The Man That Wants To Become the Pirate King

On the island of Atfin Town, there is a human named Zero X. Cyrus that has trained to become a swordsman. When he was 7 years old, he promised the dojo’s master’s daughter that he would become the strongest swordsman in the world. But she passed away as soon as he turned 15. His master, Kamizaka, looked at the 19 year old version of Cyrus and said, “Cyrus, you are going out to sea finally.”

Cyrus answered, “Yes. Why do you ask?”

Kamizaka answered, “Follow me.”

Cyrus looked at him and then said, “Sure thing.”

Kamizaka took him to the dojo and opened the door and Kamizaka smiled and then moved his fingers around and then all of the students started to raise their swords and then his second daughter held a present up and Kamizaka said, “Come on in, Cyrus.”

Cyrus walked into the dojo and everyone saw the blindfolds on him and said, “You know your way with blindfolds on and don’t know a damn thing without them.”

Cyrus laughed and said, “He guided me here.”

Kamizaka yelled, “That barely worked Cyrus. That’s how dumb you are.”

Cyrus laughed and said, “Sorry.”

Kamizaka took the blindfolds off of him and Cyrus looked at them and said, “That says, ‘Farewell Cyrus, Have a Great Journey.’ Thank you.”

He turned around and Kamizaka asked, “Where are you going, brat?”

Cyrus said, “Huh, that wasn’t what you asked me he for?”

Kamizaka answered, “Nope.”

His daughter walked toward him and handed him the gift and said, “Here you go.”

Cyrus looked at it and then looked at her and she walked back and lifted her sword up and Kamizaka said, “Open it Cyrus.”

Cyrus did and then saw a box and said, “It’s a box. What am I going to do with a box?”

Kamizaka yelled, “Open the bloody box.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “Oh, you’re right. That’s what boxes are for. To be opened.”

His youngest daughter laughed and said to herself, “No wonder why Himeka loved him. He’s totally an idiot. But funny as hell.”

He opened the box and saw a sword and a note in there and took out the note and opened it up and read it to himself, “Dear Cyrus, I’m sorry, but the sword isn’t finished yet. I hope that you like it though. I made it for your journey that you wanted to go on. So I think that you should finish it before you start travelling. My sister Lisha could complete it for you. Just let her work on it and then go on your journey to become the strongest swordsman and the Pirate King. I’ll always be with you inside of that sword and your heart. Good luck and enjoy. Sincerely Himeka.”

Cyrus started to smile and then tears came out of his eyes and Kamizaka laughed and said, “You finally showed some other emotion, huh.”

Lisha asked, “What did it say?”

Cyrus answered, “Whe said what you nude to comwete the word for wer (She said that you need to complete the sword for her?)?”

Lisha asked, “What?”

Kamizaka answered, “He said that the sword isn’t complete. So she asked him to ask you to finish it up.”

Lisha said, “I see. OK, Cyrus. I’ll complete it for you.”

Cyrus handed it to her and then said, “It seems that I’ll be here a little longer than expected.”

Everyone started cheering and then Cyrus raised his sword and then Kamizaka smiled and said, “I see. Let’s have as much fun as possible then.”

Everyone continued to cheer and then they started training again and they used Kendo Bamboo Practice Swords and Lisha smiled and said, “I’ll be back with your sword, Cyrus.”

Cyrus said, “I’ll be here. If you want to create your own sword as well, so I could remember you as well, I’d be grateful.”

Lisha heard that and started blushing and said, “O-O-O-OK.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Thank you.”

Lisha started running to Himeka’s room and grabbed the blueprint for the sword and then said, “Here we go.”

She ran toward her room and started to complete the sword for her and took out the hammer and looked at the blueprints while working and then Kamizaka looked at him and then said, “Cyrus, you seem to be enjoying yourself.”

Cyrus said, “I haven’t had this much fun since Himeka passed away.”

Kamizaka said, “I know. But it seems that Lisha gained some romantic feelings for you, Cyrus.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “She wants to take Himeka’s role, huh. By the way, what did she name that sword?”

Kamizaka answered, “She named it after a dragon from 50,000 years ago. Ryuuyama Saitama.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “The most dangerous dragon of that time, right?”

Kamizaka said, “Yep. It lived for 5,000 years and then passed away because it was ill.”

Cyrus said, “I see. That’s a nice name.”

Kamizaka said, “You aren’t that dangerous yet. But hell, the sword is made from dragon scales.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “Dragon scales. Meaning that she was nowhere near to completing that sword.”

Kamizaka said, “Exactly. Cyrus, when she started the sword, she only had 5 days left to live.”

Cyrus heard that and yelled, “Why didn’t you tell me that?”

Kamizaka answered, “I didn’t want you to have a broken heart before her death. You would have probably killed yourself with her. So I wanted you to fulfill her dream.”

Cyrus said, “Her dream, huh? She never told me anything about a dream.”

Kamizaka said, “That’s because she didn’t want you to know what she truly wanted. One, she wanted to watch you become the best swordsman in the world. But her real dream was to become the best blacksmith in the world. So are you willing to help her with her dream?”

Cyrus looked at him and then a Kendo Stick flew down toward him and Cyrus blocked it and said, “Hey now, you shouldn’t attack a man from behind. You have no honor for a swordsman.”

He said, “I’m sorry. I was just having too much fun.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Well, who cares. Let’s have fun.”

Everyone started cheering again and started training again and then a shadow appeared inside of Lisha’s Room and Lisha heard footsteps in her room and turned around and saw a man with a mask on and started screaming and everyone stopped.

2: The Dojo Hunters Begin to Move
The Dojo Hunters Begin to Move

A shadow appeared inside of Lisha’s Room and Lisha heard footsteps in her room and turned around and saw a man with a mask on and started screaming and everyone stopped. Cyrus looked at Kamizaka and Kamizaka said, “It came from Lisha’s Room.”

Cyrus sighed and then ran toward her room and Kamizaka asked, “Do you even know where it is?”

Cyrus answered, “Hell no. I’ll just use the sound of her screams.”

Kamizaka said, “He’s a complete idiot. Stay here everyone. I’ll go with him.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

Kamizaka followed Cyrus and said, “Wait up, Cyrus.”

Cyrus heard that and slowed down for him and asked, “What are you doing, Master?”

Kamizaka answered, “I’m going to go to my daughter’s aid as well. Can’t let a monster be with her alone.”

Cyrus said, “I thought that I wasn’t dangerous.”

Kamizaka laughed and said, “OK. Maybe a little bit, but who cares about that right now. Lisha is in danger.”

Cyrus said, “You might be right.”

While they were running to her room, Lisha asked, “Who are you and what do you want?”

The man answered, “There’s a man here by the name of Cyrus, correct.”

Lisha answered, “Yeah, we have 5 Cyrus’. Which Cyrus are you looking for?”

The man heard that and said, “There’s more than one Cyrus? He only gave me that. Do you know which one would be dumb enough to attack a dojo hunters group?”

Lisha answered, “Everyone here is crazy enough to do that. Except for me. I’m scared of fighting. I just create swords for everyone.”

The man heard that and smiled and then said, “You are worthless.”

He hit her in the head with the handle of his sword and knocked her out and then the man ran out and said, “He’s definitely here. There are 5 Cyrus’ though. We need to search for each Cyrus. And then kill the right one.”

They heard that and said, “Yessir.”

They ran around looking for people and then heard people talking inside of the dojo and everyone heard that and the man said, “Let’s go men.”

They walked in the dojo and everyone looked at them and asked, “Who are you?”

The man answered, “I’m Alex, a Dojo Hunter. But I’m not here to hunt a dojo. I’m here for one man. Cyrus. Does anyone know where I can find him?”

4 Cyrus’ walked forward and asked, “Which Cyrus are you looking for? There are 5 of us. The other one went to check out Lisha’s condition. Was that you guys making her scream?”

They looked at them and said, “It’s gotta be him then. The monster that attacked us last night.”

Everyone heard that and then Alex smiled and said, “Ah, this should be fun.”

Kye said, “Let’s begin.”

Aston said, “You shouldn’t piss us off.”

Everyone heard that and asked, “What the hell did you do Cyrus? You bloody idiot. You always go overboard. No wonder why people call you the Black Reaper of the North Wave.”

Everyone dropped their Kendo Sticks and then took out their swords and so did the Dojo Hunters and Aston said, “Let the slaughter fest begin.”

Alex smiled and they ran toward each other and started a bloody war. While the battle was going on, Kamizaka and Cyrus appeared outside of Lisha’s Room and then walked in and saw that she was on the ground and Cyrus ran to her and turned her over and she said, “3 Dojo Hunters appeared looking for you, Cyrus. So I told them that there were 5.”

Cyrus said, “Master, what do I do? At night, last night, I attacked a Dojo because I was bored.”

Kamizaka said, “You idiot. You got her involved.”

Cyrus said, “I’m sorry, please forgive me.”

Lisha said, “I forgive you.”

Cyrus hugged her and said, “Thank you.”

Kamizaka said, “You are too forgiving.”

Lisha said, “Himeka was the same way, remember.”

Kamizaka said, “Please don’t act like her. Act like your regular self.”

Lisha said, “I am.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Rest for a while. You don’t need to work till you feel better.”

Lisha heard that and said, “But....”

Cyrus said, “Don’t work till you feel better. It’s better that way.”

Lisha said, “But....”

Cyrus said, “Please rest. You shouldn’t work with a headache.”

Lisha said, “But....”

Cyrus said, “Stop saying ‘But’. It’s annoying me. Listen, I know that you want to help me, but I want to help you as well. Stay put.”

Kamizaka said, “Lisha, he’s most likely telling you that he has nothing but time.”

Lisha heard that and then a member of the dojo appeared and yelled, “We have a problem.”

Kamizaka grabbed him and asked, “What happened to you Jay?”

Jay answered, “They are attacking everyone in the dojo.”

Cyrus grinned and put her down gently and Kamizaka saw Cyrus’ face and said, “Calm down Cyrus.”

Jay said, “They are after you. What the hell did you do?”

Cyrus answered, “I attacked them because I was bored.”

Jay said, “You truly are an idiot.”

Cyrus looked at her and Lisha said, “Wait, don’t go. They’ll kill you.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “OK. Well, I started this mess. I’ll finish it. So if I don’t come back alive, still make those swords and put them on my grave for me.”

Kamizaka asked, “Are you planning on dying?”

Cyrus answered, “No.”

Lisha said, “Don’t go. I don’t want to lose you too.”

Cyrus smiled and kissed her forehead and then started running toward the dojo. Kamizaka saw that and said, “You gotta be kidding me. He has no idea where he is going, does he?”

Lisha said, “Stop him, dad.”

Jay said, “Cyrus won’t stop. He thinks of everyone here as family. He won’t let anyone of his family get hurt.”

Lisha said, “But....”

Kamizaka said, “Stop it already Lisha. If this is what he wants, just respect his decision and rest.”

Lisha heard that and said, “I don’t want him to die. He was going to become a member of our family.”

