Link To Approval

The riot had been stopped and there was a week of peace in level five. Well, it wasn’t a whole week of peace, but there wasn’t a riot happening, which was good. The prisoners weren’t fighting each other like they normally would do, which was a good thing for the guards. Their job was kept simple as they would just watch the prisoners, and go to level five to pick up the bodies of those who were no longer breathing. This place was harsh, and the heat that was presented to them was not something everybody could get used. There were a lot of people who had disappeared in level five, and Yuurei hard started to take note of that. He became more aware of this because he was no longer roaming around the prison floor. He had already memorized the construct of level five, and now he needed to go to the next level.

The swordsman knew that he could use his devil fruit ability, which was good for him, but he also knew touching the walls would make him weak. He had come to the conclusion that Impel Down walls couldn’t be destroyed by normal means. Still, if he ever tried to escape, he wasn’t planning on trying to destroy the walls around him. There was a better way to get up to the next level, which was easy for him. Yuurei noticed to get to level four there was a big hole that led to it. He wasn’t planning on using that though, but he felt like he wanted to explore that area now that he was able to do that with level five. The swordsman would walk through level five as he could see that there some new faces down here. He remembered when he first joined the first thing he did when he got down here was to steal from people.

That turned out to be a big fight, which earned him some respect around here. It was a choice he was glad he made, and he didn’t look back at it as a regret. Yuurei did, however, earned the things that made him complete in life. He never raised them against the guards, and trust me he had the chance to, but never did. That was what made them trust him more, of course, he was a prisoner, so they had to keep out on him, but they were relaxed with the fact that he wasn’t doing anything to endanger their life when using those blades. In his mind, though he just didn’t want them to take away the extension of his body again. He also came to a conclusion that new inmates came to level five on a weekly basis.

It wasn’t just them, but there were other prisoners who somehow manage to survive the fall from above to this level. He wasn’t sure how they did it, and honestly, he never asked, but there were prisoners here that were new on this floor that he knew didn’t come in with the guards. It was how Yuurei had come to the conclusion to that hole being the easy way for him to get to the higher levels of Impel. The people who were around Impel were making sure that the new prisoners who fell from level four understood the rules. Of course, they would listen, but that was only because of the rumors that they kept the stronger, and evil prisoners on this floor. There of course were always prisoners who didn’t go with what everyone was doing, and those were the ones that Yuurei had to take down a notch.

If there was one thing Yuurei had known about himself was that he was getting stronger with each passing day. The results were showing slowly, but they were indeed showing. It wouldn’t take long the thief to come to a stop. He would hear some noises coming not too far from him. He figured today was the day new prisoners would arrive. Yuurei had claimed himself the leader of this level, so he had to make sure that nobody would try and undermine him. He took a seat on a vantage point and sighed when he felt the burning sensation that was under him. Still, he took it in as he knew this was training as well. He could see the guards moving the new prisoner into the floor one by one as they were freeing them.

”I wonder how these guys are going to act. I hope they just listen to the rules and  hope to god they don’t make this hard for me.” He said to himself.

The guards did what they needed to do and when they had brought in the new fifteen people into Impel Down, Yuurei stared at them from afar. He watched them look at each other as if they were confused for a second, and quickly began to dread the heat they were in. There were a few of them that looked like they were able to take in the heat better than the rest. He couldn’t hear them from where he was positioned, but whatever was said had each and every one of them run off in a single direction. He rubbed the back of his head as he wondered what they were up, and figured he would follow behind them without being noticed.

The swordsman exhaled air from his body as he got up from the floor, and onto his feet. His eyes had a focus on them that could only be seen as someone who was using their Observation. He was taking in each of their signatures before jumping off of his vantage point and started moving in the direction they were moving. Their verbal action looked like they were plotting something, but he wasn’t sure that was exactly. Yuurei figured he would find out by following them and making sure that he wasn’t spotted. He also wanted to know how people on this floor would handle this situation.

