Utapri Short Stories

Strong Enough - Part 9

"I'm not going with you!" With that, she kicked back between his legs and took advantage of the blow to knock him down with an avalanche of barrels that were lodged in the basement. The pirate began to insult her in every possible way, but she took advantage of the fact that she had managed to hit him to escape from there. Then she would return to help the First Immediate Ichinose.

Leaving the basement she found herself in the labyrinth of corridors and secret passages of the ship. He didn't know how to steer there, so she thought it best to follow the sound contrary to the sounds of battle. She wanted to be able to help, but she knew she was still weak compared to those men. She needed to train. Train hard. This is the only way she could help with future attacks. Swallowing her pride, she hid herself until the fight was over.

It didn't take long for the Fire Soul to win the battle against Captain Icy Heart's men, but many men were injured and the ship suffered some serious damage. The princess came out of her hiding place and eventually found First Immediate Ichinose in the hallway, his head bandaged in a gauze stained red. "Um... Are you okay, Ichinose-san?" She asked with a worried look.

The man nodded and studied her up and down. "I see you're fine. It's great that you didn't get hurt. Captain Kurosaki wants to see you. Go to the cabin." With that, he indicated the direction and she went on until she found the cabin, where the captain was resting on the bed... With a wound covered by several heavily blood-stained rags.

A man stood beside him with a series of pots and basic medical utensils. The expression on the captain's face was one of pain. "What happened to you?" It would be the question she would have asked, but his scream of pain as the doctor touched the wound made her shut up.

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