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The last thing I expected after dying was to wake up in some kind of office that resembled an interrogation officer from a police station.
"So basically I get to be reborn into an anime?" I asked looking at a strange man who resembled the guys in black. He was looking at something that looked like a case file.
"Preeetty much." He said sounding rather smug.
"Why me? Do all people who die get to be reborn?" I asked suspicious of the man. Like hell, I'll believe that!
"Nope, just a few random ones once in a while. It depends really."
"On what?"
"On how long they would be able to last."
"What?"
"You see it's rather boring here so occasionally me and my buddies get together, choose random people who have been on the dead list and send them somewhere. It's rather fun betting on how long they'll last." He smiled at me, which only made me want to punch him in the face for playing with others like that. I didn't want to be part of his entertainment, but I wasn't ready to move on either...
"So basically you choose me randomly as some kind of entertainment…." I deadpanned.
"We don't got a telly here."
"..."
"So are you in or not? I'm giving you a choice here, you can go be with your relatives or try living a new life."
"...Depends where I'm going to end up at..." I said. I always wanted to be in an anime, but I knew that I wouldn't last in a dangerous one. I wanted to continue living, I was only 18! Even though I knew one day I'll die and sure I was a bit suicidal, but I would have loved to read the endings of my fav mangas….sigh...I also didn't want my mother to find out I died in a car accident. She was the only link I had left. Yes I did have friends who I cared for and they cared for me, but we didn't stay in touch that much making us sadly grow distant...My stepfather and I didn't have the best relationship, so I didn't feel connected to him as I did with mom even though we didn't talk much either. I hope she gets through this...I didn't want to hurt her! I ignored the tears that fell from my eyes. I noticed sometimes I would cry even when I wasn't that upset or didn't feel anything at all.
My eyes stared at the man as he stared back at me. I wiped the tears away. I knew mom was strong she still had relatives and I knew she wanted to adopt a child for years now, so maybe when the pain of losing me mellows down she will be able to adopt a child. I don't want her to be unhappy. "What about the original timelines? Won't it affect the current ones if a new person is suddenly dropped into that world?" I asked the man.
"Yes actually, I believe you people who write fanfics call it AUs or alternative universes. The story will mostly go as usual, but if you actually interact with the 'main characters' and try to change things you will notice changes around that world. Through even you being born in that universe might cause things like personality or events to be altered, through that only has a small chance of happening."
"So basically my memories, depending on how good I know the anime, would be only half useful?"
"Yep. So are you in or not, I do have others I need to attend to."
"Fine, but I have a condition, can I write a letter that could be put on my old room's table? For mom?" I asked hoping. He nods as a pen and paper appear out of nowhere. Taking it I wrote mom my final letter and signed it with lots of love from me to her. Before giving it to the man. The note would appear as something I wrote a long time ago.
"Which world are you sending me to?" I knew I should have asked that first, but he might not have allowed me to write her a letter if I denied the option of being reborn.
"A fun little world that you may know as One piece!~" Said the so-called angel...
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"...You're a sadist." Says the sadistic girl. Ha!
"Thank you!~ Luckily for you I have a special present for you, three requests!~"
"Three requests? Like anything? What's the catch?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him.
"No catch at all, you're lucky that I'm currently in a dandy mood."
"...Okay…I want Mastery over Observation Haki, A sturdy body so that I won't get killed that easily and…." I could ask for Conqueror Haki...or a devil fruit or the letter D in my name, but no...I don't want those things...I want.." A request…"
"Request?"
"Yes…"
After our talk, we both shook each other's hands."I would say it was nice talking to you Bob, but I would be lying." I said with a fake
smile.
"Bob?"
"That's the name I'll call you whenever I want to curse at you or rant at you."
"Ah, sure why the heck not. Hope to see you again."
I don't...
That's when I blacked out as the darkness engulfed me.
I woke up as a 1-year-old and apparently was choking on some mash potatoes. I looked to see a woman with long beautiful red wavy hair tied in a low ponytail and brown eyes staring at me shocked. She wore a black long-sleeved turtleneck with brown baggy pants while holding a green spoon in her hand.
