Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 216 BE A PIRATE

I was in the red room once more. My Status screen continued to grow, but I was lacking Challenger Ability Slots. I needed one for Nen, and honestly my Search Quirk. I thought it was invaluable, being able to find people I had met. I really wanted to go to MHA to learn more about it from the source, but there was something even greater nagging at my mind. 

“What if I can get a Devil Fruit?” I mumbled, staring at the One Piece World. I had the Weakness Eliminator. “If I can get rid of the swimming weakness…” My hand hovered over the doorknob. “You have enough Abilities. You can barely grasp Nen. What can one more ability help?” I continued to debate myself. “Yes, no, yes, no, no, no,” I mumbled as I twisted the doorknob. 

Stepping through the door the vast darkness enveloped me. As the scenery appeared I noticed that I was back on the Kuja Pirates ship. Leaning forward against the railing I eyed Luffy sitting happily as he stared at the giant snakes that helped propel the ship forward. He was making faces at them as they continued to stare straight ahead and drag us through the Calm Belt. 

I wanted to rush to Hancock since it had been so long, but she was doing captain stuff. Kicking baby puppies and baby seals that crossed her path. We were lucky she had birthed 2 beautiful kids or I was sure she would have kicked them as well. 

“What are you thinking about?” Ash asked as she walked up. I was getting more and more used to the gender flipped Ace. Long dark hair, she had clothes on once more. Hancock leant her some clothes so she was in a blue sash top with black jeans that matched her aesthetic. 

“Nothing,” I said as the pain assailed me. A dull ache, I had only been gone for a couple months, but I always trained. I pushed Nen into my eyes, using Gyo. Practicing it once more I noticed a little glow around Ash. Some of her lifeforce leaking out of her. I was starting to think that maybe Nen was everywhere like Haki was. I worried it would only be useful in HxH, but there were plenty of opportunities to test it. 

“Worried about the next step, maybe,” I admitted. “What about you? What are you planning next?”

“I don’t know,” she admitted. “My old crew probably disappeared in the wind. Maybe find some Whitebeard pirates. Rebuild?” 

“I’m surprised Luffy hasn’t offered you a position on the ship,” I admitted. 

Ash smiled. “He did, of course. But I don’t know…Rayleigh told me a lot about my real dad. Maybe…I misjudged him? I’ve held this anger for so long, but focused too much on getting stronger to think about it. Maybe I need to find myself again.” 

“Any idea where to look?” I asked. 

“Talk to Marco, I’m guessing. He always has answers. I’d like to see the old man’s grave too,” she said. It had been in the paper that Whitebeard passed in an undisclosed location. Surrounded by his family members he had made it a whole year after helping to save Ash. We were told that he died with a smile on his face. His last words were that ‘One Piece was out there’. 

Those simple words created yet another influx of pirates. After we had spit in the Marine’s eye and shown them to be weak, the World Government was already struggling to keep the pirates at bay, then another spike in their number came with Whitebeard’s words. Officially ushering in the next Pirate Age. 

That’s when it hit me. Whitebeard, of course. Ash got quiet as I moved through my One Piece Shop. 

I scanned down until I found it. Tremor Devil Fruit, it was there. Whitebeard had been called the strongest pirate because he was strong, and also because of his Devil Fruit. Able to make earthquakes, he could destroy islands, cause tsunamis, and use the ability in a fight as well. My eyes widened as I considered the possibilities. 

Not convinced just yet, I poured through the list. There were so many different types of Devil Fruits I had never heard of before. There was the Water Devil Fruit that sounded useless since you couldn’t swim, but I didn’t need it. I could make my own water. I didn’t need my body to turn into it. There were dozens upon dozens. I scanned for the most expensive and found one for a few billion Berries called the Devil Devil Fruit. I was curious what the hell that one could do. I guessed it controlled other Devil Fruits, but it was way out of my price range.

I ended back up on the Tremor Devil Fruit. I could use heat, cold, fire, water, and ice currently. The only elements left were wind, electricity, and earth. The Tremor Fruit would give me Earth. Unfortunately the price was 200,000,000 berries. A little over 50,000,000 more than I had. But I had been rewarded money for canon quests so far. There was no reason I wouldn’t keep getting them as long as I stuck to the story. 

“Are we friends?” I asked, pushing the shop screen away. 

“No, I hate you,” Ash said, rolling her eyes. 

“Ah perfect. Frenemies.” She and I shared a smile. “Well, my very fiery Frenemy, the world is changing. And we plan to be at the center of it.” I pointed at Luffy and I. “That Blackbeard bastard claimed himself as the New World’s 4th emperor after Whitebeard passed. There is Big Mom, Kaido, and Shanks yet. There aren’t too many seats to steal, but we will be taking at least one of them. So if you make your move, I suggest you do it now. Luffy will be taking the mantle of Pirate King, leaving you in the dust.” 

“I heard that you declared I would be the first Pirate Queen when you took my face,” she said with a wry smile. 

