"BOOM"

I felt Bast shake in my arms from the sound of thunder. It started to rain after we ran away. As we made our get away from the clearing, I found a hollowed out tree and hid in it. Big enough for both Bast and me to fit was a little bit of room to spare.

Bast has been trembling the entire time once we got in the tree. I think she knew what happen to her mother and was grieving. I was content just holding her and rubbing her head.

Me on the other hand, my right eye was gone. I couldn't see anything on that side, and it was all black. Once secured in the tree, I unrolled my beanie and pulled it over my right eye to cover it up. I didn't think it was the most sanitized thing to do, but I didn't have much in the way of medical supplies.

Running my hand over the now cover eye socket. It was weird feeling nothing there, but the more bizarre part was the fact that my whole right side of my head was back. It didn't take long to figure out that I ate a Logia fruit. It was the only exception as for how I survived a wind bullet to the head. With another flash of lighting and a roll of thunder, I muttered out aloud "Based on the mist that appeared after I got shot. I probably ate the Mist-Mist Fruit."

"Ding"

The sound of the phone going off told me I was right. I couldn't believe it. Not only had I ate a devil fruit. I also ate one of the most potent fruit from the get-go.

"Mishishishi." I chuckled lightly touching my missing eye. "So much for most powerful. Couldn't even protect Sekhmet, much less my own eyeball."

I felt Bast shift under me, mewling as she moved. She raised her head and licked the left side of my face. Scratching her head, I whispered to her "Don't worry I'm fine."

She curled back into my lap. I felt her stomach slowly moving up and down as she drifts off to sleep. Going to sleep wasn't much of an option for me. Even with me turning the inner part of my eye socket into the mist, It was still throbbing in pain. Enough to prevent me from sleeping comfortably.

Moving around I tried to get more comfortable on the rough bark I was leaning against. Not that it changed much with it stabbing me in the back.

Once I was in a safe place, I would freak out about what was happing in my life. Between my caretaker dying and me getting a logia devil fruit. I had a lot of emotional baggage piling up, but I could bottle them up for now. I had to figure out how my fruit worked.

Shifting was more natural now, by imagining my body turning into mist was enough for it to trigger it. Raising my right hand, I watched it turned from lightly tan skin to a whitish-blue mist. Thanks to the hyper-awareness I could feel everything the mist was touching. It was as though I was running my hand over the bark inside the tree.

Shaping the mist came naturally to me. Twisting and moving around in the air I made a square, a circle, a pyramid, and even my name. I spent a couple of minutes just making the mist take different forms. Also adding more to work with by changing my whole arm.

Once I was bored with making shapes, I went to turn my arm back to normal, but only my hand changed to flesh. Looking at my hand then to my shoulder to see the mist had them connect together. 'You know this kinda reminds me of Smoker's White Blow.' The second time I managed to return my arm.

I had the power to turn my body into mist, but that doesn't come with any offense power. Maybe blinding my enemies and sneak attacks. I knew there was more I could do with my fruit power. I just had to figure out what that was. After all devil fruits are fucking bullshit when it comes to having level capping.

After all, there was no max level. Besides maybe awakening it? But I had no clue how that happens and even then that was more of a level jump. Like going from level 1 to 50 in one kill.

Leaning my head against the wood and closing my eye to try to sleep. No reason to overload my brain. After all, I had more pressing matters; like Bast and my survival, and being mentally exhausted wasn't going to help us.

Slowly I drift into an unconscious, but before that could happen, I heard the murmuring of two people. My eye snapped open; turning my head to the hole in the tree. Trying to peer into the dark woods behind it lead to no avail.

'This could be a chance to see what my devil fruit can do.' Turning my ears into mist, I moved them through the hole. As the mist drew closer to the people, I could hear their conversation.

"This is fucking bullshit man." grumbled a deep southern male voice.

"Look, this is captain order." said a higher voice compare to his partner.

"I know," he sighed before continuing. "But still why do we need to hunt a kid down? What could he possibly have done to piss off the cap?"

"wait, you didn't hear? The kid tried to stop the captain from killing one of those giant tigers."

"Oh damn. You mean the Durga tigers. The last piece to the cap collection." the deep voice exclaim out before the higher voice continued. "Yeah he killed it in the end, but he mad that someone stood up to him and survival."

