Authors note at the END of the chapter. Please Read.

P.S. This is also a no POV chapter.

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'I know this is One Piece and this is all for the sake of the God of Comedy...but seriously.' Akira couldn't help but face-palm in shame that one of his crew mates (the swordsman who he stole the first-mate seat from, which he still has to repay him somehow), could be so lame at directions.

If it was just not being able to tell which way was north and south, Akira could understand. Even he needed to check the compass every now and then just to make sure. Only till they get to the Grand Line where he will probably be checking the log pose every three seconds.

Akira made a mental note to at least drill some lessons into Zoro's head, like at least knowing how to run straight and that 'up' was not 'north.' Akira somehow doubted that it would work, but anything was possible in One Piece (well maybe except bringing someone back to life... actually, he thinks someone actually did that but he doesn't remember).

Well, he still needed Zoro to be direction challenged. It did help in some parts of the plot as well as it is a part of what makes Zoro, Zoro.

The said troublesome swordsman was still staring at the large 'lake', trying to see the ends of it. Then the moss-head started stretching before entering the water and preparing the swim.

"Lesson Number One..." Akira started, his eyes shadowed.

"Huh? Sorry, I couldn't hear, anyway we better cross this lak--"

"THAT'S THE SEA NOT THE LAKE. NO ISLAND IN THE FOUR BLUES HAS THAT GIANT OF A LAKE." The blue-haired boy kneed the swordsman on the forehead, back-flipping, before landing and watching the Zoro fall back in slow motion, a red bump growing on his forehead.

SPLASH

Akira had put on the bored childish brat facade, his arms behind his head and looked to the side with a tired look, waiting for the swordsman to resurface.

"WHAT THE F*CK! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!" Zoro shouted with shark-teeth as he coughed out sea water.

Akira's answer was an apple to the swordsman abused forehead, causing a red bump to grow on the previous red bump.

"YOU BR--"

"Your going to have a hard time to breathe with all that salt water in your lungs. Eat the apple and hopefully Mother Nature's fruit will be merciful enough to heal you. You have a fight coming up soon after all. Sa, lets get going. By the rate we're going, I wouldn't be surprised if Luffy was already there despite running around the whole island."

Eve chirped in agreement, appearing suddenly from under Akira's fedora and circling around the boy's shoulders before resting on the boy's right shoulder.

Akira chuckled at his familiar, "You can't help the stupid. That's why the words 'fool' and 'idiot' were invented. Remember that, Eve." He had a hopeless yet fond tone in his voice as Eve nodded.

Zoro had a irked mark, opening his mouth to give another rant which ended in a coughing fit before he could even start.

"Apple, Zoro. All you need to do is eat the apple." Akira said in a tired tone as if dealing with a kid.

Zoro complied with an annoyed look.

'What do you know, he's not such a brat after all.' Akira thought with a mentally raised eyebrow (A/N: Can you really call him a brat when you're technically the youngest in the crew...?)

The blue-haired boy jerked his head back, hinting his crew member to follow. Zoro eye brow twitched as he slowly trailed behind the boy.

"Oh, and Zoro. What happened just moments ago was your Lesson. Lesson number 1: No matter how crazy or stupid an island is, no island in the Four Blues has a lake that big. I'm not sure about the Grand Line yet. Once we get a ship, I'm going to start training you to have some common sense when it comes to your sense of direction. Don't worry, I won't teach you on how to tell east from west, even I know that's way out of your league."

"OI! My sense of direction is just fi--"

"Your literally going the other way." Akira said with a sigh as the boy didn't even have to look back to know that the swordsman didn't have the ability to follow him.

"North is that wa--"

*CLICK*

Zoro looked down to see a collar clicked around his neck, the leash in Akira's hand. "Lesson Number 2: North is not up. Now follow along, Midorinu ('Midori' means 'Green', 'Inu' means dog, combined together is 'Midorinu')."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL M--"

"Ah, I see why your upset. I can't call you 'Midorinu', even a dog has a better sense of direction then you."

