Last time on Dragon Ball Z~ Goku-
Ace: Uh Shelby?
Squirpsdolphin/Shelby: (Stops in mid-sentence) Yes?
Ace: You do know that this is One Piece not Dragon Ball Z… Right?
Squirpsdolphin/Shelby: …Sorry… (Bows head in shame) I need more sleep. I tend to go crazy when I get hardly any sleep and start saying random quotes from anime shows and whatnot. Please do the disclaimer so that I can sleep while everyone reads this.
Ace: (sweat-drops) Um… Okay. Squirpsdolphin/Shelby doesn't One Piece, just her OC and the plot that comes along with the story line.
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Previously on Backlash Wave of a Portal:
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"Ooo… So she is a mystery?" Luffy said.
I rolled my eyes and turned my attention to Hecate. "Not that I don't mind you being here, but why are you here? Are my friends safe?" I said slightly panicking as I begin to think my friends in a different world are hurt.
"Your friends are safe. Something has come to my attention recently… Have you been getting a bunch of nightmares lately since you defeated my daughter?" Hecate said getting straight to the point.
I stiffen at the mention of the nightmares. Ace notices right away and answers for me.
"When we were in her world, she left me on my own to take a nap, I'm guessing because she was exhausted from what happened at Marineford. But she ended having a nightmare about Marineford and how she failed Luffy and I about not being able to save me from dying. When I was trying to make food, I heard her yelling and I went to wake her up. When I asked her what she was dreaming about she blacked out. It took me several times of different ways to bring her back. When she did regain her senses, she told me what the nightmare was about.
It started out when she and Luffy broke me out of the handcuffs. Then it straight to when I were facing off against Akainu. My death and afterwards is when everything went downhill. The Luffy in her dream told her how... It was her fault that I died and she failed to save me... And that she doesn't deserve to be my sister anymore…" Ace said.
I glared at him for telling Hecate and everyone everything about the nightmare. 'Damn it Ace. Why the hell did you answer? I didn't ask you too.'
"I figured as much." Hecate said after a couple minutes soaking in everything Ace said.
I whipped my head in her direction. "What?! How?"
"You have been getting nightmare after nightmare since you beat my daughter, correct?" Hecate asks.
I nodded silently.
"Well, it's because Fate is trying to torment you and make you doubt yourself. So it will be easier to defeat you the next time she sees you." Hecate explained.
"She is in this world, isn't she?" I asked quietly.
"Yes. If you remain with the Straw-hats and Trafalgar Law, the Surgeon of Death, you will see her again. Do be careful. This world and many others are in your hands, even though some of them don't really need your protection." Hecate states as she turns around about to leave.
I slumped over dropping my head moping. "Must you tell me this every time you visit me…"I muttered.
"Wait, you know me?" Law asks her.
"Trafalgar Law, I know about you as much as Shelby does possibly even more… I know everyone who Shelby has an interest in." Hecate said cryptically, as she vanishes along with her dogs.
"Thank you!" I lifted my head up and called after her.
I turned back around to face everyone. Their faces ranged from shocked, confusion, agitated and Law was smirking. I shook my head and sighed. 'Well this is going to be fun.'
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Chapter 10: Dressrosa and Entering the Corrida Colosseum!
"So you have an interest in me, do you?" Law says being the first one to speak after Hecate left, smirking.
I stare blankly at Law trying to keep from answering him and also to keep myself calm and collect.
"Well?" Law asked.
"I don't want to tell you." I muttered as I shifted my weight from one foot to the other.
'I will keep this to myself as long as possible… I will probably get threatened or Law will think of something else to make me talk… As long as it isn't bad, I will be fine… Hopefully.' I thought nervously as I fidgeted in front of everyone.
"What was that?" Law asked, his voice no longer sounding amused but dark and ominous.
"I… um… I said that I don't want to tell you." I stuttered out as I sweat a little bit.
"You don't want to just tell him or all of us also?" Robin asked all of a sudden, putting off what Law was going to say.
I silently thanked her for keeping me away from whatever Law was going to say. I calmed myself down from an almost panic tantrum I would have gotten from Law. I frowned in thought. 'Is it just him that I don't want to find out? Or all of them?'
"Do you have a crush on him?" Nami asks smiling.
"No." I said quickly blushing a bit.
"I think you do. ~" Nami said teasingly.
"Nami, don't tease her… Even though it is likely she does have a crush on him." Robin said giggling in amusement.
