Yuurei rushed over to Dracon as he didn’t know how long his Haki was going to last. He had been using both forms of Haki at the moment, and honestly he was starting to wonder, if he had been doing it wrong. He could have used his Armament for the time being until he couldn’t use it anymore, and then Observation Haki until Armament was ready to be used again. There was that option, but he didn’t know how long any of his Haki would last through a long period of usage. Still, right now he didn’t have time for that as he was on the offense now. He rushed towards the old man as he was using his long arms to throw quick jabs towards the man. He was blocking them with the best of his abilities, and using his haki to counter Yuurei’s. Dracon was only smiling when he seen this because he could see the determination that was coming from the young lad himself.

Still, he was going to have to crush that determination no matter what, and show him that there is a larger world out there, and he would have a long way to go to achieve the top of the ranks. Yuurei had rapidly started punching at Dracon, and the old man figured that it was time to go on the offense. He could feel the blows that were coming Yuurei’s attack, and he knew from all their sparring that he wouldn’t be able to last a long period of time if he was just allowing the kid to hit his arms like that. Yuurei could see that he was blocking a lot, and he felt like he had him on the defense, but he had forgotten how fast this man really was. When he swung again Dracon had dodged the jab from his right, and Yuurei looked down to see that he had moved below Yuurei as he was crouching from the attacked that he dodged. Yuurei was getting ready to block the attack, but he knew it was too late.

Dracon had already gotten where he needed, so Yuurei could only do one thing, and it was do one thing, and it was embrace the attack. When he felt the blow connect on his stomach, his eyes widen when he felt the hit, and he gasp for air as he felt his body lift up from the ground. He was impressed by the attack, and his armament had done the best it could to protect him from the blow. When his feet touched the ground, he stumbled back a bit, and after that he got on one knee as he was gasping for air and holding his stomach. Dracon on the other hand watched the man be in pain as he was getting ready to continue his counter attack. The people that were surrounding the area were surprised that he was still conscious from one of master hits, but figured the fight would end soon. Yuurei had got up slowly from that hit and he looked at Dracon with a face that shown he didn’t give up.

Dracon figured that would be the case, and he rushed towards Yuurei. The pirate had swung against the man, but he was quick on his feet, and made it close to Yuurei again. The young man had dodged an incoming thrust from the old man’s legs, and then blocked punch that was coming straight at him at the same time. Yuurei was pushed away with that punch though, and he could only slap his face a few times as he had to get back into the game. The old man chuckled as he was going to give him a few shots to try, and he rushed over to Yuurei. The two of them collided their fists with each other, and their kicks with each other. Yuurei could feel the speed difference coming from each other, which made things scary because he couldn’t keep up with the old man.

Still, he knew that Dracon would tired himself out if he continued to trade blows with him like he was doing. It was what he assumed, but it was not something that was going to happen. Dracon had allowed a punch of Yuurei to slip in, and it connected with Dracon’s face. He felt his face shift in the opposite direction of the fist, and he could taste the blood that was in his mouth. Still, it gave Yuurei some type of confidence, which Dracon would take away in an instant. When he was he used that momentum to spin around and his body had gotten closer to Yuurei as he had done a backhanded punch towards Yuurei’s. He tried to block it, but the strength of Dracon’s Armament had surpassed his in every way. Yuurei felt the strength of that attack, and he stumbled to his left a bit. He was panting, but he was able to still use his Haki, but Dracon believe it or not looked like he was ready to continue to go for as long as he wanted.

The room was quiet though, and the people here were enjoying the fight, but they didn’t need to cheer or make noises to enjoy it. They just watched carefully to see their master take down another person who wanted to drink from the water from the well. This was another fail attempt and they wondered why their master even gave him the chance to learn how to use his ability, if he didn’t have capabilities of beating him in the first place.