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT! AND MY SENSE OF DIRECTION IS FIN--"

"Even on a leash your going the wrong way. Maybe it is hopeless after all."

"THIS IS THE RIGHT WA-*COUGH* *COUGH*"

"Looks like even the apple gave up on you."

"*COUGH* SHUT UP! *COUGH*"

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The childish squabble continued on (In Akira's hidden amusement and Zoro's frustration) for another couple of minutes until...

"*Sigh* we really are wasting time, wonder if Luffy is already there...?" Akira closed his eyes briefly, stretching his Observation Haki around the island in search for his captain. A small bead of sweat trailed down his forehead as he concentrated.

"*COUGH* What are you--" Zoro stopped when he noticed the tense aura around the first-mate and decided to stay silent for the time being.

'Senchou's aura is really bright, considering his life force and personality I guess...Ha, found it.' Akira smirked, his eyes still closed as he focused on his Captains location.

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"North is cold! North is cold! North is cold!" The Captain of the Straw hat pirates was currently running along the coast of the island.

"North is cold! North is cold! North is cold! North is c--" Luffy slammed his sandal down and screeched to a halt, dust trailing his impact.

His head turned 180 degrees around (Its freaky, but he is made of rubber after all) and stared at the pathway behind him where he just came from.

Luffy grinned his signature wide grin, "It feels colder over there!" Then he ran with dust trailing his sandals down the path he just came from.

"North is cold! North is cold! North is cold!"

(Cue the time for Readers and the Author to face-palm)

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Down the path where Luffy just came from (and was now running back on)...

"Ohohohoho~ To think I would be so lucky to catch an ice codfish. This little fella must have been caught from an North Blue current! Ohohohoho~ Wait till' I tell me pals at the bar tonight!"

A jolly small old man admired his catch proudly, a mackerel-sized icy blue fish was flipping back and forth, trying to escape even though a hook was caught firmly onto its scale.

The man suddenly shivered. "Brrrr! So the rumors were true after all, a ice codfish has the ability to make its surroundings much colder. I can already see frost by my feet! At least it will preserve nicely!"

The old man packed up his fishing gear and pole and headed back to the small village.

Not knowing that a rubber captain was quickly catching up from behind him, though he still had quite a long way to run.

(A/N:How did Luffy sense the cold from miles away? Well, apparently rubber is sensitive.)

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Back with Zoro and Akira...

Zoro shivered.

Not because he was scared.

A cold breeze just past by.

Yeah. Just a cold breeze.

He was definitely not scared.

Definitely not scared.

"Kufufufufufu~ Senchou...you idiot~ You lovable ball of sunshine but overall an idiot~ Kufufufufufu~ Maybe I should give him a little talk~ Kufufufufu~ Yes...a nice little talk. Kufufufufufufufufu~"

...

OK, screw pride. Zoro was scared.

"A-Akira?" Zoro didn't dare call the first-mate 'brat'. The said first-mate turned his head around in a perfect 180 degrees (A/N: Yeah, he's not rubber...I don't know how he did that...), freaking out Zoro even more. The visible dark aura that was practically bleeding off the blue-haired boy (whose hair was suddenly defying gravity and floating gently in the air was if disturbed by a upper breeze) was not helping.

"Kufufu~ Yes, Mr. Bushido?" Zoro wasn't the brightest guy, but that sentence instantly translated in Zoro's head as 'Whatever you're going to say, make it quick or your ending will not be a happy one.'

"A-Are you a-alright?"

"Kufufufu~ Of course~ I'm perfectly fine~ We just need to take a small detour to meet our captain who, after we beat the f*cking annoying Sebastian cosplayer, will not be so fine after he and I have that little... talk. Kufufufu~"

"O-Oh." Zoro was sweating as he prayed silently, 'Luffy, don't go anywhere 60 meters near your first-mate until the said first-mate cools down! I don't think he's even human!'

"A simple prayer won't stop me, Zo-ro-kun~ Kufufufu~"

'He's a freakin' mind reader too! He really isn't human!'

