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Time on the Sea
Chapter Twelve
Nami drags, me onto Merry and down into our room. She shoves me on her bed and sits down beside me.
"Spill, everything"
I sigh, and get comfy, and start, I tell Nami about how Shank's crew picked me up, and I kept away where I was from, meeting Luffy and living with him. "…then he proposes and I say yes" I finish
Nami sighs "That's it? Do you love him?"
"He's my brother, my best friend; yes I love him with everything I am. But, I don't know if he feels the same… it's really hard to tell with him."
I fiddle with my hands.
"Have you kissed?" Nami pries
"Ya, only a couple of times though"
"Mmm… what about a ceremony?"
"We promised to have one when sometime during the journey"
She smiles "let me help plan, it's gonna be huge! You're gonna be king and queen right!" Then smiles evilly, "and we need to get you two closer."
"Wait, What… Nami! Don't evilly plan things in your head!"
Oh, man… what is she planning? I smile lightly
It's the morning of the second day; I sit in my bed, my head spins, and booms with a huge headache, what is this….? My stomach is queasy. I head slowly to the deck, as a thick fog rolls in.
I watch the sea, as the rest of the crew mills around, the pain faded for the most part, but there in the back of my mind it throbs. We hear a commotion from the restaurant. "Let's go check it out" Zoro gets up from a nap and hops down Merry, I follow. "Come on Usopp, you too" I drag the sniper along, taking a last look at Nami, who waves us off, Johnny and Yosaku at her side.
Zoro lead us in through the backdoor, of the second level. We walked down to the main floor via stairs. I sat down, my legs hanging through the stairs, and rest my pounding head on the cool bars. Zoro leaned on the bar, and Usopp sits down beside me.
"Need any help, Luffy?" Zoro asks, watching Don Krieg a well-known pirate, ready to attack our captain.
"Nope"
"Ok,"
"Kick his ass Luffy!" I cheer, and smile lightly.
But before any fighting begins, Sanji and the head chef, appear from the kitchen, carrying a large bag, and jug.
"Go feed your crew" the chef throws the bag at the pirate's feet, Krieg huffed, "I'll be back. I will get this ship, if any of you want to live, leave now!" with that he walks out.
The customers panic, and rush to their ships, fleeing the restaurant
I walk down to Luffy, leaning on his shoulder. I notice a man sitting at the door, looking like a defeated puppy.
"Hey, Gin, didn't you guys said you went to the grand line before?" Luffy asks the man
"I just don't know…. If the seven days we spent in the grand line were real or a nightmare… he… he just appeared all of a sudden…." The man named, Gin grovels on the ground. "To think… all 50 of the Krieg pirate fleet, were destroyed by a single man…!"
"What? Impossible!" the cooks and the crew exclaim
"While we still had no idea what was going on, our ships sank one by one… and if it weren't for that storm… our main ship would've sunk… I don't even know how many of our ships managed to survive…. It's…. just too terrifying to believe… I don't even want to think about… That Hawk-eyed man whose glare is sharp enough to kill a man…! I don't want to think about him!"
"What!" Zoro turns to Gin.
"That man, without a doubt…" the head chef says "that proves it."
"Who's that?"
"Beats me." says Luffy to Usopp
"He's the man I'm searching for…" Zoro explains
I sigh lightly.
The chefs run around, getting ready for the fight, two open a platform outside so they don't have to fight inside the ship.
And right on time too, Krieg appears at the head of his ship. Just as they are about to attack, the ship splits in half.
"Wha! What was that?" I rush out, watching.
Zoro stiffens as we head out onto the platform, Luffy doesn't notice just eyeing Krieg, wanting a good fight and Usopp is worrying about Merry.
"Zoro-brother, Luffy-brother, Usopp-brother, and Melody-san!" some voices come from the violent water.
"Johnny? Yosaku?" Zoro exclaims
"Nami-brother ran away with the ship!"
"WHAT?" Luffy yells
"Yeah, she kicked us off and left" they explain as Zoro and I help them out of the water
"Wait, I can still see it!" Luffy looks over the ocean at the speck that is Merry "Yosaku, Johnny Where's your ship?"
