This is my first One Piece fanfic, and I have concer-wait second One Piece Fanfic, but the very first fanfic I have made implementing a character completely own by me. The anime's so long to write, but I love it to death...I also love cartoons, and thus...it gives me an idea after watching Toon World in Yu-Gi-Oh, and the Mask, and an assortment of Looney Tune cartoons. I...feel I will bring all but backlash and critiques of One Piece writers better than me so, idk by all means. The only characters I own is Autumn, Emi, and Topper, everyone else belongs to Eiichro Oda. Enjoy.
Have you heard of the story? I'm sure you haven't heh, the story of how this whole act of Piracy started? It started with a King...of Piracy. Wealth, Fame, and Power Gol D. Roger, the King of the Pirates, has obtained this...and everything else the world had to offer. "Har-Har, you want my treasure? You can have it! Arrr, I left everything I own together in one place! Now ye just have to find it!" He says. Those words sparked the very nation to its core...and created a new era...
An illustration of pirates and ships were made, painted down on a pristine white canvas. The scene soon cuts to a small studio. The studio was only shimmering in a bright glow of sunlight by the sheer radiance of the mid afternoon sun. Around the room, were paintings hanging on the Greystone walls, and canvases scattered throughout the large messy and disorganized room filled with many scattered papers and paint splotches...and the distinct smell of meat emanates the room.
"The Great Pirate Era...even you would have to admit that Pirates are interesting don't you think, Autumn?" A female voice called out. As a small cream and white kitten, with sparkling green eyes perked their head up...and the went back to their slumber on a comfortable blue pillow.
The voice it came from was from the cat's owner: Emi, a skinny, young, 16 year old, crimson red short-haired youth, with sparkling blue eyes with glasses in between her nose. Behind her artist's smock, and black beret, she was wearing a rolled up bright orange sweatshirt, with a hoody just behind her back, to which a few paint blotches were splattered on her sweatshirt, blue jeans, and bright purple converse sneakers.
"But, heh...I digress. Though a Pirate's life must be INVIGORATING...but hey, nothing beats bein' an artist. Heh, I'm dabbling too much aren't I, Autumn?" Emi asks looking to her sleeping kitty to support.
"Well...you get the point, heh. Someday...Pirate or no, I...want to be an Artist admired by hundreds...thousands...millions...heh." Emi sighs, but heeded no mind as she continued painting away.
"Though a Pirate's life must be riveting...nothing really beats the life here, huh?"
"Mew?" Autumn gave a soft and small meow as a small growl was heard. Emi looks in surprise in realization.
"Oh! Heh, silly me, I forgot to feed you didn't I? Don't worry, lil buddy, I've got you...a surprise at least, heh." Emi snickers as she stops her painting to tend to her kitty. It is clear that this owner has her kitty to share in her Pirate pantomiming.
The red-haired girl soon makes her way to the kitchen, a standard wooden floor-board and walled kitchen filled with the necessities such as a fridge and a dining table for both her, and a cat bowl for her kitty. Emi soon reaches for the purple bowl just lying on the floor, and made her way to the pantry. She looks in surprise...the pantry was just about empty.
"Well...so much for a healthy diet..." Emi sighs.
"Mew..." A small mew was heard once again. Emi looked down to see Autumn and her growling tummy approach her. Emi only smiled apologetically.
"Sorry, lil' buddy, it looks like we're outta food, again." Emi giggles.
"Mew..." Autumn meows in sadness, as Emi gently pets her, Autumn's soft fur ruffling as her fur met with the soft human's hand.
"It's ok, Autumn. I'll just...go on ahead to the Shopping District to get some more. I've got some fruits that I'm sure you'll love." Emi assures her as her ears perk up.
"Mew?" Autumn meows in confusion.
"Yes. Fruits, young lady. I've been coming to notice that you haven't been eating so healthy as of late. You've been basically begging me to get that same canned kitty chow for too long, Autumn." Emi explained.
"Mew." Autumn meows as she cuddles in between the girl's converse.
