Transported (A ONE PIECE Fanfiction)

Chapter 3

"What are we gonna do!?" Justin questioned in full panic mode. He was closed to making himself bald as he pulls his hair.

"I-I... We..." I have gone to the point that I was stuttering. Justin's panic was contagious. My mind was not working. How would I explained this incident to my mother without her being angry?

"I can leave." Ace suggested.

"No!" Justin and I yelled simultaneously.

"We can hide him?" Justin suggested also.

"No. Sooner or later, we will need to reveal him." I discarded the idea.

"What are we gonna do!?" Justin repeated his statement earlier but now, it was much more louder.

A tensed silence for a while. My brain was not working properly. Maybe because my fever had worsen. My head still throbs as headache ensured.

I let out a heavy sigh. We need to use the last option. "Come on, we've gotta introduce Ace to Mom."

Justin's mouth has dropped open. "Have you gone nuts!? Mom would kicked him out without second thought!"

"Your Mom's nice, isn't she?" Ace asked.

"No." Justin and I deadpanned. Our mother has a prickly tongue. Not shy speaking what was on her mind. I hated to say this but she got me embarrassed over a hundred times already.

Ace raised both his brows at that.

"Tala! Justin! Please help me out here!"

That was our mother's voice yelling.

"Come on now... Justin backed me up." I sighed in defeat.

"Sure... Tala."

The three of us went downstairs once again. My heart was throbbing so hard feeling nervous. I know, I should not be nervous around my mother but this time is different. I have to make her believe that Ace was a fictional character from my favorite anime series. Mom do not know Ace which make this much more harder than I thought. The only character he knew in One Piece is Luffy. I would be lucky if after this, I would not end up with an appointment with a psychiatrist.

We arrived at the kitchen again. Mom was already there putting every she has bought for our today's dinner. She wore an apron but beneath she was still wearing her uniform. Garlic and onion was in the corner. She was cutting some slices of meat in the cutting board. She was looking calmer today because most days she was annoyed because of how her students stressed her out.

"Hey, you two." Mom had finally acknowledged our presence. She then turned to faced us. And the first thing she noticed was sthe strange man besides us. "Who's -"

"Mom." I interrupted her before she could finished her statement. "This is Portgas D. Ace. A character from One Piece- as you know, our favorite anime series."

A pregnant silence emerged. Mom's eyes suddenly twitched and stared at us with wide shock. Her mouth dropped open as she glared at her children. Justin and I braced ourselves. We have seen this coming.

"Tala Crystalline, Justin Mel! You have exactly one minute to explain what was going on here and why did you let a stranger inside our house without my permission!?'

I gulped. Mom was already mad and I have still need to do a lot of explaining.

"Mom, Ace is a character from One Piece -" I said.

"He's Luffy's brother!" Justin interrupted. Kind of helpful considering Luffy was the only character she knew in One Piece.

"- he appeared in my room earlier."