"Uh…over there" they gasp, trying to catch their breath from their little dip.
"Mel, Zoro and Usopp I want her to be our navigator, no matter what!" Luffy orders finally
"K" I smile "We'll get her back."
"Fine" Zoro sighs "…Why'd I have to follow such a troublesome captain...Usopp, we're going!"
"R-right" Usopp sweats
Yosaku and Johnny get their ship ready, with the help of Zoro while Luffy and I watch the enemy pirate ship float in pieces on the water.
"Luffy what about you?" Asks Usopp
"Sorry but I can't, I still haven't paid this restaurant back" Luffy motions with a wave of his hand
"Be careful the situation is getting a little crazy here" Zoro warns, while untying the little ship.
"Extra careful, Luffy, I mean it!" I lecture
"Yeah, don't worry" Luffy smiles
"IT'S HIM!"
"Don Krieg it's him!" we hear some of the bad pirates yell. "The one who destroyed our fleet!"
"He followed us all the way out here?"
"He'd come to kill all of us!" they scream "That bastard…"
"I-it can't be… it that… the hawk-eyed man…?" Zoro freezes staring out at the ocean
A man floats up in his coffin all cool like; he has a giant sword on his back. He wears baggy beige pants, and a black cloak open revealing his bare muscled chest, a cross necklace rest around his neck and a large rimed hat with a feather on it. He sits with his legs crossed on a large chair.
"Damn it! What did we ever do to you! Why the hell do you have to follow us all the way out here!" a random pirate yells at the man
"Just to kill sometime." The man says in a bored voice, his conversation sounds around the area.
"THAT'S BULLSHIT!" that same pirate draws a pistol and shoots at him. Mihawk calmly draws his large sword, the bullet missed him completely.
"He deflected it. You won't ever get him. He changes the bullet's trajectory with the tip of his sword…" Zoro steps forward, a hand on his swords, itching to draw them. "Zoro!" I yell as he walks forward. "I've never seen such graceful movements." He complements
"A sword without grace is no strong sword." Mihawk sheathes his sword without another word.
"I set sail to meet you!" Zoro exclaims, taking off his bandana, he somehow made it to the pirate wreckage with my knowing
"…what do you aim for?" asks Mihawk from his seat.
Zoro ties his bandana around his head "To be the strongest." he draws his sword the point aimed at the man "let's have a duel."
"Hey, we're going to lose sight of the ship…" Usopp exclaims, pointing out at the ocean.
"Zoro…" I clutch on to Luffy "Luff…"
"Mel what is it?" Asks Luffy as I watch the talk between the swordsmen
"Pitiful, weakling" Mihawk gets up from his boat, and the men face off. "If you're a competent swordsmen by any means, then I can demonstrate the clear difference in strength between you and I, without needing to cross blades at all. But still, you dare to challenge me. Does your bravery come from your conviction…? Or from ignorance?" he asks
"It comes from my ambition and a promise to a friend." Zoro takes out all three of his swords.
"Luffy, this is gonna be a tough battle…" I whisper
"There's no man that can bet our Bro!" Johnny exclaims proudly.
We watch as the swordsman pulls off his cross necklace, and unsheathes it, unveiling a tiny dagger.
Zoro rushes at the strongest man in the world, "ONI- GIRI!" he cries, but is stopped easily with the point of the enemy's weapon
"Zoro?" Luffy watches intently
"No, Brother's signature move was stopped?" Yosaku yells.
"Arghhh!" Zoro yells as he attacks again, I cringe, oh… this is gonna get bad…
Zoro is knocked over, he pants heavily, and gets up, and attacks again, but every time is blocked.
Johnny and Yosaku charge towards the swordsmen, I grab Johnny's coat, Luffy grabs Yosaku "We oughta teach you a lesson, you bastard!"
"Stop!"
"Don't interfere!" Luffy and I warn
"Stay put right here…!" Luffy holds them down, he sweats, Luffy's worried as well.
Zoro is thrown around, and the dagger is plunged into Zoro's chest.
"Aghh! BRO!" the two pirate hunters yell.
Luffy grits his teeth, holding himself still by griping the railing.
