A Trouble Maker

After the incident we had back at the port, we went in separate ways, and I kept strolling around for a few hours before we met up again and went to rest at an inn.

We ordered our food and drinks, and we had our meal.

After we finished, we kept chatting for a while before someone barged in.

"*CRASH!!*…" Someone destroyed the inn door and walked in. Everybody went silence observing the one who did it.

He was a tall muscular young man wearing a black outfit. He has black hair and intimidating facial expression.

'He looks like one of those delinquents from Japanese school manga' I thought while I observed him in interest.

He kept walking with a confident look in his face and with his hands in his pocket. When he reached the center, he stopped for a moment before he spoke.

"Which fucktard of you is Ashon Pirates or whatever their name is!" He shouted while he kept his hands on his pockets.

"…"

"Hey, it's him again…" Someone whispered.

"He's Inaki's family youngest son"

"You mean that troublemaker? What is he doing here?" The people around the inn seemed to recognize him, he must be quite famous around here.

"Here!" I signaled with my hand while I kept sitting on my chair.

"You're Ashon?" He asked while looking down at me.

"It's Ashen" I replied calmly.

"Shut up and fight me!" He said pointing his thumb at himself.

"Get lost if you don't want to get hurt kid" Calvin said to him while lighting up a cigarette.

"And who the fuck!..." He proceeded to throw a right punch down at him suddenly "ARE YOU?!!" just before it landed, Calvin tilted his head to the right effortlessly and punched him at superhuman speed, which sent him crashing into the tables behind.

"What the fu-*CRASH*…What the fuck just happened?!" The young men stood on his feet again while holding his stomach from pain.

"You're pretty cocky, you won't make it that long in this world with that kind of attitude" I tried to give him a piece of advice, so he may perhaps change his mind.

"Save that bullshit talk for yourself!...And come and fight me!!" His fighting spirit didn't drop, even after he got one shot by Calvin.

"Why do you want to fight me anyway?" I asked him, I was curious to know the reason, maybe he hates pirates 'Well, everyone hates pirates' I thought.

"Hmph…Since I'm going to sail out myself, I thought if I beat some shitty pirates like you, I would gain a good reputation…I guess" he declared while pointing his index finger at me.

"*Puff*…This kid is hopeless" Calvin said giggling.

"You should give up fighting these two monsters if you don't want to get hurt, young man" Ken tried to advise him.

"Stay out of this old man, I don't like to beat up old people"

"Kids are so rude these days" Ken uttered to himself.

"You want to fight me huh?...Here is the deal, if you could beat this beautiful one-san right here, you get to fight me" I pointed at Diana "How does it sound?" He had a wide grin on his face when he heard that.

"Hey! Don't decide that on yourself!" Diana complained.

"Don't blame if I break her bones by mistake!" He said while cracking his hands.

"But if you lose, you'll have to answer all my questions" I told him, I was trying to take this opportunity to extract some information from him.

"Yeah-Yeah whatever!"

"Sigh, this is annoying" Diana stood up and approached the young man slowly "I'm going to make you suffer!" she said with a scary expression. After spending so much time with her, I got to find out that she has a bad temper.

After they eyed each other for a few seconds, the young man took the initiative and lunged at Diana while throwing a right punch. She easily sidestepped to the left and kicked him in the stomach.

The young man got pushed back a little bit, but he stayed on his feet "Hahaha…You're pretty strong I'll give you that" he said, then he proceeded to lunge at her again, throwing a barrage of punches.

Diana was easily dodging his attacks "Do you only know how to punch?" She proceeded to counter with an uppercut, but he managed to block using both his hands, and then he tried to kick her in the stomach.

Diana swiftly jumped back and avoided his attack.

"Hmph…try to stop this!" He quickly jumped in the air and lifted his leg upward, then the moment he was coming down, he swung his leg downward toward Diana's left shoulder. She tried to block it by crossing both her arms in front of her.

As the two of them clashed, something unexpected happen. The young man's kick was emitting a shock wave, while kicking through her.

"HAAAAA!" he kept pressing her down until the ground around her feet started cracking.

"The hell is that?" I was a little bit surprised at his attack 'Is it a devil fruit power?' I thought at first, but I dismissed it after I remembered something 'If I'm not wrong there was a martial arts that utilizes shockwaves ' It was the martial art used by Chinjao Family.

"That's quite dangerous…" she said, then pushed his leg away "Looks like I underestimated you too much" she wiped the dust off of her clothes "You shitty brat get ready!".

"Stop barking and come at me already!" he boldly said with crooked smile. He was curling his index finger toward him with his palm facing upward, trying to provoke her.

"I'll teach you some respect!...SORU!!"

*SWOOSH* Diana dashed at the young man with a superhuman speed, using one of the Rokushiki techniques Soru.

"WHAT T-*BAAAM!!*" Before he could grasp the situation, he was already lying down on the ground with his head covered in blood "AAARRRGGHH!! That bitch!" he cursed out, while he was holding his head in pain.

