CHAPTER 35- Name Of Fear Itself
Chapter's Quote: "Listen to your inner voice, it's alwats right."
Luffy was stone cold as the voice's laughter rang through his head.
Luffy clutched his straw hat and grimaced.
"Leave me alone." Luffy muttered so the others didn't hear him.
"Why should I? It's fun in here. All these nice memories… I think I'll watch a few of them. Let's see, here's Shanks. Don't really care about what happened with him. Oh! Here's the time with your Grandfather, happy times, right? Aww! How sweet! A memory of the first time you beat a Marine Captain! Good old days, wasn't it?"
The voice laughed again coldly as it continued to go through Luffy's memories.
"Here's Zoro, don't really care. Usopp, no. Sanji, no. Your love of meat? Nah, too stupid. Chopper, no. Too cold. Robin? Nah, nothing exciting. All your fight that almost killed you? No, they never worked out. Oh, here we go! Luffy's Secrets! Let's see."
The voice said mockingly, and Luffy wished he could just beat up whoever the voice was and get rid of whoever it was.
The voice didn't care about what Luffy just thought, he just laughed again and started talking again.
"Let's see… your first love was first seen a few several months ago. She is quite the beauty though. Good thing you see her… most of the time. Hahaha! Let's keep going! The first time you felt feelings for another! No, that's too boring. It clearly shows on your stupid face anyway. Nothing really good except… here we go!"
The voice cackled in delight at what it had found.
Luffy tried his best to hide the fact that he was in pain from the others.
"Luffy's Greatest Moment so far! It's not Arlong, it's not Crocodile, it's not even Enel! Still not Rob Lucci, poor leopard-tiger thing. Oh, it's not even Moria! No, this moment was your greatest wasn't it? I can't believe this one moment beat the others!"
The voice stopped talking to laugh at Luffy.
"The time you and the real Nami almost kissed on that Ferris Wheel! That was truly beautiful! It was so sweet, I think I might be sick!" The voice said laughing louder.
Luffy blushed slightly and quickly tried to hide it.
"Go away…" Luffy muttered weakly.
The voice replied with a laugh and said. "Sorry, brat. I'm not going anywhere soon! I think I'll keep on watching these moments alone with Nami! Hahahaha! These are beautiful! The thoughts you were thinking at the time! If only Nami could see this! I know maybe if I try hard enough, I could get that Mind Reading Freak to send these to her! I bet that would work! It'll be hard for him to listen to me, but I can work with what I've got."
The voice cackled louder and colder as Luffy tried to block out the voice.
"Go away!" Luffy muttered weakly.
"I don't feel like it." The voice replied happily.
"Who… are you?" Luffy muttered quietly.
"Heh, I'm called The Cursed One. You could call me your inner mind, or if that's too hard to remember, just call me the devil inside the fruit. I'm the one who gave you your stupid powers in the first place. The name's Daemon. Hope to be of service sooner or later."
The voice said as it slowly disappeared, and Luffy looked around to find someone.
Everyone was ignoring Luffy as they did their usual routines.
Luffy walked down onto the grass and looked around again.
Luffy noticed somebody holding their hand up and motioning Luffy to come.
Luffy walked over and was startled as Roland asked. "What's wrong now?"
Luffy would of fallen onto his back if Roland hadn't grabbed his vest and thrown him into the dining room.
Luffy stood up and watched Roland sit down and put his feet on the table.
"So, what's wrong?" Roland asked, and Luffy sat down and tilted his head.
"I was wondering about something called the devil inside the fruit. What are they?"
Roland looked at Luffy somewhat surprised but quickly grinned.
"Devil of the fruit? It's mainly the spirit that lives inside the Devil's Fruit, which when they are eaten, enter the body and stay in a certain area of the body. The spirits are called Zodics. They can give a Devil Fruit user more power or abilities. However, it's extreme hard to be able to tap into a Zodic's power. It's even more harder training than learning Roushiki's training. It takes years if not decades to actual acknowledge the Zodic inside." Roland said and Luffy stared at him confused.
