46 Home Sweet Home
"Larry!"
*Triggered Baboon Noises*
Veyron landed on the shore of Rusukaina after dropping the Boa sisters. The first one he saw was his favourite baboon, Larry. The Humandril jumped in joy, it expected Veyron to take a lot longer to arrive.
The colony of baboons seemed to be doing very well. There were even new births. The Jungle was peaceful and it was time to check up on whether they accomplished his tasks or not.
Larry led the way to the southern side of the island where a load of Humandrills were performing some sort of profane ritual with bonfires and burning sticks.
"What the-"
They were dancing and singing around a gigantic barbecue-like bonfire where five creatures were tied and rolling while sweating in utter fright.
A lion, a crocodile, a gorilla, a panther and lastly a gigantic black mamba.
They were being rolled like meat sticks!
"Why the hell are you doing Larry!? I told you not to eat them!"
*RUMBLE!*
*Depressed Baboon Noises*
The humandrils felt their leader's wrath and retreated, hurriedly putting off the fire lest they be thrown into it. Before leaving Veyron stated that he had three wishes. First, it was for the humandrils to conquer the island which the way it seemed, they had accomplished in a short time.
It wasn't a surprise considering how much more intelligent they were compared to other tribes. Another one of his wishes for them was for the inhabitants of the island to not eat each other, instead, they were to hunt in the seas... he intended to at least establish a normal society where the members within it didn't need to hunt each other to survive. Rusukaina was a massive island and from the beginning, there wasn't any need for wars regarding resources, food or space.
Lastly, he wanted the five strongest creatures on the island to be taken to him upon arrival. The five animals that he requested were released under his command. Their first instinct was to flee the farthest possible from this tribe of lunatics.
Alas, they were fated to join this tribe.
*RUMBLE!*
<Graviton! >
Their bodies were pressed down, utterly dominated. Veyron noticed that from the five of them, the strongest wills were the Lion and the Black Mamba.
He nodded in appreciation and adjusted his Haki just so they didn't pass out there and then. All the baboons knelt behind him and awaited his orders. If any onlookers were to pass by, they'd believe the small boy was the leader of a cult of beasts. Utter lunacy.
"From now onwards you're all my pets. You follow my orders, you do what I say. If I tell you to go, you go. If I tell you to die you die. If I want to mount you, you let me mount you. Are we clear?"
"..."
All creatures growled, understanding that they were being requested to submit or die. The crocodile, the panther and the gorilla put their heads down in submission but as he expected the Lion and the Black Mamba weren't so keen.
Veyron brandished Youbi and placed it against the neck of the Black Mamba, the snake hissed in displeasure when the sword touched its neck, the slightest touch of his sword imbued in Armament Haki produced a cut from which blood dripped.
"I won't say it again".
With no other choice, the Black Mamba submitted as for the Lion, Veyron and it looked at one another for a while, It recalled back then a few weeks ago when it and Larry were fighting, it was Veyron who allowed it to live.
*GROWL!*
A slightly reluctant growl later, the Lion put its head down and succumbed to the pressure. Just like that, he had successfully conquered the strongest creatures on this island.
"Very well. I'm not a bad master. In exchange for serving me, you all get the food you want, you also get to reproduce with whomever you want. Doesn't sound like a bad deal, does it?" He figured that those animals couldn't hold any deeper desires than those.
The five creatures nodded erratically and he then released the pressure of his Haki on them. Nevertheless, they remained in a kneeling position.
He pointed at the Lion that was as big as a small building. "You're Nemea"
Then at the gigantic blue ape, "You're Kong".
The ominous black panther's name was "Noir".
The dangerous crocodile's name was "Gator".
And finally, the one he was the most interested in. His eye fixed on the snake's green slit one, the snake's name was "Gorgon".
*Depressed Baboon Noises*
"Don't look at me like that Larry. You're Larry so you're staying as Larry".
All of the new members of the family snickered at the Humandril who despite being the most threatening out of them all, was fated to have a dull name for the rest of its life.
"Now that I'm here the first thing we're doing is a massive Banquet! Welcome to the family you all! You're not getting eaten good for you!"
The baboons were all happy and they started to do their preparations for the banquet while the new creatures grimaced at the lunacy of the group they had just joined, but anyway... at least their master was going to give them food.
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It has been two days since the boy left Amazon Lily. I didn't want to appear too desperate, chasing him right after he's left. But well, I'm desperate.
I, Boa Primrose, have bowed to never chase after a man, my pride as the empress of Amazon Lily would never allow that. But this is a boy, so it doesn't count.
I know pretty well how treacherous and unbelievably disgusting the world government can be. They could go as far as to put a bounty of a billion berries on a boy that's barely ten years old from what I can tell. I thought they had already gone very far with the bounty they had put on the 'Demon Child' Nico Robin a few years ago, but this was something else.
If not for this, I had no choice but to believe the boy when he said he did cause a ruckus in Marie Geoise. And right now someone like him is exactly what I need.
After he left I went to my daughters' chambers and apologised to them. He opened my eyes, Initially I just felt wrath, and years of bottled-up frustration... when I saw my daughters I felt immense relief but I also felt that the object of this frustration had finally arrived.
Thankfully he was there to point that out for me. I would have made a massive mistake otherwise. My daughters told me everything they had gone through in those years. How their dignity had reached the bare minimum as they were stepped over by the celestial dragons.
It was then that I made my choice. I can never be a warlord... not when they allowed those bastards to do those things to my babies. But we still need protection, I alone can't protect our island from all the threats looming in the calm belt as of late. Powerful pirates, marines, bounty hunters... everything.
That's why I decided to gamble on this boy, I took my daughters with me in the Kuja Pirate ship. For the last two days, Hancock was asking me with determination that she wanted to train to be the next Hebihime, I know this girl has fallen in love with that boy and I'm afraid she's not the only one, Sandersonia and Marigold too.
'How dare he take all of my daughters, I'll have to punish him~'
We arrived at Rusukaina, an island we avoid most of the time due to how dangerous it is. Although most of them are not dangerous for me, they're for the rest of the crew and hence they're all barred from coming here for resources or anything, their lives are worth more than that.
A hell on earth is what we thought until we saw what lay in front of us.
"What is going on here?"
Pointed out the members of my crew, confused. I don't blame them for I also have no idea what the hell is going on here.
"Is this some sort of monster party?"
Veyron was in the middle of it all, dancing. Around him were at least a hundred creatures, the majority of them baboons, dancing as well.
"I-It's the poisonous mother!".
"Oh my, it's impossible!".
!!!
My eyes widened like saucers when I saw a gigantic black snake dancing alongside the compass of the fire. That mythical snake was one my people had worshipped for dozens of generations. Its appearance is supposed to be taboo on this island, it was even said that its showing up was a sign of fortune for the ruler of Amazon Lily at that time.
'How come that snake is just dancing now?!'.
Our cries of surprise and awe were caught by the creatures in the party, and everything suddenly stopped as hundreds of eyes looked at us in a not-so-kind way.
'Ara...'
I had seemingly forgotten a particular detail, this is an island filled with predatory monsters.
