Chapter 6: Priorities
Meanwhile with the Straw Hats, the entire Thousand Sunny was thrown into complete and utter chaos. Chopper has been scurrying around the Sunny like crazy, squeezing into the smallest of spaces, and most of all freaking out like it were the end of the world. Franky and Usopp were deconstructing walls and such as well, and then there was Robin who's duplicate arms scattered the Sunny with one sapphire eye on each of her palms. The others were searching on the inners of the Sunny like the bathroom, dorms, nest, and kitchen. Upon waking up in the morning, their beloved female swordswoman had disappeared into the dead of night without a trace.
Zoro grumbled curses under his breath upon reaching the ground after scaling the crowsnest. Robin stood not so far off in her signature pose and eyes squeezed shut. The ravenette has registered Zoro's presence, and it wasn't the most pleasing. "We've searched everywhere Zoro," Robin sighed, unfolding her arms calling back the abilities of her devil fruit powers. Flower petals of pinks and lavenders scattered upon the surface of the Sunny's grass carpeted lawn in such a beautiful fashion. With the call-back of the Archaeologist's powers it called the rest of the crew to regroup. Each face with a faint sense of disappointment staining their features.
"I'm guessing no luck," Nami sighed resting a hand to her hip. "The girl's room was clean. The only thing I've noticed was that (Y/n)'s bed wasn't made."
"That's because (Y/n) accompanied Zoro at just after midnight," Robin hummed recalling last night's events. Robin remembered that she were doing some late night reading of a book she picked up in Caesar's lab back in Punk Hazard. She only stepped out to brew herself a cup of coffee to find you gone. "(Y/n) never came back to bed," Robin informed her crew as everyone turned their heads to stare at Zoro to this newfound information. Zoro huffed and puffed with anger, about to beat down each and every one.
"Why would I get rid of (Y/n)?" Zoro growled. All of the fingers pointing at him all because he was the last to speak with you. "Mess with her and you'll have Mihawk and Shanks hunting down your ass," Zoro warned, trying to hold back his waking anger.
Luffy took great interest in Zoro's words, more it was just one key word. "Why Shanks? Why Shanks!?" Luffy whined like a child, of course the name of his childhood role model sparked a great abundance of energy in the boy.
"I thought you knew..." Zoro growled again with aggravation.
"Take a damn walk Mosshead," Sanji took hold of Zoro's shoulder and pushed him off to the side. A wave had shooed Zoro away. Zoro was so close to exploding, but he agreed with the pervy blonde for a change. These riled up nerves were almost deadly to those around the Swordsman. Once Zoro took a wordless leave, Sanji entangled a hand within his blonde locks. "How many of you haven't heard of (Y/n)'s origins?" Sanji sighed. I thought she told everyone at one point...
"We only know that she can transform into Zoro's third sword," Usopp piped up with his hand rose above his head.
"Oh," Sanji gasped. "Well I'm surprised."
"Just tell us already," Franky groaned.
"Cool it!" Sanji snapped, disappointed in Franky's lack of interest. "Well... Just like Zoro said, (Y/n) is the daughter of Hawkeyes Mihawk and Red Hair Shanks. You mess with (Y/n), you mess with them." A point to be agreed upon.
"That's... Not correct," Franky pointed out with an eerie awkwardness to stain his voice. "You do know that two men cannot have a child right?" Everyone facepalmed.
"I think we all know that Franky," Usopp spoke in a snobbish tone.
"(Y/n) is Hawkeye's kid," Luffy pointed out like it were no surprise. Everyone stared at him in bewilderment. "She has his eyes," Luffy cleared up the confusion.
"Oh yeah she does," Usopp hummed remembering two years back when he last saw Warlord Hawkeyes Mihawk fighting Zoro at the Baratie even before Sanji joined the crew. Even with those faint glimpses at the Warlord, Usopp could confirm Luffy's claim that you indeed had those gold eyes Mihawk sported best.
"I just want to know why Shanks had a kid and never told me..." Luffy whined again. "If (Y/n) isn't on the Sunny... Where is she? I cant afford to see Shanks just yet," Luffy stomped his foot angrily. This cat chase was hurting his head greatly, which wasn't difficult to say the least.
"You can't tell me (Y/n) vanished out of thin air!" Zoro growled mimicking Luffy in a way after taking a lap around the Sunny. Clearly the walk never helped Zoro to blow off steam, The crew couldn't really blame him though. His dearly beloved girlfriend went missing in the dead of night without a trace and he's already the prime suspect to your disappearance.
