Chapitre 31: Chapter 30 - Hurry back
(Nico Robin POV)
After Breakfast everyone went back to their rooms and got prepared to face off against the long-awaited pirates. Once I was in my room and I finally stopped thinking about what Emma did earlier I changed into the cloak that we had Bell-mére make a while ago in preparation for this day while being disappointed in its looks. 'It's so plain, the only interesting thing is our color schemes. It will only be used once though so I guess it doesn't matter.'
Walking over to my storage chest I opened it and dug out the three masks I've been saving for today. "Let's see what the both of you think of the masks."
Smiling to myself in anticipation I started to imagine what Emma would look like when she sees what she has to wear in the future and then sees what my mask is. 'Just you wait Emma, I'm about to get revenge for all the teasing you do.'
Putting the masks in my cloak I headed out of my room and went to the deck of the ship while thinking of what Sugar had said to me when I told her she could choose Monet's mask. 'I wonder if Monet will realize that Sugar chose her mask. Sugar sure is confident that she will.'
On the deck, I looked around at those of us that were already here checking out the color scheme they chose for themselves. Monet's cloak is aquamarine blue matching Sugar's hair but the sleeves and hood of the cloak are dark blue matching Kuina's. 'Damn, we had a similar Idea.'
Turning to Sugar I found her cloak is all light green matching Monet's hair while she was holding a mask that looked like an arctic fox, being all white with a black-tipped nose that would cover her face from the nose up. Shaking my head I sighed 'Did she choose a fox because of Monet's mask?.'
Kuina's cloak was mostly white with light green on her sleeves and hood in a similar color scheme to Monet's while she was holding a mask that looked like it had white feathers on the outside with a black material around the eyes and an orange beak for the nose. ''A swan? I don't think Sugar would have chosen the mask she did if she knew Kuina was going to choose a bird. Also, what does the white cloak represent? Is it to match the color of her sword and mask?'
Deciding that was probably the case I looked at the final person who was on the deck. Her cloak was hot pink at the hood that gradually faded to an amethyst purple once you got to the bottom. Unsurprisingly, like the wings, she has as a cape when in her Germa attire she chose a pink and yellow butterfly mask to cover her face in this attire. 'I guess we all also concluded that we didn't need to hide our mouths with the mask and opted for a domino-style mask instead of a full-face one.'
Thinking this I waited for Emma and Law's arrival so we could set out. After a few more minutes Law stepped onto the deck with a medical bag in hand. His cloak was made similarly to Reiju's, where at the hood It was yellow but once it got to the bottom it faded to black. Unlike everyone else though Law was already wearing his mask. It looked to be made of sharp black feathers and a black nose-shaped beak. 'Raven? Lots of bird masks, I wonder if Nojiko or Nami will choose a bird mask also.'
Walking out behind him was Emma who's cloak had the same color scheme as mine except instead of it mostly being lavender like mine hers is mostly black with both our trim being a mix of Emerald green and light blue. Also unlike mine and much to my embarrassment, Emma has a small red robin bird design where her heart is.
Looking at everyone I once again couldn't help but think. 'We matched a lot of our color schemes in one way or another, Emma and I talked about it but I didn't think everyone else would do the same.'
Walking up to me with a beaming smile Emma showed her open palms to me before asking in a pleading voice. "Can I finally see what mask you chose for me?."
Smiling at her acting, I pulled out three masks. One of them was the mask that Sugar had chosen for Monet. Just like Kuina and Law It was a bird, having mostly pure white feathers with the tips of some above the eyes being black same with the beak-shaped nose, having a near-perfect resemblance to a snow owl.
"This is your mask, Monet." Tossing it to her she caught it before examining it for a while eventually smiling in relief while nodding at me. She then looked at Kuina while chuckling into her hand with a now devious smile.
"I can't wait for spring." It took Kuina a while to understand what Monet meant but once she did she started to blush furiously while covering her nose.
'I guess she didn't realize Sugar chose it for her.' Gazing at Sugar to see her reaction I found that she had already put on her mask while her hands were clenched into tight fists and her entire body was shaking.
'She's pissed.' Taking my eyes off her before I witnessed a murder I placed one of the other masks in Emma's hands. Looking down on it she exclaimed in joy. "Yes! I get to be a cute bunny with a pink nose."
Putting the mask on its mostly white color contrasts with Emma's black cloak making it pop out more as she started to laugh into her hand before she pointed at me and proclaimed. "Miss Big bad wolf, would you please eat this delicious little bunny."
Her words made my face feel hot as I started to think about what sort of eating she meant so I decided to quickly hide the fastly appearing blush by putting on the dark Grey wolf mask I chose for myself. 'How did this end up backfiring on me so bad? Why can't you be just a little embarrassed? Just you wait Emma once I pounce on you you'll understand why I chose this mask.'
Falling into thought I grinned thinking about the feast I was going to make Emma become in the future before quickly getting my expression under control. 'I should have got a mask that covers my mouth.'
