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Chapter 28

SMACK! SMACK!

The two males crouched down as they held the newly forming bumps on their heads. Tears formed in the corner of their eyes while steam came from both the injury and Rosalie's right-hand fist which was not covered by her haki.

"Oi, you've gotten quite cocky since the last time I saw you. If I remember correctly you were tossed from the ship by Law and now, you're challenging a supernova? I don't know if I should be impressed or disappointed," Rosalie scolded the two males.

She let out a sigh and ran her hand through her hair, her eyes meeting a pair of reddish orange orbs. She could see the amusement swirl within Kid's eyes as he stared at the scene and she shook her head. He was a complete masochist.

"I apologize for their behavior, Goggles." The two males beneath her gave her a confused look. "I think that I should give them a briefing on what is actually going on. That is if you don't mind," Rosalie said and Kid chuckled.

"Virus! Make sure to patch these men up! The rest of you bastards better help out or you won't get shit to eat tonight!" Kid ordered and then looked back at Rosalie. "Do what you have to do, Sweetheart. We'll have our meeting later on. Be there." Rosalie nodded in agreement and he walked off.

"Did she just call him Goggles?"
"Did he just call her Sweetheart?"

Rosalie groaned at the two and grabbed the back of their tops. They yelped as she dragged them behind her. She wanted a more private place to talk to them since she had to tell them everything. It was going to be a long day.

Later on…

"We apologize sincerely for our behaviour from ealier!" Blake and Ryusei bowed their heads in front of Kid as he sat down in his much bigger office at the base. The other trio, Killer, Wire and Heat stood and watched the scene play out.

Rosalie stood behind them, arms crossed and head nodding in satisfaction. It took a while to inform them on the bigger details. They were reluctant to accept the fact that she was proud to be a pirate and seemed to blame themselves for what happened.

Luckily, she managed to convince them otherwise when she told them her true heritage. It was the same reaction with everyone. Shock, disbelief and a tinge of pity. At first, she would've been angry but after she made peace, she didn't mind.

They had been through a lot as well.

Their once trio was broken up when the other one was killed. They survived thanks to Law. They were too prideful to accept it, yet it was true. They were fugitives and trained like hell until they obtained their powers. They then searched for her and here they were.

"You can count yourselves lucky since I spared your lives. I don't take lightly on those who hurts my comrades," Kid snapped at them, then stood up and smirked at Rosalie. "You should be grateful for Sweetheart here." Rosalie grinned and the males nodded.

"Believe me, they are very grateful, nah?" She had a death grip on their shoulders and nodded while sweating bullets. "Good. Goggles, if you don't mind, they're with me. I promise to take them with me as soon as I set out again. They won't be a burden, I promise." Rosalie's grip vanished as she finished.

"I only have one problem with that, Rosalie," Killer spoke up and everyone's eyes travelled towards him. "We don't know what their true intentions are. They managed to find this place without trouble and then used their unknown powers."

"We did have trouble finding this place!" Ryusei retorted, brows furrowed and a frown on his lips. "We don't want anything to do with scum pirates like you. Our only goal is to find our Captain and be able to aid her where we can!" He received glares from the insult he threw their way.

"What Ryusei is trying to say that you won't even notice we're here. We had a vivre card that led us to Captain and it led us here." Blake held up a small piece of paper. "As for our powers, it won't be a threat to you," he calmly intercepted and managed to slice through the tension in the air.

"If you want payment for our stay then we'll be more than happy to comply. We don't want to cause trouble to those who helped Captain. We are as grateful towards you as she is," Blake finished before the paper was snatched away from his grasp.

"You made a vivre card of me?!" Rosalie exclaimed in her own shock, the only thing she heard from the conversation. Everyone in the room sweat dropped at her behaviour, Killer letting out a sigh. So much for talking to them.

"Whatever. If you cause trouble, I'll kill you. Now, get out and go play with your extra. We're having a meeting now," Kid chased them out and the two males left reluctantly. Rosalie gave them a sympathetic look that was cut off when the door was closed behind them.

"Looks like Rosalie has some issues following her-" Wire was cut off when Rosalie hit him hard in his stomach. He dropped onto his knees and wheezed for air. Rosalie cracked her knuckles and walked past him.

"Can we not talk about me right now? It's rough enough that their alive and here. I don't want any more limelight," Rosalie said, her voice a bit strained and Killer could notice the emotions that gleamed in her blue eyes.

He couldn't blame her. She found out that her crew was alive after two years and she didn't know what to do. Everything pieced together now. She wasn't the one to kill her crew and was framed. It made the situation only more complicated.

