The Siren Seamstress (One Piece X OC)

🏴‍☠️️[26] Baratie Arc ~ {7}🏴‍☠️️

🩸A/N: Mature themes and imagery ahead; Blood, moment of major gore and minor character death.☠️

🏴‍☠️️Ch.26: Threat to the Zeff and Sanji's Shared Dream! The Merciless Demon of the Krieg Pirates! Ghin's the Chief Commander of the Krieg Armada?!🏴‍☠️️

No one on board the Baratie moves a muscle or even dares to breathe in fear of rendering Zeff's life forfeit as Ghin continues to hover the barrel end of the pistol at the old chef's head.

"Ghin!" Luffy exclaims, the first to speak up over the suffocating silent tension.

"I expected this kind of backstabbery more from the likes of Krieg himself, Ghin. But you are part of his crew, so I shouldn't be so surprised. I thought you better than the rest of your crew." Ula states, coldly, knowing full well Ghin's history within the crew, but also believed he might've had a change of heart. But she guesses that's a tall order from a Krieg pirate.

Whether Ghin is fazed by Ula's cutting tone, he doesn't show it. He remains ever steadfast with the pistol training on Zeff's head.

"I don't care how much of a badass he used to be; Now he's just a cook. I wouldn't have to break a sweat to kill this old fart." He remarks, coldly.

Sanji offers no emotion on his face.

"I'll spare him, but you have to leave." Ghin offers. "Please, don't make this any harder Sanji, Ula. Just leave. Don't force me to kill the three of you."

Ula's brow arches. 'Maybe Sanji and I did crack his shell. Ghin's loyalty to his captain has led him to commit atrocities without hesitation, yet here he is, offering us a way out without any harm.'

"Run away."

Sanji huffs as he chews on his cigarette.

"Not a chance!"

Sanji's blatant refusal shocks Ghin.

The blond chef shifts his gaze to the fallen Zeff.

"You look even dumber at gunpoint, Old Man. What kind of example do you think you're setting for all the other cooks?" He jabs.

Even with a gun pointed at his head, Zeff still has the guts to let out a wry chuckle.

"Hah! I don't need a lecture from a brat like you."

"Would you stop calling me names?! Quit treating me like a kid!" Sanji barks.

The public quarreling between the two has the cooks on edge, not knowing what the sudden argument will mean for their boss.

"This is crazy!"

"Sanji wouldn't abandon Zeff now, would he?"

As if to answer their whispering worries, Sanji calls out to the one holding the pistol.

"Ghin! Point that gun at me!"

Sanji's demand startles Zeff, Luffy and I.

"Sanji, don't be a fool!" Ula interjects.

"Yeah, what if you die?!" Luffy is quick to add.

"Shut up." Sanji growls.

"Sanji, why you?" Ghin questions, frowning deeply in debate.

"Someone's eager to die."

An annoying droll chimes in.

"Lucky for you, I'd be more than happy to oblige."

Heads whip around to see Pearl lifting himself to his feet, white fire still blazing from him and a dark smirk curling on his bleeding mouth. He looks surprisingly cognizant for someone who had a mast dropped on his head.