"Shit! that kid screwed if anyone finds him."

It was silence as the conversation died down along with there footsteps. I expanded my mist to get a better feel for the area. I could feel the two men looking left and right. On the ground, I could feel where the ground sunk in from their steps.

"yeah we should head back to camp I don't think the kid over here. Plus this mist is making hard to see." the deep voice grunted out.

I Felt the other man nodded his head before responding back "Yeah. we can look tomorrow."

"I hope not. I didn't join the marine to go hunt down kids."

As the to men turned back around I drew back in all the mist I generated. Once my body was back to normal I remarked on the situation we were in.

We had the marine hunting as down. Going back to the cave hasn't an option now. They probably had men watching it. Our best option was to either stay low and hope this blow over or try to get off this island.

Both had their problems. Staying low on the marine's radar required time and seeing how the captain was a hunter, he could most likely track us down, and he had men to help him. Getting off this island was even harder seeing as we both couldn't swim. Plus I have no clue how to operate a ship of any size and Bast didn't have any opposable thumbs.

Sitting with bast on my lap I ponder ideas to fix our situation. Trying to find the best answer to our problem. As the second past by a thought came to my head. A dumb idea, but an idea none the less.

"I could always try to defeat him," I stated aloud before shaking my head. "Nah. wouldn't work he is a marine captain and a devil fruit user. Probably has more experience with it."

Putting my head back against the bark of the tree; my eyelids slowly drifted shut from the exhausted of the day. Leading me into a dreamless sleep.

I woke to the sound of branches cracking and grass crunching. Without a second thought, I jumped up, stumbling from getting up to fast and my lack of vision. Grabbing my spear, and I point it to the hole in the tree. Bast was also up crouching low ready to pounce at whatever was near.

As the sounds grew closer, toward our hiding spot, I could make out the voices of a male and a female. By how loud they were talking, or more likely arguing from what it sounds like. With the adrenaline running through my veins clearing the haze the cover my mind from sleeping. I remember that I could eavesdrop on these people like the two men from last night.

Turning my ears into mist, I filled the surrounding area before finding the two a couple of feet to the left of the tree. By feeling the air around them with the mist, I could 'see' that the girl had two chains on her waist that had sickle attached to them while the male was carrying no visible weapons.

"Why is the capt even making us hunt for this fruit anyway?" the man asked popping his knuckles "It not like any of can eat it anyway."

The female ran her finger through her head before answering "you know that the captain is crazy when it comes to devil fruits. She just would be happy to see it." the man just grunted before they continued in silence.

Keeping my mist up, I could feel the two heading north toward were the cave was. Watching the two continued on I the ponder what they said.

'They said they were looking for a devil fruit for their captain, but the weird haired marine mostly likely ate one already. Plus he seems more crazy about hunting then about devil fruits.' Sitting down with Bast laying next to me I felt the two changed directions towards the west. Leading close to our hiding place. "Probably not marine, maybe pirates? Doesn't matter everyone is a threat till were off this island.' Gripping the shaft of my spear with both my hands, I waited.

The female keeps Disappearing in my mist, where a tree was she just walked into it before popping out on the other side. She definitely had a devil fruit, but was the question which one? It couldn't be the phase phase fruit because the midget was still alive if the phone was to be believed. Maybe a merge fruit or a teleporting fruit?

As they neared our tree, I stood back up and braced myself against the inner tree's wall. I felt Bast crouch low next to me ready to pounce.

Through the mist, see them walking right up to the tree. Thankfully on the other side of the hole. With my ears, I could hear the cracking of branches and rustle of the leaves.

The women didn't slow down when walking up to the tree. Shifting the spear in my hands, I pointed it to where she should appear. She steps into the tree disappear through my 'sight' before a second pass and she appears inside the tree.

She lets out a small gasp before I ram my spear through her.

I heard the thud of my spear hitting wood. Looking down to were my weapon was penetrating her. There was no blood in or even a hole in her shirt. In fact, I could still see my spear on the other side of her. She was completely see-through.

"you know you're supposed to put your stick in the lady around the third date, not when you first see her." She joked before Putting her hand under my chin lifting it up to see my face the other moving the spear out of her body. I didn't stop her. Too shocked at what I was seeing or at least what was visible. Looking her in her abyss see-through eyes, I watched her slowly removed the beanie coving my missing eye. She winced at what I could only assume was mush or a gaping hole in my face.