Kamizaka said, “He already is a member of our family. Everyone here is a family.”

Lisha said, “Yeah, but he isn’t related to us though.”

Kamizaka said, “And? He’s not related to us.”

Lisha asked, “How can he be family if he isn’t related to us?”

Kamizaka answered, “You asked the same question that Himeka asked when she was your age. I told her that everyone close to you is like family. Rest for awhile. Jay, stay with her and make sure she doesn’t work anymore.”

Jay said, “Yessir.”

Kamizaka chased after Cyrus and asked, “Where’d you go Cyrus?”

Alex looked at everyone and saw that they were on the ground and then looked up and said, “Farewell Cyrus, Have a Fun Journey, huh.”

Aston said, “He plans on leaving the island.”

Kye said, “Well, he’ll be dead by then.”

They started laughing and then Cyrus yelled, “Where the hell is the dojo?”

3: The Marines Move Out
The Marines Move Out

While Cyrus was looking for the dojo, there was a marine base somewhere on the island and Lieutenant Loster said, “Those Dojo Hunters are at it again. This time they are attacking the strongest dojo on Aftin Town.”

Captain Aftin said, “Well, they are after the same person that we are after. The Black Reaper. We need to find out who it is so we could give him a bounty.”

One of the Dojo Hunters from their group appeared and said, “Here I come brothers. Time to kill that man that attacked us last night.”

Captain Aftin heard that and said, “All units, we might get to unmask the Black Reaper everyone. But we might not. Let’s follow him now.”

Everyone grabbed their gear and started following that Dojo Hunter. While they were running toward the dojo, Cyrus appeared in front of Lisha’s Room again and Lisha saw him and said, “That was fast.”

Cyrus heard that and asked, “How the hell did I end up back here? I thought that I was going the right way.”

Lisha said, “Dad didn’t find you.”

Cyrus answered, “Nope. He went searching for me, huh.”

Lisha said, “Yep.”

Jay sighed and then Lisha took the hammer and hit him in the head and then she started working again and Cyrus heard that and said, “You never listen Lisha.”

Lisha heard that and said, “But....”

Cyrus said, “If you want to work that badly, go ahead. I can’t stop you.”

Lisha said, “Thank you.”

Cyrus ran off again and Lisha saw that and Kamizaka appeared by the main entrance and said, “Huh, I searched the entire dojo, and he’s nowhere to be found. Where the hell did he go?”

Alex looked outside and said, “Oh come on. Where the hell are you Cyrus?”

Kye said, “This is boring.”

Aston looked at the jacket hanging on the wall and said, “The Black Reaper lives here in this dojo.”

Kamizaka heard that and said, “You can’t be serious.”

Alex said, “The black jacket that the Black Reaper is hanging on the wall.”

The 4th Dojo Hunter appeared by the entrance and then disappeared and Kamizaka said, “The Black Reaper really is here. Who the hell is crazy enough to attack other dojo’s?”

The man answered, “Me.”

Cyrus heard that and he swung at Kamizaka, but Cyrus appeared and blocked it and asked, “Are you ok, Master?”

Kamizaka answered, “You always come at the right time, Cyrus. That’s the only good aspect of you. But the Black Reaper really lives here.”

Cyrus said, “Seriously. So one of us is a wanted criminal, huh.”

The man heard that and said, “You attacked us last night.”

Cyrus said, “Yep, I remember you. You were first, Victor.”

Victor said, “You really are the Black Reaper.”

Cyrus said, “Not at all. That was my first time leaving the dojo. Unless you were talking about going shopping with girls and stuff, then that’s a completely different story.”

Victor said, “You know, I think that the marines should be here any moment now.”

Cyrus heard that and Kamizaka said, “They must have followed him here.”

Cyrus said, “Oh well, I got nothing to hide.”

Kamizaka heard that and looked at him and then they started swinging at each other and then Kye looked outside and said, “Victor is fighting someone out there.”

Alex heard that and everyone smiled and said, “That’s our Cyrus, for you. He’ll do anything to protect this dojo.”

Aston said, “Even attack dojo’s at night?”

Everyone asked, “What are you talking about? Cyrus only did that once because he was bored with all of us weaklings.”

They heard that and Alex said, “Let’s see if he could handle all 4 of us then. Like he did last night.”

Cyrus tossed Victor toward the dojo and Kamizaka asked, “Where’d you go off to?”

Cyrus answered, “It seems that I appeared where I started. In front of Lisha’s Room. She started working again, by the way.”

Kamizaka said, “No one can stop her. How about Jay?”

Cyrus answered, “She knocked him out.”

Kamizaka laughed and said, “That’s funny. OK Cyrus. Let’s end this already.”

Cyrus said, “With pleasure.”

Victor smiled and then the marines appeared in front of the dojo’s door and Cyrus said, “The marines are here.”

They walked out of the dojo and said, “Here we go boys. There he is. Black Reaper.”

Cyrus said, “I’m not the Black Reaper. I don’t even wear a black jacket. I’m always shirtless.”

Kamizaka said, “That’s right. So it can’t be him.”

Victor said, “You keep telling yourself that.”

The marines rang the doorbell and then Cyrus walked backwards and then opened the doors and everyone saw that and the marines looked at Cyrus and then Victor ran toward him and Cyrus blocked his attacks and Alex jumped up and swung at his head and Cyrus moved backwards and then kicked Alex and Alex grinned and then Cyrus said, “Calm down. I might have attacked you last night, but that was the only time I attacked a dojo.”

Kamizaka said, “That is true. Unless you count the times we fought together as a dojo to fight other dojo’s.”

Cyrus said, “Yeah, what he said.”

The marines walked forward and said, “Cyrus, you are being blamed again.”

Cyrus answered, “Yep.”

Kamizaka said, “It’s really getting on my nerves.”

Cyrus asked, “Would you like to help us out?”

Captain Aftin answered, “Sure thing.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “You shouldn’t lie to the Navy?”

Victor looked at him and Alex said, “The Black Reaper is truly here. The black jacket is in that dojo.”

Everyone heard that and Captain Aftin said, “Let’s see if you are telling the truth.”

He walked into the dojo and looked around and the place where the black jacket was, the black jacket wasn’t there and said, “The black jacket is no longer there.”

Everyone inside of the dojo heard that and yelled, “What? It couldn’t have just disappeared like that. Something scary is going on here.”

Alex said, “This place creeps me out.”

Kye said, “It’s gotta be haunted.”

Aston asked, “Is this place haunted?”

Kamizaka answered, “Nope. But if you want it to be, I can make it happen.”

They started screaming and tried running passed them, but the marines said, “Stay right there. For lying to the marines, you’ll have to come with us.”

Cyrus and Kamizaka held them back and then the marines ran toward the 4 Dojo Hunters, but then a line appeared in the ground and Cyrus saw that and Alex screeched and Kamizaka asked, “What the hell was that, Cyrus?”

Cyrus yelled, “I didn’t do anything.”

Everyone started screaming and Kamizaka said, “Shut up.”

Captain Aftin yelled, “Enough everyone. This happens all the time here. Right?”

Cyrus answered, “Yes.”

Kamizaka whispered, “Why the hell are you agreeing with him?”

Cyrus answered, “You gotta keep everyone calm, right? It’s the only way.”

He said, “I see.”

They stopped trying to get passed and then walked back a little and then the person known as the Black Reaper appeared.

4: The Black Reaper
The Black Reaper

Everyone saw the Black Reaper except for the 4 Dojo Hunters and then Kamizaka saw it and said, “Are you seeing what I’m seeing, Cyrus?”

Cyrus answered, “Yep. A bloody ghost.”

Alex screeched and Cyrus said, “You can turn your head if you want. But we’re all gonna die either way.”

Kamizaka heard that and Captain Aftin yelled, “Don’t say that Cyrus. It’s not time for us to die yet.”

Cyrus said, “Hey, I’m only 19. Waiting to get off of this island. But I can’t do that till my swords are ready.”

Kamizaka smiled and said, “Well, why don’t you run your way there?”

Cyrus answered, “Nah, I’m good. That thing scares the shit out of me man.”

Kamizaka laughed and said, “It seems that you are afraid of ghosts.”

Cyrus yelled, “That thing ain’t a ghost. That’s a monster with an invisible sword that’s been framing me for all that’s happened.”

The Black Reaper looked at him and Kamizaka said, “Do you really think that Cyrus? Or are you the one that has been attacking them?”

Cyrus asked, “Why are you blaming me now? Plus, if you want to know if I’ve been attacking them, ask your daughter. She’s been sleeping in my room for the passed 4 years.”

Kamizaka said, “I’m only messing with you man. I know that you weren’t the one that did it.”

Lieutenant Loster asked, “How do you know that?”

Kamizaka answered, “She told me. Lisha that is. How long have the attacks been going on?”

Captain Aftin answered, “7 years.”

Cyrus said, “So 3 years of Himeka and 4 years of Lisha. This is hell.”

Kamizaka laughed and then the Black Reaper looked at Cyrus and Cyrus asked, “Which one is it looking at?”

Kamizaka said, “Your left hand for me and your right hand for him.”

The Black Reaper lifted up its right hand and Cyrus said, “Me. What did I do this time?”

Kamizaka asked, “How am I supposed to know that, Cyrus? This thing is a bloody monster like you said. But where is your bloody body?”

The Black Reaper started to walk forward and then Cyrus screeched and then Kamizaka said, “Now this is what you call hell.”

Cyrus laughed and then the Black Reaper said, “Zero X. Cyrus.”

Kamizaka heard that and Cyrus asked, “How may I help you?”

The Black Reaper answered, “You’ll be coming to the Underworld with me now.”

Cyrus heard that and grinned and then Kamizaka heard that and said, “You aren’t taking him anywhere.”

The Black Reaper heard that and said, “I do as I please as Cyrus does as he pleases.”

Captain Aftin said, “You gotta be kidding me. That’s no human, that’s a monster.”

Cyrus looked at him and then Kamizaka said, “Someone is controlling that ghost.”

Cyrus said, “I noticed that.”

The Black Reaper swung at the 4 Dojo Hunters and chopped them in half and Cyrus said, “That ghost really is going to take me to the Underworld.”

Kamizaka grinned and then the marines ran toward the Black Reaper and the Black Reaper saw them and asked, “Why do the marines interrupt me?”

Captain Aftin answered, “Don’t let her take him away.”

Cyrus said, “Master, I will see you soon.”

Kamizaka said, “Sure thing.”

Cyrus started running around and the Black Reaper saw that and then said, “You can’t run from me, Cyrus.”

Kamizaka took his sword out and then swung at her, but she blocked his sword and tossed him into the wall and the Black Reaper yelled, “You aren’t my target.”

The Black Reaper started blocking the attacks from the marines and then Cyrus appeared on the roof of the dojo and asked himself, “How the hell did I get up here?”

Kamizaka asked, “What the hell are you doing up there, Cyrus? I thought that you ran outside of here.”

