Chapter 51
Title: First Day...
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The next day Itachi wakes up and gets ready to meet with other chore boys and go to the training grounds.
He puts on his marine uniform, which consists of a sleeveless white top with the marine insignia in the back and blue pants.
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But at this time on the training grounds, a place where the marines take turns by ranks to be trained by Zephyr. The training ground has different weights that one can lift, from 10kg to 2ton. There were also track fields and wooden targets for sharpshooters.
But in this training ground a tan-skinned, purple-haired man was already waiting for the new students while sitting on one of the giant weights.
He is also using one hand to read a paper. The man is also wearing reading glasses and one of his arms looks like a mechanical construction. The cybernetic arm was wearing a glove and resembled his other muscular arm, except mechanical.
The paper he is reading is about one of the recruits that was suggested by one of his old friends who was too lazy to train him himself. Garp knows that Zephyr is better as a teacher than him, he has been training marine recruits for decades now.
Though his arm last year was cut off and it left Zephyr with an emotional shock of seeing his students dying.
'Itachi Uchiha…' As he reads Itachi's file he can't help but be impressed with his physical abilities and personality evaluation. 'This kid is talented, hmm… I wonder if I can train another admiral by now.'
Zephyr contemplates that, he knows that someone like Itachi who seems to have been born with high physical strength. If he trains religiously then he will become strong. He himself was nothing special, but at the age of thirty-eight, he did reach the admiral rank. That was all just due to his training and hard work, unlike the other admirals which have Devil Fruits or are born unnaturally strong.
Garp for example even as a kid would tame tigers and use them as his traveling method. Something that could rip apart an adult, was easily handled by him as a kid.
'Hmmm…' Zephyr can't help but as he contemplates how to train Itachi. The kid has potential and even caught Garp's eye, he definitely will be someone strong in the future.
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Half an hour later and the chore boys arrive to train at six in the morning. The lower the rank, the earlier one has to wake up and train. The training is obligatory and lasts for one hour. At least until they get the rank of Seaman First Class. They must train like this if they want to be marines at the headquarters.
Zephyr jumps off the training weight that he is sitting on and lands in front of the chore boys. "Attention!"
"""Good morning teacher Zephyr.""" Everyone greets him simultaneously, even Itachi does so. As soon as he saw the others do it, he just saluted and moved his lips making it seem like he is doing it too.
"Twenty laps around the training ground in twenty minutes or no breakfast for you." Says Zephyr casually. Immediately the chore boys start running at full speed. Some run faster, some slower and some have already given up on breakfast so they just jogged casually.
Itachi sees that the others have started running. He crouches down and immediately breaks into a sprint, immediately easily surpassing them all. He goes at top speed and finishes his laps under five minutes. This is just his running speed as he didn't use <Soru> to supplement his speed. In the end, he wasn't even breathing heavily.
When Zephyr sees this he just smirks slightly. "Itachi Uchiha, come with me."
He remembers the names of every one of his trainees, no matter how weak or strong they are. Itachi just looks at Zephyr when he hears his name being called.
He casually walks towards his teacher. His walk shows that he is not nervous at all.
As he comes close, he looks at Itachi and points his palm at him. "Punch my palm with all that you got. If I find it satisfactory, I will promote you."
Itachi seems slightly surprised when he hears this. He didn't expect a promotion option to come up so soon.
On the other hand, Zephyr has other thoughts in his mind. 'Keeping him here as a chore boy would be a waste of time for him.'
In the end, Itachi just nods and he has his usual calm look on his face as he clocks his fist backward. He has never been good at Fishman Karate, even the lowest of levels were extremely hard to him. But he still knows how to throw a decent punch and maximize power output through it.
He takes a deep breath and holds it in for a couple of seconds, making his body make blood flow faster to carry oxygen.
*fwooh*
He then exhales and that is when he punches forward.
Pow!
Hitting Zephyr's palm, obviously the old admiral wasn't at all affected by it. But he did have a slightly thoughtful look in his eyes.
'At twelve years old and his Doriki is already at 800…' Contemplates Zephyr, at 800 Doriki one can easily enter Cypher Pol and even be a good agent at it too. Itachi already has the qualifications to learn the six powers. 'If this kid keeps up his training, he has an 80% chance of becoming an admiral level combatant.'
"Kid, now you are a Seaman First Class. You will have to keep training though. Also, you can come and ask me any questions that you have. You will get your room in the headquarters too. In six months I will personally take you to go pirate hunting." Explains Zephyr as a smirk appears on his face. "Welcome to the marines brat… later someone will come and pick you up and show you around."
Itachi nods at this and just goes towards the weights and picks the couple hundred kilograms weights. He then starts training with them.
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He trained for four hours straight with no rest, once his arms got tired, he trained his legs. If that got tired he would train his abdominal muscles and back muscles… Zephyr would also give him some instructions on how to exercise every now and then. Itachi would also ask him questions and would follow what Zephyr said without complaining.
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Eight hours into his training and except eating breakfast or lunch, Itachi again comes and trains. Everyone else in the marines fished their training already, Zephyr didn't think that the kid would last that long. But Itachi's will power is truly something that is way more precious than his physical talent.
'His Haki will be monstrous once he learns about it.' Think Zephyr as he can see that Itachi isn't as simple as he seems. His hard work is like that of someone with a mission. 'I wonder what his motivation is?'
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Ten hours in his training, it's now four in the afternoon and Itachi finally falls on the ground. The dirt feels like a pillow as he falls asleep, immediately as he does so, one of his clones comes and picks him up. The clone then looks at Zephyr and asks. "Where do I take him? Do we change living quarters too?"
Zephyr nods at the clone and says. "Follow me."
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Chapter 52
Title: Ain...
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As Zephyr guides Itachi (clone) to the main building of the marine headquarters. The clone just asks the instructor. "So, how strong do you think the original is?"
Zephyr was unsure if he should answer as that would make Itachi arrogant if he says that he is strong or such things. But he remembers how Itachi trained for hours upon hours.
"Currently… you can easily be as strong as a Captain of Marine Headquarters." Says Zephyr. And he wasn't exaggerating, at twelve he was about as strong as a Captain. Of course, there are different categories of strength in ranks, but in a general overview, Itachi would be a captain.
The clone Itachi nods at that. "Then it seems like the original has a long way to go."
Zephyr smiles when he hears that. As he suspected, Itachi is ambitious. Someone like that is perfect for the marines.
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At this time, in the marine headquarters main building. Garp was laying down on Sengoku's office, sleeping in one of the couches.
That is when Sengoku opens his office door with a loud bang. "Garp!!! The new recruit that you brought in is only twelve years old. He is supposed to go to the orphanage and train there. These are the rules, bringing a child like that in the training place that is for people over the age of fourteen is illegal."
As he yells all of this, he looks at Garp to hear his answer, but instead, Garp is just sleeping still and snores loudly.
"GARP!!!!" Yells out Sengoku loudly once again. His anger goes to new levels as he sees Garp just opens his eyes for a little bit, mumbles something unintelligible, and turns around on the couch he is laying down on.
"Sengoku, can't you see I am sleeping~... you stupid goat beard." Mumbles Garp.
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Ain is currently preparing some tea for Zephyr as he will be returning soon from training the Marine corps.
She is sitting in a modest-looking place with a table, kitchen, and a tea ceremony set.
'Teacher Zephyr has been in a bad mood ever since the attack…' Contemplates Ain, she can't help but feel sorry for the old Zephyr. Even his health has been getting worse recently.
