Nano Rain: So what do you think? It's my first One Piece fanfiction so I'm not sure how I did. Do the characters seem ooc to you? Please tell me what you think by messaging me or reviewing :P Please just tell me if you like it or not, maybe why. I do not, nor ever will, own One Piece. I'm not that creative sadly. So enjoy!
I opened my eyes and quickly wished I hadn't. A blinding light hurt my eyes and I forced them closed. I turned over onto my side and felt just how sore I really was. I then remered what all had happened to me, and I almost cried right then and there. I still felt sore. And strangely light, like a part of me was missing- and it was. Part of my spirit was gone, stolen by the darkness- or so the voice had said. Finally I opened my eyes and sat up. My face was met to the staring eyes of some boy. I scrambled back and gave a surprised shriek.
"You're awake! You were asleep for a long time," he told me witha grin.
"Wha-what? Who are you?"
"I'm Luffy! I'm going to be the pirate king!" Pirate king? Did that mean he was going to kill me or sell me as a slave? At least, from what I remembered, that's the kind of things pirates do.
"Are you going to hurt me?" I asked quietly, trying to hide the quiver in my voice. He tilted his head, and I realized he couldn't have been much older than me.
"No. Why would I do that? Oh yeah, what's your name lady?"
I blinked, he sounded so simple. "I'm Kei... Miyuhara, Kei."
"Oh. So what were you doing sleeping on a deserted island like this? Are there other people here?" He asked excitedly. Abandoned island? I rubbed my head, trying to calm the roaring pain.
"I don't know," I lied- though it wasn't a complete lie... What was I supposed to tell him? I died and was reborn here? Wait- if I was reborn shouldn't I be a baby and starting off life all new? I guess that voice would have to explain that to me next time I died. "I don't know where I am..." I bit my lip, feeling panic seize me. What did I do from here? What about all those people I knew? My whole family... If I died... Who would watch Ken? Who would play video games with him? A tear slid down my cheek. Choking back a sob I looked back at the boy in front of me.
"You okay? You're probably hungry. Come with me, I've got the best cook in the world." He laughed as he pulled me to my feet. He began to run off and I hoped he knew where he was going. Anyway, I easily caught up with him. I wiped away my tears and calmed down before facing him again.
"I'm fine, you don't have to slow down for me. I'd like to eat as soon as possible if that's okay." I gave a faint smile, only feeling a fraction more better.
"Slow down? I'm running pretty fast..." Luffy muttered sounding disappointed. I cocked my head. I knew I was fast for my age, though I'd never tried track, but was he really slower than me?
"Oh..." That was all I knew to say. I guess I'd just figured a boy like him could outrun me. He was pretty tall and he said he was going to be a pirate king or something. I got over my strange logic and gave a small smile. "So Luffy... Why do you want to be a pirate?"
"I am a pirate." Huh.
"Okay, why do want to be... what you are?"
"I want to be king of the pirates and go on adventures!" He laughed, flashing a huge grin.
"Oh, so it's like becoming famous. How do you become king of the pirates?"
"Simple! Find the Gold Roger's One Piece!" I grimaced to myself. He was a little too simple. Who the heck was Gold Roger? What was One Piece? I'd ask later, I'd asked enough question for one mallenia. I remained silent and followed him feeling tired. Now that I thought about it... I was beginning to feel terrible. I tripped and landed face first into soft, warm, sand. I backed away, trying to avoid getting a grain of it into my eye. That's happened once and was very painful. I'd avoided sand boxes since then.
Part of me wanted to stay down, the other kept telling me to get up, I had energy to spare. This boy was nice and he could help me to find the other part of my spirit. "Oi... Are you okay Kei? You must be really hungry, do you want me to carry you?" My face turned red, but I could tell he was just being sincere, not making fun of me or trying to act all smooth. I got to my feet slowly and shook my head.
"I'll be okay. Are we far from the... ship?" He'd said he was a pirate and that his was a deserted island, so I guess that meant he had a ship.
"Hmmm..." Luffy looked around and I waited. "I don't know... But it's in the water so if go around we're bound to run into it eventually." His grin widened and my jaw dropped. How could a pirate forget where they docked their ship? I was so dead. For all I knew this kid was mentally ill.
