Guts was up and walking about the next day. Schierke locked away the Berserker armor so he would have to go a little while without it as to remove the strain off him. The armor was only twenty some pounds heavier than him but it was still extremely heavy never the less. But yet he could move faster than the eye could track with it on. Guts refused to leave his sword on the ship though and wrapped it in some chain and kept it on his back.
Guts, Isidro, and Serpico headed out to the spring as to help Guts to repair. Schierke stayed with the other girls as to prevent another misunderstanding and get into yet another fight with the Straw Hats. The three went to the spring and as they thought they found Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy waiting for them. There was only a single bath and they group of guys had it all for themselves even though it was big enough for three ties their number.
After they got ready to enter the spring the Straw Hats found themselves staring at Guts as his muscles seemed to be chiseled out of iron instead of flesh. Not to mention he was covered in more scars than the entire Straw Hat's crew combined, in fact you would have to multiply that number several times to match the number Guts had. They entered the spring and they began to soak in the feeling of relaxation.
"So… What's up with him?" Isidro asked Zoro pointed at Luffy. "He stretched his arm back on the boat.
"He ate a devil fruit. Turn him into rubber." Zoro said with a nod towards Luffy. "Show him Luffy."
"Sure." He said grabbing his cheek and stretching it out the distance of his arm. "See?"
"Whoa!" Isidro said shocked. "I wish I could do that."
"You lose your ability to move in water as a result." Sanji said calling over. "If Luffy has his head fall before the water he can do little more than become a rock."
"Yep." Luffy said having his face whip back to normal. "Do you have any powers Guts?"
"I'm a hundred percent human if that's what you're asking." Guts replied. He glared at Luffy with his one remaining eye. "Why are you so damn happy all the time? Don't you have a single ounce of seriousness in you?"
"Hey. I can get serious." Luffy said leaning towards him as Guts sat across from him.
"Do you know what it means to even lose?" Guts asked. "I beat up your friends and you show up with a smile on your face like nothing happened. Do you even care about them?"
"I care about my crew." Luffy said. "The fight was over."
"What if I killed them?" Guts asked. "Would you even know how that would feel like? Or would you keep that stupid little smile of yours on forever. Oh my Captain."
Luffy gritted his teeth slightly, Sanji sat up straighter and Zoro grabbed one of the swords that he brought in from behind him and popped the blade a little bit out. Isidro looked at them and then back to Guts who's grimace had yet to leave his face. He wondered if they would end up fighting again.
"I know what it means to lose someone I love." Luffy said narrowing his gaze. "Every time I see this scar on my chest I remember losing my brother. He died right in front of me and I couldn't do anything."
Guts walked over to him and Luffy stood up in the water again.
"I watched my entire family get butchered like pigs in front of me." Guts said and held up the stump that used to be his arm. "I fought as hard as I could but yet I couldn't do anything. The only friends I ever knew, ripped apart and eaten by demons in front of me. And the person that I loved like a brother was the reason why. He summoned the demons, he sacrificed them, and he broke my girlfriends mind and body right in front of me. I still feel the demon's teeth around this arm as I watched him do so, forcing me to cut it off!"
Luffy took a stumbled step backwards as Guts had rage boil in his blood.
"I remember ever cut I did into it. Ever sound of flesh being torn by a broken sword that I once wielded for my brother and this eye, this eye that I lost, still remembers the sight of my family being butchered. You have a scar boy. I have a nightmare. That I remember every time I open my only eye." Guts finished his story and lowered his stump. "So yeah. I hate people like you. People who think that they'll always come out smiling. People who can't help but smile a dumb, retarded, smile."
Guts then left the spring and cracked his neck before going back to the changing room. After putting his shirt and pants back on he went to get his sword which was in a different room with his metal hand. As he walked out he looked over to his right and found several marines with swords at their sides. They were forced to take a double-take when they saw him. One of them in the front of the group rolled out a piece of paper with a picture of Monkey. D. Luffy on it.
"We got news that this man was here. Have you seen him?"
"Yeah I have." Guts said. "What about it?"
"He is wanted by the world government." The man stated. "Now please take us to him."
"Nah. That isn't my problem." Guts said. "Find him yourself you fatass."
"I'm three hundred pounds of muscle!" The man said take a few steps forward and got into Guts's face. "Now do what I say or else I'll break you old man."
Guts replied by grabbing him by the collar and putting his head into the wall to the left of him. Guts yanked him back and slammed the man into the wall to his right before throwing him at his men. He knocked down two of the seven down. They drew their swords and waited for him to do the same. Guts didn't even blink. One ran at him with a thrust but was stopped short just before Guts's face as he gripped the blade with his bare hand. The marine gave a nervous chuckle before Guts kicked him in the chest that launched him throw two more men.
Guts tossed the sword up in the air and grabbed it by the handle before jumping into the group. He knocked one to the side as they tried to block and stabbed another through the stomach and left the blade there as he yanked the sword out of the hand of the marine he knocked to the side before. He cut off the head of a marine and stabbed another through the skull before yanking back and blocking another sword slash. He kicked the man in the groin and while he was bent over he slammed him knee into his windpipe.
One pointed a pistol at him but he kicked a sword at them and it cut them across the cheek before he dashed up and cut the man's arm off. He dropped the sword and grabbed the pistol and pointed at the head of one of the marines knocked to the ground.
"Drop your swords." He demanded. "Or else."
The remaining put their swords the floor. Guts then smirked and pulled the trigger. They all bent down to grab their sword but he was already on them and before they could react they were in pieces. He was again covered in blood as he walked across the springs and collected his things.
Thirty more Marines showed up shortly at the entrance. They knew something was up but having a massive sword stabbed through the paper door of the entrance, as a silhouette of a demon was behind it, and having a man impaled on the sword was not something they were expecting.
"What?" Guts asked coming out and kicking the man off his sword before gripping it with his flesh and metal hands. "You've never been to a massacre before?"