"GARP I SAID WAKE UP!!!" Ain hears that scream as the building shakes slightly.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp seem to be at it again." Thinks Ain aloud. She is already used to this, usually, every time Garp comes to the marine headquarters, he somehow annoys Sengoku to no end.
*knock* *knock*
Suddenly she heard a knock on the door and she heard the door open. She knows that it is Zephyr due to him always knocking even though technically this is his living place.
She looks at him and surprisingly sees two twins, one of them is holding the other on his back as he sleeps.
"Who are they?" Asks Ain with her curiosity visible in her voice.
Zephyr smiles at her question and says. "Well, he is Itachi and his clone."
"Huh?" Ain is confused about this. "What?"
The Itachi clone starts explaining to her what his devil fruit does.
"Woah! That is amazing Itachi. You must tell me some more about it. It's not only strong but also very convenient." Exclaims Ain in amazement. She also has a Devil Fruit, but it isn't that strong by itself. Nor is it that convenient, though she guesses that she will appreciate her fruit one she is older.
The clone just lays the original on the ground and talks with Ain. "Hm? Really? I always thought that my fruit was on the weak side. I mean compared to the Magma, Light, or such other Logia fruits of the admirals. Mine is only at best mediocre."
Ain just flickers (clone) Itachi's forehead and says. "Don't say that, your fruit is amazing."
Zephyr interferes in this too by saying. "Just imagine that if you ever become a vice admiral or something like that. Then even an admiral wouldn't be able to fight one hundred Vice Admirals, then if you awaken your fruit. It will be terrifying to fight against you."
Itachi's eyes widen a little when he hears this. 'Is this what dad had in mind when he gave me this fruit?'
As Itachi (clone) thinks this the original stirs up and looks around. He looks at his clone and extends his hand toward the clone. The clone then gets up and gives the original a handshake.
Immediately the clone deflates like a balloon and his memories are absorbed by Itachi.
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Later on, Itachi is guided to his room by Ain and she explains to him how things generally work around here.
As they are walking Ain can't help but ask Itachi his age, who is about her height. "By the way, how old are you Itachi? I am seventeen and wonder how did you get in the marines?"
Ain can't help but smile with a blush on her face as she asks that. Itachi is handsome, strong, and very humble. He also is respectful and seems to be kind too. The perfect man…
"I am twelve." Answers Itachi as he enters his new room. "Anyway, see you around Ain. I am currently still too tired from the training so I will sleep now and eat a very big breakfast in the morning."
Ain can feel the world crushing her as she hears Itachi say that. Him being twelve shocked her, he looks like he is at least sixteen.
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Itachi on the other hand doesn't care about any of that. He noticed the signs that Ain was sending him, his father has a harem. He knows when someone is showing affection towards him. Ain is simply infatuated with him.
'As dad used to say… it's just a simple crush.' Thinks Itachi, as his mind wanders at the most important part. 'Her devil fruit… it's quite interesting…'
He thinks that as he opens the window to his new room and contemplates it. 'Her fruit… will be quite useful to the family.'
As he thinks that, a strange look appears in Itachi's eyes. Unlike his usual eyes that he portrays in front of others, his eyes gain a certain coldness in them as he looks at the full moon out tonight.
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At the same time, Ain just walks back to her room dejectedly.
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Tomorrow comes in the blink of an eye, Itachi wakes up in his new room which is fully cleaned up by his clones before he went to sleep yesterday evening.
As usual, he gets up and does the routine that he has always done. Ever since he was a child. Brushing his teeth, some stretches, a shower and he then goes to get some breakfast.
As he walks in the cafeteria he doesn't see Ain or anyone like that. The cafeteria is huge and has thousands of official marines in there. They already had their group of friends and such. So he just goes and sits on his own, he takes a giant tray of food as big as half of his body. But that doesn't seem to be strange at all amongst the marines so no one pays him attention amongst the rowdy hall.
Itachi just takes his food on an empty seat and starts eating, unbothered by the loud sounds around him.
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Chapter 53 (BONUS CHAPTER)
Title: Itachi vs Zephyr...
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One month has passed since Itachi joined the marines. Currently, he is in a green forest and looks at his teacher Zephyr, who is standing opposite of him and asks. "You ready Itachi?"
Itachi nods at this and confirms. "Yes, teacher Zephyr."
Fwosh!
As soon as he says that Zephyr disappears from his place and his mechanical arm darkens, though Itachi's eyes can't follow him. Itachi jumps back and does a flip and lands in a one-handed handstand. His feet then move like snakes.
<Rankyaku Ran> (Storm Leg Riot)
In a split second over thirty Rankyaku slashes were made by his legs and are sent at where Zephyr is as he intended to hit Itachi.
Zephyr has to use <Tekkai> (Iron Body) to stop the wind blades from injuring him. He immediately disappears along with the barrage and appears in front of Itachi.
Itachi can't dodge as Zephyr's metallic fist hits him in the stomach. It easily breaks Itachi's <Tekkai> and he coughs a little blood.
Baam!
His body crashes into a tree. Zephyr doesn't give Itachi any time as he appears above his body and hits him in the stomach with a straight punch again.
Itachi's eyes widen as the fist hits him. Zephyr is (almost) not holding back, well he is not holding back his speed at least. His strength on the other hand… well he doesn't want to kill Itachi so he is holding back.
Itachi immediately releases some clones from his body and they go to hold back Zephyr. Now that he is fighting against cones, Zephyr doesn't hold back his strength against them.
Pow!
His fist is like an afterimage as it obliterates the clone's heads in one hit. Itachi winces slightly at this, but the clones still bought him enough time for him to get up. Immediately Itachi can see that Zephyr is charging straight at him.
<Seimei Kikan: Kami-E>
Itachi's body gets thinner and he disappears from his place too. At this time Ain is looking at her teacher and Itachi sparring against each other and she can't follow their movements at all even as she tries her best.
'Fast… they are too fast.' Think Ain with her eyes widened in shock. In only one month Itachi has advanced so much. He learned the six powers so quickly and can already use them so effectively as a fish can swim. If she didn't know any better she would think that he has grown up observing Cipher Pol agents that use these powers.
At this time she can see Zephyr punch Itachi in the head, Itachi back and he hits a tree headfirst. But immediately he gets up again and is full of vigor as he charges at Zephyr once again, even as blood flows out of his head.
Zephyr has a smile on his face and punches at this and he punches at Itachi again.
'This kid is something else.' Thinks Zephyr, full of pride in his heart. A childlike Itachi in his eyes is someone who only appears once a generation in the marines. Itachi this month has worked way harder than most marines work in their lives.
Though Zephyr thinks that, he still charges at Itachi and this time Itachi looks at him with a ferocious look on his eyes. Instead of blocking Zephyr's punch, he counters his own.
Baam!
Their fists clash, and for a split second Zephyr's eyes widen a little, he can feel his Armament Haki clash against Itachi's. 'This brat just used Armament Haki.'
Fwosh!
Baam!
Still, Itachi flies backward and his body bounces off the ground twice before crashing on a tree. Again, he gets up and charges at Zephyr again, he didn't lie down at all to rest or anything like that.
Zephyr's smile widens even more as even he can't help but admire Itachi's tendency to never give up.
'The kid should be at his limits.' Thinks Zephyr and he appears behind Itachi and punches towards his skull. But contrary to his expectations Itachi's head turned around and as Zephyr's fist hits Itachi's skull, at the same time the old man too can feel Itachi's fist sink into his stomach.
