Chapter 14
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Captain Kalan and Captain Grey beard were standing in the grassy plain, staring at each other, Kalan had a straight face while Grey beard had a wide smile on his face, showing all of his rotten teeth. "You don't even know what you just did Grey." Kalan says with a bland stare. Grey beard began chuckling as he clutched his fist together. "You don't know half of what I've done to obtain this power, do you Kalan? They sent you down here to stop me and you never asked why? This berry is a natural product, not for them to keep." Grey beard says with a villainous smile. "Cut the shit Grey!" Kalan yells at him, causing his eyes to widen slightly with shock.
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"What about your father Grey? Your brother? What you just did… burned all of that away." Kalan says in a saddened tone. Grey beard looks down at his hands as Kalan said those words to him. "Kalan… I severed those ties a long time ago…" He says as a single tear falls from his left eye. "Grey… turn yourself in. Please." Kalan says with genuine compassion in her smile. Grey beard wipes the tear from his cheek and looks back at Kalan with a straight face. "Me and you both know that I can't do that now." Grey beard says as he composes himself, causing Kalan's face to sadden. She looks down with sadness but as she looks back up she had a straight face. "I am sorry… Captain Don." She says as Grey beard began to smile.
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Grey beard stares at Kalan, clutching his fist and as he looked at the sky he began laughing boisterously. As he did this the earth began to shake and wind began to blow in all directions at hundreds of miles per hour. "I SEE NOW, KALAN… I SEE WHY RORY WAS THE GREATEST!!!" He yells as the wind began to speed up viciously but Kalan still stared at him with low eyes, unimpressed by this immense power. Kalan's jacket was blowing in the wind and as she stared at him she unclipped the singular button holding her jacket around her neck. "Rory was a man of true strength… this is pathetic Grey." She says as her Coastal Guard jacket blew away in the wind, revealing an all white leather jump suit underneath. "Let's see then Captain!" Grey beard exclaims as he reels his fist up into the sky.
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Kalan's eyes widen as Grey beard blitzes her with a devastating punch and as he was about to make contact with her his eyes widened as he heard two words. "Room open." Kalan says as a large dust cloud appears due to the impact of Grey beards punch. Grey beard swipes the dust away with frustration and as he looked at his previous position he saw Kalan standing there with a smirk. "Sorry to burst your bubble but… Rory's berry isn't that special." Kalan says to him with a smirk. "So you finally awakened the light berry?" Grey beard asks in an annoyed tone. "Oh that's right, I haven't seen you in a few years, have I?" She says with a smirk. "You're right, I awakened the light berry… to the room berry." She continues to say with a smirk.
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Grey beard scoffs as she says this to him. "You'll be the perfect test subject Kalan!" Grey beard exclaims as he then drives both of his fist into the ground. Grey beard then rips up two large chunks of the island with a wide grin on his face as he reeled back one of his fists holding the boulder. Grey beard begins to throw the boulder at Kalan but as he did this Kalan stuck her pointer and middle finger out and flicked them upwards. "Room… Close." She says in a calm voice, causing Grey beards eyes to widen. The same cube of light, that Kalan struck Pig and Marcus with, suddenly appeared around Grey beards entire body and then closed quickly, causing a huge explosion. Kalan smirks as she began walking toward the large dust cloud that had formed but her eyes quickly widen with shock.
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Grey beard dashes out of the dust cloud with a red aura pouring from both of his fists. Kalan uses her thumb and pointer finger to form a box with both of her hands, separating them after they touch. "Window Close!" Kalan exclaims quickly. Grey beards right fist hits an imaginary wall, causing for the ground to crack underneath him. 'His body is starting to catch up with Rory's berry but I can still win if I just pace myself. That amount of power, that quickly will shock a Pathfinders body… even you Grey beard.' Kalan thinks to herself calmly. Grey beard began punching Kalan's imaginary window profusely. Kalan reels back her right fist as a cube of light wraps around her fist and then turns into an energy like substance, engulfing her right fist entirely.
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Grey beard was laughing maniacally r as he kept punching the imaginary window until eventually he saw a small crack open up within the space between him and Kalan, causing a wide smile to creep up in his face. "Window open." Grey beard hears a soft voice say as Kalan appears right in front of him with a white energy wrapped around her fist. She then punches Grey beard directly in the gut, causing all of the air to leave his body and his eyes rolled to the back of his head. As he fell to his knees, he held his head down and his eyes were still completely white from the punch. 'Damn that hurt and I haven't even touched her yet, awakening that berry made her ten times stronger than before. But I think… I feel it. I feel the power that the berry wants to give me…' Grey beard thought to himself as he began to grin slightly.
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Grey beard began to chuckle, causing Kalan's eyes to widen slightly. 'That punch held enough power to demolish an entire city… how the hell is he still alive?' Kalan thinks herself with surprise. The ground began to shake as if a massive earthquake was starting to form beneath them. Grey beard began laughing boisterously now as Black and purple lightning began shooting from his body wildly. Grey beard then snapped his head up toward Kalan with a wide and treacherous grin on his face. "Thank you Kalan… THANK YOU!!!" Grey beard yells out as the earthquake begins to shake the entire island and the lightning began to strike the ground more aggressively than before. Kalan stepped back a few feet to get away from the source of the lightning. 'His aura…' Kalan thinks to herself with a tiny bit of fear. '… is insane!' She thought to herself with wide eyes.
