Ezio met his old man in the evening because he wanted to tell him that he would flee from this luxurious prison in the next few days.
After he entered the room, he saw his old men with his mother at the side. His mother did not change in the last years, she still looked beautiful and young. Ezio looked exactly like his mother and that was really good luck.
„Little fox, you want to run away from your grandfather? You unfilial brat, wasn't I a good grandfather?"
„Old man, you spoiled me too much. My character is the worst"
Both of them laughed but then they sensed the killing intent from Ezios mother Lucy. Just with a glare, the men of the Blackflame House went silent. Both of them feared this women.
„You have to show us that you have the strength to represent the Blackflame name in the world, we don't want you to embarrass our noble name"
The old man smiled and Ezio sensed the coming of disaster.
The old man pointed at his mother.
„You have to beat hear, brat!"
Ezios sweated. He had to beat his own mother? He would rather fight Whitebeard than his own mother!
„Come on, brat. Show your mother how good you are"
Ezio had to do it. His hands became black and he used his strongest armament haki. With all the power he had he attacked his beautiful mother but she did not move a bit.
When his fist hit her, the spot where his fist landed became black. Then all the power reflected and Ezio flew several meters away, his face full of blood.
„What the hell? Mom, what is this crazy armament haki?!"
Ezio was shocked.
Then he attacked his mother with kicks, fists, he even took his scythe and attacked with all he got.
But his mother did not even move an inch! She just stood there and defended all his attacks with her monstrous haki!
„MOM? Why are you so strong? What is this armament haki? You, you, you…."
The old man laughed and even his arrogant mother had a little smirk on her face.
„Do you think this mother of yours is so arrogant and cruel only because she is my precious daughter? Hahaha…"
The old man truly liked to brag about his children. But this was the first time he bragged about his daughter in front of Ezio.
„This girl is a Blackflame, brat. Do you think she is weak? Her name is Blackflame D. Lucy! You have to search the whole world to find someone with a stronger armament haki then this girl. Do you think I would let her run wild with my precious grandson in this dangerous world if she didn't have this strength? Hahaha…."
Ezio was shocked. What? Why Blackflame D. Lucy? Why D? But he couldn't think further because his mom rushed with abnormal speed in front of him.
„You lost, brat"
And then with a black fist that landed directly on his head, he lost conscious.
After he awoke, he was in a luxurious room. This room was full of treasures. It was the heilroom of the Blackflame family and Ezio was stunned how rich his family was. Even the four emperors of the sea would kill anything in their way to get the treasures in this room.
„So you woke up, little fox. Welcome to our secret room. Only the members of our family are allowed to enter this room"
Ezios eyes were drawn to the center of this room. There was a round table with a mysterious devil fruit on top of it. This was a strange devil fruit. It looked like an apple, but it had three colors.
„So you noticed this fruit, brat. This is the biggest treasure of our family and this is the reason why we are called the Blackflame family"
The old man grinned and took the fruit from the table. Then he gave it to Ezio.
„Eat it"
„What?", Ezio was shocked. „Isn't this the biggest treasure of our family? Why are you giving me this?"
The old man laughed.
„Hahaha, you are right. Every Blackflame member has to guard this fruit with his own live. When this fruit is eaten, it will bring chaos to the world. But you past the secret trial of our family and met the three conditions from our ancestor. You are allowed to show this power to the world!"
„What trial? There was no trial I can remember!", answered Ezio confused.
„The first trial was the trial of devil fruits. Every young child of our family has access to the strongest devil fruits of the world. Do you think I gave you all those devil fruits because I want to spoil you? No! It was to test your willpower. Even after you got the lightning logia, which power can bring you to the top of this world, you did not eat it. When you asked me to get you a devil fruit, I was really disappointed. I thought you would eat the first I gave you and you would directly be disqualified. I gave you the best devil fruits in the world, but none was good enough for you. Because of this mentality, you passed the first test of our ancestor!"
Ezio realized everything. This was the reason why this old man went all out and brought him all the fruits. Ezio was lucky, he wanted to eat one of the fruits before he started his adventure. Good that he ate none till this moment!
„You know, I failed when I was young and ate a devil fruit my father gave me. Even your mother ate one. Since our first ancestor, no one could resist to eat one of the powerful devil fruits that they got in their young age. You are the first!"
Ezio was confused. He really wanted to know what the power of his old man and mother was. He knew they wouldn't tell him, they would only show him their power if he was strong enough.
„The second test?"
„Of course, its conqueror haki!"
„Huh? But I didn't use conqueror haki?"
„Of course you did! But you didn't notice it. Ask that little girl, what was her name? Hancock! Every time you fight with her, it shows. Only the people around you feel this haki. Why do you think the other two little girls always run away when you two fight? Even Hancock has this haki, boy. You have to be careful. A women with this haki isn't easy to subdue, you know"
The old man laughed at his own comment.
„So what's the third trial?"
„The third one has yet to come. You have to eat this fruit and you have to survive"
„What? This fruit can kill me?"
The old man nodded. This time he was serious.
„This fruit is one of a kind. There is no second in this world that is like this fruit. Usually, fruits are categorized as logia, zoan, or paramecia. But this fruit is different, because it has three different abilities. One ability is like a zoan fruit, one is like a logia fruit, and the last one is like a paramecia fruit. If you master this fruit, then it is like you mastered three different devil fruits!"
Ezios eyes began to shine. What is this super broken devil fruit?
