Straw Hat Wyvern
Waking up on a deserted island with no idea how I got there is one thing, but finding a Devil Fruit and getting my ass turned into a bloody Wyvern was a step to far. Aw well, at least this world's gonna be fun!
And we're back. Nothing to say here, so lets get started. Enjoy!
Chapter 2
It had been three weeks since I found myself in Cocoyasi village, during which time Nojiko had worked me so hard that I became very glad that my Zoan Devil Fruit gave me a boost in healing or I'd have been out for the count a long time ago. Of course, the fact I was also training in secret making use of my ability to fly to get well away from the village and Fishmen probably didn't help. Also in that time, the neighbouring village of Gosa had failed to pay up to Arlong and got flipped by the sea cow thing, which, from my knowledge of the timeline, meant that the Straw Hats would be arriving very soon.
I sighed as I placed the last basket of freshly harvested fruit on the stack and wiped the sweat from my forehead. It was early in the day, so it hadn't got as hot as it could do around here, but hard manual labour meant I had worked up quite a sweat. It didn't help that my boss was nowhere to be seen, having headed out to do something earlier in the day. At that exact moment, Nojiko appeared at the gate with a little boy and a body draped over her shoulder.
"Errr, what the hell is that?" I asked, pointing at the limp body.
"No idea, I found him in Gosa trying to take on a Fishman," said Nojiko, "Have you finished?"
"Yep, all harvested and ready for packing," I said, jerking a thumb at the stack of crates stacked up by the house.
"Great, now help me get him inside."
I did as I was told, before heading upstairs to have a shower, inwardly dancing for joy. If Usopp was here, that meant that the rest Straw Hats would be here soon and I could stop having to watch the Fishmen rough up the people of the town without doing anything. I was fairly confident in my powers now and I was sure I could fight toe to toe with them if it came to that, but I wasn't strong enough to take on an entire crew. Not by a long shot.
After showering, I headed back downstairs, stopping outside the sitting room/kitchen combo where I could hear Nojiko giving the kid she'd helped out her little peptalk and told him to go home. He stood and walked through the door, pausing as he saw me leaning against the wall. I grinned and gave him a thumbs up.
"Good luck kid," I said.
He nodded and left the house, leaving me to step into the room.
"Pretty neat speech Nojiko," I said as I entered, making Usopp jump.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Names Marcus," I said, "I work for Nojiko as her indentured servant."
That earned me a slap upside the head.
"Piss off, idiot," she said, before turning to Usopp, "Now, why did you come here to our village?"
"Oh, right," said Usopp, "My name is Captain Usopp, I came here looking for a girl named Nami."
"Nami?" asked Nojiko, sounding surprised.
"Isn't that your sister who joined the Arlong crew?" I asked, before clapping my hands over my sensitive ears.
"WHAT?!" shreaked Usopp.
"Yeah, thats her," said Nojiko, walking over to where a photo of her, Nami and Bell-mere sat on the sideboard.
I tuned out most of the following conversation in favour of considering what I was going to do. I'd need to do something to attract Luffy's attention. Then again, my Zoan forms would probably do that job. I should probably help out with the inevitable battle with the Fishmen though, if only for the chance to kick Arlong's teeth in.
Suddenly, I was broken from my thoughts by someone pounding on the door. I went to answer it and found an out of breath resident stood on the front step.
"A-Arlongs coming," he gasped.
Nojiko appeared at my shoulder.
"What? Why? I thought we payed him this month," she said.
"I don't know, all I know is that I've been told to warn everyone. Just stay out of sight!"
He went running off, no doubt to warn some other people.
"Whats going on?" asked Usopp.
Nojiko ignored him and pushed past me, heading towards the town proper.
"Hey, where are you going?" asked the Straw Hat Sniper.
"I can't just sit here," said Nojiko.
