ONE PIECE FILM: PHOENIX
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Monkey D. Aika, Kumi, and other OCs © Me
Summary- Just as the Straw Hats finish having a little beach vacation time, Aika discovers something that starts a new adventure that takes them to a place called Phoenix Ash Island! There, they meet a girl named Liza who is trying to find her place in her village, spurred on by the words of a pirate she once knew. When a greedy Marine seeks out the treasure, the Straw Hats must find a way to get to it before he does...but is there more to this treasure than meets the eye?
Ch. 1- A Beach Vacation and a New Find
A bright, clear, sunny sky, a beautiful blue ocean, cool breezes, and rolling waves. Basically, everything that someone would need for a nice beach vacation. On a small island, somewhere in the New World, there was a certain ship moored at the shore of a sandy beach that encircled a lush jungle, and on that beach was a certain orange-haired woman, lying on her deck chair as she soaked up the rays, wearing a green bikini with daisies, a beige shirt, and her pale rose sunhat.
Not too far from them, Brook hummed as he strummed a little tune on his ukulele, wearing a long, red shirt and a pair of red sunglasses over his eye sockets, some dark purple pants, and a pair of sandals while Zoro leaned against a palm tree, snoring away while wearing nothing but a pair of red swimming trunks with three white stripes on them, almost like sword slashes.
"Haa..." sighed Nami. "This is the life, huh, Robin?"
"Couldn't agree more," said Robin, wearing a dark purple bikini and a shawl around her shoulders. Her hair was done up in a ponytail and she had one a pair of sunglasses with blue lenses.
In between the girls lied Blizzard, who was wearing nothing more than a simple mahogany Criminal tank top and a pair of sunglasses over his eyes. He snored as he lied in the shade while Nami reached down and gently scratched behind his ear, causing him to sigh pleasantly while he wagged his tail. That's when Sanji approached, wearing a light blue shirt with a green shirt with a large green stripe in the middle and a pair of navy blue trunks as he held a tray of lemonade.
"Ladies," he said in his usual suave manner. "Your lemonade."
"Thank you, Sanji," said Nami as she and Robin grabbed a glass and then tapped them together.
"To a nice, relaxing vacation," said Nami.
"Cheers," Robin said before they began to drink.
"WHOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO~!"
Nami looked out toward the open ocean, where a large wave rolled towards the shore, and upon that wave was no one else but Monkey D. Luffy, who practically slid on the wave's surface on his Doskoi Panda surfboard. His signature straw hat hung off the back of his head and around his neck was a pair of dog tags, as well as a pair of orange Criminal swim trunks with a red star on the left pants leg.
Luckily, he had his ankle band on to keep himself from falling off the board.
"YEAH!" Luffy cheered as he rode on the wave, and not too far away from him was Usopp, who had his hair tied back in a knot and a pair of yellow shorts with black squiggly stripes on them while Tony-Tony Chopper was clinging to the sniper's leg, wearing his purple trunks, his signature hat and blue helmet, and a pair of pink water wings.
"ALL RIGHT!" the sniper shouted. "THAT'S RIGHT!"
"WHOOOOOOOOAAAA~!" Chopper screamed as he hung onto Usopp's calf. "USOPP, SLOW DOWN! AAAAAH!"
"There they go again," said Robin with her usual amused smile while Blizzard and Nami gave some worried looks.
"I'd feel a bit more relaxed if Luffy was also wearing his inner tubes," said Nami.
"Yeah, and I'm especially worried about Chopper, out there," said Blizzard. "I started to tell him not to go with Usopp, but he insisted."
"Ah, relax, Nami," said Franky as he approached, his hair styled to look like a palm tree, a dark green shirt with roses on them, and a pair of dark purple Speedos. "Let 'em have their fun! I wish I was out there, shootin' the SUPER curl with them, but I'm just too heavy for those flimsy surfboards."
"Yohohoho!" Brook chortled. "It does look quite fun, doesn't it?"
"Brook, the last time you tried surfing," Sanji began, "you were screaming like a baby because the waves were going too fast."
