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The Robin and the Angel

Chapter 6: Origin

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Bestial Speaking"

'Bestial Thinking'

Flashback/Past of Character

Transformations/Forms with More Power

Ethan's POV:

"Oh, forgive me, I didn't realize that I disturbed you." apologized Robin. "It's okay. Can't sleep?" I asked. Robin nodded, then sat down. After a while, I spoke. "Remember the time I asked about your past?" I said. Robin's eyes turned flinty. "Yes. What of it?" she replied in a slightly icy tone. "If you won't tell me about your past, can I tell you about mine?" I asked. Robin looked surprised, then nodded. "I would love to." she said, any trace of her earlier harshness gone. "Let see, where to start..."

No POV:

Story Starts

About 1000 years ago-

"You useless piece of shit!" his father yelled. "It's because of you that we're outcasts and dirt poor!" raged his mother. An 8-year old Ethan is seen in his house. He trembles in fear in the presence of two adults: his own parents. When Ethan was 5 years old, he was part of a rich family. His father was a wealthy businessman, and they all lived a luxurious life in a bustling city without a care for commoners. That all changed one day when Ethan found a strange apple in the orchard. It looked like any other apple but with weird swirls. When he bit into it, he almost retched. It tasted rotten, but before he could spit out the piece in his mouth, he tripped and accidentally swallowed it. He threw away the fruit, then walked towards the street. After walking for a bit, he ordered a common citizen to carry him home. When he refused, Ethan grew angry. Because of his lack of experience, he started to transform into his Rank 1 form and entered a beserk state. Due to one of the Angel-Angel Fruit's ability to sense feelings of vengeance and act on it, the commoners thirst for revenge on the rich, and feelings of vengeance in general, Ethan started to kill regardless of social status. When he finally calmed down and transformed back, he massacred half of the city. When the citizens learned about this, they drove out Ethan and his parents into the outskirts of the city. His father lost his business and became an alcoholic while his mother became short tempered. Both of them either fought with each other or verbally abused their son. This continued for 3 years until that moment. Ethan felt himself being grabbed by his father and was thrown across the room. "F-father?" Ethan asked in fear and bewilderment. "You're a burden to our life! You're not my son, just a monster! Not even human!" his father roared. "Well guess what? Today we decided it's finally time for you to die, freak!" his mother screamed, spittle flying from her mouth. They both grabbed a makeshift club from a corner and started to whale at him. Ethan just laid there for a while, trying to figure out why this was happening to him. He started to tear up, then bawled. Eventually, he snapped and started to laugh insanely. 'I'M GOING TO KILL THEM ALL!' he raged in his mind. Then his eyes began to hurt. His sclera started to turn black and his eyes glowed yellow. A roar escaped his lips and without a thought, he sliced through both of his parents' bodies with a laser. He laughed at their corpses for awhile, then walked out of the room. Along the way, Ethan found two interesting items. One was a book about alchemy. The other was a rolled tapestry. He unrolled it, and saw that it was his family tree. At one of the bottom branches, he saw his parents and read their names. "Francis D Lizard? Annie D Lizard? And what's with that 'D'?" he mused to himself. "Right then. I've decided! My name is Ethan D Lizard and I'm getting out of here! But first, I need to take care of a few things." he declared to himself. He ran back into the house and took a few items, such as food, water, a book on survival ("How come they never threw them away?"), flint and steel, and other such necessities. All the items he found, he packed into a bag. He then torched his house and headed for the city. A few hours later, it was consumed by an inferno. Ethan smiled for the first time in years. "Today has been a good day!" he said with a sadistic grin.

