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Juan had never felt as alone as he now felt having made friends. He had ruined his friendship with Reya and he’d gotten Rocco involved with the Children of the Sun before leaving him behind with them. Now sitting on the roof of one of the many appraisal shops of Water 7’s business district he found himself unable to hold back his tears,”Why do I have to mess everything up?” He whispered to himself. Juan’s face was covered with tears and he was afraid to even wipe them away with his hands due to the presence of these freaky paw pads on his hands. ”I’m such a Fucking freak,” Juan sobbed, unable to really hold himself together with all the rapid changes that had occurred in in his life recently. ’It feels like my life is controlled by some shitty depressed writer’ With that thought though, Juan calmed himself down a bit. ’No one could be shitty enough to write my life how it’s gone down unless he really hated himself. I need to just accept that my life is shitty and try to change it.’

Standing up and using his sleeve to wipe his tear stained face, he jumped off the roof and used his wings to painlessly glide down to the door of the appraisal shop. One of these shops would be the right place to have his hands looked at. There was no way he could go to any doctor now that he had a bounty on his head, and a shop like this would likely have seen all sorts of strange treasures; maybe they had seen something like his hands before.

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As Juan walked through the door of the small appraisal shop his balled fists were hidden inside of his pockets. He was terrified of someone within seeing his paw pads and judging him. Luckily for him, there was no one inside the shop, but his hands still stayed inside of his pockets. Walking up to the counter of the store a visibly sweating Juan would ask the amused store worker a question,"So you probably see a lot of crazy things working in a place like this right?" While Juan knew that it sounded like a dumb question he felt that he needed to ask for his own feeling of security. With a smirk, the store worker would rub his hands and say,[color=red]"Yeah I've seen my fair share of strange treasures. It sounds like you have something juicy to share with me today. While the man's greed was what truly fueled his curiosity, it seemed genuine enough to give Juan the coruage to pull his hands from his pockets before opening them in front of the man's eyes. "You ever seen something like these?" As the store worker saw Juan's hands, his look of greedy curiosity turned into one of extreme amusement as he broke into loud laughter. "What kind of freak are you?" The man would ask through his howling laughter,"I've NEVER seen anything half as freaky as you are man. What kind of freaky person has paws on their regular hands? Your mother get a bit too involved with a minkman? That what happened freak? You some kind of gross halfbreed?" The worker was immensely amused by what was going on, and his laughter only served to make Juan angrier.

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As the store employee's laughter fueled Juan's rage even further, the young man looked down at his own paw printed palm with disgust. 'He's right. I am a freak.' "Im a freak!" While Juan intended to say all of that in his head, the ending part was said aloud and punctuated by slapping his hand onto the counter forcefully. Juan and the horrified store worker looked at the area in shock as the counter collapsed under the power of Juan's paws. Just like in the fight against the Children of the Sun, Juan was struck by the power his freakish new paw pads had. The store worker was no longer laughing, now his voice caught in his throat as he sat fearing for his life.

In that moment, sitting there looking at the damage his hand was able to do to the counter even accidentally, and seeing how much fear he could cause in someone who had been laughing at him only a moment before. Juan's look of fear was replaced by a smirk as he looked the terrified man in his eyes and offered a challenge,"Call me a freak again. Open your weak pathetic mouth and insult me again. I dare you." "I..." The man didn't even finish his response before he was cut off by a whole being blown threw his chest. As Juan sat there holding up his arm directly in front of the wound, he actually smiled,"I think I might like being a freak." Still smiling widely, Juan would bend of to pick up the body by the hair, before walking out of the building still holding onto the hair of the recently deceased.

Once Juan was outside, he would place down the corpse in the middle of the crowded business district and say outloud for anyone close enough to hear him,"I think this shop is hiring now if anyone is interested." While the civilians ran off screaming, trying to avoid getting a hole in their own chest, or running to get the marines to come to the location to deal with the situation. "Hm, I guess they really don't want to get jobs around here. The pay must be really shitty." At the moment, Juan was beyond reason. His struggle to cope with the rapid changes he had gone through recently had caused him to snap, and he was not in the mood to be fucked with at that moment. "Stop criminal! Put your hands where I can see them." Eight meters away from Juan to his left, a marine officer. Amused, Juan went along with what the man had said, and raised his hands above his head. Turning slowly so that he could face the man, Juan would utter two words,"Like this?" When the marine saw Juan's paws he was of course shocked, and that moment of shock was all Juan needed to seal his fate. In front of the marine's own eyes those freaky paw pads formed two paw shaped masses of compressed air that were launched towards him before he could think. The marine's head was smashed open like a ripe melon by the first of the two shots, and the second flew through the spot where his head used to be, crashing into the door of a bank that was nearby.

