One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty One

-Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty-One-

"The island has vanished into the horizon" Robin remarked as I fiddled with my hair, debating whether to keep it down or put it up. Since leaving Punk Hazard, the weather had started to warm up enough that I could switch out my previous outfit to a much more casual one consisting of a loose-fitting long-sleeved crop top and jeans.

"Fire, ice, and toxic gas—centaurs, G-5, and an evil Vice Admiral" Sanji listed as he lit up a cigarette. "Sheesh, good riddance to the miserable hellhole."

"I'm pretty sure it's par for the course in the New World" Nami smiled. "And you know? I seriously doubt it's going to get easier" she said.

"Ow! Come on, do you have to be so rough?" Caesar angrily snapped, catching my attention as I turned my head towards him and our ship's doctor who was oh so graciously trying to patch him up.

"Oh shut up, you baby" Chopper frowned as he struggled to fix the squirming man's broken nose. "To tell you the truth, I'd rather be kicking your butt right now" he confessed.

"Ow!" Caesar cried.

"You're lucky I'm a medical professional" Chopper scowled as he pulled away, hopping down from his spot perched on the man's chest to begin digging around inside his bag for more bandages. "Duty first" he wistfully sighed, about ready to hop up onto the man's shoulder before stopping as I called out to him.

"Excuse me, Chopper, can you hold on for a minute?" I sweetly smiled as I stepped up to the two, my arms now crossed behind my back as I innocently looked up at the captured scientist. "So...you're Caesar, huh?" I asked, head tilting as I took a moment to really examine the freak.

"Yeah, what's it—" he didn't get to finish with his sneer as my foot swiftly connected with the side of his head—sending him tumbling right over onto his side where he immediately began to squirm in pain once more. "Ow!" he screeched in agony, body pitifully squirming around as he struggled to sit himself back up. "What the hell was that...for..." I could only imagine the hell he could see in my eyes as I glowered down at him, hair falling and casting shadows on my face as I reeled my foot back.

"Unlike Chopper...," I lowly began as I towered over the now trembling scientist, "I'm not a medical professional, so I have no qualms in beating the shit out of you!" I snarled as I landed a swift kick to his stomach. Chopper softly sighed from beside me as he once more began digging around in his pack, never once attempting to step in and stop me. Around us, the others seemingly paid no mind to the wailing scientist as I continued my assault.

"Ow! S-stop! Stop—that hurts!" Caesar cried, unable to protect himself with his arms bound tight behind his back.

"Oh? It hurts, does it?" I asked, halting in my attack as I reached down and grabbed hold of the front of his overalls. "Good because if it wasn't for the fact we need you alive, I'd gut you like a fish for what you did to those children..." I ominously muttered, making his trembling worsen as I harshly yanked him toward my face. "Scum like you doesn't deserve any mercy, so be thankful you're pathetic life is useful enough to keep you alive" and with that, I threw him to the ground and delivered one last kick to his stomach. "He's all yours, Chopper" I casually waved back as I walked away, leaving the reindeer to finish patching the injured man up.

"Feel better?" Zoro asked, barely peeking his eye open as I plopped down beside him from where he rested against the mast—arms crossed behind his head as his swords rested beside him.

"I guess..." I heavily sighed, not fully content despite having taken most of my anger out on the mad scientist. It frustrated me knowing that we had to keep him alive all because Law needed him for some unknown plan of his. "If I could...I'd make him suffer just like he did those kids until he was begging for death..." I darkly murmured as I looked down, fingers curling and uncurling with the need to go over there and beat on the injured man some more.