"NOO! SHELBY-CHAAN~ how could you have a crush on him, but not meee!?" Sanji cries out in his love mode he gets with girls.
"Like she would get a crush on you, Mr. Nosebleed." Zoro muttered.
"WHAT WAS THAT, Moss Head!?" Sanji yelled angrily.
While this was all going on between the five of us, everybody else was laughing on the ground. Law was smirking as I was teased about the matter and Luffy and Ace… Well that was another thing. They were upset, but they were still smirking at my misery.
"OKAY! ENOUGH! Stop teasing me, and will you two QUIT IT!" I hissed finally having enough of the teasing and the two knuckleheads fighting.
Everyone stops surprisingly and stands silently next to each other as they wait for someone to ask me something.
"So do you have a crush on me?" Law asked smirking, breaking the silence.
"No I don't. You are just one of my favorite characters that's all." I blurted out without thinking.
'Oh goody… more questions.' I thought as I saw one of Laws eyebrows quirk up.
"One of your favorite characters? What do you mean?" Law asks curiously.
"Monkey Feathers!" I cursed, not wanting to tell him anything about it but now have no choice.
I sighed. I ran my hand through my hair in frustration as I ignored the odd looks I got from everyone when I said 'monkey feathers' as a curse.
I sighed. I ran my hand through my hair in frustration as I ignored the odd looks I got from everyone when I said 'monkey feathers' as a curse. 'So? Sometimes I say things from Avatar- the Last Airbender. Sue me.'
"Monkey Feathers? Monkeys don't have feathers, they have fur." Franky said slightly confused as to why in the world I would say it.
"Are you feeling okay? Do you need a doctor? Get a doctor!" Chopper asks me as he panics thinking that I somehow lost my mind.
"Chopper, you're the doctor!" Everyone yells at him, except for Law who was just silently observing.
"Oh, right!" Chopper says as he stops panicking.
"What do you think she means when she says that Law is one of her favorite characters?" Usopp asks his fellow crew members.
"Yohohoho~ beats me." Brook said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Do you think it has something to do with her world?" Nami asked, clearly thinking back to when I said that their world is entertainment in mine.
"Most likely." Robin said in amusement.
"I wonder if I'm one of her favorite characters." Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.
"I doubt it, love-cook." Zoro said.
"Well, you surely won't be one of her favorite characters shitty swordsmen." Sanji growls at Zoro, beginning their routine argument.
While everyone was talking to each other except for Luffy, Ace, the two samurai's, and Caesar were just standing there (well not Caesar since he is still sitting being handcuffed and all) listening to the conversation. I was quite irritated listening to them talk about me, like I am not even there.
"Hey." I said trying to get their attention, but to no avail it didn't work.
They just continued to talk amongst themselves trying to figure out for themselves what I meant, and if I am feeling well.
"For Pete's Sake! You guys, I am fine! Monkey Feathers is slang from another world I have been too… I told you guys before that I get really bored at my house, for multiple reasons that I will not get into, so I usually go meet my favorite characters from the worlds I am obsessed with." I yelled at them in frustration, finally getting their attention.
"Who's Pete?" The rubber idiot asked.
"It's just a phrase from my world, I don't know who Pete really is." I gritted out, trying to reel in my temper before I snap again so that I won't cause anyone any harm.
"Ahh… Who's all your favorite characters here?" Luffy asks blowing off what I said about 'Pete's sake' being an expression from my world, while clearly everyone else was interested to hear more on the matter.
"I like a lot of people in this world. Some that are dead, and those who are still alive today." I said grinning, not really answering the question.
"That doesn't tell us anything." Luffy grumbled a bit annoyed whilst pouting at my answer.
I rolled my eyes. 'Someone is impatient…'
"Shelby-ya, how do you know the future? You never told me since we got interrupted by Hecate." Law said, gaining my attention.
I face palmed at my lack of remembering what I was saying before Hecate had made her appearance. 'Oops. I forgot.'
"Sorry about that. I forgot honestly that I was in the middle of telling you how I knew the about this world." I said sheepishly, as I rubbed the back of my head.
"HOW DID YOU FORGET WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?!" Caesar yelled at me.
I turned a bit to the side giving him a look. "Oh I don't know… Maybe it had to do with how a Goddess came and talked to us for a few minutes. I also had other things on my mind to even remember that I was not only telling Law, but also you, Kin'emon, and Momonosuke." I said.
"I could tell Joker." Caesar says in a somewhat serious voice.