"Rei! Are you ==== ?" The woman asked as I continued choking with a confused expression on my face. What did she say? It's like learning Estonian all over again, goddammit.
"Hiro! Rei is ========!" As she said something a man with black slight spiky hair and grey eyes ran into the room, he wore a white shirt with a black jacket and black pants.
"Rei Rei!" He yelled out in panic as he lifted me up and started helping me by patting my back. After I finally stopped choking, which was a freaking blessing since I didn't want to end up seeing Bob that soon, he carried me past a mirror where I could see that I had messy short red hair and grey eyes. I was wearing a polar bear hoodie with black leggings. Arceus, I was freaking adorable!
After a good night sleep, I felt my memories over the year returning to me. I was a pretty calm baby, only crying when needing the essentials and pretty much slept through the night which my parents counted as a blessing. My father apparently was a marine named Hiro and my mom was a housewife named Akari.
I understood some Japanese words, but it would still be a long process for me to learn it. I really hoped I could learn it before reaching 4 since I had other plans in mind after that. I was a fast crawler and already practicing walking, which was great since I can be potty trained soon. Arceus, not being able to use the potty was a nightmare.
Akira was almost glued to my side and loved to play with me and sadly dress me up in dresses which I despise and I know she could tell by the way a pouted and glared at the offending item. She was bubbly and sweet.
Hiro, on the other hand, was pretty much sweet and goofy around me, but when other people from town came over he was like a different person, he was calm, cold and collective. Dad was actually currently on vacation.
Now that I think about it I got dad's grey eyes and what's funny is that in my other life I had grey slightly bluish eyes. Kinda reminds me of the saying 'eyes are the window of the soul'.
Right now I'm contemplating saying my first word. I already decided that Mama and Papa would be respectably my first and second words while my third one would be Pirate! Hehe!~ Bet dad won't like that!~
Mom was showing me some blocks while Dad had just come back from the market with a plush wolf. He was rushing over towards me and mom with a goofy grin on his face making me and mom smile.
"Oh, Rei Rei!~" Called my Dad in a sing-song voice. Satomi Rei was my new name and honestly, after a while, I grew to love it. Through dad would call me Rei Rei most of the time."Look what Daddy got you!~ He came especially from far away to guard over you, my little bell." He said happily as he saw me reaching out for the toy. I loved plushies, a lot, especially canine and feline-based ones.
Dad gave me the toy as I hugged it. It was so fluffy and adorable that I let out a squeak. Okay, time to blow their minds! "Mama!~" I said happily as I looked at my Mom. Mom's and Dad's eyes widen as Dad quickly stood up and ran to the kitchen before coming back with a camera. Mom was suffocating me with one of her proud hugs. heeeelp meeeh. For a housewife, she was really strong.
Soon Mom noticed that her hug was suffocating me when I started squirming. I was more than happy when she let go of me. I didn't know If I should try saying something again, scared of another potential spine crushing hug, but Dad kept staring at me with so much anticipation that I just had to.
"Papa!~" I babbled at him in my baby voice.
Dad burst into tears. "My baby is growing up so faaaast, but I'm so happy she called me Papa! Waaahwaaahwahh!"
I and Mom just stared at the crying grown man who was lying on the floor now. Crying into the wooden floor. Dad was really silly, I was surprised he made marine officer, but you know don't judge a book by its cover.
I just had to add icing to the cake!
"Piwate!~" Shit. I still could not pronounce things that well as a baby, but it was worth it. Seeing the absolute shocked faces of my parents. Mom soon started laughing as she saw my Dad snapping out of his shocked state and crying even more.
"Nononononono!" He said while shaking his head, kinda reminding me of a dog after a bath."My Rei Rei won't have anything to do with pirates! Oh, why Rei Rei couldn't you have said Marine or some other word? She's too precious and innocent to even think about pirates! Where did she even hear that word!?" He kept ranting to himself not paying attention to his surroundings, as Mom quietly picked me up. Holding a finger to her lips she whispered to me with a cheeky smile.
"Let's go eat Daddy's dessert!~" I giggled at that and nod enthusiastically as Mom carried me to steal some of Dad's chocolate strawberry cake!~ Through I couldn't eat any cause I wasn't old enough.
a year later...
