Luffy's memory pt 2
"...before devil users existed...there was an experiment in creating an enhancing drug….there was a key element in humans that needed to be tested out...so...there were five test subjects in total...five children...one of them…...was Yusei" Ace started telling not happy about it. "Well it's more like...he was part of the five children that survived the test-"
"There was others.." Robin asked with a sad expression.
"They died...the experiments were too intense...it's a miracle for five to be able to survive it...but it was more of a curse...unlike devil users...they were dealt with trying to control their power, their minds were scrambled….also they start to become less human"
"Less human?" Nami said confused. "What do you mean by that?"
"...what they were injected was a drug that brings out the negativity of someone to the point that they are trapped in a nightmare they can't escape...they become insane and get consumed"
"Like Luffy...with Slayer" Nami said not wanting to remember how different Luffy looked.
"Yes...we all have the potential to become that….devil users and humans too...just for devil users...if they were injected by the darkness, we call it….they lose control until they ran out of power"
"Ran out?...so there is a limit" Robin states.
"Of course there is….but I'm talking about more about entering the red zone...a devil user can be empty on energy or power but if they go over that...then...they die" Ace exclaims.
"Die" Kira said shivering.
"But no one ever did so..don't worry" Ace states smiling a little. "Back to the Yusei's case...he isn't normal...like you have witness...both at the ball and in Luffy's memory...his power is great...reason being...the drug he was injected had more of the chemical that created the devil users….his power is almost unlimited but also his body too….it's enhanced including his mind….no devil user can reach his level...more specifically...the five children"
"The five children you keep talking about...do you know who are the other four?" Sanji aske curious.
Before Ace could speak, Rejiu interrupts.
"Their identities are unknown and where they might be... Now, I know we have one of the five...we must keep him safe in this school" Rejiu states.
"Why?...exactly?" Sanji asked curious.
"Because of their powers...there are people out there that would want to take it..thats why this academy was built for...protecting devil users and the Originals" Reiju answers.
"Hmm...to protect them" Robin said softly.
"Should I continue?" Pudding asked.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering if they should. They've seen a lot already. Though, Kira wanted to see more.
"Yes"
OOO
Luffy's Pov
I was falling into a deep hole. I couldn't breath and my eyes were about to close. I tried stretching my arms to the ship that I can see above that was covering me. It wasn't long until I saw someone jump from the ship, coming toward me.
I spit out water and breathed out heavily. I made it to the surface with the help of the cosplayer. He brought me to the ship where Aokji pulled us up.
"Luffy-" Aokji spoke but I couldn't respond.
My head was aching and I felt angry. I start to cough and wobble. I fell to my knees but tried keeping my body off the ground.
"W-where a-are we?" I spoke slowly.
"...a few minutes away to Raftel" Aokji answers.
I took a seat against the wall and try to calm my breathing. The cosplayer was staring at me.
"W-who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Bon Clay" he answered nervously.
"He came from below deck" Aokji states. "I also found a few others...they look unconscious...I was surprised to find him awake"
"Well it's hard to sleep with all the commotion outside" Bon Clay's replies. "Plus, it wasn't my intention...we all were kidnapped...out of nowhere"
"Its a good thing then we found you" Aokji said and looks at the direction where no man land is. "Yusei...do you think he survived?"
"...of course.." I said.
It would have been for nothing if he died. There was still so much he needed to do. That's why he kept on training including me. There was still an enemy out there. I started coughing again and falling forward.
"Luffy!" Aokji and Bon Clay spoke.
I can hear them but I think i'm going to take a nice rest.
"We need to bring him to the academy's infirmary" Bon Clay said to Aokji.
That was the last thing I saw and heard until total darkness took over.
OOO
When I opened my eyes again, I felt a little better but was still hard to breath. I realize I was in a room but not sure how. I was also wearing a white shirt. I sit up and saw an old lady.
"You finally woke up" she spoke.
"W-who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Kureha " she answers. "Your friends brought you to meet in an awful condition"
"Where-?" I said but coughed.
