Trial Of Fire

[ 2/29/1482- Next Day ]

[ Word Count 1515 ]

" Hello" - Speech

' Hello' Thoughts

* Huff* - Sounds

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" So you're telling me I won't be able to sail without impressing you in a fight?" Achilles asked his dad for confirmation so he could hope to understand the bullshit his dad was pulling. Achilles had been preparing for this day for 2 years and yet he never said anything about this, prior to this moment.

" What's that matter? Just me show the results of your 7-year training and if your strength is on par with my standards, your mom and I will let you do whatever you want."

" Tell you what, I won't even use any form of haki. I'll just defend myself, fair enough?" Chiron who was about 12 feet away from Achilles said. Moro didn't say anything to Chiron so she was on this as well.

" Fine, let's do this," Achilles replied back a bit annoyed, but still prepared himself for this. He took off his brand new cloak so it doesn't get destroyed and put his gloves on.

" Get ready!" Achilles yelled out at his dad before moon-stepping towards him. But he didn't attack Chiron but rather kept appearing in front and behind him at rapid speed in hopes of confusing him. All you could were the after images of Achilles as he kept using shave.

Achilles did this at least 10 times before he finally appeared right next to Chiron's left side and attempted to kick him to the air. But Achilles gravely miscalculated as Chiron lightly moved away from his body and lightly touched Achilles' stomach with his right hand sending him flying.

" I thought you said you wouldn't attack me?" Achilles asked getting back up from Chiron's attack.

" I simply defended myself. And I thought I taught you to never fully believe in what pirates say. Now attack me like your trying to kill me."

" When you're out on the seas, people will lie, steal, and kill. To be a pirate is to kill or be killed. Have morals, but also know when drastic measures are necessary because sometimes they are. Now come at me as you mean it." Chiron spoke to Achilles as a teacher would to his student.

[A/N: I hope you guys get the reference lol]

" If that's what you want." Achilles said back taking a martial arts stance. After multiple years of training Achilles managed to perfect his Soryu Style.

Achilles bent his knees in a half-crouch position, extending his right arm with a half clenched first facing his body and bent his left arm with an open palm. Achilles found this stance the best for fighting as he can both defend and attack with it.

Achilles took one last deep breath before jumping in the air and punching forward, which made a wind punch rush towards his father's head. Chiron easily blocked it but the momentary distraction it caused was all Achilles needed to face downward, and use moonwalk.

Pushing off the air Achilles was heading downwards straight to his father, his descent was like a meteor falling. Whilst falling Achilles did not waste the opportunity and used Iron-body in unison, which caused him to plummet far faster than before.

Chiron was curious about this attack, so he raised his arm in wait to see just how powerful Achilles had become.

Right before Achilles made contact with his father's arm, Chiron hastily used Iron-body himself, to avoid taking serious damage from Achilles' attack. Of course, this remained unknown to Achilles until he made contact with his father's body.

*BOOM!*

As Achilles' attack fell on Chiron it forced Chiron's feet into the ground due to the momentum of the fall. There was a small whirlpool of dust that gathered around them due to the small shockwave Achilles' attack made.

" I must say I'm incredibly impressed. That was far stronger than I thought it would be, so much so you put me in a position that I had to use Iron-body to take that attack head-on."

[ A/N: If you're curious on why Chiron had to use Iron-body remember that at the end of the day he's just a normal human. For example, Axe-Hand Morgan drew blood from freaking Monkey. D. Garp so in this case it just comes down to the limitations of the human body, as they very obviously do not possess the physique of Linlin and Kaido. ]

" Now that I've seen enough of your offensive capabilities let's see how good you are at avoiding attacks," Chiron said but before he could do anything Achilles moved away from him the moment he heard that.

' Fuck he's serious.' Achilles thought to himself trying to dodge his father's kicks and punches. But he was failing miserably.

" Why are you thinking so much in a battle? Stop thinking and let your instinct take over."

Chiron yelled out before knocking Achilles to the ground making cracks where he was slammed at.

This went on for a couple of minutes before Chiron decided to use something different.

" Now Achilles if you don't dodge this, know that that you will either die or won't be able to leave the island."

Chiron stated before moon-stepping to the air.

' What's he up to?' Achilles though looking up to see his father with sweating felling from his head.

" Now then let's see if you can dodge your own technique. I think you called it Soryu Style: Disorder!"

Chiron said to him before punching the air rapidly multiple times with his right hand creating short-range airborne shockwaves from the pressure of the punches. Which all descended upon Achilles like a meteor burning up in the atmosphere.

[ Soryu Style: Disorder Image ]

' Oh, fucking bastard' Achilles knew if he didn't dodge those shockwaves he would definitely end up missing an arm or two. Worst case he would end up dying. Since Chiron's Disorder attack was even more powerful than his own.

As Achilles was having all these thoughts in a few seconds, he stopped thinking about what to do and managed to let his pure instinct take over in this situation. Achilles who had entered a strange state managed to see where the shockwaves were coming from and where they were going to land.

Through in this state Achilles managed to evade all of the shockwaves, escaping with his life intact. The same couldn't be said for the gound as small craters were everywhere with entire trees being destroyed. But all of that destruction was worth it.

Chiron and Moro watched Achilles with a smile on their face as their son after a few months of training awakened observation haki. Although Achilles after evading all those attacks lost his focus along with his newly awaken observation haki. But that was enough for both Chiron and Moro.

" What the hell, dad you trying to kill me?"

Achilles yelled out to his dad who landed back on the ground.

" Hahaha, I knew you would survive after all you are my son. Look in the bright side, you finally managed to awaken observation haki."

Chiron replied to his pissed-off son picking him up from the ground. Moro walked off to her son and husband as well.

" So did I manage to impress you guys?" Achilles asked his parents.

" You did more than just impress, honey. You made us proud of your growth and strength. If you wanna go sail, we won't stop you." Moro said to Achilles hugging him tightly. Achilles hugged her back knowing he won't see her for a long time.

" Hey dad, ugh by chance you guys have a training manual for observation haki?" Achilles asked in a hopeful tone putting his cloak back on.

" I'm afraid there's nothing like that. Your haki get will improve as you grow stronger. As for the other two types of haki, you will awaken them when in due time." Chiron answered hugging Achilles after Moro.

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And that's the end of the chapter folks

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