4 Chapter 03

It was already late when we started our journey and shortly I was greeted by the beautiful night sky.

Coby felt asleep after getting over his excitement for finally escaping Alvida. Once I was sure he was truly sleeping I decided to do some more tests on my new Devil Fruit.

I transformed into my half form completely on instinct and felt that same energy within me again, it makes me feel invincible, it's incredible. For some reason though, I was unable to transform any further than this, I was also unable to transform only one of my arms. With training I might be able to do so, I will have to test things further.

The thing that interested me the most, expect the energy, is the fact that I instinctively knew of skill that I possess in this form. I plucked one of my hairs and I willed it to transform into a small knife. I watched in wonder as the strand of hair transformed itself into the small knife I was imagining. As I was watching it, I lost my focus for a second and it transformed bag into a strand of hair.

I tried using the second thing I know the strand can transform into and I willed it to transform into a clone of me. It took around thirty seconds for the clone to form. I didn't take the same concentration to maintain the clone like the knife, which was interesting. I tried making one more, however, I was unable to do so. Another thing I should try and see if I can improve in the future.

The clone was looking around and was inspecting me the same way I was him. I willed for the clone to dispell and he transformed back into the strand of hair almost instantaneously. As soon as he was gone, all of his memories were transferred to me. Thankfully this is not the first time I experienced something like this, so I was able to adapt quite fast to it. There is a lot of potential with this ability and I definitely have to find a way to improve it.

In the next couple of hours, I tried to create as much as possible things with my hair. There seem to be a lot of limitations on it. I can only create inanimate objects and I wasn't able to create things like guns. Aside from that, I was able to get pretty creative and as long as I kept my concentration I was able to keep the item I created after transforming back into my normal human form.

After spending than half the night just playing with my hair. I noticed I was not feeling sleepy at all, in fact, I was brimming with energy. The Devil Fruit that I ate is definitely something special, the problem is, I never read about such a fruit in the manga. One Piece was Damien's favorite manga and he loved reading it. It was one of the few things we could enjoy as entertainment while on the run.

I continued testing with devil fruit and trying to transform to my full transformation, however, I couldn't do it no matter how many times I tried. It felt like something is stopping me. I can already see the sun and yet I don't feel tired. I assume it is Mythical Zoan, considering how strong it is.

Coby woke up shortly after the first light and we chatted for a bit. I encouraged him with his dream of becoming a Marine. He reminds me a little of Damien.

A couple of hours after our conversation, I can finally see land. It seems we reached our destination, thankfully Coby brought a compass and a map, otherwise, we were gonna wander around until we found land.

I told the pink haired boy I am here to recruit my first crew member and that his name is Roronoa Zoro. Every single person who heard me froze on the spot and looked at us like we are dead people. Coby tried to defuse the situation by talking about Captain Morgan, the person in charge of the Marine base at the town, which made all the people around us run and hide.

Knowing this is the situation here, it's safe to assume that this world is close to the story that I know of which gives me quite the advantage.

Coby stuck around with me while I went to the Marine base to find Zoro. Just like in the story, he was tied in the center of the field. He has very sharp senses, as he looked at me the second I popped my head over the wall surrounding the base.

Didn't even give me a chance to say hello before cursing me and telling me to go away. I would say he is quite the mean one if I didn't know he was trying to protect me. Shishishi, I like him.

I wasn't sure if the little girl will appear, but I heard a ladder get placed to right next to me and she jumped over the wall and ran to Zoro with a couple of onigiris.

Some fancy pants with yellow hair appeared shortly. He exchanged some curses with Zoro and ate one of the onigiris. Things seem to be following the story so far as he complained about the sugar and spat it out. I barely held myself not to jump and beat him when he kicked the other one out of the little girls' hands. He stomped the remaining onigiri, ordered for the girl to be thrown away and left.

I caught the little girl and comforted her. Poor thing was so scared, she was trembling and crying. I hugged her and told her everything will be okay. Coby shortly came and I told him to bring her back to her parents. I will definitely beat those guys extra hard for this.

What I didn't notice at that moment was a certain orange haired girl that saw everything that happened there.

After jumping and reaching Zoro, I can easily see he is slightly malnourished, but definitely not weak he seems scary. Shishi, I like him.

"You are a nice guy. Wanna join my pirate crew, shishishi." I couldn't help myself asking him.

