Visions

Rizu POV

As the rest of the marines boarded, we soon left and headed straight to Minion Island. On the way there a higher up marine announced our mission.

"Men! Our mission was assigned by Fleet Admiral Sengoku. This mission will be to find and take the devil fruit Opi Opi no mi. We have also received word that Donquixote family and his pirates will be stationed there as well. We are to capture them if we see them, find the fruit and investigate. Later Vice Admiral Tsuru will come and help with this mission." the man told us.

The men aboard nodded and saluted as well saying "Yes Sir!", I as well did it but with less enthusiasm.

After that t left men to sit and wait till me get to the island. Leaving me in my thoughts.

'Opi Opi no mi huh. A devil fruit. A fruit said to be one that surgeons would die for... A devil fruit huh' I thought about the fruit and our mission. My mind than wandered over to the images that I saw when I was in my room. 'That boy and that man...he shoved that weird fruit down the boys throat....Don't tell me that is a devil fruit!'

My eyes widen at the realization and I start questioning myself. 'What were those images?! What do they mean? Why did I see them? Are they important?'

I shook my head and decided to calm myself down. 'I just have to be wary and see if they are in the island or just a random thought...' I come to that conclusion and brush it off. But then the sudden image of that man being shot and dying in the snow came to mind.

I reached in my jacket and found the bandages that I took with me. 'This....it won't be enough to save a life....Hopefully that won't happen. Perhaps this is just a daydream and fictional.' I tell myself and look out onto the ocean.

Soon enough the island comes into view and the higher ups start rounding us all together. assigning tasks and places where the men will search first and be stationed at on the island. The man then took a glance at me and said "You girl. You'll just be watching and following along. Do not get in the way. You can stay aboard or do whatever."

He looks at me degrading myself. I frown under my mask. That look it's like saying "I don't know why you are even here. Your practically useless. Why did they let a little girl on this ship or even go on this important mission." His facial expressions much like others on this ship say this clearly. No words need to be spoken.

I sigh out slightly and nod my head at the man showing that I understood.

"Sir, we have reached Minion Island and we'll be docking shortly." a marine soldier informs the man for which he responds with a nod and a wave of a hand.

Once we've docked, the marines walk off to their assigned locations. Some men lingering behind on board and grabbing supplies.

While I lingered on the ship to be the last one to get off. Since I had no where to go and had to 'stay out of their way'. So I just sat back and decided to watch and observe the men. Soon enough they all made their way off the ship and to their locations prompting me to leave and explore the island.

But as I head down the ship I saw a medical kit on the side for emergencies. I stood there for a bit contemplating and grabbed it. As I made my way off the ship and onto the island I saw that boy...

That same boy from my vision and he was leading one marine soldier. My face scrunched with confusion underneath my mask. I watched as they made their way up the mountain further onto the island. But the boy's face...it was desperate.

Again I get that weird feeling and things in the back of my mind going off telling me to follow the. I sigh and follow them concealing my presence. As I walked after them, they soon came to a stop where a body sat leaned up against the wall.

As I looked closer I saw that this was the man from my vision except in this case the vision showed that he layed in the snow was different and the area was different as well. But I saw that he was bleeding and the blood covered the snow in some areas.

As I watched them I hid in the bushes covered in snow. "Cora-san!" the boy called out to the man waving as he was on the marines back. As the marine soldier looked up he saw the bloodied man and dropped the boy.

"Vergo!" the man said in shock as he saw the marine. "Corazon!? What are you doing here?!" the man says. As I looked closer the man that was holding the boy had a weird takoyaki octopus thing hanging on the side and he wore sunglasses.

The man 'Corazon' wore the same makeup, a heart button up top with a fluffy black feathered jacket accompanied with a hat. He was the same man from my visions. This 'Corazon' grit his teeth and narrowed his eyes at this strange marine.

As I continued to watch the scene unfold the 'Vergo' marine man held a small container that had a symbol of a marine and broke the lock on it. Which held a letter inside and read it. My eyes grew wide as Corazon reached out to the man "Don't! That's-" he didn't get to finish as he winced in pain.

As this happened I put the small pieces together. 'Vergo...Corazon....the secret marine letter.....Corazon not wanting that to be opened....Is he? A marine? Than who is Vergo supposed to be?' I questioned. I snapped out of my thoughts when 'Vergo' spoke up.

"Understood. Rosinante!"

