《One Piece Buff System》 1 01: Start Edited Pirates. When you hear this word, you probably think about the sea, beaches and islands... But, me? I think about one of the best anime worlds created! The world of One Piece! It''s an expansive world developed through more than 900 episode, after all. Let''s begin by the start, shall we? My name is Haruki Haruno, a good name right? Well, now that I introduced myself, I will talk about what I love to do! I like to read manga and watch anime... Yes, You could say I''m an otaku and you would be right to assume so. My dream was to go in one of those created worlds and live there... But perhaps you would want to ask me... Why use the past to talk about this dream? Because... When I woke up this morning, I found myself on a fucking island!!! Ok, you''re probably wondering, "why aren''t you panicking Haruno? A normal human nowadays surely doesn''t wish for a surprise kidnapping to an island ?". Well, dear voice in my head, I was. But then i thought that everything was just a dream. A very realistic one. So i lied down on the sand and fell asleep again, letting the soothing waves calm my nerves. But you know what happened next? I woke up and bam! Still on the island!!! Do you know how scared i was? No? Then i will tell you. I, almost... Almost, very very almost, died!! Well, allow me explain it now! I will tell you my story! Okay... Where should i start? For the beginning, i imagine... Well, i was on an island, right? Looking at the horizon, i could see the beautiful white clouds and the clear blue sky. The sun was shining, reflected in the blue water, this beautiful and peaceful sea until the realisation hit me... Wait... Where am i? Remember Haruno, you were sleepy because you were watching anime until three in the morning again and... When did my room turn into a fucking island??? Uh... Where am i? What should i do? Is this real? So many questions and absolutely no answers! While i was looking at the sky, I felt that this place was very familiar to me... Wait... Is this the One Piece world? ... Obviously, I, an otaku that loves a lot of anime would recognize this peculiar world! I''m so excited! What should i be? a Pirate? a Marine? perhaps a Pirate Hunter? Wait, first, i need to know where i am... That''s essential! You need to know where you are to know where you want to go. Unless you are cursed like Zoro because if you are him, it doesn''t matter if you know where you are. You will always be lost. Wait... In those transmigration or reincarnation novels, the Mc typically has a system to help him. Maybe... Me too? "Status!" Nothing. "Menu!" Nothing again. "System...?" And... Nothing, was what you probably thought, ha! Something really happened! In his mind, a screen suddenly appeared displaying his information and a message waiting for him: [Name: Haruki Haruno]|[Occupation: None]|[Age: 6] [Lvl 1] [BE: 50/50] [ME: 60/60] [SE: 70/70] [BP: 5] [MP: 10] [SP: 15] [Body Skills:] [Mind Skills:] [Soul Skills:] [Haki:] [Akuma No Mi:] [Permanent Buff:] [BE: Body Energy, is the energy of life. When it reaches 0, you can''t move your body until it regenerates at least 1 point.] [ME: Mind Energy, is the energy of will and thoughts. When it reaches 0, you will have a severe headache.] [SE: Soul Energy, is the energy of the soul, the stronger the soul, the bigger the energy that you can use. When it reaches 0, you will faint.] [BP: Body Power, representing the strength of your body. The higher the body power, the bigger the body energy and stronger the body becomes.] [MP: Mind Power, representing the strength of your mind. The higher the mind power, the bigger the mind energy and stronger the mind becomes.] [SP: Soul Power, representing the strength of your soul. The higher the soul power; the bigger the soul energy and stronger the soul becomes.] ... Eh? Wait... Really!?!?!? I can''t believe it! I have a system! Okay, calm down me. Calm down... Ok, let''s see... "System Screen." [Hello User! I''m your system and I will explain some things about myself to you. First, let me explain one thing, I can''t give you skills. I give buffs and debuffs, thus the name! How so? Well, every permanent buff has a debuff for a balance purpose.] [SC: 0] [Buff Inventory:] [Debuff Inventory:] [Free Temporary Random Buffs: 1] [Free Permanent Random Buffs: 1] [Free Temporary Random Debuff: 1] [Buff Store: Wow... Let me slap myself to see if I''m dreaming. *pa* Ouch! It hurts! So... I''m not dreaming... Wait... Why are my hands so small? Why is my whole body so small? Why is that tree is so big?? Huh? Am I a kid again??? Did my stats mention my age??? I need a mirror! Wait, even simpler, I need a river or a lake! Looking around myself, I can only spot the sea in front of me and a forest behind... The forest is dangerous... Right? Okay, let''s do what I can do for now, and what can I do now? Use my [Free Permanent Random Buff], of course! My luck was very good when I was a kid, now that I''m a kid again, maybe it came back? Maybe... Right? After using the [Free Permanent Random Buff], another screen appeared and my new permanent was there... Wait... What? 2 02: Strong Mind Permanent Buff Edited Strong mind? Let me try something... Got it! Here we go! [Strong Mind Permanent Buff (Purple Category): Your MP increases +40% for every level up. Debuff: -20% of BP for every level up.] Level up? Oh! That''s right! I am level one right now, but... How do i level up? It said to accomplish the quests that the system will give me?Perhaps killing monsters would work... Maybe not... Let''s see the other functions of the system... Ah! I forgot about the [Free Temporary Random Buff]! Okay time to test my luck again: Oh... Better store it for now. My Strong Mind''s debuff won''t let me train efficiently, maybe i should specialize into something else... Like gunshot or even haki... I guess my MP will increase +40% every level, so i think i could do something like that! Wait... I forgot about to check where i am now! Should i go into the forest? But there could be monsters roaming inside... Now that I think about it, I''m in the world of One Piece now! There are monsters everywhere, regardless of where I''ll go! (Now 3¡ã View Point~) Haruno gets up and looks around himself one last time, hoping that someone was near him and he could ask where he was, but unfortunately no one answered his empty hope. With a sigh, he looks at the forest and starts to walk toward it determined, he just walks in a straight line ahead. Sometimes he could hear a roar or two in the background, but he tried to ignore it and walk faster. After a few hours of walking, he found a house, this cabin was made of tree logs and other materials that Haruno didn''t know, truly a fantastic world. He analyzed the house for some time before entering, the house was an abandoned one. Well, a house in a forest with no one around... Perhaps something happened to the owners or something happened with the house itself... Haruno searched for edible food in the house but he didn''t find anything that he could eat. With a sad sigh, he left the abandoned house and walked in a straight line ahead again, the sun still shines high in the sky! So it''s okay, time is still on his side. While walking in the forest, Haruno feels suddenly tired, he stops to take a breather while looking around himself. He suddenly started to think about his newfound status. What could he do? He asked himself, then he decided to try something! He tried to use the SE (Soul Energy) and the ME (Mind Energy)... Obviously, he couldn''t use his SE. But... After focusing, he could see in his status that he was using his ME for something that he didn''t know. He tried to focus on using his own eyes using his ME to see if something would happen... But nothing occured. He quickly had to stop because of the severe headache he was starting to feel, but he continued to walk nonetheless. After walking for a few more hours, he found civilization! Look! A villa! Houses! Maybe he could ask for some food? Or should he ask for some job or something like that? While thinking, he passed an old man lying on the ground, a drunkard. He looked around himself to search for other people and finally found a beautiful woman with black hair cleaning the entrance of a bar, the bar had a plaque with its name on it. You could read on it : [Partys Bar]. Haruno''s brain suddenly worked at an extremely high speed, he thought about the beach, the forest, the abandoned house and then this village. He reached a conclusion: ''I''m so lucky! Jesus Christ. I was in the Midway Forest?'' Makino suddenly felt that someone was staring at her and looked in Haruno''s direction. When she saw a boy of around five or six years old, she smiled and approached him. With the most gentle smile one could find, she asked: "Little one... Are you lost?" Haruno woke up from his stupor and looking at Makino as he answered: "Ah... Y-yes..." ''Now that i think about it, my voice is so thin and cute!'' Makino was stunned for a few seconds because of Haruno''s voice, but she smiled and slowly asked: "So... Where is your mother? Did you get lost?" Haruno said sincerely: "I don''t have one." well, that was true. Haru didn''t have a mother in his last world, he just had a father and a fucking bitch that was like a parasite inside his family! Sucking the money frivolously until the end. And when they didn''t possess extravagant amounts of money anymore, she left with a happy smile and a free conscience! Makino, with a sad expression, looked at Haruno and asked with a soft voice: "I see... Are you hungry?" Haruno was indeed hungry, he almost ate some random fruits he found in the forest too, so he slowly nodded. Makino smiled and said: "Come with me." If Haruno didn''t know that Makino was a good woman, he wouldn''t follow her. PSA time kids, remember to never follow someone that you don''t know! *cough* Anyway. Makino opened the bar''s door and invited the small Haruno inside, Haruno had seen this bar in the anime, but looking at it from his small perspective... This is completely different! Makino relaxed as she saw the sparkles in Haruno''s eyes, such childlike wonder. With a happy smile, she headed toward the kitchen to make something for the cute kid to eat. After looking around the bar, Haruno sat happily in a chair and waited for Makino to come back. Makino appeared after some minutes with food for the cute kid, Haruno''s stomach made a huge noise as he smelled what she brought, making Makino chuckle. Haruni ate happily and smiled, he bowed and said: "Thank you for the food! It was delicious." Makino was a little surprised at the manners of the six-year-old boy, but she responded happily: "You''re welcome!" Haruno looked at the sky, it was almost night. He was in a kid''s body now, so he needed to sleep a lot more! Makino too looked outside and with a smile, she asked: "How about you sleep here?" Haruno almost cried out: ''Makino! My Goddess! I will pray to you every day of my life!'' but outwardly, with a simple and cute smile, he nodded. Makino showed to him a tiny room with a simple bed, she smiled embarrassed and said: "It''s a simple room... Sorry." Haruno shook his head with a ''huun'' sound and said: "It''s sufficient! Thank you! Ma-... Ma." with a red face Haruno thought: ''Shit! I almost called her name! It''s so embarrassing calling her mama!!! Aaah! Someone kill me!'' Makino became stunned, she smiled happily and said: "Good Night." After she left the room, Haruno almost screamed against his bed covers. Tiredness catching up to him, after lying in bed for a few minutes, he fell into a deep and sound sleep. [Edited by Aaronji] 3 03: Quest Edited Haruno woke up the next morning with a happy expression. Today, he plans to ask Makino if she needs help with basic tasks a kid like him could do in the bar. Getting up from his bed, Haruno looks at himself in the tiny mirror that was hanged in the room and with a satisfied smile, gets downstairs. Makino smiles when she sees him come out and greets him: "Good Morning." Haruno then smiles and politely said: "Good Morning, i didn''t present myself when we first met, my sincere apologies. My name is Haruno, what is yours, beautiful lady?" Makino was stunned and with a sad expression, she responded: "Oh, my name is Makino." Haruno smiles and asks again: "Is there something that i can do for you? I want to help you and repay your kindness." Makino was about to reject him, but she smiled and said: "Okay, if you wish to assist me, you can help me serve the guests in my bar!" Haruno smiled and nodded. Today the bar didn''t have too many guests, just two or three. Haruno was a little bored but then, the bar''s door was opened and a man with a straw hat entered the bar. Haruno almost died! ''It''s him! Akagami no Shanks!'' with a happy smile, Haruno looked at Shanks and waited. Behind him, his crew followed as well, Yasopp, Lucky Roo, Benn Beckman and the others too. Makino looks at them and smiles while saying: "Welcome... Oh, Shanks! It''s been such a long time since i last saw you!" Shanks looked at Makino, noticing the kid behind the counter and with a playful smile, he said: "Makino! I didn''t know you had a son!". Everyone on the bar looked at where Haruno was, then Yasopp laughed loudly, pointing at Haruno: "Look! Red hair too! Are you sure he isn''t your son instead, Shanks?" everyone started to laugh at the comparison, which made Haruno a little mad, but he didn''t care about it. Then Haruno looked at Shanks with an impish smile and, with a playful tone simply asked: "Dad?" Even Makino couldn''t hold her laughter at this point and started to laugh as well. After this joyful moment, everyone installed themselves and commanded what they wished for, mostly food and obviously beer. They were singing and talking to each other, when the bar''s door opened again. But this time, a little boy with black hair entered the bar. Yes, it was Monkey D. Luffy. The protagonist of the story. Haruno was busy doing what he could do at the moment, serving the guests, one member of Shank''s crew shouted: "More beer here!" Haruno smiled and shouted too: "Going!" This reminded him of his part-time job from his past world, as a waiter in a restaurant. Well, after serving beers to several tables, he sat down to rest for a few minutes. His body now was one of a kid, so he needs to rest quite a lot. Luffy approaches Haruno and with a smile, he asks: "Nee... You... What is your name?" Haruno thought about it last night, then with a smile, he answered: "I am Haruno. Haruki D. Haruno." Before Luffy could say something in response, a member of Shank''s crew shouted: "More Beer Please!" Haruni got up and with a smile, and shouts: "Yes! Going!" Luffy looked at Haruno''s retreating back and started to search for Shanks to talk to him, ask him about his adventures and other things. After some minutes, talking and laughing, the door of the bar was kicked off. All of the laughs abruptly stopped and a voice could be heard from outside: "Sorry for the interruption." the owner of the clearly not sorry voice entered the bar while talking: "Oh... So these are pirates? They look like a bunch of idiots." Haruno already knew what would happen now, but he didn''t intend to interact with those guys if he could help it. The man entered the bar and stepped on the door that he himself kicked in, breaking it off its hinges. He approached the bar and Makino simply greeted: "Welcome." The man looked at her and demanded: "We are mountain bandits. We aren''t here to break your bar. We want ten barrels of sake." Makino politely said: "I''m sorry, we don''t have any barrels at the moment." The man with a sarcastic tone looked around and said: "Hm...? That''s strange... The pirates are drinking something... Is it water?" Makino, one more time, responded politely: "All the sake that we had is on the tables now." then Shanks said: "That''s no good. We drank everything. Sorry." He grabbed a purple bottle that was beside him and handed it over to the bandit: "If you want you can have this. I didn''t open it yet " then the same thing that happened in the anime occured now before Haru''s very eyes, with a punch of the man, the bottle was broken. At the same time, a *ding* sound appeared inside Haruno''s head, then a screen appeared: [New Quest!] [Making fun of a mountain bandit!] Haruno became speechless, he needs to make fun of a bandit? Haruno''s brain started to work at an extremely high speed as he heard the quote: "I''m a wanted man! My bounty is worth 8 millions of berries!" Haruno took a deep breath and declared confidently: "8 Million? Oh! Now i remember! The marine system didn''t get an update yet. So they give high bounty for every idiot that appears in the world. I think i should be a mountain bandit too... I just need to be a mountain bandit, since I''m already an idiot." Everyone in the bar looked at Haruno and Haruno then shouted: "Wait! I''m not an idiot!" *pfff* they didn''t know who started to laugh, but it quickly spread, everyone in the entire bar laughed in the end. The mountain pirate boss looked at Haruno and was going to say something, but for some reason, he left quickly with a darl smile on his face. Luffy was laughing as well making Haruno start to think about the plot he just derailed of the One Piece world: Bandit makes Luffy mad --\u003e Luffy eats the Gomu Gomu no Mi... But Luffy isn''t mad anymore! What will happen now? While everyone was laughing, Luffy looked at the chest on the bar and saw the fruit, with a happy smile he started to eat it as a snack. Haruno breathed a sigh of relief, the plot returned to normal. It seemed the flow of things wouldn''t be changed so easily. [Edited by Aaronji.] 4 04: Level Up Edited [Name: Haruki Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 6] [Lvl 3] [BE: 55/55] [ME: 70/70] [SE: 75/75] [BP: 7] [MP: 15] [SP: 18] [Body Skills:] [Mind Skills:] [Soul Skills:] [Haki:] [Akuma No Mi:] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]] Haruno smiled and observed the scene that would unfold now. Shanks looked at Luffy and laughed for some seconds, then with a stunned expression and he asked: "What are you eating? That box... Did you eat what was inside that box?" Luffy looked at him confused and with a ''hum'', answered his question. The same scene as in the anime happened, Shanks grabbed Luffy''s legs, shaking him and said: "Spit it out! Spit it out now! Everything!" Luffy was being shaken by Shanks and with a confused expression, he asked: "W-what are you doing Shanks?" Suddenly, his legs stretched like rubber and Luffy fell flat on his face. With his now red face, Luffy asked: "What was that?" Shanks looked at him and said: "What you ate was a Gomu Gomu no Mi! The Gomu Gomu no Mi is one of the Akuma no Mis! After eating it, you became a rubber man! You will never be able to swim again!" then Luffy shouted: "Impossible!" Shanks shouted too: "Idiot!!!" The exchange was was very funny to see from the side, and the day basically ended there. Shanks and his crew left the bar while Luffy stayed behind. He stayed there, talking with Makino, he asked about Haruno and Makino said what she knew, which wasn''t a lot more than his name. Meanwhile, Haruno was cleaning the tables and collecting the plates off them, Makino smiled at Haruno and said: "Thank you, Haruno. You can go play with Luffy if you want." Haruno nodded and left the bar, Luffy followed behind him. While walking, Luffy was talking about Shanks and his admiration for him. He already completely forgot the matter of the devil fruit... Haruno was listening to Luffy and walking toward Goryu''s and Chicken''s UO Fish store to buy fish. On the way, they found the mayor of Foosha Village, Woop Slap. Woop looked at Haruno and Luffy and greeted them when they arrived at Goryu''s Fish Store, Chicken greeted Luffy as well and asked: "Who is this little boy beside you?" Luffy looked at Haruno and responded: "Oh! This is... What is your name...?" Haruno almost face slapped himself, then with a stiff smile he replied: "Haruno. Haruki D. Haruno. Pleased to meet you." After buying some fishes, Haruno asked: "Luffy... Can i try something?" Luffy nodded and Haruno grabbed his ear and pulled it. The ear stretched like rubber and when Haruno let his ear go, it returned easily to its original position. Haruno smiled and said: "You really are a rubber man..." Luffy forgot about it so when he saw that his ear returned to its place, he screamed in panic, making Haruno laugh. Luffy left for his house and Haruno did as well, he did what he needed to do and went to his room upstairs. In his room, Haruno decided to try something, he grabbed the knife that he had used to eat and focused on it, He felt a terrible headache assaulting him and he fainted. The next morning, when he woke up, his head still hurt from the backlash, but it was now manageable at least. He got downstairs to help Mikano when he saw that the mountain bandit''s boss was there, staring at Mikano. He asked: "Where is that brat?" Mikano didn''t want to answer the question so she simply shook her head in an attempt to deny it. Angered, the boss was going to slap her. At this moment, Haruno throws a plate to his face, breaking it. When the bandit looked at him, a murderous intent could be seen in his eyes. With a sarcastic smile, Haruno taunted: "So you came again... Do you want me to smooth talk you again ? If you want this... Catch me!" After saying his piece, he jumped into a nearby window, breaking it. When he landed outside the bar, he started to run toward the port. In the original story, the one who provoked the bandits was Luffy, but because of Haruno, they entered the bar before it was open. Now, he needs to take them to the same place as the plot, hopefully it would work out. Rushing toward the port, on the way he met Luffy, he looked at Haruno and started running with him. He asked: "Why are you running?" Haruno looked at him while running as fast as his, now small, legs could carry him and answered: "Mountain Bandits, behind me." when Luffy looked behind himself, he saw the mountain bandit''s boss and his minions running behind them. When Haruno arrived at the port he couldn''t run anymore, he was just exhausted. Haruno was going to say something to distract his opponents, but the bandit boss punched him immediately. The bandit boss then shouted with an angry expression: "You chose the wrong words, kid." This was what he said to Luffy in the original story... While Haruno was thinking about it, he heard a *ding* and a new screen appeared before him: [New Quest!] [Objective: Make sure that Luffy falls in the sea and that Shanks saves him.] The bandit boss continued: "Nobody who made me mad is alive to tell the story." Haruno just focused on his quest, the mayor was currently begging for his and Luffy''s life, like in the original story Shanks appeared and Lucky Boo killed a bandit, then Benn Beckman attacked the minions and etc. The smoke bomb was thrown, he immediatly grabbed Luffy''s hand and held tight. The bandit boss threw him and Luffy in the boat and they were now in the ocean. He then said: "I escaped easily! I never thought that a mountain bandit would ever flee using the sea!" his hands were holding Luffy''s shirt, lifting him. Luffy began to shake and said: "Kuso! Let me go! You stupid mountain monkey! Why don''t you just die?" The bandit then sneered and said: "Idiot! You are the one who''s going to die! This kid angered me and you are going to die as well! Goodbye." with this last sentence, he threw Luffy in the sea. Haruno shouted: "Luffy!" and jumped in the sea to save him, Luffy was an Akuma no Mi user, he couldn''t swim! The bandit laughed seeing his second victim throw himself in the water and said: "I''m sorry! You two meatshields don''t have any use to me now!" after saying this, the bandit started to laugh. Behind him, a monster''s head appeared, the same sea king that attacked Luffy appeared now! The bandit was devoured alive, ending his life instantly. Haruno was trying to save Luffy and behind him, the same sea king was now rushing toward them. Haruno just felt something move behind their backs and suddenly blood was soiling in the water, behind him, Shanks was there, an arm missing. The sea king looked at Shanks and its whole body began to shake in fear. Haruno thought that it was an illusion, but he heard a voice in his head: "Help me! A... A king!" Shanks just looked at the sea king and said: "Get the hell out of here." it was... Haosoku no Haki! [Edited by Aaronji] 5 05: Animal Language Edited *ding!* [New Permanent Buff Unlocked!] [Animal Charm (Golden): +80% Charm when talking or interacting with monsters or animals.] [Name: Haruki Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 6] [Lvl 5] [BE: 60/60] [ME: 80/80] [SE: 80/80] [BP: 10] [MP: 20] [SP: 20] [Body Skills:] [Mind Skills:] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language] ] [Haki:] [Akuma No Mi:] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]|[Animal Charm] ] Haruno looked at the screen, stunned. After Shanks saved them and gave the straw hat to Luffy, he instantly woke up shocked the next morning, everything else a blur. Haruno was sleeping when he heard someone singing: "The Sun~! It is so beautiful~! The flowers and worms in the ground!!" Haruno got up and looked around his room, searching for the source of the noise. Then he found it! A little Canary in the window was singing! Haruno looked at it and was suddenly stunned, he then asked: "Y-you... What are you singing...?" The Canary looked at Haruno and said with a cute voice: "Oh! A little human! Good Morning! What''s your name?" Haruno looked at his status and sighed, this was why the Canary didn''t run away. Haruno grabbed the bird cautiously with his hands and while smiling he said: "My name is Haruno. Haruki D. Haruno." The Canary made a cute sound and said: "What a good name! I want to be your friend! Can I?" That day Haruno discovered his love of animals with the little Canary,who now lied on his head, Haruno walked downstairs happily. He could hear the voice of every animal inside the bar, which were actually three rats. Haruno could hear them say: "Mom... I''m hungry!" "Wait here. I''m gonna get something to eat." "I''m going with you, momma!" "No, you stay here with your brother." Haruno approached a tiny hole in the wall and said: "Hello?" the female rat said: "Oh! A human. Hello." Haruno smiled and gave her a tiny bit of cheese. With a smile, he said: "Here, you can have it." a little rat left the hole, rushing toward Haruno and with a child''s voice he said: "Cheese! I love to eat cheese!" the mother rat looked at the tiny rat and said: "Hey! Behave! I''m sorry for my son." her voice sounded like a human woman one too... Haruno then said bye and looked for Makino, who greeted good morning and asked him about the Canary on his head. Then Haruno with a happy expression said: "This is Buuh, my new friend!" The Canary sang too, then Haruno smiled and said to Buuh: "Buuh, are you hungry...?" the Canary looked at Makino and said: "I am, and this lady seems very nice!" Haruno laughed and the bar opened quickly after that day. After a day of work, Haruno left the bar to walk around the town. He looked at a dog who said: "Good afternoon." Haruno greeted him too. Haruno then walked toward the port and looked at the sky to see the seagulls. He heard them talking to each other about the sea and the other islands as well. Haruno approached a seagull that had landed and said: "Good afternoon, Mr.Seagull, what''s your name?" the seagull looked at Haruno and with an old man''s voice said: "Furyto, my name is Furyto. And you, cute child?" Haruno smiled and said his name to the seagull, then they talked with each other about several things during the afternoon. Haruno was talking to the seagull when from behind him a person appeared, then when he looked he saw Luffy smiling at him. Luffy asked: "You... What are you doing?" Haruno smiled and thought that it isn''t a bad idea to befriend with Luffy, so he said: "I''m talking with Furyto." Luffy looked at him confused and Haruno laughed and pointed to the seagull in his arms and said: "I''m talking with him." Luffy opened his mouth and started to laugh in One Piece language... Well, Haruno said: "I really can talk with animals..." then he looked at the sky where there were several seagulls, then Haruno shouted: "Come here please!" all the seagulls looked at him at the same time and they landed around him and some even on his shoulders or legs, Buuh asked: "Please don''t smash me!" Haruno laughed because everyone around him was shocked, their jaws left hanging until the ground. That day, Haruno played with Luffy and talked with several seagulls and persons in the port. Then he had the idea of trying to see one of the seagull''s memories, Haruno touched the seagull''s forehead and tried to use his ME to invade the seagull''s mind and see his memories. He saw a different island, in this memory, he was flying in the sky and getting near to an Island, this island had big trees and a volcano in the center of it... After Haruno left the seagull''s mind, a headache invaded his head and he was a little dizzy... Haruno thus decided. He was going to search for an Akuma no Mi for himself and become stronger! An even crazier idea surged in his head... He is going to find a Zoan Fruit and give it to one of his animal friends. If he gives a dog zoan to a bird... Will he turn into a dog with wings or a bird with a dog face? That''s a good question... Well, he first needs to see if he can use a psychic power, something like [Telekinesis] since he can use his ME and his MP are high too, every time his Mp increases, he feels more and more powerful and awesome. In the blink of an eye, two years passed. Haruno trained every day and he got some skills. One day, a group of pirates came to the town, Haruno controlled rats to invade the ship and see if they had something good for him to take. He found with them an Akuma no Mi!!! He ate that Akuma no Mi and discovered that it was a Paramecia Room Room no Mi, a space type Akuma no Mi. It can create rooms to store things and can control space too. He can create an entrance door and an exit door, so he can defend or deflect attacks. Haruno got the skill that he wanted too! He got the Mind Skill [Telekinesis]. Today, Garp was taking Luffy to Dadan''s place and obviously, Haruno was going with them to live there as well, he bid a sad farewell to Makino and followed Garp. [Edited by Aaronji] 6 06: Meeting Ace Edited Garp was walking toward Dadan''s place with Luffy in his arm, the same scene as the anime was now happening, Garp talking to Luffy and Luffy saying that he wants to be a pirate and etc. Haruno was following from behind and hearing everything that they were talking when they arrived at a house surrounded by trees in a mountain, Garp knocked on the door and a female voice shouted: "Ah! What a noise! Do you want to die?" Garp looked at her and said: "It''s me." Dadan became stunned and with a fearful expression, she shouted: "G-Garp-san!" Haruno already knew what was going to happen now, so he ignored it and followed Luffy around, with a book in his arms. This book is about Akuma no Mis, a marine book that Garp gave him because he said that he would be a marine admiral... Garp is too innocent... Haruno let his bird friend Buuh in the Fuusha villa because this mountain has very dangerous animals, and he doesn''t want them to die. Then Garp was talking with Dadan and said: "Take care of those two. Come one, you two introduce yourselves." Luffy made the same greeting as the anime and said just: "Hi." Haruno smiled and bowed, then politely said: "My name is Haruno. Haruki D. Haruno, I''m counting with you guys to take care of me and Luffy." after saying it, he smiled and Magra asked: "Who are those two?" Garp, with a serious expression, said: "My grandsons." then, Dadan with a stunned expression shouted: "Eeeeeh?!!?!" Droga shouted too: "Another two!?!?" Yes, Garp considers Haruno his grandson too, Haruno reads every day the book that he gave him and every time Garp visits, he talks to him and asks about the marine... But in reality, Haruno wants to be a pirate too. While Garp and Dadan and her group were talking Luffy rushed toward a butterfly, following it. Haruno obviously was following Luffy, Haruno is eight year''s old this year and Luffy is seven years old when they got near a big rock, two spittle balls were shot toward them, Haruno obviously already knew that it would happen, so he used his Akuma no Mi and opened an entrance portal and an exit portal to deflect the spittle ball to the ground. Luffy couldn''t dodge and the spit hit his cheek, like in the anime [(Ep: 493)] Luffy touched his cheek and said: "Eh? Spit? Gross!" he looked around and shouted: "Who did this!?" then he looked at the big stone and with an angry expression he said: "Hey! You! Apologize!" Garp looked at the stone and said: "Oh! Ace!" Luffy was very angry, so he said again: "Hey! Apologize!" Garp approached where Luffy and Haruno was and said: "Luffy! Haruno! This is Ace! He is three and two years older than you two respectively. Today onwards, you gonna live with them here." Luffy was staring at Ace with an angry expression, Garp then punched Luffy''s head and said: "Behave." after saying some things to Dadan, Garp left. Ace jumped from the stone and walked toward the house. Luffy tried to block Ace and said: "Apologize!" Ace ignored him and headed toward the house, but when he looked at Haruno his eyes shone. Haruno didn''t notice it, he headed toward the house too. Luffy then shouted: "Wait!" then he followed and entered the house too, the same scene of the anime happened here, but the bandits grabbed Haruno too. The same dialogue was said again, but this time the bandit asked: "So... Who are your grandpa?" Dorga then said: "It''s Garp-san." everyone there was stunned, then Dorga continued: "The two gonna live with us." while they were complaining about Haruno and Luffy staying there, Dadan shouted: "Shut up you guys! Its dinner time!" Haruno was stunned, he saw this scene in the anime, but this is totally different from the anime because of the basket that is the double of the size of the anime. Then Luffy saw the meat and his eyes shone, he said: "I want to eat meat too!" Haruno used his Room Room no Mi and made a portal to one of the rooms that he created. Then he stored ? of the whole meat in the basket in one of his rooms, then he gave one meat to Luffy, who with shining eyes said: "Thank you! Haruno!" Haruno laughed because of the face that Luffy made and started to eat, then the bones? He used [Telekinesis] and made the bones float and stored them in his room. Then he looked at the white dog and gave him one bone and the dog, with the voice of an old man, said: "Thank you, boy." Haruno smiled and said: "You''re Welcome." Haruno then opened his status: [Name: Haruki D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 8] [Lvl 10] [BE: 120/120] [ME: 300/300] [SE: 200/200] [BP: 30] [MP: 50] [SP: 45] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Mind Break] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection] [Haki:] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]|[Animal Charm] [Soul Connection: A Skill to connect your soul with another person, animal or object. When you connect your soul with another being, you can use some of its skils or abilities.] [Shared Vision: Shares your vision with the one that your soul is connected with.] [Mind Break: Uses ME to attack directly the mind of the target, if the mind of the target is broke, you can control the target for some time.] Now, now. Haruno git the skill [Soul Connection] when he tried to use his SE in an animal that he was talking with. The [Shared Vision] he got it while using his ME while his soul was connected with Buuh, then he could see what Buuh was seeing too! And the [Mind Break] skill he got when a pirate was trying to attack Mikano-chan, he was angry and he shouted after it the pirate fainted and Haruno too. Well, flashback off. Now Dadan was trying to scare Luffy, but he just said "Got It." and said that he wanted to be a pirate, which made Dadan faint for some seconds. Ace left and Luffy said: "Where is he going...?" Haruno smiled and said: "Why don''t you follow him?" Luffy nodded and left the house. Haruno smiled again and said to Dadan: "Now now, you guys... Clean everything." Dadan heard it and became an, shouting: "Ha?!! Do you think you can order us?" Haruno smiled and removed for his room ten knives and with his skill [Telekinesis] he made it float and said again, but his whole aura was completely different and scary: "You guys... Clean everything." and that was the first day... [Edited by Aaronji] 7 07: Three Months Edited Luffy followed Ace in the forest, the same events as the anime occurred. He went missing for a week and then he appeared again. Haruno had learned how to cook from Makino, so he controlled one boar and killed it to cook. He had stored salt and other things in his Room Room no Mi''s room, so he could cook everywhere anytime. He gave a [Temporary Recovery Buff (Green)] to Luffy after he ate the food and put him sleep. After Haruno made sure Luffy was asleep, he looked at Ace with a ''smile'' that didn''t reach his eyes, his whole aura changed and he gently menaced: "If you hit Luffy and make him fall in an abyss again... I will throw you to the animals as food." Ace felt cold sweat running down his spine and he unconsciously nodded quickly. Haruno then smiled brightly and left the house to search for a new companion. He was currently searching for a Giant Vulture. That''s right, he wants a pet Giant Vulture. Why, you may ask? Because he has a kid''s body now and a Giant Vulture is big enough to carry him. Well, basically he wants a personal airplane... After wandering in the forest for two hours, he found a Giant Vulture near death. His wings were broken and there was blood too, he looked at the Vulture and asked: "Do you want to live?" the Vulture looked at him confused, but the Devil''s deal was too sweet. With the voice of a middle-aged man, he said: "I want to live." Haruno smiled and used his skill [Soul Connection] on the Vulture and stored him in the one room of his Room Room no Mi. He entered the room as well, the room was very simple, a giant bed where the Vulture currently was and nothing else. Everything around him was white, the ground and sky indistinguishable. The Vulture had already fainted, Haruno used on him his [Temporary Recovery Buff (Blue)], the only (Blue) recovery buff that he had. He then left the room and walked back to the house where he lived with the bandits now. After some days, the Vulture was as good as new! His wings that were broken were now in perfect condition and his health