One Piece : The Blood Emperor

***A/N : Slap me with some of your spare stones please :(

Next Chapter in 3 days approx.

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Luke got taken aback by Killer Bee's revelation. He initially thought their Tailed-Beasts organization members are consisted of ninjas who had Tailed Beast inside their body. Now, things are more complicated than what he assumed.

He knew the character named Pain or Pein. But he didn't expect both opposing sides are united.

'..Interesting.'

"He mentioned that he wanted to talk to you alone. Your proposal caught his interest. If it wasn't for my reputation as an executive, he might think that I'm spouting some bullshit story." Killer Bee passed a Den-Den Mushi to Luke while complaining in annoyance.

Luke only smiled and received the communication device. A few seconds past and he saw Killer Bee didn't move his position.

"What?"

"Shussh.. Go on." Killer Bee smirked as he is interested in the proposal.

"No can do. Let your boss tell you the remaining details. This business deal is confidential especially the price I pay." Luke smiled and waved his hand, indicating for Killer Bee to go away.

"Hehe. I'll stay no matter what you say." Killer Bee's interest peaked. The request of Luke is just too intriguing and he couldn't help but be a busybody. Who in the right mind would kill an Emperor anyway?

"Well, suit yourself." Luke chuckled and waved his hand.

Killer Bee smiled as if he won the argument. However, his smile stiffened when he saw Luke's body covered by a transparent energy bubble. No matter how much he extend his hearing, no sounds escaped outside.

"Tsk. Acting so mysterious." Killer Bee grumbled and he back off to a distance in defeat.

...

Meanwhile, Luffy managed to stable himself on walking. However, he moved so slowly just like a sloth. He tried to use his Devil Fruit to throw a pistol punch, but failed miserably. The gravity suppression made him look like an ordinary human.

"Waaah! This is so exhausting!! I'm already hungry!" Luffy complained out loud. He wanted to undo the suppression to hunt some meat, but upon recalling the rules, he resisted with gritted teeth. His goal now in training is to surpass Luke.

As a Captain and the future Pirate King, he can't be appeared as weak in the surface. The standard he put on himself rose dramatically after he met Luke.

"I wonder how strong Ace right now... Will he be able to defeat Luke?" Luffy muttered. Suddenly, a Red-Haired man appeared on his mind.

"YOSH!!" He let out a battle cry and continued to train with double the effort.

...

Not long after, Luke beckoned for Killer Bee to come to his side.

"How is it?" Killer Bee asked with interest. There's no way his boss would agree with such an absurd request, is it? This kind of mission is enough to let everyone in the organization to participate in order to succeed with unknown casualty.

"Your boss will tell you everything you want to know. He wanted to talk to you alone." Luke passed the still connected Den-Den Mushi to Killer Bee.

"..." Killer Bee received the Den-Den Mushi. Eager to know the result, he immediately escaped far away.

"Bee."

Killer Bee heard the deep tone of the Den-Den Mushi. The communication snail looked so intimidating from it's bizarre looking eyes called Rinnegan.

"You agreed, boss?"

"Yes. Help him train with all you know about Haki and one of our unique technique called Flying Raijin Jutsu. I will send you the three sand siblings in your location." Pain said with absolute certainty.

"The One-Tail? Wait! You agreed to this mission? Even one of our secret skills?!" Killer Bee was so lost and asked in disbelief.

"Not me. The Masters have agreed." Pain replied. He continued, "Don't ask too much. This mission will begin after six months and at the final meeting, I will personally arrive to assist the situation."

Killer Bee took a deep breath. Even their illusive Masters have agreed. What kind of price did Luke have to pay for the organization to fully cooperate with him?

"Remember, report the progress of your mission once in a while. That's all for now, dismissed." The communication snail closed it's eyes.

Killer Bee kept the device before glancing to a direction where Luke was located.

...

One month later...

Luke was laying on a reclining chair, basking under the sun while sipping a fruit juice from time to time. His top half was bare while he has a floral painted trousers.

He looked like a tourist on a vacation. His face appeared relaxed as he wore a sunglasses.

On the seaside, Luffy was running like crazy as if there's no tomorrow.

"This kid is progressing really fast. No wonder he's special. A body gravity of 200 times is indeed quite exceptional." Luke saw that Luffy is starting to glow up like his appearance in the new world.

In the span of a month, Luffy hunted various kinds of beasts in the jungle. He also practiced his devil fruit ability and kept on running and running on the sand in his free time. He was like a training maniac that's never been exhausted.

"The gravity of 200 fold still is not enough for him to learn Haki. Before learning Haki, he needed to have a vast experience in battle. Since the jungle can't pose a threat to him, I may have to do it with little.. mercy." Luke yawned in boredom. He wanted to have a hobby somehow if Luffy decided to get busy with training alone.

Luke's own training in both Observation and Armament Haki is doing well. He has a perfect body, just like an empty bucket, ready to be filled with any kinds of powerful techniques.

The overall progress of both Luke and Luffy is very obvious.

Especially Luke who started to shift his fighting ability to Haki in order to preserve his main power. Using his original power takes a toll for his body which gives him headache.

