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Kazuki scratched his head as he looked at the blue haired chunky man standing in front of him, he had definitely seen better days.
He was riddled with injuries and his black overalls were caked in mud and dirt, he looked exhausted but happy too see him.
Kazuki started assuming that he was a resident of the island since he didn't look like the other pirates and from the way he was excited about the pirates being attacked he was happy that they were being dealt with.
Looking at the man with a look of pity Kazuki patted the man's shoulder in reassurance. "Don't worry I won't let them get away with their crimes."
Kazuki meant this, he was going to kill them, because letting them go would be the same as if he helped them do the slaughter they committed in the first place.
Kazuki suddenly grabbed his left arm as veins begin to bulge and throb along his arm, this is why he hasn't masted his KI yet. His body was still adapting to what the BLUE changed in him.
His sensei's told him that as long as he uses KI on a daily bases he would adapt quicker to it but he had been slacking from his normal regerious training due to the lack of equipment that his sensei's had provided for him.
He also hasn't been pushed enough to really need his KI, so it's no wonder he was in pain after bottling it up for so long then using a KI consuming attack like First Daylight wasn't smart.
It wasn't like a regular KI blast that was white in color and had less intensity. His technique first blinded everything in it's vicinity before exploding forward into a straight line.
First Daylight was his first original attack, a combination of two techniques he was taught. But if he didn't regain control soon then the next time he used it, he could potentially kill himself.
'I need to just use the attacks Ka-sensei recommended instead of going all out eveytime, once I get the ship me and bloom can work on a training room.' Kazuki thought as he stopped clutching his arm when it stopped throbbing and shaking.
Noticing the man's worried look Kazuki told him he was fine as he re-clinched his arm while looking at the injured pirates in thought wondering how he should proceed before heading towards the group.
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Peinto nodded his head nervously as he looked around in wonder at the destroyed portion of the island, he saw the display of power that carved into the sea completely obliterating the sea king.
This kid was super powerful, that it made him clench his fist in frustration at himself for lacking. After he gets back with his dad and makes sure he's alright, he was determined to become stronger so this wouldn't happen again.
His expression changed into a hateful glare as he looked at the small number of wounded pirates who were alive and awake, helping those that were more injured from being flung away or just were sitting there like a statues.
The once confident crew didn't have the arrogant demeanor they possessed when attacking his home.
Especially the three pirate captains, they stood rigid and pale looking at the boy in front of him as if they were looking at the grim reaper himself.
He turned back towards the boy who was streaching his arm around looking at the aftermath of this attack. "W-What's your name?" He asked nervously before rubbing the back of his head when bright green eyes locked on to his.
The boy turned silent for a while just examining him, making Peinto nervous before the boy pointed at himself. "I'm Kazuki Tsuki. I came here to find giant uncle's son and I'm betting it's you, look just like him." Kazuki said now pointing his finger at Peinto.
Peinto's eyes widened as tears started to run down his face. "G-Giant uncle? Did he have blue overalls and blue hair darker than mine, was he alright?" Peinto asked hysterically as he dropped to his knees.
After swolling the fruit he was immediately on the run, phasing through the pirates and repeatedly getting attacked. He wasn't able to make sure everyone was safe and sailing far enough to get away from the island.
Kazuki rubbed the back of his head looking at him with concern, "Yeah, he came on a bloody ship with tons of injured people but he was alright himself and should be getting treated by now."
Peinto calmed down when he heard that and nodded thankfully at Kazuki, "Are you a marine, I didn't know they accepted recruits so young?"
Kazuki chucked before shaking his head, "No I'm a pirate… well a different pirate and new one at that, but definitely not like these guys." He said pointing to the gathered pirates, who shivered when he pointed there way.
Peinto turned pale looking at Kazuki with fear as he started to shake, "Y-Your a pirate, but why?" He said with a tremble.
Kazuki raised his eyebrow in confusion, "Well it's the only way to accomplish my dream and be free to do what I want, but I would never slaughter or rob from the innocent." He said with a shrug.
"Thinking of the name Turtle shell pirates, purple shell, maybe just the turtle pirates. Or do the marines give you your name?" Kazuki mumble to himself.
Peinto slightly calmed down when he heard this, coming here to find him and kill the pirates who destroyed his home already gained his trust so he decided to not judge Kazuki by normal pirate standards.
