11 Chapter 10 (2/2)

Throughout telling me her story, she started silently sobbing again, so I was already hugging her with one hand, trying to soothe her in any way I can. At the end she asked me to help her with gathering the necessary amount of Berri and that she was very close to having a hundred million. Instead of doing that, I offered her to straight up go and annihilate them. This is the first time I felt the actual urge to go and kill someone.

She denied my offer though and said she wants to do it her own way, otherwise, she wouldn't accept my help. Knowing how this might end, I didn't want to do it, however, I decided to help her out and do it her way, but I will definitely make sure to pay Arlong and his goons everything they have done to her and more.

The smile on her face, after I confirmed that I will help her, had me mesmerized. It almost seemed like her brown eyes were shining, or is it my imagination. I didn't really care much as I captivated by her, seeing her so happy.

We were probably staring at each other for a few minutes and once we realised that, we both looked away and continued watching the sea. My heart was literally jumping out of my chest at this point. I felt Nami hugging me back with her left hand and placing her head on my right shoulder. We silently sat there watching the sea currents under the night sky.

I think she fell asleep at some point, but I didn't move in order to not disturb her. I can easily watch for the pirates on my own, so I left her sleeping on my shoulder.

Morning came, however, there was no sight of the pirates. I'm not surprised considering, I was sure they would come from the other way. I was also barely able to hear a slight commotion on the other side of the Gecko Islands.

There was no point in staying here, so I woke Nami up. She looked embarrassed and apologised for falling asleep on my shoulder, to which I replied: ”Don't worry about, you can always rely on me for anything, but we don't have time to waste, I think I heard the pirates from the Zoro and Ussops's side.”

I was way faster than her, so I gave her a piggyback and ran to the side where we docked our ship. When we reached the slope, we saw a massacre. It seems Zoro and Ussop had beaten almost everyone here, however, the pirates were able to get past the oil trap it seems.

Ussop was currently on the ground panting and looking at his injuries, he looks pretty hurt. Zoro, on the other hand, was fighting two weird looking guys. Both of them had cat-like faces, however, one of them was short and fat, while the other was tall and thin. They both seemed pretty strong and were giving Zoro a run for his money.

There was one more guy who was still up. It was the guy we saw Kuro meet up yesterday, he was wearing pink heart-shaped glasses and seemed to be preparing to finish of Ussop. Before he could do so, I was able to reach him with one of my punches and send him flying down the slope.

That seemed to have surprised the guysZoro was fighting and left them open for a moment, but that was all Zoro needed, as he was able to get them both with his three style sword style. I have to be honest, he looks pretty cool fighting with three swords. Maybe I should try using a sword as well or maybe I could go for a different weapon.

My thoughts were interrupted, by hearing someone coming close. Surprisingly I was barely able to hear the person footsteps, but I knew that they were close by. This should be Kuro, but I didn't expect him to be this good. I heard the commotion hear from the other side of the archipelago and yet I was barely able to hear him sneaking up.

Moments later, I saw him walking out of the forest area and looking at his face, he seems very displeased with the current situation. It seems he was prepared for a fight, as he was already wearing his claw weapons.