One Piece: An Immortal Legend

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Word Count: 4123.

First real fight of this fic is in this chapter, let's hope it's a good one shall we?

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Adam wrapped his fingers around the handles of his tankard, the Ale within it fizzed pleasantly, he casually took it up to his mouth and took a deep sip, enjoying the flavour and not paying the old man in front of him any mind.

"S-Surely y-you can't be serious?! Burning down the World Government?! Isn't that a bit much?!" Raoul exclaimed, feeling sweat pouring down his neck at the mere mention of such a wild Dream,

"I am serious, the World Government deserves to be reduced to ash for their Sins. If it takes turning this miserable World upside down to achieve that goal, then so be it." 

Old Man Raoul felt goosebumps run down his body at those words, he could almost hear Roger's voice echoing the same sentiment many years ago. It was almost like seeing a Ghost of Roger sitting right beside Adam, and yet…

'No… He isn't like Roger at all! At its core, Roger's Dream was pure. He simply wanted to become the freest man alive, Adam however… He is different, 'Becoming An Immortal Legend', huh…?' Raoul thought, working through his observations in order to try and rationalise what he was feeling.

The two of them stood in silence while Raoul absentmindedly cleaned a glass while watching Adam finish his food and stand up, he set the bowl on the table before turning around. Adam then took a few steps away to exit the Bar, stopping half way when he remembered he hadn't paid yet.

He tilted his head slightly while looking around at the unconscious bar Patrons before speaking, "You can pay yourself from the pocket of any one of these Mongrels, Old Man." 

"I.. Don't worry about it, Adam. The meal's on the house…" Raoul muttered, suddenly feeling tired and drained as he sat down at the counter with a sigh.

Adam simply laughed at this response, continuing through the bar to exit. He swung the front door open and placed a hand on the doorframe but before he left, he turned back to say a few words.

"One last question before I leave."

"...What is it?" The old barkeep asked, already thinking of what Adam could possibly want now.

Adam just grinned and said, "Would you care to point me in the direction of this island's Marine Base?"

"...Should I even ask why you want to know?"

"I am just going to.. Go for a Walk…" 

Old Man Raoul simply sighed with resignation evident in his voice before tiredly pointing a thumb to the right. Adam grinned at this, bursting out into laughter and walking out of the bar while shouting his last words.

"Keep an eye out on the news, Old Man!"

"Hah~... For some reason I don't think that's gonna be the last I hear of him…"

Adam walked down the main street of Loguetown, immediately his enhanced eyesight spotted the Marine Base of the island standing proud in the distance. Dozens of Navy Marines walked up and down the street, patrolling it heavily to squash any potential pirate uprising.

A smile formed on the Winged Man's face as a Reddish Orange fire burst into a blaze at his back, drawing the attention of everyone on the street. The Marines eyed him with suspicion from the odd sight as a few of them decided to approach him to see what his deal was.

They were all stopped in their tracks however as a Golidsh wave of pressure began leaking from Adam's body, his Conqueror's Haki immediately sending everyone around him to their knees. Adam simply continued walking down the street with a grin on his face as he slowly began ramping up the force of his Haki.

All the civilians and most of the Marines fell to the ground unconscious, their will being completely dominated by a fraction of Adam's. Some of the braver Marines tried to shoot or attack Adam to stop him but they were all unable to do anything to him, their only option was Obey.

Adam ignored the falling bodies of the Marines around him, simply looking towards the Marine base before him with a grin. He raised his right hand upwards, a spark of flames forming around it before coalescing into an orb of crimson hellfire.

"Kuhahaha~! Let's give these Mongrels a day to remember shall we?!"

With an uproarious laugh that echoed throughout the city, Adam aimed his flame-wreathed hand forwards as a blast of fire shot from it. The flame crashed into the front side of the Marine base, immediately obliterating it and sending fiery cracks throughout its entire foundation.

He stood back and basked in the glory of his flames, watching as the building began melting and falling apart at the seams. A few seconds later, a few dozen Marines escaped from the building and locked eyes with him.

