It had been 2 hours since Shanks had left the small village, certainly, the ladies missed him. Yet no one was quite as attached to Shanks as Viktor, who was still sobbing.
"SHANKS!" Viktor continued to repeatedly cry out as he had been for hours.
THUD!
"Ah!" Viktor cried out as he was pushed flat on his face.
"Oi, shut yer trap kiddo! The red is gone! Fix up yer act and go do some'in useful alright??" Said a burly middle-aged man.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! You don't understand anything so just shut up!" Viktor yelled at the man with tears streaming out of his face. He slowly got up and ran towards the man abruptly and punched the man in his gut, only to realize he was still very very weak and that his punch didn't even wind the guy.
"Oi! I ought to beat you rig-"
"STOP!" Yelled an aged, raspy voice.
"Don't harm the child. I don't know if you realize it or not but you are currently fighting a 9-year-old boy!" Said the raspy voice.
Viktor turned his head and saw a familiar old man with neck-long white hair and half-dull eyes which seemed as if they had given up on the world.
"Mayor!" Exclaimed Viktor.
"Viktor.." The mayor gave a weak smile.
"Come with me, oh and you!" The mayor pointed at the man who was bullying Viktor," I surely won't see something like this again, will I? Because I would be quite disappointed you know..." The mayor glared at the man which caused the man to fall on his ass and shiver.
Viktor followed the mayor which now exuded an aura of a badass grandpa.
"Hey, old man! How did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"What you just did to that man."
"I'm just that handsome..."
"Don't lie to yourself old man." This lighthearted rapid exchange of words continued for a while until Viktor reached the mayor's house.
"Whoah, where are you taking me old man.. I was told by Sarah to never follow strangers into places by myself."
"Am I a stranger?"
"No, but you are strange.."
"Aii... just come in kid."
"Alright," said Viktor as he walked into the old, rickety house. Surprisingly the mayors' house only had staple necessities and was an old style wooden house.
"What are we doing in here?"
"Oh, we are going to be living here."
It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck Viktor. He began to tear up.
"Wait! Old man! You-you me-mean this is my house now too?"
"Yeah.." The mayor said while smiling.
"You- you old wrinkle! Shut up! I'm not crying your crying! Wahhhhh" He began crying out loud like a baby.
"Hehe." The old man began laughing along, it had been a while since he had actually laughed or even truly smiled.
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Meanwhile, on the Red Force...
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"Wahhhh!" Shanks was crying loudly.
"OI! I'm not gay get off! GET OFF! GET OFF!" Yelled Ben Beckman as he attempted to shake the crying Shanks off of his foot.
"Why didn't we take him with us, wahhh!"
"CAPTAIIIN! WAHHHH!" Lucky Roo began crying too.
"WAHHH! I LOVED THAT KID YOU KNOW!" Shanks cried even more.
"WAHH!" Lucky Roo cried even more through his goggles.
"I-I'm not crying I swear... losers..." Yassop tried to wipe away his tears quickly. Ben Beckman seemed to be the calmest and collected out of all of the crew.
"Hold on!" Said Ben in a rough and serious tone. He looked over and squinted his eyes and found a ship, a very special ship sailing.
"You guys may wanna come see this." Said Ben grimly.
"What is it..." The rest of the members had gotten up and looked over the railings of the deck.
"What the fu-"
"Hold on a fuc-"
"Are you kidding me?" Shanks concluded his mates' exclamations.
"What are they doing here.... all the way back here in the east blue? This place doesn't even have many unique places to explore or any treasures for that matter. I wonder why they really came." Said Ben Beckman.
"Where are they headed?" Yassop pondered.
Shanks brows furrowed as he looked towards their direction.
"No.. NO!NO!NO! TURN THE SHIP AROUND NOW!" Yelled Shanks.
"On it!" His crew ran to their stations and turned the Red Force around completely and began making their way back to the village, although their ship was much slower than the other ship. And what ship could be faster than a yonko's ship? A celestial dragon's ship.
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"Here open your mouth and say ahh."
"Ahhhh."
*Bite*
"Mmm, did you make this?"
"Yeah.." blushed Sarah
"This is really good Sarah!"
"I haven't seen you in a while though, I thought you forgot about me,"
"Never. I was just preoccupied with Shanks. I'm so sorry that we haven't had time to hang out in a while." Said Viktor while scratching the back of his head.
