Trixie woke up to the smell of something declious being cooked. She opened her eyes to see the giant from behind hunched over a wok, cooking over a fire as he threw some vegetables in. A quick look around revealed that they were in a small clearing with the moon and stars overhead, incidating that she's been asleep for a while.
The smell once again reached her nose and made her stomach rumbled loudly, a blush appeared on Trixie's cheeks as it did. The giant looked at her and chuckled before putting some vegetables on a plate and held it out to her. While still wary of the giant's intentions, she grabbed the plate with her magic and greedly devoured it in seconds.
'How long has it been since Trixie had real food?' She thought, not caring at all on how she might have looked in the giant's eyes. 'Months? In fact how long has it been since Trixie was caught by those dogs?'
A cough from the giant caught her attention and Trixie blinked when she saw him holding up what appears to be a frozen symbol. No not just a symbol, a question mark! He gestured to it before pointing at her and Trixie quickly understood what he wanted.
"My name is The Great and er-," She cut herself off, remembering her promise and if there was some mysterious force that was watching her, Trixie did not want to anger it. "My name is Trixie," The blue mare saw confusion on his face before trying once more.
This time, he said it himself. <"Trixy?"> She shook her head before trying again, making a show of emphasing on the way her mouth moved. It was lucky that her career, well former career, required her to know at least more than one language for audiences that spoke other languages. This wasn't the first time she had to communicate with someone that didn't speak Equish but fortunately it seemed that whatever language the giant spoke, it seemed similar enough to Equestian for certain sounds to be the same.
<"Trixie?>"
Said pony was surprised at how fast he learnt how to say her name although it was rather choppy as if he couldn't make certain sounds. Still he managed to do so, making Trixie smile and nod her head. She then pointed at the question mark and him, wanting to know the name of her savior.
Kuzan was very grateful for the lessons about First Contact that his teachers taught him. There was always new nations that the World Goverment were encountering and thus all Marine officers above rank of vice-admiral had to learn how to deal with a First Contact situation peacefully. It was commonly assumed that all Marines soldiers spoke the same language but that only applied to the majority.
Marines recruited from more isolated islands or nations often spoke their own language and had to be taught English as a required course. While encountering people that spoke other languages were rare nowadays, it still happened enough times for it to be a course for recruits to learn on how to deal with situations when both parties couldn't understand each other. Speaking through actions was fairly simple and easy enough for anyone to understand.
It was a stroke of good luck that Kuzan aced that course and still remembered on what to do meaning show that you mean absolutely no harm and present them with something they might like. In this case, food and treatment for the unicorn but she seemed to have ignored the latter for the former. The former admiral was glad that he had stocked up on supplies before ending up here somehow.
He saw the unicorn, Trixie he mentally reminded himself, pointed to his question mark and then to himself, a gesture that was easy to understand.
"My name is Kuzan. Kuzan." He emphased his mouth movement like she did and was impressed that she managed to sound out his name rather well with the exception of certain sounds. It appeared that whatever she spoke was smiliar to English meaning that the language barrier could be gone in weeks if they kept this up on a daily basis. Even faster considering that Kuzan was hailed as a prodigy during his time as a recruit.
Kuzan pointed to the wok then to Trixie and got a very eager nod in return. She levitated the plate back to him, encased in a magenta colored aura and while most people would do a double take at something like this, he have seen much weirder than this. While her abilities could be because of a devil fruit, something told him that it wasn't.
Flap. Flap. Flap.
He frowned as his sharp hearing caught the sounds of several things heading their way. Judging from the sounds, whoever was heading their way would be here in a few minutes. Just enough time to make sure Trixie wasn't in harm's way.
Kuzan stood up, went over to Trixie and picked her up and placed her in the branch of a tree. He ignored her look of surprise and made sure that she was comfortable.
<"Well well well what do we have here?">
Kuzan turned toward the voice and saw what appeared to be three dragons and rather pathetic looking dragons at that. Really one looked too fat to even hover, another looked like it was on a bad diet, and the last one was attempting to look bigger. The effect was kind of useless when the person you were trying to intimidate was much bigger than you.
