What's this? Something new? Why yes, yes it is.
And you probably didn't expect this one either.
Though, I gotta ask, if after reading this, someone gets interested in making a reading for it, obviously using the Strawhats, let me know.
Hope you'll enjoy!
"Right, thanks again for lending us your fishing boat dad, she's been wanting to go for a little while now." said a man's voice as they stood under the shade of a tree.
He listened to a voice, his father, on the other end of his phone, nodding at some of the things said, before chuckling "Right, we'll make sure to bring back some big ones."
He nodded again "Right, see you later dad, tell mom and lil bro I said hi." the man said with a smile, before he hung up his phone.
He stepped out of the shade and into the sun, revealing himself to have dark brown, almost black, hair with jade green eyes, he wore a simple red shirt underneath an open dark grey wool vest, and a simple pair of brown slacks with black sneakers.
He stretched his arms out, looking out over the foggy waters of the bay in the early morning lights.
His contemplation was quickly stopped however, as he felt something warp around his right leg, making him look down with a smile.
It was a little girl of 4-5 years of age, with a lighter shade of brown hair that wavily went down to her shoulders, and the same jade green eyes he had, wearing a white long sleeved shirt with flowers printed on it, and a green dress that went past her knees and pink sandals on her feet.
"Ready for some fishing sweetie?" the man asked the little girl with a smile.
She nodded in return, smiling up at him happily "Thanks for taking me fishing daddy." she said and hugged his leg again, making him chuckle as he bent down and picked her up, carrying her in his arms as she essentially sat on his forearm and held his shoulder.
He walked towards a decently sized fishing boat that was tied to a pier, putting a lifejacket on his daughter before sitting her down on one of the seats on the boat, getting in and untying it before rowing out into the bay.
Sometime later, as the fog was slowly lifting, the man helping his daughter to fish with a custom made child sized fishing rod, obviously he made sure she was incredibly careful, considering he didn't want her to be hurt from her own hook.
Suddenly, he felt the boat lurch to the side a bit, making him stumble as his daughter lost her grip on her fishing rod, pouting as she saw it out of reach in the water.
Then the boat started to move around even more, almost like it was spinning on itself.
The man courched down as the little girl fell down, grabbing her and holding her in his arms.
"What's going on daddy?" the little girl asked, clearly afraid.
He looked around, seeing that the boat was indeed spinning faster and faster, and for some reason strange lights seemed to be coming up from the water beneath.
"I don't know Maria, but don't worry, I'll keep you safe." he whispered to his daughter, now revealed to be called Maria.
The boat didn't stop, as he hunkered down and held his daughter close, the lights from the water getting brighter.
Soon he was forced to close his eyes, as he suddenly felt himself free falling, clutching his daughter to his chest.
And when the fog lifted from the bay that morning, all that would be found was a boat, floating aimlessly, with no one aboard.
A groan was heard on a beach, as someone woke up, dazed.
It was the man from earlier, who sat up, shaking his head to clear the cobwebs.
He looked down, seeing his daughter, passed out in his arms, hugging her as he sighed, glad that she was ok.
He then looked back up, blinking in surprise as he realised they definetly weren't back home, since what he was looking at was clearly the sea.
He stood up, looking around, behind him, the beach seemed to lead into a forest.
"Well, best to start looking." he muttered as he made for the forest, holding his unconscious daughter in his arms.
He kept on walking for several minutes, quickly coming to the conclusion that the island was deserted.
He'd tried to send a call with his phone, but was dismayed to see it was broken.
"Doesn't help that there were no islands close by, and the sea was still far enough into the bay that this shouldn't be possible." he sighed "Where are we then? Don't tell me this is like lil bro's stories he loves so much? This is like some stupid cliché story intro." he muttered the last part as he stepped into a small clearing, stopping as he looked around before "Ow!" he exclaimed as something fell on his head, hard.
He shook his head after that, hearing something else fall off, though it landed next to him instead of on his head.
He looked down, blinking as he saw the strangest pair of fruits at his feet.
One was shaped like a dragonfruit, though it was rather large, and, well...
"It looks like it jumped out of the devils fruit bowl." he muttered as he sat down, looking at the blood red fruit with waves and swirls on it.
As for the other, it looked much more tame to be honest, appearing as a soft green pomegranate with waves running along it.
"Well, I know which one Maria isn't eating." he said outloud, looking down as he felt his daughter stir in his arms.
He sat her in his lap as she woke up, yawning softly as she rubbed her eyes.
"You ok sweetie?" the man asked her, making her look up at him and nod, a bit confused as she looked around.