was recovered to its peak. Haruno walked to the forest, removed the Vulture from his room and said to him: "Now, I''m gonna show you where I live, follow me! Gaharudo." Gaharudo was the name that Haruno gave to the Giant Vulture. The Giant Vulture nodded and said: "Yes, my lord." and followed behind him. Haruno said thousands of times to call him by his name, but then Gaharudo calls him Lord... Sigh... When they approached the house, Luffy was leaving again, running behind Ace, Haruno smiled. Ace and Luffy saw Haruno and saw what was behind Haruno too. Ace grabbed his weapon and rushed toward Gaharudo to kill him. Haruno looked at him and used his skill [Telekinesis] to stop him in mid-air. Ace was stunned, Luffy looked at Haruno with his shining ''What''s that?'' eyes and asked: "Who''s that bird?!" Haruno smiled. He pointed to Gaharudo and said: "Luffy, this is Gaharudo. Gaharudo, this is Luffy. And that idiot in mid-air is Ace. Say hi to them!" Gaharudo nodded and shouted a ''haa'' sound. Ace was a little stunned, Haruno lowered Ace to the ground slowly and when Ace touched the ground he started to run away again and Luffy shouted: "Ace!" Haruno smiled and walked toward the house. He said to Gaharudo: "You can live here, you can even hunt when you wish so. you can literally go wherever you want, but when I call for you, you need to come." Gaharudo nodded and flew away. Haruno tamed another bird, a normal crow. He asked the crow to follow Luffy every day. Three months later, Haruno touched the crow''s head and the memories of the crow appeared in his head, Luffy running behind Ace and finding the Grey Terminal, the massive junkyard of the island. Haruno smiled and used his skill [Soul Connection] to send a message to Gaharudo. After waiting for a few minutes, Gaharudo appeared... He had double the size of a Giant Vulture now... Well, he asked to take him to the grey terminal, Gaharudo nodded and Haruno mounted him to fly to the grey terminal. When he arrived at the grey terminal, he saw Luffy in the distance and said to Gaharudo: "Thank you, Rudo. You can enter the room now." then he used his Akuma no Mi and created a portal to his room for Gaharudo to enter, Gaharudo nodded and entered the portal, vanishing. Haruno smiled and followed Luffy from a distance, Luffy was shouting: "Ace! Ace!" all the time, searching for him, after an hour searching he saw Ace entering the forest again. He obviously followed and Haruno followed once again. Haruno made his crow, Kuroni, search for the BlueJam pirate, Porchemy! Haruno doesn''t really want to follow the plot and let Luffy be tortured... But he needs to follow the outline of it. Just enough so that Ace and Sabo will trust Luffy... Haruno had an idea! He called all the rats of the grey terminal and used his skill [Soul Connection] with the biggest and strongest rat, making him the leader of the rats! Haruno smiled and said to the leader rat: "Your name will be Qwuoro. I want you to follow all my orders. Follow me." Qwuoro nodded and all the rats followed behind the small kid, there were perhaps thousands or maybe even millions... He waited until Luffy was captured by the BlueJam Pirates and Ace and Sabo had switched the tree that their treasure was in. When they were resting he appeared, Ace was stunned at first, but then he asked: "What do you want?" Sabo looked at Haruno with a confused expression but didn''t say anything, then Haruno asked: "Where is Luffy?" Ace, with disdain, answered: "I don''t know." Haruno smiled, Ace and Sabo felt cold sweat run down their spine and Haruno said: "If something happened to Luffy... You two will pay for it." then he looked behind himself and toward the sky. Then he said: "Qwuoro! Come here!" Qwuoro left the bushes he was hiding in, a giant rat the size of a cat... Ace and Sabo were stunned and Haruno asked: "Search for Luffy. All of you." Qwuoro nodded and made a *squeeck* sound before several rats left the bushes, running toward the grey terminal. [Edited by Aaronji] 8 08: Killing Edited After all the rats moved toward the grey terminal, Haruno walked into the forest and opened the system shop to buy a temporary buff: [SC: 1540] [Buff Inventory: [Temporary Sword Buff (White) (4¡Á)]|[Temporary Recovery Buff (White) (5x)]|[Temporary Pain Reduction Buff (White) (1x)]|[Temporary Speed Movement Up (White) (3x)]|[Temporary BP Up (White) (4x)]|[Temporary MP Up (White) (2x)]|[Temporary SP Up (White) (3x)]|[Temporary Sword Buff (Green) (2x)]|[Temporary Recovery Buff (Green) (2x)]|[Temporary Pain Reduction (Green) (4x)]|[Temporary Speed Movement Up (Green) (2x)]|[Temporary BP Up (Green) (3x)]|[Temporary MP Up (Green) (3x)]|[Temporary SP Up (Green) (2x)]|[Temporary Sword Training Speed Up (Blue) (1x)] ] [Debuff Inventory: [Temporary Sleep Debuff (White) (3x)]|[Temporary BP Down (White) (4x)]|[Temporary MP Down (White) (5x)]|[Temporary SP Down (White) (6x)]|[Temporary BE Reduction (White) (4x)]|[Temporary SP Reduction (White) (6x)]|[Temporary Movement Speed Down (White) (4x)]|[Temporary Movement Speed Down (Green) (3x)]|[Temporary Sleep Debuff (Green) (5x)] ] [Free Temporary Random Buffs: 0] [Free Permanent Random Buffs: 0] [Free Temporary Random Debuffs: 0] Haruno was happy with his current options and decided that he wouldn''t buy anything new. He waited, while looking at the sky and waited until it was a beautiful yellow sunset color. Haruno then received a message from the rats signaling that they found where Luffy was. Haruno then headed toward the mentioned place rather furious. When he arrived, he could hear someone punching flesh. Haruno used his Akuma no Mi to break the wall as he arrived, he saw Luffy bleeding and tears falling from his eyes. Haruno did just one thing, he called all the rats and, like a genocidal Hamelin flutist, said: "Kill them. Kill all them." Qwuoro squeaked and all the rats at his command attacked at the same time. Haruko heard a *ding* in his head and a screen suddenly appeared: [New Quest!] [Kill the BlueJam Pirate: Porchemy!] [Rewards: +250 SC, +150 XP, 1 (Permanent Random Buff)] Haruni smiled as he looked at Porchemy and said: "So it''s was you that was beating my little brother... Hum... What a pitiful pile of trash you are! Come fight me!" Haruno readied himself to counter Porchemy''s attack. Porchemy grabbed his sword, with a livid expression, he waved his sword with precision to kill Haruno. Haruno simply smiled and opened an entrance portal on the weapon and an exit portal in Porchemy''s neck. The sword trembled quickly, as it touched the portal, the blade appeared and cut Porchemy''s head cleanly! Blood flew everywhere, a normal child would be traumatized by the scene! Haruno looked at Luffy that was still stunned at the sudden change of situation and tasked a rat: "Give me a knife!" the rat grabbed the knife of one of the bodies and gave it to Haruno, who quickly cut off the rope from Luffy. After removing and killing everyone, Ace and Sabo suddenly appeared, breaking the wall of the tiny house. When they saw the scene of gore everywhere, they almost threw up what was in their stomachs. Haruno looked at them and then simply declared: "Late." He then looked at Qwuoro and said: "Dispersion." Every rat suddenly ran in a different direction, leaving just the dead bodies on the ground. With Luffy''s body weight on him, Haruno could only walk slowly forward. He left the tiny house and gave Luffy to Ace while questioning their resolve: "You were late! If it wasn''t me appearing right there. He would have died. Did you know? He didn''t say a single word about where your secret place is." Haruno looked at Sabo and sighed, he walked toward the forest and without looking back, he said: "Follow me." Haruno, Sabo, Ace, and Luffy. They all were in the forest following each other. Haruno used a [Temporary Recovery Buff (Green)] on Luffy to heal his wounds faster, Luffy was now officially a mummy. Haruno had used quite a lot of bandages to wrap around his wounds and stop the bleeding. After the treatment, he looked at Luffy and asked: "Why didn''t you simply talk about what they wanted to know?" Luffy, crying said: "Because... If I said something, you and Ace would stop to being my friends..." Haruno didn''t ask anymore because he already knew the answer, but Ace asked: "It''s still better than dying, no? And why do you even want to be my friend?" Luffy said in a low tone: "Because..." Ace then answered exasperated: "I always make fun of you! Why are you still following me?" Luffy took a breath to shout: "Because... Without you, I don''t have anyone to trust! I can''t go back to the Fuusha Village and I don''t like the mountain bandits!" Haruno smiled, patted Luffy''s head and said: "Okay, little brother." Ace looked at Luffy and asked: "And your parents?" Luffy answered: "I just have grandpa." Ace paused to think and after some seconds, he asked: "Do you want me to... live?" Luffy looked at him and shouted: "Of course!" Ace: "Got it... But, I don''t like spoiled kids like you." Luffy: "I''m not spoiled! I''m strong!" Ace: "Strong? How are you strong? A real man doesn''t cry!" Luffy: "Did someone punch you with a thorned glove ?" And the same discussion that happened in the anime was happening now. Sparks could be seen between Luffy and Ace, Sabo then separated the two. Then he said: "Okay! Stop. Ah... Talking about it... Now we have a problem..." Luffy confused, asked: "Problem?" Sabo nodded and added: "Today onward, the BlueJam Pirates will try to kill us... Right?" Ace nodded and said: "Well, I think so..." Then Haruno said: "Sabo if you don''t want to go back to the grey terminal, I have an idea. You will live with us, don''t worry I will help. Let''s go home." after saying his piece, Haruno used his Akuma no Mi and made Gaharudo appear, Ace and Luffy had already seen Gaharudo, but Sabo didn''t. He obviously screamed: "What the heck is this!?!?" Luffy looked at Haruno and Haruno explained: "This is Gaharudo, my vulture. Come on! Get up!" said Haruno while jumping on Gaharudo back''s and pointing down to Gaharudo, currently squatting down. They flew toward their house and arrived in just a few minutes. Haruno jumped and used his skill [Telekinesis] to land easily. Luffy jumped too and Haruno made him land slowly, Ace and Sabo as well. He proceeded to open the gate to the room again and bid him goodbye. The next morning, Dadan would have a good surprise! [Edited by Aaronji] 9 09: Special Attack? Edited The next morning, Dorga was now looking at Ace, Luffy, and Haruno. He was asking himself how he got such wounds, turning him into a mummy... He swept his eyes across the kids once more, Ace... Luffy... Haruno... Eh? Another one? Then he shouted: "Boss! Boss! We have a problem!" Dadan quickly came and asked: "Hmm? What''s happening so early in th morning? Ah!?! What''s happening here?!?" When she entered the room where Luffy, Ace, and Haruno slept, she started to count them: "One... Two... Three. One... Two... Three. Ace, Luffy, Haruno... Ace, Luffy, Haruno... Eh? Ace, Luffy, Haruno... Eh? Ace, Luffy Haruno... Eh? Ace, Luffy, Haruno, Eh? Ace, Luffy, Haruno, Eh? Ace! Luffy! Haruno! Who is this ?!?" Luffy got up to ask: "Who is who?" and fell asleep immediately again. Ace got up to say: "Don''t scream so early in the morning!" Haruno also wakes up and answers their worries: "This? He is our new family member." then Dadan asks: "Where did this kid come from? Who are you?" Sabo gets up and asks back: "Me? I''m Sabo! You must be Dadan!" Dadan approaches the little guy and said: "Sabo? I know this name!" Sabo smiled and said: "Is that so? Then I don''t need to introduce myself! From today onwards I''m counting on you! Please take care of me!" Dadan: "Take care of you? Don''t tell me you will live here from now on ..." *puuf* "Don''t answer me with a fart!" Finally, Haruno gets out of bed and says: "I''m gonna wait for you guys outside... And Dadan! If you don''t accept Sabo I will make trouble for you to answer for when Garp appears again!" Haruno left the house and ignored what Dadan was saying to him. After a few minutes, Ace, Luffy, and Sabo left the house running. Haruno decided to follow them. His body was currently weaker than Ace''s, Luffy''s and Sabo''s body, but he could still run! While running, Sabo said: "Oh! That''s right, I almost forgot!" and stopped running. He looked behind himself and then shouted: "Hey! Dadan! While we are gone, the BlueJam Pirates may appear here! Be careful!" Dorga then asked: "BlueJam? Why?" Sabo then shouted again: "It''s because we fought with them! Bye!" and they started to run again. While they were running, Haruno asked: "Well, what are we going to do now?" Luffy jumped excitedly: "Eat!!" Sabo laughed and said: "That''s right! Let''s eat!" Sabo and Ace quickly captured a giant fish and Haruno started cooking it. After some time, the food was ready. The fish was salted and peppered to enhance its taste as well. While eating, Sabo asked Luffy: "Ne... Luffy... You ate an Akuma no Mi, right?" Luffy answered the question with a small ''hum'' so Sabo continued: "So that''s why you can''t swim..." then Sabo asked again: "Then, what kind of Akuma no Mi did you eat?" Luffy smiled and said: "The Gomu Gomu!" Sabo: "Gomu Gomu...? You mean rubber?" Luffy nodded and said with pride: "That''s right!" Ace then retorted: "You stopped swimming to be a rubber man? That''s a useless power..." Luffy: "It''s not useless! I have fantastic attacks!" Ace: "Of course, of course. Quite the bravado for a person that can''t catch a fish!" then Haruno said: "I can''t swim either... So... Luffy, don''t you want to show them that move you made yesterday?" Luffy said: "Ho! That''s right! It is called the Gomu-Gomu no Fusen and with it, I can reflect cannonballs!" Sabo: "Wow... Can you show it to me?" Luffy: "Of course! But just for you two! Ace can''t see it! Don''t look! Let''s go!" *fuuushh* (air sucking) Luffy took a deep breath, a really deep one! His body began to grow and he became a ball! "See? It''s cool right!?" Haruno smiled at his enthusiasm before Ace kicked the man-made ball, like a real one. Sabo and Ace played soccer with Luffy for a few seconds before he fell in the water and a crocodile appeared, almost eating Luffy. Haruno used his Akuma no Mi and teleported Luffy to his side before the crocodile closed his maws around him. Luffy said: "Thank you Haru!" Haruno nodded and said to Ace: "Be careful." Sabo looked over to the book that was in Haruno''s hands and said: "This is an Akuma no Mi encyclopedia right!?" Haruno nodded and Sabo asked: "What kind of Akuma no Mi did you eat?" then Haruno smiled and said: "Room Room no Mi. A Paramecia type." Ace looked at Haruno and asked: "Paramecia? What is that?" Sabo answered Ace''s question: "The Akuma no Mis are categorized as Paramecia, Zoan, and Logia! A Zoan one transforms you into an animal, a Logia transforms you into an element and a Paramecia into something else! Like rubber!" then Ace asked: "Then Haru, what does your fruit do?" Haruno smiled and a portal appeared in his hand, before long, the portal expanded until the other could see it. On the other side, a lot of things could be seen, fruits, meat, and even clothes! Haruno smiled and said: "With my fruit, I can store a lot of things! And even Gaharudo too!" Ace looked at him and asked: "Just that?" Haruno said: "Attack me." Ace looked at him confused, but he attacked him with a punch. When the punch was going to hit Haruno''s face, someone hit Ace''s face, who asked, confused: "What happened?" Haruno smiled and with a stone in his hand, he said: "I can create portals as entrances and others as exits! Like how I defended myself. Well all in all, my fruit is not very good for combat, but I can support others very well! Look!" Haruno used Telekinesis to throw a stone at Ace, but the stone hit a portal and left through the other one, before it entered and left again. This process repeated itself for a minute, every time the stone repeated the process of entering and leaving the portal, its speed increased! Before long, they couldn''t see the stone anymore, merely a blur. Finally, Haruno aimed for a tree and deactivated the exit portal, the stone left the entrance portal with tremendous speed and hit a huge tree. It slowly fell down, a huge hole visible on it. Haruno smiled at his trick and said: "Well, to prepare this attack, I need at least a minute!" Ace, Luffy, and Sabo looked at Haruno with stunned expressions and the three just muttered: "Strong..." [Edited by Aaronji] 10 10: Training Edited On that same day, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy captured a crocodile! And Haruno? He captured one as well... But it was still an egg... On the way back, Sabo said that he wanted to see their old secret trove, where they stored their pirate ''fortune''. There, they saw the BlueJam pirates patrolling. Haruno suggested that it would be better to go back for now, but Sabo insisted on seeing the grey terminal. To abridge what happened... They were chased around by the BlueJam pirates. Haruto asked: "Should I ask Qwuoro to be on guard? I can ask him to look around the grey terminal if you want." Sabo, Ace, and Luffy asked: "Qwuoro... Who is that?" Haruno almost facepalmed himself, He sent a message for the rat with the [Soul Connection] skill and called Qwuoro to where they were. After a few minutes, a rat with the size of a cat, Qwuoro, appeared. Ace and Sabo had an expression that said: ''Oh... So that''s Qwuoro...'' and Luffy had an expression that said: ''What the fuck is this?'' Haruno laughed at the scene before him and said: "Qwuoro, this is Luffy, Sabo, and Ace. Ace, Sabo, Luffy, this is Qwuoro! The rat king of the grey terminal!" Qwuoro made a *squeak* sound and Haruno said: "You don''t need to be so polite... How many times do I have to ask to not call me Lord? You and Gaharudo only call me Lord!" Sabo and Ace had a confused expression stamped on their faces, but Luffy saw this as a normal thing to Haruno. After much hesitation, Sabo asked: "Haru... You talk to animals?" Haruno looked at him and said: "Yes... What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Sabo and Ace were now looking at him like a predator looked at their prey. Nonchalantly Ace said: "So you can attract animals, right? If so, we don''t need to hunt anymore!!!" Haruno quickly shook his head and explained: "No, I won''t attract more animals for you guys to kill! You have to hunt for them! I won''t call them if you want to use them as food! I feel bad for the animals that I attract to kill! I tried it with a boar one time, and he was crying and begging me to let him go! I almost couldn''t eat his meat!" Luffy looked at him, confused, and said: "But you still ate him." Sabo and Ace nodded with a ''hum, hum.'' sound and Haruno shouted: "I had cooked him! I never waste food!" They were now getting near Dadan''s house. Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were carrying the crocodile''s body while Haruno was carrying the crocodile''s egg. Haruno was burdening himself with the egg because he could feel that the crocodile inside it was alive and it was going to hatch soon. That night, they ate the crocodile''s beef, it was very delicious. Ace, Haruno, Luffy, and now Sabo. He currently was living with them because of the threat of the BlueJam pirates. Those four lived through their days hunting animals in the surrounding forest and mountain while fighting in the grey terminal. Every day they also trained in the forest. Luffy was rushing toward Ace shaking his arm and saying: "Here I go...! Gomu-Gomu no... Pistol!" he released his arm and it stretched toward Ace, but Luffy lost his balance making the arm hit the ground where it bounced and hit his face. Astonished, Ace says: "What are you saying..." Ace rushed and hit Luffy''s face with a flying kick as he added: "What the heck are you doing?" Sabo, who was besides a board, counting points, says: "One point." after saying this, he writes on the board a giant one. It''s his time to fight with Ace. Well, without surprise, Ace wins a second time. Now it was the last battle, a duo fight! Ace \u0026 Sabo Vs Luffy \u0026 Haruno! Ace smiled and proclaimed: "We will win easily!" Haruno looks at Luffy and says: "You can attack freely, don''t fear their attacks and don''t worry about me." Luffy nods and says: "Got it." They then started to fight, Ace and Sabo fought side by side while Luffy was the vanguard and Haruno, the support. Ace was attacking Luffy and Sabo was attacking Haruto, Haruto was focusing on the fight by supporting Luffy. He tried to use his Gomu-Gomu no Pistol but the rubber man, once again, lost his balance and the punch was plummeting toward the ground. However this time, Haruno opened a portal where Luffy''s punch was going. When the punch touched the entrance portal, an exit portal opened near Sabo''s face, and yes, it hit Sabo''s face. Ace, Luffy, and Sabo became stunned. They didn''t think that Haruno''s ability could be used like that! Haruno smiled and said: "You''re next Ace!" Luffy smiles and shouts: "Yosh!!" Ace smiles at the taunt and grabs his weapon, he says: "Now, let''s be serious." Haruno uses his [Telekinesis] to shoot stones toward Ace, at a safe speed obviously, it''s only a spar. Luffy, one more time, starts to prepare his Gomu-Gomu no Pistol. This time, Ace already knew that a portal could appear anywhere and Luffy''s punch could hit him on a miss. Luffy shot his punch again, this time, he didn''t lose his balance and his punch flew directly toward Ace''s face! Tilting his head, he dodged, but Haruno opened an entrance portal on Luffy''s punch and an exit portal behind Ace''s head, where the punch finally connected. Ace didn''t fall yet, he felt a little dizzy but toughed through it! He looked at Haruno and Luffy before smiling. Behind Haruno, Sabo appeared with his weapon drawn, out of his stealth, a few centimeters away from hitting Haruno''s head. Haruno smiled knowingly and opened an entrance portal where Sabo''s weapon was going to hit and an exit portal on Ace''s head, where Sabo''s blow hit. Sabo looked at Haruno and Ace with a stunned expression, when Haruno declared: "Two Points!" Ace said: "What strength, Sabo! My head is bleeding!" Sabo smiled embarrassedly while scratching the back of his head, saying: "Sorry, Sorry." Luffy looks at Haruno with starry eyes and said: "Haru! You are so strong! You defeated Ace and Sabo!" Haruno smiled and shook his head saying: "I didn''t. We did." Luffy laughs with his now red cheeks. Ace and Sabo started to ask Haruno about the other ways he uses his Akuma no Mi. After their daily training, they hunted more crocodiles with a newfound determination to grow stronger. [Edited by Aaronji-dono.] 11 11: Oath of Brothers Edited In the northern region of the Columb Mountain, was the grey terminal. And, in the northern region of the grey terminal, there is a city that had a restricted entrance. Surrounded by big stone walls, the only entrance to the city was called the Great Gate and from it, two times a day, trash was thrown to the grey terminal. Sometimes, those who lived in the grey terminal entered the city to sell their recycled materials. This was what Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno were trying to do by entering the gate. They wore a huge disguise to make themselves be a gigantic man. They were going to sell the crocodile''s hide, like in the anime. The stationed guard stopped them: "Hey! You! Wait! What is this?" the one that was going to be the voice to talk was Sabo. It was like Haruno had seen in the other world. However, their disguise was a head taller because Haruno was there too... Sabi said: "Crocodile''s hide. I''m going to sell it." The guard asked: "Crocodile?" They showed the head of the crocodile and entered the city. Behind the Great Gate, there was Frontier City. The Frontier City is where all marginals and mercenaries live. Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno were walking as they found shady guys, the leader of the thugs looked at them and said: "Hey old man! Give us the merchandise!" He walked toward them, it was true their mismatched disguise gave them an olden age feel. In front of them with a bat in his hands, the other thugs walked over too, surrounding them. The leader asked: "Hey, are you mute?" Then Ace, who was the head, said: "Shut up, bug." and Sabo, who was the legs, used his weapon to take the guy down. When the guy had fallen on the ground, Ace removed the disguise. Revealing four children stacked comically together to make one big guy. Ace said: "If you''re gonna rob someone... Be careful of your target!" One of the thugs who saw them, screamed: "I-it''s them!" Ace, Sabo, and Luffy jumped and attacked, while Haruno would be the support. They started to fight, Sabo on the left side, Ace in the middle and Luffy on the right one. When an attack was going to hit one of them, Haruno used his ability to create a portal and protect them, and when one of their attacks missed Haruno used the portals to make the attack hit the target anyway. He didn''t forget to shoot stones too. In the middle of the city, there was another wall of separation. Behind it was where the nobles lived. Its name was High City. This place is part of the Goa Kingdom! There is no trash in the street and it''s said that this is the most beautiful nation in the East Blue. While walking in the center of the city, Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno were disguised. Sabo said: "It''s good that they paid so much for the crocodile hide! Now we have more for our pirate saving!" Haruno looked around himself and said: "I hate those nobles..." Luffy said: "I''m hungry..." Ace laughed: "Wait some more and we will eat ramen!" Sabo confused, asked: "Ramen... What is it? Is it delicious?" Luffy then said: "It doesn''t matter! I just want to eat now!" They walked until they arrived at the [Eiichiro Restaurant] Ace looked upward toward the plaque and said: "It is here." The receptionist saw them entering and said: "Welcome!" but when he saw the clothes that they were wearing, he rushed and said: "W-w-wait! What are you doing? People like you are not welcome here!" Sabo grabbed a golden clock... Or something like that, that represents nobles, when the reception saw it, he almost fainted, Sabo said: "We want the VIP room." the receptionist said: "T-this symbol! What an honor receiving a noble like you sir in our restaurant! We will prepare a room immediately!" after the receptionist left, Ace said: "That thing is convenient!" Sabo chuckled and said: "Well, I found it in the street some time ago..." after waiting for some minutes, they entered the VIP room. They received four portions of ramen and they started to eat after that woman left, Sabo''s head left the disguise and he asked: "Oh! This is ramen?" Luffy''s head appeared and he said: "Looks delicious!" Haruno''s head left the disguise too and he said: "Yeah, it looks very delicious!" Ace smiled and said: "Well, take a try!" Luffy was the first one that attacked the ramen, eating it at an extremely quick speed! Then he said: "Delicious!" Sabo''s eating speed was quick too, and he said: "Yeah is very delicious!" Haruno didn''t lose to them in speed and he said: "It is." Luffy ended his portion and he almost shouted that he wanted one more, but Ace stopped him, they weren''t hidden anymore. Then Sabo coughed and demanded without poking his head from behind the curtains: "I want more, please. Four portions of ramen." and then +4 portions of ramen. And +4, and +4, and +4... And +4... And 4+... The only reason they had to stop was due to the gerant... He opened abruptly the door of the VIP room and saw Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno eating the prepared ramen. Ace then shouted: "Kuso! They found out!" Sabo then said: "Run!" Luffy didn''t say anything because he was trying to maintain the food inside his mouth while running, and Haruno just stored the ramen left because he didn''t eat it all. They jumped through the window while the gerant shouted: "They didn''t pay! Catch those swindlers!" Ace learned early in his childhood how to eat and run at the same time. Haruno, on the other hand, just before he hit the ground, used telekinesis and reduced his momentum, landing carefully. A guard behind them shouted: "Those four again? Why did someone let them in? Don''t let them escape! Catch those four kids!" while they were running, a man on the side shouted: "Is it you, Sabo? Wait! You are alive!" This time, the four of them stopped and looked behind them to look at the man that knew Sabo. The man continued: "Let''s go home!" Ace then said: "Oi Sabo! This man is calling you!" Luffy asked: "Who''s that?" Haruno looked at Sabo and said: "Probably someone that knows Sabo or something like that." Sabo made a disgusted expression and said: "He confused me with another person. Let''s go." They started to run again, but they could hear the last shout of the man: "W-wait!!" after leaving the city, they started Sabo''s interrogation. "What? I''m not hiding anything!" "Oh? No?" "He is! Tell us! Sabo!" Haruno looked at Sabo and said: "Sabo, we all have secrets, but some of them... You can''t hide them all from people you like. I will tell you a secret of mine. I secretly store ? of all the food that we hunt. That''s it." all the three looked at him and their stunned expression changed to anger as they started to attack him. While being attacked, Haruno laughed and said: "Wait! I have a reason!" They all stopped and Haruno continued: "*cough* I''m storing ? of all food because one day we will have to leave Dadan''s place. And if you need one more reason..." He opened a portal to his storage area and removed some meat. With a smile, he threw it toward them and said: "Obviously I''m storing it for snacks!" Sabo then asked: "So... Why didn''t you give us food when we were hungry in the city?" Haruno gulped and said: "Because I wanted to eat ramen! Oh! I remembered something else!" then Haruno removed the ramen that he had stored and continued to eat it. Then Ace and Luffy looked seriously at Sabo and said: "Tell us your secret!" But Sabo said: "I already told you... I''m not hiding anything..." Ace and Luffy started to corner him while Haruno was eating his ramen slowly and watching them. Ace menaced: "Tell Us! Idiot, if you don''t, I kill you!" Sabo said with difficult: "Okay! I''ll talk! *cough* *cough* I''m the son of a noble." Luffy: "Eeeeh!?!" Ace: "Son of a noble?" Haruno: "Oh." Luffy and Ace: "Who?" Sabo: "Me!" Ace and Luffy put their finger in their nose and with a funny expression and saying: "E?" Haruno gulped down the ramen and said: "I already had found out." Sabo, angry shouted: "You guys were the ones that asked! Eh? You already knew?" Haruno sat cross-legged and started to explain: "Well, you are very smart. Smarter than those two idiots." Luffy and Ace: "Oi." Haruno continued: "You knew what an Akuma no Mi no Encyclopedia was. Marines or nobles are the only ones who have this book. Well, a minority of normal people have it too... But it is rather rare." Sabo said: "Well, the truth is that my father and mother are still alive. I''m not an orphan and I did not live in the grey terminal. The man that called me in the street... He was my father. I lied to you guys, I''m sorry." "He apologized, we have to forgive him," said Luffy while looking at Ace and Haruno. But Ace said: "Not so fast. I want to hear his explanation. Why do you wish to live here? If you are from a noble family..." Sabo took a deep breath and explained further: "I ran away because..." and he started his explanation. [Ep 496.] "They love to keep their privileged status and defend their priorities and ambitions... But not me! If I do not marry a woman from royalty... I would be deemed useless! That''s why I passed every day in the study and my etiquette classes. And every day I was scolded for not doing well enough... I don''t have a place in that family! I know your pain as orphans guys... But I prefer to live alone than to live with my parents. The nobles see the grey terminal with bad eyes, but in my opinion, it is much better than the High City, where they live your life for you." Ace sighed and said: "Got it." Getting up, Sabo said: "Ace! Luffy! Haru! One day we are going to the sea. We will leave this nation and live freely! I want to see the outside world and write a book about it. I want to study as well, but navigation this time. We will become stronger and become pirates!" Ace, Luffy, and Haruno chuckled. Ace approached the cliff and shouted: "I was going to be a pirate, you didn''t even need to say anything! I will be a pirate, defeat other pirates and be famous around the world! And then, I will prove that I can live! The world can hate and despise me, but I will become a great pirate and I will show them what I can do!" He continued: "I will not run, I will not surrender! Even if I am to be feared, my name will be known in the world!" Luffy chuckled, rushed toward the cliff, took a deep breath and shouted: "I will be the king of pirates!" this made Sabo and Ace stunned for a while, Haruno chuckled and Ace said: "You idiot... I was imagining what you would say..." Sabo laughed and also added: "You are so funny, Luffy. I can''t wait to see what you will accomplish in the future!" Haruno then laughed and said: "I... will put a sea king in a tiny aquarium!" this time, everyone laughed about Haruno''s ''dream''. Then Sabo said: "We all can be pirates... But what if everyone wants to be the captain...?" Ace said: "I wasn''t waiting for that. I thought that you, Sabo, would want to be my navigator." Haruno smiled and said: "I can be the cook if you want." Ace smiled and responded: "That''s a good idea!" Luffy quickly followed by: "You guys can come to my ship!" All three of them shouted at the same time: "I refuse!" Then Luffy shouted: "Eh?!? Why?!? Come on! If I invite you, you have to accept!" Ace shouted: "That would never happen!" Sabo and Haruno nodded in the background in sync. Sabo added: "Yeah, Never." Luffy shouted: "Nandato?!?... Okay, I''ll convince you later..." Haruno laughed and said: "What?" Sabo laughed at the falsely sulking kid as well and said: "Man! You really are funny Luffy!" they all laughed. On that same day, they were waiting for Ace that asked to: "Wait here." after some minutes, Ace appeared with a sake bottle and four little cups, he then said: "Well, let''s wait until the time comes. Maybe one day we all will have our adventure." Luffy looked at the bottle and realized: "Ah! You stole Dadan''s bottle!" Ace said: "Do you guys know?" he removed the bottle''s cork and filled the four tiny cups with sake. He continued: "If we drink this sake together, we will become brothers!" Luffy smiled and asked: "Brothers? Really?" Ace continued: "When we become pirates, we may not be on the same ship, but we always will be together because of our brotherly bond! Wherever we go, whatever we do, we will always be together!" they took their cups and smiled, then Ace continued: "So, from today onward, we are brothers!" Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno shouted at the same time: "Yeah!" This was their Oath of Brothers! [Edited by Aaronji.] 