*Bleugh*
Zephyr spits a fist full of blood from his mouth. Itachi is already using armament Haki, though his Haki hasn't darkened yet, his hits still have a higher attack power than normal.
Suddenly out of Itachi's back a clone, but it is only the upper body of the clone as it is still attached to Itachi.
The clone punches Zephyr in the face countless times. The old admiral has a smile on his face, even as it is bloodied.
But at the same time, Itachi's fighting performance was stellar in Zephyr's eyes. But Itachi wasn't satisfied at all with himself. He has already sent back the feed to his family on how to learn the six powers and Seimei Kikan (Life Return). His father and some of his siblings already beyond mastered it. He also for the first time saw his father's natural talent, and he understood that no matter how amazing his siblings were. His dad learned Life Return in only under a week and could change between thin form for speed and bulk form for more power in under a second. His father at this stage in his life got stronger once again.
'I must be better to even be able to protect my family. At this rate, I will be the one needed to be protected by them.' Thinks Itachi, his adrenaline rising so high that he was running all in adrenaline and willpower.
Zephyr used his mechanical arm to hit Itachi in the stomach. But Itachi uses Tekkai and jumps back at the same time, completely nullifying the power of the punch. At the same time, he digs his feet on the ground to stop himself from flying away as Zephyr increases the power that he uses against Itachi.
Zephyr takes the initiative this time and his fleshy arm turns blurry as Itachi can feel exactly fifty-eight punches hit him in a split second. Still, Itachi doesn't buckle under the attack as he uses Tekkai and Life Return to bulk up his body into that of a muscular adult.
At this time Itachi walks forward but he feels the world turn and falls on the ground.
Baam!
He falls on the ground. Zephyr looks at Itachi and sighs. "Seems like you went beyond your limits once again and your muscles shut down once again."
Zephyr noticed something strange about Itachi, the kid can easily go beyond his limits which allows him to fight even after his body suffers extreme fatigue and pain. His body also heals all of the damage it sustains by the next day, in one month Itachi had raised his Doriki by 110, making it at an overall 910 now. That is increasing his Doriki by 3.6 every day, that is a crazy number, especially for Itachi who is a twelve-year-old… though he doesn't look his age at all.
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At the same time, in an undisclosed location on the New World. Jaw is reading a newspaper as his body goes through the bulk and lean stages in seconds, he even goes to bulk just his arm to a muscular level.
'Hmmm… I think I mastered Life Return.' Contemplates Jaw, as his body still keeps changing through different muscular systems. He trains for around eighteen hours a day ever since Itachi told him about the way the marines trained their six powers.
'My power has once again. I have become stronger once again.' Jaw has a smile on his face as he contemplated this.
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Chapter 54
Title: Plans For The Future…
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-Jaw POV-
I must say that maybe Life Return can be the way for me to be able to break my limits at a whim. This is like a gear 2nd, in a way a power-up for me. Also, I can eat as much as I want and I can easily digest that food as quickly as I want. Also, my mastery of it is quite good in my opinion, I can manipulate the muscles just in my arm to bulk up so I don't lose any speed while I gain power.
Though it looks weird when I do that, I don't care about my appearance. Also, Life Return is about mindset as it is about body control. Though for me, it wasn't that hard to learn since my body is already at its limit, and learning new things is easy due to not needing to train my body to be able to use the technique.
Itachi has truly outdone himself this time. He single-handedly just raised the strength of his family. By giving us training methods and knowledge from the marines. Kalifa is also a good teacher, but at the same time, she knew nothing more about the Life Return Technique than it just existed.
Anyway, I have already learned the six powers and have created plenty of variations of them. So now I should be moderately strong inland too. Though sadly, I still don't think I can defeat a Yonko even as my strength has raised. I can now compete with them on land, but defeating them is questionable, maybe have a 40% chance or something like that. Against Whitebeard, I have a 10-20% chance of winning on land. Those are neither possibilities that I am willing to take, only a fool or a gambling addict takes chances like that.
I might not be the smartest man in the world, but I am still not stupid enough to play with fire.
Hmmm… maybe when I am around thirty years old I will have around a 50% chance against Big Mom and Kaido on land. The reason that I can't go any higher is because fire is my weakness so to say. I can't use Fishman Karate and even my skin dries. Both Bid Mom and Kaido can use fire.
Still, I can be careful about this and play it safe, I can defeat them in most of the world which consists of water. Also, I never plan to ever fight fairly, I am a pirate. If I am fighting fairly then I should change my profession to being a fool.
As my children grow up and their strength starts becoming high enough for them to influence a Yonko battle. I will use them to crush the other Yonko. If Kakashi and Kisame grow to just the minimum of what I have in my vision of their future strength. Then my chances of defeating a Yonko, even Whitebeard on land go to 90-98%. An almost assured victory, also if Mikoto can touch a Big Mom with her Mark-Mark fruit, then we can just send daily bombs at her and eventually kill her. Katakuri is no longer a match against me, I am a direct counter to him.
Then there is Kaido… I can defeat him if we fight. His crazy endurance and stamina is a bit of a problem, but it's not that big. Only to weaklings does Kaido's endurance seem unbeatable. To me, it is only a minor inconvenience, and even I have achieved something similar, I constantly have an invisible Armament Haki around my body. Bullets, swords, punches, etc… they do not affect me. Especially now even cannonballs are only dangerous because of their shock damage which can rock around my brain inside my skull and knock me out.
Hmmm… I should start some aggressive expansion tactics soon. I have stabilized my power and no Yonko (except Whitebeard) dares to meet me at sea. I am planning to target Big Mom soon, I should… no not yet. I better wait until my older children grow up. Then I can start taking some of the islands Big Mom has under her protection.
Currently, of all of the Yanko, I have the 3rd largest territory, my territory is also very divided… most of it is. The most territory in the New World is held by Whitebeard, then comes Big Mom, then me and Kaido us last. I don't think Kaido cares about any of that. He has Wano, and after that, it has some islands around it. But at the same time, Wano is the place where it is said that Seastone originated from. So the place is bound to be very rich in resources and it's self-sufficient.
It trades in weapons most of the time, while I trade in raw materials (and weapons too but mostly for the World Government), Big Mom trades in food and such things. Whitebeard does his own thing, he doesn't really care to raise his power anymore and just puts islands under his protection if he sees them being in danger or poor.
We the other Yonko can yap as much as we want, but none of us can beat a Whitebeard at his current age (64). He is beyond dangerous… I plan to get his fruit and give it to one of my children. But at the same time, I can't beat Whitebeard currently.
I better let the World Government weaken him for me before I take advantage of that. I will also get the Yami-Yami No Mi while I am at it.
A smirk appears on my face as I guide the cells inside my body to reinforce my muscles and such. But currently, my most dangerous enemy is the World Government, we are cooperating at the moment… but nothing more. I give them weapons and some raw materials that I mine from the bottom of the sea. Though they give me a lot in return for my services, they give me devil fruits, Seastone weapons (chains, spears, handcuffs, etc). They also give me certain leverage that none of the Yonko have, I can go and get some scientists from Vegapunk's hometown and they don't make a fuss about it.
Our relationship might seem stable, but I have always known that they will stab me in the back as soon as it suits them. So I am leveraging as much as I can from them, building as much of my power as I can. I also have some of the Kings & Queens that attend the Reverie in my pocket. Meaning that they technically can't have the tools to gather the whole world against me if they decide to, that is the worst-case scenario for me so I have made that almost impossible now.
