Just a Merc (One Piece Fan-Fiction)

chapter 8 > shock

- eiko d. shinji pov -

"You have brothers, Shinji?" Hancock asked me as I sat beside her

"Uh huh! Well, technically speaking, we aren't actually related by blood, none of them are! We had just declared it through sake." I told her, she raised an eyebrow at that, I suddenly remember something & pulled out a photo & showed it to her

"Hmm, I can see how you aren't siblings now. You don't look alike at all except the two boys with black hair." I grin at her & point at Luffy

"He's the youngest, his name is Monkey D. Luffy, he may be a blunt idiot but he's got a heart of gold. The blonde is Sabo, he's a dear & the mature, smart one while the other black haired boy is Portgas D. Ace, the eldest of the three, but of course I'm the eldest out of all 4 of us, he's a real temper but knows when to be caring." she nodded her head at that "But what about you? You say we don't look a like but I can say the same goes for your sisters." she hummed

"That, my friend, is a story for another day." I've stayed at Amazon Lily for a couple weeks & befriended nearly every woman on the island, some still feel a little hostile towards me but at least they don't want to kill me

Hancock & her sisters, Marigold & Sandersonia, have started to treat me even more nicely ever since they saw the mark on my shoulder. It was when Hancock was teaching me her kicking techniques I had started to get sweaty & hot so I took my shirt off, the first one to see was that Elder Nyon lady then Hancock soon after her sisters did as well. They were all freaking out over it but I was completely relaxed on them seeing it, though they had a different reason onto why

I could tell they were hesitant to tell me but they trusted me, so they told me that they were former slaves & had their marks on their backs. They lied to the people, the women, of Amazon Lily that they were cursed & to whoever sees the marks will turn to stone. I frowned when I remember her breaking down into tears along with her sisters, I felt a tap on my shoulder & I jump

"Y-Yes?!" I look over & see that it was Hancock with a concerned look on her face

"You went quiet all of a sudden, is something wrong?" I hum before shaking my head

"I'm fine! There's nothing wrong, I was just thinking is all." she pursed her lips before nodding her head

"If you ever need to talk, I'm here." I roll my eyes as I laugh a bit

"I'm the one that should be saying that, I've moved on from it... but have you?" she flinched at that, I sigh softly when I saw her eyes start get teary so I rub her back in a comforting way, I let her head rest on my shoulder as she silently cried while rubbing her shoulder this time, we sat like that for a couple minutes until she let out a breath & stood up 

"We've been out here for a couple hours, lets go get something to eat!" I wave her off

"I'll catch up, I want to sit out here for a bit longer." she looked at me before nodding her head 

"Alright." & she walked out, I leaned back a bit before lying down on the cold floor & stared up at the sky, I let out a breath as I watched clouds go by before remembering about the mini transponder snail I gave Dogura, I sat up straight & went over to my bag that was lying in a corner & pulled out mine

"Hmm, I wonder how those dorks are doing." I mutter

*buru buru buru*

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*buru buru buru*