6 Introduction to Powers

Percy woke up the next day feeling better than ever. This is the first time since his arrival in the One Piece world that he had a proper bed to sleep on and he felt refreshed. He took a shower and prepared for the rest of the day when he finally looked at himself in the mirror for the first time.

[Damn I look good] He said to himself. Percy was 7'2" with black hair and dark brown eyes. His hair while short, was meant to be slicked back or on the side to give him an older look. His face was symmetrical and looked like it he could get any women in the marines (don't worry this is not a harem fanfic, and think Christiano Ronaldo for a face). [I'm about 7'2" now, I wonder what my height would be when I grow up] Percy thought to himself as he was putting on his ensign uniform.

All of the sudden there was a loud knock on the door followed by it being kicked down. Percy looked at the perpetrator with an annoyed look on his face when he noticed who it was.

"Admiral Zed" Percy said as he straighten his back at attention. "I had no idea that you wanted to see me."

Zed look at the boy, [he's only 16, at least he has some muscles on his frame. It will be hard for him to grow the pain tolerance needed for him to properly utilize his devil fruit].

"Hurry up and follow me" Zed yelled and turned around, "we have work to do if you want to become a strong marine one day".

Percy quickly dressed and followed Zed, he knew that his instructor would either be him or Garp. [Never thought it would be Zed though] Percy thought, [I thought he would only be an instructor after his wife and son are killed].

Percy was pondering when he was slapped in the back of his head,

"on the battlefield, always make sure that you are aware of your surroundings" Zed told him while having an indiscernible face on.

[He needs more awareness of what's going around him if we want to train him properly] Zed thought while leading Percy to a separate training ground.

As they were walking, Percy noticed that there were less recruit and ensigns in this particular part of Marineford. He asked his soon-to-be teacher

"Admiral Zed, where are we going?"

"You can't be left with the young'uns because your devil fruit may kill everyone around you if not handled properly" Zed out loud. "I am taking you to a little quiet place where I train so I can bea- educate you until you are comfortable with your fruit."

Percy thought he heard the word beat, but ignored it. He knew that Zed would one day be one of the greatest teachers in the marines and would educate future admirals such as Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Kuzan.

[Whatever] He thought to himself, [at least I'm going to receive the best education possible]

A few hours later, Percy was on the floor panting, writhing in pain. Zed just stood over him while humming to himself, "if you want to get stronger, you need to have a sufficient pain tolerance or you will die before even reaching your potential. As I told you, you have a logia devil fruit, but it's quite unique in the fact that anyone can touch you and you will receive double the pain when hit".

Percy was still wheezing. He never felt so much pain in his life! All they did for the first couple hours was trying to figure out his pain tolerance level and break through it. He was shaking as he got up, Zed look at him and told the young man

"now, let's see what you can do with your fruit".

Percy was more than willing to get back at Zed,

[finally] he thought internally, [I'm going to rip him a new one]

Percy reached out to his powers and black smoke emanated from his body. He tried to copy some of Blackbeard's skills he remembered from reading the manga

"Kurouzu (dark water)" Percy shouted as his hand turned pitch black and he pointed it at Zed. The darkness was attracting everything near him, even Zed.

[Having the power of gravity sure is convenient] thought Percy as he was sucking in the dirt, gravel, trees, and wind around him. Zed on the other hand, was standing there, looking smug as he was not attracted to Percy in the least. He suddenly moved so quickly that Percy was unable to see him for a few seconds, when all of the sudden he was punched on the top of his head.

"ZAZAZAZAZA" Percy heard Zed laughing at him. "At your level you think that you can attract me with that level of darkness. You're too green boy."

Percy had an indignant look on his face, [why can't I attract him? It worked on Ace].

"Your wondering why I was able to resist your powers." Zed asked Percy. Percy nodded his head in confusion. "That's because my haki is stronger than your mastery over your fruit. If either your haki or powers are stronger than mine, then naturally you will be able to grab me in the future."

Percy looked at his new teacher in understanding,

[that's why everyone preaches about haki. it can mitigate the powers of devil fruits].

He quickly kneeled down and asked Zed truthfully,

"Admiral Zed, please teach me to be stronger"

Zed looked at the kneeling man and asked him seriously

"and what will you do with your new found strength?"

Percy considered the question for a moment before replying

"fight for justice!" [but I don't think your justice is the same as mine] Percy thought to himself after answering the question.

Zed smiled wildly and said

"rest up for a 10 minutes because after that, we are going to start training your endurance and strength. Your power means nothing if you run out of endurance when fighting pirates. After we train your body and sculpt you into the perfect specimen, we are going to develop your powers until you will be able to contest with the best of us."

"Yes sir" Percy said as he fell on his back, he was still hurting from the beat down earlier.