"I'm not worried at all, gas clown." I said shrugging surprising everyone by my answer and my behavior.
"Why is that?!" Caesar asks me confused.
"Simple. As I said before, I only know a tiny bit after the two years. By a tiny bit, I mean a lot but not a lot to get an upper hand against enemies if the flamingo man ever finds out. 'Not like it will happen anyways.' Besides it's not like I am going to tell anyone anything about the future." I said nonchalantly.
"How do you know the future?" Momonosuke asks voicing his curiosity while keeping Caesar from asking anymore questions.
"Well, to begin my world is very different than yours. For starters, my world is 70% water and 30% land. We have transportation devices such as cars, airplanes, trains, we do have ships but we have a lot more land that is connected together then you guys do. And they are mostly cruise ships. We don't have pirates were I come from. We do have marines but they aren't as bad as the ones here.
We also have a more advance technology. We have these square things called computers that we can browse the internet. Uh… Internet is a more advanced way of having information instead of looking through books for information you need. There are also laptops a better quality computer. There are miniature computers called iPod's/iPads that play music, browse internet, watch shows like anime, read manga.
We have entertainment like TV shows which is kind of like the den den mushi's but only it's not. Anime is a cartoon show that is sometimes based off its manga or just goes in a different direction, and manga is sort of like a comic book.
My world as you know is a different dimension where my people have things to entertain themselves. We have music, TV shows/movies, books, video games, etc. to keep us preoccupied.
We all have our own hobbies. They range from gardening to reading to drawing and then video games. That isn't really all of the hobbies we do but it's some of them. What I do in my free time are numerous of things. I read a bunch of manga, fanfiction, and books. I play video games. I draw once in a while when I am in the mood too. I watch a bunch of stuff on TV or the computer if I want to watch some anime. I also do stuff outside when I'm not lazy.
But... Most of the time I read my favorite manga's. This world is one of my favorites, which is called One Piece." I said finally telling Law and the other three how I know the future.
"Speaking of favorites… Who all are your favorite characters and why?" Law asks somewhat pleased he knows now, but ticked off a bit I answered an eight year old right away instead of him.
"Do you want a list by what pirate crews and a couple marines? Or only a few of them?" I asked trying to keep him from getting anymore pissed off.
"The first option." Everyone says at the same time.
I rolled my eyes. 'Yay…'
Well… Straw-hats… All of you. There are a lot of reasons as to why you are my favorite characters, but I'm not going to go into it. Heart Pirates… Law and Bepo. Bepo cause he is a talking bear and… That's all. Whitebeard, Marco, and Ace. I have no reasons as too why I just do. Boa Hancock because she amuses me of how she acts around Luffy. Gold Roger, Rayleigh, and Shanks. I don't really know why they are my favorite characters, they just are. Hawkeyes… I somehow get away with calling him Hawky." I said skipping past Law which everyone noticed.
"Why am I one of your favorite characters?" Law asked.
"I think your devil fruit power is cool and I think you are hot." I blurted out before I could think of something to say, not realizing that I said that.
"WHAT?!" Everyone yells out.
"I'm what?" Law asks smirking at me.
"Uhhh… I said that you were-" I interrupted myself as my brain finally processed what I told them.
I felt my face heat up, a total sign that I am blushing furiously. I pull my hood up to cover my face in order to hide my embarrassment. 'I hate the universe.'
"I said that you were hot… I'm not elaborating so please do not ask..." I said blushing still under my hood trying to calm down.
Everyone was very quiet, but I could feel all their eyes on clearly knowing about my mood but not commenting about it which I was thankful for. After a few minutes passed, I finally got rid of my blush and I couldn't handle the silence anymore.
"So.. Law have you been to Dressrosa before?" I asked already knowing the answer, pulling my hood down.
"Never. It's a country he wrapped around his fingers." Law said telling me what I already knew.
"It's settled then! We'll come up with a plan once we get there! Hehehehe... I smell an awesome adventure coming our way! Can't wait to see what Dressrosa is like! You know what… We should stop by and visit Wano Country on our way back!" Luffy happily stated, to Law's shock.
"Do not be so naive! Do you really think we can land there without having a proper strategy in place?!" Law yelled at Luffy, who just brushed it off in favor of his stomach.
"Sanji, I'm hungry! What's for breakfast?" Luffy asked, running up the stairs with both of his hands in the air as if he is fist pumping.
"Sandwiches." Sanji said walking up the stairs.
