Peace, order, and development. The ninja world had entered an era of tranquility after so many wars until the end came. Only a few were the survivors.
I have to find them no matter what.
She had accepted her new life in a world completely different from hers until one day on Whitebeard's pirate ship, her life took a 180-degree turn, and hope returned to Sakura when she learned that she was not the only one from her island in this world. Now she was determined to search for traces of them. The last shinobis had entered the great pirate era!
Sakura was breathless. Of all the people she expected to encounter in this place, Ace was the last one to cross her mind. As her eyes met Ace's deep charcoal eyes, Sakura completely forgot she was here on an undercover mission, seeking the pirate ship captain who took her friends to extract answers from him before killing him, and she even forgot the passage of time itself. The warmth in her body turned into a tingling sensation, like a sparkler heading towards the bottom of her body. The surprise was so great that she even forgot to continue pumping chakra into her system to detoxify herself.
When her brain began to react, she jumped a little when she realized her hand was on Ace's muscular chest. She quickly withdrew it, but hesitated to move it away, and eventually withdrew it, regretting her last decision. For the first time in her life, she was grateful that Ace had the habit of being shirtless.
Fortunately for Sakura, as she raised her gaze, she shivered to see Ace's intense gaze on her. She watched as Ace slowly looked her up and down, not missing a corner or curvature that was visible. Feeling him look at her so carnally aroused an emotion in her that she had long believed she would never feel again: she felt desired as a woman. She began to feel the blood rushing faster through her veins, driven by anticipation and desire.
She had to use all the sanity she had left to focus. If Ace looked at her like that, it meant he had also taken the aphrodisiac to enter, and it was his first time in that place. A small part of her felt relieved that it was Ace's first time in that unpleasant place. They needed to talk, or she didn't know how much longer she could keep her sanity intact, especially because Ace's hand on her lower waist, lazily caressing her, made her skin burn.
Suddenly, a person neither Ace nor Sakura noticed approached until he stood by Sakura's side and stroked her right breast, clearing his throat to get both their attention.
"You must be CherryBomb," said the man, very pleased to see her.
Ace stopped his gaze on the man's hand caressing Sakura's chest before looking up at him and memorizing his face. Meanwhile, Sakura noted that, although she felt a tingling from the man's touch on her chest, the sensation of Ace's hand on her hip was a hundred times, no, a thousand times hotter than that of that man, and even his lustful gaze disgusted her.
Ignoring Ace and Sakura, who discreetly showed their displeasure upon realizing that the bubble they were immersed in had burst, the man continued stroking Sakura's chest and even slid a finger under her bikini.
"Down here, we've heard great praise about your skills; they say your tongue is to die for, and your tight pussy is unmatched," said the man, eager to have his moment with Sakura and see if that story was true. Then, he glanced at Ace without paying much attention to him. "Are you going to use her? Because there are a lot of people waiting for their turn here, or if you don't mind having a threesome, we can play with her until she begs to die."
With his free hand, the man displayed two bags filled with gold and jewels as payment for some time with Sakura. Ever since the man put his hand on her, Ace was upset, and the man's final words only served to darken his gaze and make a vein on his forehead bulge. He grabbed the man's shirt with a firm grip and shot him a furious look, while his free arm tensed, every muscle flexing in an attempt to restrain himself from hitting him.
"Get out," Ace growled, his voice deep and menacing.
The man fled, leaving Sakura staring at Ace with wide eyes. Under normal circumstances, she would have reinforced his behavior by congratulating him for driving the man away without resorting to violence. However, at that moment, she had to clench her legs to contain a spasm in the lower area, repressing the impulse to throw herself onto the hips of the Fire Fist pirate. A primitive part of her fluttered at the sight of how Ace seemed to mark her as his territory; she wished he would look at her possessively, take her against the wall for a wild encounter, while she watched his muscles flex and veins throb under his touch.
So engrossed was she in her fantasy to prevent it from becoming a reality that she didn't notice when Ace took her waist again, pulling her to his side as he guided her towards the room area. He took out two bags filled with berries from one of his pockets and handed them to the guard, then they walked through the hallways, where moans, screams, and cries echoed alike.
