Convergence
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onepieceyaoi100Title: Convergence
Word count: 300
Pairing: Cricket/Wiper
Rating: G
Another scene I would love to see in the manga at some point. (Contains a couple of minor spoilers for the Skypiea arc.)
When Monbran Cricket arrived, the bell that had been his beacon had fallen silent. In its stead, whispers and exclamations of excitement and anxiety was what met him when his ship landed.
This had been his most fantastic voyage. His crossing into the Grand Line felt like a calm day on a pond in comparison. Still, the sight that met him on arrival was more fantastic still.
A sea of clouds, islands of white, huge green trees on the horizon - it was all he had ever imagined this land to be, and more. And the people! The first he saw were curious but timid, strangely garbed, and winged. Amazing as they were, he knew that they were not who he sought.
When the others arrived, strong and proud and ready to challenge any intruder, then he knew. He knew who he had been searching for all this time, knew it the instant their eyes met. It was a moment of startling recognition, the same kind he had felt when he landed on Jaya for the first time, only so much stronger.
Cricked grinned around his cigarette, so widely it hurt, when he saw that recognition mirrored in the other's shock-wide eyes.
"Monbran Cricket. Good to finally meet you." He offered his hand, and it was immediately accepted.
"I'm Wiper." The hand gripping his was strong and calloused - a warrior's hand. It almost surprised him that it pulled him into a tight embrace, but only almost. "We've been waiting a long time for you."
"I know." They stepped apart, looked at each other. There was so much to say, now, that he didn't know where to begin.
Wiper did, and his words made Cricket throw back his head and laugh with how right it all was. "Damn. I need a cigarette."
Word count: 300
Pairing: Cricket/Wiper
Rating: G
Another scene I would love to see in the manga at some point. (Contains a couple of minor spoilers for the Skypiea arc.)
When Monbran Cricket arrived, the bell that had been his beacon had fallen silent. In its stead, whispers and exclamations of excitement and anxiety was what met him when his ship landed.
This had been his most fantastic voyage. His crossing into the Grand Line felt like a calm day on a pond in comparison. Still, the sight that met him on arrival was more fantastic still.
A sea of clouds, islands of white, huge green trees on the horizon - it was all he had ever imagined this land to be, and more. And the people! The first he saw were curious but timid, strangely garbed, and winged. Amazing as they were, he knew that they were not who he sought.
When the others arrived, strong and proud and ready to challenge any intruder, then he knew. He knew who he had been searching for all this time, knew it the instant their eyes met. It was a moment of startling recognition, the same kind he had felt when he landed on Jaya for the first time, only so much stronger.
Cricked grinned around his cigarette, so widely it hurt, when he saw that recognition mirrored in the other's shock-wide eyes.
"Monbran Cricket. Good to finally meet you." He offered his hand, and it was immediately accepted.
"I'm Wiper." The hand gripping his was strong and calloused - a warrior's hand. It almost surprised him that it pulled him into a tight embrace, but only almost. "We've been waiting a long time for you."
"I know." They stepped apart, looked at each other. There was so much to say, now, that he didn't know where to begin.
Wiper did, and his words made Cricket throw back his head and laugh with how right it all was. "Damn. I need a cigarette."
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Date: 2004-12-02 02:31 am (UTC)PS. Itsy mistake - "Cricked grinned"
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Date: 2004-12-02 08:45 pm (UTC)Yes, this is what I so, so, SO want to see for the next mini story - enough of Gedatsu already! (Though it was fun to see Kohza and Vivi again.)
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Date: 2004-12-02 06:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-02 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-02 08:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-02 05:45 pm (UTC)And you drabble... I love it! It's so perfect, and cute, and... And it's true. Someone will need to draw them smoking together? ^__^
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Date: 2004-12-02 08:50 pm (UTC)