Wavering Faith
Just a quick note – this is my first FF story that I couldn't help but get out of my head. I'm open to all forms of criticism, but don't forget to encourage me as well! I'm pretty shy about this stuff! Also might be interested in someone using my story premise if you are committed to writing – and you think you can make it better! Ask for permission first! This is inspired by a lot of SI's but Dreaming of sunshine – a naruto fic by silver queen was the main inspiration!
Summary – A SI (overdone yes I know) where Lane will use his foreknowledge about the future to underhandedly get his way. Eventual devil fruit – pairing with unknown member / harem possibility. Eventual acceptance to being friends with luffy & crew but until then will be looking out for himself. This is rated M for language and potential lemons later.
Lane woke up with the falling of the sun outside – He could see the amber rays of light falling over the horizon from his window. He sighed in exasperation at himself - "another day wasted"... He mumbled under his breath. Trudging through the feeling of self-loathing that sunk under his skin, Lane got dressed in his typical blue jeans faded from use and striped button up shirt that he like to wear. Going outside to watch the last of the sun disappear, he headed over to the near convenience store to get a bite to eat as he had no food in his house.
Now don't get him wrong – Lane knew how to cook. In fact, his last job was at an Italian restaurant before they closed from the owner deciding he was getting old and no longer wanted to run the business. It was shortly sold to a wealthy master chef who was creating his new business, but would be closed for around half a year renovating. But the simple fact was, Lane was lazy. His motivation to keep his world going had simply run out, with a desire to escape into a world where he didn't fuck up.
Sighing again in exasperation at how he could possibly be so lazy, Lane wiped the crusty eye boogers from his eyes and walked down the road. He decided he would be getting a pizza from Seven-Eleven, simple and easy and could feed him for a couple of meals. Lane waited at the stoplight for it to change, starting across the road with the sign change. He heard some peeling down the road and looked to see a blue small toyota truck flying down the highway. 'Is this guy trying to hit me?' Lane wondered. He started running across the rest of the street, and watching the truck turned towards him getting much closer very fast. 'I won't make it, I can't die here! I can't!' Lane thought as he tried to turn around and avoid the oncoming truck. Unfortunately he was too slow and was reamed by the truck going over 90 on this highway stretch in town.
Lane remembered waking up in a hospital with blue gowned individuals surrounding him shouting something about the patient waking up and needed more anesthesia. His last thoughts before the world fled into his mind were 'I can't die here... If only I was reborn into a world that wasn't absolutely cruel...'
Lane found that it was extremely hard to think, let alone feel anything where he was. It felt like he was fading in and out of consciousness for a very long time, was he in a coma? No matter what he did he couldn't open his eyes or breathe, it felt like he was being utterly suffocated around him and couldn't bring his thoughts to the surface to escape wherever he was at.
This continued for some time, until at some point he could finally breathe again! It was like the world was reopened after being stuffed inside a crammed box. He tried to say something, but the only thing that came out was high pitched crying. 'This is weird...' It felt like his mental capacity was dummed way down, he couldn't connect the dots of anything or bring himself to coherent thought. When he opened his eyes, there was lots of bright colors and everything looked big. The visual feed he was getting was too much for his limited brain power and tried to ignore all of the sensations that he was receiving so he did the only thing that he could – cry and boy did he ever.
After a few months of this repeating process of trying to understand or create any coherent thought, eventually it became easier. He started touching things around him, feeling the world and opening his eyes to start to understand what had happened to him. There was something off about him though, it felt like he had something jutting out of his back. This was extremely frustrating for him, as he couldn't reach around himself as he barely had any control of his arms or any of his body parts. He would once again cry, it was really the only thing he could do right now, until he nestled against the warm mound and drank the warm liquid he was offered again.
About a half a year in, Lane noticed something was very very wrong around him. He was really small, and his thoughts were finally coming back to him. He was able to crawl, since his muscles were finally developing, and he finally got a good look around him. He was in what felt like a very large home, with two angels that looked endearingly at him. 'This must be a really weird version of heaven...' Lane thought as he looked up to the angels when the male came and rocked him back to the lull of sleep.