I followed my landlord with Usopp on my heels until we reached the town. Once we were there, Nojiko lead us into the alleyways until we reached a good vantage point, just in time to see Arlong start his little rant on how this area was going to be the first part of his 'glorious empire'. I scoffed.
"Man, what a windbag," I muttered.
"Windbag or not, he can more than back it up," said Nojiko, narrowing her eyes slightly, "We're nothing to him, so killing us is easy for them."
"Hmm, is that so?" I mumbled, rubbing my chin, "I wonder…"
Nojiko shot me a sharp look.
"Whatever your thinking, don't," she hissed, "You don't stand a chance!"
"Nojiko, let me let you in on something," I said, "You have no idea what I'm capable of."
I gave a dark grin.
"However, one thing I'm not capable of is sitting back and watching as bullys walk all over people. Hold this."
I handed her my jacket.
"Wait, what are you…"
I ignored her and took off towards Arlong. One of the awesome side effects of my Devil Fruit was that it had drastically increased my body's strength, even in Human Form, making me stronger and much, much faster than any normal Human. Sure, I wasn't anywhere near as fast or strong as in my other forms, but I could still pack a serious wallop.
"Hey ugly, let the old geezer go!" I shouted, drawing Arlongs attention, right as I slammed my fist into his jaw.
It did fuck all, but at least I now had his attention.
"And who are you?" asked the hulking fishman.
"Oh, I'm just a temporary guest in the Village," I said, shaking out my now numb fingers, "Incidentally, exactly what is your jaw made of?"
Arlong stared at me for a moment, before he burst out laughing.
"AHAHAHAHAH, well, isn't this interesting?" he sneered, "A little Human who thinks he can stand up to us. Do you have any idea who I am boy?"
"I'm 18 and your Arlong the Saw, the man with the highest Bounty in the East Blue," I said.
"In that case, why would you stand against me?" asked the Fishman Captain, "Surely you know you don't stand a chance."
I smirked.
"Oh, I know that perfectly well," I said, "In this form, I don't stand a chance and, given the choice, I'd much rather have just left well enough alone. However…"
I tapped into my power and felt my body start to change as my smirk widened in time to reveal my extending teeth.
"I really don't like bullys and you sir are just that, a bully picking on the weak. That means I have no problem with using you as a testing dummy for some of my new powers!"
I crouched down as my transformation completed. My humanoid form appeared to be a humanoid version of my full form (no shit) with the same colouration. I gained claws, black and blue scales and a tail, while my ears became pointed and gained the blue interior. I didn't have wings, but I did have small fins on my wrists that were razor sharp. Thankfully, I didn't expand that much like some Zone type users, instead keeping my lean body shape, probably because Noivern was also pretty lean. That build meant I was fast and extremely agile. As an added bonus, this form gave me access to a plethora of sound based attacks that could easily turn solid stone into gravel.
"What the hell?" said Arlong, staring at me in shock, as did everyone else, "What the hell are you?"
"Heh, I'm a Zoan Type," I said, "I've eaten a Devil Fruit, although I have no idea which one."
I dug my claws into the ground and pushed off, shooting across the street at speeds way too fast for a Human to see. Quick as a flash, I grabbed Genzo from Arlong's fingers, leaving a nice sized cut with my talons as I did, and zipped over to Nojiko.
"Here, keep an eye on the old man," I said to my gaping landlord as I put the old man down next to her, "I'll be right back."
At that moment, Arlong let out a terrifying roar of fury.
"RAAAAGGGHHHH, HOW DARE YOU, YOU PUNY HUMAN!" he roared, "I'LL CRUSH YOU!"
He ran over to the nearest house and picked it up. Literally, picked up the entire house.
"Ah, thats not good," I said as I ran back into the square to keep Nojiko, Usopp and Genzo out of the line of fire, "Hey ugly, over here!"
Arlong spun around and heaved the building at me.
"Sonic Lance!" I shouted, inhaling deeply, before unleashing a hypersonic scream that hit the flying house and completely pulverised it.