Cyrus said, “I thought so as well. But I got here somehow. I think that I got lost.”

The Black Reaper smiled and then flew toward him and then Cyrus took his sword out and flew toward her as well and everyone saw that and the Black Reaper said, “Lightning Swipe.”

Cyrus said, “Lightning Dash.”

They appeared behind each other and then the jacket started to disappear and the Black Reaper said, “Impossible. I’ve been defeated by a nobody.”

Cyrus landed on his feet and then rolled forward and said, “Now that’s how you win a fight.”

The Black Reaper said, “You fought well my friend. The Black Reaper is proud to be defeated for once. The name is Himeka, I hope that we meet again, but on better terms.”

Everyone heard that and Cyrus said, “Now we know who the Black Reaper was?”

Captain Aftin said, “You killed her.”

Cyrus said, “I defeated the soul that should have went to Heaven, but it didn’t make it there because of whoever is controlling that soul.”

The Black Reaper said, “The person controlling is a marine. And he’s not in here right now.”

Everyone heard that and then everyone looked at each other and then Kamizaka said, “Someone is controlling the souls of this world, huh.”

Captain Aftin said, “It must be one of those Devil Fruits.”

Kamizaka said, “Devil Fruits.”

Cyrus heard that and then the Captain Aftin said, “Yes, a Devil Fruit. The Devil Fruit that this person ate must be the reason why she appeared again.”

Cyrus asked, “But why is she the Black Reaper?”

Kamizaka answered, “She was the Black Reaper because the other dojo’s made fun of you. Blamed you for things that you haven’t done. She wanted to protect you. So at night, she grabbed her black jacket and then your sword and walked off to the dojo’s that targeted you.”

Captain Aftin heard that and said, “You knew that all along. And didn’t tell us. Why?”

Kamizaka answered, “Because you would have upset Cyrus and he would have attacked you.”

They heard that and Cyrus said, “I ain’t that evil.”

Cyrus looked at the marines and then said, “It seems that I’m about to do something stupid. So someone come with me.”

Kamizaka asked, “What are you going to do?”

Cyrus answered, “I’m going to attack that marine.”

Captain Aftin said, “I’ll go. Come along Loster.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “Yessir.”

They started running out to search for him and then Kamizaka said, “Good luck and don’t get arrested now.”

Cyrus said, “I won’t. Well, I’ll try not to, that is.”

Captain Aftin said, “It seems that he has a lot of faith in you.”

Cyrus said, “Well, that’s because his daughter, Himeka, loved me.”

5: Cyrus' Past
Cyrus' Past

Captain Aftin heard that and said, “Loved you, huh. That’s why she became the Black Reaper.”

Cyrus said, “It seems so. It all happened 7 years ago.”

Lieutenant Loster heard that and asked, “What happened 7 years ago?”

7 years ago. Cyrus was only 12 years old and he walked around the city with both Lisha and Himeka to go shopping to get food for everyone food. They walked by Sapphire Dojo and the Master there saw Cyrus and said, “Cyrus, you come again. Even after you killed that man yesterday in a flash.”

Himeka heard that and said, “Cyrus didn’t do it. He isn’t that way.”

Lisha said, “Tell him, Cyrus.”

Cyrus said, “Whatever I say to them now, will not change what they think of the man that continues to grow in strength.”

The Master said, “He’s right. He’ll be known as the monster of Kamizaka Dojo.”

Lisha said, “He isn’t a monster. He’s a really nice man.”

Himeka said, “I won’t accept this. Keep making fun of him.”

Cyrus said, “Enough Himeka, let him say what he wants to say Himeka.”

Himeka said, “But....”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Let him say whatever he wants to say.”

Himeka heard that and said, “OK. But you are being too generous.”

Cyrus said, “OK. I’m being too generous. Whatever I plan on doing about it is in here. Not saying anything out loud, idiots.”

The man said, “Oh, you shouldn’t call them idiots, Cyrus. The old man isn’t as nice as you think.”

Cyrus said, “Like I give a damn.”

The man heard that and they continued walking and Lisha said, “Cyrus, you don’t seem very happy.”

Cyrus said, “Let’s just get this over with guys. I don’t want to be out here for much longer.”

Himeka heard that and said to herself, “I don’t want this for him. Tonight, I’m going to become this islands enemy. For my love, Zero X. Cyrus.”

As soon as they arrived at the store, the owner saw him and then asked, “How may I help you today, Cyrus?”

Cyrus answered, “Kamizaka Dojo ordered this stuff 10 days ago. Master was wondering if it arrived yet.”

He handed him the list and the owner said, “Ah, you guys were the one that ordered that cart. OK, it came in today. Just 5 minutes ago. But the driver was dead as soon as he got here.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “Dead.”

Lisha said, “Now he’s going to be framed again.”

Himeka said, “Sir, where’d you put the body?”

The owner answered, “I called the marines earlier, but they weren’t picking up. So it’s still in the cart.”

Cyrus grinned and then said, “This island isn’t what it used to be man. Ever since the marines came here, the murders have rocketed.”

The owner said, “I know. And you are being framed for each one. But it’s a good thing that you have witnesses that say you didn’t do the crimes, Cyrus. These 2 women might just end up saving your life over and over again.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “You might be right about that. So how much for the cart with everything in it?”

He answered, “50,000,000 Eagles.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “OK. We have the money, right.”

Lisha answered, “Yes we do.”

Himeka took it out and then handed it to him and then owner counted the money and said, “OK, the cart is all yours.”

Cyrus said, “Thank you.”

Lisha and Himeka walked outside and then Cyrus stayed in there and asked, “Was it over 50 million or was it enough?”

The owner answered, “It was enough.”

Cyrus said, “OK. Thank you for everything.”

He started to walk away and then out of nowhere, a sword went through his heart and then the owner fell down and Cyrus heard that and turned around and ran toward him and asked, “Are you ok?”

Cyrus turned him over and saw the wound and then Vice-Captain Kekier appeared and saw Cyrus over his body and aimed his gun at him and said, “You are under arrest for murder.”

Cyrus heard that and grinned and then said, “I didn’t kill him.”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Put your hands in front of you now.”

Himeka heard that and ran in there and saw that he had a gun pointed at Cyrus and Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Now back away from him.”

Cyrus did and then Vice-Captain Kekier went to check if he was ok, but saw the hole in his chest and said, “This man is dead.”

Himeka heard that and Lisha asked, “What did you do, Cyrus?”

Cyrus answered, “I didn’t touch him. I swear to god. I didn’t touch him.”

Vice-Captain Kekier put the cuffs on him and said, “2 accounts of murder. The carriage rider and now the owner of this store.”

Lisha grinned and then Cyrus said, “Whoever is doing this to me is going to die. No matter how long it takes me, I’m going to kill him.”

Himeka heard that and said, “Don’t say such things, Cyrus. It’ll just cause you more trouble. Let me handle things.”

Cyrus looked at her with an angry look and Lisha started crying and Himeka hugged her and said, “Don’t worry about a thing, Lisha. Cyrus didn’t do it. I guarantee you that.”

They walked to the cart and then brought it to the dojo immediately and the master of Sapphire Dojo saw that it was only those two and asked, “What happened? Did the marines finally decide to arrest that monster?”

Lisha grinned and Himeka said, “Shut up Luke. Cyrus is innocent and you know it.”

Luke heard that and said, “I already contacted your father about what happened. There is no turning back.”

Himeka said, “OK. You told him.”

The carriage took off and Luke saw that and said, “Maybe I’m being a little too harsh on him. But who cares? That monster is finally behind bars.”

They appeared at home and then the guard opened the gate and then they drove in and Kamizaka said, “You are back. Thank god.”

Lisha ran to her room and Kamizaka saw that and asked, “What’s wrong with her, Himeka?”

Himeka asked, “Why does everyone make fun of Cyrus? He didn’t do anything wrong. He’s such a nice man.”

Kamizaka answered, “What is everyone saying about him?”

Himeka said, “Not everyone, but the master of Sapphire Dojo, Luke called him a monster. I don’t get it, Cyrus doesn’t attack other dojo’s. He’s a very nice and kind person. He wouldn’t kill anyone.”

Kamizaka heard that and said, “They still think that he killed them. You gotta be kidding me.”

Himeka said, “He was just arrested for something he didn’t do. A man that died 5 minutes before the food arrived and he’s in the cart now, and then the man that sold it to us was attacked as well. Everyone that’s died so far has had a wound where there heart is. So for the past year, the marines didn’t find the real culprit.”

Kamizaka grinned and said, “They arrested him. Cyrus, just you wait. You’ll be freed. I guarantee it.”

As soon as it was night time, Himeka put her black jacket and pants on and then walked to Cyrus’ Room and grabbed his sword and then ran toward the Navy Base and broke in to rescue Cyrus. But as soon as she opened up the cell, Cyrus looked at her and Himeka said, “Cyrus, you are free. Let’s go.”

Cyrus said, “Close the cell door.”

The marines started running toward the cell blocks and then Cyrus said, “Close the cell door. They’ll think that I actually killed them. Close the goddamn door.”

Kamizaka appeared and then saw the person in black and Kamizaka said, “Get away from Cyrus now.”

He took out his sword and then Himeka grinned and closed the cell and said, “You’ll regret not coming out Cyrus.”

She ran away and the marines started shooting at her and Kamizaka saw that and then ran toward his cell and saw him laying there and said, “Cyrus, what did that person want from you?”

Cyrus answered, “To free me. Why are you here?”

Kamizaka took the keys out and released opened the cell up and Cyrus said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Captain Aftin said, “You are free to go, Cyrus. We heard from Kamizaka that you didn’t do it. We also had both daughters confess to what happened.”

Cyrus stood up and Cyrus left and Captain Aftin said, “As soon as you entered this cell, one person died. The same way as the others.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “See. I tell everyone that it’s not me, but they don’t believe me.”

Vice-Captain Kekier asked, “Why are you releasing him? He killed 2 people.”

Captain Aftin said, “He’s innocent.”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “I have two witnesses watching him kill them. And they were your daughters.”

Kamizaka said, “They saw what happened. He didn’t touch them.”

Cyrus grinned and walked out of the cell and then Captain Aftin uncuffed him and Vice-Captain Kekier said, “You’ll regret releasing him. I guarantee it.”

Kamizaka took him home and said, “Go to sleep, Cyrus. You’ll need it.”

Cyrus went to his room and then Himeka appeared inside of Sapphire Dojo and everyone saw her and she started attacking the people in the dojo for making fun of him and then as soon as she finished up, she noticed that Luke wasn’t there and then she ran off home. While she was running home, Luke appeared inside of Cyrus’ Room and had his sword out and Cyrus turned around and saw him and said, “Luke, how may I help you?”

Luke asked, “Why’d they release you brat? You killed those men and you know it.”

Cyrus answered, “I didn’t kill them. I didn’t even touch them. I’m being framed.”

Luke said, “You keep saying that. But you know that the killing keep going.”