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The sound of alarms blaring, the loud echoing footsteps of the approaching marines, the screams of the citizens of Water 7. All these factors combined to do a number of the fragile mental state of Juan. Looking at the aftermath of his small rampage, hearing the screams of "Monster!" that filled the area; Juan's eyes began to tear up. "Maybe I am a monster. Or maybe I'm just some guy who got unlucky." As Juan spoke aloud to himself, the sounds of footsteps approaching got even louder, but Juan ignored it to continue to rant to himself. "I didn't want to become a pirate all those years ago, I didn't want to lose everyone I had grown so close to over the course of those months to some freak storm, I didn't choose to give my life to some psychotic cult; and I damn well didn't choose to be some freaky paw handed monster just because I got a little hungry!

The group of marines were within sight now, slowly walking towards Juan with rifles drawn. "When do I get to choose what happened in my own life huh? When do I get the choice without having my life on the line?" No one was able to answer Juan's question, though the group of about 15 marines were certainly close enough to hear it. There were 15 riflemen forming a circle around Juan with none of them being closer than 10 meters away from him, though they were trained soldiers, they didn't want to have to get close to the crazy rambling man who had done all that damage. To them their best option was to hope he would calm down enough to arrest him. There was no chance of Juan calming down though, since he had only been making himself angrier with his ranting,"I want a chance to choose something." Looking up at the marines for the first time, Juan would look the nearest one in the eyes with so much malice that the man would begin to tremble as he stated,"I choose to live my life exactly the way I want, starting with killing all 15 of you, and whoever else wants to punish me for things I had no control over."

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As the group of fifteen or so marines all froze on the spot from Juan's pure killing intent, the winged man flexed his pawed hands in preparation for his next move. "So, I'm deciding to just murder you all to start my new life as a maverick since I don't follow rules anymore." With that said, he would lunge towards the marine directly in front of him while getting parrelel to the ground with his chest only 2 feet away from the ground. With his low stance, he would avoid the burst of rifle fire that came from the marine's reaction to his movement. As all of the men broke out of their stupor at once, they opened fire at where he once was, before jumping out of the way of the attack. The fear Juan had instilled into the men did not wear off from all of the men at the same time though, so their were 2 particularly cowardly men who were unable to force their bodies to move in time and were shot dead on the spot.

The marine that Juan had initially lunged at dropped his rifle as the winged man rose up directly into his face with his wings spread wide, before slapping his hand powerfully onto the chest of the man sending him flying backwards at a high speed into the wall of a building nearby. The remaining marines had used the time that Juan had spent fighting their comrade to gather themselves to pick up their rifles and aim them at the man. "Stand down, you're in out sights and we will not hesitate to kill you if you continue to resist arrest." Though the marine who had spoken had been attempting to sound authoritative, his fear was evident in his voice. "What have I told you about attempting to reason with criminals Ensign?" came a voice from behind the marines. "Commander Kiri!" the remaining ensigns screamed out as the parted to allow a tall dark haired man to step out of the gaps between them.

The man in front of Juan was extremely tall, standing at about 13 feet tall and forcing Juan to bend his neck to look at him. While the group of Ensigns had all worn the typical marine coat, Kiri was decked out in all leather clothes, complete with a leather jacket with ripped and tears all over him and leather pants. The only indication that the man was even a marine was the way the Ensigns addressed him and the kanji for justice on the back of his leather jacket. "Like I've always said, the only way to deal with a criminal is to take them down up close and personally. Stand back, and I'll bring this criminal in myself."

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The group of marines that Juan had just got into his scuffle with all took a step away from the two men who were now locking eyes and preparing for combat. "Bring me in? You're not going to have an easy time if that's what you're trying to accomplish." "I doubt it. I've never failed to bring in a pirate before, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get the title of Commander." "Well I  don't really care about what you've done, I'm not going to lie down and let you take me down because you've taken down a few weaklings before." "So be it then"

Done exchanging words, the two men would begin to do battle. Kiri would make the first move of the battle, lunging towards Juan with his fist aimed it the head of Juan. Before the strike could land though, Juan would use his devil fruit's powers to send himself flying backwards away from the strike. Not wanting to let up on the pressure Kiri would follow the retreating Juan away from where he had been going away from his strike and follow his initial strike up with a kick aimed at his chest. Kiri's foot would strike Juan's elbow which had been put down by his chest in order to block the attack. As Kiri attempted to process tht he had been stopped Juan would reach out with his own hand and grab Kiri by the throat. "That's it? Guess you weren't as strong as you said." With an expression indicating that he was bored that the fight had ended so quickly, Juan would slam Kiri by his neck to the ground hard enough to make dust fly out, covering the entire plaza in it. "So disappointing." came Juan's voice from inside of the dust.

