Epilogue
No, this was not how it was supposed to happen. This broadcast was a lie. Or so she would like to believe but the man on the screen was no doubt the man she had fallen in love with. But she didn't want to see him like this. She didn't want to see him in so much pain. She couldn't help him. All she could do was watch and just stand and cry and watch and just watch. She couldn't do anything to save him. She wanted to but she couldn't. Because she was powerless. She was weak and that's why she couldn't protect the people she cared about.
The war raged on and she watched. She watched him kneel on the platform. She watched him put his head down and cry. She watched him tremble with fear, with pain, with sorrow as his past was revealed to the whole world. She heard the whole plaza gasp when the Fleet Admiral announced the true identity of Ace's father. She watched and she listened but she didn't feel anything. Because to her, it didn't matter. She already knew who he was and him being the son of the Pirate King wouldn't change her feelings towards him.
She watched the great pirate Whitebeard arrive. She watched his little brother arrive. She watched as they all fought to save him. As they all worked hard to reach him. And all she could do was watch.
The transmission was bad and the screen would go blank occasionally but she already knew what was going to happen. She knew that they will kill him. And she didn't want to see that. She couldn't watch him die. She just couldn't.
The strong belief with which she had come to watch the Broadcast this morning was shattered. She couldn't bring herself to believe anything anymore. Her mind had gone blank. So in the middle of the broadcast she turned around and left.
She let her feet guide her. She walked away from the big screens. She walked away from his pained face. She walked away from it all. But where was she going? Should she go back to the little hut on the little island? Should she run away to someplace else? Should she go and have an adventure of her own?
Or she could always just go back and eat that Devil Fruit…
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The End
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A/N: Yay! I actually finished a story! And now you guys can send the hate mail.