[Shore of Cocoyashi village]
Genzo pov
The earthquake had disrupted the peaceful night in the village. Luckily we all could clear from the house and none of it collapsed as the earthquake went away.
A crowd had formed outside as people were checking up on one another to see if anyone got hurt. Luckily everyone was uninjured, 'We have to practice more drills just incase for situations like this', my duty as the town sheriff came first.
My thoughts were halted when someone shouted,
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!!", shouted Chodo pointing towards the shore.
I followed the direction of his finger and my eyes widened. There near the shore was a huge shiny sphere, moonlight was reflecting off of its surface.
'It wasn't there before in the afternoon when I went on a patrol', I was worried and curious at the same time. It could have been a dangerous construct that washed ashore or a monster that came from the bottom of the sea.
I asked the villagers to be cautious and stay here while I checked it out. But they didn't listen to me and insisted on coming with me.
"You're still injured Genzo-San, you shouldn't push yourself too much"
"Yeah, let us come with you. We won't let other people bully us again like few days ago."
"If we are together we'll be stronger"
They kept on shouting as they gave several excuses. I just sighed and allowed them to follow me.
When we reached near tge shore the ground shook a bit more. I made sure nobody was trampling over anyone and continue to walk ahead.
On reaching the shore we saw that the sphere seemed to have opened up a bit, it didn't look hollow on the inside rather it looked like it had some large things within.
Then suddenly snake like apertures rose from the sphere and shot towards where the town transformer would be.
"No, wait!", I shouted as I tried to stop the snake like ropes but it was upto no avail as they slipped past me.
I closed my eyes as they reached the transformer, I expected an explosion to occur but it never happened.
I then saw that light was starting to shine from the shore. I turned and the sight that I saw bewildered me.
It was a large stage, with jumbo speakers on two sides of it. The lights shone around like a concert that I saw on a newspaper poster a few months back.
The villagers who saw this started to go closer to it. There was a white screen behind the stage that showed clearly what was happening, a man was the stage wearing a sparkly coat and a shiny top hat. He turned around as a mic materialized in his hands,
'Wait, I recognize that face!', my surprise was evident as my haw widened and threatened to fall off.
"Time to start the show", he grinned
"Are you ready!!", the man's voice was propagated throughout the island through the speakers.
'It can only be him, it's definitely his voice. It's Tesoro!', I couldn't believe it, it was as if a miracle was occurring in front of me.
General pov
The villagers were first a bit frightened due to the loud speakers but the familiar voice lessened their worries.
Suddenly drum beats could be heard, right after the sound of keyboard followed and the base. Right after a melody that was familiar to Tesoro was played.
(Take on me – by ~ A-ha)
Tesoro swayed as he started to dance while gripping the mic as he sang,
"Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway"
Boss clearly recognized that voice, "It really is that bastard", he exclaimed in disbelief.
"Today is another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love. OK?"
"I can't believe it", muttered Belle-mére as she stared at the large screen before her that clearly showed Tesoro.
A bit further away Nami and Nojiko hugged each other as they laughed and jumped, "It is uncle Tesoro! He's still alive!", exclaimed Nojiko.
"YAY! He's alive and he's still singing! ", exclaimed Nami as she was really happy to hear Tesoro's singing again.
She was sad when she realized that she might have been the cause of Tesoro's demise and the reason for Stella's despair. But now she was happy to be relieved of such guilt.
"Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two"
Stella covered her mouth as the tears wouldn't stop, "Don't say that you idiot!", she said through her sobs as she was afraid of what the lines in the song was implying. She was already devastated when Tesoro was gone before, now she didn't think she could handle it if it were to happen again.
"So needless to say
Of odds and ends
But I'll be stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me,
'It's no better to be safe than sorry.',"
The stage now started to shapeshift into a trampoline as Tesoro was sent flying into the air, gasps could be heard throughout the crowd and just then Tesoro did a front flip before landing on the floor below the stage as the lights behind him began to move in a dancing motion.
"What kind of devil fruit is that?", Dragon exclaimed loudly as he had never seen a devil fruit that could do that. It couldn't be the mmagnet-magnet fruit as Tesoro had more control over it than any of the previous users.
"I'm thinking the same thing as you Dragon", Boss replied as sweat started forming on his forehead. 'You are full of surprises Tesoro', he thought to himself.
"Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two"
The villagers now were much closer to the stage as they feared no harm. They were rather having fun and enjoying themselves as they danced to the rhythm of the music that was much different than anything they've ever heard before.