12 12: What is a Tsundere? Edited The next morning, Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno could be inside the city just after the checkpoint of the Great Gate. Hijinks ensued and they ended up fighting with gangsters. Sabo was currently surrounded by them, one of them spoke: "Sabo... Who permitted you to invade our territory!?" Sabo answered: "Your territory? You bastards, stop the shit talk! Let''s fight already!" one of the gangsters shouted back: "Prepare yourselves!" when the punch was going to hit Sabo''s face, a portal appeared and the punch hit one of the gangsters in the back. The suddenness of the situation stunned them, another portal appeared and Haruno jumped into it. With a smile, he looked at Sabo, nodding to him. He opened another portal into which Sabo jumped in. Haruno opened the exit portal behind a gangster and Sabo started his surprise attacks. Ace used Luffy''s leg as a rope, like in the anime, to attack the gangsters from the front as well. Luffy flew away immediately after that. Haruno opened a gate behind him to catch his rebound. Ace, Sabo, and Luffy attacked from all sides while Haruno gave support. After defeating the gangsters, the guards appeared on cue. Ace quickly said: "The guards! Let''s go." Haruno didn''t notice that a gangster punched Luffy''s face at this exact moment. The rubbery head caved in though no damage was made. While they were jumping the wall, Ace shouted: "Luffy! Don''t stay there! This way! Luffy!" Luffy only made ''hum, hum'' sounds since his mouth was still inside his head, like his nose, and eyes. He then threw his arm toward where Ace was, Haruno quickly opened a portal and jumped in it, appearing on the other side of the wall. Luffy''s face catapulted over a few moments after his arms. They ran away as fast as possible. How could they enter the city every time even when the guards didn''t let them inside? The answer was Haruno. He opened gates to enter and leave the city through the protective wall. The guards would probably never catch them. After leaving the city, Sabo said: "Let''s hunt a deer for dinner!" Luffy, with a happy expression, shouted: "I love deer meat! Let''s hunt!" He left, behind him, Ace, Sabo, and Haruno were running trying to catch up. Haruno then said: "Ha... I''m gonna go home for now." Everyone paused when they heard him, every time they went hunting, they made Haruno store the prey in one of his rooms. But now, Haruno was tired so he just declared: "I''m going back... Bye." He then summoned Gaharudo. When the giant Vulture appeared, it had twice the size it possessed last time!! A bit worried, Ace asked: "Are you sure that this thing is a Giant Vulture?" Haruno looked at Gaharudo and said: "No. I''m sure that he isn''t a Giant Vulture. Maybe he is another type of bird, a sort of super Giant Vulture...?" Sabo then said: "How... can you not know what your bird is?" Haruno laughed and simply answered: "I just don''t know! Well, See you later!" Haruno flew on Gaharudo''s back until they arrived at Dadan''s place. Haruno bid farewell to Gaharudo and entered the house. As he entered, he said to Dadan: "Dadan, the other three are hunting now. They''ll come back later. I''m gonna go bath, bye." Dadan wanted to say something but he ignored her and walked toward the bathroom. When it was near dusk, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo returned. Luffy shouted: "We''re back!" When they were about to enter the house, Dadan shouted: "Don''t enter! You idiots!" Just as the words left, a deer flew majestically through the air and landed on her face. Sabo, Ace, and Luffy walked inside regardless and Sabo declared: "Here''s the dinner" Ace behind him added: "Cook it fast." Luffy joyfully said: "Dinner Time!" After a record time, the dinner was made and everyone was fighting for the meat. Haruno just used his Akuma no Mi to catch some portions and started to eat calmly and drink some green tea that he had made. A slab of meat hit Dadan''s face from the right and left side one after the other. As a cup followed, drenching her, she angrily shouted: "Don''t waste food!" Luffy bit at that moment Dadan''s head, who started to run around and shout: "He''s going to eat me!!" Because the green tea also fell on him, Haruno had to take another bath. He sighed and followed Luffy, Ace, and Sabo to the bathroom. Dadan angrily said: "Don''t leave until you count to ten thousand!" She then, ''calmly'', slammed the door. Ace and Sabo were in a cauldron-bath [Ep: 479] while Haruno was washing Luffy''s hair. They laughed and played until the ten thousand countdown came to an end. They quickly left the bathroom and started to run inside the house, water dripping from their bodies. Haruno just said: "You three, please stop. Let''s go to the room and put some clothes on at least. I''m starting to freeze!" After putting some clothes, Ace said: "Let''s train one last time today!" Luffy shouted back: "I''m gonna win!" Sabo stared a bit dumbfounded at Luffy and said: "You never learn, do you..." Haruno then said: "I''m not interested. Good Night." Ace, Luffy, and Sabo fought until the ground broke under the pressure, making Luffy fall on Dadan''s big belly. The next morning, a good surprise was waiting for them! Makino and the mayor of Fuusha Village appeared! Luffy and Haruno rushed to her and shouted at the same time: "Makino!" Makino looked at them with a happy smile, she said: "Luffy! Haru!" and hugged the two. The mayor looked at them with a satisfied smile and said: "You two look great! It''s been already six months since you two left the Fuusha Village." Haruno and Luffy both looked at the mayor and said: "Mayor San!" Makino smiled and with a finger near her mouth, she said: "Don''t tell Garp we''re here!" Haruno heard the mayor and Dadan fighting with each other and ignored the discussion. Makino smiled and said: "I have gifts! I think that Garp-san won''t know about it, but... Surprise! New clothes!" Haruno smiled and said: "Thank you, Makino-san!" Luffy also shouted: "Ah! Tsuge!!" Makino smiled back: "I''m happy that you two like it. I will adjust the clothes to your sizes... And for you two too!" She looked at Sabo and Ace that were behind the door, looking at Makino. In the end, Ace and Sabo joined them. while Makino was adjusting Ace''s clothes, she was commented about what she knew about him. In other words, mostly that he was a little demon. Luffy, Sabo, and Haruno were making fun Ace since these comments made him beet red. Laughing, Sabo said: "So ashamed!" Luffy also commented: "So red!" and Haruno shouted: "Ace, you tsundere!" Luffy and Sabo thought a few seconds before asking: "What is a tsundere?" [Edited by Aaronji] 13 13: You want to be a Pirate? Edited That night, Makino and Haruno made the dinner. Makino wanted to do everything alone, but Haruno convinced her to let him help. With a happy smile, Makino said: "I hope you enjoy it!" everyone was surprised by this banquet! So many dishes! Ace looked at Haruno and said: "I didn''t know you could cook like this !" Haruno looked at him with a confused expression and said: "Huh? I can cook! I helped Makino-san with the preparation today. I don''t cook anything for you guys because I don''t want to!" Luffy ate a whole giant shrimp and said: "Delicious!" Haruno laughed and said: "Well, I''m sure it is, Luffy. Because Makino-san cooked it for us!" Sabo paused and said: "Food in a ship needs to be delicious! When I have my ship I''m going to recruit the best cook. So that is your job, cook Haru!" Ace looked at Sabo and said: "I''m gonna be a pirate before you, so you can forget about it." Luffy jumped and said: "Of course not! I''m gonna be the first to become a pirate!" Haruno chuckled and said: "Okay, Okay you three you, can stop-... G-g-g-g-g-Garp?????" Garp coughed. Luffy and Ace felt a cold sweat run down their spines... They looked behind themselves and Garp was there, smiling yet not. Then Garp asked: "You want to be a pirate? You don''t understand that you will be marine soldiers??" Garp punched Ace''s and Luffy''s head, after that, he called Dadan and punched her head in too. Reeling, Dadan asked: "Why was I punched too?" Garo looked at her and said: "You are not teaching them anything." Sabo looked at Haruno, who was staring at Garp with a fearful expression and asked: "This is Garp? Luffy, Ace, and Haruno''s grandpa?" Garp looked at Sabo and said: "Boy... You talked about being a pirate too..." Luffy then jumped in: "He''s not a ''boy''! His name is Sabo! Me, him, Ace and Haruno, we made the sake ritual and became brothers! Oathing to leave one day to be pirates!" Garp looked at Haruno and ''smiled again'', he added: "So... Haruno too..." Ace was trying to hide his fear of the man: "What a loudmouth..." Haruno got up, looked at Garp and spoke too, his voice trembling like his legs: "Y-you can''t force me to do what you want! I can''t be a marine! I want to be a pirate! And that is what I''m going to be!" This made Garp a little stunned and Dadan almost died as she heard it as well. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo were frozen too from the bold declaration. Garp coughed and simply said: "So that means that you four need a lesson!" Haruno then shouted: "Run!" and opened a portal to run away. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo rushed and jumped in the portal as quickly as they could. Haruno looked back at Garp and jumped in the portal last. He quickly closed it, before hearing Garp in the distance shout: "I won''t let you run!". After merely two minutes they were found and they started to ''fight''... Without Haruno supporting them, they could only run, but with him involved, they could at least hit Garp one or two times... Garp jumped to hit Haruno''s face. It was extremely fast, he couldn''t even see it! But suddenly, he felt something different awaken in him... Everything around him was in slow motion. Haruno focused and opened an entrance portal near Garp''s punch and the exit in front of Garp''s face. Garp noticed that something different happened with Haruno and with his Kenbushoku Haki, he felt that Haruno was opening a portal. He saw the location of the two portals. He didn''t know why, but he felt pride! It was pride that Haruno could deflect one of his punches... Or at least try... So he let himself be hit by his punch. Everything turned back to normal and he saw Garp had been hit by his redirected punch, he felt happy that it had worked. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo looked at him and smiled, then Haruno said: "Garp... I know you want me to be a marine... But I won''t be a marine. I want to follow my dreams... So that''s why! I''m gonna fight!" Well, in the end, the floor was wiped with them. When he left, Garp coldly added: "That''s it for today. Tomorrow I won''t take it easy on you! Don''t die yet." Haruno was the only one that could still walk so he opened a portal to their room inside Dadan''s house. He threw the other three inside the portal. When everybody in the house fell asleep after drinking sake, Haruno, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo started to make plans. Ace began: "If we don''t do anything, the old man will kill us tomorrow." Sabo nodded and said: "And even if we survive, he''s gonna continue until we give up on our dreams." Haruno nodded and added: "Or until we become marines." Luffy then shouted: "I don''t want to die!" then Ace said: " We only have one option! It is time to make a decision, brothers!" They nodded to each other, they knew what the others were thinking about. They gathered everything that they had and proceeded with their master plan. An escape in the middle of the night! They ran until the sun was shining brightly high in the sky. Luffy finally said: "We escaped!" Haruno continued: "Well, at least we left a message saying: ''We declare independence! As: ASLH''." Sabo thought for a bit before saying: "Dadan and the others probably won''t come." Ace nodded: "She will be happy, now that her problem is gone." Water dripped from the sky, and slowly rain started. They rushed to search for a tree to take shelter in and protect themselves. After searching for some time, they finally found a hollow tree with a wide enough entrance. They entered the hole and Ace said: "Let''s stay here for now and take shelter from the rain." Luffy chuckled at their improvised camping trip: "So cool!" Haruno laughed and added: "I''m a bit tired... I used my Akuma no Mi too much last night." Sabo nodded and said: "Me too... We fought with that old man for too long. I''m pretty sure I almost died! Let''s sleep..." they lied down near each other and quickly all fell asleep. Before falling into unconsciousness, Haruno withdrew his quest reward: [Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden): Increases the training speed of the Akuma no Mi: +20% in speed and +10% efficiency at using the Akuma no Mi. Debuff: This is a golden buff. It doesn''t have a debuff.] Eh...? Eh...? EHHHHH!?!?!! [Edited by Aaronji] 14 14: Secret Base Edited [Name: Haruki Haruno]|[Occupation: None]|[Age: 8] [Lvl 11] [BE: 122/122] [ME: 305/305] [SE: 205/205] [BP: 32] [MP: 55] [SP: 50] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Mind Break] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection] [Haki:] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]|[Animal Charm]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up] Haruno was a little stunned by the new possibilities, but he still went to sleep for now. After the rain stopped, he woke up and saw Sabo looking at the hollow tree with a serious expression. He then asked: "Sabo... What are you doing?" Sabo looked at him and asked: "Yo! Haru, what do you think?" Haruno went beside the kid before looking at the tree and saying: "Yes, it would be a good place to make a secret base!" Sabo nodded and said: "We should prepare the base! Come and help me!" Haruno chuckled and said: "Yes, but I will need a place to cook... Maybe in the base of the tree." Haruno then helped Sabo as he drew the improvised kitchen''s plan. While they were drawing the plans, Ace and Luffy woke up and Sabo showed to them his project of base and said: "Look!" Haruno showed his project of a kitchen, he needed some utensils and an oven... fireplace. Ah! A cutting table too. Then Luffy asked: "What is this?" Sabo smiled and said: "Haru and I planned our base! We can''t sleep every night outside, right?" Haruno smiled as well and added: "So that''s why we will construct our secret base right here!" Luffy said: "Secret base... So cool!" then Ace asked: "And the materials?" Sabo looked at Ace and said: "Well, there are some in that place..." Haruno smiled and added: "Grey Terminal!" they headed toward the grey terminal to gather materials for the construction of their secret base. When they arrived, Ace and Sabo started to search for wood planks and Luffy for a hammer. Haruno called Qwuoro and asked him to search for nails, kitchen utensils and ropes. After a few hours, they gathered the wood planks with the other things that the rats gave them and headed toward the tree that will be their base to assemble everything. Every day, they worked on their base and when they needed to, they went to the grey terminal to gather materials. During the first two days, they worked on the foundation of their base. Haruno helped using his Akuma no Mi to transport the materials where they were needed, so he was the most tired one. Luffy used his Akuma no Mi and stretched his arms to help Haruno transport some planks as well. In the original series, they took two weeks to construct their base, but with Haruno''s help, they only took eight days to build it! Their base was almost the same as what he remembered seeing, with a few small differences... The biggest one is that the base of the tree has an improvised kitchen inside now and that their flag that was just "ASL" is now "ASLH" in this world. It currently was dusk, Haruno was cooking a deer that Ace, Sabo, and Luffy had hunted. He used some salt and pepper, making a deer meat soup with vegetables. When Luffy, Sabo, and Ace felt the sweet and delicious aroma in the air, they rushed toward the kitchen and found the dish being prepared. Luffy looked at the vegetables and sullenly asked: "Why vegetables?" Ace grabbed one and threw it in the air. Instantly, Haruno opened a portal where the vegetable was going to fall and opened the exit in Ace''s mouth. Haruno looked at him and said: "You need to eat vegetables as well, you two!" after saying his piece, he gives a bowl of rice to each of them and added: "Eat. You can repeat if you want to." Luffy grabbed the bowl of rice and ate the whole thing in one bite then asked: "More!" Haruno laughed and said: "Yes! Here." That night went very well. The following week, they started to install traps and Dadan found where their secret base was. Seasons passed and winter arrived. Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were hunting danpas (panda bears ) while Haruno was removing their fur in the base. He also sent a white owl to go and watch over them. In the forest, Ace shouted: "Sabo! He''s going toward him! Don''t let our prey escape!" Sabo shouted: "Got it!" they ran behind the danpa until it arrived at the bay, where Luffy was waiting in ambush. Sabo looked upward and shouted: "Luffy! Be prepared!" up in the bay, Luffy who was waiting for them said: "He is here!" he jumped off the cliff and declared: "Here I go!" just before his punch hit the danpa, he once more declared: "You won''t run!" Luffy defeated the danpa! he shouted: "I got him!!" Sabo smiled and said: "Good work Luffy!" Ace chuckled and said: "We now have two of them! We''re going to have danpa soup tonight!" Haruno smiled as he saw this scene through his skill [Shared Vision]. He opened an entrance portal near his mouth and an exit near his owl''s forehead and said: "Good work Luffy!" Luffy looked behind himself and saw the owl flying and smiled. He shouted: "Haru-kun! Did you see that!?" The owl landed on his head and Haruno''s voice was heard: "Yes, I saw everything! It was amazing!" Ace and Sabo were looking at Luffy and the owl. Sabo spoke: "It is amazing that Haru can see and talk to us using an owl..." Ace nodded and said: "Well, he is an Akuma no Mi user..." Luffy was dancing around the danpa''s corpse singing: "I got him! I got him! I got one for the first time!" Haruno then felt that something was wrong. He made the owl look toward the bay. Upward, there, a giant tiger was looking at the danpa''s corpse... Sabo was the second one to notice that something was wrong, he looked at where the owl was looking and saw the giant tiger. He panicked a bit and hurriedly said: "Look! There!" he paused and shouted: "Luffy! Behind you!" Luffy, with a confused expression, looked behind himself and said: "Behind...? A big tiger!" Luffy looked at the tiger while the tiger stared at the danpa that Luffy was stepping on. Ace explained: "He wants the danpa''s body!" Sabo shouted: "Luffy! Get away! He just wants the danpa!" The tiger jumped down from the cliff and landed beside the danpa''s corpse as Luffy shouted: "This is my trophy! I won''t let him have it!" Haruno''s voice came from the owl, shouting: "He is stronger than you for now! Get the hell out of there!" Luffy said: "No! Go away! Idiot!" the tiger licked Luffy before punching him, making Luffy''s body fly away. The owl on Luffy''s head recoiled as well. [Edited by Aaronji] 15 15: Hunting a Tiger! Edited "Luffy!" Haruno shouted from the Owl that flew away. He controlled the owl to return toward Ace and Sabo. Luffy shouted: "Bastard! Gomu-Gomu no... Pistol!" His stretched arms ricocheted on the ground and landed near the tiger''s foot. The tiger stepped on his arm and moved its paw, pulling him toward itself (tiger-kun). Luffy landed on the tiger''s head, it felt that something was on its forehead and started to violently shake, trying to remove the undesirable pest. Luffy took flight again and rolled miserably on the ground. The tiger started to lick and sniff the newly acquired danpa body. Luffy then tried to repeat his attack: "Bastard... Gomu-Gomu no..." Haruno shouted: "Do something you two!" Sabo and Ace rushed toward Luffy shouting: "Wait! Wait! Wait!!" Ace: "Let''s run while he is distracted with the danpa!" Sabo: "Yes!" the two ran, taking the unwilling Luffy with them, Luffy then shouted: "I will remember you!" On the way back, they captured and killed another danpa and Haruno, with the owl, said: "Come home quickly, the soup is about to be ready~ I''ll need to go back because Snowy is tired." Ace, Sabo, and Luffy then asked: "Snowy?" an angry voice came from the portal saying: "The Owl!" Ace and the other two made an ''oh...'' sound while black lines were forming on their foreheads. The three had the same thought: "His naming sense is terrible..." The Owl flew away and Haruno finally disabled the [Shared Vision]. Haruno was currently cooking a danpa that Luffy, Ace, and Sabo caught near their base. He used a little salt, pepper, and other spices to cover the strong flavor of the bear-like meat. After around twenty minutes, the three hunters arrived at home without the second danpa they should have caught. Then, ''confused'', Haruno asked: "Eh? Where is the second danpa? Luffy... You didn''t eat the whole danpa on the way... Right?" Luffy shouted: "I didn''t!" Ace and Sabo chuckled for some time before Ace explained: "It fell in the river." Haruno then smiled and said: "Oh... Then there will be less meat and you won''t be able to repeat~" Ace, Luffy, and Sabo: "Eh!!!?? Such injustice!" Haruno laughed and that night, they ate danpa''s soup with a bowl of rice. When it was time to sleep, Sabo said: "But... If someone stole my first hunt, I would be very angry too." Ace looked at Sabo who was behind himself and said: "But...to fight with that tiger..." Haruno smiled and said: "It sounds like you, Ace!" Ace looked at Haruno, who was near Luffy and said: "Don''t bother." The four lied in a + shape, Ace and Sabo on the right and left side while Luffy and Haruno were respectively the ''north'' and ''south'' side. Luffy chuckled before using the blanket to cover his whole body. He then started to laugh. Ace and Sabo looked at him strangely before Ace asked: "Why are you laughing?" Sabo seriously said: "laughter doesn''t fill your belly." Haruno, a bit stunned by the comment considering their eating volume, asked: "Are you seriously still hungry...?" the three of them shouted: "Yeah!!!" then Luffy said: "I decided! Ace! Sabo! Haru! Come with me to my ship, right? Say yes!" then Sabo looked at Luffy with a confused expression and asked: "So, out of nowhere?" Ace then said: "We decided to leave this talk to the future..." after Ace said that, Luffy said: "But, it would be the best if we got to continue together, and... you would need my help, right?" Haruno, dazed, simply asked: "You are the one who would need help, right?" Ace and Sabo said in unison: "Yes." Luffy shouted: "No! I will help you!" Ace smiled and looked at Sabo and Haruno before saying: "You can go with me on my ship." Instantly, Sabo and Luffy answered: "No! On my ship!" Haruno smiled and said: "Then, this subject is closed for now!" Luffy ignored what Haruno said and asked: "No way?" Ace: "Yes way." Luffy then looked at his side, where Sabo was and called his name intrigued: "Sabo?" Sabo looked at Luffy too and said: "I''ll work for no one, no talk." Luffy then looked at Haruno and asked: "Haru? You would come with me... Right?" Haruno smiled and just answered: "Go sleep." Luffy continued: "Ah! Come with me! It will be fun! Ah! I know! What about this? The one who beats that big tiger will be the captain!" Ace then asked: "That tiger? Really?" Sabo looked at Luffy and said: "Ah... Your chances of being captain are rather small..." Luffy added: "No! None of us are on his level!" Sabo and Ace said: "Good Idea!" Luffy: "Yes! Let''s go!" Sabo and Ace: "Yes!" Haruno angrily shouted: "Okay! Now please sleep!" The next morning, Ace, Luffy, and Sabo left the base early. While Haruno was following them, he said: "I''m not really interested in being the captain, so I''ll just save you if something happens." What did he do to accomplish just that? He opened three tiny portals on Luffy''s, Ace''s and Sabo''s forehead. He then added: "If something happens, I''ll know and will teleport you here." This was a new technique that Haruno was working on. He used his portals for many things, to see, talk, or hear from inhuman distances. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo caught three big fishes to use as bait to attract the tiger. They walked towards the direction where they hunted danpas. When Ace asked: "Are you ready?" Sabo answered: "Yes!" Luffy looked at the fishes on their backs and said: "It was troublesome to fish them... What a waste..." Sabo said: "Don''t complain! We fished them to use as bait." From the forest, a roar came. Sabo looked at the general direction of the disturbance before warning his brothers: "Eh? Here he comes!" Luffy angrily said: "What a glutton! He won''t have my prey again!" They stared for a few seconds before another, and closer, a roar came, Ace then seriously said: "He''s here." from the frozen mist of winter, a huge figure slowly approached them. A burst of wind blew away the mist and it finally appeared! A bear... Sabo sadly said: "Ah!? It''s a bear." Haruno, from their forehead portal, said: "It''s just a bear? I thought those roars were from the tiger..." Luffy said: "It''s not who we wanted... Get out of here!" Ace stopped him: "Wait... He seems to be as strong as the tiger. We won''t defeat the tiger if we can''t even defeat him." The bear roared at the challenge as Sabo continued: "I got it! He will be a perfect training exercise." [Edited by Aaronji] 16 16: Its Naguri! Edited Ace rushed toward the bear and shouted: "I''m going first!" Sabo, behind him, rushed toward the bear as well while grumbling: "That''s not fair!" Luffy rushed at the same time shouting: "Cheater!" Haruno''s voice could be heard laughing. Ace jumped and attacked the bear with his weapon three times. The bear stumbled from the impact causing a bump to appear on his head. The bear roared angrily at the offense and rushed toward them. They quickly ran away from the bear, its fur was way too tough! Why did Haruno do nothing, you may ask? Because in the original story it was on that day that they met him. They would meet this special man. While running away, Sabo said: "Oh, no! He is chasing us!" Luffy then shouted: "He''s going to kill us! Ha-" he stopped his complaint mid-sentence, a gigantic hammer was flying toward them! They deftly dodged the hammer before the massive weapon hit the giant bear chasing after them, making him fly away! From his outsider''s point of view, Haru found the flight quite majestic... From behind them, an old man rushed toward the bear before stopping in front of them. Luffy then asked: "W-who''s that?" the bear got up and rushed with renewed vigor and grudge toward the old man. Luffy warned: "It would be better if you ran old man!" Sabo looked at the imposing man and recognized him: "This old man is Naguri! From the grey terminal!" he got up and shouted: "Run! He will chase you!" The stranger didn''t move or run, was it fear or confidence? Sabo was starting to panic: "What are you doing? Old man!" from their foreheads the portals approached each other before fusing into one making Haruno appeared. He looked at the old man, smiled at his successful prediction and simply watched the scene unfold before his very eyes. It seemed as if time had stopped when the old man didn''t move and the bear hit him directly! An explosion occurred and a spherical shock wave formed. The wind pressure was so strong, it began to push back the kids! They thought that the old man had died on impact, but what they saw surprised them. The paw that was going to hit the old man stopped in mid-air as the bear looked intensely at the old man, who quietly said: "You know that your place is not here. Go back to the forest. Now!" The bear directly got up on his two hind legs and walked back to the forest. Ace, Luffy, and Sabo made an ''oh...'' surprised sound at first but Luffy quickly smiled and looked at Haruno that was beside him. He said: "Cool! It was like that time!" Haruno smiled and patted his head as he walked toward the old man. The old man looked behind himself and asked them: "Are you okay? Kids." He then looked at Haruno and made a rather surprised expression, he counted just three kids... Where did the fourth come from? Haruno smiled and said: "We are okay, Naruji-san." Sabo looked at him and said: "It''s Naguri!" Ace and Luffy looked at the old man. Luffy''s and Ace''s eyes were already shining. Haruno smiled and said: "Now that the bear isn''t here anymore, let''s get those fishes back!" Luffy nodded heavily at the prospect of getting back food and rushed toward where they left the fishes. Haruno looked at the old man and added: "Narugi-san, you can also eat with us if you want!" Sabo looked at him and once again said: "It''s Naguri!" Haruno looked at Sabo and smiled, a bit embarrassed. They started to talk and ask about some things, like who he was, how can he be so strong... Etc. The old man then said: "I was the captain of a pirate ship." Sabo shouted in response: "Eh!?! Naguri was a pirate? And a captain!?!?" Naguri nodded: "That''s right." Luffy chuckled and said: "I knew it! Only a pirate captain could do something like that!" the old man asked back: "What, that?" Luffy smiled and said: "You scared that bear with just one look! Like Shanks! Right Haru?" Haruno smiled and nodded, Luffy added: "You are cool, old man!" Naguri scratched his head and asked embarrassed: "You think so?" and laughed. Sabo said: "I can''t believe that Naguri is a pirate, because he collected and only hit trash with his hammer all day... Building some strange thing... And was beaten by the gangsters and the BlueJam pirates in the grey terminal... I thought that he was a normal old man..." Luffy chuckled and said: "You just don''t understand Sabo! A pirate is like that!" Sabo then answered: "And you are a kid! What do you even know about pirates?" Luffy: "I know a lot! Shanks doesn''t go killing everyone that he sees!" Sabo: "Again with this Shanks person..." Haruno examined the fish grilling before saying: "It''s ready." He threw the fish in mid-air and cut it in four pieces. One for the three others and Naguri. Haruno smiled before adding: "Eat frankly, you helped us a lot Nagiru." Sabo, Ace, and Luffy shouted back: "It''s Naguri!" Haruno laughed loudly and corrected himself: "Right, Naguri!" "Ah, thank you," said Naguri while eating. Ace then asked: "Can you now explain? What is a pirate captain doing in a lost place like here?" Everyone looked at the individual in question as he answered: "Why are you asking me about it?" Haruno quickly added: "You don''t need to answer if you don''t want to, of course." The old man smiled as he said: "No, no, I will explain. Had you ever heard about the Gold Roger?" Haruno looked at Ace who was stunned for a brief moment. Sabo asked: "Roger?" Luffy smiled and shouted excitedly: "I heard about it! He was the king of pirates!" Naguri dropped a bombshell as he said: "We challenged Roger, the king of pirates, for a duel!" Luffy smiled and asked: "Really!?" Haruno smiled at the scene and exclaimed, impressed: "Oh... You have guts Navuri." Sabo looked at him and shouted: "It''s Naguri!!!" Haruno coughed and looked away in shame. Naguri continued: "But... we lost, and I lost my friends from sight. After this, everything changed from bad to worse... And here I am now. That''s basically what happened to me." Luffy smiled and said: "But... You fought with the king of pirates, right? So cool!" The old man quickly explained as he laughed "No, no... We weren''t a match for him. We lost completely!" Luffy: "Is that so...? Even you weren''t a match for the pirate king..." Naguri: "Yes, it''s not just Roger, but all of his crew was strong! Most important of all, their teamwork was incredible! Fighting with them was an honor." Ace, at this moment, started to walk away. Sabo looked at his retreating back and thought about following him. He looked at Luffy who continued to dream: "Is that so... I have a long way to go to be a pirate then." Naguri looked at Luffy and asked: "You have an interest in pirates?" Luffy simply proclaimed: "I will become one!" The old captain looked at him, stunned, and asked: "You''ll become one?" Haruno laughed and explained: "Naburi-san, he wants to become a pirate!" Naguri stared at Haruno and calmly said: "It''s Naguri." [Edited by Aaronji] 17 17: Aces Father? Edited Haruno coughed and apologized: "Sorry..." then Luffy said: "Ah! Old Pirate, can you give me some hints? I want to be stronger! I need to be a captain to order Ace, Sabo, and Haru!" Naguri looked at Luffy and asked: "A captain?" Luffy nodded and said: "Hay! Hey, say yes, pirate master!" The old man just answered: "Okay!" Sabo and Haruno said: "Eh? You''re gonna accept?" Luffy happily grabbed Naguri''s hand and said: "Yay! Then we start tomorrow!" Haruno and Sabo sighed while Luffy looked at where Ace was and asked: "Eh? Where''s Ace?" Sabo looked at Luffy before looking at where Ace was and explained: "Ah, it''s because..." Haruno cut him off by adding the phrase: "It''s because he is Roger''s son." Everyone looked at him stunned, then Sabo asked: "W-who... How did you know about it?" Haruno smiled and just looked at him. Luffy shouted: "Ehh!?! The pirate king is his father!?" Sabo nodded and said: "Yes, but don''t spread it around. He will think that it was me who said it to you... He''s gonna kill me!" Luffy asked: "Why!?" Sabo then explained: "I don''t know why, but he doesn''t like Roger." Luffy innocently asked again: "But he''s his father?" Sabo retorted: "So what?" Luffy was now stunned as he remembered what Sabo said to them on the day they made the oath... Then he said: "Ah... That''s right... Your parents too..." Sabi said: "There are some times where the children don''t like their parents." Luffy continued: "But... He was the pirate king, a legend!" Haruno continued: "I understand that you want to ask him about Roger, but please don''t." Luffy looked deeply at Haruno and nodded while saying: "Okay, got it." Haruno looked at Naguri and said: "You too, Marubi." Sabo and Luffy looked at Haruno and synchronized, saying: "Na-gu-ri!!!!" Haruno shouted: "Anyway!!! You can''t ask him about it!" Naguri smiled and said: "Got it." They proceeded to walk toward their base. When they finally arrived, the end of the day was near. Ace was there, looking at the sky from their base''s window. Haruno used his Akuma no Mi and teleported himself to the base. He was tired. Teleporting long distances was very tiring. When he left the portal, he immediately fell in his bed and slept. On the ground level, Sabo and Luffy were staring at Ace. Sabo finally added: "There he is, ah... Let''s act normally." Luffy: "Yes." Sabo: "Don''t say it..." Luffy: "It''s okay! I won''t say it! Don''t worry!" They entered the base and Sabo acted casually: "Hey Ace! You came back early!" Luffy then casually added as well: "Hey Ace! I didn''t know that Roger was your father!" Black lines formed on Sabo''s head as he thought: ''I knew it!'' He immediately attacked Luffy while saying: "Luffy! You idiot! I explained to you why you can''t say it!" Ace stared at them before saying: "Luffy." Luffy looked at him and said: "Oi!" Ace then asked: "Who told you that?" With a smile, Luffy said: "Haru! Na Ace! How was Roger?" Sabo shouted: "No!! You idiot!!" Luffy: "Let me go! I was just talking!" Ace calmly punched Luffy''s and Sabo''s head. He continued talking: "Don''t say this name in my presence ever again!" That night, they fought each other until dawn while Haruno slept like a log. The next morning, Haruno discovered that everything was either destroyed or thrown on the floor so he started to organize it. He noticed Luffy, Ace, and Sabo were unconscious on the floor, piled on each other. They had hematomas all over themselves from their brawl. After some time, they woke up. They looked at each other and with a ''hum!'' turned to look to Haruno. Sensing the tense looks he was receiving, with cold sweat, he asked: "What happened?" Sabo and Luffy resumed to him what happened last night. Not knowing what to do, Haruno just said: "Well... Sorry?" Luffy angrily said: "I''m going to train! Bye!" and left the secret base. He then instantly turned back when Haruno said: "I''m gonna make breakfast." He finally left after breakfast. Haruno made his owl follow him to know where he was going. He remembered something from yesterday and asked Sabo: "Luffy is going to train with Naguri-san... Right?" Sabo nodded and continued eating breakfast. A week later, Luffy still hadn''t come back. Haruno knowing where Luffy was, he would visit him every day with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. After, once again, giving him breakfast, Haruno returned to their base. This week, Luffy wasn''t the only one who improved. Every day, he would teleport to Naguri''s house in the grey terminal. With the help of his [Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up.] he could now teleport great distances easily. He was observing Ace and Sabo trying to run away from the tiger. Looking at the yellow sky and white snow, Haruno used the [Shared Vision] skill with the flying owl. He saw Luffy cutting a tree while Ace and Sabo were running away from the giant tiger after another failure. The tree that Luffy was cutting started to fall and it almost hit the fleeing Sabo and Ace. Haruno controlled the owl to make it land on Luffy''s head and used his Akuma no Mi to open a portal on the Owl''s forehead. He exclaimed: "Luffy! You almost hit them!" Luffy smiled apologetically and rushed toward them saying: "I''m sorry! Are you okay? I''m sorry!" Sabo and Ace looked at him with confused expressions and shouted: "Luffy!" Luffy smiled and said: "Ace! Sabo! It''s been a while! How are you doing?" Sabo smiled while black lines were forming on his forehead. He said: "Well... We''re okay... Somehow." Haruno''s voice came from the owl saying: "Is that how you two act when you see your little brother after a week of absence?!?!" Ace and Sabo looked at the talking Owl before saying: "Haru!" Haruno smiled and expanded the portal, jumping into it. When he appeared, he looked at Naguri and said: "Naguri-san, let''s go. You as well Luffy! And you two too! Come!" Luffy smiled while Sabo and Ace looked at him confused but they followed anyway. When they arrived at Naguri''s house in the grey terminal, Haruno started to make tea when Luffy started talking with Sabo: "Hey Sabo! I will show you the results of my training! Gomu-Gomu no... Pistol!" Luffy''s arm stretched... It hit Naguri''s face! "Oh no," said Luffy while looking at Naguri. Sabo laughed and said: "Incredible! Last week you couldn''t stretch that much!" [Edited by Aaronji] 18 18: Naguris Training Edited After hitting Naguri, Luffy looked at Sabo and asked: "How''s this?" Sabo laughed once again. Ace looked Naguri before asking: "What hints did you give him?" Naguri looked at Ace and said: "Nothing special, he just cuts trees for me every day. I think this developed his muscles..." Naguri sat down again and Ace looked at him, lost for words for a few noticeable seconds. Haruno walked toward Luffy and gave him a cup of green tea. He advised: "Drink it slowly. You want some too Sabo?" Sabo nodded so Haruno removed from his space another cup. He gave him the drink, who smiled in response: "Thanks." When he was going to ask Ace if he wanted some too, he heard him screaming at Naguri: "What would happen if Roger had a son?" Narugi thought and seriously said: "It won''t be easy being his son. Whether he lives a normal life or a pirate one, he will be tormented by the name of his father. It definitely would be a hard life. I imagine that if I was his son, I wouldn''t become a pirate. After all, the name of the father would ruin the life of the son..." Ace''s expression changed to an angry one as he shouted: "Ruin the son''s life? You don''t know anything. Stop talking nonsense! Why don''t you fight me instead, old man!?" After saying this, he jumped and swung his weapon to attack Naguri, who used his massive hammer to parry Ace''s attack. Sabo panicked: "Ace!". After the exchange, Naguri looked at Ace coldly and continued his answer: "As I said... In the world of pirates, the losers are killed..." Ace angrily said: "I won''t lose!" He blocked, deflected Narugi''s weapon and attacked again as fast as he could. The kid was still no match for the hardened veteran! Metal colliding sounds were heard as Ace attacked desperately and Narugi blocked. Ace sped up the speed of his attacks as Narugi had to start to evade. After some time, Narugi used his hammer to hit Ace''s weapon, making it fly away. It landed on the boiling kettle, green tea now falling on the fireplace, extinguishing it. Narugi proclaimed: "I win." Ace shouted back: "Shit! You can do whatever you want with me!" Naguri smiled and said: "Then I want you to come with me!" [modern_footnote]( ?¡ã ?? ?