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23.67% One Piece: Dream of Immortality / Chapter 121: Family Reunion

章節 121: Family Reunion

After a night of cultivating, Cherry fully recovered from her injuries during the war at Marineford.

She decided to stick around Amazon Lily for a little while, learn some of that basic haki technique that Hancock promised to teach Luffy.

It's definitely not because she had pretty women fangirling over her after demonstrating her strength in their arena.

It's also definitely not because she was reluctant to leave Luffy's side. After all, she had been instrumental in saving his brother's life, which had pretty much resolved their intertwined fates in one go.

"There is no reason to stick around with Luffy and the other Straw Hats any more..." Cherry muttered to herself, hating the sound of her own voice as she spoke the words.

"And Luffy said he wants to train for a couple of years before resuming his journey with the others. He even plans to return to Marineford and make a ruckus to ensure that he would make the newspaper's front page to let them know. By the time that day comes, I'll likely have outgrown his little crew, I'm already leagues ahead of them..." Cherry convinced herself.

She shook those thoughts out of her mind. Rayleigh would arrive at Amazon Lily soon, according to her predictions based on the strength of the connection with his vivre card. Once he arrived, Cherry will have a chat with him and then go pick up Cabernet so they can resume their own travels.

It was during their haki training with Hancock that Rayleigh swam to shore after fighting off a sea king.

Hancock and her two sisters didn't flip out over another man coming to their island as anticipated, rather they seemed to know Rayleigh and even were grateful towards him for some reason.

"Rayleigh, show me some advanced haki stuff! I'm leaving soon, so let me see what's possible when I'm training on my own!" Cherry demanded.

Rayleigh didn't seem to mind her rude and selfish attitude.

"I suppose you'll need all the strength you can get your hands on after the new bounty they gave you. Can't blame them after you beat Garp and whatever you did to Whitebeard. 800 million Beri, they really don't like you do they? Hahaha!" Rayleigh responded. He also felt it would be worthwhile for her to see what's possible with haki, considering she awakened her Conquer's Haki during her fight with Garp.

Rayleigh told Luffy he should watch as well, since he had come to teach him in the first place. He demonstrated a few ways to use haki that Cherry never considered.

What she was most interested in was the application of Armament Haki that he used, in which he infused his own vital energy into his haki. She was able to use this application immediately, as she already had full control over her vital energy, which was normally the hard part for people.

"..." Rayleigh gawked at Cherry after she reduced a tree to splinters with a light touch.

"What'll happen if I combine this with Hasshoken?" Chery wondered aloud.

"Please don't do it here. I don't think I can take the blow to my ego." Rayleigh misunderstood her demonstration as a terrifyingly monstrous level of talent.

Rayleigh didn't explain or demonstrate the way to infuse Conqueror's Haki into attacks. One should master Conqueror's Haki first in it's basic use, otherwise you'll end up wasting time with training that won't bear any results. He imagined she would work it out herself eventually anyways, the little devil that she was.

"Well, alright. I guess this is goodbye Luffy." Cherry said somewhat awkwardly.

"Yeah, thanks for everything Cherry! Shishishi!" Luffy pulled her into a hug that almost sent Hancock into a frenzy, much to Cherry's amusement.

Cherry didn't bother with a boat of any kind as only the kuja pirate ship could sail in the Calm Belt with its sea serpents. So, she just used Kamisori to run through the air at high speeds in the general direction of Cabernet.

...

Zoro was pretty pissed off as he desperately fought with the native baboons of Kuraigana Island, who had learned to fight with weapons from watching the humans who once destroyed themselves with war here.

It had been almost three whole weeks since they arrived here. First Cabernet had adamantly insisted on waiting for Cherry to come get her instead of flying him out of this hell hole.

Then Hawkeye had shown up, of all people, and mocked his futile efforts to beat a bunch of monkeys.

Eventually he was struck down again, and Cabernet came and dragged him away from the baboons. The baboons never attacked Cabernet for some reason, which only added to his frustration.

"Why the hell don't those damned monkeys attack you too, huh?!" Zoro shouted rhetorically.

"Because I'm cute?" Cabernet hypothesized innocently.

The real reason was that she had the same eyes as Hawkeye, and thus they were terrified of the swordsman's revenge if they were to attack her.

Cabernet plopped Zoro down in a bed and a pouting Perona who was really getting sick of tending to his wounds walked over with a newspaper in hand.

"Here, you're doofus captain made the front page." Perona held in aloft so he could see.

Zoro didn't need to read the story attached to Luffy's picture, as the message was inside the picture itself. It took him a little while to figure it out because he had a bad case of stupid brain.

"Alright, Luffy. I understand." He said, as Perona's arms were trembling from holding them outstretched for too long.

Cabernet brought her a hot chocolate whislt wearing a frilly pink apron.

"Kyaa! You totally understand me, Cabby!" Perona gratefully took the delicious beverage from her, then nudged Cabernet over to a chair so she could sit on her lap, just how she likes to enjoy her hot chocolate.

Cabernet had enjoyed her time with Perona immensely over the last few weeks. It was also a time of self discovery for her, as she experienced new feelings that she hadn't before.

