Chapter 110

[Ken P.O.V.

1 week later]

I talked with Aokiji. He told me about Sengoku's plans, and it truly intrigued me. To think he would go so far just because of me. I need to make sure not to disappoint him and waste his effort.

I looked at Ace, who is catching his breath on the ground. I choose someone else every day so that they can also do their own training.

"Are you done already?"

"Tsk, shut up. You're the only one attacking, so have some consideration for me."

<Haoshoku Haki>

"You bastard!"

He managed to stand up.

'Tsk, it's still way too weak. But I'll get there in time.'

<Haoshoku Haki>

<Haoshoku Haki>

<Haoshoku Haki>

[2 hours later]

Both of us are panting on the ground.

'This shit is way too tiring. I waste more than 90% of my power on nothing. But I can't just keep focusing on Haoshoku Haki. I need to train everything in my arsenal to the max and learn new stuff.'

"Thanks for your help, bro. You can go ahead and do your own thing."

"Aight, you know where to find me if you need my help again."

I nodded, and he walked away. I stood up and grabbed a small notebook from my pocket. I've already learned everything in the books Deuce gave me. All I have to do is correct the stances.

'Sigh, this will take some time.'

[6 hours later]

I finally managed to correct the first one and immediately tried it out. I stood with my left foot forward and my right foot all the way back. I'm looking forward, and I put my hand next to my sides and started punching. I didn't move anything except for my arms.

'Why does this look like a basic stance that everyone and their mothers know?. But I'm supposed to add something to this. It says to let haki flow through my hands. Haki flowing through my hands. Haki flowing… Ryou!?'

I ran to my room and grabbed the real untranslated book, and a piece of paper suddenly fell out of it. I picked it up and read it.

[Yo, Ken.

I guess you reading this means that you have found out. This wasn't some incredible cultivation technique that would multiply your powers. Who would be stupid enough to believe that? The reason that the World Government attacked was because of another reason.

This is something that my bastard of a father found. He said that it's an advanced form of Haki, but anyone who tried to learn it got injured. So he just hid it away, and everyone forgot about it. I'm sorry for fooling you like this, but I had no other choice.

Sincerely,

Vlad]

I cursed the paper and punched myself in the face.

"I"m stupid! I"m stupid! I"m stupid! I"m stupid! I"m stupid! I"m stupid!"

'That bastard! I even saved his ass at Sabaody, and this is how he repays me! I swear that I'll kill the bastard the moment I see him.'

"Sigh."

'Well, whatever. I can't do anything about it now. And now that I look at it closely, I can see that it's just a book to learn Ryou from. The stances are just for beginners to get familiar with it easier. But I guess they changed the stances so that they wouldn't have to be scared if it came into enemy hands.'

I put the book away.

'There is nothing I can do about it now. And me learning all that shit about the body will be beneficial in battle. I will be able to hit the weak points of the enemies and deal more damage. I'll just ignore all the stances and only focus on the parts that talk about Ryou.'

I walked out of my room and went back to the training place.

'I still can't believe how stupid I was. If I wasn't being so greedy and just opened my eyes, I could have seen that this was just bullshit. But I only focused on the drawings and titles. None of which mentioned Ryou. And since the text doesn't say the word Ryou, I didn't realize it at first.'

I arrived at my training spot. I took out my notebook and rewrote everything. I only kept the Ryou parts and got rid of all the stances.

'It seems like this has some techniques I can use with Ryou. So it's wasn't a total waste, but I will still kill the bastard!'

I immediately started training. I already wasted too much time.

[3 weeks later]

Deuce and Akari are standing in front of me. I've been watching Akari really close from the moment he joined. I knew he had a lot of potential so I wanted to make sure that I could trust him. And from mine and Laffitte's combined effort, we can basically say that he is a trustworthy guy.

"Deuce, Akari, I want to give the two of you a present."

I took out two fruits. One is a blue pineapple, and the other one is a yellow pear-shaped fruit.

"Deuce, I want to give you the Goro Goro no Mi/Rumble-Rumble Fruit. It's the fruit that Enel had."

"What!? Are you sure? That is a really strong fruit. Even that lazy bastard was able to almost kill you with this fruit. I can't accept something like this. Why don't you or Sabo eat it?"

"Sabo and I both won't eat a Devil Fruit. And you're the only one I'd trust with this fruit. This fruit has extremely strong offensive powers, but it can also be used to save someone. For example, if someone's heart stops, you can use the electricity to jump-start it."