Especially his age, he only looked too be about twelve but he knew that once devil fruits get involved it no longer mattered, he wondered what kind of fruit Kazuki ate to get his powers.
He then looked at the only remaining ship at the coast, it was slightly damaged due to Kazuki's blow but it could still sail.
"I head you say that your taking their ship, me and my dad are actually ship rights so we could fix it up for you. I could even design your pirate flag if you would like, I'm a great artist." Peinto said bashfully wanting to be helpful in some way to Kazuki for helping him.
Kazuki grinned, "Your an artist, that's cool we can talk about this later after we leave, so let me end this." He said losing his smile as he frowned and turned towards the fully gathered pirates.
They trembled as Kazuki started walking towards them step by step before he stopped a couple feet away with Peinto standing behind him.
"Okay not going to be callous with this so… pray to whatever god you believe in or don't." Kazuki said as he pointed his hand towards the crowd, deciding on using a regular KI blast. "Either way, your going to meet em."
The pirates froze as a shining white ball formed from kakzuki's outstretched hand, but before anyone could get up and run away a pirate spotted something behind Kazuki.
"MARINES?" The pirate yelled in happiness, this was the first time in their life that they ever felt giddy too see the marines.
Kazuki turned his head to see a giant white ship approaching with a blue anchor on its sail along with the large words Marine above it.
He could see guns aimed there way even from this distance but what really captured his attention was the men standing on the bow of the ship.
He was light skinned with purple hair that he wore in multiple ponytails. He also had a long goatee and an average build. He had a Marine uniform with a Marine coat and green scarf wrapped around his neck.
Kazuki felt himself get excited, this group of men were strong, he could feel it when his eyes scanned the deck. Kazuki then began to stretch, getting himself ready for another fight.
'Nothing fancy let's go with Kuri-sensei's style since it doesn't strain on me KI wise for a while then switch it up.' Kazuki thought making battle plans in his head.
Peinto looked at him in horror as he watched the warm up, did Kazuki not know who that was or did he not feel any fear?
The number seventy-seven was getting fame in the east blue recently for the savage way they were dealing with pirates, the famous seventy-seventy branch of the Marines was known for not being lenient on pirates.
Once the massive ship was close the purple man stepped ahead of the other marines on deck who had all there guns aimed at everyone on the island, next him was a large snail that had his resemblance.
"This is branch seventy-seven of the marine corps, lay down your weapons and surrender now or we will shoot before we land and investigate the strange occurrence we saw." The man said through the large snail that raised the volume of his voice.
"K-Kazuki what are you going to do? That is Commandor Pudding, he is famous for being harsh on pirates, maybe we should listen and give up." Peinto said as he clenched his fist in anger, this isn't what he wanted to do.
He wanted to watch every single pirate who participated in this attacked to die in his sight so that there wasn't any chance that they could get off, but he didn't want to face the marines if it would mean him and Kazuki died.
If it was just him he wouldn't care, but now that Kazuki came all this way to save and help him in getting rid of the pirates he would feel guilty if he caused his death with his selfishness.
Kazuki waved it off, he hadn't had a good fight yet that pushed him to his limits since he got here, plus these pirates were his kill. Marines should have came earlier if they wanted to fight them.
Also when comparing the only two ships on the island he made up his mind on which one wanted and how he was going to get it.
Kazuki smirked as he looked at Peinto, "Nah I'm going to get myself a cooler new ship and have a good fight, this is the best situation!" He said with a laugh, looking forward to the new battle.
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Bloom fought back a yawn as she looked at her notes that were piling up beside her, she was now in a room she bought, studying till Kazuki returned.
She was worried at first when a couple hours passed with no word but after seeing his power she slapped that thought aside, maybe she was being naive but who could fight Kazuki in the east blue?
She leaned back rubbing her red hair in thought, "We need more crew members if we want to cross the grandline and they have to be capable, Kazuki can't cook or navigate so we need exp.." As she was talking out loud when a knock sounded from her door.
Bloom tensed and looked at the door for a moment, grabbing a gun that was by her side before quickly setting it down when a soft voice was heard from behind the door.
"Bloom are you in there? It's me Dina, I brought you dinner I made." The voice caused Bloom to unwind as a smile blossomed on her face, maybe she already had a potential candidate.
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To be continued…
