37Authors note: I would like to thank Mareo and Anime, shadowjohn 101, abbylee95, Sakura-chan 484, Endless Xero, Tomoji-kun, ANBU-Winter-Snow and AlpineDweller for their support. I would also like to thank IAmTheSorrow for proof reading the last chapter and Endless Xero for proof reading this one. Finally I want to apologise for taking so long to update and dedicate the chapter to Sakura-chan 484 for being my first reviewer.
Waves slapped against the shore line as the old boat swayed alongside it, attached to the larger solid footing like a new born baby to its mother. The two young friends had left it a few hours earlier after spending days glued to its benches. Before they had even secured the boat, Kinzoku had jumped out in order to stretch her legs, almost capsizing the boat and submerging Zenythe along with all of their belongings which since all of the food and almost all of the water was gone, admittedly wasn't much. While Zenythe quickly attempted to stabilize the vessel Kinzoku had already taken off with their combined funds in the direction of a restaurant.
Once Zenythe had gotten himself out of the boat as well as all of their possessions which he stuffed inside of his duffel bag and then threw over his shoulder, he immediately charged down the path that his overly enthusiastic captain had taken. He found the restaurant she was in within five minutes due to the amount of people streaming out of it and the sounds of screams and crashes from inside. He dashed through the crowd of people leaving and paid no attention to the people who he knocked down or their muttering. When he managed to make his way in he saw a site of utter destruction. The majority of tables had been broken and large men lay in between the pieces, chairs were thrown all over the room but most of them lay in the hands of other men, all attempting to strike the girl with the silver tied back hair as she sent man after man flying across the room with just her bare fists.
Zenythe sped to his captain, drawing her favourite weapon from the endless depth of the bag and quickly handed it to her. She blew her small fringe from her face after she snatched it from him with a large smile; he then swiftly jumped back to the doorway in order to avoid the predestined destruction. She tossed the bat between her hands like a cat with a ball of yarn whilst dodging the attacks coming from her future victims. She suddenly grabbed the cloth wrapped handle in her right hand as a vein violently pulsed due to the strength of her grip and rapidly spun around on the spot while screaming, "Iron tornado!" The brawlers were smashed back with a sickening cracking sound and those lucky enough not to be hit by the deadly iron bat were either swept away by the winds summoned by the attack, or were hit by the other fighters as they went flying in to the outskirts of the restaurant. The only one unaffected by the attack which almost tore through the walls of the business which would have caused it to crumble on top of those inside, was the man in the doorway who braced himself against the winds and simply pushed the flying men out of his way with the hand that wasn't snugly tucked inside of his pocket.
When his captain had finished her attack and had come to a standstill the man slowly walked towards her, clapping with a smirk on his face. "Well done for finally learning how to hold back" he said as reached Kinzoku.
A proud bright smile broke over her face like a sun rise as she sincerely thanked him, "thanks Zenythe, it was hard but I can finally control the strength of the attack a hell of a lot better than before."
He smiled for a second before it dropped and a serious expression took its place as he said, "What did they do anyway."
Her smile dropped also as she pointed to a man who looked basically the same as the rest of them, overly muscled, medium length hair and stubble as she said, "that douche bag had the nerve to slap my arse so I broke his arm and knocked him out which his buddies didn't appreciate." As she said the word "buddies" her arms spread to incorporate the rest of the room which had been cleared with everything but the two pirates on the edges. However Zenythe only had eyes for the man who Kinzoku initially pointed out. He slowly but determinedly stepped towards him and when he was a foot away he stomped onto the man's stomach causing blood from his mouth to spray the ceiling before he kicked him through the wall.
Before he could move Kinzoku was by his side tightly grabbing his arm; restraining the young man and asked, "Is that better now?"
Zenythe snorted before giving the short reply without meeting her eyes, "Yeah, a little."
It was then Kinzoku's turn to snort before dragging him away from the hole in the wall and towards the door and saying, "You really need to watch your temper" to which Zenythe gave no reply.
A few hours later the two man crew had bought the supplies for the voyage to the next island and were just spending the rest of the day relaxing as they planned to ship out during the night. Kinzoku had ran off to a restaurant once again as she didn't get a chance to eat before and Zenythe had insisted that they first buy more supplies first event though he too was hungry, probably hungrier than her as during the voyage while she was busy with her maps he had slipped most of his share of the food into her bag as he believed she needed the energy more than him.
Zenythe had made sure that the two pirates had sat in the corner with him facing the door; a cautious look was on his face, as if he could sense trouble brewing due to their earlier activities. Kinzoku had ordered a large beef burger with chips and some cola that she was half way through by the time that Zenythe had just started his chicken sandwich, fries and banana milkshake. By the time Kinzoku had finished her own meal along with most of Zenythe's chips, Zenythe could see a commotion outside of the restaurant before a group of men burst through the door.