"I've treated Aoji two days ago and as for the other.." she said turning her head to the other bed next to me. "He was injected with something and needed to stay here" she responds.
I was relieved but there was one thing on my mind now. I turned my body and placed my feet on the floor. I got up slowly.
"Hang on there...your not ready to be released" she said in a serious tone.
"I need to be somewhere" I said looking at the door.
I start walking and each step I take, the memories of impel down just flashes in my mind. The things I saw, heard and what Yusei said just repeats itself in my thoughts. I opened the door and exits out the room.
My hat was lowered covering my eyes. I was only seeing the floor. Even so, my body already knows where to go.
The more I walk, the more angry I get. Not even the hot sand affects me. It could be because of the poison but unlikely. My body didn't take too much damage expect being gassed. I can perfectly move but I feel sick at the same time.
I stopped walking when I made it to my destination. I raise my head and saw the skeleton cave. I know he's in there. I can feel it. I start walking into the mouth of the cave.
OOO
When I arrived, my eyes were covered by the tip of my hat. I could only see the stone floor and steps that lead up at another floor. My eyes slowly climb the stairs until reaching the top. There was a pair of legs crossed on a mat with a table in front of it.
"...oh, you made it"
I heard Yusei's voice. It sounded normal. I slowly raise my eyes to him.
"Is it ok for you too be out of bed...Luffy"
There was something in his tone that sounded, odd. I saw his arms wrapped with bandages. He was wearing a maroon shirt.
"...what's the matter….giving me the silent treatment…" he spoke lowering his tone yet sounding happy. "...I guess you don't understand...any-"
A flaming fist of anger was thrown right into Yusei causing him to smash through the hard rocky wall. The impact of the punch was able to throw Yusei into the side of a hill an half hour way.
"Take it back" I said standing in the hole I created, breathing heavily.
Yusei was sitting with his head down and hair shadowing his eyes. I quickly appeared in front of him and pressed my forearm against his chest.
"Take back what you said about them" I said in anger, glaring at Yusei.
I was so angry. The things he said didn't make sense. I can't believe he called his friends nothing.
"I...I guess you still don't understand" Yusei said in a low tone.
My eyes widen feeling a strong fist enter my stomach. It launched my right back to the skeleton cave. I got up slowly and saw Yusei hunched forward. There was fire beginning to appear around him. It was sparking like electricity. His head slowly raised.
In a split second, he appeared right next to me with his leg coming right to me. I was quick enough to dodge but it graced my shoulder. I rolled in the sand but got on my feet. I looked at my shoulder and notice a cut. I looked at Yusei's foot that had fire surrounding it.
Yusei appeared in front of me. He covered his fist in haki and threw it at me. I crossed my arms, taking the impact of the punch. It pushed me back a bit but then I felt Yusei grab my arms and cover it fire. I quickly jumped a way but a tornado of fire was coming toward me. It expanded from where Yusei was, surrounding any opening.
Once I landed I felt a whip of fire hit my chest. I coughed loudly and started getting whipped in multiple directions. Each one was stinging my body. It wasn't until I saw fire coming close to my eyes that I realized, Yusei was on my left side.
"Second gear" I said biting my thumb
I started to turn red with smoke coming out from my body. I quickly moved from Yusei's sight.
"...the training we went through….there were certain areas we focused on…"
I heard his voice clearly behind me. I turned my head and was met with a fist to the face. I hit the ground on my hands and pushed myself away. I kept on moving but Yusei kept catching up. We clashed arms that were covered in haki. We started punching in mid air and when we move to a different area, we add more strength to our punches.
We both landed on the ground, far from each other looking exhausted. Though, I think I looked worse. The poison was still in me and for Yusei, he looked like he can keep going. I clench my fist tightly and inhaled. I set my eyes on him and stepped forward. I began using my rubber arms to hit Yusei rapidly non-stop. It was working for the most part.
However, it didn't seem like he was trying to dodge my attacks. That's when I realized, he was taking it on purpose. Yusei smashed into the same place as before. He was deeper in it.
