Jurabi: Heeeeeeeellooooooo~! This is Espada4Jurabi here bringing you…a um...okay, screw it. This is the fourth time I've done this, but I'm sure most of you are new since I posted this as a new story...again!
I'm sure most of you are wondering why I have restarted this story for the fourth time. Well, the answer is that I was busy reworking something and then I came to the realization that I need to start the story over again. What I reworked on, I'll tell you later. The other reason is that I felt some sort of disconnect with the story. I'm not sure why, but that's what I thought was happening, and that kinda put a damper on my confidence. The third reason is because I've picked up some new writing skills and realize that my story needs yet another rework.
I know that most of you are annoyed by this; I am too. I don't want to keep rewriting the same beginnings over and over again. I have so much planned for this story's future and I don't have time to be lollygagging around at the beginning trying to set up the characters and the fundamentals of the entire story.
Okay, so for those of you who are new to this story, welcome. I know that a lot of what I'm talking about doesn't make sense, but to sum it up, this is my fourth restart of this story and it is about the next generation of pirates in the One Piece world after Luffy's generation. In origin, this is an SYOC story. Speaking of OC's, I've realized that I had a mountain of open spots still available that I haven't bothered to mention, so if you could read all the way to the end of this introduction chapter, I'll give the full details.
For those both old and new, thank you for reading this story. I love the fact that I can write something for others to read no matter how amazing or awful it is. It brings warmth to my heart from all the reviews I've gotten over the years. So please, bear with me just this one last time. I will get better and we will get to the amazing parts I have planned for this story.
So sit back and enjoy this quick introduction of one of our main characters.
DISCLAIMER: I, Espada Jurabi Therion, do not own One Piece.
One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda-senpai and Oda-senpai alone. Please support the official release. :)
Intro Arc Chp. 1: Monkey D. Belle
~~Unknown Location~~
A huge explosion occurred at a gigantic theater. The explosion caught the attention of the island inhabitance. Inside, as the people were evacuated out of the audience chamber, a brigade of marines stormed into the chamber.
"Those bastards are in here somewhere," Growled a marine.
"To think they would target the Camberance Theater of all places," Said another marine.
Unknown to the marines, there was a female watching them from the top of the theater lights.
"All according to plan," She said as she dropped a purple crystal on top of the marines.
When the rock fell on the ground, the marines stopped and pointed their guns at the rock.
"This is…" A marine muttered before he drew his attention up at the lights to see a girl staring down at them, "There she is!"
The girl smirked as she fixed straight, orange hair that extended to the middle of her back. Her eyes were dark-brown. Her outfit consisted of an orange, hooded jacket over a cream, deep-collared vest worn over a low-cut, black shirt; both were covered by a dark, gray shrug with a raised collar, three quarter sleeves adorned with a single black stripe down the outside of each sleeve, and gold cuffs. A black miniskirt was worn under the cream vest. A pair of crooked, black belts with gold accents was slung around her hip with a purple piece of fabric attached to the left-rear section of the lower belt. She wore thigh-high stockings attached to her miniskirt by garter-belts on the front and back of each thigh, decorated with four golden studs above her knee. She also wore black ankle-boots with multiple buckles and white ribbons on the back tied in a bow. Around her neck was a purple pendant set in silver. Another thing lying around her neck was a pair of purple headphones.
"Good evening, marines," The girl said, "I hope I didn't keep you waiting."
"Surrender, pirate scum," A marine ordered as the whole squad pointed their guns at her.
"Sorry, not in the mood," The girl said, shrugging with the smug look on her face, "But I might surrender if you catch me."
"You think this is some kind of game!" A marine shouted.
"I do," The girl said sticking her tongue out, "Catch me if you can~!"
"The target is here in the audience chamber," A marine said on a Den Den Mushi, "Moving to pursue."
"Haha, they're all after me now," The girl said to her Den Den Mushi as she took out a black briefcase and slid it into a ventilation shaft.