As a 2-year-old, I could finally put my plan of action into place.
I decided to wait until I turned 4 before starting learning how to fight. I was able to ask mom and dad to start teaching me how to write in Japanese. Learning how to write in Japanese would take a lot of time, but 2 years should be enough for basic stuff. Plus after so long I felt restless. I needed to do SOMETHING!
I already have plans for my weapon and fighting style, now I just need a teacher and a bit more patients. Through I would have to decide which of those skills I want as my main ones... I was also finally able to understand how to use my Observation Haki and I was right by thinking it would be rather useful.~
Currently, I was learning how to write kanjis…..Oh god, can somebody just kill me now! The only good thing is that because I'm learning as a child I can learn this faster than if I started learning as an adult.
Dad and Mom were still the same keeping their eye on me at all times, though I overheard Dad talking about going back to the navy since we are starting to run out of money that dad saved up. They also considered me a prodigy. Dad was convinced I was going into literature, which honestly would send me into a laughing/choking fit.
I also was pretty upset about dad leaving...
In my previous life, my parents pretty much ignored me.
I understood why everybody was ignoring me they had bigger problems to handle at the time so I stayed quiet, but after everything was done and they started to ignore me again after a short period because they were too stressed and tired after work to even say hi…I got used to it…
But now…now I have people who are involved in my life and I try my best to be as sweet and polite as I can be.*cough* Through my sadistic and sassy side sometimes breaks through..*cough*
Damn so many Kanjis! My current mother is the one teaching me them, but it's even harder than I thought! I'm not even going to talk about writing them correctly!
2 years later…
My writing still sucked, but at least I could read now. Since this island was small and not many kids were around my age, I spend most of my time learning, sleeping, eating or planning.
Now I think I'm ready to start learning hand to hand and knife flinging. Yes, knife flinging, I'm positive that handling swords will be hell for me and I won't grow to be good at it. That's why I choose a long distance weapon, plus I used to be good at darts, so I would need to start by practicing throwing darts again, then maybe some bow and arrow practice before trying using heavy daggers/ knives.
Fighting from the distance is the safest place for me, but there was a reason why I asked for a sturdy body. If I were to be caught off guard and attacked from a close distance I could try fighting back with a hand to hand fighting style. I could try creating my own style by mixing in other types of fighting styles into it. Maybe I could think of something else later on, but currently, I needed a skill that would be useful for me.
Now though I need to convince my parents into letting me learn hand to hand. The darts I bought from a local street teenager who needed money for bread and milk. Since I'm rather smart for a child and that the village IS barricaded from animal attacks I am able to walk around town without supervision from my parents. They even already started giving me an allowance!~ Even though I think it's strange to give a 4-year-old money, but it's one piece, at least they aren't throwing me off cliffs. Ha...
I put half of it in my small bag so that if anything happens I at least will have some spare cash. The darts were hidden in my small tree house that dad built. He is too big to fit through the door. Though nobody knows, the tree house has a crack and behind it has a fence with a hole, it's rather strange nobody noticed it before. I barricaded both of them just in case my parent's notice. In my village, there are two exits the front and back exit while the rest of it is surrounded by a fence.
I wasn't yet confident enough to go through the hole in the fence to try distant dart throwing in the forest with the wild animals.
I should probably go and ask my parents about the hand to hand thing…
Walking over to my parents who were currently making a family picnic, I called out."Mom? Dad? Can I ask you something?"
"Sure sweetie, what's wrong?" Asked my Mom with her usual happy smile.
"Nothings wrong…" I fidgeted a bit, no matter what I wasn't comfortable asking other people about things."I just wanted to ask if I could learn hand to hand fighting?" I was terrified that Dad would be disappointed, goddammit I was four, I shouldn't be thinking about this kind of thing.
Mom looked at me surprised while dad let the bowl of salad slip from his hands and spill all over his pants. I tried not to laugh at that.
"Hand to hand!?" They both echoed at the same time. Looking rather nervous I nod my lowered head as my eyes peeked from behind my bangs to stare at my parents.