"Kufufufu~ How rude, I am human just like you. And no, I didn't read your mind just now. Kufufufu~ Actually... now that I think about it, maybe I'm only half-human considering my Dad's obligation... hmm, was my Mom human? Probably. Well, that still makes me human, all in all~ Kufufufu~" The first-mate mumbled before laughing his creepy laugh.

'He admitted it!'

"Ohohoho~ Maybe I can get Mary to make some good old seafood stew with this fella! Ohohoho~"

Akira and Zoro glanced at a small old man who was merrily skipping down the path towards the village, a ice blue fish hanging off the fishing pole. (Zoro briefly wondered why the air physically felt like it dropped a few degrees while Akira took one look at the ice blue fish a simple understanding showed in his eyes.)

The old man suddenly stopped and looked at them.

SILENCE.

"ぢーっ ~~~~~" (Japanese, in Romaji its 'Ji~"- Staring at someone for a long time)

Then the old man sighed, and shook his head in disappointment before walking away, "Kids these days, always interested in kinky stuff...but a leash? Sheesh, get a room! And to let a cute little girl lead? Where is that green-haired man's pride as a man?

"..."

"..."

Zoro turned red and was about to yell at the stupid old man but he jolted away from the first-mate (as much as he could, he was still on the leash, but he wasn't going to complain right now. He values his life) as for some reason Akira's dark aura got ten times stronger.

"Kufufufu~ for some reason, that jiji pisses me off. Kufufufu~"

"North is cold! North is cold! North is c-- Oh hey! Zoro! Akira!"

"LUFFY!" Zoro exclaimed in shock, 'Oh cr*p! Akira is still in his... really-creepy-dude-who-you-don't-want-to-mess-with-unless-you-have-a-death-wish-zone. RUN LUFFY!' Zoro innerly willed his captain to hear his mental plea.

"...Captain... where are you going?" The Blue-eyed first-mate asked, his eyes shadowed by his bangs. Zoro noted with relief that the black aura was gone.

"Oh yeah! I have to beat that Kuro-bastard! North! YEAH! He's at north, and north is cold, so...THIS WAY!" Luffy beamed as he turned in the direction where the old man went.

"..."

Zoro struggled to breathe as the air became 100 times more tense, the black aura soon surrounded the the first-mate once more as Akira's hair suddenly floated gently despite there being no wind.

"Huh? Why is it so hard to breathe all of the sudden?" 'That's because of your crazy first-mate!' Yelled inner Zoro as Luffy took deep breathes.

"AH! I can't get distracted! North is cold! North is cold! North is co--"

*CLICK*

"Ahn?" Luffy let out a sound of surprise and looked down to see a bright red collar around his neck.

The leash was in Akira's hand with Zoro's.

"Saa~ We already wasted too much time, hopefully by the time we arrive, Nami and Usopp won't already be dead~ Kufufufu~" Akira said with a happy close-eyed smile with pink flowers fluttering in the background as if whatever he said wasn't completely morbid.

The first-mate started tugging them forward with strength you wouldn't think a 12-year old boy would possess.

"EHHH?! We going the wrong direction, Akira! It feels cold over there so North is that w--"

TUG.

"Kufufufu~ Captain... I'm not exactly in a pleasant mood right now...so please...SHUT UP FOR ONE F*CKING SECOND OR NAMI AND USOPP WILL REALLY BE DEAD BY THE TIME WE ARRIVE."

'Just listen to him while he's in this zone, Luffy! He's not Akira anymore! He's in the really-creepy-dude-who-you-don't-want-to-mess-with-unless-you-have-a-death-wish-zone!' Zoro eyes twitched as he his sweat doubled.

"....Okay."

Zoro breathed a quick sigh of relief. 'There is a God!'

"..." The three Strawhat pirates walked in silence, Akira leading with an unreadable look on his face.