Sadly King Tacos had to die so he could put the seeds of doubt in the other kinds. He was killed by Cipher Pol, everyone (smart) can see that as clear as day. So this pushes more people to make deals with me, just in case the World Government decides for them too to have… an 'accident'.
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AUTHOR NOTE:
This was a full overview of Jaw's plans and what he has been doing and why he has been doing so. He has an alliance with Whitebeard but he will betray the old man in the blink of an eye if it benefits him.
We also get a view of how the geopolitical map in the world is. Some could say that Jaw is strengthening the WG by selling them weapons, but the same can be said about Jaw, as the WG is giving him Devil Fruits, Sea Stone weapons, and such.
Everyone has their own little schemes going on, and this is an overview of Jaw's.
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Chapter 55 (BONUS CHAPTER)
Title: Finding a Lion...
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At this time Jaw also starts searching for some Devil Fruits that will appear later on and their users. His search has some successes as he finds the current user of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit and he gifts it to his daughter Erza.
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Also currently during this time, Naruto is in Rusukaina Island. In this place, animals exist that make some accomplished New World pirates. Currently, Naruto is hiding in a tree as a giant blue Gorilla goes around breaking around trees.
Booom!
Naruto sighs a little as he has scratches around his body. Under his shirt, something moves, and Dead Cat, Naruto's pet cat pops his head out of Naruto's shirt. It smells a little of the air and his mustaches twitch slightly. The cat then nudges Naruto who nods at this, he immediately moves amongst the trees.
But Dead cat warns him by mowing slightly, which causes Naruto to jump even higher. He sees a giant snake as thick as a tree come to bite towards him.
'Damn, this is dangerous. One bite from it and I will die.' Contemplates Naruto, he has chosen to take part in this island's training as his strong siblings have all already completed it. They also said that it was quite easy, so honestly, he took this training test out of fun… which has turned into a nightmare for him.
'Not only I don't know how to find any food on this island. I have to try hard to try and not become food. I have also eaten anything except berries and some mushrooms that Dead Cat has verified that they are not poisonous by his sense of smell.' Contemplates Naruto, though he and Dead Cat act like they usually can't stand each other. He and Naruto care and will take care of each other when the time comes. Jaw wouldn't have allowed a cat to live if it really messed around with Naruto.
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Jaw currently is in his office, having a meeting with all of his children. Kisame sees his father seems worried about something, so he asks. "What's wrong dad?"
Kakashi is the one to answer the question by saying. "Well, dad hasn't been able to find Shiki, he wants his devil fruit. He planned to give it to one of us. Shiki is someone who could compete with Roger, and his fruit is a big deal to his power. Dad is very confident in winning if he fights Shiki. But we have not been able to even catch sight of Shiki."
Some of Jaw's children seem a little surprised by this. They never quite understand their father's plans, the closest one to doing so is Kakashi. But even he doesn't know how his father comes up with them, and to be able to figure out people's reactions.
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The discussion lasts about three hours and in the end, Jaw orders his children that they will start moving soon. The world will keep moving even without them, so they will have to move too if they want to keep up.
Jaw is truly a little annoyed at how he can't find any hint of where Shiki is. If he had Shiki's Devil Fruit, one of his children will instantly become Yonko Commander, even if they aren't personally strong, the fruit can make him/her something amazing. It will allow someone to constantly have the field advantage, no matter what.
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One year passes after that, Jaw is currently planning his next moves and contemplating them. He is trying to see if he has any movements from the other Yonko or any new up-jumped New World pirate captain that might need a reality check… the reality check will be their head getting separated from their bodies. If a pirate captain (or anyone really) causes a problem in Fishman Island while entering the new world, then they are pretty much declaring war on Jaw. There are no seas that they will be safe on.
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At the same time, in some floating island archipelagos, countless people were living in them. Also the center there is one giant palace that connects all of the other islands with the help of different styles of brides.
Inside the palace, there is Shiki with half a ship wheel stuck in his head. He has a cigar in his mouth. 'Jaw… that kid used to be in Roger's Crew.'
Shiki contemplates as he already knows that Jaw is looking for him. Though he is currently in hiding. He can't help but contemplate different things, his legs twitch with pain on their legs. 'I should give him a chance and he will find me. That way I can at least test if he is good at being referred to as part of Roger's Crew.'
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Jaw can already see this, but he still takes the bait fully. So he travels to East Blue and by using Mikoto's Devil Fruit (Mark Fruit) to float as he already carried her in secret and touched one of the Island's Members in secret with Jaw one week ago. So now they are 'targeting' the normal person with a target. So Jaw's has brought almost all of his non-fishman fighters to fight against Shiki.
At this time Shiki is currently floating above his islands while seeing Jaw's army.
Two quick slashes from his sword legs and two giant flying slashes go towards H
Jaw's fleet.
Jaw sees this and just takes a deep breath, as he does so it feels like a vacuum cleaner as he takes a deep breath.
Fwoooh!
A giant gust of wind comes out of Jaw's mouth like a splitting wave which causes the two slashes to clash against each other.
Boom!
"Shiki, I am here to collect your power." Says Jaw openly and without concern or reservation on his intentions.
Shiki on the other hand seems a little pissed off about this as he bites off the cigar on his mouth. "You brats nowadays should have more respect for Roger and his legacy."
As Shiki says that he truly means it, he has seen how some trash rookies allowed them to get 'higher'.
Jaw's face morphs into a smile. "Make me, old man!"
"Oh, I definitely will young brat." Says Shiki with his anger rising every second they talk to each other as giant elemental structures rise taking the form of lion heads.
'His pride should at least keep him from running away. That would be my biggest problem solved if it goes to plan.' Thinks Jaw, he has already put the old Shiki in his invisible web of lies and deceit. He knows that if Shiki wants to run away with his Float Devil Fruit, then it would be almost impossible to defeat him.
One of the lion heads made out of stone charges at Jaw who just punches forward, easily breaking it. He could see that his children with their power and devil fruits have an advantage against Shiki's…
'So this is what it feels like having a true strong advantage against an enemy… this is the first time.' Contemplates Jaw.
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Chapter 56
(HAD NO INTERNET TODAY... IT ACTUALLY TURNED OFF AT A BAD TIME. Currently at a caffe bar.)
Title: Running Away...
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Shiki immediately attacks Jaw with different powerful sword slashes and giant rock structures that are thrown towards him at different speeds.
This is the advantage that Shiki has, he has now created a good territory advantage for himself. But Jaw on the other hand isn't that threatened at this, Shiki doesn't have the power to threaten Jaw anymore.
This is especially so as a figure appears behind Shiki like a lightning bolt. It is Kakashi and he extends his hand toward the "Golden Lion" Shiki.
<200,000,000 Volt>
*Bzzzzt*
The lightning goes towards Shiki who dodges this attack easily as he levitates himself away from it while at the same time appearing next to Kakashi and hitting him with a chop to his neck. Kakashi brings his arm up and winces a little as Shiki hits him with a powerful Haki blow that shatters his arm.
"Don't interrupt when adults are doing their things, little kid." Says Shiki with an annoyed expression on his face.
But Jaw while he saw this smirks a little. 'Dumbasś… underestimating Kakashi is the worst thing that you could have done in this battle.'
Though hit, Kakashi still turns into lightning and envelopes Shiki, paralyzing him for a split second… that is all Jaw needed as Kakashi moves away in his lightning form while his father descends upon Shiki with restless fury.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!....