<"A pony and something hanging out in our woods,"> The leader took a step forward while Kuzan held up hands up, palms facing out. He really didn't want to get into a fight, he retired to get away from all that. <"I just had a bad night so I'm going to blow some steam off by having some fun with you two.">
Trixie was scared and she wasn't afirend to admit it outloud. Her reason for her fear was three teenage dragons, each one ready to inflict pain to her and Kuzan. While he was able to handle those dogs easily, dragons were a whole another level even if they were just teenage dragons.
"We need to run!" She tried to reach out to poke Kuzan and almost fell off for her troubles. "Please! You can't beat them! They're dragons!"
Kuzan ignored her and instead stepped forward, making the dragons laugh despite the sheer height difference between them.
"Looks like the thing is going to fight us!" The red one said, sharp teeth fully visible in a grin. "Alright then bring it on!" He flew forward, his powerful wings allowed him to cross the distance between him and Kuzan in seconds. Trixie wanted to look away but couldn't as the red dragon raised his claws and brought them down on Kuzan.
Who caught both of them effortlessly.
Trixie's jaw dropped open and her eyes were wide as they could be while the red dragon had an expression of complete surprise, both claws stuck in Kuzan's grip.
"What the AHHHH!" He screamed as his claws froze before Kuzan let him go, the ice extending up to his elbows. Trixie looked at Kuzan and saw that mist seemed to be coming off of him.
"Garble!"
"We'll help you!"
The two other dragons flew to their leader's aid but-
"<Ice Block: Partisan.>"
Several spears made of ice impaled themselves into their wings, quickly grounding them with cries of pain. They landed right near Garble and each of them looked up to Kuzan with fear in their eyes. Now a heavy mist was coming from him as ice slowly appeared on parts of his body. To the dragons, it was absolutely terrifingly but to Trixie, it was shocking.
Dragons were well known for their resistance to extreme temperatures but it seemed that the ice Kuzan can make was cold enough to affect even them.
Garble regained his courage and attempted one more attack. "Eat this you freak!" He puffed up his chest, ready to unleash his fire and his two friends did the same. Trixie felt fear and dread creep up in her heart once more. If Kuzan controlled ice then it would be no match against the flames of one dragon, let along three!
"<Ice Age.>"
A wave of cold washed over Trixie as the temperature dropped low enough for her to see her breath. The blue mare looked around and whispered, "Incredible."
Everything around them was frozen, so much that she couldn't even see where the ice ended. Trees, grass, bushes, everything besides branch she was on had frozen over in a second.
Not even the dragons were spared as they were frozen solid, stuck in their poses on the ground as they prepared to unleash their flames while Kuzan stood over them. He turned away from them and brought her down from the branch, hooves meeting the cold ground, making Trixie shiver. He ignored her and gather his supplies in his bag before throwing it over his shoulder.
"Go." Trixie nodded her head and allowed herself to be picked up once more. What he did next surprised her just as much as his 'fight' with the dragons. Trixie was pressed against into Kuzan's arms as the world around her became a blur, the gasp of surprise from her gone into the rushing wind. Looking up, she saw that Kuzan didn't even look troubled by the speed they were going at.
'Strong enough to stop a dragon's attack, ice cold enough to freeze three of them and acres of forest, and now he can move at speeds faster than even most pegasus!' The unicorn slowly eased into Kuzan's arms, eyes closing as she leaned into him. 'Just how powerful are you?'
In the weeks ahead, she would get her answer and not in a way that anyone could have thought possible.
This takes me back to when the Straw Hat Pirates first took on Aokiji and failed miserably. Those poor kids Luffy, especially. He got off easy thanks to his deed in Alabasta.
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Ah memories. Anyways, from one OP fan to another, is Kuzan in character well enough? I've always had trouble telling whether or not they are whenever I write.
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Thank god Kuzan kicked their asses and then froze them, I doubt they are going to try that again.
4504838 i got a question is kuzan going to be talking througth all you author notes
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Yeah pretty much.
4504931 ok then stay frosty
will the next chapter take 5-6 months to come out? like this one
Pfft..I'm pretty sure Usopp could have beaten those three...
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Almost every character that has fought in the entire series could have taken them without too much trouble.
