Ch. 10- Love is A Hurricane

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard © Me

Hancock laid in her bed, her breathing labored and pained. She had her hand clutching at her chest, her heartbeat irregular. She also had a horrible fever.

All she could mutter was, "It hurts…!"

Marigold and Sandersonia stood by her bedside, obviously worried about the wellbeing of their elder sister. Belladonna was also there with a medical kit, trying to trying to see what may be ailing the Pirate Empress.

Nyon entered the room, but she Luffy and Blizzard stay outside for some reason.

"Whyat is wrong with her, Belladonna?" asked Nyon.

"I'm not entirely sure," Belladonna replied. "She appears to have a fever, and she keeps clutching at her chest, so I believe something may be wrong with her heart, but to be honest, I don't think that's the case. I've never seen symptoms like these before. I-I don't even know what medicine to prescribe her! All I know is that she's in terrible pain!"

"Not just that," Enishida began, "but she refuses to eat even a tiny morsel!"

Hancock continued to pant. This pain that she was feeling was just unbearable.

Nyon hummed, deep in thought.

I wyonder… she thought.

"Tomorrow morning," Nyon muttered.

Hancock cried out, painfully clutching at her chest, again.

"Mon…"

Hancock arched her back, crying out in even more pain.

"Lu…"

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Hancock screamed out.

"Snake Princess?" Belladonna cried.

"Granny Nyon!" Sandersonia barked. "Stop teasing her! Can't you see that Hancock's in agony?"

"I am NYOT teasing her!" Nyon said before she turned to Hancock. "How could this happen, and nyow, of all times?"

"How could what happen?" Marigold questioned.

"What's going on, Granny Nyon?" Sandersonia asked.

"This virus strikes out nyowhere!" answered Nyon.

"A virus?" Belladonna repeated.

"You know of it?" Enishida added.

"Granny Nyon," Hancock said through labored breaths. "It hurts. Am I…am I going to die?"

Nyon stared Hancock in the eye.

"Yes," she answered. "I'm afraid it fyatal."

"What?" cried Marigold. "What are you saying, Granny Nyon? This is no time to be playing jokes!"

"This is definitely no joke!" Nyon remarked. "The previous empress died of this illness, as did the empress before her. Truth be told, I, too, had been afflicted by this illness, but I managed to survive by fleeing this land." She turned back to Hancock. "Snake Princess. Monkey D. Luffy is here, with me. He'd like to ask you for a favor. Will you hear what he has to say?"

"Granny Nyon, are you mad?" Sandersonia questioned. "Should you even be speaking to Hancock in her condition?"

"Enough!"

Everyone in the room gasped. Hancock…was standing, on her own.

"Sister…" Marigold whispered. "You're able to stand?"

"Where is Luffy?" Hancock asked Nyon.

"He and Blizzard are outside, waiting for you," Nyon replied.

"Outside" was all Hancock needed to hear before she out of the room in a flash.

Nyon stared in disbelief, as did everyone.

This is truly a stroke of luck, Nyon thought. Monkey D. Luffy…will you be the one to myove this myountain?

XXX

Outside of Hancock's quarters, Luffy and Blizzard were there, waiting.

"Luffy?"

Luffy and Hancock looked over and saw Hancock approaching.

"You need something from me?" she asked.

"Oh, yeah!" Luffy said. "I do, but…you're sick, right? Are you feeling okay, now?"

"There is no illness I can overcome," said Hancock.

Inside, Sandersonia and Marigold were peering through a window, watching the three.

"Listen, I need your help," Luffy said. "You see, there's this pirate named 'Ace', and he works under Whitebeard, and he's gonna be executed in six days! You see…he's my big brother, the only one I have…and Blizzard and I HAVE to go save him! The only problem is…we'll never reach Ace in time aboard a pirate ship. So…would you get on that Marine battleship that came for you and take me and Blizzard to the prison where Ace is being held?"

You forgot to throw in a 'please', Luffy, Blizzard thought.

"WHAT?"

Blizzard looked up and saw Sandersonia and Marigold, throwing the window open, pissed as hell.

"WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS, 'STRAW HAT' LUFFY?" questioned an outraged Sandersonia.

"YOU KNOW OF OUR SISTER'S EMOTIONAL SCARS," Marigold began, "AND YET YOU WANT HER TO GO TO THAT HORRIED PLACE? HOW HEARTLESS CAN YOU BE?"

"IS THIS HOW YOU REPAY OUR KINDNESS?" Sandersonia yelled. "WE SHOULD'VE KNOWN! YOU MEN ARE ALIKE!"

"YOU'VE TRIED HANOCK'S PATIENCE LONG ENOUGH!" Marigold spat. "YOU AND YOUR BEAST SHOULD BE TURNED TO STONE AND THRONE INTO THE SEA! DO IT, NOW, SISTER!"

"Silence!" Hancock snapped at her two sisters as she shot a glare at them.

Sandersonia and Marigold soon became quiet.

Good grief, thought Blizzard. And I thought Nami was scary when she got mad.

Hancock then turned back to Luffy.

"You want me," she began, "to accept the summons of the Seven Warlords?"

"Yeah," Luffy answered.

"Is this what you wish?" asked Hancock.

"Yeah," Luffy answered, again.

A pause.

Then, Hancock's lips upturned into a small smile. Her eyes began to sparkle, and her cheeks blushed a faint pink.

"Then I will go…where you wish!" she said.

"So you'll do it?" Luffy asked. "Thanks! Maybe now, Blizzard and I will make it in time to save Ace!"

Blizzard, meanwhile, was shocked beyond words as he stared at Hancock's face. That sparkle in her eyes. That smile. That blush! He'd recognize those things anywhere!

He saw the same look on Luffy's face when he had fallen for Nami!

Oh, no… Blizzard thought. If Nami ever finds out about this, Luffy's never gonna hear the end of it!

Nyon and the Gorgon Sisters were just as shocked as Blizzard was. It felt like a powerful wind had struck them and taken them by surprise.

"I can't believe that sister had decided to go to Central!" Sandersonia exclaimed.

"But…I don't understand!" Marigold added. "Granny Nyon…what's going on? What's happening to Hancock?"

"The illness that has afflicted the Snake Princess," Nyon explained, "is known as…Love Sickness! The previous empress had died, yearning for love! There's a saying that goes around in the East Blue! LOVE IS ALWAYS A HURRICANE!"

Hancock simply stood and watched as Luffy laughed in joy. She felt her heart beating over time as she gazed at his bright smile and let his laughter fill her ears.

XXX

"What's come over me?" Hancock asked. "I can't help doing whatever Luffy asks! I…I agreed to Central without thinking it over, first, and yet…I don't mind!"

Hancock was back in her room with Nyon, who stood on her bed in front of her.

"That, Hancock," Nyon replied, "is the power of love! The pain you feel when you and Luffy are separated will weaken you and eventually kill you! The previous empresses of this land ruined themselves by suppressing those feelings. By choosing to go with that man, you have saved your own life! If you go to the Government and defend your title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you will be defending this nyation, as well as helping Monkey D. Luffy!"

Hancock simply nodded in understanding.

I don't know what kind of stare he was born under, Nyon thought, but normally, the only way a pirate can ever visit the Great Prison, Impel Down, is by getting arrested…I hope that boy knyows what he's getting himself and his wolf into.

Sorry that it's kind of short.

Review, please!