Stop where you are Ace I'm not here to fight you I'm only delivering a message .said a beautiful girl doning a tourist colourful clothes while chasing them with a rapier.
A marine in these lawless parts an unusual sight for sure isn't she afraid to have a misshap more importantly how can you chase someone with a rapier and still say you aren't here for a fight .
A massage sorry ensign Isuka this seem like a trouble i don't want it goodbye hurry up Deuce . Said a tall muscular young man with jaw-length curly black hair the young man also sported rather childish freckles he wore an open-front shirt and wore black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt and he currently was making askeptical facial expression at the female marine sodier by raising his left eyebrow while shouting to that comrade of his who was now falling short behind him .
Give me a break already i'm not as monstrous as you Ace and why are we even running she is saying she only wanted to talk , the man who said this was a muscular man with spiky long light blue hair, and wears a very long open coat which stretches down to his knees and leaves his chest exposed. He also wears a belt diagonally across his chest, trousers with a rose design on the bottom left that are held up by a belt, and a pair of dark boots that go up to his knees now breathing heavily as if having a difficult in breathing .
we only here for 3 days until we coat our ship so that we continue our journey and no good come from entangling with the marines especially since she already chased us all the way and even managed to meet us here and if i have some free time i would benefit more if i spent them in adventuring now hurry up .
So the pirate escaping in front of me was really Ace that Garp told me about and i guessed that mr.Garp was now fuming with anger on Ace following his dream and becoming a pirate it would be a nice scene to watch hahaha my train of memories was just beginning to leave the station when i stopped him completely in these past days i kept on reviewing my life as if i'm some old man dying and i didn't really like that feeling .
They passed by me Ace looked in my way and stared intently for a few seconds did he recognized my identity from the wanted poster too i kept my distance not knowing what should i do in the current situation firstly it's not that i'm even sure that Garp told them anything about me and secondly it's more dangerous for them to have any connection with me right now you see the hands of so-called justice is coming for me soon as i heard a few rumors about a marine admiral already in his way heading to the marine base in the Sabondy and i have no doubt that one of the reasons to his sudden visit is to capture me so it's better like this or so i believe .
Them passing by me with all good and all but Ace staring at me wasn't okay for ensign Isuka i believe that what Ace called her as she realized that them hearing her out or her keep following them is pointless she began to head in my direction and told me to stop in my place as she was talking a few deep breaths trying to calm herself from all that running she really ran a great distance as it took her a few minutes more to just fix her stance as she began saying : do you have a connection with Portgas.D.Ace and I shock my head in refusal but he seems to recognize you would you mind in coming to the marine base to do a quick check on your past there real quick .
I don't want to .
Huh ? What did you say ?
I said i don't want to go to the marine base with you .
Why do you have anything to hide i only wanted to check on if you are related to Portgas D Ace somehow at first but now i'm more interested in knowing what else are you hiding come here at the end she drew her rapier and pointed it at me
I don't think though see you later ensign i used Soru while also multiplying My speed by 10 times and vanished from her sight completely as i saw her with clairvoyance now frustratingly kicking the ground .
But what a surprise to see Ace here but is he really the Ace that vice admiral Garp told me about his name is the same and some of the features of his match with mr.Garp's description of his character but then why was he running from that marine ensign in the first place and from there conversation i can already tell they know each other for some time now anyway let's just leave it to fate as Rayleigh always say .
