The memories flooding back into her head. "Um… kitty is that you? Come here kitty, kitty, kitty…," she whispered into the alley. 'It's really dark now. Is it night time?' Mizuki started to walk slowly deeper into the alley. She was unaware of the curious eyes watching her every movement. A splash of black and white caught her eyes and she ran towards it…or at least she tried to. She was stumbling a lot and felt sick to her stomach. Something was off…
-CRASH-
Startled Mizuki turned to see a trash can loudly fall. "What was that?"
"Heehee…"
"Um…Is anyone there? Have you seen a cat around? Hello?"
"Heehee!"
'It sounds closer… What the hell is that…' Mizuki tries again. "Hello?"
"Blood…"
Ok. Now she was freaking the fuck out.
"A lot of blood…"
Mizuki scared, started running, she was starting to regain her balance. She forgot all about the cat. All she was thinking was getting out of there. "I hate this island!"
-LAW-
"Hmm"
"What's the matter Captain?" The big white bear was holding two green bags from the book store and was trying to catch up to his captain.
Looking back, Law slows down. "Ah, nothing Bepo. I was just wondering some things."
"Like what?"
Ignoring Bepo, Law walks casually towards the Miracle Tree. "Like this," he replies quietly smirking.
-MIZUKI-
"Heeheehee! You're amusing…," something whispers.
"Where are you!" Annoyed, Mizuki stops running and turns around facing nothing but trash dumpsters and darkness.
"Does your head still hurts…," the voice whispers to her left.
Startled Mizuki turns to her left.
"I really am sorry for that….," the voice whispers behind her.
She turns around…but faces nothing.
"I didn't want more violence ya know. I don't like it…," the voice whispers to her right.
Mizuki quickly turns to her right. From the corner of her eye she sees a cat. Not just any cat. The cat she was looking for earlier. Gasping she starts a jog towards the cat. It notices her and runs away, leaving a small trail of blood behind it.
"Kitty come back!"
Something pulls her hair slightly and makes her stop in her tracks and turn around.
Nothing.
"Stop bothering me! Leave!"
Nothing responds back.
Mizuki huffed and rushes towards the quickly retreating injured cat trying to mimic its every turn. 'Dammit…even with it being injured it doesn't slow down!' Annoyed beyond reasoning, Mizuki starts sprinting towards it. Only for the cat to start going at top speed as well. "CAT WAIT DAMMIT!"
Mizuki ran through alleys and over trash cans. Tripping and stumbling on the way but never giving up on the pursuit. 'Why are you running dammit?' Was the cat leading her somewhere, or was it genuinely afraid of her?
A pair of sad eyes look at her run and then slowly disappear…
-LAW-
As they sat on a nearby bench, Law and Bepo rested. Law was intensively looking back and forth between one of his newly bought books and the tree. Bepo was taking a nap snoring slightly. Every once in a while someone would stop and stare at the bear wondering if it was actually alive. Law sighed and put the book besides the bench and reached for another from a bag. He opened it and started reading. The other book was basically about the year the tree was discovered along with some drawings about how it looked as it grew. It wasn't that convincing really. Law skimmed through the pages hoping to find some information on the branches.
Bepo twitched slightly as a little girl started poking him. Then he mumbled.
"Haha! Mama look! It is real, see I told you!" The little girl bounced up and down in excitement making her curly hair bounce around. Her mother, who wasn't paying attention at her at first slowly turned around with a couple of grocery bags in her hand.
"Kira! What are you doing, get away from that animal this instant!" The mother shuffled towards the three, Law watching her every movement from the corner of his eyes.
"But Mama… It's sooo soft! And I don't think it bites. Right Mister? Your pet is trained right?" She looked at Law with a hopeful expression.
Law lowered his book. "He is not a pet. He is one of my crewmates, Bepo. He is only violent when faced with danger," he replied casually focusing on his book again.
"See Mama!"
"Let's go Kira. Your brothers must be hungry."
Groaning the little girl agrees, "Hai, Mama. Bye Mister! Bye Bepo!"
People always confronted Bepo, especially children. It got bothersome sometimes, but it's what happens when you have a polar bear as a crewmate. Law smiled at his napping crewmate.
