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Chapter 2
Wolf D. Kyosuke
In a small village on a small island in the Grand Line Wolf D. Kyosuke, the boy who jumped into the ravine when Luffy was a little boy, now a man at age 17, was eating a bowl of ramen at the local restaurant when suddenly…
"PIRATES!" a man had yelled.
"Pirates?" one of the customers repeated nervously. Everyone else became nervous and scared. Everyone except the old man who took the order and Kyosuke.
"Here?"
"Which one?!"
"Who ever it is we don't stand a chance!"
The old man sighed. "I suppose it's too much to hope for to not want to deal with pirates in this day and age, isn't it." The old man was a big and heavily muscled man. His head was completely bald and had several scars. He had a gray beard just like Garps. He wore an apron over a blue short sleeved shirt. He looked like a man who had experienced a lot in his life.
Kyosuke finished the last bit of his ramen, as if not caring about the pirates. He sat on a stool on the other side of the counter from where the old man was. "What can you say, old man? We do live in the Great Age of Piracy after all. We either stand around and let the pirates have their way or…" Kyosuke stood up placed the money for the ramen on the counter and turned around. "We fight!"
"You going to take out those thugs for us?" the old man asked dryly.
"I might." Kyosuke said mysteriously. He walked out the door.
"Weird kid." The old man muttered.
Outside the Restaurant, Kyosuke, with his above average eyes, saw a group of pirates in the 50s leave a ship anchored at the docks. They consisted of rough looking men, with greedy and bloodthirsty looks. Leading the cut throats was a man as big as the bears back at Mt. Corvo. He held an axe almost as big as himself.
"Don't they look pleasant," Kyosuke joked dryly.
"Alright men! Kill the men and bring all the money, sake, and women to me!" The huge man command with a loud boom of a voice.
"Yes captain Giant Axe!" The men obeyed their captain and charged into the village, making all the villagers run, screaming, in the opposite direction. The pirates broke into houses and took out anything that looked remotely valuable. So far there hadn't been any civilian casualties, but that was about to change when a group of children, who didn't seem to realize the situation, came running in the open, but soon realized that they had walked in on some serious danger.
Kyosuke kept alert as he saw them. "Guess I better step in, I suppose." With superhuman speed he went to where the Pirates were.
"Hey! Let her go!" demanded one of the boys, a 12-year old, after seeing his female friend get grabbed by one of the pirates. He charged at the pirate, but he swatted him away with his free arm and knocked him down to the ground.
"Shin!" The pretty twelve year old girl screamed in distress. She glared hatefully at the pirate who, roughly, had her in his grip. "You'll pay for that! I'm going to-" The pirate covered her mouth with his disgustingly hand.
"You'll do what? Kill me? You should just shut up little girl, since I'm going to turn you into my plaything tonight. Aren't you lucky!" The pirate grinned pervertedly.
"Rine!" The other boys shouted in distress.
"You know there's something not right about a grown man who wants to violate a preteen girl, you know?" Kyosuke's voice came out of nowhere.
"Who's there-" the pirate knocked back by a surprise punch from Kyosuke. He dropped the girl and Kyosuke grabbed her with his free arm and gently put her on the ground.
"You're okay, right?" Kyosuke asked indifferently.
"Uh-huh." The girl, named Rine, nodded weakly.
"Good then get back. I'll take care of the enemies in front of us," Kyosuke ordered as he watched the pirate he punched glare at him venomously. "So you're still conscious, huh? I admit that did hold back a lot of my strength, but it's still kind of impressive that you took the punch so well."
"Shut up! You-" Kyosuke punched his gut in a split second and the pirate collapsed and went unconscious.
"Well he was far from a challenge, wasn't he?" Kyosuke said to himself.
"I didn't need your help," the boy, named Shin, said as picked himself off the ground. He was a short, skinny, brown haired boy. His fair skin was dirty from falling down and he wore a sleeveless white shirt and blue shorts. He glared at Kyosuke. Kyosuke ignored.
"Shin!" Rine scolded. "This man saved me. He saved us. Show a bit of gratitude will you."
"I could've saved you myself," Shin countered. He turned to the two boys with him. "Right guy?"
"Nope." They answered bluntly.
"Hey!"
"I suggest you guys go and hide. More pirates are coming," Kyosuke informed. 4 pirates came charging at them, angry that Kyosuke had beaten up one of their own. He prepared to attack, but a white blur beat him to the punch. Two of the rear pirates were tackled by a big man and sent crashing into a wall. Before the remaining two could react they were knocked on the heads and fell to the ground. They were defeated by the old restaurant owner.
"I had them, old man," Kyosuke said, angry that someone had taken his prey.
