Chapter 2: Zushi Zushi no Mi

"This guy how can he be here?" Lucas shocked by what he saw accidentally dropped his glass that attracted attention in the bar.

"Sorry, my fault!" as I shout in the bar that neutralize the situation.

"Damn it I need to relax first! Think smart Lucas!" thought Lucas then he tried to peek at the big guys face.

"Hmmm, just a peek! A peeeek!" extending his neck like a not normal person would. The big guy suddenly realizes the weird sensation and give Lucas a hard stare that shocked him again.

"Excuse me young man! Is there any problem with my face?" the big guy deeply looking into Lucas eyes.

"Nothing old man, I'm just curious about something" Lucas still looking at big guy's face.

"Damn it, its Issho the admiral, why is here? Is he on a mission? Wait, why is his face?" Lucas pondered and look again at Issho's face.

"Oh yah! oh yah! ha ha ha ha! I don't know what's with my face that's supposed to be curious about. Then just look young man" Issho said while smiling.

"Old man, you're so strong! Who are you?" Lucas asked to be sure.

"Ha ha ha I should not tell you that for the sake of both of us" Issho said as he stood up and left.

"Hahahaha looks like he is the real Issho" pondered Lucas, it's the same thing he said when Luffy and he met first.

"But his face, his face doesn't have a scar yet" Lucas ponders about the situation.

"Wait doesn't it mean, that he didn't cut himself yet?" Lucas thinks about this then smiled.

"Looks like I found my silver lining, hahahaahahaha" I stood up, then ran outside of the bar.

Issho was walking with a sword stick in his hand. Looking at his surroundings whistling.

"Old man! Old man!" Lucas shouted at Issho while running

To him.

"Young man, it's you again seems like you have the answers to your questions, what is it?"

Thinking about it for a while Issho has been really tall like the other admirals, I don't know about the reason for that. I think its for intimidating opponents in the first place.

Lucas then stood straightly to make an impressions.

"Old man are you in the marines?" Lucas asked, looking in Issho's eyes.

"Ha ha ha ha How do you know young man?, why?, do you intend to join the Marines?"

"Probably Old man, maybe I do?" Lucas formally asked the man.

"Stop calling me an Old Man, My name is Issho they call me Fujitora young man" Issho then asked.

"What is your name young man?"

"Old man, my name is Lucas!" Lucas shouted while saluting.

"Stop calling me Old man!" Issho shouted as he get irritated being called in like that.

"So Old man, I want to be strong, so can you teach me?" Lucas asked with shining eyes.

"Why do you think I will agree to teach someone, I have just met?" Issho's asked while his curiosity heightened with this confident young man.

"Because I'm a man of my word and follow my own rules" Lucas answered earnestly like a child.

"Ha ha ha ha seems like I found a good sapling ha ha ha ha come with me boy" Issho then walked while smiling.

"Seems like I got his attention, hahaha that was heartbreaking," my plan depends if I successfully acquired that fruit.

There's a big chance that Old man Fujitora still didn't have devil powers. I need to make an impression and change the course of history, preventing him from cutting himself because of losing faith in humanity due to corruption and evil.

"I need to help him and make him believe that there is a face of a man whom so many are willing to risk their lives to protect. So he can believe that there is still hope even with all the corruption and evil. Then I can gain his favor and asked for the fruit" the fruit name Zushi Zushi no Mi his powers were fairly strong as I remember.

Zushi Zusi no Mi may be my ticket outside of this place and follow my dreams, together with Luffy and the others.

"Should I steal it? hahahaha" thats how pirate should do it. But I need to lay low and learn a lot of things so I can prepare myself as I don't want to be a weakling.

Talking to myself like this then realizing that Old man Fujitora has been already at a distance to where I'm standing I ran as fast as I could.

"Old man wait for me!" as I ran I thought of something special.

"Even though I knew a lot of things that supposed to happen, it doesn't mean I can be the greatest in everything, even with my knowledge I know I'm no fighter right now"

"Seeing is different from experiencing it!" as I realize the truth. Nonetheless, that doesn't stop me from fulfilling my dream that I've always wanted.

"Adventure and freedom" as I shouted this in my mind, I ran again smiling.

First, I need to do it step by step. My plans are the following.

1.) Get Stronger

2.) Gain trust of the Old man

3.) Acquire the Zushi Zushi no Mi

4.) Find a way to East Blue

5.) Join my Favorite characters

"Hahahaah Old man, you'll train me, right?" asked Lucas when he reaches Issho.

"Just follow me young man, ha ha ha ha Let's see if you're still this enthusiastic later on" as he grinned.

"I felt shivers and I thought I should just steal the Zushi Zushi no Mi" thinking of this I tried to run on the other direction then Issho hold me.

"Young man, what's the matter?"

"Nothing Old man" thinking of it, I think he is a nice character in the anime I should trust him.

Thinking about this decision made me realized how I am tactless of all the time. This is one of my worst decision of believing in this old man, but that is another story for another time.

"Ok Old man, let's go" as I enthusiastically follow him.