"We've been scouting the islands around us for a while now, yet we haven't gotten any strange activity. We managed to get some information on our target but it seemed like he's dormant, not doing much these days," Kid continued as he ignored what was said.

Rosalie stood there in complete confusion and reluctantly listened. He wanted her to be there for a reason and she would stay until he revealed that reason. It was still strange to her though. They trusted her to know even their plans and it put a small smile on her lips.

"Killer, you said that you have contact with those two?" Killer nodded. "Good, we still have a bit of planning to do but we should be able to contact them as soon as we're done. I don't like it though," Kid growled out the last part.

"Well, that's the downside when you want to take on an Emperor." Rosalie's ears peeked. "We won't be able to beat one alone even if we have the pride to do so. If you want to survive, you have to think with a good strategy," Killer concluded and Kidd snorted.

"Smart mouth…"

"I'm sorry that I'm interrupting this but you're aiming to dethrone an Emperor?" Rosalie asked as she piped in, Kid's eyes on her. He waited for her to react. He wanted to know what she was going to do when she found out exactly after whom they were going.

"Yes. But in order to do so we're have to form an alliance with other supernovas. If we manage to take down our target then there will be a large splash in the New World, big enough to claim his territory," Killer replied and Rosalie raised an eyebrow.

"Hold on. You-" She pointed at Kid. "-Captain Control freak-" he growled dangerously at her. "-want to team up with two other hot bloodied rookies to take down an Emperor. Wow, you can actually look past your pride!" Rosalie exclaimed before Kid slammed his hand onto the table.

"What was that?! Say that again and I'll kill you!" Kid snarled at Rosalie and she snickered. She loved riling him up. "It wasn't my choice! Killer decided that it would be better that way. I personally want to kill this bastard on my own!"

"Yip, should've known you were the smart one," Rosalie said as she looked at Killer. Wire and Heat swallowed thickly. Kid was going to explode any moment and Rosalie was going to be the big cause of it all.

"Well, who do you want to take down so badly that you're going to team up with others, Goggles? Please don't tell me your aiming for Blackbeard." Rosalie feared that he was going to agree with her but instead his face became impassive.

"Our target is 'Redhead' Shanks."

Rosalie's eyes widened and everything around her stopped. His words echoed through her mind and yet she had difficulty to process what he said. Everything came crashing down as realization washed over her.

"Yeah! I have a little girl and we're a matching pair!"
"You called me 'Father'!"
"I love you, Father. Be careful out there."
"You too, kiddo. Next time we meet you better be strong enough to give your old pops a run for his money."

She knew. She knew that he was an Emperor. She knew that pirates would go after him. She knew that he was the enemy but then again it never actually sunk in. It hit her much harder than she thought it would. Luckily, she was quick to snap out of her thoughts.

"That's…unexpected." There was a slight quiver in her voice that both Kid and Killer picked up. Rosalie let out a sigh and then looked back at Kid. He was serious. He wanted to take down Shanks with his own hands for what reason? Power? His territory?

"Don't look so surprised, Sweetheart. We chose for the best. Blackbeard is growing drastically in power. It would be stupid going after him. We already had an incident with Big Mom and Kaido is out of the question at this stage. Our target is that bastard," Kid replied and Rosalie's brows twitched.

She saw him look at his metal arm and was quick to snap what he meant. He lost his arm to a battle with her father? Rosalie swallowed thickly. How was he going to face off against Shanks, someone who stopped a war?

Her mind was in a complete whirl. He lost his arm against Shanks? The same arm that her father didn't have? The fact that they already had an encounter made her heart drop into her stomach. This was reality. Pirates were aiming to dethrone the emperors and unfortunately, her father was one.

"Meeting closed. You're dismissed, except you Sweetheart," Kid stated as he went to sit down on his leather chair behind the large wooden desk. Killer briefly made eye contact with his Captain and the exited, closing the door behind him.

The air became uneasy with Kid's passive facial expression and Rosalie felt a bit uncomfortable. She didn't know exactly what he was going to do or even say. These days he became a bit more distracted and it worried her. He was usually always hands-on and haunted her where she went.

"I read your mother's journal."

His simple statement had Rosalie's body becoming rigid. She gave him looks of disbelief and hoped that he was lying but nothing showed. He told the truth. He read the most private thing she had and without permission? Why?

"I know everything there is to know about you and your bloodline. There's no need in denying that bastard had a daughter. I want you to know that we're going after him. I personally don't want to go against you, but when the time comes and I must, I will," Kid told her and Rosalie frowned.

