Devil Fruit:
Touch Touch Fruit
Tatchi Tatchi no Mi
Appearance:
This Devil Fruit looks like a bunch of bananas that are of a deep green colour on the outside, which is covered in small compact green swirls. Once peeled the inside is a light blue with long, winding swirls covering it. The stem of this Fruit is a dark green that has no offshoots and is curved slightly at the end.
Class:
This is a Paramecia Devil Fruit.
Sub-Category:
The Touch Touch Fruit is apart of the two sub-categories Assimilation Paramecia and Body Altering Paramecia. The Assimilation Paramecia sub-category allows the user to assimilate things into their own body, making them stronger or upgrading themselves to become something more. The assimilation process may be different for each Fruit and so it can cause problems if they cannot assimilate certain things due to inability, or if the user is inexperienced. The Body Altering Paramecia sub-category allows Paramecia user's to alter their body on command into multiple different things or just one specific item. This can range from altering their weight to altering their body into different items like turning the user's body into a weapon. This is only limited to the user's body, and as such can not impact anything apart from the user themselves.
Overview:
This Devil Fruit allows the user to gain the features, properties and aspects of anything that they are touching. The reason this is called the Touch Touch Fruit is due to the user only being able to assimilate the properties of anything they touch or come into contact with. When someone eats this Fruit they will then gain the title of a Touch Human.
Abilities:
The Touch Touch Fruit allows the user to assimilate the features, properties and aspects of anything that they are touching. This will allow the user to have their body completely made up of the substance that they are in contact with, which they can then manipulate their body in strange or different ways depending on what the substance is or can do. An example of this is if the user is touching metal, their body will turn into metal where the user is able to slightly manipulate their body to sharpen or bend at odd angles which might hurt or cause injury to a normal person, but will not damage the user.
With practice, the user can also transform into any liquid that they are touching. This, however, is difficult for the user to do as most of the time they will only be able to sustain their body and shape for as long as they are mentally aware, after which the user tends to be unable to properly fight or hold their bodies together in the proper structure while taking on the properties of a liquid. An example of this is by the user touching and gaining the properties of honey, as they would be able to move and dodge as if they were a fluid, but when they lose focus their body will start to lose cohesion and start to pool on the ground like any other large amount of honey. While the user can gain and transform into solids and liquids, they are unable to take on the traits of gases and different types of energy, as the user will be unable to gain the needed mental awareness their body needs quick enough before the user completely disperses, killing them in the process.
To use their abilities, the user will need to come into skin contact with another substance and then remain in contact with that substance as they transform their body to match it. When or if the user lets go or loses contact with the substance then the user will revert to their normal form. Due to this users of this Devil Fruit usually develop a gauntlet or vest that they can always wear that has a range of different substances built into it that remains in contact with the users skin, allowing them to better use their ability as they can adapt their body to suit a certain battle or environment by changing the substance they are assimilating to a new one that may not be natural to the environment around them. The use of a vest or gauntlet also frees up the user's hands to either be more efficient in a battle to hold weapons, grapple or to allow the user more freedom when they might need their hands when they take the properties of a substance.
While the user gains the properties and traits of a substance they will have slight intangibility abilities like a Logia Fruit, as they have the ability to manipulate their bodies in unique ways allowing them to mend cuts, slashes, holes and piercing attacks. However, they will be unable to compare to a true Logia Fruits intangibility, as the user will not be able to reattach limbs or recover from being split into multiple pieces, as once separated from the body that part is no longer in contact with the substance, and therefore no-longer takes the properties and traits of the substance, reverting the part to be a normal limb that has been cut off.
Strengths:
This Devil Fruit is a unique Fruit, as it has the ability to mimic the abilities of several Paramecia Fruits through its use. This is due to the user being able to assimilate and take on the traits and properties of a substance they are touching, allowing the user to become completely made of rubber like the Gum Gum Fruit, or completely out of diamonds like Jozu's unnamed Fruit, which allows him to turn his body into diamond (Diamond Diamond Fruit, or maybe Shine Shine Fruit?). Therefore this can allow the user to assimilate a specific substance when fighting to gain the best advantage, whether it be by element type, or what the substance will allow the user to do. An example of this is the user assimilating the qualities of a cold liquid when facing an enemy who uses fire attacks, or the user assimilating the qualities of platinum to resist corrosion or heat.
