15 Chapter 14

Once I got back to my crew, all of them were already eating. Nami had ordered food for me as well but didn't stop teasing me how I got jealous earlier.

While having my share, I told them how we would be staying here for a few days, in order to be trained by Zeff. All of them were surprised how it ended up with him training us after I attacked one of the chefs.

Sanji walked in shortly with an order and I told my crew, how my deal with Zeff involved me recruiting him into our crew. Most of them were perplexed, judging by their looks, but didn't manage to question me, as Johnny came running toward our table.

Johnny told us how the girl has woken and didn't seem very stable, as she attacked them immediately. Yosaku was still on the ship and trying to keep her calm.

I quickly got back to the ship and found Yosaku outside of the Captains room. He looked scared and told me: "Big bro, girls are really scary and she is the scariest I have ever seen. Please be careful going in."

After entering the room a wooden chair was thrown at me. I was easily able to catch it and place it on the ground. The other chair was already broken and its parts were on the floor.

The girl looked terrified and her blue eyes were already wet. She screamed at me: "What do you want from me. If you know who I am, you should know you won't get anything from my family for me."

I tried to be as nice as possible, to not scare her any further and said to her: "My crew and I saved you after the marines had already attacked your ship. You were the only one we found alive and I brought you to our ship, in order to help you. We mean you no harm and you are free to leave whenever you wish."

She fell on her knees and broke down crying. She was muttering: "They died because of me."

The girl looked like she lost everything. I walked up to her, she looked up to me and amid her sobbing, she was barely able to ask me: "Why? Why did you save me? Why didn't you let me die."

I valued life a lot. at the age of five when I was at the underground facility, I overheard a few researchers talk how I most likely wouldn't live past eighteen years. After that point, my view on life completely changed. Knowing that my life span is four times shorter than a normal human, I wanted to do something special. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to achieve anything great, but at least, I was able to help a little boy in the end.

I sat on the ground next to her and I let out a sigh that I didn't know I was holding. Looking up at her up close, she is remarkably beautiful and for a second I got stunned gazing at her. I got out of it and told her: "If I have the chance to save someone's life and I don't, to me that would feel as I killed him. I couldn't just leave you to die there."

She interrupted me, while still crying: "You should have, I don't deserve to live. I have been cursed. After my hair turned white and I gained my demonic form, my family disowned me and put a bounty on me. After that, everyone turned on me. The few servants that still cared about me and helped me escape from my family are now dead."

The girl was trembling and stuttering the whole time while she was speaking. Trying to give her something to latch on and not to lose hope, I told her: "That doesn't mean you don't deserve to live, those servants that helped you, wouldn't want you to give up your life. They would want you to live and find happiness somewhere else, to live and accomplish, to live and achieve your dream."

She was looking at the ground and still crying and I'm not even sure if she was listening to me when I was taking, but I continued. "For now, please get some rest, as you are still hurt. I will go and get you some food. I will be back shortly."

Everyone else was waiting outside the room and they were able to hear our conversation. We quickly agreed to let her recover while we stay here and let her decide what she wants to do.

After getting her some food and returning to the room, I saw that she was currently sitting on the bed. She was still in tears, but she looked slightly better. I brought a table and left the food on it, it mostly consisted of sliced up fruit, as there was nothing else left on the ship.

I heard her silently ask me "What should I do?". I responded to her"I don't know. That solely depends and what you want to do." She didn't respond but started eating the fruit, which is something.

After eating a few, she tucked herself in the bed. Seeing she doesn't want to talk further, I decided to let her be and left the room.

"You are currently on my ship and there are five members apart of my crew, four men and one woman. I'm telling you this not to attack them, should they come to check on you. Should you need something you can also ask them, they would be willing to help." Before leaving I heard her say: "Aisha" Thinking she gave me her name I responded"Monkey D. Luffy"

Everyone was still waiting outside the room and they all had scowls. "She ate a devil fruit right?" Nami asked. "I don't know what else could cause something like this, but I just don't understand how people are not more knowledgeable about them. I understand the World Government would like to keep as many things about them as they can a secret, but this should be general knowledge."

All of them said before me, they had never seen someone who has eaten a devil fruit and only thought of them as myth.

After talking for a bit with the crew, Zeff came aboard our ship and looked at my crew members. "I was expecting a bit more from your crew, but I will get them up to shape." He had a menacing smile while saying that. Zeff then turned to me and said: "Don't worry brat, I have special training prepared for you and you will love it."

A few minutes later I saw Sanji bringing some weights to the ship. Zeff ordered everyone to go and help him bring all the other equipment that he has.

What followed for the next three days was pure torture during the afternoons. Once I told Zeff about both of my fruits and especially the cloning ability of the Zoan. Mentally I nearly destroyed myself. To me, those three days were more like three weeks.

I was able to create two clones myself and each clone was able to create one as well, in total I can have four clones currently. The problem is the mental stress and the awful headache with the memories of all four clones.

That has been a big part of my training the past three days, aside from Zeff making everyone do and an incredible amount of leg exercises. Oda damn it and this guys' fetish for legs. All the exercises and made us do involved legs.

At least I have to admit, we all improved a lot. Especially Zoro and surprisingly Nami, both were having mild success with Soru and would probably learn it soon.

I had managed to get a better grasp on both Geppo and Soru, while thanks to Zeff I had managed to learn Rankyaku.

On the fourth day around lunchtime, a gigantic ship stopped right in front of the Baratie. Before I was able to marvel at the ship that easily dwarfed the sea restaurant, I saw the ship being split apart from a wind blade. The power behind that attack was able to split the sea behind and there he was on a small boat in the shape of a coffin.

The man had a sharp aura and made you feel like you are about to be cut apart. He was carrying a gigantic sword on his bag that had the shape of a Latin cross. Dracule Mihawk the strongest swordsman. How lucky are we to meet him.