He was running. Brook, our orphan boy turned hero had to go over in his oxygen deprived mind what had just happened. He closed his eyes and ran on with soul solid in his hand. He went over all the events in his mind.

Going to bring Binks' sake, just like any other day, he arrived at the plaza and saw nothing but a portly man holding Binks. He was holding him alright. The boy saw the big man's sword puncture through Binks throat and he lifted him up by the corpse of his neck. The boy ran to him in an attempt to punch him. When he did so they both vanished into smoke and he went blind for a second.

"Surprised boy?", said the portly man. He held a sword and wore a cloak covered with depictions of eyes of all different colors.

The weird man continued, "That is the power of the Miru Miru no Mi(the "see-see" fruit, causes people to see illusions. It wears of if someone tries to come into contact with it), with it I will burn this Plaza to the ground-futotei!" Binks, now hearing this, knew what he had to do. He put up his fist and drunkenly hit the man with all his might. A Miru Miru no mi user not only has the power to make people see but he also has the power to look into other people's minds and read them to see their memories. Both Binks and the boy went blind and for what seemed like an eternity went blind.

They saw each other but everything else went black. Out of nowhere, a figure started to appear of a woman holding a baby. Everything gained color and he saw a father smiling with the mother at the baby. Binks of coarse knew nothing of what was happening but he was as totally speechless as the boy when they heard the mother say the name "Brook". It went on and it showed his mom and dad leaving him in an abandoned and small hut crying. They wore farmers clothing and the mother was seemingly pregnant with another baby.

"leave him, the priest said there is nothing to be done", whispered the father. It went on and showed the boy growing up and on the streets. He begged to a woman holding her daughters arm and they walked away without a word. It all went black again and the mother in a stunningly beautiful dress and smooth hands gestured for the boy to come to her.

She said with the most angelic voice that rang like a church bell, "Come now Brook, my child. Now is the hour of your reawakening. Come now with me and suffer no more!" "O-okaasan(Japanese for mother)", stuttered the now shivering teenager one should say as he was making his way to her in a void of everlasting darkness.

"BROOK!", Binks stopped him and handed him his cane, "You know that she is now and never will be a part of your life. This is an illusion! All the years of begging, being ignored, and being treated as scum is not! The suffering that we all undergo erodes our will to be someone else and makes us who we truly are Brook. This is not you Brook, you know what you must do. Open the cane!" Binks handed him his cane. Brook was confused at first but when he opened it a long thin blade was uncovered and he looked at his reflection, the very same one he saw when he looked at his violin. The sword spoke to him. It too had a name.

Brook chanted his attack, "Soul Solid….memories zero". He thrust the sword with all his might into his mother. Everything went black and then like a flash it all came back. The plaza was for the most part destroyed and all the shops were on fire.

"I just saw my past, but what I didn't see was your future, yohohohoho!", Brook chuckled with a tear running down his face. He drew the sword from the man's chest and still saw his reflection but in his blood. He was gone. On his pants where the name: Iryuu Jishon. He looked back to Binks and smiled with tears still running down his face. He didn't want to harm another human being but now was not the time for these feelings. The Music Shoppe was close to catching flame.

He and Binks were running to get help now. Brook had just gone over it all in his mind. He now understood what he had. Binks, even though a drunk, had taught him everything he knew. The Music Shoppe was saved and the mystery of Iryuu Jishon was solved. It turns out that he was something called an Ichibukai. He worked with the marines and world government to force Ongaku to join them. Binks taught music to Brook till he died. After that Brook joined a battle convoy and then became a Rumbar Pirate.

One can gain physical strength for years and be the toughest person alive. Another can be weak and feeble with a despicable rank in society. The difference? A person that has been brought down so that he is stripped of pride, joy, and his ego can only show who he really is. It is only when you have absolutely nothing that you have everything to fight for.