Let's just go back to continue training i'm already irritated by the mentio of my Haki training with Rayleigh as it almost consist of either getting beaten or sparring in either a hand to hand combat or a sword to sword one and both ended with the same previous beating as i keep trying to awaken my Haki while being guided by Rayleigh i can already tell that Rayleigh is one of the strongest people that i met in my life maybe even the strongest as he was even able to catch me off guard even with enhanced clairvoyance up to 70 times as i can't increase it anymore than that in my normal human form as i'm using 70 times with simultaneously a 30 times increased healing to constantly heal the damage the multiplayer dealt to my eyes and the damage dealt by Rayleigh to my body it was a painful experience but Rayleigh insisted that i use my normal form in training but he at least let me use my multiplying power to heal myself or to increase my body resilience to his beating i began to believe he was enjoying the feeling of finally letting loose on the undead me and i wasn't enjoying this at all as i was limited to only use 40 times the strength as the Sabondy wasn't really the best training grounds and another reason was that i really needed those other 60 times in enhancing my healing as even with that i felt dying in every time we sparred but at least it was working as i'm able to use Observation Haki quite well now escaping a few critical hits here and there maybe it was awakened easily due to my special senses and reflex i presume but the real problem lies with the Armament Haki being my last current obstacle to be at least able to fight or slightly counter an admiral a pleasant or unpleasant gift from Rayleigh this training regime was .
(Flashback)
Ready to get that birthday gift of mine , Ryuu i nodded and he came at me in a blinding speed that was even enough to create a deafening shockwaves in the air and give me a punch i was able to dodge the first one or that's at least what i thought as i moved my body to the right i find his punch was still heading in my direction and Bam it sent me flying for almost the distance of an entire grove even with 20 time the increase of healing i wasn't able to move a single muscle but luckily as i found out my healing factor can be accessed without my hand touching it as it is already inside my body and connected to my hands from the inside that could have been a great help in my fight against my Zoan devil fruit's will but no need to dwell on it too much i increased my healing to 60 times and began to feel my whole body refreshed untill i was beginning to feel uncomfortable as if ants kept crawling on my insides and irritating pain came to me almost repeatedly and opened my enhanced clairvoyance to see what's going on with my body and found the cause my body was keep getting hurt from the inside then it kept on healing it again over and over and over i increased my healing factor to 80 times and the pain disappeared but i was still feeling uncomfortable but i head back to Rayleigh to ask what is really going on .
Good job you didn't lose your conscious i guess you are really ready to learn about Haki but tell me first how do you feel .
I described what i felt before and after healing and what i was currently feeling as i'm aware of a weird power wrecking havoc on my body and the only countermeasure i had over it was my multiplied healing factor .
I see don't worry in about 10 seconds stop using your power .
And i did as i was told after 10 seconds i stopped using my ability and i felt that as if the punch was moving around my body then it vanished i then coughed some blood and looked at Rayleigh and asked what is going on as he began on explaining what Haki is .
Your abilities are already quite powerful but they could only make you a strong man only in the first half of the Grand line but in the second half of the Grand Line lie the New World where strong men are like rain each with a different kind of ability or have their own uniqueness or even a bit of both but you said your dream is to live the rest of your life as your heart content and that kind of freedom bound to breed enmity either from the marines who already listed you as wanted and other pirates who already lurked in those seas for more than half of their life and marked the new world as theirs and those that try to challenge them if weak their fate is to either surrendering and be enslaved or get killed and both mean the end of their dreams but if they were able to prevail everything that the defeated party have is theirs even their dreams as well so after knowing all of this do you want to be another strong man in the New World or stay in the Paradise and live as a king if you were able to escape your chasers that is pick up your choice and destination he said all those gloomy stuff with a smile.
Mr.Rayleigh your broad knowledge is already telling me that you weren't a small figure back in your old days but if living with freedom in these waters all come down to the person own value and strength then i will always try to be the strongest and if i can't then i believe nothing and no one can stop me from aspiring to try again and again and again so i chose to always be free and as cheerful as possible mr.Rayleigh , a sentimental smile appeared on his face as i finished talking and he said : a great words i hope you can back them up with your strength i do look forward to the storm that your arrival will cause in the New World Ryuu D Solar and as for my identity let's have a bet if you are able to awaken and use any type of Haki i will tell you my identity do we have a deal ? .
Sure i really look forward to it and thank you for your teaching mr.Rayleigh but what is that Haki in the first place .
Rayleigh described Haki as a spiritual energy that exists within every living being. It's a force that can be developed and honed through training some people live there whole life and die without even realizing that they have it and some awaken it easily on a whim or if they got triggered you see Haki tends to favor those who have strength in both of their heart and spirit .