I stand there quietly as the crew tell Sanji what kind of sandwich they want as they head inside to the dining hall to eat. I rolled my eyes when Law tried to tell them he didn't like bread for some reason I don't know till this day.
They all were just about to enter the dining hall when Luffy suddenly stops in his place, causing everyone behind him to bump into him at his sudden stop. He ignored the angry protests coming from some of the crew, and ran down the stairs, stopping right in front of me once he got off the stairs.
We stared into each other's eyes dreamily… Nah I'm just kidding… We had a stare off. Luffy was staring at me with much seriousness I wanted to turn into a puddle right then to keep him from staring at me.
My face scrunched up in confusion. "Luffy, what are you do-… What the hell! Put me down!" I yelled in shock as he lifted me up and put me on his shoulder like I am a rag doll or a sack of potatoes.
"No. I don't want to." He stubbornly said in his childishly way.
"Luffy! That is not the way to treat Shelby-Chan!" Sanji snapped at his idiotic captain.
We, meaning Luffy and I, ignored Sanji as he carried me inside the dining hall to eat breakfast. Once we entered with everybody following us, Luffy deposited me on a chair right next to his seat. I give him a look clearing showing that I did not appreciate him carrying me like I was a sack of potatoes.
Around the table the sitting order went like this: Luffy at one head of the table and Chopper at the other end. I was sitting on Luffy's right and Momonosuke was on Luffy's left. Nami sat by me, Law by Nami, and Usopp pulled up another chair so he could be at the table. Kin'emon sat by Momo, and then Zoro was next to Kinemon. Everyone else including Ace, was either on the bar seats behind Zoro or the couch benches behind me.
We all began eating Sanji's meal for us. It's as good as I always predicted it would. Even though I was still irritated with Luffy, I didn't let it get to me as I relaxed in the presence of the Straw-hats.
"So Law… How come you dislike bread?" I asked in favor of many who has wondered why he disliked it.
But he just ignored me, like he didn't hear me and continued eating his onigiri* he was kindly given to eat since he disliked bread. I took his silence as a queue that if I pressed anymore I would be dissected regardless of the alliance between him and Luffy, so I stayed quiet.
I most of missed a lot of conversation because the next thing I know, I tuned back in when Kin'emon was telling us things.
"I cannot say why they were after us! But originally… We went out to sea to look for a place called Zou." Kinemon said with food in his mouth.
"Zou!?" Law asked, his curiosity obviously being shown who was in mid chew of his food.
"Do you know it!?" Kin'emon asked.
"How many coincidences…! After returning Caesar and destroying the 'Smile' factory… I was planning to head to Zou. My comrades are there." Law said.
I grinned. 'Bepo… I want to hug him again…'
"Is that true!?... Well then… I wonder if we can travel together to go there…" Kin'emon shouted, while also asking to come along.
"It's OK, let's go to Wano Country!" Luffy said cheering, pumping his fist in the air as he continued eating.
"Hey!" Law said in shock and uncertainty.
It felt like an hour went by as we finished our breakfast. Once everyone was done eating, Sanji began doing all the dishes by himself since he waved me away to relax with the rest. Everyone continued listening to Kin'emon as he went on about how he, Momonosuke, and two other samurai's were shipwrecked on the way to Zou and only the three of them washed upon Dressrosa.
"But we had been chased by Doflamingo and the others there and I ran onto an unknown ship. There, I met the children who were looking to get treated. And unfortunately, the ship left the port before I knew it and headed for that island." Momonosuke told us.
"I was gonna go after the ship and my fellow samurai Kanjuro tried to cover for me but got caught. He let me sail out to the sea! I have to save him! I have to go back!" Kin'emon said as tears ran down his face.
"What a man, Kanjuro!" "Kanjuro!" Franky and Chopper cried as they sobbed in thought of Kanjuro and his sacrifice.
"Alright! I'm gonna go save him with you!" Luffy yelled cheerfully, getting fired up.
I dropped my head on the table groaning. 'I don't think I will be able to handle this adventure like all the other ones…'
"Guys! Don't forget our purpose!" Law persisted angrily.
I pretty much fell asleep with my head on the table right around when Law yelled at everyone. I didn't know how long I was asleep for until I heard someone say that they see an island and then running feet.
I groggily lift up my head from the table and stand up stretching, trying to wake myself up from my nap. I wobble a bit as I walked since I just woke up. I managed to get out of the dining hall door to the deck where everyone is staring out in the water, clearly seeing an island.
