"Uhg my head..." Anthia groaned, she must have passed out from hitting her head super hard or something. "What was I doing anyways? Did an Amy Rose cosplayer whack me with her hammer too hard...?" She groaned as the throbbing pulsated painfully in the back of her head.
/Ha, you wish that happened.../ Anthia froze as her one eye snapped open and she stared at the wooden ceiling. She slowly sat up and glanced around, there was no one else around.
"This place looks eerily familiar..." She mumbled, mind still jumbled and aching.
/Of course it does, it's Chopper's sick bay aboard the Thousand Sunny. That rubber captain dragged you hear and knocked your head against the mast and soon you were moved here to recover./
"Oh that explains it..." Anthia nodded her head in understanding before freezing.
/Don't you dare scream.../ Anthia paused her mouth agape as the held back the scream. /Now before you ask me questions allow me to introduce myself. I am Shodai Kitetsu. The second sword of the 12 Saijo O Wazamono swords, my brothers are sleeping now so I have been sent to properly introduce us and explain your situation./ Before Shodai could continue any further the door was slammed open as two bodies fell through the open door. She sat up carefully, hand to her throbbing head before blinking as the two figures jumped up to their feet. She blames her headache for not thinking clearly.
"So loud..." She groaned.
"Zoro's sister!" She blinked as Luffy pointed to her with stars in his eyes. "I didn't know you had a sister Zoro."
"I don't." She looked past the rubber man as he had Usopp on his side,tip toeing back slightly. Zoro stepped into the door way along with Nami and Robin with Brook and Chopper peaking around the corner.
"Yohoho! But the resemblance is uncanny!" Brook laughed. "One would think you are twins."
"It is interesting how she looks almost exactly like Zoro...Her clothes, the scars and even her swords are exactly like Zoro's..." Nami listed off, her gaze suspicious. She blinked, unsure of what to say before flinch slightly as her head throbbed.
"Itte..." She grumbled and leaned her elbows onto her knees while holding her head in her hands. /Well cannot be helped if we look similar to those of the swordsman. It was what you had on your person for us to inhabit.../ She lifted her head and leaned back when she came face to face with Luffy.
"Oi Zoro's sister, join my crew!" He grinned. She flinched before pushing him away and laying back down with her back facing them, gripping her head slightly.
"She's not my sister, dumbass! I don't have a sister!"
/I must apologize for the pain...At this very moment my brothers and I are storing muscle memories into you so that you may know how to wield us in battle...because we are need of help but it is forbidden to ask of this place's help so we pulled a vessel from another realm to aid us.../
"Here...This should help your headache." Anthia slowly opened her eyes and rolled back sitting up. She took the cup from Chopper and the two pills before downing them.
"Thank you..." She said softly. She looked to the bed-side where the swords were propped up and identified which one was Shodai. The red one that looked strikingly similar to Sandai who was at Zoro's side.
/The one in black sheath is Nidai Kitetsu from the 21 O Wazamono Grade Swords and the white is Shi no Inu from the 12 Saijo O Wazamono Grade Swords. Just like all Kitetsu swords Nidai and myself are cursed to bring a gruesome death to our wielders...So once our goal is achieved I fear you will have to play a game with death. But fear not...that is why Shi no Inu is here. He balances out our death aura because he is Death's Dog. Bringing death to those who it is drawn against, so you best be careful on who you draw us on. It may be safe to wield my self or Nidai with Shi no Inu as a paired partner. Drawing both Nadai and myself may increase the chances of you injuring or killing yourself./ Anthia mentally gulped as she sighed outwardly and rubbed her forehead.
"Oi are you hard of hearing or something?" She was so engrossed in listening to Shodai that she must have completely ignored all the questions they must have been asking her.
"Huh, oh sorry, I-I was lost in thought..." Anthia finger her sleeve before her eyes rolled back and she flopped back down onto her pillow.
When Anthia reopened her eyes she found herself staring face to face with the same ceiling that she passed out seeing.
"So I guess it's not a drug induced dream..." She grumbled as her headache was almost completely gone.
/Hey! Get up and go get my brother's and I's bodies! Those punks took us and are studying us right now on the deck! Oh I'm Nidai by the way now get up!/ She found herself standing and rubbing her temple.
