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Eyes and Curses
*2 Months Earlier*
"Are you sure your brother would be in a place like this?" asks Dragon who had a look of confusion on his face as he and his wife had wandered around for about an hour and a half on an endless jungle that seemed to be unpopulated.
"Well this is the perfect island for him. A lot of large and dangerous animals, the beautiful jungle surrounding the area, there probably is a cave somewhere deep on the other side and most likely a beach on the other." she says, quite proud of herself knowing what types of islands her brother likes. "Oh and there's no people around. He hates people." she added.
"Speaking of animals… We haven't run into anyone dangerous." Dragon says, using his Observation Haki to find any animals that fit the description of dangerous.
"We entered this island from the East and we headed Southwest once we landed. Where we put our ship was in a river area that leads to the ocean, hence why we were surrounded by the jungle. The more dangerous animals are either on the North, South or West." Jasmine says as she continued to lead the way
"How do you know that?"
"The small river area where we came from was salt water. Animals don't survive on salt water." Dragon was looking at the back of her head and smiled. He loved it when she talked about anything in detail. And seeing that they were on a pretty long walk, he wanted to listen to her some more.
And his wish came true when she stopped for a moment to look at a compass and started to talk again. "But knowing that there is a waterfall on the North because we could hear it. Well I heard it, I don't know about you. But it also made a sound indicating that the water was going inside a cave, it gave off a weird noise so that is what I'm assuming. Knowing that there is a cave means that there aren't that many animals in that area because the animals in the cave are probably more dangerous than the ones outside."
"How do you all of this?"
Ignoring his question "The West side of this island has a beach or has an area where there is water coming out of because when we got off the ship, I noticed that there was this small opening where water was going into so there may be a beach on the West side or maybe I'm completely off.. But if there is indeed water coming out in the West side that means it is again saltwater. So no dangerous animals there as well."
"Um excuse me… How do you all of this?" asks Dragon again because he actually wanted to know how his wife knew this.
Again ignoring the question she says "That means that the South part of the island holds fresh water. That is where all the dangerous animals will be. We are headed Southwest because if there is indeed a beach on west side of this island then that is where my brother will be. He likes to live close by to dangerous animals and loves beaches. He prefers animals over people and I honestly would not be surprised if he managed to tame them."
"I'm pretty sure I got lost somewhere in that explanation but as long as we don't cross any dangerous animals, I'm fine with that."
The walk had gone for another half an hour before the two of them heard the sound of crackling fire. They both knew it was not night time but hearing the crackles of fire made them kind of worry. Jasmine pulled out a knife and Dragon was ready to fight. The noises got louder and they heard a slight roar and the two of them were ready to fight. They then heard the screech of a large bird and stopped moving. They both could tell that the animal that had roared was slowly creeping up towards them. Dragon pulled out a small pistol from his belt and was ready to take aim while Jasmine had brought the knife up and was into a fighting stance.
Concentrating forward, their backs were completely open. Feeling something sharp, metal and cold on their backs, their eyes widened. "So you hear a bird screech and a lion roar and you stop in your tracks and leave your backs wide open?" says a voice "Shit no wonder you two idiots love living in cities and towns where you know your backs are safe." the man says as he puts his sword in its sheath.
Jasmine turned around as fast as she could, dropping her knife and hugging the man. "Jones you bastard! I should have known it was you.
The man laughed and returned the hug back to the woman "Who else do you think would purposely live in a dangerous island like this?" asks the man as he let go after Jasmine let go of the hug. "How'd you guys get here?" he greeted Dragon with an expressionless look but gave him a head nod
"Well our little boat is in the East side of this island. We were actually on our way to see Whitebeard." she says
"Why do the two of you want to see the Old Man?"
"Well we plan on giving him our kid to take care of and I just happened to have your Eternal Pose of this island."
"Oh nice" he says until realization occurred "Wait a second you said 'our kid'... You have a kid?" he said happily "Well congratulations Jazz you have finally became a mother." he hugged her again and this time shook Dragons hand and congratulated him as well. "Wait but why give him to Whitebeard? Why not raise him yourself."
