Ascension Or Journey From World To World

South Blue. Centaurea.

A young man with white hair and red eyes was walking right down the street. He was wearing black pants, a white shirt, and a captain's cape over it. He wore black boots on his feet.

He attracted a lot of attention, women looking at him blushed, men were jealous.

"Hey, handsome, do you want to enjoy this beautiful m.a.t.u.r.e woman?" said some huge old woman.

Young women turned to the old woman, in their eyes one could read: "Are you serious?"

But the man did not even pay attention, he read a fresh newspaper.

<New Shichibukai>. <Pirate Empress. Boa Hanc.o.c.k>.

A smile appeared on his face.

[Even my presence has not changed your mind. Do not worry, as soon as they cancel the Shichibukai system, I will protect your island. Now you can continue your game of pirates and enjoy life.]

The man continued to read further.

<The <Red-Haired> Shanks was seen in the weakest sea>

[Mmm, the time is almost here. What kind of game is this copy of Aizen playing? If I remember correctly, he stayed in the Foosha Village for a year and sailed away immediately after Luffy ate the fruit. He was waiting for something, and while he was waiting, he brainwashed the child telling his stories about pirates and "freedom." The c.h.e.s.t inside which was the fruit of gomu gomu appeared in the bar only when Luffy cut himself with a knife and proved his determination. The situation with the Sea King is very doubtful. When Luffy first set sail, he defeated this Sea King with one hit. Shanks lost his hand, although already at that time he knew how to control Conqueror's Haki. Red-Haired Dumbledore and his chosen one ...]

*Sigh*

"If he gets in my way, he will die. I do not care about his relations with Im and the <World Government>," the man whispered.

He shook his head and looked at the building in front. There was a sign that looked like a slice of pizza.

<Uncle John's Pizza>

"Hehe, what an interesting name," the man smiled.

He went straight to this building. Before he could enter, he heard a cry:

"Are you here again !? Get out of here, dirty beggar."

"But I paid! Why can't I eat like other visitors !?"

"I do not need your dirty money. You are just a beggar and a thief!"

"Hahahaha, just beat her, John. Why are you talking to her."

"Right, right, break her legs and throw her into the river. Anyway, she has no one."

*Opens the door*

Entering the pizzeria, he saw an unpleasant picture.

On the floor was a girl with pink hair, she was dressed in torn and dirty clothes. She looked twelve to thirteen years old.

She was surrounded by muscular men.

They all laughed at her and poured their drinks on her.

A tall man with a long mustache looked at the girl with contempt. This man was wearing cook clothes. Most likely he is John.

Suddenly the whole building began to tremble and crack. All the windows began to break, and the men around the girl, one by one, lost consciousness and fell to the floor.

*Thump*

*Thump*

*Thump*

Only the chef remained on his feet. The face of the mustachioed chef was pale, in his eyes there was horror.

"Cook your best food. If I don't like it ... you will die."

The cook heard a cold voice, he turned and saw a man with red eyes near the entrance.  Looking into his eyes, he saw his death.

"Of course, sir. I will make my best pizza," the cook bowed and quickly ran into the kitchen.

The man nodded and started walking toward the girl.

*Sniff* *Sniff* *Sniff*

He heard the girl trying to hold back her tears, but she did not quite succeed.

The man waved his hand. As if by magic, the clothes and hair of the girl became clean. Torn rags turned into a long blue dress.

He stood in front of her on one knee and stroked her head.

As soon as his hand fell on the girl's head, the man felt her flinch. He had already encountered such a reaction. People show such a reaction only if they have not been treated with tenderness and kindness for a long time.

The girl raised her tear-stained face and began to blink her beautiful purple eyes.

The man raised his hand and brought it to the girl's face, wiping his tears with his thumb.

"Don't cry anymore. Come on, get up. Now the mustachioed cook will bring us something to eat."

"But…".

A man picked up the girl from the floor and led him to one of the tables.

He sat across from her and looked into her eyes.

"My name is Ray," he introduced himself.

"Bonney. Jewelry Bonney," the girl said quietly.

[So that's who she reminded me of. Jewelry Bonney. Who would have thought her childhood was so hard.] Ray thought.

Ray saw a cook carrying food.

"First you eat, and then we'll talk," Ray said.

The cook set a big pizza in front of them.

Ray looked at him like an idiot.

"Do you think that one pizza is enough for us? Bring us all the food."

The cook began to sweat but answered anyway:

"Yyeees, give me 20 minutes, no, 10 minutes."

Ray saw that Bonney was sitting and just staring at the pizza, as if afraid to touch it.

"Bonney, don't be afraid, eat as much as you want. No one will offend you," Ray smiled warmly.

Bonney saw his smile and blushed a little.

[Hey hey, you're only twelve. No need to blush when you look at me.]