"I guess... We'd better hurry then," I finally replied, taking a running start to try and keep my mind occupied. I heard Luffy laugh behind me as he ran after me.
At last, only three and half hours later, Luffy had finally found his ship. I hesitated when we came near to it. I was having second thoughts. Sure Luffy was nice. But what about his fellow crew mates? What about his captain? I pictured a big scary guy with lots of scars, a peg leg, and mustache complete with beard. I bit my lip. "L-Luffy... Are you sure this is okay with your captain...? I'll be perfectly safe?"
Luffy blinked and tilted his head. "Huh... I said it was fine. I mean I am the captain..." He frowned and my eyes almost popped out of my head. He was the captain? B-but! He was so young, and seemed like a major softy. His crew must be a bunch of pathetic people...
"What?" I screeched at him. "Why didn't you say so?" My vision blurred momentary and I swayed with surprise. I shook my head. "Nevermind that. Thank you very much Luffy for taking me to your ship." I nodded my head to him. And he shrugged, a smile on his face. Seemed like he was always grinning and smiling, and I'd only known him for a few hours.
He went first and I followed cautiously behind. I noticed, as I neared the top of the steps onto the ship, that a green haired man with three swords was sitting down on the ground, apparently asleep. It was then I realized that Luffy must be a lot tougher than he looked. This ship was very large, and would've required a lot of money to get. Luffy turned to me as I finally entered the ship. "Welcome to the Thousand Sunny!" Was this a restaurant...? Oh, duh, must be the name of the ship. I knew next to nothing about ships and sailing and what not.
"So Luffy... This is really your ship?" I asked in pure amazement, my predicament momentarily forgotten. "It's huge! I've never been on a boat in my life (I was afraid of boats) but if I had to be on one... This would definitely my choice." Despite my fear of boats- and the ocean, I was fine since this boat wasn't moving, it was anchored to the ground. Then a thought crossed me. Deserted island, hello, ring a bell? How in the world was I supposed to get off of this island without a boat? Would these pirates take me to the nearest island? How was I to find my spirit? I swallowed back the sudden panic and followed Luffy.
"You've never been on a boat?" He asked with amazement.
"Never." Not unless a little kid canoe in an itsy-bitsy pond counted.
"Well you'll get used to it. Anyway, Sanji should be on board making Nami and Robin something to eat. He can make us all big meal." He laughed. I brushed my black hair out of my face. It was probably a mess, and I wished I had a mirror. I was going to be meeting a pirate crew, right? Looks shouldn't matter then, but even so I felt a little self-conscious. It was only then I remembered I was still in my pajamas. My face turned bright red and I risked a glance to my long white T-shirt and blue knee-length pants. They were dirt-smeared and frayed at the edges. Why hadn't Luffy said something! Gah, how long would I be stuck wearing this?
Finally Luffy led me to a door. "This is the kitchen," he told me. Really? I thought we were going to the crow's nest. (Sarcasm.)
As we entered my eyes widened at how long the table was. Surprisingly, it didn't seem long enough to me. You would think with a ship this big you'd have lots and lots of crew members, like numbers in the fifties. This looked more like it would only seat about ten people. I counted the chairs. Nine, I was close enough. A bitter smell came to my nose and I immediately knew what it was- tea. I'd never tried it before, but I knew exactly how it smelled because back home my family would always try and get me to drink it. They always said I was breaking family tradition by not doing so. I just replied that it was a very strange tradition since the stuff smelled so bad. I always trusted my nose.
I grimaced but then saw someone coming around from a small wall that separated the table and chairs from the kitchen- or what I assumed to be the kitchen. When he finally was out enough for me to see him, I saw that he had short, shaggy blond hair with dark eyes. I found it stranger how curly his eyebrows were, so strange, in fact, that it creeped me out a little. He had a cigarette in his mouth, which faintly made me want to leave the room, and then he wore a black suit cuffed blue. When he saw me he paused. When reality came crashing back to him his jaw dropped and hearts replaced his eyes. I sensed a change in the air and stepped back, eyeing him warily.
"Ah hello my lady!" He greeted me loudly. I frowned and flinched at the noise. I never did like yelling much. "Who might you be?"
