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One Piece: Desperate
🕑 Added 2020-12-04 04:43:43 +0000 UTCChapter 6
Title: I want to be a...
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In the end, since I am not fighting I better start training with something then. Like a weapon of choice. I could use my claws and fists, but I would like a weapon too as it would compliment my range and damage output.
I am in the weapon room on the ship and look through the weapons. The room is damp, dark and I can smell the scent of salt here, and the weapons are just thrown around seemingly without care.
I intended to pick up a sword, but that wouldn't be right for my build. I need something that I can use in coercion with my strength.
I need something that lets me exert my strength into a slashing power. I look through the weapons. Clubs? No. Spears? No… Axes?... Yes. I pick up an axe that would help me both in my human form and hybrid form, though when I am big it would be more like a short axe.
I give it a couple of swings to make sure that it is okay. Hmmm… the balance seems good at least.
"If you look for nothing, then you will find nothing." Suddenly says a voice from the entrance of the weapon's room. I turn back and see that it is Captain Amelia.
She has a smirk on her face as she said that. "That is what my teacher used to say."
I nod, not knowing how to respond to her. It feels strange seeing her smile. Is she drunk or something?
"Yeah, I am trying to find a weapon for myself." I tell her, not really expecting her to be so suddenly friendly.
"Hmmm… is that so…" She walks forward and looks at my axe. She extends her hand and I give her my weapon. "It's about averagely good. Axes are not generally used as weapons, but it's not a bad choice for you as you need to put strength behind your attacks."
I nod at her. "Tell me, Captain… how did you decide what you wanted to be in life."
"Hm? What are you on about?" Asks Amelia, her blue eye shines in the darkness of the room. "Everyone chooses what they want to be. Just think before deciding what you want to be brat. I chose a pirate, and I stuck to it."
I honestly don't know what to be. Pirate, Bounty Hunter, Marine, or even go and become a Revolutionary. I could also take over a country and become a king. I can be whatever the hell I want, and I am quite unsure of what I should become.
I know that I don't want to be average. But at the same time, I have so many options, so many things that I want to be…
"Oy~ brat." Calls out Amelia. "Don't go daydreaming on me now."
I look at her face, and I finally contemplate for real what I want to be.
I know now… when I ate this Devil Fruit of mine, I was destined to not become anything too great like a Yonko or something like that. Because I wouldn't have access to the resources to do it. But I know where I can get them now…
I am going to become a Marine. That way I can grow stronger easier, and many roads will open to me if I do that. Rokushiki, Haki, and many other paths to power will suddenly open.
Of course, I don't say that out loud to Amelia. At the end of the day, she is a pirate and that is all that there is to it. She saved me, but what is done is done now. I don't feel like I owe her anything. It's my life and I will live it however the hell I want.
"I will think about my decision." I tell her and she has a mysterious smile on her face as if she already knows what I am gonna do. But I know that is all just an act to make herself seem like she knows more than she actually does.
"Well, I can teach you a couple of things about an axe." Says Amelia. "I used to be a swordswoman back in the day."
Oh… there is a story there, as she now uses a club with one hand. Well, I don't care about her backstory as it doesn't matter to me, and I don't plan to get close to her. Though maybe I could use her background to manipulate her to let me easily leave the crew. After all, even if she said that she lets her crew members leave if they want to, who knows… they might be killed after they leave and this is just a way for Amelia to get rid of people who have such thoughts of freedom.
I know practically nothing about her, so I can't easily assume how she will be in the future and what she will do.
Prepare for the worst and assume the best, that is all I can do as the weakling that I am right now.
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A couple of hours later and Amelia finished teaching me what she knew. Well, she wasn't that amazing of a sword user, I know that much at least. So I understand why she would change to using a club once she lost one of her hands.
Still, while she was no Zoro or Mihawk, she knew enough about weapons, in general, to teach me how to handle one. Well, it was better than training alone at least and even with her fighting experience alone, she can teach me enough.
"Well, that is enough for now." Says Amelia, having an almost unnoticeable smirk on her face.
I nod at her, now a little more comfortable around her as I got a gist of what she appears to be like.
"We will go and stop in one of the islands soon." Says Amelia as she starts walking away.
"That is good, I can hopefully buy a good axe then." I tell her as she walks away. While on the inside I celebrate, I am running away if I get the chance.
After she goes away, I go back to training. I am gonna strain my body to the max, in this world that works perfectly. Especially for me as I can recuperate faster than normal people due to my Devil Fruit.
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It seems that by soon, Amelia meant one week. As soon as I saw the city that we were gonna stop. I smile as it seems a giant city with other pirate ships anchored closeby too, so this is the perfect chance for me to run away.
"Okay everyone, remember, you have three days and after that return to the ship or you are getting your asś left behind." Reminds Doser, the other crew members seem to just nod absentmindedly.
I on the other hand also have an excited look on my face. Though it is insincere since I am not honest about it at all. I plan to run away today, I am no longer staying with the Amelia Pirates.
Then I feel a hand on my shoulder and I turn around to see Amelia smile at me and say. "Well, I better show you around Max, or you might get lost around here. I will show you how to behave like a pirate."
And that is how my plan just comes down crumbling...
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