"Probably, but it's my responsibility to protect my granddaughter," he countered.
Granddaughter?
"Grandpa!" Rine screamed and ran towards the old man.
This surprised Kyosuke. Rine was pretty for her age and looked like a long black haired angel. The old man looked like an ex con. 'Nuf said there.
"Rine dear, the pirates didn't hurt you, did they?" The old man said in a caring tone, as he held his granddaughter in his big arms. Kyosuke was unnerved at how different the old man seemed, as if his personality did a 180.
"No grandpa. That guy saved us." Rine Pointed at Kyosuke.
"I see..." The old man let go of Rine and stared at Kyosuke. "I suppose I owe you a thank you for saving my granddaughter and her friends."
"Don't. I didn't do it for recognition," Kyosuke said.
"I still owe you something."
"Then don't interrupt my fights and consider your debt paid."
"Glad that's enough to repay you," the old man muttered after a grunt.
"Grandpa, what about the rest of the village?" Rine asked with concern. "Everyone is in danger."
"I'll take care of it," Kyosuke answered before the old man. Kyosuke disappeared in a blur of speed. The old man noticed Shin's angry face.
"What's with you Shin?"
"I was helpless to save Rine. I'm so weak!" He screamed "I needed the help of some guy I don't know just like always."
"Hey Shin," Rine said softly.
"What?"
"Suck it up and stop crying," she said bluntly.
Silence.
"I'm not crying!" Shon shouted.
"You did tear up a bit," his chubby friend said.
"Shut up, Honda!"
"No need to shout, Shin," his blond and slight friend said.
"I'll shout when I want to to shout, Nagi!"
"Stop being such a baby," said Rine.
"I'm not a baby!"
The old man sighed. "That boy..." He caught everyone's attention. "I think I might know of him and if I'm right, then, Shin, I think you and him have a lot in common."
"What's that supposed to mean? Shin asked curiously.
"you both know what it feels like to feel powerless when you can't protect someone you care about."
Kyosuke was jumping from rooftop to rooftop at lightning fast speed until he finally came across 7 of the pirates ganging up on a defenseless, young and pretty woman. They all had a perverts glare. Kyosuke acted, not out of justice, but out of honor, as in he hated when the weak were picked on for being weak. He hated it as much as he hated when someone fought his battles for him.
Kyousuke attacked with lightning fast speed. He knocked out the pirates, in an instant, with a series of punches and kicks. They literally didn't see it coming. Kyosuke took a quick and hard glance at the pretty black haired lady the pirates were going to assault. She had a look of both shock and relief.
"Hide somewhere safe. Pirates could still attack." Kyosuke ordered.
"Y-yes." The woman stuttered with a blush. Kyosuke was a very handsome young man.
"Good." Kyosuke, once again, disappeared in a blur of speed. As he moved, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, he he took down two pirates, who were going to kill a man, then he defeated a group who were ransacking an empty house, then he attacked more and more pirates. He stopped after defeating over 40 of the pirates. He went back to the place where he left the old man and the kids. He did this all in under two minutes.
"Are all the pirates dealt with?" The old man asked the moment Kyosuke reappeared.
"There's probably a few of them running around, but once they find the rest of their crewmates beaten to a bloody pulp I'm sure they'll scatter like ant... Probably." Kyosuke answered indifferently.
The old man. "Youngsters today are so irresponsible today. They can't even finish the job they started themselves." He sighed. "Well anyway, it isn't over just yet."
"Right, we still haven't killed the monsters head." Kyosuke said.
"What do you mean "monsters head"?" Shin asked.
"The captain is still kicking." The old man answered. "A crew can't be considered beaten until its captain is defeated."
As if waiting for his cue, the said captain roared loudly, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!"
The kids automatically ran behind, Kyosuke and the old man, except for Shin, but he was shaking with fear. Kyosuke and the old man, on the other hand, stared down the captain with neutral looks. The captain was not happy.
"I said, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" He roared again.
"What do mean?" Kyosuke asked, although he knew the answer. Most of the pirates had mini Transponder snails on them.
"My men aren't answering my calls, so I'll ask again-"
"I took them out." Kyosuke answered before he could shout again. The captain didn't scare him, but his yell could shatter steel.
"What?" The pirate captain seemed to be struggling to contain his anger.
"I beat them."
The captain had the nerve to laugh. "That's funny, boy, but really you beat my men? Impossible..." He stopped laughing when he noticed the old man next to Kyosuke. he glared hatefully. "You!"
"Me," the old man said. "So what?"
"You're Vice Admiral Shingo!"