Zoro doesn't step back, and the two speak.
Hawk- eyes, pulls out the dagger, "Kid, tell me your name" he, pulls out his large sword from his back.
Zoro prepares a large attack "Roronoa Zoro."
"I shall remember it, your strength is not seen often in this world, and I shall end this duel with my black sword, the world's strongest sword."
They attack; Luffy and I gasp, and hold strongly
They cross each other, two of Zoro's swords shatter, and blood spurts from his chest, he stands and faces his superior with arms open
"What…?" the man is shocked
"A wound on one's back is the shame of a swordsman." Zoro states with a smile, blood runs from his mouth and nose.
"Splendid" he grins and swipes diagonally down Zoro's chest.
"ZORO!" Luffy yells, as he falls, into the ocean.
"Zoro!" Usopp's mouth is wide open.
"BRO!" Johnny and Yosaku cry.
"Damn it!" I hear Luffy yell and water splash as Johnny and Yosaku jump into the water. "Aghh!" Luffy slingshots forwards, I jump into the spare Ship with Usopp, and help Johnny and Yosaku bring our swordsman into the ship, blood runs from his wound and mouth.
Zoro coughs, and cringes in pain.
"I am Dracule Mihawk; it is much too early for you to die. Know thy self! Know thy world! And become strong Roronoa!"
Luffy stand beside Mihawk scowling as I help clean Zoro's wound.
"So forge ahead with that fierce conviction and try to surpass me sword! Surpass me, Roronoa!" Mihawk yells clearly.
"Bro! answer me!" the boys crowd around our stupid first mate, I yell "Back up, I need to clean the wound and stich it up!"
While dealing first aid, I hear Luffy and Mihawk talk
"Boy. What do you aim for?"
"Pirate King"
"A tough path, indeed, even tougher than surpassing myself." Mihawk laughs,
I stich the last bit of the cut and stand as Luffy sticks his tongue out "Whatever! I'm going to do it anyways"
"And don't forget me! I'm gonna be Queen of the pirates alongside Luffy!" I yell from across the water "I'm not gonna be left out!"
"Mel, Usopp is Zoro alright?"
"He's alive, but needs a real doctor, I managed it stich it" I answer, I can sew clothes, but a person is completely different…
"He's coming to!" Usopp gets my attention
"Bro~!" Johnny and Yosaku cry as Zoro lifts his sword high. Silently
"Zoro?" questions Luffy
"L-luffy… c…can you hear me…?" Zoro pants
"Yeah!"
"Sorry for worrying you… I know… that if I don't become… the world's strongest swordsmen, it will only embarrass you…!" he coughs, Johnny and Yosaku worry over him.
"I SWEAR! THAT I'M NEVER GOING TO LOSE AGAIN!" I smile heavily at Zoro's tears "UNTIL THE DAY I FIGHT HIM AND WIN…" Mihawk smirks and Luffy smiles "I SWEAR! TO NEVER LOSE AGAIN! Any problems? Pirate King?"
"Heehee! NOPE!" Luffy smiles, his signature smile.
Zoro, you will become great. No doubt about that, but rest…
"You make a good team; I'd like to see you too again, sometime in the future…" Mihawk walks to his boat again, but Krieg calls him back "Hawk-eyes! Did you come out here for my head, the most infamous ruler of the east blue?" he asks cockily
"For a while, but I've already enjoyed myself here, and so I'll return back to my nap." Mihawk says dryly.
I laugh, Oh, Mihawk… he's a funny guy. Scary, but funny.
"No need to be so curt, but I haven't had my fun, how about you Die before leaving!" Krieg shoots his many weapons, hidden in his great gold and diamond armor.
"Hmph, you never learn, do you…" Mihawk swings his sword, cutting the already wreaked ship again, and disappears in the demolition's smoke, back to the grand line most likely.
"Guy's go on ahead!" Luffy orders
"Alright!" Usopp agrees "We'll definitely bring back Nami and Merry!"
"Don't forget Sanji when you're finished! Give Don-face a punch from me!" I wave, my head ache gone. "The we're off to the grand line!" I laugh as they get farther and farther away.