"It's too dangerous. I quit the Marines and left on bad terms." says Dragon "I don't want to risk the safety of our child."
"Oh right… Why not leave your boy or girl with Garp then?"
"If we left our boy with Garp" says Dragon "There is a chance the World Government could send a Cipher Pol to the island because the same island Garp lives in is the one I come from."
"Makes sense." as he walks and tells them to follow "So where is my little nephew right now?" he asked as they walked to where they heard the crackling fire where they saw a bunch of lions and a really big bird casually sitting down right beside a large male lion, both were sharing a piece of meat.
"With Garp and two others on the island next to this one restocking on supplies." says Dragon as he looked shocked at the scene going on in front of him.
"Ahh. Makes sense." says Jones as he takes a bite out of some cooked meat and offers some food and water for the two which they take.
"Anyways Jones, I wanted to ask you for a favor." says Jasmine
"Let me guess, since you won't be able to look after your son, you want me on the Whitebeard ship to be the one that looks after him in your stead and give you calls on his progression and whatnot." he says enjoying the meat "Oi Snow, what animal is this meat from?" he asked the lion who just pointed his head towards an animal that was unknown by the Dragon and Jasmine. "Oh you guys took THAT down? That's
the bastard kept ruining my crops… Anyways, I'll do it. I want to see my nephew and I wouldn't mind having Whitebeard as a Captain after Roger."
Both Dragon and Jasmine say thanks for the favor and the hospitality. "I'll get you guys to your boat on the East, I won't be coming to sea with you though. I need to do a few small things first and then I shall make my way over to Whitebeard."
They both agreed and got up. Jones did too and said "Oi Lanny, take them to their ship. Keep an eye out for Snow. I'll be riding him to lead the way." and with that the bird got up and so did the lion. The bird sat in a way where both Jasmine and Dragon could get on while Jones got on the back of the lion. "I won't be able to say goodbye because I have to run off to the Northeastern part of the island so we'll say them now. Later sis, I already gave out more hugs today than I have in two years so you're not getting another one. Oh and when you get to your ship, point towards the area where you would like to land and Lanny will drop you guys off there. And also when your sons birthday?"
"May 5th." says Jasmine and Jones had raised an eyebrow for a second and then nodded towards the both of them and said goodbye and ran off. The bird flew into the air while the lion was running towards the ship.
May 5th huh… Let's hope this kid doesn't have it too thought Jones as he led the way for the bird to the ship.
*3 Months Later*
Luffy had been on the ship for a month now and surprisingly that month was peaceful. Too peaceful. Even with the baby on board, it almost wasn't noticeable. Of course the whole ship knew that there was a baby and they were expecting a loud and annoying 5 month old child but surprisingly Luffy was a quiet one. He rarely cried and was always peaceful. The main noticeable noise that Luffy would make was laugh. Luffy was a happy baby that smiled and laughed when he was awake and asleep. His innocent face, smile and eyes melted the hearts of many fearsome pirates who were known as the Whitebeard pirates. His smile and eyes even caught Newgate himself by surprise at how innocent it was. Every time anyone would stare at Luffy's eye for a long period of time they would say that Luffy's eyes give off a glint and look that had made him look more innocent than he already is.
The three people that were the head caretakers for Luffy was Marco, the first division commander. Thatch, the head chef and commander for the 4th division and Mikaella (or Mika for short) who was the head doctor. If the three were busy then they would give him to Whitebeard to look after or other commanders who were not busy.
All 5 month old Luffy wanted to do was eat, sleep and play. Marco could get a lot of his paperwork done during the times Luffy napped and slept. Luffy ate a lot so Thatch would usually be the one feeding him because Thatch felt like it was his duty as a chef to "never let anyone go hungry" while Mika mostly played with Luffy. All three of them did everything depending on how the days went but they were glad Luffy was always peaceful.
When Luffy would be out on deck with one of the three, people would always look by and stare at the child. Seeing at how young Luffy was, everyone acted very different around him. They would love it when he laughed and smiled and their whole tough guy look was gone right out the window as they would hold and play with the baby for a short bit if Marco, Thatch or Mika would allow it. They rarely let anyone else but Whitebeard hold the baby. They didn't know why but it was just natural for them to be protective.