It didn't take a genius to see the dozens of unconscious bodies behind him, as well as the blaze of flames on his back, and know that he was the cause of the explosion. They rushed at him with a practised march, the close distance combatants taking the charge while the long ranged Marines covered them.

Surely, against any rookie pirate that belonged to the East Blue, which was commonly known as the weakest Blue, this formation would have suppressed and slaughtered them with ease.

This same rule does not apply to Adam D. Valentine.

"I suppose killing some time by playing with you Monkeys could be fun. I do like to play rough though, so you'll have to forgive me in advance…" Adam stated, rolling his shoulder casually as he was set upon by two Marines.

They both swung their blades at him, one at his neck and another at his chest. Adam made no move to dodge, simply staring at them with a shiteating grin as the blades stopped at his skin. 

The duo of marines couldn't make any sounds of surprise however as all breath immediately exited their lungs, courtesy of Adam's fists digging into their abdomen and rearranging their guts.

With two coughs of blood, they were sent flying into the ranks of their comrades right behind them just as the ranged gunmen shot bullets at their enemy. Again, Adam made no moves to dodge and simply allowed the bullets to crash into his skin, doing zero damage as he expected.

Adam blurred ahead into their ranks, meeting each one of their bodies with one hit of his own. He grabbed one of the Marines in his path and used him to block a shotgun blast from one of his comrades before throwing him at the shooter.

Both of them fell to the ground just in time to avoid a blast of flames that burned the marines behind them into charred corpses, not a single one was spared. 

Eventually Adam found himself getting bored, standing still with arms crossed while looking around at the cowering Marines around him. From the corner of his eyes, he spotted some civilians watching the battle from their homes.

And then he curiously spotted what looked to be a white haired child in a chore boy Marine uniform, he had an expression of fear and most interestingly, determination.

His focus on the child took his attention from the Marines behind him, one of those Marines staggered forwards from his place. He took extra care to remain as silent as possible, readying a giant Axe with both hands.

"DIE, PIRATE!" The Marine cried out, swinging the Axe at Adam's open neck.

But before it could reach its target, Adam swerved around and blocked the Axe's blade with his hand. The Marine made a sound of strangled surprise as he watched his Axe leave only a white mark on the Pirate's skin.

"Some advice, Mongrel."

The Marine was backhanded across the face, the force of slap knocking out 2 of his teeth in the process as Adam wrenched the Axe from his hands. And then he swung it down with a cruel smirk, sending an arm flying into the air as a gut wrenching scream of Agony sounded out a moment later.

Adam watched as the disarmed Marine fell to the ground while holding the stump where his arm was with disdain obvious in his eyes before chastising him, "Don't shout before you attack if you have the element of surprise, that's basic battle 101."

The Marine felt a vice grip wrap around his neck, it nearly strangled him as he was lifted up into the air with ease. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to breath, looking hazily into the fiery crimson eyes of the Demon that held them.

He nearly gasped when they met his own, the only thing visible within them was Madness and Cruel, Brash Ambition.

"Now… Where is 'Iron Gale' Goro? Do I have to start slaughtering you Mongrels for him to finally show himself?" Adam questioned, his lazy tone betraying a hint of undeniable Cruelty.

"T-The Rear A-Admiral.. Hah.. won't let y-you get away with this! Y-You'll be e-executed… hah.. J-Just like R-Roger!" The Marine managed to cough out defiantly even as his throat began being crushed.

A demented grin covered Adam's face before he spoke, "See though; that's where you Mongrels are all wrong. As much as I despise the very thought, it seems that Monkey King and I share one common quality. We both won't Die when our Hearts stop."

Adam's second hand moved upwards, flames licking at his fingertips as they began charging a blast of flames. The Marine shut his eyes closed harshly, gritting his teeth with resignation as he awaited certain Death.

"That's enough."

Turning to face the voice, Adam stopped himself from firing the blast of flames. A chuckle escaped his mouth before he clenched his flame-wreathed hand, dispelling the fire since he had found his real target.

Rear Admiral Goro stood there sternly, smoke curling from the cigarette clenched between his teeth. His white Marine coat, draped over his shoulders, framed a sharp grey suit with a bold blue-and-white striped waistcoat beneath. He had slicked-back blond hair and blue eyes framed by glasses, while his gloved hand rested at his side.

