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Chapter 9:Haki

5 Months had passed since the 'slave hunting' incident happened. And now Luffy is sleeping at the ship's figurehead and most of the crew are doing their duties, while the others are drinking at the deck of the ship (One of them is Whitebeard).

Marco is in the crow nest, lazily looking at the sea. He saw something coming towards them. He took a great looked and he manages to see a 20 pirate ships, and he saw a familiar jolly Roger 'Hmm... Silver pirates.' he sighed and thought 'Another troublesome pirates trying to take pops head.' He transforms his arms into wings and he fly towards Whitebeard.

When he landed in front of Whitebeard, he put down his sake and gave Marco a curious look.

"Pops, there are incoming pirate ships." Marco said

"How many and who?" Whitebeard asked

"There are 20 ships, and one of them is the silver pirates, it's been said that they're the one who's causing havoc in some islands." Marco explained

"Gurarara..." Whitebeard laughed "Go prepare the men, just in case battle break out." Whitebeard ordered

"Roger that..." Marco said and he alerted the crew that there are incoming ships.

"Troublesome pirates" Thatch muttered as he readies himself for the battle.

"How about we bet?" Izo suggested with smirk on his face.

"What is it?" Haruta asked; interested in the bet.

"How many ships you can sink." Izo stated

"I'm in." Haruta and Thatch said

"Hey... What are you talking about?" Vista asked; He's with Jozu.

"Well... we're having a bet on how many of ships Thatch, Izo and I can sink. Want to play?" Haruta said

"Sure, I'm in" Vista said; Jozu agreed to him.

"We can ask Marco too." Thatch said

"Ask me what?" Marco asked

"Marco... perfect timing." Thatch said "You see, we are having a bet and we want to ask you if you want to play too." Thatch continued

"What kind of bet?" Marco asked; he's interested about the bet.

"How many ships the five of us can sink, but if you agree to play, then there will be six of us." Thatch said and Marco smirks

"I'm in." Marco agreed

"Then it settles, now we need to tell pops" Thatch said and they walked towards Whitebeard

Whitebeard had already guessed why the six if his son came to him. It always happen.

"Do whatever you want." Whitebeard said and the six smiled.

"You heard pops" Izo said for the whole crew to hear.

"No fair..."

"We want some too..."

"Yeah"

Sound of protests can be heard from the whitebeard pirates while Whitebeard scanned the surrounding. 'Something missing...' Whitebeard thought and then it clicked.

"Where is Luffy?" Whitebeard asked causing the whitebeard pirates to quiet and looked around, wondering where Luffy is.

"Sleeping." Marco said

"Where?" Whitebeard asked

"Figurehead" Izo said

"Wake her up, Haruta" Whitebeard ordered Haruta

"Okay" Haruta said. But before Haruta can walk; a cannon fired at the Moby dick. Fortunately, it didn't hit the ship but it caused the ship to rock violently. Then two loud splashed can be heard; indicating that something hit the water.

'Wait... two splashes?' Marco thought, and then realization dawned at him. "Luffy..." Marco said.

Fortunately, Namur is leaning at the railing and he saw Luffy fall into the sea. Without a second thought, he dived and swam towards Luffy to prevent her from drowning. Namur grabbed her arms and he resurface, and the rest of the crew are getting them out of the water.

When they're finally fished out from the sea; Namur laid Luffy gently on the deck. Luffy started coughing and sat up.

"Why... the ship... rock... like that...?" Luffy asked whilst trying to get her breath back.

"Well, some idiots fired a cannon at the ship" Haruta said whilst rubbing the back of Luffy and Luffy huffed in annoyance.

"Whitebeard..." someone called and everyone looked who called their captain.

"What do you want, brat?" Whitebeard demanded

"I'm the captain of silver pirates and I'm here to take your head." The other captain said as he glare at Whitebeard.

"Luffy, you should go change your clothes before you catch a cold." Marco said to Luffy, To be honest; he don't want Luffy to see what's going to happen and he want her to be safe if the battle become out of control. But, of course he won't let that happen.

"Okay." Luffy said and she ran into her shared room to get dress.

When Luffy is nowhere in sight, Marco smirk and said "Shall we get started?"