"Well, you'd be terrified as well, if you thought they'd swallow you up!" Brook argued.
"Hey, Usopp!" Luffy shouted as he pointed at an incoming wave. "Here comes a big one!"
"Oh, yeah!" Usopp grinned before he looked to Chopper. "Ready, Chopper?"
"Uh...not really," Chopper replied, nervously. "Can I go back to the beach?"
"Too late!" Luffy exclaimed as he and Usopp paddled toward the wave, which grew bigger and bigger until it looked like an entire wall of water. Chopper almost wanted to scream as Luffy and Usopp began to ride up the wave, and then began to turn and ride it back down. The little reindeer screwed his eyes shut as his ears were filled with the sounds of rushing, crashing water...but as he opened his eyes again, he gasped as he that he, Luffy, and Usopp were inside the barrel of the wave.
"Whoa...!" Chopper whispered in awe.
"Hahahahaha!" Luffy laughed. "Pretty awesome, right, Chopper?!"
"Yeah!" Chopper answered as the trio made it out of the wave, and at first, the others did smile...but, as usual, Luffy wasn't watching where he was going.
"Guys, look out!" Nami shouted as she pointed at a cluster of rocks, but by the time Luffy noticed them, it was too late for him to try and go around, so he ended up wobbling and falling off his surfboard while also knocking Usopp and Chopper off of theirs, which, of course, caused Nami to face-palm.
"Of course..." she muttered in annoyance.
"Yo, Moss-head!" Sanji called to Zoro, who snorted as his snot bubble popper. "You're up!"
"Huh?" Zoro murmured, quizzically before he looked out to the ocean and saw Luffy splashing about in the water. "Oh, come on, Luffy!"
"HEEELLP!" Luffy cried, his voice garbled from the water while Usopp tried to pull him and Chopper to shore at the same time.
"Ugh!" Zoro groaned before he dove into the water and swam out to get his captain so Usopp would have an easier time getting to shore with just Chopper in his arms. "This is the fifth time today that I had to fish you out of the water, dammit!"
"Sorry..." Luffy gurgled as he spat out some water.
Nami sighed and shook her head, annoyed at her future husband's stupidity, but at the same time relieved that he was all right.
"Hahahaha!" Franky laughed. "Talk about a wipeout, huh?!"
"Are you all right, boys?" Robin asked.
"Yeah, we're good," answered Usopp.
"I hate it when we do that," Chopper added.
"Shishishi!" Luffy laughed before he stretched his arms to grab the surfboards. "That was fun! Let's go out there and surf some more!"
"Actually, Luffy, I've had enough for today," said Usopp.
"Me, too," said Chopper.
"Guys?" Nami asked as she looked out towards the east, where she saw some dark clouds beginning to roll towards them. "I think we might have to cut our vacation short. I don't like the looks of that storm rolling in."
"What?!" asked Usopp in disbelief.
"Does this mean our vacation's over?" asked Chopper, sadly.
"Ah, damn," Franky cursed as he spotted the clouds, too. "We just got here like 2 days ago."
"Well, nothing good lasts forever, I suppose," said Robin.
"What a shame," Brook said.
"I was getting ready to make a beach barbecue, too," said Sanji.
"Aww~!" Luffy whined. "That's my favorite part about being at the beach! Well, aside from surfing and looking for animals in rock pools."
"All right, everyone, let's pack it in!" Nami called as she clapped her hands. "We're setting sail!"
"Right!" the rest of the crew exclaimed, but as they were packing up their things, Nami noticed that someone, or rather two someones were missing.
"Where are Aika and Kumi?" Nami asked as she looked around.
"They said they wanted to explore the beach a bit more, so they went off that way," said Zoro as he pointed towards the west, behind an outcropping of rocks.
"And you let them go?!" Nami asked, incredulously.
"Relax, I'm sure they didn't go too far!" Zoro answered.
"You guys keep packing up," Luffy said. "I'll go get 'em."