Zoro just learned to ignore the public displays of affection from the two young women. Any time he would comment on it, Perona would send her ghosts after him, which wasn't very fun, so he learned to keep his mouth shut pretty quick.

"Haven't I told you not to do such things in my presence?" Hawkeye said, as he was trying to read a book with a cup of tea. Cabernet looked an awful lot like his daughter, so it felt weird for him.

Of course, Perona could just send her ghosts after Hawkeye, the strongest swordsman in the world, so she just had to put up with his comments. Though she was too stubborn to simply abide by his requests, especially once she learned that Cabernet was a weak point of his for some reason.

"Hmph!" Perona pouted and took a sip of her hot chocolate, but didn't move from her 'special seat'.

Hawkeye was about to admonish them again when he suddenly felt a presence fast approaching the castle. He wondered if Kuma had sent a fourth uninvited guest to his home. He might have to pay him a visit to make him cut it out.

*Smash!*

A figure broke through a tall stained glass window and landed gracefully amongst the broken glass.

"Cherry!" Cabernet shouted with glee, throwing the unsuspecting Perona off her lap to give Cherry a hug.

Cherry greeted her ship / little sister with a big smile and returned the hug. "I'm happy to see you again too, Cabernet."

Zoro was somehow not shocked at all by that... 'grand' entrance.

Perona was so mad she was almost fuming over her spilled hot chocolate and how her favorite time of day was cut tragically short by Cherry's arrival.

Hawkeye got very quiet and even instinctively tried to reduce his presence. He had wanted to meet his daughter someday, but he hadn't expected that she would literally drop in with no warning.

"Hey, Pops. How's life been treating you? Good, I hope?" Cherry gave her best attempt at casual conversation. She hadn't expected that Cabernet would be with her father either, though it made sense in hindsight if Kuma wanted to send the Straw Hats to places where they could grow stronger, since Cabernet had tagged along with Zoro.

"Um, yes. I am doing well." Hawkeye replied.

An awkward silence descended over the room.

*sniff sniff* "Can I get some of that hot chocolate?" Cherry asked.

"Sure..." Hawkeye said, taking the opportunity to slip away to the kitchen to get his bearings.


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章節 122: Hot Chocolate

After Hawkeye left the room, Zoro clambered out the bed he was laid upon, in spite of his wounds.

"What the hell are you doing, you idiot! Do you know how much work it is to get you all bandaged up?!" Perona nagged.

Zoro ignored her admonishment and grabbed his swords. He slowly lurched his way back outside, where Cherry could sense a multitude of some sort of large primates lying in wait outside the castle.

"Just let him go, pink girl. He's got that determined look in his eyes, no point trying to stop him." Cherry said.

"Don't call me pink girl! You'll call me Perona-sama, and nothing else!" Perona puffed out her cheeks, still annoyed at her.

"Sure thing, Pepperoni-sama~" Cherry mocked with a smirk.

Perona's face started turning red with barely contained anger, until cabernet walked over and patted her head softly.

"It's okay Perona. Cherry is just teasing you. Nami told me that the best way to deal with her teasing is to pretend it flew over your head." Cabernet comforted and advised.

"What?! How many times have you done that?!" Cherry was shocked.

Cabernet simply turned her head away, which was an answer in its own right.

"I swear, I always underestimate how devious you are. What happened to my sweet little wine barrel from before." Cherry dramatically lamented.

"She lived with a shameless woman for a year. Only an idiot couldn't adapt by then." Cabernet spoke with her nose held high in the air. "Also, Chopper taught me sex education, while Robin taught me how to recognize innuendos."

Perona started to blush madly in Cabernet's arms. Just how many times had she made certain insinuations thinking that the seemingly naive Cabernet couldn't understand her? At least a few dozen times, she was certain.

She glanced up at the muscular woman's face. Cabernet gave her a knowing smile and a wink, which only served to fuel her embarrassment.

Cherry watched all this with great amusement. She sent a thought message to her along with a thumbs up. 'Cabernet, I must say that I am very impressed.'

"Oh, Pepperoni-sama. Have you had the chance to ride Cabernet yet?" Cherry asked.

"H-huh?! What the hell are you asking?!" Perona asked in turn, stunned at the shamelessness of the question.

"Well, I'm asking since you've been here together for a few weeks. Everyone on the Straw Hat crew has had a turn to ride Cabernet at least once in the time we've traveled together." Cherry said.

Perona's brain short circuited for several seconds.

"E-even that stupid swordsman?" She asked, not wanting to hear the answer.

"Yup. Although Zoro wasn't alone during the times that he rode her. Usopp, Luffy, and Sanji were often there too." Cherry was having a great deal of difficulty keeping a straight face at this point.

"Even the long nose did... that...?" Perona muttered.

She looked back at Cabernet for either a denial or a confirmation. Cabernet was in tears, glaring at Cherry with a hurt look.

"You... how could you say that...? You said you wouldn't tell anyone..." Cabernet's voice was cracking from her emotions.

Immediately, Perona's protective instincts went into overdrive.

"D-don't worry about it, Cabby! It doesn't change the way I feel about you! You're still the same Cabby as always to me!" Perona tried to reassure her. She whipped around to unleash her fury at Cherry.

