It's been about four days since I managed to free myself from those blankets, and I don't know whether it's because I'm a baby or not, but whoever wrapped me in those blankets really didn't want me to escape; I mean it took eight days for me to escape.
Anyways, let's move past my daily ranting; in these past few days, I've gotten very good crawling that It becomes second nature; I don't even need to consciously put effort into it anymore. However, as I stated before, crawling is just the beginning, and currently, I'm working on relearning how to walk; though, I'll tell you what, it's not nearly as difficult as I imagined it would be.
Considering my physical capabilities, I suspected it would be nearly impossible to walk on my two short stubby legs, not to mention my lack of balance; however, to my surprise, although I won't claim it's easy, it's not as bad as I thought. My balance wasn't an issue, mainly because of my brown furry tail, which I can't really control; I just move it subconsciously, but I'll work on that later as it's not much of a concern for me right now.
Other than that, during my downtime, I would scour the beach for food, water, or hopefully both, and while I've found a decent amount that could sustain me for some time since I currently have no teeth, most of the items I've found are useless to me, not to mention even if I had teeth I might not have the jaw strength to bite into them.
Though I did happen to find a couple of snails while digging through the sand in search of eggs, I was tempted to eat them; however, I remember hearing that snails contain a tremendous amount of deadly bacteria and viruses to the human body and though I don't seem to be human, I wasn't going to take my chances right now; especially since I'm currently not desperate. However, if I could boil them, that would be an entirely different story, but that'll be for the future.
"Gob, dammit! I almos hab it! (God, dammit! I almost had it!)." Said Diddy as he tripped and fell face-first into the sand.
'Haa, whatever; I'm making progress; that's all that matters. At the rate I'm currently going, I should be able to walk within a few days. Once again, I'm very thankful I wasn't born as a human again; I would've died many times over.' Thought Diddy while sighing as he prayed to a random god he didn't believe in.
Once I finished my prayer, I started crawling to a nearby tree and used it to prop myself up until I was standing on my own two feet; then, like all the previous failed attempts, I let go of the tree and tried walking by putting my right leg in front of me, and while I managed to successfully do that after nearly falling over. I tried the same with my left leg, yet I didn't lift my leg high enough, and I once again tripped on the sand, falling face-first into the warm sand for the umpteenth time today.
'What's the definition of insanity again? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result? I don't know, but that sounds close enough.' Thought Diddy as he shook his head while repeating what he's been doing for the past day, only to eventually fail every time.
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Over the past few days of attempting to walk, I eventually realized the source of my failures and why I could only walk up to ten steps before falling over. My baby legs weren't strong enough to support my body for several steps. So when I realized that, I stopped trying to walk and started strengthening my legs with the help of a tree to stabilize myself, and I'll tell you what; I don't know whether it's because I'm very young or if it's because I'm not human, but my leg strength grew unusually fast.
On the first day, I started strengthening my legs by doing squats; at first, I couldn't even do six in a row without my legs nearly giving up. However, not even three hours later, I could do nine, which isn't much, but it's a fifty percent increase from my previous record, and that's substantial. The following two days, I continued to show abnormal growth in my strength, and by the third day, which was yesterday, I could do one-hundred squats in a row with relative ease. So now, with my improved leg strength, I started practicing walking again, and just like with my leg muscles, I also made massive improvements in walking.
'Alright, C'mon, I've been doing this for three days straight; this has got to be the one!' Thought Diddy with determination and a slightly crazy glint in his firey orange eyes as he began walking, this time with much more confidence.
With my much more muscular legs, the first steps were easy, so I continued walking, wishing to see how long I could go before I made a mistake or my legs gave out; yet for roughly five minutes, I walked around the beach without an ounce of fatigue, feeling perfectly fine.
"Hahaha!! Fially, I ca walk! (Finally, I can walk!)." Exclaimed Diddy in joy as he raised his hands to the sky while looking out into the sea, only for him to spot something.
While I was celebrating finally being able to walk, I noticed what looked to be a ship out at sea, an old wooden ship to boot, which was slightly weird, but I didn't think much of it as it might've been a tourist ship. When I saw the boat, my first instinct was to try and call it for help as I didn't even know if I was on an island; I'd stayed confined to the beach after all. However, before I tried making a lot of noise for the ship to see me, I noticed a flap at the top, a large black flag with an image of a skull and two bones behind it.
'Wait a second, don't tell me that's an actual pirate ship?' Thought Diddy with furrowed brows as his enthusiasm died down.
While completely confused about the ship and whether or not it was an actual pirate ship, I noticed ripples in the sea around the ship, and to my utter shock, a massive eel-like creature emerged from the water and towered over the pirate ship.
'W-W-WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?' Thought Diddy with a rapidly beating heart as he eyed the eel-like creature in fear.
I had no idea what that massive creature was, but one thing I knew was that the people on that ship were dead; the sheer size of that creature left me flabbergasted; it made the largest creature, the blue whale, look like a child.
'I hope to god that I'm not on an island because if I am, I'm never leaving this place.' Thought Diddy as he never once took his eyes off the giant creature, which looked like it was about to attack.
Seeing that the creature was about to attack, I watched with unabated interest as the massive creature slammed its head onto the ship, and just when I expected to see the ship explode into a million pieces, something even more shocking happened that would leave a lasting image in my mind until the day I died.
While the creature was slamming its head onto the ship, I noticed what seemed to be a human jump from the ship's deck with incredible speed as it approached the incoming creature. Then, although from this distance, it was hard to make out what was happening exactly, I noticed the man's right arm noticeably darken before he released a devastating punch at the creature, causing the creature's head to be blown into smithereens as blood and chunks of meat fell from the sky.
After seeing what happened, I was left speechless; I didn't even know what to think anymore, though deep down, I could feel it; the sight of a tiny human blowing the brains out of such a massive creature had awakened something deep inside of me that's been forcefully suppressed by society.
Feeling my beating heart, I placed my small chubby hand atop my chest, yet what consumed my body wasn't fear anymore; it was excitement and desire. I yearned for strength like what that human displayed; I've strived for that kind of strength my whole life, only to fail. Removing my hand from my chest, I gently placed it on my mouth, only to feel the outline of a smile and a large one at that.
As I watched the ship sail off into the distance, I shook myself out of my stupor while already deciding what my path would be in this new life; one that could most likely make me an enemy of the very world, yet instead of being scared or concerned, I welcomed it, no, I wanted it.
'The strongest, that's always been my goal; it's just deep down I realized it was never possible. Even if I managed to become the strongest human, what about bears? Rhinos, Elephants, Bulls, Sharks, Whales! No matter how hard I trained, I would never be stronger than such a creature. But now, things seem to be different.' Thought Diddy with a slightly deranged look as he clenched his little fists in determination.
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On this day, December 20th, year, 1507, marked the birth of Chaos Kong and the person who would later become the enemy of the very world. Marines, Celestial Dragons, Pirates, revolutionists; the only person in history where the world as a whole was forced to team up against one man, a man whose legacy would surpass Gol D. Roger, Whitebeard, Monkey D. Garp, Monkey D. Dragon, and the forgotten man, Rocks D. Xebec
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