"No. Not this time, buddy," Emi says sternly as the kitten looks in sadness. Emi soon takes a knee to face her at her length. Her stern scrunch softens.
"Autumn...listen to me, you know I care about you, right? I mean...if you know that, then you know that, then you know that I'm doing what's best for you. I care about you, lil buddy...and I don't want anything to happen to you." Emi explains.
"Mew..." Autumn sighs as her little kitten ears slump down in disappointment.
"Trust me, you'll love this new diet. After all, you're not even alone in this. I'm gonna get some stuff for me too. We're both starting this healthy diet journey, together Sounds exciting, right?" Emi says as she smiles happily at the bored looking kitten.
"Mew?" Autumn asks.
"You have my word, buddy. We'll go through this together." Emi smiles as she open her arms for the kitty. Autumn only looked...in reluctance. "C'mon..." Emi only smiles, the cat only looked in reluctance...and hesitation.
"...Please?" Emi asks sweetly. Autumn only rolled her eyes as she crept closer and gave her owner a hug.
"You're not always the enthusiastic one aren't you?" Emi says rolling her eyes whilst smiling. The girl soon takes off her smock, and beret, and soon grabs her purse lying on the couch in the studio. She soon, meets with the door leading out.
"I'll be right back, Autumn, see ya soon!" Emi says as she placed her hoodie up and raced out of the house. Smiling, the kitty rolled her eyes and went back onto her little sleeping pillow, and returned to the land of sleep.
You see, a kitty, and an artist. An average story of the two. Some might think that with a two like these they would live a boring and uneventful life...well not necessarily. Not necessarily when you're living in...the City of Water.
As Emi takes a deep breath, she looks at the city before her. Canals and waterway all over the land...in the distance amidst the colorful peach cobblestone buildings all around with shining bright red rooftops, every last building. But aside from the canals and waterways and residential areas...Emi took notice of the enlarged fountain just towering the land...it's clear that this...is the City of Water: Water 7.
"Cricket? CRICKET! Are you there, lil buddy?" Emi asks as she calls for something.
"Eeeeek!" A neigh was heard. Emi looked at the waterway and noticed an orange and blue spotted yagara coming this way. She was smiling as the Yagara was coming this way, and stopped by her house.
"There you are! You're lookin' pretty energetic today, unlike...a certain grumpy cat inside." Emi says smiling at her...rather energetic companion this day. She soon mounts on the boat just on top of the Yagara.
"Ready?" Shes asks.
"Eek!" Cricket chirped happily as he began to swim.
"Shopping district, you know where it is?" Emi asks.
"Heh Eeeeheheheeh..." the Yagara snickers as he nodded yes. Suddenly...speed began to pick, as Emi was forced to hold for dear life.
"WOOOOAH! I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED, BUT SLOW DOOOOOOOWN!" Emi yelled out, screaming, but Cricket didn't heed. He was speeding for deer life, as Emi was screaming...screaming out of the residential area...and throughout the waterway of the pure Water 7.
The Show Starts Here! In The City of Water!
The Shopping District. Throughout the waterway land, is a bustling waterway filled with merchants and bakers selling their wears while rowing throughout the water. Water 7...no doubt this land isn't called the City of Water for nothing. The village, the marketplace, EVERYTHING is connected to many, many waterways throughout this city like island. Water 7...no doubt is the city of Paradise.
As everything progressed throughout the bustling Shopping District, we see Emi and Cricket ride their way to the scene. They were smiling at the lively land.
"Alright...looks like business is booming as usual. To the fruit boat, Cricket!" Emi says smiling as the yagara kindly gave a neigh as he swam to the fruit stand vendor...who was actually on land, unlike the rest of the vendors.
"Emi, so ya finally decided to come outta your workshop, huh?" the vendor says in a playful manner.
"Yeah...so glad of you to notice..." Emi says bashfully.
"I mean ya no harm, my dear. What is it I can do to you this fine day?" the fruit vendor asks.
"An abundance of fruits. Preferably strawberries please, I'm just making my routes for provisions." Emi requested as the fruit stand vendor immediately got to it.
