It is 6 a.m., The sun is rising on top of the mountains that are ice-capped during this cold winter. And a sixteen-year-old teenager comes out of his home; he is wearing a blue running suit with blue running pants.
He was a muscular, tall guy with black hockey hair.
He started running on the streets; it seems that he was doing a morning run. He was enjoying the feeling of the air dropping on his face and the sweat coming from his forehead.
He was genuinely happy at that moment, and his smile was breaking his face from how big it was; at the same time, he was having a hard time.
He was running on his toes, with a straight back, and sweating.
Not falling on his face after running this much was hard for him; he started feeling sweat every time he moved his back. He had been running for thirty minutes straight.
He then took a turn to enter an alley, not thinking of anything else, enjoying life at its peak, suddenly feeling pain in his head, and falling to the ground.
The last thing he saw before losing sight was a black man wearing black sunglasses and a white mask.
"Am I going to become the Conan of this world?" The man sarcastically said
"Why, among all human beings, did you choose me?"
"I Still want to live; I Want to explore the world; I don't have enough of life."
"I Still didn't finish one piece; There are lots of manga chapters I Didn't read; I Didn't enjoy life; and I Didn't get anything on my dream list done."
"You take Life from me? Who the Fuck Decided That?"
The Guy had Anger in his voice, yet he had hope; he hoped that he would open his eyes and continue from where he stopped.
He then started regaining his senses, smelling fresh air, hearing noises and bird sounds, and opening his eyes when he was truly shocked.
He was suddenly in an unknown place; he was, for some reason, holding a wooden stick with his left hand; he was not walking; he felt like he was setting on something; he wanted to know what he was mounting. He freaked out and scrambled in fear after realizing he was riding a tiger.
Still unconscious of his place, The guy decided to take a walk to discover it, But Before he moved, he heard a sudden scream that made him tremble in fear and stop in his tracks.
The sound was unfamiliar to his ears, but he felt it in his soul. He immediately turned around to the sound source, and when he looked at the person in front of him, he did not believe himself.
He Started rubbing his eyes to see if that was real. He was standing in front of the Marines hero himself, The Rival of the Pirate Kings, Gol D. Roger, and Monkey D. Garp.
"This is my grandson, Luffy. He's living with you from now on. Say Hi to him."
Yo," Luffy said.
The guy was kind of disgusted. This booger-eating and mouth-breathing kid is really the guy who is going to be the next pirate king. He was trying to keep his hands clean from this booger-eating kid. He handshaked Luffy's wrist and smiled in his face.
He then decided to get out and smell some fresh air; like nothing happened, he went out for a normal walk. It's like he did not suddenly get to this place; he's taking a normal run.
He took his calm and calculated the options he had; the options were few, and he could either 1. become a pirate, 2. become a marine, or 3. become a bounty hunter or warlord.
If he became a pirate, his best shot would be to train with the red-haired pirates. Training with the Whitebeard pirates was not a bad idea, but he would not have someone to teach him there. Learning how to use a sword from someone who is tied to the world's strongest swordsman is better than training with Whitebeard's clan.
Shank crew also have masterminds like Ben Beckman that can teach him strategic thinking; they have fewer famous crew members than Whitebeard's pirates, but they are more rounded with a stronger captain.
However, all of that would not matter as Luffy already ate the Hito Hito No Mi Model Nika, which made him destined to take the pirate king's place if everything went like the original story.
Becoming a marine would be good, and he can sail for a year before sailing as a pirate. Since Koby joined the Marines at 16 and Luffy sailed to sea at 17, he would have one more year to train; however, he would not have the chance to gather good friends since marines stink, and probably one day he would have to execute Luffy.
As this story goes, Blackbeard will take Luffy into the Marineford because he cannot take Ace, who is conscious of the future and all-knowing of the plan. He will do his original plan and take Monkey D. Luffy instead, and the Marineford this time will not have Whitebeard unless he joins the Whitebeard crew and joins the fight, which would make Whitebeard go to help his son.
He would not want to be in that situation where he's in the Marines and cannot help being luffy; it would be a shame.
Left with the last option, he had a problem: if he wanted to become a warlord of the sea, he needed one of two things: either to 1. hunt a pirate with 100 million bounty berries, or 2. Become a strong pirate with 100 million bounty berries.
The second is easy, but he still does not want to become a pirate and enter all that shit; the first option is hard because 100+ million berry pirates are unique and there is just a group of them overall.
His biggest shot, and probably the worst, is to hunt one of the worst generations, as they all pass 100+ million berries, but all of them have an effect on the plot, which is definitely something he will not love to do.
It wouldn't be that hard if he could divide those 100+ million berries among a couple of pirates and get them.
If he becomes a warlord, he will have more influence and an overall higher place in the world, but being a pirate would be a better chance, especially as a captain.
It has a simple reason: if he is taking orders from someone, it would be hard to influence the world. Learning from red-haired pirates or white-beard pirates is definitely good, but he would still have a leader who orders him.
Ace is knowledgeable of the world of One Piece and knows how it can be affected by every small thing that changes; he wants the devil's fruit of a non-main character.
He gasped for air. He wanted a fruit with an easy grasp of its power and preferred it to be logia, eliminating all admirals and Yonko's fruits and all warlords fruits as well. He had just a small portion of fruit until he realized something was missing. He knew all the fruits were in one piece, and there was definitely something wrong. In the logia category, there is no fruit for wind or earth, but there are fruits for forest and smoke.
Remembering Vegapunk's word about how devil fruits come to life, it's probably possible that he is saying the truth: Big Mom's crew doesn't search for the sweet fruits; they come to them. It's like Vegapunk's words were right.
There are fruits with their own will and fruits that exist because of people's wishes.
Ace He thought of all the possible fruits he could get. The easiest two were the Mera Mera No Mi and the Goro Goro No Mi; they are good cheeses for paradise and have amazing power. Goro Goro no mi can be countered by Gomo Gomo No mi, unlike Mera Mera no mi, which is countered by Magu Magu no mi and heat-resistant armor that can be created by humans.
Goro Goro No Mi is definitely better but is a bit harder to obtain; El had this fruit 8 years before the start of the story, which means he will have it when Ace sets sail at the age of 17, But he can be beaten by Kairoseki-coated weapons.
Cutting his ideas rope and planning strings, kid Luffy came following him and screaming his name. He was annoying. Ace Turned around to face him and screamed in his face, asking what he wanted. He didn't hate Luffy that much, but he was a fan of silence and chilling.
Luffy just asked him lots of questions. Ace decided to avoid him and quickened his pace, running through the jungle until Luffy disappeared from his sight. He ended up at the cliff, where he found Sabo hiding some treasures there.
Ace greeted him and laid on the ground there, watching the sun with a smile on his face. He was at the apex of relaxation; he wasn't feeling it; he was in the moment. As the wind was blowing his hair lightly, Luffy came screaming and broke his moment yet again.
Ace took a deep breath and then took the metal pipe from Sabo. He gave a devilish smile before tapping the metal pipe on his palm twice.
Ace then proceeded to walk up to Luffy and hit him with the pipe in his stomach, knocking him out. Ace then took a rope and tied Luffy into the tree before having a conversation with Sabo about whether they should kill Luffy or not.
