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Chapter 7

Her resolve was set.

Rosalie walked with Ruby through the streets of the markets, the brown-haired girl focused on what she saw. Ruby's eyes scanned through everything regarding tools while Rosalie's blue eyes stared off in the distance.

She had her mother's journal strapped to her waist as well as the dagger above the leather cover. She had her sword with the sea prism edge sheathed on the opposite side of her waist and wore her usual hat, her red hair flowing down her back.

Rosalie made up her mind. She knew what she had to do. She didn't quite know how she was going to tell the crew but they needed to understand. She needed to find Law. It wasn't just a little nagging in the back of her head, her whole being nagged at her.

She knew that she had to confront Bepo and ask him exactly where Law went because as far as she knew, Law kept it a secret. She was sure that he told Bepo though. Even if he only told his first mate where he went it was already a start.

Rosalie would find the reason soon enough.

"Oh, here it is! This is the store with all the amazing tools!" Ruby boasted and looked back at Rosalie who gave her a blank look. "Rosalie, are you alright?" She asked with a brow raised in concern but Rosalie smiled reassuringly at her.

"Of course! I was busy looking around so much, I forgot why we were here," Rosalie stated with a soft laugh and Ruby sweat dropped. The red-haired female seemed to be a bit empty minded when it came to stuff like this.

"Anyway… You said you wanted your sword sharpened, right? Well, these guys should be able to do the job," Ruby said and Rosalie grunted. They entered the small shop, the wooden door ringing a bell to alert the shopkeeper of customers.

Rosalie glanced around in the wooden room and noted the tools, blades and other sharp weapons that this place sell. It looked like an ordinary place to buy something antique or just a tool to quickly fix something.

It didn't look impressive to her at all, however, Ruby was another story. Rosalie paled at the brunette's hyperactive behavior as she bounced around while looking at the tools. She reacted the same way as a child in a candy store. It was quite the scenery.

"I swore I heard the bell ring!" A male voice came from a backroom before an elder male came in from the back. "Ah, I see that I do have customers and that I'm not going insane. Welcome to my store, ALL Tools," he stated and Rosalie groaned.

The elder male was dressed exactly the same as most of the shopkeepers, bartenders and other entertainers on this island. He also had his store named the same irritated way. It was starting to become a permanent headache for Rosalie.

"Hi! I'm just looking around to see if I can get what I'm looking for. My friend, however, would like her sword sharpened and conditioned," Ruby pointed at Rosalie. She grunted and she pulled out her sword, keeping it sheathed.

Rosalie put the sword down in front of the male and he went to inspect it. Despite his continuous smile, he seemed to know what he was doing. He picked up the sword, blinking a few times at the heaviness of it before looking back at Rosalie.

"It's quite heavy to handle. It must be hard for a female to handle such a heavy weapon." A vein throbbed painfully out of Rosalie's head and Ruby turned blue under her eye. This person had no idea what he just said.

"Listen, I didn't come here to be insulted as a female." Rosalie slammed the palm of her hand onto the wooden counter and gave him a dark glare. "Can you sharpen my sword or do I need to look for another 'ALL'-store to do it?" She asked, her blue eyes staring into his dark orbs.

"I can sharpen it," the male replied while swallowing thickly and Rosalie's temper subsided. She gave him a grunt and he inspected the sword again. "I'll go sharpen it while you're here. Feel free to look around." He then walked away into the backroom.

Rosalie let out a sigh and relaxed her tensed shoulders. Ruby eyed the female from the corner of her eyes and then looked down at the glass that contained the tools. She knew that Rosalie wasn't very fond of this island and she had been on her nerves since they arrived.

"Are you alright, Rosalie? You seem a bit…stiff. Did you get enough sleep in last night?" Ruby asked as she picked up one of the tools and inspected it. Rosalie blinked a few times as she looked at Ruby and gave her a small smile.

"Yeah, I did. I just don't like this island. It gives me the creeps" Rosalie replied and Ruby grunted, not wanting to bother Rosalie more. Rosalie was tired. She stayed up all night to finish her mother's journal and only had a few hours of sleep in.

Despite that, the island still gave her chills and she couldn't wait until they left. She was sure that it would be safer for them if they left as soon as possible but she didn't want to rush the crew. They enjoyed the break they had and she wanted them to relax for a while.

The New World wasn't an easy adventure like it was on the other side of the Red Line. It was deadly sea with strange weather, terrible islands and monsters that lurked beneath the dark waters. A day took more out of the crew than they bargained for.

Rest was just what the doctor ordered…

Rosalie raised an eyebrow and looked around, her brows furrowing. Ruby noticed her sudden change in behavior and raised an eyebrow. "Hey, Ruby, please tell me if I'm going crazy but… I don't hear any sword sharpening," Rosalie pointed out.

