Chapter 147
No Romance Allowed part 4
Hancock and the babies met a very supporting queen.
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In Shakky's Rip-off Bar in Grove 13 of Shabaody Archipelago, Silvers Rayleigh was taking another sip of his favorite red wine. He slowly opened his glasses when Shakky sat on his lap and started kissing him. Rayleigh murmured about the weather, the job, and how rookie pirates asked cheaper price for ship coating. Shakky listened to all his words patiently, smiling.
"It's nice to live with retired badass like you, I couldn't expect more." Shakky poured more wine into Rayleigh's glass and drank it. "You always have your way to entertain me."
"And I love the smell of tobacco from your mouth, always sweet and bitter in the same time." Rayleigh smiled, caressing her jaw. "It's good isn't it?"
"Yeah, but it's quite boring since kids left us." Shakky gave a seductive smile toward her husband. "Hey, whatever you have in your mind, it's simply wrong."
Ray raised his grey eyebrows, "you want holiday, darling?"
"Hmm, it's not a bad idea, especially in the time like this."
"Stop talking in riddles." Rayleigh stared directly into her eyes, "what are you implying by saying that to me?"
"What if Monkey left you some homework to check?"
"Shakky, you're making me curious…"
Shakky winked one of her eyes. Few hours ago, she had just received a very, very important message from Elder Nyon via Boa Marigold's hawk. Knowing what had happened between Monkey and Hancock made her a bit scared yet excited. Hell, she was obviously excited. Moreover, she could wait to see them.
"It's your fault for leaving that isle for six months after all."
"I do have no idea what are you talking about," Rayleigh laughed. "I think it's you who never fail to amuse old man like me. Come, give daddy some sugar."
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In the middle of Grand Line, Kuja Pirates spotted another ship going toward their direction. That was a nice opportunity since Hancock had ordered them to find another ship for their journey for days. It was too dangerous to sail with Kuja Pirate ship and Hancock didn't want to be found easily.
Actually, the ship they were sailing with was one of newly made ships in Amazon Lily. It had been centuries that Kuja Pirates only had one pirate ship. However, during Sandersonia reign, she had ordered to add several ships with smaller-sized yuda, the poisonous sea serpent. Ironically, these newly advanced ship was taken for granted since one of them had been stolen by Kuja traitor.
"Look at that flag, never seen before but they seem having nice ship," Blue Fan giggled, looking it admiringly with her binocular. "Prepare to attack them!"
"True, I like that delicious looking decoration." Rindo stated calmly. "I'll try my best not to destroy that candy part."
"I've seen it first, Rindo! That cute candy figure is mine!" Ran smiled enthusiastically. She gave command to others. "ATTAAAACKKKK!"
The Candy Pirates weren't newbie in the pirate era. They had their move in St. Poplar Harbor before CP9 kicked them out, literally. As they realized they were facing Kuja Pirates, they tried desperately to run away. They heard about enemies and opponents of Kujas, which had turned into solid rock. And hell, becoming rock wasn't part of their dreams.
"FUCK! ABANDON THE SHIP!" the captain in candy like clothes and candy hat screamed and hurriedly jumped into the deep Grand Line Ocean. The rest of crews panicked. Some of them followed their captain's order and some stood still, too terrified to move their muscles. Some even pissed their pants.
"ABANDON THE SHIP?" Cosmos gave a mocking laugh. "They're totally coward."
"Don't let anyone running away!" Ran ordered, "Hebihime-sama has ordered us to kill them all!"
"KILL THEM ALL!" the other repeated with strong killing intention in their eyes. Their mission to hijack another ship available was very important. They knew their journey should be unknown, big secret. They didn't want to cause any problems to their beloved Hebihime and those cute little babies. One word leaked from their impudent mouths, and then Hebihime and her babies might have been killed. The Kujas were ready to do anything for their beloved queen.
"Candy pirate, huh? They're awfully weak!" Ran stated, staring at the nosebleed pathetic looking pirates in front of her. "I can't believe they even called themselves pirates in the first place!"