"Wow, I didn't even think about that possibility. Maybe I could find even more ways to use it as a doctor. It will be extremely useful to have something so clutch at the tip of my fingers whenever I need it."

I smiled.

'I'm giving him a fruit that would make all his enemies fear him, but he is only thinking about how to use it for good. He truly is a doctor.'

"So you want it or not."

He immediately nodded.

"Even though not being able to swim when most of the world is covered with water is a big weakness, but the pros outweigh the cons by a longshot."

I gave him the fruit.

"I heard it tastes bad, but don't spit it out. All you need to do is eat one piece of it, and you can use all the powers."

He immediately bit down on the fruit, and the look on his face was enough to tell me how bad it was. But he still swallowed it. His hand suddenly turned into lightning, and the fruit fell through his hand.

"My hand!"

"Calm down and stop it. You should instinctively know how to use the fruit."

His hand turned back to normal.

"This is awesome!"

"Go ahead. I know you want to get some revenge."

He smirked.

"I'm forever thankful, Ken."

He disappeared. I looked at Akari. He was patiently waiting. He looks like a scary guy, but he is one of the nicest people I know. He even told me that he didn't want to get a puppy right now because it would be too dangerous for it. He wanted to give it a calm and safe home. But when he gets serious, he'll get a scary expression and become extremely strong.

"Akari, this is the Neko Neko no Mi/Cat Cat Fruit Model: Sabretooth Tiger. It's an Ancient Zoan Fruit that lets you transform into a Sabertooth Tiger."

"Ancient Zoan? Isn't that a really rare fruit, Captain?"

"You know about them?"

"I don't know a lot, but I know that it's the rarest Zoan type fruit after the Mythical Zoan."

"Yes, that's right. Whit this, you'll become many times stronger. I'm giving you this fruit because I believe that you can use this fruit to its fullest potential. And I trust you not to betray me."

He suddenly started crying and bowed down on his knees.

"Thank you so much for believing in me, Captain! Everyone is always scared of me and doesn't want to talk with me. They always look at me with their scary eyes. But you're the first one to look at me with kind eyes. And even though I've done nothing for you, you're giving me something so valuable and trusting me with it. If it's you, I wouldn't mind serving under you for the rest of my life!"

I stood there, flabbergasted.

'Well, that was unexpected. I didn't expect him to suddenly open up to me like that.'

I squatted down in front of him and grabbed his shoulder. I smiled at him.

"You're one of my precious crewmembers. Of course, I'll believe in you. And those people who looked at you with scary eyes were just really jealous of you. After all, you're really strong. But it's too bad that compared to the enemies we're going to face, you aren't strong enough yet. So what do you think about showing everyone how awesome you are by using this fruit?"

"But then that won't be my powers."

"At the beginning, no, so that's why you have to train your ass off and make this Devil Fruits power, truly yours. When you manage to do that, the whole world will acknowledge you."

He came to a sudden realization and looked at me with determination in his eyes.

"I won't let your trust down, Captain!"

"Good."

I handed him the fruit, and he ate everything in one gulp, and his face didn't change at all.

"Do you sense anything different?"

I looked at his eyes, and it looked like he gained enlightenment.

"Captain, can you please stand back."

I backed off, and Akari suddenly turned into a huge Sabertooth Tiger.

"Sugoi!"

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[Do you guys agree with my choice to give them those two Devil Fruits?

The Devil Fruits that are still in Ken's possession are:

Suna Suna no Mi/Sand-Sand Fruit

Supa Supa no Mi/Dice-Dice Fruit

Mane Mane no Mi/Clone-Clone Fruit

Doru Doru no Mi/Wax-Wax Fruit

Bomu Bomu no Mi/Bomb-Bomb Fruit

Mato Mato no Mi/Mark-Mark Fruit

I wonder if I should use the Mane Mane no Mi since Catarina Devon's fruit can also let her transform into other people. And there is no need to give it to someone if Catrina can already use the same thing on an even more advanced level.]

(Ey guys, check this other One Piece fanfic if you want. One Piece: Chronicles of a betrayed - From blood to sea)

Anime Quotes:

"I won't back down! I'll walk all over them one by one and make my way up."

- Garou (One Punch Man)

"I'll bite you to death."

- Hibari Kyoya (Reborn!)

"I see now that the circumstances of birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."

- Mewtwo (Pokemon)