Kyosuke glanced at Shingo. "You're a vice admiral, huh? Guess that explains why you're so strong."
"I retired years ago. Now I'm just Shingo, the restaurant owner."
"Retired or not the pirates you wronged still hold grudges," the captain snarled.
"What I do to you?" The old man didn't seem to care.
"You arrested my captain!"
"I arrested a lot of captains."
"Well you're gonna pay for arresting mine, you son of a b****!" He unstrapped the giant ace on his back. "Today you die-" Shin threw a rock at the captain's head.
"Shut up you jerk! You're bugging us!" Shin threw a rock at the big pirates bald head. The pirate looked confused. His friends looked at him with gaping mouths. Shingo looked at him with an annoyed scowled. Everyone was either annoyed or stupefied at what Shin just did. Everyone except Kyosuke, who released one of his rare smirks.
"You little brat!" The pirate roared, realizing what had just happened. He raised up his giant axe and bellowed, "I'll hack you to pieces!" The Giant Pirate charged at Shin, who closed his eyes and braced himself for the end. But it never came.
Shin hesitantly opened his eyes. He was shocked at what he saw. "What?" The pirate was stopped by Kyosuke, who had the edge of the axe pinned between his index and middle finger. The captain tried to pull back his axe, but the grip of Kyosuke's two fingers was too strong. It wouldn't budge.
"Why... won't... it... move...?" The captain said as he tried to tried to move his axe.
"Hey kid," Kyosuke began, not even caring that he was keeping an axe wedged between his fingers, "you're an idiot."
Shin didn't respond. He was too much in awe at Kyosuke's strength.
"Not as much as a certain strawhat wearing idiot I know, but still a pretty big idiot. I won't tell you what you did was wrong, but I will say this, you are weak."
Shin couldn't find his voice.
"So get stronger. So strong that no one can ever take away what's important to you. Ever." Kyosuke turned his attention to the pirate, who was still trying to pry back his axe with a red face. Kyosuke released the axe and the pirate stumbled back, looking dumbfounded. Kyosuke gave him an intense stare. "You're going down."
The captain clenched his axe and his teeth, with intense fury. "You piece of crap! Don't think just because you blocked my attack the first doesn't mean you can win." The pirate pointed his giant and deadly axe directly at Kyosuke. "I am Giant Axe Kachu. I have a bounty of twenty one million. Do not underestimate me."
Kyosuke was not impressed.
"Twenty one million, huh? Guess it's my lucky day," Kyosuke said neutrally. "I was thinking that I needed to restock my travel funds. Nice to know I don't have to go searching for a high bounty to keep me fed."
"You cocky brat!" Kachu roared and charged at Kyosuke. Kyosuke, in response, swung his arm, with his hand straightened out like a sword and chanted, "The Sword." Surprising everyone, the head of Kachu's axe was sliced off and it went flying over Kachu's head, shocking him greatly. "Wha..."
Kyosuke swung his free arm, with a clenched fist tilted to its side and chanted, "The Hammer!" Kyosuke hit him in the gut and a powerful shockwave was generated, which sent Kachu was sent crashing into a nearby house. Giant Axe Kachu was certainly unconscious.
"Well that was a decent workout, I guess," Kyosuke said. He glanced over his shoulder and noticed Shin and the other kids were staring at him with gaping jaws. "What with you all?
"Y-you just one-shoted that huge g-gorilla," Rine stuttered.
"And hacked of his axe with your hand," Shin choked out
"And you hit him so hard that you made a shockwave," Honda and Nagi said weakly.
"So?"
"They're just not used to seeing such strength," Shingo clarified. "Not something you'd see everyday here in this small town, you know?"
"Whatever." Kyosuke glanced over at the unconscious boy of Giant Axe Kachu, which was now partly buried under the debris of the house Kyosuke knocked him into. "Hey, old man, do you remember this guy?"
Shingo was silent for a moment, then he spoke, while the kids were listening intently. "Who knows? I retired from the marines before Rine was born, so it's not like I can be expected to remember every little pirate I had arrested."
Kyosuke smirked. "Well if you had said the same thing to me after taking someone I cared about then I'd probably kill you where you stood."
"Yeah, good luck with that."
"Well I'm gonna take Giant Axe to a marine office and collect his bounty-"
"Not so fast you son of a b****!"
4 of the pirates jumped out of a nearby alleyway, with swords in their hands. "We'll kill you for doing that to our captain!"
"Guess there were a few left overs. I'll take care of-"
"Quick Kick!"
"Stealth Cut!"
"Body Slam!"
"Beautiful Death Finger!"