"Good job," Said a worried boy's voice, "Now get running, Belle."
"Thanks for the assist," Said a mature boy's voice, "Now's our only chance."
"S-Stay calm! You can get away now," Said a timid boy's voice.
"We'll retrieve the cargo on our end," Said a mature female's voice.
"Will you guys be okay on your escape?" The orange haired girl asked.
"Don't worry about us," Said the worried boy.
"Yeah, concentrate on getting away," Another male voice said.
"On it," The orange haired girl said as she began jumping through the theater lights. As she did so, she noticed the entire audience chamber becoming packed with marines, "Yep, they're all on my tail right now."
"No kidding," Said the worried boy, "But I have to admit, causing that huge explosion earlier to alert everyone in the theater was an excellent move. A bit reckless, but nice work as always, Belle."
"Aw, thanks," The orange haired girl named Belle said, blushing.
"Heehee, I bet Tiggy wouldn't be able to pull it off that smoothly," Said a bubbly girl's voice.
"That's because he has no understanding on the concept of subtlety," Said a calm boy's voice.
"Yeah, Prince Tiggy and subtlety go as well as oil and water," Said a girl's voice putting emphasis on the title 'Prince' in a love struck manner.
"Neither of you two are any better!" Shouted an irritated boy's voice.
"Almost there…" Belle said as she was about to reach the other side of the audience chamber, but another squad of marines came out from the elevator.
"There she is!" A marine shouted.
"Suspect location confirmed!" Another marine shouted, "Moving to intercept!"
"Crap!" Belle shouted
"T-To the roof, Ms. Belle!" Shouted the timid boy, "H-Hurry!"
"Alright," Belle said as she took a good look up at the far away glass ceiling, "Like Dad taught me…" She reared up her arm as if she was preparing to stretch it as far as possible. Before she extended her arm, purple crystals formed on her arms. She extended her arm forward towards the glass ceiling and it started stretching all the way as if it was elastic. She punched the ceiling causing the glass to shatter, "Here we go!" Belle shouted as she formed crystals on her other arm and made a crystal shield to protect her from the falling glass as she catapulted herself onto the roof.
"The pirate has jumped up to the roof top!" The marines shouted as they quickly scrambled out of the audience chamber to avoid the falling glass.
"Okay, Belle has the marines preoccupied," Said the worried boy's voice, "Looks like the rest of us can slip away now."
"Everyone remembers where we're meeting up after this, right," Asked a deep male's voice.
"N-no worries," Answered the timid boy, "I can guide all of us there."
Belle had arrived at the roof top and landed on her feet, "Okay, where next."
"There should be—"
"Stop right there!" A deep voice shouted.
Belle spun around and saw a huge, muscular marine carrying a dual axe and his squad.
"Heh, here too?" Belle asked, "You guys thought of everything."
"I'll have your head as a trophy, pirate!" Shouted the muscular as he swung his axe at Belle.
"Don't have the luxury to be a trophy," Belle said, "I'm glad you offered, though." Belle jumped over the axe swing and punched the muscular marine in the gut with her left fist sending him flying across the plains
Seeing their strongest man sent packing with such ease from this random girl sent shocks across the bodies of the other four marines.
"Wh-what the hell?!" A marine asked in shock.
Belle let out a smirk before she got into a battle stance with her left arm stretched out in front with her right arm close to her right shoulder, "Move it! You're in my way!"
"Stand your ground," A marine ordered, "This may be our one chance to stop this criminal!"
At the command, the marines all began their attack on Belle with their swords drawn.
Belle dodged through the sword strikes from many directions. Once a marine attempted to strike at her backside, Belle side-steps to the left and caught the marine's arm with her right hand.
"Wrong move," Belle said before she decked the marine in the face with a roundhouse punch with her left fist sending him crashing across the ground knocking him out.
"Damn you!" Shouted another marine as he and the other marine beside him attempted to slash Belle with their swords at the same time; however, the snarky girl they were attacking disappeared.