About 800 years ago-

Ethan sat inside his lab, thinking about his achievements. When he turned 9, he finally managed to cure himself of insanity. When he was only 13 years old, he became a master alchemist and managed to control his strange form as well as all three forms of Haki that came with the fruit. When he was only 17-years old, he managed to create the Sorcerer's Stone, a stone capable of turning substances into other substances, such as gold. And when he was only 29 years old, he created Pure Gold, the metal that can buy the world. He used a sliver of it in a necklace to keep himself immortal and stored the rest in a containment sphere. Unfortunately, he accidentally exposed the Pure Gold to the sea and was swallowed by a what looked like a giant football fish. However, he finally made a plan to escape, as well as converting his lab into a ship. By blasting the fish's stomach with light, he was vomited out. When he did come out, over a century and 70 years passed. He found himself near Wano, and snuck in. There he saw stone masons at work, crafting 30 stone blocks, 4 of them being red. When they finished, they transported the blocks. All but one, that is. They seemed desperate, so he stepped out of the shadows and volunteered to transport it in exchange for a bit of the stone used for their creation. So desperate were the masons that they complied. They even tried to give him treasure, but Ethan refused. He dropped it off in the middle of the deserts of present-day Alabasta. Before he knew it, the remainder of the century passed, leaving him thinking about the past. "I'm bored." he said. Then he thought for a bit. "I know! I'll be a pirate. I've always wanted to be one." said Ethan out loud. He then made a sail, black and marked with his soon-to-be-named Rank 1 mask and a pair of katanas crossed behind it. "Right then, time to see how this world has changed! I think I'll see just what this World Government is about!" yelled out Ethan.

About 600 years ago-

Ethan started to forge a falchion made out of seastone. It was dangerous due to it being one of his weaknesses, but he kept going because of his next plan. During his adventure as 'Demon Priest' he witnessed the horror of the world: slavery. He was shocked and horrified of it's presence before remembering that as a noble, his family once had a slave or two. It seemed that when he shook off his insanity, he also shook off the arrogance of a noble. Devastated by his past, Ethan swore to free all the slaves he could find and return them to their rightful homes. He used to carry a spear and wear a mask that covered the bottom half of his face. At the time, he wore a cloak instead of a trenchcoat. He would attack auction houses and free slaves, then lead them to his ship. After that, he would get rid of the brand of the Celestial Dragons using special dyes and send them home. He never left any marines survive. During that time period, the World Government gave him a new name of 'Demon Saint', for he slew his enemies mercilessly like a demon but saved the slaves like a Saint. However, the government managed to track him. So one day, they made a trap. The slave camp he raided exploded, giving him the opportunity to fake his own death. He then bunkered down and started to plan. Which was why he was forging a sword. He needed it, and it had to be able to counter devil-fruits. Once he was done crafting it, Ethan sought out a country that he left long ago: Wano. After some difficulty convincing the shogun about what he did for the country, he was finally allowed a teacher for kenjutsu. After studying the art for 5 years with harsh training, Ethan finally made his own technique: the Sea Splitter. The force of the attack shocked everyone, even the shogun. He begged Ethan to stay as one of his warriors, but he declined, stating that he had a different goal in mind and that he's a pirate at heart. He left Wano, leaving behind a large chest of gold he made from alchemy. His destination was the Holy Land of Mariejois, the home of the Celestial Dragons and. 'I'm coming to judge you, Celestial Dragons! So prepare yourselves!' screamed Ethan in his mind.

In the evening , Ethan arrived at the edge of the Red Line dressed in the clothes of the 'Demon Saint'. After hiding his boat, he flew up part of the Red Line then scaled the rest of the way. When he reached the top, he rested for a while out of sight. Then he walked towards the city. When he got near the gates, a marine patrol saw him. "Halt! Who are you and what are you..." the lead marine trailer off. He gasped for breath. The rest of the marines followed. "'D-demon S-saint' Elijah D Prophet!?" stammered out the marine. "But how? You're dead! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!" screamed another marine. Ethan grinned under the mask. "Forget that, why are you here?" yelled the lead marine. Ethan's grin turned into a frown. "I have come to judge the Celestial Dragons. By the way, my name isn't Elijah Prophet." he replied in a demonic tone. The marines started to tremble, then ran screaming for help. Ethan ran after them.