The user will be able to manipulate their bodies while they have assimilated a substance, and can, therefore, use it to attack, dodge, defend and form tools or instruments out of their bodies. The user can use this to dodge by manipulating the substance their body is made of, and therefore bending the body in impossible ways to avoid the damage or to get into tight spaces. The user can attack with their body by manipulating their limbs or general body into sharp instruments or by controlling the substance in their attacking limb, and therefore make it faster or have more force behind the blow. The user can also adapt their body to form shields or defences that can better take a blow compared to their normal form. The user can also form interesting instruments and tools through a substance, with a common example being the user assimilates metal, and can, therefore, turn or shape their hand into tools like a hammer, spade, rake, pick and other metal tools. A more exotic user of this is if the user assimilates glass and forms a complex series of lenses within their body that can channel light to form a laser.
When the user is assimilated with a substance, their body and anything in contact with it will also change to this substance, which is great that the users possessions won't be as difficult to damage while the user is transformed and can give them extra matter to manipulate, as they are only able to manipulate their body, not actually the substance they have assimilated from.
Techniques:
Substance Assimilation: This allows the user to assimilate the features, properties and aspects of anything that they are touching. This will allow the user to have their body completely made up of the substance that they are in contact with, which they can then manipulate their body in strange or different ways depending on what the substance is or can do. The user can also control how much their body changes to a substance, as it can only affect the hands if the user chooses to, or a random part of the body that the user wishes, like maybe they want the area over their heart to assimilate a diamond for protection. This is an E-Rank Utility Technique as it is the basic ability of this Devil Fruit, and can be disrupted if the user is separated from the substance they are assimilating, as they need to be in constant contact with a substance as the assimilation process is continuous for when a user is assimilating a substance into their body. With better control and with the right substances this can range anywhere from an A-Rank Technique and down. The user will be unable to assimilate Seastone.
Body Manipulation: The user is able to freely manipulate their body once it has assimilated a substance or liquid, which they can shape to form weapons, defences, and other unique ways of using their body. The user can use this for multiple reasons, as they can attack, dodge, defend and form tools or instruments out of their bodies. The user can use this to dodge by manipulating the substance their body is made of, and therefore bending the body in impossible ways to avoid the damage or to get into tight spaces. The user can attack with their body by manipulating their limbs or general body into sharp instruments, or by controlling the substance in their attacking limb, and therefore make it faster or have more force behind the blow. The user can also adapt their body to form shields or defences that can better take a blow compared to their normal form. The user can also form interesting instruments and tools through a substance, with a common example being the user assimilates metal, and can, therefore, turn or shape their hand into tools like a hammer, spade, rake, pick and other metal tools. A more exotic user of this is if the user assimulates glass and forms a complex series of lenses within their body that can channel light to form a laser. This is a B-Rank Utility Technique and is limited to the size of the user, as that is the amount of matter they can manipulate for this technique.
Liquid Assimilation: This allows the user to assimilate the features, properties and aspects of any liquid that they are touching. This will allow the user to have their body completely made up of the liquid that they are in contact with, which they can then manipulate their body in strange or different ways depending on what the substance is or can do. This usually requires the user to have some sort of harness or special container that the user can strap to their body, allowing them to keep in contact with the liquid while they are assimilating it, as without a harness or container the user will struggle to stay in contact with the liquid and fight or do things effectively. The user can also control how much their body changes to a substance, as it can only affect the hands if the user chooses to, or a random part of the body that the user wishes. This however is difficult for the user to manage for both options as most of the time they will only be able to sustain their body and shape for as long as they are mentally aware, after which the user tends to be unable to properly fight or hold their bodies together in the proper structure while taking on the properties of a liquid, leading them to lose cohesion and separate if they do not revert back to their natural form. This is a B-Rank Utility Technique that requires the user to have a high awareness of self and body awareness to prevent the user from losing cohesion. The user will be unable to assimilate seawater.
Assimilation - Stirring Pot: This is an Awakened Technique that allows the user to touch two different substances or liquids (can be a substance and liquid combined) and gain the properties of both. This is done by the user consciously mixing the two substances/liquids in different ratios or ways in the users body, giving the user access to choose or select the wanted properties from the two substances/liquids and mixing them to create a new substance out of the users body that is a combination of two substances they wanted to mix. This is why the technique is called the "Stirring Pot" as the pot is the user's body, with the ingredients being the substances or liquids. An example of this is by the user mixing the properties of a diamond and rubber, allowing the user to have a very powerful defensive body which is also highly mobile and stretchy, allowing the user's body to contain properties of both rubber and diamond. This is an S-Rank Utility Technique as the user can negate most of any weaknesses a single substance/liquid may have by mixing it with another, leading the user to be incredibly durable, and can mix substances and liquids to better suit any battle.
