Fear

In Foosha village, PARTYS BAR.

It has been 2 hours since Ryan has left but Makino was still thinking about that man, well partially because there are no customers and partially because he is the most handsome person he has seen till now.

A/N: What did you expect I mean she thinks Ace as her younger brother or son while she saw Sabo when he was still a child and have you seen people of Goa Kingdom, if not then check it in comment.

She was still in her own world when bar's door opened, she came out of her trance and saw the man she was thinking about just now, entering.

She couldn't help but think that he may have not been able to catch any pirate and came back for a rest, since he came back so soon.

Ryan entered the bar and found the beauty still standing behind the counter so he took a seat across the counter again.

" Give me your best drink miss makino. "

' Looks like he is sad that he couldn't catch any pirate and want to get drunk to forget about it. ' she thought.

Makino took out a bottle and put it in front of him. Ryan looked at it opened the bottle, he really wanted to know how the alcohol of this world taste like.

Opening the bottle he poured it in a glass and took a light sip first. *slurp* The strong and fiery alcohol of one piece world energized his taste buds as it went inside his throat.

He couldn't help but take a big gulp after the small sip, truly enjoying the alcohol.

Ryan looked at Makino and spoke " It's really good miss Makino, how many bottles do you have of these. "

Makino smiled and replied " I have 6 more they are the final stock of this month. "

" How much for all of them. "

" 3000 beli per Bottle. "

Ryan nodded and took out one stack of bellies he had and gave three notes to Makino, since one note was worth 10000 bellies.

Makino was stunned looking at so much bellies.

Looking at Makino's expression, Ryan chuckled and told her " I hunted 5 pirates worth 6.5 million bellies in total, you can say I am rich atleast on this island.

Makino's eyes widen but soon calmed down and smiled " I didn't know you were so strong Sir Ryan. "

Ryan knew she was just encouraging him, since catching pirates worth 1 million bellies wasn't that much of a big deal, it's just capturing them in short amount could be called amazing.

"They were just sticking around together near the port, so it wasn't that much difficult. Give me two more bottles now and keep the rest reserved for me, i will take them with me later."

Makino nodded and took out two more bottles and put them on the table.

' Now let's go with 'drunk' strategy, hehehe. ' Ryan started drinking one glass after another silently, soon he emptied 3 bottles.

A light flush appeared on his face, as he looked towards Makino and smiled.

Makino who was watching him silently til now saw his flushed face and thought that he is drunk.

Ryan chuckled a little and spoke " Miss Makino you look really beautiful, are you still single. "

A/N: Drunk people do act like this um..' blunt '.

Makino blushed a little because of his compliment " I am still single sir Ryan and I think you are drunk. "

" No no I am not drunk give me one more bottle. "

" ok ok you are not drunk but drinking too much can be harmful. " She knew how to handle drunk people after all she is the owner of a bar.

" Are you worried about my health miss Makino, I am touched hehe. "

Makino again blushed " Ye...Yes I am worried about your health, so don't drink more. "

" Ok if miss Makino say so hehe, Miss Makino do you like going out in sea? "

Makino had reminiscing expression on her face as she spoke " when I was young, I did wanted to go but I heard that sea is very dangerous and I am very weak, so I decided to stay here but I like my life here too. "

Ryan didn't know about this as one piece never mentioned this but nevertheless this is a good surprise.

" If you get a chance to go out now then what will you do? "

" It is still the same, I am still weak. " Makino sighed with a little sadness.

" You should know there is something called devil fruit, if you have oneof them then you could be strong too. "

Makino eyes shone for a second before dimming again " They are very rare, I have only seen one in my life. "

" They are rare but mostly in East blue, after Grandline you can see many devil fruit users. "

" Even I have one. " Ryan generated a little electricity on his palm and showed it to Makino.

Makino was stunned looking at electricity dancing on his palm before she could say something else, she heard him speaking again.

" How about going out with me, I am very strong and I can help you til you get strong too. " Ryan said with a smile.

He knew if he spoke only about his powers and protecting her then she might not even consider it, after all she should have seen many strong people, well strong from her perspective, so he was sure that she didn't want something like protection but strength, a strength she could call her own and use to protect herself.

It would be a lie if Makino said she wasn't interested but she still could not make her decision.

Ryan knew what she was thinking, so he wanted to give a final thing. He stood up from his seat and moved more closer to Makino and spoke with the most charming smile he could make " I would really love having you accompany me. "

" I will wait for your decision Miss Makino. " He came out after saying this.

