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Chapter 6:
Luffy and the crewmembers watched as they saw Akane arguing with Kidd; though it was more like Akane snapping at Kidd and Kidd just laughing and teasing her.
"H-Hey should we stop them?" Usopp questioned, sweat-dropping.
"Isn't it interesting?" Franky smirked.
"Yes, to think Akane-san can normally argue with an enemy like Kidd-san is quite amazing." Brook nodded.
"And interesting…" Robin noted.
"Hey I'm hungry." Luffy blurted out getting a hit from Nami.
"You ruined it!" She snapped.
"Ow Nami~ I'm hungry! Oi, Sanji! Meshi!"
"What am I?! Your personal cook?!" Sanji snapped.
"Well technically you are." Usopp added getting a glare from Sanji.
"H-Hey we should really stop them." Chopper went back to the topic.
"Oi you bastard!" Sanji stepped up in front of Akane, getting face-to-face with Kidd whose smirk escaped into a frown. "Leave Akane-chwan alone!" He demanded, with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Hey Sanji. When'd you start smoking?" Akane suddenly questioned, turning him around.
"O-Oh… a few days ago." He smirked.
"Ohh~"
"But wait! That's not why I'm here!" The cook turned back to Kidd. "Get outta here!"
"Ah?" He glared at Sanji. "You're not the boss of me."
"I don't care! You're annoying Akane-chwan!"
"So? That's none of your business." Kidd smirked getting a 'tch' from Sanji.
"Of course it is! Akane-chwan is mi-" He began but was interrupted by a kick from Akane.
"I'm not yours Sanji!" She sighed and then turned to Kidd. "I'm leaving." She told him and was about to turn around and leave when Kidd grabbed her by the wrist.
"Not yet." He smirked.
"Ah?!" She moved away her hand. "What do you want now?!" She demanded.
"Some of your time." He smirked getting a shiver from Akane.
"The fuck?!"
"I need some supplies and since I don't know anything about this town, you're going to help me." He practically ordered her.
"What?! Are you an idiot?! I'm only supposed to watch over you at school! Not out of it!"
"Well since its still school time and I asked you during school hours, it counts."
"What kinda logic is that?!"
"Oi!" This time Luffy stepped in. "Akane's going home with me!" He pulled her towards him with no hesitation.
"Yeah! That's right!" Akane agreed.
"Are you little kids?" Kidd cackled. "One day isn't going to hurt." He smirked once again and then dragged Akane out quickly
"I'm going to kill that bastard…" Sanji swore, standing up.
"Me too!" The rest of the crew joined.
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Akane walked alongside Kidd in the streets. "You bastard." She muttered for the 10th time.
"If you call me that one more time I'll kill you." Kidd simply stated.
"Try me." She teased, glaring at the captain. "Don't you have your own crew to bug?!" She then sighed, crossing her arms. Akane expected an annoying answer but instead there was no reply. Akane glanced to the side to see an angry Kidd. "Wh-Whoa! What the hell?!" She backed off, surprised. Angry was an understatement- Kidd looked like he was about to murder hundreds of people. Then, an idea came to Akane's head. "H-Hey… Is that why you're at school? Did the government threaten you-" She began but was stopped by Kidd's glare once again; she turned her head and couldn't help but chuckle. "It's too obvious now! I thought you were a horrible captain, but you seem to care about your crewmembers huh?!"
"The hell are you laughing at?!" He demanded, facing her towards him.
"I-it's funny! You seem heartless, but you're going through school for your crewmates huh? Although I don't know the whole story, I can pretty much guess! The heartless and cold murderer Kidd- one who doesn't show mercy for anyone, is going to SCHOOL for his nakama! Too cute!"
"What the hell is with you?!" He demanded, grabbing her by her collar- obviously embarrassed.
"Oi!" A new voice called towards the two and they turned their heads to the side to see Zoro.
"Oh Zoro! What's up?" Akane questioned, still giggling between her words. He looked at her confused. "I thought she hated this bastard…" He thought but shook his thoughts away.
"Your stupid captain's looking for you." Zoro muttered.
"Eh? Luffy? Why?"
"Something about a guy named Rayleigh…" He strolled off, making note of Akane's reaction.
"Eh?!" Akane moved away Kidd's arms from her collar. "R-Rayleigh!? He's here?!" She gasped and immediately ran off towards her house's direction.
"Who the hell is Rayleigh?" Kidd scoffed, annoyed at Akane leaving like that.
"How should I know?" The green-head answered.
"You saw him?" Kidd questioned, eyeing Zoro and smirking. His reactions were too interesting.
"No! Why would I care?!" Zoro snapped, and walked away angrily. Why was he so angry? He didn't know. Why was Akane so excited to see this guy, Rayleigh? He wanted to know.
"I didn't ask if you cared…" Kidd laughed. "Interesting." The captain smirked.
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"I can't believe it! Rayleigh's here! Oh my gosh! It's been a month since I last saw him!" Akane grinned happily to herself as she ran towards her house. "I wonder how much has he changed… well he's already old so I don't think much…" She giggled to herself. "Oh is Shakky-san here too?!" Akane thought of the previous months with her crew- when they were hopeless and about to give up Rayleigh and Shakky were the ones who got them back on their feet. Because of them and Jinbei, the Strawhat pirates survived.