'Perhaps I was too harsh? I want to be a good first-mate that is worthy for their trust after all... After we beat Kuro and his gang I should at least apologise for my immature behaviour. Luffy's dream is to be free and Zoro is someone who can't be bind down... Yeah, there probably really uncomfortable right now... Maybe I'll cook Luffy some meat and give Zoro some sake as part of the apology?' Akira thought with a hint of guilt, it was strange though... it wasn't like him to be so impatient, his crew mate and captain haven't spent much time with him to know that, but Akira knew himself pretty well, and his patience could last hours, days, even weeks sometimes. He didn't spent all that time meditating for nothing after all.

"...Oi Akira?"

"Yes, Captain?" Zoro observed with a mental sigh of relief that Akira seemed back to his normal self and not his 'Kufufu' other (devil) self.

"That second is over so I can talk now, right? North is that way!" Luffy used his rubber body to easily squeeze out of the collar and bounced away.

"..."

"..."

"Kufufufu~ And just where do you think your going, Sen-ch-ou~" With his eyes glowing menacingly and a twitching smirk on his face, Akira shot after Luffy with inhuman speed, tugging Zoro along thanks to the leash almost causing the green-haired swordsman to choke.

'*COUGH* THERE ISN'T A GOD! *COUGH* *COUGH*' Zoro mentally screamed to the sky.

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Somewhere high up in the sky or just possibly in another dimension entirely...

A certain God of Anime AKA the Straw Hat's first-mate's father watched his son cause chaos, chasing after his captain like a demon, rolling around on the overly large couch-that-could-be-a-bed laughing out-loud as tears could be seen.

He respected his son's privacy so GoA (God of Anime) didn't read Akira's thoughts, but that didn't stop him from reading everyone else's thoughts.

'Well, Zoro-kun. Your wrong about there not being a God.... but he just doesn't care because he's having too much fun!' GoA thought with a mischievous grin.

Zoro started turning red and then blue as his collar (GoA was dying when he saw that Akira actually put a leash on Zoro) started chocking him. GoA's sharp eyes could see that Akira's eyes glanced back at the green-haired swordsman for a brief half-second with narrowed eyes and rearranged how he was holding Zoro's leash in a swift movement, the swordsman's face turned back into red, so he was not dying of the lack of oxygen, but was still chocking.

"Hahaha! That's my son!" GoA's beamed with renewed laughter. 'He has the same way of showing care through sadistic actions, just like his mother. He's like a mix of Tsundere and Yandere' The God thought proudly.

GoA noticed that while Zoro and Luffy didn't take it seriously yet, they noticed that Akira's personality changed greatly when he was in this 'Kufufu 'mode. Akira himself seemed to have noticed but is pushing the subject away until all the commotion calms down, GoA approved of Akira's strategic and calm thinking.

The God of Anime smirked when the large air screen showed a close up on Akira's face (GoA can control the air sceen with his mind, he needs it to watch a lot of anime after all), showing a different feature that wasn't there before.

"Looks like my son is growing in his power much more quickly then I predicted, I may need to change a few things about the previous deal we had." Mentally, GoA shook his head in exasperation, still in East Blue and his son is growing immensely despite not doing much fighting. He would need to set some new, stronger limits after the Straw Hats defeat Kuro and his gang.

GoA glanced at his son's face once more and concluded with an absent mind.

'Akira looked pretty badass with heterochromic eyes... though red isn't really his colour.'

Meredith D. Akira's right eye was not its usual beautiful ocean blue colour, but a faintly glowing blood red.

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"*PUFF* *PUFF* Jeez, where are they?! I can't hold up much longer!" Nami screamed in frustration as she used her staff to send another pirate tumbling down.

"T-T-T-T-T-The G-Great Usopp isn't afraid of y-you pirates!" Usopp declared though Nami deadpanned when she saw Usopp's knees shaking.

'Even Zoro should be here by now! Where are those guys?! Akira should be responsible enough to be here!' Nami raged.

"Kufufufu~ Don't blame me, Mikan-kun. It was our idiot captain and directional challenged swordsman who was stalling our arrival."

Nami and Usopp turned to the new voice.

A certain straw hat captain and green-haired swordsman dropped in front of them. "We're finally here..." Zoro breathed out from the ground while Luffy sat up with a scared look on his face.

