One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 49 Then Shanks will have to make do.

"Sister You!"

"Sister Yu! The chocolate sauce is going to burn!"

In the kitchen, the aroma of chocolate mingled with the smell of burnt chocolate. Yu, standing in front of the pot, was completely oblivious.

"Sister Yu!!!"

"Oh, Pudding? What's wrong? Your cake base is done. Wait a minute, the chocolate sauce will be ready soon."

"Sister You, the chocolate sauce is burnt!"

"Aaaaaah???!!! I...I'll redo it..."

Pudding watched as Yu frantically tried to pour the chocolate sauce out of the pot with her bare hands, only to get burned by the pot. She shook her head helplessly.

"Sister You, why are you so distracted today? You said you can't make desserts well if you're like this."

"I'm sorry, little Pudding."

"Sister You, is something on your mind today?" Pudding tilted her head, looking curious.

"I guess so..." You thought for a moment and then shook your head, "No..." She shook her head and then nodded.

"Sister Yu, is it true or not? Did you not sleep well? Pudding used to look silly like this when she didn't sleep well."

"Maybe... No, little Pudding, are you trying to take advantage of me indirectly? You've gone bad."

"No, you're overthinking it, Sister You. You should go back to your room and rest. Leave this to me."

Patting her chest, Pudding quickly urged Yu to leave. Brûlée told her that Katakuri and Yu had made up, and that Katakuri had been staying in Yu's room until very late these past few days before returning to his own room. Sometimes, even when she was too tired to go back to sleep, she hadn't seen him come out of Yu's room.

Sister Brulee said they were discussing some serious matters in the room, which is why they hadn't left so late. Sister Yu must have been too tired these past few days and hadn't been sleeping well, that's why she's like this.

She also needed to tell Katakuri not to go looking for Yuu-neechan at night, as she needed to rest too. Pudding thought to herself, feeling quite pleased with herself for being such a clever little devil.

"Then it's up to you, little Pudding~"

The moment You stepped out of the kitchen, the smile on her face vanished.

For some reason, after killing Sai Langlang and Cellulu that day, she had a feeling that things weren't so simple. Her sixth sense told her that there was a bigger conspiracy behind it all.

But Sai Langlang is indeed a pirate, and there's no doubt about his identity and background. So the problem lies with Celluloid. But what could a little girl living in a small town possibly have to prove?

These past few nights, she's been frequently dreaming about things from her childhood, especially the time she was kidnapped. Could there be some connection between the two?

Among her kidnappers was a woman, but she was only heard by voice; her face had never been seen. The voice was too distant to be easily identifiable, and besides, voices can be faked.

After that incident, when Yu woke up, she was greeted by Sengoku. Shanks sent her back, though it was according to her wishes, but Yu was still angry that he hadn't even given her a proper goodbye!

Yu took out the small message in a bottle hanging around her neck and examined it closely in her palm. Inside the bottle was a Vivre Card—Shanks' Vivre Card.

With her eyes fixed on the life card slowly moving inside the bottle, You was so engrossed that she didn't even look where she was going. She bumped her head, rubbed her forehead, and continued forward, turning to the side.

Who knew, it still crashed, then veered to one side, and then forward again, "thump!" it crashed again.

"When did moving pillars appear on a ship? Tell Katakuri to go and remove it right now!" Looking up and seeing the "pillar," Yuu's face showed a hint of embarrassment. "Katakuri, it's you..."

"You're not walking properly, are you trying to tear me apart?"

"No, no, if we take it apart, there won't be Katakuri anymore, and I'll be sad." Yu's attitude did a complete 360-degree turn. "You really are something, can't you even give me a break!"

"You're too focused on the Vivre Card in the bottle." Katakuri raised a stubborn finger and pointed at the floating bottle. "Whose Vivre Card is this?"

"This...this is...from a friend!"

Why does Katakuri look at me like that, so accusing me? Why am I feeling so guilty under his gaze? Shanks and I are just friends, really good friends! Yeah, that's right, friends!

"Male and female?"

Why are you asking so many questions...?

"I'm not looking anymore," Yu quickly hung the bottle back around her neck and put it inside her clothes.

Katakuri watched her series of coordinated movements, and his anger—no, his jealousy—rose rapidly. Carrying her around like that, what kind of friend is she so concerned about?

"to be frank!"

Waaaaah, honestly, are you sure you won't eat me?! Waaaaah, Katakuri, you're the kind of person who gets jealous even of your own brother, and the kind of person who bites when you're jealous! If you find out Shanks is a guy, will I ever see the sun rise again?

"A woman, red-haired, also a pirate. She rescued me and brought me back when I got lost as a child. But she left in a hurry, afraid I'd be angry, so she left her Vivre Card behind." I'm so sorry, Shanks, but I really don't want to get bitten, sob sob.

Yu spoke the absolute truth without batting an eye, his eyes sincere and his attitude upright. Katakuri was very satisfied.

"Okay, I understand." Katakuri appeared satisfied with Yu's explanation, but in his heart, he was thinking about how to quietly discard the Vivre Card and replace it with his own. The only Vivre Card that Yu would carry close to his body was his own.

Yu, of course, had no idea what he was thinking, nor was she in the mood to think about it right now. Making sure the person in front of her was happy was her priority. If she had known, Yu... well, she'd need to think about it. After all, given her relationship with Shanks, she wouldn't allow Katakuri to casually discard his Vivre Card.

"I'm going back to sleep for a while. Wake me up when you're done eating."

"Ah."

Not long after we walked out, we heard the sound of someone being slammed into the ship's pillar, followed by a painful "Ah!"

"Don't look at it while you're walking!"

Yu was still clutching her forehead when she heard Katakuri's warning from afar. Startled, she quickly ran back to her room, then slowly picked up the message in a bottle and began to think.

She hadn't seen Shanks in a long time and wondered how he was doing. With his strength, and the strength of their entire pirate crew, they should be able to dominate a region.

Back then, Grandpa hesitated for a long time before handing over the Vivre Card Shanks gave her. Yu remembered the wary look on Grandpa's face at the time and couldn't help but laugh.

"Yu, Grandpa is returning this to you because he saved you and you two are close. But you must remember, you must never secretly go to him, and you must never become a pirate because of him. Understand?"

Sengoku was afraid that Yu would just brush him off and even make Yu swear an oath. He had been cursing Shanks in his heart for who knows how many times. That brat almost kidnapped his little princess. You stinky pirate, watch out or I'll have my goat bite you to death!

Yu was overjoyed to know that Shanks had left without a word. Sengoku witnessed Yu finding the hardest material to have the message in a bottle made and wearing it around his neck. He looked a lot like Katakuri today. It took Yu a long time to coax his grandfather away from his idea of ​​rushing to fight Shanks.

Thinking back, my grandfather from the Warring States period was really adorable.

Yuuka had no idea that the problems Sengoku faced back then would be the same problems Garp would face in the future, and even more so.

As for the reason, it's because Luffy was genuinely influenced by Shanks.

Yu would clap and cheer, praising Shanks highly. There aren't many people who can make Grandpa Garp so angry, and he's definitely on the list.

(Here I am, I feel like I've buried a lot of holes in my life, I'll fill them in slowly. Hahaha)

(I don't know if you guys noticed, but I added a title! Although it doesn't really make much difference, just scroll down anyway, hehe.)