My Brother's Keepsake (Sabo x Reader)

Chapter Three: Treacherous Sea

"Alright. I'm coming." Sabo said. He turned to you. "Sorry to wake you, the treacherous sea to Baltigo is filled with all types of dangers. I'll go take care of it now, so don't worry."

Your eyes followed him out the door. You hadn't seen him fight so you were naturally curious of his strength. Rouge was fast asleep, so you followed after Sabo and watched the fight through a creak on the door leading to the deck. Sabo stepped up to the deck where his comrades were getting overwhelmed by the pirates. He assessed the situation and merely stared intensely at everyone and the pirates dropped to the ground like flies. Was that a special technique? Either way, it was pretty cool.

"You bastard, what did you do to my men?" Said a middle aged man pulling out a sword from the two he had on his waist.

"Oh, you are quite tough. You must be the captain, Grio Sherman!" Said Sabo.

"Huh? It's Dimetri Sherri!" He said swinging his sword at Sabo who blocked it with his metal pipe, he swung and was blocked a few more times before jumping into the air. "Secret Technique: Falling Meteor!" He said coming down straight at Sabo using the force from his jump holding down his sword for a vertical strike. Sabo held his pipe horizontally, was he crazy, an attack like that would surely cut through his pipe and hit him.

It didn't. Instead, holding his pipe horizontally in both hands, Sabo thrust upwards meeting Dimetri's sword full on, blocking it and using the force to send him flying to the edge of the ship.

"Your swordsmanship isn't bad, Gitriv Shenna." Sabo said butchering his name again. 

"Don't act so superior, bastard. I ate the Bulb Bulb Fruit and I'm a bulbman. I'll make you remember my name." He stood up. "Bulb Light Shun!" Suddenly, the whole place was pitch black, he'd sucked all the light out. You were better at feeling and hearing things than seeing so you had no idea what was going on as you only heard a single clash.

The darkness evaporated showing Sabo holding half a broken sword with his gloved fingers in a weird shape.

"Sorry, that only works on people who can't see in the dark." Sabo smiled smugly.

"You broke my sword with your bare hand!"

"I used my claws."

Dimetri pulled out his second sword. "This is the water sword, Mizumaru! You won't be able to touch it! You can see in the dark? How about I blind you? Bulb Light Excess!"

The place was suddenly bright with blinding light. Dimetri swung at Sabo who, eyes closed, tried to block with his pipe but it went through the sword like water. The water droplets from Dimetri's swing headed full force for Sabo, no doubt attempting to cut him but he dodged easily with his eyes closed. 

"How about this then, Mizumaru mist!" Dimetri shouted and the area was covered in mist.

"What a joke. A novice like you won't land a single hit on me." You head Sabo's voice say. The mist cleared and Sabo was holding Dimetri up by the  neck, choking him. His sword fell to the ground. 

"So they call you sneaky because you attack people in the dark, or blind them or hide within a mist? How cowardly. We passed through Kasia village, where you hid in the mist and attacked marines and innocent civilians because they wouldn't give you celestial gold." He said.

Dimetri tried to pull away from Sabo's hold but, Sabo smiled, not his usual carefree smile, but a sadistic, almost evil smile. "Careful, my claws can break your bones without me breaking a single sweat. But don't worry, your bounty will be a nice consolation for the people at Kasia village." He crashed his head against the ship rendering the pirate unconscious.