I yawned and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes as I walked up to Ace who was standing by Luffy looking at the island behind the railing.
"How was your beauty sleep?" Ace asked when I reached the two of them.
I rolled my eyes and waved his comment away, not bothered in the slightest. "Fine… Why didn't anyone wake me up?"
"No one wanted to after Sanji practically threatened all the guys no food for the remainder of the day if they woke you up… Nami and Robin thought you looked cute sleeping so they didn't want to wake you up." Ace said, jerking his thumb in the direction where Sanji is.
"Ahh… I figured as much…" I said, confirming what I thought happened.
"WE'RE HERE! DRESSROSA!" Luffy yelled.
"Idiot, don't yell! Doflamingo will hear us!" Usopp scolded Luffy as he panicked slightly at the possibility the flamingo man heard Luffy.
"How can he…?" Zoro asked, sweat-dropping.
"I am coming to save you, Kanjuro!" Kin'emon yelled.
'Idiots… I am surrounded by idiots.' I thought as we arrived at the coast of Dressrosa.
Luffy and Ace being the way that they always are because of their Will of D, they both jump off the side of the ship landing right on the bank on the coast of Dressrosa. I rolled my eyes and jumped off the ship in order to join them.
"We made it! Dressrosa!" Luffy shouts, as he stands up from his crouch when he landed on the ground.
"I said you're too loud, Luffy! We're in their territory now!" Usopp yelled at Luffy, scolding him to quiet down.
Everyone began coming off the ship one by one eager to start their plans. I stayed by Ace's side standing there quietly trying to not say anything about this arc as much as possible.
"This week, I'm… Super! I'm gonna find the factory right away and ka-boom!" Franky shouted going into his usual pose.
"I said you guys are being too loud!" Usopp said.
I rolled my eyes. "They are excited. I am too! But I'm not showing it since I feel more nervous than being excited." I called up to Usopp.
"Well you know what's going to happen… Why are you nervous?" Usopp said, as he came down the ladder and stood next to me.
"I'm always nervous. This is going to be my first adventure with you guys, which I don't know the ending to. And I don't know if Fate is on this island or not." I muttered.
'I have enough to deal with. I don't need Fate along with it. I will need all my strength to help Luffy and the others out as much as possible. They will need it.' I thought grimacing, as my eyes swept over everyone.
"We should just go to the town, right?" Luffy asked Law, smiling in favor of the soon to be adventure.
"Yes. Listen, don't let your guard down. If we fail to destroy the factory, it'll mess up our whole plan." Law said, as he was walking to stand closer as they talked.
"Oh yeah!" Luffy said as he ran towards Momonosuke with an idea he just got, totally blowing Law off.
Law just tched and walked away annoyed at Luffy's lack of seriousness. I slouched forward and bowed my head down in shame. 'Sorry Law… Luffy… at least try to be serious in these situations.'
"I'm not gonna fly in the sky!" Momo yelled at Luffy, pulling me out of my thoughts.
I walked over to where Momo and Luffy are talking. When I got there Momo was biting Luffy's head in anger at Luffy's comment of him being scared of heights. I just sweat dropped at their fight.
"What the hell are they doing?" Sanji asked as he watched them fighting, voicing what I was thinking.
"Luffy-san, he's an eight year old…" Brook said, as he sipped his tea in a nonchalant matter.
They continued fighting, calling each other names like 'eel' or 'monkey'. I got tired of watching them fight, so I walked over to the two of them and yanked Luffy back by his pants since I was afraid that his vest would rip of I grabbed it. At the same time I yanked him back I heard Kin'emon yell at Momo to stop fighting Luffy.
They both were panting harshly trying to calm their breathing, after getting into their fight over a meaningless matter. Kin'emon began scolding his son for getting into a fight with the man who saved them (Luffy).
"I'm sorry, Luffy-dono. Please forgive him. Even though he's a child, he's a proud warrior of the Wano Kingdom." Kin'emon said, apologizing on Momo's behalf.
He sighed. "Having said that, I can't believe you take an eight-year old so seriously!"
Luffy made a 'humph' noise. "I don't like cowards! Idiot!" He said scowling at both Kinemon and Momo.
Then Luffy proceeds to irritate Momo more by sticking out his tongue to mock him, like a four year old. Four words for you to what happens next. The old saying: Monkey See Monkey Do. Momo stuck out his tongue at Luffy, copying him to mock him back but got yelled at by Kinemon to stop.
