Rain

How reckless and insolent were the members of the Spades Pirates back then, how high-spirited they were, and how prosperous they were?

Ace smiled and drank wine on the white beard ship, and congratulated the ice witch Whitebee with her pirate group.

Drinking good rum, munching on barbecue, and seeing beautiful women, what can a husband want in this life?Looking at the soft and delicate facial features of Huai Dibei under the firelight, he suddenly remembered the voice of the energetic girl: "Whoever steals food for no reason, I apologize!"

With a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth, he stopped drinking, his black eyes glowing with orange warmth in the flickering firelight.Well, that guy has a tough mouth and a soft heart, so to speak, but he has never been disemboweled.When someone escaped the trap, she closed her eyes and silently agreed.

Maybe in this life, only that girl dares to yell at them so loudly... Puppet Master, Fire Fist, Samurai, Pocket, Hurricane, Lightning, Painter, Pharmacist, these are also famous in the New World Characters, even if it is said that they were controlled by such a little girl with no special abilities, few people would believe it, right?

She has long black hair and delicate features, but her eyes are clean and bright, so clean that none of them want her to see blood, and they have found all kinds of excuses to fool those who risked their lives on weekdays. let her see.

But every time he returned to the boat, she prepared a steaming meal and waited silently with a smile. I'm afraid everyone felt the same as him.So she doesn't care about her innocuous teasing, and even spoils the youngest member of the Spades Pirates a bit.

Family.

The word was taboo to him.

So much so that just chewing in his mouth, he felt slightly bitter.

His mother, Portgas D. Loujo, died shortly after giving birth to his name.He respected his mother because she protected him with her life and gave birth to him after a year and eight months of gestation.

He squeezed the wine glass tightly in his hand, pursed his lips tightly, and a dark color flashed in his eyes.

He has no father.

He hated Roger.

Cole D. Roger.These few syllables were chewing on the tip of his tongue, gnashing his teeth with monstrous hatred.

If it wasn't for him, his mother wouldn't have died.

If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be a wave of crazy pirates all over the world.

If it wasn't for him...

Ace took another sip of wine and closed his eyes. The laughter and laughter around him were gradually cut off, leaving only the cold night and the sound of the waves.

Gore D. Ice would never have been born.

This name is attached to the bone, engraved into the flesh, like a shadow, making people breathless.

The son of the curse, the son of the devil...

"Ha, what if that guy has a child?" The man looked surprised, with disgust hidden in his eyes.

"Haha, he should be burned to death in front of everyone." The drunk smelled of alcohol and smiled maliciously on his face.

"No, I have a better idea, how about letting him be stabbed to death slowly by thousands of needles?" He finally raised his hand holding the weapon, and it was blood red.

He hates that half of his blood...

"Holding up the rum, standing up to revel, we laugh and laugh. Riding the raging waves, riding the huge waves, we talk and laugh happily..." bursts of lively singing brought him back to reality.In fact, there is no tune in these songs, but a large group of people got excited and yelled together, the veins on their necks were straight, and they were fighting for their voices.

Ace's cold black eyes gradually became gentle under the crackling torch.

He remembers the song.

That night Wally sang this song at Rain's invitation, "Sailor's Song".According to legend, this song was written by a sailor to the person waiting at home, in order to reassure her, a song that praises the peace of life at sea.

It is also a love song that is not widely known.

She had a surprised expression at that time, and she sat quietly by the campfire, her black and white eyes focused on Wally, and her eyes were so clear that they reflected the starlight in the sky, extremely bright.

Everyone began to sing along with Wally's voice, and Rain just sat there quietly, looking at this side for a while, looking at that side for a while, quiet and focused.

That guy Eric ran up to her, knelt down, and said a lot, he only caught the last sentence: "Rain, I love you to death!" What annoyed him was the guy with bright eyes Smiling exaggeratedly, raised his glass in return, as if to answer Eric: "Me too..."

He knocked Eric to the ground, looked at the little girl in front of him looking at him suspiciously, met those bright and clear eyes, and finally he heard his own heartbeat, thumping.After that, I played with Eric, trying to cover up the abnormality of this moment, but I don't know if she saw it or not.It's just that those eyes, which were so bright as if they could reflect the starlight in the sky, have been cared about by him ever since.