Bonney took one slice of pizza and bit off a bit. Her eyes widened and tears flowed from them. After the first bite, she ate a slice of pizza very quickly. Bonney ate faster and faster, her tears continuing to flow down her cheeks.

[Where did this reaction come from, she never tried pizza?]

The cook brought more and more pizza, but Bonney ate it much faster ... it was an uphill battle ... the cook fought like a lion, to the very end. But Bonney was stronger ...

______

Centaurea. Forest near the shore.

Not far from the sea was a clearing completely surrounded by trees. There was a small bonfire in this clearing, around which were two people, a young man, and a girl.

"Hehehe, I haven't eaten so much food ... for about three years now," Bonney said happily.

"Why didn't they want to sell you food?" Ray asked.

Bonney's eyes filled with sadness.

"When I first came to this island I was nine years old. Orphans are very common and no one was surprised when I came here. They did not pay attention to me. I survived as best I could. In the forest I was picking fruit, in the river, I was fishing, in the city, I was stealing. I was caught once. I tried to escape using the power of my devil fruit, but I couldn't. After this incident, all the inhabitants of the city began to treat me very badly. I was not allowed into shops or bars, the inhabitants of the city always tried to insult me. Before, I could sell some fruits and fish and buy clothes with the money I received. But after that incident, it became impossible. Now I try to stay away from the city. I spend most of my time in this forest."

"If city inhabitants treat you so badly, what did you do at that pizzeria?" Ray asked.

Bonney looked at the ground and tears flowed from her eyes.

Ray began to panic, he did not like female tears.

He raised his hand and began stroking Bonney on the head.

"If it's hard for you, then you don't have to force yourself."

Bonney jumped up from her seat and threw herself into Ray's arms.

Ray was surprised, but hugged her and continued stroking her head.

"I ... have ... I have a birthday today. When I was a child, every time for my birthday, my mother cooked pizza for me. I thought ... maybe I could celebrate my birthday and eat some pizza. I did not think that everything would happen that way. Previously, they simply kicked me out, but they never beat me," with tears in her eyes, Bonney said.

[Birthday? Birthday…]

He waved his hand and drew a table from his spatial storage. On the table was a large pink cake.

The time in the spatial storage stops, and because of this, Ray always has ready-made food.

"Bonney, look here. This is my birthday present," Ray said pointing to the cake.

Bonney raised her head and turned toward the table. Her eyes widened in surprise, a minute ago there was no table here, much less a cake.

"I made this cake myself. Try it. It's a little, but I put all my feelings into cooking," Ray said.

Bonney went to the cake and took one cut piece.

After the first bite, stars appeared in her eyes. Her reaction was like that of Entoma.

"It's delicious! This cake is delicious!" Bonney rejoiced.

She stopped crying and began to eat cake.

[She eats a lot, is it because of the power of the devil's fruit?] Ray thought.

Bonney smiled happily and ate the cake.

Ray went up to her and wiped the cream from the cake that was on her cheeks.

"Take your time. Eat more slowly," Ray said.

He did not know that his every action pierces the heart of young Bonney like the Cupid's Arrow.

A lot of women gathered around Ray and such care was for him the order of things. But for other women who have never been treated so gently and carefully ... it was very difficult ... even Olga quickly opened to Ray.

If Ray's wives saw his actions, they would say: "After that, he says that there are too many women around him ... he does not understand how fragile and tender the female heart is !?"

Bonney blushed and nodded. She felt strange, her heart was beating very fast, and when she looked at Ray it began to beat even faster.

Young Bonney did not encounter such feelings as "Love" and did not know what it was.

The clouds over the island began to gather. Ray did not know that a storm was approaching this island.

______

Ten kilometers from Centaurea Island.

"Are you sure she's on this island? Over the past three years, we have been looking for her all over South Blue. If this information turns out to be false, then I personally will rip your heart out." said the man in white clothes. His face was covered by a mask with a heart on it.

He held a snail and talked to it.

"I, I, I saw her personally. She fits the description completely. A girl with pink hair and purple eyes. It's definitely her! Former princess of the Sorbet Kingdom, niece of one of the Shichibukai, Jewelry Bonney," answered the snail.

"Idiot. This information is too little!" shouted a man in white clothes.

"I found out from the locals that about two years ago she was caught stealing and she used strange power to turn the seller into a child," said the snail.

"The power of the  Nenrei Nenrei no mi. Fine! Watch her, I will personally capture her," the man replied.

"Sir, there is now some man with white hair with her. I requested information about this man, but ... this man ... he seemed to appear out of nowhere. He was seen only once, and it was on the Sabaody Archipelago, after which he disappeared. But I found out that with just a glance he makes people lose consciousness," said the snail.

"What !? Watch this man closely. But stay away from him, I will take care of this business myself," said the man in white clothes.

