Our lives are stories
Waiting to be told
In search of silver linings
We discovered gold
And judgement taught us
That our hearts were wrong
But they're the ones
We'll look down upon
The rules say our
emotions
don't comply
But we'll defy
the rules
until we die
~Sinners, Lauren Aquilina
"What exactly am I seeing here?" Zoro frowned as he watched the scene in front of they had come across Cerberus, Luffy had began to tame it when the fox head and noticed then it just got werid
"Can't you see swordsman-san? Its love"
He curled his lip in disgust as while luffy rode on top of the beast, fox head was trying to impress Eve's didn't seem too impressed by the spectacle either, and was shrugging off his that what love did to you? Acting so love sick and losing all hoped it would never happened to him, or at least if he did he wouldn't act like an however who was riding on top of snow was watching the male fox in that love? She didn't remember like most things if what she was seeing was infact love.
"Hmph, well to me it looks like stupidity "The dog heads nodded their heads in agreement with the swordsman, and almost looked ashamed to be sharing the same body with the fox head.
Luffy just laughed and patted his new pet happily. As they continued to walk Sanji continued to yell for shut her eyes and almost seemed to be meditating as she sat on Snow's back.
"Red-san what exactly are you doing?"Robin asked noticing her silence.
"I'm trying to f-find Nami and the others…"
Sanji paused at this.
"Eve-swan are you using magic?"Eve nodded her eyes still closed
"N-ami gave me t-these clothes, so using them as a medium to trace back to nami"Robin hmmed in interest
"Luffy was mesmorisied by this as he watched her. He was waiting for some sort of glow of light, but was disappointed when she simply closer hers the black markings around her eyes began to glow slightly much to luffys focus continued even when luffy and franky chased a tree and a couldn't help but be impressed by her concentration.
"S-shes in a mansion not too far ahead"Eve finally opened her eyes and smiled in knew where they were.
"YOSH! Nice work sis"Eve smiled, happy at the compliment but then paused
"S-sis?"Luffy nodded
"That's right, I've decided that you are my little sister!" To say the least the others were shocked.
"Luffy, what are ya talking about?"Franky asked
"You can't just decide these things on a whim luffy"Sanji added, stopping his yelling for nami to add his point.
"Eh?! But why? I always wanted a younger sister like Eve"Luffy pouted, and much to he embarrassment her face once again turned a brilliant shade of red
"B-b-ut Luffy, i-I h-haven't k-known y-you f-for v-v-ery long,a-"
"Nope! I decided, from now on Eve is my Imouto"Having learnt that it wasn't easy to defy luffy once he set his mind on something, Eve conceded, though she was secretly happy. It was nice to have someone she could call family, even it they weren't blood related.
Robin smiled, noticing the younger girls smile.
"So Luffy y'know what this means right?"Luffy frowned confused
"What?"Robin chuckled
"When Red-san gets married, you'll be her husband's brother-in-law" Sanji was crying that he would never let someone marry eve, eve herself was a stuttering mess. And zoro had just gone pale, much to Robin and Snows enjoyment.
As they continued to walk, Eva like robin as stroking three headed dog was covered in wounds and had numbers on its couldn't help but think of the man from her he involved in this some how?
" .Negative"Snapped out of her trance when she noticed the ghosts floating above , her self proclaimed older brother and franky tried to catch the ghosts only to fail miserably
" I wanna die"He groaned as he fell to his knees.
"You bastard"Luffy began falling to his knees beside his shipwright "If I get reborn, I wanna be a clam"
Eve didn't think a clam would be that useful in dealing with the ghosts and she couldn't help but feel pity for her suddenly depressed nakama and her older brother..
"Maybe when you're touched by the ghosts you lose your spirit?" Robin mused
"I-its seems that way"Eve nodded in and Zoro found the whole thing ridiculous. He crossed his arms in annoyance.
"You guys are so pitiful, letting some ghost break your spirit"Yet he too became a victim of the ghost as he fell to his knees
"I'm sorry I was born"
Zoro walked ahead of the group, he face a flame with embarrssmenet as he ignored the cackles of the ero cook, Cerberus and the white all seemed to find the whole thing hilarious much to his shame and seemed to be ignoring the whole spectacle and Eve was looking at the whole thing, pity laced in her goldern angered him even didn't want her pity dammit it! He wanted… well he didn't know what he wanted but certainly anything but pity.
They continued to walk till they reached a cementry. Silver fog covered the area and Eve couldn't help but feel on edge, sensing the presence of…things which didn't feel entirely cemetery looked battered and old so when Luffy decided that it had a great atmosphere; perfect for eating lunch she couldn't really see the appeal…
"Idiot the food will taste bad here"Sanji yelled only for luffy to retort angrily about how food tasted great all the then they noticed the figure popping out of the ground.
As Luffy pushed the figure back into the ground,only for him to come out of the ground angrier.
