The Path To The Top

In the last chapter

Our favorite brats had their first fights and the results were:

Allana Vs Yamakaji and Lernie = Allana won, revealing that she had consumed a Devil Fruit that gave Allana characteristics of Damian and Mirage's races

Mirage Vs Sharp = Victory for Mirage, who managed to copy Sharp's (Ascension) techniques and developed a new electro skill called Electricity Flow, which flows electro throughout his body and to the weapon he has with him

Damian Vs Issho = Damian lost, after being impaled by his opponent's katana and also because of the exhaustion and internal bleeding caused by his dance technique, in addition to losing the fight, Damian had also made a bet with Issho, that if he If he lost, Damian and his friends would have to become sailors

In addition to having developed their skills and techniques in these fights, all three of them also awakened something called king's haki.

-Continuing-

After Damian's defeat, he asked the marine captain Issho, to go after his friends Mirage and Allana and see if they had finished their fights and if they were ok.

As soon as Issho climbed onto the ship's deck, he began looking for Damian's friends.

Issho: "a blonde human and a mink with white hair, that was it, right?"

Following these descriptions, after a few minutes he found a blonde human passed out in the middle of the ship in the center of two unconscious people, when he got closer he became a little confused

Issho: "she seemed a little short to be the same age as Damian, could it be her? Well she was the only one with the description that Damian gave, so it must be"

After picking him up, Issho returned to the location where Damian was, arriving there, he didn't find anyone until

Damian: "tcharara, so you found the blonde"

Issho jumped a little when he heard Damian's voice, passing next to him, going to a corner with some mattresses and blankets.

Damian: "lay her here"

Issho: "so it's this little girl? For a moment I thought it wasn't her, she's a little small for her age, if you told me she was around 5 years old, I'd believe you"

Damian:"tcharara, but she's 5 years old, just like me"

Issho: "What?"

Damian: "that's what you heard, I'm only 5 years old"

as soon as Issho reasoned what he heard, he just let out a sigh

Issho:"you know what... forget it, I'm not a pag---*Boooooom!!!!* what was that!?"

Looking at the hole in the ceiling, Damian notices some smoke coming from far away from the ship.

Damian:"it must have been Mira, I think he had some stupid and suicidal plan (Issho:"like yours?") *cough* instead of talking about me, wouldn't you better go and see if it's really Mirage ?"

Without saying anything, Issho went out, saw his ship on fire and was the fastest, and the moment Issho ran to his ship, Damian looked at Allana and spoke

Damian: "he's already left"

Allana opened her eyes and the moment she was about to speak, she was scared by Damian's condition.

Allana: "What the hell happened to you?"

Damian: "tcharara, look who's talking, compared to you, I'm not so bad"

Allana: "Dude, there's a fucking sword going through your chest, how is that 'not so bad'?"

Damian looks down and sees the katana on his chest.

Damian: "true... I had even forgotten that it was there"

Allana: "did you forget?... you know what, nevermind, how did you get like this?"

As soon as he heard Allana's question, Damian looked at his hands and sighed.

Damian:"I hate to admit this, but you were partly right"

Allana: "What are you talking about?"

Damian:"there was an admiral-"

Allana: "what!?"

Damian: "He was born 7 months old, by chance? Let me finish!"

Damian: "Continuing, that guy who was here, he is the future Admiral Fujitora..."

Allana: "..."

After a few seconds of thinking, Allana brightened her expression and even had a lamp above her head.

Allana: "ah! It's the blind guy, right? But how did you know it was him?"

Damian:"it wasn't that difficult... I just asked his name"

Allana: "That's it? Anything else?"

Damian:"... oh, truth before I forget to say it, I kind of made a bet with him"

Hearing Damian's words, Allana forced a smile with an angry expression.

Allana: "and you won, right?"

Damian: "ehh... what do you think?"

Allana: "What did you bet?"

A little nervous, Damian turned his face and spoke in a shy and low tone.

Damian: "I think it's better to wait... for Mira and Fujitora to return..."

Noticing Damian's act, Allana was pissed, but before shouting at Damian, she sighed and asked

Allana:"*sigh* this time I let it go, so what are we going to do until they come back?"

Hearing this answer, Damian thinks for a few seconds and looks at his chest and has an idea.

Damian:"let's take this katana away from me!..."

Allana: "You're crazy! If you take that off, you're going to start bleeding, you idiot!"

Damian: "Seriously, you really need to learn to wait for others to finish talking, but continuing, can you please get some tissues and pieces of metal from the cells?"

Allana: "I understand scarves, but metal?"

Damian: "tcharara just catch it soon"

As soon as Allana went after what was requested, she spoke softly

Allana: "telling doesn't kill, you stupid idiot"

Damian: "I heard, stupid blonde"

After a few minutes, Allana returned with the items in hand and handed them to Damian.

Allana: "So what about the iron? What is it for?"

Damian: "How much energy can you make?"

Allana: "why... wait! do you want me to heat the iron to close the wound?"

Damian: "Exactly, apparently you're not that stupid, so what? How much?"

