13 The 4th Will - Sword Intent
Her words entered Veyron's ears like an enigma yet to be deciphered, he just went to sleep today and the day after, the place he acknowledged as his home was now inhabitable.
"W-What exactly do you mean by inhabitable?"
Mihawk's countenance looked like she was a little ashamed, not a common sight from the brazen swordswoman. She stood up to discover both of their naked bodies in what looked like a jungle filled with gigantic trees and noises of animal life. Not too far to the side, there were both Youbi and Yoru pierced on the soft sand together as the day and night should be for a long eternity.
There was also the branch of a tree, their clothes were hanging there; drying and exposed to the sun. Mihawk took her shirt and waved it a few times, it was still a bit moist.
"I broke through my insight after two years of studying your 4th Will," she said casually, annoyed that her clothes were still wet, she wore her shirt anyway.
"..." Veyron gulped audibly at the sight of his mother wearing just a long-sleeved opened shirt, she waved her long black hair away and he could feel a gust of will by the mere move.
"How did you break through? w-why did you break through?" He didn't understand what she meant.
Mihawk stood there, thinking alluringly as if she herself had been asking this question, "I guess... after you worked so hard, I didn't want to disappoint you with a bad performance. I wanted to show you the progress of my training as well".
"Training? When were you training?!" All he could recall her doing was drinking wine and reading newspapers, what sort of training is that!?
She brushed her hair again, holding her waist and wearing nothing but an opened shirt that was making Veyron's blood rush to his head.
"Every morning I sail a few miles to the south of Kuraigana into the calm belt to train in the middle of the sea. If I had done that on the land, the island would have been destroyed long ago. I always come back before you wake up, sleepy head".
*Cough!*
'Please don't stand like that with just an opened shirt, close it at least!'
To make matters worse, she approached him with nothing but her shirt on and delivered a kiss on his cheek and rubbed it with her thumb.
"It is all thanks to you, son... I developed a new technique after two years of studying your 4th type of Haki. I made some wonderful discoveries".
It took him a while to process what she was saying, 'While she was training she was also learning from me?'.
"You have it as well? The Fourth Haki?"
"I do... although mine seems to be different from yours. Get dressed, you want to save those humandrills don't you?"
"Are they in danger?"
"They will be in danger if we don't take them out of that island. I don't care about them, but if we don't save them, you will be sad, don't you?"
Mihawk's words indicated disinterest, clearly, she couldn't give less of a fart about the lives of those monkeys, she cared about somebody else. Nevertheless, he ran and hugged her, and as a consequence, the clothes that were still a bit wet fell on the ground when she received the hug. Veyron sank his head inside her naked mounds.
"Thanks".
"Thanks what?"
"Thanks, Mom".
*SMACK!*
"OUCH!"
"Good boy, now stop fondling my breasts without permission, you're getting bolder and bolder by the day..."
Veyron rubbed his swollen forehead and smiled while she continued to dress, standing away from him, making him unable to see her expression.
'So if I ask for permission...' As the thought of denial crossed his mind, the boy was oblivious to the expression his mother was making. An expression in which she bite her lips and desperately tried to conceal her blush.
'T-That naughty brat...' With irritation, she brushed her thoughts aside and continued to dress, completely unwilling to entertain her mind any further.
...
"You said this island is Rusukaina?"
"Yes, this is an island at the south of the grand line within the calm belt. Back in the days when I was looking for a place to settle, there were two spots that I fancied... one was this island, the other was Kuraigana".
Compared to the cold and eerie island of Kuraigana, Rusukaina was more like a paradisic island that resembled Miami Beach except that the animals here were like those in the Amazon jungle... but twenty times bigger.
Nonetheless, Veyron thought he'd choose this island over Kuraigana any day of the week. When he looked at his mother whose gaze was settled on the horizon, he deadpanned.
'I can tell why you choose Kuraigana...'
"I choose Kuraigana because it is close to Sabaody but there is a detriment to it; to the east of Kuraigana there is the Marine's G1 as well as the Florian triangle: Ennies Lobby and Impel Down. It is not the best location for a pirate to settle" She sighed, her gaze indicating there was something she missed far away on the horizon.
'Stop lying, Mom. You just liked that abandoned mansion, didn't you? the fact that it was filled to the brim with liquor just made it more appealing, right?'.
After walking around the shore for a while, they found what they were looking for, or what she was looking for.
!!!
Veyron's eyebrows broadened, what he saw was a gigantic marine battleship of those he had read so many times in the manga.
"What is this ship doing here!?"
"I had to swim together with you for a whole day until I spotted this ship and borrowed it, how else could we reach this island in just three days?".
"You BORROWED it?"
"Yes, I never threatened those marines. The moment they saw my face, they willingly jumped into the sea and offered it to me. It is different, son... now get on board, we don't have time to lose, remember that I'm supposed to be sailing".
It was all nice as she stated but the ship was aground. Clearly, the tide had lowered down compared to when she landed.
"..."
"..."
Mihawk and Veyron looked at each other for a while until he asked.
"How are we going to sail like this?"
"Son, did I really hit you too hard?" Her expression looked concerned now.
"Eh? Do you want me to lift up this massive ship with my Psychokinesis?! I'm not that strong yet!".
"What are you talking about? Your sword -that you're always carrying like it is a toy- is not that much lighter compared to this ship".
"..."
'That's impossible... even in its original state Youbi couldn't possibly be more than a tonne, this ship should be at least a hundred thousand tonnes'.
It was only when he tried to lift it up and managed to make the ship at least levitate a bit... it was indeed heavy as he expected but not impossible to carry, 'Was I comparing it with modern ships? it must be it... compared to my world this ship is made mostly out of wood instead of steel'.
Mihawk saw the ship floating onto the sea and sighed as if she already expected it, "This is the reason why I don't want to let you out into society yet. You're a seven years old kid who has no idea how strong he is... I know you're going to cause a lot of trouble".
"I'm not going to cause any trouble!" He promised, although he didn't feel like leaving her side just yet, it was the truth that he also aspired to sail the sea and see what this world had to offer, it might not be now but it would be soon.
"Sure, I can already see you blasting a celestial dragon into nothingness and becoming the number one enemy of the world government" Mihawk's eyes rolled, she took her reckless son and jumped on the marine battleship that had been placed back ashore.
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When Veyron finally reached the island, the panorama was catastrophic. Not only was there a gargantuan red lightning thunderstorm ranging above the whole island, half of it had shattered into nothingness leaving nothing but scalding red manga, while the other half... just looking at it made him shiver.
There was a titanic straight line from which a dangerous green light was protruding... as if the island had split in two by this green lightning slash that yet remained in the area instead of scattering.
*RUMBLE!*
Mihawk lifted her hand up and an odd threatening energy was produced in it, it was green in colour and emitted an aura that made it look like the world was going to stop in fright if its sheer intent.
Veyron gasped at the sheer power emitted by that bit of aura which was familiar to him, it was the 4th Haki.
'She awoke it... just looking at me for two years'.
To prove her point, Mihawk took a tree branch and threw it in the direction of the green slash. The moment the branch entered it, it disappeared, sliced into nothingness.
"What a ridiculous power".
"You call yours Psychokinesis, right? This is my 4th Will, Sword Intent".