"Your battle is with me, Pirate. Leave the young man out of this, he has done you no wrong." The Rear Admiral said, reaching up to his face and removing his glasses in preparation for the battle.

To that Adam simply smiled, bringing his hand back before throwing it forwards and with it the Marine in his hands. He flew through the air before being caught gently by Goro, the Rear Admiral set him to the ground and quickly wrapped a tourniquet around his arm stump.

"Rest easy, Petty Officer Morgan. I'll take it from here." He whispered as he stood up to face the Pirate who had assaulted and maybe even slaughtered most of his men.

Adam himself didn't seem to care in the slightest as he simply ran a hand through his pure White hair before commenting, "I heard a lot of chatter about you from the Mongrels, You better not disappoint. My debut as a Pirate has to be a memorable one after all."

"...You Pirates and your insatiable ego, does nothing matter for you heathens but your petty wants?!" Goro called out, a righteous rage filling his voice.

"Talk about the pot calling the kettle black, does nothing matter for you Mutts other than serving your Masters?" Adam replied while raising his hands into a shrug, his tone was in the middle ground between mockery and seriousness.

"What?" The Rear Admiral asked in reflex, genuinely taken aback by the Pirate's words.

"You make it out to be that Pirates are all pure evil while placing you Marines as pure good, but surely you can't be that conceited to really think that as the truth? You're all nothing but filthy guard dogs for the World Government and the Lard Lizards you call 'Celestial Dragons', and yet… You all seem so adorably Proud of yourself." 

Adam shook his head in disappointment as Goro and the rest of the Marines were taken aback, his words making them stand back for a moment to think, even the child to the side seemed engaged in their speech. Seeing his men's falling morale, Goro knew he had to step forwards and take charge again.

"That's completely different! The World Government and the Celestial Dragons are necessary evils for the World's Balance and the Greater Good-" He shouted, trying to refute him but was cut off by Adam.

"Save me your blustering and justifications. I'm not interested in your Bullshit. Just come at me before I start slaughtering your men." Adam stated, crossing his arms in boredom. 

"Fine!" Goro said between gritted teeth before his feet went into a practised position, a low chant escaping his mouth a moment later.

"Soru!"

Adam's eyes widened as the Rear Admiral blurred forwards from his position faster than he had anticipated, he still managed to react in time and block a punch meant for his face at the last possible second.

"Huh.. You're fast for a Monkey." 

"Don't you mock me!"

Goro tried to push through the hand blocking his fist to no avail as Adam simply gripped his fist tighter before throwing a punch of his own. The fist barely missed his gut by a hair's as Goro twisted his body and crashed his leg into Adam's neck.

The kick seemed to do nothing more than cause Adam to move his head to the side slightly, the Winged Man grinned at this before bringing back his own arm. Goro saw this as panic shot down his spine like lightning, immediately shouting out a chant.

"TEKKAI!"

Adam fist's crashed into the Rear Admiral's gut, doing surprisingly little damage other than causing him to flinch in pain. Not allowing his opponent even a second to breathe easy, Adam simply threw another haymaker directly into Goro's face, the impact of which sent him flying backwards into the Marine Base building.

'Odd…' Adam thought as he raised his fist to eye level and inspected it, 'When I punched his gut, it felt like punching solid steel. But the hit to the head felt fine otherwise, what was the difference between them?'

As Adam casually thought through and dissected his opponent's odd durability, he noticed from the corner of his eye as Goro climbed out of the rubble of the building. Blood dripped from his head as he walked forwards, the sight of which caused the nearby Marines to clench their fists in helplessness.

"Even if we want to help, we can't! That Monster would just kill us and we can't even hurt him…" One of the Marines hissed in frustration, describing their situation perfectly.

This was further proven when Adam laughed mockingly and called out, "Kuhahaha~! That's some look on you, 'Rear Admiral'~!" 

Goro grit his teeth in rage as he noticed the plummeting morale of his men, he could even see some civilians watching the whole altercation from their houses. This crisis would not end even if he won the battle, this was a great disaster to the East Blue's stability.

