"Damn that was some good sleep." Kazuki yawned as he woke up before the sun even began to rise in the sky.
He then went through his daily routine of extreme body exercises along with his KA-ME style kata.
Kazuki's switched form of punches, kicks and blocks as he acted like he was fighting against single, and multiple invisible enemy.
And when the sun began to rise, Kazuki was sitting down meditating as he cleared his mind, and focused on his breathing.
He was close to a breakthrough, he could feel the heat emit from his core and he felt the limit he had been at finally breaking.
The world went silent as he felt the blood move through his body, his muscles rippling, he then felt a heat throb in his chest.
The heat increased to burning levels, as he felt the pumping match in rythem with is heart beat, he felt the heat spread from his center to his arms, legs and head.
Kazuki blinked and eyes open wide, as he slowly controlled his breathing. In and out, he repeated in his head to fight off the jitters he was feeling.
Ki felt like a sugar rush or adrenaline high, but he still felt the increase in strength he could exert, like a lake of energy that he could freely tap into and unleash.
"Ok, now to perform a KI blast." Kazuki muttered as he open the palm of his hands and concentrated on gathering his KI.
Kakzuk grunted as he tried to keep a calm mind, feeling himself grow weak as he manipulated his energy to form a ball on his palms.
Sweat poured down his head as the translucent sphere forming soon became a small light that grew into an intense ball of white energy, flashing and crackling.
Kazuki grinned as he looked at the sphere in his hand. "Damn I feel exhausted, like all my strength and stamina is now in this KI blast." He muttered focusing on moving the ball around him.
Seems like that lake of energy he felt, wasn't even enough to form a KI blast, much less something stronger.
If he was honest, it felt awkward, like a part of him was detached when he formed the KI blast.
Feeling his control slip, Kazuki quickly reabsorbed the KI blast as he watched it sink down into his skin, he felt half his strength and stamina return.
"Wow, so I lose some of my KI when using it like that, damn now let's try KI armor and enhancement." Kazuki muttered soon getting lost in his training and surroundings.
MeeMee yawned scratching her blue hair, as she walked into the kitchen to drink some water.
As her little feet guided her pass the window, she suddenly stopped and looked out in amazement as her sleepy eyes began to shine bright.
There was Kazuki-nii surround by a white flames that twisted around him, blowing his hair and the wind around him in a whirlwind of force.
Sweat trickled down his forehead as the flaming aura began shrinking down, till it couldn't be scene anymore, but the gust of winds grew more intense.
MeeMee watched in shock as rocks around Kazuki began levitating off the ground, hovering around him as he squeezed his fist.
Then she watched as it all just ended, the wind stopped going wild, the rocks fell to the ground and Kazuki seemed to relax as a giant smile widened on his face.
"Kazuki-nii is amazing." She whispered as she watched deer, birds and other forest animals, come out of nowhere and surround him as he went back into his deep meditation.
MeeMee stopped peaking and went to drink her water, just as the other kids were waking up, she quickly told them what happened and they all ran to the window to see.
Jess, Udon and Beany also looked out, and everyone looked in awe at the surrounding animals around him as he peacefully meditated.
After watching for a while they all began to get breakfast ready, not willing to disturb Kazuki, the older three kids told the children about how they met him and how strong he was.
After getting the food done and getting the table set, Jess looked out and smiled looking at Kazuki sill meditating.
Jess then walked out to let him know that breakfast was ready. only to stop halfway when she heard loud snoring and looked at him and the animals in confusion and disbelief.
"Wait, are they all asleep?!"
~Broil town square~
"C-captain are you sure? Aren't we going after the devil fruit?" A trembling pirate asked as he nervously looked around the crowd plaza, along with other disguised blood pirates.
"Muhaha, don't worry it's perfect." Devon madly muttered as drool slipped from his mouth, he felt not only his blood but those that surrounding him.
His mind began to feel hazy, as the intoxicating smell of copper blood, whiffed through his nose and his eyes turned a solid bloody red.
