19 Suffering

Dragon approached Galan and said softly with a sad tone, "Galan…"

Galan laughed one last time before turning to the man, asking "Did you have fun fucking my mother in a pool of my father's blood?" The man froze and Galan stepped on his ankle, snapping it as he shouted "I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!" The man screeched and shouted "No! It wasn't!"

Galan laughed and shouted "THE TRUTH, YOU RAT FUCK!" The man shouted "I don't remember!" Galan laughed and tears streamed from his eyes as he stepped on the other ankle, shattering it, asking "Did you use the hips you took from my mother?!!" The man squealed like a pig getting butchered, "Yes! I did! It was great!"

Dragon winced as Galan cried, snapping bones inch by inch, shouting "Did it feel good starting a family!? Does it feel nice having someone who loves you?! A mother?! A wife!? I gave up everything to hunt you! I don't have a life because of you! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME!"

The man uttered inhuman screeches as he managed to squeeze out "That's not my fault!" Galan's expression was savage as he roared "EVERYTHING IS YOUR FAULT!" while grabbing a finger and squeezing it with all his Haki on his hands.

The Man's eyes widened and he didn't even make a noise as his finger bones turned to dust. He shook like he was having a seizure, before laying on the ground. Galan wiped his eyes and laughed "Lay there like the pathetic old fuck you are! This is what you deserve!"

As he shattered another finger to dust, the old man seizing on the ground, foam coming from his mouth as he muttered "Not… my… fault… Carmel… supposed to… be there…" Dragon slapped him and shouted "WHO?!"

The old man shook and replied with difficulty "Sister Carmel… Slave Trader… for… World… Government… I… pretended… pirates… Black Market… Trafficker… Collected… cargo… instead…" Dragon grabbed his throat and roared "WHY?!" The old man choked and his eyes were starting to become bloodshot as he replied "Because… She… Did-Didn't show… disappeared… World… Government… responsible…"

Dragon dropped him and his face was pale with shock. Galan didn't care, saying "You took everything from me." as he turned another finger to powder, leaning in as he whispered, "But I'm not you." his face returning to normal, adding "Your family will only find out what you really are."

He crushed another finger and continued "And when they find out, I'll know just how much of a worthless fuck you are. How you begged for your life with theirs." as the man started foaming at the mouth from the pain, Galan grit his teeth and cried, unable to control himself anymore, shouting "They'll know what it feels like to have your life ruined!"

Dragon let out a breath and watched as Galan turned every one of the old man's finger bones to dust before breaking every single bone in his body. Galan turned around and walked to the shore of the island, sitting on the sand and hugging his knees as he rubbed the Sun pendant in his fingers.

Dragon looked at the helpless cripple on the ground and it squeezed out "Help… me…" Dragon's face became severely disgusted and he grabbed the old man's collar, dragging him to the shore, passing Galan.

Dragon cut the old man's palms and threw him into the ocean, saying "Good riddance." Galan stared at the endless ocean, feeling empty and alone for the second time in his life.

The ocean in front of him overlapped with the view from Sacrafrillas and he could remember the smell of the town there.

Now he found the man responsible but it turns out everything was a big joke in the end. He was a huge joke this whole time. Just a little joke meant to make the Gods above them laugh.

Maybe he should just throw himself into the ocean and sink to the bottom…

Dragon stood behind him, patting his shoulder, saying "Just another day, Vice-Admiral…" Galan said softly "Kill me, Dragon." Dragon froze and looked at Galan in shock, saying "W-What?!"

Galan added, "My life is just one big joke… I just want to see my mother again. I have nothing, never have. 21 years of my life wasted looking for the asshole, expecting to feel better about myself when I ended things but… I don't feel better. I never will. My family is gone, my home is an ash heap… Hell, someone probably already took over and built something new."

Dragon didn't know what to say as Galan continued "I'm a ghost looking for a graveyard, Dragon. I have nowhere to go, no one to see, nothing. Everyday I hope some lucky son of a bitch puts a bullet in my head. So please, just do it. I'm asking you as a friend."

Dragon snapped out of his shock and said "Are you nuts?! I'm not doing that! What about everyone in the Marines?! What about the people we're saving?!" Galan stared at the crashing waves, replying "It's all bullshit. The Marines are just dogs for the World Government and the World Government is the capital of Slavery. Every Celestial Dragon goes through dozens of slaves a week, who knows how many a month. People get picked up from massacres done by Marines then sold to the Celestial Dragons as slaves."

Dragon turned pale as Galan continued "I found out a long time ago. The Marines are just as bad as the Pirates, if not worse. As we speak there are more Marines than Pirates kidnapping children and sending them to slavery. Nothing ever gets better. No matter how many thousand assholes I kill, it will never make a difference. I'm just a small cog in a machine of evil, even if I kill every pirate alive, they will just make more for their goals… The world in my eyes is a very dark place, no light at all, just an asshole like me trying to navigate through the shit and find a nice spot to die."