Allana: "I don't know, to be honest, I don't know, the first time I tried to use the electro, it seemed difficult to control, it was like molding wet sand"

Damian: "how strange... great, try to transform into Mink, but without becoming an Oni"

Allana: "why?"

Damian:"to see if the electro will be better to handle and also to heat up those irons you brought"

Allana: "Atá"

So, Allana began to focus on the feeling of the last times she transformed, but this time she focused on that animalistic and electrifying sense of the Minks, instead of the brutal and insane feeling of the Oni.

Outside, Damian observed Allana's body changing in real time, he saw her nails lengthening and sharpening, the hair growing starting from her hands that reached her forearms, on her legs that reached her calves and finally her face that it also didn't cover everything, only going up to her cheek and most importantly while all this was going on, a little electricity was coming out of her entire body

After the transformation, Allana opened her eyes

Damian: "so... how does it feel to transform?"

Allana: "It's strange, if I could define it in one word it would be wow!"

Damian: "Alright, let's get started... Model test 1: Mink!"

Allana: "Model: Mink? Really? Is that your best?"

Damian: "If you don't like it, do better!"

Thinking for a few moments, Allana couldn't think of anything.

Allana:"...leave it alone, let's start"

Damian took a piece of metal and handed it to Allan and waited

Allana: "so what do I do?"

Damian:"Then complain when I call you stupid... just throw electro at him"

Then Allana started charging her arms with electro and approaching a piece of metal she brought

Damian: "Is it better than last time?"

Allana: "yes, now it's more like hard clay"

Damian: "interesting"

The closer Allana got to the metal, the rays from her arm became more and more focused on the metal, and every time one of those rays touched it, it would light up in a glowing orange tone, but as soon as the ray disappeared, the tone in orange also disappeared and after a few moments of doing this, Damian tries to pick up the metal but it was nowhere near as hot as he needed it to be.

Allana: "Didn't it work?"

Damian: "yeah, what went wrong?"

Allana: "well... it seemed like it was working, when the rays touched the metal..."

Damian: "but... as soon as the lightning passed through him, he returned to his normal state..."

Dami/All:"That's it! Just keep the energy inside the metal! We are geniuses!"

So the two got ready and tried again, but this time instead of throwing electro directly at the metal, Allana took one with a narrower shape and held it at each end, releasing electro at both ends, making the middle turn that incandescent orange tone and spread to all the rest of the metal, leaving it ready to close Damian's wound

Damian: "ready?"

Allana: "ready!"

Damian: "just remember that you'll have to be quick to close both sides"

Allana: "fine!"

After finishing speaking, Damian grabbed the hilt of the katana and pulled it out with all his might, in one clean movement (if you don't count all the blood coming out of it)

Damian: "What a fucking pain! Go! Go! Go!"

Allana: "I know! I know!"

The moment the katana left Damian's chest, Allana ran with the metal in her hand and pressed it against the wound on Damian's back and held it until there was no more blood coming out of the area and on the other side, Damian held it with his hands. own hands, to stop some of the blood

Damian: "holy shit! the other side now! Hurry!"

Allana: "Shut up! I know what to do!"

Going as fast as she could, Allana went in front of Damian and pressed the metal against him again, but now against the wound on his chest, which also after a few moments was completely closed, leaving Damian with a new scar and a lot of pain.

Damian:"*sigh* I hope *sigh* I never *sigh* have to do that again *sigh* in my life!"

Allana: "stop the drama"

Damian:"DRAMA!? I want to see you-"

Issho:"I'm back!"

Upon hearing Issho's voice, the two turned to him and headed straight towards him, with Damian handing the bloody katana to Issho.

Damian:"did you find him?... ah! here's your katana before I forget"

Surprised, Issho took out his katana while still holding Mirage who was unconscious.

Allana:"how is Mira?... It's nice to meet you, my name is Allana"

Deciding to ignore that Damian had somehow managed to get his katana out of his chest, Issho looked at Allana and gave her a smile.

Issho: "It's a pleasure, little Allana, your friend is just tired, without any serious injuries"

After that, Issho went to where Damian put some mattresses on the floor and left Mirage there, resting and then returned again to where Damian was, with a somewhat angry face and with his katana in his hands

Issho:"Damian... can you explain to me, how is this katana in my hands?"

As always, Damian without any shame on his face, just looking deep into Issho's eyes, while letting out a small laugh

Damian: "tcharara, isn't it man? I just ripped it off my chest"

Hearing Damian's response, Issho sighed, grabbed Damian's shoulders and his previously angry face changed to a worried one.

Issho: "Let me change the question, you didn't get hurt doing that, right?"

Damian: "no, it was actually quite easy, it was just annoying figuring out how to heat the metal"

Issho:"Metal? Heat?"

Damian: "yeah, I needed hot metal to close the wound"

Issho:"that was... smart... but at the same time very stupid, you couldn't wait for me to come back, to call a navy medical ship"

Looking with a tone of confusion, Damian thinks for a moment and responds

Damian: "well that's it, there's nothing to complain about now and on top of that, being impaled is too uncomfortable"

Issho: "It must be, but I'm glad you're okay, so I'm going to call a ship to come and get us, it might take a while so why are you and little Allana... Damian, where is she?"

