January 18, 1506
Sixis Island
East Blue
It's still snowing, and currently Raeven, Enel, and Stussy are inside her lab; they are looking at a 2-meter-tall and 3-meter-long mechanical dog that Stussy recently made.
"Right now I can control it with my Devil Fruit to make it move and do some simple things," Stussy said as she controlled the robot with her powers to make it roll and jump.
"But making it move like a real dog makes me struggle; it drains my stamina too much," Stussy said as she made the dog return to its own space, or what Raeven calls a parking lot.
"You should try to exercise more and eat more nutritious food; using a devil fruit power and even Haki drains a lot of stamina. If you train your endurance, your stamina will get stronger," Enel said.
"I've been thinking about that too, so tomorrow I'll hold my research on this thing first and train; I'll train my devil fruit too," Stussy said, then she began to float around and leave.
Raeven didn't say anything at all; he just walked out towards the exit of the lab with Enel too. Suddenly he remembered something, and he smiled.
"If you can get to the level of an admiral in the future, I'll give you two drawings and some ideas," Raeven said, which made Stussy and Enel really curious.
"What drawings? What do you call them, Big Bro?" Stussy said. She really can't compare to this big brother of theirs; she is the scientist of their family, but Raeven is the one who sometimes gives ideas to her.
"I call them Gundams and Transformers. If you can reach the level of an admiral in the future, I'll show them to you. I really want to see those things here at our island," Raeven said, which made Stussy more determined.
"Don't worry, big brother, I'll give it my all," she said.
"Don't put a lot of pressure on yourself, though," Raeven added as he left.
A month later
The Red Force slowly parked on the port of Sixis Island; Shanks, carrying a small girl with two-toned hair, stepped out of their ship.
"It's been a long time, Mihawk," he said with a large grin. Following him is his whole crew, a lot more than the last time they came here.
"I never thought that you would have a kid, and she's already this big," Mihawk said as he looked at the kid.
"Her name is Uta; we got her from a treasure chest on a pirate ship, so I decided to adopt her," Shanks said. Mihawk just nodded at him, and all of them headed towards one of the large guesthouses.
On a table and chair near the house, Raeven is already there waiting for them with Enel and Ace beside him.
"Raeven-san, we're here to intrude and impose on you again, but don't worry, this time we're not drinking for free," Shanks said as he greeted Raeven.
"Oh? So you want to trade, right?" Raeven said when Shanks was about to say something, causing everyone to be surprised.
"Don't look at me like that. Also, I'm not reading your mind, so stop thinking about mermaids, Benn Beckman," Raeven added, which made Benn Beckman, the vice captain of the Red Hair Pirates, fluster.
"That's the advanced form of observation Haki, right?" Shanks asked. He can't use the technique right now, but he will train hard to master it too.
"Yes, future sight, that's what they call it," Raeven said, then he stood up, and Enel opened the door of the guest house so they could enter.
Inside, after waiting for the Ninja Khans to get all the booze out, and while they waited for Lucky Roux to finish cooking, all of the officers of the Red Hair Pirates sat on the table with Raeven, Mihawk, Enel, and the kid, Ace.
Shanks took out a small chest; he opened it up, and he placed it on the table. Inside was a crimson-colored banana that had jagged edges covering the fruit like a scythe. When Shanks opened the chest and placed it on the table, the chest miraculously rolled, making the devil fruit roll towards Raeven's side of the table, which surprised everyone.
While everyone was surprised at what happened, Ace tried to get the fruit on the table to return it to Shanks, but another surprising thing happened: the fruit avoided his hands as it magically rolled a few inches, still heading to Raeven.
"My brother once told me that just like swords, devil fruits will choose the one who can perfectly wield their power," Mihawk said as he looked at the crimson fruit on the table.
"That's another reason we headed here; we tried to change course a lot of times, but the seas kept us from it. In the end, we didn't have a choice," Shanks said.
"Are you sure you're giving this fruit to me, Shanks?" Raeven asked as he picked up the fruit easily.
"Of course, Raeven-san, we can trade 2 barrels of that booze Gin Bulag again. This time my crew will show you how strong we are," Shanks said, then his crew sitting beside him all nodded. Even the serious one, Benn Beckman, nodded too.
"Good, you guys got guts; if you can really survive 2 barrels of it, then I'll add another one. I'll let you drink your fill," Raeven said.
"Also, this devil fruit is a Mythical Zoan, Human Fruit Model: Grim Reaper. Surprisingly, the Seraph fruit is with me too," Raeven said, which shocked the whole guest house.
"We couldn't eat it anyway; we tried, but the fruit kept on escaping us," Shanks said while laughing. After that, the banquet started; the other members of the Dracule Family joined in too. Only Kozaburo, Rouge, and the Kuja Pirate trainees are not here; that group of girls headed by Hancock didn't want to engage with men from outside of the island.
Sadly for the Red Hair Pirates, they finished the two barrels cleanly, but after that all of them passed out, and Benn Beckman became the last man standing again.
"This booze is a traitor; it tastes so good, but it's too strong," he said before passing out on his seat too. Enel just laughed as he drank his booze, which was the same as theirs; his alcohol tolerance is very high. On this island, in terms of alcohol tolerance, he will definitely rank number 4, Stussy is number 3, Mihawk is at number 2, and the undisputed number 1 is Raeven, who can drink booze like water without feeling any of it.
The Red Hair Pirates stayed for a few more days as Uta became acquainted with the kids on the island too. Before they left, Raeven handed a medium-sized box to Shanks that had a logo of the Dracule Family.
When Lucky Roux, Shanks, and Benn Beckman saw this, they were surprised. This is only the 3rd time they've seen this box; the 1st was on Shakky. It was displayed on her bar, and you can't buy it; inside are 3 bottles of a wine named Sixis Supreme IV. Shanks tried to talk to Shakky, but he was straightly rejected; even Rayleigh can't do anything about it, and now finally he had one too.
"A takeaway gift; be careful, the wine in this box is very limited. You'll definitely regret it once you break one," Raeven said as he handed it to Shanks, who took it like a baby.
Then he hurriedly passed it to Benn Beckman very carefully.
"Store this box inside our safest vault and double pad it; this thing is too precious. We finally had one for us," Shanks said as his crew cheered. After that, the Red Force left for their destination; they are going to Dawn Island.
Raeven, Mihawk, and Enel are left on the port looking at the Red Force as it becomes smaller.
"Did you eat the fruit, brother?" Mihawk asked. He wants to know because he can't detect any fluctuations in his elder brother's strength at all; it's the same as always, like a normal human. Even Enel wants to know it too; luckily, Mihawk asked first.
"I ate it, and the boost is huge. Right now I definitely entered the apex of power. I'm 100% confident that with my strength now no one in this world can match me," Raeven said. Then Mihawk looked at the Ninja Khans, and he felt it. The aura of the ninjas changed; it became even stronger. From an admiral candidate to a Yonko, he even felt that they were even stronger than himself.
"Congratulations then, Big Brother," Enel and Mihawk said. Raeven just smiled. Last year his sign-in reward was Scythe-Wielding Max; this year he is looking forward to another sign-in chance. He can feel it that this year his luck might be good.
"Let's go back. Also, Mihawk, Ace talked to me before; he said he wants to train and get stronger. While you are here, go and teach him the basics. Enel, go to Monet; have her design a special diet for Ace, and after that, tell Robin to teach him everything that he needs to know," Raeven said.
"Okay, I'll train him well." "What about his weapon?" Enel asked.
"I already gave Ace to him; that's why Mihawk will teach him the basics," Raeven said.