Ace was serious about killing the protagonist for a moment; he just did not like him and his annoyance.
Luffy was regaining consciousness when he heard Ace's words and freaked out. Luffy started crying and screaming for help.
On the other side of the forest, The Bluejam Pirates heard Luffy's screams. They Decided to divide into groups and search for that sound source. Bluejam went with two of his men.
Bluejam was walking in front. He saw a glimpse of Luffy. He then walked up to him and told his men to follow him. He went to the area and found no one except the tied-to-the-tree Luffy. He Told his men that it was just a kid tied to a tree, and as he was untying the luffy that was tied to the tree, Ace Jumped On Him and hit him on the back of his head using the metal pipe.
Ace then proceeded to hit him repeatedly with the pipe on the back of his head until Bluejam went unconscious. His men, who were late, saw Ace hitting him.
"You Little Brat."
The Man screamed and Ran to Ace with his sword. Ace used Bluejam's Body As a shield, which made the pirate kill his captain. Ace then used Bluejam and bashed him into the pirate, making him fall to the ground. Then he took Bluejam's gun, which was on his waist, and shot that guy.
Ace Was getting knocked down whenever he shot the trigger; it was a hard thing to shoot with his weak shoulders, but he was able to get off one shot.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!"
Sabo screamed as he saw the other guy get his gun and pull the trigger.
Ace noticed it too late. The shot was aimed at his shoulder, which was holding the gun. Ace Got Hard bleeding after the shot. He was screaming because of the pain. Ace Looked at that guy with the tip of his eyes. He activated a small charge of conqueror haki that knocked the guy off.
Luffy was amazed by Ace. He was like the father figure he wanted. He Saw that Shanks was cool, But Ace looked even cooler in his eyes. He Knocked a guy down just by looking at him.
"Sabo, Cut a piece of cloth and cover this hole. If I bled more, I would probably die."
Sabo then proceeded to do what Ace told him to do; he covered his injury and then carried him with Luffy until they reached the Dadan family. He got medical treatment there, but the bullet left a scar on his shoulder.
Welcome to One Piece Odyssey!
"Where Am I?"
Ace woke up in front of a blue screen, unconscious of his place. He Looked at the message he was receiving and clicked Next.
[Introduction to One Piece Odyssey]
01. Your stats do not increase through training; they only increase through leveling up and putting points in them.
02. At every level, you get 3 points, which make you able to max out 3 stats only.
03. You have 5 stats: strength, dexterity, endurance, weapon mastery, and devil fruit mastery.
04. Strength: Determines how much damage you can deal, Dexterity: This Determines your speed and accuracy. Devil Fruit Mastery: Determines your proficiency in using devil fruit powers. Weapons Mastery: This Determines your proficiency in using different types of weapons. Endurance: It Determines your health and resistance to damage.
05. For every 5 levels, you get 15 skill points.
06. You can only increase Haki through skill points.
07. Armament Haki is unlocked at the age of 16.
08. You can put points into Armament Haki, but it will only be unlocked when you reach the age of 16.
09. Every haki has 3 stages; every stage is 10 levels; every level needs 3 points; and every haki needs 100 points to reach advanced.
10. If you kill excessive amounts of a certain type of monster, you will get less XP from them.
11. You can put points into devil fruit mastery, but it won't have any effect on you until you get a devil fruit.
12. You cannot reset your stat points. Every decision you make is final.
Ace took a look at that page and realized a problem: if he can max out three stats, that means he either has no strength, no endurance, no dexterity, or no devil fruit; he can't choose in between.
He can let Devil Fruit and Weapon Mastery work. His best example would be Shanks, a man who uses no devil fruit but managed to reach Yonko. Thinking of his choices for weapons, Ace chose to just use fists, going for Strength, Dexterity, And Endurance. That will make him unable to use swords or devil fruits, but it would work better than replacing one of said stats with weapon mastery.
Other Examples that come to mind when he thinks about non-devil fruit users that also don't use weapons are Garp and Sanji; both are strong people, even though Sanji had his genes changed, which is basically a cheat code.
Ace pressed the end button, which made him wake up. He found himself laying on a bed; Dadan slept on herself while she was next to him; and Sabo and Luffy were both sleeping on the ground for some reason. He didn't know why this was happening, so he decided to get out and ask anyone.
Ace stood up and made his bed before getting out of the room and meeting Dogro. Dogro had a weird face. He Told Ace to go back to his bed because he had been sleeping for three days and he would get him whatever he wanted.
Ace He looked at Dogra and told him not to tilt and chill, then made sure to tell him he was better than ever before and jumped three times so Dogra could let him go.
After that, Ace went for a walk and went to the forest where he killed Bluejam. He searched a bit until he found Bluejam's corpse. Bluejam had an 18 million berry bounty, which is not a lot considering how expensive devil fruits are, but it's a good amount.
He took the sword Bluejam had and cut his neck with it, then took his neck and wrapped it with Bluejam's clothes. He had a small problem with how a 10-year-old like him killed an 18-million-dollar bounty pirate.
"Hey OPO, Do you have something that can change my look?"
[The reshape pill is worth 3 million berries; it can change the user's look to whatever he desires; it can only be used once before you have to buy another reshape pill; it lasts for 24 hours.]
"Ok, Can I use debt to buy it?"
[Definitely yes.]
"Ok, I'll buy it now and give you the three million later."
If you don't pay the debt in the next 24 hours, your body will explode. [Are you sure you want to buy it?]
"I'm sure."
Ace bought the pill and ate it, then changed his look to the older version of Ace.
He then walked into the marine headquarters and took the bounty for killing bluejam, and then OPO took 3 million, leaving him with 15 million berries.
Ace didn't have anything to buy with that amount of money, but he didn't want to store it with Sabo since that would make Sabo buy the ship earlier, which would change the timeline.
He decided to save it in another secret place so he could use it for himself. When he walked by, he saw a girl. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. He saw that she was cute. waking up to himself, she was just a 10-year-old girl. It's probably the 10-year-old ace body that was attracted to her.
That girl looked at Ace with shock; it was like she saw death. She didn't know how, when, or what she was watching. It was just a blink of an eye, but it had a huge impact.
Ace didn't care and went to the forest so he could find this treasure. That girl followed him secretly; she was putting her hands over her mouth, so she didn't make any sound.
She saw Ace bury that big bag—she didn't know what was inside it—and then transform into a 10-year-old version of himself. She didn't know what was happening.
"So, He is also in the group; wait, he's in the other five, the incarnations."
Her words seemed meaningless. What group? What does she mean by the other five incarnations? It looks like nonsense and batshit, but only time will reveal what she is talking about.
Ace didn't know about her; he just went to the dadan's family house after this and ate his breakfast. He was chilling, and on the opposite side, that girl was sweating.
The next day, Ace went down to the village again, trying to meet that girl again. He walked from the same place and eventually saw a glimpse of her blonde hair. He followed her until he caught her.
"Hi, I find you very cute. Can we become friends?
Ace was blushing and was really honest; he was desperate for her to accept.
The girl blushed as well; she was very shy after hearing that, and she slowly moved her hair out of her face.