¡ã)[/modern_footnote](STRANGER DANGER) Luffy, Sabo, and Haruno made a surprised: " Ha?" sound as Naguri started to walk away with everyone in tow. After some distance was covered, they found the place where Naguri was building his ship. Luffy happily shouted: "Quick! Quick!" Sabo quietly said: "I didn''t even know a cave was here..." Haruno, Ace, and Sabo followed Luffy and Narugi. Luffy continued to shout: "Guys! Quick, come here!" Haruno simply teleported to Luffy''s side and smiled. Luffy then continued to shout: "Quick! Quick! Guys! Guys!" Sabo approached and asked: "What do you want, Luffy?!" Luffy just smiled while saying: "Don''t be scared!" Ace looked at where Naguri was going and said: "That is... a ship!" Luffy grinned in answer: "Cool right?! An authentic pirate ship!" Haruno smiled too and said: "Yes it is!" Sabo looked stunned at Luffy and asked: "A pirate ship!? Is that what Naguri was building!?" With his hammer in hand, Naguri smiled and asked for help: "It would take an eternity to build it alone... Would you three give me a hand?" Ace, Sabo, and Haruno made an ''eh?'' sound. Ace asked: "Give you a hand?" Naguri smiled and said: "You said that I could do anything to you..." Sabo and Haruno questioned at the same time: "W-wait! Why do I need to help you as well?!?" Naguri sincerely said: "Well, you are here too, so I asked." Sabo and Haruno shouted back angrily: "That doesn''t make any sense!" Sabo continued: "We are busy hunting that tiger!" Naguri laughed and said: "I can give you hints on how to hunt that tiger!" Sabo looked at him with a stunned expression: "Eh? Really... Well then..." Ace looked at Naguri seriously: "Let me ask you a question. What are you going to do with this ship?" Naguri took his smoking pipe as smoke left his mouth. He then said: "To go to the sea of course. I''ll find my crew that broke apart." Sabo looked at him stunned: "To the sea?" Naguri smiled and asked: "What?! An old man can''t go to sea?" Sabo quickly answered: "No... I wouldn''t say that..." Before he could continue, Haruno said: "Age limits don''t exist when you follow your dreams! Right? Naburi?" the other four shouted with a quartet''s synchronicity: "It''s Naguri!!" he laughed back at them as Naguri continued: "That''s right! They can say whatever they want! No matter what, I''m going to sea! I have already decided! Do you have a problem with it?" Luffy chuckled: "None!" Sabo sighed and admiringly said: "That old man is incredible..." He looked back and saw Ace was leaving again: "Ace?" Ace then stopped and slowly declared: "A promise is a promise... I will help you and... Tomorrow, I will defeat you!" Haruno seriously asked: "What was that about?" Naguri smiled at the challenge. The next morning, their training and help regimen started. Just like that, they started to train to become pirates with Naguri coaching them while they helped him build his ship in return. Haruno helped, of course. He decided to train his body with them too because he discovered that when he trained his body like crazy, his BP stat got a point up! Fighting with Naguri, they upgraded their fighting ability as well. Like that, Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno grew up physically and mentally every day! The season quickly passed as Spring arrived in the grey terminal [Name: Haruki Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 8] [Lvl 11] [BE: 130/130] [ME: 305/305] [SE: 205/205] [BP: 40] [MP: 55] [SP: 50] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision] ] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Mind Break] ] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection] ] [Haki:] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] ] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]|[Animal Charm]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up] After another day spent training, Ace and Sabo were now fighting each other while Haruno was watching them. He wasn''t moving much considering he had just worked out for twenty minutes, enough to overwhelm his 8-year-old body. Ace attacked Sabo who parried with his weapon. He then said: "Today, I will win!" Sabo resisted as he shouted back: "I won''t lose!" From their right side, Luffy rushed toward them in ambush: "It''s me who''s going to win! Gomu-Gomu no... Pistol!" Luffy''s arm stretched and missed his target. Wait, no... His punch hit Naguri''s face... Again. [Edited by Aaronji] 19 19: What a real Captain needs? Edited "Hey, Luffy! It again!" said the poor Naguri, who was hit by Luffy''s Gomu-Gomu no Pistol and fell from the rock that he was sitting in. Luffy chuckled with a ''yahaha'' and said: "Sorry!" Naguri touched his face where the punch hit and said with a serious expression: "And you, boys... All that you want are strength? Just it is enough?" Haruno looked at them from the tock that he was sitting in and with a smile nodded. Them Sabo asked curiously and confused: "How so?" then he added: "The stronger will be the captain. Any problem with it?" Luffy suddenly shouted: "That''s right! It will be the one that beats the tiger!" Naguri sighed slowly and said: "The tiger, right? Well, a captain needs to be strong. But there is something more important than it." Sabo, confused, looked directly at Naguri''s eyes and asked: "Something more important?" Naguri continued with a serious expression: "That''s right, and it is..." he paused and looked at Ace, Sabo, and Luffy. Haruno wasn''t there because he doesn''t want to be a captain... He opened a portal and returned to Naguri''s home to make green tea, his favorite tea! He loves it. Cough, returning to Naguri and the kids~ When Naguri looked at Ace, Ace looked back at Naguri with a serious and determined expression. When he looked at Luffy, Luffy didn''t notice his stare and continued to look at him anyway. When he looked at Sabo, Sabo nervously gulped down saliva. Then he said: "I forgot!" Sabo and Luffy fell down in One Piece style and Ace stayed still, looking at him with a serious and curious look. Then Sabo shouted: "What was it? What a deception!" Naguri, half laughing inside himself and half-serious, said: "Calm down, Calm down..." when he was going to continue, Haruno appeared and said: "Go take a bath, you guys are sweating and you won''t eat if you don''t wash. So do it quickly. I''m going back there to prepare the food~" Luffy smiled and rushed toward Haruno and shouted: "Haru! Food!" Haruno looked back just to see Luffy jumping toward himself and Haruno, without hesitation, opened a portal toward the sea and a portal to where Luffy was and Luffy jumped inside the portal. Then Haruno said: "Go take a bath!" Obviously, he won''t kill his own brother, so he teleported him near the beach and where Ace and Sabo could save him. And he returned to Naguri''s base to cook again. Sabo, Ace, and Luffy, were stunned for some seconds before Sabo jumping in the water and saved Luffy. In reality, Haruno returned to Naguri''s base to train his [Telekinesis]. He tried to make several trash parts float, he could make three things float with stability at the same time, the fourth wouldn''t have too much stability. His daily training was a workout, train his Akuma no Mi, and his [Telekinesis]. Physical strength changed a lot now he has more strength than before. His mental strength improved too, last week he was trying to use his [Telekinesis] to move the water and use it to combat... But he is not a water bender, so this failed. But his Akuma no Mi is really useful! He entered his room and discovered that he now has three extra rooms to store things! Six rooms in total! And one more thing... He can control the walls and ground of the room that he is in! And it gave him an idea! Fight in his room. He controlled the room''s ground and made it turn into a sword... But his control is terrible. Then looking at the sky, Haruno noticed that he was lost in thoughts again and started to make more food! Luffy is going to eat very much, that''s an apology... I guess... Luffy, Sabo, and Ace appeared after some hours with scars and other things, Haruno smiled and removed bandaids from his room and started to wrap around their wounds to stop the bleeding, well... He isn''t a medic.... So the only thing that he can do is use bandaids and a recovery buff. Luffy was angry with Haru because he threw him in the sea! He could have died! Haruno said sorry and gave him extra meat, and like that, Luffy forgives him. Quickly dawn arrived and Haruno prepared their beds when he lied down, he instantly sleeps. After it, Sabo and Luffy slept like deads, Haruno heard Ace leaving their improvised base and waited for his return, after some minutes he arrived and looked at Haruno, who smiled and asked: "Did you discovered what a real captain needs?" Ace looked at him and didn''t say anything, his serious expression didn''t change and Haruno smiled and lied down again to sleep, he heard the of Ace sitting down too sting smiled. They worked on the ship for another week and it was ready! Naguri cut down the rope and the bridge got down, making the ship go to the seawater! Luffy smiled and shouted: "Yay! It''s ready!" Sabo smiled too like he was proud of his work and said: "We did it! Naguri!" Luffy wanted to rush to the ship, but he stopped near Sabo and shouted again with a happy and excited expression: "Yay! It''s so cool!" Naguri smiled and seriously said: "I couldn''t make it without your guy''s help. Thank you! I''m grateful!" Puffy chuckled with a ''kishkish'' and Haruno looked serious at Naguri and asked: "Hey! Nayuri, are you going?" Naguri, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy shouted loudly: "It''s Naguri!" Haru started to laugh and then everyone laughed too, then Naguri answered Haruno''s question: "Yeah, but before it, I need to end your training! Let''s hunt that tiger today!" after he said it, Sabo''s, Luffy''s, and Ace''s expression changed. They all smiled and Sabo, excited, asked: "Really!?" Ace looked at Sabo and with disdain, expression said: "I''m gonna kill it and put an end to this stupid training!" Aabo looked at him with a half-serious and half angry expression and shouted: "It''s me that is going to kill it!" Luffy happily shouted: "Don''t forget me! And Haru too!" Haruno smiled and they walked toward their enemy. Let''s kill that tiger! [Edited by Aaronji] 20 20: Tiger! Edited After walking for some time, they arrived at the tiger''s den. In such an idyllic and beautiful forest like that, lives an extremely dangerous beast. A giant tiger. It is five times bigger than a normal tiger and its strength is enormous. With just a light sweep of its paw, it can destroy the biggest trees. When Luffy fought it for the first time, the tiger just punched him away since he didn''t recognize Luffy as an opponent. He was just a fly that was on top of his food. That arrogant tiger fought with many other powerful animals and was experienced from these fights. Now, however, Ace, Luffy, Sabo, and Haruno aren''t weak anymore. Well, they still are weak but it was incomparable to the past... They were stronger, they had trained. Ace was equipped with his blunt weapon. Sabo was using a fishing rod. Luffy relied on his fists and... Last but not least, Haruno would use his Akuma no Mi and Psychic powers to help defeat the tiger. They looked at the forest, their battleground. Sabo finally said: "He''s here." After that, they could hear a roar from far away. When a tree fell in front of them, huge amber eyes surged from the dark forest. The owner of those eyes slowly left the darkness, they could see the giant and majestic beast. Haruno heard a *ding*, a screen appeared before him: [New Quest] [Objective: Kill the Tiger King.] Naguri, who was observing from high ground, looked down at the four kids. He smiled: "Okay, he finally appeared." The tiger looked at Ace and Sabo, recognizing them as past intruders, he shouted: "Humans! What do you want in my territory! Such an inferior being dare to come before me! Leave now and I will spare you. Wait, those two... I know them! Those two ants! Mercy isn''t an option anymore, DIE!!" Ace didn''t wait for the tiger''s first attack, he rushed toward the opponent with determination burning in his eyes: "I''m going first!" He burst forth as the tiger attacked him with its left paw. Ace merely shouted: "Predictable!" (Muda!) and jumped away to avoid the sweep. Using the tiger paw as a foothold, he jumped again toward the tiger''s face and hit it, smashing his weapon on its face. Ace smiled at his success: "How about that!?" He was in mid-air as he taunted. The tiger was now officially pissed: "Lowly being!" It used its tail to whip Ace, throwing him away. He hit the ground hard enough to create a small crater. Dazed, Ace stared at the tiger, who sneered: "I will enjoy devouring you!" but before he could finish off the kid, a fishing line wrapped around his neck and restrained him! Sabo smiled at his timely save, he shouted: "You are distracted!" The tiger took notice of Sabo as he continued taunting the beast king: "Now, you are going to fight me! Stop resisting and give up!" The tiger looked at the small fisherman angrily: "Weak human!" It moved its head and neck, now overpowering Sabo. He flew unwillingly toward the powerful tiger: "Lowly human! You are weak!" It then slapped him away with its paw. Like a bouncy ball, Sabo flew away and hit the ground as well. Luffy looked at the two of them half-buried in the ground. He shouted panicked: "Ace! Sabo!" The tiger turned around, facing him and Haruno. It roared: "Human! You lowly being! Now it''s your time to die!" Luffy looked at the approaching predator and uncertainty said: "K-Kuso! Gomu-Gomu- no... Pistol!" His arm stretched and hit the tiger''s head... It did absolutely nothing. The tiger jumped in retaliation to attack Luffy and Haruno, who didn''t move. Powerless, Ace saw this scene and shouted: "Oh no! Luffy! Haru!" Sabo loudly shouted too: "Run!" They rushed back as fast as they could. A stunning scene unfolded before them! Two giant portals opened and deflected the gigantic beast. Haruno looked at Ace and Sabo that rushed beside them. He quietly added, a tired expression on his face: "I can only reflect two more attacks." Ace looked at Sabo, Luffy, and Haruno: "We aren''t strong enough individually, but we still can''t lose! Hey, you three! Help me here!" Luffy, Sabo, and Haruno looked at him and asked, rather stunned: "Who are you?" Ace angrily looked at them and shouted: "Ace! I''m Ace!" Haruno shouted back: "Lies! Ace never asked for help before!" Sabo and Luffy nodded with a ''hum, hum'' noise. Ace''s expression changed, now focused. He looked back at the still stunned tiger and said: "I have a plan. Sabo, Haru, you two attract the tiger into the forest. Got it?" Naguri looked at the scene: "Now, it''s becoming interesting..." Ace ran while explaining: "We aren''t fast enough! But with Luffy''s power, we can win! Sabo! Haru! It''s on you!" Haruno and Sabo nodded. Ace and Luffy left into the forest to prepare. Meanwhile, Sabo and Haru looked at the tiger. Haruno shouted: "Hey! Kitten! You think that you are sooo special because of your size, right? Come here and let him slap you!" Haruno pointed at Sabo before using his skill [Telekinesis] to float away. Sabo looked at the tiger and started to run as well. The tiger was even madder than before: "Come here! You little being! Let me smash you!" When the tiger paw was about to hit Sabo, Haruno opened a portal. It deflected the attack, the tiger paw hit a tree far away from its target. After a minute of pursuit, Ace shouted: "Sabo! Here!" He rushed toward where Ace was. As the paw of the tiger was about to hit him again, Haruno deflected it once more. Sabo jumped to where Ace was who then jumped too! Luffy''s voice thundered: "Gomu-Gomu no..." and Ace''s voice completed: "Rocket!" Ace flew at a high speed toward the tiger, who predicted it and raised its paw as a shield! This didn''t happen in the anime! Haruno thought about solutions while rushing toward them, he then had an idea. He could only open a gate... But everything was going so fast! He remembered what happened to him during the fight against Garp... He tried to recreate the peculiar feeling of time slowing. And he did it! He slowly opened a gate in an even slower world. An opportunity for Ace to attack appeared! Ace, flying, looked back at Haru. The kid was sweating and almost fainted from exhaustion. Haru smiled at him as Ace hit the tiger, making it collapse on the ground. The last word of the tiger was: "Impossible..." and the flicker of life finally left its eyes. Haruno laid on the ground near the tiger''s corpse, he now had a terrible headache... He heard a *ding* and opened his status. What he saw stunned him for quite some time. [Edited by Aaronji] 21 21: Haki...? Edited [The Haki strength will be categorized as (G), (F), (E), (D), (C), (B), (A), (AA), (S), (SS), (SSS).] [Name: Haruki Haruno]|[Occupation: None]|[Age: 8] [Lvl 12] [BE: 131/131] [ME: 308/308] [SE: 206/206] [BP: 41] [MP: 58] [SP: 51] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Mind Break] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection] [Haki:[Observation Haki (G)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]|[Animal Charm]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up] It''s really strange... He could feel things, sense them around himself... This is Kenboshoku no Haki? It''s amazing... He withdrew his rewards to look at what kind of debuff he would get... A screen appeared: [Temporary Debuff (BP Reduction) (Purple): -150 BP. Time limit: 7 Days.] Eh!? -150? Really? That''s incredible! He looked at his fellow combatants who smiled back at him. The three of them finally shouted: "We did it!" They were very happy because they defeated their biggest enemy yet! But the happiness was destroyed when a sudden thought passed Sabo''s mind and arrived at his tongue as he said: "So does that mean that Ace is going to be our captain?" He ended his sentence with a resigned sigh. Luffy scratched his head, disappointed with himself he shouted: "But I trained so hard!" Sabo looked at Luffy and patted his shoulder and, with another sigh, he added: "Give up, Luffy." Ace clicked his tongue at the scene: "Don''t worry, I won''t be the captain for now." Luffy and Sabo were stunned at the statement, they both shouted ''Eh!?'' to demonstrate it. In the end, Luffy asked: "Why?" Haruno, who was currently lying on the ground because of the fatigue, answered for him: "Because he didn''t win alone." Sabo looked down at Haruno and stared at Ace before calling his name. Ace suddenly said: "Well, it''s alright... One day, I will make you guys beg me to become your captain." Sabo looked down at Haruno, he then asked: "Will you beg?" Haruno smiled and said: "No." Sabo looked at Luffy and with a smile, he asks: "Will you beg?" Luffy laughed and shouted with emphasis: "No!" Faced with this unanimous refusal, Ace angrily shouted: "Idiots!" making Luffy, Sabo, and Haruno laugh. Still watching from his vantage point, Naguri looked at this scene and talked to himself with a smile: "It seems that everything went well... Well then..." he turned to leave the island but stopped when he heard Ace''s shout: "Old Man!" he turned around and looked down at Ace and his brothers. Ace smiled and said: "Next time, I will defeat you. Until then, don''t lose!" Luffy chuckled and shouted: "Bye!" Sabo smiled and shouted: "Take care!" Haruno still lied on the ground. He merely smiled and looked at Naguri, before he shouted: "Bye! Naguri!!!" Naguri smiled and removed the cape from his back and wrapped it on his hammer. The cape turned into a pirate flag, two hammers crossing each other with a fist in the center. Ace, Sabo, and Luffy made and surprised ''ah...'' sound as Haruno just smiled and laughed. Just like that, they said goodbye to Naguri before Luffy and his brothers returned to their normal life. X-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-X Inside the BlueJam pirates hideout, a person was sitting in a chair as a cup being filled could be heard. He grabbed another bottle filled with wine and looked at his subordinate beside him. He ominously asked: "Hey, you know where he is, right?" the subordinate cautiously said: "Yes, don''t worry." The boss smiled: "It''s time. Call his father and tell him that we found Sabo, his son." X-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-X The next morning, Haruno''s fatigue finally disappeared. He woke up with Ace shouting: "Look! There''s a tempest approaching!" Sabo''s voice was heard excitedly saying: "Let it come! We''re ready for it!" While he was getting up, he heard Luffy''s voice shouting: "So cool! It''s so windy!" Haruno then shouted: "Luffy! Don''t let our flag be blown away!" Ace and Sabo looked behind themselves. Haruno shouted again, smiling: "Pirates can''t lose their flags! The flag represents the pride of being a pirate!" with this shout, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy currently taking care of the flag smiled, Luffy shouted happily: "Yooshi! Come! Wind!" Ace laughed at the kid before happily shouting: "Come! Tempestuous tempest!" even Sabo shouted: "Come! Bastard!" Haruno smiled and asked the three what they wanted to eat. They all answered with different things. In the end, Haruno prepared rice with some soup. As the wind sped up and blew away several of his utensils, Haruno stored the pots where the rice and soup were. He heard Luffy suddenly shouting: "Ah!!!" Haruno, Ace, and Sabo rushed to the window just to see Luffy suspended by his own stretched arms. He was being blown by the wind! Ace asked: "Are you okay!?" the wind blew once more like an answer. Luffy shouted: "Help!!" Ace smiled and asked: "What are you doing Luffy!?" Ace, Sabo, and even Haruno started to laugh, Luffy seriously shouted: "Stop laughing and help me!" Haruno looked at Luffy and asked: "Luffy! Do you trust me?" Luffy nodded rapidly. Instantly, Haruno opened a gate and said to Luffy: Let go!" Luffy''s grip disappeared before the wind quickly blew him away, he entered the portal. Haruno opened an exit in the base as Luffy fell from it. After some time, the raging weather gradually disappeared and the sun shone once more as if nothing happened. The rain stopped and a rainbow appeared, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo left the base but Haruno stayed there for some reason... Luffy looked around and shouted: "Incredible! We survived this!" Sabo nodded but his worried expression remained: "But, our base was still destroyed." Ace smiled: "Yooshi! Let''s gather more materials!" Luffy looked back at Sabo and Ace before he added: "I want a telescope!" Ace sneered and retorted quickly: "We will never find this kind of thing here! Idiot!" then Sabo laughed and said: "I would prefer to find a canon!" Luffy nodded happily: "It would be cool to find one here!" They laughed and continued to walk as they talked. They didn''t see that behind, peeping at them from behind the trees was someone. The reason why Haruno decided to stay home, you ask? It''s because the crocodile egg was going to hatch. [Edited by Aaronji] 22 22: Mom...? Not Edited Haruno was sitting in a wood box while staring at the crocodile egg that he had collected. For some reason, he felt that the crocodile egg was going to hatch today. He felt it! So he stayed in the base while Ace, Luffy, and Sabi were going to collect materials to reconstruct the base that was destroyed... Well, just some wood planks we''re removed by the wind strength... But it''s okay. While Haruno was lost in his thought, a crack sound cane from the egg and he saw a little paw leaving the egg. He smiled and said: "You can come out! I''m waiting here for you!" the crack sound continued until the egg was completely destroyed and the little crocodile appeared. Light brown with some green marks in its whole body. Haruno smiled and said: "Welcome. This is the world! And I am..." before he could continue a cute and tiny make voice came from the cute crocodile saying: "Mom!" It made Haruno speechless for some seconds before he said calmly and slowly: "I''m not your mother..." and again he was interrupted by the crocodile. He started to cry and sadly saying: "Where is my mom?? Mom!?" If you didn''t have the ability to communicate with animals, you would hear an extremely tiny voice shouting ''keeeee'' several times. But for Haruno it was worse, he heard the two things! The crocodile and the cute voice crying. Then he said: "I am your mother!" instantly after saying it, the crocodile simply stopped and asked: "Mom?" Then Haruno smiled and said: "Yes... My son?" after saying he almost slapped himself! It is a very, very, very strange feeling inside his heart... Well, he ignored it completely and asked the little crocodile: "Are you hungry?" the cute voice answered firmly: "Hungry!" then Haruno sighed and opened a portal to his room and removed from there some leftovers of danpa meat and gave it to the little crocodile... Wait, he needs a name. Name... Then Haruno smiled and patted the crocodile''s tiny head and said: "Burtosy." The tiny crocodile lifted his head toward Haruno and confused said: "What?" Haruno smiled and said: "Your name." One more the crocodile asked confused: "Name?" Haruno smiled gently and hugged the little crocodile and said: "Is a thing that is just yours. And no one else." the crocodile shouted another ''keee'' sound and said: "Name! So... What''s mama name''s?" Haruno smiled and said: "Haruno... Monkey D. Haruno." X-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-X "I can''t find a telescope... Ace." sadly said Luffy while looking at a pile of trash. Ace looked at him and seriously said: "Luffy, why are you searching for a telescope? Search for materials!" Far away from them, Sabo was carrying some wood planks and other things and happily said to himself: "Maybe it is sufficient..." then he looked at the ground and happily smiled, he grabbed one thing and happily said: "It''s a telescope! Luffy will love it!" then three persons appeared and approached him, he looked up and saw them. The leader looked at him and said: "Hey! Boy. I didn''t know that one of the brats of the famous group was an noble!" then Sabo noticed that he was surrounded and couldn''t escape... Then he asked: "BlueJam... What do you want?" BlueJam smiled and said: "Hey guys, don''t hurt him." one of them attacked Sabo, trying to capture him and he received a kick in the face as a reward. Then, angrily, Sabo asked: "Wanna fight?" then a scream was heard: "Horyya!" when they looked at the direction that the scream was coming from, they saw a barrel rolling in a high speed toward one of the pirates. When the barrel hit the guy, it was destroyed and form inside it, Ace and Luffy appeared! Abao smiled and happily shouted: "Ace! Luffy!" Ace looked at Sabo and worried asked: "Are you okay? Sabo!" Sabo smiled and quickly said: "Yeah!" Ace looked at BlueJam pirates and said with disdain: "We three fight together! You guys don''t scare us!" Luffy jumped and shouted: "That''s right! We defeated the tiger of Columb Mountain!" After Luffy said it, One of the pirates became mad and shouted: "You brats!" Ace smiled and an idea passed his mind, then he shouted: "Let''s resolve this quickly! Killing their captain!" Sabo and Luffy smiled and shouted: "Yeah!" then they rushed toward the pirates to fight with them. Sabo on the right side was the first one to be attacked, he dodged and defeated one. Ace on the middle attacked and defeated one too, Luffy was attacked in the head, but he is made of rubber, so it didn''t make damage to him. After it, Luffy used his head and headbutted the one who attacked him. One by One, they defeated some pirates of the Bluejam and rushed toward the BlueJam captain, who angrily handed a gun and shot toward them. X-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-X "Mom... Mom... My skin is cold..." Haruno was preparing some things to his new baby, and he heard his son saying to him that his body was cold, then he remembered that crocodiles, snakes, and other reptiles are cold-blooded animals! Then he said: "Burtosy, come here my son." the little crocodile walked toward him with slow movements. When he arrived near Haruno''s leg, Haruno grabbed his body and with a smile, he hugged him, who said: "Warm..." Haruno smiled one more time and said: "I need to show you to your uncles! They will love you." Burtosy looked up with a confused expression, then he asked: "Uncles...?" Haruno smiled and started to explain to him about what a family is, Burtosy happily moved around the base and everything that he saw he asked about it. After some hours talking to Burtosy, the night was approaching. Ace and Luffy appeared after some hours, Haruno saw their expression and didn''t ask about anything. He smiled and grabbed Burtosy who was on the ground near his feet and smiling he said: "This is Burtosy! He hatched today! Say hi, Burtosy!" a *kee* sound left Burtosy mouth and Haruno laughed a little. That night, they slept without Sabo. 23 23: Fire Not Edited The next day, Ace and Luffy left the base early in the morning to continue what they were doing yesterday. A ''job'' to the BlueJam pirates. He decided to wait until the grey terminal was on fire. It can be selfish... But, he just cares about Ace, Luffy, and Sabo. He just cares about his brothers. The while grey terminal can burn and everyone there can die. He doesn''t care about it! He just wants to Luffy and his brothers to be happy. Haruno looked down at his improvised bed and saw his little son, sleeping beside himself, the little crocodile was... Cute? I think this is the word that could be used to describe him. Touching its body; he felt that it was slowly becoming cold, he grabbed him and hugged him tightly. Today is the day that everything will happen... Today is the start and the end... While Haruno was lost in his thoughts, a *ding* occurred in his head and a screen appeared: [New Quest!] [Objective: Save Luffy and Ace when the Grey Terminal is on fire] "So I need to wait until the Grey Terminal is on fire... *sigh* I think I should prepare some things..." Haruno knew that everything would happen. He knew that Ace and Luffy would be okay... But it can''t be helped! He is worried about his brothers! Haruno felt something in his finger and when he looked at it he saw Burtosy looking at him with a worried expression. Haruno smiled and patted his head and said: "It will be everything okay..." he looked at the sky and another sigh left his lips. After preparing everything that he needed, Haruno looked at the yellow sky and walked toward the grey terminal. X-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-X In the Grey Terminal, boxes with a red flag on top of it were scattered. One of the BlueJam pirates approached the nice and with a gun, shot toward it, making the box explode. Tonight was a windy night, the wind helped the fire to spread quickly, quicker than normal. Several boxes were shot and exploded, making the grey terminal on fire. Haruno was searching for Ace and Luffy in Gaharudo back. Haruno was almost dying... He needs to find them! Them Haruno found them, but they were being attacked by the BlueJam pirates! Ace angrily shouted: "What are you doing? I already said where it is!" Bluejam smiled and said: "You''re right, this is not the end. That''s why you are lying, you come with us." Ace''s face was extremely ugly, changed by the fury and hate he shouted: "Don''t joke! It will be too late to escape! Why don''t you go alone!?" Bluejam pointed his gun toward Ace and with a happy and disdain smile, he said: "Don''t test my patience. I''m willing to restart. Even if i need to steal kids! Everything to have my revenge on the nobles! And your brother is one of them. They think that they are special, they snob us like trash!" Ace looked at him and shouted again: "Sabo is not like that!" Bluejam: "He is like the others! Idiot! He was with you to feel superior!" This time it wasn''t Ace who shouted, but Luffy: "That''s not it!" Bluejam ignored Luffy and continued to shout to Ace: "His parents are millionaires. He doesn''t need to worry about his future! To him, everything was a joke! He snubbed about you too! Laughing!" Ace shouted again: "Don''t talk about Sabo like this!" Luffy helped his brother, shouting: "That''s right! Sabi just wanted to be free!" Luffy was mad and bit the arm of the guy who grabbed him. The man angrily shouted: "You brat!" and removed his sword from the sheath and smiled. He used his sword and cut Luffy''s weapon and cut Luffy too, who was in the ground rolling around, with pain. The man smiled and said: "I''m going to kill you!" Bluejam looked at him and smiled, the others of the crew smiled too and when the blade of the weapon was going down toward Luffy, Ace shouted: "Let me go! Don''t touch him!" after he said, an invisible force exploded inside him and left his body. The pirates fainted and the fire around him simply disappeared. Everything stopped for a second, and in the next second everything returned to normal, the fire that had disappeared appeared again. Bluejam looked at his subordinates that faint, Ace rushed toward Luffy and asked: "Luffy, are you okay?!" BlueJam grabbed Ace''s neck and shouted: "What did you do!?" he threw Ace, who hit the ground and said slowly: "K-Kuso..." Bluejam stepped in Ace''s chest and pointed his weapon toward him! Then he said: "Are you going to make fun of me too!?" then Ace one more time shouted: "Shut up! You bug!" Bluejam looked at him with an ugly expression and shouted: "You brat!!!" then he aimed his gun at him Luffy looked at them and shouted: "Ace! No!" and a gunshot could be heard. The shit doesn''t hit Ace and killed him, but Dadan appeared and grabbed the gun that Bluejam was holding and made him miss it! Luffy saw this scene and shouted: "Dadan!" Dadan looked at Bluejam and said: "Stop it, fucking sea pirate. Let Ace go!!" while shouting it, ah used her long ax to attack BlueJam, who removed his sword from its sheath and blocked Dadan''s ax. He flew back some steps too. Then all the mountain bandits appeared! Luffy looked at them and asked: "What you guys are doing here?!?" Dorga rushed to Luffy and said: "Luffy! These wounds are serious! Are you okay!?" Luffy looked at up and slowly said: "Dorga..." Then, A circle opened mid-air and a figure left it. Haruno looked around himself, he saw Ace and Luffy looking at him and saw Luffy''s wounds, hate started to grow inside his heart and he looked deeply at BlueJam, then with a smile, he said: "Enter the portal. Now. And take Luffy with you." The mountain bandits didn''t wait anymore and jumped directly inside it, Luffy was trying to fight with them again and when Haruno looked at him he smiled gently and said slowly to Luffy: "Luffy, you are going to be the pirate king, so you can''t die here. Take him away." The pirates nodded and jumped directly on the portal. Then Haruno looked at Dadan and Ace and said to them: "I''m going to support you. Don''t worry." Haruno''s red hair and the flames danced together. Everything that could be seen was, Fire! 24 24: Hair Demon Not Edited Bluejam smiled and said: "One woman and two kids... If you don''t know your limits, you going to hurt yourself. In the war, just the strong or the cowards survive. The brave always die." Dadan looked at him and in an ironic way asked: "Is that so?" Haruno ''smiled'' and said happily: "So you are the brave type! Because you hurt my family. You hurt my brothers, so I''m going to kill you~!" Bluejam smiled and said: "Idiot." Dadan and Ace rushed toward him with an angry expression, Dadan''s ax was blocked again by the sword and Ace used his weapon to hit him, Bluejam looked at Ace and smiled, then he pointed the gun toward him and shot! Haruno was using his ME to increase the strength of his Kenboshoku no Haki and bought a temporary buff: [Kenboshoku no Haki Temporary Rank (C)] so temporarily his Haki will be rank (C) for five minutes. So he caught the movements of the pirate and opened a portal to deflect the bullet. He didn''t kill him instantly with the bullet because he wanted him to die in the flames of suffering. Then Bluejam screams with pain and looked at Haruno, who smiled and teleported Dadan and Ace back before Jam''s sword hit on them. Then Haruno said to him: "BlueJam... Right? I will never, ever, forgive you. Basically what I''m saying is that i will break your legs and make you die in this flames." in this place surrounded by the fire, Ace, and Dadan felt a cold sweat slowly running down their spines and looking back at Haruno''s smile, Ace was stunned to see that Haruno''s red hair was dancing with the fire, moving to right and left. Haruno was like the fire itself... Haruno then walked slowly toward BlueJam, his hair changing mid-air growing at a visible speed. When his hair had half Dadan''s size, it stopped. Then Haruno''s whole aura changed! It changed the form, shaping a demon! Red wings, red tail, red body! Always made of red hair. It was like the technique Semei-Kikan! Then, his whole hair began to burn, but... Haruno didn''t feel pain or anything like that... He just felt that his head was heavy. He looked at BlueJam a said slowly: "You are going to die in the fire of hell!" when he shouted, his hair that has the shape of a demon charged forward. Its hands had hair claws that cut everything around him, it''s tail broke the ground several times. Haruno couldn''t control it perfectly, so he almost hit Dadan and Ace. But he continued rushing toward the pirate. He didn''t know but he was using all his three energy to control his hair to change its form and make it burn without hurting himself. Dadan and Ace were there, paralyzed by the scene If Haruno''s hair changing and attacking the pirate. The demon grabbed Jam''s arms and the hair started to war around its body, burning alive while he was screaming with pain. After killing the guy, his hair returned to normal and his body fell down on the ground, then Dadan and Ace woke up because Haruno shouted: "no don''t have any energy left to open a portal to escape! Let''s leave quickly before we die!" Dadan carried Haruno while Ace and she ran, searching for an exit. Harino opened his status to see why his body hurt so much. [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 8] [Lvl 13] [BE: 15/132] [ME: 50/310] [SE: 25/207] [BP: 42] [MP: 60] [SP: 52] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan: Hair Demon] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Mind Break] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire] [Haki:[Observation Haki (G)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind]|[Animal Charm]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up] [Semeu-Kikan Hair Demon: Uses your body energy and mind energy to control your hair and create a demon. Time Limit: 5 Minutes] [Sou Fire: Uses your soul energy to burn or create fire. Doesn''t hurts the user.] X-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-¡ª-X Ace, Dadan, and Haruno didn''t return from the grey terminal. This shocked the bandits and Luffy too. Dorga treated Luffy''s wounds and made him sleep. The next morning, Luffy got up and wanted to leave and search for Dadan, Ace, and Haruno too. But his wounds were serious and he didn''t have the strength to move around. And one more detail, the guard of the Goa Kingdom was going to kill everyone that survived in the grey terminal too... They waited for some time until Ace, Dadan, and Haruno appeared. Ace was carrying Dadan in his backs and Haru was in Dadan''s back. Haruno wasn''t moving but was breathing. He fainted after leaving the grey terminal, he used a new technique for the first time and his whole body hurt and the pain made him lose consciousness. Dadan whole body had burn marks and Ace and Haruno didn''t when they entered the mountain bandit base, Haruno opened his eyes, but he couldn''t move his body, he looked at his status and was stunned because of the new skills. His ME was full, so he used his [Telekinesis] skill to float and ''walk'' toward Luffy, who was crying while hugging Ace and saying: "Ace!" Ace looked down at Luffy and said: "Luffy!... You thought that i died?" Luffy was going to say his reasons when Ace''s punch hit his head, then he shouted: "I''m not dead! You idiot!". Haruno smiled and said: "Calm down, Calm down... It''s okay. He is just happy to see you here." Ace looked at Luffy and sighed. After everyone calmed down, one of the bandits said: "Ace, in the fire night... After we left with Luffy... What happened to you guys?" Ace looked at Haruno, who nodded and started to say: "We fought with the BlueJam... And i killed him. That''s why i can''t move my body. If you want to know details ask Ace. Because I''m going to sleep now... *Sigh*." Haruno then remembered one thing and with difficulty, he opened a portal and said: "Burtosy... Come here boy..." from inside the portal, a tiny crocodile jumped and rushed toward Haruno when Haruno lied, Burtosy lied beside him. And they slept peacefully. 