Author's Note: Well, the villain reveals himself (and is defeated) in this chapter! The next chapter will be out tomorrow in honor of my birthday and Yuki-Rin's birthday!
Disclaimer: I did not get the copyrights to One Piece for my birthday. Therefore, I don't own One Piece.
Ch. 114: "Real Paranoia/Kill Me."
"Hey, does anybody find it strange that Yuki-Rin and Kazuma didn't tell us where they would be staying?"
Back on the Hyperion, Hana was finishing up a call from Kazuma.
"I don't find it too strange. This island has only two bed and breakfasts," Holden answered. "Why do you ask?"
Hana sat down on the couch next to Holden.
"Kazuma told me that Yuki-Rin was on the verge of a panic attack. Should we go to Yuki-Rin and Kazuma?" Hana asked. Holden put his arm around Hana.
"Let them have their fun. They haven't gone on a proper date in a while," Holden explained. Hana pouted. "What? Do you want a date too?"
Hana smiled.
"Well, I need to go into town to buy a few things for tomorrow. Wanna come with me?" Hana offered. Holden smiled.
"Of course, I'll come," Holden answered, completely dropping the subject of Yuki-Rin.
That evening, Yuki-Rin awoke from her nap in a panic. For all she knew, Kazuma wasn't in the room, and she needed him badly.
"Where is he?! Where's Kazuma?!" Yuki-Rin thought to herself as she grabbed her katana and ran out of the room. "Kazuma?! Kazuma?!"
Someone – a male – responded back, but Yuki-Rin couldn't hear who said it and what he said. Curious, Yuki-Rin followed the source of the voice to the library, which was abandoned.
"Kazuma?! Kazuma, where are you?!" Yuki-Rin called out, on the verge of tears. Then, somebody put a hand over Yuki-Rin's mouth. Fearing for her safety, Yuki-Rin bit the hand, which let go of Yuki-Rin a second later.
"You insolent bitch! Haven't you learned any manners since our last meeting?!"
Yuki-Rin grew pale and cold at the sound of the voice. Hesitantly, Yuki-Rin turned back to face her attacker. But, Yuki-Rin wished she hadn't turned back, because Roscoe Delacroix was the one who attacked her.
"K-Kazuma!" Yuki-Rin screamed loudly.
"Your supposed boyfriend can't help you now! You will be dead by the time he comes for you!" Roscoe yelled. Over in the hot springs, Kazuma was asleep in the bath, when he slowly awoke.
"What was that?" Kazuma asked himself. "Oh, well, it's probably an unhappy couple."
With a shrug, Kazuma submerged further into the water.
On Yuki-Rin's end of things, she was in trouble. Roscoe had backed her up into a corner, and there was no telling what he would do to her.
"What do you want from me?! I thought you stopped chasing me for good when Kazuma and I defeated you!" Yuki-Rin screamed.
"I want my revenge. You put me in prison, and I escaped, with the intention of killing you," Roscoe explained. "Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way – Easy way means a quick death. The hard way will involve me torturing you and killing you. It's your choice."
Yuki-Rin unsheated her katana.
"Then I will go down fighting," Yuki-Rin said before she used the side of her katana to knock Roscoe to the ground. As she walked away from the corner, Yuki-Rin noticed that Roscoe was now sporting a peg-leg on the place where Kazuma cut his leg off.
"You will never go down fighting. You will die the way I see fit," Roscoe explained as he pushed Yuki-Rin to the ground. As soon as she hit the ground, Yuki-Rin used her katana to push herself back on her feet.
"I'd like to see you try," Yuki-Rin said bitterly, trying to calm herself down in the process. Roscoe said nothing as he pulled out his sword. "You're trying the same tactic as last time?! That will only cause you to lose!"
Roscoe said nothing as he kicked Yuki-Rin down to the ground. He then put his pegged leg on top of Yuki-Rin's stomach.