"What are you…? Now that you mention it, I haven't heard anything as well. That's weird. Maybe he's busy getting the machine ready," Ruby pointed out and Rosalie nodded vaguely. She was just paranoid, that was all.

"Probably. Oh, Ruby, speaking of which. What did the guys say they were going to do today? I haven't heard of them all morning so I take it they were sleeping soundly," Rosalie asked and Ruby shrugged nonchalant.

"Who knows? They probably ran back to their dorms and locked the door after last night's peeking. I wouldn't be surprised if they still slept. Those guys are too lazy for their own good," Ruby stated and Rosalie laughed while nodding.

"You can say that again."

Rosalie looked around at the blades that they sell and walked but hearing the wooden floor creak beneath her made her stop. Rosalie looked down at the floor and shifted her weight on the floor. Something was off.

"The floor… There doesn't seem to be something beneath it." Rosalie bent down to feel the floor and was now certain of it. There was definitely no fundament beneath this wood and it would mean trouble if something were to happen.

"That's strange. Maybe there's a mine underneath? That would explain why no one wants to put up shop here. That's probably why it's a marketplace," Ruby pointed out and Rosalie nodded, standing up again.

"Yeah, that can be-Ah!" Rosalie yelped when the floor beneath her and Roby suddenly gave out and they fell into the darkness. Rosalie grunted when she hit a hard surface on her back while sliding down, her blue eyes adjusting to the darkness.

"What the hell?! Why did it have to break now?!" Ruby exclaimed, panic surging through her body and Rosalie's brows furrowed. She tried to slide a bit closer to Ruby but it was a bit difficult with their speed picking up.

"It didn't break. Those floors opened like a trapdoor and we fell right into their trap. I thought something was off when I didn't hear my sword being sharpened. Damn them!" Rosalie cursed and mentally scolded herself.

"It's not your fault, Rosalie," Ruby said and let out a yelp when the tunnel they were gliding in started to split as it came to a junction. Rosalie's eyes widened. She activated her speed armament and managed to catch Ruby's hand just in time.

"Hang on!" Rosalie yelled as she stood on the junction between the two tunnels. Ruby held onto her, brown eyes wide in fear. Rosalie gritted her teeth and pulled the brown haired up, until they managed to hold onto the wall between the tunnels.

"Thank you, Rosalie… That was close…"

"We have to get out of here before we fall right into their trap. I'll teleport us away from here. There's no other way," Rosalie stated and Ruby's eyes widened while the red-haired female gritted her teeth. It was one thing she didn't want to use.

"No, wait! You can't!" Ruby stopped her and Rosalie glanced at her. "Don't you remember what Captain said? If you use that you'll put too much strain on your body! We also won't know where we end up on this island!" Ruby pointed out and Rosalie gritted her teeth.

"I know! But we don't have a choice! I'm not putting you in danger!" Rosalie argued back and Ruby flinched at her tone. Rosalie knew very well that she couldn't control her teleportation technique and it would completely exhaust her.

However, she didn't have time to argue. She didn't want them falling into the enemy's grasp. If she needed to fight, then she just had to push through. She couldn't let this technique be a hindrance anymore, she needed to get past this hurdle.

Rosalie grabbed onto Ruby's hand and closed her eyes. She let out a deep breath letting everything fade around her. She could feel Ruby's presence next to her and as she stretched out her senses, she could feel more presences above her.

They were underground but she didn't know where exactly they were located. She just needed to teleport to a place with less presences. Rosalie felt her body heat up, her heartbeat picked up and in a flash, they vanished.

Rosalie felt a large amount of energy leave her body and she gasped as she fell onto her knees, out of breath. A small trail of sweat trailed down the side of her face and she could vaguely hear Ruby call out her name.

"I-I'm fine." Rosalie held up her hand and stood up. She could feel her body was tired from one round but she could still stand. "Where are we?" Rosalie asked and Ruby blinked a few times. They glanced around, confused as to where they were.

"Um… I have no idea," Ruby replied and walked around in the large hall, decorated beautifully. It wasn't the hotel they stayed at because everything was much too plainly decorated there. Was this place even on the island?

"Oh shit." Rosalie cursed under her breath as she stared out of one of the windows. Ruby quickly ran over towards her before her eyes widened. They were quite far away from the town and high up as well. It looked like they were inside a large palace.

"I tried to get us to a safe place and managed to teleport us inside the most dangerous place!" Rosalie scowled. This wasn't good. She knew that the 'All father' was after them and now they were in his castle.

"Wait, I hear someone coming. We should hide!" Ruby harshly whispered back to Rosalie and she nodded. They quickly darted into the nearest room and Rosalie pulled Ruby behind her. She didn't close the door completely and glanced through the small space.

"The All father said that we need to be in the royal hall because he wanted us to meet our new comrades. I still don't think it's such a good idea to involve pirates," one of the males stated and Rosalie's brows furrowed.