Dragon looked out to the sea and muttered "What if we solved the root of the problem?" Galan didn't say a word, just sitting there, staring at the waves as Dragon went on, "What if we overthrew the World Government!"

Lightning crashed and Thunder clapped in the sky as though responding to Dragon's declaration.

Galan looked at the sea and said "I always thought the sea was nice. The waves come in before running away after just barely touching you. My mother would always say that the waves ebb and flow because they were shy to meet new people. But the sand changes and the sea remains the same, people die and they don't come back. How many people will die before you replace the Government? Who will take over after? How long until they become just like the Government we have now? There's no solution to this evil, Dragon. Just stop talking and kill me."

Dragon clenched his fist and a firm look appeared on his face as a bout of Conqueror's Haki exploded from his body, blasting the sand and waves away as he declared "No! I'm going to do it! I'm going to save this world. I swear it on my life! All you see is darkness, Galan, but I see a beautiful and bright future! One where you don't have to look out the window every 5 seconds to make sure your kids is still there! One where nobody has to go through the pain and suffering you did!"

He turned to Galan and stretched out his hand, saying "A world where we can all live in the light. Don't you want to see such a scene before you die?" Galan looked at his hand before turning back, staying silent for a few moments before replying "Would be a nice dream." Dragon grinned and said "It doesn't have to be a dream, Galan! We can do it together!"

Galan closed his eyes before saying "I wish you would've killed me before starting this speech…" as he clasped Dragon's hand, pulling himself up. Dragon laughed excitedly, saying "What a great day!"

Galan looked up at the sky and then back down, saying depressingly "It's not sunny at all." Dragon ignored him, laughing "I can't wait! Alright, what do we do now?" Galan looked at him and sighed, "I wish you would've killed me…" to which Dragon's lips twitched.

A marine ship was in the distance and the duo heard shouts of "Vice-Admiral! Vice-Admiraal!" Galan let out a breath, smiling gently "These idiots…" Dragon frowned and said "We can't go back." Galan grabbed him and said softly "We have to go back, you need to escape the Marines and you have to make it look like you beat me real bad." as he jumped into the sky.

He turned to Dragon in the air and tapped on his body, saying "Here, here, and here are critical points but not fatal, you have to make it look like we had a hard battle before you escaped." Dragon was confused but quickly understood, nodding "Right. But how do I contact you after?" Galan replied in a soft tone "I'll find you. In the meantime, start making some connections and spreading your ideals, I bet there's a lot of people who will understand you."

Dragon nodded and they landed on the deck, Galan dragged Dragon, saying "We have a traitor on our hands. The boy wants to start a Revolution!" The Marines were stunned silly and shouted in shock "WHAT!?"

Dragon made a move and Galan grunted in pain, looking at Dragon with a blank face, "You traitorous rat fuck!" before punching him into the deck face first! Dragon coughed up some blood and attacked Galan, starting a world shaking brawl on the deck of Galan's ship.

The Marines around held out their rifles, not knowing what to do.

A while later

Galan fell onto the deck and Dragon was breathing heavily, not quite understanding the meaning of acting! Galan felt like he was really trying to bash his skull in! He looked around him and flew into the sky, disappearing with the wind.

The Marines shouted "Vice-Admiral Galan!" as they rushed over, calling "Medic! Change course to HQ! Hurry!" The Marines started scrambling as a medic rushed out, tending to Galan's wounds, shouting with a pale face "Severe!" before jumping up, waving his hands, screaming "NURSES GET HIM INTO THE MEDICAL BAY THIS INSTANT!"

The Marines helped the Nurses bring Galan into the Medical bay as the Medic quack started tending to Galan's wounds, shouting like a mental patient "GET YOUR SWEET ASSES OUTTA HERE BOYA!" Everyone left in fear of this quack as the Doctor twitched a little, fixing Galan up.

Galan found this guy screaming for a job after he saved him from a gang of drug distributors. He claimed to have been a professional doctor his entire life for 17392 years exactly, which was why the Drug Distributors grabbed him, forcing him to surgically insert bags of drugs into people at gunpoint.

He was the best of the best, Galan found out that you could stuff drugs into every part of the body with this guy! So he took the Doctor as his personal ship doctor and the man had been grateful ever since.

Turns out it was the right choice too because Galan almost let himself go. One of those points was a fatally wounding one. Unfortunately for him, the Doctor pulled him back from the dead!

Galan woke up in the sick bay and was instantly greeted with nurses and Marines, hugging him, shouting "VICE-ADMIRAL, OH GOD! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" One of the Nurses even kissed him before fainting from excitement.

Galan frowned, "What are you all doing." they all froze and he looked at them, adding "Get back to work." the sick bay was empty in a flash, even the fainted nurse was dragged along out of the doors.

Galan looked at his chest and sighed "Damn it…" before walking out of the sick bay, returning to his quarters and sitting in his chair. He glanced at the wanted poster before gripping his Sun pendant from his pocket, rubbing it with his thumb as he laid his head on his desk, slowly falling asleep again…