Two marine sentries stood in front of the gates to Mariejois. One yawned. "I wish something would happen today." he said. "Yeah, me too. No one ever attacks this place." said his companion. Suddenly, they saw a group of marines running towards them. Behind the group, he saw a cloaked man. "Hey, what are you guys doing here?" the two sentries yelled. "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! IT'S 'DEMON SAINT'!" they screamed. The sentries paled at their words. "H-he's s-still...alive?" they whimpered. Ethan quickly drew his sword and killed them all. He then flew over the wall tops of the city and landed. "Hey! Who're you? How dare you sully us with your presence!" yelled some Celestial Dragons who were out on a walk. Ethan shadowed his eyes with his hair. "You and your kind are the blight of this world. For that you'll all pay. You have been judged by me! And I deem you guilty." said Ethan. He charged forward. "Die!"

Ethan stabbed and slashed the nobles. When he saw marines running towards them, he blasted them with light. Then Ethan saw the slaves and walked over. "P-please don't kill me!" they whimpered. Ethan stood before them, then reached towards a small fishman child. The child started to tremble with tears in his eyes and waited for pain. Clank. He opened his eyes in surprise. His collar was off, and it wasn't exploding. He looked at Ethan, who grinned under the mask. Ethan then proceeded to free the rest of the slaves, gave them a way to get rid of the brand, instructed them to flee, and flew off.

After freeing every single slave in the city (he tracked them with Haki) and helping them escape, Ethan landed in the city square and roared at the night sky. The nobles all woke up and ran outside. They stood dumbfounded at the man with the cloak. "Hey! Who're you?" a noble yelled. "The one who'll kill you. All of you." he said. Silence met his response. Then..."HAHAHAHA! You kill us? Yeah right! Bow before us, commoner. No one can kill a Celestial Dragon!" they laughed. Ethan glowered at them, his eyes burning with a cold blue light. He took off his cloak and mask and formed his real Rank 1 mask. Then he laughed. "Look around you! See what's missing! Your slaves are all gone! I've help them escape and now there is nothing standing between me and the rest of you. Your lives are all forfeit!" he screamed at them. The nobles looked at him, shocked and unbelieving... until he started to kill. They fled, screaming for their slaves to save them. But none came. Ethan swung his sword in a vertical slash. The blade glittered in the moonlight. As the slash projected from the blade, Ethan's yell accompanied it. "ONE SWORD STYLE: SEA SPLITTER!"

Story Ends

No POV:

Ethan stopped abruptly. "It's getting pretty late. We should sleep." he said. Robin blinked. "But the story?" she said. "You can hear the rest later. I'm tired, and my past brings me bad memories. I can still hear those nobles' screams." he said. Robin nodded. "Well, now you partially know who I am: a psychopath in the past, an alchemist, a monster, and a freedom fighter. So the question is, are you going to judge me based on my past?" he asked. Robin immediately shook her head. Then she shivered. "Cold?" asked Ethan. "Yes." Robin replied. Ethan leaned his back away from the tree a bit, then grew one of his wings. He wrapped it around Robin and pulled her close. Robin blushed. "Better?" he asked. Robin just leaned her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Ethan chuckled, then closed his own eyes and slept.

Chapter 6 End

Hello! Right, so about the rest of Ethan's past, I'm going to sprinkle it throughout the rest of the story. And for those of you who don't know, Ethan didn't say the story exactly in that manner, but rather summarized each part to Robin in great detail. Also, I didn't reveal the outcome of the punishment of the Celestial Dragons on purpose. It'll come up soon eventually though. And now, it's time to reveal something I should have done in the first place- the description and power of the Angel-Angel Fruit, Model: Rage

Name: Angel-Angel Fruit, Model: Rage

Japanese Name: Tenshi-Tenshi no Mi, Moderu: Gekido

Type: Zoan

User: Ethan D Lizard

Physical description: Red apple with swirls.

Abilities: Grants user flight, photokynesis, negative emotion sensory, three different forms, all three types of Haki, slight regeneration that increases every different form including humans, and temporary boosts of strength through rage.

Weaknesses: Seastone, the Sea, Haki