Genzo, a man who never swayed or danced before was now moving his hips and tapping his foot the the beat.
"Oh, things that you say. Yeah.
Is it life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway"
Stella could be seen blushing
a bit as she did not expect Tesoro to be so explicitly expressing his love for her. These past few days Tesoro seemed to have gotten much more bolder with her and she had no complaints.
Tesoro now tapped his foot as a metallic pillar raised him to the sky. The pillar continued until his figure aligned with the moon.
He then shouted, "Come on everybody!!".
The crowd went ecstatic as Tesoro gave that command. They had already gotten the hang of the chorus. They swayed as they hugged each other by their shoulders and sang after Tesoro.
"Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day"
Fireworks were blasted behind Tesoro as the sky was covered with beautiful lights.
Nami and Nojiko had never seen such a colourful sky in their life ever before. Their eyes widened with wonder and awe as they were given the chance to be one of the first, but not last, fans of Tesoro.
The villagers were much happier today at this moment and forgot about all their troubles and worries that they had before. No more were they afraid of marines coming to their village and breaking their property, no more did they worry about money, no more did they worry about their relationships. Here right at this moment, they were all together and happy.
"Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)"
The music and the song started to quiet down and Tesoro was lowed by the pillar and placed right infront of his love.
Main pov
I huffed and puffed as I landed on the shore. My back was wet due to sweat and my throat was parched.
But above all my heart was beating fast, fast as train engine or maybe even faster. Because before me I could see a beautiful blond angel.
She was as enchanting as the day I met her. The moonlight on her skin shone and made her golden hair sparkle.
My deep green eyes met her sky blue eyes and stayed that way for a moment. The cool ocean breeze made her hair fly as she started to walk towards me.
I did the same and moved towards her, she then started sprinting which I copied.
The distance between us dwindled as we got closer.
I had missed her so much. I raised my arms in anticipation of hug, "Stell-"
POM!!*
I felt a punch connect to my cheek as my face tasted sand. My face was burning as I feared that the punch might have been infused with haki. (A/n not actually haki)
"Ugh"
I groaned as I looked up. What I saw made me worried, Stella had her fist, which was covered in bandages, hanging in the air in a punching position.
She had red teary eyes and trembling lips, "YOU MADE ME THINK YOU WERE DEAD! YOU ASSHOLE!", she shouted at me.
My eyes were wide as I stared at her, bewildered that she was so angry. 'How long was I out for?', I thought.
"Stella I-", I could see that her bandaged hand was now bleeding. I immediately got up and held her bleeding hand gently as I started putting the bandage back on.
"Stella you'll hurt yourself", I muttered as I held her soft hands that now seemed to have some burn marks on it.
"You think I wasn't hurt when you were gone. It was more worse than getting my hand burned", she sobbed as she clenched my shirt with her other hand.
"Stella", I mumbled softly. I placed my arms around her shoulders as I brought her closer to me.
"I'm sorry Stella, I'll never leave you again. This time I won't break my promise", I touched our foreheads as I told her a promise I intended to keep even if I had to fight the world for it.
I had to hunch my posture a bit though as I was already much taller than her.
"idiot", she mumbled as she placed her head on my chest and wept.
We stayed like that lost in the moment in each other's embrace. I could no longer see the moonlight, feel the ocean breeze or hear the sea wave break on the shore. All I felt at that moment was Stella.
General pov
"I guess this would be a bad time to thank him for saving my life", chuckled Belle-mére as she patted Nojiko's head while cradling the now asleep Nami in her arms.
"Yeah, let him have this moment,. He deserves it, they deserve it", replied boss as he smiled.
"I still can't believe that he is alive", Dragon was still having trouble believing in this miracle.
"Mom why are they eating each other?", asked Nojiko as she pointed towards Tesoro and Stella who were now making out without a care in the world.
"COVER YOUR EYES NOJIKO!!", Belle-mére came between Nojiko's line of sight. She did not want to have the talk about birds and the bees with her daughters yet, she was going to wait until they were at least ten.
By then she expected herself to be prepared to be a proper mother.
Tesoro didn't notice that the big screen was still streaming whatever he was doing. The villagers were now covering their children's eyes while the senior citizens were chuckling and reminiscing the stories of their youth.
Tesoro and Stella continued to wrestle with their tongues as the villagers started move back to their houses so as to give them privacy and protect their children's innocense.