“I was caught in the moment. Sengoku was pissing me off,” I said. “Something about having other people’s faces on gets me in the zone. I channel their true selves. So, is that the true you? Will you try to become the Pirate Queen? Or are you happy staying on the sidelines? Luffy thinks that becoming the Pirate King makes you free. I think we can both agree it will be a heavy crown to wear. Will you keep fighting, or settle down perhaps? Pop out a few kids. I’m sure the marines won’t mess with you again. You could disappear and live a happy life. Out of the limelight. Not following in the footsteps of your father.”

“You sure talk a lot,” Ash grumbled. “For now, I want to eat. Oy, Luffy, let’s see what Hancock has in the kitchen.” 

“Yosh,” Luffy said as he stopped making facial expressions at the large snakes. The 2 siblings were soon wandering off. It wasn’t long until Hancock came around the deck and made her way to me. 

“What is the matter, husband?” She asked, confused. She preferred to call me husband when we were alone. I knew it made her excited, still suffering after effects from her Love Sickness. 

“Nothing?” I asked. 

“You have a worried look on your face,” she admitted as she drew closer. My eyes went to her rack as she moved to me.

Boa Hancock was the most beautiful woman in the world. Long dark black hair, large eyes, ample bosom, muscular thighs; I felt lucky to call her my wife. We had 2 beautiful children, about a year and a half old, Lupin and Lillian. I had spent the last 6 weeks with her, teaching her chakra and spending time with her and our kids. 

“I…am a dumb man,” I admitted. I was finally ready to have the conversation that made me run from One Piece before. “I love you dearly, but I am worried that Nami and Robin will hate me.”

“Why would they hate you?” Hancock asked. 

“We are married and have kids,” I said, exasperated. “I know we’ve talked about it. But you are my partner. I don’t want there to be any confusion between us.” I was a scoundrel and a jackass, but one thing I wasn’t was a deadbeat dad or husband. I knew the difference between stepping up or stepping out. And when a life was made, stepping out wasn’t part of who I was. 

In the worlds I went to I treated the women differently. Gantz World put me in the path of 3 beautiful women. All with their own trauma, and worth all the attention in the world. But I had only been with them for less than 2 months. High School of the Dead was the same. Naruto, I knew my girl’s position with me, and MHA I was lucky to have Toru. 

But One Piece, I knew these women. I read about their traumas long before I met them. I had spent hours upon hours talking to Hancock. In and out of my Makuramoto. I knew her entire life story. I knew the atrocities she had been put through. Memorized more than a few names of Tenryuubito that I planned to personally tear apart. I knew her as well as I knew anyone. She was my wife and partner in this world. Not some play thing, but someone that I knew would give her life for mine in a heartbeat. I had to ensure it never came to that. 

People might question why I didn’t just make the rules with my women. This was how things would be, take it or leave it. But you didn’t do that with someone you loved. She had shown me her true self. Giving me a glimpse of who she was at her weakest. She was one of the strongest women in the world, and she gave herself to me. Hancock was simply happy to have a part of me. The small part I had been able to give over the last 2 years.

“So, right now, I want to know what you want from me,” I said. “Do you want it to only be you and I? If so, I understand, and will do what I need to, to make that happen.” 

Hancock slowly nodded. Grabbing my hand she moved me down the stairs and we were quickly at our quarters. Pulling me to the bed she pushed me to the mattress and got on top of me. Straddling my thighs as I studied her chest. The large melons bouncing with every movement, they were my greatest weakness. 

“Husband,” she said in a commanding voice. Bringing my attention to her face. I looked up at her with fear, caught in the act again. But she smiled widely as she began to rub her crotch over my stiffening member. “I want you. I want to have more of your babies inside of me. I want to quit being a pirate, find a home somewhere and live the rest of our days in peace.” She leaned forward, kissing me as her hips began to gyrate over me. “But we are pirates. We take what we want. As you say, damn the consequences. When did you stop being a pirate?” She gave me a sly smile. 

My hands went to her hips. Fingers digging into them as I became harder I growled, “I never stopped.” 

She smiled more widely. “You want women? You can have every one of them on the boat. I would watch you take them over and over then beg you to fuck me senseless. I would do anything and everything you ever dreamed of.” My hands moved up to her chest but she grabbed my wrists, pinning me down. I smiled up at her, more turned on by her words. 

“You are my husband. I never thought I would be willing to tie myself to a man. My heart almost burst in joy on our wedding day,” she whispered. A few tears came to her eyes as she blinked quickly. “Every day since, that love has only grown. I don’t cry out in fear from a bad dream. I don’t worry for our children’s futures. I don’t question anything you say, because I would give you my all. I would quit being a Shichibukai in an instant if you asked me.”

“You don’t want that, your people…,” I said as I wiped a tear away from her eye. 