"That's pretty unlike you to purchase some fruits in general, let alone strawberries. What's the occasion, Emi?" the vendor asks.
"Think of it as a healthy diet for Autumn and I. We both haven't been eating the best of late, so I'd figure...we'd have some fruit to balance our diet out, y'know?" Emi says.
"Healthy for you and Autumn, huh? Might I suggest some more bananas, as well?" The vendor suggested.
"Bananas?" Emi asks.
"Of course, it's a well recommended diet for kittens! Not only is it high in potassium and fiber, but it's also sweet and so soft that's easy for kittens like Autumn to chew on! She'll love it!" The vendor recommended.
"Bananas, huh? In that case, stuff your finest bananas into the bag my good man!" Emi says happily as the vendor did as she requested.
"Now then, speaking of soft things, doesn't Autumn eat soft things like fish, though? She's just a kitty." the vendor asks.
"Yeah, but the problem is that it's...well produced cat food isn't always the healthiest. I'm gonna see if the fish vendor has anything regarding some fish. I know that Autumn loves the soft stuff. These bananas are definitely on the right track, though." Emi responded.
"Glad to be of service, Emi. Now then if it's soft and nutritious cat food you're searching for, then you should head on to that Fish vendor for some quality Water-Water Cod, the best fish to prepare for a healthy diet! Just simply mash it into tuna, or grill it. Either way, she'll be all over it, Emi AND it has zero calories and fat." the fruit vendor says as he gave the pretty lady the bag of strawberries and other assortment of fruits.
"Perfect, I'll keep that in mind, sir! Thank you!" Emi replies back as she sets down the amount of payment needed for the fruits. She soon makes her route to the fish vendor just across the way.
Unbeknownst to her, one of the bananas suddenly changed...transformed into a different color, green to be precise, and began to sprout curls...one lone strawberry...was no longer a banana, anymore. It became...a Devil Fruit. This however was unknown to the hooded girl.
"Alright, fruit down. Water-Water Cod, huh? Guess I can ask on thaaaaa...?" Emi says as she placed the bag of fruits to the passenger seat. Soon her thoughts were suddenly cut short as she heard something. A whistling noise was heard from somewhere.
"Crick, do you hear that?" Emi asks.
"Nee?" The Yagara asks as he and Emi looks around. The whistling got lower and lower...and soon it began following with...screaming? She soon looked up.
"WHA!?" She and Cricket yelled in surprise at the sight above her and the Yagara. Something was falling to her direction...two somethings...both of them are heavy.
"WHO-HOOOOOOOO!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"BackupbackupbackupbackupbackupbackupbackupBACKUP-BACKUP!" She frantically told Cricket as he quickly sped back...until soon...
SPLASH!
"ACK!" Emi yelled. The girl was now...COMPLETELY soaked. Her hood completely drooping down her head, her entire attire completely drenched in Water 7 Water, and her cheeks...puffed up with who would've guessed? Water.
"STOP SHOWING OFF!" A female voice yelled out with a bonk on the head that follows. Emi took off her hood, spits the water out her mouth, and wipes the water off her glasses to see a strange sight. It turns out that the falling came from two Yagaras and their passengers.
The blue Yagara holds a snickering young man, about the same age as Emi. The snickering boy has shaggy black hair, to which it was covered with a bright yellow straw hat a bright red vest with no shirt underneath, bright blue jean shorts, and brownish sandals. The boy seems to have a wide open smile, it seems he was having the time of his life. In the passenger seat of the Yagara he was riding it seems to have a large bag...what's in the bag is beyond Emi.
However, the other two...well it didn't seem like they had as much fun as the straw hat dawning boy. Riding on the green Yagara was another man and a woman. The man has a black fuzzy hair covered with a green diagonal tiled bandana, with goggles resting on top...and oddly enough the dude has a questionably long nose and lips bigger than the straw hat wearing boy. Attire wise, the long-nosed boy was wearing brown overalls, holding it down with a bright white sash, and wearing navy green ankle-high boots.
