18 Boy

As the ship docked, the man brought the boy onto the deck. Three men all disagreed with his decision but were disregarded.

Following the man closely, the boy had his sunglasses on and had placed his hands within his pants pockets. The man leading the boy off of the ship laughed loudly, "I think I might know who your relative is, Bahahaha!"

The boy tilted his head a bit and shrugged. The man kept chuckling as he lead the boy through the streets toward a particular building. As they entered the building, the man spoke calmly, "When you meet the fleet admiral, be polite and answer whatever you can. Hey, you, call Kizaru here."

A marine responded to him and ran off quickly. The boy stayed silent, following the man to a door. The man knocked just before a voice down the hallway called out, "Did~ you~ call~ for~ me~?"

A voice called from inside the room, "Come in."

The boy kept his eyes on the figure down the hall with a frown. Following the man into the room, the boy stayed next to the man and glanced at the others who entered.

-Descendant found. Recieve reward?-

-Y/N?-

'Yes' the boy thought. As the door closed the boy finally spoke aloud, "Greetings to the fleet admiral."

The room fell silent before the man behind the desk nodded, "Three of my admirals have told me a rather surprising story. Seeing as you can speak now, why dont you tell me what you know."

"Very well. First, I'd like to ask. What do I need to do to join the marines?" the boy asked.

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'Sengoku, you damn wolf. Since this is your first time meeting me in this life, you will only take and not give...' sighing to myself, I waited for his reply. Still a bit dumbstruck that Kizaru is somehow a descendant of mine. Glancing at the group in the room, I cant help but sigh. Garp brought me here and lead me into the room. Sakazuki and Kuzan tried to kill me....

"Children are not allowed to join officially but you can go to our training school," Garp said and laughed, "Was I right kid?"

"Yessir, he is the one," I sighed.

"The one what?" Sengoku frowned.

"Pft get this... Kizaru is related to the brat! Bahahah!" Garp laughed almost hysterically.

The person in question, Borselino AKA Kizaru, just stared at me. I sighed, "Do you have a tiny voice in the back of your head screaming for a 'certain' thing? Or feel violent when hungry?"

"How~ Did~ You~ Know~??" Borselino asked.

"Which is it?" I sighed.

"Violent~ When~ Hungry~" he said slowly.

"That's the sealed ghouls blood. I dont suggest unsealing it or you will be hunted by humanity," I explained to him.

"Why~ Is~ That~??"

"Because unless you have the shinigami bloodline as well, you will be unable to eat normal food or drink anything but coffee. Everything besides a certain thing will make you severely sick and kill you. You do not have the shinigami bloodline, so dont do it," I explained with another sigh.

"What 'certain thing'? And what is this about bloodlines?" Sengoku asked.

"Ghouls are a species that look mostly human. Their diet is human corpses and coffee. As a half ghoul, he would need to eat 1 person per month until death. Starvation would force him into insanity and cause him to binge eat, i.e. massacre an entire island. Shinigami are a species of death. As long as they kill someone before their fated time, the shinigami get extra years to live will full immunity to everything. Basically a tangible ghost. Since his ghoul side is sealed, it should stay sealed," I explained.

"And what does it have to do with you?" Garp asked curiously.

"My mother was half human, half shinigami. My father was half human, half ghoul. My sister got the human sides. I did not. Since I am a shinigami ghoul, I can live off of tea, coffee, human, tea based human food, or coffee based human food. Since I've never eaten human nor plan on it, that part is suppressed by my shinigami side which demands for fun, laziness, and amusement," trying to seem as non hostile as possible was for the best. The room stayed silent so I shrugged.

-New Mission! Go to school: Let your body develop while being inconspicuous at the marine training school. Reward: New songs on music player. Failure: Music player destroyed-

'....Can I trash this mission?'

-No-

"Go get a blood test done. Depending on the results, the kid will either go to training school or to that island," Sengoku said.

Borselino shrugged, "Lets~ Go~ Then~"

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"You are related...," a doctor said quietly.

"Hehe. Can you tell I'm older?" I joked to the doc.

"....Do you understand how bone age works?" the doc asked apprehensively. Garp, Borselino, and a med student shook their heads while I kept a smile on my face.

"Isnt it like tree rings doc? Or is it like turtle shells? Hehe," I laughed a bit.

"...Sort of both but also,....," the doc went on to explain how to tell age from bones.

The student asked, "So then, these lines from this.... persons... hand, they are the age?"

"Give or take a few, yes." doc.

"I want an official paper starting I'm older so I can call him boy," I said amused.

"Fine~ Grandpa~ Pffft~~" Borselino said and laughed.

Chuckling as well, Garp watched in awe before snorting, "Since he is your relative, he can live with you!"

Giving Garp a smirk as the doc handed over a few papers, I questioned, "If I'm living with him, does that mean I will be going to school? If so, what the fuck am I doing now?"