A few days later Lane thought he finally figured it out. The angels must be his parents and for some extremely strange reason he must have been re birthed into heaven. It would explain the curious objects that were jutting out of his back, constantly hurting. 'They must be wings like the angels who must be my parents...' He thought. Things were weird though. His body felt... wrong. It felt like he was missing his male anatomy, maybe since heaven was a place of no sin he wouldn't need it? And he knew that his "parents" called him by an entirely different name, Kaska.
A few months later and Kaska was walking around. By this point he knew that he had been reborn – and not as a guy either. His parents, whom she didn't know names of yet but simply called dad and mom (she tried really hard to get the pronunciation right) were all she could ask for in parents. They made sure she was always comfortable, and in a loving home nonetheless, even if they did get fed up with her sometimes! He had gotten glimpses of other people by now – and a few trouble-makers too! She was sure that it couldn't be heaven, but this was sure some weird rebirth... By now Kaska had a plan – this life she was not going to let it go to waste as her last! First she needed to develop her muscles, and she needed to appear intelligent, but not some sort of genius prodigy that was going to get her hauled away by the government! So Kaska vowed that she would show her parents the love that they deserved by being the ones to birth her, and she would be intelligent but play it down severely.
After Kaska was a year and a half old, her parents, Doug and Nicole, knew that something was very different about their child. She loved their affection, as any child did, but was constantly obsessed with doing things such as going outside and stretching, or doing some form of a weird sit up. There was even one event where they found kaska trying her hardest to lift up her dad's bed struggling as she might! All in all they found this extremely offsetting, she should be doing things kids found fun, she wouldn't hardly touch the baby toys that they had gotten her. Doug simply laughed it off, even though he knew something was different about their girl.
Kaska was pleased with the way her life was turning out. She was a little over 2 years now and she knew that her parents were off put with how she acted, but it didn't matter to her. She had a resolution made in her mind and she wasn't going to let her chance at a rebirth go to waste, she had to make sure that she was going to be the absolute best. She still showed them love and affection, but she was very independent. In fact, her father had gone out and gotten her a bar (that she had begged for that was suspiciously like a pull up bar) so she could be a monkey on it. And that's what he called her – his little monkey because she was always being active.
At 3 years old she had a massive shock to her, she realized that a lot of her amenities and normal household items came from an item she was familiar with, dials! These dials powered basically everything, and she slapped herself for not realizing sooner. This explained everything, the wings on her and her parents back, the fact that she had never been out of this city, she was in the world of One Piece. This brought her excitement, it wasn't something where you had godlike unreachable powers like in dragonball, and it wasn't a ninja with death and betrayal such as naruto, but it did bring her to realize that she would need a way of protecting herself from the greatest threat this era faced – pirates. Based on her knowledge of the One Piece universe – she could be on 2 islands that she knew of. One would be Skypiea which luffy and crew would visit, which wouldn't be pleasant as she would have to live under a "god" when he decided to come, or she would be living on the island of the Birkans, which would be infinitely worse as this was the island that enel destroyed before heading to Skypiea. This was knowledge that she needed though so she went over to her parents to ask.
"Mom, Dad" Kaska started. "Where do we live? What's it called im curious!" She masked in an excited tone. "Dear we live in the island of Birkans" Nicole said wondering why her daughter was curious as to such an idea. "Oh ok thank you!" Said Kaska politely as she wandered off again. 'This is really really really bad for me' Thought Kaska, now she had a ticking time bomb on her island before Enel got there, and there was absolutely no way that she could possibly stand up to that monster of a man who thought himself to be god. The first whisper of Enel being on her island, and she had to find a way out or she would be fried or having her brain picked by the lightning god for her foreknowledge of the future.
Thus Kaska started an intense training program, her parents weren't overtly worried since she had been training her whole life, but others on the island thought she was the distant and extremely weird kid that no one wanted to hang out with. Of course Kaska didn't mind, she didn't really plan on making friends when she knew that the island would be toasted soon to come. This did bring up a slight problem with her though, her parents were really nice people, she needed to make sure that they would also escape the lightning god that would soon come, she didn't know if he was born here or not, but based on his lack of wings she assumed he would eventually visit here and take up residence. So she would warn her parents, she needed to make sure she was alive though, if enel wasn't here for a while yet, perhaps she could join the straw hat crew since she knew there journey best and use them to make sure she lived a damn good life.
