Finding Your Peace

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At this point you could move around with the help of a crutch, most of the White beard crew were healed and they would soon depart " What are you planning to do?" asked Marco as you sat with him and Izo " I'm sorry but I won't be coming with you." you mumbled looking anywhere but at the two " Ahote can help me control and evolve my power. I'm sorry." you mumbled and the two looked at you questionable " Why are you apologizing?" asked Izo ' Cause it's my fault, every bit of it is my fault.' you thought.

Marco sighed " You're blaming yourself." he stated and Izo yelled in surprise " WHAT!? WHY?" asked the black haired man staring at you " You have been for a long time now, that's why you haven't come to see the others...and that's why you haven't talked to Deuce." continued Marco. There was a bit of silence " Have we done anything to make you feel like this?" asked Izo and you shook your head " Then why?! Why would you think that?!" he asked getting up and Marco pulled him back down.

They waited for you to speak " If I hadn't gone to get the medicine by myself I wouldn't have been taken by Kaido and then Donflamingo, if I hadn't been taken then you wouldn't have to come and look for me. Thatch wouldn't have gotten killed, Ace wouldn't have set off to hunt him down and he wouldn't get captured and he.....Non of this would have happened if I was a bit stronger. If I had managed to stop Ace-" " Idiot! Are you going to hang on ifs?" asked Marco and you expected him to look angrily at you but he looked sad " If we start on ifs all of us in some way would be at fault." he said.

Arms wrapped around you " I'm sorry." you mumbled again as tears fogged your vision " Why are you apologizing now?" he asked as Izo took a seat next to you dropping his hand over you and Marco " Nobody would ever blame you for this more than we blame ourselves or at all." said Izo and Marco suddenly shot up " We're leaving tomorrow, probably won't see each other in a long time as well." he said heading out of the room and then coming back with a bottle and three cups " I don't want to end this in a bad note." he said and the smell of sake  hit your nostrils " Oyaji's sake." you mumbled as Marco filled your cups.

That was goodbye " You aren't going to say goodbye?" asked Shanks as Marco and Izo gathered their things, you still sleeping in the bed " I think this is better." said the blond taking your sash and folding it neatly " Coward." said Shanks sticking his tongue out at the other pirate who placed the ripped part of fabric with the Jolly Roger on it " I think we convaied our feeling loud and clear Red haired." said Izo fixing his hair " So you're welcome to try any of your antics but they will not work." said the black haired male with a smug smirk. Shanks laughed loudly and you grumbled in your sleep making the other two sush the red haired man " Then I will try my best." laughed the Yonko more quietly.

You were a bit hurt that they let you sleep when they left but it was better than getting emotional with the goodbyes " You won't help me train?" you asked Ahote surprised " No, I am not good at explaining, the best teacher for you would be Rebin. He was the one that trained me and prevented me for ending up like Luda and so many others." he said and took out a Vive card " We're going to get you there, since apparently our captain has nothing better to do!" he said half yelling the last part to the red haired man, who was laying in the sun close by " Until then, you heal and I'll show you what I can." he said and you nodded your head ' I really want to do a mock salute with the tone that he's giving me. But I don't want to piss him off any further.' you thought and flinched as the Diver yelled at someone.

" He can be a real stick in the mud. But he's got a good heart." said someone from behind you, you turned around " The name is Benn Beckman. With everything going on we didn't have a chance for introductions." he said offering you his hand " I'm ( Y/n), it's nice to meet you. Thank you for the hospitality."  you said and the man smiled at you " Luffy's friends are always welcomed." he said and offered you a cigarette. You took it and let the man light it up for you " So swordsmanship and snipping. I have to say a suprising combo. Where did you find a weapon like that?" he asked glacing at your blades " I won them from a guy at cards, he sure made a big fuss about losing." you said and the man looked at you surprised before he laughed.

Ben was good company " We can probably find someone to fix up your blade." he said looking at the broken piece of metal " Breaking a black blade, sure is the first time I'm hearing of it." he said and you sighed " I was surprised as well, maybe it's something to do with the Diver thing." you said and he mentioned for you to give him the other blade " This is what you press to fire from the handles and if you pull this part here is like the magazine." you explained and the man unloaded the weapon.

You jumped a bit felling a hand land on your shoulder " Aren't you becoming chummy?" asked Shanks smiling and sitting himself in the middle between you and Beckman " What are you talking about?" asked the red haired " My weapon." you answered handing Shanks one of the blades, you gave him the same explanation you gave Beckman and both men listened to you attentively " We can probably find someone to fix this , but there are many parts missing, there is a possibility that the blade might come out sorter. Or we can ask to use metal from the other blade and make them the same length." he said and you frowned " If I keep the blade short I can use it as a knife or a short sword." you mumbled ispecting the broken blade.

A finger pressed on your temple and pushed your skin up " You were making a funny face." explained Shanks and chuckled at your questionable expression " Are we sure he is a Yonko?" you asked Beckman who shrugged sending a teasing smirk to his captain " Sometimes I wonder so myself." he said " What's with both of you teaming up against me?" he asked faking hurt and you smiled a bit at the older man's theatrics.

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Hello, hello been a while. I finally got the rest of the story laid down on my head and managed to balance my schedule between the two jobs so more regular updates will soon start again. Thank you all for your patience and I hope you enjoy.

If you have any characters you'd like me to add or any questions let me know. 

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