Hello everyone reading this right now, the name's MastaRasta. Lately ideas of writing a Marine styled One Piece story have been clouding my mind. I have easily given into my urges and have obviously created this story to calm these said urges. Though I am not very good on writing beginnings for stories like this one, this was the best that I could come up with on such short notice. I will be accepting Oc's for the story since I doubt I would get very far without them.
Credit to the owners will obviously be given at the end of the chapters upon the use of said Oc's. The fill out sheet for the characters will be left at the bottom of the chapter. Now that I have said everything that I've needed to say, feel free to read and enjoy or skip past this story.
Prologue to Justice!
It was a pleasant day on Taijamis island in the middle of South Blue. The clouds partly filled the sky and the sun was shining brightly upon the cheerful island. Its warm rays reflected through the windows of several houses and woke up several people who did not wish to be woken, including a girl who was currently using her covers to shield her eyes from the rays. When she believed that she could possibly gain a few more minutes of sleep, her hopes were soon shattered upon hearing the loud sound of chirping birds next to her window. She tossed and turned in her bed, silently cursing and grumbling for some blissful peace and quiet.
The constant torture only seemed to get worse for the poor girl once her alarm clock started to ring rather loudly than usually today. Having heard enough of all the noise, the girl let out a loud groan as she shot up from her bed, grabbed the alarm clock, and threw it against the wall. She grinned in satisfaction upon watching it smash against the wall and break into tiny pieces once it hit the floor. Her eyes perked up upon still hearing the sound of the chirping birds. A dark ominous aura surrounded the girl as she slowly turned around to face the birds, a devilish smirk slowly appearing across her face. The birds sensed the immediate danger coming from the girl and quickly took off into the sky as fast they possibly could.
The girl muttered more swears under her breath about the birds and flipped her long obsidian hair over her shoulder and blew her bangs out from over her eyes before she glanced over to the calendar hanging on the wall. She stared fixedly on the current date and snapped her fingers once she remembered that today was her big day. Today was the day that she would join the marines. She had always wanted to join the marines but her parents refused to let her join until she had turned seventeen. Luckily for her, today was her birthday and she was now ready to join the marines.
She looked over to her night stand and smiled brightly upon seeing a marine coat and hat sitting there perfectly as if they were waiting for her to wear them. She walked over to her night stand and quickly draped the marine coat over her shoulders and then proceeded to placing the hat on top of her head. Already feeling like an honorary marine, she looked over to the mirror to the far right corner of the room and thoroughly inspected herself. A small blush appeared across her face once she realized that she was still wearing her bunny pajamas under her marine coat. Immediately feeling embarrassed at her current attire, the girl scrambled into her closet and started to quickly get dressed.
"Corona! Corona! Hurry up and come down stairs to eat your breakfast!" The door slowly opened up and the girl slowly poked her head out from the closet upon hearing her name being called by a feminine voice.
"Coming mom!" Corona quickly slammed the door and finished getting dressed inside of the closet. Once she had finished getting dressed, she jumped out from the closet and landed in front of her mirror. She was now donning a standard new marine recruit uniform, consisting of a white short-sleeved shirt emblazoned with the Marine emblem, a simplified seagull with "MARINE" underneath it, on the back; a blue neckerchief, dark blue trousers, and black boots. Feeling satisfied with the marine attire, she rushed out from her room and headed downstairs.
Corona came down the stairs and immediately took a right turn, going through the living room of her house to enter the kitchen where a round table with food was currently set.
"I made your favorite breakfast today for your special day." A middle-aged woman appearing to be around in her thirties turned around to face Corona. Her obsidian colored hair reached down to her shoulders unlike Corona's but they share the same onyx eye color. She is currently wearing a purple blouse with black sleeves and a long black skirt and black sneakers.
"Wow, thanks mom! Everything looks perfect!" Corona's eyes sparkled in amazement as she stared at all of the food currently set on the round table. She licked her lips in anticipation as she stared at the bacon, eggs, waffles, and toast smeared with jelly.
"Well my little marine should get anything she wants since she's going to be protecting this island from now on." Corona's mother smiled happily as she sat down at the table alongside her daughter.
"Please don't get your hopes up mother." Corona said before she started stuffing her face with bacon and eggs. Her eyes widened and she pounded her fist against her chest once she started choking.
Her mother giggled into her hand before she poured a cup of orange juice and handed it over to her daughter to help wash the food down. "I swear, you get your eating habits from your father."
Corona chugged down the orange juice in a matter of seconds and then let out a loud sigh of relief once the food traveled down her throat and into her stomach. "Anyway, I'm nowhere near strong enough to protect this island from pirates. I'm still lacking a bit in physical strength to be honest."