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Yuurei couldn’t always be the person who saved the day down here, and he knew that. He wasn’t asked by the guards to handle these prisoners, so they didn’t raise any type of red flags to them. In a way it made him feel weird because they looked suspicious as it, but that was probably how everyone looked in Impel Down. The swordsman continued his pursuit but from the edge of his observation. That meant they wouldn’t be able to see him, but he would be able to feel their presences. While he was running through the floor, he noticed that there were a few prisoners who were looking at him. They wondered what he was doing, but all he could do was smile at them as he continued on his pursuit. It wouldn’t take long for things to slow down for the people he was following.

That would also mean that he had slowed down his running as he didn’t want to close the gap between them. They were still moving, however, and soon enough he could feel the presence of other prisoners. These prisoners were around the area when all the fighting had begun. From the position they were in, he could tell that they were just minding their business and having a conversation with the other prisoners there. In this heat, you were either walking by yourself quietly or just standing still trying to have a conversation. He shook his head because he knew what was going to happen next. One of the new prisoners got close to the veterans who were in here and had their shoulder grab to be turned to the new prisoner, and soon enough a punch landed on the prisoner’s face who was minding his business.

Yuurei shrugged as he figured this would happen, and it was why he was following them. He could tell that they were scheming earlier, and it seemed like they were picking a fight to show that they meant business down here. He could feel everyone moving around, but he couldn’t see what was going on. He moved closer to the scene because he wanted to see what was going on and who was winning. It wouldn’t take long for him to finally arrive at the scene, and he could see that there was indeed a brawl happening right now. He looked around to see if there were anybody around him, and when he realized he was alone, he would take a seat nearby to watch the fight. The new prisoners were strong, and it made him wondered how they had gotten caught in the first place.

”Ouch that one gotta hurt.” He squinted and flinched when he saw what happened.

One of the old prisoners had landed a hit straight on the man’s nose. He could see the way it hit and knew that the man had a broken nose, or would be close to it. It didn’t matter what it was, but he was sure bleeding a whole lot from his nose. It angered the prisoner and they continued to fight. Yuurei would flinch and cringe with each attack that landed on each and every prisoner. It was enjoyable to watch a fight happen, but he knew it wasn’t all that great when he was the one doing the fighting. He knew from experience that it was fun, but at the same time took a toll on your body. He laughed a bit with the fight that had happened as he noticed that one of the prisoners had been tossed to their ally.

The swordsman was getting a laugh, but at the same time, he figured that this was always going to happen in prison. While the fighting continued on he could tell that both sides were doing whatever they could to make sure they were the last one standing. The new prisoners, however, could be seen with a smile on their face. Yuurei noticed that there was one of them smiling harder than the rest. At first, he didn’t see it, but when he started moving towards one of the prisoners his eyes widen. He was surprised to see something like that snuck into Impel Down, let alone to level five. He had gotten up because it was time for him to intervene. The swordsman kicked off the ground and towards the prisoner with a smile on his face.

What Yuurei had seen was a small dagger in the hands of the prisoner. He wasn’t sure how he had gotten that item down here, but he was going to make sure that it wouldn’t be used in this fight. They started this fight, so he figured that the fight would continue to be fair. The new prisoners noticed that someone was trying to interfere with the fight, and decided that they were going to stop this man from getting to their friend. They were all in on it, and they knew what he was about to do. The other prisoners didn’t know what was going on, but they knew Yuurei and figured he had come here to stop this nonsense. One of the newbies rushed towards Yuurei and tried to swing at the man. It was a strong punch that was coming at the swordsman, and when he saw it coming, he slightly dodged to his right, so the punch would miss him slightly.

It wasn’t just that, but Yuurei would stop running, rotate his body in a hundred and eighty degrees. While he was rotating he was grabbing the man’s arm with both of his hands, and then forced the prisoner to flip over him and onto the ground. The man would gag and spit out blood as he felt the force behind Yuurei’s forcing him on his back. The swordsman would let go of him quickly and turned around to continue his run. He wasn’t sure if he would get there in time, but he wasn’t going to allow anybody to get stab.