"Dammit!... Oh, Nami!" Momo tears up, running to Nami.
"Yes, yes! Momo-Chan, come here!" Nami said soothingly, as she presses Momo against her chest to comfort him.
"That monkey is…" Momo said sobbing while still pressed up against Nami.
"I know, I know." Nami said, pressing Momo even more on her chest.
"YOU… DAMN… BRAT! Get off of her!" The three perverts (Sanji, Brook, and Kin'emon) yelled at Momo in jealousy and rage.
Sanji and Brook were yelling at Kin'emon calling him and Momo perverts and saying the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. While they were arguing, I was shaking with laughter at their interactions and how Momo is getting away with being a pervert even though he is an eight year old.
"Hey, Kinemon! Let's go to the town already! How should we pervert… I mean, how should we change our clothes for a disguise?" Franky asked, breaking up the arguing.
I face palmed when Kin'emon shows everyone how he thinks the people on Dressrosa wear. He shows his fellow perverts a drawing of men and women wear in Dressrosa. The man in the picture is wearing dress shirts and black pants, while the women wear nothing except for a skirt of leaves.
My eye twitches in annoyance at the picture. I stalk towards the three perverts to give them a piece of my mind, but Nami got to them before me as she punched their heads yelling at them to stop lying.
I sighed in relief. 'Idiots… I'm so thankful that Nami is here to put them straight.'
I break out of my thoughts when I noticed that Law was crouching down in front of a map that his crew-member drew. I walked over to the group to hear what Law was going to say.
"We're here now, at the West coast of Dressrosa. Doflamingo's palace is at the center of Dressrosa. The SMILE manufacturing factory must be somewhere on the island. We don't have much time. The Factory Destroying Team most move quickly.-"Law began explaining the plan.
"What's this smell?" I heard Sanji ask no one in particular.
I quirked my eyebrow when I noticed that Sanji started acting weird and following the scent, after smelling something in the air. I shook my head and tried to shift my attention back to Law, but Luffy who wanted to have an adventure with me and because Ace told him too, grabbed my wrist and pulled me along with him, Franky, Zoro, Ace, Sanji, and Kin'emon, to look around the town.
"Law is going to be upset. You guys are the key players in the plan. And you Sanji were supposed to stay on the ship to protect it from Doflamingo's men if any came to attack it." I scolded them, as I informed them what all they missed from Laws explanation.
They all shrugged and kept walking. My eye twitched in irritation from their lack of guilt and not turning back to Law and the others. I sighed. 'There's nothing I can do. All I can do now is follow the flow, since I am being dragged literally into this by Luffy and Ace.'
When we finally entered them town in Dressrosa, Luffy immediately ran over to where he smelled the delicious aroma of his precious meat dragging me along right behind him.
'Visitors to this kingdom are fascinated by a number of things. First, by the fragrantly-scented flowers and the delicious smell of local food.' I remembered a line from One Piece the narrator said a couple things about Dressrosa.
I sweat dropped at the sight of Sanji, Luffy, and Franky leaning forward with their arms raised up like wings on an airplane, smelling the aroma of food stating that it smelt good. While Kin'emon and Zoro just stood there.
'Second, the tireless, passionate dancing of the local women. And another thing… A shocking surprise for all visitors to this kingdom. Everywhere you look, blending in with the town and living side by side with humans. They are living toys.'
I was laughing so hard while rolling around on the ground that tears were running down my face. The look on their faces are cracking me up. They look so surprised at the toys that are walking and talking. They gazed at the living toy speechless.
"Your... faces… you should… have seen them!" I gasped out trying to catch my breath.
It took me five minutes to finally calm down and stop laughing. I stood back up and brushed the dirt off of me from having a laugh attack on the ground.
"Luffy, Ace, Zoro, Sanji, Franky, and Kin'emon… ... This is a kingdom of love, passion and toys." I said as I gestured to the women dancing, the food, and the living toys.
They all take it in now understanding somewhat that this is a kingdom of love, passion, and toys. I watched as a toy explained to Zoro about why women would stab men on this island which of course is that the handsomer the guy is the more a women is jealous so she stabs him.
Luffy, of course isn't bothered by the living toys and did what he normally does, which is to think with his stomach and ask questions later. But before we went to feed Luffy's stomach we had to get some disguises.
Luffy's disguise is wearing an open navy short sleeved shirt with a sunflower pattern, along with his standard blue shorts and yellow sash. He is also wearing a fake beard.