Adam kept a keen eye on the Rear Admiral, taking in every muscle twitch from his body and watched as he seemed to kick the ground repeatedly. The force of that action sent him flying towards the Pirate, Goro looked to twist mid air, entering an odd pose. 

The air around him seemed to coil, forming small streams of pressurised air around his arm and throwing it forwards in a viscous haymaker. Adam could tell the immense momentum behind that punch, leaning into the punch to throw his opponent off before swerving to avoid it at the last possible second.

His hands shot forward like vipers, wrapping around goro's leg before pulling him backwards. Adam slammed him onto the ground, causing blood to seep through the Marine's clenched teeth as he activated Tekkai again.

Lifting him up, Adam proceeded to use him as a battering ram to smash through a nearby wall. He turned around before throwing back into the same wall a few inches away from the first hole. Goro couldn't even take a moment to breath before Adam's fist crashed into his face and sent him tumbling back onto the street.

"Hm.. I see. I understand it now." Adam muttered as the flames on his back went out, signalling his switch into 'Speed Mode'.

He walked out of the building casually, watching as Goro dragged himself to his feet. He took particular notice in the damage he undertook, the most of it was in peripheral spots with the most major parts being on his head.

"It's quite simple now that I see it." The Pirate said with a bored tone.

"What are you-?" Goro muttered tiredly, his eyes shooting wide open a moment later as Adam was upon him with an arm cocked back faster than he could even blink.

"Tekkai!" 

The Rear Admiral barely managed to block the fist and yet despite applying his Technique, he was still forced to cough up bile from Adam's punch. Forcing himself to work through the pain, he threw a brutal haymaker across the Pirate's face.

It shockingly connected and managed to force Adam to turn his face to the side, not wanting to lose his desperately gained momentum Goro pushed forwards. His other arm shot forwards with immense speeds and dug into Adam's abdomen, pushing him backwards.

Despite getting damaged for the first time in the fight, the Pirate simply smiled through each hit. His hand shot forwards and parried the Rear Admiral's third hit before swerving around and back handing him across the face.

Goro was forced to step backwards as Adam raised his leg and tensed it heavily before shooting it forwards, it crashed against the Rear Admiral's iron-like body once again. 

Adam smiled despite this and chuckled in satisfaction before commenting smugly, "How predictable."

Before Goro could even comprehend what was happening, the air was knocked out of him as a blast of flames emerged from Adam's leg. His body was burned severely as the sheer force of the minor explosion sent him careening backwards into a nearby fence, crashing through and barely stopping himself.

On the other hand, Adam simply put his leg back down onto the ground, a satisfied grin strewn across his face. He crossed his arms self assuredly and looked down at the still smouldering form of his enemy with amusement, a small chuckle escaping his lips a moment later.

"Kuhaha~! I'm still not quite sure how you're gaining this durability, but I've ascertained that it most likely comes from wherever you have muscles. When I hit you in the gut, it felt like punching steel and your arms were like iron but your head was as supple as a child's." 

The Rear Admiral gritted his teeth and pulled himself up to one knee, hearing his opponent's self assured analysis of his technique. He ignored the burns that ached away at his skin while breathing heavily, simply looking up with a hateful, determined glare at the Lunarian who seemed to take joy in his expression.

"I'm certain a weak Monkey such as yourself couldn't have unlocked any form of Haki, meaning this must be either the effect of a Devil Fruit or some kind of secret art taught to you by the Marines." Adam explained, cracking his neck casually while keeping an eye on Goro's expression.

"So whatever this durability is, it can't protect you from high temperatures."

He stopped speaking and smirked a moment later when he caught a surprised, grim look on Goro's face, "And guessing by that look on your face, I'd wager I'm right on the money aren't I?"

Goro was quiet for a few seconds as he processed the situation in his head, a tired sigh escaping his lips as he shakily got back up to his own feet. Looking into the crimson fiery eye of the Winged Demon before him with renewed determination as well as grim resignation.

