A Bird's Journey - A One Piece Fan Fiction About Soul King Brook (Hiatus)

Part 19: Mystery Woman Revealed

Fighting Kaido... Star's Point of View...
     "Luffy I'll support you long range with my awakening from the air and ground while you get in close. We're both too weak to do it alone. I have the stamina and experience. You have the energy and determination. We'll make him fall." I shouted. "For the people we care about here." He nodded barely able to stand as we went in but a small smile appeared anyway.

After freeing Wano... in part of one of the makeshift infirmaries... Brook's Point of View...
     "That was reckless!" I yelled. "You could have died in your state fighting that hard!"

     "Don't be acting like my dad about this. You don't seem to be as worried about your Captain. He took a lot of the attacks from Kaido that I couldn't block with my giant bone shield. It was some serious bone breaking work." Star stated cracking a tiny smile for a second there. "My bones and that are already healing up pretty quickly.  Besides I've lived a full life and I don't plan on dieing anytime soon. Death isn't a good reason for not keeping my promise to my crew. Why are you so worried anyway?"

     "You remind me so much of the previous user of that devil fruit. She was calculating but acted on instincts just as much. Seeming cold-hearted to some but one of the most caring people." I said. "Pretty much an all around badass, yet sometimes frail emotionally."

     "Brook..." she hesitated... "I need to tell you something. It's very important and you need to hear it from me and it's not easy to say either. Brook I am... hold on a second. I'm sorry. I think I hear something."

     I assumes she closes her eyes (because she's wearing a new set of sunglasses) and then feels pain that seems like it's not her own. She gets up and moves past me quickly like a ninja without an explanation. When I went outside the tent I found her sunglasses and lost track of her rather quickly as a giant injured red dragon with green here and there landed right next to the injured that were outside.

     Most of the samurai that aren't as injured got ready to kill it. Wait... is that Derek? I thought to myself. It's been a while and I may have only seen him in it a handful of times but I'm pretty sure that's an injured Derek in dragon form. Why didn't he turn back into a human though when he got close enough?

    I looked at the sunglasses in my hands as there was a person standing between the samurai and Derek. Is this what she was trying to tell me? She was family somehow? Niece? Daughter I never met? I looked at the sunglasses again. No. No way was she her.

Derek's Point of View...
     I was fading in and out but I could smell her close by. There was voices saying things I can barely make out. I try to reach out to her mentally just before I hit dirt and use my feet digging into the ground before I can hit the others I can smell around here. She replies back mentally to try to calm me. When I smell danger I stand up and just start blacking in and out again.

Star's Point of View...
     I heard him. There was no way I could let him die too. Not today. I couldn't lose another one. Luckily I made it just in time before the samurai started attacking and I stood between them and yelled, "STOOOP!!!!"

     They stopped in their steps with confused looks on their faces for a couple reasons. The first was someone who had just helped save them not that long ago was stopping them from killing a dragon. One creature that it was hard for them to like for their reasons years ago. Second, was I wasn't wearing my sunglasses. So the could all see my purple eyes. Which in any circumstances is an eye colour that shouldn't exist to their knowledge. Finally, most of my more serious injuries seemed to be gone. Due to how much easier I was moving around.

     "Kin'emon, please. He's one of the most important people in my life to me I can't lose him." I pleaded.

     "How can you sympathize with it? Most of what we know about dragons is that they destroy. Not mercy." He said.

     Brook and some of the others get close to what's happening. Wanting to see how this pans out. "What about the boy?" I asked. "He reeks of the smell of one. Mostly everyone has seen him change at this point. How is this any different?"

     "It's different because he's a human that can turn into one but still act like a rational person." He replied.

     "This is hardly any different. Dragons are some of the most intelligent creatures. Besides this dragon is just as much of a human as I am. Would you shun me out?" I asked. "Wait, I remember I was mostly shunned and belittled by most of the samurai here until that last big fight. Everyone else warmed up to me faster that already didn't know me. There's a few other reasons I can't let you kill him, but the big one is he's the last of my brothers. I'm not losing another one if I can help it."

Brook's Point of View...
     Her gloves weren't on her hands and I  looked at them. There was the same scars as Sparhawk had. Things started clicking into place for me. It was hard to know what to think. Or if I was even right about it.

Star's Point of View...
     "Just let me calm him down. He has an injured man and his daughter with him." I stated. Some of the samurai attack without warning out of fear and there was no way I could stop them all in my state.

     Then a figure comes to stop the others. I could hardly believe who stopped them but at the same time I was so happy. "Thank you. I'll tell you everything shortly." I said with a brief smile. Soon I was singing a song heard by extremely few people before this. That weren't dragons anyway. Derek calmed right down but still at the ready to fight if absolutely necessary.

     I went to grab the 3 individuals who he had on his back. Him slightly wincing from pain as I walked up to them. The little girl was freaking out because of how badly Byron was injured. Though the polar bear cub that was with them was trying to calm her after she saw me.

     "Hey, there Fuzzball." I said as I patted Fuzzy the polar bear's head. "Thanks for helping them stay on Derek til they got here. Kaley, I'll help him down and someone will help them both. Just hop on Fuzzy. She'll help you get down and hold on tight. I'll carry Byron down." She kept crying but got on Fuzzy. "Come on follow me down. There's at least a few friends waiting for us."

     When we had gotten down pretty much everyone was shocked. They weren't expecting there to be a polar bear on his back. Then I leaned Byron against a tree as Chopper and Alex (my crews doctor) came over. I tore the sleeves off my shirt and cut my pant legs off at my knees.

     "Since we're running low on bandages you should be able to use these for the time being until more can be made. They were cleaned recently so it should make do. I'm not expecting them back anyway." I said continuing. "I trust you 2 can handle this. Fuzzy try to keep her away for now. There's a giant lizard I have to deal with."

     I walked back over to Derek and Brook. Then pause next to Brook. "Is it safe to say you figured out who I am?" I asked.

     "I can take a few likely guesses. But there's one that's much more likely based on the information you've given me. Would you mind telling me, baby?" He said rather calmly with some emphasis on baby.

     "Alright then." I replied. Then I proceeded to take the bandana off my neck and tied it around my arm. Next I unhook the latch off the back of the bracelet that I had extended and showed it to him. "You remember giving this to me 56 years ago before I left for Reverie?"

Brook's Point of View...
     The Bass and Treble Clefs were shaped in a heart in the middle of it. Cherry Blossoms started falling as if in slow motion. I started to tear up a bit. There was so many charms I recognized on it and a few I didn't. She grabbed me by the chin. "Hello Sweetheart." She whispered as I just started crying.