Once again Toma had come to collect Victoria in order to train her, it was a Thursday and the weather wasn’t exactly pleasant with fast winds, cloudy skies, and heavy rain pouring down on Alabasta. The sand would be quite soggy making travel across it to be difficult and this was exactly why Toma had chosen today, he had the means to not only teach Victoria observation Haki but fulfill an obligation he had to a local merchant guild. The guild needed to transport some important supplies across Alabasta and due to the difficult weather conditions they had to go the long way which also happened to be the dangerous way, as several merchants had been attacked from the coast by pirates as they traveled around the island. Instead of crossing the desert which for the most part was quite safe they would use the solid earth going around the island in order to travel before turning into a valley at which a festival was due to begin in several days. Toma would agree to help escort the merchants on condition he could train his trainee in the process, the guild happily accepted and thus Toma was now entering the Roaring Lion Barracks. “Oh Victoria! I’m back, and it's Time for your training!” “Victoria would leave her room for a moment revealing her casual attire A black jacket, red jeans and a black top “Have you seen the weather, come back next week” “I’m sorry but today is the day, and next week isn’t an option for you, so get your tight little bum down here” “With that attitude you can Piss off”. “ONE”. Victoria would return to her room in order to change into her marine uniform. “TWO”

Victoria would first remove her black jacket sliding her left arm out before her right, hanging it within her wardrobe before taking two steps back “THREE”. She grabs her shirt at her waistline with her arms crossing each other before pulling her top up and over her head. A guest would breach through Victoria’s window, a gust of wind, a pleasant breeze that would rain over Victoria body rising her mood “Ahh, that feels good” Victoria would continue to undress herself in order to change as her next step was the removal of her blue jeans which would be pushed down with both placing themselves on her side before she leaned backwards in order to push the jeans down with both her hands. Folding her Jeans Victoria would place them to one side along with her folded top that would be sent to the washer later that day. *FOUR* Victoria would grab the 5th hanger within the wardrobe holding her marine uniform and fairly quickly she would find herself getting it on. Victoria would close her wardrobe and take a breath of fresh air as he looked out the window “Geez the weather really does suck” “FIVE, right I’m coming in” *Bang*. Toma had just kicked Victoria door open as he barged in. Victoria’s eyes would open wide in anger as she picks up her Pistol and places it within her Holster “One of these days, I’m going to kill you” “Oh you changed” “Get out of my room!”. “Alright Alright sorry, anyway let's go”.

Toma and Victoria would shortly leave the barracks as they begin heading to the merchant guild hall. It wasn’t that far away the trip would prove annoying with the raining pelting down from the clouds above, every drop would slam itself against their skin, hair and clothes really sinking in as it does“Grr, this weather is so foul why did you pick today of all days, you jerk” “Well for multiple reasons, I felt it could aid in your training, as its a lot easier to sense something you can’t’ see if the rain is painting a picture through the sound of splashing against something” Victoria while still not enjoying the day at all with her arms cross to attempt to at least protect some of her clothing from becoming drenched, what Toma said made said and thus Victoria would eat her words "Alright, I apologize for being in a grumpy mood what you say makes sense” Toma would smile as, despite Victoria being quite difficult with him, the fact she was taken everything he said on the chin and listening to his words made him proud. Toma personality was one that often drove other Marines to quit or simply treat him like a babbling buffoon something Victoria wasn’t doing.”Oh, and an opportunity has arisen to fulfill a debt i owe” Victoria would suddenly drop with her face hitting the floor as her eyes rolled back, and then she was back on her feet “I knew it, there's always a hidden agenda with you” “Errrr no, where was my hidden agenda last week?” “Oh there was one, i just don’t know it”. “Surrrrre” “See you admitted it” The two would continue chatting for the remainder of the walk which would actually put a smile Victoria’s wet face as she was starting to enjoy his company. 

One hour later the two of them would reach their destination the merchant guild hall; outside would be 3 wagons preparing to depart each having two horses in front to provide the driving force, the middle one would be slightly different however with the walls and roof being made of wood, with a sort of platform being on top instead of the standard fabric that normally would cover a wagon and its goods. “Ahh Victoria we finally arrived, head inside the receptionist should be able to provide u with a change of clothes and waterproof ones at that” “Alright sure”. Victoria would head of inside while an old man approached Toma “It’s a pleasure to have you joining us, i feel we will need your assistance today” “Hopefully not, but either way it's a pleasure to finally work of that tab”  The old man makes a gesture as if he was pushing glasses on his face, however, he had no glasses “Your just ring up another, so your always be at my beck and call, though may I ask why you bring the Marine?” “I’m training her plus she’s a Captain and future Commodore, not to mention she a strong fighter and even I can’t cover all angles of attack” The old man would smirk “Yeah 99 of them right” “Oh yes 99”. The two would begin laughing as they proceed to get to work loading the Wagons.