"No matter, I'm sure you'll get stronger once you start your training today." Corona's mother said before a thoughtful expression suddenly appeared on her face. "Do be careful though, I heard that the training is supposed to be dangerous and life-threatening."
"I'm not afraid." Corona said before she started eating the jelly toast.
"Oh? And why is it that you're not afraid?" Corona's mother smiled in anticipation as she waited to hear her daughter's reply.
"Because true marines that fight for justice never show signs of cowardice during times of danger and peril!" Corona replied with a stern look on her face.
"That's an excellent answer. Your father would definitely be proud of you if he were here today to see you now." Corona's mother wiped away a few tears running down her face using the sleeve of her shirt.
"Please don't cry mom." Corona sweat dropped and slowly turned away to stare at the clock. Her eyes widened in horror and she shot up from her chair in panic once she realized that she was late. "Oh no! I'm late! I'm late! The welcoming ceremony is already starting!"
"Oh my! I guess you should get running then dear!" Corona's mother laughed as she waved her daughter off.
"Damn it mom! You have no idea how much trouble I'm going to be in when I get there!" Corona cried as she ran out the door and ran towards the massive marine base stationed at the center of the island. Despite living quite a distance away from the marine base, Corona knew that it wouldn't take her very long to get there since she knew several good shortcuts throughout the island.
Meanwhile, at the 22nd Marine Branch, hundreds of new marine recruits stood inside the battlegrounds of the base at attention. They were carefully listening to the speech coming from the well respected head of the base, Marine Captain Bullock. He is a tall, slim man with brown eyes and brown hair with ponytails pointed up in a spiral resembling drills. He dons a marine coat draped over his shoulders with the word 'justice' written on the back, a black suit with a few medals pinned to it, and black shoes.
"Welcome new recruits to the 22nd Marine Branch base currently stationed in South Blue! I am proud to see the brave faces of you courageous men and women that are not afraid to fight for the sake of justice!" Bullock smiled as he stared at the new recruits. "In case some of you haven't been informed yet, I am the commanding officer of this island, Captain 'Drill Head' Bullock!"
"Sir! It's a pleasure to meet you Captain 'Drill Head' Bullock, sir!" All of the new marine recruits saluted in unison before returning to their attention stance.
"That's some excellent spirit you marines have there and I like it!" Bullock grinned. "Anyway, I know all of you are here to join the marines and fight for justice and all that nonsense." He started to pick his nose out of sheer boredom, clearly ignoring the shocked faces of the marine officers around him.
"Is this man really a marine captain? He honestly seems kind of bored to be here right now." Quite a number of the new marine recruits thought in disgust as they watched their superior officer pick his nose in front of everyone.
"But there has to be something more to your reasoning for wanting to join the marines. Something heartwarming or traumatic that made you change the way you thought of the world." Bullock sighed as he wiped the bugger he picked out from his nose on the uniform of the marine standing behind him. Completely ignoring the sharp glare he was currently receiving from the angered marine official by his unprofessional behavior. "Like me for instance, I lost my family and everyone I loved to a group of pirates many years ago. I dedicated my entire life to training to get stronger so that I could find the pirates that killed everyone and exact revenge."
The new marine recruits gulped in shock after hearing the Captain's statement. Bullock noticed their reactions of shock and decided to keep going with his speech.
"It's not exactly the most righteous reasoning for joining the marines, but it's because of those feelings of revenge that I became as strong as I am today." Bullock stated. "This brings me to my next-"
"You there! Stop where you are! Only marines and civilians with appointments are allowed to cross through these gates!" Bullock looked up and saw the two marine guards stationed at the gates point their weapons at an oncoming person. The marine captain leaned forward and squinted his eyes in order to get a better look at the person.
"Stop or else we'll be forced to arrest you!" The second marine guard shouted as he pointed his sword at the person.
"Sorry! But I'm late for a welcoming ceremony and I can't afford to miss it today!" Corona laughed as she jumped up into the air and slammed her feet onto the marine guards' faces. She used their faces as a trampoline to leap over the closed gates and land onto the battlegrounds of the marine base. Before she had any time to react, she was immediately surrounded by several marine officers with loaded rifles aimed at her. "Whoa...uhhh...is it too late to join the welcoming ceremony? Because if it is, I could always come back later or something." She nervously laughed as she slowly raised her hands into the air.
The marines aiming the rifles at Corona exchanged confused glances with each other for a moment before another set of marines showed up from behind Corona and tied her up in ropes.
