76 We are family (2/2)

It had been inconceivable for him back then to believe that someone existed in this world that could humiliate the world government and the Navy in such a way save for the Emperor's of the sea.

Yet it had happened. A virtually no name figure in the underworld had done it. He, or she. The man could not say, somehow held connections to the most bigmouthed figure in the world and had even manage to beat back a Vice Admiral's ship. Forcing their men to bow in shame, to someone that wasn't their superior.

With a small hint of expectation he looked over at a letter that had been delivered to him. His brother had warned him against taking the extremely shady letter in front of him seriously, yet he could not help but do exactly that.

'Heh, Superbia, I wonder what you have in mind…' he chuckled as he looked at the letter of challenge, It had been quite simply phrased really.

'I am going to rob you blind!' along with a simple crying and smiling mask at the corner.

'Let the games begin!'

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The sun glowered as it silently trudged down toward the horizon. A warm breeze blew on the deck of the ship as the crew waited patiently.

Angella no longer had eyes that looked like they had been dunked into a vat of lava. Instead, her brown eyes shone with a strange determination as she stared into the door of the captain's quarters.

Sorren who had been silent throughout the entire time on the island, looked ahead with an uncanny seriousness. He had been once again proven to, how hard the life of a pirate was. He had sworn to himself silently, that he would not let anyone else go through the pain that he had faced back then, but had failed.

Again he was shown how incompetent he really was. He was shown, that even though he was the crew's doctor, he still could not yet cure all the things that ailed his crew.

With a silent glance he looked over at the women that he had called his elder sister. He swore, as he remembered her cry. 'No more! No one else shall mess with my family!'

Fawkes stood to the side. Looking every bit the older brother of the crew, a role he had adopted ever since the crew was first formed.

He did not regret it. He promised himself silently that he would go back to his training regime, to protect his younger brothers and sister. He could not be weak anymore.

Terrick stood to Scipio's side as he carefully looked at the child that had been forcefully woken up to the realities of the real world. With an internal nod he decided. He would make sure that Scipio would have a firm figure that he could rely on. To be relied on, it was a foreign feeling for Terrick.

With a dull creak the door opened as the captain walked out, holding a bottle of sake in his hand and a collection six plates to drink from.

The entire crew reacted dully as they took in the information that had been placed before them.

Everyone knew how monumental what the captain was doing was. Yet they could not feel anymore 'right' about the entire situation.

”Would you like to be my family?” He asked as the entire crew began to cry.