"What are you asking you shitty pirate, I would never become such a low life."

"Ahh that sad, I really want you to join. It will be fun I promise, it's not so bad being a pirate, it's my dream after all."

"Even if you set me free, I won't join you."

"Don't worry, I won't force you to join my crew."

I was about to leave before he asked me to feed him the onigiri from the ground and told me that if I see the girl to let her know that it was the best onigiri he ever ate. I simply laughed and left the place.

I found the girl and Coby in town, who introduced herself as Rika. She was delighted to hear Zoro ate and loved the onigiri. She explained how Zoro was imprisoned because the wolf of Helmeppo was about to attack her and he killed it to save her. Afterward, he made a deal with the guy to be kept in the base without food for a month as a punishment.

Minutes later the same fancy pants with yellow hair came walking saying how he will execute Zoro in a few days as a showcase of power. I couldn't really stop myself so punched him and I am pretty sure I broke a few ribs. Without bothering to explain myself, I made my way towards the Marine base.

I made a quick stop by Zoro. I told him I will find his blades and that I will set him free. Without giving him time to answer, I made my way towards the inside of the base. I heard him screaming something about a shitty pirate going back on his words.

There was not a soul to be seen, so I easily made my way to the top floors. If I remember correctly the swords should be in the fancy pants room.

While I was checking the rooms I saw someone I wasn't expecting to find here. Short orange hair, incredibly beautiful face, probably around a head or so shorter than me. She is wearing a V-neck shirt alongside a short skirt. I have to admit this is definitely the most beautiful girl I have seen. I was still admiring her as she broke the silence.

"What are you doing here."

"I'm looking for Roronoa Zoro's swords, they should be in Captain Morgan's son room."

"Down this path, second room on the left."

"Thank you. Until we meet again. Shishishi".

I didn't hear a response, which disappointed me a bit. I entered the room she told me and I did manage to find three swords. I'm pretty sure those should be Zoros. I grabbed them and went towards the window. Coby was trying to untie the ropes binding Zoro, he didn't seem to have any success though and marines were already gathering around.

Jumping through the window I managed to startle them both, as I dropped right in front of them.

"Quick, untie me and give the swords, the marines are already surrounding us."

I was easily able to do so and we despatched all the surrounding marines quite easily.

"Look Coby told me what the bastard was planning and seeing as I already am an outlaw I will join your crew, under one condition. I have a goal to become the world greatest swordsman and to make my name know through the world. If you get in my way I will cut you apart."

"I would expect nothing less from a pirate under the Pirate King, shishishi."

Our conversation was very rudely interrupted at that point by the screaming of Captain Morgan. I despise humans like him, but I gotta admit the gigantic axe as a hand does look awesome.

I wasn't really interested in listening to him, so I quickly with a few punches. Having the ability to hit people ten meters apart, without being next to them is quite nifty. After the third punch, Morgan was barely able to stand still and everyone was looking at me like I was a monster. Hitting him one last time while putting a bit more strength in, I was able to knock him out.

A few moments later when the marines saw that their captain was not going to get back up, they all erupted into cheering for being saved from his tyrannical rule.

Zoro was looking quite pale at this point and we went to get something to eat, considering he has only eaten an onigiri with dirt in the past two weeks I am surprised he was still standing. I still managed to eat more than him.

While we were eating in Rika's family restaurant and discussing our future plans with Zoro, we were interrupted by a dozen Marines who entered. After a quick discussion with them and confirming that we are pirates we were requested to leave the town. The townsfolk were quite unhappy with that and made sure to voice their thoughts.

One of the marines didn't forget to ask about Coby and whether he is one of our friends.

"That wimpy guy? Nah, I know he was under some pirate who looked like a walking whale."

Before I was able to continue further I was hit in the face by Coby. I quickly hit him back a few times while doing my best to not really hurt him. The marines stopped and Zoro restrained me and requested us to leave again. Not before telling us there is a small boat with a map, compass and enough supplies for a few days on the dock. Apparently, nobody owns it, how neat.

Finding the boat was easy, making sure Zoro keeps following me was harder than I thought it would be. He has a serious problem with directions.

As we set sail, I saw the whole town filling at the docks and saluting us alongside the marines and thanking us. The marines saluting pirates, how ironic.