Chapter 13: Finding Stone part 2
Finally, Luka made it to the spot where she left Cain and FIa.
Luka: Cain! How is Fia? Is she okay? (Luka grabbed Fia's hand, it's getting g cold)
Cain looked into Luka's eyes and slightly shake his head indicating that it is not a good sign.
Luka:Fia, hang on dear. Onee-chan is finding your cure.
Cain: Do you get the stone?
Luka burst into tears. "Some...someone took it"
Cain: I afraid we don't have much time, Luka. Fia's getting ill. I can only slow down the symptoms with this herbs but I can't cure it.
Luka: What should we do now?! We must save Fia. She's all I have now.
Cain remains silent. Honestly, Fia is approaching her last moment of life. The poison has attacked her immune system. "There's not much time left, Luka…"
Luka: No way! I don't believe it. I'll bring Fia to the next village physician. I'm sure that he can figure out something. (Luka immediately piggyback Fia and run as fast as her can to the nearest village which might take her 2 days of walking alone. Though, she know it very well, that she won't make it on time.
Luka: Fia, hold on!
Fia: Onee-chan…
Crystal Cave
Marvelous appeared on the same spot that he was absorbed. "Mou, this orb thingy makes me feel dizzy!" Suddenly, he remembered about the girl that Akared mentioned.
"I have to find that girl". Marvelous followed the footstep left by the girl and followed his pirate's instinct. "She must be going that way"
Fia whispered slowly as if it was her last words, "Onee-chan.."
It was raining heavily. Luka can feel Fia's body is getting colder than before.
Luka put Fia down on the ground to check on her.
Luka: Fia…Fia, wake up dear! We're almost there. (She check Fia's pulse. None. Luka shake Fia's body, attempt to wake her up).
Luka pressed Fia's palm with hers to give some heat. Still , it's no use. Fia has gone forever.
Luka: Fiaaaaa! (Luka screamed out loud, her only sister has gone forever. Fia is the only Luka's family member that left. Now that, she's gone… Luka is left all alone.
Marvelous, who just arrived watched Luka from far beind the bushes. If only he stopped Basco from stealing the stone and arrived early, that girl's sister must be alive by now. "I'm sorry…" Marvelous grabbed the stone tightly. "I owed you, your sister's life. Therefore, I vowed that I'll protect you forever".
Ever since that day, Marvelous followed Luka, wherever she goes. He even stole some zagins from Zangyack, buy some foods and gave it to the orphans that Luka has been taking care of silently.
Luka: Who gave you these foods? (Luka begins to ponder when food mysteriously appear every time she comes back from hunting)
Kids: We don't know, onee-chan. When we get here, the foods are all ready.
Luka feel immediate curious. However, for few weeks, the food stops from coming. (Since Marvelous suddenly,encounter a former Zangyack's soldier , Joe who got attacked by his own comrades).
Therefore, Luka went out alone to steal few thousand Zagins from Zangyack. She never sneak into the ship but she left no choice. She has to teach the Zangyack a lesson, starting from the small one.
"All mine" Luka seems so happy when she open the briefcase. She already imagined to buys delicious foods and new clothes for the kids.
BUT…
Gokai Galleon,
Joe: Marvelous, what are we doing here?
Marvelous: We will steal from Zangyack… (Marvelous watched the Zangyack ship carefully using binoculars. He actually watched over Luka who try to sneak in the ship. A sugou was about to hit her from the back. He immediately withdraws his gun and shoot down the sugoumins. "Too brave yet too reckless, aren't she? smirked Marvelous.
Joe: I can tell that it is not your main goal of coming here caused you're not interested in money except if there's something you're after to.
Marvelous: Well, it's up to you to think. (Marvelous passed the binocular to Joe's chest and walked away to grab his sword).
Joe looked through the binoculars and see a girl is sneaking into the ship. "So… this is what you're looking for. The same girl he's been stalking. No wonder, he's acting weird… keep excusing himself go here and there. (Joe is mumbling by himself. Though, Marvelous has been stalking Luka for quite some time in silent but Joe pretends like he didn't noticed)
Marvelous: Come, we have work to do.
(Watched Episode 34)
Luka got busted and she was surrounded by the Sugoumins.
Sugoumin: How dare you try to steal from Zangyack?! Now die for your rude action! ( Sugoumin was about to blow his sword on Luka before Marvelous and Joe come to saviour.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Marvelous: So there's a girl who aimed the same ship as us?
Luka: Space pirates?
Marvelous: You've got courage and a kawaii (cute) face. I LIKE YOU. So, why don't you join us?
Luka: I'm not going to split my profit with pirate. Sorry, I'm not interested.