"Let's see if Sengoku is ready to send you both to the island yet," Garp grinned and walked off.

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"You cant be serious?" Sengoku said with a sigh of regret.

"Very serious. Dont worry, if something happens, blame Kizaru," Garp grinned.

The two vice admirals nodded in agreement as the man himself just yawned. I raised a hand, "May I interject to make a statement?"

"....Sure.." Sengoku sighed deeper.

"Hehe, This is my doctors note stating that I'm allowed to call him my great great nephew, or boy for short," I said proudly, showing a copy of my paper. The room filled with sighs. I sipped on a cup of tea and ate a piece of coffee cake. Letting out a small yawn, I asked, "So I start school tomorrow or something? I wont cause trouble, promise."

"....Give this to the teacher in the morning. After classes, Kizaru will have to take you to get the things you need," Sengoku sighed as he handed me a paper.

"Thank you, Sir," I said and put the paper in my pocket.

After leaving the meeting room, Borselino brought me to an apartment complex, "Uh.... Take~ the~ couch~ for~ tonight~. I'll~ get~ another~ apartment~ tomorrow~ for~ you~ to~ use~"

"Nah, that's okay. I have a portable bed, so dont worry about it," I said and pulled out my memory foam coffin. After putting on my black cat pajamas, I went to bed.

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"Um... Sir, Fleet Admiral Sengoku said to give this to you," I said and handed a paper over to an older man.

The grumpy man snatched the paper and quickly read it before frowning hard and glancing at me. I was also frowning because I was woken up late by a certain idiots secretary. So I came to school half dressed.... Okay black cargo pants with a black long sleeve, no it's not a full outfit. So while I was being checked out, socks and combat boots were being thrown on quickly.

"Go to the third door on the right, second floor. Dont be late again," the old man said.

"Yessir. Thank you," I said and child sprinted to the classroom. Knocking first before opening, I found some preteens learning history. "Um... The man downstairs said to come here..."

"Wrong side of the hallway," the teach said.

"Sorry for interrupting. Carry on," I said and closed the door, crossing the hall and once again knocking and opening the door, "Hello. The man downstairs said to come here."

"Take a seat over there..." the 20 year old man said.

I sat next to a silvery white haired boy and the window, "Hey. I'm Balthazar. What's your name?"

"Everybody calls me Smoker cuz I ate the smoke smoke fruit," the kid said.

"That's cool," I said.

"Why are you wearing things over your eyes," Smoker asked.

"Because my eyes have powers and using it gives me headaches," I said and leaned back in my chair.

"Then how can you see?" he asked.

"I use a similar skill to echolocation," I stated as the teacher sighed.

"Class, let's get started. We have a new student, please help him catch up with the classes. Today we are....," the teacher went on to teach history class.

I failed to see the importance of remembering things incorrectly, so instead I made it seem like I was listening and just chatted with the system. When history was over, I was notified to grab my books after school and get my guardian to get me a uniform.

After history was physical training. We ran 10 laps around the track encircling the school... Smoker and I stayed slightly off from the middle so we didnt pull attention. After laps, my new friend and I teamed up to do push ups, sit ups, crunches, pull ups, planks, and I talked him into parkour. Then the class 'played' dodgeball with softballs.... Smoker and I didnt want to play so we 'sacrificed' ourselves for the sake if the team.

For lunch, I had tea made crackers with a cup of tea. The old guy from this morning got mad at me for not eating properly or drinking water. Looking at the man as if offended, I put my hand into my back pocket and pulled out my papers, looking for the right one, "Bloodtest.... Age.... Permission slip.... Ah! Here, food consumption rules for my race.... It states, unless your trying to kill me, I cannot have anything if it doesnt have tea or coffee in it."

The old man snatched the paper from me and read through the entire report, ".....Signed by Doctor McConaughey... Carry on."

Handing me back my note before leaving, I watched the angry man. Smoker chuckled, "You almost got in trouble."

"Pft. No, I was almost killed," I chuckled back.

We quickly finished out food and went to our next class, maps and navigation. I was able to instantly learn this stuff but Smoker didnt get it at all. Then was language arts class. And finally math.... The math here is basic unless your a scientist or sniper.

After school ended, I collected books and copies of notes I would need to catch up on. As I left the front door, I saw the old man who talking with Borselino so I waited for them to finish speaking before I greeted them, "Afternoon."

"You have some nerve interrupting a retired fleet admirals conversation, kid," the old man frowned.

Borselino smiled a bit, "Actually~, he~ is~ why~ I~ came~ today~"

"What did you do, brat?" Old guy glared at me.

I sighed, ignoring the old man, "I need to get a uniform. Where do I find those?"

"Er... I~ dunno~," Borselino shrugged.

I shrugged back. The old man raised an eyebrow at me, "What's your relationship with Borselino?"

"I'm his great uncle on his moms side," I smiled.

Borselino chuckled, "Its~ complicated~ But~ we~ are~ related~ by~ blood~"