25 25: My Life. Not Edited Ace looked at Haruno and sighed, then he started to explain what happened after Haruno killed Bluejam: "After Haru killed Bluejam, he basically fainted. He didn''t move after using his hair and burning Jam alive. Then we tried to follow a path to leave the place. But the fire was there... We didn''t have a way to leave, then Dadan gave Haruno''s body to me and said to follow her, then she rushed toward the fire. Obviously, I followed her all the way, and only she became this way... Completely burned... After we left the grey terminal, Dadan couldn''t walk anymore and fell in the ground, I carried her to the river on the Midway forest." Ace paused and looked at Dadan, who was sleeping and sighed. Then he continued: "I found a tree that we could use as a hidden place because the guards were killing every survivor if the grey terminal, steals medicine and food to treat her... After all this, I carried her all the way back, and Haruno was sleeping all the time." He looked at Haruno and approached him to punch his head because he was sleeping all the time after they left the grey terminal, now that they were back, he wants to eat something that Haruno cooked. But he stopped when he saw that he was waking up on his own. Haruno looked around himself and using his [Telekinesis] to float, he then said: "Okay, okay, now I''m going to cook something... Burtosy, behave when I''m not here. Go play with uncle Luffy or something like that." Haruno left walking... Or should i say floating? Well, he headed toward the kitchen and the little crocodile looked at where Luffy was and rushed toward him. Luffy was confused to see a little crocodile, but he remembered that Haruno showed him to them and said that his name was Burtosy... Luffy grabbed Burtosy and smiled, then he left the house to play with him. Leaving some confused bandits behind himself. Then Ace said: "I don''t believe that happened in the grey terminal... Does Sabo is worried about us?" Outside the house, Luffy was playing with Burtosy and the white dog Pochi that lived there, then Luffy looked at Pochi while touching Burtosy''s head and said: "How Sabo is doing...? But, is good that Haru and Ace returned and Dadan is recovering quick!" Pochi barked, Luffy obviously couldn''t understand what he said, but if Haruno was there, he would hear a man voice saying: "Yes it is good. I hope that she recovers well." Inside the house, Dadan looked at the ceiling and asked in a low voice to Ace: "Ace, at that moment... Why didn''t run?" Ace looked at the ground and said slowly: "Some Times, I lose the control. I always have a fear that if that i run, i will leave something important behind me... At that moment... Luffy was behind me. I really don''t know but i think that''s it." Dadan sighed and remembered some things that Garp said to her about Roger... That he never runs even when fighting with a whole army. Dadan looked at Ace and for some seconds was lost in her thoughts. Then Haruno appeared floating around and a delicious scent could be sniffed there. A special soup that Haruno made to Dadan and Ace to recover quickly, even himself will drink it. Luff outside the house stopped playing with Burtosy and grabbed two bugs to make them fight with each other and see who would win. Why didn''t Luffy rushed inside the house to drink and ate the soup that Haruno made? Because Haruno himself used his Akuma no Mi and blocked the scent to leave the house and attract Luffy. Luffy saw the two bugs fighting and smiled, then he said: "Okay, who''s going to win...?" he heard footsteps behind himself and looked behind, then he saw Dogra walking toward him and with a happy expression he shouted: "Dogra!" Dogra was with a stunned expression, Luffy ignored it and asked: "You were searching for Dadan, Ace, and Haru right? They came back!" Dogra''s expression changed to a scared and he said: "A-ah? That''s good!" then he walked toward the house, opened the door and Luffy sniffed the delicious scent and rushed toward the door, Dogra walked toward Dadan and with a trembling voice, he said: "G-guys... I have to tell you something... S-Sabo i-is... Dead." Everyone looked at him and he continued slowly: "He Died, a Tenryubiito killed him. He was in a ship that was near the Tenryubiito''s ship and... They shot him... Making his ship burn on fire and killing him." Ace looked at him with an angry expression and shouted while jumping in him to attack him: "Stop lying asshole! Don''t play with it!" Haruno looked at this scene and remembered that it happened in the anime and he shouted: "Stip it Ace!" Dorga, who was in the ground, looked at Ace and said: "I would never play with something like this! I almost didn''t believe what i saw! I thought that it was a nightmare!" Ace was angry and shouted: "Shut up! Sabor returned to his noble house! How would he be in the sea!?" this time Luffy supported Ace shouting: "That''s right! He returned!" Haruno felt that something inside his heart was hurting him, he didn''t know what was happening with him... He ignored that Ace and Dogra were fighting and tried to calm down himself... Why? I know that he is still alive and safe... It''s like in the anime! Anime... This isn''t the anime anymore... This is my new world. This is my life. My new life... My feelings are killing me! I don''t know what to do! What is this heavy thing in my heart? Is it... Regret? Sadness? Self Blame? I don''t know what is this! Someone... Help me! I need to know what is this feeling. What is my life. 26 26: Sabos Letter Not Edited While Haruno was lost in his thoughts, the discussion about Sabo''s death continued with Dogra saying: "Even a bandit like me understands how he felt! There are times when you don''t want to go back home!" While Dogra''s tone increased, he used all his strength to remove that on top of him, attacking. After coming Ace, Dogra continued, his tone becoming saddest and angriest at every word that he said: "If he was really happy! Why did he go to the sea with a black flag on his ship!?" Everyone became silent at that moment. After some seconds, Luffy broke the silence with a fierce cry and shout: "Sabo! He wasn''t happy!!!" tears fell from everyone''s eyes. Even Haruno that knew that Sabo was alive was crying right now. Then Ace angrily said to himself and others: "Why!? Why didn''t we saved him!?" he jumped fiercely against Dorga again and asked shouting: "Wheres the guy that killed Sabo!? I''m going to kill him!" After Ace said it, Dorga became stunned for a second before saying: "K-kill a Tenryubiito!? Impossible!" after Dorga said it, Ace grabbed his weapon and rushed toward the exit door to leave the house, everyone became stunned by it and they even didn''t move to block him! But then, Ace''s head was grabbed by a big hand and it was hit on the ground, breaking the ground and making Ace''s head bleed. The owner of the big hand was Dadan, who was completely warped around bandaids like a mummy. She angrily shouted: "Stop it, you shitty!" Ace used his body and arm strength to remove Dadan''s hand from his head and looked at her while shouting angrily: "Get out...! Get out of my way!" Ace tried to get up again just to be taken down on the ground by Dadan again, who said: "It''s incredible that you have such confidence being so weak! All that you will do is die. Will die and no one will remember who you are! You are just useless! Sabo was killed by the country, by the world! What can you do!?!" Haruno looked at Dadan while tears fell from his eyes, then his sadness was switched by hate, he hates the world, the Tenryubiitos, the marine that is those Tenryubiitos dogs! He heard Dadan continue: "The death of your father changed the world when you became so important, then you can do what you want!!!" Ace stared Dadan with a hateful expression while Luffy was there, crying. Dadan calmed down a little and said: "Tie up this idiot!" Haruno approached the crying Luffy and hugged him, he continued to cry and Haruno too, tears falling from Haruno''s eyes like crystal pearls... Haruno tried to calm down Luffy, which didn''t wok very much. Haruni then said slowly to Luffy: "I''m sad too if you want to cry, I will cry with you. Because I''m your brother." after this sentence Luffy cried harder until he fell asleep. Haruno smiled sadly and switched his clothes that were completely wet because of Luffy''s tears. While Luffy was crying, Haruno could hear Ace shouting from outside: "Shut up! A real man doesn''t cry! Luffy!" but he ignored it and went to the bathroom to take a bath and sleep beside Luffy... He really hopes that he doesn''t develop a brother complex or something like that... Really hopes... The next morning, after he woke up, Haruno made a little breakfast to Luffy and went outside to see Ace, when he saw Dadan, Dogra and three other bandits that went out to see Ace, who was tied up in a tree outside the house. Ace had an incredible gloomy expression, looking down at them. Dadan then asked: "Had you calm down, Ace?" Ace sighed and looked at Dadan, who said: "Untie him." while a bandit was untying him, a seagull was going to land near them and Dogra rushed toward it. Dadan looked behind herself and asked: "Luffy?" Haruno appeared and said sadly: "Cried until fell asleep. *sigh*..." while Haruno was sighing, Dorga grabbed his correspondence and shouted: "Boss! You won''t believe it!!" everyone looked at him and he said: "It''s a letter! From Sabo! I think that he sent it before going to the sea!" Haruno looked a little surprised and looked at the letter, on it was written: [To my brothers in Mount Columb¡ª Sabo] after hearing it, Ace said: "Give me, I won''t go to the city anymore. This letter is for us, right?" Ace looked at Haruno who nodded and grabbed the letter from Dorga''s hands and untied Ace. Then he gave the letter to Ace and followed him while he was reading it while hearing, Haruno could hear literally Sabo''s voice saying what was written in the letter: [Ace, Luffy, Haru, I hope that you guys didn''t were hurt in the grey terminal fire. I''m worried about you three, but I know that you are okay. I''m sorry guys, but when you receive this letter, I''m already on the sea. Things were happening and I decided to go before you guys. Where am I going to? Wherever place that is not here. And when I arrive there, I will train to become a strong pirate! We will become pirates with great strength and with strong freedom, and, one day, we four will meet each other! We will meet each other somewhere in the free sea. And... Ace, who of us is the older one? Two old brothers, one younger brother and one young brother that is like a big brother to us, it''s strange... This is our family, our treasure. But Haru, I hope that one day you will the cooker on my ship! Luffy still a crybaby, but... He is our brother! Take care of him!] Even Ace couldn''t hold anymore. Tears fell down from his eyes, Haruno looked at the sky while more tears fell from his eyes too... Even if he knows that Sabo is alive... It can''t be helped! Haruno stored the letter that Sabo made to it not be destroyed by their tears and continued to cry. 27 27: I wont die! Promise. Not Edited After returning to Dadan''s place, Haruno and Ace ate a lot. Haruno ignored that Dadan thought that Sabi''s parents could do something about his death... And started to thought about Luffy... Haruno looked at Daan and asked: "Where''s Luffy?" Dogra looked at him and pointed to the exit door, and said: "He left... Just don''t know where." Haruno got up and headed toward where he knew that Luffy was and looked at Ace, with his right hand, he grabbed Ace''s head and said: "You come with me." And then, they left. Luffy was in the same cliff that Ace and Haruno were this morning, lied with his head in the ground and his straw hat on top of his head. Memories flashing through his head... Like in the day that they discovered that Sabo was a son of a noble and said: "Ace! Luffy! Haru! One day, we need to go to the sea! We need to be free!" Or when they made the sake ritual and became brothers, with Ace shouting: "From today onward, we are brothers!" He was lost in his thought and memories that he didn''t notice that Ace and Haruno were approaching him. Ace looked at him and with an angry expression hit his head with a punch! "Until when are you going to stay there?" Asked Ace looking at the calm and beautiful sea. Haruno smiled and patted Luffy''s head and said: "Well Ace, he is just sad." Ace ignored what Haruno said and continued: "The treasure that we stored in that tree was stolen. Maybe it was one survivor of the BlueJam pirates it even the govern... I don''t know where it is. I don''t care anymore about the treasure, it was the pirate savings that I had with Sabo... Now that he doesn''t need it, I don''t need it too. What is the use of a treasure if I couldn''t protect him?" Haruno sighed and looked at Luffy, who started to say: "A-Ace... I... I want to be stronger!" "More and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more... And stronger!" Tears falling from his eyes while Luffy was saying: "To protect everyone and everything! I don''t want to lose anything..." Haruno smiled and got up. Then, Luffy continued: "So, I beg you... Ace, Haru, please... Don''t die!" Ace looked at him for some seconds before punching his head and shouting with an angry and surprised expression: "Don''t be an idiot! Care about your own life! You are weaker than I! Remember it, Luffy. I won''t die!" Haruno smiled and forgot about what happened in the anime for some minutes and smiled saying: "Me too Luffy! I won''t die. Promise." Luffy sat on his own legs and said slowly: "Okay..." Haruno used his [Telekinesis] skill to float and looked at Ace happily. Ace ignored Haruno and continued to say: "Sabo asked me to take care of you... I promise that I will never die! How can I let behind a crybaby little brother like you?" Luffy nodded while tears continued to fall from his eyes, saying: "Okay... Okay." Ace looked at Haruno and continued: "I not very smart... I don''t know what killed Sabo yet. But it was something opposite to freedom. Sabo died before knowing what freedom is, but we drank sake together and we are alive! You know, Luffy, Haru... We need to live without regrets!" Haruno and Luffy nodded and said: "Okay." Haruno remembered one day when they were in their secret base... Luffy was sleeping and Ace and Sabo were looking at the starts... Then he (Haru) said: "Boys if a noble family became nobles when they are eighteen years old. That''s why I need to leave this place until I am seventeen years old... Right?" Ace looked at him and with a weak smile said: "One day, we are going to the sea. We are going to live how we want and be freer than everyone else!" Haruno smiled and Luffy nodded and said: "Okay." Ace sighed and continued: "That means that we will have a lot of enemies, even grandpa is going to be our enemy. We need to risk, we will go to the sea at seventeen years old! And then, we will be pirates!" Then, that day onward they started to train intensely. Ace and Luffy trained the hand to hand combat and Haruno trained his Akuma no Mi skills and Mind and Soul skills too. He made quests of the system and got SC to buy a lot of buffs and debuffs, Ace, Haruno, and Luffy fought with Garp and other dangerous creatures every day and night. Then, in a blink of an eye, nine years passed, today is the day that Haruno is going to the sea! Haruno was anxious and Luffy was anxious for himself! Wanting to got to the sea quick. Well, Haruno opened his status to see the difference of nine years of training: [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 17] [Lvl 18] [BE: 300/300] [ME: 500/500] [SE: 490/490] [BP: 80] [MP: 100] [SP: 90] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan]|[High Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Fire Control]|[Mind Break]|[Focus] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire]|[Soul Eyes]|[Soul Share] [Haki:[Observation Haki (C)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind (Golden)]|[Animal Charm (Golden)]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden)]|[Body Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)]| [Focus: Literary help you to focus easily.] [Soul Eyes: With this skill, you can see the soul of the target.] [Soul Share: Shares the skills or abilities that someone has in their souls to you using the soul connection. If the person dies, the new skill that you received disappears.] [High Vision: Can see tiny things from far away. Like an Eagle.] Haruno looked at his back and with a smile, he said to Luffy: "In one year, it''s your time. Do your best to be stronger than you are now." Everyone was there, Makino, the mayor, Dogra, Magra... And the other bandits, but not Dadan. Haruno smiled and shouted: "Thank you guys for everything! Ah! And before I forgot, Luffy, say to Dadan for me: ''Thank you! Old woman!''" After saying it, he used his Akuma no Mi and teleported his boat toward the distant sea. Well, he left in the same place as Ace, on the coast near the mount Columbo. After leaving, a screen appeared. 28 28: System update? Not Edited [System Update: Unlock Training Room]|[Training Room: Unlocks an ability that transports you to another dimension where you can control the gravity of the room to train, there are dummies that you can train with, wood swords, bows, and several weights to training with.] Haruno was stunned for some seconds. Then he looked at the sea around himself and sighed, for those years beside Luffy, he trained his Akuma no Mi to be able to do more than just teleport something with portals. He can control all the space around himself in four meters. Just space to use to attack, like control the space to create a vacuum and use this vacuum to shot an air blade toward something. Haruno can do this, but it is a little weak compared to his shooting speed with [Telekinesis]. Haruno trained with his skill [Soul Share], he got a special ability from Gaharudo, the [High Vision] skill. After searching in the entire Goa Kingdom Haruno found another Akuma no Mi. A Zoan type. Well, that time, Haruno was curious about what kind of zoan it was and he gave it to Gaharudo, who ate that and his feathers changed from a black color to yellow color with some black details. What kind of Zoan did he eat? A Tori Tori no Mi (Thunderbird Model)! He became a Thunderbird! Well, it was the past year when Haruno was 16 years old, so Gaharudo didn''t have too much time to train his Akuma no Mi... Before leaving the island, Haruno made Gaharudo enter the portal of his Akuma no Mi, obviously. Returning to the present~ Haruno was looking at the screen doubts and decided to try this later. Now he needs to go to an island. But... What island? He is terrible with navigation! Maybe should he go in Gaharudo''s back flying until they arrive at an island? Sigh... While Haruno was lost in his thoughts, his little boat was floating around the sea. After some hours, another ship appeared. This ship didn''t have a pirate flag or something like, it was a caravan...? Well, it seems so. Haruno was there, lied in his boat sleeping. One person in the boat looked at him and said to his captain: "Captain! A little boat is in our route! What do we do?" An old man that was looking at the sky and clouds sight and murmured to himself: "A tempest huh... What? A little boat? Do you think I care about it?" This arrogant old man was a merchant, a professional merchant that sells all his products in the grandline and around the north, south, west, and lest blue! A woman looked at the old man and sighed, then she shouted: "Be careful with the little boat! Don''t destroy it if there is a person on it!" All the other mean around her shouted: "Yes captain!" With purple hair and a perfect body, the captain of this ship looked at the little boat and saw Haruno lied there. Haruno''s Kenboshoku no Haki detected the ship and he woke up, then he used his Akuma no Mi and teleported his little boat far away from its course. In the boat, they just saw the little bit simply disappear and appear far away from them, this made several people and even the captain stunned. Then the old man laughed and said: "An Akuma no Mi user! I saw a lot of them in the grand line!" The captain sighed and wished that she could talk with that Akuma no Mi user and try to make him help them to get safely on the next island. But he just ran away. Then a circle appeared mid-air and Haruno fell from it with a smile on his face, he said: "Hello~ Who of you is the captain?" Haruno smiled and said: "Me? My name is Haruno. Monkey D. Haruno! I came here to ask if you guys can let me go with you to the next island! Or to Logue Town if possible." Everyone was a little stunned and before the captain could refuse him, the old man smiled and said: "Okay little boy, you can go with us." Haruno laughed and pointed upward, where the guy with a telescope would be and shout ''land insight'' or something like that (the author forgot the name of that thing.) And said: "I will stay there. If you need something just shout. Bye." Then he used his [Telekinesis] skill and that toward that. Everyone, besides the old man, were confused. The captain sighed and shouted: "Grandpa! How many times do i have to say that you can''t accept everyone!?" The old man laughed loudly and walked away. The captain looked at where Haruno was and sighed again, then she said to herself: "That old man..." Haruno looked at the sky and smiled, he thought about some things and decided first to be a pirate hunter. He needs money quickly! So this is the quicker way of gathering money. Then, on the horizon, a ship with a black flag appeared. 29 29: First Hunt! Not Edited Haruno lay in the crow''s nest, looking at the horizon when he saw a ship with a black flag approaching the ship where he was. Then he used his portal to use one of his new abilities: [Sound Amplification]. He trained this ability to create sound waves strong enough to destroy a big tree! Then he shouted, and everyone in the ship could hear him: "There''s a pirate ship approaching." The crew of the ship looked up and saw Haruno smiling and looking at one direction of the horizon. North. One guy grabbed his telescope and looked at the direction that Haruno was looking at and shouted: "Pirates! There are really pirates!" Everyone began to panic. Shouting and sweating coldly. Then the captain shouted: "Shut up!" Everyone looked back at her and she said: "We always found pirates in our journeys! Why are you guys so scared!?" One of the crew, the one that used the telescope, looked at her and said: "Because, Captain... They are the Balck Squid pirates!" Even the captain became stunned. Then Haruno jumped off the bird''s nest and looked at them and asked: "Who are those ''Black Squid''...? They have a high bounty?" The captain looked at Haruno and sighed, then she threw at him a paper ball. Haruno grabbed it mid-air with his right hand and opened it. It was a bounty post. Black Squid Jury, the captain of the Black Squid Pirates... Then Haruno smiled because his bounty was ten million! Then he asked the captain: "There is something that I need to know about them?" The captain looked at him a little stunned but said: "At the moment, I just have this poster. But the total bounty of their crew is fifty million." Haruno smiled gently and nodded, then he opened a portal to Gaharudo''s room and called him outside. When the crew saw a giant bird with yellow feathers with black details, they were stunned. Then Haruno pointed to the Black Squid Ship that was approaching at a high speed and said: "Kaboom!" At the same time, Gaharudo opened its mouth and a thunder felt literally on top of the ship. Haruno smiled and then jumped to Gaharudo''s back and flew toward the ship. Just then the crew of the merchant ship woke up from their dream and looked at the yellow bird that was flying towards the pirate ship. When the ship entered Haruno''s Kenboshoku no Haki radar, he saw three little things flying toward him and Gaharudo. He then decided to try his new ability. "Portal Mirror." The portal mirror is like when Haruno opened an entrance portal and an exit portal to deflect the attacks but in just one portal! The portal deflected the three little things that returned to the pirate ship, killing two members of their crew. Well, Haruno was happy because of it too. He jumped from Gaharudo''s back and at the same time opened a portal to Gaharudo''s room because he said that he wanted to continue training his Akuma no Mi. Well, Before landing, Haruno used [Telekinesis] and landed slowly. After he landed several pirates shot toward him, who just used one of his new abilities: "Portal Shield." Portal shield is when Haruno opens an entrance portal and an exit portal and fused them, they created a portal that could be used in three different ways. To protect, to attack and to support. Then a circle with blue color appeared mid-air and when the bullets hit the circle they simply stopped and fell in the ground. Haruno decided to use one of his attack abilities: "Attack Portal: Portal Cut." The Attack: Portal Cut is when Haruno opens an entrance portal and an exit portal on top of others and make them cross it, then he closed the two portals. What was crossing the portal simply cut at the half, Haruno used this ability in all the pirates around him, cutting them into halves. Then a guy with a big sword appeared and shouted to Haruno: "Who are you!? Bastard!" Haruno smiled a devilish smile and answered him: "Who are you, you asked. Now I''m going to answer you. Pleased to meet you, my name is Haruno, and I... Am... The devil." With his last sentence, his red hair began to grow at a high speed, Haruno was going to use one of his AoE attack ability: "Hell Hair!" Hell Hair is when Haruno uses his skill [Senei-Kikan] to grow his hair and uses his soul skill [Soul Fire] to make it burn. Then he controls the hair to wrap around the enemy to burn him and kill it. The red hair warped around his crewmates and the pirate himself, who tried to cut off the hair. But obviously, normal weapons couldn''t cut off Haruno''s hair! When the sword touched the hair, it made a noise of hitting an iron object and breaking completely. Then a door opened and another guy appeared, he had brown hair and an ugly face with several scars on it. Haruno used his [Soul Fire] skill in his hair and the hair began to burn the pirates, making them scream and groan with pain, after some minutes their bodies were completely black. The other members of the pirate ship were looking at Haruno like a prey looks at its predator, fear. A huge fear. Some of them jumped off the ship to the water and others couldn''t move. When they reached the water, they saw that blood was leaving their mouths and another part of their bodies. They were dead after some seconds. Haruno observed it with Kenboshoku no Haki and saw why they were dead, the captain of the ship was looking at Haruno with a smile in his face, like he finally found someone to fight with! He smiled and asked: "You know why I''m called Black Squid? Well, if you don''t know... I will show you!" After saying it, his body began to change. His skin color changed to black, his eyes turned red and his mouth expanded. Haruno smiled and said: "Zoan Fruit. Squid Squid no Mi (BlackSquid Model)." 30 30: Black Squid. Not Edited Squid Squid no Mi (BlackSquid Model) is a Zoan type Akuma no Mi that transforms those who eat it in a Black Squid. But, what is a Black Squid? A Black Squid is a derivative type of a normal squid, but extremely poisonous. Its poison can paralyze an elephant in one go instantly. It''s an Uncommon Zoan. Haruno knows it because he himself was paralyzed by the poison of this squid. He was learning to fish with Luffy and Ace and he got that squid, who flew in his face and... Well, you know what happened next. Haruno knows that one sting is in one of the tentacles... But he doesn''t know what tentacle! After Joly transformed himself, Haruno saw a big black-skinned squid with six tentacles attacking him at the same time, he could win with one attack, but no. He wants to try his abilities. Then he opened a portal in his feet, teleporting himself on top of the squid head. He used his fist and punched the squid face, making a burn mark! Haruno smiled and jumped backward to avoid two tentacles that were going to hit him and landed slowly. Now it is time to play! He opened two portals in front of himself, then punched the right one. When his fist touched the portal, another portal appeared in the squid face and Haruno''s first hit it. Then he said: "Attack Portal: Portal Fist." With a smile, he punched the portals several times it was so quick that you could see just the after image! Haruno said slowly: "Attack Portal: Gatling Fist Gun." The squid''s face was completely destroyed by Haruno''s punches but wasn''t dead yet. Haruno had a good idea. He removed from his storeroom a bag, what is inside? You will know later. Then he looked at the squid and said: "You are very weak. But, let me try more moves on you so i can see if it works!" Haruno then used his skill [Telekinesis] and aimed towards the squid. Then bang! A tiny hair flew toward the squid and penetrated its body, making blood flow over it. Haruno then decided to end his life with a beautiful move! He clapped his hands and two fireballs appeared on it, using his [Soul Fire] skill and [Fire Control] skill, he manipulated the fire to form claws in his hands, then he jumped and teleported himself toward the squid. When his claws touched the squid, the squid screamed and black blood flew out Haruno said slowly: "Fire Control: Fire Claws." Then its body began to turn into a human again. Haruno smiled and waited to the squid transform into a human to remove its head. After transforming, the pirate captain looked at Haruno like he was looking at a monster, Haruno smiled and asked: "Who in your crew has rewards?" The captain couldn''t speak so Haruno touched his forehead and used one of the skills that he trained! "Memory Read." He could do this to animals easily, but to humans, he needs to break their mind or body to read their memory. After reading his memory Haruno cut off his head and the head of two other guys. He called Gaharudo again and when he was flying in his backs, he used his skill [Soul Fire] and concentrated a good amount of SE making a fireball and shot it toward the ship, making an explosion. Then he returned to the merchant ship. He landed slowly and stored the head of the three that he cut off in his Akuma no Mi and floated toward the bird''s nest in the ship again to sleep. But his Kenboshoku no Haki could catch some speeches of the crew down on the ship: "Did you saw that explosion?" "What kind of Akuma no Mi he uses?" "So strong!" And etcetera. After sleeping for three or two hours, he woke up with one guy of the crew shouting: "Pirate Hunter-san! We need your help here!" Haruno looked down and saw another ship with a black flag. He sighed and jumped off the bids nest to the pirate ship and float with [Telekinesis] and landed slowly on it. He looked around at the stunned and surprised pirate crew and said just one word, asking: "Bounty?" The others looked at him with a confused expression and the one that seemed like the vice-captain or something like that said: "The captain has a bounty of thirteen million! And i have a bounty of two million! ... Wait... Who are you bastard to invade our ship!?" Haruno snored lightly and suddenly his body disappeared and appeared near the big guy and touched his forehead. Then he screamed with pain because seconds after his head was burning with red flames! Haruno smiled and said: "Fire Control: Fire Touch." Then he snapped his fingers, the fire stopped but the head of the guy fell off instantly! Haruno said to himself again: "Attack Portal: Portal Cut." He used his portals to cut off the head, like when he was in the ship of the Black Squid Pirates. The crew was completely stunned! Their vice-captain was killed so easily! This guy is a monster!! Then the captain appeared and shouted: "What the hell is happening here!?" He looked around and saw Haruno collecting his vice-captain head with a serene and happy expression, this made him stunned and he couldn''t react because of his head that fell in the ground. Then Haruno remembered about the bag that he warped around his wrist, he decided to open it in the merchant ship. He collected the other head and simply left the pirate ship, but he didn''t forget about burning it down. He landed in the merchant ship and flew toward the bird''s nest one more time and with a happy expression, he opened the bag that was around his wrist! Inside it was fruits. Yeah, fruits! And you what!? Yeah, when you kill an Akuma no Mi user, its Akuma no Mi returns to a fruit! So when Haruno saw the two fruits that changed color he smiled. 