Finally, the last of the three was a female with bright red hair, perhaps even brighter than Emi's, and shining brown eyes along side it. Attire wise, the girl was wearing a dark blue button-up short sleeved shirt & bright blue tie. The female was wearing a bright white short skirt revealing most of her legs, and finally wearing dark blue high-heeled sandals.
"Woahhh...oh man, look at all this stuff!" The straw-hat wearing boy says in awe.
"I guess we've ended up at the Shopping District after all..." The brighter red-haired girl implied as the Yagara continued to swim forward. Soon, the long-nosed man looked behind and saw Emi completely drenched in water.
"OH MAN! Uh...guys I think our ride got in someone's way." The long-nosed man says pointing to Emi. The straw hat and the girl looked back. Soon the two Yagaras swam back to Emi and Cricket as the red-haired girl looked apologetically at the darker red-haired girl.
"Oh my gosh, are you ok, ma'am?" The red-haired girl asked in concern.
"Sorry!" The straw hat dawning boy and the long-nosed boy says in unison.
"Thank you for asking, but I'm alright. My fault really. I should've known better than to get in the way when a Yagara's using a shortcut." Emi says casually. The three looked in confusion. The brighter red-haired girl looked down at her Yagara...with a large lump on its head.
"Oh...so you guys used a shortcut didn't you?" She said to the Yagara as it continues to painfully snicker. "I'm sorry, you're allot smarter than I gave you credit for, and I'm sorry that we splashed you, ma'am." The girl says to the Yagara before turning to Emi.
"It's no big deal, thank you! I'm Emi, it's nice of you to uh...drop in, heh." Emi says in a friendly tone as the brighter red-haired girl introduced herself next.
"It's nice to meet you, Emi. I'm Nami, and these are my...uhh...friends, Luffy and Usopp." Nami introduces, but the straw-hat dawning boy known as Luffy, and the long-nosed fellow named Usopp were too busy looking in awe at the bustling Shopping District.
"Wow...this has gotta be the biggest market I've ever seen!" Usopp says in awe as Luffy approves.
"The pleasure's all mine, guys. I'm assuming you're new to Water 7?" Emi asks.
"Yep, we've made our way here not long ago." Nami replied back.
"Well, I assure you, you won't find any other marketplace like the one here. Well...at least not here in the Grand Line." Emi says when suddenly a big whoa coming from Luffy caught her off guard.
"WHOOOOOOA! That bull is huge!" Luffy says as the 3 Yagaras looked at the King Bull coming this way.
"Whoa...should we move? It's coming straight at us!" Usopp says in worry, by Emi only shrugged it off.
"It's fine. King Bulls aren't as nearly as dangerous once tamed. I think that man riding it is self-explanatory on that." Emi says as she pointed up to the old man riding on top of the Bull.
"Does it eat people, Emi?" Luffy asks.
"I mean, you'll lose at least an arm and a leg if you provoke it enough." Emi replies back.
"Yeah uh...with Luffy it's probably for the best NOT to encourage him?" Usopp says meekly.
"Hey guys, check out the cool dudes with the masks!" Luffy says as everyone turned to where he was pointing. Sure enough it seems like a larger Yagara was sailing through the marketplace carrying people...who indeed had pale white masks, and clothing of renaissance.
"They're ALL wearing masks! That's weird..." Usopp pointed out.
"Wow...neat...pretty." Nami says as she looked at the ride in confusion.
"Looks like they're going to a party." Usopp pipes up.
"Masks like those are pretty common around Water 7. I use those masks in some of my artwork, despite them being...pretty creepy." Emi says gaining the three's attention at the mention of 'artwork'
"Wow, you're an artist, Emi?" Luffy asks.
"Are you popular around Water 7?" Nami asks.
"Nah. Usually I make art because I feel like it, not for the sake of money and stuff like that. Being an artist means that you have the entire world as your canvas. With enough brain power, and enough creativity, you can paint the portrait of all portraits: the portrait of the entire world. All that's needed to execute it...is some paint and an idea. That's how all great artists starts." Emi explains.