8/10 Haki
+5 Doriki to Endurance
+5 Doriki to Strength due to race on arms

Yuurei had rushed over to Dracon as he could feel as if his stamina was depleting. Well he felt like his Haki was coming to an end, which was something he didn’t want to happen. It was a bit nerve wrecking because he knew that if he didn’t have his Haki, then he wouldn’t be able to hit Dracon after that. The thief had started attacking Dracon as much as he could as he was going through a rage of attacks towards the old man. It looked like he was randomly throwing attacks left and right, punches and kicks without trying to allow Dracon to do anything but block the attacks. He noticed that Yuurei was about to hit his limit, and he could see that the boy was feeling to. That made a lot of since, and he felt bad because he knew that it would have been a better fight if Dracon was the only person he had to fight.

Still, that wasn’t the case, and he did it on purpose. He did his best to block the young man’s attack, and he could feel the strength from each attack. He wasn’t exhausted, but the use of his Haki was too much and soon enough there wouldn’t any Haki. It was why he was allowing the young man to go on this offense because he wasn’t going to be able to do it for long. It didn’t take long for Yuurei though to get on the offense as he was able to bypass the old man’s defense. His long arms were useful after all, and he had connected a punch on the old man’s stomach, which allowed him to hit him on his chest, and then after his chest, his shoulders, and so on. He was able to connect again and again, and Dracon could only grunt, and gasp for air as he had made a mistake. He allowed the man to show off for his final moment, and he was paying for it now.

Dracon had threw himself on the ground, and Yuurei reacted as he tried to stop the old man, but he didn’t allow him to do that. Yuurei had sucked his teeth as he had him, but the old man got up from the floor he was lying on, and chuckled when he was looking at Yuurei. ”Boy, ya throw strong hits, but ya need ta finish ya opponents off quickly. Ya neva know what they are truly capable of,” he chuckled when he said this as he could feel the pain on his body from Yuurei’s blow. Still, he figured that it was over, and he was going to put Yuurei on the defense until his Haki was up. He disappeared from Yuurei’s line of sight, but the pirate knew where he was going. He turned around to try and block Dracon’s attack, but knew he wouldn’t make it. His Armament shifted to his back, and he did his best to block it, but his attack had been too strong.

Yuurei stumbled forward when he felt that attack, and placed his hands up to block Dracon’s next attack. He had moved towards Yuurei side now as he had thrust it a kick at the young boy. He was quick to block the attack as he couldn’t dodge it in time, and he felt his body being shifted in the opposite direction of Dracon. His eyes widen as this was probably how Dracon felt when he was doing this to him. The old man rushed over to the front of Yuurei now as he was through a few punches of his own at the thief. Yuurei blocked his body as he was trying to hit him there, and he was able to block him. He thought about attacking the man, but he could see it. If he had tried to attack Dracon he would be left wide open to be hit from his right, or left side. He sucked his teeth because this man was absolutely making sure that there was no way he could win this.

Dracon could only chuckle while going on the offense. He could tell that Yuurei could tell if he had made an offensive move then he would be left wide open to one of his attacks. Dracon had continued his on attacking Yuurei, and the young man had to take the hits, but he knew that he was going to have to do something drastic right now. Yuurei had allowed all of Dracon’s attacks go straight into his chest. Yuurei had used his Armament on his chest right there, and while that was happening he had used Armament as well on both his hands as he had bashed out a few punches straight towards Dracon’s head. They were good strikes, but he could feel the blows that were done by this old man as he had stumbled back from the hits. The thief coughed up blood from being hit like that even though Armament protected him the best that it could.

Dracon on the other hand had covered his head with Armament, and it was a good counter attack from the boy. He was bleeding from his mouth as well as he stumbled a bit back. He had bruises on his face, and one of his punches managed to get him so good that he was bleeding from the side of his head. He could only chuckled because this kid had the makings of stubborn fighter. Still, he could see that he was not going to be able to use Haki for a while. Yuurei noticed that his Armament had disappeared from his chest, and his arms, and he was panting as he was looking at Dracon. He didn’t take him down with those attacks, but he wouldn’t be able to hit him anymore, which was going to be his downfall. Still, he was stubborn indeed and wasn’t going to give up.