Once inside the first available room, the noises ceased. The rooms were designed to be soundproof, so the outside clamor wouldn't seep in, but they allowed the sounds from inside to be heard outside.
Being inside the room turned out to be both the best and the worst idea, although neither of them was willing to admit it aloud.
The atmosphere in the room was oppressive, almost suffocating. To maintain composure, Ace leaned back against Sakura, forehead against the door, while Sakura remained in the center of the room. Her eyes couldn't tear away from Ace's broad back, moving with the rhythm of his ragged breathing, and her hands clung to the wood in an attempt to restrain her impulses.
Ace felt that if he turned around and saw Sakura, he wouldn't be able to control himself, and unbeknownst to him, Sakura shared the same thought.
Aware of Ace's internal struggle, Sakura slowly backed away, moving her body away from her friend's until her legs touched the large bed. Part of her felt disappointed; she wished to feel Ace's body heat on hers again, for him to dominate her with his warmth, for his large calloused hands to explore every inch of her skin, for him to bite her neck while she buried her nose in his scent, wishing it would be imprinted on her skin, just as his was on his, so that everyone would know who that temperamental man belonged to.
But Sakura couldn't help it; it was Ace, her friend and one of her saviors. He had been there for her in her most vulnerable moment, had protected her from committing suicide, had brought fun back into her life, had taken her on her first "real" date, and had come to her rescue when she and the other Whitebeard pirates were in danger.
"I was given an aphrodisiac too," Sakura began with a hoarse voice, before clearing her throat. She wanted to talk to distract herself from the fantasies that were becoming more detailed as she looked at Ace. "They give that pill to everyone who works here and to clients who come down to this area for the first time. They also release an inhibiting gas. I guess it's to make people lose their morality and give in to their instincts."
Ace didn't respond.
"The weather is warmer than I expected for an ice island. Fortunately, because otherwise, we'd be freezing in our clothes," Sakura continued, trying to keep the conversation going.
But Ace remained silent. Sakura kept talking about any topic that came to mind, pausing to give Ace a chance to respond, but all she received was silence. She began to get irritated by talking to herself and because the excitement she felt was becoming painful without contact with another body. The two things frustrated her, and she couldn't think of anything else but to take it out on Ace, who was in front of her.
"You shouldn't have come," she said firmly. Sensing Ace's muscles tensing, she felt like she was finally getting a response from him, so she decided to continue. "Why are you here? If you're here, it means the others are too. We had an agreement; once I recovered, we would go our separate ways."
Ace, who had been feeling pain for several minutes from not being able to relieve his erection, was angered by Sakura's words.
"Do you think we were just going to leave you like that, without a word? Did the time we spent together mean nothing to you? We weren't going to leave without saying goodbye, especially after you left with that idiot," Ace said quietly and with a slow tone to try to control his growing anger. "You left your headband and cut your hair in the sink. Did you think we were just going to stand idly by? I'm not one to turn my back on people!"
Sakura crossed her arms.
"I left my headband because I knew it would be safe. I think that was clear enough to show that I wasn't kidnapped, I let myself be kidnapped!" Sakura said, raising her voice regardless of whether anyone else could hear them shouting, as their voices would blend with those of the other people in the neighboring rooms. "When I met that 'biologist,' I realized he was one of the pirates who kidnapped me!"
"Why didn't you kidnap him?" Ace countered.
Sakura snorted in annoyance. It was clear that the most perceptive person in the room wasn't him.
"I'm not going after a mere pawn, but the head of the leader," she said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Nothing guarantees that the captain will come to this place. Very few know him, and his slave network is the largest," Ace replied in the same tone as Sakura.
"I'm not stupid. I've used my tricks to determine if this was the right place, and it turns out he's showing up here today," Sakura retorted.
Those words only made Ace angry, remembering the man who had come between them a few moments ago in the hall.
"Are you talking about how you use your abilities to gather information?" Ace said with a dark and resentful tone, as if he were spitting venom.
Sakura gasped, unable to believe that Ace was insinuating that she had had sexual relations with clients and anyone else to gather information. Of course, she had, but it wasn't her preferred method, and if possible, she avoided it.