Thatch would always laugh when Marco was protective of Luffy. He would call him a mother hen but Thatch knew he was the exact same when it came to the five month old boy. He just didn't expect Marco of all people to be protective. However, the two always acted like older brothers around Luffy while Mika may have acted as the mother. Whether it be because she was a girl or it just so happend after seeing Luffy, Mika became more motherlike and parent like for the child. Which wasn't odd. Only a few people know about Mika's past and Marco and Thatch were one of those few people besides Whitebeard and the other nurses and doctors on board who knew.
Whitebeard had noticed that ever since Luffy had become a member of the Whitebeard family, Mika was smiling a lot more than she usually did. He noticed that Marco would complain less about the others and worry about Luffy more so rather than the others on this ship except the division commanders. Thatch was always happy even before Luffy came along but he did notice the attitude of Thatch changed. Thatch used to be a guy that was smiling all the time but still reserved even though he was friendly with everyone and would play pranks at anyone at any time when given the opportunity. Ever since Luffy came in his life Thatch was now a bit more protective and like Marco focused more on the boy than the others. Whitebeard was happy that his family grew and was becoming more family like now that they actually had a child with them all the time. Whitebeard was always the proud father of the bunch but he felt even prouder seeing how things were with everyone on the ship.
This day in particular was a very relaxed day. The sun was still up and the weather was nice after having to go through 3 days of nonstop rain and storms. Marco was able to do his paperwork within those three days, Thatch wasn't busy with cooking and Mika had no patients to look after so they all were spending time with five month old Monkey D. Luffy.
The four of the were in Marco's room since his room was the largest outside of Pops' room. Mika and Marco were sitting on opposite sides of the bed and put Luffy in the middle with a few toys and Thatch was sitting on the floor, but leaning towards the open middle area of the bed that was not occupied by Luffy.
Out of the many stuffed animals and play toys he had, Luffy was mostly interested with a small rubber like ball and kept hitting it around to see it roll on the bed. Eventually if it rolled too far for him, one of the three adults would hit it back towards Luffy and each time they did that Luffy would smile and laugh. Each time Luffy hit the ball he smiled. Luffy was smiling. All the time.
"You know" Thatch says "I can never get tired of this brats smile." he smirked and let out a chuckle
"His laughs too yoi."
"But his most powerful weapon is his eyes." says the doctor "Those huge innocent eyes and that face just melts your heart." and both Marco and Thatch agreed. Even the whole crew would agree. Every time someone would look into the eyes of Luffy, they would instantly feel like smiling or be happy.
"When our little brat gets older, he's going to be very popular with the ladies." Thatch looked at Luffy while talking to the others
"Yeah about that yoi… He's not dating anyone until he's at least 16."
"Why 16?"
"I don't want him to end up like you. Luffy will grow up into a fine young man."
"And to be a fine young man, you need to have some experience in life to make you understand how women work."
Mika looked right at Thatch and said "And just how do women work Thatch? Please enlighten me with your wisdom."
"Yeah, I'd honestly love to hear this yoi."
"Well then" Thatch looks at his two family members with a smile on his face "See woman don't 'work'. You cannot figure that out. But what you will find out is that women are crazy. For example, our lovely sister Mikaella here." and before he could continue, Mika had slapped him in the face which made Luffy laugh loud
"Oh that made him laugh.. Ne Marco let's kick his ass to make Luffy laugh and smile. Sounds good?" she said in a sadistic way
"SEE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN! MIKA HERE IS A PSYCHO!" he said jokingly and she grabbed Thatch by his shirt, looking dead in his eyes she smiled in the most terrifying way that Thatch had started to scream in various tones and lost his voice many times. Luffy was enjoying this and kept on laughing and clapping and looking at Marco who was thoroughly enjoying this just as much as Mika and Luffy were.