Cherry was barely stiffling her laughter. Perona was absolutely outraged, livid, furious!

Until she heard Cabernet accidentally let out a giggle, that she quickly tried to supress by clamping her hands over her mouth.

"Huh?" At this point Perona was terribly confused. 'Why is Cabby laughing now?'

"Okay, okay! That's enough. I'm sorry Perona, I may have taken that too far..." Cherry managed to say between bursts of laughter.

"What the hell do you mean?!" Perona shouted grabbing Cherry by the shirt and shaking her.

"Cabernet is a ship who ate a human-type zoan devil fruit." Cherry explained once she calmed down.

"A ship?" Perona looked back at Cabernet who had also composed herself and she gave her a nod in the affirmative.

Perona was silent for several moments whilst she processed this new information. 'A ship? Can I date a ship?'

She shook her head, emptying her mind of these questions to focus on what was really important.

"You tricked me! Give me back my sympathy!" Perona started to pound her fists against Cabernet uselessly.

"You were very cute, though. I'm glad that you were willing to accept and defend me." Cabernet flashed her signature smile which melted Perona's anger away instantly.

"No! I'm still mad! I'm done talking to you!" Perona wouldn't forgive her that easily though and stormed away. Cabernet followed after to try and make it up to her.

Hawkeye walked in with two mugs of hot chocolate a moment later and set them down on the table in the room before sitting down. He motioned for Cherry to come sit as well.

Cherry sat down and took a sip of the hot chocolate. "Mm, this is quite good. By the way, why were you waiting outside for so long?"

"I wasn't." Hawkeye lied.

"You're a very good liar." Cherry commented. They sat in silence for about a minute.

"For what reason did you come here?" Hawkeye asked, sounding a bit more standoffish than he meant to.

"I came to get Cabernet. I didn't know that you were here." Cherry answered straightforwardly.

Another minute passed in silence.

"Do you... want to know about me and your mother...?" Hawkeye offered. He couldn't stand the silence, so he'd go with a direct confrontation.

"Oh, you actually remember who my mother was? That's surprising, you must have had a lot of women in your bed in your lifetime." Cherry said, actually quite surprised as she figured him for a playboy.

"Jackelyn was special. No woman ever tempted me away from my chosen path in the way she did. Though I chose to stay true to that path in the end." Hawkeye said, feeling somewhat lighter after getting that off his chest.

"Oh, that's nice. I never got to meet her myself." Cherry said nonchalantly.

'Damn, I stepped on a land mine!' Hawkeye chastised himself for not looking up beforehand whether Jackelyn was still alive.

Whilst Hawkeye tried to think of a way to salvage this, Cherry was lost in thought. 'I hadn't planned on meeting this doofus so soon. I'm not strong enough to kick his ass yet.'

Hawkeye decided to just apologize, but before he could, Zoro came limping inside and prostrated himself before Hawkeye like he was his martial arts instructor.

"I'm begging you, teach me the way of the sword!" Zoro spoke shamelessly.

Hawkeye really hadn't expected this from Zoro, who had previously shown himself to have great pride and honor.

Before he could express how disappointed he was in him, he felt eyes staring at him. Cherry was watching him with rapt attention, more focused on him than at any point during their 'conversation'.

'Shit, what do I do?! Should I be lenient this time for her sake? We basically just met each other for the first time, but I don't want to risk burning the bridge either...' Hawkeye was stuck between his pride as a swordsman and building a potential relationship with her daughter.

Cherry turned her gaze at Zoro. "Wow, you really don't have any shame do you Zoro? You've changed a great deal since I first met you."

Hawkeye took that as the go ahead. "I am truly disappointed in you, Roronoa. You ask to be taught by your enemy? Know your shame."

"I'm so proud of you, Zoro!" Cherry spoke enthusiastically.

'Fuck! How did I forget about her nickname?! How do I salvage this now? I was so harsh with him...' Hawkeye felt like a damned politician and he hated it immensely.

Zoro wasn't fazed at all by either of their comments. "I wish to get stronger!"

'Oh! I know!' Hawkeye had an idea. "You aren't even able to beat the baboons and you come crawling to me?"

'I'm so smart. She can't blame me for being picky about who I take as a student.' Hawkeye thought.

"I defeated the baboons!" Zoro responded instantly.

'Damn it!' Hawkeye screamed internally.

Cherry was just enjoying the show at this point. She might not be able to bash his teeth in, but she could make him squirm.

"Your head is the only one i have yet to take, but I am not foolish enough to believe that I can take it as I am!" Zoro argued.

'Aha! I got you this time, Roronoa! You have given me to ammunition I need to reject you in front of my daughter!' Hawkeye celebrated inwardly. "I don't understand. If you still consider me your enemy, then what purpose does it serve to lower your head before me and ask for my teachings?!"

"So that I can surpass you!" Zoro looked up to meet his eyes.

'Not bad.' Hawkeye thought, and started to laugh. It seemed at least, Zoro had sharper tongue than he did.

Hawkeye agreed to take him as a student, finding the idea of training the man who would come for his head to be quite interesting.


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