Hello, everyone. This is my first fanfic. If you think I should keep going with this, then please say so. Also, since this is my first fanfic please be nice when commenting. If you want to tell me of a grammer or spelling mistake, please do so.
Disclaimer:
Tia: She doesn't own one piece, or the idea of demons with tails!
Lily: I do own Tia and this fanfic though! Enjoy the show and remember to review! I want to hear(read) what you think!
Chapter 1
In the East Blue, half way to the Grand Line and some distance away from Loguetown, sat an island. Its name was Andalas Island. It wasn't too impressive. Just big enough to hold a town and a forest, as well as a hill or 2. On the east hill, sat a church. Everyone went to this church for everything. Cure to sickness, to bless a house, to bless a child, to cure aches and pains and to see the demon girl. That's right; this church had its very own demon girl. This girl looked around 17 and had normal human features. Eyes, nose, mouth, arms and legs. Nothing strange there. However, this girl had a black tail, her ears where a bit pointy and she had small fangs. Her hair was black, but with some light blue streaks in it that looked like blue fire.
No one knew how this demon girl had come to live at the church. It was like one day she wasn't there, the next she was. The people of Andal Town where scared of her, yet couldn't help to go see her. Reason being, she looked so sad and helpless. No demon should look like that. The people sometimes question if she really is a demon, but then one look at her tail, fangs and ear, they go back to calling her 'She-Demon'.
The only people who know the truth about this demon where the demon herself and the priests of the church. Said demon was now watching all the priests pray to whatever god they pray to. She didn't bother learning, since it boards her. She knew, however, what the priests were praying for. They prayed for the sick, the old, the young, and the strong. Above all, they prayed for her.
Why, you ask? Well, it all started 5 years ago. She had been a child of the village, with a mother and a father. Why didn't they recognize her? Well, she was getting to that. Anyway, as any little girl would be, she was curious of the forest. Only people allowed in said forest where the hunters. And when you asked one of the said hunters what it was like, they never answered you. So, she had decided to go into the forest.
Worst. Idea. Ever.
First thing that happened to her was she got lost. Turned about in the forest and wondering. If she had the sense to stay in one spot, the hunters would have probably found her. Again, she was a 12 year old girl who didn't have the common sense to wander a forest. Anyway, the second thing that happened to her was that she started getting hungry. Never a good sign. When you're hungry and desperate, bad things happen. So, she kept walking, even though she was tired and her feet ached. And then she came across a strange fruit. It was shaped like a pear, light blue in color and had swirly designs all over it. She looked at it, picked it up and, against her better judgement, ate it. Normally she would have questioned the strange fruit, brought it to her parents and ask if she could eat it. But she was starved, so she ate it without a second thought.
It tasted like shit, but she forced it down because she was hungry.
She remembered standing there, waiting for something to happen. Nothing did, so she kept walking. She was strangely not hungry anymore and her feet didn't ache anymore either. Maybe it was some kind of medicine? She didn't put much thought into it as she could suddenly smell where the village was. Must be all the perfume the women wear, she had thought. Boy was she ever wrong.
She made her way back to the village, happy to be able to return. When she got there, however, people started screaming and yelling running away from her. She didn't know why, until she felt the wind blow at her tail bone. That's what it felt like, anyway. She turned around and saw a tail.
She had a tail.
It was black and long. At the end, there was a fire shaped part that was black as well. She was starting at it in complete wonder.
She had a TAIL!
Her thoughts moved to the strange fruit. WHAT had she eaten? She looked back in front of her, a big grin on her face, to see the priest all there, starting at her. She started back and felt her tail flick to the left. Cool, she could move it!
The head priest, Father Souji, stepped forward and kneeled down in front of her. He took one look, recognized who she was and took her back to the church, telling the towns people he was going to 'purify' her.