"Uh, definitely, we can be friends. My name is Luna."
"I'm Ace, Nice to meet you, Luna."
"Me too."
"You want to meet my family?"
"Don't you think it's too early for that?"
"I'll take that as yes, then."
Ace grabbed her hand and ran to the Dadan family. Luna was shy about how he grabbed her hand.
"Luna, this is my foster mother; dadan, dogra, magra, Luffy, Sabo, guys, this is Luna, my friend."
"Hi Luna," the group said in synchronization.
"Hi Everyone."
Looking at this lunch, Ace knew why Luffy was obsessed with meat; they literally cooked nothing but meat and some soup.
Ace took his fork and started shredding Luna's meat.
"Don't worry, you can eat it like that."
Ace looked at Luna and smiled. He was truly happy.
"Thank you."
Luna blushed. She doesn't know her feelings; she doesn't know if she loves Ace or not.
Ace held the fork and took a piece of meat.
"Luna, Say AAAAAH."
Luna opened her mouth and ate the piece of meat while blushing.
"Hey dadan, should we do something?" dogra said
"Naah, let them; it would be fine."
Sabo just left the table at that point, while Luffy didn't care; he just wanted to eat meat.
Luna stayed with the Dadan family until dinner, then Ace made sure that she reached her home.
Ace took a walk in the forest before deciding to check on his treasure. He went there and found nothing suspicious, and his treasure was not missing anything.
Ace then took the treasure bag with him and went to the village.
The next day came, the Dadan family woke up, and Ace had already woken up at 6 a.m. and done a morning walk. He killed two bears in a wrestling match and tamed a wolf, a wolf pack, and many of them.
Ace went to Luna's home to meet her again. He took Luna for a walk, and Ace and Luna ate some street food and played some games.
Ace then took Luna to a jewelry shop.
"Choose whichever ring you like; I'll buy it for you."
"Are you sure?"
"Definitely."
Luna roamed around and looked at the rings; each one was more beautiful and astonishing than the other. Her eyes fell on a Golden ring with a green emerald in the middle that was shaped like a rhombus.
"Can you buy me this?"
Ace looked at the ring; it was worth around 10 million berries.
"Definitely."
Ace had already paid the jewelry shop owner 15 million berries last night. He went to the shop owner, took 5 out of his original 15 million, and took the ring with him.
The Ring was definitely big for Luna; she's just 10 years old.
"I can't wait to see this beautiful ring in your fingers, Luna."
"I Love you, Luna."
Luna blushed; she couldn't hold it anymore. She liked Ace, but she wasn't able to express her feelings. It had been two days, but she really fell in love with him.
"I Love you too, Ace."
Luna ran away after that and went home blushing.
Ace and Luna's relationship improved over the days; Luffy was training on his devil fruit; Sabo was gathering treasures to get his ship, which he eventually did, but Sabo's ship got wrecked by a celestial dragon; and time passed.
"Hey Ace, Dadan, where's Ace?"
"He went for his morning run."
"Can't he just rest a day? He always goes at exactly 6 a.m.; he never rested a day in all those years."
Ace went to the forest. He always runs because he has nothing else to do. Monsters don't give him exp anymore; he killed them so much in the past few years that they became worthless. He sighed, remembering how he had been stuck at Level 2 for two years. He's now 13 years old, but he can't progress further at all. The reshaping pill strategy is hard to use as he can only buy a limited amount of them in a month. Also, he needs to come back home every day in his teenage form.
Besides that, Dawn Island had no famous or renowned pirates from whom he could get good bounties. He sighed again, looking at the sky.
Not noticing, Ace had already reached the tip of the mountain. He sat down, looked at the sky for a bit, and took his breath. After 2 minutes, Ace stood up and walked back to the Dadan family house.
Ace already tamed the forest monsters; whenever he walked by, all the monsters would bow and run away. Ace didn't have a reason to kill them anymore because they don't give exp, so they were left in peace for the last 2 years.
The Sekada sounds were through the whole forest, Ace was Raptured by how beautiful these sounds are, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath listening to that natural symphony, he didn't love music in his real life, he used to listen to vocals only versions instead, remembering his past life, Ace started to hear the words of Eminem's popular song "Stan" in his ears, he loved that song, especially in the winter where everything was cold and he felt depressed, he was listening to "Stan" when he was on his last morning run before he somehow got to this place.
"My tea is gone cold. I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all. The morning rain clouds up my window, And I can't see at all; even if I could, it would all be gray, but your picture on my wall reminds me that it is not so bad. It is not so bad."
"What is this song, Ace?"
"Oh, It is you, Luffy; how are you doing?"
"I'm fine. Are you coming to eat breakfast?"
"I Definitely Am."
"Then come in; whoever reaches first gets more meat."
"WAIT FOR ME. You should count to three before running, LUUUUFFFFFY.
Ace ran as fast as possible, with a smile on his face. Sweat was dripping down his forehead, and he was tired, but he was happy.
Ace couldn't catch Luffy; Luffy used his devil fruit powers to launch himself like a catapult and reach first.
"Damn you and your devil fruit, Luffy."
Ace kneeled a bit to take his breath. He put his hands on his knees, and his face was red from how fatigued he was.
"Ace The food will end if you don't come." Dadan said
"I'll come; just wait until I take my breath."
Ace slowly walked to the house, pushed the door open, and entered. He sat down on the table and started eating his breakfast; it was the usual breakfast: some eggs, bacon, meat, and more meat.
While Luffy was eating so fast and with no etiquette, Ace was using his fork and eating piece after piece, enjoying his food.
"Thanks for the food."
Ace looked at the sky.
"Who are you looking at?"
"no one."
"Who are you thanking?"
"God, DUUUUUUUUUUH."
Ace entered his room and started staring at the ceiling. He looked at his horrible stat page and sighed. He was mad at his level; he can't be that Overpowered Main Characterr that destroys the world. His guess was that this is the fun thing about the journey—its difficulty.
Taking a deep breath, Ace didn't know why he was in this place; he should've been in his regular life if not for that unlucky morning. He sighed again.
Ace stood up and went out of the house. He walked through the jungle of Mount Colmbo, thinking of his existence. He got down from the mountain to Fuusha Village, walking down the streets.
not noticing anything, drowning in the voices in his head.
"Ace, what are you thinking about?"
Luna Came out; she was looking at Ace and wondering why he looked so mad, so she walked up to him and held his hands.
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"It's nothing, sweetheart, nothing at all. Anyway, how's your day?"
"It's good"
Luna looked to the left.
"What happened? Luna, why are you silent? Tell me what happened."
"I don't know; I've been feeling sick lately. It's like I hate my life."
Ace was speechless, looking at her. He knew that feeling. He couldn't use words to do anything; he just hugged her in silence. She started crying on his shoulders, holding him more; she put her mouth in his shoulder; she screamed; it was like what she needed but didn't know that she needed it.
"You can cry, no problem; there's no problem in crying."
Ace rubbed his hand on her long blonde hair. That hair was like a wave in a calm sea; it was very soft. The camera zoomed out as they were hugging. That day ended, and no one talked about it again.
