One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 16 He's Your Brother

"no, do not want..."

"! The Third Eye"

"!" The man saw the third eye opening beneath Pudding's bangs. "A three-eyed person? Hahaha, that'll raise the price again. But this eye is really strange."

"Let me go! Let me go!" Pudding struggled, and upon closer inspection, one could notice that her eyes and voice were different from before.

"Let go of you, no... ugh!" The man was suddenly hit and let out a painful groan. He also let go of the hand that was holding Pudding, and Pudding fell down.

"A grown man grabbing a child, aren't you ashamed? I'll teach you a lesson about how to care for children!" The newcomer then proceeded to punch and kick the purple-haired man, before hanging him from a tree with vines. "I'll give you a chance to reform this time. Next time, I'll..."

Yu didn't finish her sentence; with children around, she had to be careful with her words.

"I know I was wrong, please spare my life, heroine."

"Little sister, are you alright? My name is You, what's yours?" After reprimanding the girl, You went to check on Pudding.

"Get away, all of you get away! Who needs your help! Stay away from me!" Pudding lost control of her emotions, and her dark side made her voice sound terrifying. She picked up a stone from the ground and started throwing it wildly at Yu's hand.

Yu watched her frantic actions without stopping her. Anyone would find it hard to remain calm after experiencing something like this, let alone a child. Yu could vaguely see a third eye beneath the messy bangs, filled with fear and disgust.

"Your eyes are so beautiful. Having a third eye is a gift from heaven. Why aren't you happy?" Yu reached out her other hand to smooth Pudding's bangs and gently comforted her.

"!" Pudding stopped what she was doing, her eyes instantly welling up with tears. "Waaaaah~ Waaaaah~"

"Don't cry, the bad guys have been driven away. I won't hurt you." Yu patted Pudding on the back.

“Everyone is afraid of and hates me because of my eyes. Why don’t you do the same?” Brin asked, looking up at me.

"Then why should I be like everyone else? Your third eye is yours; it didn't hurt me, so why would you hate it? They're just afraid because they're ignorant," Yu comforted her. "Alright, alright, you still haven't told me your name!"

"My name is Pudding, Yu... Sister Yu, I'm sorry... I hurt you." Pudding lowered her guard around Yu and looked at Yu's bleeding left hand, feeling somewhat ashamed.

"It's alright, this minor injury is nothing to worry about. I'll take you back to town to find your family."

"it is good."

Yu quickly treated the wound on her left hand, then, carrying Pudding in her right arm, headed to town. Yu planned to find Katakuri first; searching together might be faster. She wondered if Katakuri had bought her the candy she wanted.

To be honest, I decided on a whim to stop and explore this island, and ended up losing Katakuri while wandering around. Hmm, Yu was a little helpless.

Sure enough, Yuu spotted Katakuri waiting for him at the candy store with a dark expression. The candy store owner wanted to ask Katakuri to leave, but hesitated for his own safety; his customer's life was more important.

"Katakuri-nii-san!" Pudding called out loudly when she saw Katakuri.

"Puren?" Following the sound, Katakuri saw Yuu holding Pudding. What was Pudding doing here?

"Little Pudding, is he your brother?!" So he saved his sister, tsk tsk tsk.

"Oh right, Sister You, do you know Brother?"

"We know each other, but... we're not close." Yu thought to herself, teasing Katakuri.

"Pureen, come here." Katakuri heard Yu's words, and since they weren't familiar with each other, he naturally wouldn't let her hold Pudding.

"Katakuri-nii, Yu-nee-nee-chan saved me just now, but..." I also hurt her.

"It's nothing, just a small matter," Yu interrupted Pudding, waving her hand to indicate it was nothing. "I wonder, was there any reward for saving little Pudding?"

"Pureen, who did you come with?" Katakuri ignored Yu's question. His disregard for Yu indicated his anger!

“Bree, Chiffon, and Lola. But I don’t know where they went.” Brin scratched her head.

“Then let’s go find them.” Katakuri was about to turn around when he suddenly remembered something. “You…come along.”

"Isn't there any reward?" Meaning, where are my candies?

"Follow me then." Katakuri was unconvinced.

"Katakuri-nii, you're being too harsh on Yu-neechan." Pudding felt sorry for Yu-neechan.

"It's alright, if she can't stand it, she can just leave."

"That...that won't do..." If you can't stand it, you can't come along, then it's just that you'll have to make things difficult for Sister You. "Sister You, don't be afraid, brother is just like that, it's okay, I'll protect you."

"Okay, then I'll rely on you to protect me." Waaah, I've lost my candy and now I'm being wronged for no reason. I shouldn't have acted on a whim...

You'll do it again next time!

She refused to believe that she would always be at Katakuri's mercy. One day, she would be the one to have Katakuri at her mercy.

Of course, that's a story for another time. As for whether he can truly grasp the essence of it, that will depend on Yu's gradual efforts.