Journey to One Piece

312. You are a bird

"This is impossible. Nobody can't reach that level so fast and early in their life." Doflamingo refused to believe what he had just thought of and then before he could speak more Ken appeared behind him. 

"What the.." 

And the he was slashed right at the arm of his. Blood splattered out and but no blood spots fell on Ken. It was because it got evaporated before it could even touch the body of Ken. Doflamingo too could feel the heat now slowly rising. 

The country which had been poster child of romanticism and love, the country where people seemed to be happy and content out of nowhere plunged into chaos. A chaos that nobody expected. The long lost memories of fathers, mothers, children, siblings, lovers all came crashing down on the minds of the people of the country. 

King Riku who had been running around and was kind of heart broken that he couldn't win the fruit and was shipped to be a puppet saw suddenly of how his previous memories of many people around came to him. The memory of Kyros too came back and he found Rebecca too who had remembered of the toy who helped her all her life and made her the person who she was today. 

She broke down in tears with King Riku nearby. He felt guilty for being such a horrible grandparent but there was nothing he could do. But the memories coming back meant the Devil fruit user had been taken down and maybe Doflamingo himself was having a hard time. 

He had seen with his own eyes how one guy named Lucy took down higher ranking members of the Yonko and took away the fruit. There was a rumor around that he was Monkey D. Luffy, the great pirate he had been hearing about recently. 

"This country needs to heal." A man with a deep voice said from behind. King Riku who had been under guilt and shame by seeing Rebecca breaking down in tears could only nod his head. But then he remembered he had never heard that voice before and thus turned around.

He saw a man holding a long crutch while walking with the stick being held outward, his face was ridden withs scars, scars long enough to have made his eyes shut. And another weird thing about the man was that he was drenched in water. 

But the most striking among all the things was the white over coat. It didn't need to be said that the white over coat had the sign of Justice. 

"You are.." Riku asked. He was hesitant because at one point he hated the Navy for not helping them but he could also understand why the Navy turned their back. 

"My name is Fujitora. I am sorry for being in this way as someone from sea made our journey hell and I was the only one to reach this island." 

"Fujitora? The admiral Fujitora?" 

"Yes. If there isn't anyone other by that name in the Navy then yes I am that Fujitora." 

"Uh.. Welcome to Dressrosa.. The country is in bad shape now so I hope the Navy could help them." Fujitora just shook his head and said.

"The Navy can't help you and the only help we can give you right now is me. But it seems like Dressrosa doesn't need our help as the flood gates had been opened." Riku didn't know what to say and just stayed silent while Fujitora continued. 

"And that healing starts with you being reinstated as the King." 

"Huh?" Riku was taken aback as he didn't expect someone to recognize him even with his headgear and armor. 

"You are King Riku.. Aren't you? The previous king who had been ousted by the Pirate named Doflamingo. From what I can feel he is fighting in his castle and it isn't looking good for him as he is fighting one of the strongest fighters in the New World. He is so powerful that he has been sensed me from such a long distance and Doflamingo doesn't have a chance. After he is ousted I want you to be the new King." Fujitora said. King Rikue couldn't believe what he was hearing. 

He wanted to make sure that he was hearing it right and asked again. 

As Fujitora and Riku were discussing about the current plight of the country, Doflamingo was finding it difficult with each passing moment. His whole body was covered with scars, bloodied all over. With his awakened Devil fruit, he could stich the wide gashes and stabbing on his body, but it wasn't enough. 

He was losing his stamina fast and it was only once he was able to hit Ken and it just left him a bruise. He could read all his moves and him hurting Ken once was because in that attack he didn't mean it and the threads struck him from ground from an angle that he also didn't have full control. But those kinds of situations could only happen once in a blue moon. 

He was now sure that Ken could switch his Haki off and that terrified him. 

"Hehehe.. You want to take my country, my wealth, my empire, my everything right? Good.. I will give you all. Hahahaha.." Doflamingo gave cruel laughter and and then proceeded the one move which had brought nightmare to everyone.

The bird cage. 

Ken looked up as threads started to cover the whole island in the matter of a minute while he himself sat on the throne made of threads like a King and laughed like a maniac.