"Whoa..." Luffy muses.
"Is that what you've been feeling with all the other things you've made?" Usopp asks.
"Indeed. Now, I may not be popular as of now, but I'm sure I'll be someday. All I need...is the devotion, and some more paint." Emi says as she casually rests on the boat of the Yagara. Suddenly a muse from one of the Yagara's was heard. Luffy's Yagara. It looked in utter excitement.
"What's up? See something?" Luffy asks. Emi simply chuckles as well as hers.
"Your Yagara seems hungry, Luffy. Water 7 has the best Water-Water delicacies to boot." Emi says as everyone looked around. There truly are tons and tons of food vendors.
"Freshly made Water-Water Octopus Dumplings for sale!" One vendor says.
"Three Water-Water Croquettes coming up!" Another says. Even Emi can see not only Luffy's Yagara's mouth drooling, but Luffy's mouth as well.
"I didn't know they sold food! I'm hungry, let's buy EVERYTHING!" Luffy pledged in excitement when suddenly his Yagara immediately sped off away from the group, making Luffy at a bit of a panic.
"WHOA! Go back, GO BACK!" Luffy called out as Nami and Usopp looked in confusion at the sudden leave of the Straw-hat fellow.
"Hey, Luffy where are you going?!" Usopp called out.
"I dunno, ask my ride!" Luffy yelled back. Confusion was only erupting the two, aside from Emi of course, who has seen such a thing considering she lives here. She once again casually rests on her bag of fruit.
"He'll be fine. Yagaras tend to swim off to one of the vendors when they're hungry." Emi assured the two.
"Oh, so the fella he was riding on was hungry?" Usopp asks.
"Yep. Water-Water meat is what usually attracts them, because they're so good for both humans and Yagaras." Emi explains.
"SOOOOOOO SOOOOOFT! YUMMY~" Luffy mused from across the group as he casually rested on the boat, experiencing heaven so soft and watery. Emi chuckled.
"Told ya." Emi chuckled.
"WOAH, REALLY?! THEY'RE THAT GOOD?! LET ME TRY ONE, LUFFY!" Usopp begged.
"No way, I'm not sharing!" Luffy denied as a whimper came from Usopp.
"NAMI, HE'S BEING MEAN! MAKE HIM SHARE WITH ME~!" Usopp begged as he turned to Nami, however she doesn't appear to be listening. Emi soon looked to where Nami was looking, and surprise, surprise, another masked figure was riding through the Shopping District on a Yagara.
"More masks...people all over town are wearing them..." Nami says to herself, while in ear sight of Emi.
"I admit, there are allot of people around town with them. I only assumed there was some big event going on, like the Costume Carnival, but even so...masks always make me feel...uneasy." Emi says as Nami listened, whilst looking at the masked figure again.
"Nami~?" Usopp called, not listening to the conversation of the two.
"There's something strange about this..." Nami says to herself.
"NAMI~ ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!" Usopp yelled out.
"Well...I digress. It's probably for the best not to worry much about it, K?" Emi says as she smiles back at Nami who now has her full attention on her, now that the masked figure was now gone. "Now then, if there's anything else you guys need, I can help as much as I can." Emi requested.
"Actually, there is one thing..." Nami says as she takes out the map. "We're supposed to go to the town's Shipyard. The Yagaras took us to the Shopping District so we're on the right path. Can you tell us where to go from there?" Nami asks.
"Easy," Emi says as she leaned Cricket over and looked at the map. She soon pointed to...what appears to be an stairway of some sort.
"So, right now you're at the Shopping District. If you continue to go straight down past the bridge, you should find yourself to the Water-Gate Elevator. Follow the other Yagaras riders that go there, and it should take you to the Shipyard. It's a big tower, you can't miss it!" Emi explains.
"Right, thank you so much, Emi!" Nami says. Soon Luffy perked up at the hooded girl.
"You're not coming with us?" Luffy asks the hooded girl.
"Nah, I've got a little one at home, I've gotta take care of." Emi says, surprising the group.
