Chapter 4: Next Level Haki
Pouring cold water over Lee, Garp watched as Lee jumped up like a cat and landed gracefully. Glaring at Garp, Lee said, "What was that for?"
"Boy, we got you a room," said Garp walking towards a small hut on the edge of the ship. "Since all the rooms and beds are taken, we made you a small hut with our leftover sheets and beds."
Lee looked unimpressed at the poorly built wooden hut, sighing, he asked, "Can you give me some tools, this is not a hut, it is a box."
Garp was a bit angry but complied, "Fine, show me your hut-making skills then since you are so good."
Shrugging, Lee took the tools and began to make his wooden shed. The time he made a house for the entire squad he commanded in his past life, he remembered every step. His memory never fails him.
Garp watched in shock as Lee began to make a livable-looking shed with a roof and a door. "Are you some kind of monster?"
Lee finished his house and put all the tools away, "What do you mean?" replied Lee as he sat on a chair.
Sitting next to him, Garp asked, "Your fighting skills are better than mine, you have learned two types of haki, even learning to shave by yourself, you even can use a punch that can hurt me, and now you can make houses? What can't you do?"
"Live peacefully."
Garp thought about it, "Why do you train so hard every day?"
"To live peacefully one day."
"Why though."
"If, I didn't have strength, would you have cared to recruit me?"
Garp wondered about that, "You...are right somewhat, I would still recruit you even if you were normal."
Lee looked into the sea and got lost in thought, "And what would happen to me if I was normal, would I die like the rest? I cannot let that happen, nobody is gonna be able to kill me. I won't die again."
A killing intent permeated the ship, scaring Sea Kings as Garp got up and felt chills on his back. "Calm down Lee!"
"I will not, be controlled again!" A shockwave came out of Lee making every marine faint, Bogard was shocked as he looked toward Garp and Lee.
Garp was releasing his own conqueror's haki to counter but this will, the will to live was so overwhelming, he was shocked and excited to the point that he just wanted to compete but he snapped out of it and punched Lee with a conqueror's infused punch.
Knocking out Lee as his conquerors calmed down. Garp looked down at Lee and felt his fist, he hit him hard with half his full power and it only knocked him out. Feeling his rib, he smirked, "This kid, actually countered and broke my rib, haha!"
Bogard approached cautiously and looked at Lee as if he was a monster in the flesh. The next day came silently as they approached the Navy Headquarters Gate, sailing in, everyone was happy to come back.
The trip was 2 months and two extra months just to come back, but at least, they came back with someone extraordinary. Lee was balancing himself on his two fingers meditating as he imagined a fighter jet was on both of his fingers.
During the two months when they picked up Lee, Garp taught him all of the six forms, he quickly mastered them to the shock of Garp once more as one of his hair strands turned grey due to stress.
Lee at this moment jumped up and stood on top of the edge of the ship, looking at the entire Headquarters, he spread out his observation haki and suddenly people felt his presence but he shut it off once he was found out.
Sengoku in the office was confused, "Who was that?"
The three admirals also came out, "Who was that?" asked Akainu.
Lee then shaved towards Garp and said, "One more condition."
"What? We are already here, you can't add one more," said Garp folding his arms.
Lee pouted, "Then, I will swim away, you know how fast I swim, even faster than you."
Garp gritted his teeth, during the two months, he saw Lee pushing the ship, training his body, and making the ship 2x faster. So Garp challenged him to a swimming contest and lost so quickly.
All Lee did, was imagine he was a fish, the fastest fish, Sail Fish. Garp sighed and nodded, "Fine."
"Don't expose me just yet, I don't like attention," said Lee seriously.
Staring at Lee scrutinizing his face, Garp let out a breath of air, "Fine, but don't hide forever, just show enough to be a Commodore first, so you don't have to go to the marine school."
Garp knew how talented it would be to send Lee to marine school when he had mastered all six forms and had three types of haki. Jumping on the edge, Garp jumped onto the port and saw the top powerhouses of the Marines standing near the port. "Who knew, I was this famous, haha!" said Garp chuckling.
Sengoku rolled his eyes, "Garp, you took an extra two months for what?"
Walking in front of Sengoku, he whispered in his ear, "I found someone strong."
"Who?" whispered Sengoku back.
Garp smirked and snapped his finger as every marine went back to their apartments to rest. Then the three admirals as well as Sengoku saw a young man wearing a white shirt and pants with sandals shave next to Garp.
"That shave is very proficient, no wasted energy or movement," said Aokiji opening his blindfold to stare at Lee.
"Indeed," said Kizaru yawning.
Akainu snorted as Sengoku was intrigued as his brain was gathering info about this young man, "What is your name boy?" asked Sengoku.
"I am called Lee."
"No last name?" wondered Sengoku
Lee and Garp shook their heads together, "Ain't his shave amazing?"
"Do you want me to promote him?"
Garp smirked, "How did you read me?"
"I can't just promote someone who you think is strong, you know that," said Sengoku as he started to walk away.
The three admirals were about to walk away until Lee hid his presence and shaved in front of all of them. All of them went on high alert, "There was no sound!" said Akainu a bit shocked that this person can shave like this.
"What? How can you shave and hide your presence?!" asked Sengoku confused.
Garp laughed loudly, "Well, Sengoku, would you like to test him if you don't believe me."
Thinking about it, Sengoku signaled them to go to his training ground. Shaving there, Lee was the 4th to get there as Akainu and Aokiji weren't tryna race. "You can use this shave so proficiently, can you use the other ones with the same proficiency?" asked Sengoku as his brain began to think.
