Master of Death in Grand Line
Chapter 2
Somewhere, in the New World, aboard of a gigantic ship with the figurehead in the form of a whale, two men were enjoying some sake while discussing the latest events of the world.
"I heard that the red haired brat went off to build his own crew, now…" said the giant man who was sitting in the middle of the deck on his giant chair.
The black haired man smiled, "He's still young, but I think he's going to surprise us all."
The first time Edward Newgates and Black D. Harry met each other was during the battle that took place between the Roger's Pirates and the Whitebeard's Pirates, four years ago. The fight lasted three days and, Harry still isn't sure as to why, but on the fourth day the two captains made peace with each other and a party was thrown to celebrate.
He learned long ago to not that it was better not to try and see any logic in what Roger's was thinking and doing. It would only resulted in a headache and no clear answers at all.
"So, how's been a Yonko worked out for you ?"
Newgates sighed tiredly, "It would have been better if not for the stupid rookies coming here and challenging me, as if they even stood a chance, those fools." He drank some more sake before narrowing his eyes on Harry, "I blame Roger for that. All that mess is his fault, what with his big idea to announce for everyone to hear that there's a big treasure to be found just before he died." He scoffed, "King of Pirates… Pain in my ass even deep in the ground that one."
Harry laughed, "Come on, Eddy ! You've got to admit that the One Piece isn't just some pretty little jewels and a handful of gold ! And Fishman Island is doing beautifully well, now that it's under your flag."
His eyebrow twitch, "Don't call me that, brat."
"I'm way older than you. You're a baby compare to me."
"The day you'll get you first grey hair, then I'll stop calling you that, brat."
"You didn't even had any grey hair before they started to fall off. That's so not fair."
The rest of the Whitebeard crew that were around the deck and trying to seems like they weren't listening sweat-droped at that, not being used to their Captain being spoken to like that, without the other being graviously injured after.
"So…" Edward said after awhile, "Have you thought about my proposition ? You would be welcome in my crew anytime, you more than proved you worth."
Harry smiled softly, "As generous as the offer is, I'm afraid I must decline it. I will have a lot of things to do in the coming years, and I can't stay in one place for so long anyway."
Edward raised an eyebrow, "This wouldn't have anything to do with Roger's son, would it ? The last time I spoke to him, he told me of Rouge's idea of naming you godfather."
"Among other things." Harry answered, "The deal is that for as long as he's still a kid, he's Garp responsibility, unless something happen where I feel that I have to step in. I know where the boy is but with the Marines trailing me, I can't risk going to visit him yet. But I promised Roger that, whatever the boy want to do in his life, once he's older, I will be there to make sure nothing happen to him."
"What's up with that anyway ?" his big friend asked curiously, "I know they're not trailing you because of Roger, since even Rayleigh is left alone these days… But look what I found this morning in the papers."
He throw the newspaper at Harry who caught it and as he opened it, a single piece of paper fell out.
WANTED
Black D. Harry
"The Immortal"
2, 500, 000, 000 B
ONLY ALIVE
On the picture was Harry, arm crossed over his chest as he looked straight in front of him with a slight frown on his face, fire and destruction in the background while he stood straight and imperturbable at what was happening around him.
The piercing green eyes were impressive even on the paper. Glowing with power and, surprisingly enough, annoyance.
Harry chuckled, "They took a picture of me when I was busy destroying the five battle ships they sent after me after I left Marijois."
"I had guessed that was a thing along those lines. Nothing annoys you more than the Marines still thinking they could possibly kill you." Edward commented, "What I am curious about thought, is why they want you alive ? I know you can't die and all that, but you would think they wouldn't bother putting it on the wanted poster in case Bounty Hunter would like to hunt you down. Now they will want to be careful about not killing you by accident, so they won't try as hard when fighting you."
Harry sighed, running a hand through his hair, "You learned about the buster call that happened at Ohara 2 weeks ago, yes ?" Edward nodded, scowling in disgust at what the Government had done, "Well, let's just say I wasn't very happy about it and decided that those five assholes needed a reminder that they aren't as high up as they think they are."