Mika knew Thatch wasn't afraid of getting hit by her. She's knows Thatch has a higher pain tolerance than the crew besides Marco and Pops. She took her hand and raised it, she looked at Thatch in the eyes for a second and then turned towards his hair. And if Thatch wasn't scared before, he was now utterly terrified. His eyes widened as much as they could and the look on his face was with pure horror "MIKA NOOOOO PLEASE! NOT THE HAIR!" he yells out in the highest pitched voice he could do making Luffy laugh even harder now and again Marco felt very happy that Thatch was getting beat up by their sister.
Taking her hand, Mika had reached for the pompadour and placed it on Thatch's head and had started to mess with his hair, causing the chef to scream. Marco couldn't hold in his laughter anymore and was laughing until he had a couple of tears running down his face while Luffy on the other hand laughed as hard as he could because he thought Thatch's face was funny and the noise he was making was even funnier.
After Mika had completely ruined Thatch's hair he had run as quick as he could out of Marco's room to get to his room to fix his hair. As the man left the room, Marco and Luffy had both stopped laughing, breathing slightly heavily because of how much they had laughed. Mika had picked up Luffy and said "It's food time Luffy. Let's go and feed you." she said with a smile and kissed Luffy on the cheek and the forehead.
Marco got up as well, seeing that Mika would be taking care of the child, he decided that he should go check up on his Captain and see what they were going to do next. As he closed his door, he saw Whitebeard on his chair and called Marco over. When he got there, he heard Vista say "The ship is getting closer Pops."
"It's a small ship. I doubt there are going to be many people on it. But if they are threatening us then feel free to take that ship down." Marco looked towards the sea and saw a relatively small ship that was sailing towards them. He knew by the looks of it that the people on that ship aren't looking for a fight. So he remained calm and went back to his expressionless face after having laughed so much just moments before.
Being out at sea was odd for Jones. After the execution of his captain Gol D. Roger, it felt weird for Jones to become a pirate once more. But he knew that he would have to act differently around the Whitebeard crew unlike how he was with Roger. Although both of them were the same type of Captains, the only difference was that Roger knew about the past that Jones had lived through. And because of that, his young age and the era they were in, Roger had allowed Jones to run as wild as he could under the name of the Roger Pirates. He knew Whitebeard would do the same but as he was now much older than he was when he first joined the Roger Pirates, Jones was going to be a lot more relaxed. And plus he had a nephew to look after and take care of.
Speaking of said nephew, he totally forgot to ask the name of the young boy. On top of not knowing the name of the child, he was preparing himself being surrounded by strangers. After Roger had died, the first thing he decided to do was marry a woman that he fell in love with during his journey as a member of the Roger Pirates. But she had eventually got killed by Marines and the townsfolk once they had realized that there was an infamous pirate living on their island.
He then left to keep himself in isolation and surrounded himself in an island known for having the most dangerous animals in the world. He got used to having animals around him and swore to never hurt them unless it was absolutely necessary. He then ended up befriending the actual King of the Jungle and his whole pride and made a friend out of a bird that tried to eat him. Once he tamed them both he felt like that was all the company he needed.
He only knew a handful of the Whitebeard Pirates. He knew Marco and had respect for the man, he knew the head chef but could not remember his name and he remembered their swordsman Vista. And of course he knew the Old Man. The Old Man wondered why such a young kid would be on Roger's ship and now he has an infant on his own. That thought made Jones smile.
As his small ship was sailing, he could see the Moby Dick in his sights. It would be about a few hours before they would notice that there is a small ship sailing towards them so he looked at the bright blue sky and decided to whistle Binks Sake, his favorite song.
The small ship was getting closer and closer to the Moby Dick by the hours that had passed and the time was about noon. Using his Haki, he noticed the people on the Moby Dick except a rare few had their weapons drawn and aimed their cannons towards him.
Now standing up, he looked right past the pirates and his eyes caught Marco who was standing right by the World's Strongest Man who was sitting on his throne chair like he always was. "Whitebeard may I have permission to come on board?" asks Jones, ignoring everyone and looking at the Captain.