31 31: Loguetwon Not Edited Haruno looked inside the bag and sighed. The first Akuma no Mi was obviously the Zoan Squid Squid no Mi (BlackSquid Model), a grey apple with yellow and blue lines and circles around it. The other was a banana with blue color and red lines and green circles... He searched and found that it was another Zoan fruit! A Bug Bug no Mi (Centipede Model)... That''s gross! A Centipede?? Haruno sighed. Do you know why he collected those Akuma no Mis? To sell to his system obviously! Well, he can sell Akuma no Mi: [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 17] [Lvl 20] [BE: 310/310] [ME: 520/520] [SE: 500/500] [BP: 90] [MP: 120] [SP: 100] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan]|[High Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Fire Control]|[Mind Break]|[Focus] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire]|[Soul Eyes]|[Soul Share] [Haki:[Observation Haki (C)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind (Golden)]|[Animal Charm (Golden)]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden)]|[Body Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)]| The Next Morning Haruno woke up with pain in his back, he never slept in a bird''s nest... It''s terrible. He sighed and looked around, in the horizon, he saw an island. He smiled because he knew what island it was, the island of start and end, Loguetown! Haruno laughed and jumped from the bird''s nest, the crew that was cleaning the ship looked at him and sighed, Haruno floated to not give them more trouble to clean everything and said: "We are getting near the next island~ If you guys want to go to the grand line, be careful. Well, I''m going to stay in Loguetown for some time and hunt some pirates~ bye!" He jumped in the sea and used his [Telekinesis] skill. He trained his [Telekinesis] to be able to make him float and his time limit is five hours! So he floated by the sea surface and rushed toward Loguetown, in the way he opened the two [Random Permanent Buff] and he got: [Soul Energy Recovery Buff (Purple): Recovery Rate of the SE increases +30% and -2 SP]|[Strong Body: +40% of BO when training and -20% of MP at every level.] Haruno smiled because if he gets the [Strong Soul] buff, what would happen? While he was thinking, he arrived at Loguetown and his smile expanded because he saw the Marine base... If I''m not wrong, the captain of this base is Smoker. Haruno sighed again and headed toward the marine base, he walked in the streets and looked around himself, a lot of people and some pirates walked beside him some were selling swords, others were selling guns, and even ''Akuma no Mis''! Haruno laughed looked at his status and saw that his ME was regenerating quickly. While he was walking, something bumped into him and he ignored it. Then a male voice said: "Ha...? What? You bump into someone and ignores it!?" Haruno looked back and didn''t say a word to the guy that bumped into him and walked away again. This made the guy angry and shouted: "You bastard! How dare you ignore me! Do you want to fight!?" Haruno looked back and sighed, then he said: "Weak." And used his skill [Telekinesis] and threw the guy away, who flew for some meters and landed creating a hole in the wall with the shape of a spider web. Haruno simply ignored and walked away. When he arrived at the Marine Base to collect the bounty of the heads that he cut off. He talked with a guy who helped him. Haruno collected the bounty of five heads and got a total of thirty millions of berries! He then decided to look for a hotel where he can stay for some time and rest. When he left, one of the marines sighed and said: "God... That guy was scary!" Another one nodded and said: "His aura is strong... He is strong." The others nodded and sighed at the same time together. Haruno was walking in the streets, searching for a hotel and he heard a commotion and explosive noises and Haruno''s instincts told him that he needed to see what was happening. So he rushed toward the noise and saw a person fighting with pirates and he said to himself: "Another pirate hunter... Or just another pirate fighting with other pirates." He wasn''t interested in pirate fights. But when he was going to leave, another big guy appeared behind him and shouted: "It was him! That one!" Haruno looked back and saw the guy that he pushed away and sighed. Then he said seriously: "Hear. If you try, I will kill you." He looked around to count how many were attacking him and his Kenboshoku no Haki caught twenty pirates. Then he sighed and decided to end this quickly. "Attack Portal: Multiple Portal Decapitation." He used his Akuma no Mi and created twenty portals and cut off the head of the twenty pirates in one go! Instantly blood was on the street and several people became stunned by this scene! Haruno sighed and thought to himself: ''Well, I''m not going to clean this.'' And started to leave, behind him a crowd with fearful expressions. But one boy who looked at this scene had a smile on his face and decided to follow Haruno. Obviously, after some seconds, Haruno detected that he has been followed by a kid and he decided to wait and see what will happen. After walking to a desert place he stopped and shouted: "What you want brat?" The boy left the corner looking at Haruno and asked him: "How did you know that I was following you?" Haruno looked at him and smiled saying: "Your steps, presence, and breath speed. And when you looked at me from the crowd, I knew that you wanted something from me." Well, it isn''t a lie. Haruno detected first his look, then heard his steps and detected his presence with his Kenboshoku. Then the boy smile widened and Haruno asked: "So... What you want? Why did you follow me?" The boy made the posture that the Japanese people do to ask something... The author forgot the word again! [Sorry~] and shouted: "Let me be your disciple! Please!" Haruno: "Ha...?" 32 32: Im his Sensei! Not Edited Haruno became stunned. This kid wants him to be his disciple? Haruno laughed loudly and said: "Go home kid. I won''t accept any apprentice or disciple or something like that. I work alone... For now." Well, that''s true because Haruno wants to be a pirate and want to see Luffy being the pirate king. So what is the solution? Be one of the Mugiwaras obviously! The boy looked at him, Haruno thought that just talking that would make his motivation disappear... But no. It was stronger than before! His eyes were shining while he was looking at Haruno, who felt a cold sweat run down his spine. He turned back and left, the hot followed him like a dog. Haruno ignored him and started to search for one hotel, the boy behind him started to talk without stopping. For some reason, Haruno thought about Luffy and smiled. This little guy remembers him when he was a kid and trained with Luffy... Sigh... But... "Sensei! Where are we going?" "Sensei! What are you going to do now?" "Sensei! Sensei! Sensei!" This one is annoying!!! Haruno looked back at him and said coldly: "I''m not your sensei. I don''t accept you." Then the little one looked at his feet and looked back at Haruno and with a smile, he said: "So I just need to make you accept me!" Black lines ran down Haruno''s face, he sighed again and opened a portal to his room because he didn''t found a good hotel. He entered and prepared a bed when he thought that the boy had given up he heard: "Wow! What is this place?" He looked behind himself and saw the guy entering his portal... He remembered when Luffy entered his room for the first time too, he was stunned and wanted to destroy a wall... Well, he broke one finger with that. Haruno used his Akuma no Mi and controlled the walls of the room and threw the guy off. He discovered that he could control the whole room with perfection. Teleport inside his room, control the walls, ceiling, floor... And etcetera. He lied on the bed and slept peacefully. The next morning he left the room and saw that the boy was still outside lied in the ground. He sighed and left, behind him the boy whole up instantly and started to follow him. Haruno looked back and said: "Look, kid, I grew up in the mount Columbo. I hunted giant animals every day. I waited for weeks until my prey appeared. You won''t be able to win with your patience. So I will give you a test, kill one pirate with the bounty of one million. Then I will accept you as my apprentice." This made the boy stunned. He looked at Haruno with his blue eyes and smiled. Then he left, walking toward the city port. Haruno sighed and walked in the opposing direction. He was going to see the place where Gol D. Roger was executed by the Marine. He followed the crowd, just to feel like he is a tourist or something like that. After some hours walking around the city, Haruno heard a person saying: "Did you heard? They caught a kid!" "Yeah, but the kid tried to kill him!" "The kid was saying something about a sensei." This last sentence made Haruno''s heart turn cold. He rushed toward the city port jumping and running. When he arrived he saw a big guy with a hammer kicking the bog that was talking to Haruno this morning. The guy shouted: "This brat! Tried to kill- me!" At every word, he kicked stronger than the last kick and blood flew from the boy''s mouth. When the big pirate was going to kick him again, Haruno whispered: "Support Portal: Instant Movement." A portal opened where the boy was and his body instantly moved to where Haruno was, Haruno trained this move with Ace and Luffy to coordinate their attacks when they fought with gangsters in the grey terminal. The boy opened his eyes and just saw Haruno''s back. A grey t-shirt and red hair, Haruno could make his hair grow up, so he learned to modify his hair with different styles and forms. Now his hair was a normal hair, like Luffy''s hair cut because it was Haruno who cut Luffy''s hair. Okay, back to present. Haruno looked at the boy and used a [Recovery Buff (Green)] on his body, everything that he does to the boy, he remembers about Luffy and Ace... Sigh. The big guy looked at Haruno shouted: "Who are you bastard!?" Haruno smiled and pointed to the ship behind him, with a snap of his finger and with Haruno''s whisper: "Fire Control: Explosion." the ship exploded and started to burn! Haruno smiled and answered the question: "I''m his sensei." The ship was burning and the crew that was on it jumped on the water, the big guy looked at Haruno angrily and rushed toward him to kill him. He used his ax and swung it upward and downward, attacking Haruno. The boy was stunned because Haruno didn''t move! He shouted: "Sensei! Move!" Haruno smiled and said: "Defense Portal: Deflect." Haruno used his portals to deflect the attack. He opened an entrance portal in the ax and an exit portal in the ground beside him. This move deflects instantly what touches the entrance portal. After the dust settled down, the boy and the guy with the ax, the crew and even the people around them were stunned. Haruno pointed to the ground that had the ax mark and said: "You missed." Haruno then smiled and touched the ax that the guy was holding, his finger turned red and the started to burn! Haruno smiled and said: "Fire Control: Fire Touch." Haruno created this move after concentrating Soul Energy in his finger and using his skill [Soul Fire] the concentrated fire burns quickly than the not concentrated one, so Haruno decided to concentrate his fire every time he attacks with it. The ax had a big black mark and the iron on it started to change color to red and the guy dropped the ax instantly. Haruno used his: "Attack Portal: Decapitation." And cut off the guy head and grabbed it. Then when he was going to leave, a gunshot hit near his feet and a voice said: "You aren''t going now. I will fight with you." When he looked back he saw the ship captain! He had burn marks and other old scars too. Haruno sighed and fought with that guy too. 33 33: I said, what? Not Edited Haruno looked at the boy who had a scared expression and asked him: "What? Why are you so scared?" The boy looked at Haruno''s calm expression and said slowly: "That man is Gorge Horge. He is a wanted pirate with a bounty of twenty million." Haruno looked at the man that shot toward him and looked back at the boy with an ''are you sure?'' Expression, what made the boy stunned after nodding. Haruno smiled and said to Horge: "So... Do you have an Akuma no Mi or something like that?" The man looked at him and sneered. Haruno smiled and used his skill [Soul Eye]. Then a third eye appeared in his forehead, everyone that saw it was stunned for some seconds the eye in Haruno''s forehead disappeared and Haruno smiled. While using this skill, Haruno uses soul energy to active his third eye, the [Soul Eye] and he can see ''auras'' around the people with it, based on the amount of the aura and in the color of the aura, he can say if the person has an Akuma no Mi or If the person is strong or weak than himself. It''s a good skill. The whiter the color the purer the soul of the person, the blacker the soul the stronger the mind, and the body has colors like red, blue, green, yellow... And etcetera. He still didn''t know what those colors mean, but he is learning that. Haruno saw that the aura of Horge. The body was red and no white and little black lines around his head. Haruno then said slowly: "No Akuma no Mi... Strong body? I think it is or something like that..." Horge was stunned by his sentence and when he blinked his eyes Haruno had disappeared and appeared beside himself. Haruno touched his forehead and said slowly: "Compared to Luffy, you are very weak... Like an ant." He hadn''t time to answer him because his head was falling from his body while Haruno said: "Combo Move: Teleportation Cut." The Teleportation Cut is a difficult move to do, first, he uses [Semei-Kikan] to grow his fingernail and make it harder to break, when he first tried it he needed one complete minute to do, now he can do it instantly! The second part if the move is the teleport and jump. First, he jumps at a high speed and uses his Akuma no Mi, he can control the space that is in four meters around himself, so he opens an entrance portal to him enter and an exit portal in his target. Next, he uses the [Telekinesis] skill to give him an impulse to cross the portal quickly. After crossing the portal he uses [Telekinesis] one more time to land slowly beside the target. This happens in one second when Haruno tried it at first, his brain almost died. Now he can do it extremely quickly. Like he is teleporting, so he named it Teleport Cut, cut because his nail to decapitate the target. It will be useful in the grand line, but not in the new world... After cutting off the head of the captain, the crew looked at Haruno with stunned faces because he could kill their captain in one second... What could he do with them!? Haruno just smiled and grabbed the head that was in the ground with the blood dripping from it. The boy got up quickly and rushed toward Haruno, he barely could walk but he wanted to follow him. Haruno didn''t say anything because it was his decision. In the way, the boy said: "Sensei! Sensei! When you will start teaching me!?" Haruno looked at him coldly and said: "I''m not your sensei." The boy''s expression changed to a smile and he said: "But you said: ''I''m his sensei.'' You said! I heard!" Haruno looked at him with a bitter smile and asked: "I said what?" The boy repeated what he said and Haruno had a stunned expression and sighed. Then he said: "You still didn''t pass the test." The boy was going to say something but Haruno continued: "I will teach you some things... But... You can do nothing with your body like that. Your clothes are destroyed too." The boy looked at his own body just to see that his clothes were painted with a beautiful red color of the blood and his whole face was a disaster. Haruno then asked: "One more thing! What is your name?" The Boy looked at Haruno and with a happy expression, he cleaned the blood from his face saying: "Barutoru. Barutoru Torryk." Haruno nodded and said: "Okay brat, go to sleep now. You will need one or two weeks to be in your perfect state... I will leave this town in four months. In four months i will go to the grand line." Torryk happily shouted: "Let me go with you!" Haruno looked at the smiling boy and sighed, this face remembered him when Luffy asked him to cook something midnight... Well, he cooked for him midnight because he liked to talk with Luffy and laugh too... He patted the boy''s head and said: "No." Torryk smile disappeared and he shouted: "Why!?" Haruno laughed because it was the same face that Luffy made when he was angry. He unconsciously said: "Okay, Okay, you can go with me. Luffy." Torryk who was smiling when he heard the first part of the phrase stopped and looked at Haruno, asking: "Who is Luffy?" Haruno stopped and said: "Oh... He is my brother. Monkey D. Luffy. I have two brothers, Luffy and Ace. Portogas D. Ace." When Haruno said Ace''s name Torryk eyes widened! Then he asked slowly: "F-fire fist... Ace?" Haruno smiled and nodded saying: "Yeah, he ate an Akuma no Mi too. Well, i and Luffy too." Torryk continued to ask Haruno about a lot of things and Haruno answered. After walking for some minutes, Haruno enters the Marine base and gets the bounty. Then before he could leave the reception says: "Your strength is good. We need some people like you in the Marine, do you want to join the Marine?" Haruno looks back with a smile and says: "No. I don''t want to be part of a hypocrite organization~ Bye-bye!" 34 34: My Pirate Saving Not Edited All the marines were stunned. They woke up after some minutes after Haruno left... Haruno still searching for a good place to make his base on the island, after some hours searching for a place to sleep, he decided to sleep in his ''room'' again. Well, it needs to be a huge place so he can call Burtosy and Gaharudo out if the rooms too. Haruno discovered that Burtosy was a Banana Crocodile, so his size is extremely huge. Torryk was following Haruno all the time and he (Haru) couldn''t hide it, so he showed Gaharudo and Burtosy to him... And... Well, he fainted when he saw Burtosy. Haruno laughed and looking at Burtosy he asked: "Are you hungry, Burtosy?" Burtosy nodded his head and said: "Yes mom, i am." Haruno doesn''t care anymore about Burtosy calling him mom or something like that, and to tell the truth, he likes it. Burtosy''s voice changed too, from a child and a cute voice to a man''s voice that when you hear it you can imagine a muscular guy with beard talking. After cooking for some years, Haruno learned and created some recipes with fruits that were abundant in the Goa Kingdom and in the Midway forest or Mount Columbo too. Apples, Bananas, Watermelons, and Pineapple. With those four fruits, he made a salad to Burtosy eat, well in the start Burtosy never liked to eat fruits or legumes, but now he loves it because Haruno told him that he would be strong in the future if he ate fruits and legumes. And after years eating he started to like it too. Torryk woke up dizzy because he had fainted and looked at Haruno saying: "I had a strange dream... A giant dinosaur or something like that was attacking me..." Haruno smiled and said: "Well, is not a dream!" He pointed to behind and when Torryk looked back he saw Burtosy with his mouth open... And he fainted again. Poor Burtosy thought that he didn''t like him, so he asked: "Mom... He doesn''t like? He tried to smile at him and say hi... But he went to sleep." Haruno tried not to laugh because of Burtosy''s naivety and said slowly: "Well Tosy... Some people have fears, like you, that feared Gaharudo when you met him for the first time. It is the same situation now. But he is scared because of you." After he said it he saw Burtosy''s expression changed and he quickly said: "I-it''s not your fault kid! It''s not your fault. Don''t blame yourself so much." Burtosy then smiled. This smile reminded Haruno of the day that Luffy was trying to teach Burtosy to smile... Well, he can smile... With his whole mouth open. Haruno always laughs when Burtosy smiles, Gaharudo who was eating the double than Burtosy said: "My lord... The little one is waking up again." Haruno looked at where Torryk was and saw him opening his eyes again, then he said before he fainted again: "Torryk. If you faint again i won''t accept you as my apprentice even if you pass the test." Immediately after he said it, Torryk sat down on his own legs and looked directly at Haruno, who smiled and continued what he was talking before Torryk fainted for the first time: "Well, this is Burtosy my son and this is Gaharudo. Say hi, Burtosy, Gaharudo." Gaharudo screamed a ''keep'', sound and Burtosy looked down at Torryk before licking him with his giant tongue. When he opened his mouth to lick Torryk, he thought that he was going to be devoured... But it didn''t happen obviously. Then he had an idea and asked Torryk: "You know if there is an inhabitant island near Loguetown?" Torryk nodded and said: "If you go north for one hour there is an island... But a pirate battalion is there... Literary a battalion." Haruno smiled because he had an idea and asked: "How many of them have a bounty?" Torryk''s body frozen instantly after Haruno asked it, then he said slowly: "F-five of them has a bounty. Two bounties of five million, two bounties of ten million and a bounty of twenty million." Haruno smile widened after hearing their bounties and he said: "That''s good then... Come and eat. You need to recover quickly. So i can train you and we can kill those pirates later." After they ate, Torryk looked at Haruno and asked slowly: "W-well... Your brothers are pirates... Will you be one too?" Haruno looked at and Torryk smiled, his smile was gentle and happy. He looked at Gaharudo and said: "Well, I''m going to wait for some time before turning into a pirate. Different from my brothers, I''m not so idiot. So I''m going to make a saving. My pirate saving." When he said this sentence his eyes showed some nostalgia and sadness so Torryk didn''t say anything. Then Haruno smiled and patted his head saying: "Well, go to sleep." He observed Torryk sleeping and for some reason, he felt nostalgic... Sigh... He got up and decided to try something new that he has. He opened a portal to the next room, which was an empty room and said: "Training room." The whole room began to shake and the ground''s color that was a sky blue changed to a Tatami. The walls changed to wood and paper walls, and the ceiling changed too. Transforming the whole room into a Dojo! Then dummies appeared dummies with wooden swords and dummies without a sword too. On the side of the wall, several holes appeared targets and several weights too, and some sandbags, iron bags... And what is this? Kairoseki? Haruno was stunned and said to himself: "This is amazing..." Then a screen appeared: 35 35: Training Room Not Edited "So... Where do I start..." Looking around the training room, Haruno decided to test some dummies, the first dummy that Haruno tested was the dummy with swords, he received some instructions of the system that was: "Eh... On." When he said this word, the dummy that was looking down suddenly looked at him and grabbed tightly the sword in his hands. Haruno smiled and said: "Two Swords." Another sword appeared in the dummy hand and he grabbed it tightly too. Haruno then said: "Practice Start." After saying it, the dummy suddenly waved his sword toward him at a high speed and Haruno said to himself: "I forgot to adjust the speed... Sigh. This manual that the system gave... Let me see... Speed... Speed... Found it! Speed reduces 50%." Suddenly, the dummy attacks started to slow down and Haruno smiled. Then he said: "Stop." The dummy stopped and returned to his platform. Haruno looked around and decided, he was going to see what those holes in the wall were! When he arrived he said: "Start." Suddenly a stone was shot toward him from inside one of the holes, Haruno smiled and started to dodge the several stones that were being shot toward him. After training his Kenboshoku no Haki, Haruno was now trying to awake his Busoshoku no Haki... Well, when he tried to focus on his fist and punched the sandbag, well, he felt something different in his fist after he concentrated on it... His skill [Focus] helps him to focus easily so it is good. Haruno sighed and continued to ''fight'' with dummies and train his Busoshoku no Haki. After some hours he heard: "What place is this?" And looking back he saw Torryk looking at him with a stunned expression, Haruno then asked: "I said to you sleep. What are you doing here?" He then seriously said: "I already slept" Haruno sighed and returned to where Torryk was and said: "Room Close." The portal that he made to connect the two rooms closed and he sighed today he felt something different inside his body, the Busoshoku no Haki is very different from the Kenboshoku no Haki... Sigh. Haruno opened a portal to the outside world and looked around to see the sunshine on his face, he smiled and jumped off. Torryk followed him wherever he was going, Haruno said to him that it was his choice so he won''t stop him if he wants to follow him with those wounds. Torryk nodded and Haruno continued to walk toward the port, today he was going to search for a ship to buy or something like that... Or he could go with some merchant caravan or something like that... That''s a good idea. He won''t buy a ship. Haruno teleported himself toward a ceiling of a house near the port to wait for pirates that have bounties. He asked to Torryk look at the pirate flag and talk if he recognizes the flag, after killing three pirates Haruno collected more ten million Berries. He didn''t know, but he now was famous between the pirate hunters he always uses fire attacks and his portals to kill the pirates, never a weapon or sword. So he got a nickname! Fire Demon Haruno! The fire obviously came from the fire attacks, the demon part is from his third eye because when he uses his [Soul Eye] skill his aura changes to a devil one, and after someone asked him what was his name he said: "Haruno, Monkey D. Haruno." In a blink of an eye, a month passed. Torryk started his training with Haruno, Haruno makes him run, punch, jump, and etcetera until he can''t breathe anymore! In this month his fame was in the whole east blue. His savings have now fifty million Berries. The marina tried to recruit him several times, but he rejected them several times too. Furthermore, Torryk''s body change this month, Haruno used a lot of [Recovery Buff (Green)] in his body every day and this caused a ''mutation'' on Torryk''s body... Well, the [Recovery Buff] of any color accelerates the natural body recovery, using the body energy to recover the body itself. However, after using it several times, the body began to adapt to the stamina consumption and starts to ''produce'' more stamina... That is what happened with Torryk. Haruno then made him hunt a pirate and gave him a sword and a gun, he said that the gin had three bullets on it and the sword could hit three times before breaking. Well, Torryk already knew that his sensei would do something to the weapons, but this made him stunned. After two hours he came back with a head, Haruno smiled and said: "Congratulations, you now are officially my apprentice." After he said it, Torryk rushed and gave him a hug while tears fell from his eyes... Haruno sighed and hugged him too. In this one month, Haruno found a place where he can live with Gaharudo and Burtosy outside his room. This place and a tiny island that he found while searching for pirates, he found the tiny island and made it his temporary house. Haruno trained his Busoshoku no Haki every day in the training room... and... Well: [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: None]|[Age: 17] [Lvl 20] [BE: 320/320] [ME: 522/522] [SE: 502/502] [BP: 100] [MP: 122] [SP: 102] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan]|[High Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Fire Control]|[Mind Break]|[Focus] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire]|[Soul Eyes]|[Soul Share] [Haki:[Observation Haki (C)]|[Armament Haki (F)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind (Golden)]|[Animal Charm (Golden)]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden)]|[Body Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)]|[Soul Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)] Well, he can touch a Logia fruit user now but... It is still weak. The quicker way if training Haki is fighting with someone... But all the pirates here are weak compared to himself! To he decided to train inside his training room. Every week he goes to Loguetown to hunt a pirate or to buy something, he received the information that a merchant caravan was going to the grand line in two months, he smiled when he returned to the island he said to Torryk that he was going to leave in two months and Torryk said that he was going with him... Well, Haruno decided to teach him Haki, just the Kenboshoku no Haki that he can use perfectly... Almost perfectly... 36 36: Haki? What is this? Not Edited Haruno entered his island and shouted: "Torryk. Come here." After he said it he started to count inside his mind, one second... Two seconds... Three seconds... Four seconds... Five seconds. After five seconds he appeared, Haruno then said: "Five seconds. Five hundred abdominals. Now." This was a punishment game that Haruno made to Torryk, every second is one hundred abdominals. After he had made it Haruno then said seriously: "Today I''m going to start your Haki training." Torryk looked at him confused and asked: "Haki? What is this?" Haruno made a gesture with his hands and used his [Telekinesis] skill throwing Torryk to the wall. Haruno then threw at him a stone and he dodged. Haruno smiled and said: "Can you dodge it with your eyes closed?" This question made Torryk stunned and he shook his head and said: "No..." Haruno smiled and switched places with Torryk using his Akuma no Mi, this move is called: "Support Portal: Instantly Switch." Haruno uses four portal to teleport him and his target at the same time, switching themselves. Well, after switching he closed his eyes and said to Torryk: "You can throw how many rocks you want." Torryk was stunned for one second before throwing several rocks, who Haruno started to dodge without stopping. This made Torryk stunned and excited at the same time, he was going to learn to see without using his eyes! "Sensei! Teach me, please!" said Torryk while prostrating. Haruno smiled and nodded while saying: "Okay, let''s start." He grabbed a scarf and warped around Torryk''s eyes, blindfolding him. Then he grabbed a stick in the ground and started to explain to him: "Haki is something that all beings have. There are three types of Haki, Kenboshoku no Haki is the one that I will teach you. The other two are Busoshoku no Haki, using this haki you can use your spirit as armor to attack or defend, with Busoshoku no Haki you can even hit a Logia user. And the last one is special, you can''t learn it. You are born with it. Is the Haoshoku no Haki, with this haki you can use your will to attack other people. Well, everyone can learn the Busoshoku and Kenboshoku, but not the Haoushoku. Understood?" Torryk nodded and Haruno smiled and said: "Then, let''s start. Try to feel your whole body and try to dodge. Trust your instincts." Then Haruno started to wave his stick to attack Torryk, who didn''t move and was hit in the head. Then cried with pain, then tried again, hit, cry, try... This repeated itself until Torryk dodged for the first time the stick and Haruno smiled saying: "You dodged it for the first time. Now let''s speed up." Then he started to attack quickly than before hitting Torry. This training continued for two weeks. Two weeks later Haruno removed the scarf around Torryk''s eyes. That smiled and Haruno said: "Now, let''s start the real training." Without warning, Haruno jumped to attack Torryk, who two seconds later reacted and made a defensive posture. Haruno''s attacked very quickly with his bare hands, he trained with Luffy and Ace every day for years and learned some tricks. The only one that didn''t learn something was Luffy because he is an idiot. Cough, Haruno used his hands to punch Torryk''s face who tried to dodge, but he couldn''t because Haruno''s speed was higher than his own speed. Then the training (torture) started. After some hours of training (torturing) with Torryk, Haruno felt that his Busoshoku, that he used while training with Torryk, became stronger, just a little bit stronger. Haruno used an [Recovery Buff (Blue)] in Torryk who was sleeping and sighed. He looked at the sky and saw a blue corn moon shining in the sky and with a smile, memories invaded his mind. The next morning, Haruno woke up early and started to train his Busoshoku, after some hours of training he heard Torryk shouting: "Sensei! Let''s train!" Haruno sighed and left the training room to train with Torryk. Basically, Haruno''s days were: woke up, training, make breakfast, training, make lunch, training, make dinner, training. Some times he goes to Loguetown to hunt and buy some things. Every pirate knows his name in the east blue. After two months of training, Haruno''s Busoshoku Haki still couldn''t be hardening, but he could perfectly touch a Logia user. Well, let''s see the status: [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: Pirate Hunter [modern_footnote]I forgot to write this in the past chapter... Sorry? [/modern_footnote]]|[Age: 17] [Lvl 20] [BE: 325/325] [ME: 522/525] [SE: 502/505] [BP: 105] [MP: 125] [SP: 105] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan]|[High Vision] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Fire Control]|[Mind Break]|[Focus] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire]|[Soul Eyes]|[Soul Share] [Haki:[Observation Haki (C)]|[Armament Haki (D)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind (Golden)]|[Animal Charm (Golden)]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden)]|[Body Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)]|[Soul Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)] Haruno was now sneaking inside the island that a bunch of pirates is gathered. Their total bounty of forty million, well, Haruno don''t know if they have Akuma no Mis, and if they have Haruno will sell them. The first time that Haruno sold those two Akuma no Mis, he can sell them just for SC because the System updated and new functions appeared... Well, first of all, he now can buy different buffs and debuffs and the debuff shop has now an [Semi-Permanent Debuff] how semi? Because it will go away if you do something specific like cut off your arm or leg that the debuff was applied to. Well, Haruno now can buy buffs like [Swiming speed up] or [Ship Movement Speed Up]. Yes, he can use buffs on objects too. I will tell you details about the system later, now I''m going to talk about another thing, Haruno. His skill [Soul Eye] changed and now he can see if an object has a soul or not and he can follow the traces that the soul energy let in the way while humans (or humans that have a soul) walks. It is like a soul sent... And he can follow a specific soul sent and track the enemy position. Like a dog. Well, Haruno was sneaking inside the island because he wanted to kill the five with bounties and leave... If he is found then he can just blow everything up! 37 37: Fire Demon Not Edited How did Haruno sneak inside the island? That''s simple my friend. First, he sneaked inside a ship, then he used his Akuma no Mi to open a gate to his room, after entering the room he made a tiny portal and hid it to let see around the ship. The ship had a lot of food that the pirates stole, Haruno didn''t care about it he even stole some fruits from the pirates! Well, after waiting for some hours, Haruno heard a noise coming from upstairs in the ship and concentrated to detect the sound... He could hear the entire conversation: "Captain bounty got up! It is becoming higher and higher every time!" Another voice said: "Yeah. Talking about bounty... Do you guys heard about the new pirate hunter Fire Demon?" Fire Demon...? Who''s that? Haruno looked behind himself and asked Torryk who smiled and said: "It''s you. Sensei." This sentence made Haruno stunned who pointed with his index finger to himself with a confused expression and got a nod as an answer. That day Haruno discovered about his nickname and became depressed, he sighed and continued to hear the conversation outside: "Fire Demon? That guy isn''t crazy to go to our base! We have four hundred pirates gathered in our base, if he comes he is crazy or... Crazily strong." Haruno smiled because now he knows the number of enemies that he will fight with and if it is necessary he can call Gaharudo or Burtosy to fight with him. Well, Burtosy has a size like the Banana Crocodile but his body is very flexible and he can swim very quick too and his mandibular strength is like a shark, his scales are hard and sharp too. While Gaharudo can use his Akuma no Mi and attacks with lightning attacks and use his claws that after he ate the Akuma no Mi became sharper and his feathers that he can throw off his body and use it as a conductor to his lightning strikes. So Haruno doesn''t fear four hundred pirates. Well, Haruno learned to fight with his friends, using his portals he can teleport Gaharudo''s feathers and change the lighting direction, he never tried to teach Burtosy to use something like Haki... But he actually learned it, at a low level but learned it. Burtosy can use Busoshoku no Haki to make his tail stronger, Haruno at first didn''t know it but after observing Burtosy fight he noticed something different in Burtosy''s attacks. Well, back to the ship~ Haruno heard the conversation between the two pirates and after one hour they arrived at the island. Obviously, Haruno won''t attack now in daylight so he waited until dawn. When dawn (Pokemon!) arrived Haruno left the ship with his sneaky mode on and behind him Torryk followed him. Haruno saw some constructions... It seems that this island had a villa... But the pirates killed them all? That''s sad. Haruno heard loudly laughs and music, they seem to be having a party or something like that. He saw a big campfire and sake barrels, several drunk pirates danced and sang the music ''Binks no Sake'', others played cards in a table, another one was sleeping with a bottle in his arm. Everyone was having fun. It will be a pity when they found out that their creates that have bounties would die... Really a pity. Haruno smiled while using his portals to sneak easily, looking at the pirates and humming along with the song. After searching for a few minutes he found a special place where the pirates that had a bounty were, they were drinking wine while chatting with each other with red cheeks. Two women, a muscular man with a hat, a slim man with a gun in his wrist and an... That is a Fishman? Well, blue skin and sharp teeth... It seems like one. But, why would a Fishman be in a crew of human pirates? That''s a mystery. He looked at them for some minutes before saying to Torryk: "Let''s go in." After saying it he opened a portal and jumped inside, appearing beside them and with a happy smile said: "Goodnight friends." Behind him, Torryk smiles while trying to sneak peek a bottle of wine, but Haruno grabs his hand while saying: "Kids can''t drink." All the five looked at Haruno with surprised expressions for two seconds before making a fighting posture. Haruno sighed and activated his [Soul Eye] skill to see if they had an Akuma no Mi or not and a fearful expression appeared in their faces. Haruno saw that the two women had Akuma no Mis and the muscular guy too. Haruno sighed and a bag appeared, he warped it in his wrist and said to Torryk: "You have the thin guy and fisherman. Be careful with the fisherman." Torryk nodded and grabbed his weapon, the weapon that he uses is the same as Ace, Luffy, and Sabo used. An iron cane is light and can do good damage when used. Haruno decided to do one thing, first, he attacked with a stone the big muscular guy and the two girls. The muscular guy couldn''t react in time and the stone hit his belly making him spit out blood, the first girl, with yellow hair used her Akuma no Mi. Creating a tiny layer of glass to defend herself, it was a very strong glass but the stone broke it easily. The second girl, with black hair and glasses (not Tashigi.), just dodged Haruno''s attack. So he couldn''t see her Akuma no Mi. Then he smiled and used his Akuma no Mi teleporting the yellow-haired one to of his rooms. The yellow-haired woman just blinked her eyes and she was already in another place, blue walls, ceiling, and floor. She looked around herself just to found a giant crocodile looking at her with a ''smile''. If she didn''t have fainted she would see some fruits in the corner of the wall. And yeah... 38 38: Static Attraction Not Edited Inside the room, Burtosy looked at the yellow-haired woman and ''smiled'', making her faint. If Haruno was there he would hear Burtosy say: "Hum... You went to sleep too... Well, mom said to me kill you. So I don''t care." After saying this cute sentence, Burtosy literally stepped on her and smashed her body to pieces, blood flowing everywhere. In the corner of the wall, one of the fruits started to change. The pineapple changed its color to white with yellow lines forming circles around it. What Haruno did was very simple. He thought if all the five people that had a bounty had an Akuma no Mi, his winning rate would reduce 50%. So he made Gaharudo and Burtosy wait in two different rooms of his Akuma no Mi, placed some fruits in the corner of the room just to see if they would transform in the Akuma no Mi and said to if a person was teleported inside one of their room they could kill. He would analyze the Akuma no Mi of the enemy and choose who would fight with Gaharudo or Burtosy, he chooses Burtosy because his scales could resist the glass that the blond woman created. Well, now he was fighting with the black-haired woman and the muscular bald guy while Torryk fight with the slim guy and the Fishman. Haruno doesn''t know what kind of Akuma no Mi the two have. The black-haired woman dodged his stone shot... It could be related to her Akuma no Mi or she could have Kenboshoku no Haki too, that''s a possibility... Well, after looking at his targets, Haruno chooses to kill the muscular guy that was in the ground. He picked up another stone and with his [Telekinesis] skill, he shot toward the muscular guy. When the stone was near the man''s face, a tiny layer of a transparent barrier appeared, reflecting the stone. Haruno smiled. He knows that it was the man''s Akuma no Mi because the woman didn''t have time to do something, so it was the man. He lay on the ground after Haruno hit him with the stone and waited until Haruno approached to remove his head... That''s a good plan. Getting up, the man clicked his tongue while saying: "Damn. Petty Huryn, help me to fight this guy." The woman looked at him and shouted: "Ah!? Why would I!? If you die it will be better for me." The muscular guy sighed and looked at Haruno who wasn''t there anymore. He looked around himself and saw blue walls and a blue ceiling. Even the floor was blue... Clouds passing in the sky and ground, like that the ground was a mirror from the sky or even the sky was a mirror of the ground. Looking around himself he just saw a yellow bird looking at him. Haruno sent him to Gaharudo''s room. Gaharudo trained his Akuma no Mi for one year, so he has some attacks that he can use. If Haruno was there he would hear Gaharudo say: "By my lord will. I will kill you." And like Burtosy''s room, behind Gaharudo there were some fruits in the corner of the wall too. Gaharudo feathers shone with a yellow color and static electricity began to make noise and like a Tesla, it shot toward the muscular guy who used his Akuma no Mi shouting: "Reflect Barrier." After shouting a white barrier appeared and when the thunder touched the barrier it changed its direction and hit the wall disappearing completely. Cold sweat ran down the man''s face and Gaharudo shot more thunders toward the muscular guy. Obviously, Gaharudo''s attacks don''t resume to thunders. He has his claws and wings to attack too! Gaharudo shot his feathers who hit the barrier. Some of it crossed the barrier and hit the wall behind the man, some of it was reflected and hit the ground or even the ceiling. Gaharudo shot another wave of feathers that hit the barrier and happened the same thing as before. Then Gaharudo did a ''kykyky'' sound from his throat like he was laughing and after it, the feathers in the ground, walls, and ceiling started to shine with a yellow light! Gaharudo shot another thunder toward the man while shouting a ''keee'' sound. If Haruno was there he would hear Gaharudo saying: "Die! Thunder Reflection!" The thunder hit one of Gaharudo''s feathers and jumped to another feather, and another and another. The couldn''t follow it with his eyes, so he shouted: "Reflect Sphere!" A faint white bubble covered his body and prepared for the impact. Boom! The thunder hit the barrier and a yellow light appeared too. After the light faded the man was there, he looked at Gaharudo and shouted: "Is that all? Bird!" After he said it, Gaharudo made a ''kakyko'' sound. If Haruno was there he would hear Gaharudo angry shout: "Feather Attack: Static Attraction!" Suddenly, all the feathers in the ground started to float, the feathers in the ceiling and walls too. Then all the feathers shot toward the guy, being attracted by the static energy in his barrier, hitting it fiercely at a great speed. The muscular man tried to resist, it was in vain, his barrier broke into pieces and several feathers penetrated his body and made blood flow out of it. One of the fruits in the corner of the room started to change shape too, a grape changed color to red with little blue circles around it. Outside in the real world, Haruno was fighting with the black-haired woman... Well, he was trying to make her use her Akuma no Mi, attacking with several stones. Then the woman shouted toward him: "Why aren''t you using your fire!? Is the nickname Fire Demon just a name!?" Haruno was going to shout ''I hate this nickname'' but he had an idea that he wanted to try and shouted to answer her: "I use my fire to fight with powerful enemies." and just this sentence was sufficient to make the woman mad and she angrily shouted a howl while her body began to change. 