He took another gulp of rum, and the barbecue in his hand was cold, but he didn't know it.

Kingdom of roses.A small country specializing in roses on the great waterway, with picturesque scenery.

On a whim, he wanted to find Rain.What did he see as a result?The girl was drinking in a tavern with a man in a well-fitting suit. She had black hair and black pupils. He didn't miss the tenderness in the man's eyes and the girl's smile from time to time.

He cut off the rose in his hand, and didn't even care about the sharp thorns piercing into the flesh. All he could see was the picture of the girl with someone else.When the man pinned a rose to the girl's temple, and the girl smiled like a flower, his anger reached its peak.He resisted and continued to follow Rain, only to find that she was indeed being followed.After finishing those stalkers, he reappeared on the boat and looked at her with the red rose pinned to her chest, humming a little song, and finally couldn't help but reprimand her.

She crushed the rose.

She said to leave.

He was as cold as falling into bitter sea water, so that he didn't even have the thought of chasing after him.

what is he doing...

He looked down at the messy remains of the rose and the apron thrown on the ground, his black eyes rolled.

He's that guy's son...

He's a bastard, he's a damn man, no one expects him to exist...

Those childhood memories came flooding back suddenly, and I couldn't stop them.In the dark, in the deepest nightmare, in those nights when he wakes up in cold sweat, the question that he locked in his heart will come out like a beast, a dancer's claws, to tear him apart before he is willing to rest.

Should I really... be born...

Would it be better without me...

The world never expected his birth...

Those around him can only be hurt...Mother...Luffy...Sabo...

Only one person, a passer-by, told him in such a firm tone that his blood was not demonic, the woman with the short chestnut hair told him so.She treats him to dinner, doesn't interfere in his life, travels through Gaya, gray areas and jungles, and even trains him at his request.From the beginning to the end, there were only a few words that really touched him and made him acquiesce in her actions.

"Look for him, son of an old friend."

"You are not a demon."

"You carry what the navy calls the bloodline of the devil, and it's just a crime against Gol D. Roger, who is the One Piece and challenged their authority."

"You, innocent."

Her arrival made his desire to go to sea even stronger.

The vast and boundless sea, go out, he will be free...

If he goes out, there will be more people who recognize him...

Even so, the beast in my heart is still roaring, day and night hidden behind a bright smile and flourishing flames, with the desire to destroy.

At that moment, he really felt that, too, she could only be hurt by his side, so it was fine to just leave.

Looking at the fallen petals, his heart felt empty and uncomfortable, empty and hopeless.

Also, as the son of a devil, he is not qualified to be a lover.

Didn't you realize it a long time ago?

Later, if Eric hadn't realized something was wrong and came in to ask about the situation and woke him up, I'm afraid he wouldn't have chased Rain.

Eric was no longer as sunny as before, and yelled: "Ace, you are still not a man! If you did not agree as the captain, then she is still a member of our Spade Pirates! This country is full of navies, and Rain is afraid of the dark, we Find it quickly!"

That's right... He suddenly woke up, thinking of the malicious navy, and the... undead that Rain had always been afraid of...

Anxious.

Later, when I found her and saw that she was intact, the boulder that I mentioned in my heart fell, and I had a bottom.

He bows and apologizes loudly until she forgives.

Seeing her flustered but still clear eyes, and hearing her forgiveness, he secretly smiled in his heart, but still couldn't help but glared at the icy flimsy guy over there, Rain wouldn't be with you, a navy!

"Ace, Ace!" Someone called him to go to the carnival, the fire reflected on the face of the person, stained with a layer of warm orange, he waved the half-empty wine glass, but did not go.

And then, that parting...

The island chosen by Hongfa is not ordinary. At first glance, there is no mystery, but it is hard for them who are looking for the way.The snow is moving, all the paths can overlap at any time, the map is invalid, if it is not for Eric to find them at a critical moment, I am afraid they will have to circle around the island.Eric took them back to the boat and said that he would have a long-term plan. He couldn't forget the panic that night. Now that he thinks about it, his limbs still feel cold. I'm afraid his companions also remember it vividly.

The food was hot, the lights were on, and even the footprints on the deck that had been mostly covered by the wind and snow were still there, but the people were gone.