Once they were in the church, Father Souji explained everything. She had eaten a devil fruit. He had also given her a mirror, so she could see how much her face had changed. She no longer had brown hair, but black hair, with light blue streaks in it. And she had fangs as well. They were small and pointed. Her ears where pointed. The only thing the same was her face shape and her eyes. Bright blue, like the sea when light touches it. That day changed her life forever. It had also caused a sad look to never leave her face. Ever since then, she had not smiled, not once. The forest now has a name as well. It's called Demon Forest. Very unoriginal if you asked her.
"Tia! Stop day dreaming and help out!"
Tia snapped out of her memories and looked to the priest that had called her. He was short and chubby, with not much hair left. She looked around and saw that the priest where packing up and had finished their daily prayer when she had been lost in her memories and where now moving the boxes of things that towns people give them. Food, water, blankets, medicine.
"Okay" She called back. Pushing off the wall in the shadows she had been standing on, she flicked her tail and ran over, picking up a few boxes. As she passed a window on her way to the kitchen, she saw the port the town was built by. She stopped walking, causing people to slam into her back with loud protest of "Don't stop!" and "what's wrong? Why'd you stop?" and "Oomph!"
Just about to land in port, with a skull wearing a straw hat and cross bones, was a pirate ship.
"I see an Island!"
"Where?"
"Just on the horizon!"
"That's good; we need more food stock anyway."
"More MEAT!"
Could be heard from the small crew on the ship. A young boy with a straw hat, in a red vest and jeans was sitting on the sheep shaped figure head, excitedly watching the island come closer. He had a huge grin on his face. He could feel the adventure on this island. In the ship, there was a green haired swordsman asleep, snoring loudly, a red haired girl, checking over a map, a long nosed guy standing in the crow's nest looking through binoculars and a blonde guy with his hair over one eye standing next to the red haired girl.
"I'M HUNGRY! SANJI, FOOD!" The straw hat boy yelled, jumping over to the blonde guy, named Sanji.
"There's nothing left to cook with, Luffy" The blonde cook said, sighing. Yesterday the straw hat boy, Luffy, had eaten all their rations during the night. They had to find the nearest island to restock. Apparently the lookout for that night had been sleeping on the job. *cough* Usopp*cough*
"Where did it all go?" Luffy, apparently the captain of the ship asked turning around to look at the cook.
BAM
"YOU ATE IT ALL!" Came from three different directions as the cook buried his black shoed foot into the captain's head.
"Keep it down, I'm trying to sleep" The swordsman said sleepily, having been woken up by the yelling.
"All you ever do is sleep, Zoro!" The long nosed guy in the crow's nest called down.
The swordsman, Zoro, just grunted in response, lying down again. Sanji got annoyed and said to the sleepy swordsman "If you sleep too much, you're going to grow moss. Oh wait; you've already grown some, stupid marimo!"
"What was that, Shitty cook?" Zoro moved off the ground, his hand holding the hilt of his sword, Wado Ichimonji. Sanji jumped over the railing, to the lower deck, so he could face off with the swordsman.
"I called you ugly, dumbass" Sanji said. This caused a tit mark to appear on Zoro's head and they started fighting, swords and feet not the only thing flying.
"Bastard!"
"Jackass!"
"ENOUGH!"
BONK BONK
The red haired girl hit both men on the head, causing lumps to form.
"Yes, Nami-swaaannn~" Sanji swooned, going all wiggly.
"Tch" The swordsman scoffed, causing Sanji to glare over at him, before lying down again.
"We're here anyway" Nami, the navigator said, pointing to the port that was standing right in there faces. They docked there, the sails being pulled in. They didn't drop the anchor yet because of what they saw on the port.
"T-this place doesn't look t-to f-friendly" Long nose said, climbing down from the crow's nest. It didn't, either. All the men standing on port had taken up weapons.
"H-hey g-g-guys. I-I think my If-I-step-on-this-island-I'll-die illness is acting up again" Long nose continued, shaking on the floor, with a hand to his chest.
"Suck it up, Usopp" Zoro said, standing up again, with a hand on his one sword at his hip.
