I lost track of how long I've been here, with only the light above me and the women to keep me company, and neither will tell me. The women always come in each time through the same door, with different weapons each time. After a while, I stopped feeling it. I know that they noticed. Hell, even I noticed that I acted differently. And I might as well be blind to social cues. I couldn't help but feel how powerless I was in this situation. People stomping on me as they wish while I can't even gore them to death. It's frustrating. I couldn't help but begin to think of what power feels like. What it tastes like. Or I would think of what I would do if I got power. Probably blow up the world. I chuckled at my own joke inwardly.

While I was lying there joking with myself the two women, who I deemed to be twins, were taking katanas to me. The perfect weapon for stabbing opponents, whilst keeping oneself safe. As if they were made by a king of the forge. Perfectly symmetrical, not a nook or cranny on the blade, made to cut through bone like butter, truly a weapon fit for a god. Or a toy for me to be stabbed with. To anyone other than the women who were stabbing him they would be retching continuously at the sight. Blood spewing everywhere, small chunks of flesh here and there when they turned their blades suddenly, and the god awful smile that the monster had on his face. It looked like it ate babies for a living. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. Without knowing the beast there would be no one to tell its story.

Though if someone were to hear it they would either think it was boring or they would throw up, as a life of torture, pain, and gore are not one for the light-hearted nor the light gutted. It's an interesting feeling, being stabbed but not feeling the pain that it should normally hold. It's similar to seeing sound. Some people can do it but others can not. Had it not been for my excessive regeneration abilities, I'm certain that I would have already died. Oh, is it time for them to leave yet? Great, now I'm bored again. Maybe I should just kill myself. It would be better than just sitting here doing nothing. Alright, let's do this.

While thinking that I immediately began the arduous task of killing myself. I can't really take a knife to myself but what I can do is move my neck to my claws and stab myself. It was slow, as my scales were extremely hard and tough. But like a dull knife going through a chicken breast, I eventually began to get deeper. I felt the blood run down my claw, and I felt my consciousness dim. I must press forward. If I don't, I will be bored! I kept cutting and cutting, till I hit something hard. By this point I was only seeing greys around me, spots dancing in my eyes. I knew I was dying. Finally, Death. So you show yourself once more. If I ever meet a human again, no matter how numerous or how strong, If I dislike them even the slightest. I WILL KILL THEM! now then SHOW ME WHAT LIES IN THE GREAT BEYOND!

LEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRROYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! JEEEEEEEEENNNNNNKIIIIIIIINSSSSSSSSS!!!!

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I woke up to lights flashing in my face. Is this the beyond? Just lights flashing? I eventually grew accustomed to the lights, and I opened my eyes to see an everlasting blue. I saw ripples in the sky, consistently moving around. Like blue clouds. It's an astonishing sight. There was a small white spot, however, in this sea of blue. It looked like a white circle, with white spikes decorating it. I realized what I was looking at. I had gone underwater many times in my previous life as I lived in Florida. I was staring at the sun from underwater. Wait, I can breathe. But I'm underwater.

While I was having a mental debate inside my mind as to whether or not I'm hallucinating. I looked around and saw nothing. It wasn't like being in the Pacific ocean and not seeing anything, it was just nothingness but water. And it wasn't normal water, it was clear. EXTREMELY clear. It was like looking through a glass screen. You see exactly what is on the other side. And all I saw was light. I knew that there was water in between us but it was so surreal. I felt like I was in a ball of water.

Congratulations on reincarnation. your primary purpose is to rule the seas for me. be careful of exposing your identity though, as right now you are in an extremely difficult situation as most strong people could kill you. In all my generosity, I have decided to give you the power of the absolute monarch of the sea, and I hope you use the powers well. You are currently on what is the seed that made the world of One piece, and Currently, you are at the very beginning of everything. Watch what happens. It should be interesting for you to watch. and 1 last thing. if you want to get stronger I only have one thing to tell you: Consumption and Comprehension. Look back on your past two lives, and find a reason why you should keep going as a human. but let me give you a hint. You shouldn't. even compared to monsters such as yourself, humans are worse. your goal is simple, and the means to do it are right before you. simply take control of it. Good luck sonny, and make a good show for us would you?

