Author's Note: And, with this chapter, the Prince's Rebellion Arc has come to a close. The Airship Arc will close out our Airship Island Saga, and the Water Seven Saga (which is the tentative title for the next saga) will be our next saga. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I still do not own One Piece. I never will own the intellectual property to it.
Ch. 59: "Cue the Revolution!"
With Daisuke and Anna, their fight was basically going nowhere. Anna would try to attack Daisuke with her whip, but Daisuke usually avoided the attack.
"Damn, you're good, you shitty pirate!" Anna commented. Daisuke grinned.
"Oh, really?" Daisuke asked slyly. Anna whipped her whip and Daisuke, who jumped up.
"This isn't jump rope! Why can't I hit you?" Anna screamed.
"Woah. You need to calm down," Daisuke commented with mock sarcasm. Anna kicked him in the face.
"Shut up! JUST SHUT UP SO I CAN DEFEAT YOU!" Anna screamed before kicking Daisuke again.
"Easy there, miss. You don't want to wreck this beautiful face, now do you?" Daisuke asked Anna.
"In fact, I do want to wreck that face of yours. And it's all in the name of money," Anna said smugly before raising her foot up for another kick. But, a Molotov cocktail hit her in the head. "What the hell?"
Daisuke picked up the Molotov cocktail and threw it outside toward the gate house. When the Molotov cocktail exploded, he could see a whole angry mob gathered outside.
"Oh, shit. This can't be good," Daisuke said. Anna grabbed his hand.
"We have to get out of here, stupid! Do we want to live or die?" Anna screamed.
"Live," Daisuke answered meekly. "But, I have to go find everyone else! I don't know what happened to the rest of the crew!"
"You never know. They could be dead," Anna said bitterly.
"Shut up," Daisuke said before slapping Anna.
Up on the roof, Cressidia was forcing the Capricorns, Inaba, and Hito to watch Yuki-Rin and Prince Pollux have a swordfight each other.
"Just remember, girlie, if you lose, your entire crew dies!" Prince Pollux taunted as he tried to stab Yuki-Rin, who used her katana to shield her.
"Shut up! You ARE NOT going to kill my crew, you hear me? None of us did anything to deserve this! All we did was have a fun day at the beach, and you had to ruin it! Thanks a lot!" Yuki-Rin screamed before she tried to stab Prince Pollux in the throat with her katana. The prince smiled as he grabbed the blade of Yuki-Rin's katana and ran his hand down the blade, cutting his hand.
"Just as I thought… You're difficult," Prince Pollux commented before smearing his blood onto Yuki-Rin's face. "Cressidia, kill them all, even Inaba and Hito. Yuki-Rin, you have two choices… Become my personal slave or be killed with your nakama. What do you decide?"
Yuki-Rin, who was now silently crying, looked to her crew, Inaba, and Hito.
"Yuki-Rin…" Kazuma mouthed. Yuki-Rin bit her lip.
"I… I will become your slave in order to save my crew," Yuki-Rin choked out. Her nakama gasped.
"Yuki-Rin, no!" Kazuma cried, unsheathing his sword. Gareth and Heathcliffe held him back.
"Don't do it! Who knows what he'll do to you?" Heathcliffe cried. Kartik didn't listen, as he was getting out his bow and an arrow.
"I'm sorry, Heathcliffe. I have to do this to save everybody! A whole kingdom's future is at stake here!" Kartik cried as he steadied the arrow onto the bow. "Matsu, please get everyone back to the Hyperion. I would prefer that if ANY Capricorn who has to listen to this evil man would be myself and our captain."
With a nod, Matsu began to usher the Capricorns, Inaba, and Hito back downstairs. But, before she went downstairs, Matsu turned to Kartik.
"Please come back, okay? Your ship and your crew need you," Matsu pleaded. Kartik smiled.
"I will come back. For you, the crew, and the Hyperion," Kartik said. Matsu then followed after the rest of the crew as Kartik turned to Prince Pollux, Yuki-Rin, and Cressidia.
"Help me… Kartik," Yuki-Rin pleaded, almost on the verge of tears. Kartik raised his bow, ready to strike the enemy.
