One Piece: Grand Harem Adventures

Chapter 753: Chapter 753: More Training

The steam from the shower billowed out as Ben stepped out. Ben felt his skin was wet. He looked around the room for his clothes. "They usually put something for me," he remarked. He looked at the table and saw a pair of simple black combat shorts. He thought this was all. Ben sighed. He thought he had been a little too reliant on his girls.

Ben walked towards the bed and pulled them on. He then left the Kuja Castle and stepped out into the open courtyard where the morning air hit his bare chest.

He looked to see Maya, Nojiko, and Ashivra who were already there.

"Morning, ladies," Ben greeted them with a smile.

"Hi, Captain," they chimed in unison. Their faces lit up.

Ben looked at Maya and thought of his dream. He thought she did look like a priestess.

Nojiko wiped a bead of sweat from her brow. A playful smirk tugged at her lips. "You are walking around shirtless again?" she questioned. "You’re going to give these poor Kuja girls a heart attack," she added.

Ashivra tilted her head. Her dark wings fluttered. "And with just the shorts?" she said.

Maya smiled. "It is an interesting choice of outfit here," Maya added.

"I could not find anything else," Ben responded.

"Well it was Kaya’s choice," Nojiko remarked as she stretched her arm.

"Kaya`s choice?" Ben asked.

"Yes, we sometimes take turns in choosing your clothes," Maya responded.

Ben thought they did. He always thought it was HQ or Alvida.

"She had chosen something so bold," Ashivra said as she looked at the bulge.

"Kaya knows," Nojiko said.

Ben chuckled. "She does," Ben said. "I will give her something later," he said.

"She will be looking forward to it," Nojiko responded.

The Kuja girls looked at Ben. "Look at him," one Kuja woman whispered. Her eyes were fixed squarely on the center of his shorts. "The rumors from the palace were true," she said. "It really is like an elephant’s trunk," she added.

"Look at the way the fabric tenses," another whispered. Her face was a shade of red that matched the Kuja flag.

A group of younger scouts had abandoned their sparring match entirely. "Is it made of iron?" one asked.

Cosmo looked at him. "He is shameless," Cosmo said as she looked down.

Daisy let out a loud, unabashed whistle "Half these girls are about to melt into puddles right where they stand," she said.

Nojiko heard all the conversations in the background. She smiled. "So what are you doing here today?" she asked.

"I thought of training with the Six Powers today," Ben said. "I was wondering if there was a training dummy around here?" he asked.

A young Kuja warrior nearby sprinted forward with a heavy wooden-and-straw dummy. She set it down in front of him. Her face turned a bright shade of pink as she took in the sight of his physique up close. She gave him a shy, lingering smile before scurrying back to her friends.

"Thank you," Ben said as he looked at the woman heading back.

"That was nice of them," Maya said. "Thank you," she said as she bowed down slightly.

Ben looked at the target. He took a deep breath and focused his energy into his hand.

"Finger Pistol," Ben barked. He thrust his index and middle fingers forward with a violent snap. His fingers sank deep into the reinforced wood. He penetrated the center of the dummy.

He pulled his hand back. Ben thought his attack was definitely stronger but it had drained his energy a bit more.

"Doing that on the first try? Not bad, Captain," Nojiko noted.

Behind them, a group of Kuja girls were clearly fan-girling over the display of power.

Maya watched them. She thought the Goddess spoke of men with this kind of presence. She looked at the Kuja girls and their devotion to him. She then looked at Ben. He thought he was someone built to be worshiped.

Ashivra looked at Ben. She thought she could do it. "Let me try," Ashivra shouted as she launched herself forward.

"Finger Pistol," Ashivra cried out as she thrusted her fingers forward. The flame on her back flared. Her Lunarian strength drove them straight through the back of the dummy.

Nojiko, who had moved into a deep leg stretch, smiled. "She nailed it," she remarked.

"That is wonderful," Maya said. She looked at Ben. "He helps others grow," she muttered to herself.

A few Kuja warriors edged closer. They pointed at Ashivra’s striking black wings. "What are those?" one asked. "Are you a bird-human?" she asked.

"She’s a Lunarian," Nojiko answered simply.

The Kuja girls exchanged confused looks. "A Luna-what?" one questioned.

"No," Nojiko replied with a smirk. "It’s a race," she added.

Ben smiled. He looked at Ashivra. "That was incredible," Ben remarked as he looked at her and patted her head.

Ashivra felt her head being patted and smiled. "Ben," she said with a smile on her face.

The girls huddled closer. Their faces were red. "Did you see that?!" one young warrior hissed.

"Yes I did. The way he smiled at her, it’s so warm," another added.

"He’s patting her head like she’s a precious treasure," another whispered.

"I wish I were that girl right now. I’d let him pat my head until my hair fell out," a Kuja woman said.

Daisy leaned over to Cosmo. "Look at her face! She’s glowing," she remarked.

Cosmo nodded. She was speechless . "To be a warrior under him," she said.

" I should have asked him when I gave that statue," one said.

Behind them, Nojiko just chuckled. "Careful, Ben," she called out, "If you keep that up, you’re going to have a line of five hundred Amazons waiting for head-pats," she teased.

Maya prayed. "The mighty head pats," she remarked. She thought the Goddess had mentioned this in her book.

Kikyo marched into the center where Ben, Ashivra, Nojiko and Maya were. She had crossed her arms. "That is quite enough," Kikyo barked as she looked to see the Kuja girls jumped back. "Since when did the warriors of Amazon Lily become a pack of giggling children," she said. "Back to your drills! If I see one more eye wandering toward the guest instead of your targets, I’ll have you all running laps around the island’s perimeter," she said.

The girls hurried off, though several took one last, lingering look over their shoulders.

Kikyo turned toward Ben. She stepped closer. Her words died in her throat. Her eyes traveled from the thick corded muscles of his legs to the substantial presence beneath the black fabric of his shorts, then up to the broad, scarred expanse of his chest.

A fierce, heat-filled blush crept up Kikyo’s neck, staining her cheeks. She looked away and quickly coughed into her hand.

"You are being a bit distracting, don’t you think?" she asked. Her voice wavered despite her best efforts to remain cool-headed. She gestured vaguely at his lack of a shirt. "Should you not be training? Or are just here to cause a riot among my warriors," she said.

Ben wiped a stray drop of sweat from his forehead. "I was training, Kikyo," Ben responded.

"Yes he was training," Ashivra said as she smiled. She thought she got patted.

Kikyo looked at the splintered remains of the wooden dummy and then back at Ben’s relaxed posture. She let out a long, weary sigh. She rubbed her temples. "I doubt it. You call that training?" she asked. She looked around the courtyard. She saw that even the girls who were training were doing so with half-hearted effort. Their heads were constantly swiveling back to catch a glimpse of Ben’s muscles. "This entire island is going crazy over you," she muttered.

Nojiko giggled. She thought there was truth to that. "Ben, Marianne wanted to see you in the guest room." she said.

"Oh, okay I will go and see her," Ben said as he turned and headed back to the castle. "See you later," Ben added as he waved to his girls.

The Kuja girls went wild. "He waved to me," one said.

Kikyo looked at Ben butt and licked her lips. She shook her head. "What a troublesome man," she remarked. She looked back at the Kuja girls. "Back to training," she said.