Cosmos and Rindo appeared from the water with few pirates in her hands, throwing them back into the ship. They only needed less than one hour to capture all of those pathetic creatures with their pathetic runaway idea. Less than one hour of course, most of them were dead.
"Please don't kill us! You can get anything you want!" the captain begged, all crying.
"Yeah, I still have poor crippled mother and little daughter in the village, please spare my life."
"What the hell are you saying? You're fucking orphan," his friend retorted. "In fact, I'm the one with crippled mother and…"
"Shut your mouth, you shit!"
All of them fully surrendered under the cruelties of Kuja Pirates. Those men even hadn't any chances to give any counter attacks. They never thought that those young women could be so deadly dangerous and evil.
"Have you gathered round all of them?" came a cold, flat tone from the most beautiful woman in the sea. The Pirate Empress Boa Hancock appeared from Kuja Ship. She was so beautiful, so enchanting. In her red cheongsam dress, no one could beat her beauty. Her warriors, as usual, always fell head over heels for their Hebihime-sama.
"Hebihime-sama, we have done all of your orders!" Ran reported proudly. "We have taken control everything here."
"True?" Hancock slowly walked, making her way to the Candy Ship. Her warriors cheered when their eyes saw their queen's cold expression. "Let me take care the rest, you moved our properties here."
"Please don't kill… GYAAA… HOW PRETTY?" the captain suddenly overreacted, his eyes shifted into love-shaped ones when he stared at Hancock. "I could be your slave, your pet, whatever…"
"Yes, yes, please beautiful lady, don't kill us!"
"MAKE ME YOUR PET!"
"MAKE ME YOUR SLAVE!"
Hancock could feel her blood running faster. Those men were disgusting. They even didn't know what they were talking about! Being slave they said? Did they want to be her pet? Didn't they know the disgrace and humiliation for being one?
"I won't kill you," Hancock said, giving one of her charming smile. "My hands would be dirty, and I hate dirt, very much."
"Huh?" those men lost their words.
"How about being statues under the sea?" Hancock face turned dark. "Mero mero mellow!"
All of those pirates turned into stone. Without doubt, Hancock kicked them and threw all into the deep blue ocean. She smiled after she had done what she should have done in the first place.
"Ahh, kicking them makes my feet hurt." Hancock pretended as if kicking those statues had made her tired or else. She just loved gaining sympathy from her warriors. And she loved making cute, innocent expression on her pretty face.
"Her lovely face glows like an angel," her warriors adored her so much, their eyes turned into love-shaped ones. "Our Hebihime-sama is always cute."
"Isn't she always?"
Hancock could kill those wrenched, low-life creatures alone, but her warriors needed some exercises and some fun. She knew that and she praised her decisions for being wise. Ah, another day has passed.
So far Candy Ship was the best candidate to replace her Kuja Ship. They had demolished and destroyed all the ships they had met during their journey. They left no witnesses. There couldn't be witness. It was her life and her babies live at stake. Her warriors knew that. They obeyed her commands.
Hancock stared at the full moon high in the sky. She was so lonely, she needed someone to talk. She had repressed her feelings again during her traveling. She didn't allow herself to shed more tears. Not anymore. In the beginning of the journey she often cried, didn't know what to do. She was so sensitive, sad, and ashamed. She had never been that worried and scared since she had escaped from Red Line. It seemed that her personality turned into 16 again, weak, vulnerable, and submissive. Later she realized she couldn't behave like that. She had to be strong. She had to be strong to protect herself and her children, the most valuable treasure in her life.
After they had transferred all of their loads and tools, Hancock destroyed her Kuja Ship and told her beloved Yuda to return to Isle of women. Those Yudas were smart; they nodded and swam back as fast as they could. There, she had finished one small step.
"Well done! Now back in your positions!"
"Aye, Hebihime-sama!"
Hancock rushed into her new room, looking for her babies. They were her only reason why she had to do all of those unwanted things, leaving her isle, traveling to another place she didn't even want to go. However, Elder Nyon said that place was the best of all options. She was afraid, of course, but…
Fuck off that sentimental feeling! I have babies to care about, and Luffy.
