Chapter 7: Fictional People

Beth did some exercises before breakfast… she showed no signs of the duel between her and Zoro from the day before. Chopper and Luffy stared at the crazy girl.

"Beth… I know your perfectly fine…" said Chopper, "But how did you get healed over night?"

"Oh right…" said Beth, "I forgot to explain this morning."

(Flashback)

They were having another shared dream… Kari stared at Beth's condition.

"What happened to you?" asked Kari with a sweat drop.

"No big deal… got into a duel with Zoro… sustained some pretty serious injuries." Said Beth with a shrug.

"No big deal!" yelled Kari with a sweat drop she then sighed, "Okay… can I take a look at you wounds… I was to make sure that I might be able to heal them."

"I'm going to look away…" said Larry turned around.

Kari began to examine her wounds.

"I think I might be able to heal then at this point… but…" said Kari.

Beth noticed that was looking at her… which prompted her to create a brick with her mind and throw it him shouting "Perv!"

"Ow…" said Larry, "How did you do that?"

"It's a dream." Said Beth with a shrug.

"By the way…" said Light appearing, "You're powers will be able to carried though the dreams… don't worry about it…"

"Okay… thanks…" said Kari glaring at Light, "Crystal of Light! Heal Beth's Wounds!"

Beth was bathed in light as her wounds healed, "All right! I'm healed again!"

"But remember Beth… if you do that again… then I'm not going to heal your wounds…"

"But why?" cried Beth.

"Because if I do so then you wouldn't learn your lesion…" sighed Kari.

Beth sighed, knowing she was right.

(End of Flashback)

"So your friend Kari did it…" said Luffy.

"That's right… but she won't heal me again if I get into another sword duel…" said Beth with a smirk.

Both of them sweat dropped.

"I guess that makes sense." Said Luffy.

"She says it's because I didn't learned my lesion." Said Beth.

Meanwhile top of the observation deck, Damien's sprit watched them.

"I wonder what they would do to you… this will be fun…" said Damien with an evil smirk.

Sometime after breakfast, Beth and Luffy were talking about Earth…

"Wow Earth sounds so cool!" said Luffy, "Cars, planes, TVs… I would love to go there…"

"I bet a lot of fan girls would live it too…" she thought, but she verbalized, "But remember, you'd have to hide your powers. After all, not many people have super powers except in fiction."

"I know." Said Luffy with a big smile.

"You know… I bet in that world, your fictional as well…" said a voice.

"What?" said Luffy.

Both turned around and saw Damien who was smiling evilly.

"Damien…" growled Beth.

Damien laughed as he created a strange black snake that threw the two the lower deck, with them landing on the deck with a loud thump, the other Straw Hats heard this and ran over to the two.

"Ow…" muttered Beth.

"Are you guys okay?" asked Chopper.

"I'm fine! Didn't hurt at all!" said Luffy with a big smile.

"If he was physically here I would kick his ass!" yelled Beth angrily.

"That would be a laugh…" said Damien's apart appearing to them, "By the way Beth… I found something interesting Wikipedia…"

"What? That bananas are an excellent source of potassium?" asked Beth sarcastically.

"No…" said Damien

"Americans will never embrace soccer." Said Beth before Damien could say what it was.

"No…" muttered Damien.

"More than two shakes and it's playing with yourself." Said Beth trying not to laugh at that one.

"No… you stole that from The Simpson Movie…" growled Damien staring at Beth, "But rather something about your new friends…"

"What do you mean?" asked Luffy.

"See I was Wikipedia yesterday, and looking up ways to crush your power, then I got board and went form page to page." Said Damien with an evil smirk, "A certain comic about a certain pirate crew…"

"Oh… fuck me…" said Beth.

"What are you talking about?" asked Nami.

"You see on Earth, this world is portrayed in books, TV and movie… the stories of what happens are seen by those who want to watch or read them." Said Damien who began to laugh evilly, "Beth here knew about that and kept it front you… in fact she's a huge fan of you guys and even learned how to use sword partially thanks to you sword boy… she's actually admitted that to me."

"Is that true?" asked Luffy staring at Beth.

"It's true." Said Beth with a sigh, "Sorry I kept that from you guys… I'm sorry… I didn't want you be freaked out about that. I mean knowing that millions of people watch or read most of the stuff you do might drive nuts."

They all stared at Beth who was sighing heavily, Damien began to laugh evilly, "So I'm going to send my little friends after you… I can't wait for the show." he said before disappearing.

That's when strange werewolf like monster appeared from nowhere.

"Look I'll just tae these things alone and then leave okay…" said Beth, "Sword of Wind! Appear to me!"

Her sword appeared in her hand, "Crystal of Wind! Wind Shoes!" she said as the wind appeared on her feet.

She ran towards two of the werewolves with here sword drawn and managed to stab two of them, causing them to designate. The Straw Hats were just staring at the girl wondering how she could keep such a big secret from them… and had a very good reason.

One of the Werewolves shot a strange beam from it's mouth at Beth, sending her flying into the mast.

"Beth!" cried Chopper, "Doctor!"

"You're the doctor…" pointed out Nami.