"Why on Earth would you want to learn hand to hand combat?" I asked my mother as she kneeled down to my eye level. She did that a lot.
"Well…I know that the world is really scary so I want to be able to fight back if anything scary happens…"I don't want to die here so I gotta get stronger and survive!
"But Rei Rei-" Dad was interrupted by Mom.
"Hiro."
"But Akira-"
"She's right…." Mom went over to dad and whispered to him, but thanks to my observation Haki I could hear her."We won't be here forever."
Dad sighs."…You're right." He then looks at me with a pained smile."Okay Rei Rei, I know somebody in town who can teach you hand to hand while I can also give you a few lessons of what I learned when I was a marine in training."
"Thank you, daddy!~" I chirped happily.
One year later…
I stood in the forest with a bow in my hand and a bag of arrows, a knife was also in it.
A year of dart throwing and using handmade arrows. Then switching to knives…progress…I can now proudly hit not moving objects…yeeeaaah I need to practice throwing/firing knife and arrows at moving objects.
My hand and hand combat practice has been progressing nicely. My teachers are my Dad and Saito-sensei. Saito-sensei is a martial artist. He had shown me different styles which I had to practice to see which one would suit me…none…through correctly I had to add a bit of everything to make a comfortable fighting style that would suit me. Of course the first 6 months my body ached and I could barely walk, but now I can proudly say that now I only drag my feet after training! Hahaha….Who was I kidding?!
I sobbed quietly. It was hell…My timing was getting better, but my body ached so bad!
Currently, I decided to try hunting with my bow and arrows. I read a survival book at the small library while keeping a children's book up as if I were reading that so that I could learn how to survive in a forest and practice those tips and techniques in the forest. I didn't want people to get suspicious of me since they already thought I was weird enough.
So I took my weapons and went hunting for rabbits or birds. It took me 3 weeks until I was able to actually hit my target, but it always hit slightly off from the place I was aiming at. Most likely because I didn't count the speed being increased or decreased by the rabbit as the arrow pierced its leg.
God…blood…so much blood started pouring as the rabbit tried to run but failed. I ran over to it and knew I had to end it quickly, but looking at this rabbit who looked so scared. I started crying. The whole reason I started hunting animals is that I knew I had to get over the fact that I could hurt others or kill them if necessary, learning how to get dinner and hitting moving targets was a bonus.
It felt like an eternity, though it was around 5-10 minutes before I used my knife to end the rabbit's life. Choking on my tears I sat there staring at the poor rabbit for an hour or two as I cried over the animal.
When I was done I carefully took the rabbit and skinned it, still choking over my tears as my shaky hands did a poor job at it. Making a hole I put the rabbit's fur and buried it. I apologized for killing it, but it didn't make me feel better.
Maybe it was time…to put on that emotionless mask when I hurt or killed anything…It always helped me block my emotions…Getting backstabbed, lied to and just getting psychologically abused would make you wear a mask almost all the time.
But I haven't used it since I got reborn in this place…
Taking a deep breath I concentrated as I felt the mask slip on. Looking at the piece of rabbit meat…I didn't really feel anything except for a bit of sadness, but it was quickly suppressed.
Taking some dry moss and sticks. I started to make a small fire so that I could cook the meat. After I finished cooking it, I ate it while only once choking on the meat and then destroyed the fire.
My mask slowly left as I felt my body shaking. The meat was delicious, but I felt so guilty now that I wanted to vomit it all out. Right, now…god…I felt so horrible…
I decided that I wasn't fit to continue hunting…Taking the bow, arrows, and knives I went back home.
As soon as I crawled into my tree house. Looking in the mirror I noticed that my black leggings and blue shirt were slightly bloody and my eyes were red and puffy after crying. Good thing I kept a spare pair of clothes here just in case. After changing and cleaning myself with some wet toilet paper. I left the tree house and went inside my parent's house. Mom was currently in the kitchen while Dad had left to go talk to one of the local islands marine bases.