"Granted." says Newgate as Jones got off his ship and onto the Moby. "So what does Roger's cursed brat have to do with me? Are you here for my head?" he says with a slick smirk
Jones chuckled "I mean no disrespect by this but if I was here for your head, I would have already gotten it." and looked right into the eyes of the Captain with no fear. This caused most of the people on deck to be angry but Marco was calm and relaxed and so was Whitebeard. The both of them knew he meant no harm with that statement.
Whitebeard and Marco had noticed something though. They had felt this aura before and felt it very recently. Marco whispered something to Whitebeard and the man just nodded, looking right at Jones while Marco was talking to him.
"Anyways um I'm here because my sister sent me here. She said something about having her son on board and she wanted me to be a lookout for her. And by lookout I mean tell her literally everything about the kid. So is it possible for me to join your crew?"
"Your sister? Who's your sister yoi?"
"Jasmine… The wife of Dragon. Garp's daughter in law. She came here a month ago to drop the boy off." he said confused because he was sure that Jasmine would be the one to send the baby off. Marco looked surprised. He didn't expect Jones to have a sister.
"GURARARARA so that's why that brat's aura was familiar. But yes you can join the crew. You can run free like you once did with Roger."
"I thank you Whitebeard, but that life is something I gave up." he says with a sad tone, remembering his wife. "Anyways, do you guys mind if I see my nephew?"
While the rest of the crew was suspicious, the division commanders were not. They knew of the man known as 'Roger's Cursed Demon' but they also knew that he was a good man. They didn't exactly know why he was called the Cursed Demon. All they heard were some rumors about him becoming the actual devil. Marco took Jones and took him to the infirmary and Jones thought something was wrong with the boy.
"Is everything alright?" concerned about his nephew
"Oh yeah yoi.. The person taking care of Luffy at the moment is the head doctor of the ship." and they soon entered where there were a lot of empty beds and Marco kept walking by to a pretty big room. Knocking on the door he said "Mika yoi it's me. How's Luffy?"
Luffy huh. Nice name. The door had opened and he he didn't know whether it was by coincidence or if his past was haunting him but the woman who was holding the child looked a lot like his wife. The light brown skin tone and light brown hair with hints of a dark blonde color at the tips, brown eyes, small round nose and big lips. And on top of that she wore glasses, just like his wife did. He had to quickly get out of that thought and he looked towards the child and was instantly mesmerized. "HOLY SHIT MY SISTER IS YOUR MOTHER?" looking now at the innocent eyes of Luffy and the big smile that he wore across his face like he always did. Those eyes look amazing but there's something strange about them. That little glint there… He has it too. Fuck. Should I tell Jazz…
"Who's this?" asked Mika and Marco replied by saying that he was the uncle of Luffy and the brother to Jasmine who was the mother. He also told her about how Jones was apart of the Roger Pirates. Placing a kiss on the cheek of his nephew, he handed Mika the boy and looked right into the eyes of Mika and muttered something under his breath. Mika found that odd but decided not to question it and Jones looked a bit embarrassed which was odd for him too.
Marco read the atmosphere and took Jones and said "I'll give you a tour of the ship so you know your way around." Jones gave Marco a silent thank you and followed him out of the infirmary. As the two were walking, Marco first showed Jones his room. "Usually all the division commanders get a room to themselves while the rest are in a room with a bunch of bunk beds, we currently don't have enough space for you so we are giving you the empty room the belonged to the former 2nd division commander yoi."
"Thank you Marco, but I don't need a room nor a bed. You can save that for another person or something. I just need a place where I can put my bag down."
Confused Marco asked "Where are you going to sleep?"
Looking at the first division commander, he sighed "Fuck it I might as well tell you, we are going to be crew mates so might as well get to know each other. I don't sleep." he says. He didn't know why he was able to trust Marco so easily. Marco looked like a trustworthy man so he just decided to tell him everything to avoid future possible suspicion.
"I don't usually sleep much either because I'm busy with things but it's good to have a place to rest in."
"The problem is… I can't sleep. It's been 3 years since I last slept and last sat down on a bed."
"How is that humanly possible. Everyone needs to sleep at some point."
"See I used to sleep for hours on a daily. I loved sleep. But one day, something fucked up happened and I practically died on the inside. This happened after Roger's death. I was already known as the 'Cursed Demon' and I was a horrible person back then but things happened which made me worse. It crushed the last bits of my human soul that remained and really made me into a demon."