As Victoria enters the warm inside of the guild hall she takes several Deep breaths before stretching her limbs out. A young woman would come running towards her “Oh dear, we better get you out of them clothes and into something more ideal for this weather, please bear with me”  she would run off before shortly running back “Sorry, I’m Revenda It’s a pleasure to meet you” Before Victoria could respond she was running off again. As Victoria waited for Revenda to return she would wonder to a large black leather chair and place her butt onto it as she sat down thinking to herself “Well isn’t she quite the lovely person, I better prepare a smile for my face”.


Revenda would return carrying several clothes consisting of a green mac jacket, some brown heavy trousers designed to travel through heavy rain and a towel like top designed to soak up a large amount of water in the case anything got through the Mac not to mention two pieces of underwear, knee-high brown boots, and white thick socks. With a smile on her face Victoria would say “thank you” “Please use the changing room behind you and leave your uniform on the blue rack” “Alright thanks" Victoria would spend 20 minutes making her way to the room, changing into her supplied clothes, stretching out to get a feel for how much mobility they allowed and returning to Revenda. Victoria bows “Thank you Revanda I’m Victoria, it was a pleasure to meet you, I may come to visit” “I would like that” Before the conversation could continue any further Toma would come to collect Victoria “Its time to leave”. A man at the front of the convoy holding the reins of the leading wagon would give them a slight whip “ROLL OUT!”.

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The Wagons starts moving along the paved road as the long journey begins this day around Alabasta. Victoria and Toma would be sitting within the middle cart with several large boxes beneath them, currently being used as chairs by the two of them sitting cross-legged facing each other. Toma would spread his arms out and constantly move them about as he began the theory aspect of teaching Victoria Observation Haki something she had already tapped into during a trip to a merchant ship when a major incident took place resulting in the death of a large number of innocent people; these deaths echoed into Victoria’s mind despite her being in a location unable to hear them physically. “Okay Victoria remember that feeling you felt when you had limbs armoured; the result itself not the process” Toma hand would move closer together “Now grab that feeling and place it in the back of your mind, use that as a connection to the concept of Haki” Victoria would close her eyes to focus harder, however, the main reason was the constant moving of Toma's hands as if he was conducting a symphony was really irritating Victoria for some reason she couldn’t work out why those she chose to remain quiet and just soak in the knowledge “hmm”. “Right now picture the world around you, use the rain outside and its vibrations to try and detect the movement of life, anything even the leaf of a tree” Would move his arm as wide apart as they can go “Picture the world as you did yourself before” Victoria listens to the world around her using the raindrops to attempt to envision the world outside with little success while she could work out if there was something, or someone at a higher vector than that of the Wagon, Ground or even at her general position above the ground anything else would prove useless and yes she would continue to focus to the different vibration density best she could.  

Two hours would pass with still little progress being made by Victoria at which point Toma decides the moment had come. Clapping his hands together as a evil smile preached onto his face as his next request would almost certainly annoy Victoria even more “now you have placed your mind on the correct stage, you need to now follow up by placing your body within the right stage” Victoria would open her eyes rapidly with her forehead raising up and a glare of a suspicious nature flared from her eyes “No, nope no and not going happen, like come on it’s Raining” “Exactly, you need to feel it so up you go”   Victoria would let out a sigh, she knew what he was saying made sense and there was no point fighting it and while somewhat reluctant Victoria would proceed to the next step. Victoria would climb outside of the wagon through its rear and onto the roof placing herself on the wooden stage on top, sitting down in a meditating cross-legged position. The rain was pouring quite heavily as it continues to hit Victoria making herself one with the world around herself that she had just spent the last three hours trying to envision through the rain.