"This is it! This is my era!" He yelled madly attracting attention from the crowd as he suddenly held his hand up high and slowly closed it.
"W-what's going on?!"
"CAPTAIN!"
The blood drip pirates all started turning red as they felt there body start to boil as there skin became wet like a liquid.
"Iron-blood: Hanabi(Firework)
Suddenly pops started sounding throughout the plaza as people looked around in confusion.
Suddenly a loud scream was heard from the crowd making people looking around in confusion and caution.
Then it suddenly started raining from the sky, a dark haired men looked up at the partially cloudy sky.
"Huh, is it supposed to rain today." He said looking in confusion as he look down and his eyes widened in horror as the blood began devouring his flesh like acid.
"B-BLOOD!"
"Oh my god!"
"What's going on?!"
Devon looked at the raining blood in delight, as chaos started to run rampant through the streets.
"Iron-Blood: Netto Waido(Net Wide)
~Orphans home~
Kazuki's eyes snapped open as he looked at the red cloud hovering over the middle of the city.
"K-Kazuki what's going on." Beany muttered in fear as grey clouds suddenly to form, they even began gathering around the red cloud, blocking out the sun.
"Go inside, don't come out no matter what happens!" Kazuki yelled gritting his teeth, he hasn't gotten a hang of sensing yet, but he could practicing taste the evil that was emitting from the town.
"O-okay, be careful!" Beany yelled a she ran inside. Causing everyone to hug and ask her what was happening as she tried her best to calm everyone down.
Kazuki didn't look at her as he began running towards the town.
~Marine ship-coast of Broil town~
As the marines were disembarking off the ship and prepared to enter the town, a red cloud suddenly pouring blood red rain over the town center, painting it in a blood light.
"S-sir, what is happening." A marine officer yelled in fright, feeling the weight and evil feeling coming from the town.
"Go and get civilians to safety and make a perimeter that keeps everyone away from the red cloud." Nehisi ordered as he grabbed his naginata.
"What is this evil." He growled grabbing his weapon, as he began running towards the center town at blurring speeds.
~Broil town square~
"HAHAHAHA." Devon laughed madly insane, as his eyes glowed a bright red and his form began changing when blood began surrounding him.
From his attack, hundred died due to his bloody rain. Young, old, men, women all turned to ash that mixed with the blood on the ground.
Some people were spared as the bloody acid rain stopped, but everyone looked in horror at the lake of blood that formed and began spinning into a condensed ball, till it popped and revealed a monster to everyone's horror.
His height had shot up to 8ft tall, His muscles became dense and powerful, appearing both defined and capable of generating immense force as his veins glowed an eerie red, he then began to emit an intense white smoke.
"Iron blood-Redokingu(Red king)
A dark distorted voice echoed throughout the destroyed plaza, causing a silence to decend as everyone felt a visible weight settle on top of them, feeling suffocated.
No one said a word as the red veined monster simply stared into the dark red clouded sky not looking at anyone.
"Hey run away, get far from here."
Everyone except the monster turned to see a large man with pasty white skin, wearing a large beige overcoat over his marine uniform. He carried a large green naginata pole arm that surpassed his height when he landed not to far from the monster.
"It's the marines!"
"On my god, thank god!"
The remaining people who escaped the massacre, began running away in the direction the marine came from, not looking or even sparing a glance back to look at the monster.
Nehisi glared as he recognized the man's face from a bounty he was just looking at. "Devon the vampier, you fucking monster" he growled gripping his naginata with both hands.
Devon finally stopped staring into the sky, showing Nehisi is blood red eyes that had a eerie, evil glow.
"A disgusting marine dog, I long have ascended from being a simple pirate." Devon muttered in a jumbled mess of mixed distorted voices, that echoed out as he extended his hand.
A glowing blood red puddle formed, twisting around like a liquid, then it began solidifying into a sharp sword when he grabbed its handle.
They both glared then shot towards each other in a blur, darting across the plaza before impacting into a intense clash, sword aginst naginata, produced a massive shockwave that destroyed the ground and buildings abound them.
