The Boy Who Changed a Life 2

Chapter 2

More Vinsmoke asshole-ness in this chapter. Zoro might get himself into trouble one day with that big mouth!

"For your first successful fight, we'll have some stirfry, your favorite besides pasta," Katakuri said as they headed to the market.

"Yay!" Luffy cheered, sitting in the front pocket Katakuri had in each shirt, even ones that didn't originally have them and had Brulle sew them on for him. The two got a large sum of carrots and broccoli, and would use the meat Katakuri would hunt. Bear meat always tasted good with stir fry.

"You can tell Brulle all about your first real fight. Not the ones at your old owner's places." The man made sure to make it known that those old masters were not fathers, and that Katakuri "adopted" Luffy. He was never Luffy's owner.

"And we can train tomorrow and can finally work on your fighting with the devil fruit. I think you're ready to start practicing," Katakuri said as they walked up the path to their home. Luffy cheered from his pocket.

-x-

At dinner, which was tons of broccoli, carrots, bear meat and lots of special sauce, Luffy told Brulle all about today's "fight".

"Zoro is gonna think I'm so cool! I bet he will be jealous 'cause he wants to be a swordsman and fight strong people. He says he wants to be a 'badass', but Miss Conis told him not to say that," Luffy said between large bites.

"You don't say that word around people other than at home. It basically means he wants to be super cool and strong," Brulle explained.

"Oh, okay. I wont say it around other people," Luffy replied. He drank lots of lemonade, which might have been a mistake since he'd stay awake longer, but it was a weekend, so he could sleep in before training. Today had counted as training since he'd had a little "battle", though it had been short.

Like Katakuri had thought, it was hard to get Luffy to bed. But once he was finally in bed and under the fluffy and warm covers, he was out like a light. The real challenge was just getting him to bed, not falling asleep.

Because Luffy and he had angered the Vinsmoke family (he wasn't stupid. He knew their ship came into the harbor and he saw it), Katakuri slept with his haki open still, a talent that had taken him decades to hone.

But it was a peaceful night, and nothing out of the ordinary happened.

-x-

"Okay. Before we practice aiming the lightning, I want you to learn how to summon it. How to get it to come to you," he elaborated when Luffy cocked his head at the word. "You know how you can form it around your body sometimes?" Luffy nodded. "Now I want you to form it in your hands. We have a lot of tubs of water here, so we will put out any fires if any come.

"I widened the training field for that. Okay, put your hands up in the air, like this. Now try and get lightning to come into your hands. Ready? Okay, now," Katakuri encouraged. Luffy did better with focusing on positive and not the negative.

Luffy formed little sparks in his hands. It was better than nothing, and Katakuri told him good job, and to try and make it bigger now. "Try and think about those mean boys, and protecting your friends from them. You're best friends mean the world to you right? So, you gotta learn to help protect them and yourself."

The boy glared at the thought. If it hadn't been him in that fight, and one of his friends like Nami or Usopp, they would have been hurt. Especially since the kids were fast and punched hard. He grew angry at anyone hurting his friends.

"AHHHH!" he screamed determinedly as he summoned a huge blue bolt of lightning that was seen high in the sky and make its own cracking noise. It shot down Luffy's small body and scorched the ground.