"Everyone! Be on your best behavior! Don't move unless you are asked and make way for those who come here. The Celestial Dragons are here!" The mayor yelled.
"Celestial Dragons? What are those?"
"Oh, Viktor! I think we are in big trouble. The Celestial Dragons are the nobles that rule the entire world with an iron fist. They can do whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want to do it. I heard they take young children and healthy young men and enslave them! I also heard that they could make whoever they wanted to be their wife! Oh, I don't wanna marry a Celestial Dragon Viktor, I don't!" Sarah began sobbing.
"Don't worry, no matter what happens I will always protect you, ok?" Vik hugged her without waiting for her response.
"Mhmm," she said.
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"Ok all of you little maggots, send me all your beautiful women here!" He waited for 5 seconds when nobody moved. His ugly countenance and unhealthily large figure along with his short stature made him very undesirable for even blind women.
"I am speaking here! Am I not! You lowly East Blue scum!" He yelled this time. "Hurry or you are all dead!"
The inner cowardice of these men was revealed as those who felt as if their wife, daughter, or even sister was even slightly attractive picked them up and lined them up in front of the dragon.
A healthy son picked out his aged yet beautiful mother and lined her up to the celestial dragon.
"Son?"
"Not my fault! Not my fault! Not my fault! This is how the world works right? Not my fault!....." The son kept chanting as if doing so would release his guilt.
A newlywed couple found themselves running far away to a secret passage behind the island and jumped on a small rowing boat.
"Honey, are you sure we should do this? They will kill you if they find out."
"I don't care! No man is ever gonna touch my wife!"
"Oh, honey!" The beautiful woman kissed the young man as they began to row away. But too bad, they seemed to be out of luck.
"Master Gont, I sense a couple leaving the island."
"Kill them."
"Even the woman?"
"Kill them, I won't repeat myself."
"As you wish, master." Said the tall, suited man before his figure flickered at an extremely high speed, allowing him to appear on top of the rowing boat, looking down on the couple.
"My master wants you dead, so you must die."
"Take her! Take her! Not me please!" Pleaded the man, ignoring the surprise and disgust received from his wife who had seen her true nature.
"Don't worry, I was only tasked with killing you both, not collecting the woman."
Zing!
Both the heads of the couple were chopped off by a long blade which extended from the suited man's sleeve. He grabbed both the severed heads and flickered back, dropping them in front of his master.
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"It is done, master."
"WHAT! THIS WOMAN WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KILLED HER!"
"That is what you asked of me si-"
"SHUT UP!" roared Gont, the celestial dragon." I'll kill you for this! No, I guess I do kinda need you so I will show my generosity and only take an eye for not being able to see such beauty. Yes. I will do that! "
"It sounds poetic doesn't it?" Said the celestial dragon to the people.
"Yes sir, it really is amazing how you thought of that." A man attempted to kiss up to Gont. Big mistake
"SHUT UP! You think I need your acceptance to know?!?! You think you know better than me? Off with you head!"
The suited man flickered and returned in a second with a head held in his hand.
"Here you go, master."
"Good job, now about that eye."
The suited man shivered before removing his sunglasses and using both his fingers, removed his eye.
"Now go throw it in the ocean or somewhere. Hope you learned your lesson."
"Yes, master." The suited man visibly quivered, yet he held it in.
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"Oh no, they got there before us. We gotta hurry up and make our way to the island quickly."
Shanks made a grave face.
' He better still be alive, or the world government will have more than just the revolutionary army aiming for their necks.'
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"Hmmm, all these women are beautiful but none are getting me excited. How about I try something new." Gont continued to look around and found something that made him click.
"Ah, its been a while since I've experienced this seeing as how my dad never allows me to play with these at home. Bring all they young girls here!"
Everyone exclaimed; fathers looked at their young daughters with distress and feelings of anger erupted in the brothers of these girls.
"You are not gonna touch my sister you fat pig!" A young boy ran out attempting to punch the celestial dragon.
The celestial dragon pulled out a gun from his holster and aimed it at the dashing kid.
"Wait! Kill me! He is just a boy please!" Pleaded the father.
The dragon smiled.
"Don't worry," hearing these words relieved the dad, but only for a second."I was planning on killing his whole family anyways. Now bye-bye, little bo-"
THUD!
A small, round rock landed on the Celestial Dragon. Although he was wearing a full body suit so the rock didn't hurt him whatsoever he still got ticked off.