"An old man with a big wound"Was what Luffy concluded and Eve felt sympathy for the old man
"Ojii-chan are you okay?"she asked quietly looking at the injuryed man with shook her head in dismay as the others yelled
"CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S A ZOMBIE!"Eve frowned at this and looked at robin for some sort of explanation.
"They're human humans though I've never seen one so energetic before"She explained looking at the man in slight soon after more zombies approached them, too many to count had them surrounded, echoeing the words "Don't underestimate"
"Are zombies supposed to be this lively?"Sanji asked with a sweatdrop as the strawhats prepared for noted that Eva instructed snow to wait with the Cerberus and closed her eyes.A couple seconds later a sword appeared in her not a Katana, he recognised the black sword to be a then the katana, it had an elegant appearance. The handle had a silver swirl that almost seemed to protect her sword seemed well looked after but he couldn't help but feel that something was … strange about the sword. An atmosphere surrounded the sword that he wasn;t sure he was comfortable with.
His enemies were weak and he found himself bored as the zombies fell before took this chance to glance at Eve;Curious about her swordsmanship, of he saw shocked him so much so he was almost hit by an incoming as if she was a different person, she fought with a confidenece she lacked in her interactions with her personality her strikes were almost cold, without feeling as she gracefully attacked the wasn't the kindness he was so used to seeing in . There was no compassion in her blows…Something had expected to see from the kind hearted yet easily nervous hadn't expected this… he hadn't expected to see that darkness flash over her bright golden when they had finished she paused and the same brightness returned to her noticing zoros staring she felt herself go red , and hid behind Robin, who found the whole thing hilarious, as zoro blushed before turning his attention else where
Unbeknowst to her nakama Eve looked at the sword with a within her always changed when she wielded the sword, and that scared would have gotten rid of the sword and had tried to on many a occasion, but her hand would never let go, when she discovered her ability to summon the sword she hadn't been able to get rid of she would black out when using the rapier which was why she didn't want to spar against the green haired swordsman… she didn't know what she would she kept the it linked to her past somehow…Clenching her fist, she frowned as the voice from her dreams yelled at her angrily
YOU MUST NOT REMEMBER!
But why? If you are me why won't you let me remember!
The reply came in the form of a sharp headache that had Eve clenching her eyes shut, trying to hide her discomfort
I am you, though I am more than that.
The pain in her head grew and she heard the voice cackle at her.
I AM WHAT YOU FEARED TO BECOME!
"OI eve you coming"Eve gasped and her eyes shot open as Luff called had grown bigger and looked at Eve nodded to luffy and got onto Snows was grateful that they hadn't noticed her actions, and she stroked snow in appreciationg who always seemed to know when she needed comfort the most..
As she had said, the zombies revealed that their nakama were in the mansion and they continued through the dense noted that Eve was tense
"Whats up?"He asked as he walked alongside a the large fox.
"N-othing"She stammered before her gaze hardened as she scanned the forest. "I sense a lot of people hiding in the shadows"Zoro grabbed the hilt of his sword though eve shook her head.
"They don't have any malice… but"
"I've been watching you"They turned to see what the others thought to be another zombie
"You're unbelievably strong!Would you please listen to me for a bit?"he huffed and looked at them with a pleading eye.
"An old man with a big wound!"Luffy stated and Eve got off snow, much to zoro distaste and approached the man.
"Oji-chan you should sit down… are you okay?"The others worried about the redhead who approached the zombie while Luffy just grinned.
The old man looked at the girl grateful for her kindness and did as she suggested.
"There is an man I would like to see defeated!He old man explained that his shadow had been stolen and like him and brook there were other victims…
"Moria, is his name"Robin gasped as she recognised the name and explained that Moria was part of the luffy being himself grinned and claimed that they would kick moria comforted the crying man who felt that he had no will to some reason to eve this struck a chord with her, as a pain filled her chest and the feeling of understanding flooded she once felt the same way? She frowned wishing she had more answers then questions…
So after reassuring they set of the mansion, and eve turned to robin
"Robin… What is a shichibukai?"She hadn't liked the reaction that she had seen from her nakama at the strange name and they almost seemed worried, whilst she was just confused.
"Well their pirates that work for the world goverement"She paused , only to find Eve with her eyes wide, yet almost unseeing.
"Eve-san?"Robin looked at the girl with concern as she almost looked empty.
"Oi eve… whats wrong?"Luffy paused he too noticing that something was wrong with his little sister..
"The w-w-world g-g-overment"She stuttered holding her head as her mind was thrown images that she did not yet understand.
Sanji and franky looked at the small woman in concern as she seemed in pain almost and Zoro walked past them just as eve fell to her who had been resting on her shoulder looked at the redhead with worry and whined her concerns.
"Eve damn it wh-"He paused when he notieced that she was trembling in fear at whatever it was she scared of
"T-the world g-government."She paused and bit her lip, willing herself to stop only for the metallic taste of blood to fill her mouth
"D-d-on't let them g-g-get me. Not again! D-don't let t-them g-g-et me again"
All eyes widened.
Had the world government done something to her?