"What?!" One of the marines asked in shock.
"Up there!" A marine shouted as they moved their attention above them to see the girl had jumped before the swords struck.
She landed on the swords pinning them to the ground and smirked at their wielders, who were struggling to lift them off the ground. With two swift kicks to the face, the girl knocked both marines out with ease.
"You bitch..." A marine growled as he saw the muscular marine getting up and rushing towards the girl from behind. He pulled out an assault rifle, "Try and dodge this!"
"Oh I don't need to," The girl said before she heard the muscular trying to attack her with a cleave from his dual axe from behind and blocked it with her right arm.
As the bullets shot out of the assault rifle, the girl stretched out her left arm and opened her left palm, "Kesshō Kesshō no: Reflection!" She shouted.
Before the bullets reached her, purple crystals sprouted from the palm of her left hand and reflected them right back at the marine leader. The bullets barely grazed his body, but not before leaving a few scratch marks on his cheeks.
"What the hell?!" The marine exclaimed as he saw the girl's body grew the same purple crystals on its skin.
"Was I supposed to be intimidated?" The girl asked the marine as she moved her attention back onto the muscular and dragged him around until he was right in front of the marine with the assault rifle. Still holding his axe back with her right arm, she stretched her left arm back as it embedded itself in purple crystal, "Kesshō Kesshō no: Drill!" She shouted as she punched the muscular marine in the gut with her crystallized fist and sent him flying and spinning crashing him right into the other marine.
"Good job, Belle," Said the worried boy's voice on Belle's Den Den Mushi, "Looks like we don't need to worry about you after all."
"More of them are on the way," Said the timid boy's voice, "Oh no…the marines are planning on closing off the entire island! You have to hurry, Belle!"
"Where to next?" Belle asked.
"Jump off the rooftop and go through the second floor window," Said the timid boy's voice.
Belle did exactly as told and jumped off the roof as if she was going to land directly on the ground. Next, she extends her crystal enveloped arm onto the building to stop her momentum right next to a window of the second floor and broke through the glass with a kick. Belle found that she was inside a room full of different equipment for the theater.
"I'm inside the equipment room," Belle said, "Where next?"
"You should be able to get out past the observation room," The timid voice said.
"Got it," Belle said as she quietly exited the equipment room and snuck her way past the observation room.
"Where'd she go, dammit?" The marine's in the distant room Belle passed asked.
"Keep searching," Another marine said, "Check the hallways and equipment rooms! She couldn't have left the building yet."
"She's not alone!" Shouted a marine from the observation room ordering the other marine soldiers, "Find them and arrest them immediately!"
"Almost there…" Belle said before she started hearing faint footsteps from where she came from causing her to move as fast as she could towards the exit, "Tch! More of them?"
Belle arrived on top of a balcony of another audience chamber that is located on the second floor surrounded by several glass windows.
"Something wrong, Ms. Belle?" The timid voice asked, "The exit should be up ahead."
"So I have to jump out of this building to escape?" Belle asked.
"That's how it is," The calm female voice said, "After that commotion, the bottom floor has been completely closed off."
"Think you can make it, Belle?" Asked the calm male voice.
"Heh, you forgot who you were talking to?" Belle asked rhetorically.
"Over there!" A voice shouted from behind Belle.
"Shoot!" Belle cursed.
A whole squad of marines has caught up to her.
"Hands where we can see them!" A marine shouted with all of their guns pointed at her.
Belle smirked as she jumped off the balcony and ran straight through the audience chairs. Once she reached the windows, she saw the marines trying desperately catch up to her and smirked, "Sayonara, slow pokes~!" She chimed before she jumped straight through the glass windows in a stylish fashion.
"Tch, show off," Said the irritated boy's voice.
"You can be so reckless sometimes, you know that?" The deep male's voice asked sarcastically.
Below Belle were a set of bubbles floating in the air.