[Blackbeard, you noob. You waited for years for one logia fruit and you thought it would be the strongest. But why did you not find out about this fruit? Well, I doubt you would have the ability to steal it from this crazy family.]
„Don't be happy too early, little fox. Everything in this world has it's price! First, you have to survive eating this fruit. Then you have to have the potential to unlock the power of this fruit. Our first ancestor ate this fruit and unlooked only one power in his whole life. He was the reason the people call us Blackflame, and that with only one of the three abilities. He was a genius that stood at the top of our world but even he could not unlock the other two abilities!"
Ezio nodded with a serious face. Blackbeards fruit was overpowered, but it also had a weakness. This fruit had more power than the yami yami no mi, so there where also more risks.
„Brat, you decide. Want to risk it?"
„I will eat it!"
Ezio has decided.
[In the worst case, I will die. When you die once, your mentality changes a little. Maybe you don't fear death as much or you think when you're dead you will move to another world. Maybe in the next world I'm a shinobi, who knows? I think this whole dying and reincarnating thing made me a little crazy.]
Ezios mother came to his side and patted his head. He was shocked. This was the first time his mother showed affection.
„M-Mom?"
He was so touched, he jumped to his mother and wanted to take her in his arms. But what he got was a painful fist on his head.
„Don't have illusions, brat. You have to be strong enough to take your mother in your arms, or you will end like this useless father of yours"
Ezio was struck by fear. His grandfather told him that she only made the deed with his father because she wanted that the Blackflame family had a heir. The old man even told him that his father was one of the strongest celestial dragons, but he didn't survive the private time in bed with his mother. The old man had a lot of trouble when a celestial dragon died in this tragic event.
Ezio took the fruit and ate it.
After he ate it nothing happened. He looked at his grandfather with a questioning gaze.
„What the hell, old fox? I'm feeling fine!"
„Well, yes", he answered and smiled.
„OLD MAN!"
Ezio was furious and attacked his old man with all he got. He couldn't hit him even once. Damn, this crazy family isn't easy to handle.
„Well, I'm surprised, too. What is your power?"
Ezio looked at his hand and felt a strange power in his whole body. Then his hand turned into black fire and shocked Ezio. This is the power of a logia fruit. His whole body was a black flame. This explained the name of his family.
„Hahaha! It is the black flame, the same ability our ancestor had!"
But after several seconds Ezio felt massive pain in his whole body. Blood came out of his eyes, like when a user of the Uchiha clan would use the mangekyo sharingan. His hands that were black flames turned back to normal and he fell to the ground. He rolled up and down on the ground because of the massive pain. Never did he feel so much pain. It took him half an hour before the pain faded but he still lay on the ground and couldn't move more than his mouth.
„Old man, what the hell is this?"
„This is the first power and it is the power of logia. This is Amaterasu. Another name is the Nirvana Flame. You are now a black flame that can burn everything in this world. But it is not easy to use this power. If your use it too much, it can kill you. You have to train to use even a little bit of that black flame. Now you are too weak. Just this little flame on your hand and your are in this condition. That is the price for your power, boy"
Ezio did not now wether he should laugh or cry. Is he an Uchiha now? This flame in form of a logia fruit is truly overpowered. Poor Ace, his flame in comparison is really weak. The problem was that Ace could destroy a whole nation in his fire, Ezio used a little flame and felt like dying. He knew the future would be troublesome and his training would bring him a lot of pain.
Ezio recovered after several hours. He was still in the treasure room with his old man and then he thought about the previous conversation with his grandfather.
„Hold on, old man. What was that about the name of my mother? Blackflame D. Lucy? Where the hell comes the D from?"
„Of course it's the will of the devil. Our family had it always in our name. My name is Blackflame D. Ruben, and yours is Blackflame D. Ezio"
„What? But we are celestial dragons! The will of the devil is our natural enemy, or not?"
„You know a lot for a brat in your age. Of course nobody knows that we have the D in our name"
The old man grinned like a cunning fox. After several minutes Ezio had the same smile on his face.
„So the devil lives in the heavens of the gods and the gods are completely clueless? Hahaha, that is truly funny. When I compare our family with all the poor D's that are hunted by the world, we Blackflames are truly like a cunning devil!"
Both of them laughed loud and even Lucy had to smile. There were no more words needed because they all knew what this meant.
„This is the reason why you are so different. Now it makes sense"
The old men nodded and gave Ezio a ring with a flame engraved on it.
„Boy, this is a spatial ring, in this you can store your belongings. If the people see that you have all those devil fruits on your ship, even the four emperors would hunt you down to the end of this world. This is a one of a kind treasure, so don't lose it. By the way, I made a ship for your trip. It even has the newest technology of the marines, so you can pass the calm belt and bring these two girls to their home. Ah, I should tell you, this black scythe I gave you in the past is really special. It's the weapon of our first ancestor and it can be used with the black flames without being burned to ashes. Don't lose this weapon, or this old man will hunt you down!"
Ezio smiled. It was truly easier as a celestial dragon. He stood slowly up. His hole body was full of pain but he walked to his old man and took him in his arms.
„Grandfather, thank you for everything. When I come back, the whole world will know the name of the Blackflame"
„Brat, it's rare that you call your old man grandfather"
Both of them had tears in their eyes. They knew they wouldn't see each other for a very long time. Ezio really loved this grandfather of his. He was a good guy and loved his grandson more than everything. For Ezio he was like his first father because even in his past life he didn't had a father.