The straw-hat captain slowly and shakily stood up, looking at Akira with frightened eyes. "This side of Akira is scarier then Jii-chan!" Luffy exclaimed, horrified.

(Somewhere in the Grand Line, a certain Marine Hero heading towards East Blue to possibly kill his grandson and evaluate his idiot's grandson's first mate who gave him that annoying yet intriguing call, sneezed.)

Usopp deadpanned at the idiot duo and shook his head in exasperation. "Afraid of your own first-mate? He's still only a ki--"

WHOOSH

"HIEEEEEE!"

Usopp collasped on his kneed and trembled, a shuriken slicing through the air before it flew back around and was caught between Akira's fingers like a Frisbee.

"Kufufufu~ Finish that sentence and you might not live to see your precious girlfriend again~ Kufufufu~"

"H-Hai!" Usopp saluted.

'I-Is this really the same Akira from before? His personality is completely different!' Nami and Usopp thought, both very scared of the said first-mate who was leaking a menacing black aura that screamed to the victims around to not mess with its possessor.

"O-Oi! Snap out of it you idiots! We need to get rid of these brats before Captain gets here!" Janga snapped out of his sudden trance (either he was frightened by Akira's presence or appearance, pick one... or both)

"Kufufufu~ You believe you can defeat me? Kufufu~ How deliciously naive..."

Everyone shuddered in unison.

The Black Cat Pirates then charged. "HYAAAAAA!" With a utterly old-fashion and completely predictable battle cry (In Akira's point of view)

Luffy, who regained his composure after his frightening realization that his First-mate, in his really-creepy-dude-who-you-don't-want-to-mess-with-unless-you-have-a-death-wish-zone, is scarier then his Marine Hero grandfather, instinctively responded to the attack.

"GOMU GOMU NO..." The Straw Hat captain stretched his leg back and trailed in mid-sentence while preparing (Akira did a thumbs up for 'Nice Captain, that suspense is totally badass and predictable!' Yes, he is praising and insulting Luffy at the same time)

"...MUCHI!" Luffy stretches his leg and kicks in a wide circle, striking multiple foes.

It was an INSTANT KNOCKOUT.

(This is the time for you to imagine a chibi Akira in the background holding a sign that says 'Round one to Luffy!' as well as a bell ringing. Nami is cheering in the background, Usopp is gaping, and Zoro either looks irritated or asleep)

"Y-You guys are that strong?!" Usopp gaped with disbelief.

Akira just snorted and looked away, back to normal and trying to soothe a headache from the constant personality change, however his eyes occasionally glanced at the foe. He might be strong, but that's no excuse to be arrogant because he knows that the opposing pirates can defeat half of their crew.

Half meaning "Nami, Usopp, and Arrogant Zoro" (Face it, Zoro could have won a lot of East Blue battles easily if he wasn't arrogant during the beginning)

Though Akira has the right to be arrogant because he is currently somewhat tired and he knows that the enemy could not defeat him. That and he was a child. He still had the right to be selfish.

Jango was able to regain composure and looked at the bright day time sky. "Its been bright for a while. Captain is not a patient man. Listen men, we don't have a lot of time to fool around." The First-mate of the Black Cat Pirates reached inside his jacket and pulled out a silver hollow circle, AKA his hypnosis vessel.

'Didn't I steal--I mean borrow that earlier? I guess he had an extra.' Akira thought briefly, he was now leaning against the tree with his arm folded behind his head, trying to ignore his still aching headache.

"There strong. So we'll just have to be stronger. Now, stare at the ring. With 'One, Two, Jango!' , you'll become strong. Your injures will heal and you'll become very very very very strong!" Jango said in a calm voice, holding his hypnosis ring by a string so it would move back and forth and back and forth and back and for--

Akira clicked his tongue in annoyance as he snapped out of it. He must be more tired then he thought. He wondered why when he hasn't done much. This really wasn't like him.

"What's he up to?" Luffy wondered out loud as he stared at Jango (And the ring) curiously.

"Hypnosis. Making them believe they're strong.... that's just stupid!" Nami answered, looking at the foe warily.