10/10 Haki
+5 Doriki to Endurance
+5 Doriki to Strength due to race on arms

Dracon had seen this and shook his head because Yuurei had fought very well. Now things were going to come to an end for this kid. Yuurei noticed that Dracon saw this happening, and the pirate had rushed over to him as he wasn’t going to allow him to attack him. When he got close to the man he had thrown a punch at him, but the attack had gone right through Dracon. Yuurei had known this was going to happen, and he spun around after the complete miss, and tried to kick the man, but that didn’t work either. Dracon brought his hand back as he was ready to end this fight. He had thrown a jab at Yuurei with Armament on it. The thief could see this punch coming, but he couldn’t block it with what he had done. He had been punched straight in the chest, and he was pushed back as he could feel the pain resonating through his chest. He grabbed as it was hard to breathe when he got hit, but it got easier within a few seconds.

The old man though had rushed over to Yuurei as he had uppercut the young man straight into his stomach, and Yuurei gasp for air as all the air that was in him had been knocked out of him. Still, he didn’t have time to do anything because he was then struck in the face, which shifted his face to the side, and then punched from the other side as his face was moving side to side with Dracon’s punches. Yuurei was still standing from the blows as he was being hit over and over again, but the crowd could see that his legs were trembling from exhaustion. Dracon had thrusted his foot straight into Yuurei’s chest as he had connected, and the thief had been pushed back, and then from there his body had fallen to the ground. Yuurei laid on his back as he was taken down. Dracon sighed as he didn’t think this guy would be able to take a beating, but that wasn’t the case.

Still, this fight was over now, or Dracon thought. Yuurei was looking at the ceiling as he was surprised that he was losing the fight. He had told himself that he wasn’t going to give up, and here he was on the floor beat to a pulp by Dracon. He was trying to heal, but it turned out his body was getting beat up from all of this. I can’t give up. Mashyuu is waiting for me, and if I come back like this I won’t be at a hundred percent. he thought to himself as he wasn’t done with this. He had gotten up from the floor slowly as the people around the room had gasped because they thought he would call it quits after those attacks. Yuurei had slowly gotten up from the ground and was shaking as his face was beat up, and arms twitched, and body was bruised. ”I can’t give up old man. I told you I need to be at tiptop shape for my friends on the battle to come,” he said with a smirk on his face.

Dracon shook his head when he seen his determination, and knew that if he didn’t hit him hard enough, then he would just keep coming back up. The old man had gotten into a fighting stance as he looked at Yuurei who couldn’t really move. He rushed over to Yuurei, and when he got close the pirate had shifted what looked like a lifeless body, and tried to hit Dracon with his right hand. Of course, the attack didn’t work as it had gone straight through the old man, and Dracon had laid a punch straight into Yuurei’s heart. It landed, which stopped Yuurei’s heart, but Dracon punched it again, and the young man’s heart had started again. It made the pirate’s body go limp though, and Yuurei fell to the ground once again. He was shocked to what had happen, and he couldn’t believe that he had truly lost. Did he just kill me for a second? he thought to himself as his body had dropped to the floor.

His body twitched as he as on the floor as if it were telling him to get up and continue to fight, but he knew it was over. He sighed though because even though he knew it was a lost he decided it was best to keep fighting, and show that he deserve the water. Dracon had looked at Yuurei’s body as he was wondering, if he was going to call it quits. Then it happened, the boy’s body was slowly getting up from the ground again, and Dracon was surprised that his will, and endurance would allow him to get back to the fight. Yuurei had slowly gotten up from the floor as he was looking at Dracon, but then his legs crumbled, and he fell back to the floor. They had given up, and he couldn’t stand anymore in this fight. He had fallen on his chest and his face was moved to the side as he could only chuckled because his body wasn’t strong enough.

Yuurei sucked his teeth as there was no way in getting back into this fight again. Dracon could only take note in this, and he was sure that the fight was over. ”Ya have done great with ya fight against me Yuurei. I applaud ya on that. Ya lost, but neva gave up the will ta fight fa what ya believed in,” he chuckled when he said this. Dracon had walked away from Yuurei. Yuurei had laid there as he was going to have to wait for his body to heal a bit before he would be able to move around again, but what sucked was that his body had been badly hurt from this fight alone.