"AHHHH! WHO HAS THE AUDACITY!"
His bodyguard looked over and found Viktor holding another rock, ready to throw it and behind Viktor was Sarah.
"Master, over there."
Gont looked over and saw Viktor and his anger was ignited, yet when he averted his gaze and looked at Sarah, he revealed a vile smile.
"Good. Hey, go get me that girl now! Kill the boy too!"
"Yes, master." The suited man held a poker face.
His body flickered and he appeared before Sarah, he attempted to grab her yet Viktor pushed her out of the way.
"Run!" He yelled with his legs shaking. He was afraid, really, really afraid, yet he stood in front of this man to protect Sarah.
The suited man's face remained still like a stone as he cocked his fist back, charging it with overpowering, tyrannical strength likely capable of blowing Viktor into pieces, literally.
Time seemed to slow down as Viktor stared at the fist coming towards him.
'Am I gonna die here?'
'I guess I am.'
'It's ok, it's not like I have family or anyone who cares for me.... right?'
Images of the mayor and Shanks flashed through his brain.
'Will they... miss me?'
'I don't know.'
Finally an image of him and Sarah under a tree sleeping next to each other before his eyes.
'NO! NO! NO! NO! I CAN'T DIE, NOT NOW, NOT EVER! I HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR! I CAN MARRY SARAH, I CAN BECOME A PIRATE, I CAN EXPLORE THE WORLD, I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO, SO MUCH I HAVE YET TO DO SO I CAN'T DIE NOW!'
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"As time continued to flow a strange and tyrannical force erupted from within Viktor's body.
"AHHHHHHHHH! I CAN'T DIE!" He didn't know why he was yelling, he didn't know what was happening, all he knew was that he wanted to live, he wanted to live more badly than ever, and that he wouldn't let this scumbag kill him.
ZOOM!
The force broke through the obstacles it faced in Viktor's body. Now without any shackles, this strange force was released outwards projecting a terrifying intent.
Gont the celestial dragon found himself in pain before his eyes rolled back and he began falling on the floor. But a quick flicker by the suited man saved him from falling.
"Haoshoku Haki! The power of kings!" Exclaimed the suited man.
"Just who is this kid. No! It doesn't matter! He hurt Gont which is unforgivable, both of us need to pay for this with our lives, no the entire island does too!" This brainwashed, suited soldier dashed towards Viktor in a split second, he reached out with his palm, intending to crush the poor boy's skull. The Haoshoku Haki was luckily too weak currently to kill him seeing as how the host has yet to become strong and temper himself which allowed this suited man to only be slightly buffeted by it.
Yet in the second before he had clutched Viktor's skull, he felt a nudge on his stomach which pushed him back a couple steps. He turned his head up only to see an old man clutching on a broom, breathing heavily as if he had run a marathon.
"Mayor!" Cried out Viktor.
"Run you stupid boy, go and live on and let us adults do our business."
"That won't fly 'mayor', I need to kill everyone on this island, so no one must be left alive. You surely must understand right?"
"Hmph, come at me boy!" Yelled the mayor bravely.
'Mayor...'
"What is your name!?!" Asked Viktor.
The mayor turned around with a smile and replied," Gus, hehe, my name is Gus"
Yet that would be the final word he would say.
ZING!
The mayor's head was lopped right off with but a finger of the now slightly more serious suited man.
"It's time to end all this foolery.."
"MAYOR!" Viktor began sobbing as he ran towards the now dismembered head of the mayor. He held it close as he stared at the face which had accepted him into this village and had even remembered to send him money and take care of him when no one else wouldn't.
"Mayor..." Whispered Viktor.
'Why? Why am I so weak? Why does everything always have to go wrong? Why? WHY?!?'
Wiping his tears, he slowly got up and took a pathetic fighting stance.
"Hey, you!" He pointed at the suited man, "Come at me! I'll kill you!"
The man blinked towards Viktor while punching out. Viktor, who was ready for death, found his body being moved out of the way. He turned his head and looked over to see his rescuer.
"Sarah..."
Thud!
The fist penetrated her chest, going straight through her body as if it was paper.
"Bleh" She spat out a mouth full of blood and she looked at Viktor with tears streaming down her face.
"Yo-you know... I always had a crush o-on you, hehe. It's pretty silly to plan a marriage and how many kids you want with someone when you're nine right? Hehe. I was always afraid of telling you though... I don't know why I am telling you now but Vik, I love you." She wholeheartedly said while spitting out blood.
