Kisame was not surprised that the group did not eat or sell the fruit yet. Unless they got it appraised by an expert or already knew what the Devil Fruit was, many would not eat Devil Fruits willy nilly.

Even though Devil Fruit's could give powerful abilities, they could also give useless ones. Once one consumed a Devil FRuit, they would not only be weakened by water but also completely unable to swim.

While this deterred many from consuming them, many were also lured in by the benefits. So depending on who you asked, one side would call the other foolish for their position on the consumption of Devil Fruits.

Devil Fruits came in many different types. There were 3 categories that they could be divided into. Paramecia, Zoan, and Logia.

Paramecia was one of the three Devil Fruit types, being the most common out of them. This type of Devil Fruit allowed the user to achieve one of a large variety of abilities that enabled their consumers to become superhuman or perform a superhuman feat

The defining aspect of Paramecia Fruit's abilities was that they did not enable the user to transform into an animal like a Zoan or transform into a natural element like a Logia. Thus, Paramecia encompasses a massive range of wildly varying powers. That being said, just about every Paramecia ability could be placed in three general categories: altering the user's body, altering the environment, and generating a substance. Some fruits could only fall into one of these categories, while others could fall into multiple depending on how they're used.

Body Alteration would allow a user to temporarily or even permanently change their bodies in some way. An example of the former is gaining the ability to turn their kneecaps into cannons while an example of the latter would be changing one's body into rubber permanently.

Altering the environment had several different ways. These abilities are the most numerous and the hardest to counter. One Paramencia user could be able to steal one's shadow while another might be able to repel anything, even concepts themselves.

The last type of Paramencia users would generate something similar to a Logia. But unlike a Logia Fruit User, those that generated substances would not be able to transform into said substance.

Zoan Devil Fruits gave their user the ability to transform into animals or mythical beings. The users would be able to shift between their normal self, a full transformation, a hybrid form, and some of the most skilled users could even do partial transformations.

Zoan Fruits were able to be divided into 3 classes. The first was Normal Zoan. These were Zoan Fruits that would transform people into normal animals.

Then there were Ancient. Ancient Zoans would transform individuals into creatures from ancient times such as sabertooth tigers or triceratops. An Ancient Zoan user was, on average, more powerful than a normal Zoan user.

Lastly was Mythical. A Mythical Zoan was not necessarily physically stronger than a Normal or Ancient Zoan but usually were. What made Mythical Zoans were special were their abilities. A Mythical Zoan would be able to use powerful abilities that were similar to Paramencia or Logia Devil Fruit abilities.

The last type of Devil Fruits was Logia. Logia Fruit was the rarest and most powerful Devil Fruits in existence. Someone with a Logia Devil had the ability to transform their body into and manipulate a certain element. This made them true monsters among the pirates and marines in the world.

By transforming one's body into an element, a user would be pretty much immune to all physical attacks that were not covered by Haki. Which meant that a single Logia user could tear through an entire marine base or pirate fleet if none of them had Haki.

Their control over their element also was another source of Logia's fearsome reputation. A former user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was able to wipe out 3 whole island nations before the marines could dispatch a force to kill him.

Another testament to the power of Logia Fruit's abilities was the fact that the current 3 admirals of the marines were all Logia Fruit users. The admirals who were crowned the World Government's "Greatest Military Powers" were considered not only the strongest active Marine officers but the strongest individual fighters within the entire governmental structure. As such, the three men were respected and feared by the entire world.

Kisame had read through the journal many times that was given to him by Rayleigh and was able to remember certain things or properties about Devil Fruits. Like how he could recognize that the fruit before him was from the dog-dog line of Zoan fruits but nothing else.

'That old man might recognize it but if I ask him, he will definitely make me pay for some drinks in here on his behalf. These prices are too insane for me to help him out.'

Rayleigh came down the stairs with a frustrated look on his and wearing dry clothes. He was drying his hair with a towel when he saw the pair standing on opposite sides of the bar and looking at a chest.

Rayleigh's eyes flashed for a moment before widening. Then a grin appeared on his face. He shot Kisame a look that said, 'beg me and I'll tell you!'

'Haha! I knew giving a half-finished book would help me in the long run. Now, this brat can finally pay for something in the bar.'

Rayleigh shot his wife's back a look to express his frustration

'How can she not make him pay but have me pay? And then she says that if he gives me anything he gets, he has to pay triple? This is just plain bullying one's spouse!'

Rayleigh was conveniently forgetting the part where during Shakky's first week of opening the bar, he got blackout drunk and killed a group of marines. If not for Kisame hiding the evidence, she would have had a headache to deal with.

Kisame saw the smug look on his teacher's face before turning away.

'Tsk! I'd rather make a deal with a devil than ask him for help. Actually, he just might be a devil himself.'

Rayleigh let out an evil laugh after Kisame did not ask him like he wanted him to. The man swaggered down the stairs with an extra pep in his step that was not there at first.

"Why hello, my darling student! How is your morning?"

Kisame returned him a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"Hello, teacher. My morning was fine. I just earned some money instead of relying on someone else to do it for me," Kisame said with his dark smile. Then as if he was enlightened, he added on, "Oh! I got a little blood on me. I should probably head to the shower. Did you clean it out after you were done?"

The sparks were almost literally being shot from each of their eyes. Knowing that if the pair fought in her store, she would have to fork out more cash than the ticket fees for such a show were worth. Shakky broke up the pair.

"Hey, Hun! We don't know which Devil Fruit this is. Do you have any idea?"

Rayleigh and Kisame broke eye contact for a moment when they heard what Shakky said. Kisame shot Rayleigh a gloating look while Rayleigh was feeling upset about his wife's betrayal.

'She couldn't let me bully him just once?!?!'

Letting out a fake cough, Rayleigh began his explanation, "Well if anyone read what was in the book I gave them..."

"Ck you!"

"Then they would know that this is a Zoan Fruit and from the dog-dog family. That is what anyone who was decently read would be able to tell though.

If one did more research on their own, they would know that this is the Mythical Zoan Fruit, Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Cù-Sìth. It allows one to transform and use the abilities of the legendary Cù-Sìth which is a creature of legend in the West Blue.

It is a hellhound created not in hell but by the will of a sentient forest. Legends say that the creature brings about death to anyone who enters the forest with evil motives. It would first try to scare them off with hallucinations of their worst nightmares. If that doesn't work, the creature would rise from random areas in the forest in order to kill those intruders that did not take the warning."

Hearing that he got a Mythical Zoan, not to mention one of such legends, made Kisame a very happy fish-man. He picked up the small chest with the fruit in it as if it was the greatest treasure he had ever seen, and it was.

'A normal Mythical Zoan can be sold for around 1,500,000,000 Belly. If I sold it to the Beast Pirates, I might even be able to break 2,000,000,000.'

Even though Kisame thought of that, he was never going to sell this to anyone. A Devil Fruit was as rare as an Albino Tiger. A Mythical Zoan or Logia Fruit was as rare as a phoenix feather. To just sell it for some money was meaningless. It was much better to give it to one of the future officers/commanders of his great pirate fleet.

Kisame finished his vodka breakfast before bringing the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Cù-Sìth back up to his room and placing it under his bed. Putting his sheath and sword on his back, Kisame left the house for some real breakfast. He learned better than to eat anything Shakky made again.