"Where are we daddy?" she asked curiously.
He sighed "I don't know, I woke up on a beach earlier and I just started exploring until you woke up, and I did find these." he said, gesturing to the fruit in front of them.
She looked at the fruit, cocking her head to the side cutely as she looked at them in confusion.
He picked up the soft green fruit and handed it to her "Here, this one looks tasty right? You're probably getting hungry by now."
As if to agree with him, her stomach grumbled softly, making her giggle, before she grabbed the fruit, and bit into it, her face reacting as if she bit into something sour "Blegh." she said as she stuck her tongue out.
His lips quirked a bit at that "Yeah, I guess hoping everything tastes right would be asking for too much." he said, before looking at the blood red fruit, grabbing it and looking it over, before sighing and taking a bite, his eyes going wide as he swallowed some of it, gritting his teeth at the taste "Holy fudge that's rancid." he said as he too stuck out his tongue.
Maria groaned suddenly, catching his attention "I feel weird daddy."
His eyes widenned in worry, but before he could do anything, he suddenly felt strange himself.
Maria seemed to notice he wasn't feeling too well either, sliding off his leg as be bent forward and started panting.
As for herself, she mostly felt dizzy, sitting down, thinking it would just pass, like when she would spin in place.
She closed her eyes as the feeling wouldn't go away, for some reason she could feel her body get closer to the ground.
When she opened her eyes, she found herself looking directly down at the grass, trying to move, only to stumble forward, almost like she had two left feet.
She opened her eyes again after closing them from falling forward, curious as to why the fall only lasted a millisecond.
She looked to where her father had been, only for her eyes to go wide at what she was seeing.
A huge beast with grey skin and six stubby legs like an elephant, but outfitted with golden claws, a large tail on it's backside, it had a tall upper body, with it's front belly being black with five red lines going across on it. Surrounding it's legs and it's neck were what looked like pieces of golden armor, the same pieces covering most of it's head, and forming a pair of horns on it's brow. It's face was a dark grey, with red eyes, and it had wings made frm darkness itself, three red spikes present on each wing.
And she knew what that beast was.
"Giratina?" she said in awe as she looked up at the legendary pokemon, that moved it's head to look at her, making her eep and curl up on herself in fear.
And then the best spoke, and in a voice she clearly recognized.
"Maria?" the creature said in her father's voice, making her stop shaking and look up at him, her eyes wide.
"Daddy?" she said, unsure, seeing the large dragon nod at her and bend it's upper body down so it was closer to her level.
"It's me sweetie... though I have to admit, it's both hard and easy to believe I'm looking at you." he said, some amusement creeping into his tone.
She tilted her head, confused as to what he meant.
He chuckled softly "You've turned into a Shaymin." he said.
"Really?" she breathed in awe as she looked at herself the best she could.
She looked to be a small white hedgehog, with soft grass on it's back instead of quills, and a pair of pinks flowers on the sides of it's head.
She tried to move again, this time being mindful of the fact she had four short legs, managing to walk to her father "Are we gonna be ok daddy?" she asked him.
He moved his head from side to side "I think so, I mean, I don't feel bad... maybe we'll figure out how this works."
She nodded, knowing her father was most likely right.
A week had passed since their arrival on this strange island, and in that time, they had managed to figure out how their new powers worked.
First, they were indeed capable of changing back, finding that their clothes were still intact somehow, even though they had disappeared at first.
Secondly, becoming those legendary pokemon, had granted them their same abilities, meaning having the actual Abilities of the Pokemon, and their attacks, something the father made sure to practice constantly, his daughter watching him.
With a bit of effort, he found that using the attacks didn't mean he had to be in his full form, of course, there was a halfway form that made it easier.
The best way to describe the halfway forms would be as if someone had taken the pokemon in question, and turned it human, with some of it's original traits still there.
For example, the father's clothes seemed to turn into a bodysuit similar to Giratina's form, while gaining a tail, wings, and the golden horns on his head.
As for Maria, her clothing became a pure white dress with flowers woven into it, and her hair became green and leafy, with pink flowers seemingly tucked behind her ears.
It was while they were, once again, foragging for food, wondering why everything other fruit they found looked normal, unlike the first two which were definetly the cause of their abilities, that both of them were sure they could hear voices.
From the sound of things, some people had docked on the island.
The man tapped his chin in thought, wondering if perhaps they had a ship "Well, I suppose it doesn't hurt to try." he said to himself, with Maria looking up at him.
"What's going on daddy?" she asked, confused.
"We're gonna find out Maria." he told her as he picked her up, carrying her towards the source of the voice.