As the dust cleared though, Juan felt the neck he had been grabbing be replaced by a crow. Looking up from staring down at the area he had struck he did so just in time to see a group of crows all come together to once again become Kiri as the man delivered a swift kick to Juan's face sending him flying backwards. "Did you think that I got the rank of commander by just training and getting stronger? I ate a devil's fruit, and now I'm a Crow man. None of those upstart pirates were able to overcome my abilities and you'll be no different." Juan's mind was spinning now, a devil's fruit? So he could eat a fruit and get an ability from it? That sounded just like what had happened to Juan. "So when you eat these devil's fruits you get a special power? I've never heard of anything like that." The marine commander laughed at Juan;'s ignorance and decided to temporarily halt the battle to educate Juan before he took him down,"Well i guess there's no harm in telling you about devil's fruits; you'll be going to prison for a long time after what you've done anyway." Juan used this time where Kiri was talking to catch his breath, as well as try to think of a way to take down the man's bird abilities.

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"I'm not surprised that you don't know about devil's fruits, only ranking marine officers are permitted to have them, though some people do acquire them illegally, like you seem to have done." As Kiri continued to talk Juan would look down at his hands, specifically at the paw pads. "Devil's fruit" he whispered to himself. Since Juan had whispered to himself and not spoken up to interuppt him, Kiri's explanation continued:"Anyway, Devils fruits are mythical fruits that no one really knows the origin of, but people do know that they give you amazing powers and in exchange you lose your ability to swim. Now there are three types of devil's fruits, zoans, paramecias and logias; all of which grant you different types of abilities. Zoans allow one to transform themselves or parts of their bodies into animals, while logias allow the user to change themselves or parts of their bodies into an element. The last and most varied type is paramecia, which can give the eater such a varied amount of abilities I couldn't even begin to describe them all to you." "Wow, so does that mean the fruit I ate was a zoan since I have paws now? And Kiri must have eaten a zoan too since he's a crow man." Juan said to himself. "And now that I've told you all about devil's fruits you can be the smartest person in your jail cell, congratulations." "No, I'm not going to anyone's jail. I am Juan the Paw Paw man, and I will not be defeated here."

Though Juan's declaration had been epic, he had no real clue about how he would defeat Kiri now. The man's bird abilities were incredible, and made it nearly impossible for Juan to kill him straight up. "Well if you're so sure about your abilities, then I guess I'll have to take you seriously this time." Throwing off his leather jacket, the man raised his hand up towards Juan, causing his hand to turn into a group of 5 crows flying towards Juan's face. The birds flew around Juan's head, pecking at his face and forcing him to raise his hands in front of his head to protect himself. "Damned birds, get the fuck away from me." Following his words Juan would begin to walk backwards away from the burger while waving his raised hands attempting to get the birds away from his face. As Juan's left hand made contact with one of the birds hovering around him the bird was launched forcefully away from him, though it was immediately followed by the 5 more birds that were formed out of Kiri's other arm.

Now surrounded by 10 vicious birds all pecking away at him, Juan knew that he had to make a move fast, especially since the birds beaks had begun to get through his skin and cause him to bleed from his arms and neck. "What can I do what can I do" Searching his mind for a solution to his problem, Juan would swat the birds away from in front of his eyes to look at the marine Commander who now stood still some 15 meters away. 'Wait, stood still?' Juan was shocked that the commander was just standing still like that, surely he would've been attacking along with his birds while Juan was distracted by them; but no, Kiri was simply standing there, staring intently at Juan and the 10 crows. 'That's it!' the light bulb went off inside of Juan's head. 'He can't control his Crows and fight at the same time. So I just need to deal with him while he's distracted.' Whatever he was going to do though, would need to be very quick, or else Kiri would just send more crows at him.

Knowing he would only really get one shot to exploit Kiri's weakness, Juan would bat away all of the crows around him, though he knew they would likely be back on him in a moment. During the slight break from the attack by the Crows, Juan would put his hands behind him, aiming them at the empty space directly behind himself,"Paw Paw..." Juan's paw pads would glow bright white, as the repellent properties of his hands were activated,"Rocket!" With that shout Juan would repel the very air behind himself, sending himself flying towards Kiri quicker than the marine commander could even react too with his focused on the birds that were now directly above Juan's head. Closing the distance between himself and Kiri Juan's paws would flow white once again as he slapped Kiri's chest, and with no arms to block with Kiri was completely helpless. The powered up strike would send Kiri flying backwards, but before he could even get 5 meters away from his original location Juan would launch himself towards him once more. As soon as Juan got next to Kiri again he would flip in the air and deliver a powerful kick to Kiri's head, smashing him into the ground with enough force to render him unconscious.

Now with the only conscious parties being Juan and the group of marine ensigns, and Kiri's birds falling to the ground around them, Juan was left with only the ensigns to deal with. "So, it's just me against you all now" By the time he had finished saying so though, the group of ensigns had already grabbed their superior and took off. "Or you could just leave? Ok that's cool too." Now that he was alone Juan would spread his wings and leave the area before any more marines came to the area. If a commander is that tough, I definitely don't want to be here if a commodore arrives."