"Y-YOU'RE MARRIED?!" All three of them yelled out in unison. That outburst was enough to surprise Emi as well.
"WHAT?! N-NO! I mean I have a little kitten to watch over! I'm just here for my daily supply route." Emi frantically says clearing up this sudden misunderstanding. The crew sighed in relief.
"Oh, thank goodness. Alright, we've troubled you enough, Emi. It was nice to meet you!" Nami says waving back as she motioned the Yagara to continue forward as Luffy's Yagara followed.
"NAMI~" Usopp whined.
"FINE! LUFFY, SHARE THE STUPID MEAT, ALREADY!" Emi heard Nami yelled as she saw the go past the bridge. Quite an interesting bunch of people that Emi has met with...interesting indeed.
"Hmm...interesting fellas. Now...about that Water-Water Cod..." Emi says as she rowed Cricket to the fish vendor, and continued her shopping, keeping her new...and rather interesting new friends in mind.
Back Home
And thus, Emi has finished her daily shopping, thus she returns back to the comfort of her own home. The lazy kitten's ears perked waking up to see her owner with a handful of groceries.
"Sorry I came back a bit later than expected, but still, I've got some nutritious meals for you, buddy." Emi says as she opened up the bag revealing a mix of fruits, vegetables, and raw Water-Water Cod.
"Mew?" The kitten says in confusion looking specifically at the Water-Water Cods.
"This, this is Water-Water Cod, fresh fish in Water 7...at least so I've heard. You're gonna LOVE it!" Emi says as she unpacked the basket of cods and placed it on the table, while clearing out all her art stuff on the table. She then unloaded the bananas.
"MEW..." Autumn meowed in disgust looking at the green curled 'banana.' Emi however shrugged it off in confusion.
"Huh, looks like this one's not as ripe." Emi says as she places it on the table.
"Anyway, we'll deal with that one later, I think I can prepare it into some sort of dish. The rest of the bananas, are specifically for you, lil' buddy. I know you love sweet and soft foods, and I assure you, that what I have here are sweet and soft Water-Water bananas! You'll love it, trust me!" Emi explains.
"Meow..." Autumn says in boredom. It's clear that her owner is quite enthusiastic about this so called 'diet...' there's such a thing as too much enthusiasm however.
"I'll get started on preparing some Water-Water Tuna Salad for the both of us. You go on ahead, pick anything you'd like, and chow down. I'll be there soon!" Emi says as she goes into the kitchen with the rest of the bag, leaving Autumn with an abundance of fruits in her arsenal.
"Mew?" Suddenly a shine caught the kitten's attention. Autumn looked to see the green 'Banana' on the table shining...glimmering. It doesn't seem like any ordinary fig.
Curiously the kitten made its way to the table. It soon leaped on the couch, and then made a leap to the table in the middle of the room. Autumn barely made it, so she quickly retracted her claws as a use to cling on to the table...her weight however isn't making the climb easier. Soon, Autumn hoisted herself up, and soon...she made it to the top of the table...all of this was for her curiosity towards the shining green banana.
"Mew..." Autumn mused knowing that it's almost as if this fruit...why this 'fig' was calling her. Her paws slid down the fig. Strangely, if it WAS a fig the peel would be much harder, but the peel...why it's so soft...soft enough to eat...She retracted ONE claw...and cut a small bit of the 'fig' down. She then picks it with her claw, and throws it in her mouth. She swallowed the small piece of the fig...and then.
"BLEH!" The cream cat retched. The fig do doubt tasted horrible...almost tasted like...wood and...well it tasted like crap for sure. The kitten tried to cough it out of her mouth, but at that point the piece met with her gullet.
"Mew..." Autumn meows groggily feeling sick to her stomach. However, a sick tummy...will soon be the least of her worries.
In the Kitchen
Meanwhile with Emi, she was preparing the Water-Water Cod for both her and her kitten. On the stove a pan with 2 cods a grilling. Emi then turns the heater down knowing that the Water-Water Cod is grilled to perfection. She takes one grilled Cod with a mitt and places it in a wooden bowl, and mashes it with a wooden masher.
