Gaining Powers

*Otto *

I presumed that I was being picked up by either my new mother or father in this world as I could instantly tell that I was a baby. However, when I looked around, I could see my mother cut open and unconscious while a doctor was carrying me.

I didn't expect this as most people that reincarnate are natural births, but I entered the world through a C-Section.

I was taken into a room with a large number of other babies and placed into a cot. It was hard to move my head, but I could see that most of the babies looked normal with a few of them had mutation type quirks which made them stand out.

Although I did not know what any of the major characters looked like as babies I wanted to see if I could recognise anyone.

Sadly, I did not see anyone that looked like them. This made me think that I might not have even been born in Japan but that was almost immediately discredited as I saw multiple nurses who not only looked Japanese but also had name tags with their very clearly Japanese names.

I realised that I would have to learn a completely new language which would be annoying since I already had my knowledge of the English language.

The first few years of my life would be boring as I had noticed that I had not yet gotten any powers.

-Time Skip Four Years-

It was finally my fourth birthday and I had gotten used to life in this world. I had learnt the Japanese language much more easily than I had thought as I was technically a child. I did not forget English, but I rarely needed it apart from when I was watching certain TV shows.

Seeing as I was four, I was excited for my ability to finally awaken but I could feel no change in my body when I woke up.

I just presumed it might take some a few days and went to wash my face. Due to my short stature as a four year old, I had to use a stool to see myself in the mirror.

It was lucky that I did this as when I looked at myself in the mirror, I noticed something strange.

On my back were the three fruits I had been promised to receive the powers of. They seemed to be growing out of my back but caused no discomfort whatsoever.

Not seeing another possible course of action, I plucked them off and set them down in front of me.

I contemplated on which one to eat first and after thinking about it for a while, I chose to eat the Moku Moku no Mi as if I decided it was too risky to eat the others then it would be strong due to it being the only Logia type I had.

The spherical fruit with patterns of white clouds of smoke looked as unappealing as it tasted. Luckily, I only needed to take one bite of it to gain the Devil Fruit's power.

After eating the first one I decided to just eat the other two. This was because although you would explode from doing this in the world of One Piece, I had been given the fruits by the closest thing to a God that I could think of,

Both were equally as disgusting tasting as the first one, but it was definitely worth it.

After I ate all three of them, I fell unconscious. This was not actually uncommon for quirk awakenings which meant that even if my parents came in, they would at most be a little surprised.

When I woke up, I checked the state of my body and found that not only had it become completely rubber, but my hands also had permanently engraved paws on them. The Moku Moku no Mi did not have an effect that would noticeably change my body in any way, but when I willed it, I turned into smoke and could manoeuvre like normal and in the air.

On my back where the three Devil Fruits had grown were three greenish brown stumps that seemed to be permanently stuck. While this was quite strange, in a world where there were people who were born looking like animals it wasn't bad at all.

I threw the remains of the Devil Fruits into the bin and decided to tell my parents about my 'quirk' awakening and walked towards their room.

My father was an average looking man with white hair. He stood at six feet tall and had a quirk that increased his capabilities of learning foreign languages. My mother also had red hair although it was much lighter, almost on the verge of being pink. She was quite attractive and was five foot six. Her quirk increased leg strength but it was not to an incredibly noticeable degree.

I had an appearance that was a mix of the two. My looks were about average, maybe a bit better, and my hair was an ashy pink colour. This was quite nice for me as in my previous life I was incredibly average looking.

Neither of my parents were Japanese as my father came from Norway and my mother Canada. They had moved to Japan for my father's job as a language professor at a local university and I was conceived and born here.

My parents decided to call me Espen (Will now be *Espen* at the start of chapters) after my grandfather on my father's side of the family. This was lucky for me as it would have been strange to be called by a Japanese name and would have felt out of place for my entire life.

I entered their room and found my father getting dressed and my mother drying her hair.

Instead of telling them outright about my abilities, I decided on just showing off the Gomu Gomu no Mi's abilities as it would probably be the least shocking out of the three.

Although it was quite difficult to control, I stretched my arm all the way from the door to my father and tapped him on the shoulder.

He looked down at my hand and then followed my arm back to me. He was surprised to say the least but also happy that my 'quirk' had come through.

My mother, father, and I had a celebration with just the three of us and planned to go to the hospital to register my quirk the next day.

-Time Skip Next Day-

I was still adjusting to my body's changes but was capable enough to get my 'quirk' assessed.

The doctor came to the conclusion that my 'quirk' allowed me to stretch my body to an unknown degree. However, there might be possible uses that have not yet been discovered.

When he asked what I wanted to call it, I chose to go with Gomu Gomu. It was simple and got to the point about what the basic premise of the ability was.

-Time Skip One Hour-

When I returned home, I spent hours trying to get a hold on all three of my abilities. Both the Moku Moku no Mi and Gomu Gomu no Mi were able to be done inside. The Nikyu Nikyu no Mi on the other hand was hard to train indoors without causing damage, so I tested it outside when nobody was looking.

I needed to train my abilities if I was going to have any effect on the future. After all, I was born around the same time as My Hero Academia's supposed protagonist.