XXX
A trail of footprints dotted the sand while waves lapped at the shore. Leaning against one of the rocks was a pink and purple inner tube while nearby, Aika, who had a maroon bandana around her forehead and was wearing a cerulean one-piece bathing suit with the kanji for "wolf" in the front, and Kumi walked along the beach. As the two young ones looked out toward the ocean, Aika stopped walking as she spotted something on the water's surface...something that seemed to be shining in the sunlight.
"What's that?" Aika asked as the object drew closer, and as she got a closer look, she saw that it was an ordinary green glass bottle. "Oh...just a bottle."
"What is it with people throwing trash into the ocean?" asked Kumi.
"Well, a clean beach is a happy beach, right?" Aika asked as she picked it up, but as she did, she raised it to the sun and saw the silhouette of something inside. "Huh? Hey, Kumi, did you see that?"
"Yeah, it looked like there was something inside it!" Kumi said.
Aika tried to point the bottle down and shake out whatever was inside, but it looked like it was too big to go through the neck.
"I can't get it out," she said.
"Aika! Kumi!"
The two youngsters turned to see Luffy waving to them while he stood on the rocks.
"Come on, you guys!" he called. "We're leaving!"
"Coming, Big Brother!" Aika called back as she ran to the outcropping with Kumi following after her while Luffy grabbed her inner tube and headed back to the others. However, he didn't seem to notice that Aika had hidden the bottle from him.
"Okay, you guys!" Luffy called as he and the Straw Hats boarded the Sunny. "We're outta here! Set sail!"
"Aye-aye!" the Straw Hats exclaimed as they began to get ready to sail away from the beach and the incoming storm. As they did, Robin noticed that Aika seemed to be fiddling with something, so she approached her and squat down to her height level.
"Aika?" Robin asked, causing her to jump a bit as she turned to look at her, only to calm down.
"Oh!" Aika exclaimed as she hid her hands behind her back. "Hi, Aunt Robin!"
"I can't help noticing you seem to have something there," Robin said. "You mind showing it to me? I won't take it, I promise."
Aika seemed unsure for a moment, but then she pulled her hands out from behind her back...revealing right index and middle finger stuck inside the bottle.
"Um...help," Aika squeaked while Kumi grinned sheepishly.
"Oh, dear," Robin said.
XXX
Soon, the crew had adjourned to the galley, where Aika had set the bottle on the table along with her trapped fingers.
"Looks like they're in there pretty tight," Brook said.
"Kumi, didn't you try to stop her?" asked Blizzard.
"Hello, it's Aika," Kumi answered. "You know how impulsive she is."
"So how are get this sucker off the squirt's fingers?" asked Franky.
"Hang on a second," Luffy said as he grabbed the bottle. "Hold still, Aika, okay?" He then attempted to yank the bottle off of Aika's fingers, but the excessive force caused her to cry out in pain.
"Ow! Oww~!" Aika cried. "Big Brother, stop, that hurts!"
"Luffy, stop it!" Nami shouted as she grabbed Luffy. "You keep that up and you'll pull Aika's out of her socket! Be gentle!"
"Sorry, Aika," Luffy apologized.
"It's okay," Aika said. "I know you were just trying to help."
"Maybe I can get those fingers out," said Zoro as he drew Kitetsu III. "Now hold still, half-pint."
"KYAAAAAA!" Aika shrieked as she attempted to run.
"Zoro, are you crazy?!" Luffy questioned. "First you try to cut my finger off when I get it stuck in a bottle, and then you try and do the same thing with my sister?! What's wrong with you?!"
"I don't see you coming up with any better ideas!" Zoro barked.
"HOLD IT!" Sanji yelled. "I've got a better idea, one that does not involve dismemberment!" On that, he went over to the sink, grabbed a bottle of dish soap, and then squirted it over Aika's fingers. "There, kiddo. Try it now."
Aika grunted as she began to pull on the bottle, and soon, her fingers came out with a little pop.
"Oh!" she exclaimed. "I'm free! Thanks, Sanji!"