One of the men stepped forward and said, "What is your business here?"
"We're looking for some meat!" The captain called back, arms in the air huge grin still in place. He was hit in the head by a sheathed sword.
"We're only here to restock our rations" Sanji called down.
"We'll leave after we've got what we need" Nami said. The men looked at one another, debating and the one from before nodded.
"Alright, you may come into town. Here is a warning, however. Stay away from the church on the eastern hill. A demon lives there" The man said, before the when back to their work.
"A demon?" The pirates repeated. Luffy looked excited, Zoro looked thoughtful, Nami at first was scared, then she thought that since demons where supposed to be greed, maybe this demon had some treasure! Her scared feeling flew out the window. Usopp was outright shaking and trembling and Sanji looked curious.
"H-have I ever told you about the day I fought off 1,000 demons? They were HUGE, which fangs as long as my arm and claws as long as my legs! But I, the Great Captain Usopp - ("Hey! I'm the captain!")- was able to fight off every single one!" Usopp said, trying to sound brave, standing proudly. Luffy looked amazed, with sparkles in his eyes.
"Liar" Nami said as she passed by.
"Damn, she saw through it!"
"ANYONE COULD SEE THROUGH IT!"
"You were lying?" Asked Luffy, looking shocked.
After a few minutes of getting ready, the pirates got off the ship and started exploring the town. Luffy ran off with a yelled "MEAT!" causing the other 4 to sigh. As they walked, Sanji spotted the eastern hill, as well as the building on top of it.
"That must be the church" He commented, causing the others to look over as well.
"Looks more like a temple then a church" Nami said thoughtfully, eyeing the elegant looking pillars. The church was a tall building, looking black in the sunlight. There where pillars at the four corners of it. The door of it was away from them, so it was hard to see, but it looked like it was a big door, with pillars on either side, and between the pillars, was a design. Not sure what, since again they couldn't see it.
Quite a lot of pillars.
"I-It looks scary" Usopp said, his legs trembling again.
"It's not like where going there, Usopp" Zoro commented as they entered the biggest restaurant they could find which didn't take long.
"Hey guys! This food is good! Come and try some!" Their idiot captain said from his seat at a table.
"THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE BEEN??"
After some punches and kicks aimed at Luffy they joined him and all order some food, with Luffy ordering more. Zoro's eyes scanned the people of the restaurant. He had the feeling of someone watching them. His head wiped around and his eyes connected with bright blue eyes that looked impossibly sad, looking out of the nearby forest. He stared and the eyes stared back. He could just barely make out a face and then the eyes where gone, but the feeling of being watched was still there. It must have retreated into the forest, whatever is was.
"Something wrong, Zoro?" Nami asked, watching the swordsman's strange behaviour.
"No, It's nothing" Zoro commented, turning back to his food and beer. The doors opened again and when everyone in the restaurant saw the couple standing in the door way, a silence settled over everyone.
"What's going on?" Luffy, obvious to the atmosphere, said. The couple standing in the doorway walked to an empty table and sat down. A guy sitting at the table near the pirates table leaned over and said "You guys are the pirates right?" When he received nods, he continued.
"That couple, 5 years ago, lost their only child. It's believed that the demon, who resides at the church with the priests, had killed her and taken her form. Now, most of us town's people find it hard to say anything to them"
"They lost a child?" Nami asked looking horrified and sympathetic. The man nodded in response.
"If that was the case, why didn't the priests get rid of the demon?" Sanji asked as he lit a cigarette.
"Well, the priests all told us that they had sealed the demon inside the church. It could no long hurt anyone else, even if we went into the church, as some do" Another man, from the other side of the pirates said.
W-why would you w-want to see a d-demon?" Usopp asked, scared.
"To see how scary and dangerous it was" another man, from the table behind them, said.
Sanji took a drag from his cigarette, and then asked "Did it look scary or dangerous in any way?"
"Well, she didn't look that scary at all. Just that she had strange ears and fangs" The first man said, a thoughtful look on his face.