"Hey! Who are you?! What are you doing here in this place?!"

Luke heard an aggressive voice of a man behind. He glanced back and saw a group of people pointing their blades at him.

"Bandits? Oh wait.. It's her."

Luke saw a familiar green haired lady being escorted by mountain bandits to the training ground. It was Makino who brought food for Luffy.

'Oh right. Makino checks on Luffy once in a while to see if he's doing well.'

"I'm friends with Luffy. If you're looking for him, he's down there doing some workout." Luke calmly pointed at Luffy in the seaside before laying to the chair once again. He wasn't bothered by these mountain bandits. After all, they are friends with Luffy.

As for Makino, he will also treat her as a friend. Although their first meeting was a bit awkward, he already forgotten it until she appeared again.

"..Is that you Luke?" Makino asked with uncertain tone. She clearly remembered his voice and that familiar sunglasses of him.

"It's been a while Makino-san." Luke helplessly stood up and greeted Makino.

"It really is you! What are you doing here? I thought you already left.." Makino hastily approached Luke with excitement written on her face. Her attention kept on switching from the latter's face and perfect body every second.

"I'll leave in a couple of weeks. I just found this place quite relaxing and quiet so I'm planning to postpone my departure while having a liesure time here first." Luke ignored the mountain bandits like they were bystanders.

Dogura, a mountain bandit, saw Makino's closeness to Luke and signalled the other mountain bandits to go back along with him.

Luke and Makino chatted for quite a while before the atmosphere turned awkward again.

Makino kept on throwing ambiguous advances and Luke always dodged any topics that can lead to something... magical.

'Okay. She's too obvious in every angle. From what I recall in the story, she's probably the future wife of Shanks, one of the Four Emperors.' Luke squinted his eyes as he examined Makino. He denied the idea of having intimate relationships with any woman until he finishes his plans. Although Makino is fair looking, he wasn't showing interest with her.

Not long after, Luffy returned and got energized after seeing Makino. Well, his main excitement lies on the delicious food she brought since he was hungry after running for so long.

"Luffy, the next phase of your training is closing in. Before I leave, I will teach you with these skills and you will be on your own after that." Luke ate a food that Makino passed onto him.

"How much weight do I need to add?" Luffy was eating, drinking and talking at the same time again.

"Just the total of 500 fold. Should be a piece of cake for you." Luke replied.

"That high?! I feel like getting exhausted by only thinking about it." Luffy complained then his body suddenly paused and assumed a sleeping groan. His body slowly moved and resumed the eating while sleeping.

Luke already saw this part of Luffy. Still, he was amazed everytime he sees it.

"I didn't know you are here to train Luffy." Makino closed in to pass a food to Luke while a tint of pinkness plastered on both of her cheeks. She was happy that there's another person who takes good care of Luffy when she's not around.

'Woman, you are playing with fire. Closer and I'll bite your neck to transform you into a vampire.'

...

Depths in the forest of Goa Kingdom...

"Bee, what do you think Luke offered to the boss? It peaks my interest." Gaara who group just arrived, asked abrutly. His question caused Temari and Kankuro to perked their ears.

"I knew you'd ask me this one of these days but I never expected you to ask me this early.

I tried to annoy the boss these past fee days and he finally told me the news." Killer Bee laid on a nearby tree branch as he replied.

"So what's his price for all of this?" Gaara seriously asked. His task is said to be simple, but also great significance in certain situation.

"Luke offered three rewards. First is treasures like mountains of gold. The boss never told me the last reward but this second reward is quite unbelievable. I'm even had the hard time to believe this kind of news." Killer Bee shook his head.

"Oh? What kind of reward that made you falter this much?" Kankuro asked in stead of his brother.

"Well, the reward is a person, a Devil Fruit User."

"A Devil Fruit User? Why? Is this enough for us to face that Emperor and cut it's head for a single person? This is absurd!" Temari cursed under her breath. She got angered by this nonsense. Even if the reward have mountains of gold in it, she can't just throw her life for a meaningless mission.

Killer Bee shook his head. He said, "This Devil Fruit User is not so simple. I'm even willing to kill an Emperor just to get this person."

Gaara squinted his eyes at Killer Bee and muttered, "So this person's Devil Fruit Ability is special. For you to accept this mission without hesitation, what's the power of this reward?"

Kankuro and Temari frowned. They somehow saw the light on why their boss accepted the request.

"The power of this Devil Fruit User is odd. He can steal a Devil Fruit from other Devil Fruit Users. Even if the Devil Fruit already got eaten, he can extract it out of the target and store it's essence to a normal fruit making it a transformed Devil Fruit from the extraction. A very bizarre and scary ability." Killer Bee said in a low voice.

"..." The siblings went silent.

"T-Then, do you have any idea of the third reward?" Temari stuttered as she couldn't believe what she heard. No wonder the mission is very impossible to achieve. Turned out the reward is of equal value.

"Beats me. But I think it's countless times more valuable than the two rewards." Killer Bee shrugged his shoulders.

Gaara squinted his eyes. He was in deep thought.

'Luke is targeting that Emperor. Could it be he...!"

His eyes widened at his discovery.