The fuck? THE FUCK??????? What is this shit and WHY do I have to deal with it. *Le sigh* well at least I get power. Now then, as much as I hate to admit it, the thing is right. Humans are terrible creatures. They are Greedy for no reason other than to be greedy. They take great pleasure in putting others down before them. Be it other humans or animals or in my case, monsters. Truly terrible. While I was thinking to myself as to why I hate humans, I felt a shaking in my little pond that I called home. the water itself was scared of the power that was being put out. I couldn't help but look around me, trying to find out what would cause something so basic yet so powerful to feel fear. And then I saw it. Or rather, them.

There were three men. One had golden/bronze skin with long white hair going down into a beard, a third eye, and a toga. Lightning crackled around him as he floated around. The second was a blue-skinned man with white hair but he held no third eye nor a toga. He held a trident in his hands and wore a deep blue crown upon his head. Water simply soaked from him and into him, going and coming equally creating order around him. The third man May have been the most terrifying to look upon. The skin upon his face was melted making him look like a zombie in some ways while I could see his entire jaw. His hair, unlike the others, glowed a bright red and a ball of fire burned in his right hand while his left was stretching down, beneath my pool of water and down into Something.

He had red eyes and courses of red flowed through his arms. He had upon himself a red toga. The worst part was that they were all staring at me. (except the third because he was working on something down below me. The first two seemed to be speaking to each other as the second asked the first, “Αδερφέ, τι είναι αυτό το πλάσμα; Δεν έχω μνήμη να δημιουργώ ένα τέτοιο περίεργο ον. Κάνατε εσείς ή ο Άδης κάτι;”  his voices were deep and held a questioning tone to it. Most likely talking about me. Their language didn't make sense to me as it just sounded like nonsense. The first looked at the second and seemed to defend himself as his hands were raised, “Δεν ξέρω τι είναι, υποθέτω ότι το δημιουργήσατε όταν εγώ και οι hades δεν έψαχναν. ΑΔΗΣ! Κάνατε αυτό το πράγμα;” the first responded to the second before yelling at the third who simply grunted before returning back to his work. The two turned their attention back upon me. The second looked at the first and spoke for a bit, he seemed to be asking for his opinion,

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“Λοιπόν, τώρα που το βλέπω, φαίνεται αρκετά χαριτωμένο. Ίσως να το κρατήσω ως κατοικίδιο ζώο. ή αν είναι αρκετά έξυπνος, θα μπορούσα να το μετατρέψω σε μια πραγματική ύπαρξη με την πλήρη έννοια της λέξης. Τι νομίζεις ότι ο Δίας;” the first looked between the second and me for a little while, as if he was deciding what to do before the third shouted out something before breaking out into laughter. “

Ίσως να την υιοθετήσετε ως γιο σας! πάντα έκανες κάτι για τα τέρατα Ποσειδώνα.” I don't know why, but I feel insulted after listening to the third guy. Though I must have shown it because the second simply chuckled at my expression.

“Πολύ καλά, θα τον πάρω. ποιος ξέρει, μπορεί να καταλήξει να με υπερηφανεύεται για να τον πάρω.” I couldn't understand what they were saying I felt interested in their conversation. The second seemed to notice this as he swept his hands down towards me and my little home. He plunged his had deep into my home and tapped me on my forehead. With the tap upon my forehead, I felt the knowledge he possessed flow into me. I Was fed information from…. From my father. I felt that it came from an everlasting well of knowledge. Part of me burned with the desire to obtain this well for myself, but another part of me felt gratitude towards him for teaching me this knowledge.

It showed me the language he had spoken, it showed the powers that he possessed, and it showed how he saw things in the world's he had traveled. He showed me his family, and he showed me who he was. He was Poseidon, lord of the ocean, and the king of the oceanic view. “Με καταλαβαίν-Me?” I said nothing but I did show that I could tell what he said at the end of his sentence. “Can you understand me, young one?” I simply nodded my head to signify that I could, in fact, understand him. He seemed satisfied with simply that. He shouted towards the two others, "Hey, let's get this started, I want to sleep soon." I couldnt help but look up at my father with a questioning gaze as if waiting for it however, he simply turned around and told me, “we are creating a new world. Why? Because we are a bit bored and we find that making worlds and watching the mortals that inhabit them to be rather entertaining. However, I will give you a choice. Either you can live in the mortal world for a while till  its destruction, or you can wait a little while and watch them with us in the higher planes.”

I thought about it for a while before choosing the first option. I have always been a bit more hands-on type of per-monster. So it should be fun to wait for them only to devour them when they pass by. I couldn't keep what I thought to be a grin off my face. Though Father was much less happy about it. He had on a face that looked like he had just seen a monster looking to rape him. “Please, Never Do That Again.” He was rather blunt about it but I understood. I looked at him with a face that asked: what now? He looked at me then looked at the pool of water I was in before his face lit up with a mischevious smile on it.