Roland sighed and put a hand on his forehead.
"It basically means that a thing called a Zodic gives you power if you can master it. Get it?"
Luffy nodded and then asked. "So, a Zodic is super powerful?"
"Yes, they are. A Zodic is usually related to the fruit it's possessing."
"So the Zodic in the fruit I ate must be rubber, right?"
"Maybe, but maybe not."
"This is confusing." Luffy crossed his arms in confusion and Roland sighed.
"Why are you asking?"
"I keep on hearing a voice in my head and he told me."
"A voice?"
Luffy nodded.
"Luffy, how long ago did you eat the Gomu Gomu No Mi Fruit?"
"Almost ten years. Why?"
"That voice might be your Zodic."
"Really!? But he's a real jerk!"
"A jerk? Strange, it must be his personality."
"How do get rid of it?"
Roland scratched his head and shrugged. "No idea. Even I couldn't get rid of it, even if it is in your mind. You'll have to live with it."
"Nani!? I can't keep on listening to this jerk!"
"But if you master the Zodic, it shouldn't talk to you without you knowing."
"So if I beat him, I won't hear him?"
"That's right."
"How do I fight him?"
Roland paused for a moment while thinking and then shook his head.
"I don't know."
Luffy looked down at the table and frowned. "The Zodic that's troubling you is probably infested in your mind. Like I said, Zodics enter a certain area of the body and live there."
Luffy looked at Roland frowning and asked. "Do they have names?"
"Of course they do. I only know a few though, like Flamberge and Daemon."
"Daemon!? You know about Daemon!?"
"A little, why?"
"He's the one in my head!"
Roland fell back and landed on his head as he fell out of his tipping chair.
Luffy watched Roland quickly stand up and looked at Luffy. "Daemon is in your head!?"
Luffy nodded slowly and Roland sat down and put his head in his hands.
"Daemon is rumored to be one of the most deadiest Zodics. The most deadly one is called Ragnarok. And you have Daemon as your Zodic!?" Roland asked loudly.
"Yeah, and he's a big fat jerk! He's watching my memories and making fun of me!"
Roland sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Great, the captain has Daemon in his head. This is going to be bad."
Luffy tilted his head when suddenly Roland's eyes snapped open.
"It must have been Daemon that killed Rubio back at Bayring's pier!"
"Nani!? Daemon did that!?"
Roland put his head in his hands again and gave a slight nod.
Luffy's mouth hung open as he stared at Roland in disbelief.
"But if he did, then Daemon must be able to swim!"
Roland nodded and added. "He must also be able to breath underwater too."
"If I beat him, does that mean I can swim?"
"Sorry Luffy, if you beat a Zodic you must first summon them to use their powers."
Luffy hung his head sadly and then Roland muttered. "A Zodic that can do things a normal human can't do… Zodics are only supposed to have one extra ability when beaten, but Daemon has many more abilites."
Luffy tilted his head and asked. "Hey Roland, do you know if you have a Zodic?"
Roland looked up and smiled. "Nah, I don't. I doubt Robin knows either."
"What about Chopper? He has the power to grow big!"
"I'm sorry to point out that Zoan-Types can't have Zodics but they are the most effective with Roushiki."
Luffy nodded as he remembered Rob Lucci.
Roland stood up and walked toward the door.
"Luffy." He called back, which made Luffy perk up.
"At the end of this adventure, you might not have your own free will anymore. A Zodic like Daemon can eat people from the inside out. And once he does, he takes over your body."
Luffy stared at Roland with a slight hint of fear.
"Does that mean I won't get as much meat anymore!?"
XD Funny Luffy can't seem to forget about the meat! XD
Origin Of Names:
Daemon
Basically pronouced as Day-mon. It's an old way of spelling Demon.
:P See you all next chapter!