Secrets She Never Knew (OnePiece Fanfiction)

09 | Seperation

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Saeko-Sabo
I.

Luffy calls for you, calls for you to free yourself, to fight back. I see your hand visibly clench over the telescope. That's right, Luffy was whining for one, wasn't he?

"Don't leave!" He says what all of us wants. Ace yells at you too. We promised, right? We were all going to set out to sea! We were going to be free!

One of the men pins Ace down. His blood splatters. My eyes widen.

Blood. Blood. Blood.

Your father grimaces. "Careful how you treat those trash!" He cries, "You got his inferior filthy blood on me!"

You grit your teeth together. You want to stay. I know. I can tell. But you can't.

II.

"That's enough already," I hear you mutter. You say them. The words I never wanted to hear. The words none of us wanted to hear.

"I'll do whatever you ask of me. I'll live just as you tell me to, so don't hurt these two. That's all I ask."

My fingers are twitching. They long to dig themselves into charred burnt flesh. I can hear Koe growl. 

"Please," You plead, you look at your father, "They're my irreplaceable siblings!" Do you know how much it hurts? For you to give yourself up for our sake?

III.

"In that case, come back home, now!" Your father demands, "Stop with this ridiculous pirate game, right now!"

I snap, "The only ridiculous thing I see here is scum like you playing a ridiculously nonsensical noble game."

All heads turn to me. I can feel their stares. "I'm sorry but would you care to repeat that, please?" Your father dares me.

I can feel them, my horns. They're growing from my head. Red clouds my eyes.

"Oi, Koko! Stop it..." I hear Ace. I'm sorry. I dig my fingernails into the ground, my tail just waiting to...

Your voice interrupts, "That's enough, Saeko. I will go." My eyes widen, the red clearing up. Never have I heard you call my name with such coldness. That voice isn't yours. That voice doesn't belong to the Sabo I know.

Ace panics, slamming his fist into the ground, "Hey! Don't go!" His head is only slammed further into the ground.

You hear his pleas--our pleas. Please, don't go.

You offer us only your back to stare at.

IV.

I don't want this to be my last memory of you. Your father, he's a tyrant. Ace's may be the Pirate King of all people, but I know you would have rather killed yourself than give up. To see you like this now...

No, I won't let you go.

V.

I cry out, I shout. I snap. No one dares to go near me. My eyes, my body. I know it's changed. I can feel my wings, my horns, my tail. I see red.

My target. The one who stands in my way. The one who stands in your way. I look up. I glare.

Your father shakes in fear.