She gave a weak smile.
"I'll probably die... I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty scared about it. You never really know whats on the other side, you know? But.. it's probably much better than seeing you die. And hey! Don't you dare get hung up on me, don't lie to me I know you also like me hehe. How could you not wh-when I'm so...Gr-great. So when you meet a great girl in the future, treat her right ok? Oh.. also pr-promise me to take care of your health, and for goodness sake make some fr-friends. Hehe, it may b-be a bit selfish of me.. but don't you dare forget me ok? Because I-I would really hate to ha-"
Bang!
Her head was blown to pieces by a flying bullet. Viktor's tears that didn't want to stop streaming down his face froze. His eyes dilated and he didn't move. Slowly, he turned his head to look at the source of the bullet. Only to see the ugly bastard back on his feet with a pistol held out towards Sarah's now mutilated corpse.
"I-I-I, w-w-wha, huh?" Viktor couldn't process anything as his body and mind just seemed to want to shut down.
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BANG!!
The whole island shook as pebbles began to rise, dark clouds seemed to be over the mountains and the wind began to pick up.
"OH!??! Look what we have here. A little baby dragon has come out of it's cage to play. So you wanna play, then we should take our time shouldn't we?"
The Celestial dragon visible shivered uncontrollably as he sensed this bloodlust pure rage. He looked up only to see a man with flowing red hair and a straw hat.
"Wh-who do you think you are!?" Yelled Gont with a bit of fear and hesitancy, contrasting to his previous statements filled with gusto.
"Oh, little old me? I'm just a normal pirate, in case we haven't met, my name is Shanks."
The suited man showed extreme vigilance and fear at that name as he blinked in front of the Celestial Dragon in a protective stance.
"One of the four Yonko; The red-head pirate's Shanks! What do you want with us?"
Shanks smiled, yet this was not his usual charismatic and friendly smile. This was a smile with immense hatred and danger within.
"You seem a bit stuffy, let's try to take that suit off ok?"
Shanks stretched both of his palms to his sides as far as he could before bringing them together and clapping towards the duo.
BOOM!
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A sonic wave erupted bringing forth a gust of terrifying win which only seemed to harm the clothes of the duo and nothing else.
RIP!
The previously suited bodyguard and the Celestial Dragon found themselves nude on the floor with minor scratches.
"Yo-you dare touch me!" Gont reached for a golden button he had but within that second something unexpected occurred. There was a second gust of wind, yet this gust of wind brought more than just scratches. This gust of wind was Shanks moving beyond the speed of sound.
RIP!
Shanks was back at his original place in an instant. Yet this time, in his hand was an arm.
"Guess you won't be needing this he said as he tossed it behind him into the ocean along with the buzzer in his hand.
"YAHHHHHH!" Cried the currently one-armed Gont.
"MY ARM! MY ARM! It is worth more than any object in this earth you maggot! You return that along with your head!"
"Yonko Shanks! I am in no place to do this but in the name of the Celestial Dragons, I advise you to stop this now. You, as a powerful force, have our respect yet you cannot abuse this respect."
"Blah blah blah! Keep on spouting the same bullshit! I have your respect, well I better have it otherwise a majority of the Celestial Dragons alive would be dead if they had even so much as looked at me wrong. You scum of the earth truly deserve to die, and yet there are some forces which are capable of having me hold back against you guys so be thankful. And although I may have your respect, you certainly don't have mine so you asking me to stop is attempting me to show respect isn't it?"
Shanks looked up at the sky, thinking. He then looked back the frozen Viktor who was cradling what was left of Sarah's body and the mayor's head.
"Sigh... I think it's time for some change in this world."
Crunch!
Crunch!
"YAHHH!" Cried Gont.
This time both of his legs were crushed as he was no currently under Shanks' foot.
"Stop, please! Don't kill him! I beg of you, don't!"
"Hehe. Don't worry," this statement relieved the previously suited, one-eyed bodyguard for a second." I am gonna kill you too!"
Crunch!
The Celestial Dragons head was crushed under Shanks' foot before he blinked and decapitated the one-eyed bodyguard in front of the entire village.
"And this marks a war doesn't it?"-Yassop
"Maybe not.."-Ben Beckman
"War sounds like fun!"-Lucky Roo
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"Sarah, I'll kill them all... The Celestial Dragons? Fuck it, everyone's dying!"
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