Uta uta no mi, the singing doll
Well now, who could this strange little girl be? Just teasing, it is obvious who it is. Killer and Heat recognised her from that night and Kidd only thinks about the little girl back at his village. Now, how will she explain to him? She will have to present herself, obviously. Not many people reviewing, sadly, but that doesn't stop me from writing. Sorry for stopping there, CopraMeow, but I thought it would be just the right moment to do so. (Finally understood why you were saying Meow once in a while) A guest! Well, sorry for the word game, but be my guest ^-^
Oh, and I forgot to write something in the introduction the last time. The marine base she attacked by herself, she actually got trapped there for some weeks. It's just before she arrived at this island. She was recovering to be in shape to search once more.
Smile was looking at the four pirates, somehow happy. They were pirates no doubt. Meimu had showed her their forms before and she could see those forms now. She even more understood why Meimu didn't want to go at first. She recognised two of them. She never would have thought she would see those pirates again after two years. To think she had arrived to this island some month ago. But today, they were here! It seemed a little nostalgic, in a way. But, she wasn't that weak girl, anymore. She had developed her devil fruit, her strength, and her friends were her trustworthy partners. She hadn't had a real fight in a while, but she wasn't scared. Blood and pirates didn't make her falter, anymore.
«So that's where you've been hiding!»
Kan growls at the man who came out of the red door. Smile couldn't really see what he looked like, but Meimu would react if anything funny would happen. She passes a hand in Kan's fur and chuckles:
«Hiding? I suppose you could see it that way.»
She stands up from the window, actually showing her real height, now. The guy from the green door stepped a little backward. It was normal. The little girl from his vision was exactly like her, but with blond hair so she wouldn't scare people away instead of attracting them. She smiles even more:
«No need to worry. What you saw in those rooms was nothing more than illusions»
She goes to take a candlelight that was closed and smiled:
«Fire, fire, fire. Fire from the tongues of liars. Fire, fire, fire. Fire from the tongues of liars»
As if listening to her, the candlelight lights up, little flames appearing at the end of the candles. Glad it had worked, she turns to face the four pirates, a creepy smile on her lips. Her eyes shone like blood under light.
«Now, who might these visitors be? I might be a little curious. Would you mind letting me see your faces?»
Not hearing anything against it, not hearing any answer actually, she takes it for an affirmative answer and steps forward. She decided to do some noise since she was in front of them. It wouldn't be any fun if she didn't seem to be there, wouldn't it? Kan staying by her side and Meimu on her shoulder, she gets closer to the one who had come out of the yellow door, lifting the candlelight a little since she was small and couldn't see him properly. Ho yes, she could remember him pretty well. Those two blades of his had almost scared her to death that night. Anyone else would have been scared just by seeing him, but she had seen creepier, since then. She smirks:
«The Massacre Soldier Killer, it is an honor. I never thought someone like you would come to this little attraction of mine after these past years»
Without waiting for an answer, she goes to the next one. She didn't recognise him. She lifted a finger close to her cheek, looking like a little girl thinking:
«Now, what might your name be?»
He didn't like her being this close and that made her laugh:
«Kyahahahahaha! No need to be this way! I've never eaten anyone. Not yet, that is…»
She goes to the next person on those words, not really helping the guy. She looks up to him, really up since he was tall, and her smile widens:
«Oh, I remember you!»
Kan growls next to her and she rubs the panther's fur:
«You're actually the only one who didn't attack me that day. Teehee, how funny»
It was now up to the last one. She toddles in his direction, the flames somehow creating circles every time she skipped, and she stops in front of the last one. Her eyes widen, her smile disappears. It wasn't fear on her face, but surprise:
«Eustass "Captain" Kidd…»
Her smile comes back in a flash:
«I've searched for you for a long time now»
His expression was totally lost. When she says that, he holds out an arm at her. Knowing Kan would strike if he got a little too close, Smile hurriedly skipped away from him to put the candlelight on a table. She looks at Meimu:
«Go light up the place, Meimu. Our guests might prefer to see something else than the shadow of a little girl»
Meimu flies from her shoulder and disappears for a moment. A chandelier suddenly lights up the whole room, showing the little bat coming back to her. Smile was looking outside by the window:
«To think that you would be the one to come here…. I was waiting until the end of the full moon before sailing again to search»
She turns to the pirates, standing tall even though she was small:
«It makes me happy»
Killer was keeping a battle stance now. Obviously, she wasn't the first one who was searching for Kidd, but there was no way it was for the same reason.
«Who are you and what do you want with Captain Kidd?»
She chuckles:
«That's right, I haven't introduced myself»
She does a sweet reverence, holding the two side of her skirt and keeping her right foot behind her:
«I am called the singing doll thanks to the marines»
She stands tall, her smile softening a little:
«But my name is Smile, Eustass Smile»
What did she just say? Killer was staring at the girl, although it couldn't be seen. Kidd never mentioned having a sister…or any type of girls in his family. Well, he had a mother, obviously, but that girl was obviously too young for that! How old could she be, anyway? She really looked like a little girl. He turns to look at his Captain, but he didn't seem to be smiling or anything. Wait, did that mean he was shocked?!