Four figures came out of nowhere and knocked 1 pirate for each of them. The one farthest to the left was a blonde haired boy around Kyosuke's age. He had knocked out the pirate, with a single quick kick to the face. His name was Glen. Next to him was a young girl, with long black hair, who was around age 15, who was in a black ninja suit. In her hand was a sickle and chain, which she obviously used to cut the pirate, but you couldn't see when or where he cut him. Her name was Kaeno. Next to her was a man as big as Giant Axe. He was in a huge brown tunic and sat on top of the pirate he beat. His name was Giro. Next to Giro was a man in a butler suit, who looked to be in his mid to late twenties. He poked the pirate somewhere on his neck and now he lay on the ground, gargling. His name was Theos.
"Hey Kyosuke," Glen, the blonde boy, called out.
"You know them?" Shingo asked.
"I guess you could call them my friends, but in actuality they are just tag alongs." Kyosuke answered.
"I heard that!" Glen shouted.
"You guys, what have I told you about taking my prey?" Kyosuke said sternly.
"Don't be so greedy, Kyosuke," Giro, the big man, said. "You already took out the leader, so at least let us finish the underlings."
"My apologies, Master," Theos, the man in the butler uniform said dramatically. "I simply acted on the spur of the moment. I beg your forgiveness."
Kyosuke ignored him.
"Kaeno, you gonna say anything?," Kyosuke asked the girl, who was just standing there doing nothing.
"Not really," she answered blankly.
"Whatever." Kyosuke walked over to the Giant Axe, who was partially buried under the rubble of the house he crashed into. "I'm gonna go to the marine office near this island collect his bounty, 'kay? While I do that, you guys go and round up all the pirates and tie them up, understand?"
"Why do we have to do the grunt work?" Glen complained.
"Cause I said so," Kyosuke said in an even, but somewhat commanding tone. Kyosuke had a way of making people see his side of things.
The huge man, Giro, laughed loudly and good naturedly. "Give it up Glen! You know that once he says to do something, we do it."
"The master's orders are absolute," Theos agreed with a nod.
"So suck it up, Speedy," Kaeno commanded. Glen sighed knowing he was beaten, then he noticed the old man and the kids.
"Who are they?"
"They're nobody special."
"Hey!" The kids shouted at once, while old man Shingo muttered, "disrespectful brat."
Kyosuke lifted Giant Axe up by the ankles and slung him over his shoulder like a garbage bag, like he didn't really weigh three hundred looked at his friends, "You bettered get started now. There're a lot of them spread throughout the town." They nodded and went to search for the pirates. He walked over to the kids, or more specifically Shin. Kyosuke stared down at Shin, his gaze pierced Shin's very soul. "So how do you feel about what I said?"
"About how I'm weak?" Kyosuke nodded. Shin was silent for a moment. "I know I'm a lot weaker than you. I know I'm a lot weaker than all the jerks who could hurt my precious friends, but I know I can get strong. I'll get stronger, so I won't lose anyone! When I do I'm gonna challenge you to a fight and I'll beat you!"
Kyosuke face was emotionless, but the way Shin talked reminded him of a certain strawhat-wearing-idiot he knew. I'm gonna get stronger than anyone, just you wait, and when I do I'll finally beat you, Kyosuke!
"Now you you really sound like that strawhat-wearing-idiot."
"Who's an idiot?!" Shin shouted.
"Hey Shin," Rine tapped on Shins shoulder.
"Wha-" Rine punched Shin in the face, then she kneed him in the gut. Rine was very angry. The two boys and even Kyosuke Jumped at her mood swing. "First you stupidly throw a rock at a wanted man, then you stand there like a stubborn, suicidal idiot when he charges at you, and know you say you're gonna beat the same guy who saved your worth butt! Shin I'm gonna kill you if you don't say thank you to... er." Rine turned to Kyosuke and politely asked, "What is your name, sir?"
"Wolf D. Kyosuke..."
"Oh. Okay." Rine went back to angry mode. "Say thank you, Shin."
"Yes, maim!" Shin flinched. Shin bowed down on all fours, which wasn't hard since he was still hurting from when Rine kneed him in the gut. "Thank you, Kyosuke. I mean It."
"What ever kid. Just stay out of trouble."
"Awww! Ain't my Rinny cute!?" Shingo gushed.
"Adorable..." Kyosuke said dryly. Mood swings must run in the family. Rine could be the Sona of the future. "Well I'm off. I'll see you guys later, I guess." The kids waved to him and said goodbye. Kyosuke walked off like a boss.
Shingo watched him. He's a lot like you... Axel...
Unknown to Kyosuke, another pirate ship was approaching the island. A ship with a jolly roger with a Straw hat on it.
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