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Things are different now...

Flashback Part 3

"That's what I thought," his father nodded, happy that his son understood. "Come on. I will take you to see the doctor now. We need to get rid of those useless emotions that only hold you back as soon as we can."

Eri hated being a High Noble, not a Celestial Dragon, but something very similar to it. Right after the Celestial Dragons, would come what Eri's parents are. High Nobles of the Outer World. More powerful than the Royalty, but not as powerful as the World Nobles/High Nobles of the World Government/Celestial Dragons but still pretty damn close it.

After all, the Celestica Family is the World's strongest and scariest Noble Family there is outside of the Celestial Dragons.

Eri Celestica, Eri hated being it. He wanted to anything but a Celestica and if he ever got the chance, he will be anything but Eri Celestica. But who Eri be then…?

Eri looked at the spade on fire on his left inside of his wrist. Spade, that's who Eri will be once he is able to leave this life, if he is ever able too. He'll be Spade. That will be his name.


1 year later…

Eri hated his life. Sure, he had everything he could ever ask for, at least that's what his parents tell him and that's how others see his life and what his siblings say as well. But it was far from true. All Eri wanted, was a caring and loving family- siblings who would laugh and play and not treat him or others like dirt. Who didn't act the only thing in the world that matter was money and power and status.

Love is what matter in the world, at least, it did in Eri's opinion. Sure, he wasn't quite sure what love was since he never really received or got any, but he was sure it was different to what and how he is treated by his family. And freedom too, freedom would be good too. Being able to make one's own choice- in what clothes to wear, what food to eat, who one can be friends with and what to do with one's life. Any kind of type of freedom. That would nice as well.

Eri hated the people who his parents forced him to be friends with; he hated eating the weird food that they make him eat and he hated the clothes that choice for him to wear, but worse of all. He hated they had controlled his life. Eri wasn't a puppet that his parents could just control and do whatever the fuck they wanted with. Eri was person! An actually living and breathing person!

The only choice that Eri ever made or had of his own was the tattoo he had- the one that his parents know about. He got in a lot of trouble for it, but it was worth it. At least Eri had that and it wasn't something that his parents could easily take away from him. Not if his father wanted him to be his stupid fucking heir.

"Oh?" his father said to someone. "Special you say? How?"

Eri hated this place just as much as he hated his own home. A slaver hunt. Where people's freedom and choices were taken away, sure, Eri had it bad but these poor guys have it much worse.

"I'll show you sir," the slaver told Eri's father.

"Come on along Eri," his father tells him.

Fuck you, or Fuck off, or Fuck no, was what Eri had thought of saying to his father. But he didn't. he would be punished if he did. His father might actually try to take the tattoo, he might remove it if Eri said that. And Eri didn't want to lose thing that gave him is little bit of freedom, his fiery spade tattoo.

Spade… that was a better name to Eri. At least, Eri happens to think it is. The moment that Eri gets the chance. He is no longer going to be Eri, he is going to be Spade! And he will leave the life of Eri Celestica behind, never to return.

But for now, Eri has to do as he father tells him. For now, he has to be Eri Celestica. But soon, soon Eric Celestica be a long distant memory and Spade can forget being him.

"Coming father," Eri said.


Marco glared at the slaver and the man that he had with him. Marco glared at the boy around his age with the man as well. Who the hell was this guy that the slaver had brought with him!? And was who the kid!?

Marco had managed to survive almost a year on his own and then, Marco had made a mistake. He had gotten into fight with someone and got hurt, but his wound healed it, like it always did. Marco has no idea how or why his wounds heal but it did. But this time, people saw and he was chased and trapped, then got caught.

"So this is him?" the man said to the slaver.

"Yes," the slaver answered. "That is right Minter Celestica."

"What is so special about this boy?" the blonde man called Mr. Celestica asked the slaver.

Marco backed away very quickly as he saw the slave pull out a knife. He didn't want to stab or sliced again!

"I'll show you," the man said as he opened the door to the cage that Marco was in. The blonde-haired boy couldn't get far as he was chained, and those chains were attached to the room.

"No!" the other blonde shouted as he ran into the cage and grabbed the man's hand, trying to stop the man from hurting the boy. The blonde noble didn't care if this by was 'special' or not. He wasn't going to stand here and let someone hurt someone else!

"Eri," his father said in a stern voice as the man didn't want to hurt the noble boy. He did not want to piss Minter Celestica off. It would be very bad for business. "What do you think you're doing?"

The boy looked at his father, doing his best to show his emotions. "I… I don't see any reason for the boy to be hurt."

Minster Celestica waked into the cage and handed the boy he had called Eri the knife from the saver's hand. "Then you do it Eri."

"But father…" Eri said seeming nervous.

"Are you showing him emotions, boy?" the man looking and seeming rather angry about it. Marco didn't understand what was going on.

"No sir!" Eri said quickly as he turned to the blonde slave boy. Walking up to the him with the knife. He didn't want to hurt the boy… but he didn't have much choice, and the boy also knew he was going to be finished later for showing emotion.

Marco moved away from the noble boy, at least, the phoenix devil fruit eater was guessing that the boy was a noble since he was calling this Mr. Celestica his father and the man looked like some kind of high noble of some kind.

The boy smiled lightly to Marco. His instincts were saying to trust the boy. But his body just wanted to run, because of the knife and he didn't know what the boy was going to do it. "It's okay, it will hurt a little." The boy cute his palm, trying his best to not flinch in pain. "See?"

This was probably better than what the adults would do…

Marco let the blond boy walk and take his hand careful, before cutting it careful and they all watched as a blue flame easily healed the cut.

"I will pay him," the man told the slaver. Eri was doing his best to not look worried about that. What were his father's plans for the boy? "I will be back at the end of week for him. Eri, come."

"Don't worry," Eric told the blonde slave boy. "I'll think of something to get you out."

"Eri!" his father reported as Eri ran over to him and hand the slaver the knife back.

Marco watched as the boy left with the man. What was going on? Who was this boy? What did he mean he would think of something? Marco wasn't an idiot, he wasn't going to stay here and let the slavers sell him to anyone. The only problem was, he had no idea how to get out. nor did he know where to go. Damn it… What was Marco going to do?

Eri had a plan. It wasn't the world's greatest plan. But still, it was a plan. Now, Spade needed to get to the people who can help him with his plan to free of all the slaves here and burn down the slave house. And the first one that Spade will save, looking back to the blonde healing powered boy. Was him.