At seven, Kaska was truly an outcast from her society. No kids her age enjoyed being around her, and the society started shunning her parents too because Kaska was so weird. Of course they still had friends that hung out with her parents, but overall people looked down upon the child that knew nothing of social activities and only training. Kaska at this age already had a 6-pack, and most viewed her as extremely eccentric. Her parents still loved her though and accepted Kaska as who she was, which she truly appreciated. It would be extremely hard to get through the days here without the support of her parents. In a few months, she had a shock though. She was getting a sibling! Kaska didn't know how to take this at first, she somewhat forgot that not all of her household revolved around her. She accepted this fact though, but also was even more determined that she would have to save her baby sibling who wasn't born yet from the fate that would befall them soon enough.
Kaska was 8 years old now, and her parents finally had her baby brother. They named him Vasco, which gave Kaska a shock, he couldn't be Vasco shot from the blackbeard pirates... But then Kaska reminded herself that there was no way for him to be, the last names weren't the same, she sighed with a breath of relief. With a strengthened resolve, she knew she had to protect her baby brother from the onslaught to come.
At 10, Kaska finally started doing other things than strengthening her body. She knew that she had to strengthen her willpower, her resolve to fight. This was the key to unlocking the superpower of this world, Haki. If she could become a master of haki, then she could truly make her way in this world. However if she couldn't find a way to use this supernatural gift, then she would never amount to anything in the new world. So she took constant training trips into the verath, the soil that constituted this island, which many considered holy ground so she could hopefully learn something new about herself.
At twelve Kaska started puberty finally, she never could have imagined the pain that menstrual cramps could give someone! 'I had never imagined this would be so bad, I've never wished for myself to be my old gender as I have now' she thought. Still in spite of this she continued with her same routine, eating breakfast, going out to find herself, coming back for lunch and hanging out with her baby brub, and then leaving for her afternoon workouts and post supper routine. She had to confide in her mother about this pain and one really awkward conversation later about the birds and bees, her mother told her that it's something she will have to live with for the rest of her life. 'Ug this whole being a female thing is really irksome... Hopefully I can grow up to be as attractive as Nami or Hancock' she thought frustrated. She glanced in the mirror at home, admiring her light blonde hair that she moved out of her sky blue eyes, and thought maybe she could pull it off. But she still did look like a feminine guy, just more muscular than she found anyone her age with an 8 pack and filled out arms and legs.
Kaska was 15 now, and had C cups which really complimented her figure now. She had the attention of a lot of the kids her age now, well expect for the girls who looked on in jealousy. However she couldn't dwell on this because a blue sea traveler had decided to grace them with his holy presence, and Kaska knew she had to leave now. She heard about Enel from one of the villagers and how he displayed incredible prowess, striking down those who had disagreed with him from afar with his lightning devil fruit. She wasn't sure how developed his haki was though, so she knew she couldn't say anything about the situation that would result in her family or her being struck down. So she went home with her resolution in mind.
"Mom, Dad" Kaska began. "I don't know if I want to live here anymore, there seems to be someone new in town" she said begging them to read in between the lines. "What are you talking about dear this is our home you can't just leave." Said her mom. "Please Just let me at least take Vasco with me. I don't want to cause trouble and I really really REALLY want you to come with too" Kaska begged her family. "I don't know what's gotten into you girl but this is our home" Her father looked down disapprovingly. "Dad... Just promise me if things get rough you will leave. Please." Kaska begged with tears starting to roll down her cheeks. "Kaska, just go to your room and wait for supper please we don't need this okay? I will come and get you out when it's ready and don't you dare run out to go "train"." Said her father. Kaska could only nod and left the living room, she knew that Enel would at some point destroy the island, but her parents just wouldn't listen to her. She couldn't tell them of her foreknowledge or make them leave their home, but she must save her brother. She went over to Vasco's room, and let herself in her brothers door. "Vasco, please would you come to train with me?" Kaska said innocently. "I heard what you were talking about to mom and dad I can't leave home and I'm going to tell mom and dad" Said her 7 year old brother. Kaska simply nodded and went to her room, packing up her necessities, clothes hygiene products, the things she would need to survive. With a long forlorn glance at the door behind her, Kaska steeled herself and left the window. Sadly, Kaska reached a cloud balloon that she had made sure she had prepped for this coming day, and rode it off of the edge of the island. Her last thought was 'I sure hope that I can land near an island as strong a swimmer as I am I won't survive that long'.
AN: Let me know what you think!