39 39: Soup Not Edited The body of the woman began to change its shape, her hair grew at a high speed. Visible to the naked eye. Just like Haruno when using the [Semei-Kikan] skill, then she crouched down in the ground, her hands changed to fur paws and her nails changed to a black color and it began to grow too. Her nose stretched turning into a snout, Haruno smiled when he saw what Akuma no Mi she was using. Zoan Akuma no Mi Wolf Wolf no Mi (Black Wolf Model) the strength in the wolf Akuma no Mis is categorized under by its color, the grey is the weakest one. Followed by the white, black and giant wolf. Then the Fenrir Model that is the strongest Wolf Akuma no Mi. While Haruno was lost in his thought he heard a female voice shouting to him: "Now... Are you going to use your fire now!?" Haruno chuckled and with a sneer, he snapped his finger and a fireball appeared in his hand, he smiled and said slowly: "Well... The fire hurts. Are you sure that you want to die this way?" The woman angrily stared at Haruno and jumped to attack him, Haruno sighed and said: "Fire Control: Fire Shot." The tiny fireball in his hand changed its shape into a bullet that Haruno shot toward the wolf that was mid-air. The fire bullet hit the wolf''s head and it started to burn quickly. Turning her head to ashes and dust, well, he couldn''t collect her bounty later... That''s a pity. Haruno sighed and opened the bag to look at the fruits inside it... Well, he saw the whole process of the fruit change, the banana color turned to red with green and purple circles and lines. Haruno smiled and went to see Torryk''s fight, Torryk was originally fighting beside him but Haruno teleported him away, Haruno opened a gate to where he teleported Torryk to. It was the beach near the pirates base, Haruno looked around himself and saw blood in the water and in the sand, Haruno smiled because he knew that it wasn''t Torryk''s blood. Haruno used his Haki to search for Torryk''s traces and saw some marks in the sand and started to follow it, after some minutes following the traces he found Torryk lying in the sand and beside him the guy with the gun, Haruno thought that he had killed the Fisherman in the sea and the guy with the gun in the beach... Killing a fisherman in the water... That''s something very difficult to do! Haruno smiled and asked him: "Hey. What about the heads?" Torryk smiled while panting for air in the ground and pointed beside himself. There was the head of the fisherman and the guy with the gun that was beside him had it''s head too. Good, they had two bounties guaranteed... Hopefully, Gaharudo or Burtosy had smashed the corpses of the other two... Haruno sighed and opened a portal to Gaharudo''s room and saw him collecting the feathers that were around the room and the body of the muscular guy with blood flowing out his wounds. The wounds were like knife stabs... Haruno smiled because he knew what Gaharudo had done and smiled then he asked: "Fruit?" Gaharudo looked at Haruno and said: "There my lord." Haruno looked at the corner of the wall and smiled happily, then he grabbed the fruit and said sincerely: "Thank you, Rudo." Gaharudo nodded and Haruno opened the portal to Burtosy''s room and instantly after entering he knew what happened there. Blood everywhere! Walls, floor... Even in the ceiling! That''s too creepy, even to Haruno who looked at Burtosy and sighed. Burtosy was lying in the corner of the room far away from the blood and when he saw Haruno he said: "Mom... I''m sorry, I splashed it." Haruno sighed and asked: "Fruit?" Burtosy looked at another corner of the room where some fruit was in and he said with a childish tone: "There." Haruno looked at the fruits that had blood on it too and sighed, searching for the Akuma no Mi. And he found it after some seconds searching for it. He smiled and grabbed his Akuma no Mi no Encyclopedia to see what kind of Akuma no Mi they got. Two Paramecias and one Zoan. First Paramecia is the Glass Glass no Mi, can create and control glass, second Paramecia is the Reflect Reflect no Mi, it could reflect any attack or impact on the user body, and the last but not least the Wolf Wolf no Mi (Black Wolf Model.) That night when they returned to the island where they live in they had a ''party'', Haruno made soup for them. Danpa soup! Torryk when tasted a bit of it almost died, shouting: "Delicious!!!" Haruno laughed and grabbed the ''tiny'' bowl that Burtosy eats in. It had almost the size of a medium boat... Well, Haruno sighed and with the help of his skill [Telekinesis] he filled Burtosy''s bowl with soup again, of course, he didn''t forget about Gaharudo''s bowl. They are soup and talked to each happily around a giant improvised oven that Haruno made to place his giant cauldron to make you for his giant pets... Of course, Haruno didn''t forget about the Akuma no Mis too, he looked at Burtosy and Torryk, them he explained what an Akuma no Mi was and Burtosy excited tried to eat one, Haruno stopped him and said: "You won''t be able to swim ever again! Are you sure about it?" Burtosy nodded and Haruno sighed, giving him the Zoan Akuma no Mi of the Wolf after he ate it, his body began to change and fur spread out of his scales! After some minutes Burtosy became a hybrid of a Crocodile with a Wolf... He had a tail of a Crocodile, red eyes of a wolf, claws of a wolf. He had a scale armor in his belly that normal was the weakest part of the body of a wolf with black fur and his strength changed too! He is now four times stronger than before! 40 40: To the Grandline! Not Edited Burtosy looked at his own body and saw the black fur that was in his body after eating the Wolf Wolf no Mi (Black Wolf Model) and happily jumped several times, but he couldn''t control his strength and jumped to highly! Haruno was stunned with it and laughed after helping Burtosy land, the poor Croco-wolf was crying to Haruno saying: "Mom... Mom... *sniff* *sniff* My tail hurts!" Haruno looked at his big baby and sighed, then he saw that Burtosy''s tail had lost some scales and blood was flowing out of it, Haruno sighed and used some bandaids to stop the bleed and smiling used a [Recovery Buff (Green)] in Burtosy''s body to help him. Tomorrow he is going to Loguetown because the next day they would they would go with a caravan to the grand line and provide protection to them too. Torryk had minors injuries and some scars that healed really quickly, Haruno went to sleep after cleaning everything. Torryk ate the Reflect Reflect no Mi and was too lazy to test it now so he went to sleep. The next morning Haruno woke up early and prepared everything that they needed and woke Torryk up. They had two free hours before the caravan was leaving and they could arrive at Loguetown in twenty minutes, so he trained Torryk on using his Akuma no Mi, he gave him some ideas like absorbing the damage that he took, store it and after it reflects the damage. Make a barrier to reflect projectiles and etcetera. After some minutes of training, Haruno made Burtosy that was happily training his Akuma no Mi and Gaharudo to their rooms and went to find his boat. He is going to retrieve the bounty of the three heads that he got. Basically fifty million of berries. With the sea breeze in his face, Haruno stepped forward the big ship that was anchored in the port. Haruno smiled when he saw the ship and floated with his skill [Telekinesis] obviously he didn''t forget about Torryk that was beside him and took him together. Haruno sat down in the ship and looked around at the crew that didn''t notice him, he used his skill [Soul Eye] to look at the strength of them and saw a tiny layer of several colors... Darker red and other colors, but just dark and not light color. That''s means that they are weak. Haruno now understands what those colors mean! The lighter the color stronger the body of the person is, and the color itself means what kind of fighting style the person is suitable for! And the lighter the color means that the person has a talent for this fighting style. Well, that''s it. Green means shooting style, Red means sword, Blue is Close combat, Yellow is ax/bat/another kind of weapon fighting style and Purple means Akuma no Mi fighting style, but this aura is rare because he just saw this aura in one person in Loguetown when he was walking in the street... Well, Pink means leg fighting style but he just saw this aura in a long leg person In the street. Haruno''s own aura was light purple, he could use his Akuma no Mi easily too, well after observing the other people''s aura he closed his third eye and sighed. After some minutes finally, someone noticed Haruno and Torryk who was sat down in the ship just looking at them. Then someone asked: "Hey! Who''s that!?" Everyone looked at where Haruno and Torryk were and Haruno just smiled and said: "Hi~" They all shivered because of Haruno''s aura, he had an aura of a predator! Haruno chuckled and removed his bloodthirst and asked: "Where''s the captain of this ship? I came here to volunteer! My name is Haruno, well you all know me as Fire Demon and I hate this nick name~ so... Where is he or she?" After Haruno asked a person left the cabin looking at him with a curious gaze and said: "My name is Roburo, Eruto Roburo, the captain of this merchant ship. And you must be the famous Fire Demon. Right?" Haruno sighed and said: "I hate this nickname." Roburo laughed loudly and said sincerely: "So... Sir Fire Demon, you came here..." Before he could end his sentence, Haruno said: "I came here because I wanted to go to the grand line. So I heard that your merchant ship was going to the grand line and in the grand line, pirates are stronger than here, so I want to go with you. That''s it." Haruno straightforwardly said what he thought and made several people around him stunned. But this straightforward attitude made the captain happy and sighing he said: "You can come with us. And... Who is this little boy here?" Haruno looked at Torryk and said: "My disciple." The captain looked at Torryk and said surprised: "So he must be very strong." Haruno looked at the people who were staring and Torryk and with a smile said: "Stronger than you too." The captain smiled and said: "So... We can have a spar?" Haruno nodded and Torryk wanted to fight to test his Akuma no Mi too, but before he could say something the captain interrupted him: "Of course we will fight after sailing. I see you later Mr. Fire Demon, I have a lot of things to do now." Haruno smiled and said: "Farewell." He looked at Torryk and said: "Let''s relax here. In the meantime, we don''t have to do anything. If you want to can go explore the ship, and if you see any rat don''t kill it." Talking about rats reminded him about Qwuoro his little rat king and he discovered later that he died when the grey burned... Well, Torryk didn''t ask why and left quickly. After some minutes another three people came to the shi, they seemed to be a trio, so Haruno didn''t say anything about them. But when the woman of the group looked at Haruno she shouted: "Red Demon!" Making the two men behind her look at him. Haruno sighed because he knew that was going to happen... Well, let''s start our new adventure! Let''s go to the Grand Line! 41 41: Spars Not Edited Haruno sighed while ignoring the woman who was looking at him with shining eyes and the curious eyes of the two men behind her... Haruno doesn''t like it when someone stares at him for some reason. Sigh... He looked at her and asked rudely: "What?" He was angry and a little embarrassed because they were staring at him for a long time. The man that had a sword in his waist and blue hair, a scar in his arm smiled shyly at Haruno and said: "I''m sorry... Mr. Fire Demon." After saying it they left. Haruno sighed and looked at the city of Loguetwon that was now very distant, Haruno smiled, he was now going to the Grand Line... After waiting for one hour, they couldn''t see Loguetwon anymore, Haruno looked at the cabinet where the captain was and saw the captain Roburo looking at him and asked: "Where''s your disciple?" Haruno looked at the sea and said: "He is exploring the ship." The captain looked at the sea and sighed too, with a calm expression, Haruno then heard Torryk''s voice saying: "Sensei. I''m here now!" Haruno looked back and saw Torryk with several bags in his arms, black lines appeared in Haruno''s head and with another sigh, he sincerely asked: "What are those things?" Torryk looked at his arms where the bags were and said: "This is gifts that everyone gave me." Haruno was a little curious about who gave him those gifts and what was those gifts, but before he could ask something, captain Roburo looked at him and said seriously: "Okay boy, now I want to have a spar with you. I want to see if you are so strong that can win in a spar against me." Haruno smiled and used his Akuma no Mi to open portals and collected the gifts that Torryk had and said: "You will spar with him, don''t forget about it, you will win quickly before I make lunch. If you won''t eat it." This sentence made Torryk stunned and he grabbed his weapon tightly and looked at the captain saying: "Let''s go." Haruno laughed while looking at them and smiling. Th Captain laughed loudly while walking beside Torryk and with a thoughtful expression, no one could say what he was thinking about, Haruno looked at the crowd around them and said seriously: "If you don''t want to die, please get away from him." Haruno''s sentence made everyone there stunned, he smiled while the crowd walked ten steps away from the captain and Torryk. Haruno smiled and said: "You two can fight without worrying about the people of this ship. I won''t let then die easily. So, Torryk you can fight and don''t worry." Torryk looked back at Haruno and nodded with a happy smile, Haruno sincerely sighed... He is getting old very quickly! The captain looked at Torryk and said: "I''m going to punch you hard." Torryk ironically smiled and said nothing. Suddenly, his body disappeared and appeared in front of the captain, who hadn''t reacted before Torryk''s bat hit his belly, making him throw up everything that he had eaten as breakfast this morning. Haruno couldn''t restrain his laugh, everyone looked at Torryk as looking at a monster, but Haruno knew what he did. The Reflect fruit can reflect everything, so Torryk created a technique that he uses his Aluma no Mi to reflect the ground, making his body float slowly. This consumes a lot of energy too and Torryk can use it three times before fainting. He used one time now and Haruno could see the cold sweat running down through his forehead to his neck and chest. Then Haruno simply said: "The first Match! Torryk wins!" Torryk sighed and walked toward Haruno who smiled and patted his head saying: "Very good, you just need to train this move more because..." He pointed to where Torryk was, his feet made a hole in the ship after he used his ability to charged toward Captain Roburo. Torryk nodded embarrassed and sat down to eat with Haruno. Haruno looked at the captain who was almost fainting and sighed, then he said loudly: "Okay now, someone, please clean this mess. Thank you~" but before mess could sit another voice said: "You! I want to challenge you to a spar!" Haruno looked back and saw one of the men that was beside that woman when she arrived at the ship. Haruno looked at him for some time and when he was going to accept a female voice could be heard, shouting: "Don''t be stupid! Are you seeking death!?" Haruno saw the woman who had recognized him and smiled, then he said: "Okay. I accept your challenge, i won''t kill you, promise." Torryk who was beside Haruno said: "Bully him, sensei! I want to laugh a little." Haruno smiled and nodded. He slowly arrived at where Torryk had his fight with the captain Roburo and said: "I won''t attack or defend, just dodge. Be careful to not kill other people." This sentence made the guy completely angry and, he nodded slowly. He grabbed his sword and attacked Haruno, who dodged, the man attacked again from the right side and Haruno dodged again, it was like a beautiful dance, Haruno dodging while the man was attacking with his sword at an incredible speed. Haruno smiled and sincerely said: "Your attacks are quick..." Haruno didn''t end his sentence before the guy grabbed his gun and shot toward Haruno. Obviously Haruno''s Kenboshoku no Haki detected his actions and he dodged again. This made everyone stunned, they never saw someone dodging from a bullet! Haruno slimed and asked: "That''s it?" This provocation was like a slap on his face! With his head red from anger, he attacked several times quicker than before. Haruno was getting bored with this and sighed, he continued to dodge and the man that was attacking him was completely sweated! Suddenly, the man''s movement stopped and he fainted, Haruno smiled and said: "Well, i think he is tired... Let him sleep." Haru o walked toward Torryk and opened a portal to his room where Gaharudo and Burtosy were, and with a smile, he said: "I will return in one hour. Bye." 42 42: Reverse Mountain Not Edited Haruno left the room exactly one hour later, Torryk had a tired expression while Haruno was smiling, for some reason, the woman that recognized him, Veronyca, blushed when she saw Haruno and Torryk''s expressions, this made Haruno stunned a little because he didn''t understand what happened... Well, after Haruno had entered his room he activated the Training Room mode and trained with Torryk until he couldn''t walk! Haruno was smiling because of his Busoshoku no Haki and one more reason. Well, let''s see his status. [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: Pirate Hunter]|[Age: 17] [Lvl 20] [BE: 328/328] [ME: 522/525] [SE: 502/505] [BP: 108] [MP: 125] [SP: 105] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan]|[High Vision]|[Sharp Claws] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Fire Control]|[Mind Break]|[Focus] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire]|[Soul Eyes]|[Soul Share] [Haki:[Observation Haki (C)]|[Armament Haki (C)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind (Golden)]|[Animal Charm (Golden)]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden)]|[Body Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)]|[Soul Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)] [Sharp Claws: Using BE, the user can make the nails growth rating accelerate at a visible speed and make it visible to the naked eye. After using this skill the nails will become black and extremely sharp, but very difficult to control. Can''t cut iron.] Haruno got the [Sharp Claws] skill after Burtosy ate the Wolf Wolf no Mi (Black Wolf Model) that night, but he discovered when he entered the training room, well, this skill basically can make his nails more strong! He normally used [Semei-Kikan] to grow his nails at a high speed and when he tested he discovered that this skill consumes ? less BE to grow the nails at a high speed, and when used with the [Semei-Kikan] skill, the nails become so hard that it can cut iron! And... It''s so good that he can''t cut it off! So he needs to learn how to eat with his nails as a hashi or something like that... Sigh. Red hair, blue eyes, and his almost bronze skin made Haruno very popular in his past life. Well, in this wilds he still had the red hair and blue eyes, but not the bronze skin, he is completely pale, but his muscles are very different from his past life... Eight-pack abdomen, a V-line that would make a woman cry... "I think is because of my childhood..." Murmured Haruno to himself while staring at his body in the mirror, several tiny scars were in his body too. He fought with giant tigers and bears in the midway forest so he knows how an animal like that would act. Back to the present, ~ Haruno was staring at the sky while hearing someone humming a song, then he remembered that he practiced musical instruments too! He opened his room and grabbed his musical instrument, a violin. Yes, Haruno practiced violin in his last life too, he looked at Torryk who smiled and started to play music to everyone hear, classical music that everyone in this world knows, Binks no Sake. Torryk hummed the music together with the sound while Haruno smiling continued his play. The sweet and beautiful song ended melancholically while Haruno remembered about Brook''s past. A tear left his eyes and the music ended. Torryk saw for the first time his sensei cry and was completely stunned. Then, one person, Veronyca shouted: "One more time!!" Haruno looked at her and smiled, then he started to play the music again, this time she sang together the lyrics of the music. [Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Binkusu no sake wo todoke ni yuku yo Umikaze kimakase namimakase Shio no mukou de yuuhi mo sawagu Sora nya wa wo kaku tori no uta Sayonara minato tsumugi no sato yo Don to icchou utao funade no uta Kinpa-ginpa mo shibuki ni kaete Oretachya yuku zo umi no kagiri Binkusu no sake wo todoke ni yuku yo Warera kaizoku umi watteku Nami wo makura ni negura wa fune yo Ho ni hata ni ketateru wa dokuro Arashi ga kita zo senri no sora ni Nami ga odoru yo doramu narase Okubyoukaze ni fukakerya saigo Asu no asahi ga nai ja nashi Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Binkusu no sake wo todoke ni yuku yo Kyou ka asu ka to yoi no yume Te wo furu kage ni mou aenai yo Nani wo kuyokuyo asu mo tsukuyo Binkusu no sake wo todoke ni yuku yo Don to icchou utao unaba no uta Douse dare demo itsuka wa hone yo Hatenashi, atenashi, waraibanashi Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho Yohohoho, yohohoho][modern_footnote]Binks No Sake Eng Sub.[/modern_footnote] After Veronyca started singing, Torryk, Haruno, and everyone started to sing together with them. Haruno didn''t have a talent for music, so the only music that he knows how to play is Binks no Sake... This is sad. After they had sung, one member of the crew shouted: "Look! The Reverse Mountain!" Everyone looked at where the guy was pointing, Haruno smiled when he saw the same scene as the anime, the water literally climbing the mountain, like a reverse river. Torryk surprised said: "Wow! What is this place!? It''s so cool!" Haruno laughed and said: "You never saw the Grand Line yet! You will see what is cool." Torryk nodded and Haruno remembered about one thing. Laboon... Haruno remembered that it was a caravan when he looked at the reverse mountain and saw another ship ''climbing'' it. Haruno''s face changed because that ship reminded him that the ship that crossed the reverse mountain was stopped by Laboon and they shoot on him. Haruno jumped from the ship and used his [Telekinesis] to float toward the Reverse Mountain, Torryk was stunned before looking around himself and sighing, he can''t follow Haruno. Well, he can reflect the ground, but not the air!!! Wait, if he reflects the air, he would float? That''s a good idea to try later. One person behind him asked: "Why was he on a rush to cross the Reverse Mountain?" Torryk looked behind himself and saw Veronyca and her two friends looking at where Haruno was and the Reverse Mountain, Torryk sighed and said: "I don''t know. Sometimes he does something incredible or crazy. Like, talk to animals." This wasn''t a surprise to Torryk, but to Veronyca and his two friends and everyone beside him that heard him talking were stunned and thought the same question in their minds: ''Talk to animals? Like, a real conversation?'' 43 43: Laboon Not Edited Haruno was floating toward the Reverse Mountain and when he approached the ships he used them as platforms to jump in them to rush forward, Haruno was worried about Laboon and the people in the ships, maybe they would try to shot him! The people in the ship saw Haruno floating and jumping in the ships were stunned and thought that they were dreaming or something like that... Haruno was going the downward way of the reverse mountain, where he could see the down way of the reverse mountain and saw the giant island-whale looking up and crying an acute and sorrowful cry, he had in his head several of scars because he always headbutted the Reverse Mountain with it. When Haruno heard Laboon''s cry, he could feel the sadness and hope of it, saying with a childish voice: "Where...? Where are you guys?" Haruno saw that one ship was going to hit the whale. Haruno used his portals and created an echo area, where the sound could be amplified and shouted: "Laboon! Dive!" The whale was stunned for a second before diving in the sea after Haruno shouted, the sound wave exploded, destroying glasses. The water was shaking, trembling and several waves were created by the sound wave. Haruno sighed and jumped in the last ship before looking around himself, everyone was stunned because first: a giant whale appeared, second: the whale disappeared because of a shout, third: the one who shouted was a man that floats... Super normal!!! Haruno rushed toward the lighthouse near the exit of the Reverse Mountain and sat down, waiting for Laboon, he then looked at the ships that were stopping too, because one of them was damaged by Laboon... Haruno sighed and then he heard a voice in his head, asking: "Who?" Haruno smiled and looked at the water, where a giant shadow appeared. Laboon emerged and looking at Haruno that was in the lighthouse he said: "I don''t know you. Who are you? How do you know my name?" Haruno smiled and said: "Hello, my name is Haruno. I know you because... I can talk to animals and... Well, I can know if they have names. That''s it." Laboon''s body was huge, extremely huge, so Haruno touched its forehead that had several scars and said: "Don''t be sad." Laboon was stunned because when he felt Haruno''s hand in his forehead, memories If his past surged. Good and bad memories... This made the whale sad, and Haruno, who could feel the animal''s emotions, felt it. He didn''t know but, tears were falling from his eyes while he was talking: "Laboon. You need to wait. Wait for more time, I know that your friends will appear. You can wait for them. Don''t be sad and hurt yourself, every day you can shout to the Reverse Mountain and one day... I''m sure that you will see your friends." Everyone in the ships saw an amazing scene, the giant whale Laboon, started to cry, literally. Tears falling from his eyes while shouts could be heard. Haruno just heard a childish voice crying out: "I''m waiting... But I''m scared that they will not come!" Haruno ''hugged'' the whale''s forehead and transferred his feelings to him, at the same time that he could feel his feelings, he could make him (Laboon) feel his (Haruno) feelings too. Laboon just felt warm, his whole body was warm and his heart that was cold because of the fear became warm too. Haruno smiled and said: "Remember this feeling. One day you will feel it every day. Remember, you can cry to the mountain if you want. No, you will cry every day to the mountain. One day, I will come back here too. Remember me, okay?" The giant whale nodded his head, and this movement created big waves, Haruno chuckled and patting his head, he said: "Oh right! I want to show you my friends too! Here" after saying it, Haruno opened a portal and from this portal, Gaharudo and Burtosy left. Gaharudo looked at the giant whale and was stunned for a second before saying to Haruno: "My lord, this is?" Haruno smiled and said: "This us our new friend. Laboon, the Island-Whale!" Burtosy, who was using his Akuma no Mi and black fur was leaving his scales, whit a ''smile'' said: "I''m Burtosy, mother''s son!" Laboon looked curiously at them and asked: "Mom...?" Haruno coughed and said: "Oh, it''s me. He calls me mom because I hatched him. Literally." Gaharduo nodded and Burtosy excitedly asked several questions to Laboon, who answered sincerely and with a happy expression. Haruno didn''t know where the guy who takes care of Laboon was... Haruno saw that the ships were going to leave after the incident with Laboon, so Haruno sighed and sadly said: "Laboon... We need to go now. I''m sorry." Laboon looked at Haruno and said: "Bye-bye. Haru." Haruno smiled and shouted while floating toward the ships: "Laboon! Brook is alive!" When Laboon heard Brook''s name, his heart jumped happily and he looked at Haruno and an acute cry was heard again, but this time, the feeling that it gives was different. Completely different. Haruno was going to land beside the shop when he heard: "Shoot that thing! How dares that thing break my ship?" Haruno looked at where the voice from and saw a man with luxurious clothes and a beautiful crown in his head and several jewels. Haruno sighed and thought: ''Nobles...'' They crew couldn''t disobey the noble''s order because it was his caravan! Then they prepared the canons and... Bang! The cannonball shot toward Laboon who was looking at Haruno and Haruno slapped his fingers, a portal appeared and the cannonball was destroyed. Haruno looked at the noble and sneered. The noble obviously was angry when he looked at Haruno and asked shouting: "Who is this commoner!? Someone kill him for me! And shot that thing again!" Haruno sighed and clicked his tongue, saying: "Who dares to shot at that whale, Is dead." 44 44: Five Minutes Not Edited Everyone in the ship stopped their actions, looking directly at Haruno, you could see his whole person showing his emotion, which is anger. Completely angry, Haruno floated toward where the noble was and looked around, he saw four ships side by side, and I one of them, Torryk was there looking at where Laboon was and looking at Haruno, stunned. Haruno smiled and teleported him to his side and said: "Let''s eat something." Torryk nodded and while they were going to leave the noble ship, he shouted: "How dare you! You lowly commoner!" Haruno didn''t look back and didn''t give a damn about that noble, and this made him extremely angry. Shouting: "Kill him! Kill this lowly being!" Haruno looked at him and smiled, then the man couldn''t do anything before fainting. What Haruno did? He used his skill [Mind Break] and exploded the noble mind and because of the headache, he fainted. No one understood what happened and Torryk just laughed, Haruno sat down on the ship and removed from his room two sandwiches, he was too lazy to prepare something now so he gave it to Torryk and looked up at the sky. The white clouds we''re dancing while seagulls we''re shouting and Haruno understood what they were saying: "Here comes a storm!" "Wow, last week here had a storm too!" "Yeah." "Look, those ships! Maybe they have something that we can steal, like fishes!" "Look! There are two people eating something... It looks delicious." Haruno laughed and looked up at the three seagulls and made a hand gesture, calling them. The seagulls landed beside him and Haruno gave them some of his sandwiches and asked: "You three are from an island near here?" The seagulls looked at him and then talked to each other: "Who is this human?" "Should I answer him?" "No, they don''t understand us don''t matter how much you try." "But... I will answer anyway! We are from the Cactus Island!" Haruno smiled and asked: "Cactus Island? That''s pretty far... Well, I don''t know what route of the Paradise I could choose to arrive there..." Torryk looked at Haruno with a confused expression, not because he was talking to a seagull, but he didn''t what paradise he was talking about. Haruno looked at Torryk and started to explain: "The Grand Line has seven routes that the marine and pirates use to navigate in. The Grand Line has two halves, the first one is that we are in, the Paradise side. and the other one is the New Wolrd, the other half has double the danger because it''s climate changes are totally different from the first half of the Grand Line. Like, very different. Oh! And the New Wolrd almost everyone uses Haki and there is the Yonkous too." This explanation made Torryk have more questions to do, he looked at Haruno and when he was about to ask, Haruno continued to explain: "Well, the Yonkous is literally what its name means, Emperors of the Sea. They are extremely powerful and their crew too, the four has name and nickname. Let''s start, well, two of them are benevolent while the other two are immoral and nefarious. Well, the first one is Edward Newgate, the ''White Beard'', the ''Big Mom'' Charlotte Linlin, the ''King of the Beasts'' Kaido and the ''Red Haired'' Shanks." Torryk''s eyes were shining because Haruno knew so much and everything that he asked he knew. Then Torryk asked: "Wait... If they are called Emperors... They have a territory?" Haruno nodded and said slowly: "Well... Big Mom and Kaido have. Big Mom has the entire Totoland Archipelago as her territory. Kaido has Wano as his territory and other places if I''m not wrong... Well, White bEard has several territories too but he only one that I know is the Seaman Island... I think this is the name... And Shanks... I don''t know." Torryk and Haruno had a harmonious conversation and when Haruno noticed, the sky was yellow and they were hungry, Haruno sighed and decided to start to make dinner while hearing Torryk talk about the sea, with a smile he was cutting everything that he needed and humming a song, then Torryk shouted: "Sensei! Pirate ship!" Haruno looked at where Torryk was pointing with his finger and sighed, then with a happy expression he said: "I need five minutes, I will end the dinner and then go help you. Basically, you have five minutes to kill them all, if you kill them all in five minutes I will let you use the training room for three hours. Okay?" Torryk excitedly nodded and grabbed his weapon and with a happy smile waited for the ship approach, what just needed thirty seconds and Torryk jumped toward the ship, landing on it and breaking some parts of the ship and scaring the pirates that didn''t know how to react. Torryk obviously didn''t this chance go, so he started his massive killing spree. Torryk used his weapon imbued with Haki to destroy the pirates'' heads or destroy their hearts, killing them instantly. In the noble ships, everyone that saw the scene of Torryk killing several people without even blinking... They could literally feel a cold sweat run down their spines while secretly making a note to not provoke him or his master... Five minutes later, Haruno appeared in the ship and looked at where the pirate ship was, Torryk was still killing pirates, Haruno sighed and slowly floated toward him when he arrived he landed slowly and said: "Time''s up. Mission failed~" Torryk looked at Haruno with a sad expression and Haruno sighed, looking at the pirate crew he smiled and teleported Torryk away, after teleporting him away, Haruno said: "Fire Control: Explosion." And a tiny fireball shot from his finger and touched the ship slowly, then an explosion occurred and the whole ship was a sea of flames. Haruno left the sea floating at a slow speed and sighing he looked at Torryk and smiled, this means that he can use the training room, but just for one hour. But to everyone else, this smile was extremely creepy, the sea of flames behind Haruno ended after the ship was completely destroyed 45 45 Disciple Brothers Not Edited Haruno looked at the dark sky, where the stars were shining, smiling to him and sighed. This morning he asked the crew Captain where they were going and he just showed an Eternal Pose, in this Eternal Pose was written: Alabasta. This was the destination of their journey and the place where Haruno wanted to go to! Basically, he killed two birds with one stone because he needed money and everyone that protects the ship until it arrives at Alabasta will get ten million Berries, per person! So, Twenty million guaranteed. Torryk was sleeping inside one room of the ship while Haruno was in the bird''s nest looking at the sky where the stars shone beside the beautiful and silver moon... Haruno looked at the sea and sea waves his smile widened when he saw an island, they were approaching an island... Well, normally they would need to stay there and wait until their Log Pose had updated with the direction of the next island but, they had an Eternal Pose so they didn''t need to stay there. Basically, they ignored the island and continued the journey. Haruno slept in the bird''s nest that night because of Torryk, his snores are extremely noisy and he can''t sleep beside him and the other reason is that if he is inside the room his Kenboshoku Haki can''t detect if something happens outside the room. The next morning Haruno woke up early to train, basically, he uses his [Telekinesis] to float something really heavy, really heavy. Like the whole ship! But he did it in a way that no one could tell that he was trying to levitate the ship because it was just half centimeter away from the sea, this consumes a lot of ME and Haruno needs to rest to recover his ME and Torryk was training his Akuma no Mi inside Haruno''s training room now, after training until he couldn''t get up Haruno could levitate the whole ship for ten seconds. Just ten seconds. And the distance is a half-centimeter away from the sea. That''s his maximum limit now. Haruno sighed while a cold seat ran down his forehead if someone looked carefully they would see that Haruno had several cold sweatdrops dripping in his whole body too. Torryk left the room after Haruno opened the portal and his expression was completely different from when he entered the room, that was happiness and excitement changed to tiredness and pain expressions... Haruno chuckled while observing him and seriously said: "If you don''t train your body, you won''t be able to resist the power of your own Akuma no Mi. That''s serious, the Paramecia Akuma no Mi needs a user that has a good body to be able to train it properly and when I was a kid I trained my Akuma no Mi and I couldn''t adapt so my whole body hurt when i used some ability of my Akuma no Mi. I had to train my body to be able to use my abilities freely. That was very painful, and you brat, need to train your body." That''s true when Haruno advanced with his Akuma no Mi training, his body felt painful when he used his Akuma no Mi, so he needed to train his body with Luffy and Ace for several months until he could use his abilities without fear of the pain. Torryk nodded and Haruno removed from his weights for him to train his body while he himself was searching for a bathroom or something like that to take a bath. He asked some NPCs where the bathroom was and after searching for some minutes he found the man''s bathroom and he enters it with a tired expression, just wanting to take a hot bath... After this bath, he returned to where Torryk was training and for some reason, there were three other guys with him too. Haruno sighed and looked at Torryk who nodded and said: "Those three asked me if they could use the weights that I''m using. I said yes." Haruno sighed and removed from his training room a Kairoseki weight that had double the size of the one that Torryk was using and started his training session again. The Kairoseki normally makes the Akuma no Mi users weaker when touching them, but Haruno uses it to train his body to be resistance to Kairoseki and it started to work better than he thought... He smiled and said to Torryk: "Hey Torryk. Touch this weight." When Torryk touched the weight his whole body felt weak and his legs sores. Haruno laughed and said: "This is Kairoseki. This makes the Akuma no Mi users weaker when touching it." Torryk nodded after he nodded his expression changed and when he was about to ask: ''So, why don''t you are weaker now that you are training with it?'' Haruno answered his question: "Simply because i have some resistance to Kairoseki. If you want to have resistance too you need to train every day with Kairoseki or something similar, in this case, seawater." Torryk then asked: "So, what i need to do?" Haruno smiles and says: "Well, you need to take a bath with the seawater while using your abilities, drink seawater while using your abilities... Basically, you need to use your abilities while in contact with the seawater." Torryk nodded and looked at the three people that didn''t hear what they were talking about and said: "This is Peter, Eduard, and Gorge." He pointed to one bye own while saying their names and who they are: "Peter''s whole name is Peter Roburo, he is the son of that captain that i defeated! Eduard is the cooker''s son, he saw my fight with the captain and he wanted to talk to you. And Gorge is a crew member''s son, he is several times confused with a girl so he wants to be stronger like you. They all want to be my disciple brothers... I think is that the name? I don''t know..." Haruno looked at them and sighed. Trouble... More trouble... 