He kept walking, soon hearing some sound off in another direction, but coudl hear the waves, realising he was close to the shore line.
Curious, he peered back the trees, and paled at what he saw.
A skull and crossbones with a strawhat on top of it's head.
Quickly he turned tail and ran back into the forest.
'Dammit! Of course pirates end up finding this island, instead of people who would help! I swear if any single one of them dare try and lay a finger on Maria I'll cut them to pieces!'
Those were his thoughts as he ran, though, if he would have looked at the ship more, he might have noticed that the skull's grin was mischievous compared to deadly, and that the figurehead of the ship was a sheep's head.
He kept on running, not stopping, while Maria simply looked at him in confusion, not understanding what was wrong with the flag of the ship.
Soon, however, he skidded to a halt, his face initially at panic, before morphing into confusion at what he saw.
A young woman, probably about 10 years his junior, with short orange hair that reached her neck, honeyish brown eyes, wearing a simple greenish blue short sleeved shirt with sandals in the same color, and wearing a short black skirt with white rings part of the design, a golden bracelet on her left wrist.
Following her, and holding onto various equipment was a young man, again roughly 10 years his junior (somehow he felt like this would be holding true for a while), with blond hair that reached slightly below his nose and covered his left eye, although his right was exposed and appeared to be a greyish blue. He wore a black double-breasted suit and tie with a buttoned blue shirt underneath. The funny part was he was balancing all the equipment on one arm while the other was holding a golden colored lighter, flicked open and ready to light a cigarette in his mouth.
'Wait, the pirates are just kids?' he thought in confusion.
The blond man noticed him first, and as soon as he saw Maria, he put his lighter away without lighting his cigarette.
The girl then noticed them, blinking in surprise as she saw him and Maria "Huh? Wait, someone was living here?"
He looked between the two of them, staying silent... but Maria wasn't discreet.
"Daddy and I are stuck here." she answered simply, making everyone look at her.
"Stuck here? So, some kind of storm washed ou up here then?" the blond man asked.
The man hesitated a bit before answering "Basically yeah." he said, still obviously on guard.
The girl seemed to put two and two together "You saw the ship first didn't you?" apparently his small twitch was answer enough for her "I guess I can't blame you for being defensive then, but I can assure you, we aren't your usual pirates." she said placatingly.
"How can I believe you?" the man asked, still wary.
"The best way to believe us would be if you met our captain." she said in deadpan.
The man looked even more confused at that "Why?"
"Let's just say he's the biggest, most happy-go-lucky moron in the world." the blond said with a sigh.
"Though, until he shows up, because the idiot went off on his own, it's just us, lucky for you, me and Sanji are the smarter members of the crew." the girl said, pointing at the now named Sanji with her thumb.
"What kind of crew are you?" the man asked, bewildered.
"Let's see... our captain is a moronic rubberman, our swordsman is a stupid mosshead who can't tell left from right," Sanji started dully, before kneeling and gesturing to the girl "The lovely Nami-swan is our navigator," and then he went back to normal "The sniper is a constant lier with a long nose, and then, yours truly, the amazing chef Sanji."
Nami rolled her eyes with a smirk as she listened to Sanji before turning to the man "So, what's your name?"
The man looked between the two of them a little more, before sighing as he finally relaxed and put Maria on her feet "My name's Jacob, and this is my daughter, Maria."
"Hi!" Maria said with a happy wave, to which Nami responded with her own wave and a smile.
Jacob suddenly blinked as he replayed what Sanji had said in his head "Wait... rubberman?"
Sanji looked at him "Hmm? Yeah, he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, so he's a rubberman now, can't swim, just like every other Devil Fruit."
Jacob tilted his head from side to side with his eyes closed, thinking "Did this Devil Fruit have weird swirls, have strange colors, and taste horrible?"
Sanji blinked in surprise "Yeah, according to him it did, and it's kind of a general rule of Devil Fruits, that and being unable to swim."
Jacob slowly looked up at the sky dryly while mumbling "You hate me sometimes don't you?" before looking back at Sanji "Me and Maria ate some."
"What." Sanji replied flatly.
"We ate Devil Fruits, we didn't know what they were at the time and we were hungry." Jacob explained with a sigh.
Nami looked at him with a raised eyebrow "Well, what can they do then?"
"They turn us into creatures." Jacob said simply.
"Those would be Zoan fruits then, there's three categories, the Zoans, which transform the user into an animal, the Logias, which turn the user into an element, like say fire, smoke or sand, and Paramecia, which covers, well, everything else." Sanji explained.