Marvelous: Well, too bad. We're after the greatest treasure in universe.
Luka: Ha-ha. Are you baka (stupid)? There's no such thing. It just a legend.
Marvelous. Iyahh… it does. Trust me.
Luka does not trust people easily especially from strangers or space pirates that suddenly come to rescue. However, this guy seems so confident and managed to assure her to join them. Something about him makes her ponder. Her little heart whispers, tell her to go and follow the adventure. Moreover, his word of "Trust me" assure her to trust his lead.
Luka: Fine, I'll go with you. But, if you lie to me… I'll leave.
Marvelous: You won't.
Finally, his plan succeed. The joy that he's feeling right now is indescribable. Now, he can watch over the girl that he has been owed closer and protect her just like as he had vowed. In a way, it is just an excuse. Though he tries to deny it , he actually feels attracted to this girl even since he sees her for the first time. Her courage, her hidden affection and selfless side, her tough and warrior side, her beauty and everything about her seems to complement him in so many ways. When he sees her, the feeling of butterflies in his belly appears.
Navi: Marvelous brings his girlfriend… Marvelous brings his girlfriend! Navi flew out of nowhere.
Marvelous quickly caught Navi and shut her mouth. "Torii (bird), silence!"
Luka: Wow, you have a nice ship. Where did you buy this thing? (Luka wandering around)
Marvelous ignored Luka's question, "Go and clean up yourself. We have a lot of things to do. Your bedroom is at the downstairs. And you can change to this if you want. (Marvelous gives a yellow dress to her).
Luka: Mou... you're not answering my question. (Luka grabbed the dress and walked away. She can't wait to see her bedroom.
Once Luka has disappeared, Joe comes forward "A dress? When did you buy the dress? You have planned it, don't you?
Marvelous: You don't need to know about that. (Marvelous smirked. Though Joe just new on board. But he surely got a soldier's sharp eyes and thought).
Luka walked into the living room, all clean and dressed up. Her hair is straight and slightly pass her shoulder, her face's cleaned up from any dirt and she awkwardly walked into the living room. She looks different from the first time.
Marvelous stunned once he sees Luka, he totally speechless.
Luka: Mou… Do I look weird?
Navi: No, Luka-san. Marvelous-chan must be stunned looking at you.
Marvelous snapped out and immediately chased after Navi. "You do talk too much, don't you?
Joe hugged Luka's shoulder, "Ignore them. Let's eat!"
Luka blurred. "Okay!"
Marvelous has been giving both Luka and Joe some pirates skill classes such as on how to handle Gokai Galleon. Since Joe is an ex-Zangyack army, sword and gun skill is not a problem for him. It's only Luka who needs the teaching. Marvelous teaches Luka all the skills one to one. As expected, she is so talented when it come to sword and gun and able to handle them like a pro in no time.
Marvelous: You're a fast learner, aren't you?
Luka: Well, I practice every day. It should not be a problem. Now shall we… (Luka blow her sword towards Marvelous and continue their training.)
Marvelous: This girl surely know how to fight. (He smirked).
Since Marvelous know that Luka just loves jewellery especially rings and money, he always pretend that he found some rings randomly in their adventure which he actually buys the rings and some of them are custom made.
Marvelous: Luka… catch! (Marvelous gently throw the ring to Luka).
Luka: A ring?
Marvelous: Well, Joe and I don't wear rings. Take it, if you don't want just throw it.
Luka smiled. In a way, she can tell that Marvelous is giving the rings on purpose but too shy to admit. "I'll take it then. It's a waste if we throw it away though,"She put on the rings on her finger.
Marvelous just smirked.
To be continued...
Author's note.
Finally I have some time to continue with the story. Too buzy with exams and activities. Don't forget to watch Gokaiger episode 34 (My most favourite episode) for better picture.
Yeah, I know right. There are so many favourite Marv/Luka moment that we can't just get enough. The hint and their chemistry just work! I can feel that certain attraction and feeling lingering around the characters whenever they stand and goes near around each other. Their attire and coat even resemble their similarities in personality. Furthermore, I noticed that Luka is the only crew that Marvelous actually and directly invites to join the crew, show his eagerness to have her in the team and ask her to trust him. He even complement Luka having a kawaii face and bravery and says explicitly that he likes her. And the way Marvelous catches Luka in bridal way, instead of putting her down, he takes the chance to see her up close and say sorry for being late. Marvelous never say sorry to anyone particularly, but this time he say it to Luka. I think it is more than enough to say that our captain have feelings for his look out from the beginning. And what Luka thinks of him, is very important. But being a captain, he seems too ego to spill his feeling which will slowly unveil throughout this story. :-D
