Hey! Artists Can Be Strong, Too! [One Piece - Trafalgar Law]

Episode 5 - Alabasta Kingdom

How to Eat Life - Eve

Hey! Artists Can Be Strong, Too! - Opening 1

Chapter warning: Suicidal ideation mentioned. You have been warned!

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The Merry Go sailed away from Drum Island as the crew stared up in awe. Yuria leaned over the railing watching the pink snow fall. Next to her was the adorable reindeer doctor, Tony Tony Chopper. 

"I'm leaving, Doctor...Doctorine..." Yuria held a hand out catching one of the particles in her palm and watched it melt as she listened to him speak. "My adventure...is finally starting." 

When the reindeer finished speaking, Yuria placed a comforting hand on his hat. She couldn't help but feel sentimental over the sight of the pink particles. They reminded her too much of Shinkin Island and the start of her own journey four years ago. 

"I never had this much fun before." Chopper said to Nami and Yuria who were seated on either side of him. They both grinned at his words giving one another a high five. 

Yuria found a comfortable place to sit on the quarterdeck as she looked up at the moon. The festivities had long finished with the crew passed out drunk or heading to bed. Usually she wouldn't have minded drinking until she couldn't see anymore, but she didn't want to forget the sight of the pink snowfall. Not while the memory was fresh in her mind. 

The sky was cloudless which allowed her to see the sea of stars alongside the bright full moon. She couldn't help but wonder if any of those stars were Sasha and Ciel. In the still night air she recalled the events of three years ago as she floated away watching the island she came to love burn. 

She let out the breath she was holding as she willed her eyes to hold back the tears that threatened to fall. It wouldn't do her any good to cry about it now. Tears now couldn't and wouldn't change what had already happened. Besides, she had already shed enough tears for a lifetime. 

When she floated away from the island, she had ended up drifting on the sea for over a month with only a flask of water, a small loaf of bread, and some mushroom jerky. She paddled herself away from her nightmares in the dark of the night with no direction other than to get away. Only to experience more than just her nightmares as the demons within herself came out to play.

She had clung on to life through sheer will. She had never loved the rain more than those days on the sea. Even when she almost capsized multiple times due to the waves, the rain brought a hope that she'll live another day. When she had run out of food, she would sit there with her eyes closed face turned up to the sky to catch droplets that would ease the ache in her stomach. 

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Of course, there were days she wished that a Sea King would just eat her. Days where there wasn't rain on the open waters and she no longer had the energy to use her shield to block the relentless rays that beat down on her. Days when the thoughts of just slipping into the deep blue seemed welcoming before she was brought to her senses by the blistering pain of her sunburnt skin or the rumble of thunder in the distance.