Yuurei was upset that he had lost this fight, and knew that when he met up with the crew that he was probably going to be useless or not on par with any enemies they would be facing. He was planning on trying to protect everybody in the crew, but that wasn’t going to happen. He closed his eyes as he was a bit upset about this. He could feel the people that were in this room were leaving the area now. They had watched his defeat, but they probably knew who was going to win from the beginning. He chuckled a bit as a bit of tears had come out of his eyes. He had failed, but he had learned a few things today. He was able to use Armament without a problem, but he wasn’t a master of it just yet. Then there was the fact that he had gotten stronger through these three days. He had trained with a person who was stronger than him in every way.

He didn’t want to believe that in the beginning, but this fight showed Yuurei that he had a lot to grow from this. Still, Dracon had allowed him to get stronger through training with him, and he felt like when he got better that he would be a force to be reckoned with. His body had taken a beating as well, but it was something he didn’t think he could do from before. It also meant that his physique had allowed him to take on more hits than before, which was a good thing. There were fights that he would be hit in, and he would have to be able to take those on without caving in, and being taken out in one or several hits. When everybody had left the room, he had noticed that there was one person who was still in the room with him. He could move his body to see who it was, and he had just closed it to see feel the presence of that person, and knew that it was Dracon who was still in the room with him.

Yuurei wasn’t sure what the old man was doing here, but he figured that he was watching over him until he was able to leave. Dracon had walked over to the young man with something in his hand. He had placed the cup, or what looked like a sake cup on the ground as he made his way towards Yuurei. He had flipped the young man over, and could only chuckle when he see the sight of Yuurei tearing. ”Boy why ya crying?” he asked him. ”I failed. I was supposed to win, and get back to the crew at a hundred percent, but that isn’t the case now. How can I help them when my body is in this condition,” he said as he wanted to wipe his tears, but he couldn’t because his hands wouldn’t move. Dracon nodded as he understood what he was saying. The old man knew that he wasn’t lying about wanting to drink the water to be useful for his friends.

This just reassured him even more, and he was okay with letting this go just once. ”Yuurei my boy. I get ya determination, but ya need ta learn about giving up on certain fights. Ya life to ya friends is more important if ya come back alive. I think sometimes ya fight ya battles, and then back off them when they aren’t something ya can win. Still, I got ya something,” he said as he walked over to the Sake cup had placed on the ground, and walked over to Yuurei with it. He had poured the drink into Yuurei’s mouth, and the pirate had drank it as he wasn’t sure what it was. When it hit his taste bud it didn’t taste like anything, and he figured it was water. Dracon had stepped away from the young man as he could only smile when he did this. He figured if this kid was holding the Will of D., then he would rather have him as an ally than an enemy.

Dracon also figured he might be the one to change the world they lived in. He wasn’t sure, but he figured it was worth a shot. Yuurei’s body had started to shake intensely now as he wasn’t sure what was going on right now. His body shook violently, and he bent backwards as he could feel something happening to him. Gyaahhhh!” he shouted in the top of his lungs because he could feel everything hurting. It was painful, and he didn’t know what Dracon had done to him just now. Am I dying? he thought to himself as his heart race. He didn’t want to die, and he didn’t want his adventure to come to an end. Still, the pain was a lot, and he was trying to bear with it. The best thing about this was that it didn’t compare to the other pain he had been feeling until now.

Dracon just watched as he was hoping that the boy would be able to make it through what he was going through. He had given him the water from the well at the end of it all. The water did heal people of all wounds, but there was a huge chance that the person drinking it would die. The healing process was too much to the fact that it had a reverse effect. Still, Yuurei’s body had taken so much beating from him, his pupil, the three days of training, and even the fights that he had before. Dracon figured that would be enough to be able to heal him and keep him alive, and he kept his fingers cross the whole entire time.

