The Princess and The Swordsman (ZoroxOC)

Chapter 107

"Dammit! Shoot cannonballs! I can't deflect pointy thingies!" Luffy shouted. It was the next day, and we had been fighting Marines all morning. We were heading to Eastern shore to see if Vivi was joining us or not. The Marines were shooting us with pointy iron spears, Luffy's one weakness. The bars buried themselves in the Merry, "Seriously. Gimme a break!" Bon Clay exclaimed, "If we take anymore iron spears to the bottom of the ship, it'll just be a matter of time before we sink!" Sanji shouted.

"More!" Nami shouted as more bars smashed into our ship, embedding themselves. Chopper came up from the cabin of the ship, "Hey! I can't keep plugging these holes, you guys!" he called out, carrying a couple boards on his shoulder and a hammer in his other hand. Nami looked at everybody, "Don't just stand there! Do something!" she shouted. Sanji looked at her, "What more can we do? It takes all of our effort to protect one side!" he shouted.

I was doing my best to help protect the ship, but Sanji was right, it was hard work, "One ship versus eight isn't a fair fight!" I shouted, as I jumped in the air and knocked some spears away with my sword. Zoro wasn't far from me, "If this was hand-to-hand combat, we'd have a better chance!" Zoro growled, "We're stuck. Whether we chase them or run away, they won't change their formation!" Zoro pointed out. I nodded, "Even if we could fire back, it wouldn't do us any good. Not with these many ships." I growled.

Suddenly, a ship on the other side, exploded, "What the-?" I broke off in confusion, with a raised brow, "What just happened?" I asked as I glanced at Zoro, who shrugged. Usopp was shouting about how he sank the ships, which I doubted but I didn't question it. Bon Clay's ship pulled in close, "Bon Clay! We've got trouble!" one of his crewmates shouted, "What's wrong?" Bon Clay called out to him. The crewmate leaned on the railing of the ship, "Black Cage!" he shouted.

"No!" Bon Clay exclaimed, fear evident on his face, "What's going on?" Shae asked, "Black Cage Hina! She's a Marine captain! We're in her jurisdiction!" he exclaimed, "She's a real pain! We need to hurry up and fly the coop!" Bon Clay shouted. His crew suluted him, "Yes, sir, Mr. Bon Clay, sir!" they coursed. I groaned, "Just what we need! A Marine captain whose as big a-pain as Smoker." I groaned. Bon Clay looked at us, "You guys need to wake up! We have to run! If we can pass through that point in the south, we can escape!" he suggested, pointing in the direction where the other two ships exploded.

"But, if we don't change course immediately, they'll take us down for sure!" he added. I shook my head, "Sorry, Bon Clay, but we have an appointment to keep." I said, my arms crossed over my chest, "If you wanna go, go. We can't go that way." Luffy added. Bon Clay looked at him, "And exactly why not?!" he exclaimed. Shae smiled at Bon Clay, "Noon at the Eastern Harbor. We've gotta meet someone." Shae answered, "There's no time to go around. We'll go straight through." Nami added. Bon Clay waved his hands in the air, "What?! Suicide! It's ludicrous! It there some treasure you're not telling me about That's worth throwing away your lives?" Bon Clay demanded.

I smiled, "It's a treasure to me." I admitted, as I thought about my twin. Bon Clay turned around, "Fine! Run off and die!" he snapped. Luffy smiled as well, "We have to go get one of our friends." Luffy explained. That was enough of an answer for Bon Clay. His crew disguised as us, and lured Hina away, causing their ship to sink so we could head to the Eastern Harbor.