"What is wrong with you?! You don't have any decency in you! That was private!" She snapped and her hand clenched tightly around her journal. He wasn't reacting at all. What was up with him? Why was he not smirking, feeling proud of what he did?

"You didn't hide it very well."

"That's not the point!" She could feel a headache approach and held her forehead, not knowing what to say. He was putting up his defenses, leaving her incapable of knowing what he was thinking. The only question that was left in her mind was: Why?

Kid let out a sigh and pushed himself into a standing position. Was he going to tell her? He couldn't. He wanted to tell her very badly, yet decided not to. Killer would probably scold him for it later and he would accept it.

"Sweetheart…"

Those damn big blue eyes! No, he couldn't. Shut up. Don't tell her. It is one person who should know! No. On the contrary. It was one person who shouldn't know. She would convince him otherwise. He knew her too well.

"Kid." It was a first in a long time she called him by his name. "If you have some kind of grudge against Shanks, then it's fine. I had one too and I let it consume me. I won't get in your way. Just, don't lose sight of your goal and don't die. I'll never forgive you if you did," Rosalie's tone was saddened at the end.

Kid felt his chest clench and chuckled dryly. "What are you going to do? Are you going to bring me back and beat me up if I did?" He joked but Rosalie wasn't laughing. He shook his head and let out a loud groan.

"I hear you! You've become quite the softy, Sweetheart!" Rosalie blushed. "Don't worry. I won't die until I sit on that throne! One Piece will be mine!" He exclaimed and Rosalie laughed. She shrugged and turned around.

"Wait!" Rosalie glanced back at him. Tell her. Tell her before it's too late. "We're celebrating until morning tonight but we'll need entertainment." You're getting off subject! Tell her already! "You're a musician, right? Let's hear a song!" Kid said and Rosalie silently gasped.

"You're a musician, right? Let's hear a song!"

It was the same words. It was the same words as Shanks. She stared at him, baffled by his words. Now that she thought about it, they resembled each other in a way. Not the personality completely but they were both earnest, the red hair, the incredible strength… Missing arm?

No, she was thinking about nonsense again.

"Oi! Don't go spacing out on me!" Kid's voice made her come out of her thoughts and Rosalie laughed innocently while scratching the back of her head. He chuckled, his chest aching and his mind yelling at him.

"Sure, let's go join the rest of those scum!" She exclaimed and Kid laughed. He joined her side as they exited the office. He was quiet and the silence around them comfortable. He couldn't tell her but one day he hoped to tell her.

The story of why they were similar.

"It's about damn time you came here!" Poison exclaimed as they came into the messing hall. The men all cheering, drinking and eating. Rosalie paled as a mug flew passed her and broke against the wall. They were a violent bunch.

"You delinquents! Stop making such a mess!"

"Oh, it's Boss! Boss! Come and join us! We already poured you one!" It was clear that Wire already had a few drinks in as well as the others. She felt a nudge and looked back at Poison who handed her a drink that she quickly took.

"Are you planning on giving us some music with all this noise? I'm sure Captain wouldn't mind," Poison asked, the question very ironic. She wanted to say that he already asked her but merely nodded. She gulped down her drink and then jumped onto one of the tables, the slam of her feet bringing silence.

She didn't think this through! What was she going to sing?! The crowd stared at her and sweat dropped at the female's actions. Rosalie snapped her fingers and started to tap her boot on the table, the sound resembling a knock on a drum.

You hit me once, I hit you back
You gave a kick, I gave a slap
You smashed a plate over my head
Then I set fire to our bed.

What? The men watched as she started to sing, their eyes wide. Her melodious voice was a surprise to most of them as well as the strange choice of song. However, it was the only thing that came to mind and she was going to throw all she had.

My black eyes casts no shadow
You red eye sees no blame
Your slaps don't stick
Your kicks don't hit
So we remain the same
Blood sticks, sweat drips
Break the lock if it don't fit
A kick in the teeth is good for some
A kiss with a fist is better than none

She winked at them and then started to clap her hands, the men cheering. Kid burst out laughing at her song as the destructive atmosphere returned. Virus enjoyed her voice once more while Killer shook his head, a chuckle escaping his lips.

Broke your jaw once before
I spilt your blood upon the floor
You broke my leg in return
So let's sit back and watch the bed burn

They expected Bink's Sake but ended with a song that riled them up enough to join in. Rosalie laughed at them as a few of the men pulled at each other's hair while singing. She watched as her ex-crew smiled at her and gave her a wave. They were alive and well. It was yet another thing she could rejoice in.

Blood sticks, sweat drips
Break the lock if it don't fit
A kick in the teeth is good for some

A kiss with a fist is better than none.

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