"I see," Rayleigh nodded. Ash, Luffy and Pikachu stood in front of Rayleigh. "Your stop at Amazon Lily's district and encounter with Chieftain Hancock prompted this request. It's funny since Hancock and I happen to be good friends." It wasn't long ago since Ash, Luffy and Pikachu visited the Kuja tribe. They met Hancock who accidentally fired a beam at Ash, but the beam became harmless. It's also where they learned about Haki.

"Can it be possible for you to teach me about Haki?" asked Ash.

"It's not that it's not possible," Rayleigh discussed. "It may take time for you to process how one works."Ash understood the difficulty in learning about Haki.

"It may come in handy should I know who made me an orphan before," he promised.

"What you should do is not abuse any training to incite revenge," Shakky voiced from the side. She entered and looked to Ash. "It would be wiser to use it to protect those you care for than exact vengeance." Ash mulled but nodded to the claim.

"If protecting Mom is any help, I want to learn," he wished. "Besides, my revenge isn't my purpose."

"You have been honest so far, Ash," Rayleigh nodded. "I sense what I unlock inside of you, it will destroy the people around… or it may save everyone that you will mate with." Ash and Pikachu gasped, but Shakky clocked Rayleigh with the handle of her kunai.

"That's WAY too soon, hubby," she scowled. Rayleigh rubbed the wound on his head.

"I didn't mean it like that…" he winced. "I was thinking about you seeing Ash with Ocarrot!" Ash and Luffy giggled to the sight.

New Power! Ash Studies Haki!

Outside of Grand Jipang, Rayleigh prepared Ash about Haki. "What you need to understand about Haki is that two of the three forms can be learned by anyone," he said. "Observation Haki is the ability to sense everything around in movement: the trees, the animals, us… Observation Haki will pick up just about anything around us and allow us to adapt to its convergence. When we feel a fluctuation in the air, we can react to it by moving our body away or toward a new direction. If someone would attack from behind, an untrained person would be struck. With Haki, even a blindside attack will be useless." A bear started to emerge from the woods. Ash and Pikachu gasped to the sight of a wild animal.

"Rayleigh, behind you-" warned Ash.

"Do not save me," Rayleigh advised. "You'll soon understand how Observation Haki works." The bear charged at Rayleigh, but he didn't move a muscle. Ash and Pikachu were worried as Robin and Vivi found and reached the study session. The bear rose a right paw and swiped, but Rayleigh strafed his body to the right. The paw missed on the blindside attack. Ash and Pikachu awed how close the attack missed Rayleigh.

"That is just a sample of Observation Haki," Luffy smiled. "Not only can you sense and dodge attacks, but you can also launch counterattacks."

"So, Observation Haki is like a shift in the winds," Ash compared. Rayleigh's eyes remained closed as the bear charged again. Still, Rayleigh bend down as the bear tried to bite his head. 'Observation Haki looks so simple to understand… but is it?' The bear continued to charge and swing at Rayleigh and his closed eyes. Rayleigh, not even looking to the bear, continued to dodge each swipe. The bear started to tire.

"By sensing your enemy's movements," Rayleigh started. "You can pinpoint the enemy's attack to dodge… or to counterattack." He shot a palm to the bear. When the palm hit the bear, a spark emitted before the bear flew backwards as if it was punched from something heavy to the snout. It fell onto its back hard. Ash and Pikachu looked confused.

"Wait, what just happened?" gawked Ash. Rayleigh opened his eyes and lowered his arm.

"That's a sample of Armament Haki," he replied. "Armament Haki is like enhancing defenses or weapons. You can become a suit of samurai armor to protect yourself from strong attacks, or you can enhance your new katana." Ash unsheathed Dragon Blade and looked to it. "You may hold a weapon empowered by the dragon fang the monk Zoro had, but it can be stronger and more durable." Ash's eyes widened.

"It can?" he wondered.

"Commissioner Rayleigh, wouldn't powering up his Dragon Blade with Armament Haki possibly siphon his mana?" wondered Vivi. Ash, Pikachu and Rayleigh looked to see the women approaching.

"Princess Vivi," Rayleigh noticed. "What brings you around here?"

"And Mom?" voiced Ash. "Why are you here?"

"We saw you leave the city," Robin pointed out. "I understand that you're teaching Ash about Haki, but could you do it somewhere that we know he'll be? We had to ask Shakky about it." Rayleigh smiled to the discovery.

"My wife never lets anyone disclose my location unless she knows who wants to hear it," he sighed. "Anyway, it was just forged yesterday. We don't know what restrictions there are."

"That's true," Robin agreed. "So why not learn how to summon Armament Haki before enhancing any weapon he has? He could do better one step at a time."

