*cries* Yes, I know that this story is not very good. But at least review. Say something to me, so I can improve it or something. Nonetheless, this is the Chapter Two. By the way, I forgot to tell this is the 'BITTER ARC'. I'm planning on splitting this into three arcs consisting of three to four chapters. If it ended up according to plan!
SHIN: You've a plan? Miracle.
*vein throbs* Why don't you introduce yourself first?
SHIN: I'm Shin. There. *sits down and ignores every one*
*sigh* Every happening here is a MUST-DO for the story. I've a feeling that you'll castrate me after this chapter.
DISCLAIMER:
No, I don't. That's the reason why it is a very awesome and down-to-earth manga. All hail, Oda-sensei.
SHIN: Yes, that's right. She doesn't. That's why she's problematic about them. And other things.
Shush, Shin.
CHAPTER TWO: CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARE
Sometimes…
I feel lonely and sad.
When I remember you,
I burnt my feeling when I get mad
Hoping that you love me too.
Nami had been awakened by the light snores of her mother beside her on her bed. So beautiful with her silky wave of same colored-orange hair and soft hazel eyes, Nami smiled. She loved to look at the mirror at a given time and always imagined herself as an adult, a woman just like her mother. With a soft hair and enticing eyes like hers, wearing a lovely dress for a woman, she giggled. She looks at the clock that reads, '2:08 A.M'. Too early for a six-year-old like her, but she's thirsty, so she went down the bed and trotted towards the kitchen for a drink; but something caught her eyes near the staircase. Scared, she scrambles back to her mother's warm embrace and buried her face in her mother's nightgown. And when she felt a presence near their doorway, she slid down from the bed and hid under it.
The door opened and she saw a silhouette; a silhouette of a man's legs. She wanted to shout and scream but, for unknown reason, she couldn't. Too petrified to do so; her self-preservation kicked in.
Her mother, sensing that her child was missing and someone was standing over her, woke up, alarmed. The silhouette suddenly grabs her and straddles her, putting a gag at her mouth. The silhouette rips her nightgown and the bed shakes. Her mother's muffled screams are a deafening noise for little Nami, her mother still fights back and minutes passed by, she stops.
The bed keeps on shaking, the man keeps on grunting and her mother keeps on weeping. Nami, terrified and trembling, kept her hands over her ears and her eyes shut to stop the horrendous sounds and never see the upshot. But to no avail.
She never knows the meaning of the word 'rape' but after this night, she doesn't need anyone to define it for her.
Sometimes…
You think I'm a fool
'Coz you ignore me as a whole,
I can't explain, why I can't forget
Your smile that makes my day complete.
Luffy loved the Central Plaza. Every day, he always finds himself in the middle of the place, grinning to the world or playing with other children. Small and cute, the five-year-old constantly admires the different stalls here and there. Stalls of food, of clothes, of figurines and everything that could be sell and bought. But he admires the most are the people who bargains with other for their purchases. Especially the sparkling stones of different colors of red, blue, green and many more. And those gleaming little stones too made of glitters. He always plays with the others but he prefers to admire the sparkling stones. 'Brother will love this for sure.' he remembered his brother waiting at the little shack that they call house. A boy who grew up practically outside of a house without supervision from any adult, he knows the alley and dead ends of this place and those who lived here like the back of his hand.
It was nearing dusk when he decided to go home for the day. He was nearing their shack when he noticed a shadow at the front. Curious as to why a shadow is there, he jogged forward, accidentally stepping on a dead branch which snapped noisily under his weight. The shadow started and suddenly looked at his direction. And ran hastily.
Startled by the fact that the shadow ran that fast, he looked back at the shack. Dread filled his body like cold water splashed at him, head to toe. He slowly toddles forward and a gagging scent welcomes him home. Frightened, he pushed up the curtain at the door and saw a hideous nightmare. His brother dead, bathing on his own blood. Petrified and doesn't know what to do, he slid down the floor and stared. His brain, full of agony, shuts down and his black orbs became dull.
He may not know the word 'murder' but he knows the dreadful meaning of it.
Sometimes…
Your laughter lightens---
The problems that comes my way;
Your smile brightens---
And gives life to me everyday
After doing that to her mother the silhouette stabbed her multiple times however she didn't saw how but the blood that kept on dripping onto her face were proof enough of the killing. The silhouette strode away without knowing that the woman's child was just under the bed, hiding. Nami kept on trembling and muttering incoherent words out of her mouth. Hours past of that horrendous act, she started to smell the stench, feeling nauseous, she scrambles out beneath the bed and scuttles out of the room, never looking back once. Dazed, she walked out of the house never seeing where she was going; she ended up at the Central Plaza. Still in trance of the nightmare, she sat down on one of the benches and stared at nothing.
She never how many minutes past after she sat down but she knew that she heard a noise near her spot. Thinking that she was hallucinating she continued to stare at nothing but she heard it again. A whimper of a child. Still petrified, she looks at her left and right, back and forth. And she saw a little shack near her back, then she heard it again; the whimper. Steeling herself she walks towards it, very slowly. Another whimper. And she was so sure it was just a child, so she slowly strode towards it and saw another nightmare. A bloody body. And a child staring at nothing, just like what she was doing just now.
She tried to get him on his feet but to no avail. She wants to get out of here, the stench is choking her but she couldn't let the child stay there too. So she waited for him to snap out of the stupor and get themselves out. Unluckily, the child fainted. Nami sighed, no hope she'll have to drag him out. Surprisingly, the child was so light; she could carry him without a problem. 'He must be younger than me.' she concluded. She deposited themselves onto the bench and let the sandman to help them escape this nightmare.
Sometimes…
You make me wonder
Whenever I see your face
I dream that we're together
And strolling in such a place.
MUSIC: Kimi to Ita Sora (The Sky with You) by dream
SHIN: Was that really necessary? A trauma for a child or children for this matter.
I'm guilty too, you know. I was trying to alter this event but I need something like this to happen.
SHIN: I can see the words, shadow and silhouette there.
Shush, you! Next chapter two days from now!
SHIN: She'll never gonna have a time to touch and type on a computer. Its weekend here starting tomorrow and no school. Therefore….
No computers! You see, we have a computer at the house but it doesn't have internet. See you!
SHIN: R&R