Cyrus said, “Another person died the same way as the other victims while I was locked up. So I didn’t do it.”

Luke stabbed him and Cyrus screamed and then Luke covered his mouth and then Lisha heard that and Kamizaka asked, “What was that?”

Himeka appeared behind him and Luke took his sword out of his left shoulder and then said, “You won’t be able to swing a sword any longer. Hahahahaha.”

Himeka said, “You dare hurt him.”

Luke heard that and turned around and swung at her, but Himeka blocked it and then swung at him cutting his chest and Luke collapsed and then Himeka lifted him up and carried him away and Cyrus saw that and looked at her and asked, “Who the hell are you?”

Himeka brought him back to Sapphire Dojo and then went home, got dressed for bed and then walked to Cyrus’ Room and saw that he was asleep already and she put his sword back where it belonged and then went to sleep next to him and the next morning, Cyrus woke up with his left arm in bandages and said, “Huh.”

Himeka asked, “How’s your arm?”

Cyrus asked, “How do you know about my arm?”

Himeka answered, “I was the one that wrapped it with bandages. This morning, I saw that you were wounded, so I did the best that I could to help you out. What happened?”

Cyrus answered, “Luke attacked me last night in my room. People don’t trust me. I can’t trust anyone.”

Himeka sighed and said, “Did dad release you.”

Cyrus said, “Yep.”

Lisha walked ran to his room and saw that he had a bandage on his left shoulder and started crying and Cyrus asked, “Are you ok, Lisha?”

Lisha nodded and hugged him and Cyrus hugged her as well and then said, “My sword disappeared last night. Did you see it?”

Himeka answered, “It’s right there.”

Cyrus heard that and looked and said, “It was right where I left it. I swore that it was gone. But who cares? It’s right there.”

Himeka smiled and then said, “I’m so glad that you are ok.”

Cyrus said, “I’m glad that I’m ok as well.”

Going back to the present day. Cyrus said, “That is what happened on how she became the Black Reaper.”

Captain Aftin said, “I see. So the person in black was Himeka after all. And the person that framed you must be Vice-Captain Kekier. I haven’t seen him at all today.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “He’s probably in his secret hiding place again.”

Cyrus said, “Let’s go there then.”

Captain Aftin said, “That’s the thing. We don’t know where that is.”

Cyrus sighed and said, “You gotta be kidding.”

A being with a red suit appeared in front of them and looked at them.

6: The Red Hood
The Red Hood

They looked at the figure and Cyrus asked, “What the hell is with that suit?”

Captain Aftin said, “That’s Ensign Red Hood. He’s the best when it came to guns. But he died the same way as the rest of them. A stab wound to the heart.”

Lieutenant Loster asked, “Why would he kill people? Does he think that this is fun? Framing you.”

Cyrus said, “Well, I did make a promise that I would kill the man that’s been doing this to me. But I’ll leave him in your hands if he does live through the hell that I’m going to make him go through.”

They heard that and Captain Aftin said, “You really are planning on killing him, huh.”

Cyrus said, “I don’t like it when my family gets hurt, alright. I’ve been threatened many times and now he’s gone too far. This is the end of the line for him.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “Well, I wish you the best of luck.”

Luke saw them and Red Hood said, “Captain Aftin, thank you for remembering me. Zero X. Cyrus, I’m sorry that my idiotic brother got you involved in this crisis that he started. He was really planning on killing the other sister with the Black Reaper. But you stopped her. Kekier is hiding inside of the Navy Base. You’ll find him. But you have to go through me first.”

Cyrus said, “He’s making you say all of this, right?”

Red Hood answered, “Yep. He ate the Tama-Tama no Mi. He’s capable of summoning people’s souls. And controlling them. He can do it all day long.”

Cyrus sighed and said, “That just means that there’s gonna be a lot of fighting from here on out.”

Captain Aftin said, “Your brother is going to pay for this.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “Red Hood, you will not attack us, right?”

Cyrus said, “There’s nothing that we can do about it. We have to defeat him.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “You gotta be kidding me. He’s insane.”

Cyrus said, “I’m insane too.”

Red Hood laughed and said, “You truly are insane. To challenge the best marksman with a sword.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Well, I’m the one the people call a monster.”

While they were about to fight, the phone rang at the dojo and Kamizaka picked it up and said, “This is Kamizaka speaking.”

An unknown voice asked, “Is Zero X. Cyrus there?”

Kamizaka answered, “Nope. He’s not available at the moment. May I ask who is calling?” The voice answered, “No. I’m unknown. But what is he doing now?”

Kamizaka answered, “He’s probably going to kill the man that’s been trying to frame him for 8 years. Caused my daughter to become a murderer. And made my other daughter cry.”

The voice said, “I see. Kill a man, huh. He’s not strong enough to face a man with a Devil Fruit.”

Kamizaka heard that and said, “You should have called earlier. He was here and defeated my daughter that died 4 years ago.”

The voice said, “I’m sorry to hear that. But when he gets back, tell him to call me. I left my number in your room. On your dresser.”

He heard that and then asked, “Who are you?”

The voice answered, “Can’t tell you that. But enjoy.”

The person on the other side of the phone hung up and then Kamizaka heard the click and put the phone down and asked, “Just who the hell was that?”

Red Hood smiled and said, “Let’s begin, shall we?”

Cyrus put his sword in front of him and Red Hood said, “No hesitation. I like that.”

Cyrus said, “To become the strongest swordsman, I can’t hesitate. It’s a promise that I made with Himeka. And I won’t break it.”

Red Hood smiled and then started shooting at them and then Cyrus started cutting each bullet in half and then Red Hood saw that and Cyrus started walking forward and Captain Aftin said, “You are no match for him.”

Cyrus smiled and turned his head and asked, “Can’t you tell that I know that already?”

Lieutenant Loster asked, “Why the hell are you smiling then?”

Cyrus answered, “It’s a good way to die, right Red Hood?”

Red Hood said, “Exactly. I have a smile on my face right now.”

Cyrus said, “I know. I can see it.”

Vice-Captain Kekier heard that and said, “He can see the souls. What the hell are you, Cyrus?”

Cyrus looked at him and Red Hood said, “You truly are an interesting person Cyrus. I guarantee you that.”

Cyrus appeared close enough and then started spinning the sword in circle’s and said, “Thousand Worlds: 7 Wonders.”

Cyrus appeared behind him with and then Red Hood looked at Cyrus and started shooting him from behind and then Cyrus grinned and then Captain Aftin stabbed him and Red Hood felt that and said, “He was right. He couldn’t handle me by himself. He truly is insane.”

Cyrus went on his knees and started breathing hard and Captain Aftin asked, “Are you ok?”

Cyrus answered, “Yeah, I’m fine.”

Lieutenant Loster saw the blood coming from his back and said, “You're not fine at all. You are bleeding.”

Cyrus said, “I’m fine.”

Red Hood laughed and said, “You have an honor to obtain, huh. You don’t have to say that you are fine all of the time, Cyrus.”

Cyrus said, “I say and do whatever I damn well please.”

Red Hood heard that and said, “I see. You also have a temper.”

Cyrus said, “Yes, I do.”

Red Hood said, “You should hurry it up. He’ll be sending the next one soon. And who knows who he’ll choose next. So, hurry your asses up.”

He disappeared completely and Cyrus said, “One more thing marine.”

Captain Aftin asked, “What is it?”

Cyrus said, “You shouldn’t attack a man from behind. You will lose face in being a man and a swordsman.”

Captain Aftin said, “You saw it.”

Cyrus answered, “Nope. I just know that you did.”

Captain Aftin said, “Cyrus, you know about the way of the sword, huh. By the way, Cyrus, why do the women always go to you and not us?”

Cyrus laughed and answered, “I don’t know. But I only have one girlfriend. And she’s dead.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “You need to let that go Cyrus. You’ll never move on if you don’t.”

Cyrus smiled and stood up and said, “Well, you don’t have to worry about that. Soon, it’ll be complete.”

They started running again and then they got to the front entrance to Sapphire Dojo and Luke was out there and said, “Cyrus, you still haven’t got caught yet.”

Captain Aftin said, “He’s innocent. We found the real murderer.”

Luke heard that and said, “He’s been telling the truth the entire time.”

Hector punched him and said, “Of course he was, dumbass. Why don’t you ever trust him like everyone else here?”

Luke answered, “Because of him, I can’t use my left arm.”

Cyrus laughed and said, “You know that I can’t use my left arm either because of you. Plus, Hemika did a good job in cutting you.”

Luke heard that and Cyrus said, “Using my bloody sword to do all of the killing. Making it look like I killed everyone.”

Luke laughed and Hector punched him again and then a shadow appeared in the sky and Cyrus saw it and then shoved Captain Aftin out of the way and the figure cut some skin off of his left arm and Luke yelled, “You can use your left arm just fine.”

Cyrus laughed and said, “I just wanted to make you feel good.”

Luke grinned and ran toward him and then Lieutenant Loster aimed his gun at him and said, “Back down.”

Hector hit him in the back of the head with the handle of his sword and said, “Do whatever you gotta do, Cyrus. But that person killed my brother now. Please kill him for me.”

Cyrus looked at him and said, “Sure thing, Hector. But I ain’t doin this for your brother. I’m doing this because he used my girlfriend to kill me.”

Hector heard that and said, “Himeka, huh.”

The next being said, “You little....”

7: The Blue Rabbit
The Blue Rabbit

Cyrus looked at her and said, “A human dressed up a bloody rabbit.”

The Blue Rabbit said, “I’m not a human. I’m a rabbit-human. I’m a humanoid being bitch. And I don’t like to be interrupted.”

Cyrus said, “And I don’t like to be attacked. So shut up.”

The Blue Rabbit grinned and said, “You got yourself some mouth there boy.”

Cyrus said, “And you got balls to attack me.”

The Blue Rabbit grinned and Hector said, “He lost his damn mind.”

Cyrus said, “I have no idea what you are talking about.”

The Blue Rabbit said, “It’ll just keep getting harder from here on out.”

Cyrus heard that and then she started swinging at them and then Cyrus grinned and then Hector lifted him up and then the Blue Rabbit said, “I’m Yu by the way. I used to be a resident here and a waitress till the marines came and kicked me off of this island. And then died at sea by a Sea King.”

Cyrus said, “That’s gotta be rough.”

She jumped over Cyrus’ body and then went to swing at Hector, but Cyrus appeared and blocked her claws before impact and the Blue Rabbit saw that and then said, “You dare interrupt me again.”

Cyrus said, “Yes. I can’t allow you to attack them. The 3 of us are your opponents.”

The Blue Rabbit jumped backwards and then swung at Lieutenant Loster and he jumped back and aimed his gun at her and started shooting, but missed every time and Cyrus said, “You are better off using a bloody sword.”

Captain Aftin said, “That would be a bad idea as well. Last time he held a sword, he injured himself severely making him lose the feeling in his left side of his body.”

Cyrus screeched and said, “Learn how to use a bloody gun before shooting it.”