"Oh right!" said Chopper with a small laugh, then began to run around even more.

"That's it!" yelled Luffy, he didn't care if Beth kept it from them… she was still his friend, "Gum Gum Gattling Gun!"

All the punches managed to hit the rest of the Werewolves causing them to disappear.

"They were pretty weak." Said Luffy with a smirk.

"Thanks Luffy…" said Beth who seemed to fine after hitting the mast, "I wanted to fight them off before I escape but hey..."

"What do you mean escape?" asked chopper, "You're injured!"

"Hey I've been in worse shape before…" said Beth with a shrug, "Sorry but I should leave for obvious reasons!"

"Why?" asked Luffy.

"I kept a secret from you… a big secret! You guys are fictional characters in my world… Ones that I love! So it's best I leave and you guys go to your next destination… really!" said Beth she walked over to the side of the ship and looked she was about to jump off.

"Please don't leave Beth!" said Sanji in love cook mode.

"You can stay here!" yelled Luffy.

Beth shook her head, "I should get really get going… I mean! It's best I get away from here… I'm sure I can walk on water… I never tried… I never really wanted to try because it reminds me of Jesus and Ninjas… so… have a good life!" she took a breath, "Crystal of…" but she was cut off by Robin covering her mouth using her powers before could complete the incantation.

"You're not going anywhere!" said Nami who began to drag Beth off.

"Why is she keeping Beth here?" asked Zoro.

"She spent money on her…" said Usopp with a sweat drop.

Later in the galley, the Straw Hats stared at girl…

"So you hid this from us… even though you knew about it…" said Nami with a sweat drop.

"Yes." said Beth.

"And you kept this from us because you thought it drive us crazy?" asked Nami.

"For the last time yes! We've been going though this the last half an hour!" yelled Beth.

During this conversation Nami had told everyone to be quiet and let her talk… unfortunately she was just talking in circles.

Nami sighed, she then looked at Beth, "I'm just surprised, you did something rational." Said Nami.

"Oh come on I do rational things." Said Beth.

"So you call walking around naked, running around in your underwear, pick fights with Zoro and starting bar fights rational?" asked Usopp.

"Good point…" said Beth with a shrug, "To be honest, I was really sort of hopping when I got here that would kick me off after I got here. I'm pretty sure that if I hadn't shown my powers then you would have kicked me off for sure… in fact I was hopping that would incase I accidentally spilled the beans!"

"She tired to get kicked off so that she wouldn't tell us…" thought everyone but Luffy with sweat drops.

"That's so nice." Said Luffy, "And that's why you're staying!"

"What are you sure!" said Beth truly surprised.

"You had a good reason for not telling us!" yelled Luffy, "And you're my friend! So that's why you're staying!"

"Thanks…" said Beth with a smile she looked at them, "You know… you could ask me questions about how people react in my world. But I'll only answer three… to make sure you don't ask too much."

"So you've seen everything about us?" asked Nami.

"No… Oda-Sensei didn't show everything… just important parts…" said Beth, "Oda-Sensei is the guy who writer's about you… I don't know him… he lives in a different country, that's what fans call him."

"So you know a lot about us?" asked Sanji.

"I know quite a bit about each of your pasts… I won't go into detail how much I know." Said Beth a smirk, "Though I do have some emotional blackmail with you guys…"

This made everyone sweat drop.

"So…" said Zoro, "The laws of the fan girl…"

"I lied about the grumpiest person part…" said Beth trying not to laugh, "The truth about the fan girl is that if a fan girl somehow go to this world, they must torment you Zoë…"

"Hey don't call me Zoë!" yelled Zoro.

"I would switch the R in your name with an L, but that name is too evil…" said Beth trying not to laugh.

"What's wrong with "Zolo"?" asked Luffy.

"Sorry that's it for questions!" yelled Beth who then sniffed her clothes, "Their smelly again… I'm going to wash them again…"

Beth left the room… then Nami remembered something, "Hey get back here! You have to put on some decent clothes!"

"Make me!" they heard Beth yell.

"How did we get caught up in this again?" asked Usopp.

"Who knows…" said Franky.

Meanwhile back on Earth Damien was sitting on top of a building, he knew that Straw Hats accepted that fact… and that they were okay with was because it was probably one of the few times Beth acted rationally.

"So what am I going to do now… her bond with the captain has grown too strong." He thought… that when he remembered something… "The experiment… that's perfect… too perfect… well Little Kari… Lawrence… you're about to fall in the most ingenious trap, ever…" he began to laugh evilly… knowing that was going to happen was something that would be bad for others… but good for him.

Next Time: The Crew lands on a deserted island... that's when the crew begins to disappear one by one... Beth quickly finds out it's Damien's doing... what will happen when she finds out it's the real Damien and not his sprit... what will happen? Can Beth and Luffy save the day? Will Damien managed to kill the Wind Guardian? Will Kari and Larry show up? Find out next time!

A/N: Well this is the end of the first of two arcs. I have already planned the end of this story, which is only made up of two arcs... this ends the first arc, the 2nd Arc will focus more on Kari and Luffy than on Beth... just a word of warning.