Countless punches landed on Shiki in a split second making him spew blood like a fountain. Jaw is still calm and can use his future sight Observation Haki, but he still doesn't like seeing someone hit his kids like that. So he bloodies up Shiki and breaks every single bone in his body. Shiki is no match with Jaw in a physical contest.
Jaw grabs Shiki by the throat and takes out his Seastone coin. Shiki can feel the dangerous feeling coming from the coin.
'Seastone!!!' Thinks Shiki while panicking a little, but he is not someone so simple as he oriented his levitating islands in a split second to be above him and Jaw. He killed a lot of his crew members on this, but Shiki doesn't exactly care for those cannon fodder.
So with a difficulty in his voice, Shiki warns Jaw by saying. "Touch me with that coin and I will be taking me with you to the depths of hell."
"Is that so? I would like to see you trying then old man." Says Jaw as he touches Shiki with his Seastone coin.
The islands above Jaw immediately lose their floating properties granted to them by Shiki's Float-Float Fruit, so they start falling towards them.
Shiki smiles a little at this. "Well, that was the wrong choice, you up-jumped shark."
Jaw doesn't mind the insults at all, he has the natural ability to not really care what people say about him. The islands start crashing towards Jaw and Shiki, the former still doesn't let off his grip on the latter's throat. Jaw also doesn't let go of the coin touching Shiki's skin.
'Hmmm… what to do…' Contemplates Jaw, he knows that he will be able to survive this attack (with possibly some heavy injuries of course). Even though Shiki will die with him, he doesn't mind. He wants his Devil Fruit, but Shiki's fruit could be lost forever if it reincarnates as a sea fruit while being carried away by the currents.
In the end, Jaw sinks his fingers in Shiki's abdominal flesh and drops his coin close to Shiki's stomach. Shiki is immediately weakened due to the heavy concentration of Seastone on the coin.
He then looks at one of the ships with Kakashi and Mikoto in it. He looks at his daughter and says. "Catch!"
He throws Shiki's body away at breakneck speeds and as he looks at the giant islands coming to crash onto him. He can't escape them due to their wide range.
'Welp seems like I will have to do it.' Thinks Jaw as he pulls out his katana that he is holding in a scabbard on his back. The katana immediately crackles with lightning as Jaw picks it up. This sword is called Raijin and it has 'eaten' the Spark-Spark Fruit (Paramecia).
Jaw takes a deep breath, lighting slowly runs through his body from the sword. He doesn't resist it, instead, he lets the lightning run through his body. The muscles in his arms bulk up unnaturally.
...He then puts the katana back on his scabbard, stopping the lightning from running through his body. He has already finished his attack.
<Lightning Sword Style: Heavenly Slash>
BOOOOOM!!!
Suddenly huge explosives sounds come
out as the islands above Jaw are split in two.
As this form isn't able to be sustained for long periods as Jaw doesn't resist the lightning, the lightning actually hurts his body. So he always uses the ability in only one singular attack.
The islands fall on the sea. Jaw then looks at where he threw Shiki and he sees an injured Mikoto bleeding out of her side while Kakashi is doing first aid on her.
Shiki had escaped…
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-Jaw POV-
I use <Geppo> and arrive at where the floating ships being held together by Mikoto's power are. She is still able to hold her Mark-Mark Fruit to the extent where the ships don't crash together towards the flying bird.
Mokoto also now has a red glove on her left hand. I already predicted that Shiki might be able to escape, that is why I threw him towards Mikoto.
"Did you mark him?" I ask Mikoto while I get close to her and examine the wound to her side.
Kakashi has a calm look on his face while this happens. He knows and understands why I did what I did. He has one of his arms crushed and even though Shiki is weakened, he is still dangerous and could escape. I left Kisame back on Fishman Island to keep a look over things, else I would have thrown Shiki at him, where I know he wouldn't be able to escape from.
Well, it doesn't matter as I see the slight smile on Mikoto's face as she gets up as soon as her wound is patched up. I didn't raise weaklings to whine about every injury that they get.
"Yes dad, I marked him. When are we gonna start chasing him?" Asks Mikoto with a serious look on her face. Kakashi seems to be worried about his sister's injury. Even though he seems nonchalant about his shattered arm.
Jaw smiles at Mikoto's question and answers it by saying. "We will immediately start perusing. He seems to have jumped off this ship and with my Seastone coin still inside of him. He definitely won't be able to use his devil fruit.
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Shiki at the moment was falling from ten thousand meters above the ground. He flies down like a bullet. "Damn that bastard shark!!! He almost fu*king killed me! He comes here and destroys the things that I have been working on for over a decade!"
He winces as he weakly moves his hand towards his stomach, he feels the Seastone coin still inside of his body. Jaw truly defeated him like a common criminal in under a minute.
He moves his fingers inside his bloody stomach and slowly he can feel the coin as he takes it out and throws it away. But as he does so, his eyes start to close as he is too weakened by the Seastone still, and he falls towards the ocean.
But just before he hits the water, where he would be dead as soon as he does so because he would drown. Shiki has some final thoughts to himself. 'I can't get killed by someone like Jaw when not even Roger could kill me.'
Fwosh!
Immediately he forces his tired body and uses his fruit to levitate himself just as he is about to touch the ocean floor.
'Jaw… I will fu*king kill you.' Thinks Shiki as he immediately flies away at top speeds.
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AUTHOR NOTE:
Shiki isn't someone who can be handled that easily. Though he might seem weak due to the easy way Jaw handled him, he isn't so at all. It's just that Jaw plans a lot of his battles and makes strategies that give him a huge advantage in a fight. Plus Kakashi's attack which only shocked Shiki for a split second is all that Jaw needed to completely have the advantage in a fight as Jay is physically way stronger than Shiki.
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Chapter 57
Title: Return...
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After the fight with Shiki. Jaw and his children chased him through East Blue, New World, Calm Belt, and many more areas of the world. But after a couple of months Jaw had to return home or else the other Yonko might get some strange ideas. At the same time, he also didn't allow any of his kids to go and chase Shiki. Since Mikoto already had Shiki marked by her Mark-Mark Fruit. So there was no rush currently to hunt him down yet.
Still, Jaw was also having another problem, the Marines were sniffing around his territory. Currently, his territories are very divided and he needs to go through other Yonko's territories to be able to get to his other territory. Now to him, this is extremely inefficient. True, Whitebeard doesn't really mind as long as he doesn't cause trouble. But Kaido and Big Mom get very prickly about it.
Jaw is currently in his main warship, which isn't really anything special and it's mostly used as a method of transportation of materials. Also due to him using the coating on his shop to travel underwater with fishman guards, that is why his trade ships never get stolen or damaged. One is because he is a Yonko and if someone decides to mess with him then he will destroy them. Second, it is that they travel underwater, that is also the reason Jaw doesn't mind getting better territories on the outskirts and close to other Yonko's territories. Because these underwater travel methods are his way of absolutely ruling the underwater world. He plans to open some bases in the Blues but he will need to be secretive about it.
The World Government won't like this if they know about it. So Jaw's crew and businesses will have 'accidents' as soon as he tries to establish overseas.
As Jaw is contemplating this he is just lying down on his bed inside his main ship. 'How do I handle this situation…'
Jaw's mind goes through many different ideas and such. Though he might not be the smartest man in the world and he can definitely be tricked and even possibly manipulated by the people smarter than him. He still thinks and contemplates his future actions way longer than a genius would need to, but he should be able to come up with moderately good plans as a genius would be able to. Though the genius might need one hour to come up with what Jaw would need ten days to come up with.