*SWOOSH*

"RANKYAKU!!" Diana appeared beside him again and proceeded to kick him at very high speed and strength, which resulted in a sharp compressed blade of wind that flew towards him.

He tried to block it, but the attack was too powerful and caused him to go unconscious.

"Shit! Did she just beat him up like he was nothing?" people were watching the scene in surprise.

"What a scary woman"

"…"

"he's tougher than he looks" Calvin stated.

"Alright, that's enough!" I ordered Diana to stop.

"What weakling, going unconscious from that" She sat back at her chair.

"Let's wait for him to wake up"

…

We kept chatting for a few hours until a loud voice interrupted us.

"What the hell happened?!"

"Ahh…You're finally up, did you sleep well?" I turned my attention to him.

"Stop the bullshit and tell me what happened" He got on his feet again and approached me.

"You lost, that's what happened" I had a wry grin "Now you need to fulfill your part of the deal and answer all my questions"

He kept staring at me for few seconds before he sighed in defeat.

"What is it that you want to know?" he proceeded to sit on the ground cross-legged.

'This guy must have screw loose' I thought while I observed his strange behavior.

"Let's start with the Inaki Family"

"Well, Nishi land is under the influence of two big families, and Inaki Family is one of them" He started explaining to us the situation around here "Each one of the two families occupies a certain chunk of land on each island. Though certain islands are entirely under the influence of one the two."

"And this island is under the influence of Inaki Family?"

He nodded in agreement.

"Your pretty smart. I'm surprised!"

"You fucktard!...I'll break your neck!" He was still pretty energetic even after taking all that beating from Diana.

"Hahaha, relax I'm just joking… I heard people calling you Inaki Family youngest son"

"Tch…I could care less about those stupid fuckers and their petty fights"

"Anyway, the main question that I I've been wanting to ask. What kind of martial arts did you use during the fight" I asked him with a serious face.

"You mean Hasshoken?"

'I'm pretty sure that's the martial art used by Chinjao' I thought, as I proceeded to ask him about it "Where did you learn it from? Isn't it a martial art from Kano Country?".

"How did you know? The old man's father was originally from Kano" He stated.

"You mean your grandfather?"

"Yeah, he taught the old man, who in turn taught us" After he finished talking, he got on his feet "If you don't have anything else, I'll be leaving".

"I'll come and find you if I need something"

"Hmph, don't push your luck. Next time I'll have you on your knees begging for mercy" He said, giving me the middle finger before he left.

"This brat, I guess I didn't beat him enough" Diana looked angry at his attitude.

"Young Master Ian!" A deep voice was calling out loud.

"Shit! I got to get moving!" He quickly ran out the inn.

"Young Master Ian wait!"

...

"What are you planning to do?" Calvin asked me.

"*Smile*…I suppose it's time to let guys know"

Everyone turned their attention to me, eagerly waiting to hear about my future plans.

Since I had a lot of free time the past year and a half, I thought about what I want to do in the future thoroughly.

"First of all, I'm going to build a strong crew with powerful individuals" I said, then added "The second thing is, I need to get some strong, trusty and reliable allies to help me achieve my goals"

"What goals?" Calvin asked.

"Well, one of them is take down one of the emperors" I declared "but that's in the far future, as I'm currently not strong enough to do that".

"You want to take down an emperor?!!" Diana shouted in shock, as no one excepted me to say something like that.

"You know about them?"

"Of course, who doesn't know?!! They are the most powerful pirates in the world residing in the New World. Whitebeard 'Strongest Man in the World' and Big Mom!" They became even more shocked after they heard Diana's statement.

'Kaido was not an emperor yet at this timeline, I guess he became one after the news of him taking over Wano reached out' I thought to myself.

"You sure have a big ambition" Calvin said with a smile.

"Huh? Who said defeating the emperors is my ambition? It's just a stepping stone to realize it"

"Boss, what's your ambition?" Ken asked me, eagerly waiting for an answer.

"Don't be so hasty, I'll let you guys know when the time is right. For now, let's focus more on getting stronger, if we enter the New World with our current state, we'll be crushed in no time"

…

[Marine Headquarters, Marineford],

Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office,

"Any news about Shiki?" Sengoku asked the officer who was standing before him.

"He has been missing for eight months since his meet up with Withebeard"

"Such a dangerous man going silence for a long time, he must be planning something" Sengoku stated "Let's keep an eye on this matter. Any information about the rookies?"

"Yes! There is a report about the appearance of the Ashen Pirates in Nishi Land. As for Seth Williams, his current location is unknown, and Aela Kristin was last spotted near Water Seven" The officer gave a throughout report.

"He finally showed himself again, he is a troublesome one, a logia fire based devil fruit…" Sengoku proceeded to ask one more question "Did the cypher pole provide the reports about them?"

"Yes, they did a full investigation about their origins. Apparently one of them is from a noble background…"