"When did this happen?" she questions putting the beanie back.

"Last night when the marine captain here shot me in the eye with his devil fruit," I responded never taking my eyes off her as she slowly became solid. Her abyss colored eyes grew darker, and her clear skin became pale, along with her bone white hair that flowed down her back from it is wisp appearance.

"Shit!" she examined before grabbing my wrist "I need to take you to ship to patch up your eye." she started to walk toward the hole before Bast pounced her.

She let go of my wristed as the black striped cat pinned her to the ground. As I went to push Bast off her the male form before rounded the tree. He posed into a boxing pose eyeing Bast. Without a second thought, I ready my arm to throw my spear grabbing my knife in my open hand.

The seconds slow past by as the tension increased in the air before the girl sighed, mumbled something, and then become see-through once more. She moved out from under Bast and walked over to her companion placing her hand on his shoulder.

"Jasper," she said "Stand down." she removed her hand from him before walking over to me. "And you can put down those toys of yours. A half-blind man should not be starting fights."

Putting down my spear and knife; I called Bast back to my side. Patting his head, I responded to her statement. "I not as blind as I look." She shrugged her shoulder and waving her hand Piping back, "Whatever you say, tiger. Doesn't change the fact I'm taking you back to the ship to patch up your eye."

I run my hand over my missing eye. Even with my beanie coving the wound and turning the inside into mist I knew it needs to be treated. Streaming mist from the bottom of my feet. Keeping it low to the ground so I watch their movement. I looked up and asked: "And how can I trust you to treated my eye?"

She Rolled up her sleeve on her right arm showing a picture of two snakes wrapping around a rod with wing spreading out toward the top. "Do you know what this symbol is?" I nodded my head.

"yes it the caduceus, the symbol of medicine for many cultures."

She, in turn, nodded her head to me. putting her sleeve back before continuing "Then you can guess that only someone who commits there life to medicine would get a tattoo of it."

She had a point, after all, I was sure as hell was not tattooing it on me. I barely based biology my alley was with machines. Much easier to understand then DNA or I guess it would be called lineage factor here. Shrugging my shoulder I said, "Alright fair enough, but how do I know you didn't get it while drunk and thought it looks cool in your intoxicated state."

she started to open her mouth to yell at me for disrespect the art of medicine probably, but since the conversation began her male company asked the most important question "Well did you?" Looking between me and her crewmate she threw up her hands before walking away

"Fuck it. If you want help, follow. If not crawl back into your damp, old, dead tree."

Looking at the male, he just shrugged his shoulder before following the women. I start at two departing form watching them even after the forest swallowed them from my eyesight. Even watching them after they left the range of my mist. Scratching Bast's ear, I spoke to the purring cat "What do you think Bast, should we go with them?"

He looked up to me, then to the direction the two walked. He then leaps at me pushing me to the ground. Hitting the ground the overside cat gently licked my right eye.

"I guess your right. But can we trust them is the question?" I asked him. He responded by jumping off me and walk toward the two. Getting up I followed him fixing my beanie as it was sliding off my head.

"I okay but didn't you just pounce her for trying to take me to her ship?" I question the cat. Getting a response in the form of a lowly growl. I put my hand up in the air.

"Alright. have it your way then."

I put my hands in my pockets I ponder my situation. Well first of all Bast and I were being hunted by marine, second of all I had no clue how to use my fruit offensively, and the best part to all of this.

"My only hope to survive is trusting some guy name Jasper and A girl who can walk through objects." running a hand down my face I spoke to the wind. "How did my life get so fucked?"

"Oh, right. Some dick named D put me on a beach. If I ever find him kicking him in the dick, then sick Bast on him."

I nodded my head to that idea and continued on the path following the footstep I could see in the ground. Toward what I hope wasn't a trap of some kind.

guess what?

I'm not dead.

YEAH!

No, but in all seriousness. Sorry for dropping off the face of the world for three months. Life decided to kick me in the balls by having both school and work pile up.

But hey I'm here now and I try to get the next chapter put up in a week or so. I hold no promise other than the fact I try my best.

So tell me what you think of the newest chapter all 14 of you. Wait there 14 of you guys now.

Damn looked awhile for a second and I got more people.

Alright cool.

-Demon Hunter signing off-