Every time she remembered Luffy, her heart beat faster. It was much better than long ago. She hardly did anything right when Luffy was around. Thanks to her children, her shattered heart could be healed. What is he doing right now? Luffy, are you eating well?
"Hikk… hikk…" Acer slowly opened his eyes. Hancock noticed that he disliked his new place. Their room was filled with scent of alcoholic drink and stink rotten apples in the corner. Hancock quickly opened the windows. Fresh salty scent replaced the air, the scent of nightly Grand Line.
"Acer, do you like that? It's the ocean, place where your father finds his highest happiness. Perhaps a place you like to explore one day."
Acer stared at her with his black eyes, Luffy's dark eyes. "Well, your sister Fuchsia must take care of our isle, right? So you may decide your own fate, searching what you want most…"
"Hnnn…" Acer seemed understand what she was trying to say. He gave a cherry smile to his mother, who stared him back with love in her eyes.
"Go back to sleep, darling. Go back to sleep. Soon you'll meet your uncle Rayleigh."
When Acer closed his eyes, his sister suddenly woke, staring at her mother. Hancock smiled, looking at her beautiful daughter. Her baby girl didn't even make any sounds. Still, she woke up. Fuchsia was always the quiet one. While Acer was loud, she was cold. Perhaps Fuchsia inherited her traits? Aw, that would be wonderful! Hancock couldn't wait until her babies played with her, learning many things together. Furthermore, if they were lucky, Luffy could join them.
"Fuchsia, you're awake, aren't you?"
The baby gave her lopsided smile. She did inherit her traits. Hancock moved her arms, holding Fuchsia when Acer opened his eyes again.
"Hikk…"
"Ah, so both of you actually want to play with me tonight?"
Hancock put Acer and Fuchsia in Salome's warm protection, they favorite cradle. Both of her babies were getting bigger, healthier as the time went by. Funny, whenever she looked at those two, she could remember Luffy's cheerfulness and spirit.
"Would you please leave without saying goodbye?"
"Oh, is that all? I've never said that to anyone!" Luffy replied, "I want to see you again, after all!"
Might be facing that place wouldn't be that bad. She had bright future ahead anyways.
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The night was young. The Straw Hats were still staying in Cabanera Island. Well, actually they had to stay there. Nami decided to spend some time there since there was a terrible storm ever around Cabanera that only merged once in two hundred years. People said it usually lasted for a week or so. It was a legend in Cabanera, passed from mouth to mouth that a trapped giant dragon under the rocky mountain under Cabanera Island originally caused the storm.
"It's great! I always want to see dragon!" Luffy exclaimed, holding his meat in his hand. "Come on, let's try Shark submarine!"
"SUPEEERRRR! Good choice, Luffy!" Franky raised his hands, posing his new sexy moves, "but it's Shark Submerge!"
"Come, Chopper, want to go?" Luffy asked his cute reindeer doctor. The doctor shook his head.
"No! I have to finish this first!"
Chopper was checking Sanji condition. He forced Sanji to answer all of his questions, which varied and had more than one hundred points. Sanji had to answer it while he was cooking. He had planned to make new cake for his beloved Nami and Robin.
"I told you many times, I saw that…" Sanji's eyes turned into love-shaped for a while, then it turned to normal. "That pirate empress without…"
Sanji got another small nosebleed attack. Apparently, he had fully recovered from his nosebleed to death attack. Still, every time he encountered woman he would get that shameful nosebleed, thanks to his erotic-minded brain.
"Pirate Empress?" Chopper wrote down some extra note below his question list. Therefore, Sanji always gets nosebleed every time woman touch him or embrace him. Still, it is an exception for the most beautiful woman in the world. Just by looking at her naked photo, Sanji would bleed to death. I see, there is no more problem then. What if Sanji touched that woman? Would he die?
"Sanji, I have another question for you."