After coming out Ryan flew away again in his search for money while thinking ' I have done my best, now let's see what she decides. '

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Makino was still standing inside the bar thinking about the Ryan's words but she still couldn't make her decision after all sea was dangerous and this was the first time she met Ryan, she wasn't a young girl who would just nod happily and would go with any stranger.

Memories of her childhood appeared in her head.

A little Makino was looking towards the sea, the vast and magnificent sea, which streched beyond horizon with shinning eyes and a big smile on her face.

" Just 5 more years then I can also go out and have my own adventure in sea hihihi. "

A man in his 30s came from behind her and patted her head.

" Still thinking about going out in sea Maki, don't worry when you are old enough you can have your own adventure too. " The man said with a gentle smile and loving eyes.

Makino smiled happily " yes, papa hihihi "

Weeks passed and after one month, A Pirate ship arrived at their village. Before anyone could react, pirates came out of it and started looting all houses.

Makino's father hastily took Makino inside their home and locked the door. He looked towards Makino and said " Go and hide inside the inner room, Makino and don't come out okay. "

Makino had a scared expression, she could hear her fellow villagers screaming and shouting for help and those pirates laughing maniacally.

She nodded and ran deeper inside the house and hid below her bed and covered her ears with tears coming out of her eyes due to fear.

Makino's father took a broom from the corner of the room and held it tightly and stood in front of the door.

BAM!

A loud sound of someone kicking the door came from outside.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

After three more consecutive kicks, the door finally broke and a hideous pirate came inside. He had only one eye with a big scar on his face looking at the man in front of him holding a broom an evil grin appeared on his face.

Pirate swung the sword in his hand towards Makino's father. Makino's father saw the sword and tried defending it with his broom but It couldn't hold against the sharp sword and broke into two pieces.

After cutting the broom, sword continued onward and a big gash appeared on Makino's father right chest. He winched in pain and fell down holding his chest.

" Kahahaha tell me where is the money and I will let you live. " Pirate laughed maniacally looking at Makino's father.

" I am just a fishmonger, I don't have any money saved. " Makino's father said with difficulty.

Pirate's smiling face disappeared and angry expression took its place " Do you think I am a fool, if you didn't had any money then you wouldn't be trying to guard your house like this. "

This pirate had looted many villages and already knew how different people reacted that's why he was smiling when he saw Makino's father standing on the door trying to guard it since he knew only people with money in thier house act like this.

Pirate gave a hard kick on the man's head and his head struck the wall. Blood started coming out from his head. Makino's father started to see darkness as he fell down.

From the corner of his eyes he saw the pirate thrashing the room, and soon found a wooden box hidden inside the wardrobe.

He quickly opened it and saw many bellies notes and a gold pendent.

looking at this, some strength appeared in Makino's father again as he stood and ran towards the pirate.

" Ahhhhhh " he shouted and crashed with the pirate and both of them fell down.

" Bastard!! I was going to let you live but you can forget about it now. "

Pirate took his sword and stabbed Makino's father in the chest, before he could fell down he took the golden pendent and clutched it as tightly as he could inside his palm trying to hide it.

Soon his vision turned completely dark and he fell down. Pirate got up and kicked the dead body of Makino's father angrily then he picked up the box containing money and left the house.

Soon all the pirates left after looting the village. Villagers were still crying, some because of losing their wealth and some because of losing their family members or friends.

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Makino was still hiding below the bed, after a while she uncovered her ears and only heard crying voices, not hearing those creepy laughs anymore. She carefully and slowly came out and came to the room where her father's body was laying.

Makino looked around and saw the bloodied body of her father.

She froze up for a minute then hastily approached her father and shook him while crying.

" P-pa-papa papa wake up, PAPA!!!! " she screamed, tears started flowing out of her eyes as she kept shaking her father's hands and face.

Gold pendent fell from his hand because of continuous shaking. Makino looked at it and picked it up.

She opened the pendant and saw a picture inside. A black haired man was holding a green haired woman at his side. Both were smiling happily and the woman had a little child with some green hairs sleeping peacefully on her lap.

Makino held the pendant tightly and starting crying again laying on her father's chest.

After this incident she got to know about pirates and fear of the seas and without any parental sport and help, she started thinking herself as weak and didn't go out for the adventure she was yearning for so long.

Although as time went on her fear decreased greatly but she still wasn't able to take that final step to break away from this fear completely.

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A tear drop fell from Makino's eyes as she stopped remembering the past, she wiped it away and stood behind the counter again with that same happy smile she always shows to others.