The female marine immediately started to struggle and squirm around in a useless attempt to free herself from the ropes. But the marines were well trained and versed in rope tying and knew that Corona only made the ropes tighter the more she continued struggling.
"You are under arrest for viciously assaulting two marine officers!" The marines lifted the still struggling Corona and started walking her inside of the marine base, leading her to the prison cells while several of the marine recruits tried their best to muffle their laughter.
"Wait what?! Hold on a second! You can't arrest me! I'm on your side here! I'm on your side!" Corona yelled loudly as the marines literally began to drag her into the base, her voice slowly disappearing into the distance until no one could hear her.
"Now that was surely interesting..." Bullock grinned and he bent his knees up and down repeatedly in sheer excitement like a small child. He sharply turned around to the doors behind him in preparation to leave and head over to the prison cells until a marine officer reached his arm out and grabbed his shoulder.
"Captain Bullock, you are not permitted to leave until you are finished giving your speech to the new recruits. If anyone can encourage these brave souls into fighting for the cause of justice, it is you." The marine officer said.
Captain Bullock grumbled several swears about the marine's "insubordination" and then slowly turned back around to face the new recruits who were still standing at attention. They patiently were waiting for their superior officer to continue on with his speech so that they could enter the base. The marine captain reached inside the breast pocket inside of his suit and pulled out several flash cards where he had written his speech.
"Let's see now...shit...shit...shit..." Bullock tossed aside several "useless" cards and continued on with this action until his hands were completely empty. "Was I really planning on saying shit like that?" He sighed heavily, not feeling the need to proceed any further with the speech.
"Captain! You really need to say something!" Another marine officer whispered rather harshly, honestly showing huge signs of irritation towards the Captain's antics.
Bullock stared blankly at the marine officer before he sighed in defeat and decided to finish up with his speech. Feeling "inspiration" suddenly strike him, he raised his fist above his head and violently slammed it onto the ledge of the balcony he was standing on. Several of the new marine recruits jumped in surprise upon seeing a large section of the balcony get destroyed once the Captain's fist struck it."As I was getting to earlier, I want to find out the true reason you all decided to join the marines today!"
"That's better." The two marines standing beside him on the balcony sighed in relief.
"I'm not going to sugar coat anything for you! Your training here will back breaking and gruesome! Hell, I expect at least half of you to run home crying to your mothers!" Bullock sneered. "Those of you that wish to stay here and are prepared to become true marines! Then enter the marine base and say goodbye to the peaceful life that you once knew!" He swung his arm outwards and the doors to the base slowly began to open before everyone's eyes.
"But for those of you that have shown up here today and are not prepared to become true marines, then get the hell out of here and hope that I never have to see your cowardly face again!" Bullock pointed to the gates behind the new marine recruits and watched as the two marine guards stationed there slowly opened the gates, giving the opportunity for the recruits to leave while the offer was still on the table.
The new marine recruits stood perfectly still, not a single one of them even glanced back to see the gates open. Their stares were focused on the base in front of them, no, maybe even higher than that. Captain Bullock saw much potential in these marines and had high expectations of a selected few of them. He looked over to the marine guards stationed at the gates and gave them a slight nod, ordering them to now close the gates. The marine guards followed their superior's orders and closed the gates.
"Now that all of you have made your choice in staying here, I will personally see to it that you all regret your decision. Now step forward into the marine base. Your future of justice awaits you." Bullock cheered and then every marine followed suit and cheered as well before they all marched their way into the marine base.
"Those poor recruits have no idea what they're getting themselves into by joining this particular marine branch." One of the marines standing behind Bullock sighed while the other one nodded in agreement.
"Hmph, I gave them a chance to escape and they chose to stay here." Bullock turned around and then the two marines opened the doors for him to leave. "Now then, I'm interested in meeting the one that got arrested earlier. I think I'm going to go pay her a little visit." He stepped off from the balcony and walked towards the prison cells with his hands in his pockets.
And that was the prologue! I hope everyone reading this enjoyed it because there will be more where that came from! Now then, on to the fill out sheet for those who wish to submit!
Name-
Epithet-
Gender-
Age-
Affiliations-(Bounty Hunter, Marine, Pirate, Revolutionary, etc.)
Rank-(Pirate Captain, Marine Captain, etc.)
Justice-(What type of justice does your character, if marine, believe in? Absolute Justice? Lazy Justice? Unclear Justice?)
Race-(Human, Fishman, Hybrid animal, etc.)
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Power/Abilities/Weapon of Choice-(Martial Arts, Gunslinger, Sword master, Devil Fruit, etc.)
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History-(It doesn't need to be excessively long, but don't make it extremely short either. I do enjoy a good read.)
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