A large luxurious ship parted waves, bearing a A flag with a symbol every person in the world of one piece would recognise and bow to.The ones at the top of the world ,the noble celestial dragons who view themselves as above all beings .On the ship a daily routine for the celestial dragon is happening .
Snot and sweat covered the face of the celestial dragon raising a whip with a snarling face and directing it to the back of a 9 year old white haired boy chained to the ships mast.
"Sqeel you low born slave ,scream for this Saint .Make that soul crushing sound you made as l cut down those useless lowborn wastes you cared about.Hahahahahaha!"
Whip after whip landed on the boy's back tearing flesh and exposing bones with each strike.Blood pooled at the boys feet .The boy however didn't scream just grunt frustrating the celestial dragon who wanted to enjoy his screams of pain and begging.The boy had his head down face covered by hair whilst biting his lips raw .He swore if he survived he would hunt down every Celestial dragon and cut them down like his family.
"bring more of those useless trash that dog gave us.Also make sure to talk to whoever is in charge to get his rank raise Marines are really loyal dog".
The celestial dragon spoke as he dropped his whip down tired.Interest in hitting the boy who had remained quiet despite being subjected to pain that would make even the toughest pirate cry for he's mother lost.
"My lord you killed them all , he's the only remaining one "
"What!!? Useless why didn't you save them.Bang!"
A gunshot rang and the CP agent bowing to the celestial dragon grunted but didn't do anything else. His white uniform turned red from blood.
"Useless fools how dare you.ruin this noble's fun .How am l going to hear those sweet screams of despair."The Celestial dragon stomped on the CP agent who just kept bowing.
"Dii",the ship hit a huge wave .The celestial dragon was sent flying towards some luxurious chests.The other agents weren't able to react in time as they had cast their gazes aside as one of their own was being abused.
"Ow ow kill the captain and his entire family"The celestial dragon screamed as he frantically tried to stand up from the gold coins,old scrolls and books spilled from the treasure chests.His bulging belly kept him down everytime though.Thats when something caught his eye.
"Hehehe devil fruit users drown if they are exposed to water right?"he asked in an evil voice forgetting about his earlier fall.His eyes where now attracted by a fruit he was holding.It was strange fruit sped like a knife with spirals.Deep cuts randomly covered it, making it seem like someone had used a knife to remove some pieces.
"Hang him upside down over the water"The celestial dragon commanded .In a minute the boy was now hanging over the sea upside down.His face pale face was revealed.Fierce red eyes gazed at the celestial dragon promising the most painful death ever.
"Bang!"
"How dare a dog look at me like that"the celestial dragon shot his shoulder.That also didn't eliciting a reaction from him except his eyes growing feircer.
The celestial dragon threw the fruit to a nearby agent after he was helped up.He went towards the control station for the system that lowered the boy into the water if a button was pressed.The boy feircely resisted opening his mouth however a punch to the gut and the fruit was down the hatch .
Five days of being dunked followed.Salt from the sea made his wounds even more painful.He bit his lips raw to stop from screaming.He wasn't willing to give the bastard who killed his entire family the satisfaction.S. The sun removed the last moisture in his body combined with bloodloss.He slipped in and out consciousness no matter how strong his will was he eyes refused to stay open .
On the sixth day his will was still burning but his body finally gave up.The celestial dragon had already lost interest and gone to indulge in more depravity somewhere on his ship.A CP agent looked at him through his mask and just hit the button to release the body into the sea.To him this wasn't a rare sight .
With a loud splash the body fell , sinking into the sea as the celestial dragon ship sailed away.
On a small lsle near the the toroa lsland In the West blue, a body was suddenly washed up by the waves from a raging storm.The body lay on its stomach showing a mutilated back with rotting flesh.A pale skin and a bloated belly.It lay there for about an hour before a startling change happened .The corpse started twitching wildly like a person with fits .It coughed and vomited all the water bloating it's belly then lay still once again.
For a few minutes nothing happened until a wild chaotic heartbeat with no rhythm rang in the corpses chest.it started slow before it became audible for the normal ear.A healthy pink colour slowly returned to the corpse .The wounds in the back started healing.Rotten flesh fell down as new pink one knitt together leaving no scar .
A day passed after the corpse became a sleeping white haired boy on the beach.
"Aww my head ".The boy sat up clutching his head.Memories of the tortured young boy who had watched his entire family die and that of a mighty sword that was forged to be the strongest but never taken to a battle field.A sword that had been praised by all but forgotten .A sword that had decided to become it's own weilder and spread its own glory.Cutting down anything thay stood in its path.It became known as the sword demon a sword that gained a body to cut down all existence and spread its legend.
The memories or souls of the two merged and one clear consciousness was created
"I am going to cut down all who stand at the top calling themselves Gods.All chains that bind this filthy world shall be cut down.All existence shall bow to my legend and will "an arrogant, prideful sharp will burst from the boy knocking out creatures in the surrounding area..
The boy stood looking at the sea as his will receeded back into his body.Memories from the slave boy trickled slowly into the new personality's mind.