"Oh ?" Edward inquired, "You must have either pissed them off real bad, or they are actually scared of you, as they should, but you know how they are…"
"Oh, they're not scared of me, they're absolutely terrified." Harry smirked evilly, "I went to tell them that I made a copy of Ohara's Library a long time ago and that I also knows how to read the Poneglyphs. Add to that the fact that they know I was a part of Roger's crew and thus, I know where Pluton, Poseidon and Uranus are… let's just say that they weren't very pleased with themselves when I left."
Edward Newgates stared at him for a moment in silence, and when all of the dots connected in his head, and thus reaching the implication of it all, he burst all laughing, so loud that ship was shaking with the force of it.
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"Immobilus."
The dark haired man completely froze in place just as he had put his other feet on the ground after having ported his boat, unable to move except to blink and talk.
Harry advanced toward the man, "It isn't very nice to come unannounced into other people home."
The man observed him, cautious, having heard a lot a thing about him.
"Now, would you be so kind as to tell me who you are ?"
With a wave of his hand, the spell is lifted and the man relaxed slightly as he removed the hood of his cloak.
"My name is Monkey D. Dragon." The man said, the tattoo on left side of his face now perfectly visible, "I am creating a Revolutionary army."
Harry smirked, "Garp's rebellious son, huh ? Now that's interesting."
"We are looking for a little girl, about nine years old. Nico Robin. My father told me you might have information I would like to have."
"Your father told you that, huh ?" Harry asked rhetorically, "I know where the girl is. I have placed different spells on her to make sure she'll stay alive at least until she can properly take care of herself, as well as a tracking charm which allow me to know where she is at any time."
Dragon took a slight step forward, "Would you be willing to tell me where she is ?"
Harry narrowed his eyes at him, "Why ?"
"She is the only survivor of Ohara. She is the only one left who is capable to read the Poneglyphs. She is important to us."
"This is a little girl you're talking about." Harry said a bit coldly, "She is nothing more, nothing less. Just a kid who is scared and angry at the world because she lost everything and everyone she ever loved."
"We can protect her."
"She won't want anything to do with you." Harry stated, "The only thing I can do for you is to guarantee you that she'll be safe. If you still want to recruit her when she's older, then you'll have to find her yourself."
Dragon sighed, but nodded in understanding, "I had to try, at least." He turn around, ready to leave, "I won't bother you much longer."
"You're wrong, by the way." Called Harry, making Dragon paused and looked at him curiously, "She's not the only one who can read those stones."
Harry tuned around and started walking back to his castle, "Kreacher ? I have a guest with me, and that will be quite a serious conversation. Prepare some tea and coffee, if you please."
He looked over his shoulder at Dragon shocked face and smirked, "You said you were creating an army ? I would like to hear more about it."
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"He wants to become a Pirate."
Harry looked up from his book and raised an eyebrow, "Really ? Why am I not surprised ?"
Garp glared at him, "Do you realize what that means ?"
"The boy has his mother's temper. You won't be able to change his mind."
Garp's fist slammed against the coffee table, "HE CAN'T BECOME A PIRATE ! HE HAS TO BE A MARINE !"
Kreacher appeared and scowled down at the crack in the table, he looked up at Garp with a death glare, "That is mahogany." And with a snap of his fingers, the table is fixed. He took Garp's glass and sneered, "No more sake for you." Before disappearing again.
Garp blinked at where the elf was just a second ago and turned to Harry, "Are you sure he's suppose to be a servant ?"
"Kreacher can be quite the mother hen. I would be quite lost without him here."
Kreacher reappeared with a plate of biscuit and coffee, "Someone has to take care of Master, and there is nobody else but Kreacher here to do so."
"Thank you, Kreacher." Harry said as he took the cup and drank the coffee.
"Thanks." Mumble Garp as he drank as well, taking a biscuit and munching on it.
"As to the fact that you absolutely want Ace to be a Marine…" said Harry calmly, "You know as well as I do that this isn't possible. Even if Ace wanted to, Sangoku would never allow it, and neither would I."