What the fuck is that kid saying?! There was no way she could be part of his family! If he really had a sister or any other girl in his family, he would have…no wait…she was the girl he had seen at that time at the village, no doubt. Eyes and hair like hers and the name, it would have been too much of a coincidence…what had she said at that time…
«Mother and father didn't want anyone to know I existed.»
Could that be why? Should he test her? He gets closer to her, looking at her from above with his arms crossed. He looked somehow angry:
«Who the hell are you?!»
That seems to ring a bell. She seems to remember something and crosses her arms as well, trying to look like a boy:
«I'll give you my name if you give me yours»
For the other three, it looked like it would be the end of the girl, their Captain not saying anything and the two of them starring back at each other. Until Kidd starts laughing:
«So you really are that girl from back there»
Her smile appears to get creepy:
«Yes and no, I'm no caged bird, anymore. No one's gonna trap me in a house, now»
No doubt, this girl really was the Smile from back then. But who exactly was she?
That made Smile happy. He actually remembered that. How much does he remember? She would have loved to talk some more, but Meimu was starting to get uneasy on her shoulder. She flies in the air and goes by the little hole in the window. She screeches lightly and Smile closes her eyes to listen to what Meimu was reporting:
«The Kidd pirates went inside! This devil must be their doing! We will get inside and kill them all, no exception!»
«Yes, Captain!»
She opens her eyes, getting a sadistic and angry smile:
«It seems more visitors are coming. Those annoying pests…»
Meimu comes back inside to land on her shoulder. Smile turns to Kan:
«Time to take back our positions. They should storm in soon»
She looks up to Kidd, her smile still creepy, but not angry:
«I'll have to go for a little while. Marines are making themselves into unwanted guests»
She goes to her left, skipping now without a sound. Footsteps follow her loudly, so she stops to turn around. Kidd was staying behind her:
«I won't let you have all the fun»
She smirks:
«Well, you are free to do whatever you want. I still want to welcome them myself since this place belongs to me, in a way. Let me warn you, though. You better not listen to my voice during the fight, no matter what it says»
She opens a large door on the left side of the room, deciding to ignore the furious glares Kidd was sending her, and walks out, Kan passing in front of her to go take its position. What that position was? Well, there used to be gargoyles inside of the house, glaring at the visitors from the ceiling. Does that tell you where Kan is going? Meimu flies from Smile's shoulder to reach an old lantern hanging from the ceiling. She was Smile's ears and eyes, after all. The moment these two are placed, the wide entrance door opens, some marines passing through it. Smile climbs on the railing separating the second floor from the first floor and sits on it, letting her head fall on the side and taking an expressionless face.
-*-*- Let's see through a marine's eyes, shall we? -*-*-
As a marine, he had heard a lot about the crazy things the pirates, especially the supernovas, could do. It was his first mission on the field. When he heard the Captain saying they would fight the Kidd pirates, he was a little uneasy. Him? Fighting such a crazy crew?! No way! What had he done to deserve this?! When they arrived at the abandoned manor, he thought it was a joke. Why would they hide in a manor? There must have been something else. They had entered the place by their Captain's order, but something about this place wasn't right. The group noticed the sleeping marines on the ground, but he looked around instead. There was something strange…Only one gargoyle left, the others having crumbled down, a lantern that was still lightly moving, as if something was making it shake, and…what was a doll doing there? The more he looked at this place, the less he thought it was the Kidd pirates who were behind the devil story. Did that doll just smirk?! He taps on another marine's shoulder:
«Hey, do you see that doll over there?»
The marine glares at him:
«Were searching for the Kidd pirates and you are looking at dolls?!»
«I know what we're searching for. It's just that it's creeping me out. I'm sure I just saw it smile»
«You're imagining things. There's no way a doll would…»
«Kyahahahahaha! Kyahahahahaha!»
The whole marine group froze on the spot as he was staring at the doll. He had totally seen it laugh. The doll suddenly moves and jumps down from the railing it was sitting on. She lands, but without a sound. The marines all turn to it. She walks in their direction, its smile widening:
«Unwanted guests…what do you think you are doing? This is not the place for you»
Its voice sounded like a little girl and was supposed to be sweet, but it sent chills down his spine. He had heard about this, before…when was it… which pirate…no, not just a pirate. It was someone with a big bounty on its head. A supernova…He starts trembling. Oh, he knew quite well who it was. This supernova had such a hate for marines it was almost a miracle the others weren't recognising this:
«It's Smile the singing doll!»
