The Demon Of The East Blue

Chapter 2: The Mizu Mizu No Mi

Dyne awoke. At least he thought he was awake. When he opened his eyes, he still saw what he did moments before he lost consciousness. Blue. Blue everywhere he looked.

Am I dead? Dyne thought. This seems pretty similar to earth.

Dyne knew he was dead. Devil fruit users were instantly handed a ticket to the after life if they were submerged in water, and that white haired man tossed him right in. There was nobody that possibly could have saved him in time. He decided to look around him. Still all blue. Strangely, he felt cold, and wet. A shiver went down his spine. Wait a minute… Don't tell me…

It was worth a shot. Dyne lifted his hand above his head, and felt a cool breeze on his hand, water dripping from it. With a glimmer of hope, he began to swim upwards, quickly exposing his head above the water. Dyne was bewildered. There was no way he could have survived that. Yet, there he was, fine as could be. He could see the town from where he was in the water, and decided to quickly swim towards it. Night had already fallen on Mock, and Dyne noticed that the cries of the townspeople had stopped. Dyne grabbed the edge of the dock leading to the town, and climbed up onto the land. He looked down at his knee, remembering that he had been shot prior to being thrown in the water. He felt no pain, and saw no wound. This is getting weird... Dyne thought. I must be dreaming...

Dyne suddenly remembered that he had left his grandpa in the hut, and that he had eaten the sacred fruit. His grandpa would be furious, if he was still okay…

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Dyne dashed towards the hut, quickly busting open the door, and saw something he would never be able to unsee: There was his grandpa, lying still on the floor with a sword embedded in his chest. It was dark, but Dyne could make out a pool of blood around him in the moonlight from the window. The boy was heartbroken. He knelt beside the elder, feeling tears well up inside his eyes. His grandpa was the only family he had left, as far as he knew.

"D…Dyne…"

Dyne heard a hoarse voice come from his grandpa's body. He was still alive! But just barely.

"Grandpa! Oh grandpa…" Dyne cried, hugging his grandfather, tears falling from his eyes. The elder smiled weakly.

"What of… the fruit, Dyne?"

Dyne bit his lip. "I… I ate it grandpa. I had no choice, they were gonna take it, a-a-and I...I..." He couldn't finish his sentence before breaking down in tears. The elder merely smiled and shook his head.

"Perhaps… This is fate. Who would've thought that-"The elder was interrupted? Dyne heard footsteps approaching the front of the hut. As the door opened, the man that had attacked the elder stepped inside. He was badly cut, and had a deep gash on his stomach. It seemed that the swordfight with the elder had taken its toll.

"Y-You! You're alive!" The man said in shock. "My crew left me in this shitty town because I was busy with you, and I can't find the fruit anywhere! Tell me where it is, damn you!" Dyne suddenly had an intent look on his face, and felt more anger than he ever had in his life. He felt a wellspring of courage bubble up inside of him

"You want your fruit? You're gonna have to cut open my stomach to get it, big boots." Dyne grabbed a dagger from the elder's shelf, ad held it up. The man laughed.

"So… You ate it huh? A kid like you!" The man bounded towards Dyne and reached out for him. Dyne pathetically tried to stab the man, but was grabbed by the neck, and thrown into a bookshelf. The man then drew his sword, and raised it above Dyne's head. "And now… You die! This is what you get for interfering, kid!" The man brought down his sword on Dyne's head.

"DYNE!" The elder shouted, but then doubled over and coughed up blood. He couldn't do anything or his grandson. He could do nothing but what the boy be killed in vain. Dyne screamed in terror, this time he was really going to die. He felt the blade cut through his head… And then… nothing. Dyne looked up, and looked around. The man was still standing there, holding the blade, just bringing it away from Dyne's head, and the elder was still on the floor. But most of all, Dyne was still alive.

"Y-Y-You… Kid… No way..." The man dropped his sword in disbelief. How could he be alive? Dyne suddenly got up, and tackled the man, wrestling with him. The man drew back his fist, and punched Dyne in the face as hard as he could. To his surprise, Dyne's face had a hole where he had been punched, but something was wrong. The man felt a wet sensation on his fist, and noticed that there was water in the hole where Dyne had been punched. Dyne's face suddenly reformed and stared back at the man. The man screamed, and felt weak in the legs. Was this kid invincible? Dyne grabbed the man's face, and suddenly, to everyone's surprise, his hand turned into water, and began to drown the man. The man flailed in agony, repeating punching Dyne in the face, only for it to resume reforming, causing no harm to the boy. Suddenly, the man's limbs became weak, as his eyes rolled back into his head, his brain finally out of oxygen. Dyne crawled off the man, and shuddered in shock. He had just killed someone

As was moving back, he hit the bookshelf, causing a book to fall on his head, phasing through it, onto the floor, becoming wet. On it was the title "Devil fruits of the world". Dyne eagerly flipped through the book. That fruit had done something to his body, and he had to find out what. Suddenly, on the very last page, though worn, he saw it. The small fruit, with a bluish color, swirls decorating it. Dyne could not believe what it said. He looked at the elder, then at the now dead man, then finally back at the book. It all made sense. Him not drowning, his wound healing, and his mysterious ability that was displayed a few minutes ago.

He had eaten the Mizu Mizu no mi. The fruit of water.

(A:N): Took awhile to get the second chapter, but i'm glad its in n_n hope you stay tuned! Please review so i know how i'm doing so far. Thanks!

-SM77