One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 7 Joyful Town (1)

"Everyone in this town seems so happy!"

Despite her long life, she hasn't actually been to many places. During the time she went to sea with her brother, she usually just waited for him on the warship; when she was with the Don Quixote family, after each raid on a town, she wouldn't go back to explore it, feeling guilty.

So now that we've actually arrived in a town, we naturally look around curiously.

"...This is Pleasure Town on Swallow Island." Katakuri walked slowly behind, looking quite helpless. "You've never seen this before?"

Yu didn't speak, but her retreating figure suggested a hint of disappointment. Katakuri realized he might have said something wrong and tried to comfort her.

Yu suddenly dashed to a candy store and stared intently at the jars of candy.

Sensing Katakuri approaching, Yu turned to look at him and asked, "Um... do you have money?"

"Which one do you want?" Katakuri asked, looking at Yu's pitiful appearance.

"Hmm, I usually like this kind, but that one looks delicious too!" Yu pointed to the red candy, then to the orange one.

"...Put everything she pointed to into storage."

"Then... decorate more of those pink ones." Sure enough, the Great Pirate Crew is rich. I should buy more; it won't be a loss.

"Did you eat the candy on the ship earlier?"

"Which kind are you talking about? There are so many kinds on the ship, right?" Faced with Katakuri's death stare, Yu's forehead was sweating, and he dared not admit it.

"..." Katakuri handed Yu a bag of money and said, "You go by yourself from now on, I have something to do."

"You're not going to use this opportunity to dump me, are you?" You didn't take the bag of money. Although it was a joke, her tone was a little heavy.

"Then keep up, don't hold us back." Sigh...

"Alright. Hey, hey, hey, you still have to pay." Yuu snatched the money bag that Katakuri was trying to put away.

"..."

They were supposed to be together, but Katakuri walked in front while Yu followed behind. However, when the two were a bit far apart, Katakuri would stop and turn around to wait for her.

"I advise you not to stop me!"

Not far outside town, a man's angry voice clashed with the town's cheerful commotion. Yu disliked joining in the fun, but the man was yelling at an elderly-looking man, even pointing a gun at his head.

Even if you are my father, I can still kill you!

"You shouldn't continue like this; it won't lead to anything."

"Then go die."

The father didn't move, watching his son pull the trigger without blinking.

"boom!"

The bullet flew into the sky but missed his father's head.

At the critical moment, You leaped forward and kicked the gun barrel away, saving the father.

"Our bodies and hair are gifts from our parents, how could you treat your father like this?" You helped the father up and angrily said to the man.

"Who are you? It's none of your business what I do."

“I don’t want to interfere in your affairs, but the joy of this town cannot be disrupted by you.”

"Heh, do you know who I am? I'm the pirate Buck, with a bounty of 95 million Berries." Buck pointed to himself with his thumb and said confidently.

"Is 95 million Berries a lot? It's not even enough to buy a single hair on my head." Yu scoffed. Anyone who hits their own parents is scum. Besides, his bounty is really just so-so.

When Yu was in the Navy, he saw many people with bounties as high as one billion. For example, the guy in the last example, although he only has five hundred million now, one billion will be no problem soon.

"You're still quite young. I wonder if your mother taught you to know your place when you were born." With that, she threw a punch at You.

"A brute."

Yu skillfully dodged the punches. But the opponent's fists came back one after another, and Yu, being agile, didn't land a single one. Instead, Yu kicked out, sending Buck staggering backward.

"Damn it! Men, charge!"

"Shameless, bullying the few with the many."

But Yu wasn't afraid. He thought that Buck and his crew didn't seem to be very intelligent and only knew brute force.

That's the reality. A group of people attacked Yu with brute force, or fired bullets from guns. These petty tricks were far too naive for Yu.

However, Buck, who was pushed aside, fired a shot, not at Yu, but at her father.

Caught off guard, I jumped forward, trying to push the father away from the bullet. But I was a little too slow, and the bullet cut my arm deeply. It stung terribly.

Yu was someone who was afraid of pain. Although the bullet didn't stay inside her body, it didn't just graz her arm.

"Ouch~ That hurts so much!"

"bang bang bang"

Taking advantage of Yu's relaxed state of mind due to pain, Buck and the crew opened fire on Yu, completely disregarding the fact that their father was right next to them.

"What are you doing sitting there like an idiot? Get up!"

The bullets were shot down one by one by Katakuri's gun in mid-air, and he even reminded Yu afterward.

"Didn't you say you weren't going to help?" You said, disgruntled. If you were going to help, why didn't you say so sooner? It hurts so much!

“Buck, I didn’t come looking for you, you came looking for me yourself.”

"Who do we have here? It's Katakuri, the brother of Smoothie, whom I defeated. What, here to avenge your sister?"

Katakuri didn't want to linger, and with a single shot, he aimed for a swift victory. Smoothie said his ability could be deceptive, but Katakuri dismissed this, believing Smoothie was only being misled because she underestimated him.

Knowing Katakuri's strength, Buck dared not underestimate him. He immediately used his ability to dissolve himself and dodge in the opposite direction. Katakuri activated his Observation Haki and knew his movement path; the previous move was just a feint.

Armament Haki activated, striking Buck accurately. Buck was forced to cancel his ability and was knocked back. However, at the same time, he also threw the ability-dissolving liquid onto Katakuri.

"Oh no!" Buck's father exclaimed upon seeing this.

"What's wrong?" Yu asked, confused.

Katakuri knew that Katakuri might use his powers on him, and he believed he could withstand it. But to his surprise, he couldn't.

Get out of the way!

The next second, Katakuri's gun was aimed at Yu.

"Hmph, so what if he's Katakuri? Under my power, no one can escape my control." Buck was very proud of himself. "Little girl, once he kills you, his death is nigh."

Katakuri isn't like Bark; it's too difficult to completely dodge his attacks. Besides, Bark's father is there too, so Yu needs to help him dodge.

"Katakuri, wake up!"

Yu pushed Buck's father aside. He then faced Katakuri's gun, gripping the tip with both hands, his hands instantly covered in blood.

"Well!"

Yu was lifted up by the neck by Katakuri. Yu only reached Katakuri's chest, and now his feet were completely off the ground. Yu's blood-stained hands gripped Katakuri's arm, gasping for breath, still trying to wake him.

"Who's dragging us down...who's holding us back...you...wake up..."