"That doesn't explain how you don't sleep though yoi."
"See you're a Zoan user right. Well so am I. I can literally become the Devil. A lot of people think that my curse is being the Devil but that is actually the powers of the fruit I ate. Now to use a power of a Zoan, we both had to 'unlock' the ability to use it right. Kind of like how a Logia user learns how to use their power. Besides me becoming the actual Devil physically and being able to control fire to a certain extent and some other weird shit, I can also teleport from places but to travel, I have to go through Hell, which is a real place filled with some more weird and horrible shit. However I had to be in my Devil form to actually do that. But I've practiced and used my ability so much that I can actually teleport without having to change my physical self. And also this devil fruit helped my sense of smell but in a bad way because I can smell people's blood even if they aren't bleeding. It's weird don't ask. I don't even know how that works. "
"When my body gets so tired to a point where I feel like I'll die or become unconscious or anything like that, I just teleport myself to Hell to wake me back up. Being in that shithole actually gives my body the stimulation of sleep so it basically wakes me up but I'm awake and conscious while this happens."
"So basically you going to this Hell place is like a normal person falling asleep? But you don't actually fall asleep though right."
"Yeah pretty much."
Hearing this Marco was very curious at just was type of life Jones had lived. There was something to him that screamed out "Help Me" but Marco didn't know what to do and if there was anything that could be done to help Jones. Instead he remained silent.
"May I ask what your actual curse is yoi?" curious as to what more things there could be about this man
"It's an insane blood lusting rage. An addiction to killing. And not just shooting a man to kill him or stab him with a sword. No. It's much more brutal. The smell of blood makes me want to start killing someone. I've learned to control it over the years but Roger let me run free and wild even though he knew. And plus my life before that I had no restrictions and was living a fucked up way of life. It still runs in me to this day and won't leave me until I die. The second I entered the ship I was hit with the smell of everyone's blood and I had urges to kill all of you." Marco was surprised but at the same time he knew that Jones was a vicious enemy to make out of. "I isolated myself from people for the past three years and this was the main reason why. And coming back to civilization it just feels weird to me. I need to get used to the smell before I end up doing something stupid."
"How did you get it?"
"Well there is this superstition in my family. On May the 5th many years ago and I'm talking about a very long time ago, it was said that the Devil had come to that island where my family had lived and slaughtered everyone on this island by possessing one of our ancestors. The only ones that were able to stop him were my other ancestors that had eventually got hold of the man and exorcised the devil off of him. But the man was never the same. Just before the devil was cast off, he looked right at my family and said that he would curse them for all generations to come and whoever was born on May 5th would be cursed."
"A couple of years later, this man had a son born on May the 5th and had the same eyes that his father had on the day he went on a rampage to kill everyone. So the family assumed this guy was cursed and made sure that no one from the Davy family -my family- was not allowed to bare a child on the 5th of May."
"Fast forward to the time I was born, I was born on May the 5th. My family didn't believe in the curse until eventually one day I just snapped and went on a killing spree and had same the same glint in my eyes. I was only 4 at the time but I was the only child at that time. My father sent me away and never spoke of it to the rest of the family. I eventually met my sister while I was apart of the Roger Pirates and I kind of told her about the curse but not exactly."
Every time Roger was in a fight, the first person that was ready to cut heads off was Jones. He was known to be sadistic and dangerous. But Marco knew there was much more to Jones than that. "But I will tell you this. Luffy has it to. How do I know, well because I had those same eyes when I was a child. Now his eyes are oddly innocent. I think he may have gotten those eyes from Dragon's mom because no one in my family has those eyes nor does Dragon or Garp. But when you stare into his eyes, do you see like a dark or black glint?"
"Kind of yoi. Like if you were to stare at him for long you can see that his pupils give off this glint."
"That's the same thing I have.. My sister doesn't know about the glint nor does she know about Luffy having it. But know this Marco and keep this between the two of us. As he gets older we have to be the ones that show him good. I wasn't taught any better up until I met Roger but by then it was too late and that is why he let me run free."
