I don't own One Piece
Chapter 6: He Who Has Regained His Family
Our steel clashed against each other. Bill jumped back and threw knives at me while I used my stealth walk to dodge them all.
"This reminds me of old times Bill." I said.
He replied, "You mean those times at Wipi Peak?"
"Yeah," I said, "You could never beat me."
"The same applied to you." Replied Bill.
"Ah yes," I said, "Those were the good old days."
The floor was covered with blood so it made it slippery. I slipped on one blood puddle and Bill yelled, "So John! This is where our tie of forty fights goes down as a win for me!"
"No way!" I said while going into another stealth walk.
"You never did give up John." Said Bill.
"Neither did you Bill." I replied.
I appeared right behind him when I hit him with the back of my blade. He fell then threw knives at me one hit my leg.
"Funny thing," I said, "You hit that very spot four years ago."
"Ah," said Bill, "What are the odds?"
"I don't know." I said, "Quite plainly I don't like to calculate the odds."
"I know," said Bill, "I know."
Then when I saw the blood on Bill it reminded me of that one night.
-Our Home 10 years ago-
Chuck and I were playing like normal kids. We were playing with all of the stuff that our parents bought for us. They were at some religious thing while Ding, my secret security droid, was still in my closet. Ding was never known by any other family member except for me and Chuck. While we sat there, like the innocent children we were, we heard the door get slammed open. There was Bill and Rabia, they were drenched in blood and they had thrown up many times.
Rabia said, "Get your things we're leaving."
Chuck asked, "Why?"
Chuck barely knew how to talk. The only word he knew was why.
Bill replied, "You don't need a reason. Just get your things together."
I walked into my room only to see Ding at the window.
"Master?" Ding asked, "Master, I have served you secretly but now we must part."
"Why Ding?" I asked.
"Master, you are in grave danger. If you do not escape then I have failed as your security droid."
"Okay Ding, if you say so." I ran up and hugged him.
I cried as I said, "I'll miss you Ding."
He replied, "As I will you master."
He jumped out of the window and ran to the battle in the village. There was fire everywhere, I would miss him. He was my first, my only, my best droid. I called him my super assault droid. He was heavily armored and was armed with three mini-guns. One on each of his shoulders and one he held in his hands. I gathered all of my belongings. Including my super assault beckon, this beckon was not traceable except by Ding. We got into a small boat and went across the lake.
Chuck asked a question that looked as if the older siblings were going to cry.
He asked, "Where's mama? Where's papa?"
Bill tried his best to hold back the tears when Rabia looked like she was going to burst out in tears. They looked at each other; I thought they were thinking of an excuse.
Bill said, "They died fighting for freedom."
Chuck burst into tears. Rabia held him tight. I cried, for my parents and for Ding. His beckon went black, that meant he was dead. I cried promising myself, 'I will protect my family, no one will hurt them. If they do, they're dead.'
Later in the night when we were in a hut on the other side of the lake I heard Rabia and Bill speak.
"Bill," Rabia began, "Are you sure we should have told them that."
"Why not?" asked Bill.
"It was a lie that's why not."
"No, no it wasn't. Mom and Dad died for OUR freedom. So I did not tell a lie."
"What if they find out that they didn't?"
"Then they find out. There is not stopping it."
-Present, the arena-
"Bill," I said, "What really happened to mom and dad?"
"I told you," he said, "They died fighting for freedom."
"CUT THE CRAP BILL!" I yelled, "I HEARD YOU AND RABIA THE NIGHT! DAMMIT, TELL ME WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!"
"John," he said, "What I said was true."
"WHAT!? THEY DIED FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM!? I TOLD YOU TO CUT THE CRAP DAMMIT! TELL ME WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THEM!"
"YOU WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH!?" he yelled back.
"YES DAMMIT!" I yelled.
"THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED BY MALEVOLENCE!"
I stood there; I asked myself, 'Did he just say what I think he said?'
Rabia was in the crowd after being cornered by the freak top side, Chuck was with her.
"Malevolence slaughtered them?" I said.
"You happy John? I didn't tell you that one night because I didn't think you could take it."
"OH, SO YOU LIED TO ME FOR 10 FREAKING YEARS?!" I yelled.
"I DIDN'T LIE TO YOU! THEY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM!"
"BUT YOU COULDN'T TELL US WHO THE BASTARD WAS THAT KILLED THEM WAS?!"
"NO!"
"WHY!?"
"BECAUSE IF I DID YOU WOULD GO AFTER MALEVOLENCE AND DIE IN THE ATTAMPT TO AVENGE MOM AND DAD! THEN THEY WOULD HAVE DIED FOR NOTHING!"
Chuck stood there; he stared at Rabia. He was crying, he had never cried since that one day. Not one tear shed from his eye.
"You lied to us for 10 years?" Chuck asked Rabia.
"I'm sorry Chuck." She said.
The crowd sat there bored of what was happening. They wanted the fight to continue. They booed what was happening.
"SHUT UP!" I yelled at them, they shut up immediately.
I glared at Bill, "Why?" I said collapsing, "Why did he kill them?"
"I don't know." Bill replied.
I was crying, "Ding," I said, "Ding, I need you Ding."
Bill asked, "Who's Ding?"
I screamed, "DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!"
Suddenly I heard a beeping noise; it was the beckon. The signal was red, Ding was alive!
"Ding," I said, "DING YOU'RE ALIVE!"
Suddenly a comet came crashing through the ceiling. The rock shattered and from it I heard something.
The thing said, "Master, I have returned to you."
I was crying with joy, "DING!"
He stood, he was badly damaged, he only had an inch of life left.
"I knew you would return Ding," I said tossing him a recharge kit, "Here, heal your wounds."
When his life was fully charged and he was looking as good as new. But when I saw Chuck and Rabia in the stands I was ready to curl up and die. My actions caused him to cry. I had caused unrest in my family only to figure out what really happened.