Hey guys! Chirith here! I decided to redo the chapter
Hope you guys enjoy
Dark eyes opened up as a young man with dark hair slowly roused himself from unconsciousness. A groan of pain escaped his lips as he held his head. Sitting up, the young man saw bandages wrapped around him. Thankfully, he still had his pants on.
"what happened?"
Memories of a group of a dozen green-skinned children a giant white-haired gorilla attacking him assaulted his mind. Panicking slightly, the young man moved too suddenly that his body screamed in pain.
'Calm down,' A calm, collected voice said, and looking up, the young man saw the familiar form of the legendary soldier dressed in jungle fatigues.
'So the kid is finally awake.'
A man said as he came inside the room. He was a spitting image of Big Boss himself with an eyepatch and a metal arm from his left elbow to his fingers.
'Kept you waiting, huh?' Big boss said while his phantom just chuckled and nodded at the boy.
'You've kept me waiting.' The Phantom said with a smile.
"W-what is he doing here?" The young man asked, mostly in shock as he stared at the phantom of the legendary soldier, the other half of Big Boss.
'We're here to train you.' The phantom said while Big Boss just chuckled. 'Call me V.'
'You can call me, John.' Big Boss said with a smile as he looked at Ren.
'We will be training you for a while, teaching you everything we know. You won't be resing well enough and you won't have time to rest.' V said as he looked at Ren with a smirk.
'We will be starting tomorrow. Rest up and we will wake you up.' John said with a smile as he and V both left while Ren just sighed. They left him some rations to eat, thankfully.
Noticing a rather familiar book, the young man picked it up, only to see a letter fall out,
"Huh?"
'Good job surviving, young man.
The predator and the silent one had put their plans in motion.
Now, it's your turn. Will you be a hero, or something else?
After your training, you shall head to the ruins of Elsos, where one of your gifts is hidden.
-Z'
"Elsos Ruins, huh?" The young man said as he opened the book. Skipping through the contents, the young man paused at the title of the current chapter he was on.
"Haki? that sounds familiar," Ren said as he started to read the contents of the book. Staying up for hours, the young man absorbed everything about Haki and the martial arts of Rokushiki until he was too tired.
It has been a year since Ren had started his training and right now, he was reading a journal that contained many details of his current life.
'Dear journal,
The last year of my life was... in a lack of better more respectful word... hell.
I was trained as a soldier, no. A warrior!
I did not get much sleep or rest, all time I had was spent on learning new skills,
I was trained as a member of their own Private military company, Outer heaven.
[Flashback]
Ren can be seen dressed in camouflage setting down on a fighting stance only to be thrown to the ground with a knife aimed at his throat.
"Again!"
Ren groaned as he stood up and he went back to his stance, showing several bandages under his clothes.
[Flashback end]
At the end of my basic training lasting around 10 weeks, I was able to get in shape not only due to my physical training but also to a balanced and nutritious diet.
I spent the next five months training for different goals and on a much harder level.
The first four months were spent on Medic training. Yes, medic training. Not only that, my Physical training just got a whole lot harder.
I have to swim 10 kilometers a week with 2 km every time I swim and that was 2-3 times a day 4 days a week. Not only that, I had to run four to five a week as fast as I could for three to five miles.
although, once I was ready,
I changed my workout schedule.
300 Sit-ups
300 Push-ups
300 squats
100 pull-ups
and 10km runs every single day.
I also have to do basic drills such as:
Knife work
Hand-to-hand combat
Stick/Staff fighting,
Marksmanship training with bows and crossbows,
Stealth training,
and more.
that was only my morning schedule.
I also have to practice and study different medical techniques from the phantom himself, as well as studying more before ending the day with hunting meat for food or eating tasteless rations.
Not to mention I also started to train in this 'Haki' Ability
Closing the book journal gently, the young man put it on the desk and looked outside. It has been a year and he had learned everything from Big Boss and his phantom and now, he was supposed to leave the house and head to Orario. The problem is, he was on a nameless island near the continent and there were lots of aquatic monsters surrounding him, a lot.
What's more, is that he was not a sailor so it would be suicide to do so.
IF he did not have a boat.
Right now, Ren Cruz had gotten taller gaining an inch from his former 5'7" and he was now more athletic with lean muscles and dressed in a forest green field jacket with the sleeves rolled up and a pair of forest green pants.
In front of him, in the house's garage was a small device shaped like a speed boat with a forest green color and a jaguar pattern. What's more, it had what seemed to be a larger seat, allowing the rider to use it as a bed comfortably.
It was a jetski he had modified and strengthened using the different appliances in the house. Due to this, his jetski was now powered by magic stones and he had gathered, a lot of them. Right now, he was doing his last checks of supplies and his jetski for his journey.
Sighing, the young man raised his hand and tapped the side of his head two times, making a translucent blue screen appear in front of him.
Somewhere during last month, he woke up with the ability to store things inside it called, Outer Heaven's armory.
Right now, it was filled with food and water supply as well as sacks of magic crystals and a bookshelf containing his books.
"You're leaving tomorrow." A voice said and the young man nodded. He already knew who it was.
"Yes, the book had given out another instruction,"
'I see,' Big Boss said with a sigh.
The young man raised his hand and a book appeared on it.
Opening the book,
"The silent one rests in the dungeon where one and a half zodiacs are. The devourer has been conquered by the bull.
The path to Orario can now be traversed, yet the ruins of Elsos is a place you must visit."
Ren read out loud as he stored the book in OHA.
"We taught you everything we know. Stay safe out there. Remember you're a member of Outer heaven now."
Proudly showing on his back was the emblem of outer heaven, a skull with tiny wings from the jaw facing down and to the left, and had four eyes, pronounced canines, and a missing lower jaw. In addition, it was placed in a strictly circular ring with the words "Outer" on the top and "Heaven" on the bottom.
"I know, it was an honor learning from you, John," Ren said with a salute. Seeing this, the legendary soldier smiled and returned the salute only to throw a trench coat at him. Catching it, the young man raised his brow and looked at it.
"A gift, it would protect you from lots of things. Remember, it's not about changing the world, It's about doing our best to leave the world... the way it is. It's about respecting the will of others and believing in your own." John said with a smile as he started to glow.
"Boss..."
"Ahab already went first, stay strong and make sure that the day we meet again is when you're older." The Big Boss said with a smile as he disappeared.
"Thank you, John," Ren said with a smile as he walked towards the jetski and loaded it up with the necessary amounts of magic stones, the young man smiled as it roared to life.
He was now one step closer to his home.
As he was about to go back to get some rest a sword, a cutlass on the wall sang out to him,
"Fine, Another hunt won't hurt," He said as he reached towards the cutlass with a smile. "What a fine night for a hunt." The young man said with a smile as the cutlass sang with glee.
Hey guys! Next chapter will follow Ren arriving in Orario, the reason why I chose a one year times skip.
there will be some differences from canon and Ren has something similar to the gate of Babylon.
Merry Christmas and Happy new year!