"Xavier D Drought that's going to be my new name .The D seemed to mean alot to the boy so lm keeping it .The sword demon didn't have name of its own so l will hold it's title"
"Xavier D Drought the sword demon has a nice ring to it huh"
The now Xavier smiled as he felt some sort of approval from the depts of his soul.
Looking at the forest behind him and his scrawny weak body Xavier.His face showed a hesitant expression before a resolute one.
"Pain or death. nothing will stand in my way! .I will cut down those celestial scum and their chains ."
Chapter 2 First human contact and fight
It had been 2 years since Xavier was created or born.At 11 years he stood three heads taller than most people of his age.The once scrawny body was now a slim athletic one showing signs of budding muscles.The first couple of weeks were grueling but his will remained firm,even burning brighter.He almost died a couple of times to the wild beasts in the forest but memories and fighting instincts from the sword demon saved him .From clumsy punches to solid forms.He even began practicing wielding a sword using a stick.His body and mind became moldable mud adapting to every form he trained using the sword demon's memories.Hints of displeasure and approval from his soul guided him sometimes.
His body also showed some interesting characteristics as he trained .Minor wounds started healing faster taking about a few hours rather than days.Deeper cuts depending on severity also bled less and took less time to heal also.From a month or two two three weeks leaving behind no scar.The gift came with an annoying side effect ,hunger.His body demanded a lot of food to be even able to function .It was a bottomless monster that forced him to constantly hunt for food.The demand increased exponentially when he had wounds to heal .
"Roar!!"a huge bear roared as it unleashed a flurry of furious swipes at Xavier wearing a wooden mask that didn't muffle his laughter.He moved with impressive speed.Ducking ,jumping over,landing punches and sometimes palm strikes on the bear making it stumble from the force.A surprising thing though happened each time Xavier landed a palm strikes on the bear.The palm strike.didnt contain force to make it stumble but a cut magically appeared bleeding.No knife or sword used just a cut appearing magically even bleeding.
This is an ability he discovered when he was pinned down by a tiger about to make him dinner.Its legs on his chest claws digging in.Looking down on him,mouth drooling.Despair ,pain followed by anger set in.
"Was he going to die like this?.what about his dream of cutting down this filthy world .What about he's dream of spreading his legend as the sword demon?.Will that all end here to some measly tiger?".
"No!No!No!"Three wills refused to fall as some nameless nobody.
"Our dream is to cut down all existence ,that means you too beast".He's eyes glowed a purplish red colour as he unleashed his will and unconsciously they used the ability.
Blood sprayed from the tiger which had gone unconscious, sparing it from the pain .Starting from its legs up to it's body blood gushed out like a geyser, spraying Xavier laying down .The tiger fell into a hip of flesh pieces ,somehow an invisible blade had turned the tiger into sashimi .
It took some time for him to make heads or tails of what had happened.After washing of the blood he set out to experiment.Almost dying again, he finally got the gist of how to activate the ability again though it had somehow reduced in potency.From Turning a tiger to sashimi to only leaving shallow cuts and using alot of Stamina.
Back to the fight
Xavier dodged the bears attacks he landed punch after punch and when the bear showed an opening he used his abilty.It seemed to require him to touch the item so it could deliver an invisible cut on the place of contact.The depth of the cut depended on the user's stamina.
The bears brown fur turned red multiple cuts littered it's body though only a few were deep because of Xavier's stamina.The shallow one's number was great.Even for huge bear the bloodloss became significant that it's speed and attacks reduced. Xavier felt his stamina drop.Looking at the panting weak red furred bear and the ground around red with blood.
'body art:flash step'Xavier muttered as veins bulged on his legs, force gathering as blood filled his veins and muscles."Swish!"Like a spring he burst out, launching himself into the air.
'body art flash fist palm'his fist turned into an open palm as it met the bears neck.His arm bulged with veins as he used the earlier technique to move blood into his muscles generating strength and speed.
"Slish!diii!"The bear fell down.Head hanging on it's back held by the white bone from its spine and other bits of flesh.The front part of its neck was spurting blood like a geyser.A perfect surgical cut ran along ,from the front to back.The spine stopping it's head from being decapitated.
Xavier landed down panting his right palm red with blood some of it his and the rest from the bear.He had focused almost his entire stamina and strength into his right hand .A technique from the sword demons memories,where you manipulate your blood to carry nutrients and energy to one part of the body.This increases strength and speed but leaves you feeling tired and hungry.
"Seems my stamina is still not enough.If only l could release my ability through my fists .A palm strikes doesn't carry that much force and it also leaves me injured".
Xavier looked at his split .The depth of the cut depended on the amount of energy he put in and the resistance of the object to cutting force.Bones were still something he wouldn't cut including wood and stone.Atmost leaving shallow marks was the best he would accomplish till his strength and comprehension of the fruit increased.
After a few hours of training,the sun went down.Xavier sat infront of a fire ,the bear corpse turned into grilled bear stake.
"I need to get of this lsland and find some genuine food .Grilled meat and mushrooms are becoming really bland ."
Piece by peice of meat was shoved down his throat.Fire crackled illuminating the surrounds.He wasn't afraid of predators anymore.