"…You're not taking any of this seriously, are you? You were holding back from the very beginning." He said a moment later as all the pieces finally came together for him in his mind.

"Pfft.. Kuhaha~! What gave you that impression, Mongrel?" Adam laughed while placing a hand at his hip covering his face with a hand, his voice dripping with sarcasm and amusement; it was obvious that this entire ordeal was a joke to him.

"I might not be your opponent but I can tell that your fighting style reeks of arrogance! Ego infects your every breath and you think you're entitled to Greatness. Calling people 'Monkeys' and 'Mongrels' as if you're better than us, your very existence is an affront in the face of Justice!" Goro proclaimed resolutely.

"Even if I were to fall today, my Comrades will be sure to avenge me and bring your tale to an end! Your arrogance shall be your downfall, Pirate!" The Rear Admiral shouted as he got back into a battle stance, resolute in his will that even if he were to die, another would carry on his mission.

"...Is that supposed to be Insulting? You say I'm Arrogant, I say you're Damn Right! That's Pride. Pride in the Lunarian I am." Adam declared while hitting his own chest, his Conqueror's Haki beginning to leak from his body, sending the nearest Marines to their knees from the pressure before they began losing consciousness. 

"Because I alone stand at The Pinnacle of Creation, it is my Burden as the Last Lunarian Alive! You think I call you Humans 'Monkeys' because of your Colour or Race?! IT'S BECAUSE COMPARED TO WHAT I AM, ALL OF YOU ARE MERE PRIMITIVE APES IN COMPARISON!"

With that declaration, Adam's entire body tensed before he shot forwards at the Rear Admiral. The ground beneath him cracked as he pulled back an arm, lighting ablaze with brilliant flames. Goro simply gritted his teeth through it all, pulling back his own fist in preparation for the final exchange.

'I'm sorry, Admiral Kurohebi. I won't be able to witness your 'Dark Justice' fix this broken world…' Goro thought before throwing his punch forwards, a gust of wind amplifying its powers as the Marine Coat on his back fluttered wildly.

Just before the impact, the flames upon Adam's back lit up into a brilliant inferno allowing him to take Goro's fist without issue. The Rear Admiral's body shook through his Tekkai enhanced abdomen, he seemed to struggle against something for a second before a spurt of blood shot from his mouth.

His pain didn't end there as a second later, the justice symbol on his Marine coat seemed to sizzle and smoulder before a pillar of flames burst out from Goro's back. The orange flames shot upwards towards the sky, drawing the attention of everyone watching as its implications haunted their minds.

Said implications were confirmed a second later as the Rear Admiral's body simply shook for a moment before falling backwards, Dead.

Adam D. Valentine paid no mind to the burned corpse of his prey, looking upwards from his body and at the Marine base still standing before him. He walked forwards, stepping on Goro's chest and cracking his ribs as he made his way towards the building.

"That building is an eyesore…"

He raised a hand and pointed at the Marine base lazily with a half clenched fist, a moment later streams of flames seemed to form from the very air around him and flowed into the palm of his cupped hand. They formed into a small orb of hellfire, it compressed against itself multiple times over in order to incorporate more firepower.

Adam then clenched his right hand into a fist, seeming to crush the orb of flames within it and pulled it to the left side of his chest. The hand began smouldering, sparks forming around it as the atmosphere surrounding Adam began heating up even further.

"Vermillion Nova."

With that final chant, Adam swiped his arm to the side and released a small fireball that flew at the Marine Base. Its infantasmeal size ballooned severely into a gigantic orb of flames resembling a sun before crashing into the Marine base.

A blast of heat followed by gusts of smouldering wind caused Adam's hair to flutter backwards as the entire building was swallowed by an earth shattering explosion. The Pirate simply smiled, satisfied with his work.

Rear Admiral 'Iron Gale' Goro and the Marine Base of Loguetown had both been completely and utterly annihilated by Adam D. Valentine.

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Author's Note:

It seems Adam will be opening up his brand new Donut factory soon lol

Anyways, please tell me what you thought of the battle, all criticism is welcome!

And I know, the choice in MC personality is odd, but please trust me and let me cook! I got plans for his character development eventually!

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