Chapter 141 - Chapter 143 (1/2)

Amell and Robin stood embracing each other for what felt like a long time but was probably closer to a couple of seconds. But nonetheless, Robin especially enjoyed every second of it. And for the first few seconds of their hug, she refused to let go of him. It took a few more seconds, but Robin got her strength back again and she backed off from his embrace but remained standing in front of him not worrying about Crocodile finding out she was gone.

”How was your trip?” She asked calmly now that her emotions had somewhat stabilised themselves. She knew where he had been and somewhat what kind of being he is, so that was the main reason she hadn't scoured the planet trying to find him, she knew it would be futile to do so.

”It was good, our family got a lot bigger now. I have two more sons, Naruto and Gildarts, and I took in a disciple named Toph as well. All and all, it was a fruitful journey.” Amell said and gave a big and bright smile as he thought about Naruto, Toph and Gildarts. And of course he liked Sasuke as well but he wasn't as important to him as Naruto was.

”Maybe I can meet them someday. But I'm glad that you are safe, Grandpa!” She could now finally after so many years lay all that worry about his safety to rest. When the most important person in your life leaves for a journey, you will worry every waking second of every day. If Robin hadn't had Saul to play with, train with, and to cheer her up she didn't know if she would've been able to handle Amell's departure.

”I am perfectly safe, Robin. You should know by now that no one can stand up to your grandpa. People can only dream to defeat me in battle!” An intentionally exaggerated tone escaped his lips, and it made Robin laugh and roll her eyes at him.

”Of course I know, I still have nightmares about Byakuya's twelve-hour lectures about what it is to be powerful. Your name came up a lot in those lectures.” Robin got a slight shiver thinking back to those days.

”Haha, that certainly sounds terrible.” Amell gave out a loud and genuine laugh. ”Now, should we go back before my subordinate kills your boss?” He said and grabbed a hold of Robin's shoulder, to which she simply nodded and with that they disappeared from that roof.

Inside Crocodile's office, things didn't look so neat and tidy as they did before. All the luxury that the room previously held was entirely gone now. Holes everywhere and blood splatter a little all over the place, and at each end of the room stood the combatants in this battle. ”For a sandbag, you have an annoyingly high endurance.” Minerva stood and grinned, and with all the blood on her face that belonged to them both, she looked more demonic than human at the moment.

”Then just let me rip that head off of your shoulders so we can end this, I have a country to run.” Crocodile said, and he looked slightly worse then she did. He had bruises and blood all over him, and he had finger-sized holes in his body from Minerva using her fingers to pierce his body like small haki infused blades.

”The captain wouldn't like that very much, so how about you do us all a favour and die!” Minerva leapt forward and put cracks in the ground where she had stood. She clashed with Crocodile's hand which was coated in haki just like hers, and he made a swipe with his hook trying to land the finishing blow but Minerva back off a centimetre or two and kicked his hook hand away. She followed her kick by spinning around and kicking him with her left heel, but he blocked it with a kick of his own, and he quickly jumped up and deliver another kick towards her which she blocked with her right arm but was thrown backwards by the force exuded by Crocodile's kick.

”You're not half bad, truly worthy as one of the most powerful pirates in the world.” Amell's voice sounded out as he had appeared behind Minerva. And Robin stood leaning against the wall off to the side.

”Where the hell have you been?” Crocodile glared at his partner, the devil's child, Nico Robin. He had intense killing intent spreading from his body which was quite suffocating to Robin since she wasn't nearly as strong as he was.

”She was negotiating with me, to save both of your lives. I was gonna kill you, her and everyone else around you. And I was gonna destroy your organization and all that it has built. But she accepted my offer for the both of you.” He said and spread out his incredibly domineering aura which made the Warlord take a step back.