Yuurei’s body had continued to move uncontrollably as he was doing his best to keep his conscious. He wasn’t going to allow faith to settle this for him, and he was planning on being awake through every shocking feeling that he was going through. He wasn’t sure what was happening to him, but he figured that Dracon had done something to him. He didn’t think it was something bad because he wanted to kill Yuurei, then he would have done so when they were fighting. He had the abilities to do it, so he threw that thought out of his mind. His body had slowly stopped moving though and Yuurei was breathing very heavily now as he wasn’t sure what was going on. He felt very weak, and he could feel the exhaustion of his entire body. He felt like his body had just worked through overtime, and they needed a long rest. There was one thing he noticed he could do and it was move his head, which he did to look at Dracon.

”What did you do to me?” he asked the old man. He heard him say this to him, and he chuckled when he heard Yuurei. ”Boy, ya still alive after that? That is good news. As fa what I did ta ya. I gave ya what ya wanted. The wata from the well. There is another reason why we don’t allow anybody ta drink from it Yuurei my boy,” he chuckled a bit as he was a bit happy that it worked. ”What’s the reason, and if there is a reason why not tell me from the beginning. And why give it to me anyways?” he asked a bit confused. ”The wata does heal, but it has an effect that I can say over heals ya body, or takes the healing and turns it inta a cancer? Point is people who drink get heal, and then die. I was hoping ya would just give up the idea of drinking the wata, but ya didn’t. And after I seen ya reaction, I figured I would give ya wanted and hope fa the best,” he explained.

Yuurei was shocked to hear this, and he looked at his arms, and slowly moved them upward and noticed that they were healed. Still, he could feel his body had been exhausted to the point where he couldn’t really move. ”So am I healed completely?” he asked Dracon. The old man looked over to the boy as he was looking at his face, and his arms, and he could see there were no cuts, and wounds on his face, or arms. He assumed they were fully heal, and he coughed before telling Yuurei this. ”Ya fully heal, but ya body is too exhausted ta function. I advise ya get some rest before ya leave this place,” he chuckled as he nodded at Yuurei. The pirate had chuckled with Dracon as he was a bit happy about what had happen. He would be able to come back to the crew without being truly harm. He knew that he would also be stronger than he was when he showed up to the ship.

The pirates body had been heal to the fact that his old scars had disappeared except for the ones on the back. Those had gotten smaller though, but could not be completely heal. Yuurei would take Dracon’s advice and would fall asleep on the ground that he had been defeated in. He didn’t care that he lost now, but he was happy that he was able to grow as a person, and a fighter these last few days. Yuurei would only sleep through this for about eight hours, which is what he really needed. When he would get up from the floor he would noticed that Dracon, and his pupil were there waiting for his awake. Yuurei could only stretched his arms into the air as he could feel as if he had been reborn. He looked at the two of them as if they were there to say bye to him.

Yuurei had gotten up from the floor as he looked over to Dracon. ”Thank you Dracon. For everything you have given me for the last three days,” he bowed to him. Dracon chuckled when he heard this, and seen this kid act. ”Just continue ta be ya self Yuurei. Ya a strong person, and a scary fighta. I say this though take what ya learn these past three days and use it in the future. Ya won’t always be using ya swords remember that as well,” he chuckled when he said this and Yuurei nodded as he understood that. Then Dracon remembered something, but wasn’t sure if he had told Yuurei before, but figured he would tell him again to make sure. ”Not sure if I told ya this, but ya a wanted man in Skypiea. So be careful, and try ta hide ya identity,” he chuckled as he warned Yuurei.

The pirate figured that was the case, and knew he would have to disguise himself, which was something he would be easily capable of doing. ”Thank you for the warning Dracon. I will be sure to use it, and I will also use everything I have learned here, so no worries,” he said. He took the back entrance as he opened the door, and looked back at the two of them. He waved farewell to the both of them, and they had done the same thing. He figured that they might meet again, but for now they would be separated from each other for now.

EXIT

Word count 19,405 words. Had fun in this topic, and showing Yuurei that there are truly stronger people in this world who he cannot touch yet.