"Not to worry, Robin," Rayleigh assured as the bear got to its paws. "All I'm teaching Ash is the basics." The bear slowly approached Rayleigh. He never turned to the bear, but he sensed the animal's approach. "Stubborn… Typical of your kind." The bear swiped at Rayleigh once more, but the Commissioner blocked the claws from reaching his face. There was a flash of iron before the claws broke off. The bear felt the claws break off and gasped. It ran away in fear. Ash and Pikachu gawked to the sight.

"Pikachu, did you see that?" pointed Ash. Pikachu nodded to the sight, shocked.

"Armament Haki is quite a significant power to wield," Rayleigh smirked. "Let's get you two to understand." Ash nodded. Rayleigh set Ash up by blindfolding him with a cloth. Vivi stood in front with her hand in his blind face.

"Can you see my hand?" she asked.

"I just see black," Ash replied. Vivi turned to Rayleigh, her arms over her head and forming a circle.

"Remember," Rayleigh told Luffy. "Don't hit him."

"I wouldn't," Luffy promised. He threw his arms at Ash. Ash tried to pick up where the attack was coming from. He strafed to the right, but Luffy's stretched arm palmed the back of Ash's head. Ash felt the impact and fell. Recovering, he shook his head. "Sorry!" Ash wove off the apology.

"My son, always tough," Robin teased. Set again, Luffy stretched his arm again. Ash tried to pick up where the attack was approaching from.

'There!' he thought before twisting his head to the right. The arm stretched passed Ash's head by inches. The women awed the miss. Luffy wasted little time before stretching his other arm. Ash bowed his head, the hand missing the head by centimeters. Luffy launched both arms, challenging Ash. He leaped and contorted his body for both arms to stretch pass him.

"A little learning and he's starting to use it," Rayleigh awed. Ash took off the blindfold as Luffy approached. They shared a fist bump. Now, it was onto the Armament training. A straw dummy was set. Ash punched at the dummy. Nothing happened.

"Come on," Ash grunted. "Armament…" He punched again, and again, and again… but nothing.

"Don't force the Haki," Rayleigh advised. "Let the feel of steel find your origin of attack." Ash listened and concentrated. A minute later, Ash prepared another punch.

"Armament…" he muttered again. This time, the punch connected. A burst of power came out and blasted the dummy yards away. Everyone gawked to the sudden success.

"Nice…" smiled Luffy. Ash smiled as well. After the day of learning, everyone came back to Grand Jipang. At the Pinwheel, Luffy, Ash and Pikachu saw Onami sitting on the table with her face down and crying.

"What's going on?" asked Ash. Sanji came over and rested a palm on Onami's shoulder.

"We've been given a notice to pay or evict," he reported. "We're owed a substantial amount of ryo Berries, like 50,000. It doesn't help that we owe a couple thousand ryo Berries… no thanks to him." He pointed to Luffy who didn't seem bothered.

"He tends to eat freely whenever he feels like it," Usopp flustered. Blue-Nose and Brook watched on.

"The food is enough of a payment for me to keep Grand Jipang peaceful," he nonchalantly dismissed. Enraged by Luffy's lack of empathy, Onami rose from the table and started pounding away at him. Blue-Nose and Usopp shrieked in fear as they hugged each other.

"MY RESTAURANT IS FAILING BECAUSE OF YOU!" she screamed. Realizing the situation of losing the restaurant to Luffy's inability to pay, Ash had an idea.

"Pikachu, stay with Onami," he advised. "I know what she needs." Pikachu hopped off Ash and to Onami as Ash raced out.

"It doesn't really matter what he does," Sanji shrugged. "We're losing the Pinwheel." A short time later, Ash returned before placing a multicolored diamond to a face-stained Onami's hands. She stopped crying and observed the diamond. The rest of the Pinwheel gasped to the sight of the diamond.

"It can't be…" she shuttered. "Is this… the prize from before?" A battered Luffy looked as well, his face swollen horribly. That's when Onami's sadness became cheers. Her eyes became dollar signs but with a B in place of an "s." "OHMYGOD! WHAT A TREASURE!" She leaped out from the table and turned to Ash. "Are you giving this to me?" Usopp also gawked to the diamond as well.

"Hold on!" he voiced. "How did you find something like that!?" Ash itched his head before giggling.

"You see, it happened a couple of days before I arrived at Grand Jipang," he started. "Pikachu and I took a bit of a rest at a nearby spring. I saw something beneath it. I summoned Squirtle to retrieve it. Squirtle came up and told me that he needed help. I leaped in after Squirtle and pulled out the diamond. I decided that I'd hold onto the diamond until there's a need."

"And boy, was it needed now," Blue-Nose barked. Looking closer to the diamond, Onami believed she could save the Pinwheel with it.

"This can net the debt and I'd have so much more to it!" she awed.

"That's why I think you need this more than you," Ash offered. Onami watered up again, joyous to the offer. That's when Sanji kicked the diamond from Ash's hand. Ash reeled in pain as Sanji caught the diamond. He knelt to her with the same diamond.

