Chapter 65

Grandline, Paradise, Water 7

"You are hereby put under arrest, 'Devil child' - Nico Robin! If you resist we will respond in kind!" A man, clothed in a white marine coat for higher ranked members, loudly spoke across the small street while a small batallion of his subordinates shuffled into rows upon rows of orderly ranks, guns pointing at their target, who tensed after hearing those words. All the civilians that sat inside the caffee, the duo were eating in, began to panic and some even started to scream due to being in the same direction the marines pointed their guns in, and who could blame them. Most of those people probably had never even seen a gun before, let alone end up at gunpoint.

As Robin tensed in preperation already ingrained into her from her past experiences, her still halfway rational mind made her turn her head to check for Azul's reaction, calming her instantly as the young man kept on eating his enourmous slice of cake, which he had to specially order since his body size was simply not satisfied by the normal portions anymore, a calm smile on his face.

Breathing out, Robin let the tensing of her body receed and a calm look came upon her face in succession.

The captain that had kept a vigilant eye on their target frowned heavily. Why was she relaxing? She had a whole batallion of marines against her!

Mulling it over the captain looked over to her companion and something came to his mind after seeing the young mans face, though he couldn't put his finger onto it.

Keeping a vigilant mind, the captain switched his gaze back onto their original target, though not forgetting her partner, until the silence between the two fronts was once more interrupted by a yelled greeting.

"Roooobiiiiinnnnn deeeeeeeeaaaar, you look so dashing this beautiful morning. May I accompany you through the city my love?" a young blond man with curled eyebrows and eyes shaped like pulsating pink hearts wirled onto the scene, making the batallion of marines sweatdrop in exesperation while the tablepartner of Robin grew a tick mark on his forhead while the right side of his mouth ticked up and down as if in a spasm.

Robin on the other hand smiled at the new arrival, not sure how else she should react.

Her smile made the blonde mans heart jump out of his c.h.e.s.t, while he wirled around Robin, battering her with proclamations of his love and offering her deserts that seemed to appear out of nowhere all of a sudden.

"Enough with this nonsense! Are you coming with us now or do we need to use force?!" The marine captain yelled out in annoyance, making Sanji stop in place and glare at the batallion, before he jumped into action immediately, attacking the marines without warning with wirling kicks that send soldiers flying left and right, stunning the captain momentarily, until he decided to step in and attack the blonde man, transforming his arm into a whip due to having eaten the whip-whip fruit, making it crack in the air, before he pelted the blond man with harsh slashes, ripping the mans jacket at some places, until the man decided to counterattack, forcing the captain into the defense.

They kept on trading attacks while Azul and Robin remained sitting in the caffee ordering the bill for their food, which a trembling waiter brought for them and received the respective amount of berry in return.

Standing up, Azul asked Robin if she wanted to wander some more through water 7 since they still had a few days left until the ship would be completely build. The shipwrights of water 7 were fast, but not that fast, so they had to wait a little bit. Luckily water 7 had a pleasant athmosphere and lots of nice restaurants which would make their stay a little more relaxing.

Receiving an affirmative from her, Azul yelled over to Sanji:

"Oyy lovy-dovy chef, we're leaving! You wanne come or keep on messing around with the marines?" making Robin laugh slightly.

"What did you just call me!? My name is Sanji, you overgrown musclehead!" Sanji yelled back, causing Azul to grin a little at the stupid insult, though his really wasn't all that much better if he was honest with himself.

"Jajaja, whatever you say. Now do you want to come or stay here?" Azul answered, sticking his finger into his nose, growing bored of how long Sanji needed to come to a decision.

"Urgh, alright. Just give me a second. This dude here ruined my suit and I want some payback for that..." Sanji replied after a few seconds, struggline to come to a decision after the marine had threatened the lady while eating no less!

Turning back around Sanji prepared to rush the marine captain once more until some kind of invisible shockwave hit him in the back, making him stumbling forwards a little and bringing some confusion to his face, which turned into shock after he spotted every marine, that was still ready to fight a second ago, slumped over on the ground, unconcious.

"Let's go already, shall we?" Azul's bored voice echoed from behind Sanji, making him turn around while Robin was still watching the marines with a contemplating look on her face after she turned around and began to follow behind Azul. Sanji soon did so as well after seeing that his fight had become kind of pointless without having an opponent who could defend himself.

The following days were spend with Azul occasionally wandering water 7, sometimes joined by Robin or somebody from the strawhats until finally the day arrived the small ship, ordered at the shipyard, had been build and it was time to set sail once again.