Boa Hancock was feeling extremely sick as she felt the shooting pains in her heart, which had come to plague her overnight. Ever since the fight between her younger sisters and the Pirate Captain Monkey D. Luffy, where her sister had been trying to kill him and his protection the secret of the shame she shared with her younger siblings. Once the amazons of Kuja had left, she had arranged to give him an ultimatium which would show what she expected was his true male colours. Given a choice between saving the Kuja warrior who had tried to save him and his desire for transport off of the island, she expected the typical male option of selish desire.
Instantly he debased himself before her with much joyful bowing at her being willing to turn the warriors back to flesh from the stone she had made them. The true colours of this Luffy seem to show off a pure soul, which might explain why he had been not effected by her Mero Mero Devil Fruit which petrified any one with a lustful and selfish heart. She then took him into her palace and explain the mark he had seen, the shame of the "Hoof of the Soaring Dragon", a mark which meant she had been a slave and was less then human.
He offered to try and heal the mark off her... with his rings. Which brought up the strange case of the blue and green rings with the symbols resembling lanterns. He explain the power of the rings, able to control the various natural forces by power of the Green Light of Will and the Blue Light of Hope. He mentioned he was going to leave this island by flying, but the blue ring had told him to stay. Luffy commented the ring had shown him "real" future events, so he stayed and did what it told him.
The healing put her back, and then Elder Nyon had mentioned Monkey D. Luffy's attack on the Tenryubito which was backed up by Luffy's own comments on the events. She put it off to the next day... which was now and...
'I am sicker then before with the pains in my heart. Luffy is entering the building looking for my help. I must be strong before him, I must be strong.' Thought Hancock as she stood before him.
"Well, I need a favour. But are you sure you're okay, with your sickness and all?" asked Luffy as he moved before her.
"As though I would allow a mere disease to over come me!! " she commanded as she met with the other pirate captain, lying through her perfect teeth.
"The pirate from Whitebeard's crew who's going to be executed, he's called Ace and is actually my brother!! I really want to save him!! But a pirate ship won't make it in time and my ring says a surprise attack might be better then just going in light blaring... Please!! Would you board the Marine ship that's here to pick you up and take me to the Gaol where Ace is being held captive?!!! " asked the straw hatted young man, as it reminded her again of the trust he had for what he claimed were thinking rings.
Her sisters, watching at the windows began to shout like one, "What ridiculous nonsense is this?!!! Straw hat Luffy... Even after hearing about the hardships our sister has been through you ask her to return to that accursed "Holy" land?! You are truely terrible!!! "
"Show a man a little sympathy and he will try to squeeze anything and everything he can out of it...!" shouted her middle sister Sandersonia.
"There is a limit to how much our sister will put up with, you know!! She'll turn you to stone and drop you from the edge of the castle!! " said her sister Marigold, the youngest in the family.
Both cried out, "Do it, sister!!!! "
"You want me to respond to the call for the Shichibukai? If that is your request... Then I... Shall go wherever you may." she asked the straw hat man her junior feeling the heat on her cheeks as they reddened.
"All right!!! Thank you!!! Now I can..." he stopped as his pants started to jerk and twist as if something was trying to get out of it. Luffy shoved his hand down into his green, blue, white and black costume. He pulled out what looked like a little violet light before looking down to it and asking, "What do you want? I promised to find you a new.... wait... okay, if you want to do this... it's for you."
Luffy released the item, which was a violet ring with a star design on it. It floated before her and she could hear a voice in her mind which she seemed to come from the ring, "Boa Hancock of the Kuja Tribe of Earth. You have a great loss in your heart."
She stood shocked for a few mintutes before asking the ring, "What are you do you want?"
"I am waiting for your acceptance. Acceptance into the Star Sapphire corps, the protectors of the Violet Light of Love. You have a great loss which can be filled with love, but it must be willingly accepted or else it is corrupted with irrational and unexpected behviour . Blinding the one wielding it with it's brillance." said the ring to her, yet she wonder if others heard it as well.
"Why should I join your 'corp' when I am an Emperess among my people? What could you give me that my own people or anyone else might give me because I am so beautiful? "
"I can fill the hole in your heart and in the heart of your sisters with love. I can give your tribal sisters the means to protect this island from the world government with anything which can be imagined and powered by love. I can... help you win the love of Monkey D. Luffy. It will be hard as Luffy's heart is not know to respond to romantic love, only a strong love of friendship and adventure, but it is not impossible for one determined as you for love." spoke the ring as it made a deal for her, one which became harder and harder resist.
"I agree if you keep your promises." she said as the ring slipped itself on her finger and covered her with crystal. For minutes she was bathed in love and gained the understanding of the rings history and power. Then she bursted out as she took a new form with new powers.
She wore what looked like a crown on her head with a diamond like shape in the middle with a band joining it so it moved down and circled her eyes. In the middle of the diamond was a star with six points. Her arms were completely covered with the sleeves moved down her body with her front being mostly uncovered. It did rise up from beneath her breasts to cover them and her mound was violet fabric with a pink star and small cut out portions around it. She wore long thigh height boots with high heels with sharp tips. Around her neck was a white triange shaped collar with two points above her shoulders and one forming at her collarbone.
The ring was on her right ring finger and glowing with power. She understood the massive power and knowledge locked into the ring and how to use it. She was linked to what was another sisterhood in many ways and felt their love, felt their acceptance. She understood how to protect her people as long as she could with what this ring could provide, as a plan formed in her mind.
In her imagination, she saw the ring as a gift from Luffy. A gift from the man she realized she loved, even if he didn't love her back. She thought, 'He may not love me, but this does not mean I don't love him. I want him to be happy... yet I will never give up the hope for the return of my love, to give up the fight before it has ended. For the day may come when this will be the engagement or even the wedding band between the two of us.'
She blushed at the thought before she noticed her sisters now looming over her beloved as she expected they had been worried about her health. She spoke to their worry, "Sisters, he has not harmed me. The ring has given me even greater strength then I had before. I must talk to the two of you in private about it. Prepare yourself, Luffy-san, as we will be leaving as soon as possible for the Marine ship and the Gaol. But now I must speak to the Elder Nyon alone about my own preparations for the journey. Leave." she said with a commanding voice she hid the desire she had for Luffy, tried to gain her own emotionless and cruel state she did to protect anything she might care for. She had long ago learnt that anything she might care for save her sister would be used against her during her time as a slave.
'I have much to do and little time to do it in.' she began to organize her thoughts and what she needed to do.
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