They were dressed much different than the other citizens on this island. They still wore striped clothing but they were different shades of grey and they also didn't have a constant grin plastered on their faces. They seemed to have complete control over their words and thoughts.

"It doesn't matter, as long as they aid to the All father's growing empire. Stop complaining," the other blonde male scolded the raven-haired male. He let out a sigh and nodded, not wanting to argue with the blonde.

They were quiet the rest of the way as they walked down the hall. Rosalie waited until their presences were further away before she let out a breath. They were safe for now, but they needed to get out of the palace and get the crew together.

Rosalie felt a tap on her shoulder and glanced back at Ruby's pale face. She raised an eyebrow and looked to where she was pointing, her eyes widening as well. There was a large wall, pinned with a bunch of pirates with high bounties.

Some of them were crossed out in red and the others seemed to be marked. Ruby swallowed thickly as they looked around and Rosalie took off one of the wanted posters. She stared at the face of the male on the picture before her eyes narrowed.

This male, it was the tall male they met the first time but he looked completely different. His picture was crossed out. Rosalie quickly looked through the rest of the wanted posters, her eyes widening in horror as she did so.

All the posters that were crossed out where pirates that she saw on this island. However, they were all dressed in colorful stripes while following orders. They were slaves. That's all conclusion she could make and it made a shiver run down her spine.

"R-Rosalie… Y-You might want to take a look at this," Ruby stuttered over her words and Rosalie glanced behind her. Her eyes widened and she immediately tore off the wanted poster. It was her wanted poster along with some of the crew's.

"This is bad. I knew that he was after us! Ruby, we need to get out of here before they find us. We need to go, now!" Rosalie stated and Ruby nodded. There was a sudden loud knock on the door and Rosalie clenched her teeth before she grabbed onto Ruby.

"Open up! We know there is someone in here!" Rosalie suddenly slammed the door open, hitting the males outside as she did so before they ran down the hall. "Get them!" Rosalie and Ruby barely dodged some of the bullets that came their way and more men started to run after them.

Rosalie grabbed onto Ruby and she yelped. "Speed Armament!" Rosalie exclaimed and the men behind them were shot back by the sudden strong wind. Rosalie's speed increased drastically and Ruby felt her head whirl.

Rosalie gasped when she felt a pain in her chest and slowed down. She grabbed her chest, cursing at herself for overexerting herself. Her haki hasn't returned to her yet and she needed to wait a bit longer before she used techniques that drained her quickly.

"Are you alright?" Ruby asked and Rosalie nodded with a small smile. "It looked we lost them so no running anymore. We should be able to get out of here if we're stealthy enough." Rosalie sighed and nodded, knowing it was all they could do.

"We found them, All father," a familiar voice spoke up and Rosalie's eyes widened. She could feel Ruby's body stiffen and they both glanced in front of them. Rosalie became blue while Ruby gasped in horror, both of them frozen in place.

"Penguin?!"

He was wearing the same clothing as the guards while grinning at them menacingly. It only meant one thing, they got to the crew. Rosalie's brows furrowed and she could feel anger rising in her veins. They were going to pay dearly.

"Oh, jackpot! You got them both, Pen!" Shachi exclaimed from behind as he and Bepo walked up to them. Ruby felt tears form in the corner of her eyes while Rosalie clenched her fists tightly. This was very bad. They were in a pinch.

"Well done, Penguin. Bring them to me by any means necessary. After all, we don't want your crew split up now, do we?" A voice spoke up from the den den mushi and Rosalie's blue eyes darkened drastically.

"You bastard!" She yelled angrily and before she could touch the den den mushi, she was grabbed from behind. "Let me go! Ruby!" Rosalie struggled in their grip and tried to get free but Ruby's eyes were wide as she stood frozen.

"I told you, didn't I? I'm coming for you, Red Menace. Now that I have you and your crew, it won't be long until my empire will rule. No one will stop me. Especially not Trafalgar Law. After all, he left you," the male spoke up and Rosalie's eyes were covered by a shadow.

"We're bringing them to you now, All father," Penguin told the den den mushi and was about to stop the transmission but stopped. He noticed his hand shaking and looked back at Rosalie who gave them threatening glares.

"I'll kill you for messing with my crew," she stated darkly and a large wave of haki was released from her figure. The men exclaimed at the wave and some of them fainted from the pressure. Ruby seemed to snap out of her shock and look at Rosalie.

It was by far the first time she ever saw Rosalie that angry. She could visibly see veins throbbing out of her temple and her teeth were gritted tightly. She was livid and if looks could kill, a few guards would've died.

Rosalie coughed when she felt another pain in her chest before her body went limp. Ruby's eyes widened in fear and she tried to run to Rosalie but she was kept in place. She pushed herself too far from all the haki release.

"Rosalie! Let me go! Rosalie!"

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