The large woman at the door who I’m certain is Dadan immediately shut the door.

Garp: hey don’t just ignore me, you can’t just shut the door.

Dadan: I saw the kid with you I know your gonna ditch him here and leave him for me to take care of.

Dadan shouted through the door clearly frustrated.

Garp: come on open up he’s got nowhere else to go

Dadan: no leave and take that brat with you, in fact while your at it take Luffy and Ace with you

This back and forth continued for a while, eventually Grandad convinced a Mowbray very tired and unwilling Dadan. Which meant I luckily could stay. Around an hour later Luffy, Ace and Sabo entered the house it was clear that Luffy was tagging along. At this I remained calm and gave an introduction.

me: h-h-hello m-my name is Monkey D. Jax a p-pleasure to make your acquaintance

ok maybe not that calm I was slightly nervous. Luffy stared at me with eyes flickering with intrigue and Sabo seemed surprised at my politeness despite my age while Ace remained aloof. Before any could react Grandad burst out laughing uncontrollably.

Garp: HAHAHAHA THE LITTLE DEVIL HAHA ARE YOU NERVOUS

He seemed genuinely surprised as I had remained composed throughout the entire journey and never shown much hesitation.

Me: Shut it old man like I care what a foggy with one foot in the grave thinks

Garp: WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME YA LITTLE DEVIL. Hmm seems like you need more education don’t worry I’ll reacquaint you with my fist of love.

At this I ran to hide behind Luffy and the others and soon everyone was shouting. After we had all calmed down Luffy started spewing questions like a spitfire. He was curious about our relation and many other things. He seemed proud to be 5 while I was 4 in fact he was only two months til he turned 6, he also stated he was going to be the pirate king and invited me to his crew. This earnt him a lesson from Grandad which left him with a few scrapes. Ace occasionally talked but seemed to not be as chatty at the start. Grandad stayed for a few days and then left for the marines. I got along very well with Luffy, similar to Grandad he didn’t seem to understand boundaries and he would cling to me and Ace whether it be sleeping playing or anything else. When we are though I realised Dadans plight she truly had difficulties with the mount we consumed and Sabo would even come over every now and again. This peaceful life continued for a few years during this time Luffy met Shanks and got the Gomu Gomu no mi and I left after that to see Shanks. I wasn’t worried that my arrival would prevent it so I waited to see him. He seemed surprised and his crew were all surprised to see me as they didn’t know I even existed. They’d were even more surprised by my appearance I hadn’t black hair with crimson streaks throughout and dark crimson eyes. My body though small could be seen to have some muscle the white skin and pearly white teeth. In fairness my nickname little devil was adopted by most not just due to my sometimes crazed smile but also my devilish looks not to say I looked bad in fact I was incredibly good looking. Shanks seemed very proud and showed off my vast intellect. I was glad that my presence seemed to change things and Shanks didn’t lose an arm although he did fight the sea king it grazed him due to my shout. Luffy still got the straw hat as although I had limitless potential I necer showed interest in piracy or revolutionary army not to say I wanted to be a marine rather I was determined to change things and my personality isn’t suited to army building and marine provide do an avenue of growth. Not that I let Grandad know that it was much more fun to drive him nuts. The experiences I went through in those years with Luffy, Ace and Sabo were vast although I didn’t train much other than with a pipe which granted me [basic staff skill] and [intermidiate body manipulation] when I was 7 I made my first breakthrough while running in the mountains with the others.

Me: Go on without me I’ll catch up I need to do something

I shouted

Ace: Don’t worry Jax we’ll go slow catch up in a second

they seemed to be having too much fun swinging around the woods to stop

I sat down cross legged and arms and looked at the notification in front of me

[MINOR STAGES COMPLETE MAJOR STAGE UPGRADE]

[NEW STAGE UNLOCKED:AWAKENED]

[AFFINITY:Lightning, Wind, Darkness, Space, Demonic]

[DRAWS:3]

My body seemed to be surrounded by a dark crimson aura with lightning sparking around and the wind fluttering my hair with crack around my body in the world itself.

I was astonished at this and soaked it in the power filling me. I then looked at what affinity meant.

[Affinity-The ability to manipulate certain aspects of nature most people have 2 with haven sent genius’ having 4. With practice manipulation becomes easier and some are innately easier to use]

I understood this as I felt I could sense it around me get certain elements like demonic and space seemed more elusive.

My excitement was building and I immediately selected draw for all 3. The system prompt then told me the cards I couldn’t use didn’t rob elememts would be filtered as well as any that the cards would be of use.

[technique card: Thunder cyclone]

[Rarity:Rare]

[Description- Dual wield dagger technique that emphasises speed and flexibility can be trained to increase proficiency starts at level 1]

[Skill Card: Aspect of nature]

[Rarity: Epic]

[Description- Allows one to take on the characteristics of certain elements it’s power depends on the users usage. Level 1 with practice duration and strength increases]

[Fusion Card]

[rarity: Rare]

[Description- allows fusion between your genes as well as a beasts these beasts can be common bugs or ancient primordial god beasts it depends upon affinity]

looking at these skills my mind was blown. As for now I activate the fusion card my heart beats in anticipation and I feel it disappear into my body. My body feels no change at the start but then an excruciating pain flows through my body. Fur coloured black with red striped like my hair grows on my cheeks and my nails grow long and sharp my hands like paws a thin tail dragster behind me and although my body is stronger the muscles are lean. The power is compact and hidden, not bulky it doesn’t effect my movements. As I calm down I find two holes in my lips from fangs in my mouth. As I look down I see the crimson stripes are like stripes on a tiger. I then slowly revert back to normal with swear covering me I then absorbed the other two. My mind seemed to expand, the basic techniques were so complicated and elegant. The aspect skill was also incredible. My status suddenly seemed so much better.

[Name: Monkey D. Jax]

[AFFINITY:Lightning, Wind, Darkness, Space, Demonic]

[Attributes: Strength 41, Agility 61, Dexterity 52, Intelligence 32, Charm 122, luck 12]

[skills: Training and learning X50, passive agility increase, Element manipulation(affinity restricted), Aspect of nature, Demon Tiger transformation(ancient primordial god beast: stage restriction to strength)]

[techniques:

dagger: basics, thunder cyclone

staff: basics, intermediate]

[stage: Awakened]

[minor stage: 0]

[special energy: 0/50]

[TO UPRGADE STAGE PLEASE PROVIDE ENERGY FROM STRONG BEINGS OR BUILD UP VIA TRAINING]

Looking at these new skills I was astounded. The skills I have were incredible. The attributes are also incredible however if I were to estimate Garp his attributes would be I the thousands possible tens of thousand or more. As I am my power is incredible but my skills were too vast. If I wished to grow I would need to focus on learning and developing each skill. I knew what I would be doing in my spare time for a while and felt a slight fire burning in me and lightning flashed through my eyes. But for now I had to catch up to the others. With my newfound agility this would be a piece of cake so I shot off after them. My stomach suddenly growled and I thought about meat for awhile. Shaking myself out of this I realised how much I was changing.