"Good, they're around at night," Belle said as she landed on each of the bubbles one by one until she landed safely on the ground. It seemed that the mission went off without a hitch; however, the area Belle was standing on lit up with dozens of lights that blinded her.
"What?!" Shouted the worried boy's voice.
"Th-they're…already here?!" Asked the timid boy's voice.
"That can't be!" Shouted the bubbly girl's voice.
"They knew of Belle's escape route too," Said the mature female's voice.
"You're surrounded, pirate!" Shouted a marine. When Belle's eyes adjusted to the bright lights, she saw that she was surrounded by a mob of marines.
"Belle, are you going to be okay?!" Asked the worried boy's voice.
"Surrender immediately, pirate!" A marine ordered, "You are to be brought in for questioning of your crimes."
"Crimes?" Belle asked, letting out an amused chuckle, "That's where you all are wrong. Come on and take me in, if you have the guts!"
"Do not resist us, Monkey D. Belle," Said a calm yet intimidating voice.
Belle's eyes widen in slight fear, "Damnit…him again?"
"Belle, get out of there now!" Shouted the worried boy's voice, "It's—"
"I know," Belle said, "Stick to the plan. Get out of here now."
"But—"
"I said, go!" Belle shouted, "That's an order!" Before she deactivated her Den Den Mushi, she heard the sound of frustrated growl coming from the voice she spoke to.
After a few seconds of silence, Belle spun around and created a huge shield made out of her purple crystals readying for a massive attack.
Everything went dark for her.
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~~10 Days Later: Unknown Location~~
"Heh, guess the Admiral's attack was too strong," A voice said.
Belle was beginning to regain consciousness and barely heard the voice of a man. Her body was in absolute pain as if she was smashed against the ground by a strong force.
"Out for ten whole days from one attack," Said the man's voice, "Wake her up!"
A few seconds after those words, Belle's face got hit with a sudden splash of cold water causing her to open her eyes agitated. She got a little hold of her bearings and scanned the dark room she was in with two male marines staring at her with cold glares.
"No dozing off," Said one of the marines.
Belle look at her own body to see she was sitting on a chair with black, steel chains wrapped around her body and her arms tied behind her back with hand sealing cuffs attached to her.
"Heh, a little overkill…don't you think…" Belle said with a half smile, half wince at the pain on her beaten face.
"You still making jokes, huh?" A pissed marine asked, "Learn your place, scum!" He shouted before he kick Belle square in the face knocking her down on the ground along with her chair.
The pissed marine picked her back up by her hair, "You better cooperate with us. Or do you want another kick to the face because there's plenty more where that came from."
"First question: Where did you send your other crewmates?" The other marine asked.
"…" Belle remained quiet. She refuses tell them anything about her crew.
"Didn't you hear his question?!" The pissed marine asked, slamming Belle's face onto the ground and kicking her in the gut, "Answer!"
Belle coughed out a small amount of blood because of the sudden impact to her abdomen.
"That'll be enough," The other marine said as he took out a clip board, "Obstruction of justice, blackmail, defamation, possession of illegal weapons…and multiple counts of manslaughter, no doubt."
"Quite the list of crimes, and to think all of them were lead by a punk like this," The pissed marine said, "How did it feel taking a life from someone? I bet it was exhilarating to you. I can tell you're that kind of criminal. The kind of criminal who deserves nothing less than a public execution."
"However, your execution shall be done in silence in this room," The other marine explained, "I advise you take this time to think on your crimes while the higher ups send the executioner."
The pissed marine picked Belle and her chair back up into the regular sitting position, "Don't expect your journey to hell to be a pleasant one," The man said, "We are going to make you understand one must take full responsibility for their actions." After speaking those words, the marines left the room and Belle alone.
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~~2 Days Later~~
A man with long, brown hair wearing a red samurai outfit under his high ranked marine cloak was walking down the dark hallway only to be stopped by three marine officers.
