User:ArchAngel 99

Character Backstory
Cross Bizen was born to an enslaved woman in a household in the South Blue. As an infant in slavery, his mother could do very little to provide for him. Cross was sickly and ill throughout most of his infancy and this lasted until he turned four years old. At this point in his life, he was separated from his mother and shipped off to a slave encampment where many others were to be auctioned off. Cross was finally auctioned off after two years of being treated poorly and abusively by the owners of the encampment to a woman he recognized: his mother.

His mother had tricked and poisoned her original owner allowing her to inherit all of his money and buy back her son. She treated him to a good doctor and gave him medicine for his illnesses and sickly demeanor. Shortly after, Cross was spending happy days with his mother playing and finally being able to experience family values. Cross was enrolled in an academy for youth to join the Marines when he turned eight years old and started out as a Chore Boy. Everyday he would receive letters from his mother encouraging him to push forward no matter how tough it got, always reminding him that they have survived far worse.

When Cross turned fifteen he had finally reached the rank of Petty Officer through sheer determination and hard work under the tutelage of Gil Kunibert. While at sea, Cross was taught how to wield a sword but to his dismay he wasn't very agile with a blade at first. Eventually, Cross took to reading books about the sea eventually coming across, and becoming deeply interested in: Devil Fruit Studies. Cross knows basic swordsmanship but eventually took to a Bident for his main means of attacking and techniques. Cross also studied heavily on Devil Fruits, reading every book Gil had and would buy for him.

When Cross turned twenty years old he officially became a Warrant Officer and set off on his own in the South Blue. In the years to come, he became a widely known Bounty Hunter under the epithet "Sea Emperor" as he seemed to come from the sea at the perfect time to stop any villainous character. Due to his wild nature from his raising in slavery he showed no mercy to those who believed they could control others with force, which in turn forced the Marines to give him a Bounty for the reckless endangerment of his attacks and antics.Gil, his old mentor, found Cross and challenged him to a duel, if he lost he had to come back to the Marines and stop his Bounty Hunting.

Cross was defeated by Gil who was promoted for his "capture" of Cross Bizen and the soon after "transformation" of this "criminal" into a Marine Officer. Five years later, Cross met a young lady by the name of Hunter Almar who invited him to stay at her village when he stopped by to check on things. During his stay, a group of mountain bandits arrived in the village and attempted to kill Cross and claim his frozen bounty. After a very short fight, Cross was invited to eat at Hunter's home where Hunter made the horrible mistake of mixing a Devil Fruit into the salad and having Cross eat it. Only finding out he now had Devil Fruit powers after nearly drowning when attempting a swim near his boat, Cross has decided to begin learning these powers and studying them from his books. Ashamed, Hunter Almar agreed to join Cross on his journey to atone for her mistake and turning him into a hammer.

Personality
Cross is a very stern individual with an unpredictable sense of action. Since he was raised through slavery, Cross has learned what it was like to be in poverty and abused. This has turned him into a very solemn individual who is against all forms of injustice, especially abusing power for gain. His nature makes him completely unpredictable both in and outside of combat due to his survival instinct he developed as a child. When speaking with Marines he acts solemn and disciplined but when speaking with his crew he seems more relaxed and shows more emotion. Specifically when around Hunter, Cross acts more like that of a father figure as Hunter had grown up without a father of her own.