Captain Aftin said, “There’s a reason why I asked him to come.”

Cyrus asked, “Why the hell would you want to do something like that? Wait, he’s already here. I take that question back and replace it with ‘Why the hell did you choose him of all people?'”

Captain Aftin answered, “He’s one hell of a tracker.”

Cyrus said, “Oh, forgive me sir.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “No problem. I get that a lot.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Well, it’s a good thing that you guys came here.”

Captain Aftin asked, “Why is that?”

The Blue Rabbit answered, “He has a bad sense of direction.”

Cyrus said, “Man, don’t spoil the fun for me. Shit.”

The Blue Rabbit asked, “Why?”

She flew toward him and then Cyrus appeared behind her and then Cyrus grinned and the Blue Rabbit cut some skin off of his face and then he cut the Blue Rabbit as well and the Blue Rabbit said, “You got me good there, Cyrus. But not good enough to get rid of me.”

Cyrus sighed and then she jumped over him and appeared in front of him and then kissed him and Cyrus felt that and Captain Aftin asked, “Are you even supposed to feel these souls?”

Lieutenant Loster answered, “Nope.”

The Blue Rabbit moved back and said, “Interesting.”

Cyrus yelled, “What the hell?”

Captain Aftin said, “He snapped.”

The Blue Rabbit said, “Hm, to kiss a man that’s alive, it sure is different from kissing a dead person in Heaven.”

Cyrus heard that and Lieutenant Loster said, “He’s taking them from Heaven to kill us.”

The Blue Rabbit said, “Mostly, just Cyrus. But yeah, we’re being taken from Heaven.”

Cyrus said, “You gotta be kidding me. Vice-Captain Kekier, I’m going to kill you!!!!”

The Blue Rabbit heard that and said, “I’m loving you even more each time you speak.”

Cyrus said, “He’s definitely not controlling you, is he?”

The Blue Rabbit answered, “Nope. I’m controlling myself so I could seduce you.”

Cyrus said, “Shit, I just lost my virginity to a soul.”

Everyone started laughing and then Cyrus swung at her and she jumped back and then the Blue Rabbit smiled and then said, “You shouldn’t hit a girl.”

Cyrus said, “Well, too late. You pissed me off by cutting my face.”

The Blue Rabbit smiled and said, “I see. Let’s see if you can keep up then.”

They heard that and she started swinging at him over and over again and Cyrus blocked everything and then started spinning his sword in circle’s and she saw that and jumped back and asked, “What is that? What are you doing? You’ll chop your hands off.”

Cyrus said, “Thousand Worlds:” He appeared behind her and said, “14 Quests.”

He put his sword away and then she flew back a little and Cyrus looked at her and Captain Aftin appeared in front of her and then the Blue Rabbit grabbed him and then tossed him into Lieutenant Loster and they screamed and the Blue Rabbit said, “Don’t interfere.”

Cyrus looked at her and said, “You seem to be enjoying this little showdown.”

The Blue Rabbit said, “As long as I get to kill you myself, I might just end up loving you up here as well.”

Cyrus said, “You gotta be kidding me. You literally lost your mind. I already know that I lost mine a long time ago.”

The Blue Rabbit ran toward him and then Cyrus said, “Sector 9.”

She heard that and Cyrus lifted his sword up and then moved it around in the shape of a 9 and then a wall appeared and the Blue Rabbit ran right into it and then ran through it because she was a soul and Cyrus yelled, “I forgot that she was a soul.”

Captain Aftin said, “You truly did lose your mind a long time ago.”

The Blue Rabbit swung at him, but Cyrus dodged the attack by jumping to the right side and then Cyrus planted his feet into the ground and said, “Charging Lariat.”

The Blue Rabbit saw that and he flew right passed her and the Blue Rabbit wasn’t ready for him and he cut her neck and the Blue Rabbit grinned and said, “You got me that time, Cyrus. Well, you better get going. He’s waiting for you 3, but mostly Cyrus.”

Captain Aftin looked at Cyrus and Cyrus said, “Let’s go.”

Cyrus started running in the opposite direction and the Blue Rabbit said, “Other way Cyrus.”

Cyrus heard that and screeched and the marines took the lead and then Cyrus followed and the Blue Rabbit said, “He’s truly an interesting one.”

She vanished and then they continued running forward and Captain Aftin said, “You really need to stop fighting. You’ll lose all of your energy when you get to Kekier.”

Cyrus said, “Kekier won’t be the end of me. Neither will these souls. I will become the strongest swordsman for Himeka’s sake. She’ll always be in my heart. I fight for her.”

Captain Aftin said, “I see. That makes sense. Why?”

Cyrus answered, “I made a promise with her before she died. That I would become the strongest swordsman in the world.”

Captain Aftin heard that and said, “I see. Well, we finally made it to the Navy Base. Let’s get inside and stop him from killing anymore people.”

Cyrus said, “Agreed.”

8: Kekier Sends Souls To Intercept Them
Kekier Sends Souls To Intercept Them

They started running inside of the Navy Base and then Vice-Captain Kekier said, “It seems that they finally arrived in the Navy Base. Let’s show them a welcoming party everyone.”

As soon as they got to the first intersection 3 souls appeared they each grabbed one and took them in different directions and said, “I won’t allow you to go anywhere near him.”

Cyrus looked at the soul and said, “Master Wato.”

Wato said, “Cyrus, long time no see. You seem to have encountered me at a bad time.”

Cyrus asked, “Why did you take me and not Captain Aftin?”

Wato answered, “Because I wanted a challenge. The marines aren’t strong enough to defeat me. We’ve been waiting all day for you to arrive Cyrus.”

Cyrus said, “Lieutenant Loster is going to die.”

Wato said, “Not really. By the way Cyrus, where’s your girl man? I heard that you confessed to her.”

Cyrus said, “No one confessed to each other. She was afraid to. And I didn’t know that she had feelings for me. So she is also dead, but yeah.”

Wato said, “Sorry to hear that. Cyrus, I’m not going to go easy on you. So you better be prepared.”

Cyrus grinned and said, “Why can’t my opponents be living creatures? I could actually defend against them if they tried charging at me.”

Wato laughed and said, “Kekier is a living creature.”

Cyrus said, “He ain’t human. He’s a bloody monster.”

Wato laughed and took his sword out and started swinging at him and Cyrus blocked all of the attacks. While they were fighting in the cell blocks, Captain Aftin looked at the man in front of him and said, “Seaman Wyatt. You really got yourself involved with the wrong people.”

Wyatt said, “Hey, that bastard Kekier stabbed me man. Don’t be giving me that shit.”

Captain Aftin said, “Well, he’s about to pay for what he’s done to you and everyone else that he killed. You have my word.”

Wyatt said, “The last person that tried to kill him, ended up in a body bag.”

Captain Aftin heard that and Wyatt said, “You three will die.”

Captain Aftin said, “I ain’t gonna die just yet, Wyatt. I got a job to do and I plan on doing that job till I die.”

Wyatt said, “If that’s the case, then after defeating me, leave this Navy Base immediately. You can’t defeat that Devil Fruit user.”

Captain Aftin said, “I do as I like, kiddo. And I’m sorry that you died young.”

Wyatt heard that and said, “That’s nice.”

He swung at him and Captain Aftin blocked it and sent him flying into the wall and said, “Go back to Heaven where you belong, marine.”

Wyatt felt that and said, “Man, you gotta do something better than that to stop me sir.”

Captain Aftin heard that and then they started swinging at each other. While they were attacking in the Barracks, Lieutenant Loster stared at the man in front of him and said, “King Kong appeared before me.”

The man yelled, “I’m not King Kong dammit. I’m Lieutenant McFly.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “Oh McFly, good to see you again.”

McFly said, “You truly are underestimating Kekier. He’s stronger than you could ever imagine. You are no match for him.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “Neither were you. But you still went in and attacked him.”

McFly said, “You are bringing that on me now. Shit, Loster. You and I aren’t that much different. But that man that you brought with you might be the only chance you got to free this island. So make sure you get him to the destination.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “OK. Why are you trying to help me?”

McFly answered, “Get that monster to him now.”

They started shooting at each other and then McFly said, “That man may be the man to change this island completely. So hurry up and defeat me.”

Lieutenant Loster and said, “You gotta be kidding me. You truly are trying to get me killed.”

McFly said, “We are both terrible shots. We both can’t use swords. But we gotta do this. Hurry up and beat me.”

They started moving around while shooting at each other and missed every time.

Going back to the cell blocks, Wato said, “Cyrus. You’ve gotten stronger.”

Cyrus laughed and said, “No, you’ve gotten weaker.”

Wato said, “You might be right. So, you defeated 3 of the souls. And then 3 more in here. How excited are you?”

Cyrus answered, “Not until he dies.”

Wato smiled and said, “I thought so. He used your girl to kill you, didn’t he?”

Cyrus answered, “Yep.”

Wato said, “Well then Cyrus, I’m going to end this in one attack.”

Cyrus heard that and they started spinning their swords in circle’s and then Wato said, “Million Galaxy:”

Cyrus said, “Thousand Worlds:”

They appeared behind each other and Wato said, “Negative Winds.”

Cyrus said, “21 Emperors.”

Wato’s sword shattered into pieces and cut his arm off and Cyrus had a cut going straight down his chest and Cyrus collapsed and then Wato said, “You defeated me, Cyrus. But you didn’t even use Million Galaxy.”

Cyrus said, “I never learned Million Galaxy.”

Wato smiled and said, “Well then Cyrus, you finished me off instead of me finishing you off. I’ll send Kamizaka a message for you.”

Cyrus said, “Thank you.”

He started coughing and Wato started to disappear and then Vice-Captain Kekier saw that and said, “My strongest soul was defeated. You gotta be kidding me. You truly are a monster, Cyrus. Any regrets.”

Cyrus looked up and Wato said, “Good luck, Cyrus. You’ll save this country.”

Cyrus said, “Of course I will. Just let me catch my breath. That last attack did a number on me.”

Wato heard that and looked at him and Cyrus turned over and saw the cut and said, “Ew, that’s gonna hurt.”

Cyrus yelled, “It does hurt.”

Wato laughed and said, “Sorry. Well, good luck kid. There’s a good chance that you might die.”

Cyrus yelled, “Don’t say that. I don’t want to die.”

Wato laughed and then disappeared and Cyrus said, “Idiot.”

While he was resting, Captain Aftin said, “You really are pissing me off.”

Wyatt swung at him and then Captain Aftin ducked and then appeared behind him and said, “White Slash.”

Captain Aftin cut him in half and the soul went back to Heaven immediately and Captain Aftin said, “Huh, that was easier than I thought.”

Cyrus said, “2 of the 3 are defeated, huh. Lieutenant Loster, good luck.”

Cyrus laid there still and then Captain Aftin yelled, “Where the hell are you guys?”

Cyrus answered, “Cell blocks.”

Captain Aftin heard that and ran toward him and McFly looked at Lieutenant Loster and said, “We’re not getting anywhere.”