"What do you mean you wouldn't allow it ?" Garp asked, "Aren't you the one always saying that Ace should do whatever he wants with his life ?"
"I will support Ace in everything, but can you honestly tell me that if, say, Akainu, learn of Ace parentage while being in close proximity to him, he wouldn't try to do something ?"
Garp frowned and sighed sadly, "I know… I just want him to be safe, he's my adopted grandson after all, I would do the same for Luffy."
"How is he doing, by the way ?" asked Harry, genuinely curious, "Last time I visited Dragon, he told me that he was going to give him to you."
"I took him away last month, brought him to Foosha. Makino will take care of him when I'm not there. We also agreed that Luffy shouldn't know about his heritage. At least not until he's old enough to understand why it was too dangerous for him to stay with his parents."
Harry smiled, "Poor girl, she's going to have her hands full. Last time I saw him he couldn't even crawl properly yet and he was quite the trouble maker. And don't worry, I'm sure he'll be fine. I know it was a hard decision, but it's for the best."
Garp laughed, "That's my grandson, of course he'll be fine !"
He stopped laughing and became serious, "Dragon and I will forever be in your debt, you know ? I don't want to think about what would have happened if you hadn't been here for the birth."
"Think nothing of it." Harry said, "We're family, that's what we do."
"Family, huh ?" Garp smiled, "I guessed this is true, in a sense."
"I am the godfather to your adopted grandson, and honorary uncle to you biological grandson. If that doesn't make us family, I don't know what will."
Garp laughed, "If you would have told me that five years ago, I would've called Vegapunk to have your head checked."
"I think Vegapunk would be more interest in dissecting me… He often commented on how interesting he found me and what a discovery the key to immortality would be." Harry sneered.
Garp laughed even more loudly. "It's true that he really has a weird obsession with you."
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"Come back here, you brat !"
"No ! Leave me alone, you ugly hag !"
"Where are you going ?! I told you, you have chores to do !"
"As if ! I have more interesting things to do !"
Harry walked through the thick forest and smiled in amusement as he heard the screams as he approached the house.
"YOU'RE JUST A KID ! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO OBEY ME !"
"NO !"
Harry knocked on the wooden door and waited, smile still on his face.
The door burst open and an overweight, curly, orange haired woman screamed in his face, "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT ?!"
Harry blinked calmly, "Hello, Dadan. Everyone's been doing ok, I hope ?"
She blinked at him twice before bursting into tears and hugging him, "Harry ! Thank god you're back ! I can't do it anymore ! He's a demon !"
Harry chuckled and patted her back gently.
"UNCLE HARRY !"
A little black haired boy came running toward him, Dandan just having enough time to step aside before the boy jumped on him.
"Hey there, Ace !" Harry laughed, hugging his godson close, "How's my favorite little boy's doing ?"
Ace leaned back so that he can looked at his godfather's face, smiling wide as he said, "You remembered ! You really remembered !"
"Of course I did !" Harry smiled, "It's not everyday that my little boy turn 8, right ?"
Ace hugged him again, really happy to see his godfather again.
Harry returned the hug before setting him down and crouching to be at his level, "So… I heard that you and a little friend of yours were collecting quite a treasure to buy yourself a pirate ship ? Tell me more about that."
Ace grinned and took his hands, dragging him to the forest while telling him all about his friend Sabo, exited to show him how much the two of them managed to steal away for their future pirate ship.
"Harry ?"
The both of them were relaxing before a fire, after having eaten with Sabo, which had to go home few minutes ago.
The sky was clear of clouds and the stars were bright, Ace knew that Harry would be gone in the morning.
He understood that. He was a wanted criminal, he couldn't stay here for too long, or else, it would draw too much attention.
But he always found the time to come see him as often as possible, and he had promised him that he would always be there for his birthdays.
Harry never break promises.
That's one of the many reason why he loved him
"Hm ?"
"You never lied to me before, have you ?"
"I must never tell lies, Ace." He answered, lifting his left hand were the words from long ago were still engraved in his skin.
Ace frowned, Harry sometimes tell him stories from where he was younger. He doesn't always understand everything, but he knows that he hadn't had a happy childhood.