"She sounds absolutely beautiful!" Sanji commented his eyes and cig smoke turning into hearts.
"She also has a tail, remember?" The second guy said to the first. The first guy nodded. This piece of news didn't seem to faze Sanji as he kept making hearts and saying how the tail would comment her features wonderfully, he was probably imagining what the demon girl looked like. Usopp was scared.
"L-let's stay away from the c-church, okay guys?" Usopp asked, his whole body vibrating. Luffy, on the other hand, had stopped stuffing his face and was looked completely awed, sparkles in his eyes and around him.
"She has a TAIL?" He asked eagerness in his voice, spraying food everywhere. Usopp groaned in fear and Zoro patted his shoulder, saying "It can't be helped, Usopp."
Zoro then looked to the first guy and asked seriously "What color eyes does she have?"
This confused the guy and caught the interest of the other pirates.
"Um, well, her eyes are blue, like a bright blue, if I remember correctly" First guy said unsurely. Zoro nodded a thoughtful look on his face. Luffy then grabbed all the food on his plate, stuffed it into his mouth and shot out of the place, yelling something about 'finding the demon'. After many sighs and groans, the pirates paid for the food and left hurriedly after Luffy, surprisingly able to catch up to him.
"You asked that because you saw the person who was watching us?" Sanji asked Zoro. He too had been feeling the eyes of someone on them. Zoro nodded yes.
"A-are we going to the c-church?" Asked Usopp sacredly. After getting nods from the others, he yells out, "YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! ARE YOU ALL INSANE? That demon could suck out our soul's o-or kill us like it did to that child! Why would you want to go there anyway??"
"I want to meet this demon!" Luffy yelled into the sky, causing Usopp to shake even more and moan sacredly.
"I want to see how beautiful she is!" Sanji said, swooning.
"Dumbass" Zoro said.
"What was that?" Sanji was now in fighting mode.
"I called you a dumbass" Zoro shot back, which caused the two to start fighting.
"STOP FIGHTING!" Nami yelled with a punch for each man. It was very effective. As they walked through the town, Nami asked for directions to the church, Luffy didn't bother waiting, running ahead and they made their way there. As they did, the feeling of being watched left Zoro and Sanji. The person watching them must have left. As they walked, Usopp kept making excuses to leave, but Zoro always stopped him, Nami had to deal with a swooning Sanji and Luffy, who was way ahead by now, yelled for the others to hurry up.
It took about half an hour to get to the top of the hill, and another 10 minutes to get to the church doors. Once they reached the door, eerily sad singing could be heard from inside. There were no words, just song. This freaked Usopp out more.
"IT'S THE DEEEMOOOONN! RUUUUN FOOOR YOUUUR LIVVVVEESS!" He yelled, turned and did just that. Or tried to. Zoro stopped him by grabbing the back of his shirt and saying gruffly "It's just singing."
"Ah. Such beautifully sad music! I hope to meet the singer and I will sing to her songs of eternal love and happiness!" Sanji said, sprouting hearts again. Nami was almost the only one that noticed how sad the singer sounded. Luffy noticed this as well, but choice to ignore it. He ran to the door and said "Let's go inside" Excitedly.
Luffy pushed open the door and run inside followed by Sanji, Nami, Zoro and a protesting Usopp.
The inside looked just like a church might. There where bench after bench in row upon row. At the end of the main lane, one could see the altar. It was a fancy looking altar, with a huge picture of an angel behind it, her arms held out as if to hug everyone who was there. The singing was also louder. And sitting on the altar was a girl, with a tail that was flicking, her mouth open and song coming out of it. Everything seemed to stop moving as she sung her sad music; the air seemed to hold its breath, as if waiting for something. The light coming through a few windows landed on the altar, lighting the girl up, as if she where an angel. She opened her eyes and looked at the pirates curiously with her sad looking bright blue eyes, the sad song stopping as she closed her mouth.
