Chapter 70
I have been debating throughout the entire time with myself while we were being chased, if I should interfere with Hanc.o.c.k and Luffy. I have done this before with Tsunade but I knew she would end up alone. In a way Hanc.o.c.k is proactive in her love pursuit of Luffy, even though he doesn't reciprocate. Hanc.o.c.k's ability won't affect me because of my strength but if I were weaker I would be turned to stone in a second. The reason being is I don't have the heart to take his eventual wife. I doubt Luffy would be stupid enough to ignore Hanc.o.c.k like Naruto did with Hinata, Ichigo with Orihime and Toriko with Rin unitl the end of their story. I may be an a.s.shole but not enough to ruin the chances my favorite characters get. I will just look elsewhere like Nami, Robin, Baby-5, some of the ladies from Amazon Lily that are interested in "Snu Snu" and Sanji's sister Reiju. Still that doesn't mean I won't partake in the bath scene.
Sage: Luffy let's look for the tallest or fanciest building.
At this point Hanc.o.c.k should have petrified the Marine s.h.i.+p with Vice-Admiral Momonga on it and should be back for a bath. Luffy and I were running along the top of the wall looking for Hanc.o.c.k's building. We jumped towards a building and we fell through the roof. We both splashed into a hot water bath.
Luffy: IT'S WATER!!! HOT HOT HOT!!! No, it's hot water!! I'm dying!! I'm drowning!! Sage, HELP!!
Sage: Stand up Luffy it's a bath not the ocean.
Luffy: Oh, this is a bath house, SAFE!!
Boa Hanc.o.c.k: A MAN!!!
Luffy: Hm? That thing on your back I've seen it somewhere…
Hanc.o.c.k: YOU SAW IT!?!?!
Hanc.o.c.k's sisters ran through the doors.
Boa Marigold: Nee-sama
Boa Sandersonia: Nee-sama, what on earth is going on?! Who are they?!! Men?!!
Marigold: What are men doing in this country?! Nee-sama your robe. Exactly what has happened here…!?
Hanc.o.c.k: They saw…my back…!!
Marigold: Then they will have to die, that is the only solution.
Luffy: C'mon what's so bad about seeing someone's back?!! Still I do get the weirdest feeling we've seen that somewhere before.
Hanc.o.c.k: That which you have seen, that lies upon our backs…is something that must never be seen, even if we die.
Luffy: That?! But why?! Who are you, anyway?! What the…
Hanc.o.c.k: Now take everything you have seen here… with you to the grave!! Mero Mero Merrow!!!
Luffy: Huh? Noro noro?!
Sage: Hey Luffy, what's Noro noro?
Luffy: Sage, be careful! The Noro noro beam can slow us down.
The moment of truth came and from the tingling sensation and the fact that I can still move, her Ak.u.ma no Mi proved ineffective. The little hairs on my arms and face were petrified though as if a blast of cold wind froze them. I'm by no means a pure hearted person but I do have things I
Sage: Hey Luffy, let's go.
Luffy: Yeah.
We ran through a window and jumped down. As we were about to land Hanc.o.c.k fired a Pistol Kiss at Luffy. The move went through Luffy like a real bullet to a person would. Surprised that he was hurt by the move, Luffy held on to his side where he was shot, landed and we ran off. We didn't go back into the jungle but were instead routed off by a large amount of Amazons. Eventually with me mostly observing, we were captured and restrained with snakes that felt like steel cables. We were placed in the middle of a platform that looked like a battle arena. Cheers for Hanc.o.c.k and her sisters were being chanted throughout the stands. Hanc.o.c.k was sitting up top with her sisters and addressed us.
Hanc.o.c.k: Now then, let me ask you, men!!! How, and for what purpose, did you come here to our land?!!
Luffy: Look, I don't really know how we got here! We just ended up flying through the air…and before we knew it we were just here!!
Hanc.o.c.k: Filthy liar!! You cannot fool us with such laughable tale…you must have some purpose here!
Luffy: Well, if it's a purpose you want… we'd like a boat!! Well, really, a ride would be best. But whatever, we just have to get out of here quickly, there's somewhere we have to go!! If you're the most important person here, then please!! We have to go out to sea!!
Amazons in the audience: Addressing Hebihime-sama in such a fas.h.i.+on…such a crude, undignified brute they are!!! How terrible!!!
Hanc.o.c.k: You will not leave this place alive. You cannot escape from death now!!!
Marguerite: PLEASE WAIT!!! HEBIHIME-SAMA!!!
Marguerite, Sweet Pea and Aphelandra came to the stage and pleaded for our lives, claiming that we were not the type to lie and that we didn't intend to bring harm to the country. Unfortunately their pleas went unheard as Hanc.o.c.k turned them to stone. Luffy became angry because the ladies that saved us from the mushrooms were turned to stone for helping us.
Sage: Luffy they were turned to stone exactly for helping us. To them it is seen as a betrayal.
Hanc.o.c.k: This is a warrior nation. Amazon Lily, where strength is beauty…you shall die fighting for your life, as we watch you go to your doom.
Hanc.o.c.k called out for Bacura, a giant black panther. After introducing the panther the snakes that restrained us let us go. The panther attacked and Luffy punched it out of the arena in one hit. After punching the panther Luffy yelled at the crowed for laughing at their petrified comrades.
Hanc.o.c.k: No matter what I may do I will always be forgiven. Why you ask? It is because I am…beautiful!! And you, too… you forgive me do you not?
Luffy: You really p.i.s.s me off!!!
I laughed at Luffy's words towards Hanc.o.c.k. Hanc.o.c.k ordered her little sisters to go into the arena and finish us off. Once they landed in the arena they began to change into their animal Ak.u.ma no Mi forms, an anaconda and a cobra.
Luffy: Oi, Sage. Make sure the trio are not damaged.
Sage: Ay ay captain.
The sisters and Luffy began fighting while I kept the statue trio out of the way. I warded hits or heavy debris that came towards them but other than that I just observed their fight and took pointers on how they used Haki. Luffy was still lost at this point so it made better sense to let Rayleigh teach him about Haki rather than me tell him something he cannot grasp at the moment. The fight was almost over as Luffy finally went into second gear. The sisters couldn't keep up with his speed dispite their use of Haki to predict his moves.
Hanc.o.c.k: Mari, Sonia! Go after the other one and the statues!
Luffy: YAMERO!!!
Luffy let out his Haoshoku no Haki. The majority of the audience was knocked unconscious. Luffy did not know what he did but was happy and relieved that the sisters stopped before approaching me. The sisters finally took him serious but Luffy ended it by using his Gomu gomu no Jet Gatling. Like in the original Luffy tied their tails together so while Marigold used her Salamander technique she burned Sandersonia with her clothes. As the cape she wore disappeared I yelled out at Luffy.
Sage: Yo Luffy, her back!
Luffy jumped on her back covering the brand while getting burned in the process. Seeing this Hanc.o.c.k ordered everyone to leave the arena. The fight was over. In order to trick us Hanc.o.c.k granted us one wish. In Hanc.o.c.k's mind, we were men and not to be trusted. She was expecting Luffy to choose a boat or a ride out of here but instead he bowed his head and asked to save the petrified trio.