"Though if you believe it will work, it will work. That's how hypnosis works. In a way, its a dangerous mental weapon." Akira said, massaging his forehead now. 'Or it can work on people who are simple-minded...hmm...that fact seems familiar...'

(Inwardly, everyone quickly breathed a sigh a relief when they confirmed that Akira was back to normal. Though Zoro was slightly wary because he experienced that the First-Mate's personality switch can come when you least expected it.)

"You'll become stronger...You'll become stronger!" Luffy continued the stare.

'I feel like I'm forgetting something.... Something about Luffy, hypnosis, and stupidity' Akira thought, his impatience and annoyance rising as the headache seem to worsen.

"ONE...TWO...JANGO!"

SILENCE.

Then...

"OOWHAAAAAAA!" The Black Cat Pirates let out another, stronger battle cry.

"No way!" Nami exclaimed in disbelief.

One of the enemy pirates punched the nearby stone wall, his eyes completely white with no pupil.

CRASH!

The wall collapsed as the foe pirates cheered.

"Th....The cliff's totally destroyed! What power!" Even Zoro seemed shocked.

"There really hypnotized..." Nami sweated in fear and shock.

"That's just one of 'em, and there're so many!" Usopp screamed.

Akira headache was so bad that the First-mate didn't even have to will-power to say "I told you so."

Luffy just remained silent, his infamous straw-hat covering his eyes.

"GO! Break the necks of anyone who tries to stop us!" Jango posed as he ordered. The pirates performed another battle cry and ran up to slope.

"You two! Get back, we'll take care of it!" Zoro ordered Nami and Usopp. Zoro took one of his swords from its sheath.

"Oi Luffy, Akira!" Zoro addressed Luffy and Akira, preparing for battle.

Luffy didn't respond. Akira didn't respond either, as he was still rubbing his forehead. 'What am I forgetting...?' The first-mate sweated in frustration.

"Luffy, Akira?" Zoro looked at them both in confusion to their 'no response'

This time, Zoro's response from his Captain was a growl.

"URAHHHH!" Luffy performed a battle cry, screaming towards the sky, his eyes completely white, signalling that he was...

"YOUR HYPNOTIZED TOO!?" Zoro yelled with shark teeth.

Behind them, a certain blue-eyed first-mate face was shadowed. Sign 1.

Luffy screamed once more as he charged towards the enemy charging pirates.

"What a simpleton!" Nami breathed out in shock.

"GOMU GOMU NO....MACHINE GUN!" A repeated punching attack made from speed and rubber arms attacked the enemy pirates.

Another INSTANT KILL.

(This time there is not chibi Akira because he is currently starting to gather a black aura which no one noticed yet)

"Captain Kuro made a big miscalculation... These are no ordinary brats!" Jango muttered in growing horror.

Luffy then charged through the knocked out pirates straight towards Jango who braced himself in a coward-like position. But instead of taking out a potential threat (AKA yes, the somewhat pathetic Black Cat Pirate's first-mate), Luffy charged straight past him and started hugging the bow and figure head (Cat) of the Black Cat Pirate's ship, screaming like an idiot all the way.

A black aura slowly began to gather around the certain blue-haired first-mate as the said first-mate's right eye began to twitch. Sign 2.

Luffy, still screaming out loud, used all his strength to pull on the cat figure head, Nami cheering him on as the figure-head creaked and cracked.

"He's destroying the ship!" One of the foe pirates said (Yeah, thanks for confirming the obvious--is what Akira would have said if he wasn't at his current....state.)

The figure-head finally came off the ship with a loud crack. Luffy then turned his head towards the fallen yet still conscious Black Cat Pirates and growled.

The Black Cat Pirates shivered and screamed in fear.

"NO!"

"HE WANTS TO WACK US WITH IT!"

They ran.

"DO SOMETHING CAPTAIN!"

Jango snapped out of his shocked state and frantically grabbed his hypnosis ring. "Cr*p! This is no time to watch!"

Luffy stomped closer.

"With One, Two, Jango, you will fall asleep!"

Luffy continued on.

