Extra 13: We are Pirates ~! (2)

Hancock's face flushed with embarrassment and fury as she watched Kurama continue to laugh in her face, but her expression quickly changed as she watched her two sisters hurl themselves at the white-haired man.

"How dare you!" - Sandersonia exclaimed as her body mutated into what appeared to be a human/snake hybrid.

"We will not allow you to mock Anee-san!" - Marigold roared fiercely as her body took on a form similar to her sister's.

"Snakes," muttered Kurama as he frowned, "Why are they always snakes?"

The albino quickly reached out his hands and parried the attack of the two sisters.

"Impossible!" - Sandersonia and Marigold exclaimed when they saw how their attacks had been stopped so easily.

"Retreat, right away!" - Hancock ordered, only to widen her eyes in surprise when she saw how the two huge women seemed to be ignoring her orders.

"Sorry, but now that they attacked me, I don't plan on letting them go so easily" - Kurama replied neutrally as he narrowed his eyes, only for the two women to fly off at high speed.

"Sandersonia, Marigold!" - Hancock exclaimed in terror as she saw how her sisters were easily defeated - "Who are you!"

"I have many titles, [Primordial], the [True Beast of the Apocalypse], the [10-tailed God], but you can call me Kurama, the [Jubi no Kitsune]" - Kurama replied as Hancock's eyes widened in terror as Kurama's shadow seemed to take on the appearance of a huge ten-tailed fox that was watching her neutrally.

She quickly took a few steps back as she felt something she hadn't felt in years, fear, a deep fear that came deep inside her.

Kurama gave the woman a blank stare before shaking his head and stopped releasing his aura, only to notice as the women around him, fell one after another - "I guess I overdid it a little."

"A little?!" - Nyon exclaimed, who had barely resisted the albino's power - "You almost caused a mass murder with just your Haoshoku Haki!"

"I'm not even going to ask what Haoshoku Haki is" - said Kurama as he decided to ignore everyone present and walk towards the sea.

"Wait! Why are you letting us go when you have the chance to do whatever you want with us!" - Hancock exclaimed as she regained her composure and watched the albino just walk away just like that.

"Why should I?" - Kurama asked as he frowned and gave the beautiful woman a neutral look.

"Isn't what all men wish to subjugate me, no, subjugate us?" - Hancock asked as she gave the albino a fearful look, after all, he had defeated her without even lifting a finger.

"Not all men are potential fucking rapists, there are all kinds in the world" - replied Kurama neutrally - "There are both good men, and bad men, after all, the world is not black and white, but a scale of grays"

Kurama paused for a few seconds and started to think about something, though he quickly shook his head - "I don't know what happened to you years ago, I don't care to know either, but I don't want you to hate a whole sex, just because of the mistake of some bastards who deserve all your hatred."

Hancock was silent as she saw the man retreat, only to let out a sigh and walk to her sisters and see their condition, only to sigh with relief when she saw how the man seemed to have measured his strength because their wounds were minimal.

"He is right, Hebihime, not all men are bad, just as not all women are good" - said Nyon as she walked to Hancock and gave him a motherly look - "Maybe this will serve you to expand your horizons and improve as Amazon Lily's empress, after all, you are a Shichibukai and as such you have to relate even if you hate it with men."

"I'll think about it" - Hancock replied as she looked again in the direction where the white-haired man had disappeared.

This hadn't been the best first impression between the two, but she had to admit that he was not only handsome, but also strong, fair, and kind, or at least that was what she thought seeing how he hadn't caused any harm when he was captured, or when he was fighting with her subordinates.

"What do you think, Hebihime?" - Nyon asked as she frowned seeing how Hancock seemed unwilling to take her eyes off the spot where the white-haired man had disappeared.

"Honestly, I don't know" - Hancock replied as she shook her head, then took her two sisters, only to open her eyes in surprise when she saw how something on them had disappeared, though this was not a bad thing, something that made her glad, after all, what had disappeared was a curse that had been plaguing them ever since she had escaped from that damned place - "How!"

Nyon peeked out to see what had surprised her empress, only to widen her eyes in surprise to see how the [Tenryubitos'] enslavement marks had disappeared - "Impossible! How! When!"

"That attack that sent them flying!" - Hancock exclaimed as she looked again in the direction where Kurama had disappeared - "He must have used some strange energy to regenerate my sisters' wounds, and in the process, he must have healed all damage to their bodies, including that damned mark!"

". . ." - Nyon was silent for a few seconds as she pondered Hancock's words, only to nod because it was the only possible answer - "I guess he didn't mean to hurt us."

Hancock bit her lip when she heard this as tears ran down her cheeks. She was happy to see that the past could no longer haunt her sisters, yet at the same time a deep terror invaded her being, after all, she was now alone.

Her body trembled unconsciously as she made a decision.

"Hebihime!" - Nyon exclaimed as she watched the beautiful empress run after the white-haired man, only to let out a sigh - "I don't know if this will be a good thing or a bad thing, but for now I'd better check how these two are holding up."

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Kurama shook his head as he walked towards the beach of the place, and admired the surroundings.

He had to admit that he felt right at home with all the greenery around.

Konoha was like that, just like Uzu, and he had to admit that unlike the Hidden Village in the Leaves, this place had the charm of Uzu being surrounded by the sea.

"Well, I'd better hurry up and investigate this world some more, after all, I don't know when the dimensional stream will stop covering this dimension" - Kurama muttered while narrowing his eyes.

The dimensional stream disrupted the barrier covering the different dimensions, which made dimensional travel impossible because of the strong natural pressure it produced. Even he, with all his power, could not resist the damage caused by the [Dimensional Stream], so he had no choice but to wait for it to pass.

Kurama was about to take another step but stopped when he heard something approaching at full speed in his direction.

He quickly put his guard up but remained silent when he sensed no hostility.

Slowly, his pursuer slowed down and walked in his direction, showing her beautiful silhouette to the albino.

"Hancock" - Kurama said while frowning as he noticed the change in the woman.

She wasn't her self-centered attitude, in fact, she seemed to be on the verge of breaking down with her emotions out of control.

"I need your help" - Hancock said as she bit her lip with mixed emotions inside.

She was furious with herself for lowering herself to ask a man for help, she was fearful that he wouldn't agree to help her after everything that had happened, she was excited to finally remove her past, as well as expectant at the thought of the albino's expression when he knows her secret.

Kurama was silent for a few seconds as he looked at the woman and sighed regretfully. He had to admit that he had a huge weakness for beautiful women who were crying, so he didn't refuse.

Hancock smiled at this as she slowly turned around and threw off the clothes covering her upper half.

"Don't you think you're moving too fast?" - Kurama asked as he raised an eyebrow, only to frown when he saw a strange mark on the woman's back - "What is that, and why is it causing you so much emotional pain?"

Hancock shivered as she heard the albino's words as she began to tell him about her past, about her childhood, about how she was captured, her life in [Mary Geoise], as well as the escape years ago.