The Origin of a Demon:
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The Straw Hat Pirates were once again sailing in open waters. Y/N was sitting back against the central mast staring up at the clouds when Nami came over and sat down next to him. "So..." Nami prompted.
"So?" Y/N repeated.
"I told you my story," Nami explained. "Now it's your turn." That seemed to get everyone else's attention because Usopp, Sanji, and even Luffy turned and glanced at them. Zoro didn't because he was off to the side sleeping.
"Do I have to?" asked Y/N.
"Yes," Nami answered firmly.
"Fine," Y/N conceded. "Just let me get something."
"You mean this?" asked Nami as she held out the folded up the wanted poster Y/N had stolen from Johnny and Yosaku.
"I should have seen that coming," Y/N commented as he took the poster from Nami.
"So are you really going to tell us?" questioned Usopp, who decided to give up on pretending to be doing something else.
"Yeah," Y/N answered as he slowly unfolded the wanted poster and glared down at it for a moment.
"This is, or was, me..." Y/N explained as he held up the poster of 'The Demon' Red Eye. It was a typical wanted poster on the bottom β 100,000,000 was written. But what was strange about it was that there was no picture, just a black silhouette and a red eye. Below the 'picture' it said "Picture Unavailable"."I wasn't the friendliest pirate back then. I killed anyone and anything that came near me so the Marines never got a good picture. They tried offering me money but gave up when I developed a habit of killing their messenger. Actually... I'm getting off track. It would be better to start at the beginning, back when I was still a relatively innocent kid."
"That's usually the best way to tell a story," said Usopp as he came over and sat in front of Y/N. Sanji was off to the side tending to the three tangerine trees that had recently been planted on the ship for Nami. Luffy was sitting up on the Sheep's head and no one could tell if he was listening or not. An occasional snore came from the sleeping swordsman.
Y/N shrugged and restarted his story. "Ever since I heard about Gold Roger's treasure the One Piece, I wanted to find it. Not to keep it for myself, just to see what it was. I dreamed of becoming a legendary treasure hunter and finding the legendary treasure. My mother died when I was still a little kid so I was raised by my Aunt who ran a tavern. We had a lot of weird people going through there telling weird stories and it was through the tavern that I met my best friend."
Luffy looked over his shoulder and smiled, "I heard about all the weird people that went through and went there to hear their stories."
"Our similar interests resulted in us growing really close," Y/N continued, "We're not real brothers but over the years that hardly mattered. Then we met 'Red Haired' Shanks, he and his crew used our island as their base of operations for a year or so. He always told amazing pirate stories and had amazing treasures with him. But it was back on the day when Luffy ate the Gum Gum Fruit that I first realized I had 'powers' of my own."
"What do you mean?" asked Nami.
"I don't know exactly," Y/N confessed. "For some reason I can sense treasure, meaning things of material wealth. I get this weird feeling in my stomach whenever treasure is nearby, it gets stronger depending on how big, valuable, or close it is. When Luffy found the Gum Gum Fruit I sensed a strange energy coming from it. I tried to stop him from eating it but he did anyway and ended up made out of rubber and unable to swim. I was always amazed at the treasures Shanks and his pirates had with them and I often swindled members of his crew out of their treasure so I could get my hands on some of it. Usopp's father Yasopp couldn't hold his liquor and was my favorite target. After seeing the Devil Fruit that Luffy ate and some of the other things that Shanks had with him, I realized what kind of things were out there in the world. I vowed to find the most amazing treasure in the world, the One Piece."
