Time Holder | A One Piece Fanfic

『 Chapter 30 | Spark 』

10.20.18

2100 words

『 Chapter 30 | Spark 』

 Garp had decided to join in and got in Marco's way when the young man tried to go forth to save Ace. The hero glared down at the battlefield as he stated that no one can get past him until his death comes, only to be insulted by the Yonko himself-telling that he's just an old soldier.

 As they fought and flared up another big fight, Ace leaned his head onto the floor, holding back his tears as he recalls his childhood, wondering if it would've been better if he was never born.

 He held back his tears as his cared siblings, friends, and allies cheers for him but lost to himself, creating a pool underneath as he cries out his pain. Them bleeding just for the sake of his survival touches him deeply... and all of this makes him go back to the path of life to not wish for his own death.

 The ravenette raised his head, only to meet his father-figure's weakening state as an Admiral beat him down. He gritted his teeth as his friend, Marco, got hit by another Admiral right after Whitebeard.

 He truly can't take this anymore.

 This is too much to bear.

 When he raised his head, so did his siblings. Luffy asked the King-Queen one last favour and Sayua listened, only to get the same idea as to what her brother is thinking, which can possibly lead to one's death-but that doesn't scare them at least one bit.

 As foolish as it may seem, the only way to fight without bearing any pain is for the King-Queen to give them a shot of his Energy Hormone that got Luffy kicking in the first place.

 Sayua's willing to take the risks as much as her little brother do so she did the most polite way to reason with him.

 She stood in front of the revolutionary and bowed down her head, gaining a lot of attention from the surrounding people. "Please, Iva-san," she gripped tight on the ends of her dress, "let us enter the battlefield one more time... I-If we don't and they kill Ace I... I..."

 "If I don't keep fighting," Luffy cut in, pulling back his sister and sending a sharp glare towards the revolutionary, "and they kill Ace..." he paused.

 "L-Luffy..." Sayua stared at the back of her brother.

 "I COULDN'T LIVE WITH THAT! PLEASE!" The ravenette pleaded, "GIVE ME, GIVE US POWER TO FIGHT RIGHT NOW!"

 "I TOLD YOU!! IF I LET YOU DIE, I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO FACE DRAGON AGAIN, YOU FOOL!" The revolutionary shouted at him as he dropped down from losing strength.

 Sayua came to his aid and ran her fingers through his raven hair before craning her head up and looking at the revolutionary with her pleading eyes, "Please... I don't want to regret anything." She spoke and looked down at her little brother, "If you can't do it to Luffy, then at least do it to me. I'm willing to give up my life just to save theirs, so please..."

 The King-Queen heaved a sigh, "F-FINE!" he then let his sharp, needle-like nails pierce through both of their skins, "HAVE IT YOUR WAY!"

 Almost instantly, the siblings gained back more than they should have and got right back on their feet. The adrenaline rush came washing over their body, numbing the pain and making them seem to have recovered from just that.