While the drenching of herself with her eyes closed ontop the moving wagon did aid in the sensing, hearing and comprehending oh the world around her with a different point of perception as she was able to differentiate the difference in sound between a raindrop hitting her skin to that of her Fabric giving her subconscious mind a point of reference to process her surroundings it didn't seem to help her develop this other power Toma had spoken off called Observation Haki. 5 hours later and the journey was halfway completed, Toma would climb up with a smile as Victoria had stuck to the task despite poor conditions. “Well done Victoria, your mind is now somewhat open and ready for stage three” Victoria would open her eyes “Stage three? Huh, where he go”. Just like that Toma was behind Victoria *Bang* kicking her right in the head, at which point he would throw a blindfold and a pair of earplugs into Victoria lap “You really are a jerk, stop hitting me” “Stage three is me hitting you at irregular intervals for the next five hours till you dodge consistently again and again” Victoria annoyance at how Haki training was developed had reached Defcon two, however, she would bite her lip and simply continue with the stage. *Bang* “Should have dodged” *Bang* “Why did you not dodge” *Bang* *Bang*. One hour later *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* “Dodge already” Victoria couldn’t hear Toma words due to the earplugs in her eyes, nor could she see or feel his presence *Bang*. Toma would continue hitting Victoria in the head for the next two hours while the Wagons proceed along the coast of Alabasta, with nothing going on besides the clouds in the distance, across the sea appearing to clear up with several trade ships sailing towards the main port several clicks back to where they came from. This would make the leading man somewhat more comfortable about the journey ahead “Alright men there's a lot of activity at sea, we should be smooth going, not only are they deterrents for small crews but better targets for the more power crews” the group would cheer as they continued to travel together, as relief settled into each one of them. However Toma would become frustrated as he would stand up for a moment drawing his attention away from Victoria for a moment as he shouted “Are the lot of you stupid, don’t let your guard down because you saw some ships out at sea, that is stupid” While everyone understood his message it was difficult for them to put their guard back on. “Grrr, this might be bad” *Bang* Toma hits Victoria again. “I really might need to” *Bang* *Bang*.

After four hours of Toma hitting Victoria in the head Victoria would begin hearing raindrops within her head a few moments before being Kicked “Am i sensing his attack, now i just need to work out the direction".  *Bang* *Bang*. However, the more distracted Toma became the harder it would become for Victoria to sense his attacks.            

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After another hour passing Victoria is able to dodge her first attack by Toma as a raindrop flickers within her mind with the intent behind an incoming strike, and after this point Victoria would dodge of-of Toma’s simple attacks however Toma being Toma he would at one moment get serious and outspeed her in order to land one last hit before moving to Phase four of her training. Victoria would remove her blindfold and earplugs and would sequence  rally to her feet to turn and face Toma with a ravaging rage flooding into her eyes “Now I know, you kicked me, for the simple fact that you could!”  “So” Victoria eyes would open as wide as they could as she took two steps forward entering the personal space of Toma “So Toma, you want to have some F u n Fun?” She would ask while talking somewhat sexual tone “Oh, Yes” “Fantastic” *Bang* “AOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE… you Bitch”. Victoria had just armored up her left knee and smashed it hard into the ball sack of Toma “Don’t ever, cross the line with me again..Toooo Ma”. Toma was considering for a moment to actually get serious for a moment in order to teach her a lesson, however, he would ultimately decide against it as they both returned to the confines inside the middle wagon.

“Alright Victoria phase four is about seeing the the Aura of something you see the Emotions” Victoria would listen carefully before attempt to do such a thing “You should be able to sense the emotions of things within a small radius not to mention how many people are within the area, however, I recommend once you have learnt this gift don’t use it constantly some emotions are strong and not worth experiencing” “Alright I understand”. Victoria would focus on the Conoy specifically and what everyone was feeling, bit by bit she could progress one by one to find their emotions it did help that they were all feeling the same thing Happiness from the fact this journey was going so easy, and certain signs had been seen that the remainder would also be quite uneventful. Victoria would smile as it was quite some time that she had felt happy even if it was just overreaching from her developing her Observation Haki through that of those running the Convoy.

The convoy would come to a halt as the clouds had finally passed by causing the rain to stop, not to mention they had been travelling now for a long time and it was time for Dinner “Alrighty men we are going to set up a barbecue station and get an hour rest", “EYE EYE SIR,” “Brilliant Sir”. Victoria would of out of the Wagon promptly in order to stretch her arms out one at a time as she rotated her torso to the right and then to the left stretching out her spine in the process, she would continue to jog on the spot for a few seconds as Toma slowly exited the Wagon himself “Ahhh that felt could, I really needed to stretch my limbs” “I will go get us some grub, Victoria you stay here and focus on keeping your mind reaching into the world around you for possible emotions, people and anything else your mind seems to pick up” “Sure, and thanks for getting the food”. At that moment Victoria would fall to her knees as she felt the malicious intent of something foul, so foul it would make her stomach feel as if a stone had reached in and started growing wiggling hands like worms infesting an apple. This feeling would bring back old memories as she fell completely to the ground flat with her head face down as the memories of the past flooded into her mind.    