"You better take back the things you said about them" Luffy said sweating.
Yusei looked at me. He had a different expression on. It was emotionless and his eyes looked lifeless. He pulled himself out of the crater.
"No matter how much punches you throw...you won't change my mind….since you still don't understand-" Yusei said until getting whipped by my leg into another area of the beach that had many boulders of different sizes.
I felt my blood boil. I was growling. I was standing tall on top of a flat boulder looking down at Yusei who was in a boulder.
"...whats wrong with you!" I yell. "They are our friends!...you out of most people should understand how important they are…..tch...THERE NOT NOTHING!...don't you care-"
"Quit it" Yusei spoke in a cold tone.
I felt something sharp cut my chest. I coughed feeling an intense burn. It was so quick that i didn't notice. I saw Yusei standing with his hair covering his eyes.
"I don't care uh?" Yusei said and a ring of crimson fire circles around Yusei. "...if that's the case then-"
His fire grew and circled around Yusei. It turned colour. My eyes widen seeing black flames beginning to spread out. The flames dispersed and Yusei was staring at me with the same lifeless eyes but in his dark form. He was wearing a cloak of black fire with his hair completely black. His nails was also black. He disappeared from his spot. In a second, he was next to me with his head close to my ear.
"There are things in this world...only for certain people can have" Yusei said softly.
I was slashed by Yusei's flame sword on my side. The force slammed me in the sand. I got up quickly sensing him above me. He slammed his sword down causing a wave of fire to come at me. I appeared in the sky and sensed Yusei on my side again. I threw a punch which he blocked with his sword.
"What we are...isn't human"
Yusei sliced his sword diagonally. I blocked it with my arms that were covered in Haki. I got pushed into the sand again but I was on my feet, sliding backwards. Yusei appeared on my side.
"The powers we have...will cause those around us...to be endanger"
Yusei swinged his sword again but I got it in my hands. I clenched my teeth, trying to lift the sword up.
"The training….did you forget my purpose….on why I was training for" Yusei said coldly. "Let me remind you"
The sword dematerialized right in front of me. I was met with a uppercut that launched me in the air. I started getting punched in every direction non-stop. I was coughing out blood. The back of my neck was met with a foot. I flipped in the air but was grabbed by my feet. I looked up and saw Yusei's body, vertical to mine. He flipped me many times in the air until he slammed me into a huge boulder. I spit out lots of blood. I was trying to move away from Yusei's grasp but his eyes was dead set on me.
"There is one person out there.." Yusei said, letting out black flames from his hand over me. "That I plan on killing...the person who allied himself with smile corp...and whoever he is working for…"
"Gaahh!" I yelled feeling the heat increase. Under so much fire, I couldn't see or breath. It was so intense. It also felt heavy. My haki couldn't hold up much longer.
"He's the one person I decided to get strong for...Slayer"
I couldn't take much more of his heat. I needed to break free. I slammed my leg on the boulder I'm laying on. It crumbled and I fell. Yusei's fire disappeared right after.
I rolled and stopped on my knees. I looked up at Yusei who was looking down on me. Streams of black fire grew from his back. It zig zag its way to me but I dodge them. I kept jumping further away from Yusei whose eyes never changed or left me. I was in his vision and couldn't escape from it.
I felt my wrist burn. It was caught by one of his streams. A few more got me. I tried breaking free by pulling on it.
"Its over...no one is here...to save you" Yusei said placed his hand forward.
A Tornado of black flames came from his right toward me. I quickly brought my right arm to my mouth.
"Third gear"
My right arm grew extremely in size being much bigger than my body and the boulders around me. I clenched my hand tightly and threw it at the tornado which broke from impact.
I could see Yusei's face in shock who stood there. I rammed my fist into him which launched into the Skeleton cave which crumbled from impact. My arms shrunk back to size and I was left exhausted more than I was already. I was breathing heavily, staring at where Yusei was. There was smoke coming off him.
"Gruh.. what a punch" Yusei spoke slowly sitting up.