Zoro changed into a black suit and a white dress shirt with the top button undone. He is also wearing black sunglasses and a fake white mustache.
Sanji changed into a black double breasted suit, with a white shirt with the top button undone. He also put on black glasses and a fake white beard and mustache
Franky put on a black dress shirt and a black hat. He is also wearing his black sunglasses.
Kin'emon put on a black dress shirt and a black hat. He is also wearing black sunglasses as a disguise.
Ace didn't have to disguise himself since he is a ghost and therefore can go invisible at will. The only people that can currently see him when he isn't visible is only me.
I, on the other hand was forced to put on a dress again… All for the sake of having a disguise and not looking suspicious if I walked around in my cloak with my hood up. The disguise I am wearing is a lavender color dress that goes to almost to my knees, purple knee high combat boots, a dark purple cloak (I just flipped it inside out since it's purple on the inside and black on the outside) and black sunglasses.
"SHELBY-CHAN~! You lo-"Sanji began before I cut him off by covering his mouth with my hand.
"Finish your sentence, I will stab you. I like wearing dresses, but only when I'm not forced to wear them." I said, giving Sanji a dark glare as I took my hand off his mouth.
He raises his hands in surrender showing that he understands and won't say anything about how I look while I am in disguise. Luffy laughs and states the obvious that we are in disguise, finally being able to eat some food.
"Let's go this way!" Luffy says as he runs towards the alley way to get to the restaurant.
All of us quickly follow behind our rambunctious Captain as he heads into an alley. When we reach the alley, a restaurant is to our right. Luffy runs straight to the restaurant as we follow behind him.
Everyone heads in the restaurant except for Zoro and I. Zoro hears something clanking against the stairs in the alley a couple feet away from the restaurant. A blind man with a cane comes down the stairs in a light-purple yukata held up with a dark purple belt, all underneath a purple cloak.
'Hmm… Isn't that?... Yup that's Issho, also known as Fujitora. An admiral for the Marines… Well this is going to be fun… Zoro what are you going to do to the blind admiral?' I thought as Fujitora begins to walk past us while Zoro has his hand by his katanas at the ready.
"Excuse me. I heard there is a gambling house around here. Do you know where it is?" Fujitora asks.
"I'm sorry, old man. This is our first visit to this town. Why don't you ask someone in that restaurant?" Zoro told him, with his hand still near his katanas.
"Oh, I see. Thank you for your kindness." Fujitora said looking straight at Zoro, walking in the restaurant not even noticing me.
I stayed quiet as Fujitora headed inside the restaurant. 'Clearly he either didn't sense me with his Haki or he did and just ignored me thinking I was just a citizen of this town. I won't know until later.'
Zoro watches Fujitora walk in the restaurant in silence. When it looked like the marine was fully inside the restaurant, Zoro then turned his attention on me.
"Why didn't he notice you?" Zoro asks, clearly not getting that I was ignored.
"Zoro… Truthfully he either thought I was just a citizen or he didn't sense me. I don't really know." I said, walking towards the restaurant tugging on his arm so he won't get lost.
He doesn't say anything as I pull him into the restaurant. We head to the table everyone is sitting around waiting for us to order some food. I smile to myself when I see Ace standing behind Luffy pouting that he can't sit on any of the chairs around the table to eat.
"Did Marimo get lost?" Sanji said mocking Zoro at his bad sense of direction once Zoro and I arrived at the table.
"Actually, Zoro was trying to snap me out of my trance. Something caught my interest and he had to literally drag me inside before I blew my disguise." I said telling what happened partly true to give Zoro a break, looking Sanji in the eye.
"Aww… Shelby-chan is so sweet!" Sanji cooed at me, going into his lovey-dovey mode around girls.
I sighed. 'I helped Zoro and what do I get in return? Sanji's perverted love mode towards me… Stupid Sanji. I blame Kuma for sending him to Iva's kingdom.'
"Can we get a waiter to order our food please? I'm hungry." I asked, breaking Sanji out of his mode.
"Of course!" Sanji chirped as he sat down.
I rolled my eyes. I see Zoro flash me a grateful look to which I gave him a smile in response when Sanji wasn't looking since he was getting the waiters attention.
While we waited for the waiter to bring us food, Luffy was drinking from his cup of water when Kinemon suddenly yelled in frustration causing Luffy to spit out his water in shock.