Walking into the kitchen I couldn't handle it as I let out a weak."Mommy…" I wasn't used to adults helping me. The only people that helped me when I was distressed was my grandmother and my mother, but after grandma passed away I only had my mother who soon started to ignore a lot of the moments when I needed her, but here..here I had a new mom and dad and I didn't know if they would care if I needed comfort or help.
Mom looked at me so fast I thought she would break her neck. Her eyes were slightly wide. It must have been because of the way my voice sounded."Sweetie? What's wrong? Are you hurt?" She asked wiping her hands over a towel and kneeling to my eye level in front of me.
"…I…" A sob escaped from me. I couldn't say anything as I stood there crying.
Suddenly I felt her hug me. I didn't get many hugs from my previous life so I clung to my current mother as I cried even harder.
Mom promised she wouldn't tell dad about my sudden strange behavior after I begged her not to tell him. I later told her it was because I had a realistic nightmare…I think she only half believed me.
Another year later….
It took me months before I was comfortable enough to kill. My mask helped me and I slowly noticed I was beginning to accept the fact that killing was going to be part of my life now. Killing animals for food was now acceptable for me, but plain killing them, for no reason wasn't allowed, it went against my code. To never hurt somebody without a good reason.
Self-defense
Protection
Survival
Those were acceptable rules I went by.
I haven't killed humans and I'm pretty sure I will never be able to, but at least now I can injure them if they crossed any of the three rules. Killing is something that would happen if I had no other choice. I really hoped I wouldn't break my own code.
My aim and martial arts greatly progressed. I also began studying poison and paralyzing plants which I could use to cover my darts in or use senbon if I can find some. I stopped using bows when I was able to hit targets with my knives. My martial arts style was a mix of marine training, boxing, common self-defense, some of Sanji's moves I remembered(mostly the leg spin). Through if I had to choose one, then my knife throwing was waaay better.
Dad was a marine again…but he did come to visit us each month for a week, so it was okay.
I made sure I spend time with mom each day and not just train all day. Plus I didn't want to worry her.
When I woke up I felt a cold shiver run down my spine. Today…wasn't a good day and I didn't know why, but I just had such a strong feeling…
I stayed close to mom and kept glancing around town when we went to buy some groceries. Near evening I thought that maybe my instincts were just wrong so I decided to go gather some paralyzing plants instead. I took some plastic bags and rubber gloves with my throwing knives. I went out into the forest through the hole.
Currently, I was wearing a pair of black leggings and a red sundress with a black belt around my waist. I kept my hair shoulder length, after a few times being stubborn or cutting it with safety scissors my parents gave up and allowed me to keep it short. I was not going through the hell of having long hair again.
After gathering some paralyzing plants I headed back home, but a sudden shooting noise made me look up…I saw smoke coming from my village. I felt shivers run down my back."Mom?" I whispered terrified with wide eyes.
I dashed back home. Since I was bad with directions, though I wasn't anywhere near Zoro's level, it still took me a while to learn the layout of the island by going further from the village slowly each day, but now I knew by heart which helped me arrive back to my tree house pretty fast. I took all my darts, paralyzing plants and weapons and put them in my bag. I only left my old bow and arrows hidden there.
Quickly but with caution, I headed inside the house. Looking around I saw some broken furniture. I kept my mask on, not allowing my emotions to overtake me, only I couldn't keep the tears from falling from my neutral face as I stared at my ransacked house.
I hoped she was okay, but as soon as I entered my own room I felt my world shatter…Mom and Dad were lying in their own pool of blood, not moving and not breathing
My mask broke. I fell on my knees next to them too shocked to speak.
NONONO! NOT THEM! PLEASE NO! I CAN'T BE WITHOUT THEM! I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE…please…Mommy…Daddy…don't go…don't ..don't leave me…I'm scared...please come back…I love you so much…please…
Suddenly I heard a crash. Somebody was downstairs.. but...I can't leave them…I stared at my parent's bodies. Their hands were on top of each other. Gulping down the sob that was close to escaping, I stood up with shaky knees, sparks appeared in my eyes. I knew I would vomit. I quickly went over to a nearby trashcan and puked my lunch out. With my remaining strength, I crawled into the closed and hid with my parent's clothes piled on me. I laid there curled up in a ball hoping to look like a pile of clothes…trying not to breath…when I heard those footsteps.