He returned to normal. There was a small piece of red in front of his hair. He was having a hard time getting up. It seems like I was able to do damage on him.
"...However…"
Yusei got up, hunching forward with his hair covering his eyes. He was staring at me right through them.
"...I'm not going to let you or anyone get in between my goal...I don't plan on ever losing...you hear…" Yusei said in a cold tone.
A burst of black fire came out from underneath Yusei. This was bad news. I stepped back but was caught by his flames. It wrapped itself around my waist tightly. I couldn't move and the heat was more intense from before.
"I'm not going to lose" Yusei said giving an intense glare.
Suddenly, the area was getting darker. It could be because I was losing consciousness but this was different. I felt myself shake under Yusei's gaze.
I groaned from the heat. I felt my feet leave the ground. I saw Yusei's right hand raise. More fire wrapped itself around me.
"Arrghh!" I screamed feeling my body being crushed by the heat.
"Die...die...die" Yusei said not so loud but I could see it in his eyes.
He was losing control of himself. That was clear. I didn't think I would be the one that did it. Black flames started coming together, forming a shape in front of Yusei.
It was materializing into a sharp spear, aimed right at me. I was in trouble but couldn't free myself from his flames. I coughed and clenched my fist.
There was one more thing I can do. One last thing that I wasn't plan on using. I brought my right arm close to my lips. Yusei's hand quickly closed causing the arrow to zoom to me.
"Fourth-"
Before I can finish, I hear blood splatter on the ground. My eyes widen seeing Yusei stabbed his thigh through with a small version of the spear that stopped a few inches away from my chest.
"...I'm in control.." Yusei said staring at nothing with his eyes widen.
I was let go and fell to the ground. I coughed out blood. I stand on my knees and looked over at Yusei who was holding his hand.
"Get out…" he said shaking his head. "GET OUT!"
He shouts causing the black fire to circle around him, turning into chains. The next thing that happened shocked me. The chains wrapped itself around Yusei causing him to yell.
I can also feel Yusei letting out his haki. He didn't seem like he could break out of the chains. It was digging into him. I got up about to help him but he looked at me.
"Stay away" he said in a cold tone then biting the chain.
Yusei slammed his head into the ground hard creating a small crater. The scene changed around us. The chains slowly went away.
"Yusei" I said seeing if he was ok.
I saw his head rising. In a flash I was lifted up from the ground by two hands that grabbed onto my shirt. Then moved to a slanted rock near the ocean.
Yusei was staring at the ground breathing heavily while he holds me up.
"...I'll say this once...to your thick skull…" Yusei said slowly meeting my eyes. "We are different...I am different...the things I found out in impel down is not like when we destroyed smile corp...there is powerful people out there..who have many resources….what Slayer did will be a pebble to what will happen"
His arms were getting consumed by crimson fire. Yusei narrows his eyes.
"Meaning...more people around me will get endanger...and I don't have...the time to protect them...it will be worse when they were kidnapped…" Yusei said lifting me more up. "They won't be able to be saved the next time...can you see…."
One of his hands let go of my shirt, turning into a fist.
"...it's better if they didn't get involved with us if its too protect them but" Yusei said placing his fist against my chest. "It's more from me than you….you have a choice...you can be with them but you won't be helping me and if you were to join me….then"
I felt my chest burning. It was right at the center of the X scar Yusei gave me.
"You need cut your bonds with them"
"Brughh!" I said feeling a strong punch to the gut.
It launched me into the ocean. I coughed feeling water entering my mouth. I lifted my head up and saw Yusei standing looking at me.
"...you two…" Yusei said looking over his shoulder to a boulder. "..you can come out now.."
I wasn't able to detect them. Aokji and Bo Clay were hiding behind a boulder. Yusei had streams of fire close to their neck.
"...don't think you can hide from me.." Yusei said beginning to walk with a limp. "I can see everything"
I stared at Yusei while slowly sinking into the water. It felt like deja vu too me. I knew it was difficult for him to express how he feels. He disguises his intentions through his actions. Overall, he was looking after everyone. His anger got the better of him and it still is.
