OP83: A Bolt of Lightning & Sea Weakness

In bright daylight, Veyron clenched his fist and produced tyrannical lightning discharges inadvertently.

"I'm not afraid of the world government, Stussy... if they want to come for me they can come, we will see who wins this battle of attrition" Veyron was convinced there were only a handful of individuals on their side now that could give him a run for his money. 
"..."
"..."

All the ladies smiled helplessly, it wasn't bravado. It was the conviction of a boy, no, a man who knew he was strong and knew how to use that strength for the sake of others. 
"If I want to become someone that can pose a threat to them then I won't avoid direct confrontations. If they realise that Amazon Lily is my home and want to send a buster call. Then I'll just have to sink every one of their ships into the abyss".

It wasn't a threat, it was a promise. One that Tsuru knew he was more than capable of achieving even at this point she was completely certain that in a battle against him, she wouldn't come superior, the tricks and gimmicks of her devil fruit wouldn't work against him. Gion was much the same except that she knew she'd be hopeless, unable to even go against that devil fruit of his that controls one's body.

"If that were to happen, would you at least show leniency?" Tsuru requested with an uncharacteristic humble character.
"..." Veyron frowned profusely, aware of what her next words were and those were the sort of words that peeved him the most. 
"Those men follow orders, Veyron".

'The man that shot me dead was also just following orders, Tsuru'.
"I can't promise you that".

As much as he felt bad for rejecting the goodwill of an old granny, he couldn't compromise and give his word that he would show leniency to men who blindly followed orders for the sake of a wicked higher power.

"Then if that were to happen I'll do my best to stop it. Believe in me" Gion stepped forward, and with little time she came to realise that the boy in front of her was not a bad person. He went out of his way to free these people from tyranny even at the cost of a massive burning scar at the side of his body.

If she could avoid conflict between the marine and him, she would as in such conflict regardless of who won or who lost, there would only be losses.

"I believe in you. If I didn't, I wouldn't have given you that fruit".

Gion blushed and shook her head several times before extending her hand forward.

"Then I'll get your address as well. Don't get shy if I ask you for favours".

"You can ask me for any favours you want but know that you will have to pay for them~" he closed up on Gion who cracked her teeth and nodded reluctantly, it was only fair for him to ask her favours too.

"Then ladies... it was a pleasure to meet you. Though you didn't help much".

Tsuru merely brushed her hand several times in dismiss, "It wasn't good to meet a perverted brat like you, Garp was right, you're lawless. A pity we couldn't form you into a marine".

"Next time I'll resolve everything myself, no complaints then, right?" Gion extended a finger and it surprised him that she partook in such a childish tradition. He smirked and hooked her finger with his although the ritual was a little different.

"no complaints".

Veyron took the three government agents for a flight down Skypea. Since Primrose was left behind he could always follow her vibrecard to reach there.

He shot down the skies with his body imbued in lightning. Using all of his output.

This time wanted to test the difference in speed. There were at least ten thousand metres or about nine miles of distance between the White Sea and the Blue Sea.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!* 
*CRACK*
Like a bolt of lightning the three of them shot down with a speed that left both Gion and Tsuru breathless even within the forcefield. 
'Let's see how much faster-' 
*SPLASH!* 
!!!

A humongous explosion of water by the impact of a heavy object shot to the skies in the form of a water cloud. Before Veyron even realised what was going on, they had already fallen into the Blue Sea!

"Master?!" (Stussy)

"W-What just happened...?" (Gion)
"You're a lot faster than before!" (Tsuru)

Stussy, Tsuru and Gion never felt anything, the forcefield cracked by the ridiculous speed and mixture of forces behind it, all they saw was a fast-forwarding movie of skies and clouds phasing through them before the blue sea appeared and they sank into it, all in less than six seconds!

It took him a while to process just how ridiculous the increase in power had been. Nine miles in about five seconds.

'That's about five thousand miles per hour! And I'm sure I can go way faster than that!'
He thought thankfully that his mastery over the devil fruit was lacklustre and technically nonexistent, otherwise... a little more than this and the two ladies may have perished just like that if the forcefield had shattered. It wasn't designed to hold such marginal forces.

'If it was just me I could have travelled at the speed of lightning!

Just the thought alone thrilled him to no end.

Veyron came to a stop underwater when he realised he did feel a bit weaker compared to the surface.

"What are you doing?" Asked a confused Gion who wondered why they hadn't resurfaced yet. 
"I'm just testing something".

"Do you need to test it now?"
"I'd rather test it now that I'm with people" He wanted to say people he trusted but he didn't completely trust them yet but this experiment was necessary.

He extended his hand out of the forcefield and into the water. The result was him feeling his body get extremely weak... it felt like having a thousand sacks of sand on top of his body.
Gion caught onto it and held his body against hers much to Stussy's chagrin as she was about to do the same

"Why are you doing this?"

"Haven't you noticed Momousagi? This boy ate a devil fruit".

"He didn't have a devil fruit already!?"

"No, the origin of his power is called the '4th Haki of Dreamers' a secret technique that's not known to the masses... the power of lighting he has displayed is because he ate that baldy's fruit" Tsuru explained and even Stussy took some notes in awe, the existence of this 4th Haki wasn't something she knew... and things she didn't know were very scarce.

"So what are you trying to test?"

"Ugh, I wanted to know... if this weakness was going to be in the way of my Psychokinesis".

"Psycho what?"
He sighed and hugged a flustered Gion back trying to shut her up, her curiosity wasn't unwarranted but he didn't feel like answering questions.
The forcefield didn't disappear, the water weakened his body but it didn't affect his mind, ' That means this water weakness is something I can circumvent'.

He sighed in relief as the weakness of water was something that had worried him ever since he ate the fruit. After the cracks of the forcefield were fixed, he no longer felt weak. 
'It is because the weakness is not water itself but instead sea energy... the forcefield seems to be able to repel it to some degree, interesting'.

Tsuru and Gion watched the lovely scenery underwater not far away from the surface with countless sea creatures swimming around them. The boy was full of surprises.

While still hugging Gion and sinking his head on her cleavage he resurfaced with them. The marine beauty grit her teeth and resisted the urge to drop him down.

"So you can even go underwater, is there anything you can't do?"
"I can't grab your fat ass with my naked hand and make it fit, I'm not a god, Gion".

"Devil child!"

Just like that Veyron was thrown down of the embrace of the harrumphing rear admiral, he knew he deserved it but it was worth it considering how her reaction always was.