"As you order," the snail answered and closed her eyes.

A man in white clothes went to the side of the ship and looked at the sea.

"This is very disturbing information. An unknown person who owns the Conqueror's Haki. People who own the Conqueror's Haki are very unpredictable and dangerous, I need to report about this to <Gorosei>."

_______

Centaurea.

Ray and Bonney sat next to each other and looked at the flames of the fire.

"Do you want to hear my story?"  looking into Ray's eyes, Bonney asked.

[Lately, I have come across this very often...] Ray thought.

"I will hear out to you."

Bonney looked at the fire and began to say:

"It all happened three years ago. In truth, I am the first princess of the Sorbet Kingdom, or rather, the former princess ...

The former King, my grandfather, had two daughters, the eldest Lina and the youngest, my mother, Connie. When my mother was pregnant with me, Bartholomew Kuma became the new King, now he bears the title "Tyrant" and is one of Shichibukai.

Kuma was a friend of my aunt Lina's childhood; he had nothing to do with the nobility. But this did not interfere with their relationship, and my grandfather allowed them to get married, after which he appointed Kuma the new King.

Everything was fine, Kuma was a worthy king. In addition, he possessed the power of a devil fruit and was very strong. Because of this, pirates never attacked our island.

When I was eight years old, I sneaked into the treasury of our Castle and found a strange fruit there. I ate fruit ... that is where it all started.

When I told my grandfather about this, he was very scared and told me to never show the power of the fruit. We didn't even realize that the maid had overheard us.

I hid my powers for a year and never used them, but that was not enough. The maid sold this information on the black market.

A year later, people in white suits attacked our family, they killed ... killed ... they killed my whole family. Only Kuma and I survived.

They needed me, they needed this damn fruit.

Kuma defended me and using his fruit power he sent me to this island.

Later, I found out that Kuma was accused of the death of my family. He was called "Mad King", "King Tyrant."

He became a pirate and received the title "Tyrant". I read that he was given this title because of all the cruelty that he showed towards pirates. But I know that this is not the whole truth. Kuma was a very calm and kind person ...

This is the story of Princess Bonney. Princess, through whose fault her whole family died ..."

Bonney cried throughout the story, these words were given to her very hard. Ray saw that she blamed herself.

[Now I understand the reason for Bonney's hatred of <World Government> and Marines. And why did she come to save Kuma directly at Mary Geoise. That explains a lot.] Ray thought.

"It's not your fault. Human greed is to blame. Even if you didn't eat this fruit, the <World Government> would still find its location. They have the strength and resources to do this. Don't blame yourself for all this. Do you think that your family members would like to see how you blame yourself for their death? I doubt it. I'm sure Kuma told you something similar. Continue to live, continue to enjoy this life. If you have nowhere to go, then stay with me, I will become your family, I will support you in everything and I will share your burden," hugging Bonney, said Ray.

Bonney hugged Ray and buried his head in his c.h.e.s.t.

["Bonney, it's not your fault, you don't need to cry. Your mother and we all do not want to see your suffering. Someday, you will meet special people who will welcome you and become your new family. Just wait for this moment, then you will understand, that life goes on." Thanks for saving me, Kuma. I think I found my special person.]

Bonney fell asleep in Ray's arms, a happy smile on her face.

Ray covered her with a blanket and continued stroking her head.

"My Observation Haki tells me that in the near future I will meet with a strong opponent. Who will it be?" Ray whispered.

______

Marineford. Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office.

"Do you want me to send such a strong man to catch an unknown man !? Yes, you are crazy. I don't care that he has Conqueror's Haki. This information is not even confirmed. Let the <Gorosei> send agents Cipher Pol. Okay, damn it. I will send him!" Sengoku shouted.

"Bwahahaha. What is it, Sengoku, again the orders of the <World Government>?" eating a rice cracker, a muscular man laughed.

*Boom*

"GARP! What the hell are you still in my office!? Do you have a task!" hitting the table, Sengoku shouted.

"BWAHAHAHA, what do they need again? Another nanny for the pig? Or eliminate another "global threat" what was that child's name? Exactly! Nico Robin," Garp laughed.

"GARP!"

*Sigh*

"They want me to send this justice-obsessed idiot," massaging his temples, Sengoku said.

"And why did they need him? To sink another island?" Garp asked skeptically.

*Sigh*

"In vain, I accepted the position of Fleet Admiral. It was necessary to remain the usual Admiral or simply to resign. Damn Kong, it's all his fault," Sengoku said with a sigh.

"BWAHAHAHA, good luck," Garp said as he left Sengoku's office.

Along the way, he saw a muscular man dressed in a red shirt, over which he wore a cape of the vice-admiral.

[Hope you die.] Looking at the man, Garp thought.