Lieutenant Loster laughed and said, “We both have no accuracy.”

McFly said, “I noticed that.”

They ran toward each other and as soon as they got close to each other, they started swinging their guns at each other and then McFly said, “It seems that this is the only way for us to battle.”

Lieutenant Loster smiled and put his gun to the side and grabbed the handle and then the barrel and took a sword out of it and swung at McFly and then put the sword back and McFly started to disappear and said, “You gotta be kidding me. You’ve been hiding your skill with a sword that long.”

Lieutenant Loster asked, “What are you talking about? I suck at using the sword.”

McFly said, “You cut me down with ease boy. Well, good luck on stopping Kekier. Best luck to you all.”

Lieutenant Loster ran toward the cell blocks and Cyrus stood up slowly and used the wall to help him up and Captain Aftin asked, “Are you ok?”

Cyrus looked at him and asked, “Do I look ok?”

Captain Aftin answered, “Nope. You look like you just got your ass handed to you.”

Cyrus laughed and said, “Well, I did get my ass handed to me. And so did the soul. Let’s just get to him and kill him already.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “I agree.”

Vice-Captain Kekier smiled and walked toward them and said, “I’ll finish you off now, Cyrus. And you’ll never leave this damn island alive.”

9: Cyrus' Group vs. Vice-Captain Kekier
Cyrus' Group vs. Vice-Captain Kekier

They started walking toward Vice-Captain Kekier and Lieutenant Loster asked, “Could you still fight, Cyrus?”

Cyrus answered, “Of course I can. This is nothing till the day is over.”

Captain Aftin said, “Keep telling yourself that, kid. You really are getting full of yourself.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Let’s get to him already.”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “No need to. I’m already here. And it seems that I need to teach you a lesson, Zero X. Cyrus. I should have killed you when I arrested you. But I didn’t because that would be a disgrace to the marines.”

Cyrus said, “You are a disgrace for the marines.”

Captain Aftin said, “You could say that again.”

Lieutenant Loster said, “You should have stayed on our side. We got ourselves a monster on our hands.”

Cyrus stood up without their help and took his sword out and Vice-Captain Kekier smiled and took his sword out as well and said, “Cyrus, do you really think that you can beat me with those injuries? Do you know how long I’ve had this Devil Fruit? The Tama-Tama no Mi.”

Cyrus asked, “Why should I care? I didn’t eat it.”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “You really are annoying. But let’s finish this up already.”

Captain Aftin ran toward him and then they started swinging at each other and then Lieutenant Loster aimed his gun at him and then Captain Aftin jumped back and then a bullet flew toward Vice-Captain Kekier and he saw that and said, “You gotta be kidding me. He got perfect aim now.”

Cyrus smiled and then Vice-Captain Kekier chopped the bullet in half and then Lieutenant Loster appeared in front of him and swung his sword at him and then put it away and he jumped back and Cyrus said, “This is interesting, am I right Aftin?”

Captain Aftin answered, “Yep. What the hell happened in your fight man?”

Lieutenant Loster answered, “I realised who I really was and started doing my job right. That’s all.”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “You are annoying me.”

Cyrus smiled and started spinning his sword slowly and then Vice-Captain Kekier ran toward him and then Cyrus said, “Hundred Dreams:”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Final....”

They appeared behind each other and then Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Slash.”

Cyrus said, “One Braid.”

Cyrus’ shoulder had blood coming out and Vice-Captain Kekier smiled and then said, “It didn’t work.”

Cyrus put his sword away and then blood came out of his right shoulder and he said, “Oh, nevermind. I take that back. But I won’t quit now.”

Cyrus’ arm was down and then said, “Not strong enough, huh.”

Vice-Admiral Kekier grinned and asked, “Why the hell are you using something so weak against me? I’m a lot stronger than that.”

Cyrus turned around and then Captain Aftin appeared running toward him and said, “Dark Slash.”

He was behind him soon after, but Vice-Captain Kekier blocked his attack and he fell backwards and Cyrus sighed and then Lieutenant Loster said, “Hillbilly Shot.”

A bullet flew toward him and the Vice-Captain Kekier smiled and then said, “Cyrus.”

He moved out of the way and Lieutenant Loster screeched and then the bullet hit Cyrus’ left shoulder and then Vice-Captain Kekier smiled and then said, “You will die today.”

Cyrus started to fall backwards and Captain Aftin saw that and then Vice-Captain Kekier ran toward him and Cyrus smiled and said, “Falling Front Dash.”

Cyrus fell down on his stomach behind Vice-Captain Kekier and he had blood gushing out of his chest and Vice-Captain Kekier was about to fall down and then said, “You little....”

Cyrus laid there and Captain Aftin said, “White Slash.”

He appeared behind him and Vice-Captain Kekier grinned and more blood came out of his chest and then said, “Aftin.”

He turned toward them and then Lieutenant Loster said, “Accuracy Shot.”

Vice-Captain Kekier heard that and bullet flew toward them and they moved out of the way slowly and then Cyrus stood up slowly and said, “Oh boy. Let’s see how this is going to end.”

Captain Aftin said, “You know the battle isn’t over, right?”

Cyrus said, “I know. But does he know that.”

Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Of course I know it, idiot.”

Cyrus laughed and then Vice-Captain Kekier swung at him and they swung at each other and then said, “You will not live today.”

They jumped back a little and they started spinning their swords around in circles and then Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Million Galaxy:”

Cyrus said, “Thousand Worlds:”

They appeared behind each other and Vice-Captain Kekier said, “Hellion Gallows.”

Cyrus said, “24 Knights.”

Captain Aftin asked, “Isn’t it 24 Kings, not Knights?”

Cyrus they put there swords away and then Vice-Captain Kekier had his body chopped in half. The sword went right through his other wound from Wato’s soul and Cyrus coughed a little and then said, “You asked if it was 24 Kings instead of 24 Knights. There are 2 kinds of 24. 24 Knights, and 24 Kings.”

Captain Aftin heard that and said, “I see. But you finally killed the man that caused you all that trouble.”

Cyrus said, “Yep. And I’m glad that he’s dead. He won’t be able to use the souls to kill anymore.”

 

Lieutenant Loster laughed and asked, “What are you going to do, Cyrus?”

Cyrus answered, “I’m going to lie here for awhile. I’m in too much pain to move anymore.”

They heard that and Cyrus collapsed with a smile on his face and closed his eyes and said, “Wake me up in 10 days, will ya?”

Captain Aftin answered, “Nope. You ain’t dying here today.”

Cyrus said, “I never said that I was dying. I’m just sleeping. My life span has shortened yet.”

He started snoring and then they heard that and asked, “Now what do we do?”

They waited there and while they were sleeping, Kamizaka asked, “What is taking them so long?”

A marine said, “Don’t worry, they’ll be back soon. They are probably resting in the marine base.”

Lisha appeared by them and saw the 4 corpses and screeched and and Kamizaka said, “Oh Lisha, did you finish Himeka’s Sword?”

Lisha took it out and asked, “Where is he?”

Kamizaka answered, “He’s at the marine base attacking the man that framed him from the beginning.”

Lisha heard that and said, “He’s going to kill him, pa.”

Kamizaka heard that and the marines said, “They won’t let him.”

Kamizaka said, “They won’t stop him from taking his anger out, but he probably didn’t kill him. Cyrus is a good man.”

Lisha said, “He’ll kill him. Himeka and I know him more than you, pa. He’s a good man, but to a point. He could snap some times too. And he snapped when he was framed for killing those two people 7 years ago. Like Himeka told you.”

Kamizaka said, “She didn’t tell me that he snapped.”

Lisha heard that and then Kamizaka saw two swords and said, “You actually made him a sword.”

Lisha said, “Of course I did. He said that he would be happy if I made him one. So I made him one.”

The marines smiled and then said, “She’s a good girl, Kamizaka.”

Kamizaka said, “Well she was raised right.”

Lieutenant Junior Grade Fritz said, “By the way, I heard that she’s coming back here in today. But she’ll only be here for 15 days. Till she goes back out to sea with Yukari, one of the 24 Yonko’s.”

Kamizaka heard that and said, “Oh shit.”

Everyone heard that stood up and Kamizaka yelled, “Everyone, take everything down. We must not make it look like Cyrus is leaving this island. She’ll be quite disappointed in me.”

Everyone started taking everything down and then Lisha asked, “Why are you taking everything down, pa?”

Kamizaka answered, “Your mother is insane. She thinks of Cyrus as her son and doesn’t want him to leave the island. So we have to take everything down so we make it look like nothing happened Lisha. Hide the swords so she can’t find them.”

Lisha asked, “Where?”

Kamizaka answered, “The armory. She never walks in there.”

Lisha ran there and everyone took the stuff to the armory and then Kamizaka ran in there to check if everything was gone and the marines saw them rushing all over the place and said, “She must be the boss around here.”

Kamizaka said, “My wife makes demands and we must keep it her way.”

The marines looked at him and Kamizaka smiled and said, “OK, everything is good. Wait everybody, we need to get rid of this blood. Get rid of those bodies. We’re not murderers here.”

The marines helped out and then the ship appeared at the port.

10: The Pink Hair Pirates Arrive
The Pink Hair Pirates Arrive

As soon as the ship arrived, Yukari said, “It seems that we’re finally back after 12 years.”

Everyone started cheering and then they put a ramp down to the docks and then walked off of their ship and Yukari said, “Let’s get to Kamizaka Dojo already. Cyrus must have grown by now.”

Kamizaka’s wife smiled and said, “He might be my son-in-law by now. I wonder if he married Himeka yet.”

Yukari heard that and said, “I don’t think that he’s into marriage Yukina.”

Yukina heard that and screeched and said, “But she loves him.”

Yukari said, “But I don’t think Cyrus knows her feelings. But hell, don’t be disappointed if I’m right. You'll owe me 5,000,000 Eagles.”

Yukina said, “I hope that you aren’t right, then.”

They started walking toward Kamizaka Dojo, while they were walking toward Kamizaka Dojo, Kamizaka yelled, “I forgot.”

The marines asked, “What did you forget?”

Kamizaka answered, “She doesn’t know that Himeka’s dead.”

The marines said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Kamizaka said, “What do I do?”

The marines said, “Tell her the truth.”

Kamizaka said, “Oh, you’re right. That’s what I’ll do.”

He took a rope and tied it around a tree and everyone saw that and grabbed him and yelled, “What are you trying to do? We didn’t tell you to kill yourself idiot.”

Kamizaka laughed and said, “Oh, you’re right.”

He took his sword and went to chop his head off, but the marines stopped him and yelled, “What the hell are you trying to do? You are trying to kill yourself.”

Lisha appeared and the bell rang and everyone saw that and Kamizaka yelled, “Let me kill myself.”

The marines yelled, “No.”

Lisha hit him in the head with the hammer that she used to make the swords and walked to the door and the marines yelled, “What the hell? You were supposed to convince him not to kill himself.”