Ace woke up and sighed. It was not a fatigued sigh; it was a sigh because he felt relieved after the last day. He found that he's not the only one who feels some hate towards his life, and there's always a person he can lean on when he's sad. He stared at the wall and smiled.
Three years later, Ace and Luna Married.
after 4 years
"I'll miss you guys, luffy; see you in the grand line."
"My crew will be better than yours, ace."
"We will see about that."
Ace and Luna got into the dinghy and set sail.
Unlike the original timeline, Ace is not wearing an opened jacket; he's now wearing nothing; he just wears black pants with no shoes.
Luna was wearing a white dress, just like Portgas d'Rouge; she's actually pregnant now, but even at that moment she decided to sail with Ace.
"Luna, how are you doing?"
"I'm good; it's just weird because I've never tried boats."
"Don't worry, everything will be good; I'll stop at the next island; you didn't have to set sail with me while pregnant."
"I can't leave you alone, Ace; we have to be together, always."
Ace and Luna smiled at each other. Ace was not looking at the sea in front of him; the ship hit the coast of an island and wrecked. Ace quickly caught Luna so she didn't fall.
Luna, are you good? Luna, is there anything?"
"I'm good; you caught me at the right time; I didn't feel any pain."
"I'm really sorry for that."
"Stop feeling guilty for everything; it's not that big of a problem, Ace."
Ace self-abased himself; he felt like a horrible person at that point.
Luna hugged Ace so he could stop that feeling of guilt and disgust toward himself.
"You want your son to call his father a coward with no self-confidence? If you blame yourself for everything again, I'll hate you."
"Ok, I'll stop."
Ace and Luna walked into the island to know where they were. Suddenly, Ace met a familiar face; it was a masked deuce. Ace realized that their ship crashed on Sixis Island.
Ace went and greeted Deuce and sat down next to him. Deuce questioned his identity. Ace knew that Deuce hated pirates, so he told him that he was just a mere wanderer with his wife, and they crashed on this island.
Deuce asked if they had food, and Ace told him that they had just a bit. Deuce politely asked for some of the food, but Ace refused. Luna was pregnant, and Ace decided he would give her all the food.
Ace explained this to Deuce, and he understood. He was a doctor, and he knew that she needed that food more than them.
Days passed, and the group was on that island. After days, Ace found the mera mera no mi like the original Ace did. Ace decided to blackmail Deuce; he would give him the full fruit for himself if he swears on the great Davy Jones that he will follow Ace's orders and never disobey or betray him. Deuce agreed; he was starving and had no other option except that.
Deuce ate the mera mera no mi, which increased his strength and recovered his health after being hungry. It had an awful taste, but Deuce would've eaten human flesh at that point.
Ace then told Deuce about his identity and that he's actually a pirate; Deuce had already sworn, so he had no other option. The two men then built a raft and made sure it was big enough for the three of them. After they finished, Ace, Deuce, and Luna set sail to the sea again.
"Captain Ace, what is our destination?"
"Go to Shimotsuki village, deuce; we have something to do there."
Aye, aye, Captain."
Shimotsuki village was close to Goa Kingdom; it didn't take that much time to get there, but because of how slow the raft is, it took 2 days to reach the village, which is not supposed to happen.
"Luna, ride on my shoulders; you should not walk at this time; I told you to just stay at Dawn Island."
Luna argued a bit before accepting it and just riding on Ace's shoulders.
Luna was in early pregnancy; her belly was not big enough for people to notice that she was pregnant.
"Captain, what is our destination?"
"Shimotsuki dojo."
Ace, deuce, and Luna went all the way until Shimotsuki Dojo. It was a hard trip because it was summer, but they managed to reach it.
When they reached, they were met by a girl with a ponytail, dark blue hair, and large dark eyes, and a guy with dark blonde emo bangs and red eyes.
"Is that an ace? Is this guy one of the incarnations? What is the reason he came here?"
The guy was in shock; she didn't know what this was.
"Hey, what is your name, girl?"
"I'm Kuina; who are you?"
She was confident in her words and had some pride; she was looking at them from above.
"Join my crew; I'll make you the strongest swordsman in the world."
That wasn't Ace's original plan, but he is interested in how Kuina is alive, so he wants her in his crew.
Luna was jealous; Ace was there talking to other girls while she was in front of him.
"And why would I accept?"
"Because I'll make you the strongest swordsman in the world."
"And how are you going to do it?"
"by giving you devil fruit."
"And what makes you sure I won't betray you after eating the devil's fruit?"
"Because you are going to swear to the great Davy Jones that you will not disobey my orders or betray me."
Deuce was watching from behind; he knew that his captain was lying; they didn't have a devil's fruit to give to Kuina.
"And what makes me sure that I'm going to become the strongest swordsman when I eat this devil fruit of yours?"
"That's suspicious; don't say that devil fruit of yours again."
"I agree; it was a bad decision."
"My proof is that you will never know if you don't try."
"You know what? I Like you, and I agree to join your crew, but we will take Akio as well."
Kuina pointed to the guy next to her.
"Ok, I guess."
"I'll go in to greet Koshiro."
The group entered the dojo to meet Shimotsuki Koshiro, Kuina's father.
Ace greeted him and sat down. He made a deal that he would take Kuina and Akio, and in exchange, he would give them the supreme-grade blade shodai kitetsu in less than 10 years.
Koshiro didn't really care, but he was interested. He knew that this kid was saying bullshit, but he was confident about it, so he accepted.
Ace decided to stay on Shimotsuki Island until Luna gave birth; he didn't want anything bad to happen in the middle of the sea.
In that period, Ace killed some mountain bandits and pirates and got exp points and berries; he took their treasures and got a good amount of money.
Ace did buy devil fruits from the system using all his money; he got lots of good devil fruits that he didn't know existed.
After a couple of months, Luna gave birth to her child; it was actually a girl, not a boy, as she expected.
"Ace, what are you going to name her?"
"Gol D. Melody."
"I like that."
"What should we do now?"
"You will stay here with the girl, and I'll go to the sea; I won't let her alone here without parents, and the sea is too dangerous."
Ok, I understand; just promise me you will return."
"Promise."
Ace rubbed the tip of his nose with Luna's as a promise.
Before sailing, Ace took Luna to Mt.Columbo; he wanted her to stay with the Dadan family instead of Shimotsuki Village. Luffy was very happy that he became an uncle, and Dadan started crying from happiness. It was a day that all of Fuusha Village celebrated.
"Deuce, you will take this chest; it has three devil fruits; give it to trustworthy people."
"How did you get three of them, captain? They are too expensive."
"Don't ask questions; you go on that dinghy alone, gather a crew, and come back when you have five strong people."
"Ok."
Deuce didn't ask questions; it was weird, but he had trust in his captain; he could jump in for him.
Kuina and Zoro promised to meet. On the flip side, in the new world, Zoro will leave the village in the next year when he turns 17.
Ace also gave Kuina and Akio two devil fruits. Kuina ate the neko neko no mi: model Jaguar. Ace chose to give her this one because she's a woman and she has a weak body compared to men. That fruit was the best choice because it was a combination of speed and strength.
Akio, on the other hand, took the neko neko no mi model: the lion, which is stronger than the Jaguar fruit in raw physical strength. Ace saw some potential in Akio.