"Listen, this diamond should be the unification of how well we've worked together," he tried to swoon. "Onami, it's my obligation to enrich you with the ryo Berries needed to make you the richest woman in Grand Jipang." Rather than accept, Onami pounded a flurry of fists into Sanji's face.

"YOU IDIOT!" she snapped. "You never did anything!" With one last punch, Sanji fell unconscious. Onami took the diamond. She turned to Ash, concern on her face as Ash flexed his hand out. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, the kick wasn't hard," Ash refused. "Still, I'm gonna feel it for some time." Onami put the diamond down and hugged Ash's head into her bosoms.

"Thank you…" she praised. Ash seemed startled to be buried in Onami's bosoms, but he smiled at the retort. Evening started to settle in where Ash and Pikachu walked home with Robin.

"Ash, I'm really proud of you for helping Onami," she praised. "You could've used that diamond for yourself, yet you used it to help someone in real need."

"It's nothing, Mom," Ash scoffed. "I couldn't let the Pinwheel shut down. Besides, it's just money. They need it more than I do."

("Yeah, we don't really need it,") Pikachu agreed.

"And from what Onami told us," Robin started. "Not only will the debts to the Pinwheel be settled, but she's planning on hiring Franky to renovate it." She pulled Ash to her side in a hug. "I'm so proud of your good deed."

"Now, Boss is the one who needs to man up and pay," Ash added. The three laughed. That night at their flat, a knock on the door.

"Come in," Robin allowed. The door slid open with Onami entering, carrying a sack. Robin seemed a bit surprised to see her. "Oh, good evening, Onami. I wasn't expecting a nightly visit." Pikachu came out to see Onami as well.

"Hey, Robin," she greeted.

("Hi, Onami!") cheered Pikachu before she hugged him after he jumped into her arm.

"Hi, Pikachu!" she cooed. "You being a good boy this evening?" Pikachu smiled to Onami's coo.

("Aren't I always?") he teased. Onami smiled back.

"Anyway, I wanted to thank Ash for his contribution today, so I brought some tangerines Onojiko and I harvested. I thought you guys might like some." When Onami gave one to Pikachu, he cheered wildly.

"How thoughtful," Robin smiled. "Give your sister my fond regards."

"I will." That's when Onami noted someone missing. "Say, where's Ash?"

"After a long day today in learning from Commissioner Rayleigh about Haki, and the debt he helped pay off, Ash is taking a bath. He's probably settling in." Intrigued, Onami cupped her chin.

"A bath, huh?" Her face sneered to something menacing which Robin caught on. Her eyebrow rose.

"Onami? You're planning something. I can tell."

"Can you? You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"If I think I know what you're planning, it should be amusing."

"Let's have a little fun." Pikachu looked befuddled before Robin and Onami removed their robes. Naked bodies seen, Pikachu gasped in shock. They raced to the bath tub where Ash laid. They splashed in the tub where Ash woke to see the two women.

"Mom!?" he gawked. "Onami!?"

"We thought we'd join you in the bath," Onami smiled. "It's one of my ways to thank you. I'd also offer you free meals for life for what you've done."

"Thanks… I guess. Boss still has to pay for his, right?"

"He's not getting a bite from us until he foots his portion."

"Yep, he's not gonna learn." Onami wrapped her arms around Ash, the rosy pink nipples on her breast poking at his back. Ash's face became redder and redder. Onami swam around and lifted her foot to his face.

"So, Ash? What do you think of my feet? Are they sexy? You like the sight of them like the rest of my body?" Ash feigned to answer.

"Or how about mine, dear?" added Robin. "Even you can admit that your mother has some beautiful feet, right?" The closer Onami and Robin were to Ash, the more nervous he became.

"Mo- Mom…" he stuttered. "Oh-Onami… Please…"

"And how about our toes? Like to see how we can wiggle them?" The women's toes wiggled near Ash's face. Ash felt the urge to pass out.

"This is much more fun than I expected, Onami," Robin giggled.

"Right? But I think our little plaything deserves an even closer look at our sexy feet, Robin… close enough to really feel them, if you catch my drift." All of a sudden, Ash had Onami and Robin cuddle with their naked bodies being all over him. Onami reached into the water and felt something that made her grin. "I think whoever you end up with is going to have a fun time in bed." Ash's nose couldn't handle the blood pressure and spurted out. Onami and Robin giggle at the sight of Ash's innocence. Pikachu could only watch as Onami and Robin pleasured themselves onto Ash. With his face squished by their breasts, Ash lost consciousness. Robin kept Ash above water but hugged him.

"Why not spend the night? At least it's not Sanji." Onami agreed. That night, Ash and Pikachu were asleep with Onami and Robin cuddling with them. It was a night of relief for one restaurant owner. Still, Ash's training will come through in the future.

TO BE CONTINUED...