“Simple, since you want to have a hands-on experience, I will give that to you. Though it will take many centuries possibly millennia before humans will be able to occupy this space. So instead of having you sleep and learn nothing, You will stay awake and continue to try to find out more about yourself, and possibly make some entertainment for us.” I realized all too late because after he said that he tapped my forehead once more. This time he didn't give me knowledge, however, instead he gave me will power. The chance to change and to focus. After that father left with his uncles and began to create the world that I would live in. I was in a daze. I wasn't sleepy, just dazed. I started to move my limbs around.

I had already noticed that I had more than a normal person should. I was still in the body from my second “Life”. I will forever be a monster. But hey, who said being a monster is a bad thing. After all, you never know what might happen to you, and this is just one of those things. I moved my body instinctively while my father worked on the planet. He began to move earth into the center of my home. It began to solidify and grow in size as I watched. I sunk my limbs deep within the ground and I pulled my body close, ready for what was about to happen. Father started to pile mud and dirt around my central body to keep others from finding it while I'm on auto-pilot mode, after all, I don't want random creatures to bite into me while I work. I begin to close my eyes and prepare for what will happen, and My mind drifts from my body.

……..(MANY MANY millennia later)

I woke up in the darkness, completely surrounded by blocks of mud. I tried to move my body and found that, as it turns out, mud underwater is extremely heavy. He must be challenging my right now. I couldn't help but think about him in this situation. I put more force into my limb and I felt one of them come free of my prison. I immediately put it to use in getting more mud off my other arms. After I had cleared them all up I began the work on my chest area. After an hour (I think) I managed to pull off all of the mud and stone and I pushed myself up from the depths. I looked up above and saw the light from the sun before I looked around me and noticed I was surrounded on all sides by massive walls.

Just how strong is Father to do all this? I couldn't help but think of the massive amounts of power required to make this work. I eventually swam upwards and basked in the light. I opened my eyes and I saw fish swimming around me like some sort of unique landmark for tourists. It took me a second but I realized that I knew one of those fish. I quickly turned my head around to look at it and I realized what it was. It wasn't a fish at all. It was a shark. It looked a lot like a great white shark from my world, but at the same time, it looked slightly different here and there. There were additional fins on its upper body, and a horn pointing out from its forehead like a rhino.

I realized that I was early to the party as most sharks that I knew don't have that. While I was thinking about that another part of me couldn't get what the box had said. find a reason why you should keep going as a human. but let me give you a hint. You shouldn't. even compared to monsters such as yourself, humans are worse. I couldn't help but try to think what it meant on that. If I must do it to live, I will gladly give up my humanity. After all who wants it? Heh, this reminds me of a poem.

Below the thunders of the upper deep;

Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,

His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep

The Leviathan sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee

About his shadowy sides; above him swell

Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;

And far away into the sickly light,

From many a wondrous grot and secret cell

Unnumber'd and enormous polypi

Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.

There hath he lain for ages, and will lie

Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,

Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;

Then once by man and angels to be seen,

In the roaring, he shall rise and on the surface die.

There were a few differences between me and the story but it was rather similar. What does the ocean look like right now? I'm kind of curious. However, my mind quickly threw this to the back of my mind as curiosity got the best of me and I rushed towards the surface. SHIT GOING TOO FAST! I realized too late that I have no control over my body and I really should train. However, before that, I ended up shooting myself into the air. Yep, out of the water and into the air. I did, however, get to see what was around me, and what I did see shocked me. Standing in front of me was an elephant. But it wasn't like other elephants. Most elephants measure at about 8 to 11 feet tall. This one was much larger. He was far too big to be called a normal elephant. How do I know? because of the fact that It is about half the size of my scythe. I landed back in the water with a tidal wave of a splash but I didn't care. I wanted to see more of that elephant. I needed to see it again. I immediately rushed back up to the surface but this time I slowed down towards the end and managed to save myself from throwing myself again. Now that I did that I got a better look at this elephant. It was both tall and bulky, like a pro wrestler. But its eyes contained wisdom in it that wasn't natural for a monster let alone humans. It feels like I'm looking at an elderly person whos trying to tell me a story. Though past the wisdom was shock. Now, this isn't just normal surprise, but absolute shock as to what was happening in front of it. A monster with six limbs, two large claws, and a tail that could cause earthquakes had just jumped into the air in front of it.