Marco was listening to Jones and could almost hear a cry for help. But this time it wasn't for himself but for his nephew. He easily understood that Jones did not want Luffy to become like him. He looked at Jones and smiled "We won't let him. I won't. You won't. Pops won't. Thatch won't and Mika won't. Hell this whole crew won't. Even if they don't know what's going on, we can show him good and teach him how to control it yoi." he looks at Jones and gives him a confident look "Anyways let's continue with this tour. You can keep your bag here for now, I'll find a place for it later."
The two of them went on the full tour of the ship until it was about just past sunset. Both men were talking about their adventures they've had so far and a lot of other things. Jones felt glad he found a friend in Marco. However when Marco had told him that the main caretakers for Luffy were he, Thatch and Mika, Jones was slightly hesitant to be around her but he didn't say it nor show it. He just hoped this was a one time thing and would never happen again.
They kept walking around the ship until they met Thatch up just before dinner. When he saw Marco walking he said "Hey Marco man, it's dinner time."
"Your hair looks pretty yoi." says the man as he looked at Thatch's messy hair
"Oh fuck off you turkey. Oh hey um Jones-san, dinners ready if you would like to eat."
"Thanks for letting me know. I'll be there shortly." after seeing the full ship more than once, he decided to lead the way to the galley where all the other pirates would be eating but just as he was about to enter he had stopped. He took a deep breath before walking in and as he walked in, he saw the Whitebeard pirates all eating and sitting together and having fun. He went towards the area where the chefs would give the pirates the food and he got his plate and today for food there was pasta. He missed eating pasta so he was happy to eat. He had noticed that Marco had sat at the table with the other division commanders and noticed that the head doctor lady was holding Luffy while everyone was giving the child all the attention in the world.
He took a seat where he could get a view of Luffy. But there was something in him that was nagging his mind. His mind kept telling him to kill and he could smell blood from someone that was close by him. However this scent of blood was odd. Paying no mind to eat, he dug in his food and he heard a laugh from a man beside him. "The food isn't going to run away you know." the relatively large man says. Jones looked at the man in the eyes and his mind was racing. Wanting to kill him at that very moment. But Jones knew he had to control this. But the blood he could smell from this man was strong. Taking a look at the food to change his thoughts he said to the man "I haven't eaten proper food like this in 3 years. I'm stuffing my face and probably going for seconds and more if there is any left over."
"3 years is a long time." says the man
"Yes. Yes it is."
Alright folks, that is where I am leaving this chapter. Long chapter I know and different but the A/N coming up will explain everything.
A/N: Okay so basically I know this chapter more so focuses on Luffy's uncle Jones but that is because I wanted to explain this whole curse thing. It's gonna be important in the story moving forward for Luffy's character and it will be brought up again in the future.
If you guys need a more clear more explanation as to what it actually is.. The curse is a blood lust that makes him go crazy and start killing people until somehow stopped by others. Basically a psychopath that loves to kill people for no reason.
A clear explanation for Jones' power... Well basically it is a Zoan fruit and he transforms into the Devil (as in Satan) and he's able to control fire to a certain extent but not like how Ace or Sabo could. His sense of smell for blood increased which helps make his curse stronger which is why he had trouble on the ship. He can also teleport to places but has to go through Hell to be able to teleport.
Jones has insomnia and since he's already a whack character, I decided to make him literally not be able to sleep. Now I know that is humanly not possible to go on without sleeping at all but I added how going to Hell is basically like his sleep.
Well why did I want Luffy to have this curse because that's nothing like his character.. Well the both the anime and manga he's gone rage mode when his Nakama are involved in some deep shit like Nami with Arlong and Robin with CP9 and the World Government. It's a rated M story so might as make this bloody because Pirates do kill people.
Anyways this was one of the few rare chapters that isn't fully about Luffy. But for the next good while of chapters the focus will be on Luffy and his age, interactions with the rest of the crew/commanders, his adventures and how he is slowly starting to grow up.
And again please leave a follow/favorite/review. Thanks for your time, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. And I shall see you next time for chapter 3.