After everyone else dawned their own masks Gauge came out of the ship holding Geina in his arms.
"Stay safe out there everyone. None of the pirates should be a problem with the strength difference between you and them but make sure to watch each other's backs and end everything as soon as possible." Seeing all of us Nod to Gauge's words, Geina then spoke.
"They should be on the island in less than 10 minutes. You should hurry to the town and wait for them." At her words, Emma started to clap her hands while bouncing up and down in excitement.
"KYAKYAKYAKYAKYA, It's finally time!" After yelling this Emma stood on something she had recently asked her Dad to make that she called a skateboard deck. She painted it to have red robins similar to the design on her cloak all over it while the board itself was light blue. Refusing to change it no matter how many times I asked her.
'I can't wait for that thing to break.' Somehow knowing what I was thinking Emma smiled at me before reinforcing the board with Haki and floating off the ship while doing tricks with the board mid-air.
"Now that I can see what you can do on it I'll have to make myself one." Gauges sudden declaration caused everyone to look at him, even Emma stopped mid trick to look at him. After a few seconds of silence, Emma nodded with her arms crossed over her chest.
"I'll draw out all the parts you need for a regular skateboard when I get back. I'll also draw up some ramps you can make so you can get a lot of air time."
"YAYAYAYA, Hurry back then I want to start on it and remember, show no mercy." Waving at both of them Emma landed on the ground now holding the board in one arm pressing it against her waist. Jumping off the ship behind her we all started to follow her who was now walking towards our destination. Quickly getting beside her I asked.
"Do you want me to guide us?" Stopping for a second she then put the back of her hand over her mouth before laughing in a grandiose manner.
"I have studiously learned the art of direction these past few years and it's time for my hard work to shine." Sighing I let Emma continue to guide us and much to my surprise we got to our destined location without her getting us lost once to which she then requested me to give her a head pat for her achievement.
Shaking my head I chuckled to myself before sliding my hand inside her hood and ruffling her hair, she started to push her head into my hand reminding me of the cats in the pet shop causing me to smile even more as I continued to ruffle her hair.
Standing next to us Monet cleared her throat before a wide smile appeared on her lips causing me to remember where we were and take my hand off Emma's head much to her open protest and my internal protest. "SUSUSUSU, sorry to break the two of you out of your world. But I want to know if this is the final design for the cloak? It feels a little plain and I'm surprised Geina would be ok with it."
Stopping her pouting Emma nodded her head at Monet "Don't worry these cloaks are only temporary, I had the same question when I first saw them. Our actual ones are still being designed by Mom, she is taking it pretty seriously and has told me that they probably won't be done until we separate from them. The only thing that will be staying the same is our color scheme unless you request it to be changed of course."
Nodding in satisfaction to Emma's words, Monet went off to lean against Kuina as we all then waited in silence for the pirates to arrive and attack the village.
(Emma POV)
"100,000 berries per adult and 50,000 berries per child, if you don't pay this then we will kill you." Listening to Arlong's cruel demand to the now terrified and shaking villagers I couldn't help but hold my head and groan at my stupidity that physically hurt me at this point.
"Emma, what does he mean by that? I thought they were just going to attack. Bell-mére would have the money to pay that fee because of us and she wouldn't need to be shot." Groaning some more I didn't even have the energy to stop Robin's words as I just stood there thinking about what else I may have forgotten. 'How did I even manage to forget the whole money thing? It was like a main plot point for the arlong park arc.'
After a few more seconds I finally got over the disappointment I felt in myself as I snapped my head up to glare at Arlong. Deciding to use the boring plan I didn't want to. 'I'll just recruit Nojiko and Nami by simply asking them to come along instead of the convoluted plan involving their mother figure almost dying in front of their eyes. I'm sure Nami would be interested since she could achieve her dream that way and there's no way Nojiko would leave her.'
Nodding at that Idea I told everyone. "Change of plans, we're going to wrap this up as soon as possible. "
Not waiting for their response to the sudden change, I disappeared from where I stood and appeared before Arlong, not giving anyone any time to react before I punched him in the stomach as hard as I could while using Haki to coat my fist. Coughing up blood made me dodge to the side to not get myself dirty with it before Arlong fell onto the ground unmoving.
"I was expecting a lot more than that. Honestly, I'm disappointed, though I might as well be doubly sure it's done." After I said that Arlong's body floated into the air before slamming back down into the ground creating an Arlong sized crater. Looking up at the villagers and Fishman pirates all of them had their eyes wide open and mouths gaping while staring at me.
Not giving them any time to react to their captain being killed, Robin appeared beside me and created multiple giant arms that squashed the Fishman who was standing closest to Arlong into the ground until nothing but fish paste remained. "A little heavy-handed but I can't complain."
Making a joke to lighten the mood I smiled as the rest of my crew appeared right next to me, shocking everyone even more. "Let's hurry this up."
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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