"She is the ultimate beauty in the ocean, the woman with biggest breast I have ever seen, and the most bewitching pair of legs, I could spend thousand years to admire and praise her beauty, and how come…" Suddenly Sanji yelled at Luffy, "CRAP! DID YOU REALLY FUCK HER?"
Luffy face looked slightly threatened when he heard Sanji's vengeful question. "Geezee, back to this subject again? I refuse to answer!"
"How a stupid boy like him could did something extraordinary like spending a night with Pirate Empress? How could he's not virgin anymore while I… I…" Sanji's voice trailed off. He was far too ashamed to continue his words.
"You're just jealous, Sanji." Usopp appeared from the deck with bottles of sake in his hand. "Envy is a deadly sin."
"It's definitely not suitable comment for a man who yelled with high-pitched voice two days ago, cursing Luffy and all." Nami sneered at Usopp. "You're jealous too, Usopp."
"Yohohoho…" Brook played his violin, standing on the big table. "Our captain is a man! Let's play some merry songs tonight…"
"I'm a man already!" Luffy stated furiously. "I have pen…"
"I'll go with you, Luffy. I wonder what we'll have under those sea caves," Robin interrupted. "I have found some books which mention about sea dragon. I believe the dragon exists somewhere in this island."
"DRAGON EXISTTTS?" Luffy eyes shone like bright sunlight. Chopper did too. "LET'S FETCH IT!"
"One more thing, everyone…"
"Yeah?" Sanji turned his head, "What is it, Robin-chan?"
"Hmm?" Usopp titled his chin.
"It's natural for our Captain to spend night with woman he cares with. It's his privacy after all, right, Zoro?"
The man she asked only grumbled, giving unclear sound in his favorite corner as an answer. He didn't want to involve himself in useless matter like romance or else. He wasn't that curly-eyebrowed cook who cared women too much.
Robin's last statement made Luffy happy. They went to the deck together. Franky said he would stay near the steering wheel to keep control. Luffy grinned at Robin, saying, "thanks! You saved me there!"
"That's fine, Luffy. However…"
"However?" Luffy looked totally confused. His face looked dumber than ever, making Robin smile even wider. "However what?"
"Have you ever considered the result?"
"What result?"
Robin threw a calm smile. "Forget it."
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They sky was brightly pink. The beautiful rainbow and pinkish clouds surrounded the whole island. Hancock had ever heard about the island, but she hardly believed that the news was true. The trees and the grass were all pink. All but pink and another feminine color.
"Hebihime-sama, we made it!" Blue Fan's hysterical tone heard from the deck. "We finally arrived!"
"Good! Keep moving along the seashore!" Hancock came out from her room. A smile rose on her face. No one would find out where she was if she stayed in Peach Island. Who could guess that? Elder Nyon's idea was always crazy, yet amazing.
When Hancock and her warriors entered the Peach Island, they were happily welcomed by those weird looking okama. Perhaps those babies in her hands which made them so delight and nice, or it could be the fact that their queen was very warm-hearted person.
Kamabacca Kingdom was a very grand, sophisticated place in somewhat ways. It was beautifully decorated with dramatic theatrical style, with flowers and big colorful stage lamps. Hancock and others felt a bit strange as they walked into the palace, following the queen's candy boys.
"I've received post from Shakky and Ray-san, telling me that… GOSH ARE THEY STRAW BOY BABIES?" The big-headed queen couldn't hide his excitement when he stared at Hancock's babies. He moved closer toward Hancock and Salome. "Uhhm! They're so cutee!"
"Indeed, they are my babies." Hancock retorted proudly. "So, where is Rayleigh? I expect him here when we arrived."
"Always blunt, aren't you?" Ivankov winked one of her eyes. "He's not here yet. Better you tell me vhat is happening vith you and the Vorld Government."
Emporio Ivankov was one of Luffy's best friends, so Hancock appreciated him. Luffy's friends were her friends too. Well, she might invite Ivankov in her wedding day.
