The Daughter of the King (English)

Chapter 18 - Battle for the Baratie - Part 2

Luffy knelt on one of the larger pieces ofdebris from the destroyed fin. The water came down like rain. Everyone presentwas shocked by their destructive outcome. "The fin...the fin has beendestroyed!" The corners of her mouth turned up into a grin before shestraightened up again. Sanji couldn't believe it. This black-haired angel wasstrong, incredibly strong, but...she dared to damage the restaurant and worstof all, she did it on PURPOSE! He would never forgive anyone, NO MATTER man orwoman, ANYONE who dares to damage the treasure of the old! "That brat...is sheplanning on destroying the ship?" growled Krieg before he started screaming,"Gin! Put a bullet through his head!" Gin's eyes widened imperceptibly. Itwasn't planned that way! "Hurry up already!" His gaze turned to the man lyingat his feet. "But...but. He was the one who gave us enough to eat so wecould take care of our men!" Krieg glared at Gin angrily. "Gin, you bastard.""Hey, calm down! I didn't do anything bad." Luffy said and turned her headto Krieg, "I just bust the fin." He just growled at her statement.Sanji also spoke up angrily: "Are you completly nuts?! What were youthinking?!" "I'm sinking the ship," she said calmly. The blonde straightenedup. He must have misheard! "Huh, what are you saying?!" The black-haired womanlooked at him again. "I'll sink this ship." The cooks who had landed in thewater when she destroyed the fin looked at her in disbelief. Wasn't this fightabout SAVEING the ship?! The pirates didn't believe what they heard either. "She'scompletely crazy!" "Is this a joke?!" Luffy gave them a look.Why would she joke about something like that? She heard Sanji stomping towardsher. "You're completely crazy, you weirdo!" He grabbed her vest and pulled hertowards him. "What are you thinking?" "Once this thing lies at the bottom ofthe sea, the pirates will disappear too," she said as if it were the mostobvious thing in the world. "Ahh!" Sanji would like to tear his hair out. Hadshe perhaps fallen on her head as a child? Zeff smiled. He liked this girl, shereally had guts. "That's not how it works, you can forget it!" said the blonde,who had managed to calm down a bit, "I won't let you destroy my home! I'mprotecting the ship, just for Zeff's sake!" Luffy had to suppress afrustrated snort. Did he really not get it? And they said SHE was slow. "So youreally want to die for the ship? How can you be so stupid?" Sanji looked at theyounger woman in shock. What had she just said? Stupid? His temper slowly beganto surface again. "What?!" "That doesn't make any sense!" She slapped his handaway and in turn grabbed his collar and pulled him down slightly to be at eyelevel. "If you're die, that won't help Zeff either! He didn't save your life soyou could throw away like that!" Sanji didn't know what it was, but whenhe saw her eyes there was something there. Something that showed she knew whatshe was talking about. He couldn't say anything back. "Only a coward wouldrather scrape than come up with something!" "Do you have an idea howI can show him my gratitude better?" They both looked at each otherangrily. Gin lowered his head, it looked like he had no choice. Suddenly Pearlspoke up: "Stop arguing, you two. Arguing at a time like this is downrightlaughable. But regardless of that, you can't do anything anyway since we have ahostage." They both looked at him sourly. "How inconvenient for youto be dealing with the Krieg Pirates." He started to laugh and banged hisplates together again so that they started to burn. "I'll finish you offwith my fire pearls." He stormed towards them. Something pushed the twoapart and pounced on Pearl. His eyes widened when he realized WHO it was. Gin!In his hands he held tonfas, at the end of which was a large metal ball. Beforethey could realize it, the front part of the armor had shattered and Pearl fellto the ground. The last thing he said was, "Why Gin...?" "Sorry,Pearl. But I'll take over." "Gin. You dare betray me?""Forgive me, Don Krieg. This person saved our lives. I don't want him todie like this. So let me be the one to end his life." As he spoke, he hadturned to Sanji and Luffy and rested his tonfa on his shoulder. There was notthe slightest trace of mercy in his expression. Sanji narrowed his eyes at him."Have you lost your mind?" asked Krieg, "You are my first officer after all."Patty and Carne had pulled themselves out of the water and were now sitting atZeff's side, who had stood up again. "Are you okay, Chef?" asked the tallerone. "Hang in there Chef!" Sanji looked over his shoulder briefly beforelooking back at Gin. "First officer..." Only now did the information seep intoPatty. "So he's not a normal member." "He smashed the armorwithout a problem," Carne muttered nervously. How was something like thatpossible? Luffy didn't know what to think of it at first. First he was sorry,then he took Zeff hostage, and now he wanted to fight. Did he do it because...?