Chapter 72: CH 72
Some time had passed after they all left Whiskey Peak. Johnny and Yosaku were fishing, Luffy was wanting Sanji to make food, Sanji was passing out drinks to the ladies, Vivi was looking at everyone doing whatever they wanted to do, and the rest were carefully watching Valerie to make sure she didn't pull anything. Through the ranting for food, Luffy finally noticed one was missing.
"Hey guys?" he said. "Where's Alvida?"
"She went below deck." Usopp said as he sat down on the railing next to Johnny and Yosaku to fish with them.
"Great!" Sanji said in love mode. "I've got a drink made just for her right here!" he cheered before running towards the door.
"Wait big bro!" Johnny said, making Sanji stop before he could touch the door. "I don't think it's a good idea to talk to her." he said as he stared out at sea.
"Huh?" Sanji asked.
"What's wrong?" Luffy asked. "Well, we went to talk to her a moment ago, but we think she wishes to be left alone." Yosaku said, not looking at any of them.
"What makes you say that?" Gin asked. Both of them looked at everyone, revealing swollen faces covered in scratches.
"Just a hunch." they said in unison through busted lips. Everyone just sweatdropped at the sight of them. Luffy had a blank face before he walked towards the door.
"I'll go talk to her." he said, going through the door faster than any of them could protest. He walked below deck and looked around for a moment before spotting Alvida sitting quietly on a box with her head down. He took a few steps towards her, but stopped just out of range as she swung her mace at him without even looking up.
"Go away." she said in a quiet voice.
"You okay?" he asked. "I'm fine." she said in an irritated tone. Luffy kept a blank look but didn't budge. He just sat down with his arms crossed. He stayed that way for a few moments before Alvida finally got fed up and glared at him. "What do you want?!"
"I wanna know what's wrong." he said.
"I told you Captain, I'm fine." she said.
"Then why are your eyes red and puffy?" Luffy asked. Alvida kept glaring at him as he looked back at her. She finally turned her back on him and crossed her own arms.
"It's...nothing." she said. It was quiet, but Luffy could hear the change in her tone from angry to sad. He stood up, walked over to her, and sat on the same box next to her.
"If it was really nothing, you wouldn't be crying would you?" he asked. She didn't say anything as they both sat there in the dark. The sound of the waves rocking the ship was all they heard for a few moments before Luffy closed his eyes sighed. "Alright, I'll leave." he said as he started walking away. "I thought it would end." she said. Luffy stopped walking and looked back at her.
"End?" he said. Alvida looked back at him with a sad look and sighed.
"Remember when our paths first crossed?" she asked.
"Yeah." he said, remembering seeing her as a giant ball of fat with legs.
"After you sent me flying, I landed in the ocean." she continued. "It took awhile, but I had managed to swim to an island."
"Wow. You must've been a good swimmer." Luffy said.
"Every pirate should be able to swim." she said in a deadpan voice. "After I finally got to shore, I couldn't stop thinking of you and how you defeated me so easily. If it hadn't been for your rubber powers, I'd have killed you instantly." "Not likely." Luffy said. "Rubber or not, I wouldn't have been beaten so easily."
"Hmm." she said. "Still, after I got to that island, I wondered around aimlessly while breaking everything within range of my mace. I hated you for defeating my crew, for defeating me, for..." she said, looking like it was difficult to keep talking.
"For...what?" Luffy asked.
"For insulting me!" she snapped.
"Insul...oh." Luffy said. 'That's a lady Coby?' he remembered as she regained herself.
"That really hurt you know." she said.
"Sorry about that." Luffy said. Alvida just shook her head.
"Forget it. You're not the first one to insult me about that." she said. Luffy just looked at her with a blank look again before he realized something.
"Hey, wait a minute. Does that mean you knew that you were...well..." Luffy said.
"Kid, I couldn't even see my own feet." she said. "I couldn't deny it, no matter how many times I had my crew tell me otherwise...I knew I was fat."
"Ah." Luffy said. "So, what happened on that island again?"
"Well, I kept on attacking everything that was closeby while cursing your name." she said. "After a few hours, I finally got tired and sat down to rest. I started planning my revenge on you, but something caught my eye. It was under some shrubs, but I saw it. A mango, blue in color with swirls all over it."