The girl who always had clear eyes and a comfortable smile, the girl who made them feel at home, the girl he secretly liked, was gone.

It was despair and panic like hell.

messed up.

Whether he is the captain or the crew.

They couldn't imagine how that little girl would protect herself, how she was captured by the enemy, how she was tortured, how she escaped...

Self-blame, annoyance, fear, all kinds of emotions enveloped him.

It wasn't until a week later that she was sent back unscathed that they knew that Hawkeye had taken her. She was all right, still smiling, with clear eyes.

He hugged her, felt the warmth from her body, the trusting relaxation, and heard his heart beating like a drum to calm down.

"Just come back." He looked into her eyes like this, and said seriously, "It will never happen again."

I will never be able to protect you from now on.

I will never hug you so capriciously again.

You deserve better, Rain.

You should live with an ordinary person, marry and have children, have a full house of children and grandchildren, and grow old safely.

He has no way to give this most ordinary thing.He is a pirate and cannot settle in one place.He can't even guarantee that he will be alive tomorrow.

He began to alienate her, continued to protect her, cared for her like a family member, and never crossed that boundary again.

He failed to challenge Whitebeard, woke up, and heard Sage say: "The lady is waiting for you outside the door." He rushed out in a hurry, regardless of his injuries.He saw her, holding his orange cowboy hat, looking at the sea, wondering what she was thinking.

When she heard the sound of footsteps and turned her head, joy flashed in those clear black eyes, and then she was burning with anger, burning her eyes brightly, and punched him hard.He was not angry, but secretly a little happy, because this was the proof that she cared about him.

Beat Whitebeard, and the Spades Pirates can keep sailing, keep going, and everything will be like everything else.

After that, he persistently challenged Whitebeard and fell into the sea again and again.Sea water is the nemesis of those with abilities, it is a curse that paralyzes their limbs and drowns them in the bottom of the sea, but he is not afraid of it.

Because she picked him up every time, without exception.

In the cold water, again and again, he could feel her holding him, pulling him upstream.What came from the skin was her temperature, which was very obvious in the cold sea water, almost giving him the illusion of burning, that kind of sweet pain.Taking a closer look, it was only her hand holding his, and no flames ignited in the water.Sometimes he quietly exhausted his energy, opened his eyes to look at her, and could see the light cast across the sea, her long black seaweed hair swaying in the water, and saw her eyes focused on the water, black and white.

He willfully violated his promise to himself, just like this, greedily hoping that this moment can be longer every time.

Every time he was dragged to the ground on the deck and lost her warmth, he would feel empty in his heart when he saw her leave. He opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, watching the lone gulls fly by.

Until one day, she asked him calmly: "Are you annoying?"

He raised his head in surprise, and saw that a puddle of water had accumulated where she was soaking wet, her usually clear eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and her white lips opened and closed: "Are you annoying? "

As if struck by lightning, he felt a little flustered in his heart, did she know something?

Without waiting for his answer, she walked away, heading in the direction of the Spade Pirates ship, her head kept up.

He watched her go until he could no longer see her.He buried his head between his knees and closed his eyes.

He knew the gap between Whitebeard and him.

I'm afraid it's time to end my self-willedness and face reality.

They can never go back.

Moreover, the name daddy...

He joined the Whitebeard Pirates, became Daddy's son, and had many family members.

As he expected, some of the Spades Pirates stayed and some chose to leave.Then she left too.

He heard that she was leaving, so he stood by her only way that day and waited and waited.Seeing her coming, seeing her hesitate, she slowed down and came over a little bit.

Are you sorry now?He just thought it was a little funny, the cruel girl didn't even tell him to leave.

He wanted to drink again, but found that the glass was empty to the bottom, but he was still in a trance.He remembered the scene of that day very clearly.

Her eyes were clear, with a smile on her face, revealing the dimples at the corners of her mouth. She paused and said in a relaxed tone, "Ah, Ace, I'm leaving too." He didn't interrupt her, and listened quietly to her babble Pao explained the reason, as if he didn't have the courage to continue when he was interrupted: "I have no reason to stay. The Whitebeard Pirates don't need me. You don't need a little cook anymore. Dad's craft There are so many superb chefs who are great. You see, I am not a pirate, so I should just be a commoner." After speaking, he smiled, even he could easily see her nervousness this time. .

