2 Chapter 2: Devil Fruit

Having finished up another day of training with the local marines I started heading back towards my home.

"Hey, Roberts!"

Only to stop in my tracks when I heard a familiar voice call out to me.

Turning to my left I saw a young girl.

She has beautiful long silver hair and heterochromic eyes. Her left eye being grey and her right eye being green.

Her name is Alfia.

One of the children from the orphanage.

She is also my closest friend on the island.

"Morning Alfia." I said.

"Don't morning me. Where were you yesterday?" She bluntly asked. "You were supposed to come the the orphanage yesterday and play chess with me, yet you never showed."

"Sorry. After training yesterday I went home and then before I knew it I fell asleep." I admitted.

"I see." Alfia mused. "Fine then. Just make sure you come by tomorrow."

"Sure thing. Have a good day." I told her.

" Tch. Whatever." Alfia said.

She then walked off.

Now, most people would assume Alfia was simply being rude but that's not the case. That's simply her personality. She is a blunt person who usually always speaks what's on her mind.

Because of this most of the other kids at the orphanage avoid her.

However I found her personality quite refreshing, so I got close to her and we became friends.

Nothing else too it.

Once I finished my brief chat with Alfia I continued back on my way towards home.

As I walked through the forest I hummed a tune to myself.

But then immediately stopped when I spotted something out of the corner of my left eye.

A nearby banana in a tree.

One moment it was simply a banana, and then it suddenly changed. It turned an ugly vomit green color and its stem swirled into an infinity symbol of sorts.

Seeing this I knew instantly as a fan of One Piece what I was looking at.

A devil fruit.

The second after I spotted said fruit I rushed toward the tree it was on. I then climbed up it and plucked it, making a beeline for my tree house right after I did so.

Because what I just acquired is basically priceless.

Especially depending on what kind of powers this fruit will give to the person who eats it.

Sitting on the floor of my treehouse I stared at the devil fruit between my hands. A very important question rolling around in my head.

Should I eat the fruit, or not eat it?

That is the question.

On the one hand I know eating a devil fruit doesn't automatically mean I will become strong. I don't even know what devil fruit I am holding right now. It could be an extremely powerful fruit, then again it could be a worthless fruit. Meaning that if I eat it and its the latter then I will have lost my ability to swim and got nothing in return.

Besides, there are plenty of monsters in the One Piece world that don't have devil fruit powers.

Shanks, Garp, Rayleigh, Kozuki Oden, even former pirate king Roger himself managed to conquer the vast seas without devil fruit powers. Going toe-to-toe with the likes of Big Mom, Kaido, and Whitebeard. All of whom have extremely powerful devil fruit powers.

So yeah, I don't necessarily have to eat a devil fruit.

But, on the other hand eating one would increase my strength.

Though again it depends on what kind of fruit I eat.

As I continued staring at the devil fruit in my hands the question of whether to eat it or not to eat it kept running again in my mind.

Until finally I reached a decision.

I am going to eat the fruit.

Since if I am afraid to take risk then conquering the seas and becoming the next pirate king will be impossible.

Plus I want superpowers.

A devil fruit can give that to me.

So bon appetite.

Bringing the devil fruit up to my mouth I took a big bite out of it.

Then immediately did my best not to gag and spit out what was in my mouth.

Oda wasn't lying, devil fruits taste horrible.

I can't even describe in the taste in my mouth right now.

I want to spit out what's in my mouth right now. But I want devil fruit powers more. So steeling my resolve I took several big bites before swallowing the chunks of fruit in my mouth.

Then once I did so I dropped the devil fruit and started gagging and spitting.

"So horrible." I said. In between spitting and gagging.

Ten minutes passed before the taste left my mouth and it returned to normal.

Once it did I began getting a feel for the powers I just obtained from the devil fruit I consumed.

It seems the fruit I ate was the Chika Chika No Mi (Drain Drain Fruit).

A paramecia-type devil fruit which have given me the ability to literally drain the energy and vitality from other living beings and use it for myself.

Upon realizing this I smiled like a devil.

"I can work with this." I said.

Yes, I can definitely work with this.

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Feeling the sun on my face I slowly but surely opened my eyes.

Stifling a yawn as I did so.

Ignoring the sluggishness I was feeling I got out of bed and started getting ready for the day. Stifling several more yawns as I did so.

Seeing as I am seriously tired.

I stayed up late last night thinking up various ways and ideas about how to use my devil fruit abilities. But until I get some test subjects I can't try them out.

Since it seems my fruit is similar to Big Mom's in that it only works on living things.

Though unlike that fat old bitch people do not need to fear me for my devil fruit power to affect them.

After getting dressed and having a quick breakfast I left my treehouse.

My destination, the orphanage.

Since Alfia is definitely waiting for me to play chess, and if I miss another of our meet ups she'll be giving me the stink-eye for an entire week.

Which I do not want.

So here I am.

I continued making my way towards town, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

But as I did so I noticed something in the distance. Several pillars of smoke.

"What?" I questioned. "That's not right." I said.

Getting a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach I started running with all I had. Reaching the outskirts of the village as quickly as I could.

When I did so I immediately understood the reason multiple pillars of smoke were rising from the village.

It was under attack, by pirates.

The kind of pirates I hate the most. The ones that go around raping, pillaging, and murdering simply for pleasure.

I can see their ship in the distance docked at the port.

"Alfia, everyone." I said.

The moment after I did so I didn't really think and started running into the village.

Since I won't allow these kinds of pirates to harm the people I care about.

I'll do whatever it takes to prevent that.

Whatever it takes.

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A/N: Hope you like the story.

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Here are their names if you forgot.

Pokemon: The Steel Vixen

One Piece: Reborn as a D.

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