"I'm not a prostitute. I just had to use an illusion to make them believe we had had relations. No one here can find out that I use genjutsu," Sakura replied, annoyed and hurt. She never imagined he would categorize her that way. Tears began to well up in the corners of her eyes. "You'd better leave here. This island is dangerous. If they find out you're here, they'll do everything they can to capture you and sell you as slaves."
Maybe at another time, Ace would have asked what she meant by genjutsu, but now his mind was clouded by anger, lust, and the pain in his groin, so he overlooked that question.
"Dangerous?" he scoffed sarcastically. "You're the one in danger. Everyone who knows this place knows that slaves in Heaven don't survive."
"I can take care of myself perfectly well. So far, I haven't had any problems. Remember, I'm a kunoichi," Sakura replied with determination.
"Really? I remember the last time you were kidnapped in a mine, and the other time you were almost eaten by a sea king," Ace retorted.
"That was for other reasons," Sakura said, clenching her jaw tightly. "If it bothers you so much, why are you here? Go away."
"Do you really not know why I'm here?" Ace finally said, turning around.
The moment their gazes met, sparks flew between them, and before they knew it, Sakura was being pinned against one of the walls by Ace, their lips melding into a passionate kiss. Sakura wrapped her arms around Ace's neck, bringing her bare chest close to his, while one of Ace's hands traveled from her chest to her hip, and the other caressed one of her legs, causing their hips to rub against each other and the pain they had felt earlier to turn into a tingling of desire.
Both of them just wanted to feel each other's warmth. Ace pulled his lips away from Sakura's and left a trail of kisses down her neck, descending until he reached the junction between her neck and shoulder, where he decided to give her a playful bite. Sakura let out a moan, one of her hands remained anchored on Ace's shoulders, while the other slid down to the small of his back and pulled him towards her, making their hips nestle against each other. They both groaned with desire at the friction.
Ace lifted Sakura, causing her to wrap her legs around his hips, and both felt the pressure of Ace's erection against the tiny bikini as he pressed her against the wall. With Sakura's face above his, Ace undid the top part of Sakura's bikini and massaged one of her breasts while licking the aureola of the other, marking it with his trail.
Sakura leaned her head against the wall as she stroked Ace's head and moved her hips up and down, seeking more friction with Ace's erection. When she heard Ace let out a guttural moan, she moaned too, and they continued rubbing their hips against each other.
"Ace," Sakura moaned, pleading for more, unable and unwilling to stop there.
Ace, understanding the plea in those desire-filled eyes, planned to take her to the bed. However, with Sakura grinding her hips against his and leaving kisses interspersed with small bites on his neck, he couldn't resist. Desire and the effect of the aphrodisiac caused them to end up on the floor.
With Sakura on the floor, watching her with desire as she knelt, Ace found himself drawn again to her beauty and desirability. He looked her up and down with lust as if he wanted to engrave that moment in his mind forever. Slowly, Sakura opened her legs to the sides, pushing aside the fabric of her bikini to expose her wet center.
Ace's eyes sparkled before he leaned towards her like a bee to honey, giving her a lick. Hearing Sakura moan, he took her legs to open them even wider, continuing to lick her pink button and core repeatedly, savoring her essence.
Sakura moaned louder and louder as excitement grew, gripping Ace's hair until finally, the orgasm left her breathless. Ace continued with a few more licks before rising slowly, leaving a trail of kisses until he reached Sakura's lips, which she instinctively welcomed, opening her mouth as he licked her lips.
But it wasn't enough; they wanted more. Ace got on his knees again to unbutton his shorts and boxers, freeing his erection. Seeing him completely naked, Sakura sighed, especially as she watched Ace, finally feeling free, grab his member and start stroking it. Instantly, Sakura brought her hand to her core and began to pleasure herself as well. Seeing this, Ace started to pump his member up and down at the same pace Sakura was pleasuring herself until both felt it was enough because they needed more.
Ace took one of Sakura's legs and placed it over his shoulder as she brought her hands to Ace's chest, craving that contact. Carefully, Ace positioned himself until the head of his member was at Sakura's entrance. They looked at each other and kissed as Ace penetrated her.
Since it was not Sakura's first time, there was no need to be so cautious. Once they were fully united, they both sighed into the kiss, feeling how perfectly they fit together and how Sakura adjusted to Ace's member. It was like feeling complete.
It didn't take long before Ace began to move his hips desperately.