Without deuce now, Ace had to rely on his bad navigating skills and seamanship; he was definitely bad at this, but he tried his best.
On the whole trip, Ace didn't see Akio or Kuina swing a single time with their swords or train in any form or shape.
They were either staring at the sky or sleeping like lazy people who were determined to fail.
After days of sailing, they finally reached their destination, Logue Town.
As the entrance to the Grandline, Logue Town is a place where individuals try to get recruited; they can be scammers or real rookies.
Ace's ship landed on the dock, and the group went to find a navigator.
As they were walking in the streets, The group passed by a bum wearing a dark beige shirt and black pants and holding a paper sign that says, "Navigator, in need of a crew."
He was starving. His jaw was not existing, his cheeks were going to the inside, and he was on the brink of death.
"Hey, You want a friend."
Ace stretched his hand toward that guy. His eyes were closing like he was dying. Ace took a bottle of water and forced him to drink it so he could wake up.
"AHh, Thank you for saving me. Can I know your name?"
"I'm Gol D. Ace. Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, Me too."
"You are my navigator; what is your name?"
"I'm Jason; I would definitely do anything to you, my savior."
"Eat this; this devil fruit is called the Cartography fruit; it gives you the ability to draw detailed maps of places you have visited as well as predict weather patterns and ocean currents."
Jason ate the whole fruit in one munch; he didn't eat for days.
Ace then gave Kuina and Akio 2.1 million berries to go buy swords and food; it wouldn't be that expensive if not for the fact that Akio uses two swords. Ace didn't want them to get bad swords, so he had to pay that 10 million.
Now that Ace had no money, he started to plan where they should go next. He can either go to the Grandline or just roam around in the Four Seas and get some bounty. He's not strong enough to make sure the crew will be safe in the Grandline; his level is only 5 at the moment. He has no endurance or dexterity, only strength.
Ace decided to go take out some pirates; he's not yet a pirate, so he can take them as a bounty hunter for a good amount of money.
He definitely did want to find high bounties, but he didn't want to kill the major plot points in his way, so he went to the marine headquarters to get some bounties.
There, Ace and his group met Smoker and Tasighi. Smoker and Tasighi looked confused and shocked, like they had seen a dead person come back to life.
Akio on the other side had the same look.
Ace didn't really care and just took some bounty posters.
His eyes were on a certain poster; it was one for someone called Dragdar. He didn't know this character existed; actually, all the characters on this wall didn't exist in the real One Piece world, aside from the Yonkos and pirates that Luffy met on his way.
Ace decided that he was going to hunt dragdar, but with a bounty of 33 million berries on his head, he wouldn't be that weak.
Ace had no devil fruit or weapons; he had to rely on his crew to get that bounty, but he had awakened Armament Haki, and since he's level 5 at this moment, he can probably do something at the very least.
After searching for a bit, Ace found that Dragdar had settled on a nearby island. Ace and the group took the ship, and this time Jason was the sailor. It was easier than last time; the ship reached the island without a scratch thanks to Jason's sailing skills. When the crew landed on the island, they were met by a huge population. That island was full of people. Looking at the place, Ace knew where he should go.
"Guys, we are going to the tavern, the pirates sacred place."
When the crew entered the local tavern, they were met by a group of drunk pirates dancing and some gamblers who killed their opponents when they lost.
They took a seat and asked the bartender for some juice. Ace hated beer, wine, and all alcoholic drinks, so he stopped the crew from drinking them.
"Hey bartender, Do you know anything about a pirate called Dragdar?"
"He's the guy there, yes, the one with a black mask, next to the tall guy with short dark blue hair."
Yeah, I can see him; then who is that guy with the dark blue hair?"
"That's his vice captain; his name is Jared; he's a nice guy, unlike his captain, Dragdar, who is a really rude guy; he has no attitude."
"But be careful. Jared is a nice guy, but he doesn't think for a second when killing. The last person who saw Jared without his face mask was killed horribly. Some rumors say that Jared is actually stronger than his captain."
"That seems weird; why would a strong person follow a weaker one?"
"Nobody Knows my friend."
"If I go and kill Dragdar here, would you stop me?"
"Naaah, definitely not; you can do whatever you want to him; I never liked him."
"Someone here wants to fight."
Besides Jason, everyone wanted to fight, but Jason was not a fighter at all.
Ace walked up to the table where Dragdar was sitting. Ace took a chair and sat down.
"Who are you, You bastard? Get up from my table right now." Dragdar said
Dragdar had a prideful tone; he saw Ace as a bug in his food.
"You kid, When you are in my presence, Gol D. Ace, you should bow. I'm the son of the pirate king, and you think you are something compared to me."
"SLAP!!!"
Ace slapped Dragdar so hard that everyone in the tavern heard the sound. Dragdar was shocked that someone had the urge to slap him.
"You Bitch, you dare slap me."
Dragdar couldn't finish his words, and Ace slapped him another time.
"Let us settle this in a davy back fight; what's your opinion, Dragdar?"
"Ok, but what will I get if I beat you?"
"My jolly Roger."
"I'll make sure you never sail again, you bitch."
Ace and Dragdar went to the middle of the town to settle this in front of everyone.
"I Swear to the great Davy Jones that if I lose, I'll give Dragdar my crew, jolly Roger, and ship."
"I Swear to the great Davy Jones that if I lose, I'll give Gol D. Ace my crew, jolly Roger, and ship."
The fight started.
Ace coated his fists in armor haki and punched Dragdar in the body. That hit made Dragdar vomit; he was hopeless against armament haki. Ace thought that Dragdar was strong because he had a high bounty, but it appears that bounty is just a number that doesn't have a relationship with strength.
Dragdar stood up, but Ace Punched him on the back of his head, which got his head into the ground.
Not giving him time to recover, Ace punched Dragdar over and over until he died.
Ace was either too strong or Dragdar was too weak.
"YOU IDIOT, MIRARARARARA, YOU FALLED IN MY TRAP; I ATE THE MIRAGE MIRAGE FRUIT; I CAN CREATE ILLUSIONS AND TRAP MY ENEMIES IN THEM."
"YOU THINK I HAVE 33 MILLION BERRIES ON MY HEAD FOR NOTHING?"
Ace couldn't see Dragdar; he could only hear his sound coming from an unknown place. He was using something like an equalizer to make his sound look like he was holding a microphone.
He didn't have observation haki as well; he spent all his 3 skill points on armament haki. Ace was getting stabbed without seeing Dragdar at all; it was only his shadow that was disappearing so fast. Ace had no option but to wait for the perfect moment to catch Dragdar.
Ace was catching with Dragdar's speed; after lots of hits, he was able to see him with his eyes. Ace then prepared his fists, cracked his knuckles, and aimed a punch between his legs. That punch put Dragdar's face into the ground and broke it completely.
The Illusion ended, and both captains became visible to the crowd; Ace was standing while Dragdar was on the ground.
"AAAAAAAACE."
The crew ran for their captain, who was looking horribly injured.
"How are you doing? What happened?"
"Nothing, Happened."
"Take this guy's head, Take his ship, Take his treasures, Choose One member of his crew to join us, and I'll go to sleep."