"If I tell you that I wished you had been my father, what would you say ?"
Ace looked at him straight in the eyes, black eyes hard against greens.
Harry sighed and sat up, "I guess this is a conversation that is long overdue."
They looked at each other for awhile, none of them looking away.
"Garp told me you've been making trouble around town, asking questions about your father."
Ace scowled, "Of course gramps would have told you…" he muttered, "I hate him."
Harry raised an eyebrow, "Your father ?"
"He's not my father !" Ace snapped angrily, "He never did anything for me ! Even you being my godfather was mom's idea, gramps told me ! Because he was the King of the Pirate, because of Roger, everybody wants me dead."
Harry pinched his lips, looking at this angry child thoughtfully.
He's way too young to be feeling this sort of things.
"What do you really want to know, Ace ?"
The little boy looked up at him, anger still there but there's something else in his eyes, some little bit of hope for a different answer than what he already heard before.
"Do I deserve to live ?"
Harry sighed, "Well, that is usually the kind of question you asked yourself when your about to die… That's only something you find out by living."
Ace pouted, "That's what gramps told me…"
Harry smiled sadly, "Heaven forbid, him and I ever agreed on anything."
Ace giggled a little but went somber again.
"What defines a father, to you, Ace ?"
Ace looked up and blinked at him, "Well, someone who's here and love and take care of me, like you have."
Harry smiled and grabbed him in hug, Ace resting his head on his chest as he ran his hand through the wild black locks.
"I can assure you that, given the chance, he would have been there for you. He loved you very much, unfortunately, the only thing he could do before he died was to make sure you would have been taken care of by other people. That's why Garp and I are here, because both of your parents asked us to be there when they couldn't."
Ace cuddled harder against him as he went on, "I am your godfather. The person who will always be there to help you. When you laugh, when you cry, when you're happy, when you're in pain. I'll be there to help you through it. Because your parents aren't there anymore, I will be the one who will watch out for you, I will be the one who is going to destroy anyone who dares to harm you. I will go to the end of the earth and back for you."
He leans back and put a finger under Ace's chin, making him looked up at him, "I want you to remember this, Ace. We are family."
Ace frowned, "Family ?"
"Family don't end in blood." Harry said seriously, "And it doesn't start there either. Family are people who jumped in head first, who aren't afraid to make fool of themselves, to help you. They would fight, cry and laugh with you, no matter what. Family are people who loves you no matter what, and they accept you for who you are. They care, no about what you can do for them, but about you as a person. They're always there, through the good and the bad. They got your back. One day you will meet people like that, other than me, and you'll understand what I mean."
Ace looked at him with wide eyes, tears blurring his vision.
"I love you, Ace." Harry said, green eyes bright as the orange of the flames reflected in them, "And I think you deserves to live just as much as anyone."
Ace whimpered and throw himself in his arms, crying his heart out.
"I love you, Uncle Harry !"
As Harry hugged his godson close, he felt the tattoo on his chest heat up and looked up with glowing eyes.
In front of him were the smoky and ghostly figures of his dear friends, smiling at image of their son in the arms of the man they trusted him with.
Roger arms were around Rouge waist as they both looked at him and whispered.
"Thank you."
Harry smiled sadly.
There is nothing he wouldn't do for this little boy, he was sure of it.
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"I refuse."
Garp laughed loudly at Harry flat answer, "I told you, Sangoku ! Black would never go for it !"
Sangoku, after shaking off the shocked look on his face, scowled, "I think this is a very reasonable proposition, I don't see why you would refuse such an opportunity. We would stop chasing you and you bounty would be frozen, the only thing we ask in exchange is for you to give us a monthly update on your doing and to answers our calls and help us when we ask you to. We are even generous enough to not demand a percentage of your treasures, like we normally would do."
