The Chronicle

Chapter 9

We were brought inside a lopsided wooden hut. Porchemy threw me at one of the guys and I yelled, "I'm not a thing, stop that!" They laughed again and I felt my temper rising, "The fuckin' hell is so funny?!"

They stared at me as the giant tied Luffy to a post.

"Dammit! Leave him alone!"

The giant turned to me, "Don't think you were left out, brat."

I glared and squirmed in the guy's grip. Luffy was screaming to be released, and I was screaming at them in general. Then he lifted me up and tied me to the other side of Luffy.

Shitshitshitshit! Dammit all! I tried to loosen the ropes to no avail; it was as sturdy as our last restraints. Then I heard a bang followed by Luffy's exclamation, "I told you my body turned into rubber after I ate the Gomu-Gomu no Mi!

I 'tch'-ed loudly. You don't tell people your skills!

"Give me a pair of gloves," Porchemy said. One of the subordinates complied and ran off. Shit, the gloves with spikes. Those are gonna hurt the both of us, but I won't tell him where Ace and Sabo are. Fuck the pain, I don't care.

They untied and put us back to back again, only, this time, we were suspended in the air. Luffy was facing porchemy. That bastard..

"I want my money and you both know where it is. So I need you to tell us," the bastard said.

"No!" Luffy yelled.

I froze and swung at the horrifying smack that followed. My eyes widened and I gritted my teeth together. "LUFFY!"

"You want to make a pirate mad? Our captain Bluejam is very brutal!" the giant said.

Luffy started rocking the rope and wailing that it hurt. I shook in anger. They gonna pay for hurting luffy!

The giant hit him again and I snapped, "HEY, YOU FUCKER! STOP IT!"

The rope was pulled until I faced the bastard.

"You all go look for Ace and Sabo. We don't have time to stand around," he yelled. After the subordinates ran, he asked, "Are you going to tell me?"

I was sweating as I looked at him in the eyes. I also felt a little anxious. I won't say it, even though it's about my life, I don't care.

I smirked mockingly, "Go to hell, fucker."

He pulled his fist back and I closed my eyes with a grimace. It slammed on the left side of my face. I held back my tears and scream at the pain. And then he hit the same spot again. I whimpered as blood went down my face.

It felt like I cut myself with a pocketknife back at home, not quite enough to kill. Then, it exceeded that limit. He alternated between punching Luffy and me. So much I lost track, though the orange sunlight meant evening was approaching.

"Spit it out already!" he punched me again, and then Luffy, which made me flinch.

One of the subordinates screamed, "P-P-Porchemy-san! It's no use doing it anymore. They don't have the energy to talk or shout."

I heard a slam, I bet he's being punched by the bastard.

The pounding on my face was stopping, but suddenly, the pain returned. Breathing heavily, I squeezed my eyes shut to stop the tears from falling. I tried to steady my breath. Then, the beating resumed.

"Answer me!" he roared after a while.

"I won't say it," Luffy exclaimed.

"What about you?"