"Sakura," Ace moaned, causing Sakura's walls to contract and both to shudder, increasing the speed.
The effect of the pill had reached its peak, making the thrusts as fast as those of a pair of animals in heat. Only their moans and the clash of skin against skin could be heard. The knot in Sakura's stomach tightened, and Ace's thrusts grew faster until Sakura finally reached her second orgasm, digging her nails into Ace's back, while he emptied himself inside her. Sakura hugged him tightly as she felt the warmth of his seed reach her belly, tilting her hips to make it go as deep as possible.
They filled each other with kisses as their hands continued to explore each other's bodies. The effect of the pill had not yet disappeared; Ace was still erect while Sakura was ready for a second round. Ace lowered Sakura's leg and prepared to change position when he was surprised to be pushed to the floor as Sakura settled on top of him.
Sakura leaned in towards Ace, her lips near his ear.
"You didn't think I'd be too submissive, did you?" Sakura whispered playfully before biting his earlobe.
Ace's eyes sparkled at the challenge. Sakura smiled at him with mischievous lust as she straddled him. This time, it would be a power struggle in sex, something Ace had never experienced before and it pushed him to the brink of ecstasy when Sakura stroked his member while looking down at him from her position of power.
This was a challenge they were both willing to experience to see who would emerge victorious. Lust enveloped them until they both ended up lying on the floor, sweaty, breathing heavily, and tired. The effect of the aphrodisiac had diminished enough for mental clarity to return to both of them. Sakura was still on the floor with Ace's arm extended, which she used as a pillow.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean everything I said earlier," Ace apologized once his mind cleared, feeling bad for speaking in anger.
Sakura turned her body to partially lie on Ace's, resting her head on his chest as she looked into his eyes.
"I'm sorry too," Sakura apologized sincerely. "I know I shouldn't have left without explaining, but at that moment I was only thinking about finding out where my friends are. They're all I have left from my island."
Ace understood what it meant to lose important people, so he wrapped his arms around her and gently stroked her hip with his fingers. Sakura stroked the freckles on Ace's cheek. Although the aphrodisiac was not as potent as before, they still felt the need to touch each other.
"We care about you too," Ace said. "We're not all here, my father ordered us to split up to find you."
"The captain is here, I will find him and make him tell me where my friends are," Sakura affirmed.
Ace sighed in relief.
"That's good because we plan to destroy this place in the morning," he added.
Sakura laughed, knowing that was completely Ace and his companions' idea. She settled herself on Ace's body and buried her face in his neck, feeling comfortable. Ace inhaled Sakura's scent, enjoying the security of her embrace.
"I'm not going to burn everything, I also want to destroy this horrible place," Sakura said.
Ace laughed, feeling his chest move.
"I wouldn't have it any other way," he assured.
Both felt so comfortable as they were that they didn't feel the need to cover up or apologize for what they had done under the effect of the aphrodisiac. It felt so natural that being together felt right. Sakura moved her head and playfully bit Ace's shoulder. He smiled and grabbed her hips.
"It seems like you haven't had enough," Ace said with a playful tone, revealing that his body was reacting again.
"I think that aphrodisiac was more potent than I thought," Sakura commented. "And I want a rematch."
Ace flipped Sakura over, pinning her down to the floor.
"Then we must make that drug lose its effect," Ace said with a lustful tone before kissing Sakura, ready for the next round.
Once the drug's effect wore off, they both picked up the few pieces of clothing they had left scattered on the floor and tried to fix their hair as best they could. They couldn't do much to hide the marks that adorned their bodies, so they headed towards the door. When Ace turned the knob, he glanced back at Sakura.
"We'll come for you in the morning," he reminded her.
"We'll see who finishes first," Sakura replied with a smile.
With that, they stepped out into the Heaven lounge. Ace was the first to leave the room and exit the place to meet up with his companions. Sakura, avoiding encountering other clients, hid in a corner and performed a jutsu to change her appearance to that of a man, also hiding the golden collar that adorned her neck.
With the certainty that Ace and the others would burst into the place later, Sakura knew she had to find the captain of the pirate slave band with greater urgency. She began talking to people and eventually learned that the man she had seen before encountering Ace was the underworld emperor, known as the Gravekeeper, once she got close to him.