"We got two dead here! A man and a woman. One seems to have been a marine officer." A male voice said.
"I know, I think Marcus killed these two. Wanted a go on the pretty lady, but Ella killed her. You know how Ella gets when she's jealous." A female voice said.
I made sure to remember those names...Marcus and Ella.
"I think the two got a kid too, there's a tree house there. I was able to peek inside but I didn't see anybody there. The kid must have run off." Said the female sounding disappointed. I'm glad I covered the hole before leaving.
"Tch, well if they did then maybe one of the guys caught them. This place seems to not have any kids so now we need to gather as many people alive as we can. I doubt the Celestial Dragon will be pleased with having only a handful of slaves." Said the male.
Slave hunters. My face paled and my heartbeat became faster but I still did my best not to breath too much which was getting harder.
"Let's go then, we don't want to be accused of slacking off." Said the female.
As soon as my Observation Haki told me they left our family house's land I quickly threw the clothes off me as I gasped for air. I needed to get out of here and fast! I spread my Observation Haki around the island checking for survivors. Only 10 people out of 40 were alive and all 10 were being held in one place with 20 unfamiliar signatures. I counted all the unfamiliar ones on the island. 60 people...oh god...I needed to leave!
I dashed to the tree house, I grabbed my bow and arrows and went over the hole into the forest. There were 30 in town, 20 on the ship and 10 out here, so I had to be careful. I did my best to follow the most less likely route they would go to, only twice having to hide on top of a tree branch so they wouldn't notice me. I was so happy that I learned tree climbing!
After a while, I was able to reach the beach, but now there was this tricky part...I didn't know how to leave. Shit!
I clenched my hair, tugging at it as I thought of a way to leave. I could sneak on the ship, or wait till they leave or build a raft, but the last one wasn't possible since I wasn't experienced in crafting rafts. The second option was a tricky one since I didn't know when they would leave and there is a chance they might find me. The first one was a horrible option, I didn't want to hitch a ride with slave traders and there was still the chance of them finding me since I will be in the enemy's territory!
Taking a deep breath I noticed a barrel near the ship and nobody guarding them, they must be really confident. Carefully I snuck towards the barrels, there were filled with stuff from the village with a few empty ones. Maybe I can try doing what Luffy did, but I didn't know if my luck would be that good.
I took two long sticks and some apples, pushed it into the water, climbed inside it and closed the lid before carving two holes on each side with one of my knives. I put the sticks through the holes and started to paddle the barrel towards the ocean, it was hard but I was able to do it, though I had to do breaks after I was sure I was far enough from the ship.
A day later….
I NEED THE BATHROOM! RIGHT FREAKING NOW!
Come on come on! An island, please! Please mister angel or whatever you are! I looked at the third hole I carved out.
I think after hours my prayers got answered as I saw a snowy island.
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YOU SADISTIC FUCKING PIECE OF A MONKEY'S ASS, I'M GOING TO STRANGLE YOU AS SOON AS I SEE YOU AND PRAY THAT YOU WON'T SEE ME WITH A KNIFE! CAUSE THE FIRST THING TO GO WILL BE YOUR TONGUE, EYES AND THEN I'LL SKIN YOU LIKE ONE OF THE RABBITS! I SAW ENOUGH HORROR MOVIE TO THINK OF ENOUGH WAYS TO MAKE YOU SUFFER!
I'M NOT FREEZING MY ASS AFTER HOURS OF BEING IN THE OCEAN IN A BARREL! I HATE THE FUCKINH COLD!
AND-waaaaait…...I looked at the island, looking at each detail and then it hit me in the face.
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Ooooohhhhh, ignore what I said before please!~
I HAVE REACHED MINION ISLAND! Now just to find out WHEN am I….
Current info
Name: Satomi Rei
Age: 0-6
Gender: Female
Birthday: March 10th
Species: Human
Current Abilities: Knife flinging, Archery, Martial arts.
Haki: Observation Haki-Mastered, Other Haki types unknown.
Family: Satomi Akira(Deceased), Satomi Hiro(Deceased)