"Yeah..." The other five agreed and they all jump into the enemy ships.

The battle began, Marco, Izo, Vista, Jozu, Thatch and Haruta are pretending to struggling a bit to make the battle interesting, though they kept in mind that they're competing with each other. The sound of protest became cheers as they bet who will win the game.

Marco sink a ship "Ha... That's one" and he moved to another ship.

"One" Thatch said

"One" Izo said

"One" Haruta, Jozu and Vista said in unison. And they jumped to another ship.

Luffy came out and wondering what's with the loud cheering. She saw Whitebeard drinking his sake whilst watching his sons fight. Luffy walked towards him and he noticed her.

"What are they doing?" Luffy asked and tilted her head in confusion.

"Betting." Whitebeard simply stated

"What kind of bet?" Luffy asked

"Who can sink most of the ship" Whitebeard said

"Cool... I want to bet too." Luffy said

Whitebeard raised his eyebrow in confusion "Do you have money?"

Luffy grinned and nodded "Of course"

"Huh? I don't see one." Whitebeard said

"I kept it in my 'dimension pocket'" Luffy said

"Ohhh... I see" Whitebeard said

"If I win, I'll treat you more sake." Luffy said and Whitebeard laughed.

"That's a promise" Whitebeard said

"Promise" Luffy said with her trademark grin and she ran towards the railing.

"Oi... I'm going to bet too." Luffy said and the Whitebeard pirates looked at her.

"You know Luffy that it need money, right?" Curiel said

"Of course I do" Luffy said and she put her hands inside her pockets and she do her magic. When she pulled her hands out of her pocket, she showed them a gold that's a size of a small stone. Their eyes bulged out and Whitebeard just laughed in amusement.

"Where the hell did you get that?" Blamenco asked

"At the island where you found me." Luffy simply stated

"That island again" Atmos said and Luffy giggled

"So... who's your bet?" Jiru asked

"Hmm... lets see..." Luffy said as she scanned her surrounding, her eyes landed on Thatch. She saw someone's approaching behind him, The crew and Thatch didn't notice the attacker. The attacker raised his sword. Luffy looked horrified and she panicked; she won't make it in time if she fly to save him. So the other choice is to make Thatch notice it. Her will to save Thatch is desperate yet determined.

Luffy fill her lungs with air and she burst out his name "THATCH.."

Everyone stop their movements from the girl's outburst and looked at her, the weak-willed men near her passed out. Luckily, it reached to the man behind Thatch. The man passed out with a loud thud, and Thatch finally noticed him. Everyone stared at Luffy like she have another head and their mouths are gaping like a fish out of water.

"Thatch, I'm glad you're okay." Luffy said and she grinned.

"Luffy..." Thatch said "Where did you learn that?" He asked still in disbelief

"Learn what?" Luffy asked and she tilted her head in confusion; She finally noticed that half of the crew are out cold. She knelt and poked the one who's near her and said "If you continue to sleep like that, you'll catch cold." The others sweat-dropped and Whitebeard chuckled.

"Luffy..." Whitebeard called

"Pops, What is it?" Luffy asked and she stood up.

"Come here" Whitebeard said and Luffy walked toward Whitebeard.

"Pops?" Luffy asked again; Instead of answering her, he just picked her up ans he sat her on his lap. Luffy looked at him in confusion.

"Gurarara... The view in there is more clear." Whitebeard said and Luffy looked where the battle is and she agreed. Whitebeard made a mental note to ask her about what happened and he continued watching his son.

"Might as well we finish this, I need to know what happened to my cute little sissy." Haruta said

"Yeah..." The others agreed and they became serious.


The battle ended quickly, all the enemy ships are now destroyed. Marco won as he destroyed 5 of the ships, Izo, Thatch, Haruta, Jozu and Vista are all tied. They all jumped to the deck of the ship and walked towards Whitebeard.

"Good job" Whitebeard said

"I won" Marco said and he smirked at the five.