"Father, mother, Matsu, Yuki-Rin… I'm sorry. I never thought I'd have to do this. But… It's for everyone's own good. Forgive me, please. I had to do what was right, when it was wrong in hindsight. Please don't look down on me for… For killing a man," Kartik thought to himself. He closed his eyes after he released his arrow. Within seconds, it was all over, for the prince was dead.
"Kartik…" Yuki-Rin commented, her voice barely a whisper. Kartik put his hand on her shoulder.
"Don't be scared anymore, Yuki-Rin. The prince is dead. We can all breathe a sigh of relief now," Kartik re-assured his captain. Cressidia just walked over to them and spat on them.
"You bastard! You think you can get away with killing the prince? This is unforgiveable!" Cressidia yelled. Kartik grabbed Yuki-Rin by the shoulders.
"Stay back, Yuki-Rin. We don't know how strong this woman is," Kartik explained. Sounds of shouting and breaking glass were heard from downstairs.
"Kartik, I think we should run for our lives," Yuki-Rin said.
"What makes you say that?" Kartik asked as the shouting got louder.
"I think… There's an angry mob coming," Yuki-Rin said. True to her word, an angry mob consisting of most of the island's residents then stormed the rooftop.
"The prince is dead?" A man shouted. Kartik sighed as he stepped forward.
"What you see is real. The prince is dead. I killed him. I don't particularly want or need any congratulations or honors for this, I just want three things – I want this island to become a democracy – under the wishes of Revolutionary Aria Yakushi -, I want to go back to my ship, and, lastly, I would like for this lady to be jailed so she can reflect upon what she did to this island and its inhabitants. These are my terms, and I would like for this to go as smoothly as possible. Thank you," Kartik explained. The mob grew silent, too stunned to say anything. Then, the town sheriff walked up to Cressidia and put handcuffs around her wrists, which caused the mob to break out into applause.
"Kartik… We won. We won the revolution," Yuki-Rin said to Kartik.
That morning, everyone on the Hyperion was busy with the preperations of leaving the island.
"I just talked to Dragon. He said that he will check out the situation on this island to make sure the transition to a more stable democracy will go smoothly," Aria said.
"Wonderful! At last, the residents of the island will be able to be free," Inaba commented.
"Inaba-san, are you sure you want to stay here?" Yuki-Rin asked Inaba.
"Actually, no. This island holds too many memories for me, and most of them are bad. It's time Hito and I moved somewhere safer and less... Tyrannical," Inaba explained. "Do you know where I can find a good job? It doesn't have to be temporary, since I haven't decided where we're going to live yet."
Yuki-Rin thought this over for a minute.
"Well… I know this one girl who will gladly take you two in. Our fellow crewmember, Apple, is also going to work for her, and I think this will work in your favor," Yuki-Rin explained.
"Thank you, Yuki-Rin. You would make a great queen," Inaba thanked Yuki-Rin.
"By 'queen', you mean 'pirate queen', right?" Yuki-Rin asked. Inaba and Hito laughed as Anna approached the three.
"Yo. I just want to say good-bye. It's hard to admit, but you saved my backside back in that castle," Anna explained to Yuki-Rin.
"No problem. We're sorry about your money," Yuki-Rin apologized.
"It's okay. I always find a way to get by," Anna said. "Well, I'll see you… Around, I guess. I have some pirates I need to hunt."
As Anna left the Hyperion, she kissed Daisuke on the lips.
"See you later, Daisuke Saburo," Anna said before she left. All eyes turned to Daisuke.
"I barely know this chick!" Daisuke cried.
"Right… Loverboy," Yulia said.
"Shut up!" Daisuke cried. The rest of the Capricorns laughed.
"Hey, Heathcliffe, Kazuma, you two should show Daisuke what it's like to have a girlfriend," Gareth suggested.
"Let's not, okay? Daisuke does not need to take advice from a guy who has more 'manliness' than brains and from a pretty-boy," Yulia cut in. As the Capricorns joked around about Daisuke's new flame, Yuki-Rin was already in the common room dialing a number on the DenDen Mushi.
"Hello, Julietta? It's me, Yuki-Rin. Can I ask you a big favor?"
Ending Note: Who is Julietta? And what is this favor? Stay tuned for the next arc!
Review if you want to see a new pirate crew next arc.