Confession

After defeating the marines, the Z pirates and their alliance set sails.

Issho made Aokiji unfreeze the sea before leaving, this made it a lot easier for the Z pirates to continue their journey.

There was still a day left before the battle. All the Z pirates commanders gathered on the first ship as they were currently sitting around a table while enjoying a banquet. It didn't look as if they were about to engage in an all-out battle for survival.

Mark had the light-light fruit in his hands as he was studying it, Yuri was sitting beside him while watching him study the fruit silently.

"What are you going to do with it?" Yuri asked with a sweet and curious voice.

Mark was taken aback when he heard Yuri's question as he was currently too deep in his thoughts.

"You are quite the curious one, aren't you," Mark replied halfheartedly while pinching Yuri's nose. Which made her face turn red as a tomato.

Yuri was both happy and disappointed when she saw Mark pinch her nose. This guy!

"Don't tell me then, hmm." Yuri pouted as she got up from her chair and stormed off towards her room inside of the ship.

Mark was confused as he looked at the disappearing back of Yuri.

Alice side glanced at Yuri as she kept drinking her tea.

"Too hopeless." Capone Bege said with a faint smile on his face when he looked Mark as he was puffing his cigar in amusement. To see his captain in such an awkward situation made him gleeful.

Flint was also surprised when he saw Yuri storm off, but he didn't run after her as he believed Mark would be the best person to handle this situation.

"Did I say something wrong?" Mark asked the crew sitting around the table in puzzlement. He already noticed the look on everyone faces, each one of them told a different story.

"It's nice to be young." Issho grabbed a bottle of wine and emptied it while he had a reminiscing smile on his face, he didn't answer Mark's question as he suddenly found himself too occupied in his own thoughts.

"I think she just went for a nap." Satyr jr scratched the back of his head in befuddlement. It would have been quite surprising if Satyr jr knew the right answer.

"Yes, that's it!" Fabien suddenly screamed in realization.

"Bang!"

"Love! It's love!" Fabien suddenly screamed as he smashed his flat hand on the table, Fabien didn't stop there either as he transformed to his hybrid unicorn form and took to the sky while screaming madly

"Love! Is in the air! Fabulous Fabien out!"

The Z pirates on the sixth ship also suddenly began to scream furiously with him.

"Fabulous Fabien!"

"Fabulous Fabien!"

The screams shook the skies as the other Z pirate ships and their alliance members looked towards the commotion which was on the sixth ship.

It was obvious that Fabien had taught the members of the sixth ship to sing out his title every time he flew in the sky with his hybrid form, but the consequences of not singing out his name and title were unknown only the sixth ship knew.

"What the hell is wrong with him! He gave me a shock when he smashed the table! And why is he screaming his own name, narcissistic much!?" Satyr jr yelled furiously as he looked at the disappearing figure of Fabien.

"I told you before it was a bad idea when you appointed him a commander." Capone Bege said with an ugly and dark look on his face as he pointed his finger at Satyr jr in rage.

"Wait, what!? why is this my fault?" Satyr Jr yelled at Capone Bege with a face full of disbelief. It was obvious Mark who appointed him a commander, and you dare point fingers at me!?

"Yes, you! Look what he has done to the sixth ship! Are they even Z pirates anymore? More like his own personal ship!" Capone Bege was boiling in anger as he kept pushing the blame on Satyr jr.

"Say that again!" Satyr jr didn't back down as he jumped up from his chair and pointed at Capone Bege.

"You really think I'm afraid of you!" Capone Bege didn't back either down as he walked behind of Issho and pointed at Satyr jr. As if he wanted to use Issho as shield.

Mark was shocked and embarrassed, this was all his fault. He already knew something was terribly wrong with Fabien's head, but he still appointed him the commander position.

Mark sneaked away as he turned into darkness and disappeared. He suddenly found himself inside of Yuri's room.

Yuri was terrified and shocked when she noticed the darkness that appeared before her eyes but she then relaxed again when she noticed who it was.

"What are you doing in my room?" Yuri asked with an angry face while clenching her hands in frustration. She was actually quite happy that Mark came after her even though she appeared to look angry.

"Are you mad at me, because I didn't tell what I wanted to do with the fruit?" Mark asked with a confused smile his face.

"Who is mad at you!?" Yuri pouted while glancing at Mark's smile which she found quite mesmerizing. She obviously wasn't mad about the whole devil fruit thing, but Mark seemed too stupid to notice.

Mark couldn't really follow Yuri's chain of thoughts as she kept insisting that she wasn't angry with him. Mark didn't know what to do as he sat down beside her and took her hand into his. Her hand was ice cold when he grabbed it.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Yuri was surprised when she saw Mark take her hand but inwardly she was beaming and felt like she was on cloud nine.

"Am sorry for before," Mark said slowly as he starred into Yuri's eyes with a serious look on his face.

Yuri was taken aback by Mark's apology as she didn't know what to do or say, but then she suddenly turned her head away from Mark as she starred down on the floor.

"Why don't you accept me.." Yuri didn't know where she got the courage from to actually ask such a question, but this was something which had been boiling inside of her for a long time now.

Mark was surprised and confused, accept her? Wasn't she already a part of the crew?

"Of course I accept you.." Mark answered slowly while thinking about the best thing to say in this situation.