3 Chapter 3 - Two Weeks

Since Levi had been abandoned at that island, two weeks or so had passed.

In that short span of time, Levi had already obtained a rich amount of fighting experience. In return, there were quite a few scars left on his body as the big leopard seemed to improve through their fighting as well. They fought more than a hundred times in the week that passed.

A youngster and a big leopard faced each other with serious expressions. It was a strange sight to see in a leopard, but that was indeed the case. Suddenly, the big leopard advanced at extremely high speeds, and its figure flickered.

However, Levi wasn't worried at all. His eyes were constantly changing the direction they were looking, his figure seemed to be relaxed. At the same time, the big leopard's figure appeared in front of him, and its paw descended with great speed!

Levi's sword moved, and he used it to parry. The paw seemed to slide through the sword blade as if water was attached to it, and it made the big leopard lose his balance. Before the big leopard could stand up from its lost balance, a sword was resting at its neck.

''Ittoryu: Water Slide.''

With a calm tone, Levi said, ''It seems that the final winner between us two has been discovered, Kitty.''

The big leopard growled at him, but there was no anger. In the two weeks, from a hunter to prey relationship, they seemed to have become comrades. The big leopard was much smarter than any other animal on the island, Levi noticed it in the past two weeks.

At the same time, under their continuous battles, the big leopard was becoming stronger increasingly fast. Of course, Levi grew much stronger as well, at least ten times stronger than the previous him. His lack of fighting experience was made up for, and his own understanding of the Water Water Fruit increased.

Something that perhaps was extremely difficult for other logia users, that is transforming themselves in their respective elements by instinct when attacked, was realized by him in just two weeks. His body strength also increased as its limits were continuously challenged, and his Sword Mastery also increased.

He wasn't called a genius swordsman for anything but really deserving it.

''Soon, it'll be the time for me to leave this island. I wonder if you want to leave this place with me, Kitty? Perhaps I can find a human-human fruit or another fruit that can help you?'' Levi said while sitting on the ground and eating a roasted rabbit he hunted.

It had to be noted that his stealth abilities also increased, principally with the help of his fruit. He created a move where he would separate his body through elementalization, and then regrouping together. Through just a water drop separated from his elementalization, Levi was able to regroup behind his preys without them noticing it.

Though it couldn't be used for regeneration purposes like reviving from just a drop of water, Levi found it extremely useful for both hunting and escaping. These water drops were very fast, even faster than him normally. This happened because they could simply escape in the air and go at speeds he normally wouldn't be able to.

The big leopard heard his words, and its face showed a rare expression of solemnity, which was honestly funny in Levi's impression. It was the first time he had seen such an intelligent animal, and it seemed to be different from others. Suddenly, its body started decreasing in size, and it walked on all fours.

''...''

Levi stared at it with wide eyes, and ''You have already eaten a Human-Human fruit?!''

''Nyo.'' Kitty said as it entered its half-human half-animal form, ''I ate a Mink-Mink Fruit, I think it's different from the Human-Human fruit you're talking about.''

Looking at it carefully, Levi noticed that it truly looked like a mink instead of a human, and there are indeed records of such a fruit. He was just curious about one thing, ''How did you even find such a fruit? And, how do you even know what the fruit is?''

''I found it when I had no intelligence, and just ate it. I almost stopped eating for days after eating such a bad thing, and I know what it is after a red-haired man passed by this island. He was very powerful, and he was able to defeat me by just looking at me!'' Kitty said with some fears, but also gratitude. It seemed that the red-haired man helped it a lot.

''Very powerful red-haired man, eh? Sounds familiar, is it Shanks?'' Levi muttered with uncertainty. Then, his eyes looked over Kitty in its mink form, before asking once again, ''Do you want to accompany me, Kitty? To explore these seas, and discover the wonderful things of this world?''

His voice carried a deep desire to discover the wonderful things of the world. As someone who had World Noble's education, he naturally knew many things, and wanted to personally discover those who were said to be 'myths'.

Kitty's lips curled up, and it said with a cat-like smile, ''Of course, hehe!''

It seemed that a heavy boulder had been removed from his shoulders, and Levi smiled happily after hearing Kitty's words. If Kitty refused, Levi would ask for marine rescue and become a marine. However, such a thing wasn't the best possibility even though his appearance changed after eating the Water Water Fruit.

If Kitty accepted, they would become pirates or just bounty hunters. Kitty wasn't going to be accepted as a marine, because it was very likely that if a world noble saw it, they were going to want it as a slave. And it would be even more valuable than minks, as it is actually an animal that ate a Mink Mink Fruit.

Bringing his sword and the letter left by his mother, Levi didn't bother to take the Den Den Mushi with him and brought Kitty over to a small boat made by him manually. It wasn't well-made, but it wasn't shabby as well. He used his fruit to aid him in its construction, so it was a sturdy boat.

''Then let's go, Kitty.''

''It's time to explore a bigger world!''