I took a deep breath and was about to answer when Luffy jumped in front of me. "Her name is..." He stopped and turned to me. "What's your name again?" I grimaced. I was still invisible? Really? He couldn't even remember my name for a few hours?
"Kei," I told him, looking down so my hair would hide the redness of my cheeks.
"Kei! What a pretty name!" He turned harshly to Luffy.
"She can introduce herself idiot!" I blinked in surprise. Shouldn't a cook have more respect to his captain?
"Um... That's okay, he didn't mean any harm by it." I blinked away a blur in my vision. Was it just me or was it really hot in here?
The cook, what was his name? Hadn't Luffy said something about the cook's name being Sanji? Well, Sanji noticed my poor condition and stopped me from falling over. "Are you okay?" He asked me worriedly, holding my shoulder to keep me on my feet. "Where's Chopper?" My ears were ringing.
"Huh... I thought she was just hungry..." Sanji sat me down into a chair and then turned to bash Luffy over the head. My eyes widened slightly, maybe Sanji was the captain and Luffy was just full of it.
"Are you stupid! She's obviously sick! Go get Chopper- nevermind I'll find him!" Sanji left and let my head fall onto the table. I felt so... Empty. Not just because I was hungry. The voice hadn't said anything about becoming sick from losing half my soul. Though, that probably could have been inferred. I felt a hand on my shoulder and the warmth of another face near mine. I looked over and saw Luffy staring at me with concern.
"Oi... Are you okay?" I gave a weak nod. Hopefully I was. I would have to find out later though, because after that everything blacked out.
"You are fine." A voice chimed around me. "Your spirit is just adjusting to only having half it's soul in such a large container. You will be weak because of it though..." I looked around but everythign was still black. I felt something touch my forehead but there was nothing there. I was unconscious...
I opened my eyes. The room I was in was fairly dark. I saw a window to my right and realized it was late at night. As I sat up a warm, wet rag fell from my forehead and into my lap. I stared at it blankly, but noticed how much better I felt. Except my stomach. It grumbled loudly and painfully. But it was late so I doubted I'd get any food. I got to my feet and loved how unsore I was. Only a faint pain flared when I moved to quickly. I stood and looked out the porthole at the sea. It was strangely beautiful in the moonlight. Looking further I thought I could make out an island. "Huh.. Was that Island... There before? I didn't notice-" My breath caught in my throat. Oh no. Realization was setting in and was panicking. That stupid Luffy had set sail, with me still on his ship? My legs shook. What if it sunk? I'd be stranded in a huge ocean full of sharks and jellyfish and other sorts of predators. I'd be dead. I plopped back onto the bed and just let my heart thump wildly.
My blue eyes stared at the ceiling for the longest time. Until the door opened and she heard tiny footsteps. "Ah..." Someone squeaked. She looked down and saw a strange creature. It looked sort of like... a stuffed bear with antlers and clothes. Where had that come from? It blinked. I shuffled backwards till my back hit the wall. I sqealed in surprise. It scrambled back too.
"What are you...?" I managed to say. The creature hid and just stared at me. Could it even speak? Maybe I should pet it or something, after all it didn't look dangerous. I slowly lowered myself to the floor and held out my hand to it.
It backed away. "I'm not going to hurt you," I murmured quietly, trying not to spook it.
"You should get back to bed." I jumped. So it could speak! It sounds more like a boy, so I'm guess it is.
"Why didn't you say something earlier?" I asked him as I crawled back into the bed.
"I don't know.. I wasn't sure how you'd react."
"What are you doing in here in the middle of the night?"
"I was going to exchange the rag on your head for a cooler one."
"Oh. Well thank you, I'm feeling much better. What's your name?"
"Chopper." Chopper? Sanji had been calling for him when he found out I was sick. My azure eyes widened.
"So you're a doctor?" I asked in amazement. He gave a short nod, just barely noticeable in the dim light. "That's amazing!" He looked a little shocked for a moment before a huge grin spread on his face and made a sort of dancing like movement.
"Shut up stupid, that means nothing to me!" It was so obvious he was lying it was funny. I grinned and laughed. Maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all.