I Will Protect You As Cora-San Did For Us

Chapter Four: Moria the shadow stealer pirate Part 1

LUFFY: Sit on the boulder. "So what are you doing here?" He ask the zombies.

"Well zombie stuff... being buried...rotting...yeah rotting...indeed me too."

LUFFY: Shadow covering his eyes. "Are you messing with me."

"No, no! We're not really!!!"

LUFFY: "I see. Then, listen. Did a man with long nose... A woman with orange hair...and a raccoon resembling a reindeer come through here?"

"Y-yes yes, yes, yes... we saw them... didn't see them. But we won't tell. Our orders are to never give out such information to anyone... That's it! That's it! O-r-ders! O-r-ders! O-r-ders! O-r-ders! O-r-ders! O-"

LUFFY: "Oh... you won't say anything?" Cracking his fist.

"Three person pass through!"

ZORO: "They're completely overwhelmed..."

FRANKY: "Yes..."

LUFFY: "Those guys are our nakama you guys didn't do anything to them, right?"

"N-nakama! No-Nothing!... Yeah. I didn't do anything either. Nothing at all! Did nothing! Did nothing! Did nothing!"

LUFFY: "Tell me the truth."

"This guy did something. What?! Oi... Don't sell out your friends... You're the one who bit them...! We all attacked them. Idiot! Don't say that!"

Luffy and the others beat them up again.

Luffy: "Looks like they headed for that mansion. I'm glad they're okay. Although i don't know about brook..."

Sanji: "That's actually good, i guess."

Zoro: "Well, yeah..."

Miyuki: "As long as they're not injured."

All of them went to the mansion. After walking a while there's an old man with big wound asking luffy to help him retrieve his shadows back.

Luffy: "He's like brook he got no shadows."

Zoro: "Who on earth did that? Is he on the island."

The old man spoke."Moria..."

Miyuki and robin shocked.

"Moria is the name. He's really frightening..."

Robin: "Moria? Do you mean gecko moria, by any chance?"

"That's it that's the one.."

Luffy: "Robin... you know him?"

Robin: "Only by name. His former bounty exceeds even yours luffy!"

Sanji: "Former..? That means..."

Miyuki: "Gecko moria... are one of the shichibukai. A devil fruit user called as kage-kage no mi."

Sanji: "You know him miyuki-chan?"

Miyuki: Silent.

Zoro: "Miyuki?"

Miyuki: "I... fought him once before."

Everyone got shocked.

Luffy: "You... fought him before?"

Franky: "How the hell did that happen?"

Miyuki: "It's a long story... I don't know how his powers work. But at that time he always has this black thing that resemble himself following him around and always do as he ask... More than that i don't know his true abilities."

Franky: "Super amazing! You fought against one of the shichibukai and still live?! You're pretty damn strong woman miyuki."

Luffy: "You win against him?! You're awesome miyuki!"

Robin: "Come to think of it your bounty are definitely higher than any pirates. It is possible that you will win."

"You win against moria?! Who are you actually?! How did you beat him?!"

Miyuki: "All i could say is he couldn't even lay a finger on me. His powers were useless against me. That's how i won the battle."

"Oh this is a miracle! Please young lady! Young man! You're the only hope for all of us who were a victim by his powers."

Zoro: "There are others?"

"The fact that you guys were invited here too, I'm sure that moria has set his eyes on you!!"

Zoro: "Invited?" Suddenly remember. "What miyuki and brook said were right. So that's how it is."

"We hide in this deep forest scared of zombies... frightened to run to the sea and be exposed to the sun! In any case, this body makes me have no will to live anymore... Before i die, just once more...just once is enough, so...! I want to walk under the open sun!" The old man's hand pushed against the lamp causing it to spin slowly in front of them.

Everyone was silent.

Miyuki: "You're not gonna die mister... i will make sure that you'll be able to live under the sunlight once more. So just wait and smile until we defeat moria and get all of the shadows he stole from all of you. That is my promise to all of you. So please no matter what happened... never lose hope in life. As long as you live you can start over! Nothing will end. Stand strong on your beliefs toward the future and face forward! Fight for your freedom! No one can take your freedom away!" Smile.

Luffy: "Shishishishi!"

Sanji: "You heard her." Smile.

Robin: Chuckle.

Franky: "SUPER!!!"

Zoro: Smirking. "You've said it." Pat her head. "You've grown into a fine swordswoman miyuki. Kuina and sensei must've been proud of you if they heard what you said."

Miyuki: Smiling widely. "People have the right to choose whatever they wanted to do in life. Their freedom are theirs alone. No one has the right to control it. It's theirs to decide."

"Thank you for your kind words I'm regaining hope once more!"

The other victims cheer for them.

Sanji: "What... you were listening?! You other victims!"

After that they continued walking towards the mansion.

Sanji: "But still I'm curios. If this moria guy lost against miyuki-chan why did he still bring us here?"

Robin: "Maybe he has some purpose to do so?"

Franky: "Or maybe he forgot about it?"

Miyuki: "He didn't forget... He was frightened of me."

Zoro: "Frightened of you? Why is that?"

Miyuki: "Ever since our battle he'd been searching for my weaknesses... and also my bounty froze when i was five years old. And unlike all of you when it didn't raise anymore it became more like an old story. So he doesn't know that i've joined the crew... That's why he brought us to this island he doesn't know I'm a part of mugiwara ichimi too."

Robin: "I see."

Suddenly it starts raining.

Zoro: "It's really pouring down."

Franky: "Yosh, should we run to the mansion?"

Luffy: "Wait a moment. I can see something huuuge by the mansion. It looks like a mark..."

Franky: "Mark?" Look up.

Zoro: "The fog is clearing up. What... A flag?"

Franky: "No. Isn't that... A sail?"

Everyone except miyuki: "Sail?!"