"Do you think I'm stupid ?" Harry asked as he put his feet on the table and cross his hands on his stomach, "The truth is that with everything that's been going on lately, the Five Elders and yourself don't want to have another ticking bomb in the wild. And that's exactly what I am to you. You lot tried to capture and killed me multiple times, and even dared to sent a buster call against me, and nothing worked. You can't get rid of me so you want to at least know what I'm up to, to be sure I won't do anything against you." He shrugged as Sangoku scowled harder and Garp snorted in amusement, "I understand really, you've had a rough couple of years, what with the Queen Otohime gathering more and more signatures for the merefolks and humans to be able to live peacefully together… Fisher Tiger who managed to infiltrated Mariejois and free all those slaves and the creation of the Sun Pirates, The Nox Pirates and their search for Poneglyphs… And let's not forget that little menace that is Rob Lucci. You lot are asking for shit to fall on you. Mark my words, Sengoku, that boy is going to be causing troubles that will give you headache for weeks."
Sengoku sighed tiredly, "And you really don't want to help spare me those headaches and join the Warlords ?"
"I won't become a Warlord." Harry said sternly before smirking, "But I'm sure we can find something else to agree on."
Sengoku looked at Garp who nodded, knowing it was the best they could hoped for with Black.
"Great, I guess we can do that." Sengoku nodded, "That still doesn't answer my dilemma about who's going to become the next Warlord, though."
"How about Boa Hancock ?" Harry proposed, "She recently became the New Empress of the Kuja and Captain of the Kuja Pirates… I'm sure she'll be interested."
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"Rayleigh ! Harry ! It's good to see you !"
At the end of the first half of Grand Line, on Saboady Archipelo, three old friend had decided to meet up, to catch up little after so long.
Harry stood with a smile and hugged the red haired captain, "Good to see you too, kiddo !" he leaned back and blinked in surprise. "The fuck happened to your arm ?"
Rayleigh raised a curious eyebrow as he too noticed the lack of left arm.
Shanks smiled brightly, "Oh, this is a great story, you're gonna love it !"
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"Hey kiddo."
Harry stopped as he arrived at the edge of the hill, where his godson was clutching a piece of paper and was crying silently.
"He's dead."
Harry sighed, "I know." He sat down, letting his legs dangled in the air.
He stayed silent, watching the waves crashing violently against the rocks, waiting for Ace to say something.
"I want to kill them all for what they did."
Harry closed his eyes and sighed, "The worst day of loving someone is the day when you lose them, Ace."
Ace sniffed as he looked down at him, "You told me that you lost a lot a people because of your powers… What was it like for you ?"
Harry thought about it for a second, trying to find a way to say this thing for the 10, soon 11 years old to understand.
"At first," he said quietly, "It was unbearable, every seconds worst than the last… Everyone just looking at me and waiting for me to fall apart."
"How do you managed it ?"
"That's just the thing, kiddo." Harry smiled sadly, "You're not supposed to manage it. You're supposed to feel it. Grief, loss… this is normal."
"It hurts." Ace chocked out.
"Of course it does." Harry said, "When you lose someone, it leaves a hole in your life that will never be fulfilled. You're going to think that the pain will never end, but eventually it will, and you'll be left with only the good memories. You have a right to be angry and sad, you have to, even. Scream, cry, go punch something. Just let it all out. And when you're ready, you move on."
"I can't do that." Ace said, "I can't, I have Luffy to think about… He's my little brother and a crybaby… He needs me to be strong for him."
Harry smiled, "Well, Luffy is likely to sleep for at least two more hours. So you don't have to be strong right now, not in front of me at least."
Ace looked at him and smiled slightly, "I talk about you to him, you know. He said that you seemed like a cool guy but not as cool as Shanks."
Harry chuckled, "Of course he would think that. And you ? What do you think ? Does your old godfather is cooler than that brat Shanks or what ?"
"You're the coolest."
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"What do you know about amnesia ?"
Harry blinked at Dragon upon hearing this question, "You asked me to come to your ship, urgently, might I add, to talk to me about amnesia ?"
"I've got a kid with me." Dragon answered, "His ship has been blown off by a Celestial Dragon. We managed to heal his most of his burns and his arm was broken but it's healing well. The only problem is that he can't seems to remember anything apart for his name and some things about his noble family."