They both were blasted back from their clash, but both darted back to each other, having several clashes, that destroyed their surroundings.
Nehisi dashed back, as the blood sword suddenly extended aiming to penetrate his chest.
He spun his naginata, clashing against the blood sword as sparks clashed around the battlefield as they moved.
Nehisi suddenly shot high into the air, then twisted his body facing Devon, pointing his naginata at him with both hands, his eyes glowed blue.
"Naginata-ryū: Saikororōru(Dice Roll)
His arm moved in a blur of afterimages, as twelve images of his naginata appeared simultaneously attacking Devon relentlessly.
Devon pointed his blood sword at Nehisi, he then glowed a bright red and his muscles expanded causing his red veins dimmed.
"Iron-Blood: Hoippu(whip)
The blood sword expanded and became a whip in motion as it clashed with the naginata attack.
~Near the battlefield ~
Sweat rolled down Kazuki forehead as he moved a married couple away from the battlefield, houses collapsed and the ground shook with a tremble. It wa a full on war zone.
"Thank you!"
"We're safe! We're safe! Oh god."
Kazuki sighed, after dropping off the last citizen he saw towards the Marine camp, he took to higher grounds
He watched the battle with apprehension from the top of a destroyed building.
"Damn their moving at insane speeds! I got to focus just to keep track of them." He muttered as his eyes darted around following the intense fight.
"It's pretty even so far, but I can't tell if this is them pulling out their big attacks or if they can go to a whole different level." Kazuki mumbled to himself as he crossed his arms and watched the fight play out.
~Nehisi vs. Devon~
"Fucking die, demon!" Nehisi roared exploding off the ground swiping his naginata, releasing blue energy slashes that carved the ground apart as they made there way towards Devon.
Devon stabbed his blood sword into the ground while aiming his hand at the energy slashes.
"Iron-blood: Shinsō(God Spear)
The blood sword melted into the ground, then numerous spears shot out of the ground like sharp javelins, they quickly clashed against the sword slashes.
As their attacks clashed, Nehisi blasted forward swinging his naginata down to cut Devon in half.
But Devon red veins glowed a bright red before dimming down, as his blood gushed out and formed a solid armor around him that clashed against the naginata.
The clash sent Devon hurling back into multiple buildings, while Nehisi shot towards the ground, leaving a deep long trench as he laid there awake but unmoving as he groaned.
Kazuki watched seeing both fighters down and having giving it their all, but it still ended in a tie, he breathed a sigh to calm his excitement from watching the fight, his fist clenched.
"That was insane both fighters ar-"
'Boom'
Kazuki watched as a blood red light shot out from the destroyed building, crushing everything around it as Devon darted towards the struggling Nehishi.
Kazuki gritted his teeth and barely had a second to think, as he blurred forward taking his red staff out as a red sword smashed down towards Neishi.
'BOOM'
A shockwave blasted around them as the red sword and red staff fought, both Kazuki and Devon pushed against each other in a clash for dominance.
Both weapons trembled as both men's arms bulged and the ground under them crack under their intense pressure.
"Power pole extend!" Kazuki shouted suddenly shooting sideways as his power pole glowed red.
"Power pole return!"
"What!" Devon sputtered as his momentum carried him forward, causing his blade to lodge itself into the ground, making a large crack expanded throughout the battlefield.
Power pole extend!" Just as Devon's sword was lodged into the ground, Kazuki's red staff smashed against Devon, sending him flying into a building.
"Power pole return!"
Kazuki panted as he felt his sore arms. "Fuck he's strong, what a monster." He gritted his teeth, quickly he twirled his staff into a blurry three sixty circle as he blocked blood red spears from hitting him and Nehisi.
"Your going to Die!" Devon yelled in anger as blood red wings flapped behind him, he then shot up from the destroyed building, glaring down at Kazuki.
Kazuki breathed heavily as he spun his staff and aimed it at Devon. "Come try and kill me then."
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To be continued…