"She didn't vanish," Zoro snapped his head in the direction to the deeper voice. Let's just say everyone is very forgetful about Law's new temporary position on the crew. The Warlord sat on the railing of the upper deck, one leg rested over the other, and his sword resting against his shoulder. It looked like the Surgeon were half bored to death.
"And how do you know that?" Zoro tuts.
"You gotta look beyond the book's cover," Law spoke, straightening himself out before standing. "Come," the man demanded.
"Hmmm, I wonder what Traffie found," Luffy exclaimed.
"I hope it's not (Y/n)'s body," Robin sighed.
"Robin don't say that!" Chopper cried. Zoro snatched Chopper by his blue doctor's bag, picking up the boy to allow him to sit atop his shoulders. The crew gathered to where Law stood at the back of the Sunny, but there wasn't anything different about the setting lied out before them. Goes back to Law's claim about looking past the cover.
"What'd you find?" Zoro asked in a shallow hiss.
"I've noticed this ship of yours is rather young," Law rests a hand on the captain's wheel in admiration. Such a piece of flawless craftsmanship. "Look closely..." Law used the tip of his sword to point at the ground surrounding the wheel. "The floorboards back here are scratched to oblivion. And those marks aren't from normal foot trafficking."
Franky and Usopp were quick to get down on all fours and inspect the deep grooves in the floorboards of the deck. "Damn these are brand new!" Franky exclaimed in a rather disappointed way. "Such a clean cut, There's even sawdust right in the pit of the groove."
"There's footprints all over the railing as well," Zoro noticed as he strayed away from Law's discovery. The shoeprints were shallow indentations in the wood like someone were kicking off the railings. Chopper pats Zoro on the arm, asking to be let down. Chopper sniffed the shoeprints, a scent that lingered that wasn't recognizable before examining it more closely.
"The prints look like they belong to a pair of boots," Chopper hummed. "You can tell by the size of the print that they are of male size, heavy duty yet fairly worn."
"Knocks out over half of the crew," Zoro comments, once again, he figured out that he were the primary suspect.
"Yeah cause me, Robin and Luffy wear sandals," Nami held up her entire leg, showing off her bronze sandals.
"I run around barefoot," Franky shrugs, him being the most innocent.
"Brook and I wear dress shoes," Sanji grumbled as he lit himself a cigarette.
"Oh gosh!!!" Usopp shrieked.
"That leaves me," Zoro growled. "Usopp," Usopp shrieked again diving for cover being one of the prime suspects. "And Law," Law was the only one to keep a calm composer to being one of three prime suspects to the disappearance of a dearly beloved. With Law now in the spotlight, Zoro stepped before the Surgeon, giving him a glare of almost inevitable death. Tension was at it's all time high.
"I believe none of us did something to (Y/n)," Luffy stepped between Zoro and Law knowing what could've been the outcome. "I say we keep heading to Dressrosa like Law said."
"That's very unlike you to say something like that Luffy," Nami now grew suspicious of her own captain. Was he smarter than usual?
"(Y/n) can't be far off though..." Luffy gave Nami a look of pure stupidity.
"Hate to say it, Luffy has a point," Sanji admits.
"(Y/n)-ya has been gone for at most five maybe seven hours. Either (Y/n) is on a nearby island by now, on a ship, or dead. For once Mugiwara-ya is correct," Law backed up Luffy's claim, in which nobody could fight. There were only three options and now heading straight to Dressrosa is the best option available instead of a wide search or backtracking.
For once, a missing crewmate wasn't the number one priority. And that gravely aggravates Zoro to the fullest. With that, the crew went back to their own devices. Except for Zoro and Law.
"You have a problem with me?" Law spoke up, sitting back down upon the railing of the Sunny.
"If I learn that you're responsible for (Y/n) disappearing out of the blue... I'll rip you to pieces with my bare hands," Zoro's anger was visible outside of his body. Law could've sworn he saw red flash in those steel eyes of his. No doubt Zoro wasn't joking, one wrong move and Law will find himself in the grave.
"I haven't done a thing to (Y/n) from my knowledge. Why else am I assisting you in finding your beloved?" Law spoke in absolutes, and it looks to be Zoro bought it all.
"Just keep what I said in mind," Zoro warned the Surgeon before stepping away.
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