Chapter 41: Cursed (3)
Unable to sleep as his gut protested against it and twisted in pure excitement that only it could sense and share with Brody as if his gut possessed a mind of its own and shat out pure awesomeness, Brody sat by the edge of the bed and clenched his fingers into the sheet and the mattress. He loved this mattress. He looted it from the bounty hunters which just added more history to it but... today, neither history nor exhaustion would calm his nerves.
As he revealed to Reiju. It was different. His gut never feared the strongest man. Maybe that was due to the devil's blood flowing through his veins, too. But this time, Brody felt a lingering horror remain at the base of his spine that made his stomach drop with anticipation and his heart lit up with soaring intent to fight. He wanted the itch... the lust that couldn't be satiated back at Cactus Island to be fulfilled here.
The moment was so pure for him that he even decided to ignore the set of lips stretched into a smirk on the wall in front of his face. As if able to somehow sense that he was awake and ignoring it, the lips parted to speak in the usual flirtatious and provocative tone, "Oh, my."
Scowling, Brody stepped out and flicked the lips with his index lightly. Every time he did so before, the lips would disappear but it seems different today. Seeing the pair still keeping a calm smile, Brody was instantly put off. Being haunted by 'this' for four days was not easy on him and he would much rather confront his father butt-ass-naked as he did the first time, get fucked sideways, and fall from the sky without any wings for support all over again! And that's just during day one, much less the fourth!
So, while he cocked his fist and was ready to punch in such a force that would pierce past the walls and still not stop tearing through the wind... he digressed.
"Why the hell are you here?" He questioned with a frown and sat down. Punching lips would only relieve him for a moment. No. He wanted to find this asshole.
Instead of replying, the pair of lips chose to remain quiet.
"Hey!" Brody frowned, his index finger smacking against the top lip, "Speak up."
"Hmm," the voice finally uttered, "A little birdy told me that someone is pent-up."
Brody's eyelids twitched. He was more and more sure that a pair of ears also eavesdropped on them now but choosing to move past the subject, he questioned, "You're the one who took Vivi, right? If you really think you're hot shit, show yourself."
As he said this, Brody's eyes widened in horror as a pair of legs dangled down from the ceiling, two arms propped up the pillow and began to move around, a nose emerged over the pair of lips, and when Brody looked down, a pair of larger dark tits grew over his chest.
"Enough?"
The voice questioned with amusement evident in her tone...
Pursing his lips and looking around, Brody couldn't help but add, "Missing your cunt and ass... in my observation."
The pair of lips still kept on smiling until the voice chuckled, "Am I? Look under your bed."
"Like hell, I will listen to your orders," Brody scoffed and slapped the tits over his chest while hoping for the sensation to transfer to the creator of the assets is possible. As he did so, the lips in front of him twitched for a second but still kept on smiling and replied, "I see. You are indeed the captain of your ship. It's almost disheartening to see a captain in such dire straits that he is talking to a ghost... what is it that you called? The end of the world? Destruction of the wall of gods?"
Brody blinked and grinned, "Just trying to spook my crewmates as my mom would before sleeping."
"What else did she say?" The voice inquired as Brody ignored her and looked down at 'his' tits, "Your ability is really awesome, you know. Say? Wanna join my crew?"
The voice grew silent as Brody continued, "You work for Crocodile, right? The Ju Busho? Say... is he really strong?"
"He could kill you without moving." She seemed quite confident.
"That's seriously amazing... I mean, you saw me train, too, most likely. But if you believe that, it could be true," Brody grinned and poked the lighter-shaded nipples as the tan of the skin did not cover the bikini-shaped region. "Would you join my crew if I beat Crocodile?"
"Don't you have enough troubles as is, Bro D. Hanma?" The voice questioned, "Being chased by the World Government... destroying a Kingdom affiliated to them and stealing the Feast of World Nobles... you lead quite the life. A life leading to demise for yourself and your crew, I'm afraid."
"You didn't answer my question." Brody poked the nipples again as he observed the lips twitching, "Would you join me if I defeated Crocodile?"
"Is it not better to defeat Crocodile first and then ask me this? But... I assume that will never come to pass. You won't leave your next island alive."
"That sounds like a threat." Brody raised an eyebrow.
"A concern," The voice retorted, "I suppose... you may leave the next island in a few days."
The body parts around his room disappeared alongside the lips on the walls and the tits on his chest. Sighing, Brody walked towards the bed and picked it up with a hand to find nothing underneath it and shrugged.
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"Awesome! Now that's an Island!" Brody grinned as he looked towards the Tropical Island in the distance with his crewmates watching from the edge of the Pinky's shell.
"It really looks like a paradise island!" Nojiko chimed with a smile while Igaram spoke in a somber tone, "We must not get too excited. First thing, we should try to find a safe location to dock and then see if any ports are built around here. Our priority should be understanding the duration it will take for us to reset our log pose."
Looking back, Brody couldn't help but set the man straight, "Igaram! You don't know how to enjoy yourself at all! Look at the trees! We should climb it. Oh, and that mountain! That's a volcano, right? We should climb it!"
"Brody-kun!" Igaram frowned, "Our country—"
"Yeah, yeah, civil war. Heard it the first time, remember? You think as if just yapping about Civil War will get us there quicker so... chill. Pinky is quite fast!"
*Aaughhhh*
Pinky growled in agreement, too.
