Journey to One Piece

13. Powers

"Oi oi Ace calm down!! He just saved us otherwise we would have died at the hands of Porchemy." Sabo said as he was a little scared of Ken. He was ruthless against Porchemy and he didn't even allow Porchemy to speak. He didn't want his bones to be broken. It would be painful!!

Luffy too wanted to know why Ken was away with bandits always and finally he was here and even saved them.

"If you want an answer to that I can say if I had intervened early in your life you two would never have gotten so strong. Luffy is a devil fruit user. A rubber fruit user but you two can easily toy with him like it's nothing. If I had intervened in your life then it would have just made you weak. But now you both know that only the power that belongs to you is the real power." Ken said. And this was the truth. If they had realised that Ken had awesome powers, they would have definitely slacked. But here Ace and Sabo struggled and got stronger.

Ace and Sabo understood what Ken meant. It was true!! They probably would have just enjoyed life under the shade of Ken.

"Then why come to our life now?" Ace asked.

"Because like Luffy, I too feel lonely. I have been with Dadan for such a long time that I miss being genuine friends with someone. Now I am free. And so I came." Ken gave a half truth answer. He couldn't say that he was waiting for this moment. But it was true. He was feeling lonely there.

Ace and Sabo understood that what Ken said was right. He had been alone all this time and it was good that Ken was out now. Ken was super powerful and they could easily reap the benefits now. That ferocious tiger, the mad bear, those big animals.... They could all be taken down soon. Ace and Sabo were already daydreaming and drooling.

Later Ace proceeded to have an argument with Luffy about why he refused to give away the location as he could have saved himself. Then like Ken, he also said that he was lonely and he hated that feeling. Twice Ace felt being needed and someone telling him that his life was worth it.

It was already night by that time and Sabo decided to live with Ken and others in the family of Dadan as they feared Bluejam might sneak attack them late at night. Ace readily accepted but before returning Ken said

"Bring home some meat." This world has vegetables and other things but in this forest only meat is readily accessible and in huge quantities. Luffy's eyes were shining when Ken suggested that he just loved meat. Sabo and Ace too were hungry as they had a tough day.

It was already night so Ken didn't spend much time and went to the nearby river to kill two crocodiles. Ace and Luffy are those people who tend to eat more than normal so it was better to take extra. And just like before Ken was able to one hit kill two crocodiles. It was difficult to find them but Ace and Sabo held fire torches to find crocodiles.

They returned home a little late but when they did it was jaw dropping for Dadan and the bandits. Two crocodiles. What the hell did these 4 kids do?

"Dadan, This is Sabo. He will stay with us here. So in order to compensate we will be bringing more food." Ken said with a smile. Dadan was ready to scold Ken and Ace but seeing the shining face of Ken she finally accepted it. They won't have to think about food now anyways till they are here.

And in this way Sabo stayed over the night. The next day, early in the morning the 4 kids went out to have fun. And since there was leftovers from yesterday night, they had a good breakfast in the morning.

Luffy talked about his Devil Fruit and spoke of the things he could do with his body which was a very new thing for Sabo though Ace and Ken had already known and seen it so it wasn't any new thing to them. But Ace finally looked at Ken and then looked at the umbrella.

In the morning and the night before they saw another magical thing. The hammer had turned into an umbrella!! Ace and others were definitely more interested in Ken who had used powers.

"Ken, what kind of Devil fruit did you eat? Your body is indestructible and even an amazing hammer." Ken thought about for a good amount of time and then said

"I don't know what kind of fruit I ate..." He lied right through his teeth and he wasn't ashamed at all and neither did the three realize that they were being lied to

".... but I do know this. The Devil fruit I ate gives me the power to live the life of another person in another world and allows me to gain the powers I have lived. Yesterday what you saw was me using the powers of Thor. Thor is a prince of Asgard. For humans we can consider them as Gods and thus it gives me super strength, tough body, long life, control over lightning and of course this hammer. This hammer is a magical hammer and only those who are worthy can lift it." Ken said as he changed the umbrella to hammer and kept it on the ground for others to try.

"Other world? What is that? Is it tasty?"

"What is another world? I don't understand."

Then Ken remembered that these kids don't understand what the other world meant. The knowledge spoken by Ken, destroyed their world view one more time. In two days they got to see and know such new things that Luffy complained at the end that this was too much information for him.

"Hahaha.. So do you want to know the story of Thor?" Ken asked with a light. They are free anyways so it was better to share stories and spend time.