"Give it back to me!" Corazon shouted as he reached out for the letter. As he did so Vergo kicked him in the face. I winced. 'Not good. He was already injured it seems by bullets and being kicked back into the wall. Not good!' I shouted in my mind.

"You're the Vergo gut aren't you!" the boy said as he layed in the snow. Vergo walked up the boy and grabbed him by the neck. "I heard about you. I heard you two went missing. You have no sense of propriety" Vergo said as he held him by the throat.

I clenched my fists as I watched. 'That man....he's strong it seems. I can't do anything!! He's going to kill them!!' I screamed to myself.

Vergo threw the boy and grabbed the letter and started tearing it up. "You wrote down a fair amount of information here. Is the kid more important than family?!" he says as he walks to Corazon.

Vergo than transformed his body to a dark grey color and punched Corazon in the gut. He then held him my the throat. "But merely because you are his brother. Doffy didn't trust you!" he said to the man that he held.

'Doffy....Doffy!! The pirate! He's....' I thought to myself as my eyes widened at who and what was happening. I put the some of the pieces together to get a brief idea of these people and the situation and from my visions.

The man continued to stomp and hit the already injured man as the boy and I watched the scene unfold. "Stop it Vergo!!" the boy screamed as tears flowed down his face. The said man stopped and walked over to the boy. As the boy's eyes widened, Vergo punched him straight in the face.

I clenched my fists tightly at the sight. "They're still breathing but barely though." Vergo says into the Den Den Mushi. He continues "Be careful. They must know of your plans! Where are you now Doffy?"

A voice on the other line speaks up "My once-lovely brother finally showed me his teeth. We just landed at Minion Island where you guys are. It must be Corazon! If his there don't let him go anywhere! He has the Op-Op fruit! As long as they are in the town....I won't let him get away!"

As they conversed I noticed that the man Corazon picked up the boy and started walking slowly away from here. My eyes widened slowly. 'He's completely silent!' As they walked away Vergo finished his conversation over the Den Den Mushi which I assumed was with Doffy.

Vergo then looked back and swished his head around back and forth looking for them. "What?!" I heard him say out as he walked to the place where they were laying before. He searched the area, where thankfully he didn't come over to my hiding spot or notice me yet.

As I watched he walked off into the other direction of where they went. As soon as I was sure that he was gone, I got out of my spot and quickly ran after the injured man.

As I ran off, strings that went straight up into the sky and came around the island like a dome appeared. 'What????' I questioned as I looked left and right to see where they went. When I continued to run I saw other figures appear wandering around with guns. 'Not good!' I thought to myself and ran past a building where I glimpsed at a blonde haired male that I was looking for.

As soon as I did, we made eye contact. Well I looked at him in the eyes and he just had a face of surprise as he stared at my mask. I stopped running and looked around to see if anyone noticed me and made my way around the house to go inside. As I did so he was alarmed and got ready to fight and grabbed the boy and put him behind his back.

Once I got inside he held a gun straight at me, for which I held up the medical kit in my hands. Corazon's eyes got wider and his face showed suspicion. "Who are you!? What do you want?" he asked me.

"I'm not here to harm you. I saw you earlier and wanted to patch those up." I said as I motioned to his wounds. He slowly lowered the gun but was still very cautious around me. I lowered myself onto the floor of the house that they were situated at, opening the medical kit and taking out the necessary supplies to treat and get rid of the bullets.

"Sir." I said and got his full attention on me as he placed down the boy next to him. "May I patch those up?" I said as I made my way closer to him. He raised his brow and opened his mouth. "Why?" he questioned me.

Underneath my mask my face scrunched up as I looked at his wounds. "Why what? Help you? Isn't normal to help others that are injured. It's something marines are supposed to do am I right? Helping others in a sense of justice." I say as I see him have a face of shock. "You're a marine?" the man questions me as I grab tweezers and disinfectant.

"I guess you may say that in a way. I'm not an official soldier yet." I inform his as I look up at him. "Sir. I believe I heard your name was Corazon and I saw that you were silent when you walked away. Could you use that again? This will hurt and you don't want to be found out right?" I say as I grab some cotton balls to wipe the blood away so I could get a closer look at the wound.

As I do so and say this to him, I see him visibly get tense and unsure of who I am. He's alerted of me. I sigh out and put the materials that I held on the cloth that I layed out. "Who are you really?! How do you know my nam- You were there earlier?" he exclaimed.

"Yes I was there. Sadly I could not interfere with the fight, I'm deeply sorry about that. But I need to get these treated." I told him as I looked up at him studying his expression. He still held a tense look and wary aura. I sighed out and took my mask off.