This is the last chance to be selfish...

He finally couldn't hold back, wanted to keep her, and made a promise, with a faint expectation in his eyes, but was interrupted by her.

Then he knew there was no more chance.

Looking at the girl in front of him who was trying to smile, full of energy and grinning, he sighed in his heart, that's all, that's all.

He evoked a bitter smile in his heart, with a little helplessness.

He was so greedy for her company that he ignored the fact that she was Yu.Fire and rain cannot coexist in the same world, and she cannot even guarantee her safety when she is with him.What right did he have to brazenly ask her to stay by her side.

So, this is the last time we meet.

"Rain..." He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his black eyes were as bright as before. With a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand and patted the girl's head, giving his most sincere wishes, "Then I wish you the best of luck, Have fun."

"Of course, who am I?" The girl narrowed her eyes and smiled like a cunning cat, showing her two canine teeth, full of confidence, "I'm Rain!"

"Indeed." He couldn't help smiling again, his tone full of warmth and solemnity, "Rain, I wish you happiness."

"You too, Ace." She seemed to be dazed, looking into his eyes, the pupils were as bright as the sparkling sea in winter, "I wish you... no, you will be happy! Good people will be rewarded. You will Very happy, happier than everyone else!"

That woman who was as gentle as rain left just like that, taking away the little warmth with her coolness.

From then on, Rain was no longer on Whitebeard's boat.

It seems to disappear out of nowhere, never to appear.

Like a drop of rain gently falling into the vast ocean, splashing ripples, no trace can be found anymore.

Many people don't remember it, only a few people still remember it.

It's good to set her free like this.

Sometimes he wondered what was going on with her, whether she was still afraid of the dark, whether she would be in danger.

At other times, when he thinks of how she might smile at others and snuggle in other people's arms, he feels as if a monster is tearing him apart.It was strange and ugly, which disgusted him, but there was nothing he could do.

However, they are not people of one world.He couldn't give her the stability she wanted.

Sometimes I think about it, and occasionally I foolishly think about who they would be like if they had children, but they gave up the idea at the next moment.He didn't even dare to think about what the child would face if he inherited his blood, and what she would face.

He would not let any child experience his childhood.

Later, when he confessed his life experience to the man standing at the top of the world, he was sneered at: "What's the important thing, it's such an insignificant thing. I don't care whose son you are, all human beings belong to the sea." child."

When he was shocked by the man's broad mind, White Beard glanced at him, and asked indifferently: "Honestly speaking, is this the reason why Rain is allowed to go?"

"Father..." This time he addressed him from the bottom of his heart, and he felt helpless for his sensitivity.His voice was hoarse, and there was a trace of tenderness in his black eyes, but his tone was extremely firm, without any room for turning around, "I have no qualifications to love her."

White Beard looked at him without saying a word.He lifted his flagon, took a sip of the wine, and then frowned and continued, with connivance and helplessness in his voice, he raised his voice and said, "Idiot son, can't I, the Whitebeard Pirates, protect her well? Since I like it, Why did you decide to let go?"

He was silent for a while, shook his head, and looked up at his father, his eyes were clear and clear, without any impurities.The smile on the corner of his mouth was sincere, and he said every word from the heart, and said slowly: "This sinful bloodline cannot continue, and the life of a pirate is not suitable for her."

He didn't make love to her.It was a promise, a promise of guardianship and inclusion.

"Forget it, I won't get involved in the affairs of you young people." Whitebeard took another sip of his wine, frowning, "Anyway, find Rain and tell me when the time comes, I still miss the little girl."

"Hey, Ace, don't come over here!" Someone was making barbecue, his mouth was full, and he didn't forget to stare and warn him, "You big eater will be gone if you come here!"

He ran over with a grin, joined the snatch, and howled all over the place for a while.

Despite complaining, and even gearing up for a bloody humiliation, no one here dislikes him.

He thought that he had found the most important, most precious, unique treasure in the sea.

family.

The author has something to say:

This is an update for tomorrow as it will be on the plane.

Well, no more manuscripts after that, everyone.

But at least I got my feeling back, hee hee, you know.

I will work hard.

No matter how bad it is, at least weekly.

I promise.