10 Chapter 09 (1/2)
After departing from the island with strange animals, Nami kept asking me about my past. I was honestly conflicted on how to answer her questions, due to the fact that I have two sets of memories, the life Luffy had before eating the second fruit and the life of a failed experiment. I didn't feel like telling anyone about the latter right now, so I only spoke about when I lived with the bandits.
She also brought up a very good question ”Your grandfather is the Marine Hero, how did you end up becoming a pirate?” it didn't even take me a second to answer it ”I don't want to be a dog of the World Government, I want to be free and to do what I feel like it. I don't like their way of handling things. Besides that, considering who my father is, they would probably kill me after the first mistake I make.”
Nami was looking very confused after my answer ”Why would they kill you because of your father? I didn't even know Garp had a son. I figured if he had a kid, it would be as famous as him.” I couldn't help but chuckle at that statement, however, it seems it's not general knowledge that Dragon is his son.
”Well now, he is more infamous than famous” she was still looking confused so I decided to help her out a bit more ”My full name is Monkey D. Luffy, there shouldn't be that many people with that surname.”
I slightly regret telling her that, as she figured it out almost immediately ”You are the son of Dragon? He is the most dangerous person alive, oh my Oda.” She was looking at me like she had seen the biggest Sea King ever and I will be honest that hurt a lot. I didn't bother replying and simply stared at the sea. It was already getting late and it seems she didn't want to talk after that, as she entered her room.
Guess I fucked a lot in the end, huh? Well, it's not like I can rewind back time and I would still probably tell her despite knowing the result. I can't really dwell on that too much, considering that I have to plan about a lot of future events.
I was also thinking about the D. and what exactly it could mean, looking through all of Luffy's memories I couldn't find any hints from the people who might know something about it. The only information that I know is that whoever has that in their name, causes a storm and that I believe I remember that someone called the Family of D. as the ”Natural Enemy of God”. Could it be something as simple as a Demon or Devil? I don't know, but I will definitely figure this on the way to becoming the Pirate King.
The night passed quickly, with me training the whole time with my clone. I didn't have enough space to try learning Soru. In general, I couldn't really train most of the Rokoshiki techniques, considering I don't know how to do it. I know what they are supposed to do, but beside Geppo and Soru, I am at lost regarding the others.
Kami-e is supposed to make you more flexible, but I am a rubber man can I get more flexible than that? Tekkai should harden my muscles to nullify damaged, however, blunt attacks don't work on me, so how am I supposed to even learn this. Shigan is a finger technique, which could probably better as a sex technique, honestly.
Rankyaku is probably the only other technique that I would be able to learn on my own, considering I was able to learn Geppo. My muscles have improved tremendously after eating the Zoan fruit and I can still feel my body improving, however, I don't have the slightest clue on how am I supposed to shoot wind blades with my legs.
At the very least, I had great improvement with Geppo and I feel confided enough to do it myself. The clones are amazing slaves that I gotta admit.
Morning came and both Zoro and Nami got up early. The swordsman ate a few fruits and immediately started training with his swords. Nami, on the other hand, was trying to avoid contact with me, which saddened me a lot.
She did bring me a food salad, after having her share, however, she was gone as soon as she left the plate next to me. Okay, she ignores me, doesn't dare to look at me in my eyes, but she brings me food? I am very confused about her actions, but I will definitely have to speak to her about this.
I know Arlong has taken over her village and I already plan on helping her with that problem. I really want her to be my navigator, not only because she is very beautiful and I might be slowly falling for her, but because she is actually a very skilled navigator. Her skills would be essential when we reach the Grand Line, especially when she improves more there. That ocean is extremely unpredictable, however, I trust her skills and I know she will learn how to predict even that weather.
After two more days of traveling, we finally reached the archipelago known as Gecko Islands. Upon docking on one of the beaches, we saw three kids and a guy my age, who honestly looks wimpy. Once the kids noticed we were staring at them, they bolted off like cheetahs after their prey.
The guy panicked seeing the kids running away and tripped down a hill. He recovered quite fast and told how eighty million pirates will attack us if we go any further. Nami called him out that he is lying and he openly admitted it. It's safe to say I found my sniper.