Rayleigh explained that there are three main types of Haki, each with its own distinct functions and characteristics .
(Observation Haki) :
Enables the user to sense the presence of others, predict their moves shortly before they happen, and even see slightly into the future. It's like a heightened sixth sense with your own clairvoyance technique mastering the Observation Haki will make your own clairvoyance even stronger and even if you couldn't beat your enemy with this Haki you would be able to dodge every attack they throw at you giving you time to escape or finding a solution.
(Armament Haki) :
Allows the user to create an invisible armor around themselves or objects, enhancing their defense and offense. It can also be used to bypass Devil Fruit defenses, such as penetrating Logia-type intangibility if you able to master the Armament Haki you would be able to confront the admiral who is chasing you also the armor is visible to the other Haki user as it can be seen with a basic understanding of Observation Haki and some of the advanced application of this type of Haki that with enough mastery over it you can even beat your opponent without touching them directly .
The last type of Haki and the rarest too is (Conqueror's Haki) :
A rare form of Haki that grants its user the ability to exert their willpower over others, knocking out those with weak wills. It's a mark of a born leader and can't be learned, only awakened from your story i can tell that you have Conqueror's Haki as you should try to recall that feeling you had just before escaping as you used it unknowingly on those marine soldiers .
Rayleigh emphasized that Haki is fundamentally about a person's willpower and spirit , Developing strong Haki requires mental discipline, confidence, and a strong desire to protect or achieve to sum it for you Haki Is A Manifestation Of Willpower your willpower .
I will now demonstrate the first two main types and some of their application focus closely and do what i tell you decisively don't hesitate okay increase your speed to the maximum and attack me .
Huh , ah will do i said as i just realized that my mouth was now open agape with widened eyes and my body was becoming dranched in cold sweat luckily i didn't run into anyone who was a Haki user when i was escaping Mary Geoise or else i don't even want to think what would have been my fate if i wasn't able to escape but is Haki really that strong ? .
Ryuu steady your heart and focus now come .
I multiplied my speed by 60 and my nerve system by 20 and the rest went to my healing i don't know when mr.Rayleigh decide to counter attack i then used Soru to give me even more speed and attacked .
A Left punch to the face then a right kick to the torso and i stood there rooted to the ground the reason my attack plan had been already known by Rayleigh but knowing it doesn't mean that he can block it so i continued my attack and planned to add another surprise attack a flying kick to the chest it doesn't matter if he know he won't be able to react .
He sidestepped to the left and evaded the punch easily and again sidestepped to the right and effortlessly evaded the the kick to his torso and as i was gaining momentum to jump and after the first use of Geppo i felt the shadow on the ground vanish and felt something inhumanly fast appearing behind me and only get a chance to see a kick and i was now smashed into the ground .
With well trained or even a mastered main type Observation Haki you can see all the movements of your opponent clearly and get something close to precognition and with advanced Observation Haki as said before you can even see the future so no matter how fast is your opponent as long you are able to counterattack correctly your victory if nothing unusual arise is only a matter of time now to the Armament Haki increase your strength to 40 at most and attack again said the landing Rayleigh the whole exchange of blows ended in no more than 3 seconds more like it was one sided beating .
Hmph Haki is really strong but with my shockwave bubbles i'm certain that i will be the winner this time .
I do as he ordered and increased my strength to 40 and my healing to 50 with the remaining 10 for my reflexes and punched towards mr.Rayleigh and what happened next was crazy he just raised his hand and faced my punch with his palm at the moment of contact i felt all the power in my punch disappear as if it was completely absorbed and saw Rayleigh smiling and already guessed what was going to happen next i was sent flying by a shockwave so strong that i believed that without my increased healing i would have died just from the power transfer of strength but the feeling of something moving inside me returned i was now on the ground gasping for air but luckily a one hundred times increased healing throw the intruding force out of my body .