He also plans many of his future decisions and their possible derivations.
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While he was contemplating this, in Mariejois, the Gorosei (Five Elders) were in a lavish room waiting for someone. Suddenly the door opens and Sengoku comes in with a calm look on his face as he says. "You guys are sending the marines to sniff around Yonko Jaw's territory. You know how that guy can be. We will have all of our military bases in the New World destroyed and no Celestial Dragons will dare to step in Sabaody Archipelago, as he will kill them all. This is a stupid decision. Also, that red hair pirate who has been growing stronger in the new world is more of concern currently, if another Emperor of the Sea appears… then the balance of power will flip."
As Sengoku says this his face morphs into an angry scowl. He knows that marines will die in the thousands, and for what? For nothing that is what.
'Jaw will slaughter them all just so he can send a message to these stuck up old brain dead fu*ks.' Angrily Sengoku curses the Five Elders inside his head. He can't stand the sight of people willing to sacrifice men and look at them as just numbers. They don't think of them as fellow humans, as men with families, aspirations, dreams, and a family waiting for them to come back. 'Garp was right staying as a Vice Admiral, he doesn't have to listen to these old fools at least.'
One of the Five Elders who is lying on the couch while holding a sword just looks at Sengoku and says. "It doesn't matter. Jaw has dangerous plans, he is a dangerous man and his influence grows stronger by the day."
Sengoku can't help it as he clenches his teeth together. "You are also god damn working with him!!!"
The elder with the strange curls and scar on his face just shakes his head at this. "Sengoku, we never work with pirates. We are simply doing an exchange of resources."
"But you are still making him stronger. No matter how you put it, the devil fruit, Seastone weapons, and the leverage that you give him to go and just simply take two high-level scientists… WHILE WE DO NOTHING!!! HE IS YOUR PROBLEM NOW, NO MATTER WHAT I WILL NOT SEND MEN TO CLEAN YOUR MESS ANYMORE!!!"
As he says that Sengoku walks away from the people who are technically his superiors. He doesn't care what they have to say, they could ask their little pet admiral Akainu to do their bidding and go cause havoc in Jaw's territory.
'But they know that they will be losing a very valuable dog if they decided to do that.' Thinks Sengoku, knowing that Akainu is most likely to lose if he fights Jaw on the sea.
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At the same time, on the first half of the Grand Line in a certain marine battleship. A purple-haired man with a mechanical arm was ordering the men around him. This man is the ex admiral Zephyr.
"You there, take a hold of the rudders." Orders Zephyr. That one of the recruits calls out. "Zephyr sir, a ship has been spotted not that far away."
Zephyr looks towards the ship and sees an insignia that he is very familiar with. The ship looks like your average marine ship and it only has a crow head at the front of it.
Zephyr smiles a little at this and announces to the people around him by saying. "Everyone! Gether up and get ready to welcome Commander Karasu."
Immediately as he says that a door from the ship is slammed open and Ain comes out with a wide smile on her face.
"Itachi is here?!?!?!?" Exclaims Ain, and when Zephyr nods. She immediately squeals like a fangirl.
Even the other marines in the ship were surprised at hearing who it was. They are about to meet Itachi Uchiha, who is also known as Karasu (Crow). He is the youngest person to ever gain the Commander Rank, he will be the same for the Captain Rank too. He will be the youngest captain and the one who was raised through ranks. It is suspected that Itachi will become the next Admiral of the marines. Already he has a terrifying reputation and no pirate under 100,000,000 ß bounty can contend with Itachi.
One of the younger trainees in the camp also has stars on her eyes. Though she doesn't express her feelings about it like Ain just did.
She is Isuka, a young woman with short vermilion hair, brown eyes, a bandaid on her left cheek, and a burn scar on the back of her hand. She wears a Marine uniform with a collared, buttoned shirt, a tie, brown gloves, shorts, and heeled boots.
She is a recruit to the marines and she owes a huge debt to Itachi.
'I wonder if he remembers me from back then.' Wonders Itsuka.
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Chapter 58
Title: Commander Itachi...
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As Isuka has different emotions inside of her, the ship gets closer and closer. Until it anchors next to Zephyr's ship.
Zephyr has a smile on his face as he sees Itachi's clones managing everything in Itachi's ship.
'This is what makes the kid an exception to any other marine.' Thinks Zephyr with a smile on his face. 'He doesn't even have a marine crew. He is what someone calls… a one-man army… literally. And if the rumors that I have been hearing lately are true, Itachi has become quite monstrous at using his Devil Fruit.'
In the end, Zephyr greets Itachi or one of his clones… even he wasn't sure which was which. "Itachi, have you got any pirate scum with you?"
The 'Itachi' that he asked looks at him and answers by nodding his head. "Yeah, I got three pirates with bounties over fifty million. They were kinda weak but that doesn't matter now I guess."
Zephyr laughs at that. "Hahahha, Itachi, maybe you should go to the New World if you find the pirates around these parts too weak."
Itachi shrugs at this and just walks away while another Itachi comes by. "Sup, I am the original. Anyway, teacher Zephyr. I will leave these guys with you. I will go back to hunting some pirates again."
Zephyr nods at this, Itachi is always hunting pirates. Even the ones with dangerous devil fruits. "Are they devil fruit users?"
Itachi shakes his head. "Nope, if they have a devil fruit I usually kill them. They are too troublesome to capture."
Zephyr nods at this, Itachi is being logical here. Why waste time on capturing a pirate, better just kill him on the spot. They went to a life of crime, so they are trash, if they are afraid of dying then maybe they shouldn't have chosen a life of crime.
At least that is Zephyr's view on the whole thing. Being nice to pirates is not something that he believes in.
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In the end, Itachi doesn't stay with them for long as he tells them that he is currently hunting a pirate with a bounty above one hundred million.
But as he is far away enough, he goes to Jaya island while under disguise. This is a pirate-infested town in the first half of the Grand Line… and it is also under the control of the Jaw Pirates.
Itachi is currently wearing a dark brown cloak with a sack on his back. As he walks along a certain building that seems like a bar. He enters inside and rowdy pirates are partying around. He can smell the aroma of alcohol along the tables as he just walks towards the bartender.
As he is walking along, some of the pirates start fighting and one of them throws the other in a sumo throw. The person flies towards Itachi, who simply just walks normally and not even an inch away from him, the person flies and lands on one of the walls.
Booom!
The person is knocked out and the pirate who threw him away is basking in his temporary glory as the other drunk pirates cheer him on.
In the end, Itachi just walks and doesn't pay any attention to the person. In the end, he walks behind the counter where the bartender is wiping some glasses, the bartender has a mustache and seems around middle-aged. Strangely the bartender seems to not notice Itachi.
Itachi then enters the room with the 'Staff Only' sign, and as he goes inside. There are cooks, waiters, and other staff who always seem to be looking away as he walks through and goes towards one of the doors with no signs on it.
He opens the door and behind it are some stairs that go down leading into a dark place. Itachi walks forward with not even a sliver of caution nor worry.
….
He walks along this way until he arrives at an underground lake. Immediately he jumps in, and as a devil fruit user, he can't swim so he starts sinking like a rock. But due to being half-fishman, he can still breathe underwater. Even as he jumps underwater he still keeps the sack clenched on his hand.