Lisha said, “That won’t change the fact that he almost killed himself.”

They rang the bell again and then Lisha opened the gate Yukina said, “Lisha, long time no see.”

Lisha said, “Mom, welcome back.”

The marines moved out of the way and Yukari saw them and asked, “Why are the marines here?”

They answered, “To take in the Black Reaper that’s been attacking dojo’s for 7 years.”

Kamizaka stood up and said, “That hurt. But we did figure out who it was. It was Himeka.”

Lisha said, “She became a murderer.”

Yukina said, “How is Himeka anyway? Did she marry Cyrus?”

Kamizaka heard that and Lisha answered, “She died 4 years ago from an unknown disease.”

Yukari said, “I told you that they didn’t get married. Now pay up.”

Yukina handed her the 5 million Eagles and Yukina asked, “How did Cyrus react to her death?”

Lisha answered, “He didn’t really care. He said that people die all the time.”

Yukina grinned and Kamizaka said, “Stop lying to her. He did say that, but he was actually the first person to cry.”

Yukina smiled and Yukari said, “Sounds like him. Where is the young man? I came to see him.”

Yukina said, “We all came to see him.”

Kamizaka answered, “He’s still at the marine base after a tough battle against the person that framed him for murder for 8 years.”

They heard that and then Cyrus woke up and chills went down his spine and the marines saw that and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Cyrus answered, “Someone is talking about me.”

Captain Aftin said, “Oh, that’s right. The Pink Hair Pirates are coming here today.”

Cyrus heard that and yelled, “What? Then I gotta go back.”

They heard that and Cyrus stood up slowly and the marines said, “Hey, don’t push yourself. You’ll die.”

Cyrus got up and then ran toward Kamizaka Dojo and the marines got up and said, “You have no idea where you are going, do you?”

Cyrus answered, “Not at all.”

They laughed and then appeared in front of him and said, “Follow us.”

Cyrus said, “Sure thing.”

They took him to Kamizaka Dojo. While they ran there, Yukina said, “Kamizaka, do you have any drinks?”

Kamizaka answered, “Nope. We have a shipment coming in tomorrow. But if you told me that you were coming earlier, I would have bought more.”

Yukina said, “Hm, I was right, Captain. We should have called him.”

Yukari said, “Sorry. We’ll just go to the bar later after we meet him.”

The marines said, “They are probably resting in the marine base.”

Yukari said, “Then we’ll go to the marine base.”

They appeared and Captain Aftin said, “No need.”

Everyone heard that and turned around and Lisha saw that Cyrus wasn’t there and said, “Huh, you two came back without him.”

They heard that and turned around and saw that he was laying on the ground and yelled, “He passed out. What the hell is with this guy?”

Yukari walked out and saw the gun shot wounds and then said, “Warso, bring him to his room.”

Warso, the doctor of the Pink Hair Pirates said, “Yes ma’am.”

He ran toward him and turned him over and saw all of the blood and said, “He didn’t pass out. This man is about to bloody die.”

Yukari heard that and asked, “What are you talking about?”

Warso lifted him up and everyone saw the wounds on him and Kamizaka saw that and Lisha started to cry and ran to her room and Yukina saw that and said, “We can’t let him die.”

Warso said, “I got this.”

He carried him to his room incredibly fast and Yukina smiled and said, “You’ll be fine, Cyrus.”

Everyone looked at him and then the phone rang and Kamizaka went to pick it up and then Yukina picked it up instead and said, “This is Yukina. How may I help you?”

Aoi Kingdom’s Commander-in-Chief for the Marines, Carl said, “Yukina, it seems that Kamizaka isn’t there today to report to me.”

Yukina heard that and asked, “Who are you?”

Carl answered, “Commander-in-Chief Carl of the marines.”

Yukina asked, “Why is he reporting to someone like you?”

Carl answered, “He’s actually a close friend of mine that fought against Roger. And helped capture him.”

Yukina heard that and said, “I see. He’s a marine.”

Everyone heard that and Kamizaka grinned and Carl said, “A former marine to be exact. After the war, he gave up his position as Admiral and went missing. 19 years ago, he contacted me and brought himself back to life. Listen, your husband is stronger than you think. Don’t underestimate him.”

Yukina heard that and said, “Here’s the phone.”

Kamizaka took it and Yukina walked away and Yukari saw that and said, “Yukina, what’s wrong?”

No answer and then Kamizaka said, “You seemed to have ticked her off.”

Carl said, “Zero X. Cyrus. Info.”

Kamizaka said, “He’s almost dead.”

Carl said, “Good. Make sure that he doesn’t get off of that island alive. If you do let him go, nothing will happen to you.”

Kamizaka said, “Don’t worry, I got this.”

Carl said, “Kill him now.”

Kamizaka said, “Yessir.”

They hung up and then Kamizaka started walking toward Cyrus’ Room.

11: The Pink Hair Pirates Take Cyrus Away
The Pink Hair Pirates Take Cyrus Away

While Cyrus was lying down, Yukari and Yukina appeared inside of Cyrus’ Room and saw Lisha in there with him and Warso and Yukina said, “Warso, we need to get him out of here.”

Lisha said, “Mom, what’s wrong?”

Yukari answered, “Your father is going to kill him.”

Warso heard that and asked, “Why don’t you stop him?”

Yukina answered, “He’s a hero in the Navy. He helped in the capture of the Pirate King, Davy X. Roger. Stopping him will be hard.”

Warso grinned and then Lisha said, “If that’s the case, let me get something for you.”

Yukina asked, “Why don’t you come along?”

Lisha answered, “This is my home. I want to stay here.”

Yukina answered, “But you also love Cyrus as much as Himeka. You can create as many swords as you want for him.”

Lisha heard that and said, “For him?”

Yukina answered, “Yes.”

Yukari looked at her and then Lisha started to run and Yukari said, “I think that’s a yes.”

Yukina said, “Yep.”

Warso said, “We have to wait for her.”

Yukina said, “You’re right.”

Yukari said, “Hm, ok.”

Lisha appeared inside of the armory and took out the two swords and then ran back and Yukari saw that and Yukina said, “I’ll meet you at the bar.”

Yukari said, “OK.”

Warso lifted him up and said, “I’ll bring him there.”

Yukari said, “Lisha, let’s get your equipment.”

Lisha said, “OK. All I need is the blueprints in my room and the hammer and then we can get to the bar.”

Yukari said, “OK.”

Everyone started running separate ways and Yukari and Lisha appeared in Lisha’s Room and then started packing everything that she needed and Yukari said, “Take some clothes, too.”

Lisha said, “Where is everyone anyone? In your crew, that is?”

Yukari answered, “The bar. They left early because they were thirsty. We’ll meet everyone there. Why did Cyrus leave here anyway?”

Lisha answered, “He went to attack the person that framed him for murder for 8 years straight. And because of that, everyone on the island made fun of him and blamed him for the murders. Them coming back means that they defeated him.”

The marines started following Kamizaka and Kamizaka said, “Vice-Captain Kekier died, correct.”

Captain Aftin answered, “Yes, Cyrus killed him. We’re sorry.”

Kamizaka said, “Don’t be. You didn’t know why you came here to this island.”

Lisha heard that and said, “It seems that we know what happened to the marine that killed everyone.”

Yukari heard that and asked, “How do you know?”

Lisha answered, “I don’t know. My hearing is just good. It seems that Cyrus killed him.”

Yukari heard that and then said, “Hurry up. We don’t have time.”

Lisha said, “I know.”

Yukari took the packages and asked, “What are in these?”

Lisha answered, “Himeka’s final work and my last sword. And they are both for Cyrus because we love him.”

Yukari said, “A momento, huh.”

Lisha said, “Exactly.”

Lisha packed her clothes and then they grabbed everything and started running and then Yukina appeared inside of Kamizaka’s Room and started grabbing her things and then was about to exit when she saw a piece of paper on the dresser and asked, “What is this?”

She picked it up and then it said, “Cyrus, give me a call. 783-683-2576. Who the hell is this?”

She put it away and then started running and then Kamizaka and the marines appeared outside of Cyrus’ Room and saw that no one was in there and yelled, “Where did he go? He was just here a moment ago.”

The marines asked, “Where’d the pirates go?”

Kamizaka said, “You gotta be kidding me. They are making this difficult for me. Call him.”

They did and Carl picked up and asked, “What is it?”

Kamizaka answered, “The Pink Hair Pirates snatched him away. Add 100,000,000 Eagles to each of their bounties.”

Carl heard that and said, “OK.”

Carl looked up the Pink Hair Pirates and then added 100,000,000 to each bounty and sent it out to the world. Carl smiled and said, “Let’s see how the world handles it.”

While Kamizaka and the marines were searching for the Pink Hair Pirates and Cyrus, he said, “Lisha, I need your help with something.”

He waited a minute and then Captain Aftin asked, “Would you like me to check her room?”

Kamizaka answered, “Yes. Hm, him escaping a former admiral is making me look quite bad.”

Everyone heard that and then Captain Aftin ran to her room with 10 others and as soon as they got there, the room was empty and yelled, “No one is here.”

Kamizaka heard that and walked to his room and saw that it was cleaner than before and yelled, “Yukina. What the hell are you planning?”

Yukina heard that and said, “Nothing.”

Yukina appeared behind Yukari and Lisha and said, “Hey guys.”

Lisha said, “Mom, what did you need to get?”

Yukina answered, “My valuables that Kamizaka got me before I knew that he was a marine working for the World Government.”

Yukari heard that and said, “It seems that Cyrus is a wanted target.”

Yukina said, “He’s a weapon to be reckoned with, according to the Commander-in-Chief Carl. But he’s a bloody human with human traits.”

Lisha said, “He planned on leaving the island today.”

Yukari said, “I see. So he really intends to die at sea.”

Yukina smiled and said, “Let him do as he pleases. Now I’m wondering who this person is.”

Yukari heard that and then a member of the Pink Hair Pirates ran into the bar and said, “Huh, the Captain ain’t here yet.”

Warso answered, “Nope, she should be here soon, Bart. What’s wrong?”

Bart took out the wanted posters and answered, “Our bounty’s went up by 100,000,000.”

Warso heard that and said, “Everyone’s bounty.”

Bart answered, “Yes. For kidnapping the World Governments weapon.”

Everyone heard that and looked at Cyrus and then said, “World Governments weapon, huh.”

Yukari, Lisha, and Yukina appeared inside of the bar and Bart was handing everyone their wanted posters and Yukari asked, “Why is it so quiet in here?”

Warso answered, “Our bounties just went up.”

Yukina asked, “For what?”

Bart answered, “Kidnapping a Government weapon.”

Lisha said, “What Government weapon?”

Everyone pointed at Cyrus and Yukari saw that and said, “Heal him up quick Warso.”

Warso said, “Don’t rush me. But I’m almost done with the stitches.”

Yukari said, “Buy some sake for the ship everyone. We’re gonna have to move out soon. The marines are after his head. No, Kamizaka is after his head.”