Flashback


Several weeks ago Victoria was on a merchant ship as she was overcome by invading emotions of others to the point she fell to the ground her vision was clouded with blood and her body grow feverish. The blood represented real people dieing upstairs and the emotions she was feeling was that of the deads hopes fading not to mention the overwhelming malicious intent of a man who treated killing as a sport and had no moral compass about who and who not to kill. Victoria would be flooded with raw emotions taking her over as her minds openness had crossed a point of sanity as the emotions of the killer were being felt within her and imposing themselves on her anger, this caused Victoria to kill the man in a brutal battle and even once he was dead, she continued attacking him again and again and again.

End of Flashback

Victoria would suddenly find herself gaining control of herself with Toma lifting her up off the ground and onto the rear of the wagon “Are you alright Victoria”. Victoria would rapidly look around everywhere while also pushing her new training to use, seeking the emotion that she had felt so intensely to force such a flashback within her mind. Her gaze finally settles on a singular point 10 meters away. There were three emotions coming from within a small stone hut, while Victoria couldn’t process two of them due to the Malicious killer intent radiating so heavily within her memories and present mindset “Their” Victoria would say as if she was going somewhat going insane with an incredibly intense focus using his own Observation Toma is able to feel what Victoria was feeling, however, he was unable to sense the evil Victoria was at this time. Victoria would dash of the Wagon towards the small stone hut, before spinning to her left as she rotated from its northern wall to the eastern entrance. A Simple cheap wooden door with a steel lock. Captain Victoria Z Xayah would analyze the door for a moment before speaking the words More More. Toma would watch on for concern “Has she lost her mind, she had so much potential” Victoria would hear the words and become even angrier as her right eye gazed back at Toma as she simultaneously pulled back her Right hand “Don’t underestimate me you Jerk”. Victoria would use her fruit to increase the power of her attack to remove the doors hinges before removing it completely.

Behind the door were two grown men wielding sharp small blades while a small boy no older than 10 was being hung from the ceiling by a simple rope with half his left arm rip to pieces it would appear as if the two men had been skinning him alive with a flourishing lust in their hearts. The two men would charge out of the room towards Victoria with Blades in hand, tongues falling out of their mouth and eyes squirting like a frog “Your going die Bitch” they would both say in sync. Victoria would not give this time of existence the time of day, in fact, it would better in her current mindset she wouldn’t let the light of day suffer their existence. “More More” Victoria would unleash a bombardment of attacks hitting the two of them five times each in key spots causing them to fall to their knees in agony. Taking a deep breath to keep her emotions in check Victoria would simply pull out her holstered revolver and *Bang* *Bang* proceed to put a bullet into each of their skulls. *Bang* A 3rd shot would hit the rope hanging the poor child that had fallen victim to such evil, Victoria would catch him in her arms taking a knee in the process as she continues to Hold him. “It’s alright, It’s alright its over now” Toma who had just watched the situation along with the other members of the convoy was in awe of her actions, not that she had just saved someone from a hellish fate but that she treated the evil with such a ruthless demeanor something Toma didn't think she was capable of . Several of the convoy would begin clapping while Toma would take off his Jacket to act as a Blanket for the kid. “Victoria, I’m sorry”.        

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After the events transpired and everyone had collected themselves the convoy would be moving again, however, the situation would have changed. A silence had overtaken the convoy entirely as unknown emotions, feeling that the young boy had gone through troubled everyone not to mention what Victoria herself must have faced in her past to be able to sense such evil during the early stages of unlocking her observation Haki. Toma himself had even grown somewhat weary of Victoria, he and Commodore Roaringson had spoken of her potential but this showed signs of who she would become in the future a new kind of Justice that merged the concept of Absolute and True that would be heavily swayed by her emotional direction. This was something Toma couldn’t decide on, whether it was good or bad either way he was making a bet on this young woman.