"Any last words? You will never see any of your nakama or your pathetic excuse for a boyfriend ever again," Roscoe asked. Yuki-Rin took a deep breath, but didn't say anything. "Well, then I guess this is the end of you –"
Yuki-Rin then stabbed the wood of Roscoe's peg leg, throwing him off balance. Yuki-Rin then got up and looked down to Roscoe.
"It is not the end of me. It is the end of you," Yuki-Rin said blankly before she stabbed Roscoe right in his heart. A few seconds later, Yuki-Rin realized what she had done. "My God… I just killed my worst enemy. What… What have I done?!"
Yuki-Rin sunk to her knees, crying. She removed the katana from Roscoe and inspected it, bloodied blade and all.
"Yuki-Rin, I – Oh… Oh… Yuki-Rin, thank God, you're okay!"
Kazuma ran into the room and hugged Yuki-Rin.
"Oh, Kazuma, Roscoe came into the room and tried to kill me! I knew we shouldn't have come here! Now I'm going to get all of the Capricorns arrested, and it's all my fault!" Yuki-Rin sobbed. Kazuma turned to face Yuki-Rin.
"We aren't going to get in trouble. You killed Roscoe in justifiable self-defense. Nothing's going to happen to us," Kazuma explained.
"Oh, my, what happened here?!"
The owner of the bed and breakfast entered. Kazuma and Yuki-Rin stood up.
"My girlfriend was attacked by a guest here at the hotel, and he tried to kill her. During the fight, she killed him in self-defense. For the most part, she's okay, but a little shaken up," Kazuma explained. The owner looked to the body.
"That's 'Peg-Legged' Roscoe. He's wanted for 2 million Beri. I heard he was a dangerous man – Killing people and Marines who wronged him. They say he was motivated by a broken heart," The owner explained. "Is your girlfriend able to go to the island's Marine office?"
"I don't want to," Yuki-Rin choked out. The owner smiled.
"I understand. You should rest up, and I will take care of everything," The owner explained. "And, just between the three of us, I will tell the Marines that Roscoe committed suicide so we can save face."
"You're… Willing to lie to the Marines so you can save me?" Yuki-Rin asked. "T-Thank you. You're so brave. How can we repay you?"
"By staying at the Bishop's Bed and Breakfast. You two are the only guests I have staying the night," The owner explained.
The next evening, after everything with Roscoe and his "suicide" were sorted out and Yuki-Rin was rested up enough, Yuki-Rin and Kazuma were walking back to the Hyperion.
"Well, that was quite the scare. I'm glad all of that was over," Kazuma said.
"I'm glad, too. At least Roscoe's not on this Earth to hurt me anymore," Yuki-Rin said. Kazuma stopped in his tracks.
"Oh, Yuki-Rin, I think I lost some of my money back at the bed and breakfast. I couldn't find it, so do you mind if I go on ahead to the Hyperion to look to see if it's in my room?" Kazuma asked.
"Go right ahead," Yuki-Rin answered. Kazuma kissed Yuki-Rin and ran ahead to the Hyperion. Yuki-Rin sighed.
"Although I like to be alone with Kazuma, it's so good to go back to my nakama," Yuki-Rin thought to herself as she boarded an empty and quiet Hyperion. "That's strange. Shouldn't there be some level of noise by now?"
"Yuki-Rin, time for dinner!"
"Coming!" Yuki-Rin yelled back as she entered the Hyperion and went down the hall to the dining room, which was dark. Yuki-Rin turned on the light, and she was met with a wonderful sight – All of the Capricorns were standing in front of a table stacked with presents, with Kazuma, Molly, Heathcliffe, and Hana holding a large cake.
"Surprise! Happy birthday, Yuki-Rin!"
Ending Note: And so, the Capricorns became 2 million Beri richer and it's Yuki-Rin's birthday. Can things get any better for them? Maybe some reviews. The Capricorns love reviews.