The doll starts laughing once more:
«Kyahahahahaha! Seems like there is a smart one among your group! But knowing my name won't change anything, you know? You are all hearing my voice, now. I hope you will know the difference»
Her eyes seem to glow in the darkness of the room as she lifts her head lightly and starts singing:
«kakome kakome maketa gakitachi wo. kakome kakome nigerarenu you ni. yoake no ban ni kubi wo kiriotose. kagome kagome. "Ushiro no shoumen daare?»
All around them, she was completely surrounding them. All of them were smiling in a sadistic way, holding some strange scissors in their hands, scissors large enough to cut people's heads in ne clip. They stepped closer to the marines…
-*-*- Well, when you're dead, you don't see anything -*-*-
Smile hadn't moved from her spot. She saw the marines staring at something that wasn't even there and their heads being cut out of thin air, rolling to the ground. The marines who had a strong enough Haki to resist a small song were also seeing the heads being cut, without understanding. Smile starts by chuckling, but can't stop the laugh from coming out:
«Kyahahahahaha! Kyahahahahaha! You should all see your faces! Even more those who are dead! That will serve you to dare underestimate others and to attack people you shouldn't! Let your heads fall! Kyahahahahaha!»
Okay, if he wasn't used to do similar stuff with Kidd, Killer would have been traumatised. There was one thing he couldn't believe, though. How could a little girl that was running in fear from people simply trying to catch her turn into a bloody and creepy killer like that?!
«What happened in those last two years?»
He couldn't remove his eyes from the scene.
Sadistic, quick and scary, that made Kidd smile. He really was starting to appreciate the girl. She turns around to walk away from the marine group and smiles in his direction, her lips forming words:
-That means it's your turn, right?-
She had a lot of guts and she seemed strong. Not too bad. She changed a lot in appearance, but she was still the same from that day, except the fact that she was fighting. He jumps over the railing and lands on the first floor, appreciating the white faces of the freaked out marines that were left. He looks at Smile, a little angry:
«You really didn't left enough»
«Kyahahahahaha, I can't help it if they couldn't resist to a simple little song. I didn't need to go as far as with you and your men. It's their fault for being weak»
He grins as he turns to the marines still standing:
«Then the ones left are better? I guess it can compensate for the little number you left»
He activates his power and attracts all the swords and metal objects around him.
Smile automatically feels what she was hiding under her clothes moving. She crosses her arms on her chest and sits down like a crying child. If it started coming all out, it would be a pain to find it back among the things Kidd would use. «Better be careful or it could get troublesome» She looks up just in time to see the huge hands formed with the metal objects strike down at the marines. Even in this darkness, she could see the blood that was flying after the attack. She smiled, appreciating the devastation of the marines. She closes her eyes, not wanting to remember. She would never forgive those bastards. Never. She hears Meimu screech for a second and she opens her eyes. The captain wasn't dead yet, was he?
«DIE, SINGING DOLL!»
She lifts her eyes as the blade falls at her, not scared the least of all world. A dark shadow comes from the roof and falls on the marine captain, making the blade fall elsewhere. The marine Captain was now defenseless with an angry guardian on his chest. Smile looks at Kan, her creepy and angry smile appearing:
«Eat up, Kan, you deserve it»
«No, no, NOOOOO!»
Kan bite his head off in a disgusting sucking and cracking noise as it removes it from the rest of the body. Smile sighs as she looks away, bored:
«Didn't I say never to underestimate others? Well, you can't hear it, anymore»
Kidd had turned around when the marine Captain had yelled to attack Smile. Seeing her acting this way, especially as the marine was being beheaded and eaten right next to her, made him think. How could she end up like that? He remembered her really sweet, not that he liked anything that had this characteristic. The metal hand now gone, he walks to her.
«Oy, Smile»
She looks up at him, her smile coming back:
«That's me»
«You really have to answer some questions»
She stands up, removes imaginary dust from her skirt and looks up to him again:
«Fine by me, but not here. There is a place that used to be a ballroom. It has many soft seats that we could use. How about going there?»
She didn't really wait for an answer, to Kidd's annoyance. She was toddling away, the panther and the bat following her. Kidd glances down to see there was nothing left but the bones of the marine. Something really had happened to her. His men having arrived next to him, he follows Smile has she leads them to another room.
Yep, next chapter will be a questioning time! I'm sorry for having forgotten a detail at the last chapter, I really shouldn't have! It is an important part, too. That's the reason why she became so sadistic and grew a real hatred for marines. Okay, I'll make a list of the questions I will answer:
-Who Is Smile exactly? Sister, cousin…
-Where the hell did those animal come from?
-Why are Kan and Meimu's sizes not normal?
-Why did she develop such hatred for marines? Not that he cares, but the little girl who didn't want to hit now became a sadistic killer, so…
-What's that fruit of hers?
-How can she understand the sound waves Meimu is sending her?
If you have any questions you want Kidd or anyone else to ask Smile, don't hesitate to write them down! It actually lets me know what to develop for those who read. Well, until next time, I hope.