I know it's hurt but me being hard on you now is way better than you making a mistake that could cost you your life in the new world did you see the use of those two Haki clearly the move i used was an advanced type of Armament Haki it absorb the power of the opponent impact and redeliver it as a shockwaves inside the user's opponent body even devil fruit abilities can be negated if used against someone who mastered their Haki .
It was really strong again thank you so much for trying to teach me and don't worry mr.Rayleigh you already know pain is only temporary for me but what about the third type of Haki that you mentioned before the Conqueror's Haki .
Let's just say that it's better for you to have a taste of it than to try explain it in words again it could also be a test for your resolve and could even lead your own conqueror to appear as if challenged .
Zzzzeeeeegggggg ( Rayleigh's conqueror haki ) .
Before i could even say a thing i felt it as if someone was forcing me to bow down as the air kept getting heavier and more oppressive to me i increased my strength to 60 and it was futile and i even felt the weight increasing Ryuu i told you before Haki is more related to your spirit and willpower why are you trying to bear it with only your body break out of your cocoon and unite your body and soul on achieving your dreams with unyielding spirit and indomitable will if you succeed in breaking out of your cocoon your will and spirit will be your new weapons in achieving your dreams and wishes as long as you know what you want show me your resolve RYUU .
What i really want to be always free and cheerful wasn't my dreams they were more of my parents wishes for me to live as i like after all that happened but my dream was always to protect those who are dear to me but as my parents died my dreams changed to safeguard their wishes and dreams for me i guess my dream is to protect the wishes and dreams of those who are dear to me My Dream Is To Always Be Strong Enough To Be Able To Safeguard And Protect The dreams And Wishes Of The People Who Are Dear To Me .
Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjeeeeeeeeennnnngggg ( a clash of Conquerors's Haki )
I felt as if the burden on my shoulder was removed and my face expression turned more serious but with a smile on my face as i looked at Rayleigh smiling i can't see it clearly only with clairvoyance i can see a clash of a red and a dark red two streaks of what looked like lightning were now kept on clashing against each other so hard that even the earth beneath their clash began to tremble and a few cracks began to appear but i can already tell that even with my strong resolve my red streak of haki began to falter against the black red one .
Well done Ryuu you finally was able to find your resolve now remember that feeling as it would help you in your training now try to turn it off by lessening your forceful intent .
I tried to do as he said but it didn't work it only increased the amount of haki i'm currently bursting my whole body now under clairvoyance was filled with streaks of lightning dancing on my skin the air grow even heavier and even Rayleigh began to say don't increase your burst of Haki it could lead to a sever fatigue and could even lead you to your Doom .
I can't even control it i tried doing as you said but it only was more agitated like this , and at my own agitation and frustration the air itself began to tremble as it increased once again also began to join the the clash against Rayleigh but how strong was Rayleigh really that black red streak of his wasn't even budging as if it was a steady mountain but can't say the same about the land around us the earth around us was now filled with cracks and holes from the crazy unstoppable impact but luckily no one was around or else losing conscious won't cut it he might really be in a life endangering situation .
Try harder Ryuu you need to keep it in check or it will do you more harm like that or else i well have to make you lose conscious .
I tried harder but as if something snapped inside me the Conqueror's Haki only increased even more and i felt it , i wasn't able to regain control and wasn't even able to stop unleashing Haki and as it began to become tangible the last thing i saw was a strak of red joining the clash and even begun to puch back mr.Rayleigh's Haki and i blacked out .
Phew phew luckily he will learn to control it slowly but steadily and as Rayleigh was talking to himself a loud the a burst of conqueror's haki from the unconscious me spread in the Sabondy Archipelago bursting bubbles and knocking people down all the way to Grove 30 luckily the burst of conqueror's only napped those that were hit by it for a few seconds but it forced Rayleigh to shut my conqueror's forcefully using his own .
A storm in The New World indeed that much Haki and still unskilled .
A 10 minutes later i awoke and thanked him for the saving and he told me that my training will start now .
