Tika was ten when they started building **the ship**.
Not just any ship. No.
It would be the ship that would carry their insanity across the Grand Line. A titan of polished wood, steel bones, and roaring sails — *The Yūsha's Howl*.
Senku oversaw the designs. Izuku provided raw energy.
Tika provided... mostly yelling and unhelpful comments.
"MAKE IT FUCKING BIGGER, SENKU! I WANNA LAUNCH IT INTO GODDAMN SPACE IF I FEEL LIKE IT!"
Senku threw a wrench at his head. "That's not how physics—!"
Tika ducked. "DON'T CARE, BUILD FASTER, SCIENCE MAN!"
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During construction:
- Tika summoned **Artoria Saber**, stoic and radiant.
- Then came **Soma Yukihira**, with a grin that promised culinary crimes.
- And **Edward Elric**, who punched a hole into a tree first thing just to "test the atmosphere."
Each new crewmate caused another layer of chaos.
Especially when Tika gifted **Soma** the **Taste-Taste Fruit (Aji Aji no Mi)** — which allowed him to taste anything *at a molecular level*, and cook ingredients with his bare hands by altering their chemical structure.
Soma immediately grilled a dinosaur steak on his palm.
"SCIENCE!" he shouted.
Senku wept. "That's not how science works—!!"
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**The Yūsha's Howl** was born six months later:
- Three massive sails, each marked with a laughing wolf.
- Reinforced steel frame wrapped in lacquered wood.
- Cannons hidden behind folding panels.
- A giant figurehead shaped like a roaring beast.
Tika looked up at it, chest heaving with pride.
"Fuck me sideways, we actually built it."
It was clumsy, rough, imperfect — but it was *theirs*.
Their home
.
Their future.
Their madness, set afloat.
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