56 Chapter 56: Scar, Grand, & Trenza Vs The Bear Pirates

With Freyja changing the ship's direction, we began heading straight for the pirate ship in the distance, though a few moments later, Grand came running up the stairs, an excited expression plastered on his face.

"Guys, there is a pirate ship!" Said Grand in excitement as he glanced at the three of them while clenching his fists, his bare upper body covered in sweat, glistening in the sunlight.

"Yes, we noticed it about a minute ago; you're quite slow on the uptake, Grand." Commented Trenza with a bland expression as she gazed at Grand, causing the man to rub his head awkwardly.

"Haha, anyways; isn't this exciting!? This will be our first pirate fight! We'll be able to show our worth to Captain, allowing us to stay with Father!" Exclaimed Grand eagerly as he upper-cutted the air in excitement.

"I suppose it's somewhat exciting. If I'm not mistaken, we last participated in an all-out brawl when we were still young teenagers." Remarked Scar with a nod and a faint smile as he glanced at the two.

"Ahh, yes, I remember; that was when the remnants of one of the gang's Father, destroyed before we were even born, attempted to kill us as a form of revenge. That's quite a distant memory." Said Trenza with a slight smile, reminiscing their younger days.

"What do you mean distant memory? Why do you sound like you're an old woman reminiscing about her youth? I know you're the oldest of us three, but aren't you only 28?" Stated Grand as he tilted his head and gave Trenza a weird look, only for her to kick his shin, though funnily enough, the one who recoiled in pain was Trenza, while Grand was utterly unphased.

"Tch, because it is a distant memory that happened 14 years ago, half of my life ago! Also, just because you're the youngest, don't act like you can start calling me old; you're only younger than me by four months!" Yelled Trenza angrily as she grabbed her foot in pain while pointing at Grand, who simply shrugged his arms.

"Anyways, you two, stop arguing; we're about to engage in battle with several enemies, so stop with the friendly fire." Commented Scar, glancing at the two before shaking his head and shifting his focus back to the ship in the distance, which had gotten much closer.

Estimating we only had a few minutes until we arrived at the other ship, I unholstered my dagger and did a quick examination, making sure it was in good condition; something I always do before engaging in a fight, as I don't my dagger to suddenly break while fighting someone.

Finding my dagger to be in excellent condition, I sheathed it before heading down to the deck to raise the sails, which Trenza assisted me with. Once the sails were raised, our speed slowed down, but as we were already relatively close to our target, it was fine. Not to mention, raised sails are less likely to get damaged; how are we supposed to sail without any sails?

'Hmm, weird, I've been on this ship for roughly a week, yet I haven't spotted an anchor.' Thought Scar with furrowed brows as he quickly looked at the deck before deciding to ask Freyja.

"Freyja, could you tell me where the anchor is? I don't know where it is." Asked Scar, hoping to get an answer, and while he did get one, it wasn't one he was expecting.

"This ship doesn't have one." Replied Freyja as she glanced at Scar, finding his surprised expression amusing.

"Doesn't have one? If that's so, we should've raised the sails when we noticed the pirate ship; now we're just going to sail right past it." Said Scar in slight shock before frowning as he looked at the pirate ship, which was roughly a minute away.

"Fufu, don't worry, little boy, I'll make sure to stop it if that'll ease your worries." Remarked Freyja with a slight smile and a motherly laugh as she approached Scar before lightly tapping his cheek, causing him to blush, though he still retained his demeanor.

"How will you stop it?" Asked Scar while following behind Freyja as she neared the mast.

"Just watch, and you'll find out." Replied Freyja with a smirk as she clutched the large wooden mast while wings sprouted out from her back.

When I asked him, Father had told me a little about Freyja and Captain's abilities, but hearing about it and seeing it are two different things; watching wings emerge from a human's back was rather weird. However, that wasn't the end; not only did wings emerge from her back, but two black horns and a black tail with a spade tip sprouted from her forehead and tailbone, respectively, while her hands and forearms took on a more monstrous look.

"You should be thanking me; if Diddy were here, it would go much differently." Remarked Freyja lightly as she began powerfully flapping her wings, creating a large gust of wind.