Nami turned to him curiously "How do you know so much?"
"I read the Devil Fruit encyclopedia as a kid." he answered her with a smile, to which she nodded.
"I guess ours are special Zoans then." Jacob said, getting their attention back.
"Special how?" Nami asked curious as she looked at the father and daughter.
Jacob was about to answer, when... well, something fell in between them, creating a cloud of dust.
Nami and Sanji stared at it dryly, having a feeling they knew what caused it, while Jacob and Maria were confused.
Once the smoke cleared, everyone could see, standing in between the two groups, was a teen boy with black hair and eyes, a scar under his left eye, wearing a sleeveless red shirt that was buttoned up, blue shorts, a pair of sandals, and on top of his head was a straw hat with a red band on it.
And hanging off his back was...
"Oh my Arceus, that's a Riolu." Jacob muttered as he eyes the bipedal blue and black canine like Pokemon hanging off the boy's back.
Nami sighed "Jacob, allow me to present our captain, Monkey D. Luffy."
Luffy blinked as he looked around, spotting Nami and Sanji, and grinning "Hey guys! Me and Riolu found a lake on the island."
"Good find, we should stock up on as much drinking water as we can." Sanji said plainly as he finally set down Nami's gear.
Luffy nodded, before turning to Jacob and Maria and blinking in confusion "Who're you?"
"These are Jacob and Maria, they were basically shipwrecked onto this island." Nami answered for the two.
"Hey." Jacob said plainly as he nodded in greeting, while Maria waved at him with a big smile.
Luffy grinned "Hi! I'm Luffy, future Pirate King!"
Jacob rose an eyebrow "Pirate King?"
Before anyone could answer, the Riolu hanging off Luffy's back finally spoke up, repeating it's name in varying parts and intonations, and it kept talking for a few minutes.
Once it was done, Jacob hummed in thought "Gold Roger's treasure huh? This One Piece thing sounds interesting."
"Wait, you understood all that?" Nami asked in shock.
Jacob blinked in surprise, as he noticed the three pirates looking at him in awe "Uh, yeah, I did."
"I did too!" Maria exclaimed while raising her arms up with a smile.
Nami's jaw went slack "But... that means the fruits you ate turn you into Pokemon."
Jacob nodded "Yeah, Legendary Pokemon at that."
That stopped the awe and replaced it with confusion "What's a Legendary?" Luffy asked him with a confused tilt of his head.
Jacob gaped openly at them "You're kidding... right?"
The three shaking their heads at him prompted him to facepalm with a groan "This is going to be a long day."
Ten minutes later, the group found themselves back at the ship, which Jacob and Maria learned was called the Going Merry, while the crew was called the Strawhat Pirates.
Now that he got a good look at the Merry, he saw that it looked like a caravel, but, bigger than normal, which he figured was explained by the Pokemon battle field on the deck, most likely for mock battles.
Waiting back on the ship had been the sniper and swordsman of the crew, Usopp and Roronoa Zoro respectively.
Usopp was a teen Luffy's age, wearing brown overalls, a white sash around his waist, a greenish yellow bandana covering his black curly hair, and shoes of the same color as the bandana, a pair of simpe goggles around his forehead, and a large bag hanging off his shoulder most of the time, however the most eye catching feature on his face was his long nose that reminded Jacob of a certain old story about a puppet. (he also had larger lips than a normal person, but the nose pulled all the attention)
Zoro was, well, like Sanji had said, he was a mosshead, as in, his hair was a moss green, cut short and somewhat spiky, he wore a simple white shirt with short sleeves, a green waistband around his, well, waist, dark green pants and boots, three gold earings on his left ear, and hanging off his waistband was a sword with a white handle and sheath, apparently known as Wado Ichimonji, although he said he was missing two swords since his previous ones broke.
Each member of the strawhat pirates apparently had a Pokemon partner of their own.
Luffy's was Riolu, Zoro's was a Scyther, Nami's was a Meowth, Usopp's was a Spinarak, and Sanji's was a Combusken, and if the darker shade of it's feathers were anything to go by, it was a Shiny.
Once that was explained, Jacob did have one question.
"Who does the Milotic belong to?" he asked while pointing to the beautiful sea snake pokemon that was lazing on the deck of the Merry.
"It's basically the crew's Pokemon, it's not much of a battler, it's our rescue Pokemon, in case someone goes overboard, like a Devil Fruit user." Usopp explained.
"That makes sense I suppose." Jacob said thoughfully.
Maria raised her hand and started shaking it, Nami smiling as she pointed at her "Yes?"