46 46: Transformation Not Edited Haruno seriously looked at the three kids that were looking at him anxiously and said coldly: "No." Torryk sighed and saw the expression of their facial expression change from anxiety to sadness. They were about to ask why when Haruno said: "I don''t want to take care of more brats, just Torryk is enough for me to take care of. Go back." After saying it, suddenly a thundering noise could be heard, a storm is approaching! The waves that were pacifically dancing changed to monstrous creatures that could eat a ship in one go, this was the first time that Haruno saw a storm in the Grand Line! It is really terrifying... Torryk looked at the sky and smiled, Haruno suddenly remembered about Gaharudo and let him out. Gaharudo looked at the sky happily and flew toward the black clouds to ''eat''. Yes, eat. Gaharudo is a Thunderbird, so he can eat and travel in the storm. And eating the thunders he can strengthen himself and his Akuma no Mi at the same time because he would be using his Akuma no Mi to eat the thunder and use the thunder to refine his body. Haruno looked at Torryk and said: "Continue to train with the weights." Torryk nodded and looked behind and saw that those three weren''t there anymore and sighing he continued to train. After some hours, everyone heard an acute scream coming from the white clouds after the storm ended, Haruno smiled because he knew what that scream means and looking at the sky he saw a figure of a half-man half-bird slowly flying toward the shop where he was. Looking at Gaharudo''s hybrid form, Haruno smiled and said proudly: "Congratulations Rudo! Now you can transform yourself into a hybrid! That can help you to fight easily!" Gaharudo nodded and Haruno observed his body. He was like a normal human... But with yellow wings in his back plumage, and feathers in his whole body, and head of a bird... His hands had five fingers and his nails were like the nails an eagle too. Haruno smiled and Gaharudo said: "Yes, my lord. I''m happy too." The other people around heard just ''crek! Crek!'' Sounds, like a normal bird, Gaharudo don''t know how to talk in human language, just in animal language. Haruno opened a portal where Gaharudo entered and with a sigh, he opened his status to see if something different happened... And to his surprise, yes! Something happened: [Name: Monkey D. Haruno]|[Ocupation: Pirate Hunter]|[Age: 17] [Lvl 20] [BE: 330/330] [ME: 530/530] [SE: 510/510] [BP: 110] [MP: 130] [SP: 110] [Body Skills:[Shared Vision]|[Semei-Kikan]|[High Vision]|[Sharp Claws]|[Transformation] [Mind Skills:[Telekinesis]|[Fire Control]|[Mind Break]|[Focus] [Soul Skills:[Animal Language]|[Soul Connection]|[Soul Fire]|[Soul Eyes]|[Soul Share] [Haki:[Observation Haki (C)]|[Armament Haki (C)] [Akuma No Mi:[Room Room no Mi] [Permanent Buff:[Strong Mind (Golden)]|[Animal Charm (Golden)]|[Akuma no Mi Training Speed Up (Golden)]|[Body Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)]|[Soul Energy Recovery Buff (Purple)] Eh...? Eh!?!? ''Wings? Really? I can fly?'' Thought Haruno while looking at the screen that was showing his status. To other people, he was just looking at the sky with a confused or lost expression, Haruno shakes his head while sighing and floating toward the bird''s nest, where he could use this skill and see. After he arrived in the bird''s nest, he activated the skill and suddenly a terrible pain came from his back, like something cutting his flesh... After one minute a pair of wings left his back with some blood on it and panting, Haruno looked at it. The color was completely white, a pure and beautiful white... Haruno sighed while using his Akuma no Mi to create portals and hide his wings. When he came back he saw Torryk''s worried expression and said: "I''m okay. It was just my Akuma no Mi... I felt a terrible headache. I will tell you more details later~" Torryk saw the serious expression in Haruno''s face and nodded. After it, Haruno entered his room to train and see if he can ''retrieve'' his wings back to his backs. And it was a success, well, very painful but a success is a success... Haruno thought how to use his wings to combat and discovered that he can throw feathers like Gaharudo from his wings and yes, it hurts. It seems like Haruno will get another skill when Burtosy is able to use his hybrid form... Haruno left the room after two hours of training, at least he can control his wings better than before but he doesn''t know how to fly. Haruno looked at the sky and saw snowflakes falling from the sky, it was now a snowstorm, the grey clouds and the cold climate was proof of it. Haruno was too tired to care about something and he just slept there while the snow covers his body like a mountain. Torryk found his sensei after searching for him for two hours! Haruno woke up when it was almost dawn, Torryk was shaking his body that had been buried by the snow Haruno had the [Soul Fire] skill, some don''t fear the cold or heat. Torryk asked Haruno to help him remove the snow in the ship and Haruno remembered his wings that were inside his backs and he removed it, after removing and returning his wings to his back several times in a day, Haruno now knows how to do it easily! Just doing it in one go so he won''t feel the pain and the blood won''t spread around when his wings leave his backs. Well, he still uses BE to activate the skill obviously. When Torryk looked at Haruno he was stunned. Then he asked: "Sensei... This is a dream?" Haruno shook his head and Torryk confused with the scenery in front of him asked again: "So... What is this?" He pointed his finger toward the wings behind Haruno''s backs. Haruno smiled and said: "This? This is my wings." Torryk''s expression changed again, but this time it was excitement and curiosity and he asked: "Can I touch it!?" Haruno nodded and Torryk started to feel his wings and for some reason, Haruno felt something strange in his wings... Then he discovered that his wings are really sensitive! 47 47: Alabasta Kingdom: Nanohana Not Edited Haruno then said to Torryk, who was happily touching his wings: "Now I''m going to try to fly... I never flew before so it will take time..." After saying it, Haruno released the strength in his wings and stretched them forward, flapping them one time to see if they had sufficient strength. A strong airflow was made by his actions and he thought about some attacks that he could ask if Gaharudo can do it... Like air blades by air vacuum! Well, Haruno''s wings are really sensitive so he noticed the change in the air currents around him and said: "Another storm is coming." Torryk looked at the sky and when he was about to ask something, raindrops fell in his head, it was raining. Haruno sighed and said: "Well, I will try to fly tomorrow." Torryk nodded and they entered the ship interior, where they had a room to themselves. After a good night of sleep, Haruno woke up early and looking at the blue sky Haruno smiled and let Gaharudo out to teach him how to fly. First, he taught him how to flap his wings, then how to stabilize mid-air and finally he taught him how to use the hot air currents to fly easily. Well, it isn''t easy to learn how to fly in one day, the first time Haruno tried to flap his wings it failed and he almost on the sea, after several tries he was completely tired and couldn''t move his wings anymore. Torryk however, was extremely excited and asking Haruno to train with him and etcetera... After rest for some time, Haruno continues to train his flying ability, now he can flap his wings and fly but he doesn''t know how to stabilize his posture mid-air. He was trying to remember what Gaharudo said to him... Well, it was it, I guess: ''To stabilize mid-air, you need to control your wings and whole body.'' Well... Failure after failure when Haruno got how to do it, it was already dawn. Now he just needs to learn how to move in the hot air currents, well he needs to train combat with his wings too and try to upgrade this skill, like using [Semei-Kikan] on his wings and making grow more wings of even feathers that he threw on someone... That''s a good idea. Well, on the second day of training and the fourth day of the journey, Haruno was learning how to use the hot air currents with Gaharudo who flew beside him saying: "it''s easy to detect a hot air current if you use your wings, my lord." Haruno now knows why his wings are so sensitive! Is to detect the hot air current when flying and the air changes and detect storms easily! It is really useful! But it isn''t so easy to fly because there are some predators in the air too! Giant Eagles and other kinds of birds that live in the Grand Line are really aggressive... Well, with Gaharudo''s help he learned how to fly and now he just needs to train it. He landed in the ship and looked at the surprised and stupefied expressions on the other people around him, with a sigh he went beside Torryk to train with him. He learned how to retrieve his wings easily too, he uses SE and BE and the wings in his back simply turn into light spheres and disappears! Cool right? Well, no more pirate ships appeared on their journey to Alabasta... In those days, Torryk trained his Akuma no Mi too, Haruno taught him some things like reflecting the light, air and himself, like Kuma. Using his Reflect Reflect no Mi he can reflect everything so if he reflects himself he can travel like Kuma when using his Paw Paw no Mi. Another idea was reflecting the air and compressing it to use as a bomb, and the light reflection to create illusions and other things. Torryk was excited when Haruno said it and he was trying to reflect the air to create attacks, well it is obviously something hard to do, some he is trying and trying every day. Haruno had some ideas on how to use his Akuma no Mi too, he could use it with his like using his Akuma no Mi to open portals to distant places! But it uses too much energy... Well, Haruno doesn''t know how the Akuma no Mi Awakening works, but he thinks that if his fruits awake, he can teleport distant places! Well, every day Haruno trained his flying skills and how to fight with his wings too and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at their destination! The Alabasta Kingdom! ? They arrived at the Nanohana city, where they will sell their goods and buy some things too. Haruno wasn''t interested in this, he got his reward for and left with Torryk, after thinking for some time Haruno decided to live in Alabasta for some time hunting pirates that arrive at the Nanohana port. Well, he will use something to cover his face... Like a mask. Well, Torryk was excited because he never was on another island, just in Loguetown that is his birthplace. Haruno gave him some Berries and said: "Go buy anything that you want. We see each other here in two hours. Bye brat." Haruno left to search for food and water and other things while Torryk walked around Nanohana buying everything that caught his attention, like a kid... Haruno bought desert clothes for himself and Torryk and a camel too, when he talked to the camel he got some information like: "You need to buy more water because the price will go up in a week." Or "There are going to have a sand storm in two days!" But... How does a camel know about it? When he asked it, the camel just said: "Because I like to hear information. Everything here in Nanohana, I have information about it." Haruno''s luck is surely good... Or it was something called script/plot!!! 48 48: Street Fighter Not Edited After Haruno bought the camel, he walked around Nanohana, searching for things that can catch his attention like food and other things. He bought eight barrels, four water barrels, two wine barrels, and two barrels of sake too. He bought several types of meat and fruits too. Haruno happily walked around the streets when he heard a fierce shout: "You brat!" This shout came from a bar, where a group of pirates was gathered having a party. Several barrels of sake was in the ground and some people too... Haruno suddenly felt a deja vu feeling and when he looked at that bar he saw Torryk fighting with a big guy. The big guy was using his sword to attack quickly Torryk while he was using his weapon with Busoshoku no Haki and dodging with Kenboshoku no Haki that Haruno taught him. Haruno didn''t know why they were fighting... But he had a feeling that something was going to happen... Haruno looked at the camel and opened a portal to store him, after doing it, he walked toward Torryk and sighed. Then Torryk''sKenboshoku felt a familiar presence and when he looked back he saw his sensei looking at him a smile, cold sweat run down his spine while he was training his Akuma no Mi... Well, let''s explain. [Torryk Side] After Haruno gave him some Berries, he walked around the Nanohana market, searching for something that would catch his attention or some delicious food or even jewels. He walked around for one hour and bought several things that you could consider completely useless, but one day you would need it. Haruno gave him a room in his Akuma no Mi, so he can ask Haruno to store everything that he bought inside his own room... After walking around he saw a group of pirates drinking sake and eating in a bar the one who seems to be the leader was harassing some woman and even tried to ''catch'' one, but Torryk stopped him. Then he angrily fought with Torryk but was defeated easily then another attacked and was defeated easily... Then another... Until a big guy appeared with a sword and attacked him. After it, Haruno appeared. [Torryk Side End] Haruno looked at Torryk and asked: "Do they have a bounty?" Torryk was fighting fiercely with the guy with the sword and shouted: "I don''t know!!" Haruno sighed and said: "Do it quickly." Torryk nodded and used his Akuma no Mi, saying: "Damage Reflection!" Damage Reflection is a technique that Torryk uses his Akuma no Mi to absorb the impacts and damage at his body and store them. After using this ability, he releases all the damage accumulated in one go, well there are some restrictions too. First, he can''t absorb too quickly, and second, he can''t absorb too much damage. After using it, Torryk''s fist glows with white light and he punched the big guy with his fist the man''s belly had a hole on an! In the ground, spiderweb-like cracks were in the ground where Torryk''s feet were. Haruno smiled while thinking about White Beard and his Goro Goro no Mi and the destruction that it creates... Haruno saw the face of several people around himself changed, showing complete fear. The pirates behind the big guy were completely shocked and one of them rushed at a high speed toward Torryk and Torryk couldn''t react even when his Kenboshoku detected the guy who attacked him he didn''t have the speed to react! Haruno sighed and used his portals while saying: "Support Portal: Instantly Movement." The man that attacked Torryk had a rapier in his hands and his feet seemed like it was a foot of some kind of bird... Haruno sighed while saying to Torryk: "You can''t beat him." Wait in a safe place." Torryk nodded while Haruno used his Akuma no Mi and several portals circulated the man in a sphere and two portals appeared in Haruno''s front and he slowly said: "Attack Portal: Attack Sphere." Then Haruno started to punch the two portals in front of him several times at high speed. This move is simple. First Haruno creates an area of portals around an enemy or enemies and he uses the two portals in front of him to attack the inside of the portal sphere by one of the several portals of the sphere! So the enemy can''t detect from where the attack will come or it will be several attacks in one go! Well, if the person has Kenboshoku no Haki... Haruno will just punch the two portals quicker! Inside the sphere of portals if the person inside tries to leave and jump inside one portal it will be teleported to the inside of the sphere again. Inside the sphere, the man with bird''s legs was trying to dodge Haruno''s punches but every time he dodges one punch, another hits him hard and after several punches, his face was completely destroyed... But he was still alive! Haruno sighed and deactivated the ability and looking at Torryk he said: "Heads." Just this sentence was sufficient to make Torryk understand what Haruno means. Torryk grabbed the sword of the big guy and cut off his head and the head of the chick guy too, but before obviously, he put one apple beside him before cutting off his head and waited until the apple began to change, it''s ''skin'' turned white with yellow and blue circles and lines. Torryk smiled while grabbing the Akuma no Mi and giving it to Haruno who smiled and stored it. The two left toward the marine''s base of Nanohana to see if they had a bounty, and behind them, several people were stunned by their actions and behavior principally the pirates! Behind a house, in the shadows, a person observed Torryk''s and Haruno''s fight. With a sigh, the shadow said to itself: "It seems like there are two dangerous guys now..." The shadow left the shadows and its face could be seen. A woman with black hair and black eyes, a ''cowboy'' hat in her head and a beautiful face, then she said: "I need to tell it to Mr.0..." 49 49: Dessert Oasis Not Edited After Haruno collected the bounties of the two pirates that he and Torryk killed, he was very happy because it was sixty million Berries! The two guys had a bounty if thirty million Berries... Well, To Haruno and Torryk they were too easy to kill, Haruno was very happy too that his pirate saving now has three hundred million of berries! Well... This isn''t ''too'' much, but it is something. With a happy expression, Haruno walked around Nanohana streets trying to find a hotel or a place where they can sleep if he does not find something, they will need to sleep inside Haruno''s rooms again... After searching they found a simple hotel called: ''Desert Oasis'' it''s a beautiful name but... Comparing it with the place... A big house with two floors, some broken windows on the second floor. This place seems to be declining to the right side and the entrance is a little destroyed. After entering the place, Haruno knew why it was in that state. In the reception, a beautiful girl with blonde hair and cute green eyes looked at Haruno and sighed, then Haruno asked: "How many?" The girl didn''t understand what Haruno means but when Haruno use his finger to point up to the second floor, she understood and said seriously: "Twenty." Haruno smiled and walked toward the stairs to walk upstairs he needed to open another door, where he needed a key... And what Haruno did? That''s right! He punched the door and it was completely destroyed. The pirates inside were playing cards with each other and when Haruno punched the door, several fragments were shot everywhere inside the room and even hit someone''s eye. Haruno entered the first floor with a happy expression and behind him, Torryk sighed and secretly lighted a candle to the pirates inside... Wait... Light a candle? Ignoring Torryk''s confused expression, Haruno decided to try something new. He used one [Movement Buff (Blue)] and started to run around the room, the buff was very good and they could see just his afterimage and Torryk didn''t know that Haruno was this fast! In five seconds all the pirates inside the room lost their heads and the blood started to flow out of their bodies with a splash sound. Haruno ignored them and said to Torryk: "Second Floor is yours. Be careful." Haruno used three buffs in Torryk''s body just to precaution... [Movement Speed Up Temporary Buff (Green)], [Body Power Temporary Buff (Blue)], [Temporary Iron Skin Hardness (Blue)]. The Iron skin buff does exactly what the name says, makes the skin harder than iron! So like that Torryk won''t be hurt... Haruno guesses. Haruno started to clean up the first floor where the blood smell was terrible. He used some incense that he himself made with flowers of the midway forest and Goa Kingdom too... Well, this incense just removes the blood smell and let a sweet honey smell in the air. It attracts bees too. When Haruno cleaned up the first floor, Torryk appeared on the stairs to the second floor with blood on his face and body, obviously, it wasn''t his blood but the blood of the enemy. Haruno sighed and when downstairs to asked the girl where the bathroom was and teleported Torryk inside it. The girl I. The reception wasn''t an idiot! She smelt the smell of blood and heard the pah sound when the heads fell on the ground upstairs, with a smile she sighed and looked up with tears falling from her eyes. Haruno was taking a bath inside the bathroom. The bathroom had a relative size too and Haruno and Torryk were there taking a bath and removing the blood of their bodies When Haruno lived with Dadan and the mountain bandits he always takes a bath with Luffy and washes his hair, so he is doing it now to Torryk that are eleven... Or twelve years old... A kid basically. Torryk was struggling saying that he could wash his hair alone and Haruno was laughing and saying: "Stop struggling or I will cut your little friend off." This sentence made Torryk''s body stop, cold sweat started to run down his spine and Haruno continued to wash his hair silently. After they took a bath, Haruno went to the second floor to remove the bodies and wash off the blood and use some incense to remove the iron smell. After doing everything, Haruno went downstairs to talk with the girl at the reception, when he entered the hotel for the first time, he felt that something was wrong and his Kenboshoku no Haki detected the pirates on the first and second floor and he decided to kill them all. The girl explained to them what happened: This hotel was very beautiful in the past but after those pirates appeared they destroyed everything. They killed the girl''s father and just her and her sister and little brother were alive. Then she decided to give the hotel to the pirates and they made it their base on Nanohana. She tried to leave after giving the place to the pirates, but they captured her again and furthermore, she was turned into a slave by them. After looking at them for some time, the girl cried and shouting: "Thank you. Thank you." Haruno sighed and went upstairs to sleep and Torryk followed him. When they closed the door, the girl left toward her temporary house to take care of his siblings. After she left, a shadow entered the hotel and another one followed it behind, one of the shadows looked upstairs and looked at the other shadow beside it, then the shadow asked with a masculine voice: "Are you sure that they are here? Miss All-Sunday?" The other shadow sighed and nodded its head saying: "I''m sure. Mr.0" 50 50: What? Not Edited Haruno woke up when his Kenboshoku detected someone entering the house. Suddenly an image appeared in his mind, Nico Robin... He remembered that he had a sensation of being stared when he was fighting with the pirates on the street and now this! So getting up from the bed, he jumped and woke Torryk up and when he saw Haruno''s expression he sighed and nodded, they left the room where they were and walked toward the downstairs where Haruno heard a masculine voice saying: "Are you sure that they are here? Miss All-Sunday?" Then a feminine voice said: "Yes, Mr. 0." Then Haruno walked downstairs again while saying: "So... Who exactly are looking for me?" The two seemed a little stunned and looked at the stairs where Haruno was looking at them. Crocodile smiled and said: "So... It''s you." Haruno was a little confused but then Robin said: "We are here to talk with you." Then Torryk that was behind Haruno said: "Talk? You invade someone''s house to talk to the person?" Haruno chuckled and Crocodile said: "I heard that you are very strong. So i came here to see your strength." That was exactly what Haruno thought, so with another sigh, he opened a portal to one of his empty rooms and said: "If you want to fight without been noticed, come with me." Robin was suspicions but when Crocodile stopped forward she followed and they entered the room, suddenly the scenery around them changed from a shabby hotel to an empty and clean space, completely blue. Haruno looked around and slapped his fingers while talking: "I''m sorry, i forgot to change the color..." After snapping his finger, the blue color began to change and the entire place changed. The blue floor changed to a tatami floor, the walls changed to paper walls, it was like Haruno activated the training room, but he just changed the appearance of the whole room. Robin and Crocodile looked at Haruno with interest and Haruno smiled lightly and said: "Now we can fight. Do you guys want to fight two vs two or one vs one?" Haruno''s expression was extremely calm, he didn''t mind being stared by them while switching his clothes. Yea, he was switching his clothes. Wearing a battle robe, Haruno felt that he was ready and Torryk that was beside him wore the same clothing as him but with different colors, while Haruno''s robe is black, Torryk''s robe is white. Crocodile looked at Robin who said: "Well, let''s do first a one vs one battle. After a two vs two battle." Haruno nodded and pointed at Crocodile saying: "Me and you. After, my apprentice and that woman." Crocodile smiled and removed the cigar from his mouth, then his body turned into sand and Haruno smiled lightly. The sand-mode Crocodile rushed toward Haruno who clapped his hands and several fireballs appeared. Haruno said: "Fire Control: Fire Gatling Gun." All the fireballs turned into bullets that shot toward Crocodile at a high speed, Crocodile seems to be stunned but started to dodge with his sand body. One fire bullet hit Crocodile''s shoulder and with a *fiiis* sound of something burning, Crocodile''s shoulder that was made of sand turned into glass. Even Robin was stunned by it! Crocodile felt pain and his expression changed, this reminded him of one certain person with a white mustache... Crocodile looked angrily at Haruno and shouted: "Desert La Spada!" The sand on his body changed and turned into blades that left his body at a high speed toward Haruno. Who said: "Defense Portal: Deflect." The blades touched the portal and they simply disappeared when Crocodile saw his attack touching the portal and simply disappearing he thought that it was strange and decided to transform into his sand form again and he did it in time because his own attack appeared again but this time he himself was the target! Well, he was in his sand form, so the attack didn''t hit him. He turned to his human form and sighed, looked at Robin who nodded and said: "Now it''s my time. We don''t want to waste too much energy in this only fight, right?" Haruno smiled and then punched Torryk''s head and said: "Go on! Brat!" Torryk sighed and walked to the arena, followed by Robin. Then Haruno shouted: "Start!" Robin jumped backward because her sixth sense told her so and she was right! After jumping, a figure appeared and hit where Robin was. It was Torryk, who after Haruno said ''start'' he used his ability: "Reflect Movement." And jumped to attack Robin. Then Haruno sighed and shouted: "Hey! Torryk! Don''t kill her!" Torryk looked at Haruno and nodded, then he slowed down a bit. Robin looked at Haruno and smiled lightly, then she smiled and said: "Seis Flouru! Clutch!" Six arms appeared when Robin used her favorite assassination technique! The arms grabbed Torryk''s body and tried to crush his spine. Well, it didn''t work because of Torryk''s Akuma no Mi, he absorbed the impact of the attack and reflected Robin''s arms, making them disappear. Robin continued to use her Akuma no Mi, maintaining a distance while attacking his with arms, after some seconds, Torryk shouted: "Damage Reflect!" Torryk''s fist began to glow white and he rushed toward Robin, ready to attack! When Torryk appeared on the front of Robin and she couldn''t have time to react, she thought: ''I lost.'' But what happened next stunned her, a fist appeared mid-air and hit Torryk''s head, making him scream loudly. Crying he asked Haruno why and he just said: "I said to not kill her. Are you stupid? Sorry, miss, he is completely stupid." Robin smiled lightly and sighed saying: "It''s okay." Haruno looked at Crocodile that was beside a Robin and asked: "Well, two vs two fight?" Crocodile slowly said: "No, is not necessary. I have made a decision. I want you to join the Baroque Works." Haruno: "What?" _______________________________________ Haruno woke up when his Kenboshoku detected someone entering the house. Suddenly an image appeared in his mind, Nico Robin... He remembered that he had a sensation of being stared when he was fighting with the pirates on the street and now this! So getting up from the bed, he jumped and woke Torryk up and when he saw Haruno''s expression he sighed and nodded, they left the room where they were and walked toward the downstairs where Haruno heard a masculine voice saying: "Are you sure that they are here? Miss All-Sunday?" Then a feminine voice said: "Yes, Mr. 0." Then Haruno walked downstairs again while saying: "So... Who exactly are looking for me?" The two seemed a little stunned and looked at the stairs where Haruno was looking at them. Crocodile smiled and said: "So... It''s you." Haruno was a little confused but then Robin said: "We are here to talk with you." Then Torryk that was behind Haruno said: "Talk? You invade someone''s house to talk to the person?" Haruno chuckled and Crocodile said: "I heard that you are very strong. So i came here to see your strength." That was exactly what Haruno thought, so with another sigh, he opened a portal to one of his empty rooms and said: "If you want to fight without been noticed, come with me." Robin was suspicions but when Crocodile stopped forward she followed and they entered the room, suddenly the scenery around them changed from a shabby hotel to an empty and clean space, completely blue. Haruno looked around and slapped his fingers while talking: "I''m sorry, i forgot to change the color..." After snapping his finger, the blue color began to change and the entire place changed. The blue floor changed to a tatami floor, the walls changed to paper walls, it was like Haruno activated the training room, but he just changed the appearance of the whole room. Robin and Crocodile looked at Haruno with interest and Haruno smiled lightly and said: "Now we can fight. Do you guys want to fight two vs two or one vs one?" Haruno''s expression was extremely calm, he didn''t mind being stared by them while switching his clothes. Yea, he was switching his clothes. Wearing a battle robe, Haruno felt that he was ready and Torryk that was beside him wore the same clothing as him but with different colors, while Haruno''s robe is black, Torryk''s robe is white. Crocodile looked at Robin who said: "Well, let''s do first a one vs one battle. After a two vs two battle." Haruno nodded and pointed at Crocodile saying: "Me and you. After, my apprentice and that woman." Crocodile smiled and removed the cigar from his mouth, then his body turned into sand and Haruno smiled lightly. The sand-mode Crocodile rushed toward Haruno who clapped his hands and several fireballs appeared. Haruno said: "Fire Control: Fire Gatling Gun." All the fireballs turned into bullets that shot toward Crocodile at a high speed, Crocodile seems to be stunned but started to dodge with his sand body. One fire bullet hit Crocodile''s shoulder and with a *fiiis* sound of something burning, Crocodile''s shoulder that was made of sand turned into glass. Even Robin was stunned by it! Crocodile felt pain and his expression changed, this reminded him of one certain person with a white mustache... Crocodile looked angrily at Haruno and shouted: "Desert La Spada!" The sand on his body changed and turned into blades that left his body at a high speed toward Haruno. Who said: "Defense Portal: Deflect." The blades touched the portal and they simply disappeared when Crocodile saw his attack touching the portal and simply disappearing he thought that it was strange and decided to transform into his sand form again and he did it in time because his own attack appeared again but this time he himself was the target! Well, he was in his sand form, so the attack didn''t hit him. He turned to his human form and sighed, looked at Robin who nodded and said: "Now it''s my time. We don''t want to waste too much energy in this only fight, right?" Haruno smiled and then punched Torryk''s head and said: "Go on! Brat!" Torryk sighed and walked to the arena, followed by Robin. Then Haruno shouted: "Start!" Robin jumped backward because her sixth sense told her so and she was right! After jumping, a figure appeared and hit where Robin was. It was Torryk, who after Haruno said ''start'' he used his ability: "Reflect Movement." And jumped to attack Robin. Then Haruno sighed and shouted: "Hey! Torryk! Don''t kill her!" Torryk looked at Haruno and nodded, then he slowed down a bit. Robin looked at Haruno and smiled lightly, then she smiled and said: "Seis Flouru! Clutch!" Six arms appeared when Robin used her favorite assassination technique! The arms grabbed Torryk''s body and tried to crush his spine. Well, it didn''t work because of Torryk''s Akuma no Mi, he absorbed the impact of the attack and reflected Robin''s arms, making them disappear. Robin continued to use her Akuma no Mi, maintaining a distance while attacking his with arms, after some seconds, Torryk shouted: "Damage Reflect!" Torryk''s fist began to glow white and he rushed toward Robin, ready to attack! When Torryk appeared on the front of Robin and she couldn''t have time to react, she thought: ''I lost.'' But what happened next stunned her, a fist appeared mid-air and hit Torryk''s head, making him scream loudly. Crying he asked Haruno why and he just said: "I said to not kill her. Are you stupid? Sorry, miss, he is completely stupid." Robin smiled lightly and sighed saying: "It''s okay." Haruno looked at Crocodile that was beside a Robin and asked: "Well, two vs two fight?" Crocodile slowly said: "No, is not necessary. I have made a decision. I want you to join the Baroque Works." Haruno: "What?"