"Sorry, but this area's off limits to—," The marine's eyes widened in shock for a split second upon seeing the man and he immediately saluted.
"At ease," The man said.
"Second Fleet Admiral Tsushima?" The marine officer asked, "What brings you here?"
"An urgent matter," The man named Tsushima said, "There's something I need to confirm with Monkey D. Belle."
"With all due respect, sir," The marine officer said, "You don't have the authority to enter that room."
"Me, the second in command of the Marine Force, not having enough authority," Tsushima muttered, "As I suspected…"
That was when Tsushima's Den Den Mushi started to ring. When he picked up on the call, he heard the sounds of an annoyed man's sigh on the other side.
"I thought I ordered you to stand by, Tsushima," The man's voice said on the other line.
"You gave me full responsibility of this case, but I'm not being allowed an interrogation?!" Tsushima asked.
"I'm calling because I knew you'd bring it up."
"I will not be convinced unless I confirm it for myself," Tsushima said, "This is my case."
Another sigh came from the man on the other line, "Good luck to you then. I won't be expecting much though."
After Tsushima finished his call, the marine spoke up, "Mr. Tsushima, you will be allowed an interrogation; however, your time will be cut short. We can't permit you to talk with her for long."
"I see…" Tsushima said with a suspicious glare written on his face.
"It's for your own sake," The marine clarified, "Even with the Sea Stone cuffs we placed, we're unsure if it is safe to simply speak with her, given her...unique nature."
"…I understand," Tsushima said as he went through the door and entered the room with only a single table and two chairs. Belle sat on the other side of the table looking as if she is about to pass out. Tsushima had an expression of pity on his face as he sat down on his chair, "Belle…"
"Jurabi…" Belle replied.
"I didn't think it would be you," Jurabi said, closing his eyes to think.
"Well…everyone started suspecting us after a while," Belle said.
"Yes and everyone says you and your crew are the ones responsible," Jurabi replied.
"You too?" Belle asked.
"No," Jurabi said, "Not yet, at least. There are a number of things bothering me surrounding this whole case."
"Are they?" Belle asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Yes," Jurabi said with a nod, "To that end, you'll be answering my questions this time," He glanced over at the empty syringe on the floor, "They drugged you too? To think they would go that far to inflict that level of pain on a girl…"
"Listen…you're better off asking the people who…questioned me yesterday," Belle said, "Because what I told them…is all I'm going to tell you."
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Jurabi asked, "Especially when I'm the one going at this with a clear head unlike everyone else? The Marines, the World Government, everyone wants you and your crew dead, but I want to know your side of the story. I might be the only one with the power to save your life. You are going to be executed in this room, after all. That's why I need you to answer me honestly. I don't have much time either."
"…" Belle stayed quiet after his statement.
"Now concerning with the incident, what was your main objective?" Jurabi asked, "And why accomplish it by causing such a major uproar throughout the world? For a bunch of people who only want the fun in sailing through the Grandline, it's odd you would do something that would end with you, the captain, as one of the 10 most wanted people in the entire world. That's the part that bugs me."
"Of course it bugs you, Jurabi…" Belle said, "You're the only one in the Marine force…who knows me and my crew."
"True," Jurabi said, "At least you're coherent, but I would like it if you actually answered my questions. First, let's start from the beginning and be sure to tell me everything. Don't leave out a single detail, understand?"
"I still…can vaguely remember…" Belle thought as she felt pain on her head. The drugs she was injected with were causing a side effect making her memories slowly play through her head. "My…adventure…My…crew…"
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~~Unknown~~
"Merry," Said an orange-haired girl standing in front of a gravestone decorated in flowers. On the gravestone were the words "In memory of Monkey D. Merry, a pure-hearted soul who brightened the lives of those around her." The orange-haired girl reached out towards the gravestone with her right hand and rubbed its rough edges affectionately before she declared to the soul underneath the soil, "I promise you...no...I swear to you I will achieve my goal no matter what it takes."
