Chapter - 51
"Not your business old man." One of the men said causing his daughter to respond. "Show respect or get out!"
"Of course it's my business it's my bar you idiots now I'm going to ask one more time before I blow somebody to hell. What is going on?" The owner asked once more.
"You got Akainu the former Navy Fleet Commander sitting in your damn bar that's what!" The leader said starting to grow more infuriated.
"There will be no violence in here!" The old man said firmly. "Do it outside, now get him the fuck outta my bar before I blow his head off my damn self." The owner said walking away with his daughter.
Akainu attempted to call forth is lava but it wouldn't flow. Standing up on his crutches he began to try and fight the five men.
"You got balls I'll give you that. But your still a gimp." Without another word he was mercilessly taken outside and beaten—stripped of his crutches.
The men continued kicking, punching, elbowing, kneeing, anything they could attempt. The navy had long suppressed them and now it was a chance to take down an oppressor. One that killed associates, friends, family all alike and had no remorse. The men felt justified.
"You all are only as good as the world allows you to be, just a bunch of rats." Akainu spoke on the ground not feeling the pain. The emotional pain of losing his family long since numbed him of any physical pain he endured.
The punches came with more curiosity as he was lifted upside down into the air being dunked into a barrel of water. He would certainly welcome death if this was it.
Thinking back to his childhood he could remember how his life got him here. He supposed the root of all his nightmares started when his father who was Pirate, beat his mother to death when he was a young boy. It started out a normal day, his father came home shouting he and his crew split up because they were beaten by the so called Pirate King Gol D Roger.
His father came home drunk and angry when he was playing with his toys on the floor. The boy was helpless as his parents argued. He tried to interfere but was hit by his father. For protecting him his mother was pushed onto the coffee table hitting her head hard. There was so much blood he couldn't believe it was all real.
From that moment he vowed to kill his father and every Pirate like him. He wouldn't get his chance to kill his father. The bastard was shot after a robbery a local food shop; simple Simon ass motherfucker. Akainu wished he could've killed his father that night. The night that made him into a ruthless pirate killer— he couldn't help it he's saw his father in every pirate. Thinking they had no responsibility in life, as of rules had no bearings on them.
The leader finally head butted the helpless captain breaking his nose before he and his group threw him into a nearby pig pen. Before they left he could feel hot liquid covering his entire body, the smell repulsing scaring the nearby pigs away. The men were humiliating him by urinating on him and leaving him for dead in slop.
"Come on guys we'll come back tomorrow morning if he's still there will drown his ass." One of the men said as they disappeared back into town.
Akainu rolled over onto his back shaking from the sudden coldness and his nose was hurting from the stench. He slowly pulled out necklace from his shirt pocket placing it around his neck. Once more he reached into his pocket pulling out half a cigar still barley intact, it would have to do.
Desperately he tried to light it with his powers to no avail. The tears returning remembering everything he'd been through. His messed up abusive childhood, and his families murder at the hands of straw hats.
He finally admitted to himself that killing the straw hat's navigator was a mistake. The first time he ever admitted his fault.
Slowly a spark of lava sparked the cigar causing him to finally take a drag. Akainu started laughing to himself scaring the pigs away. "Some how some way, I'll kill you Straw Hat... and those fuckers." Akainu said referring to his assaulters.
He began to laugh as smoke began to fill the pig pen. This was his new beginning.
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Luffy landed on cocoyashi island he hadn't been to in ages. In fact he never expected to ever come back here without her.
He wasn't sure if he was ready to see her yet. In his mind she was still with him. He missed her light touches to his lips when she spoke softly to him—only for him. Luffy even missed the light kisses they planted on each other before going to bed. Nami would always ask him too. She felt so comfortable some nights he would kiss her so gently she fell asleep. His heart shrank as it nearly popped out of his chest. The pain still very much in him, it would probably always be like this. Continuing his walk to the gravesite he came upon a familiar scene. It was almost like all those years ago. Reverting back to his original form he continued walking towards the gravesite to recognize a familiar figure.
The figure didn't hear him it all. Luffy listened closely to hear the person talking to someone or rather them self.
Walking up behind the figure he finally spoke.
"Pops." Luffy said simply waiting for a reply.
The man immediately recognized the voice, he froze. "Boy." He replied not yet getting up from his crouched position.
"Why weren't you here with your friends. Why did you miss her burial?" Genzo asked now standing up still having his back turned towards the man.
It took Luffy a few seconds to respond.
"I didn't mean too, I had obligations to—"
"I know I heard, your the high councilor now, leader of the free world." Genzo said. He knew what those responsibilities entailed. Luffy had lost his freedom to his new duty.
"It means nothing without her." Luffy stated without hesitation causing Genzo to turn and look at him for the first time.