As he sinks for around thirty seconds, he can feel some giant sea kings looking at him. They seem like giant snakes, crocodiles, sharks, and many other variants of animals. Though Itachi still couldn't see the end of the sea kings surrounding him. Suddenly a shadow descends upon them all and an Island Eater fish appears. It opens its giant mouth, swallowing both Itachi and the rest of the sea kings.
Immediately the water around him floes in the Island Eater's mouth and so does he. As he flows down he can finally see the end and when he enters it. He looks around and sees that he is just floating above water while looking at the sky… or more correctly the painted on sky.
Suddenly a blue-skinned man on a boat comes next to Itachi and smiles at him. "Itachi, long time no see."
As he hears that Itachi's face morphs into a small smirk. "Kisame… your entrance was 2/10 this time."
"Wha!?!?! No way, I even had the act of the mysterious stranger all on point!" Says Kisame, bewildered by this as he pulls up Itachi and puts him on the boat.
"Your look and personality don't suit the mystery appearances at all… you are also very distinguishing looking." Explains Itachi, as he smiles a little. He and Kisame have these meetings quite often ever since he got his ship and was allowed to move around.
"Yeah, yeah… Mikoto keeps saying the same things." Says Kisame with a slightly annoyed look on his face.
"So how has dad been?" Asks Itachi as he opens his sack that he has been carrying with him. Inside the sack, there are around twenty devil fruits. Kisame just takes the sack and puts it to the side as he smiles back at Itachi.
"Well, he has been good. But as you know, whenever these meetings come around he tries to convince to make you come back. He is worried that one day you might slip up…" Explains Kisame, as he takes out some meat that he had cooked before Itachi came here. He offers half of it to Itachi, this is his way of caring for his siblings. Then Kisame continues saying. "Don't even know why dad let you go if he was gonna be this worried about it."
Itachi smiles at that fondly. "Well… this is my way of protecting my family."
Kisame frowns at that.
"We are not weak enough to need protection like this Itachi." Says Kisame as he tries to deter Itachi from the path that he is going. 'He is my brother too… dad is not the only one who is worried about Itachi's wellbeing.'
Itachi only looks down with a content smile on his face. "This… this is my way of protecting the people that I love."
Kisame's eyes widen at this, in the end, he can only sigh at the situation. He then looks at Itachi and smiles. "Kakakakaka… Itachi, enough talk about such depressing topics. How about something else now… so did you meet any cute girl while you were in the marines?"
As Kisame asks that, Itachi's face blushes for a split second as he thinks of a certain girl. Kisame's smile turns into an ecstatic one as he notices Itachi blushing.
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AUTHOR NOTE:
Kisame and Itachi have a good relationship as brothers. They are both two of the eldest siblings in their family. So they have known each other since they were young. They both also have their own ways that they want to protect their siblings.
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Chapter 59 (BONUS CHAPTER)
Title: Problems...
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-Kisame POV-
I spend a couple of hours talking with Itachi and in the end, he still didn't give me anything to work with. I still have no idea which marine girl he might have a crush on. Welp, I am an already married man, so I can't go around committing debauchery. Well, Shirahoshi is like only nine years old currently, but still… I want to devote my romantic love to her. That is all that there is to it, I am saving myself for marriage and that is all that there is to it.
I take the sack of Devil Fruits and start swimming away while Itachi will be brought back to his ship by a sea king. Itachi has been hunting pirate in Paradise. This serves more than just a way to get his contributions, this is also a way for him to bring us Devil Fruits. Honestly, Itachi has been helping the family a whole bunch, even though I still think that this is too dangerous for someone like him, he is still family, and him sacrificing his life, just so we could become a little stronger.
Still… I can't stop him, I would most likely do something similar if I was in his position. As his older brother, I can only support this decision of his and help him along the way. If he is somehow discovered, then we will simply flood Impel Down. We might even get a devil fruit like the Poison Fruit from Magellan. That fruit would tremendously help us all, I bet that father would get that fruit as soon as the World Government declares war against him or something like that.
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A couple of months pass after this whole ordeal with my meeting with Itachi, currently, I am in Appelinine Island, which is under dad's control and protection. Recently they have been having some problems with the Big Mom pirates just sailing around. Dad has been pretty clear to Big Mom, she should stop messing around or we will destroy WholeCake Island. I am currently inside a fancy office with an old man in front of me.
"So how often have the Big Mom Pirates been visiting this town?" I ask an old man who has an apple-like hat. He has a wite beard and gray eyes, he is the mayor of the island. He was appointed by dad as a puppet leader of sorts.
The old man seems nervous in front of me as he answers by sayings. "A -Around six times in this last month sir Ja-... I mean Kisame… sorry, it's just that your appearance is uncanny and you look a lot like your father."
I nod at that. It seems like the Big Mom pirates are provoking us more likely. It seems like the Big Mom pirates are starting something again. Big Mom must have a lot of courage to do this. She must also have a plan because even though she is mad, her advisors (kids) aren't all stupid.
"Dad will order weapons to be brought here, so prepare the people for war and make a speech about it." I tell him that as I get up and go towards the window and jump off.
As I start falling I just forcefully kink the air and a sound that sounds like a bullet being shot is made as a small cloud is made below me as I kicked off the air.
<Geppo>
Immediately I start flying off into the distance. Flying is faster than walking, so as I fly I suddenly frown a little as I feel something shift behind me. I immediately use <Tekkai> to harden my back muscles, while on top of it I use Armament Haki to defend too.
Baam!
I feel a kick hit me on my back, but I don't even flinch as I turn around mid-air and try to grab the foot that kicked me. But as I do so, I can see the limb turn into some kind of cream before I even touched the foot. I look at my assailant and see that it was someone very familiar.
"Katakuri…" I say calmly as my eyes narrow at him. "You wanna die by coming here or something?"
Katakuri doesn't answer as his arm enlarges and gets covered in Haki as he punches at me.
Baam!
It hits me head-on and I am thrown down on the ground creating a huge creator under me.
Boom!
I just lie down as I look at Katakuri using a trident to attack me.
Clang!
But I too poll my heavy sword and clash against him. As we do so both of our Conquerors Haki leaks out as every creature around us is knocked out.
Damn… this will be hard.
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-General POV-
While katakuri and Kisame were fighting, Kisame didn't know that above clouds. There was a cloud with a happy smile on his face. Standing on the cloud was Big Mom, Smoothie, and Cracker who was with his real body there.
Big Mom has an annoyed look on her face. "I thought the shark would come. Not his son…"
Smoothie on the other hand has a frown on her face. "That kid is supposed to be only thirteen, but by his body size and raw strength which almost seems to match Katakuri… he is strong. He is someone worthy of being called that man's son."
Cracker snickered at this. "If Katakuri wasn't so honorable and wanted to fight the kid one on one, then Mother would have already slapped the little fish to death."
As Cracker thinks he rubs his abdomen, there was a giant scar in there. That was the place in which Jaw punched him a long time ago. The punch had obliterated his bones and hurt some of his organs due to Jaw using an advanced form of Armament Haki. He had almost died from that punch.
Smoothie on the other hand still has a worried look on her face and she suggests. "We should kill him as soon as Katakuri defeats him."
She is afraid of Kisame becoming another Jaw. That would be like two Yonko making an alliance.
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On the other hand, Katakuri and Kisame were still fighting as Katahuri creates hands made out of Mochi on his back and they all were covered in Haki. <Mochi Machine Gun>...
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!...
Hundreds of hits rain down on Kisame and a little blood comes out of his mouth. In the end, he throws his sword away and uses one hand to guard, and pulls his other hand backward.
