~This new water world~
Ch.1
A.n.: .. It's been a long time? I finally have an idea for a new fanfic.. So, here it is! This is obviously a fanfic for One Piece. This is also obviously an OC story. I only own one of them, but she will appear later w This chapter is mostly about the OC of (The most awesome, sweetest person in the world) Cate-chan.. And the OC is called.. Nah, you know what? You'll see.. ENOUGH TALKING.. Go read already -w-.
The sun was shining on this bright, hot summer day. It's beautiful rays reflected on the surface of the sea, flowing in a beach with sand that was almost white. A few palm trees rose up from the sand and it was very quiet. The beach itself was kind of small, not more than 5 or 6 meters between the sea and the cliffs that surrounded the hidden paradise. The only sounds that were heard, were the chirping of the uncommon birds and the sound of a hammer. The rhythm of the sound was very calming, in perfect harmony with the chirping of the birds. The one creating the sound, was a little girl. She had gold-blonde hair, was wearing a light blue dress and she was around 6 years old. With a content smile on her face, she was busy with a few logs, planks and the hammer. A small box of nails was in the front pocket of her dress, where she occasionally would pick out a nail. She looked exhausted and her knees and dress were a bit dirty, but she was very concentrated on her own little project. It was still a work in progress, but you could clearly see it was going to be a raft. After some time, she sighed and placed the hammer on the ground next to her, climbing on her newly finished raft and grinned widely, shouting: "It's done! It's all done! Finally I can become a pirate!". She quickly jumped off the raft and ran up the stairs that was hidden behind a few bushes, shouting the same thing over and over again as she approached her house. She bursted inside and immediately searched for her mother, who was sitting in the living room, reading a newspaper. The girl ran up to her mother and hugged her tightly. "Mom, I can finally become a pirate! My project is finished! Do you want to see, mom? Please? It looks really good!" shouted the girl happily. Her mother placed the newspaper on a nearby table and smiled warmly. "Alright, Keii, give me a few minutes. But don't go shouting around that you're going to be a pirate, you know that those nice people from the Marine won't like it."
The village where Keii and her mother lived in, was controlled by marines. Most of the people in the village also wanted to be a Marine. It's also a village for retired Marines, that's why Keii's mother moved there with her husband and her daughter. Keii's father, a former marine officer, passed away after a strange illness that roamed around the town a few years ago, but Keii was too young to ever get to know him. Keii's mother decided to stay in the village, even though she wasn't a retired Marine. She couldn't leave because of her husband's grave. She always said that she wanted to stay close to him, and if she'd die, she would get a grave next to him. But she was still young, around her 40's, so that will take a long time. After Keii's father died, she became very interested in pirates. Her mother tried to talk her out of it, but it was no use. Keii was very determined once she decided something. She once noticed the wanted posters which were scattered around the town and she adored them all, mostly shouted that she would someday get a bounty on her head too. Keii doesn't have any friends, because there aren't many children of her age in the village and they don't like her because she doesn't want to be a Marine. But Keii never actually cares about it. She's mostly busy building rafts or drawing pictures of future boats, flags and crew members she wants.
After a long time of waiting, Keii's mother finally arrived on the beach, where Keii was still waiting on her raft. Keii immediately started to jump happily. "Look, mom! It looks nice, doesn't it? I could sail around the world with this! Maybe even to the grand line!" Her mother laughed at the happiness of her daughter and said with a warm voice: "Of course, dear. It looks amazing. You're really, really talented when it comes to building boats.". Keii smiled as bright as she could, because she would always be happy when her mother was complimenting her. She ran up to her mother and hugged her tightly again. "Thank you, mom!" She said. Keii's mother smiled and gave her a soft kiss on her forehead. Before walking back to their house, Keii and her mother quickly covered the raft with a huge blanket, so the Marines won't see it. When they arrived at her house, Keii decided to go outside and play before dinner. Her mother agreed and Keii ran outside, into the forest. The forest right behind her village was her favourite place. She would mostly climb in trees or she would try to search for some animals. But this time it was different. A bird flew right over her head, and it's claw got stuck behind a branch. Keii hurried over to help the bird, and noticed a weird, swirly, blue fruit rolling away from the struggling bird. She quickly picked up the fruit and placed it in the front pocket of her dress before helping the bird. It was quickly free and it flew away as fast as it could. When the bird was gone, Keii examined the fruit. It looked pretty tasty and her stomach was growling. She decided it wouldn't be a big deal to eat it, because she would get more later, anyway. She sniffed on it, before taking a few bites and after a while it was gone. She ran back to her house, her stomach contently and walked inside, smiling brightly at her mother. "Mom! I found this weird, blue fruit in the forest! It tasted so great, but I'm still hungry!" Her mother walked in the hallway to greet her, but her eyes turned big in shock, and Keii asked innocently: "M-Mom? Is something wrong?" "Keii, y-your hand!". Keii immediately looked down at her hand and notices that her fingers turned into swirly streams of water.
8 years have passed since that day, and Keii is now 14. She has changed since the day she ate the Mizu Mizu no mi. She still has her gold-blonde hair, but it now reaches to her shoulders and a small part is tied in a ponytail on the back of her head. She wears a blue, open, long jacket, black shorts and black shoes. She has a small scar under her eye, one on her ankle and one across her chest but that one is hidden with a bandage. She got all the scars because of the fights she got in with other children and Marines. The other children were mostly jealous because of the fact that a 'pirate girl' found a devil fruit. Keii's mother was still proud of her daughter, no matter what the other villagers would think. Keii still spent most of her time on the hidden beach, busy with her biggest project: A real boat. It was almost done and she was working hard to finish it as soon as possible. She wanted to get out of her village. She was completely done with the other children and the marines. She wanted to be a pirate, her life-long dream. She wanted to search for her own crew. When it was afternoon, she was finally done. Done with the start of her ultimate dream. She screamed happily and excitedly. Running back to her house and hugged her mother. "Mom! It's done! My project! I can go out sailing now! Can I go? Please?". Her mother sighed, clearly thinking it was very hard to say goodbye to her daughter and she smiled, trying her best to hold back her tears. "S-Sure, dear. But I'll really miss you. You can go, if you promise to visit me sometimes. Or call me if you ever find a Den Den Mushi."
After she packed her stuff together with her mom, who wrote the number of her Den Den Mushi in a small notebook in her bag, they were standing on the hidden beach, Keii already standing in her boat. "Well," Keii said "I guess this is goodbye, then?". A small tear ran down Keii's cheek, as she hugged her mother for one last time. "Promise me you won't get yourself killed. If you ever need help, I'll always be with you. And please, find a Den Den Mushi as soon as possible, so you can call me sometimes and tell me how your adventure is going." Her mother said, also a few tears running down her slightly wrinkled cheeks. "I promise, mom. Thanks for always supporting me." With that, Keii let go of her mother and raised the sails, sailing away from the hidden beach and waving wildly at her mom. When the island disappeared, Keii wiped her tears away and looked at the sea in front of her. She decided to just sail into nowhere, until she would find a new island with a new adventure.