Arlong let out a wordless roar of rage and went to charge me, but was stopped by his fellow fishmen who seemed to be trying to talk him down from flattening the whole village.
"So, still think I don't stand a chance?" I said with a grin.
"GAHHH GET HIM!" roared Arlong as he struggled against his crewmens hold.
I sighed as a couple of unnamed Fishmen stepped forwards, looking weary.
"If you think they'll be able to take me, you've got another think coming," I said.
"Yeah right, you just got lucky is all!" scoffed one of the fishmen as the rest of the crew dragged Arlong away, "No Human can beat a Fishman!"
"True," I said, "But then…"
I vanished and reappeared behind the two pirates.
"I wouldn't really call myself a Human any more," I continued with a dark grin as I flicked my fins clean of the blood clinging to them, "More like, a Wyvern. Sonic Slicer."
The two fishmen collapsed with cuts all over their bodies. I let out a sigh and allowed my transformation to recede. I raised my hand and saw it was shaking.
"Marcus?" said Nojiko in a hesitant voice, "Are...you OK?"
"Yeah, just...that was my first real fight," I said, turning to face my friend.
As I did, I noticed the faces of all the villages looking out of their houses, all staring at me.
"Oh great," I sighed, "And this is why I kept my abilities a secret."
"What are your abilities?" asked Genzo as the scared old man approached me, "I've never seen anything like them."
"I ate a Devil Fruit," I said, "It was a Zoan type, which means I have the ability to switch between my human form to an animal form and a hybrid of the two."
"What animal form?" asked Nojiko.
I eyed her, before I shrugged and transformed. Nojiko and Genzo both took a step back in shock as Usopp let out a terrified scream.
"AHHHH, MONSTER!" he screamed.
I turned my now yellow eyes on the sniper.
"Are you sure you want to call me that in this form?" I growled, showing off my sharp teeth.
"S-s-s-sorry," stuttered Usopp, shivering under my gaze.
"So thats what you meant when you said I wasn't wrong about you falling from the sky," said Nako as he came over, "I take it you can fly with those wings?"
"Yep, I can," I said, spreading my wings proudly, "Unfortunately, I over stretched a little and ended up crashing. Oh, and I can do a lot more than just fly."
I shot a wave of sound at Usopp that made him stiffen and fall over with blood leaking from his ears.
"That was for calling me a Monster," I said as I shifted back.
Just in time for Nami to appear over the horizon.
"Hey everyone," she said as the peanut gallery all turned away from the windows and the few that had come out vanished back inside.
"Hey Nami, its not like you to just come strolling through town like this," said Nojiko.
"Yeah, well…" said the Navigator as she gave me a funny look, "And whos this? A new boyfriend Nojiko?"
"Nope, I'm the guy who's gonna feed Arlong to the fishes," I said with a grin that showed off far too many teeth for a human.
Nami snorted.
"Yeah right," she said, "No one can beat Arlong, least of all a scrawny guy like you."
"They beg to differ," I said, jerking my thumb at the two dead fishmen I'd gutted, "Later."
I turned before Nami could react to the sight of her deceased crewmen and walked away, pausing to grab Usopp by the ankle and pull him along with me. I'd need him later. As I left, I couldn't help but think of how easy killing those two Fishmen had been. Sure, they weren't Human, but they were pretty close and yet, I didn't feel anything. Well, that wasn't completely true, I felt a certain amount of dark satisfaction for taking them out. I wonder if that had something to do with my Devil Fruit messing with my brain chemistry? That was a slightly scary thought. Still, so long as it didn't send me on a killing rampage, I could live with it.
"Hey!"
I stopped and turned around to see Zoro stood at the end of the alley.
"Who are you and what did you do you Usopp?" he demanded, grabbing his sword and drawing it a few inches.
"This guy?" I asked, holding up Usopp by his ankle, "Hes fine, I just knocked him out because he insulted me."