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The time he took showing off with that move, he noticed that the man with the small blade in his hand was inching closer towards one of the prisoners. He also noticed that the man didn’t know what was happening, and was even more confused to see Yuurei there. He exhaled the air in his body as he couldn’t allow anything stupid like this to happen. While he was running to the man, he had obstacles in his way. It looked like more of the newbies were heading his way, and they didn’t hesitate to attack him. The thief would just dodge their attack this time, for he didn’t have time to spend on them. The life of a prisoner was in danger, and if he wanted them to continue believing in him, then he had to show them why. His observation played a great part in this as he continued his advancement through them and towards his intended target.

When Yuurei had gotten through the remaining obstacle in his way he could see that the other prisoner was making their way towards the man with the weapon. That was bad, and he felt like this just got harder for him.

”Shit.” He cursed as he was running towards the two men who were about to collide with each other.

Yuurei could feel the guys running after him from behind and it was just a big chase. The swordsman wasn’t fast, or at least he had seen people who could move around a lot quicker than he could. Still, he had an advantaged on them. His advantage was the shoes that he had obtained from the guards. When Yuurei felt like he was in the right distance around the two prisoners, his feet would plant onto the ground, his knees would bent, and he would launch himself straight towards the hand of the prisoner who was wielding the small dagger. While he was in the air, he had for a split second used his gravity fruit to make the two men heavier, which stopped their movement with enough time for him to intervene.

Both men would feel this amazing force and wondered who had done that. Their focus was on each other, so they didn’t see Yuurei doing that. The other guys noticed a glimpse of something spreading out from all three of them, so they couldn’t really catch a glimpse of who was the source. There were no cameras around this area, and it was why the prisoners from the beginning were hanging out and minding their business. That second would bring both men to slow down with their speed before they were able to run normally again. Yuurei had grabbed the daggered from its flat side and pulled it out of the prisoner’s hand. He hit the ground as he started rolling, but only for a little bit. He would get up from the ground with a smile on his face and with the dagger in his hand.

”I got it. My dagger now.” He looked at the prisoner who he had stolen the dagger from with a smile on his face.

The prisoner who was about to get stab looked at his chest and started rubbing it to see if there were any holes made without him realizing it. He would sigh when he felt that there was nothing wrong with him, but he could have been dead if Yuurei didn’t intervene just now.

”Thank you.” He said to Yuurei as he looked at the man who tried to stab him.

Yuurei would start playing around with the dagger in his hand as he was looking at the prisoners. He had gotten the attention of the new prisoners because they weren’t happy with what was taken from them. He smiled when he noticed the irritation that was coming from them all and had a question to ask them.

”How did you even sneak this in?” He asked curious to hear what they would say.

One of the prisoners started running towards Yuurei to try and get it back.

”One of us has a unique ability to swallow things and throw it back out. It’s not even a devil fruit, it just some weird shit.” He said as he tried to take the dagger out of Yuurei’s hand.

The swordsman would move away from the incoming prisoner and then push him away. Yuurei nodded hearing that weird explanation and he was close to just dropping it on the floor when he found out where it had been.

”That is gross, but if you truly want this dagger back you will have to chase me for it.” He said to the prisoners with a smile on his face.

They didn’t like the sound of that and started running after Yuurei. The swordsman would smile when he saw this because he didn’t have fun in Impel Down his entire time here until now. He turned around and he started running off, and away from all the prisoners. The new prisoners ignored the other prisoners and their new target was indeed Yuurei. He was running as fast as he, but when he looked back he noticed that they were right on his ass. It made him speed up a bit more as he was trying his best not to get caught. They would slow down every now and then, but that was because of their feet being burned by the floor.

”You guys are fast and scary. I don’t think you should have weapons. You tried to use a little dagger on a fight you started because you were losing.” He said laughing a bit.

They heard him and got angry at him and started inching closer to Yuurei. He looked back and his eyes widen when he saw this. He shouldn’t have agitated them more than they already were, and that was his mistake. Still, Yuurei was waving the dagger in the air, so the cameras could catch, and the guards could see that there was a weapon down there that wasn’t authorized by them to be down there.