"How did you get your Pokemon?" she asked excitedly.
"Gramps gave me Riolu thinking it would help set me straight." Luffy said with a grin.
"I'm guessing it didn't?" Jacob asked in amusement.
"Nope! Shishishishi!" Luffy chuckled, still grinning.
"Funnily enough I met Scyther by pure chance while I was still a bounty hunter, the guy loves training as much as I do, so we just meshed well." Zoro said with a smirk as Scyther was meditating, though it did smirk.
"I've had Meowth for a couple of years, she's always been helpful back when I was a thief." Nami said, thinking back on those days while softly rubbing Meowth's back, the feline Pokemon purring softly.
"Right, totally nothing to do with the gold on it's forehead." Usopp mumbled lowly before smiling "I actually met Spinarak just a year ago, little guy had just hatched and all that, so he kinda followed me from then on." he said while the small spider rested on top of his head.
Sanji sighed as he leaned back "I've had Combusken for a long time, since I was just a kid and he was a Torchic. He's been with me since even before I was a chef." he said, smiling a bit as Combusken had helped him through some difficult times, the rooster pokemon smiling as well, holding a toothpcik in it's mouth in a manner similar to Sanji's cigarette.
Jacob nodded, taking it in, before looking back at everyone "Now, I guess I should talk about the Devil Fruits me and Maria ate."
"Wait, seriously?!" Usopp said in shock.
"Really?! That's cool, what did you get?!" Luffy asked in excitement.
"Yours is called the Gum-Gum Fruit right?" Jacob asked, earning a nod from Luffy "In that case... I suppose mine would be called the Dragon-Dragon Fruit... Model: Devil at that."
Usopp practically fell out of his seat, Spinarak copying him, while the others raised eyebrows, or in Luffy's case, his eyes shined.
"Wait, a Dragon Devil? Seriously?!" Usopp asked, a bit afraid.
"That's the best way I can describe Giratina." Jacob said with a shrug, before blinking in surprise as Maria pulled out a stack of Pokemon cards from somewhere "You had those with you earlier?" he asked surprised.
Maria nodded with a smile before going through the cards, eventually holding one up to the crew "This is what daddy turns into." she said happily as she showed the Giratina card to them.
Usopp turned a bit pale at the image "You're on our side right?" he asked, shaking a bit, while Spinarak was trying to curl up into a ball.
"Unless you attack me and Maria, yeah, I'm on your side." he said, making Usopp let out a sigh of relief as he slumped down, Spinarak doing the same.
"That thing looks stong." Zoro said with a grin.
"And so cool!" Luffy added.
"It's a Dragon and Ghost type." Jacob added, the others nodding.
"That certainly sounds promising." Nami muttered in thought, before looking at Maria and smiling sweetly (a genuine sweet smile not a scary one) "What about you Maria?"
10 seconds later
"So adorable!" Nami practically squeed as she hugged the fully transformed Maria to her chest, the little girl giggling as Nami rubbed her cheek on her leafy back.
Jacob chuckled in amusement at the scene, before rubbing his chin in thought "I don't really know what to call her fruit though."
"How about the Hedge-Hedge Fruit? Since she's a hedgehog." Luffy said suddenly, making everyone look at him, Jacob and Maria in contemplation, and the others in shock for him saying something that actually makes sense.
"That does work well." Jacob said, before nodding "Hedge-Hedge Fruit it is then."
Nami shook her head to try and get over the fact that Luffy said something logical for once "That aside, usually Devil Fruits that turn a person into a Pokemon are called a Poke-Poke Fruit, Model: Pikachu for example."
"But you guys didn't even know what a Legendary is, so that wouldn't really work." Jacob countered, and Nami nodded, seeing his point there as she put Maria back down, the little girl turning back to full human and sitting back down.
"How many of these Legendaries are there?" Zoro asked.
Jacob closed his eyes in thought, tilting his head from side to side before opening his eyes again "About 50 Pokemon, if not more, are Legendary."
"That's quite a number, that would mean that counting that, there should be about 800 different known species of Pokemon if not more, right?" Sanji said, doing some quick mental math.
"More or less yeah." Jacob confirmed.
"So... can you tell us what these other legendaries are in case they have fruit users as well?" Usopp asked hopefully.
Jacob nodded, smiling a bit "Sure, I can do that." he turned to his daughter "Ready with the cards?"
Maria nodded with a smile as she grabbed her Pokemon cards, ready to show the Legendaries.
"First up would be the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Ice, I suppose, otherwise known as Articuno." he said as Maria held up the card. (this is going to be the pattern for a while, I'm basically naming the Legendary Devil Fruits that could possibly appear for the whole next bit, and some commentary could happen, so here comes the shortened version.)
"Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Elec, AKA, Zapdos."
"Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Fire, AKA, Moltres."
"Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Clone, AKA, Mewtwo, the most powerful Psychic type ever." That one got some attention already.
"A clone? And it's the strongest psychic?" Usopp asked, a bit awed at that.
Jacob nodded "It can create a hurricane with just a thought if that puts things into perspective, and it has no weather controlling moves." Usopp shook a bit at the thought of meeting that one as Jacob started again.
"Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Origin, AKA, Mew, the genetic ancestor of every pokemon ever, speaks for itself right?" he finished it with a smirk, the others nodding in agreement.
"Beast-Beast Fruit, Model: Volcano, AKA, Entei."
"Beast-Beast Fruit, Model: Storm, AKA, Raikou."
"Beast-Beast Fruit, Model: Aurora, AKA, Suicune."
"Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Whirlpool, AKA, Lugia, the Guardian of the Sea."
"Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Ashes, AKA, Ho-oh, the Guardian of the Sky."
"Why ashes?" Nami asked.
"Because it's essentially a phoenix." Jacob answered, making Nami groan at the thought of fighting an enemy that wouldn't want to stay down.
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Sprite, AKA, Celebi, basically a fairy that can travel through time, and don't even THINK about it." he tacked on at the end, seeing some of the strawhats starting to drift off in thought.
"Right, sorry, moving on." Usopp said.
"Golem-Golem Fruit, Model: Stone, AKA, Regirock."
"Golem-Golem Fruit, Model: Frost, AKA, Regice."
"Golem-Golem Fruit, Model: Iron, AKA, Registeel."
"Eon-Eon Fruit, Model: Male, and Model: Female, AKA, Latios and Latias, the Eon twins."
"Behemoth-Behemoth Fruit, AKA, Groudon."
"Leviathan-Leviathan Fruit, AKA, Kyogre."
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Weather, AKA, Rayquaza." Nami perked up at that one.
"A dragon that controls weather? So, it has access to the weather moves then?" she asked.
"It can learn Sunny Day and Rain Dance yes, as for the other moves, considering it can control wind patterns, it most likely could recreate them." Jacob explained, Nami nodding.
"Wish-Wish Fruit, AKA, Jirachi, a Pokemon capable of granting any wish possible."
"Alien-Alien Fruit, AKA, Deoxys, and yes, it's an actual Pokemon that comes from space." Jacob said, making the strawhats gape at him.
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Knowledge, AKA, Uxie."
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Emotion, AKA, Mesprit."
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Willpower, AKA, Azelf."
"So, Fairies that have powers related to knowledge, emotions and willpower? That honestly sounds like it could be overpowered in the wrong hands." Usopp said, sweating a bit.
"Considering looking into Uxie's eyes turns you brain dead, I'd have to agree." Jacob said, making Usopp pale a bit.
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Time, AKA, Dialga."
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Space, AKA, Palkia."
"That sounds so cool!" Luffy exclaimed.
"You know, looking at them, they remind me of Giratina." Nami said as she eyed the two cards.
"That's to be expected, for together with Giratina, they form the Creation Trio, with Giratina rulling over Anti-Matter." Jacob explained, gaining stunned silence.
"That's... so freaking powerful." Usopp muttered in awe.
He paused at the next one "This one... I guess it's the Tort-Tort Fruit, Model: Lava, Heatran is a complex looking Pokemon."
Sanji looked at the card that Maria held up "Tort for Tortoise I'm guessing. Yeah, kinda hard to describe even with that."
"Golem-Golem Fruit, Model: Titan, AKA, Regigigas, the island puller."
"It's strong enough to pull whole islands?!" Luffy asked, his eyes shining in excitement.
"Yeah, basically." Jacob said with a chuckle "I already told you about my fruit, as for Maria, her Pokemon is called Shaymin."
"Next would be the Moon-Moon Fruit, Model: Dream, AKA, Cresselia."
"Moon-Moon Fruit, Model: Nightmare, AKA, Darkrai."
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Drifter, AKA, Phione."
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Prince, AKA, Manaphy, also known as the Prince of the Sea."
He suddently took a deep breath "This next one is a fruit that you should all pray god keps under lock and key, because it's the God-God Fruit, AKA, Arceus, he who created the universe."
Silence covered the room as everyone processed that thought, with Usopp slowly starting to shake.
"Please tell me that's the worst we could encounter." Nami pleaded, slightly pale, Jacob's nod at her question helped a bit.