<10,000 Brick Fist>
Boom!
All of Katakuri's hits are repelled backward and Kisame uses the water in the air as he slaps the air in front of him.
<Shark Arrows>
Dozens of small shark-like arrows made out of water appear. Katakuri on the other hand looks into the future a couple of seconds and dodges all of the attacks by turning his body into Mochi. His hand then touches the ground and immediately the earth below them turns into Mochi as it encompasses Kisame and it starts choking him and restricting his moves.
There was not enough water around for Kisame to use to counter Katakuri's mochi.
'Sh*t… this is really bad!' Thinks Kisame as he is engulfed by mochi. He takes a small knife from his pocket and he uses it to cut the mochi around him like butter even though it was covered in Haki.
Katakuri looks at this and narrows his eyes slightly. 'The knife is coated on Seastone.'
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AUTHOR NOTE:
Yeah... things are gonna get heated one again...
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Chapter 60
Title: Kisame vs Katakuri...
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As Katakuri notices that Kisame has a dagger coated with Seastone. 'Something like this can be only made by Wano Craftsman… or the World Government. Does Jaw have a secret alliance with Kaido now? Or maybe he has some backhanded deals with the World Government. Sh*t seems like Jaw has been growing stronger again.'
Katakuri was contemplating how Kisame was able to get a dagger made like that. No matter the answer to it, he was sure of one thing. 'Jaw is preparing for something?'
In the end, Katakuri stops thinking about things like that and instead he concentrates fully on his battle with Kisame. He coats his arms in Haki and mochi donuts are made around Kisame.
Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!....
Countless fists covered in Haki bash Kisame who winces a little as he can a slight internal pain at this. But he the coverers his whole body in Armament Haki as a mode of defense, his skin turns into a dark and he then grabs his Seastone dagger in a reverse grip.
He tries to cut some of the fists hitting him, but due to Katakuri's future vision, all of the fists hit Kisame in weak points. So he starts feeling a slight internal pain as hundreds of hits hit him. Kisame then plans to use <Life Return> to bulk himself up so at least the hits will do less damage to him. But as soon as he plans to do that, the ground under him becomes a type of mochi quicksand as it sucks him in.
Kisame frowns at this, fighting against Katakuri feels like fighting against his brother (Kakashi). He always used tricks like this that make the need for raw power needless.
'I know just the way on how to deal with people like this.' Deduced Kisame as his mind was solely concentrated in the fight and all other thoughts became second nature to him.
"I can see it, there is no way you can beat me." Affirmed Katakuri, to him it wasn't a brag, just a fact. From what he has seen till now, Kisame is good at getting damaged and can brush off most hits. But in the end, he still can't defeat Katakuri… Kisame can't even hit him.
"Oh, I might not be able to beat you… or maybe I can. Who knows, but I am pretty sure I can hold you here long enough till my family comes and rips you apart." Confirms Kisame with a wide smile on his face. He then uses Haki and <Geppo> allowing him to escape from the restrictions on his legs. He is now midair.
One of his legs moves like a snake and it creates countless wind blades. <Ryankaku Storm>
As Katakuri sees this, he can determine that each of these slashes has Haki in them. So he just looks into the future again and transforms his body into mochi wherever the mochi was gonna hit. As he does do he jumps straight through the blades and towards Kisame.
Kisame's eyes widen at this as he sees Katakuri easily moves through his wind blades. Karakuri appears in front of him and before Kisame can react. Katakuri's fist turns into square-shaped and is covered with Haki.
<Kaku Mochi> (Square Mochi)
Baam!
<Tekkai>
He hits Kisame in the stomach and even though he tightened his abdominal muscles on top of his Haki. Kisame is injured as he spits out a handful of blood.
BOOOOM!
He falls on the ground again and he makes a giant crater as he crashes. Kisame can feel his stomach cave-in by that hit. It was painful as hell and he almost threw up his lunch due to it.
'What the hell!' Acclaimed Kisame in his head, he has never been beaten so badly. He hasn't even put a scratch on Katakuri and already he feels as if his body is in extreme pain. 'I can't lose here. I am dad's right-hand man. If I lose here I will be a disgrace to be called his son anymore.'
As he thinks that, Kisame is pumped up again and he stands up. Though with a little difficulty as he breathes heavily at this. Katakuri is a little surprised at this, after all a thirteen-year-old just took on his strongest attack and still got up.
"I think you should give up…" Suggested Katakuri. "You will not be able to take another one of my hits."
Kisame's frowning face turns into a smile as he hears that. He looks at Katakuri with a mocking look on his face. "Stupid, my father is gonna rule the world one day. I can't give up to a mere Yonko Commander."
As he hears that, veins pop in Katakuri's forehead, he pulls out his trident and...
Fwosh!
In a burst of speed, he appears behind Kisame and tries to pierce Kisame. But something surprising happens as Kisame kicks backward where he is.
Baam!
Karakuri uses his trident to block the kick and then he brings his Haki imbued blocky fist backward and he slams it towards Kisame's head. But Kisame turns around and his eyes are closed and as the fist hits him… he flows with the power of the fist. Like a leaf in the wind, his body takes almost no damage and he does a backflip due to the power of the fist and he uses the power accumulated by the fist and kicks Katakuri on the chin.
Baam!
Katakuri can feel his brain is a little shaken so his vision blurred for a second. But his body moved by itself as he uses his devil fruit spins the hand which is holding his spear.
<Mochi Thrust>
Fwosh!
Kisame attempts to dodge again, this surprises Katakuri a little. But in the end, he hits Kisame on his side… and piercing through it.
*Cough*
Kisame coughs a little and attempts to attack Katakuri again but Katakuri hits him in the head with his <Square Mochi>.
Baam!
Kisame immediately starts bleeding from his head and he falls on the ground unconscious as his eyes roll to the back of his head.
Though Katakuri won this fight he looks at Kisame's unconscious body and he can't help it but contemplate. 'That kid… did he just…'
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After that ordeal, a couple of hours later, in York New Island. A place filled full of futuristic buildings, Jaw is standing in there on a private park, playing with one of the newborns, Sirzechs, he is a red-haired and blue-eyed half-fishman.
"Cmon now Sirzech, you wanna be able to go with daddy flying right? Then you must eat vegetables and healthy food. One day, you won't even need to go with daddy and would be able to fly by yourself." StipulatedJaw, trying to have his son train harder one day.
"Okay, daddy." Answered Sirzechs. "Then we can go and fly together right dad?"
Jaw nods at this with a smile on his face. "Of course we will, and then we ca-"
"Sir Jaws, there is a call from Big Mom." Interrupted one fishman as Jaw was about to say something. Though a little pissed off at being interrupted, he still has a smile on his face as he says to his son. "Seems like daddy will have some work to do now, so go and play with your siblings, Sirzechs."
Sirzech jumps off Jaw's arms and spreads his arms like a bird… and he lands on the ground and starts running away with his arms spread wide like a plane.
Jaw then takes the transponder snail and opens it.
*cacha*
"What do you want old hag?" asked Jaw as he answered the transponder snail.
"Mamamamamama…" Laughs Big Mom. "I have something very precious to you Jaw… I have a certain little shark that sure looks a lot like his father."
As soon as she says that a dangerous atmosphere appears around Jaw and his har flows upward. Everything within his vicinity passes out as his Conquerors Haki bursts out of him, cracking the ground below him. "Big Mom… you are dead…."
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