I continued "I'm Rizu. A girl who saw that boy lead the man 'Vergo' to you. I saw them and decided to follow. I was on the same ship as 'Vergo' was on, I accompanied the marines you could say on this mission. Though since I followed them I heard your whole conversation." I told him as I grabbed the tweezers and another tool to take the bullet out. "Do you have the silent thingy on?" I ask before I take the bullet out.

For which he looks at me and nods his head slowly. Once he did that I dug that tools into his leg and he grunted in pain. "Sorry, this will hurt." I say and he looks at me. "A little late don't you think! Ugh!" he says.

"Sorry." I say as I wince pulling out the bullet and putting it off to the side. Grabbing the needle and thread patching up the hole and moving on to the other spots.

"Why are you helping me?" Corazon managed to get out as he winced in pain. "Like I said earlier to help those in-" I was cut off "I heard that. But you heard the conversation, you must be wary of me don't you think? You barely know anything about me. I could hurt you! Your still young and your just a little girl!" he tells me.

I huff as I wrap up the wound with some bandages. "Despite being young as I am.....Growing up, seeing certain things, being taught and being around or in certain circumstances. Being with the marines and others. I can tell when someone means harm and understand certain things. I could piece some things together from that conversation." I say as I continue onto the next wound. "From what I saw and heard, I could piece together that you are maybe a secret marine officer, judging by that letter and container. That man 'Vergo' is a spy for pirates considering things I've heard after your conversation ....But still out of the whole thing that I understood was that you seem to care deeply about that boy over there." I say as I glance over to him.

As I told him all of this, he seemed to let the information sink in and stare at me. Just as I finished his last wound on his chest, he patted and rubbed the top of my head. I stopped and looked up to stare at the man, my face showing confusion. To which he chuckled. "Thank you. You are a smart and kind girl." he said as I got up to wipe the blood away from his head.

I blinked a couple of times and held a small smile on my lips. 'Not many do this action. Mostly Ji-chan. Not many thank me for what I do...This feels nice..' I think to myself as I walk over to the boy my age. I speak up "So your name is Corazon right? What's his name?" I say as I grab a bandage to cover his head.

He looks at the boy fondly almost like what a father would do. As he did so my heart clenched. "His name is Law. But no Corazon is my sidename or to say a cover name. My name is Rosinante." I nod my head. "I see..." I let a silence fall as I packed away the supplies and cleaned my hands with some wipes and alcohol to clean the blood off.

"So....during your time with the marines. It seems that they taught you how to treat injuries....How old are you?" Rosinante asks. I look up and grab my mask that I place off to the side. "Yes, I move to different bases and at one stay that had me patch up and help around at the infirmary. It was a common base where on the seas where marines would get injured they would come to that base. So I had to learn and help around. I didn't get much training done when I was there but it seems that it payed off. And my age, I'm 11." I tell him while I put my mask back on.

He nods his head and speaks up "Thank you again. We shall be on our way." he says while getting up and picking up Law and putting him onto his back. "Wait!" I say. He stops and looks back at me. The vision of him laying out on the snow with it soaking his blood. More bullet wounds as he lays there. This image pops up again.

Rosinante stops and looks at me wondering what I'm going to say. "That Vergo guy warned the pirate Doffy! He's going to come and get you! He's looking for the Opi-Opi no Mi!" I tell him knowing that he gave or fed the fruit to Law. But new images flash in my mind, showing Law crying and being in a chest. Rosinante being shot by another male that wears a fluffy pink jacket similar to Rosinanate's.

I warn the man and his eyes widen slightly and walks over to me and pats my head. "Thank you for the info. I know he will come after me, after all I betrayed him, he'll probably want me dead. But I need to get Law out of here." he says with determination. I stare up at him and clench my hands together.

"I see, be careful then...." I say as I look down and pick up the medical kit. As I do so, he leaves the place and I watch as he walks off into the distance.

"Why?" I ask myself. "What are these visions? Why do I care? I feel a connection? No...I feel sorry for them. Pity? I want to help them? But why? Marine justice?" I ask myself. I look down at the medical kit in my hands and I stare at it for a while lost in my own thoughts.

But soon broke out of my thoughts with the same vision that's replayed many times. The one where Cor- no Rosinante is laying down in the snow, he was shot. My hands tighten around the kit.

I make sure my mask is on my face and leave the building rushing out looking for the two guys who I just patched up a while ago.