Looking around, Damian looks for Allana and found her heading in the direction Mirage was heading.

Damian:"HEY! Blonde! Where are you going!?"

Hearing Damian scream, Allana turns to him

Allana: "I'm sleepy, so I'm going to where you put the mattresses!"

Damian: "Okay, calm down, I'll come along!"

Listening to Damian, Allana nodded and waited there and Damian turned back to Issho

Damian: "Will you call us when the ship arrives?"

Issho: "sure, go there"

Damian:"last thing before I go, don't dwell on what happened... the navy can't know everything that happens in the world"

Issho:"thank you..."

As soon as Issho finished speaking, Damian immediately ran to where Allana was

Damian:"*yawn* shall we?"

Allana: "Come on, I'm dying of sleep"

During the walk to where Mirage was, the two talked about their fight.

Damian:"tcharara, I can't believe you almost lost to those two, they're like... very weak"

Allana:"at least I earned mine, unlike a certain someone"

Damian:"don't even remind me of that"

Walking a little further, the two arrive at the makeshift room and see Mirage lying on one of the mattresses with his eyes open, staring at the ceiling and as soon as he hears the sound of footsteps, he turns his head towards Damian and Allana.

Mirage:"cool scars"

Dami/All: "thanks"

Saying this, the two approached him and sat on the free mattresses.

Allana: "How are you?"

Mirage:"fucking tired, I don't think I can lift a single finger"

Damian: "how was it?"

Mirage: "To be honest... I don't even know how I won... he was much stronger than me... if it hadn't been for that surprise blow, maybe I would have died..."

Damian:"at least you won... unlike me..."

Hearing this, Mirage tries to get up, but with no luck.

Mirage:"What?!! What do you mean?!"

Damian: "Calm down, you werewolf, it's not that surprising, after all, I wanted to see you beat a future admiral"

Mirage: "Admiral? Which one?"

Damian: "Fujitora"

Mirage:"ahh... makes sense"

After Damian talked about Issho, his expression became a little distressed and Allana, seeing this, associated that it was about that subject and inserted herself into the conversation

Allana: "that wasn't even the worst part"

Mirage:"What do you mean by that, Allana?"

Allana: "the idiot made a bet with the guy and lost"

Damian:"Nosy blonde! I was about to talk about that!"

Mirage:"Damian? What did you bet?"

Damian: "If I got lost... the three of us would have to become sailors..."

After hearing the value of the bet, Mirage somehow managed to muster the strength to get up and jump on top of Damian.

Mirage: "How could you do something so stupid! My opinion and Allana's don't matter to you!"

Damian: "I know I hesitated! But look on the positive side, we will have real training, more weapons, contact with strong people and most importantly..."

Approaching Mirage's ear, Damian whispers very softly

Damian: "you'll be able to see Boa..."

Before Damian even finished speaking, like magic, Mirage returned to his mattress

Mirage: "I'm sorry for doubting you, captain"

Not having heard Damian's whisper, Allana had a dumbfounded expression.

Allana: "what the fuck was that?... never mind, I still don't agree with that decision!"

Damian: "Are you sure?"

This time Damian approached Allana and whispered

Damian:"if we go to the navy, I can make you meet Ace"

Allana: "elaborate"

Damian: "this is very simple, if we become Garp's apprentices, we can go with him to Fusha Village and both Ace, Luffy and Sabo will be there"

And just like what happened with Mirage, Allana also magically appeared on the free mattress, lying down ready to be pampered.

Allana: "Why didn't you say that you were Oda's son before? If you had said so, I wouldn't have doubted it"

Seeing how easy it was to convince the two, Damian was a little angry, but mostly worried.

Damian: 'What did I do in my past life to deserve two people doing everything for pussy and dick?'

With the situation resolved, Damian looks at one of the holes in the ship and realized that it was already night.

Damian: "ready? Does anyone have anything else to talk about before we go to sleep?"

Mirage:"not that I remember"

Allana: "nothing that can't wait"

Damian: "so good night to you"

Allana: "good night"

Mirage: "good night"

Being the only one standing, Damian went to the last free mattress and sat down in lotus position and closed his eyes and a few seconds later something strange happened...

Damian's body started to melt...

-To Be Conti-- (cut)

-Upper area of ​​the ship-

Issho is looking at the reflection of his katana, which shows first his eyes, then the children from the orphanages, and lastly a trio of children smiling.

Issho: "'the navy can't know everything' that's what you said, right Damian?"

Looking away from the katana and now observing the starry sky, Issho remembers again what he heard and saw from those children

Issho:"maybe you're right... but that's no excuse... if I had paid more attention... who am I kidding, I always suspected, but I played blind... that's my justice ?"

With his katana in hand, Issho makes a cut that starts just below his left eye and goes to the right of his forehead, making a small arc.

Issho:"a justice that ignores the evil done by the 'right' side..."

After the first cut, Issho makes another one, now making an almost perfect horizontal cut on his right eye that went up to his forehead, making a cross with the other cut.

Issho: "THIS IS NOT JUSTICE!!!"

-To Be Continued-