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Ace saw the notification and went to his ship so he could recover.
He had to medically treat himself because Deuce wasn't with him; he didn't trust doctors in here to not give him to the government; he had some medical supplies in a medical bag that Deuce left; he took the bandages and wrapped them around his chest; his shoulder started to bleed again, in the same spot as the one he took when he was 10 years old; he cracked his shoulder; his bone cracking sound was high; he felt a good feeling after that.
Ace had bandages wrapped around all his hands, his chest, and his stomach. He was taking deep breaths while lying on his bed. Ace was in a peaceful moment; he was feeling blood flowing through his bandages. He was feeling sweat fall over his head. Ace could have exchanged the mirage fruit for pills that would recover his health, but he refused to do it. He had other plans for that fruit.
After 4 hours, Ace Unwrapped the bandages and decided to take an ice bath. He felt relieved after it, but he had no endurance, so he couldn't stay there for more than thirty seconds.
Ace was wondering why his crew hadn't come back until now. He jumped off the ship to see what happened. He went to the tavern; he knew that news reached the tavern before anywhere else.
He I asked the bartender about the news, and he told him that the Dragdar crew refused to give their jolly roger, which led to a battle between three of Ace's crew and 25 of the Dragdar pirates. The Dragdar crew demolished the three pirates and held them hostage.
Ace had no option but to go there; he couldn't let his crew members die.
"Where's the Dragdar pirates base?"
"In the north of the city, I wish you good luck."
"I Need no luck; I'm Gol D. Ace."
Ace headed to the north to declare war on the Dragdar pirates, but they betrayed him and broke the oath.
He found Kuina, Akio, and Jason crucified there.
Ace had no plan on saving them; he decided to just jump in and do it.
A Pirate was guarding the three over there; he had a rifle with him.
Ace jumped over him, and his head went to the ground. He quickly untied his mates and took them on his shoulder. The three of them were heavily injured and unable to walk.
Ace couldn't walk unnoticed, so he decided to jump with all his strength. It was nearly impossible to jump out of the place in one shot, but he had to try.
He jumped once, twice, thrice, quadruple, and fivefold; he was one jump away from the end; he didn't get noticed. Ace jumped, and his feet left the ground. He was getting out; his left half was out of the base, but his right half was still in the base.
He suddenly felt gravity holding him back from going. He turned around and saw the Dragdar pirates vice captain, Jared. He held his leg before he could jump away. He then slammed him into the ground, holding him by one leg. Jared repeatedly slammed him right and left. His grip was strong, and Ace couldn't run away.
Ace decided to take a fight and do it; he kicked Jared's face, knocking his face mask away. Jared's mouth was weirdly shaped; he had four fangs that looked suspiciously weird; and his teeth looked like dog teeth, not human teeth.
Jared was mad after that; his eyes blackened, and he had an angry face.
He left Ace to fall to the ground. He then sat on him and started punching him. Ace was punched so hard that his face was full of blood. His wounds didn't fully recover from the last fight; they even opened again after he carried three of his crew on his shoulders.
"OPO, Give me a recovery pill; whatever the cost, I'll take any debt NOW."
Ace was on the brink of death. He ate the pill and fully recovered. He then coated his fists in armor haki and started the fight.
"Take this!!!"
Ace sent a barrage of punches at Jared. Ace focused on the stomach area instead of everywhere else. The punches were strong and had an effect on Jared. He started backing off. Punch after punch, Jared was losing it.
Jared was shapeshifting; he was getting fur all over his body, his teeth were growing bigger, and he transformed into a hybrid form between a dog and a human.
"I Ate the Inu Inu no Mi Model: Hellhound, You think you can beat me with this black thing over your fists? Dream of it."
Jared started attacking with his sharp claws and his sharp teeth; he was monstrously strong, and ace punches had less effect on him.
Ace had no option; he decided to play a bleed war. He would fight Jared and use his recovery pills until Jared lost his power. It was the only way to win that battle.
That fight started in the evening, ended at midnight, and took 6 hours. Jared was definitely stronger than his captain, was more monstrous, and his fruit was stronger; it was healing him, which is the reason that fight lasted longer than it should've been. He was by far stronger than Ace, but he didn't have a system.
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Kuina Akio and Jason woke up in the middle of the fight, but they didn't help their captain; they knew what an honorable fight was—a fight between men with no help from outside.
Ace took his crew members and Jared and went to his ship, where he gave Jared a recovery pill so he could wake up.
Jared woke up and found himself in a weird ship that he didn't know who it belonged to. He turned around and saw Ace in front of him.
"Don't worry, I'm not killing you; I want you to join my crew, Jared."
Jared looked at Ace, who was smiling in front of him and looked happy. He didn't have a problem joining; that was the deal between them and the Ace crew. Besides him, no one else in the crew wanted to do the oath. They said that it wasn't their problem; they didn't do that oath, and they shouldn't do what they didn't promise they would.
"Ok, I'll Accept your deal. What is my role here, Captain?"
"Well, We need a doctor, a sniper, and a cook; we have two swordsmen and a navigator."
"Uhm, By the way, I can cook." Kuina said
"Ok, we need a doctor and a sniper."
"We don't actually need a doctor; Deuce will come back in 6 months, and we also have his Visa card, so we can reach him at anytime." Akio said
"Ok, We need a sniper."
"Actually, I don't know how to cook, and I'm not a doctor, and I'm not a sniper either; I'm just a fighter, and the only thing I do is break necks." Jared said
"Ok, just help me in fights."
"But I do know shipwrighting a bit; I'm not a master, but I'm good."
"That's actually something I totally forgot. Okay, Jared, from today on, you are my left hand and the shipwright."
"Who's the right hand?"
"His name is Deuce, but you can't meet him since I sent him on a mission to gather crew members. He won't be back for six months. He's weaker than you, but he was the first one to join me, so I gave him that place."
"Respectable enough, I don't have a problem with that; excuse me, I'll go train."
"Ok, you can go."
"Jason, Our next destination is Logue Town; I heard about an auction happening there."
"AYE AYE CAPTAIN."
Ace looked at his stat page, thought about it, and said, Fuck it. He put his three points at strength; he will probably get injured again, but he didn't care.
[You have 18 hours to pay your debt or your body will explode.]
Ace was chill about it; he had a plan to pay his debt. Well, it was a big debt, but he could do it. If he could sell the mirage fruit for 100 million berries, he could pay his 12 million berry debt and have some cash.
After a couple of hours of sailing, the crew reached Langetown. Ace went to sleep after thinking about his debt and woke up. He had only 10 hours remaining to pay the debt.
As he was going to the auction, Ace took a newspaper to look at the latest things.
"Caesar Clown is doing weird experiments on punk hazards; the experiment destroyed the island's ecosystem."
Thinking about it, that was around the time Ace founded the Spade Pirates with Masked Deuce. In that same year, Ace did actually reach Wano and meet Tama and Yamato. Wow, in one year he tried to fight a Yonko. Ace was just a weird person.
The Auction was ready to occur; Ace got ready, bought masks for all the crew so their identities remained secret, and they went in.
Ace gave the auction master the mirage fruit for a percentage of 25%. Ace found no better place to pay his debt than now.