"ONE....TWO....JANGO!"

"..." Luffy stopped moving. His muscles disappeared.

The future pirate king fell asleep.

The said idiotic-future-pirate-king then fell backwards, the figure head following.

The figure head squashed the Straw Hat captain to the ground (It must be fate's doing that Luffy is made of rubber), which he slept through. The rest of the long figure-head reached the Black Cat Pirates, who, unfortunately for them, were not far enough to avoid the sudden impact.

In the end, they did get wacked by there own ship's figure head.

And Luffy slept through it all.... which a certain first-mate noted.

Zoro, Usopp, and Nami then jerked as they froze. Tense as they started to sweat from a mere presence. A familiar presence that scared the sh*t out of them earlier.

Black aura that wasn't noticed before, was now suffocating the air as it all leaked from the Straw-Hat's first-mate, who, even though knew this was all going to happen, because of a certain headache, was very impatient and his captain's idiocy and the annoying opposing pirate crew nuisance was definitely not helping. At. All. More like, the opposite effect has happened.

"Kufufufu~ How annoying..."

Sign 3.

For the safety of the world and humanity, we hope that you remember these signs from now on.

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Time stopped for everyone as a certain blue-haired first mate stepped in. Walking ever so calmly in an elegant manner that would have been normally admired, was now causing fear.

"Kufufufu~ Formerly, I wasn't planning on doing anything troublesome...I was simply planning on letting Captain and the rest of the crew have all the spot light...Yet it seems that all this idiotic play is not good for my headache... It made me have to step out...Kufufufu~"

Everyone shivered at the strange laugh that seems to strike fear in everyone's hearts.

"Kufufu~ Usually such idiocy amuses me. Greatly. I wonder why it bothers me now...? Kufufu~"

The Straw-Hat's first-mate stopped right next to Usopp, Nami, and Zoro, the former two shaking while the latter was still but sweating.

"Kufufu~ I'll have to find the answer later...but for now..."

A trident suddenly appeared in Akira's hands, mist slowly entering the space around the first-mate.

Nami and Usopp gasped while Zoro widened his eyes as Akira lifted his face, for all the world to see.

The first-mate's right eye was blood red.

The first-mate raised his hand that was holding the trident, and on cue, numerous lotus flowers grew from the sides of the cliff tops, all aiming towards the enemy pirates.

Everyone stared in shock at this act.

"Kufufu...Now listen well, all of you..." The now heterochromic-eyed first-mate addressed the Black Cat Pirates with a gentle smile. But it was nowhere near gentle.

It was deadly.

"You will lose today because of one reason, and only one reason..."

Then a black kanji flashed inside the blood red pupil of the first-mate's right eye.

"...Because I am your opponent."

It was the kanji for "One"

"Kufufufu~ Fall by the hands of I..."

Somewhere in another dimension, a certain God of Anime looked at the scene before him and smiles mysteriously. 'My...a much stronger limit was needed after all. To think Akira would be able to activate it this soon, and unconsciously too. What a frightening genius indeed... Well... he is my son, of course.' The father of the Straw-hat's first-mate narrowed his eyes at the screen with amusement.

"....Rokudo Mukuro"

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I think I have the right to consider this a cliff-hanger.

Gosh, I'm tired, this is literally the longest chapter I've written on Wattpad (So far...)

It took one week (but in reality about 5 hours).

In the end, if you haven't watched KHR AKA Katekyo Hitman Reborn, you totally should (or at least read some fanfics), "Rokudo Mukuro" is a character from that anime.

Yeah, Akira's anime's powers have something to do with this, and no, Akira will not always have this sarcastic, impatient and scary character. But since I don't want to reveal anything, you'll just have to find out in the next chapter. So until then, don't make any firm assumptions, I haven't confirmed anything yet (and all will hopefully be revealed in the next chapter.)

You know, I never watched the entire KHR anime series, I only ever read the fanfics. Its true.

But despite this, I am thinking and planning on making a KHR fanfic soon.

Very soon.

Anyway, until the next chapter...

Arrivederci~

Total count of words: 5075 words.