"Next, the Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Victory, AKA, Victini."
"These next ones... Just-Just Fruit, Model: Iron, AKA, Cobalion, leader of the Swords of Justice." Zoro rose an interested eyebrow at the title.
"Just-Just Fruit, Model: Cavern, AKA, Terrakion."
"Just-Just Fruit, Model: Grass, AKA, Virizion."
"Just-Just Fruit, Model: Water, AKA, Keldeo."
"Nature-Nature Fruit, Model: Cyclone, AKA, Tornadus."
"Nature-Nature Fruit, Model: Bolt, AKA, Thundurus."
"Nature-Nature Fruit, Model: Abundance, AKA, Landorus."
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Truth, AKA, Reshiram."
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Ideals, AKA, Zekrom."
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Empty, AKA, Kyurem... those last three? They are weird Pokemon, since originally, Reshiram, Zekrom and Kyurem were one single dragon, with Kyurem itself beig the shell of it's original body, while the other two are parts of psyche split off." he explained, and the strawhats took a moment to process the idea of a pokemon splitting into three.
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Song, AKA, Meloetta."
"Bug-Bug Fruit, Model: Techno, AKA, Genesect."
"Deer-Deer Fruit, Model: Life, AKA, Xerneas."
"Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Death, AKA, Yveltal."
"Those last two counter each other I'm guessing?" Sanji asked, receiving a nod.
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Model: Cell, AKA, Zygarde."
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Jewel, AKA, Diancie."
"Fairy-Fairy Fruit, Model: Djinn, AKA, Hoopa."
He closed his eyes again, tilting his head once more "This one... perhaps... the Guard-Guard Fruit, Model: Steam, AKA, Volcanion."
He chuckled "These next four are somewhat straightforward, first, the Tiki-Tiki Fruit, Model: Thunder, AKA, Tapu Koko."
"Tiki-Tiki Fruit, Model: Mental, AKA, Tapu Lele."
"Tiki-Tiki Fruit, Model: Plantation, AKA, Tapu Bulu."
"Tiki-Tiki Fruit, Model: Wave, AKA, Tapu Fini."
"Cosmic-Cosmic Fruit, Model: Cloud, AKA, Cosmog."
"Cosmic-Cosmic Fruit, Model: Cocoon, AKA, Cosmoem."
"Cosmic-Cosmic Fruit, Model: Sun, AKA, Solgaleo."
"Cosmic-Cosmic Fruit, Model; Moon, AKA, Lunalaa."
A silent moment passed amongst the crew as those last two registered in their heads, combined with the cards.
"You're saying a lion and a bat can control the sun and the moon respectively?" Sanji asked, slightly on edge.
"So cool." Luffy breathed in awe.
"They don't control them, they only draw power from the celestial bodies in question, thankfully." Jacob said, easing the growing fear in both Usopp and Nami.
"Prism-Prism Fruit, AKA, Necrozma, it's abilities are mostly unknown sadly."
His expression then shifted to utterly serious as he grabbed a few cards from Maria's deck himself "These next ones are nearly just as dangerous as the God-God Fruit, and if they are ever encountered, the best thing to do is to run, these creatures are simply known as Ultra Beasts, their status as Pokemon is unknown."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Symbiont, AKA, Nihilego."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Absorption, AKA, Buzzwole."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Beauty, AKA, Pheromosa."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Lightning, AKA, Xurkitree."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Blaster, AKA, Celesteela."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Blade, AKA, Kartana."
"UB-UB Fruit, Model: Glutton, AKA, Guzzlord."
The strawhats all closely studied the images of the Ultra Beasts, it payed to be cautious after all, even Luffy could understand the danger from Jacob's tone.
"Guzzlord doesn't poop!" Maria cut in randomly while raising her arms up, utterly shredding the tension to pieces.
Luffy looked up at that, his face becoming curious and pained, although, the pained look was shared by the other strawhats, not being able to use the bathroom was a painful thought "But where does all the food go?"
"It somehow uses all the energy from the food it ingests, meaning no wastes are left." Jacob said with a shrug.
Luffy stared at him for a few moments, before nodding "So it's a mystery stomach."
Jacob rose an eyebrow while the other strawhats groaned or facepalmed, even Riolu seemed embarassed by Luffy's words.
"Anyway." Nami said, wanting to move past that "Now that we know what we should look out for... what do we do from here?" she asked, looking at Jacob.
"You mean about me and Maria right?" he asked, earning a nod, prompting him to sigh "I don't really know, think y-"
Whatever he was going to say was cut off by Luffy "Join my crew!"