The men were large, hairy and dressed in black, like the men from the restaurant earlier. At the forefront of the group stood two people; one was a small, skinny man with greasy black hair and was hunched over with a leering arrogant look in his eyes. He looked familiar and without much effort Zenythe recalled where he had seen him before. He was there at the other restaurant earlier, one of the few people not running from the violent scene and then later he was the man Zenythe noticed staring at them while they were eating but who disappeared when he turned to properly look. The tall, slim, well shaven man next to him, who towered above everyone else in the room, especially the hunched man stood glaring at them before barking at the short man "you sure that's them?"
To which the man who gave off the impression of being the man's servant answered, "Yes father, I am sure."
The man then laughed out of pure glee ignoring the shocked look on the pirates face after his son's previous statement and said, "So you're the young couple that put my son into such a sorry state."
After the initial blush Kinzoku got angry and pointed at the man who was dwarfed by his father and said, "One, we are NOT a couple and two, we didn't do anything to him, I haven't even seen him before."
The glare once again returned to his face before kicking his son over and turning to Zenythe and saying, "I'm not talking about this worthless trash I'm talking about the big hairy oaf who I'm guessing hit on your girl."
Once again like in the last restaurant a cold look came into Kinzoku's eyes after the initial shock of the three of them as a family wore off and she angrily stated, "I'm NOT his girl."
The man once again laughed and while still looking at Zenythe and said, "So you don't deny what you did to my son. You're gonna pay for that, especially the little girl who doesn't know to keep quiet when the men are talking or maybe…" The whole time he was talking Kinzoku was grinding her teeth, as she was beginning notice how he only spoke to Zenythe and was on the brink of charging, until he made the comment about how she should be quiet which caused her to snap.
He didn't get a chance to finish and Kinzoku didn't get to attack however, due to the fact that in a split second Zenythe's fist was in the man's stomach and his blood dribbled from his mouth as Zenythe muttered, "DON'T threaten my captain." There was a loud gasp coming from the 100 strong mob as their leader fell but the person who had the worst reaction was the son, who dropped to his knees, tears falling from his despair filled eyes as Kinzoku smiled.
In the next second the boy jumped to his feet with amazing speed attacking the man who defeated his hero, his life, the man he devoted his entire life trying to obtain approval from. The shock on Zenythe's face was obvious; he had not expected a fight after the leader was defeated especially from the quiet weak looking son, though this speed explained how he left without Zenythe getting a good look at him last time. The boy was swinging what looked like kitchen knives but Zenythe couldn't get a good image of them as they were swinging too fast. Left uppercut, right to left swipe with the left blade, right handed jab, right handed downwards slash, left jab before it repeated with the hands switched, Zenythe was beginning to understand the pattern of attacks that must have been formed by constant drills and repeated movements. They were so set and steady it appeared as if the boy had been practicing the movements for years; probably an attempt to make that pathetic-excuse-of a father proud which Zenythe could relate too. Zenythe had completely memorised the sequence and was trying to come up with a plan of counter attack, but the swings were still too fast even if dodging was just becoming repetition and required no thought.
While both combatants were completely focussed the "little girl" appeared beside them as she drew her bat from the duffel bag on Zenythe's shoulder and swung it into the boy before he got a chance to move. He shot into the rest of his father's cronies as the sequence was broken and Zenythe came to a standstill. Kinzoku quickly shouted to the crowd, "Anyone else want some?" To which they replied, by those who could running away and those who couldn't either laying there unconscious or looking scared.
Zenythe chuckled at recent events before sarcastically saying, "They're a tight knit group aren't they." Kinzoku smiled before remembering the boy.
She then quietly stated, "It was sad how upset he got about his father. I mean, he treated him like crap. You wouldn't be that upset about your dad would you? 'Cause we're gonna end up having to fight him eventually."
Zenythe gave a sad smile before he spoke, "I know we will, but I'll be alright. I know my dad didn't treat me that bad but I decided to take a different path. I knew that would eventually lead to conflict but I'm prepared for that."
He gave Kinzoku a reassuring smile before she snorted and said, "This makes me glad my parents are nobodies."
"They're not nobodies, they're great people who live on a small mining island and don't do anything to get involved in conflict." Zenythe assured her with a smile on his face.
Kinzoku also smiled then before grabbing Zenythe's arm, dragging him passed the bodies, out the broken door and towards the docks while over enthusiastically shouting, "Now let's GO already!"