Harry's eyes widen, "The island he came from… it wouldn't happened to be where Goa Kingdom is, by any chance."
Dragon frowned, "Yes…"
"What's his name ?" Harry asked seriously.
"He said his name is Sabo." Dragon answered, quite curious about Harry unusual behavior.
"Take me to him. Right now."
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"Ace ? DenDen Mushi for you !"
Ace looked up from where he was eating, trying to keep Luffy from stealing his meat.
"If this is gramps, I don't want to talk to him !"
Luffy froze at hearing this.
"No ! not gramps ! He's gonna hit us again !"
Dandan scowled at the boys, "It's not Garp, you ungrateful brats, its Harry."
Ace perk up, "Uncle Harry ?" he smiled and take Luffy by the hand, "Come on ! You'll see that Uncle Harry is the coolest !"
"Nuh, huh ! No way ! Shanks is way cooler !"
Ace grabbed hold of the Denden Mushi, "Hello, Uncle Harry ?"
The Denden Mushi, with green eyes and a lighting bolt sign on it, smiled, "Hey kiddo ! How's my favorite little boy's doing today ?"
Luffy giggled as Ace face turned red, "I'm not a little boy ! I'm a teenager now !"
"Oh yeah ? Well, you were already an handful before, but now, you might actually managed to give me grey hair."
Ace rolled his eyes, "You can't grow old, Harry, you told me that."
"Yes I did."
"I've got Luffy with me !" Ace smiled as he looked at Luffy.
Luffy grinned and called, "Hello ! Ace told me you were his godfather and Shanks also said that you used to be in the same crew together !"
Harry chuckled, "Well, that true. But Shanks was just a kid back then, I hope he didn't teach you anything that isn't suitable for little boys."
"He gave me his straw-hat !" Luffy declared proudly, "Even after I ate the Gum Gum fruit, it was an accident thought. And I'm going to be King of the Pirates one day and then I'm going to give it back to him !"
"King of the Pirates, eh ?" Harry smirked, "I saw Shanks not that long ago and he told me a lot about you. I'll be keeping an eye on you, kid."
Luffy grinned wide and even Ace had to smile at that.
"In all seriousness, kids, I actually have something important to tell you."
The boys looked at the Denden Mushi curiously.
"Sabo... is alive. I'm with him right now, but there is a slight problem that I have to talk to you about."
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"There is nothing physically wrong with him." Harry said as he closed the door of Sabo's room, "I went through his memory and it seems that he unconsciously put a block on them to protect himself. There's nothing I can do. He has to be the one to remove it. Only time will tell."
Dragon nodded and sighed.
Ivankov looked at them both and asked, "So, what are we going to do with him ?"
"He can't go back to Goa Kingdom." Harry said, "I talked to Ace and Luffy and, though they were a bit upset at first, they understood. They were just happy to hear that he survived."
"To think that this kid is actually sworn brother to my son." Dragon sighed, shaking his head. "How is he, by the way ?"
"He's a really happy little boy." Harry smiled, "I never seen a kid like that before, it's like nothing bothers him at all. He just laughed all day long."
Dragon smiled, "I'm glad." He frowned as he looked at the door of the blond haired boy, "We're going to take him with us. He expressed some interest in some of the thing we do… Maybe when he's older, we can recruit him, if he wants."
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"He's late."
Sangoku scowled at Garp, who just went on eating his crackers without a care un the world.
Today, at Marine Ford, quite a lot of people were reunited.
The 6 Warlords have been called, and for once, they were all present.
Boa Hancock was scowling at the few soldiers who were fawning over her. Kuma was reading his bible in silence…
The others were quite the resent additions.
Doflamingo, Moria, Crocodile and Mihawk.
They were all here today to discuss the matter of the 7th Warlord, Jinbe, who was sitting at the round table and looking at everyone with cautious eyes.
And of course, to be sure that everything run more or less smoothly, Aokiji, Borsalino and Akainu were present as well, silently sitting as far from the pirates as possible.
"He's the only one who could literally be anywhere he fucking want with a snap of his fingers and he's late !"