Weakness:
When the user is in contact with Seastone or the ocean, they will be unable to use their abilities, whether it is to activate them or to keep them activated, as the user will automatically revert to their natural form when in contact with them, which will also prevent them from assimilating these two substances and making the user the "Ultimate Devil-Fruit-User Killer". Another weakness is that once the user is separated from their arsenal or stash of substances the user will be limited in what they can assimilate with, as they will only be able to use what is around them, which may be very limiting if they are in a desolate environment, which may occur anyway if the user has no storage of substances. A weakness is If the user tries to assimilate a substance that would usually hurt anyone who touches it, it will still hurt the user until they have completed the assimilation process. An example is that if the user tries to assimilate hot coal or boiling water, then the user will have the burns from those substances on their body.
Another negative is that any substance the user assimilates will cause them to have any weaknesses of that substance. This can be seen in wood, as once the user assimilates it, they now become very weak to fire-based attacks as it can burn their body. Anything the user assimilates will also affect anything on the users body (clothes, weapons, other liquids), which is a bad thing as any other substance the user has on their body will be turned into the assimilated substance, making the only way to change what substance they use is by changing to their natural form, and then quickly assimilating to the next substance. This is bad as it can leave the user vulnerable during the amount of time it takes the user to assimilate a different substance, The last weakness is if the user is only assimilating a certain part of their body, as they will then be unable to change quickly, only spread the substance to the rest of the body, as the user can only assimilate one substance at a time.
Prerequisite Knowledge:
The user would need to become knowledgeable in the properties of solids and liquids, which would require the user to be knowledgeable in the fields of chemistry and physics, as they would know how to properly use each substance and liquid that they may assimilate. The reason why the user would specifically need chemistry and physics is due to the user needing to understand how the states of matter may differ or could be used in different ways, and physics to understand how some substances may react with the natural world, which also includes some chemistry.
Species:
There are one species that this Devil Fruit would not work with, which are the dwarves, as the user would be too small and not have enough matter to properly utilize the different ways the user can shape their body. The only species that may make the user negate certain death if left in the ocean is if a Fishman ate it, as while they may now be unable to move or swim underwater which is what they adapted to, the Fishman user can now breath underwater, and therefore avoid drowning while they wait for someone to help them. There are several species that this Fruit would work with, which basically involve any large species, such as Giants as they have a lot of matter that they can manipulate from their bodies, making them have a large amount of matter to manipulate the substance they assimilated with.
Awakening:
The Awakening of this fruit allows the user to gain an increase in power and control over how they use their bodies to attack while assimilating a substance. The Awakened ability of this Fruit allows the user to touch two different substances and gain the properties of both. This is done by the user consciously mixing the two substances in different ratios or ways, giving the user access to choose or select the wanted properties from the two substances and mixing them to create a new substance out of the user's body that is a combination of two substances they wanted to mix. An example of this is by the user mixing the properties of a diamond and rubber, allowing the user to have a very powerful defensive body which is also highly mobile and stretchy, allowing the user's body to contain properties of both rubber and diamond. This Devil Fruit can be Awakened by the user having extensive practice manipulating their form with different substances and encountering a difficult, life-threatening environment or battle that would usually kill the user no matter what substance they assimilate, and so in their desperation to survive they combine two accidentally, leading to the Fruits Awakening and the users survival. This Fruit will now feel easier for the user to manipulate their bodies and to control their form while assimilating a liquid.
Comments/Information:
I like this Fruit, as I think it could be used well in infiltration and close combat, as the user could make a great juggernaut. A cool idea for a personalized weapon a user of this Fruit may have is literally just a steel rectangular block, about as big as the user, with the handle having several different substances having been forged into it, as when the user assimilates a substance the weapon will also change to the new substance, allowing the user more matter to manipulate, which will allow the now large block of substance to become multiple weapons, a large shield, a long whip, basically anything the user can think of. The reason why all the Techniques are labelled as Utility is due to how many different titles and types they could be depending on what the user assimilates, in the end, it is easier if they are all just labelled Utility.
Credits:
The Touch Touch Fruit is an idea that was made and suggested by me. This idea was slightly influenced by Ben 10 through Kevin 11, with his alien heritage allowing him abilities similar but mostly different to this Devil Fruit, in both limitations and generally how they are used. The concept of Devil Fruits belongs to Eiichiro Oda as the creator of One Piece.
A/N: This is the first Devil Fruit which has actually used the species section, which I was starting to think was a waste of time. Anyway, the next two Devil Fruits will be Christmas based and will hopefully be posted on Christmas Day and Boxing Day (In Australia, it may be a bit different depending on time zones and stuff for when you guys get it). If anyone has any ideas for DF's then leave me a review or PM and give me some ideas about what you want to be done with it, the direction you want me to take with it, and I'll do it sooner or later.