String of Fate (One Piece)

Chapter 28: Sabo?!

Rizu POV 

As the boys and I walk towards their treehouse, I wave goodbye at them as I head back to Dadan's place.  After a couple or more weeks. I head through the last trees and enter the house.  Dadan comes out to greet me.  "Where have you been?!"  she asks me sounding a little worried.  I smiled at her and made my way inside and sat down, where she followed. 

"I've been with the boys and we did our own training and building stuff as well.  They're doing good."  I say and she nods her head.  "That's good to hear-."  she stops talking and coughs.  I chuckle and smile at her while looking around the house seeing that it was kind of empty.  "Where did the others go?"  I ask and Dadan sighs out.  "I had sent the guys out to go get food from the forest.  While I had the others go to town and buy some things."  Dadan said and I nodded.  

In the corner of the room laid about newspapers and I raised my eyebrow at it.  "Dadan, could I read those?"  I ask pointing to the newspapers in the corner.  She nodded her head.  "Yeah, we normally use them as fire starters or the others like to read it."  she told me. 

I got up and walked to grab the stack as I sat back down by Dadan and started to read it.  I would nod my head here and there as I skimmed and read the paper and Dadan had pointed a paper that I had missed.  "Rizu you missed the most recent paper."  Dadan said handing me it and I nod as I thank her. 

I flip the page and my eyes widen seeing a large picture and the heading of "Celestial Noble going to Goa Kingdom."  I look up at Dadan.  

"Dadan you said that we live in Goa Kingdom right?"  I ask and she nods her head while looking at me confused.  "Why?"  she asks and I point to the paper.  Her eyes widened and tapped her cheek.  "Yeah, I'm not sure why they made such a big deal about this person though?  I don't even know who they are." Dadan said. 

I placed the paper down and looked at her.  "Dadan, this person is a noble.  A high ranking noble who is under the world government."  I tell her and she scratches her ear.  "So?  Isn't he just a regular noble with a bubble."  she said. 

I shook my head as I flipped the next pages.  "No he isn't.  He has the backup of the marines and the world government.  Plus, the normal people like us can't do much against them."  I say as I recall what I have been told about them.  

"It's best not to go into the city."  I say and look at her.  She nods her head.  "It's not like I go into the city anyway."  she says and I hear rain and wind start blowing.   "Yes, when did you get this paper?"  I ask and flip through the last couple of pages.  

"We got a week or two ago."  she told me and I flipped back at the page with the man.  "I see."  I say as I think of Luffy and the others making stops to the city as they already have a reputation.  "Luffy."  I say out and look at Dadan.  "I need to go back to meet Luffy and the others."  I say and get up as I put the newspaper back down. 

  I open the door seeing that the storm has now passed and the light shined down through the previous clouds.  "Dadan I'll be back."  I say as I run back up to pick up my Spear which I left on the ground and put it in my pocket.  

I then rush out of the house and into the forest as Dadan watches me with wide eyes.  "Oi!"  She calls out to me as she sees whats going on. 

I continue to rush in the forest as quickly as I can to make it to their hideout.  I look seeing planks of wood blown away and looking damaged.  I climb up and call out.  "Luffy!  Ace!  Sabo!"  I call out and look around their house seeing that they were gone.  "Did they go to the training grounds?"  I said to myself as I made sure that they were not up at the birds nest.