The young boy had been taken to the 3rd wagon with Toma in order for his wounds to be treated for the remainder of the journey. His wounds were extensive and even Toma was unconfident if they boy would ever truly recover not to mention the mental wounds such a transgression would inflict on the mind and soul. Meanwhile, Victoria was situated again in the middle cart resting as through the intense flow of emotions and intensive training to learn Observation Haki she was utterly exhausted and had passed out. Two of the wagon personnel would be with Victoria watching over her as their minds were filled with true hope if such a person was willing to get so far within themselves to help a stranger, to stop someone so dark without hesitation then there was hope for this world.

Two more hours would pass with the silence maintained its grip on the convoy as they finally reached their destination a place which was to host a festival on the following day to celebrate the gift of life and its importance to innocents of this world. Once they had arrived Toma would take the boy to the leader of this village in hopes of locating the poor boys family along with any medical professional that could possibly help in not only restoring him physically but supporting him mentally.  Victoria would remain passed out as the rest of the convoy began unloading the boxes, equipment and anything else that was destined to be delivered to this address. Victoria would be gradually lifted out of one of the boxes she was sleeping on and gently placed back down on a sheet of straw within the first wagon and she still remained asleep.  Every now and then someone would walk past grabbing a glimpse of the sleeping Victoria as it would put a smile on their face while Toma was in deep thought about the choice he had made to trainer her, he was beginning to feel she might be a tad too sensitive evil emotions that could easily get her in trouble some day. He would think to himself as he questions the result “What if,.... What if that had been Meruem Black Heart knocking down that door could have got us all Killed "he thought to himself as he over analyzes the situation.

Four days later

Over the passing four days Toma would continue to teach Victoria observation Haki and would trainer in it’s usage, its combat techniques and general common styles in its usage not to mention forcing Victoria to constantly use it in order to help her control her consistently as if placing a switching within her mind to turn it on and off at will. Though Victoria would pick up the rest of the concepts along with the consistency fairly quickly it was as if unofficially she had an adapted for observation Haki. Outside of her training, Victoria would spend a lot of time on her own. She had found something to give herself purpose it was her job to protect those who cannot protect themselves, it was her job to eliminate people of such a malicious nature and to have a true impact on the world. Thus through the two training segments of her life Victoria had forged her heart drive and regardless if she was a Marine or not this is a path she would follow.

Today was the day they were set to return to the Barracks of the Roaring Lion. As Victoria had completed her training into the ways of Observation Haki, while she still had a lot to learn her connection to the basics was set firmly.  The trip back would be quite silent as despite Toma attempting to had Humor and to be social with Victoria “oh Victoria hunny, you wanna have some F U N FUN?” “Darling you a sweet thing” he would dance while spinning around Victoria. However, Victoria was in her own little world of Deep thought as she was processing the steps she would need to take in order to really sharpen her blade to accomplish her goals as she stepped into the humongous shadow of her subconscious representation of her future self. Freeze frame: Victoria crossing a sand-hill in the blazing heat as a shadow spreads out ahead of herself to create the imaginary image of her future self Victoria Smiles.  

The End.

Once Victoria and Toma finally reached the barrack once again Victoria would return to her room with haste in order to begin writing down plans for her future. This would include the design of a crew traveling from island to island accomplishing her goals, “The name of this crew would be the Britaliant Pioneer's” Victoria would draw a line through the name “The name needs work”. Meanwhile down stairs, Toma would be meeting with Commodore Roaringson who was finishing the final steps for Victoria to be promoted to Commodore he expected to take no more than 3 days from this hour. Toma would walk into Roaringsons office and gaze outside the window with his back to Roaringson “Roaring” “Something's eating you?” The commodore would inquire “Yes, it’s Victoria, I saw something” “What did you see” “Her raw potential, she's becoming a flying forge of sorts, she will either burst through the twilight and change our reality or end up in a body bag” “Really Victoria, nah” Toma would turn around with an extremely serious look on his face “Not only did she pick have both types of Haki, reasonably quickly but she seems to be able to home in on malicious intent and when she does; she becomes like a raging bull fixated on her target however she did show restraint controlling her emotions at the last moment”. “So she had potential” “Too much Sir If I’m honest, she will surpass even me within a year” Commodore Roaringson eyes would grow wide in surprise not to mention the emotion of joy filling his system as he stood up with a trembling excitement “My little Victoria is growing up so fast, I’m so Proud” Toma would Salute and exit the room “I will leave her in your capable hands, good day” “See you later”.

Meanwhile, Victoria would spend the next few hours trying to name her future crew; “The Expanse Vanguard, Branching Vanguard, oh I know I know The Relative Front.” Victoria just couldn’t decide on and so would simply lay back on her bed after changing her clothes and falling asleep.

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