Vivi frowned once she heard this and bit her lips only for Nami to pat her shoulders while berating, "Hey! How can you be so insensible?! You can't expect them to stop worrying!"
Shrugging, Brody replied, "I can. I'm the Captain, remember?"
Nami rolled her eyes.
"It's alright, Nami-san... I'm sure Brody-san is saying this to ease our worries," Vivi sighed as her words made him grin, "I know even better ways to ease worries!"
"Y-You shall not regard Princess Vivi with such notions!" Igaram's eyes widened in anger.
"What?" Brody rubbed the back of his head, his words making Reiju sigh, "He meant training."
Vivi's lips parted slightly and she glared at Igaram while Brody shrugged, "What else calms you, exhausts you, and fills you with supreme satisfaction?"
Others looked at him... not knowing if they should even feel insulted or not. They were sure that Brody was being sincere but Nami still picked her staff and took a deep breath, "You... can still say that about training AFTER what you did?"
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*Kccch*
A sloppy and wet sound of flesh being torn apart could be heard in a small clearing surrounded by a luscious forest. As heavy as the scent of blood was, as large as the reptilian beast cut open was, none dared to approach the spot as if they feared the beast more fearsome than the one dead. Bleeding.
*Slurp*
With his mouth filled, his unimaginably large body crouched— a dark-haired figure licked the blood off of his fingers. Suddenly, the individual stood straight. Human for the most part... but something was different. His nostrils twitched and his pupils shrank till they resembled dark pins.
"Auugh?"
He uttered softly as he felt his skin crawl in fright for the first time in years.
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Pinky found yet another stream cutting into the island this time, too. Others continued to look around as the interior of the island seemed untouched by the civilization which meant they could be attacked by wild beasts but such a situation also made Igaram and Vivi slightly depressed.
However, a few minutes in and Pinky suddenly stopped before sinking her face into the water and then pulling back with a large beast caught in between her jaws. Brody was already drenched since he still kept sitting on Pinky's head and looked at the beast from quite the close-up. It looked like a large crocodile as Carmen and Vivi gasped simultaneously, "A dinosaur?!"
Before the giant crocodile with elongated jaws could outmaneuver her, Pinky chomped down cruelly and crushed its neck with her sharp fangs biting it apart the next second and swallowing it in the third and fourth bite. The recent crewmates gulped in fright, including Mikita who had come to adore this giant tropical feast but only now realized that despite her name, Pinky was a gigantic sea king that could fight many stronger opponents on land and water!
"Hey, you should get up on the land," Brody smiled and took off his shirt to wring it dry, "That way you can feast all you want."
Considering it for a second, Pinky nodded and slowly climbed up from the stream with her large tortoise limbs and then picked up the pace slightly. Even with her stature, the trees still managed to tower over her quite a bit. After the initial surprise, others now looked around the forest more cautiously. If there is one dinosaur... there could be others, too.
"Aagh!" Honey yelped, turning into water and shooting a high-pressurized bullet of syrup into the skull of a furry beast that resembled a boar who suddenly jumped out of the clearing. The large beast collapsed as quickly as it appeared and twitched near the group before losing its life while Honey still had cold sweat seeping out of her forehead.
"It couldn't have hurt you even if it wanted to," Alvida commented from the side while adjusting her hat.
"Shut up," Honey floundered, "It just surprised me."
After knowing that Honey almost left the crew because she was afraid of the 'curse', the rest accepted that she was just too cowardly for her own good.
"Hmm, this is a good beast! Yosh, it's our lunch," Carmen crouched over the beast while wiping away the sweat layering her forehead, "Sigh... it's too humid here."
"Maybe you all can go topless!" Brody laughed.
"No, we won't!" Tashigi shouted with a flustered expression.
"Fine, I'll do it myself," Brody shrugged, not wearing the shirt but tying it around his waist instead and then pointing in a particular direction, "Pinky! There!" He snickered, "The mountain range is in that direction!"
"Hmm, I suppose our captain will be setting the route on the land," Nami muttered and looked at herself with her sweater already soaked, "I'm going to change into something lighter."
Tashigi, too, removed her blue denim jacket and tied it around her waist while tying the sword onto her back once again. Nojiko and Mikita were already wearing thinner clothes compared to the rest and Reiju barely seemed fazed by the temperature. Alvida, like usual, had a bikini top on with a cotton shirt over her torso tied up similar to a crop top.
And Honey didn't really 'sweat' due to her devil fruit.
"Hey, I'll need a hand to skin this," Carmen called out to Mikita as she frowned, "Why do I have to do that?"
"Well, you can't eat without putting in the work, right?"
Meanwhile, Brody slid down Pinky's neck at Reiju's call as she spoke, "Since there are prehistoric animals on this island... there is a chance that this island is untouched by humanity. Maybe I can find some extinct herbs for your condition."
"Oh," Brody's eyes shone and he nodded, "Maybe we can find something good."
"Um, Brody-san. Are you not well?" Vivi inquired as he looked at her and then back at his crew before smacking his forehead, "Ah, shit... Honey, I forgot to tell you something... maybe this time you'll really run away, hahaha!"
"That's not a joking matter..." Nami huffed with a sour tone as others looked a little bit frustrated, too, which made the newcomers feel drawn to this matter.
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Alternate Title: Honey Can't Catch a Break; Lewd Curse
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