That made everyone turn to the grinning boy.
Jacob gaped at him "Excuse me... what?"
"Join my crew. You could be our expert on Pokemon because you know about some we don't, so you probably know even more about those we do know, plus your Devil Fruit lets you turn into a super cool dragon! So come on, join us!" Luffy said, grinning all the while.
Jacob stared at him for a few moments "I... I don't know, honestly, I just want to keep Maria safe." he said, placing his hand on his daughter's head as she smiled up at him.
"To be fair, we could help out with that as well, and I'd feel bad if we just left you on the island." Sanji added, though he felt a bit unsure himself.
"I wouldn't be against it honestly, having someone else with a brain on board would definetly help me stay sane." Nami said while rubbing her forehead.
Jacob closed his eyes after a few moments, titlting his head once more, which they came to realise meant he was in deep thought, before opening them and looking at Luffy "I think... I'll consider it, in the meantime, we'll ride on the Merry with you until I reach my decision, how does that sound?"
Luffy kept up his grin "That works, I know you'll end up joining though."
Jacob smiled in amusement "Is that so?"
"Trust me, you probably will. When he seriously asks someone to join, he doesn't let them go." Zoro said dryly, the others nodding in agreement.
Jacob could feel the sweatdrop on the back of his head "Right." he said a bit skeptically.
Any further talking was stopped by the sound of a growling stomach... that wasn't Luffy for once, as everyone looked at Maria.
Sanji chuckled "Well then, I believe the small lady is hungry, I'll whip something up."
Jacob nodded in thanks while Maria started playing with her cards while waiting.
"Luffy, you're gonna bring Usopp to the lake you found and fill up some of the water barrels, Zoro, go grab food and bring it back, Sanji will decide if anything's edible or not, and don't forget to bring Scyther with you so you don't get lost." Nami said, standing up as she handed out orders.
She turned to Maria "Say, Maria, how about you go see Milotic on the deck?" she suggested with a smile.
Maria looked up at her, then smiled brightly "OK miss Nami!" she said, before running out of the room, the others following to go do as Nami said, though Zoro could be heard grumbling beneath his breath.
With everyone save for Sanji and Jacob gone, Nami turned to the older man "I've been meaning to ask, but... where's her mother?"
Jacob looked away at that, before sighing "Let's just say she and I don't see eye to eye."
Nami looked at him for a few moments, before nodding, understanding that he wouldn't want to talk about it after just meeting them.
Jacob then gave her a look with a raised eyebrow "I gotta ask though, shouldn't the captain be the one giving orders?"
Nami gave him a dry stare "Do you really think a moron like that could give a good order?"
Jacob stilled at that, before nodding in agreement "Good point."
Nami chuckled a bit, before going back outside to look over her tangerine groves.
Jacob sighed before leaning onto the table.
First a whirlpool portal, washing up on a deserted island, then eating a fruit that turned him into a Legendary Pokemon, becoming pretty sure he was in a different world because he'd seen a HUGE fish off in the distance when he flew up high at one point, and now meeting friendly pirates, and the captain wanted to recruit him to be their expert on Pokemon.
"This is gonna be one hell of an adventure, I just know it." he said outloud.
"Hopefully it'll be fun at least." Sanji shot back, making Jacob chuckle as he turned to look out the window, watching his daughter playing with Riolu, Meowth and Spinarak, making him smile.
"I'm sure it'll be." he murmured fondly.
AND DONE!
That's the prologue to this new story people!
Bet no one expected I'd pull in a father and his daughter right?
And yes, them getting those pokemon specifically is a shoutout to the movie.
Now, as you may guess, this makes Jacob rather physically overpowered.
Don't worry though, at the moment, he's on par with Sanji and Zoro, so, yes, the Monster Trio just became a Monster Quartet.
I hope that I'll bring you lots of warm fuzzy feelings from Maria as well.
Regarding the Pokemon partners I chose, I chose them because I thought they fit well with them.
Regarding Sanji having the only shiny, well, it's a subtle shiny, the difference is hard to notice in some cases.
Some other crew members who'll join later will have more obvious shinies with them though, but I won't say who.
As well, be warned that Movies and Fillers will be used in the story, both for padding, and to give more character interaction, though, we can all agree that Omatsuri Island is not happening.
After all, who wants to see a Jacob who's absolutely livid? Not this guy.
And on the subject of what the Pokemon will do in the big fights... fight other Pokemon of course.
Quick note, I don't need submissions on what Pokemon other crew members should get, I already decided on all of them.
Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy this story as it unfolds.
See ya next time!