Gazing upon Freyja, with each flap of her wings, she'd create a large gust of wind that was probably strong enough to send me flying overboard, but thankfully, I wasn't standing behind her; little by little, each flap of her wings caused the ship to slow down, before eventually, it came to a halt.

'So that's the power of a Devil Fruit; very different from Fathers, yet just as powerful, if not more. I wonder, has Captain eaten a Devil Fruit?' Mused Scar with slight awe as he looked at Freyja, whose body returned to normal.

"If it isn't too much trouble, Freyja, could you give a warning next time? I happened to walk upstairs just as you started flapping your wings, and I was nearly flung out into the sea." Stated Sebas lightly as he approached Freyja and Scar, looking relatively fine except for his messy hair.

"Hehe, yes, I'll make sure to warn everyone next; my apologies." Said Freyja with a faint smile as she looked at Sebas before glancing at Scar.

"Don't just stand there, Scar; don't you have a pirate ship to raid? Get to it; that's an order from the Vice-Captain, as much as I dislike that title." Remarked Freyja as she slapped Scar on the butt while heading back toward the helm alongside Sebas, again causing Scar to blush.

"I understand, but will you and Father not participate in this battle?" Asked Scar, glancing at Trenza and Grand, who were ready for battle.

"Nope; after what Grand said, I figured this would be a good chance for you three to show your worth and capabilities to Captain. After all, I'm the whole reason you're even aboard the ship; I might as well give you the chance to prove yourselves." Replied Freyja with a shake of her head as she sat at the helm and looked at the pirate ship, which had just arrived beside them.

"Hoho, I must also follow orders of the Vice-Captain, but if things get too difficult, just retreat back to the ship; even if I can't help you in the fight, I can't allow the ship to get damaged. Those are Captain's Orders." Stated Sebas with a slight chuckle while gazing at Scar, Trenza, and Grand.

"Heh, you're quite clever, Sebas." Said Freyja lightly.

"I'm not an old man for nothing, after all." Replied Sebas, his words causing Freyja to chuckle.

Leaving Freyja and Father to their own business, I approached Trenza and Grand, standing between them as we looked at the ship before us, which was easily three to four times bigger than our small ship.

"Now that's a pirate ship." Muttered Trenza with a whistle as she gazed at the large pirate ship.

"Then it should have valuables, right?" Asked Grand with a smirk as he punched his fists.

"If they don't, they are a bunch of pathetic pirates." Remarked Scar as he unholstered his dagger and held it in a reverse grip.

"We've got no valuables, Scar, so are you calling the Frenzy pirates pathetic?" Asked Trenza with a mischievous smirk as she also unholstered her dual pistols.

"Haa, you know what I mean." Muttered Scar with a sigh while Grand laughed.

A few moments later, we saw a long wooden plank land on the ship, seemingly to be used as a bridge to cross between the two ships; directly after that, a one-eyed pirate stood on the rail and drew his sword as he eyed us.

"We're the Bear pirates; our Captain has eat-" Said the one-eyed pirate with fervor as he gazed at the three, though before he could finish talking, a gunshot was heard.

Seeing the now dead one-eyed pirate lose his last eye, I glanced to my left, only to see Trenza holding one of her pistols as smoke emerged from the barrel.

"What? Don't give me that look; we're supposed to kill them anyways." Said Trenza defensively as she looked at Scar.

"T-They killed one-eyed!"

"No! How could they do that? They didn't even allow him to finish his speech!"

"Bastards! No one kills a member of the Bear Pirates in the middle of a speech and gets away with it!"

"Kill them!"

"Haha! Follow me!" Yelled Grand in excitement as he ran up the wooden plank while charging through several pirates, knocking them off into the sea, though before any of them even touched water, Trenza would kill them with her impressive marksmanship.

"You heard the man; follow him!" Remarked Trenza with a slight smile as she followed behind Grand, who was causing a ruckus aboard the ship.

"Haa, I swear, among us three, I'm the most sane one." Muttered Scar as he leaped on the plank and quickly arrived on the enemy pirate ship deck, just in time to kill a pirate sneaking up behind Trenza.

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