All the people in the auction wore masks for their identities but were completely visible through their clothes: Doflamingo's ostrich feather cape, revolutionary army oil green color capes, Charlotte Snack's huge scarf, Ulti Blue cape. There were lots of famous people here for an unknown reason.
Ace never heard of this auction in his journey reading one piece, and why did Doflamingo come here by himself? Who organized this auction? Lots of questions were in Ace's head, but they all vanished as soon as he heard the first item.
"The Supreme Grade Blades, The Twin Dragons Smaug and Thorkmaw."
The Auction master showed two beautiful Katana blades; the first had its sheath and handle made out of gold, while the other had them made out of silver.
"Bidding starts at 60 million Berries."
"70 million."
"80 million."
"90 million"
"100 million"
Ace couldn't play on this field without risking it.
"140 million berries."
Ace risked everything at that moment; he had only 30 million berries from Dragdar in his pocket and nothing else. If the mirage fruit doesn't get him at least 126 million berries, then he's dead.
Everyone stopped bidding; they could bid more, but it wasn't worth it. Supreme-grade blades start at 50 million and end at 100 million; anything more is a waste of money.
3,2,1 The Twin dragon swords go to bidder number 16.
Ok, the next time everyone would like it, it's a devil fruit, but unfortunately it is not logia; it is paramecia.
This is the mirage fruit; it makes you able to create illusions and trap your enemies in them. The bidding starts at 100 million berries.
"120 Million."
"130 Million."
"160 Million."
The people were bidding for the fun of it; even if they don't use that fruit they love to bid on, it was an instinct.
"3,2,1 Sold to number 10."
The number 10 was actually Boa Hancock. Ace knew her because she didn't wear a mask; her ego was high enough to go into that place without a mask or cape.
Ace wondered what Hannock would do with this fruit.
The items passed, and they were all special. They were all good things, but not what Ace would want. He was also in debt, so he couldn't buy anything. The Auction ended, and Ace went to the reception room, where he was sitting with Doflamingo, who bought some Adam Woods; some Marine Vice Admirals, who bought Kairoseki for their ships; and Boa Hancock, who bought the Mirage Mirage Fruit.
Hancock took the fruit and paid the 160 million berries; Ace took his cut, which was 120 million berries; he paid 20 out of the 33 million bounty from Dragdar and had 140 million; he paid his money and got the twin swords; he now had only 13 million; since he bought two swords for Akio, he sold the two swords that Akio bought earlier before going to Dragdar, which were worth 1.4 million berries.
Ace paid his debt and had 400k berries left; it was nothing at all, but he had to accept it.
"Akio, Take the twin swords. You use the two sword styles, right? You better use them right."
"Thank you, captain; I really appreciate this."
Akio had a cold tone; he was unable to express his emotions, even if he was happy.
"Don't worry, Kuina, follow me, and I promise you that I'll get you a better sword than the wado ichimonji that you left for Zoro."
Kuina heard his words and smiled.
The crew went to the marine headquarters in the hope they could get some good bounty. Ace found a bounty poster for Deuce; it had a bounty of 10 million berries. He showed the bounty poster to the crew, and they smiled. When Ace asked about the poster, the marine soldier told him that it belonged to the "Combustion surgeon," Masked Deuce, the captain of the spade pirates.
Ace loved the title. He didn't find more posters except those that ranged from 1 to 10 million berries. Ace and his crew divided the posters and started hunting. Jared was settled in to guard the ship while the other three went to get bounties. Ace told Jared that they would come back in six months, so he could leave the ship whenever he wanted and not have to worry about it.
After getting a lot of bounty, The crew became known as the Night Hunters. They avenge pirates in the midst of the night and get bounty, but the world government didn't consider them a threat, so they didn't get posters.
Ace sat in a cafe and read a newspaper to know what time it was in the storyline. Besides the news about the Night Hunters, he found two other news items that he could remember.
"NEW SUPER ROOKIE, The captain of the beautiful pirates Cavendish."
"Don Krieg went out to the Grand Line; will he conquer it or die miserably?"
These two events happened three years before the original story, and Luffy will leave Fuusha Village in less than a year.
"The latest bounty has been released; look and see, the latest bounty has been released."
The Newspaper guy is running in the streets and saying with the highest sound he can about the new bounty posters.
Ace was interested, so he shouted to him to give him a pack of the posters.
"The Grim Repear Pirates Captain: Sano Ishida, 130 Million berries."
"The Spade Pirates Captain: Masked Deuce, 150 Million Berries."
"The Snake Pirates Captain: Miko Hoshino, 155 Million berries."
"Karakuri Circus Captain: Doll Master, 50 Million Berries."
"I'm surprised at how fast Deuce is climbing that ladder, and there are new faces I've never heard of. Is that my impact on the world? I'll go hunt Doll Master so I can complete my 300 million berries.
"His base was built over the old Dragdar pirates base. Funny enough, I wonder how Akio and Kuina are doing; did Jared leave the ship to its demise? It doesn't matter; it is just a ship. I'll definitely get some Adam Woods with 200 million berries and build a huge ship like the Thousand Sunny."
Ace was now at level 16. It looks like a weak level, but he had nine strength points and got a title called "The Pirate Hunter." It gave him 1 strength point and 5% increased damage to pirates. After 10 points, Ace unlocked a skill called "Meteor Punch."
It was a powerful punch, but he could use it only once. Ace had zero endurance, which meant no stamina and low health. He couldn't use very powerful attacks without paying a price.
Ace got a dinghy and sailed to Cross Island to capture the doll master. Ace Was a legion of one. His strength was immense. While the Karakuri circus pirates were celebrating because their captain's doll master got his 50 million bounty and was going to enter the Grand Line in 3 days,
"Cheers Captain."
"Chee-"
Ace Jumping from above, he coated his hands in armament haki. His haki mastery was good enough that his whole arms and shoulders were coated in armament haki.
"Meteor Punch."
The doll master had fast reflexes. He got his sword and tried to block that punch. His sword was getting crushed under the immense strength of the meteor punch. His sword broke, and his defense became open. The meteor punch completed and crashed Doll Master's clown mask, showing his face. He had ginger hair with a ponytail and freckles on his face—four on each cheek.
The Punch crushed his face completely; it made him one with the ground.
Ace was exhausted from that punch; he couldn't fight anymore.
"Oh Shit! This is the night hunter's leader, Ace."
"RUN AWAY; IT IS THE NIGHT HUNTERS."
For his good luck, Karakuri circus pirates didn't even try to fight; they were scared of him.
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Ace took the heavily injured Doll master's broken sword and used the sharp side of it to cut his neck. He then went to the marine headquarters to get his bounty.
After that, Ace went to the Tavern.
"Hey Bartender, Give me The special order."
"Oh, It's you, Ace, How are you doing?"
"I'm good; I just got a fat 50 Million berries from that Guy named Doll Master."
Dude, you are a savior; you always hunt pirates that camp here."
"Not for too long; I'll enter the Grand Line in less than a month, and I won't annoy pirates in the Four Seas anymore."
"But that's too fast. The Grandline has more fearsome pirates. Don't take it easy."
"Don't worry, I'm too strong, Uh."