Zoro blinked.
"What?"
"He called me a Monster. So rude."
I dunked him in the water barrel next to me and pulled him out as he started spluttering.
"Hey, whats the big idea?" he yelled, "You won't get away with dunking the great Captain Uso-GLUB!"
I dunked him back in the barrel.
"Er, can I have my friend back?" asked Zoro, looking like he had no idea what the hell was going on.
"Sure, catch."
I tossed Usopp at the swordsman.
"Say, your Roronoa Zoro, right?"
"Thats right," said Zoro.
"So whats a pirate hunter like you doing here?" I asked, "After Arlong's bounty?"
"No, I'm here looking for someone," he said.
"I might be able to help with that," I said, "Who are you looking for?"
"It doesn't matter," said Zoro, "Shes a part of Arlong's crew."
"Ah, you're looking for Nami, right?" I said, snapping my fingers.
"You know her?"
"Nah, I've only been here for about three weeks, but her sister's my boss, so I know a bit about her," I said, "Like this for instance. She may seem like shes one of Arlong's goons, but the truth is she can't stand the bastard. She's only working for him so she can buy back her village, this village."
"How in the world do you know that?" asked Usopp, finally managing to get his head on straight.
"My ears aren't just for looks ya know," I said, "I can hear far better than any Human. You'd be surprised what you can hear by hanging around on rooftops."
"Huh, whats that supposed to mean?" asked Zoro.
I just looked at him and transformed.
"GAH, MONSTER!"
"SUPERSONIC!"
Zoro keeled over with swirls in his eyes from my sound attack.
"Why do people insist on calling me that when they see this form?" I growled as I shifted back.
"Em, you are kinda scary looking," said Usopp as he tried to wake up Zoro.
"Still no reason to be rude," I growled.
"Urg, what hit me?" groaned Zoro as he came too.
"Low frequency sound waves designed to mess with the inner ear and cause disorientation," I said, "Its what you get for calling me a Monster."
"Urg, fair enough," groaned Zoro as he struggled to his feet, still looking dizzy, "Sorry about…"
He trailed off and swallowed, apparently trying to keep his dinner down.
"Don't worry, it shouldn't last too long," I said as the swordsman's legs gave out.
"So, what do we do?" asked Usopp, "I mean, if Nami's trying to save her village, I feel like we should help her some how."
"The only way I can think of is to take out Arlong," I said, "I could probably face down most of his minions in small groups, but any more than three or one competent member and I'd get my tail kicked. I don't suppose you two have any strong friends on the way, do you?"
"Oh, thats right, Luffy's on his way, isn't he?" said Usopp.
"Yeah, thats right," said Zoro, finally shaking off his grogginess, "I wonder where he is?"
"Well, that depends," I said thoughtfully, "I guess if he thought Nami was coming here to go after Arlong, he's head straight for Arlong Park."
There was a moment's silence. Then…
"GOD DAMN IT!"
Zoro took off in the direction of Arlong Park.
"Damn, Luffy probably does think that!" said Usopp, sounding panicked.
He took of after Zoro, leaving me to watch after them feeling smug. I'd been trying to figure out a way to get them to meet up with Luffy where he'd land since I prevented Usopp from getting captured and that worked quite nicely. Now I just had to wait.
And I'm done with this chapter. I don't think its that far out to believe that a Zoan could take on a couple of no named Fishmen, especially a pseudo-Mythic type with abilitys like Marcus. That said, if he went up against the stronger members of the crew, he'd probably get his tail kicked.
As I mentioned in Chapter 1, he can only use his Pokemon moves in his full form. In his hybrid form, he uses sound and speed based attacks with an agile fighting style in conjunction with his claws and sharp fins.
The thing with people calling him a monster and tanking a Supersonic to the face is probably going to be a bit of a running gag. Should be fun at least.
I hope you liked this chapter! Please leave a review!