One Piece: An Otaku's Ascension
Disclaimer: The following is a fan made work of fiction. One Piece is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, Shueisha, Shonen Jump Manga, and Eiichiro Oda. I do not own One Piece or any of its characters. The only thing I own here is Rainard and a few fan characters.
Summary: What would REALLY happen if someone from our world fell into the world of One Piece? Follow Rainard`s journey and see!
Rating: T for Language, Violence, and Blood.
Now that I`ve got the basics out of the way, I want to apologize to everyone who read my previous fanfic, Brand New World, and the two other attempts I had at re-writing it. When I wrote the Brand New World, I didn`t really have a plan for it, and it was really turning into a Mary Sue story, which is what I didn`t want to happen at all. I kept bending the rules to make my OC awesome, and in the end, he became the last thing I wanted him to be. This time, I`m going to plan this story out, chapter by chapter, and when I`m done, I want this to be a story I can be proud of.
I`m also writing this from a self-inserting perspective, but I`m also going to try to be realistic, so don`t expect my character to be a Mary Sue, and I`m going to try at all lengths not to write a Sue again. (Yes, if you can`t tell by now, I`ve been reading TVTropes pages.)
Even with some of the problems I have, I hope that regularly writing chapters for this story will help me solve some of those problems.
And anyway, let`s get this party started!
-X-
The Journey Begins!
Rain falls to a Familiar World!
-X-
I sighed as I woke up late, again. Damned depression, made getting out of a warm bed so much harder. I scratched my head as I walked to my glasses and put them on before heading to the john. As I passed the bathroom mirror, I glanced at my reflection, seeing the stubble on my face and the scruffy brown hair that matched my hazel eyes behind the silica glasses. At least I didn`t have classes today.
As I walked out to the fridge, I passed one of my roommates. "Morning Rain," he quipped, briefly looking up from his laptop before returning to what I assumed was Minecraft.
"Morning Curt," I replied as I grabbed a bagel from my food stash. No, my name isn`t Rain, it`s Rainard. Rainard Talbot. I just go by Rain cause it`s easier to say.
As I staggered back to my room to start up my laptop, I passed my other roommate on the way and waved to him, half a bagel still in my mouth. He waved back, going back to planning his D&D session and home-brewing new races and classes. That was Val, short for Valentine, and the guy who was pretty much one of the best friends I`ve had since I got to college. He`d be graduating this semester, and I`d miss him.
After finishing the bagel, I turned my laptop on and hopped in the shower and cleaned up a bit while my laptop booted up, moving quickly to the part where I got dressed. I slid on a sterling silver ring my Grandma had gotten me for my 21st birthday, and she said it was a lucky ring. Lucky indeed, I`d been doing horribly in school lately. I just… lost my drive somehow. Anyway, since it was manga day, I pulled up my local manga site and quickly scoured for One Piece, being the dedicated fan I was.
"Man, this chapter is great!" I cheered to myself, rubbing the ring a bit. "Man, I would give anything to go to the One Piece world and just go on an adventure like the Straw Hats."
I chuckled to myself, knowing it was just the silly wish of an otaku as I continued on to the other mangas I read regularly; not realizing the ring glowed for a split second.
-X-
About an hour later, I looked at the clock and realized I had about 10 minutes to make it to my next class. "Shit, I`m gonna be late!"
I grabbed my shoulder bag, which had my basic school stuff as well as my 3DS, DSi, and iPod, and ran out the door. I ran as best I could, but it wasn`t long before I felt exhausted and I was forced to stop to catch my breath.
"Curse… these weak… lungs of mine," I said, panting hard before the world around me went to grayscale. "What the hell?" I looked around and saw that a bird had literally stopped in mid-air. "Is this what a time freeze looks like?"
I didn`t have time to think about it before I felt the ground beneath me vanish. As I quickly looked down, I saw a large black circle below me, leading to an equally black void that I quickly fell in, screaming as anyone falling to what they assume to be their death would.
-X-
I assumed it had been a few hours since I fell through that hole. Not that I could tell since my watch had stopped. I had also stopped screaming, since that got boring after about 10 minutes. "Man, never thought I`d be one to end up in a falling void to nowhere…" I commented to myself. "Well, if I ever get back, this will be the most unbelievable excuse ever. 'Yeah, I missed class because I fell into an abyss.' That sounds like I`m telling the truth alright…"
A few more minutes later, I saw a white hole and noticed I was speeding up. As I assumed I got closer to the hole, it got bigger and bigger, and I saw more colors, particularly blue. Lots of blue.
"Okay, I really hope that`s water below me," I said looking on as I finally passed through the hole-portal-thing and saw my surroundings. Unfortunately, I was right. The water was just about 20 miles below me as I fell from the sky.
"SHIIIIIIIIIT!" I screamed as I plummeted to my probable doom. However, to my relief followed by greater fear, a landmass appeared beneath me as I kept falling. As I sped towards the island, I managed to spy a large tower on the nearby island before I hit the shoreline pretty damn hard. I barely managed to open my eyes, seeing a few people gather around me before I passed out.
-X-
Not much to say here, just I hope you stay tuned and things will get more exciting next time!