Cutting His conversation short, A hand got on Ace's shoulder.
Oh, It's you, deuce. How are you doing?"
Ace stood up and hugged Deuce.
"Wait, You know the composition surgeon."
"Deuce is my vice captain."
"VICE CAPTAIN!!!!!"
Everyone in the tavern was shocked by hearing these words: The Famous pirate, known by his title "The Composition Surgeon," the captain of the spade pirates, Is working under someone else.
"Hi Captain, BLOCK."
Ace tried to punch Deuce, but he blocked it.
"Nice, You are stronger now, deuce."
"Is that your strongest punch, captain?"
"Definitely not; you want to see my strongest punch."
"I would love to see it."
"Let's get out of here; I don't want to destroy the tavern."
"Ok."
Ace and deuce went to the mountains to ensure no one would get killed.
Ace coated his Left arm in armament haki.
"METEOR PUNCH."
Ace Aimed his punch at the mountain. His punch landed but didn't seem to have any effect.
Wow, captain, that was too weak."
"Shut UP, what do you know about my meteor punch?"
"CRACK"
"CRACK"
"CRACK"
Ace was talking to Deuce, unable to notice the cracking sound.
"Captain, Look behind you."
"What, Are you going to make fun of my punch?"
"Oh sh*t, Did I just break that mountain? OMG."
"I Told you that my punch is not weak."
Deuce got impressed, and he rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing an illusion.
"AMAZING! Even my greatest fire technique won't be able to burn that mountain. Captain, you are amazing."
"Yeah, You should know how great your captain is."
Ace lifted up his nose and started having a prideful tone in his voice.
"Ouch, who's that bitch that hit me?"
Ace looked behind him to see who had thrown a stone at him.
"It is me." Kuina said
"Oh, Hi Kuina, where's the rest?"
"Akio is in the tavern drinking some orange juice, Jared is in the jungle killing some monsters, "TWEET" "TWEET", that's definitely him, and bird flocks hate him."
"Ok, Go get them while I'm having a conversation with Deuce."
"Definitely."
The crew grouped, and Deuce had four members with him.
"Deuce, Introduce me to your friends."
"That's John, Our sniper, Brad, the one I gave the neko neko no mi model: Lynx that you gave me, I gave the neko neko no mi model: Tiger to Jack over here, Hibari took the Inu Inu no mi model; fenrir."
"Brad is a cook, Jack is a shipwright, Hibari is a navigator, and he even knows how to read poneglyphs; he learned that from his mistress."
"That's nice; let me introduce you to mine. Beside Kuina and Akio, which you already know, I have Jared. He is a shipwright and ate the Inu Inu No Mi Model: Hellhound. He's too strong. Probably at my level, if not stronger. This is Jason. He ate the Cartography fruit. He is able to create maps of places he visited and predict weather patterns and ocean currents."
Each one of the crews was interested: Hibari was interested in Jason's cartography fruit, while Jason was interested in poneglyph reading; Jared wanted to know how skilled in shipwrighting Jack is, and the same thing for Jack; Akio wanted to face Brad; he heard some stories about him and his fruit and how it gives him sharp claws that he uses like swords; and Kuina was interested in John's sniping ability; she was struggling with dealing with snipers and wanted to train with John on bullet reflecting.
That day the two crews had a party, and funnily enough, Deuce and his crew didn't drink Beer as well. Deuce was a doctor and knew how dangerous it can be for humans health, and he also convinced his crew not to drink beer.
After that day, With a balance of 200 Million berries, Jack and Jared went to get Adam Woods. The 100 berries that were left with Ace were given to Kuina to buy a sword.
Ace wasted six months of hard work and money in a second. Hibari and Jason were having a conversation about navigation, and Jason showed Hibari his full version of the map of the four seas that he drew in his six-month journey. Hibari was amazed by that and wanted to learn about navigation from Jason. In exchange, he would learn from Jason how to read poneglyphs.
Ace looked at the sky and Smiled.
Jack and Jared Were coming out from the horizon, Holding Huge trees over their shoulders, They saw Ace and deuce drinking coffee on the ship.
"Captain Ace, We got the Adam Woods," they said syncronically.
"Good job, guys. Now go Build a ship."
"Can we take a rest?" Jack said, He looked tired; it was summer, and walking in that burning sun while carrying These huge woods was a fatiguing work.
"Definitely, Take them in order; everyone rests for 15 minutes while the other is working."
"I WILL TAKE THE FIRST OOOOOOOOONE." Jack ran as he was screaming; he jumped to the ship and sat down.
Jared went to the workshop to build the ship. Unlike Jack, Jared never complained; always quiet and focused on moving forward, Just like a man, He's Unfazed.
"Hey deuce, did you have any conflict with the other 100+ Million berry pirates like Sano Ishida or Miko Hoshino?"
"I did. Miko's crew is all female pirates; she's a younger version of the warlord Boa Hancock. Sano is a unique pirate. He has a fruit that makes him able to create chains from every place. He's quite strong, but he has no endurance. When his defense is open, he is done."
"Last time we met, He created a new Move called Burning Tide. He told me that I Inspired him to create it. He got a mechanical prosthetic thing over his middle finger. That thing starts fire. He then breathes into it, making that fire ignite his chains. He then throws these chains at his opponents to burn them. He gave me this chain burn in my arms. As you can see, from my wrist to my shoulder, I have marks. It still aches me today."
"Well, I didn't go without giving it back; I used one of my abilities and burned his face. From that day on, he wears a mask to cover his face, and that mark goes all the way around his mouth with my index finger, marking his left eye."
"I can imagine it, From how you talk about him, I would love to see him 1 on 1."
"Captain, I wanted to ask you this, but, why do you never train, I never saw you train at all, only thing i see you do is morning runs."
"long story short, Training doesn't improve my stats, Only way I get stronger is by Killing my enemies, It is my path, And i have to walk it until the end."
Ace took a sip from his coffee, he looked to his left side and stared at the sky.
"I'm sorry for asking that."
"Naah don't worry, It's not that big of a deal."
Ace thought of his life choices, he wasted months of his life waiting for his wife to give birth, he was stuck on dawn island doing nothing for 7 years, he sighed while looking at the sky wondering if he should've took a different path.
After a week passed, Jason fully learned the poneglyph language, Jared and Jack finished the new ship using the adam woods, but kuina didn't return.
"Captain, shouldn't we sail?, Kuina is too late." Jack said
"Just wait, she is coming, Her vivre card is flying."
Kuina was coming from the horizon holding a new sword, it had a white handle and white scabbard, they both where decorated with a golden vertical criss cross, it was glowing, Kuina jumped to the ship, she unsheathed the sword to show it to the crew, it was a long katana, it was made out of crystal clear steel.
"Let me introduce you to our new member, Susanoo, the supreme grade sword, from the depths of hell the thunder rains on this place, there's nothing this blade cannot cut, even it's wielder."
"Was it worth it, Losing your left arm trying to tame that sword.?"
"A life with no risk is not a life."
"HANG EM FROM THE SLAUGHTER DOCKS, START SAILING YOU LITTLE FILTHY PIRATES, WE ARE GOING TO CONQUER THAT SO CALLED GRANDLINE."