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Zoro had no choice but to walk back home, he had no idea why he actually obeyed Luffy since he didn't want anything to do with him, but something just told him to listen. "Tch. I must be going crazy for listening to a pirate." He shook his head and reached his house without even realizing. Glancing to the side, to Luffy and Akane's house, there was a lot of noise coming and he could see many cars parked outside their house. "Tch. Just for that Rayleigh guy? What's so special about him to make that girl run off like that?!" He cursed and kicked a rock in front of him. Suddenly, he heard a chuckle behind him that made him jump. Turning around, he saw… Robin? That was her name, right?
"What do you want?" He demanded, half embarrassed if she had heard him.
"I could ask you the same thing, Marimo-san."
"Don't call me that!" Zoro snapped.
"Ara, did you want to go inside the house and see the guests?" Robin asked, changing the subject.
"Why the hell would I-"
"You know, he's really important to Akane and the rest of the crew, including me. Rayleigh-san that is." Robin smiled, laughing in the inside, she had heard what he was saying before and decided to play with him a bit.
"Like I care! I just got Akane for your stupid captain! I don't care wh-"
"Are you sure?" Robin interrupted, her face suddenly becoming serious. "Marimo-san, are you sure you don't want to become a pirate?"
"I told you alrea-"
"So you did. But is that how you really feel?"
"…. Of course it is!" Zoro cursed himself for hesitating and Robin chuckled once again.
"Why don't you come inside Captain-san's house?" She asked, crossing her arms.
"Ah?"
"I don't see why not. It's obvious no one, except maybe cook-san and navigator-san, would actually mind. Everyone else seems to want you in the crew. And I have to admit, I'm quite interested in you as well."
"She said that so easily…" Zoro gulped and then stuttered, "Wh-whatever…" Robin smiled once again and motioned him to come over into the house. He hesitated but something inside him told him to move forward.
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Akane laughed at Luffy trying to show Rayleigh and Shakky a new move he learned inside the house. "Hey Luffy! Makino's gonna be pissed if you break something!"
"But I wanna show Rayleigh-"
"It's alright Luffy." Rayleigh interrupted, smiling. "I can see it later."
"Eh? You're staying here for a while then, Rayleigh?!" Akane questioned happily.
"Of course! It's not everyday I come here! Besides, I have a lot to catch up with this little kid!" He pointed towards Shanks who was drinking beer with Shakky.
"Little kid? Oi, oi, Rayleigh! Shanks isn't a little kid anymore!" Usopp laughed.
"True, but to me that 'kid' will always be the brat who took my captain's hat." He smirked, revealing a huge secret.
"EHHH!?" Everyone in Luffy's crew gasped and Shanks blinked twice, not knowing what was so surprising.
"What happened?" He asked, putting down his glass of sake.
"Sh-Shanks!" Luffy came up to him. "Th-this hat…" Luffy pointed to the hat he, himself was wearing. "This hat… was the Pirate King's?!"
"Ah? Yeah. I didn't tell you?" Shanks questioned, confused.
"OF COURSE NOT!" Everyone snapped, being as surprised as Luffy was.
"Oh really?" The red-haired laughed.
"A-Akane you didn't know either?" Nami questioned.
"N-No…. Shanks seems to leave this kind of stuff hanging…"
"What kind of stuff?" Robin's voice asked. Akane turned and smiled to see her friend.
"Oi Robin! You won't believe what Rayleigh just told us!" She began but stopped when she saw Zoro behind her. "Oh it's Zoro too!" She noted and then motioned the both of them to come over by her; as they sat down, she continued talking, "So-"
"Ah before you say anything, Akane-san." Robin interrupted, putting her hand up. "Marimo-san doesn't seem to know just who Rayleigh-san is… can you show him?" She questioned, chuckling at Zoro's childish behavior.
"Eh? I don't think it matters if he knows or not but whatever…" She shrugged it off and then made eye contact with Zoro. "Hey Zoro! You see that guy with the long gray hair and glasses?" He nodded slowly. "That's Rayleigh! He's an old…. Mentor… of Shanks and actually he mentored our crew too! Along with Shakky-san there!" She pointed towards the lady, who was talking to Yasopp and Shanks, with a cigarette in her mouth.
"Th-that's Rayleigh?" He choked out, feeling stupid. "Wait, why did I care in the first place?!"
"Yeah…. Why? Is that so surprising?" She tilted her head in confusion.
"I-It's-" Zoro began but Robin answered for him.
"I believe Marimo-san thought that Rayleigh-san was younger, so he was… interested."
"Oh really? Nah! Rayleigh-san's older than Shanks!" Akane laughed.
"I-Is that so….?" Zoro stuttered, now glaring at Robin who chuckled.
"So what were you saying before, Akane-san?" She questioned.
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The next day Akane was stopped in the hallway by an angry hand hitting the locker in front of her; glaring at Kidd she spat, "What?!"
"I need your help." It sounded like he was admitting it, but it was more like an order.
"Ah? With what?" She questioned, completely oblivious.
"With saving my crew." He hissed. "Now that you know, I don't see why I can't go ahead with my plan. Though I admit, I need a helping hand; and that'll be you." He decided.
"E-Eh?! How could you decide just like that?!"
"Well I did. After school today, meet up with me at the same place from yesterday." He ordered and walked away.
"W-Wait Kidd! What the hell?!" She cursed. "Why meeeee?!"
To be continued~ Haha Zoro's slowly realizing his feelings ;) Well until next time~