“No, I don’t want that,” she said. “But you could make me do anything you wanted. Yet you don’t. You ask what I want. Ignoring what you want.” She began crying again. “And I love you for it.” We kissed deeply. My dick pushed up into her as she moaned in my mouth. We were soon a grunting and groaning mess. No chakra involved as we explored one another once more. Though it had been a few hours for her, it was a reminder for me what she liked and how I could please her.

“So, in the matters of women, be a pirate, my husband. I love you with all I have. You are strong. Stop pretending to be weak. But also keep your word. Only I will have your children.” She locked eyes with me. I nodded as we continued to kiss once more. 

I ended up on top of her. Kissing her neck as she ran her hands along my back. “I researched Leton,” she added.

I stopped my advances, looking up to her. “My supposed home?” 

Hancock nodded, biting her lip. “I became curious. The New World is a vast place. I had never heard of it before. I met a merchant that knew about it…”

“And?” I asked, intrigued. 

“And you need to go back,” she admitted. “The current king disappeared 16 years ago. His cousin took over. They have been independent for centuries, but the current ruler is in talks about becoming part of the world government. The merchant told me that if you do not return by your 21st birthday, then the kingdom passes to your father’s cousin.” 

“Any idea when that is?” I asked. “My birthday?” She shook her head. I remembered about a month before I met up with the Straw Hats. I was with them for a few weeks, then ran for another week, stayed with Hancock for a week, was in Alabasta for a week. Beat Crocodile in a few days. Few days travel to Jaya then Skypiea, a few days up in the clouds, then a few days to get to Water Seven. We were there for a month waiting for Franky to build the Thousand Sunny, then over a week between Water Seven and the archipelago.

“It has been about 2 years and 5 months,” I guessed. “So just to be safe, I have less than 6 months to get there.” I chewed on my lip. Since I was back in One Piece, my memories of the body were forefront of all of them. The Weston Watanabe of this world had a deep drive to know his past. And if he had people, he wanted to find them. After I got my memories back, I would decide what to do then.

“That’s good to know,” I admitted, letting out a sigh. “Anything else, my love?” 

“About Leton? No,” she said, looking away.

“You lie,” I said, my dick digging into her. “What is it?” 

“I’m not lying,” she said quickly. I poured some chakra where our skin was touching. Her eyes fluttered. “I am not.” 

“You are, you can’t look me in the eyes,” I said. “What is it?”

Her eyes moved back to me, blushing as she thought. “I also heard that the Leton government would be going to Mariejois soon,” she admitted. “But I don’t want you there.”

“Why would they go to the World Government’s Holy Land? Seems odd for a merchant to know about.”

“It is the World Summit. It is taking place in a month or so,” she said. “They will be finalizing Leton joining the world government at that point.”

“Really now,” I said, my mind going a mile a minute. I had read Wano last. I seemed to remember a chapter where Vivi and Shirahoshi met, but not what it was about. Maybe that was what she was talking about. 

“Husband, don’t,” she said in a firm voice. 

“I wouldn’t do anything dumb,” I assured. “Who knows what we will have gotten into. I doubt I will be able to go. My focus should be getting to Leton.” She frowned but accepted the words as her hands moved down to my belt. My mind stored the information away for later. It might be good to threaten some Letonites that I would be coming for them. 

As Hancock put her hands on my cock, I pushed the thoughts away. Feeling better about my position with her it wasn’t long until I was diving into her. Still in missionary she and I forgot everyone else as we made love. Screaming my name over and over the entire world ceased for us as we focused on one another. 

“Put a baby in me,” she pleaded as I smacked her ass. 

“Later,” I promised, speeding up. Her grip tightened on the bed as she cried out from another orgasm. My hand grabbing a fistfull of her hair, I was rough as I took her from behind. Grunting next to her ear as I took all she had to offer. Pushing back into me over and over as we sped up the woman only became stronger as we continued on. 

It was long into the night when we finally took a break. “You are going to tear me apart,” she whispered with a content sigh. 

“Hasn’t happened yet,” I chuckled, running my hand through her hair. A thought struck me. “I may have awoken a new power.”

“Hmm?” She asked sleepily. 

“This new thing,” I said. “It’s called Nen. But it’s really your lifeforce. I um, think I can awaken it in you too.” From how Qiress explained it to me was pushing Nen into someone’s body opened the aura nodes in your body to allow it out. Besides everything had lifeforce. I guessed it had to be possible.  

Slowly she sat up. Her large chest taking my gaze, she lifted my chin to stare up at her. “What are you talking about?” 

“There is a power, it should be in all living things, like Haki. Kind of what makes us tick. I might have learned how to harness it. It’s hard to manage, but I’ve been testing it. It can make you invisible to people with Haki, makes you stronger, makes it so you don’t age.”

The last one is what intrigued her the most. “And I am hearing about it now because…”

“I just learned it. It takes a bit to control, and focus, but I think I can awaken it in you…” I walked her through Nen. I had to make sure my wife was stronger as well. I would kill any and everyone involved if she was harmed. Her enemies were mine. God help those that made her an enemy. They wouldn’t know what hit them if they caused her harm.