Once mashed enough, she sees her work, the Cod was now...mashed to a pulp. To which Emi then scrapes out the mashed Cod and places it in a dish filled with mixed spinach and a few vegetables, stirring it together...and thus, she has made a Water-Water Fish salad.
With the Fish Salad prepared, she soon takes the other grilled cod out, and places it on a plain dish, to which she then places a few vegetables in it as well. She stirred the veggies around, and places them around the Cod dish.
"A dish for me, and a dish for Autumn. I've also heard salad is good for kittens, so killing two birds with one stone." Emi chuckles. She begins taking both dishes to the art studio...but suddenly stopped when...
BANG!
CRASH!
"MEEEEEOWWWW!" Following a loud ruckus coming from the other room came the holler of Autumn's voice, surprising Emi. The hooded girl soon places the dishes back on the table, and entered the studio to investigate.
"Autumn?" Emi asks. She looked to see the entire room enveloped into darkness. She can at least make out the mess. Furniture, paint, and art canvas all over the ground...almost as if a typhoon entered the room. Everything on the ground or scattered throughout the art studio. On top of that, nothing more than darkness.
"Oh man...Autumn? Are you ok, lil buddy?" Emi asks once more in the dark, nothing was heard nor seen. Suddenly...something was heard...something that caught Emi completely off guard.
"Music?" She says to herself soon noticing an assortment of musical instruments tuning...which is strange because there isn't an orchestra ANYWHERE near here...or anywhere in this island for that case.
Suddenly catching Emi's full attention...was when the assortment of musical instruments began to play in tune once again until soon...they stopped.
"Uh..." The hooded girl...clearly had no words describing what's going on. Soon...to her surprise, the assortment of musical instruments...disappeared at a trace. Suddenly...a piano began playing...all by itself.
"My piano...?" Emi says in complete concern. Soon drums chimed in with the piano. Soon,
Oooo-oo-oo-ooooo~
Emi turned around when suddenly vocals were heard in the dark room.
Oooo-oo-oo-oo-ooooo~
Oooo-oo-oo-ooooo~
Oooo-oo-oo-oo-ooooo~
It's clear that Emi was at a lost for words on what's going on. Distracted by the tune, Emi soon fell back to her Artist's chair, as she began to here...a lone singer was heard, a voice DEFINITELY not Emi's voice if anything. The hooded girl was simply...at an astonish as she was simply listening to the unknown figure's singing whilst sitting upside down on her chair.
Join us, leave your fields to flower
Join us, leave your cheese to sour
Join us, come and waste an hour or two~
A-doodle-eee-doo!
Journey, journey to a spot ex
Citing, mystic, and exotic
Journey through our anecdotic revue~
We've go magic to do, just for you, we've got miracle plays to play~
We've got parts to perform, hearts to warm,
Kings and things to take by storm
As we go along our waaaaa-a-a-a-aaaaaaay~
"Thanks but uh..." Emi says to the unknown figure, but was suddenly stopped, and caught off guard when suddenly an apple perched atop of her. To her surprise, the apple itself has eyes and a mouth...and it began to sing.
Apple
Intrigue, plots to bring disaster
And then an actual banana perks up by her side and began to sing as well.
Banana
Humor, handled by a master
Apple & Banana
Romance, sex presented pastorally~
"Uh...no thank you, please?" Emi says bashfully as she began to look at the fruits, suddenly becoming red through her hood. Soon, her blush disappears when suddenly a stool and an unpainted canvas began to walk and hop in front of the hooded girl.
Stool
Illusion, fantasy to study
Soon the Unpainted Canvas painted itself using a pencil showing what appears to be stick figures. What made Emi look in confusion was the canvas drew a straw hat on one of them...one that she's certain to see before.
Unpainted Canvas
Battles, barbarous and bloody
Chorus
Join us...
Soon the hidden singer chimed in once again.