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Grey beard wiped the blood from his mouth as he smiled at Kalan. The earthquake had stopped completely and the lightning at turned into tiny sparks poking at Grey beards body. "Are you impressed at how quickly I'm adapting to this berry? That kind of hurts my feelings Kalan." Grey beard says with a smirk. "I don't think anything about you anymore. I have a mission to complete, that is it." Kalan says with a cold stare. "Still playing the tough girl huh? Just admit it… you're scared." Grey beard says with a sly grin causing a single droplet of sweat to fall down the right side of her forehead.
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Kalan and Grey beard both stared at each other with intensity in suspense of who would strike first. Kalan suddenly dashes at Grey beard, causing him to smile widely and do the same. "Room open." Kalan says as the cube of light opens behind her, floating off of the ground as she ran toward Grey beard except the room stayed where she had summoned it and did not move as it begins to disappear within the sky. Kalan and Grey beard begin close out on each other but once they get a few feet away from clashing Kalan began to speak. "Room switch." Kalan says as she pointed her pointer and middle finger toward Grey beard. Grey beard was smirking as he had gotten closer to her but his smile quickly faded and his eyes began to widen as the space in front of him became distorted.
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As the world puts itself back together Grey beards eyes widen with complete shock as he was now in the room Kalan had opened as she was running toward him. The room began to close but Grey beard then began to smile wildly as he reels back his fist, with red aura flowing out of it. With one punch Grey beard shattered the front side of the cube but he was too late trying to escape, causing the room to completely close and create a massive explosion once again. Kalan's eyes widen as the explosion went off. 'He shattered my room with one punch, I don't have much time.' She thinks to herself with worry.
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Kalan turns around as she pulls out a small circular device that had an antenna sticking out and a number pad like a phone would. She began typing in a set of numbers causing the device to start dinging until it suddenly stopped and Kalan put the device to her right ear. "Yeah it's Kalan. I stopped Grey beard but he already ate the mountain berry." She says calmly. "Your mission is complete once the berry is in the possession of the government." A deep voice says over the device. "Do you really-" Kalan began to say but she stopped talking as her eyes widened with complete shock. Grey beard was behind her loading up a viscous punch as black and purple lighting bolts were scattering from his fist and he bore a wide smile.
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"Home!" Kalan exclaims quickly and just as Grey beard was about to make contact Kalan was gone, causing him to plunge his fist into the island. This one punch destroyed the entirety of the island that was in front of Grey beard and as he stood there looking at the destruction sink into the Sea, he grinned villainously. Kalan fell onto her knees as she landed on a stone floor. "Stronger than you thought huh?" Kalan hears a deep voice say to her. "Shut up and help me up." Kalan says in a snappy tone. A set of hands grabs Kalan and begins helping her up and sitting her in a chair. "So what do you think about the mountain berry?" The man asks curiously. The man had a soft face with brown eyes and brown hair. He wore a green hooded robe and he had a large scar on his left eye.
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"I knew that mega berries were strong but even with an awakened level three berry… I almost died." Kalan says as the man places down two wooden cups on the table beside them as he sits down. They seemed to be in some sort of tavern or bar with all wooden appliances. "Don't be upset, not only is that berry a Mega berry, it's one of the most powerful. You need to be more careful when dealing with stuff like that Kalan." The man says with a face of comfort. "If you were there we would've been able to get the berry back." Kalan says with an annoyed tone. The man begins to chuckle slightly as she said this. "I've been a pacifist for over ten years, that kind of stuff is not for an old man like me." The man says with a smile.
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Kalan slides back in her chair and throws her arms behind her head. "Is Don doing okay?" The man asks Kalan. "Ehh, as a good as a senile old man can be." She says with her eyes closed and leaning back. The man chuckled slightly. "Is he still chasing after his dream?" He asks her softly. "I think so. Now he's fixated on some rookie, I think he set sail just to find him." Kalan says back. "This rookie must be pretty special then, huh?" He asks with a smile. "I don't know, I've barely heard of the kid but I do know he can use aura… or something like it." Kalan says. "What do you mean?" The man asks with a curious face. "Well apparently the rookie came into contact with Captain Neoma and she's saying that his aura feels different and wierd and then there's Arton Town." Kalan says. "What happened in Arton Town?" The man asks with wide eyes.
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Kalan sits up in her chair and looks at the man with a smirk. "A former titan of the sea, Captain Kekela, was defeated last night and he lost to that rookie." Kalan says, causing the man's eyes to widen with shock. "The towns people are saying that the rookie was smoking from his body and wouldn't stop laughing." Kalan says with a grin. The man begins rubbing his chin as if he were pondering something. "You seem pretty interested." Kalan says as she picks up her cup. "You aren't?" The man asks with a smirk. "Sounds fun but I still have a mission to do, the kid's in East Estoria as we speak if you wanna check it out." Kalan says as she stands up and puts her cup back onto the wooden table.
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"And what are you going to go do exactly?" The man asks with a confused face. "Like I said, I still have a mission to complete so I'm going to get the Mountain berry back." Kalan says with a straight face. The man stands up while chuckling slightly. "You're so hard headed, you know that?" The man says with a smile. "I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, does it?" Kalan says as she begins to walk out of the tavern doors, closing them behind her. The man stood there pondering the situation at hand. "The kid's in East Estoria as we speak if you want to go check it out." The man hears Kalan say to him again. "Ezi… you old fool." The man says with a slight smile as he began to chuckle and then laugh boisterously.
Chapter end.