"HEY AN ANIMAL JUST STARTED CLIMBING THE TREE! SOMEONE STOP IT!"
"What animal!"
"I THINK IT'S A CAT! SOMEONE GET IT OUT!"
Law puts his book down and wakes Bepo.
"What's wrong Captain?"
"Something fun is about to happen."
"Oh, really?"
He smirked and replied, "Yes."
"HEY! THERE'S A GIRL CLIMBING THE TREE!"
A woman started yelling as well nearby Law, "Just what are those guards doing!"
"SHE WAS FAST AND SURPRISED US," Yelled a guard that was getting up from the floor.
"Bepo you don't think…"
"SHE IS WEARING A YELLOW HOODIE THAT IS COVERED IN SOMETHING?"
"IT LOOKS LIKE BLOOD!"
"WHO CARES JUST GET HER DOWN! SHE MIGHT DO SOMETHING TO THE MIRACLE TREE!"
Law sighed again and leaned back into the bench holding the bridge of his nose with his left hand. "What is that idiot doing."
"Should we help her Captain?"
"No." Law put his hands behind his head and crossed his legs. "Let us see just what this girl is capable of."
"Yes Captain…AH! I see her!" Bepo pointed to the girl who was advancing further up into the tree.
Law chuckled. "She appears to be following the cat."
"It does look that way Captain.
Law stared up into the tree following the girl's every move with his storm grey eyes.
-MIZUKI-
'Crap that was close.' Mizuki thought as she climbed up, behind the cat. 'Ugh… it's going to be a bitch coming back down.'
-RIIPP-
"SHIT, I ripped my leggings bad. FREAKING CAT STOP!"
Mizuki heard yelling under her telling her to stop. She wasn't stopping until she reached the stupid damn cat. 'This cat is going to end up passing out or end up hurting itself.' Mizuki sighed and started climbing faster. Her ripped leggings looked like rags and were starting to make the climbing harder for her. 'I have no choice…' She ripped off the remaining of the leggings with one hand. Half of her body was leaning on a nearby branch while her legs were dangling down. Unfortunately though, Mizuki pulled to hard and all that was left was pieces of the ripped leggings a couple of inches from her underwear. 'Good thing I decided to wear underwear! Now to catch up to the cat…' Mizuki looked up searching for the cat. It didn't appear to be climbing anymore. 'AH! There it is! LUCKY!' The cat had luckily stopped advancing further, but was at least 7 feet above her on a branch panting. Grunting Mizuki starts climbing faster towards the branch the cat was on. Her head suddenly started pounding and she was feeling dizzy. "Crap…"
The cat stares at the advancing girl. It tries to stand to continue climbing but cannot find the energy. It meows painfully.
Mizuki quickly looks up and continues climbing. Her right hand then suddenly slips from her grip on the wood and causes her to bury her nails into the tree with the other hand instinctively. She screams in agony. 'I think I pulled a fingernail off…' She ignores the pain and wet liquid streaming from her left hand and continues climbing. Slower and more carefully though. 'It…hurts…' Mizuki winces every time she uses her left hand but eventually reaches the branch. Sweating and exhausted Mizuki leans against the tree. The frightened cat looks at her and slowly retreats back, away from Mizuki. Mizuki takes a final deep breath and opens her exhausted eyes. "Hey kitty…come here…don't go that way. I won't hurt you," she coos at the cat quietly. She gets on her knees and crawls slowly towards the cat. "Shhh… don't move kitty." The cat starts stepping further and further back. Mizuki starts getting impatient. She crawls faster and advances closer to the cat. The branch suddenly twitches a little. 'Uh oh… I have to get off this branch. NOW.' The cat tries to maneuver around her but fails and slips slightly off the branch. Mizuki frightened reaches quickly for the cat, but as she does the branch finally gives away. Mizuki pulled the cat into her arms earning her some pretty nasty scratches on her arms and cheek. She closes her eyes and curls into a ball. The last thing she remembers hearing is the gasps and screams from the people below…and the snap from the branch before she plunges towards the ground.
-LAW-
As he watches everything unfold his smirk disappears. He only says one word, "Idiot."
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