"Shut up" They growled in annoyance; Whitebeard and Marco laughed and Luffy giggled; She's still sitting on Whitebeard's lap

"I wonder how they manage to survive the new world... they're pretty weak." Thatch said

"Yeah, right" Vista agreed

"What's up, Luffy?" Haruta asked

"Looks like the others are going to give pops more sake" Luffy said

"Huh?" Thatch asked

"You see, my bet is on Marco and I told them that if Marco win, they're going to give pops more sake." Luffy explained

"Wow, your bet is on me... I'm flattered, yoi" Marco said and the five frowned as they muttered about unfair Luffy is. Luffy, Marco and Whitebeard laughed.

"Anyway Luffy, how did you do that thing?" Izo asked

"What thing?" Luffy asked

"Haoshoku Haki*" Whitebeard said

"Haoshoku Haki...? What's that?" Luffy asked in confusion

"Well... I'm going to explain you everything so you need to listen to me carefully... okay?" Whitebeard said and Luffy nodded "Haki is a mysterious power that is found in every living being in the world. It is not that different from the normal senses. However, most people do not notice it or fail to awaken it. Broadly, there are two types of Haki common to everyone, The Kenbunshoku Haki* and Busoshoku Haki*, given the proper training. However, there is a third type that only a certain group of "chosen ones" are said to possess; The Haoshoku Haki, which you performed earlier."

"What they can do?" Luffy asked

"I'm getting in there." Whitebeard said and Luffy scratch the back of her head sheepishly and Whitebeard chuckled."kenbunshoku Haki is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally. With enough skill, one can use this Haki to predict an opponent's moves shortly before they make them, thereby making the attack that much easier to evade. This prediction appears to the user as an image or brief "premonition" of what the opponent will do in the user's mind eye and the damage the user will take if the attack actually "hits"." Whitebeard continued

"Busoshoku Haki allows the user to create a force similar to an invisible armor around themselves. This haki allows the user to defend against attacks that would otherwise cause them harm. This type of Haki also has the ability to bypass the powers of a Devil fruit user, touching the 'substantial body' beneath whatever protection the fruit provides, such as the case of body-altering Devil Fruits such as Logia or Paramecia users" Whitebeard explained

"Ehhh... really? How cool!" Luffy exclaimed "Show me how" Luffy said and Whitebeard grinned and she pinched Luffy's cheeks.

"Oww..." Luffy said; she try to make it pass through, but can't. Whitebeard let her cheeks go and Luffy rub the sore spot and said "That hurts a lot... but cool." and Whitebeard laughed

"What about the haoshoku haki?" Luffy asked

"Right... is a rare form of Haki that cannot be attained through training and only one in a million people carry it. This type of Haki grants the user the ability to dominate the wills of others. You can knock those with weak wills unconscious. Whilst inexperienced users are restricted to merely overpowering the will of one individual or blindly knocking out weak-willed people around them, those with more expertise can pick out weak-willed individuals in a large group and knock them out without affecting those around them. However, those with stronger wills can resist or even ignore the effects of Haoshoku Haki. The ability to knock someone out depends on the difference in strength between the person using Haki and the person or persons the user is trying to knock out. The greater the power gap, the easier it is to knock the victim out. While this type of Haki cannot be attained through training like the other two, it can be improved through training, as it grows as the user's spirit grows" Whitebeard said

"One in a million... Wow" Luffy said in amused tone.

"Hmmm... It's quite a surprised that you managed to unlock it in such a young age." Whitebeard said

"Who do you know have this Haoshoku Haki too?" Luffy asked

"Aside from me, The late pirate king; Gol D. Roger, and his first mate; Silver Rayleigh" Whitebeard said

"Wow... you have it too... cool" Luffy said "Could you teach me how to do it?" Luffy asked Whitebeard

"Of course... I can't let you off if you can't control it. It's dangerous" Whitebeard said

"Yehey... When can we start?" Luffy asked

"For now, we are going to enjoy the day today and tomorrow we're going to start your training" Whitebeard said "Marco, you're going to join us" He added

"I can't say no after all." Marco said with a sigh.

Luffy giggled and said "Thatch, I'm hungry"

"Is there a time that you're not hungry?" Thatch asked and they all burst out laughing.


Haoshoku Haki: Conqueror's Haki

Kenbunshoku Haki: Observation Haki

Busoshoku Haki: Armament Haki

The information about the 3 Haki are came from One piece wiki...

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