17/20 Haki Remaining

While he was running the inevitable was happening. The men that were chasing him were getting closer with every passing second. He continued to run through level five without a problem as he had the endurance for days. The first amongst many of the prisoners had arrived behind him. He had looked behind him and noticed that the man was ready to tackle. The thief could see the man’s body motioning to thrust forward. When he had done that, Yuurei jumped up into the air so that his body was slightly over the man’s body. He would reach out towards the man’s back and push down. It would drop the man to the ground, but it would give Yuurei the edge he needed.

He would use his strength and push himself away from the men who had gained on him. His feet touching the ground Yuurei continued his lunges as he smiled at the prisoners who kept chasing him.

”You guys aren’t going to catch me.” He paused on what he was saying as he was thinking about it.

”On second thought, I think you guys can catch me, but I have an ability that stops you from being able to.” He chuckled at them.

”Someone go get that man, and get me everything that he owns!” The leader of the group shouted from the top of his lungs.

The swordsman had a smirk on his face because he could tell that these prisoners were easily irritated. He figured they must have gotten caught by the marines with a similar tactic to what he was using. He spun around as he was running backward, but that made him a bit slower than before. He wiggled the dagger in their face, which got them angrier. They sped alright, which he didn’t find surprising. One of the prisoners had reached out for the dagger, but Yuurei seeing him go after it, lifted his arm up so that the prisoner would come out empty handed. It was then when Yuurei saw someone jump above the falling prisoner going after the dagger, which his hand was high in the air. He could see that he was going after it, so he reached out to the man with his long free hand, and placed his palm on the man’s head.

The prisoner looked at him, and was surprised about this, and wasn’t sure what was going to happen next. Yuurei’s next move was simple, and he overpowered the man and forced him to fall to the ground. After he did this he could tell the number of men who were left standing. They weren’t a problem to him, and he wasn’t really trying to fight anybody. He watched as four of the prisoners were running straight towards him. He smiled at them because he could tell what they were doing. They were going after him and trying to knock him down. It was the smart thing to do because he was the bigger target. Still, he could see what they were doing and what part of his body they were aiming. Yuurei had dodged to his right, then he crouched, and followed it up with a jump.  

The fourth man thought he had Yuurei, but the thief was smart enough in his position in the air. His legs would be press down on the running prisoner, and Yuurei pushed himself again and away from the prisoners. He had gotten some good distance from them again, which brought a smile to his face. He turned around and started running away from them again.

”Man you guys are actually making this day enjoyable. At first, I wanted to see what you guys were going to do. I was excited to see you fight, but you were dirty when you pulled out that blade without letting the man know it was coming. That is why I stopped the fight, and why I took the dagger away from you.” He explained himself to the guys.

”Well we wanted to prove ourselves to the people of this floor that we are the strongest. You interrupted us of course.” The man said with an upset tone.

”I did because you weren’t proving anything to anybody. If you want to fight a top dog in this place, then I’m your guy, but I’m not in the mood to fight right now. I’m giving this to the guards.” He said this to them.

They heard what he said and started pushing themselves past their limits. They wanted to get their weapon back before that could happen, but it was too late. Yuurei could feel the presence of about ten guards in a certain direction. They were moving at one point, and the stopped. Yuurei chuckled when he felt their presences, and knew that none of them were new.

”I got to say it’s too late you guys.” He said this as he pushed as hard as he could onto the ground, and then leaped into the air.

Yuurei was in the air now as he had spread the distance between them by a fair amount. He landed on the ground, and looked back at them and started running again. One of the prisoner’s eyes widen when they saw that man’s jump, and got a little nervous. The stunt Yuurei did, brought half of the prisoners to stop chasing him. There were four left, but they looked tired from all the running they had to do.

”Fight us you, coward!” He screamed at Yuurei.

The thief chuckled when he heard that because he didn’t care what he was called. He wasn’t going to fight today. He wanted to make sure his body was fully healed before he even fought someone. His run was coming to an end soon though, and these men would fail to take their stolen dagger from Yuurei.

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Yuurei would look to see what was in front of him, and soon enough he could see that the guards were appearing for his eyes to see. He smiled at them, and they were wondering why he was running towards them. At first, they had thought he was about to do something stupid, but then they remembered that he was being chased when they saw him with the dagger. They were surprised and thought he had lost those guys that were chasing him. It didn’t look like that, well their number was smaller, but there were still four of them chasing Yuurei.

