Hunting Dragons

“Oh,” Dragon D. Dexter began, looking at his notebook with a rather surprised expression on his face. “Ooooh!” He called out once again, jumping to his feet rocking his small boat side to side. “Savin’ lives and breakin’ rules, being a pirate is hella cool!” Hand extended over his head, Dexter rapped those words out loud so that the entire ocean could hear him as though he’d been performing at a sold out arena. He smiled wide following the bar and he felt as though it had been one of his greatest in quite some time.

“Purururu..” A Den Den Mushi rang within his pants pocket. He looked at it with anger for just a short moment, then picked it up because it’s constant ringing began to irritate him.

“What?” He answered.

“You damned brat, what do you mean ‘What’?!” The voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi shouter, evident by the snail imitating her shouts. What a way to answer someone who’s basically your legal guardian and manager. I could have destroyed you long ago but I didn’t and what do I get as a reward? Never ending disrespect! I can’t wait for you to get back here, I’m gonna reach down your throat and rip you left lung out of your stomach!”

While he held the speaker up, Dexter virtually ignored all of the angry woman’s yelling. “Dear Shiguma, Lucina. You sound like a nagging wife. Shut up, you.”

“NAGGING WIFE? AS IF I’D EVER MARRY A PAIN IN THE ASS LIKE YOU!” The waters that Dexter sailed over began to move violently. It seemed as though Lucina had been su angry that her thunderous nagging had reached the sea floor and woken it from its slumber. The water gathered densely in the area around Dexter’s boat before compressing and shooting upwards behind him like a waterfall. Once the stream of water cleared, a upper portion of a snake-like revealed itself.

The beast roared, spitting droplets of water all over the swordsman. Without warning and almost instantly, the Sea King lifted its tail from the water in attempts to strike Dexter from above. Holding his hand to his side, fingers spread apart he uttered “ZONE”, just before swinging his body to the left to push his entire boat out of the Sea King’s range and dodge its strike. Placing his notebook into his pocket, he swiftly brought that same hand to his back and drew his trusty sword, Tenrairyū from its sheathe slowly. Dragging his eyeballs to the corner of his eye sockets he noticed a change in his blade. It’s usual silver metal blade had been dominantly black.

“CUT.” He mumbled, swinging his blade with little effort and dropping it back into its sheathe. A crescent of wind slashed at the Sea King beheading it like the beast was nothing more than a sheet of paper.

“Hey, Lucina.” He started, looking at his hand from front to back. “I just unsheathed Tenrairyū and her blade was black.”

“I don’t care! Where are you?”

“Oh, sorry. I’m headed to Noblan Island.”

“Noblan Island? Dexter, are you stupid?! There’s no reason for you to be going there! Especially not at the time of the year! Do you know how many World Nobles and Marines are on that island. It’s literally the Nobles’ personal resort island! You have to have a death wish to go there.”

Dexter smiled, “Good you just confirmed what I needed to know. There’s someone I’m looking for there. I’ll see you all in a few months. After this, I’ll be headed to Wano to meet with Gerhard. You three are not authorized to leave the base at any moment until I’ve returned. That goes for signing other artist as well.”

“Good god, Dexter. Understood boss.” She responded, ending the call between the two.