Lisha said, “He’ll be fine, right?”

Warso answered, “Yeah. He might be unconscious for a while, but he’ll be fine.”

Yukina said, “Warso is our doctor, Lisha. You don’t need to worry about him.”

As soon as Warso finished stitching him up, Warso said, “It seems that I stitched him up. Front and back.”

Yukina looked at the paper and Yukari said, “If it’s killing you to know who that person is, call the person up. It’s that simple.”

Yukina said, “You have a point. I can get a divorce, right?”

Lisha heard that and then Yukina grabbed the phone and then typed the number in and the person that called earlier picked up and said, “Cyrus.”

Yukina said, “This is someone else.”

The person said, “He not available yet, huh. You must be someone important to him.”

Yukina said, “Yep, who are you?”

The person answered, “Good question. I can’t tell you that. I’ll only tell Cyrus that.”

Yukina asked, “Who do you work for?”

The person answered, “Can’t tell you that. But I’ll I’ll mention to you is that I’m a female and a pirate.”

She hung up and Yukina heard that and said, “OK. A female and a pirate is all the person will tell me. It seems that she muffled her voice so no one knew who she was.”

Yukari said, “And she wants something from him.”

Yukina said, “Who knows?”

12: 11 Days Later, Cyrus Wakes Up
11 Days Later, Cyrus Wakes Up

The owner asked, “Do you need a place to hide? You can’t move his body in that condition.”

Warso said, “She’s right. We can’t move him.”

Yukari said, “Yeah, we need a place.”

The owner said, “OK. The attic is the safest place to be.”

Everyone heard that and everyone started to go up and the owner climbed up and said, “Stay up here and I’ll act normally like I always do.”

Yukina said, “Thank you.”

The owner climbed down the stairs and then closed the attic door and then walked to the counter and Kamikazi said, “Search everywhere for him.”

Yukari asked, “How is he?”

Warso answered, “He’s alive. But he might not wake up for a while. We need to hide here till he wakes up.”

Yukina said, “We don’t have that much time Warso.”

Lisha asked, “What if we get him the herbs that could heal his wounds fast?”

Warso answered, “They won’t work with these wounds. These wounds will kill a normal person. Herbs only heal the wounds that don’t kill people.”

Lisha said, “Oh. I didn’t know that.”

Yukina smiled and said, “Don’t worry about it, Lisha. You are helping us out.”

Lisha said, “Thank you.”

Yukari said, “No need to thank us. Just thank him when he wakes up.”

While they were talking, Kamikaze walked into the shop and said, “Hey Kamie.”

Kamie said, “Kamikaze, how may I help you?”

Kamikaze asked, “Have you seen the Pink Hair Pirates? They took something from me and I need it back.”

Kamie answered, “I’m afraid that they haven’t come this way Kamikaze. If you want to know more about their whereabouts, Lyle might know more.”

Kamikaze said, “Thank you.”

While Kamikaze and his men walked to Lyle, Cyrus was in a very dark place. While he was in that dark place, flames surrounded him and Cyrus asked, “What is going on here?”

A voice appeared and said, “Zero X. Cyrus, you are nearly dead. You won’t wake up because of all of the blood that you’ve lost. You’ve been saved by the Pink Hair Pirates which you admire a lot.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “But, if I’m dying, why am I dead now?”

The voice said, “You aren’t dead yet. You are just unconscious. Near death.”

Cyrus said, “If that’s the case, how do I wake up?”

The voice answered, “A trial.”

Cyrus heard that and asked, “What type of trial?”

The voice answered, “One, you must choose a path. Fire, Water, Earth, or Lightning. Choose one now. Meaning that you must walk through the one that you want the most.”

Cyrus said, “Meaning that if I choose one, I’d wake up with this ability.”

The voice answered, “Yes. Choose one now if you want to wake up.”

Cyrus said, “OK. How do I do that?”

The voice answered, “You walk through the door.”

Cyrus said, “Oh. That’s easy.”

The voice said, “Yes it is.”

Cyrus walked to the 5 doors and then said, “Hold up now. You only mentioned 4 elements, correct?”

The voice answered, “Yep.”

Cyrus said, “I see 5 doors.”

The voice said, “Yep.”

Cyrus asked, “What is the fifth door for?”

The voice answered, “The fifth door is for you to decide on your own attacks instead of the elemental attacks.”

Cyrus said, “I see.”

He saw the symbol for each and then put his hand on the lightning door and said, “OK. I choose Lightning.”

He opened the door and then walked through it and then the room changed from fire to lightning everywhere and then the voice said, “Good, you chose Lightning as your element. You can’t change it from here. Any problems with that?”

Cyrus answered, “Not that I know of.”

The voice said, “Good. Now, you must choose another path. This time, there are 5 choices, such as; Gladiator, Swordsman, Magician, Assassin, and Berserker. You must choose a class before you move on.”

Cyrus said, “This is like a bloody video game.”

The voice said, “Shut up and choose dammit.”

Cyrus walked forward and said, “No need to rush me.”

He walked to the Gladiator door and opened it up and walked through the door and the voice said, “OK. You chose Lightning and Gladiator. Next is a tutorial of the tactics. You must choose one of these doors to see which one is your move list.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “I have to choose one. There aren’t like any names.”

The voice said, “Nope. This one is a surprise.”

Cyrus said, “This is insane. Just to wake up. I gotta do this video game bullshit.”

The voice said, “Silence.”

Cyrus said, “Sorry.”

He walked to a random door and opened it and then a person appeared and said, “You chose to learn the Lightning Gladiation. Lightning Gladiation is a skill set that not many people choose.”

Cyrus said, “I don’t know what the hell you are talking about.”

The man said, “Take a sword from the rack over there.”

Cyrus turned his head and saw the rack and walked over to it and the man said, “Lightning Gladiation is actually rare because you are the only person that is capable of wielding it.”

Cyrus said, “Huh, I thought that you said that a couple people had it.”

The man said, “I made a mistake. You are the only person capable of wielding it. I don’t count because I’m not real.”

Cyrus said, “You are in my head.”

The person said, “Exactly. Lightning Gladiation is a gladiator that does attacks like a magician would, but is a lot stronger because of the strength of the Spartans. That’s where most of the Gladiators in this world come from.”

Cyrus said, “I’m pretty sure that it’s the Romans, not Spartans.”

The person said, “Whatever. All that matters is that the Gladiators are strong as hell. You will be capable of having the same strength as a Gladiator and you’ll be capable of adding lightning to your attacks. An example is Lightning Gizmo.”

A spark of lightning appeared on the sword and the man said, “Try it.”

Cyrus said, “So all I have to say is “Lightning Gizmo” and then the spark will appear?”

The person answered, “It’ll take a lot of practice.”

Cyrus heard that and said, “OK.”

He put the sword out forward and said, “Lightning Gizmo.” A spark appeared and then disappeared and the person said, “Close. Keep trying.”

He did that for 63 minutes and then the person said, “Great job. It took you 63 minutes to just learn the basics of Lightning Gladiator. Next is simple. Now that you got the spark out, we’re going to do a basic attack. Lightning Log.”

He swung at sword and a image of a log appeared and hit the wooden dummy and said, “Try it from right there.”

Cyrus said, “Lightning Log.” He swung at the dummy and then nothing happened and then Cyrus said, “Lightning....” Then he swung and said, “Log.”

As soon as it got close to the dummy, but nothing happened still and continued to practice for 2 days straight. Cyrus was out of breath and the man said, “Hm, now for something more extreme. Lightning Wave.”

He swung and then a wave of lightning appeared and hit the dummy and sparks of lightning flew everywhere and then said, “Try it out.”

Cyrus said, “Lightning....” He swung his sword and said, “Wave.”

Nothing happened and then Cyrus continued to practice over and over again until he perfected it. It took him 2 days and 23 hours to complete it. The man said, “Now for the finale and then you get to create your own techniques in the real world while using these. Are you ready for the toughest challenge yet.”

Cyrus said, “Yeah. Let’s do it.”

The man said, “Lightning Tornado.”

A tornado made out of lightning occurred and then Cyrus saw that and said, “He spun in circles incredibly fast.”

The man said, “Yes I did. You must be fast to create the tornado.”

Cyrus said, “Lightning....” Cyrus started spinning in circles and then said, “Tornado.”

Nothing happened and he did that for 4 hole days and then the man said, “Now to learn some basic Gladiator attacks. It’s quite simple. You just swing and dodge like a crazy man. Watch me and you’ll know what you are doing.”

Cyrus said, “OK.”

A robotic attack bot appeared and started attacking him and then he said, “Gladiator.”

His speed was just like a real Gladiator and then Cyrus saw that and then the man swung at the robot and chopped its head off and then said, “Your turn.”

Cyrus said, “OK.”

The robot attack bot appeared and then started attacking him and Cyrus said, “Gladiator.”

He wasn’t good enough and did that for a day and the man said, “Congrats Gladiator, you successfully passed the trial. You are capable of waking up now. Just walk through that door and be a great Spartan.”

Cyrus said, “OK. And it’s a Roman, not Spartan.”

The man yelled, “Who cares ok? I love Spartan’s. 300 men against an entire army.”

Cyrus said, “That was against the Persian Empire.”

The man said, “Exactly.”

Cyrus walked to the door and walked through it and then appeared in a dark room again and then the voice said, “Congrats Cyrus, now that you’ve learned that skill set. You can use that in the real world. And don’t forget that I’m always with you. So if you need help, don’t be afraid to ask.”

Cyrus said, “I won’t.”

The voice said, “There’s a portal over there. Walk through it and you’ll wake up. But allow me to show my face before you leave.”

Cyrus said, “Go ahead.”

The voice’s body started to appear and it appeared as a girl’s and Cyrus saw that she was naked and his eyes widened and said, “Such a beautiful woman.”

The voice said, “I’m beautiful because I’m the Goddess of Beauty, Aphrodite.”

Cyrus smiled and said, “Beautiful.”

Aphrodite grabbed him and then took his clothes off and then a bed appeared and then they started to have sex. They were at it for a full day and Aphrodite said, “The God’s have given you a lot of spirit, Cyrus.”

Cyrus said, “Oh boy. That was a great experience. I’m leaving now.”

Aphrodite said, “Go ahead.”

Cyrus walked through the portal and then Aphrodite smiled and said, “Good luck kid.”

Cyrus opened his eyes and then Warso said, “We can’t stay in the attic for much longer. He’ll start to suspect Kamie.”

Cyrus said, “Of course he would.”

Everyone heard that and then looked at Cyrus and Cyrus said, “There’s a passage way underneath this store. Himeka and I took it all the time.”

Warso said, “He’s awake. It’s been 11 days.”

Cyrus said, “I know.”

He sat up and then said, “We’re going to take that underground passage way.”

Everyone agreed and then Bart said, “Hm, Captain, it seems that they are sending Navy ships here to take Cyrus away.”

Yukari said, “Lead the way, Cyrus.”

Cyrus said, “With pleasure.”