"A Devil Fruit." Luffy said.
"Yeah." Alvida said. "I thought it might be, but I wasn't sure. I'd never seen one before until that moment. I just kept staring at it, wondering if it was the real thing. At that moment however, all I could think about was you and how it was a Devil Fruit that helped you beat me. That was when I decided that if I ever wanted to beat you, eating that fruit was my best chance."
"So you ate it?" Luffy knowingly asked.
"Right then and there." she said before she had a grim look. "But the moment it hit my tongue..." she said before shuddering.
"Tastes like shit right?" Luffy said, remembering the taste like he ate it just moments ago.
"That's an understatement. It was rancid!" she said in disgust. "Nothing happened at first, but then I felt it. Never before had I felt so strange in my entire life. As fast as the feeling came, it left. I looked down at myself and nearly had a heart attack. I just couldn't believe it, but I had become slippery...and beautiful."
"I'll say." Luffy said. She smiled at him for saying that. 'Wait, where'd that come from?' Luffy thought before he remembered why he came down here in the first place. "So...why are you sad?" he asked. She just looked at him before standing up and picking up her mace.
"Those bounty hunters at Whiskey Peak...really pushed my buttons." she said.
"You have buttons?" he asked. "Like a robot?!" he asked with a hint of excitement. She just stared at him before laughing at his stupidity.
"No you idiot." she said. "When I was fighting them, one of them asked if I had a sister named Alvida."
"Huh?" Luffy said. "But you're Alvida."
"I know...but they didn't believe me, even when I told them I was." she said before she tightened her grip on her mace. "But they just laughed before one of them brought out my wanted poster. You know what they said to me?" she asked, looking a little angry. "No. What?"
"He said 'You're actually admitting to being this fat sack of crap?' before laughing again!" she said. "The person...in that poster..." she snarled before lifting her mace into the air. "IS NOT ME ANYMORE!" she yelled. Luffy took his hat off before the mace smacked him to the other side of the room. He knew what she was gonna do thanks to his haki, but let it happen since it lacked killing intent. She was now breathing hard and was trembling before she dropped her mace and dropped to her knees. Luffy looked up at her from where he lay to notice her eyes were starting to well up. "Even though," she started as Luffy stood up and walked towards. "I'm finally beautiful, nothing's change." She sat there and let the tears fall before she felt herself caught in a hug. "Huh?"
"Forget the past." Luffy said. "Who you were back then was back then." They both stayed that way before Alvida slowly hugged back and buried her face in Luffy's shoulder and quietly cried. She cried while Luffy gently rubbed her back until she stopped. "Feel better?" "Yeah." she said as she wiped her eyes. "Thank you Luffy."
"Shishishishi." Luffy laughed as they both stood up. She smiled at him before they whole ship was rocked around, knocking them both off balance and onto the floor.
"Luffy!" Gin shouted as he ran down to the storage room. "There's a giant dolphin-" he shouted until he saw Luffy on his back and Alvida lying on top of him. "Am I interrupting something?"
"You saw nothing!" Alvida said as stood up blushing. Luffy got up and picked up his hat before looking at Gin.
"What's wrong?" he asked, causing Gin to shake his head.
"We need some help up here, that's what!" he shouted. "A huge dolphin came out of nowhere and now we're trying not to sink!"
"Alright. Let's go Alvida!" Luffy shouted as he ran up the stairs. Alvida just stood there looking at the doorway before a smile crept up to her face.
"Forget the past huh? That's what I'll do then." she said before running up and joining her crew in trying to keep the ship from capsizing. Everyone was running around and keeping the ship afloat while riding the wave the giant dolphin created. Nami shouted out orders and everyone obeyed before an island was seen in the distance.
"Look everyone!" Usopp shouted. "I see an island!"
"And the Log Pose is pointing towards it!" Nami yelled. "That must be Little Garden!"
"Our second island in the Grand Line!" Luffy shouted. "Let's go!"
"YEAH!" everyone shouted.
'To think I'll be able to see a warrior's battle again!' Luffy thought with excitement before he remembered what happened. 'Hope I can keep 3 from butting in this time.'
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