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CHAPTER .IV
Deadly accomplishment.
The unexpected.
*SAKURA'S P.O.V*
"Bring her in, Ace." Commented Shirohige (1) I heard from afar. Marco had yet to finish explaining me how to not pass as an annoying brat in front of his 'father'.
"Uh sorry to interrupt Marco-san but I'm sure you heard your captain call me in just now." I interrupted with a sweet tone, feeling bad for cutting him off. Marco was nice and caring but I like keeping the matter in hand. I had to meet this legendary figure of the pirate world.
"Yeah, but still be careful." He showed me his arm. I raised an eye brow as asking him what this meant; he explained "Oyaji (2) releases a lot of Haoshoku (3) haki (4) so hold my arm you'll need it." I took it and started walking.
The closer I came up to him, the more I could feel myself wanting to faint. But I kept in; I kept my cool not even twitching. I kept walking until I finally came face to face with Shirohige. I was slightly shaken why holding Marco's arm. How come Shirohige was so big?
The deck was quiet, not one member dared making a sound to break the silent. They circled Marco, Ace and me all looking curious of what was going on.
"Haruno D. Sakura, perfect name to describe you. Well your appearance at least." He said first, "It is… I guess." I cursed myself for being hesitant. It wasn't the time to show weakness. Especially, when in front a Yonko (5). I guessed he figured out that I was feeling nervous here resumed the conversation.
"Well that behind, let's go to the subject of matter." Losing all my distress after that sentence, I explained what was going to happen. And well why it was going to happen. "Yes we should start. Garp is certainly after me, considering I just escaped from the most guarded prison in the world: Impel Down."
I finished in a serious tone. I could hear people gasping at the name Impel Down. 'Of course! Who wouldn't? They're probably thinking something like 'this brat escaped from Impel Down!' don't you think?'
"Impel Down you say? You really are something gaki (6). The only person I know to have escaped from that damn place was the 'Golden lion' Shiki, GURARARA! Tell me gaki about how you made this accomplishment reality?" The last statement sounded almost like an order from my opinion. But I ignored that and started my summary.
"Well I was captured some months ago by a bounty hunter. Since my bounty is 180 million, I was kept in level 5 of that damn prison." I stopped two seconds, thinking back at what happened, and then continued. "In my crew there was a one devil fruit user other than me. He had telepathic powers. Before they cuffed me, he contacted me and we agreed to a meeting for the following week."
"Fortunately that day, they were able to pass through the 'Gate of Justice' by taking a marine battleship hostage. But once I got to level 1… I ended up fighting Magellan the chief warden." I stopped again, taking a long breath "I got to escape, but not without any damage. I was poisoned."
"Poisoned? If that's the case, how did you survive till here? Did you procure yourself an antidote?" one of the men next to Shirohige asked. Well I wasn't sure if he was a man seeing as he dressed in a pink kimono.
"Well to answer your questions, I survived till getting to the New World because of a certain ability I possess. But I still don't have an antidote; the revolutionaries I contacted are working on one actually. But even if this power does cancel the effects of poison, it won't last long before it takes over."
Even after answering those questioned asked by the mysterious men – or woman –, they didn't seem all that much understand what I was speaking about. "Urg… to make it simple my skill consists to heal any injury, disease or poison that affects me. Since this poison is the strongest of the world, that skill I have is only able to neutralize it till I get the antidote needed. My dad always told me it was because I was protected by the Gods that I possess such a skill. But all I know of it is that I call her Kura."
Right as I was finish another man came running on the deck screaming that Garp was here. "When will he arrive here approximately?" Asked Marco, casually as if not caring, "Well he wasn't all that far the last time I checked, he should arrive in around 5 minutes. And he brought with him six battleships!"
'Urg and here comes the shitty trouble.' I thought with groan, 'You can say that again!' I heard the voice in my head.
We all walked to the railing looking out in the horizon, only to spot seven battleships. One that I recognized as Garp's personal ship, 'With a figure head like that one, anybody would know It's him.' That in fact was something I could agree on.
'I can't believe he came here from Marineford, just to make sure you get a lesson.' Ah something else I could agree on. 'Yeah but… I did get out of the Impel Down.' I told her.
Once the seven ships reached the Mody Dick, we all were shaken when we felt a canon ball hit the ship. Then it got worse when we heard Garp scream that he didn't come here to fight. At that moment I felt a vein that was going to pop. "If you didn't come to fight here to fight why, did you fire a canon ball just now? And brought with you those six battleships, yoi?" I knew it was Marco doing that remark there, his 'yoi' betraying him.
"Ah well it was to get your attention. Actually we just came to talk to Haruno D. Sakura. You may not notice it "Fushichō (7)" Marco, but the one you are actually trying to protect is going to die soon. Do you honestly think I'd let my family die if I'm able to something?"
"He knows…" I muttered. I knew I would be dying soon. Kura was able to repeal this poison, but it's been going for too long now. I would be dying from this sooner or later, at least if I didn't get the medical help fast!
"If that was case… she would have told us about it. Wouldn't she?" Marco asked hesitant about the last statement. I guess even he didn't believe I could last any longer than this. But I couldn't bring myself to tell him it was true. Everything Garp had said was true in fact.
But as felt myself shacking and coughing blood I knew that his question had been answered. My head was spinning and everything was blurry right before I passed out, falling over the railing I was holding onto a few second earlier.
The last words I heard were blurry but I distinguished my name out of that scream. Before everything went black I thought 'So someone is screaming for me to hold on, huh?'
*MARCO'S P.O.V*
When Garp said she was family I was confused. 'Wait wasn't Ace and his little brother his only family?' things went fast after I heard coughing from the left side. As I turned my head I saw Sakura who I had just met fall over the railing of the ship.
When I heard Ace scream her name, I came back to senses and rushed over to where she fell. Jumping over it, I turned into a phoenix. I was getting closer to her, as she was from the sea. I arrived just in time to get her on my back, and got us back on the deck where eyes were locked on us.
I laid her on the floor of the ship, turning around to look at Garp once more. "Ok so what so you want Garp?" I asked, now sure that he wasn't lying about this whole matter. "Well when I heard that Sakura had been captured, I felt that I couldn't help her. But now since she escaped and she's free, I don't see anything stopping me from giving her this."
He said tossing a bottle full of white liquid."And this is…?" I asked eying the bottle carefully. "The antidote to Magellan's devil fruit. Take good care of it, and make sure she drinks all of it when she wakes up." He said turning around and ordering his men to set sail again.
(1) shirohige – whitebeard
(2) oyaji – pops
(3) haoshoku – conqueror's
(4) haki – will power
(5) yonko – four emperors
(6) gaki – brat
(7) fushichō – phoenix
A/N: Ok so tomorrow I really don't have time and so I'm putting this chapter today. I'm happy to see Law is not as evil as he looks but not that he works under C.C (too lazy to write the full name). Honestly I have my little idea of what is going on. We are finally seeing the past of Kabuto and well we finally know that those dudes in Bleach are Quincy (but Ivan made my thoughts blurry with that mask so I was stuck with arrancar or Quincy).
Hint for the next chapter: Unbelievable news. Who would of thought?
Right now I'm going back to reading my UlquiHime fics (or maybe they should wait)! And yeah my vacation is finished so I'm going back to school work … got a 10 page essay for Monday morning. Damn it!