(Flashback ends) .
And with that my long lasting days of suffering began but i guess it worked in the end at least for the observation Haki i can use it sparingly not a master but it's not far but my Armament Haki progress isn't doing so well as i'm now able to use it on my fingers and for a few seconds at most .
Rayleigh said it wasn't awakened completely due to the shortage i have in both training and combat experience i believe he only wanted to beat me more .
But it's for my sake and i'm grateful to have him as a guide and a teacher and today is the day to finally know who is mr.Rayleigh truly is .
Are you really Ryuu D Solar ? .
I nodded my head instinctively then remembered that i was the only one sitting on the mangrove tree and looked to my side and a flying man on fire was now landing beside me on one of the tree's branches it was Ace so he ate a devil fruit too .
I wasn't able to see his face as he was wearing a hat that covered most of his face and was looking downwards did you meet an annoying old man in a lab maybe 2 to 3 years ago .
So he is really that Ace but mr.Garp wasn't that annoying i again nodded .
And he came and held the now standing me in a hug and said : the old man came back home and told both me and Luffy that we have a younger brother Luffy was overjoyed that he was now an older brother but i didn't want to have another Sabo so i refused to accept it and Luffy seeing my refusal did too so Garp spent the next two days educating us cough cough and waited for Luffy to sleep and told me all about you and told me that you would be joining us soon in the next time he comes back but then the old man went back to his job and we didn't heard anything from him and the last news we heard from him was about you escaping and was nowhere to be found he asked me to tell you that he was sorry for breaking his promise of coming back to the Mary Geoise to get you and told me if as your big brother to apologize and give you this hug in his behalf i really didn't expect to finally meet you here he then began sobbing on my shoulder and said you really had a rough childhood Ryuu i'm sorry we weren't there for you .
I was stunned and was speechless by what he said and began to tear up myself i only mentioned for Garp to tell them about me as i was interested in getting to know them but didn't expect him to introduce me as their younger brother i stood there bewildered and finally said the only word that came from both my heart and mind Thank you really really thank you mr.Ace i wasn't blaming mr.Garp for anything there's no need to apologize at all again thank you .
Drop the honorifics and just call me big brother Ace and there's no need for thanks between brothers if anyone should be saying thanks it would be me as your big brother thank you for staying alive Ryuu , i guess he regained his Composure and told me with a teasing smirk on his face but his words only made me tear up more .
Calm down already you now really remind me of Luffy when he was your age , yeah how old are you now ?
I'm 13 .
Woah , you are taller than me and you look strong too tell me all that happened to you in those years .
I began to tell Ace about my own experience after my short encounter with Garp and about the fate of my parents which sored the mood and let Ace grit his teeth in anger but i told him it is okay now which calmed him down a little then went on telling him how i escaped Mary Geoise and and how did i got all the way to the Sabondy on a celestial dragon slaves transportation ship and how i lived here for almost a year and about my few adventures and skirmishes with the local gangs which earned me the title The White Haired Demon and how i found my bounty from a bounty hunter and about the marine admiral who almost arriving at the marine base on the Sabondy and his objective of capturing me and told him about my destination and i found Ace's mouth is now wide open which made me chuckle as his expression was just so funny .
And i thought my 100 million berries bounty was already awesome and the news kept mentioning something about me being a super rookie yet my younger brother had 5 times my own bounty hey Ryuu you said that you are heading to The New World what do you say about joining my pirates crew ace said with a smile i couldn't quite comprehend is it sore or pure happiness i can't tell .
Won't your crew mind you know that by accepting me being in your crew it means you will be implicated with a marine admiral just because of me .
You really are beginning to look more and more like Luffy you both have the same talent for trouble but Ryuu you are my younger brother even if the whole marine come knocking to capture you i will even throw over the whole world government just for you so don't belittle yourself from now on and don't worry my crew mates were already expecting a clash with those navy admirals anyway so join us Ryuu .
If you are comfortable with having me i would be more than happy to join you and your crew big brother .