Garp laughed, "You know how he is, Sangoku ! Harry's a very busy man ! But he'll show up eventually."
Doflamingo chuckled in amusement, catching the others attention, "I've heard a lot about this man… The Immortal… Is it true then ? Is he really that powerful as people say ?"
The others were all curious about this too, and looked at Sangoku and Garp for answer.
"I would advise you not to push your luck…" Garp said, unusually serious, "Harry is a very patient man and quite easy going usually, but he isn't the kind of man you want to anger."
"He was one of Roger's crew, wasn't he ?" Crocodile asked, a cigar in his mouth, "I would expect him to be quite powerful, but surely he's getting onto his age by now."
Garp snorted, "What part of 'the Immortal' don't you understand ? Harry doesn't age, he was thirty when he join Roger's crew, and he's still thirty today."
Moria perked up in interest at this information.
Mihawk looked up from under his hat, he too intrigued by this mysterious man.
As they waited some more, Sangoku becoming more and more impatient, a soldier run into the room, quite out of breath.
"Sir ! Black D. Harry is on his way ! He's asking you to open the window."
Everyone was surprised by the request and blinked blankly at him.
Garp laughed, "Seems like he decided to fly, today." He said and stood up, opening the large window in the room.
They all looked outside, and that when they saw it… in the sky was some kind of black thick smock flying with incredible speed toward them.
The smock speed towards them and entered the room, some of them tensing slightly, not knowing what to expect.
The blackness disappeared slowly, reveling Harry, who stand there, eyes scanning the room rapidly before stopping on Sangoku and saying nonchalantly, "Sorry I'm late."
Sangoku's face turned red, "Sorry I'm late ?! Really ?! That's all you have to say ?!"
Harry raised an eyebrow, "You really should take a vacation sometimes, so much stress surely isn't good for your health."
Sangoku splutter while Garp burst out laughing.
Harry turned to the reunited Warlord and inclined his head in greeting before turning to Jinbe.
"I am truly sorry for your loss." He said sincerely, surprising everyone in the room, "Tiger was an admirable man, the world is going to be much darker without him."
Jinbe, taken aback at first, bow his head politely, "Thank you."
The room was silent after that, no one quite knowing what to say.
Harry went to pull out a chair and sat down a little away from everyone, making sure to have the wall at his back.
Sangoku sighed, "So." He said, "Now that everyone is here" he throw a glare in Harry's direction, receiving a cheeky grin in return, "Let's get down to business."
"We are here today to introduce the 7th and last Warlord of the Sea, Jinbe. The 7th of you now know each other, and there might be a time when you will to work together, so I hope that I make myself very clear when I say that I do not want any of you doing something that could jeopardize our collaboration."
The Warlords looked at each others, clearly unimpressed with the situation.
"We know that very well." Moria said, "But, as you said, there is only 7th Warlords. So I do wander what he," he point to Harry, "stand for."
"Black is a special case." Sangoku said, "We offered him a place among the Warlords, but he declined. Even so, the two of us knew we could use a more… peaceful relationship, shall we say, so we came to an agreement."
Akainu sneered from where he was sitting, clearly not liking that at all.
"It is actually him that recommended you for the position, Boa Hancock." Sangoku said.
Boa's blue eyes blinked in surprised, "Really now ?" she said, a seductive smile playing on her lips as she turned to Harry, leaning forward against the table. "My,my… What an honor. For me to have caught your intention enough for something like that…"
Moria blush bright red, not being able to help it, even Crocodile, Doflammingo and even Sangoku looked quite uncomfortable, though they hid it better. The low ranked soldier having no chance against her.
Harry look at her, unimpressed, "You were the best candidate at the time. All I did was put your name forward, the rest you did on your own."
"Of course." She smirked, leaning further, more of her cleavage showing, "Maybe… if I ever need help with anything, you could help me out ? You are quite powerful, after all, I heard. Surely a man such as you would be willing to discuss some business with me after this little meeting is over."
Harry snorted even as some in the room dramatically swoon over her, "I don't see what we could possibly discuss that would be worth my time."