"My pleasure," Sanji smiled.
"Aika, why did you stick your fingers in the bottle in the first place?" Nami asked. "You don't know what could be in there!"
"Actually, I do know," said Aika. "I held it up to the sun and I found something inside it...but I got my fingers stuck when I tried to reach inside and get it."
"There's something inside the bottle, you say?" Brook inquired, causing Aika to nod her head.
"Hmm..." Usopp hummed. "Hey, Franky, lemme a borrow a hammer."
"Here you go," Franky said as he pulled out a hammer from his toolbox compartment on his arm.
"Luffy, hold the bottle on its side and keep it steady," Usopp said, and Luffy did exactly as he was told.
"What are you doing, Usopp?" Chopper asked, only for Usopp to smack the bottle with the hammer, which caused the glass to crack and then shatter, and its contents were revealed to be a rolled-up piece of aged parchment.
"All this for a crummy piece of paper?" Franky asked.
"Wait a minute," Nami said as she picked up the paper and unrolled, only to gasp upon seeing that it was a map of some sort. It was torn in some parts and a bit faded with age, but she could see that the shape of the island was like some kind of bird.
"Whoa, it's a map!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Huh," Usopp muttered. "It kinda looks like a bird, huh?"
"Look at the name in the corner," said Robin as she pointed at the map. "Phoenix Ash Island."
"Huh," Zoro muttered. "Phoenix, huh? Isn't that some kind of mythical bird?"
"Oh, yes!" Brook exclaimed. "They say that the Phoenix is an immortal creature! It revives itself from its own ashes."
"Huh...Phoenix..." Luffy muttered.
"What's up, Luffy?" Blizzard asked.
"Nothing, just thinking," Luffy answered.
"...You guys," Nami spoke up. "Take a closer look at the map."
The Straw Hats gathered closer as Nami placed the map on the table and pointed to something in the middle of the island: an X.
"It's an X?" Chopper asked.
"That's right," Nami grinned, "and you know what they say about Xs on maps, right?"
"...You mean...like treasure?!" Usopp asked.
"So...I found a treasure map?" Aika asked, excitedly.
"That's right!" Nami answered. "This is a genuine treasure map!"
"That's my little sis!" Luffy said as he ruffled Aika's hair, causing her to laugh.
"We could be on to something big here!" Nami exclaimed with Berry signs in her eyes. "Who knows what kind of riches we'll find?!"
"Nami's getting Berry signs in her eyes, again..." Kumi said, worriedly.
"A treasure hunt, huh?" Zoro asked. "Why not? I'm game."
"When was the last time we searched for any treasure?" Sanji asked. "Well...searching for the One Piece kind of counts, I guess."
"All right!" Franky exclaimed. "I'm feeling SUPER this week! Let's go find us a treasure!"
"How interesting," Robin smiled. "It's been a while since everyone's felt this much excitement."
"Yohohohoho!" Brook chortled. "I'm getting very nostalgic, all of a sudden!"
"What do you think, Luffy?" Usopp asked. "Should we go for it?"
"Yeah, Luffy!" Chopper exclaimed. "Let's do it!"
"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed. "Why not? Sounds like it could be fun!"
"There's our answer," said Blizzard.
"Hooray!" Aika cheered. "We're going treasure hunting!"
"All right, guys!" Luffy declared as he went outside and pointed to the horizon. "Set a course for Phoenix Ash Island!"
"Aye-aye!" the Straw Hats exclaimed, and thus was the beginning of a new adventure!
ONE PIECE FILM:
PHOENIX
Yep. I'm starting this...but you know what? I don't care what anyone says. Honestly, this is a good pace for me. I need a lot of source material if I'm gonna continue my rendition of Whole Cake Island, and right now, the U.S. manga has just gotten to Luffy vs Katakuri, and I actually wanna hold off on that for a while because I wanna prepare myself for it.
Plus, The Fire Within is nearly halfway finished, anyway, believe it or not.
So...I ask that you guys give your support and hopefully enjoy this story.
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