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One Piece: Reborn as a Fishman
🕑 Added 2020-09-25 13:58:09 +0000 UTCChapter 30
Title: I will protect then my own way….
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-General POV-
"Dad… I wanna join the marines…" Calmly says Itachi to his father.
As Jaw hears this he looks at his son Itachi in the eyes. Jaw's eyes narrow at him and a snarl appears on his face.
"Are you stupid or something? You want me to let you join the marines? Listen, son… if this is like a joke that Mikoto made you say… tell her that it's not that funny." Says Jaw, with his voice being strange and eerie calm. He just leans forward on his chair and puts his elbows on the desk in front of him.
Itachi has a calm look on his face as his dark eyes look at his father's shark-like ones. "No, I am completely serious. This way I will also protect the family."
Fwooom!
Immediately the King's Haki bursts out Jaw's body, the table that he is leaning on cracks and even small cracks appear all over the room.
Though Itachi is truly intimidated on the inside. He still keeps a calm look on the outside. He knows with 100% certainty that his father will never really hurt him or any of his siblings.
With that in mind… his legs still buckled as he felt his father's Conqueror Haki. He has never felt something like this before, it was literally affecting the environment and the walls around them were slightly cracking.
"Do you think that I am so weak that I can't protect my own children?" Asks Jaw as he walks in front of Itachi and looks down on him, his eyes shining red and his Haki bursting out of his body that the whole underground city felt it.
Itachi was fully shaking and struggled to stay upright, he wanted to think of a response but his mind was in disarray, and even as he understood that he wouldn't be hurt. He felt an instinctive fear, a terrified look appeared on his face and even tears came out of his eyes. Still, he kept holding his father's angry gaze.
"N -No… you are strong father! YOU are the strongest person I know!" Screams Itachi out loud. "But that doesn't mean that you are invincible!!! What if the World Government decides to attack us!?!?! We would be taken by surprise and we wouldn't have any advantage against them. What if one of them kidnapped one of my siblings, you would go and fight them!!! I know that… but you dad would then die… I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT!!!"
As he hears this, Jaw's Haki calms down a little and gives Itachi some breathing room.
But Jaw didn't let him speak as he calmly said. "What if they find you out that you are my son, then what? You would be the one that I would have to come and rescue."
Itachi shakes his head at this. "Not even the Fishman that work for us know about me. I have hundreds of siblings and amongst them, I am not really noticeable. I will simply take a different background, a different name and I look pretty much human and even the gills on my shoulders are almost invisible and can be mistaken as scars."
Itachi explains his reasons and the benefits of him joining the Marines. But Jaw in the end shakes his head. "Hell no! I am not letting any of my kids do something like that, leave him at the hands of the marines. I am not that stupid. Go back to your siblings, this discussion is closed."
He then turns his back on his son and goes to sit back on the very luxurious chair. But Itachi didn't move at all as he looks at his father, and Jaw looks back at him. Both of them now calm and Jaw stopped using his Haki.
"Father…." Says Itachi in a quiet voice. Jaw doesn't interfere this time and lets him talk. "I… I could live the rest of my life under your protection and I know that my life will be filled by happiness next to my siblings, you, and my mother. But… I know that I would also live next to people who would have to protect me… and being worried every day that you or one of my siblings might be dead. I am the 2nd oldest child, just right after Kisame. So please father… trust in me and let me join the marines."
As he says that, Itachi bows down with his head on the floor. Jaw looks at this with a complicated look on his face. He doesn't know what to do… he knows that if Itachi joined the marines then that is pretty beneficial to him… that was what the logical part of his mind said. But on the other side, that will be like literally sending his son into a dangerous situation, because if he slips only once then he will be sentenced to death. His emotional side totally doesn't agree to any of this, but Jaw can easily keep his emotions under control.
In the end, he looks at Itachi as he bows in front of him. 'Damn it… this kid…'
He knows that Itachi wants to protect his siblings as Kisame does. Even Kakashi has his own way of protecting his siblings, he usually helps them in the mental department by giving them mysterious answers, and having them figure it out.
'I know that Itachi wants to protect his siblings because I have gone quite far to make them love each other and have a connection with each other. No one… and I mean NO ONE can break this family bond that we have.' Thinks Jaw as he contemplates what he should do. 'But I never imagined that it would go this far… Itachi… I guess that…'
In the end, Jaw made his decision and said. "Sure… you can join the Marines."
Itachi looks up with a joyful look on his eyes but cringes a little when he sees the difficult look on his father's face. So he bows again and says. "I won't disappoint you, father…"
Jaw just shakes his head and says. "I know you won't… but if we are gonna do this… we will do it perfectly. There must be no connection between you and me, even if the Marines were to search your whole history. You are currently seven years old when you become eight… you will have to move away in one of the blues and join the marines. That way there will be no connection between us."
As Jaw explains that Itachi nods, understanding what his father means. He must separate ties with the family to be able to have the perfect background.
Jaw then takes a deep breath and screams. "KAKASHI COME TO MY OFFICE!!!!"
The whole castle shakes as Jaw calls out.
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It doesn't take long for Kakashi to come. He looks at his father who has Itachi next to him and they have a giant map of the whole world. Or at least the known islands on the blues.
Jaw looks at Kakashi and says. "Come here, I will be teaching you how you use sudden strategies and how to hide a background against an enemy."
Kakashi's brain works at high speeds to figure out what is going on. In the end, his eyes widen as he comes to a conclusion. "We are sending a deep-cover spy to one of our enemies?"
Jaw nods and pats Itachi on the head. "Yeah… this brat thinks that he can infiltrate the marines and I need the perfect plan for his background, I need you to see if you spot any loopholes or anything like that."
Kakashi is a little shocked at this and asks. "How long do we have?"
"One year, when Itachi is eight. He will move away. Though he will be given a high-rank personal Dendenmushi that can't be spied on and only communicates with another specific Dendenmushi that I will have under my possession. Also, he will have to memorize my number when he calls, we aren't registering anything." Explains Jaw, his plan will be the best possible plan for Itachi. He won't do it half-assed. He also had Kakashi, whom even though he is seven years old, he is a genius in the thinking department, his IQ is 155 and he is only seven years old.
"Anyway… this is the plan…."
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AUTHOR NOTE:
Yep, Jaw was reluctant to have Itachi join the Marines. But in the end, he decided to let him, he knows that if Itachi stays here he would be safe but at the same time miserable because he can't protect his siblings. Kakashi and Kisame are the backbones of the sibling's dynamics, one is smart as hell and the other is naturally strong as hell. Though Kakashi can still keep up with Kisame during spars because he uses his intelligence and strategy.
