User blog:Kaido King of the Beasts/The Beast of the North: Part I

Some of you may claim this is too early, but I developed this story several months ago and considering what is going on currently I figured it would be a good time to post this backstory.



Issho: Are you awake, Olan? I need to tell you something...and you better keep it secret!

Olan: What is it, Issho?

Issho: I'm gonna go hunt a Sea King! So when morning arrives, I need you to cover for me!

Olan: WHAT? Are you crazy? Ma's gonna go ballistic, especially since...you know, what happened to Pa...

Issho: That's my point! I'm old enough to join the hunting crew, but Ma won't let me because of Pa's accident! If I can show her I can catch a Sea King, she'll have to let me! Plus, being in hunting crew will give us benefits which can get us more food!

Olan: I know I can't stop you, big bro...so just don't die...

Issho: Of course I won't die! Not while you and Ma are still alive! I gotta be the man of the house now and protect you guys!



Issho: Huh? Why's a ship here? The trade ship was just here last week!



Issho: H-HELPPPPP!



Crew Member: We've got him, Captain!

Captain: Good, goood...if he's from that village, then he knows about what we are looking for...the fruit of ultimate power!



Captain: Alright, kid, I'm willing to be easy on you. Just tell me where that fruit is, and I'll let you go, not a mark on your body.

Issho: I-I won't tell you a thing!!!

Captain: Very well. You brought this on yourself. Take out his left eye.



Captain: Now, would you like us to go further? Or just tell us now?

Issho: I swore...everyone-in the village-swore...we won't-let people like-you get it!

Crew Member: Should I take out his right eye, Captain?

Captain: No...this boy has made it clear that we won't get anything from that village. So we move into our next course of action...which I want the boy to clearly see.



Issho: NO! NO! PLEASE...!

Captain: Would you like us to call off our plan? Very well...I only need the fruit's location.



Captain: I'll take that as a no! Aim cannons!

Issho: NOOOOOO! 

Crew Member: Oh no you don't...Captain wants you to see every second of this!

Captain: FIRE!

<The ship's cannons fire at Issho's home village, causing several shelters to explode. Issho can do nothing but wail as more cannonballs are loaded and the panicking villagers are shot down by sharpshooters. Finally, the attack comes to a close, and Issho's village is left in ruins. The Captain nods to the crew member restraining him, and the crew member slashes him across his right eye. However, before he does that, Issho sees one final sight: His mother and Olan running across the ice, when suddenly they are caught in a cannonball explosion. As the pirates finish off the last remnants of the village and head off, Issho, now without his sight, sits in a corner, not making a sound. He is totally and completely broken>

Crew Member: What're we gonna do with the kid, Captain? Should we kill him?

Captain: No...I want him to keep the memories we gave him. We'll maroon him on a nearby ice shore and punish him for his defiance by showing him true hell!



Crew Member: Captain! Look!

Captain: NO! It can't be!! Everyone, to battle stations!



Issho: Please...whoever you are, just kill me! My life has already been taken away, but my body is still alive! PLEASE-KILL ME!!!

???: It's OK. You're safe now. I'm gonna give you your life back.

To be continued!!