To her dismay, she heard the emperor complain that the vice-captain was nowhere to be seen, which was worrying, as he was considered even more important than the captain, due to his excellent memory of all the businesses and people involved in the slave trade.
"I'll have to wait another time because he's busy with a bitch now," lamented the emperor.
Sakura cursed inwardly. She had been searching in vain all this time, though she was at least comforted to know that the vice-captain was in the place. However, by the end of the day, Sakura began to worry. If she couldn't find either of them before dawn and Whitebeard's crew went into action, there was a chance that both would escape without the information she needed.
Sakura delayed her entry to the gates leading to Hell, the third place in the building, behind the doors guarded by the velociraptors, for as long as she could. Inside, there was the hall leading to the pirates' quarters, while descending the stairs led to the cold cells where slaves were stacked without beds to rest. Everyone had to sleep huddled together to conserve heat, and sometimes, upon waking up at night, they found some dead from hypothermia.
Next to the door leading to Hell, Sakura watched people enter, hoping to find one of the two pirates, until the guards pushed her to go downstairs. Once downstairs, they subjected her to a cold-water shower, served her rice gruel with a small piece of meat and soft bread, and sent her to her cell. After finishing her meal, Sakura began to pace back and forth, worried and thinking about what to do next, until she heard the cell door close, accompanied by the guards' laughter.
"It seems like the vice-captain had a good time," one of the guards commented loudly.
"It'll be lucky if he shows up for work tomorrow," another added.
"No one has the privilege of not working," another guard chimed in, laughing.
Sakura saw several of her fellow captives gather around the person the guards had left before closing the door. Setting aside her plan to go after the vice-captain momentarily, she approached the group. Her heart froze when she saw Mia on the floor, covered in bruises all over her body, with one eye almost closed from swelling and her mouth bleeding, having had all her teeth pulled out.
When Mia saw her, she crawled towards her despite the warnings from the others. With her hands covered in her own blood, Mia hugged Sakura's leg and cried. The guards, upon seeing the scene, mocked the girl. One of the guards even said that a blowjob without teeth feels better.
Without saying a word, Sakura bent down to Mia's level, gently stroking her bloodied face without caring about getting dirty. Mia's eyes had lost their sparkle. Tenderly, Sakura brushed aside the blonde hair, revealing dark marks around her neck, and applied healing chakra with her right hand over them.
The slaves around were surprised to see Sakura's hand glowing with a pale green hue, and as she passed her hand over Mia's wounds, they began to fade away, whether they were large or small bruises, and she even managed to stop the bleeding from her mouth.
"I'm sorry," Sakura said sincerely before kissing Mia's head. She had promised to protect her, and for a moment of carelessness, Mia had experienced trauma.
The room reverberated with noise coming from above, alerting everyone except the guards.
"It seems like Whitebeard's pirates are indeed attacking us," commented one of the guards.
"They've destroyed several of our hideouts," added another.
"They'll be in for a surprise. In the hall, several of us are waiting, and there are hundreds behind the doors, waiting for the moment to attack them and undermine their morale," another continued.
"They deserve it for attacking us."
"They'll end up being good slaves."
With a darkened expression, Sakura rose from the floor and headed towards the cell. Her fellow slaves stepped aside to let her pass, still surprised that Sakura could use the power of her devil fruit, despite the collar also containing sea stone to contain fruit users. Once in front of the bars, Sakura opened them easily, making them squeak as if they were made of aluminum.
"Hey, what's going on!" exclaimed one of the guards.
The five guards guarding the Hell area saw Sakura emerge from the cell. They drew their swords and lunged at her, but Sakura moved swiftly to dodge their attacks. To the last guard, Sakura took his sword, and with a single stroke, she cut his throat, repeating the act with the other three. To the last one, who had made the contemptible remark, she impaled the sword in his heart and held it there, watching as pain and fear contorted his face and he began to cough up blood. Sakura twisted the sword to widen the wound and then pulled it out, causing blood to gush out.
Once the five guards lay dead, Sakura looked towards the cell, where everyone was watching her wordlessly.
"You'd better stay in the cell until it's safe to come out," Sakura warned before heading towards the next cell guarded by guards.
Next Chapter:Raid
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