Hancock took a deep breath, "recently I received an invitation letter from World Government. They wanted to assemble a meeting in Mariejoa. That's just strange…"
Hancock cut the part that she didn't even want to mention about Mariejoa, the holy land, the place which she long time ago had been kept as slave. That was too terrible to mention. If it were possible, she would keep that secret until the day she died.
"You mean there is something strange? Do they suspect you for keeping Straw boy in your isle?" Ivankov looked surprised. "Vell, that's quite impossible."
"There is a traitor between us. That lousy bastard attacked my warriors and ran away with one of our ships." Hancock voice was cold and bitter. She never expected there would be something like that in Kuja Island. "However, I guess Luffy is out of this case."
"You're vrong, Hancock-chan. Vhitebeard var last time and Luffy staying in your isle probably attract more attention on you. The traitor amongst you is the simple proof."
"What are you saying, Ivankov?"
"It vould be better if you address me as Iva-chan."
"Iva… Iva-chan…" Hancock stuttered. That person was weird! Yet, he's Luffy's friends! "What do you think about this, Iva… Iva-chan?"
"They are after you indeed. Did you spread the nevs that you have babies?"
"No, it's very personal. Only Elder Nyon, Kuja Warriors and doctors."
Good job, Hancock-chan. It means they are only after you, not knowing you have babies. Somehow, I vonder vhy they are arranging meeting in Mariejoa. Have you ever visited that place before?" Ivankov asked again. He knew Hancock was still keeping something from her. His instinct told him that.
Hancock gulped. Sweats started to wet her body. "Why do ask that?"
"I von't push you if you don't vant to talk about it." Iva smiled, showing his big white shiny teeth. He knew there were many things which were better kept as secret. "Vhat are their names after all?"
Ivankov candy boys slowly approached the Kujas, comparing themselves over the women. Still, they always thought that their beauties were much better than the Kujas.
"Your skin is so delightful. What kind of soap that you're using all this time, Ran-chan?" the half-moustached okama asked Ran, who looked slightly irritated with that kind of attention. "Actually, it will be smoother if you're using forget-me-not soap."
"You like leather bikinis, aren't you? Here in Peach Island we prefer wearing soft silky dress to something rough like that. Men think we're much feminine and would go wild about us!"
"Oh, okay…" Rindo answered with flat face. "Unlike you, we don't care men so much."
"That's bad thinking! Men are sweet!"
"Especially the last one… Sanji-kyun…" the red-faced okama added. His face looked very sad. "He's so adorable, isn't he? Too bad he'd only stayed here for two years."
"GYAAA? ONE OF THEM IS BABY BOY?" Ivankov screamed, holding his cheeks with his hands. "THAT'S MIRACLE!"
"Please don't be so overreacted," Hancock blushed. "I don't know how this could happen either, but we have baby boy."
"Straw boy vould be so happy vhen he knews he has kids."
"Do you think so?" Hancock face even grew redder that time. "I couldn't wait until Luffy knows, but I don't want to disturb him. He's busy working on his dream, so I and my babies would be his… his obstacles. Just keep it secret…"
"Ufufufu, unlike your cold demeanor, you're full of love, Hancock-chan." Ivankov laughed again. "Dear Straw boy is definitely lucky to be loved by you."
Deep in her heart, Hancock felt so happy that someone could trust her like Iva-chan.
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In other place, between the Cabanera sea caves, Luffy were exploring the caves with Robin. It was dark place with so many wild currents underneath the dark water. However, Robin knew that was the perfect place for a dragon to live. In the other hand, Luffy was a bit distracted with what Robin had said to him.
"Are you telling me about what I've done to Hancock? What's the result of spending night with her? Will I hurt her or what? Tell me, Robin!"
"Woohoo, calm down, Luffy." Robin laughed. "It took you hours to recognize your inner feeling that you really care about that Pirate Empress, didn't you?"
"I just want to know… I guess Gramps has told me about this… when woman and man you know, kiss and do stuffs…"
"Baby making you mean, Luffy?"
"Huh?" Luffy looked awed. "Baby making?"
"What you did, Luffy, is baby making process. If you're lucky, you may have baby