"No need to yell..." She grumbled before walking to the door and opening it. She breathed in the fresh air before opening her one eye and looking around. She leaned over the railing to see her new acquired blades laid out before Zoro, all three out of the sheaths to examine.
Shodai was a midnight black sword with a bright silver edge.
Nidai was a deep red sword with a deep purple-grey edge.
Shi no Inu was a pure white blade with a black edge. In the light of the sun all three blades glistened in the light but the deadly aura surrounding them did not go unnoticed. Anthia admired the blades.
/As much as I am enjoying you checking out my body, you better get me back before that sword man throws me up and tests his luck! I will not hesitate to cut his arm off!/ Anthia blinked at Nidai's voice before looking as Zoro picked up the dark red blade and proceeded to throw it up. /Hurry!/ Not needing to be told twice her body moved on its own accord as she jumped up and pushed off from the railing with her hand out reached. The blade spun once, missed her hand by an inch before the hilt fitted itself into her palm. She gripped the hilt with care and confidence before landing on the grassy deck. She stood straight up and inspected the blade, staring at her hand that was holding the hilt. /Watch out!/ Anthia widen her stance and brought Nidai up in front of her just in time to block the threatening blade know as Wado Ichimonji. She blinked, because she was sure she has never done anything like this before. /It's the muscle history and me! So stop with your internal panic and focus before I let you get cut./ Anthia supported her weight as Zoro was not letting up. She furrowed her brows before pushing him back and jumping back slightly.
"So you know how to use it? You know of its curse I bet..." Zoro said as he drew his other sword Shusui. Anthia didn't want to fight, not in the slightest, it wasn't her fault she was here anyways.
"I do not want to fight...I'm still pretty peeved about being kidnapped." She shifted her gaze to Luffy who was grinning widely. She sighed before slowly lowering Nidai as Zoro sheathed his swords. She was pretty sure that Nami's threatening presence was the reason. She slowly made her way over to the other blades and slid them into their own sheaths and situated them at her right hip in the sash. "Now...before we have another misunderstanding..." SHe said evenly as the Straw Hat Pirates gathered nearby. "I am Archangel Anthia...I am of NO relation to Roronoa Zoro." She pointed over to the green haired swordsman as he stood, gaze steeling.
"Then why do you look like you could be his twin sister?" Nami questioned. Anthia sighed as she rested her hand on the hilt of Shi no Inu.
"I really cannot explain that, because I am just as shocked as you are..." She grumbled before looking around. "Wow...This is much cooler in person..." She said in soft awe, momentarily forgeting she had people around her.
"What was that?" Anthia blinked and looked to Nami.
"Oh I was just admiring how super this ship looks in person..." Anthia smiled softly back and sat down crossed legged. She looked around to see which of the crew was aboard. Zoro, Robin, Nami, Brook, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper. 'Sanji and Franky must still not back from shopping or whatever...' She thought idly.
"Where did you get those swords?" She looked up to meet Zoro's gaze. 'Nidai...a little help please...'
/Fine, say this.../ Anthia felt a foreign presence creep into her mind as words formed and left her mouth.
"I have been travelling now for years, these swords I was destined to lead them to their final rest...where I shall take on their death curse and fully relinquish it and them...My next destination is to find the first sword of the 12 Saijo O Wazamono Grade Swords, defeat it's wielder take the sword and take my place as the death penalty...So is the destiny of the vessel..." Anthia spoke evenly, almost as though in trance before slowly blinking her eye and looking away from the swordsman's gaze. She noted from the corner of her eye Zoro grip the hilt of his Shusui almost protectively. "Do not worry Roronoa Zoro..." She smiled lightly as she met his gaze again. "Wado and Shusui are not the swords of my destiny...Nidai and Shodai are much powerful in series of make and Shi no Inu is a wild card of the 12 Saijo O Wazamono series...They are the ones that seal my fate..." It really did hurt her that she came to this world, an almost fictional dream, but her destiny was to die. It made sense in a way. You can't have a foreign body occupying a space for long. Sooner or later something will come by and destroy it. For the greater good and balance.
Shi no Inu is a sword of my own creation, he is not an actual sword in the anime or manga! I have done my research of these swords and only about two or three of each type of O Wazamono Grade Swords are named from each series of Grade swords.