She lost her smile and frown.
Garp laughed, gathering the attention of everyone, "You're wasting your time, missy. Your little tricks won't work on him."
"You have the power to seduce anyone you chose, isn't that right ?" Jinbe asked, eyeing her distrustfully.
"Indeed." She said, flicking her hair back over her shoulder, "After all, I am the most beautiful woman in the world."
Harry rolled his eyes.
Seeing this, and taking offense, Boa stand up and put her hands in front of her, in the shape of a heart and called out, "Mero, Mero, Mero !"
Pink hearts flying out of her hands, everyone watch as they collided against Harry, who just sit there with a bored look on his face.
Boa blinked in shock.
Garp laugh even louder.
Akainu sneered.
Aokiji and Borsalino share a glance before rolling there eyes.
Sangoku shake his head tiredly and sighed.
Moria, Crocodile and Doflamingo smirked, finding this really entertaining for some reason.
Kuma had never looked up from his book.
Jinbe and Mihawk looked up in interested, seeing that her powers hadn't worked.
"You should have turned to stones !" Boa said, outraged.
Harry sighed, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but for your power to work, the victim must at least feel the slightest bit of lust for you, right ?"
Boa scowled, "I am the most beautiful woman in the world !"
"Ah, but there's the problem right ?" Harry smirked, putting his elbow on the table and resting his face in the palm of his hand, looking at her with a mocking glint in his eyes.
"What do you mean ?" Boa blinked, frustrated and confused.
A chuckle rose and they all turned as Doflamingo laugh, clearly amused by the situation.
"Oh, that's just priceless !" he laugh, lips spread in a giant smile, "Who would have thought that the weak spot of her power would be something so simple ?"
Harry smiled wider at Boa, who clearly doesn't know what to think anymore.
"Sorry sweetheart." Garp smirked, he too having the time of his life, "Harry's here isn't even the least bit attracted to you."
"What ?" she asked, clearly shocked.
"Isn't it obvious ?" Aokiji speak up for the first time, getting tired of the conversation, "Black don't do women."
"You mean he doesn't feel anything for me ?" she asked eyes wide, "Not even the tiny bit of lust ?"
"As hard as it may be to believe for you." Harry said, "You're not the most important person in this world. The base of your powers is lust, that is true, but… I am sure that even if someone do find you attractive, they will still be able to fight against your compulsion as long as they have something or someone they truly care for in their mind. After all, love is stronger than lust."
The meeting went on from that, nothing major happened and eventually, they all leave to return to their day.
"Black, Mihawk, if you could stay a bit longer, please."
The two men looked at Sengoku, then at each other, frowning.
Sengoku looked at them both before saying, "I had a talk with the Elders, and as you aware Mihawk, it is required for a Warlord to have a place to call a permanent residence, so that we can contact you without too much trouble."
Mihawk rose an eyebrow, clearly waiting for him to get on with it.
"Since you are the only one, with Black here, to not have a crew and operate alone… One of the solution that had been brought forth is for Black to make you a place in his home."
Harry eyebrow jumped up at that, "How presumptuous of them."
"I know." Sengoku sighed.
Harry turned to Mihawk the two of them eyeing each others silently.
"I don't really care where I live." Mihawk finally said.
Harry shrugged, "Another person here would surely entertain the Humandrills, they're getting quite bored lately."
Sengoku sighed in relief, "Thank god ! I don't know how much more I could have take from them."
Harry send him a look, "I was serious about this vacation you know ? You're going to snap if you go on like this."
He snorted, "Unfortunately, I can't take even a single day off right now."
Harry shrugged, before turning to Mihawk. He wave his hand and an Eternal Pose appeared in his hand, "Here" He toss it to Mihawk who caught it swiftly, "I'm sure you'll ménage to find your way, should take you two weeks perhaps. See you then."
And with that, with a snapping sound, he disappear.
Mihawk blinked at the empty spot in front of him.
Sengoku smirked, "Good luck."
Mihawk send him a blank stare, before swirling around and stalking out of the room.
Apparently, he has a long journey ahead of him.
To be Continued