Vacation

"Ladies and Gentlemen! The Pirates from all around the world! Welcome to the Annual Pirate Festival!!!"

The crowd roared as they looked up at the podium. Only to see a man with a pot-belly and an afro on the transponder microphone.

"We have a lot in store for you for this festival! But first, allow me to show you the special item for this festival's competition!!"

With a swing of his short hands, a small box immediately showed itself and rose to the top thanks to the stand it was placed on and opened.

"I-is that?!"

"A Devil Fruit?!"

"What kind of Devil fruit is it?"

Questions like this immediately exploded from the crowd as they all stared on with awe, curiosity, and greed in their eyes. They all wanted that Devil fruit, no matter what.

"Boris~ What do you think?" Stussy said, hugging my arm lovingly as she snuggled her head on my shoulder.

"Not worth it, just leave it," I replied, I didn't recognize that devil fruit in particular. At first, because of its flamboyant red-like color, I thought that it would be the Flame-Flame fruit. However, upon closer inspection, it wasn't even a logia fruit. 

"What if it's actually useful~?"

"That isn't for you to worry about," I replied before grabbing her and dragging her back to bed.

We had gone at it ever since we got here. Which was practically the whole night leading up to now. She was quite the aggressive lover, she ended up tearing up all my clothes the moment we got into the room. I've been shirtless ever since, Stussy had cleverly removed her clothes long before I had the remove it myself.

"~ah~ not so hard! I'm still sore from last night.."

I growled a bit before easing the pace that I had been taking her. We kept going at it for a while before-

"I can't take it~!"

We were sprawled in bed as Stussy took deep breathes and steadied her breathing.

"We haven't had a time like that in ages, Boris~" She muttered softly as she caressed my cheek.

My eyes continued closing as I silently found myself drifting to sleep. All I had to say was that Stussy had an amazing body for a clone. 

A loud banging on our door rudely interrupted my sleep. Stussy immediately got up and headed to the door. 

"What is it~"

"Ms. Stussy! Is Commander Boris in there?! Something happened in the tavern where we had been drinking!"

Stussy, barely fazed, turned to look at me, almost as if she had been asking for my permission. 

"Just let him in," I said lazily as I picked up a cigarette and lit it.

The pirate stumbled in the moment Stussy opened the door. His face looked haggard as he grasped for breath. 

"W-we got into a bar fight with some pirates earlier on. Then one of the pirates incased Ken inside a bubble before running off!"

"Ah~ That does sound a bit troubling~" Stussy commented before crawling back into bed with me.

"What happened to the rest of the pirates?" I asked after taking breathing out some smoke.

"W-We managed to capture the majority of them. When we interrogated them about the bubble person. They said that they didn't know who they were!" 

"Were they lying~?"

"No! We beat them to an inch of their lives before they gave out the confession!" The man replied.

"That sounds trouble-some, what happened to Pato?" I asked the crewmember.

"Pato immediately set off looking for the pirate. We don't know where he left to!" The crewmember replied.

I casually spread out my Observation Haki throughout the island. I specifically kept a close eye on any presences that was similar to Ken's. 

'Hm?'

I managed to find his presence, but he was within the tower in the middle of island. It was where most of the administration for the Pirate Festival had lodged and performed some of their concerts.

"Did you find him~?"

"Yeah, he's in the tower in the middle of the island. Weird," I replied.

"Isn't that where the Pirate Festival Administration stays?" The crewmember asked horrified.

"Pretty much."

"In that case, we need to get him out of there fast! I'll go get the rest of the cre-"

"I'm not going."

"Eh?"

I slowly got out of bed before approaching the balcony, the tower was really closed to where we lodged. So there wasn't any need for me to do too much.

"This is a situation that he put himself into. Plus, I'm on vacation. If you guys are in trouble, it's up to you to get yourselves out of it," I replied at the crewmember. "Make sure you tell the rest of the crew that. If it isn't some island crushing event. I'm not moving a muscle."

The crewmember looked a bit uncomfortable upon hearing those words. He shifted about nervously for a while before looking at Stussy pleadingly.

"You hear the commander~ You should be more than capable enough to handle this by yourselves....unless there's something you're not telling us~?"

"N-no! I'll be on my way! I'll tell the rest of the crew as well!!"

The crewmember made a dash for the door and quickly vanished within the crowd. I went back to bed and nestled myself next to Stussy, who had a slight frown.

"He's lying."

"That's not our problem to worry about. At least for now, anyway."

"I'm worrying about Pato for the most part. He doesn't have enough training to take care of himself..."

"He can create clones of powerful people and use them to harm others. He'll be fine," I replied.

That being said, I wasn't too happy to hear about what had happened. Should things escalate to a concerning level, there would be no doubt that I would step up to make sure things didn't escalate too far.

"Let's just wait and see what happens. We'll step in before it's too late, but for now, we can watch the show at our leisure."

"Fine, but I want to head out for a stroll before it gets too late."

"That's cool and all, but you ripped my clothes off. What am I going to wear?"

"Oooh~ We can go clothes shopping for you!~"

"I hate clothes shopping..."

"Too late! C'mon~"

Stussy immediately dragged me out of the inn and took me on a shopping spree. Other pirates couldn't help but stare at the alluring figure of Stussy. However, they all kept a healthy distance away from us. After all, she had already gotten a notorious reputation.

"Isn't that the Vampire Queen? To think that the Whitebeard Pirates would be at the Pirate Festival.."

"Most of the Whitebeard Pirates like roaming around, so it's not surprising to find some of them walking about during the festival."

"Who's that guy next to her? I've never seen him before."

"That's the Vice-Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates...What the hell is he doing here?!"

"Don't worry too much you idiots. He's not one to start something unless provoked, so stay out the way." Another man immediately walked between them before saying.

"So nosy~" Stussy said.

"There's nothing much I can do about it. I can only enjoy the fact that they need to avoid me at all costs."