She moved her attention up at the starry, night sky above the vast, silent, blue sea. She took in a deep breath before breathing out slowly. She took out a piece of paper, "Find four more crewmates and head to the Auntie Kaya's for a surprise…Okay Dad. These are some weird instructions to give to your daughter, but I'll do it! Shishi, I can't wait for the surprise~! Time for me, to get my fun adventure started!"
Jurabi: Meet Monkey D. Belle, everyone. As you may have already guess, yes she is Luffy and Nami's daughter. For those of you who have read the last this, you may have noticed that Belle's Devil Fruit is different. That's because I reworked it.
So a quick history lesson for those new, in the last version of this story, Belle's Devil Fruit was a Mythical Zoan where she could transform into an Ice Dragon. Sounds cool, right? Well yes, but there was a problem: I realized that Belle's Ice Dragon power completely contradicts a statement from the canon One Piece story. If you look back at the Marineford War Arc, one of the marine admirals commented on Marco's Pheonix Mythical Zoan Fruit saying that "Mythical Zoans are the rarest types of Devil Fruits in existence."
What is the problem with this, you ask? Well Belle's Dragon Mode Fruit, which is a Mythical Zoan, has an ice element to it. That alone signifies that there are other Dragon Mythical Zoan Fruits of different elements, thus contradicting the statement of their rarity. When it comes to stories like this where I start off from canon itself, I am extremely OCD about making sure not to contradict canon, which is why I reworked her abilities.
Now I'm sure most of you are probably unhappy about and well...I'm sorry. Sometimes, good ideas just don't work out and you have to go brainstorm something else entirely. I'm sure this isn't the first change I've made that will annoy you, but I'm ready to handle that. If you have any concerns about what I am doing or how I am going about this, you might as well speak now so we can get this cleared off.
If you feel like you don't want to follow this story anymore, I completely understand. There are people here who have submitted their OC on the first day I made this story and are STILL waiting for their OC's appearance. I'm bullshitting a lot of people by doing this and I completely understand if you don't want to follow my story anymore.
Now as for some of you who are new, you have a chance to submit your OC if you so desire. I've checked on the number of available spots that have yet to be taken. While it may seem like it's sealed for Belle's crew, it actually isn't.
I'm currently missing a few OC's for the crew: a helmsman and a scout.
For the marines, all except the Admiral positions are available, and for the Yonkou, I haven't decided yet. I will get back to you once I've figured out what I want to do with them.
For the Shichibukai, I might have some spots available right now depending on if some of the people who submitted their OC's for the spots still want their OC's there. The one thing that concerns me is that some of the people who submitted their OC's stopped reading my story. If you are one of those people, please contact me if you still want your OC's in their spots; otherwise, I'll have to give up those spots to other people if they want it.
The Supernovas are spots I haven't touched on. So counting Belle, there will be four Supernovas, and I think I already have Belle and another Supernova so that leaves two spots opened. In order to get the supernova spot, you'll need to give their entire crew as well.
Villain OC's, I'm quite particular with these. First, you need to make a good villain OC if you want to and second you'll have to make an arc of that villain OC. For the arc, all I need is just a summary of what happens during the arc and what the villain's goal and motivations are.
Due to the vast variety of OC types, I don't have a template for you, unfortunately. So however you want to submit your OC, I'll accept as long as it is in P.M.'s, not anon or review. I would really appreciate it if you did that.
Okay...I've dragged this out long enough. So again, I'm sorry that I am doing this, but as a writer I still have some things to improve on. I really hope that you'll give me this one last chance if you can only do just that. Thank you everyone for reading my story. I really hope you enjoyed this short chapter. There are four more introduction chapters until we get started with the main story.
Anyways, I really am glad that you enjoyed this chapter, if not let me know why in the reviews. If you really loved this story and would want more of it, please leave a favorite and a follow. Thank you for reading and I'll see you next chapter.