A fantastic story you have here. Just the thing I was needing to bust through a nasty dose of writer's block.
4505155 I'm pretty sure that they equal an average pirate.......So, yea.
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I've always found a nice run was just the thing to clear a writer's block.
Kuzan is so badass.
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I've found exercise does little to help clear writers block for me. Which is a real pain when you simply cannot get a scene right.
Cool story. i enjoy write faster
So far I have to admit I'm loving this, although Kuzan seems slightly less lazy than he usually is. The only times I think he's been well not lazy is during the Marineford arc and most likely against Akainu. And even then he was still moving at his own pace during the War. Either way, I do think you're doing a rather good job at portraying him, and glad you mentioned his speed, I've had people tell me that he doesn't seem fast for some reason or another.
Kuzan rocks!! even Dragons needs to Watch their tone around him.
4504838 Yeah, Kuzan is depicted as laidback, so you got him correct.
For those that lack One Piece knowledge, I think the only thing that could stand a chance against Kuzan would probably be Sombra,and even then his chances are slim to none.
Well written and good job, have a bro hoof.
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just awesome bro great job
Fantastic chapter, you're doing well.
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I think anyone would be a little more active if they found themselves in unknown terrority. Kuzan demostrated how fast he really is during the Marineford Acr two times. The first is when he jumped to freeze those two tsunamis and second is when he attacked Buggy. Both times he simply disappeared and reappeared so its safe to say that Kuzan is very fast.
This is really great, aside from some spelling errors. I do think, though, that it's worth mentioning that one piece is japanese, and such don't speak english, atleast not as a base language. Otherwise, keep up the good work!
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Sombra? I would expect someone to say Celestia or Luna or hell even Twilight! But Sombra of all ponies, I must ask why do you think he'll stand a chance against him better than those three.
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Because Celestia and Luna (in my opinion) are easier to beat. Yes, they are mostly seen as the equivalent of gods but you can still even fight/beat them without any restrictions.
Sombra on the other hand has restrictions.
For instance, his abilities I would say are closest to that of devil fruit power (Maybe interesting if they were) and you just can't fight him, you need the power of love to even have a better advantage. Hell, it took BOTH Celestia and Luna to banish him in the first place and they were just lucky (Not sure about the details as I haven't watched the Chrystal Empire videos yet.).
Now, if both Celestia and Luna fought Kuzan I would think think he would have som manner of difficulty but if he goes all out in one go they'd be knocked out unconscious in about a minute.
Sombra on the other hand has a miasma like form so you'd have to use those special chi punches or whatever they're called (Haven't read One Piece in a while so I forgot what it's called... Sorry...) and even then Sombra can dodge by changing form, but in the end Kuzan would still win.
This is my theory and I could very well be wrong, I am not up to date and behind for both series but this what I think.
4515677 The Crystal Empire video, by Silly Filly Studios, more or less has Luna beating him by going Nightmare Moon on his shadow ass.
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I suppose you have a point, having physical forms would really put Celestia and Luna at a disadvantage since Kuzan's DF gives him the luxary of being able to reform whenever he's hit.
Sombra's abilities are just like Smoker's DF turning him into a smokey like substance. Smoker's own gives hiim the ability to control, create, and become smoke.
Those chi attacks are called Haki and they pack one hell of a punch. Every new Logia DF user that have been shown so far have gotten their asses handled to them by Haki users. Every marine above the rank of Vice-Admiral is either required to learn it or they pick it up on the job. However I don't think Sombra can dodge attacks from a guy that can casually move at speeds faster than someone can blink.
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Who knows? The guy is a sneaky bastard so he'll probably come up with something to even the playing field.
Anyway, this is why I think Kuzan would have an easy time with anyone other than Sombra (Who I think would only last the longest).
I really want to see where this story will go. How will Kuzan and Trixie further their possible friendship, how will Kuzan meet any of the other main/minor characters of the series and what will have to happen for Kuzan to meet someone in this world who could actually challenge him in a fight (because I am fairly sure pretty much everything the show has provided is more or less par for the course for Kuzan). Keep up the good work!
Holy shit, that's overkill.