”I got the merchandise. It seems that one of your new prisoners can swallow things, and then get it out later on. You better watch out with a man like that. He can cause an issue to Impel Down.” He said this with a smile on his face.

They were surprised to hear him give out such an information to the guards. They were surprised to see a prisoner working for the guards, but it made sense since he was walking around with swords on his side. Yuurei tossed the dagger towards the guards, and at first, they got scared with that but noticed it hit the ground a few inches away from the guard in the front. The guards picked up the dagger and looked at it. The weapon wasn’t special, but it could do damage if used by the right person. The swordsman stopped running as he skidded on the ground and then turned to look at the four men who were still running. He stood tall as he looked at them wondering what they were planning on doing. Even though he was standing tall, he was breathing heavily, and it was because of the running.


He had been moving around, and he wasn’t even a hundred percent fully healed. The prisoners started slowing down though when they saw the guards that were behind Yuurei. When they came to a complete stop, the guards looked at each and every one of the prisoners that were here. They had weapons with them, and they pointed at the prisoners who were looking at Yuurei, and the guards. The swordsman could only smile at them and figured he would tell them something. His hand moved to his mouth as he coughed to clear his throat.

”I think you should try and get stronger. All of you, if you want to fight me. I don’t think you guys can take me on. When I saw you fighting the other prisoners I noticed that you wouldn’t be able to take me on. You guys are fast, and I give you that. I guess you ran around a lot as a group. Get stronger and see me another time, but for now, I suggest you guys should leave. These guys don’t care about your lives.” He told them what was needed to be said.

They looked at Yuurei, and then towards the marines. They were irritated that something like this had happened to them. They could see that Impel Down was filled with different kinds of people and even stronger people than they were. They turned around and started running away from the guards, and Yuurei. One of the guards looked at Yuurei as he wanted to know why he was talking to them like that.

”Why did you tell them to get stronger? Are you trying to make your job hard? Well, your problem. I’m assuming you want a reward for what you did today? We didn’t ask you to do this, but it was the smart thing to do Yuurei. As long as you keep the peace for us down here, then you have no problems with us.” He said to Yuurei.

The thief heard about his reward, and there was only one sword that he did not have on his person. It was the weakest of his sword, but to him, it was the most precious sword of them all. The sword his father had given him was the only sword that was left for him to get back.

”I would like my last sword back. It is all I want please. I don’t know why I told them that. I guess it was so that they didn’t lose hope in this hell of a prison. And I will continue the peace as best as I can, but there is always someone stronger to bring down the big guy.” He said as he figured there would be one day where someone stronger than him would arrive.

The guards nodded when they heard what he wanted. They had confiscated this weapon, and as long as Yuurei didn’t lose his weapon to any of the random inmates that were down here. The thief would stay in the location where the guards had left him. They were getting what he wanted, and he was thinking about his future in Impel Down. His real reason why he wanted them to get stronger was so he could use them as a pawn for his escape. If his first plan didn’t work, then he was planning on escaping this place, and he didn’t care how messy it would get. He couldn’t be here for the rest of his life, and that was for sure. Soon enough of him thinking about all of this, a guard would show up behind Yuurei.

He could feel the guard coming, and he would turn to see him and he looked at his hands to see that he was holding something for him. Yuurei could only smile, and his eyes sparkle with excitement. The guard would toss the sword towards Yuurei as he didn’t want to get too close to the prisoner. Yuurei would see it in the air, and he could catch it with excitement.

”Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This means so much to me. I will make sure with the right equipment that this level will be one of the most peaceful areas. The floor chief will never have to come down here.” He said to the guard as he had walked away the moment he tossed the sword to Yuurei. The swordsman could only turn around and walked away with a smirk on his face. He was complete indeed, and on this day he had become one of the happiest people in prison. There were a lot of things that he didn’t know was happening in the outside world, and when he found out, his heart would break, his mind would collapse and a madman would enter the pirate world.

15/20 Haki Remaining.

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