Unknown Singer
Sit where everybody can see..hee...HEEEE~
Soon, as Emi looked in astonish...her entire art studio began singing...as if it was forming life. Well...aside from the walls, to her dismay. But she just looked with such a whirlwind of emotions, trying to process what's going on. More importantly if she's dreaming or not.
Unknown Singer & Chorus
We've got magic to do, just for you, we've got miracle plays to play
We've got parts to perform, hearts to warm,
Kings and things to take by storm,
As we go along our waaaaa-a-a-a-aaaaaaay~
Suddenly the music ensemble of instruments began to play their parts...almost as if they were practiced as Emi was watching this spontaneous musical number unfold in awe...Emi soon sat right side up as she looked to find Autumn...her cat, is nowhere to be found in all this chaos. Suddenly, the lead voice spoke up.
"WELCOME TO THE SHOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" She announced. Applause were suddenly heard making Emi look around in confusion. No one except her entire set of furniture cheered.
"Now, now, I'm sure you're confused, aren't ya? Lemme tell ya, we've got a REAL treat for you, and for ALL the Grand Line, HAHA! Emi, my fine friend...are you ready?" The lead singer asks the hooded girl. Whoever this voice is...she has still yet revealed herself.
"For...what?" Emi asks. Suddenly, a lone spotlight shined down in front of her, and another one on her. Silence emanated the room. Soon, the ensemble and the Chorus sang once more.
Unknown Singer & Chorus
We've got magic to do, just for you, we've got miracle plays to play
We've got parts to perform, hearts to warm,
Kings and things to take by storm
As we go along our way
Chorus 1
We've got magic to do, just for you, we've magic for you to play~
Chorus 2 (Overlapping)
We've got magic to do, just for you magic to play
Magic to do, magic to do, magic to play
Chorus 1
We've got foibles and fables to portray
Chorus
As we go alooooooong~
Soon, a spotlight shines down on Emi, and another spotlight shines down in front of her. As the furniture and fruits circled the girl, the unknown singer finally reveals herself. Taking Emi by surprise, the unknown singer turns out to be...someone completely different, yet at the same time very familiar. Standing in front of her like a child would stand in front of an adolescent Emi deduced the cartoon to be...her own pet Autumn. Only this time she's taken a completely new form. A form that almost seems as if she isn't her cat, yet at the same time it is. Autumn, singing, dancing, wearing clothing, dawning a hairstyle to match with her blonde fur, and her face completely bare white. Should this character actually be Autumn...well then Emi has never seen her with such energy.
Autumn & Chorus
Our waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay~ hey-hey-hey-eyyyyyyyyyyy~
Soon, leaping up, Emi slammed to her knees as suddenly the lights suddenly flashed back on. To Emi's surprise almost the entirety of her furniture is now posing with Autumn, as they all circled around the two. Thus the song concluded. Emi...had only one thing in mind.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" She yelled in confusion...and fear...but mostly confusion. Much has happened.
And there you have it. For the start of a One Piece story, you'll probably believe it to be...quite bad, apologies. Anyway plot twist yay...you all must've thought when you first tuned into this story that Emi was the one that ate the Toon-Toon Fruit, but it was her itty bitty kitty I've given the role to Autumn instead of Emi for...reasons. False sense of direction in the beginning, I know, but technically Autumn IS a little girl...little girl kitty.
Anyway, Yeah I got the idea after the Animaniacs to make Autumn that showmanship kind of Toon. I don't really make the usage of 'san' 'kun' 'sama' and all that like most of the One Piece fanfics I come across, and I'm hoping I won't get backlash on such a thing. Keep in mind...this is the first time I've ever made a story with an actual original character. I hope you uh...enjoy this, and the next chapter will come the details of Autumn's new Devil Fruit powers.
And a few musical aspects included in this. Song used: Magic To Do - Pippin the Musical...I used the song as a use for foreshadowing...yeah I will most likely be utilizing Broadway and (most likely) Disney tunes to the story...because Toons have that spontaneous Musical Number thing...as seen in MANY cartoons. Not many will be on foreshadowing and all that stuff.
~K CHAO.