The more I sink down, the more I started remembering what this reminds me of. It happened with Nami. She said bad things to me in order to keep her friends save. She was forced too but in this case, Yusei is the one forcing himself. I remember that I let it happen with Nami and because I did, everyone was put in danger.
I saw Bon Clay coming down to me once again. I closed my eyes and seeped into the darkness.
OOO
When I woke up, I found myself surrounded by students. One of them being Nami and my brother, Ace. I fell back to sleep and found myself in the infirmary again, with Nami next to me. Though, at the moment I couldn't stop thinking of what Yusei told me. So, I kept quiet about what happened to me.
If what he said was true, then I need to make a decision well I actually did already. When I jumped off from the balcony and gave Nami my hat to fix, I was planning to go where Yusei was. I was happy to see Nami and was hoping to see everyone else but, if I chose them over Yusei, I wouldn't feel great.
However, on the other side, I will feel the same way if I chose Yusei over them. It was a tough decision but, it's the only one I can think of. It's been circling in my head all day. I stopped walking after seeing where the cave once was. There was a house built. I walked inside and took in my surroundings.
There was lights installed inside, steps connecting to a platform at the far end. Square windows in random spots on the wall. There was a map of the school on the wall at the end. Then, there was Yusei sitting in front of a chess board or something that looks like one. It seemed 3d to me.
"...3d chess...besides one opponent...you have two" Yusei spoke staring intensely at the pieces. "Very interesting game"
"Yusei-" I spoke wanting to tell him what I was thinking.
"You look okay" Yusei said looking at me. "Is all the poison gone?"
"Ya, I was took to the infirmary" I responded.
"...so the old hag helped you with the wounds I gave you but...I hear you and the president have a thing going on now" Yusei said with a evil smirk.
I was confused what he was talking about. I didn't even know who was the president. Yusei smirked went away and looked dumbfounded.
"...one of these days...you will become smart" Yusei said bowing his head.
"HEY!...nevermind that...I came here to say I'm sorry" I said to his eyes. "I didn't see the bigger picture but...I understand…"
"...so why did you come here?" Yusei said standing up and taking a step down his little staircase. "I gave you two options...have you decided on what your going to do?"
I wasn't going to forget about Nami and the others nor I was going to let go of my friendship with Yusei. I'm not going to let this happen. I've seen what Yusei can do and I'm confident he can handle whatever situation comes his way but, I can't let him do this alone.
"...I came….to make a deal with you"
Yusei's expression was surprised. His mouth turned into a small grin. He started walking down his stairs until he reached the ground. He came a little closer to me.
"Woah, never thought you would be the one making the deal…." Yusei said softly chuckling. "You must have thought long and hard...so then, tell me your deal?"
"...the deal is...I'm going to help you but also won't be forgetting any of my friends...our friends….if you said you won't be able to protect them so….I will protect them with everything I got...that's the only reason, I trained...I know I have the strength to protect all of them" I said feeling confident.
"...so your saying...work with me and I let you handle them" Yusei said closing his eyes and chuckled. "...let me add to this deal...if they do get endanger and find themselves in a situation involving the enemy….I'm going to kick them off this island"
Yusei gave a cold glare. I inhaled and slammed my hand with his, shaking it.
"Alright then...deal" I said nodding.
Yusei gave a wide grin and let go of my head. He walked away from me toward the stairs.
"...well then...time to let you in...on my plan" Yusei said grabbing the bottom of the map. "During the time you were away, I've been doing research on everything...the people in the academy and the academy itself...I haven't attend class but I was working as a janitor" Yusei said pulling the map down causing it to fly up. "I gain permission by the principle who was a skeleton...weird at first"
Yusei turned and faced me.
"Now my plan is-"
OOO
The memories started zipping back to Luffy quickly after Pudding fell to the ground.
"...tsk tsk...now that's something not for just anyone to see…" Yusei spoke sitting on a chair behind Pudding who he knocked out. "...I think you all seen enough...don't you think?"