Lee smiled, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I have indeed mastered the six forms."
"How old are you?"
"I think I am 12 or 13."
A shock went through every single one of their hearts, "He is...only 12 or 13, what?!" wondered Aokiji as he calmly remained in focus.
"Haha!" laughed Garp.
Akainu was thinking if he could recruit Lee into his command. Lee, on the other hand, was showing off the other six forms.
Lee used a Finger Pistol and it was like a machine gun sprayed down the stone wall as he quickly attacked in 10 seconds, he could hit you 40 times. Sengoku saw the sweat on Lee's head and thought it was his limit. Even so, this limit was amazing at 12.
Using MoonWalk, he stood in the sky for 10 minutes, in the air he shot out tempest kicks cutting the stone wall. He looked at Garp as he understood the signal and charged at him, Lee then used Iron Body as Garp used 10% of his power.
Landing his punch on Lee's stomach, a shockwave made the ground tremble as Sengoku was surprised. "Amazing," said Sengoku amazed.
"Did you know, there is another secret technique of the Six Forms."
Sengoku was intrigued, "Show me, Lee."
Lee smirked and knew he gained the respect of Sengoku, "This is only available when you master all of the forms. It is called Rokuogan."
Walking in front of Sengoku, he said, "Sengoku, may I test my attack on you?"
Everyone was shocked, "Such balls," said Kizaru smirking.
"Okay, let me see your full power, Lee," said Sengoku turning on Iron Body thinking it would be enough.
Lee suddenly glinted in his eyes, Garp saw the glint and was shocked. This glint only shows up when Lee wants to use all of his strength and defeat the opponent. During their spars, he saw the glint as if he wanted to fight to kill.
Sengoku saw the vibe change suddenly as Lee suddenly enveloped his hand in armament haki. Seeing the haki, Sengoku was shocked but then, it began to flow...
"No way!" said Akainu gripping his cigar tightly.
Holding both palms in front of Sengoku's chest, Sengoku gulped and used armament haki on his chest. "This is my full power, don't die."
Before Sengoku could imagine why Lee said that, Lee used Rokuogan and internal destruction mixed with it. Before he hit Sengoku's chest, he imagined all of his bones were as tough as diamonds but soft as water allowing him to sneak in the mach punch in that split second.
Garp and the three admirals saw the change in Lee's demeanor as his attack hit Sengoku and then all they heard was a loud bang that shattered every window in the vicinity. Pouring all of his haki into his chest, Sengoku felt as if a sharp mountain attacked his chest.
He was in the stone wall, embedding himself into it. He blacked out for a second, he underestimated the attack. Lee returned his body to normal and he looked at his haki, "It seems, I need to practice more."
Garp was shocked at the attack, then at the sentence. He glanced at Sengoku and felt his pain as he gripped his chest remembering the mach punch Lee used on him. Aokiji chuckled and couldn't even hide his shock.
Kizaru had his mouth open, while Akainu dropped his cigar in shock. Walking out of the stone wall, Sengoku felt his chest and felt it cave in a little. "That...was amazing!" yelled Sengoku who used shaved and appeared in front of Lee.
He looked at his muscles and was so excited, even if there was blood on the corner of his mouth, he just looked at Lee as if he won a big prize. Garp slapped his head in annoyance, he thought, "Didn't you want to hide...whatever, I am gonna leave him to Sengoku."
Sengoku watched Garp leave and didn't care, as he began to formulate plans in his mind. Pulling Lee into the office, Sengoku behind the desk said, "I will grant you the title of Major, once you begin to earn experience and reputation. I will give you the Rear Admiral title."
Lee smiled, "Sengoku, may I add a condition?"
The three admirals smirked, "This newcomer is quite brave," all they thought.
Sengoku thought about it, "Fine, what is it?"
"I just want to be a Rear Admiral, no higher please."
Sengoku was shocked, "If you train enough, you can even become a Vice Admiral, why lower your goals?"
"I just want to live peacefully."
With a heavy sigh, Sengoku smiled, "You want to live peacefully? Then switch to Vice Admiral, once you become one, you can truly live peacefully in the headquarters."
Garp told Sengoku how to control Lee or how to make him choose the best choices for him. Lee thought about it, and then he remembered Garp, he is a Vice Admiral and he can visit East Blue so many times. He even just sits at Navy HQ eating crackers. "Fine, I will become a Vice Admiral Candidate."
"For now, I will grant you the title of Ensign."
Frowning, Lee was confused, "Can't I become a Major?"
"I thought about it, but I want you to be trained under our current instructor for now," said Sengoku handing Lee a badge as he dismissed everyone.
Lee took the badge and saluted as he and the three admirals walked out, Sengoku then dialed Zephyr and told him all about Lee.
Lee at the moment then asked, "Where is my living space?"
Akainu looked at Lee and wondered about something, then he said, "I think you can apply for an apartment as an Ensign."
"Oh, thanks, where is it?"
"The big sign named Marine Apartments," said Akainu pointing towards a flashing sign.
Lee saluted and bid them goodbye as he got an apartment since showed them he was an Ensign. Heading towards the showers, then his room, it was basic with a desk, a lamp, a closet, a bathroom, and a kitchen.
The bed was on the edge of the room near the kitchen. Sitting on his bed, he realized it was quite hard. Sighing once more, he meditated to sleep. Deep in his sleep, he felt a spark, a spark of something magnificent, a spark of spiritual energy...