"I don't have time to fool around like this! I need to look for Kanjuro as soon as possible!" Kinemon said frustrated with just sitting at the table doing nothing.
"Whoa-whoa, relax. I know we need to hurry but it's better to get some information rather than just run everywhere." Franky said trying to calm Kinemon down.
"Isn't it strange? Their king just abdicated from the throne this morning. I thought there would be more confusion." Sanji said, looking around the restaurant finding it strange they are still cheerful and without a care in the world.
"Maybe, they don't know yet." Zoro said, drinking his water.
'Oh they know all right… but they don't care since everything Doflamingo said to us was a freaking lie' I thought getting in a bad mood since I wanted to severally injure the flamingo man now.
"No way." Franky said, disagreeing with Zoro and agreeing with me without his knowledge.
"Let's ask. Hey, pops!" Luffy began asking an old man at another table.
"Don't" Sanji said, as he kicked him in the head stopping him from asking the old man.
"What's your problem?!" Luffy asks Sanji somewhat put off he was kicked in the head just because he wanted to ask someone about Doflamingo.
"You were on the front page of the newspaper this morning!" Sanji told Luffy.
He was about to add more but a clanging sound was heard by our table. I cheered when I saw our food being put on our table.
The six of us begin indulging ourselves on the heavenly food they prepared for us. Ace was pouting even more when his hands kept going through the food as he tried to eat being a ghost and all.
'I want to eat too! But no! I'm a ghost…' Ace groaned.
'Don't worry. You will be able to eat soon, you just have to be patient.' I said mysteriously.
'When will that be?' Ace asks starting to get excited to be able to touch things and eat.
'Soon.' I said not elaborating when he will.
'You suck.' Ace groaned in annoyance.
'Good to know.' I said as I brought my attention to the roulette game in the back.
"A blind man?" Luffy asks Zoro.
"That's right. We ran into him before Zoro and I came inside the restaurant. He isn't just some ordinary old blind man either. I suggest you keep an eye on him, you will find out who he is later." I said not giving anything away but still warning them about Fujitora.
They all give me a nod at my warning but didn't press for any more information about it. At the roulette game, the Don Quixote members who are the lowest of the low which in low-ranking term they are grunts, lie to Fujitora about landing the ball on a black tile when it really lands on a white tile.
"It's white." Luffy states to Fujitora, as I walk up to the crowd around the roulette game grinning waiting for karma to strike at the Don Quixote members.
"Ah?! Who the hell are you?!" One of the members asked by yelling at Luffy.
Luffy just ignores the guys question and continues eating his rose-squid ink pasta (black noodles) nonchalantly while I stood by his side with my arms over my chest as I snickered quietly under my breath.
"Look carefully! It's black, idiot!" The same member argued with Luffy.
"It's clearly white. Get your eyes checked, you must be colorblind if you can't tell the ball landed on a white spot." I scoffed, not enjoying them lying to an old man even if the old man is a marine.
"Look here, you wench! It's black!" The Don Quixote member snarled furiously at me.
I just rolled my eyes under my sunglasses. 'Real mature. Think of a better come back you nitwit.'
"It's white. Old man, you win!" Luffy states again much to everyone's displeasure.
"What?!" Fujitora exclaimed in shock.
"You bastard! Stay out of it!" The Don Quixote member said to Luffy.
"That's right!" "Do you both want to get your asses kicked?!" Members of the Don Quixote said.
All of the members of the Don Quixote that are around the roulette game table surrounds us with their weapons drawn, growling threateningly at Luffy and I.
I paid no attention to the talking behind us as the civilians' freak out that we are going against them.
"He got himself involved, as usual! He also dragged Shelby-chan along with him." Sanji said sighing.
"How annoying! He looks so calm and composed! Even the girl isn't freaking out!" One of the members said complaining.
I yawned. 'Can this hurry up… I'm getting bored here. Fujitora hurry up and give them their own taste of medicine please. Before I die of boredom.'
"D-Do I really win?!" Fujitora asks Luffy excitedly.
"Yeah, you win." Luffy and I answer at the same time.
"I don't know who you two are but thank you both for your kindness!" Fujitora said to us, clearly being able to notice me now.
'Okay… I am still confused here… Did he not sense me earlier when I was with Zoro, but now he can? … What the hell is going on!?'
"Don't mention it. I just said what I saw. I'm happy for you. But, old man, you look so strong…" Luffy told Fujitora, but before he could finish one of the Don Quixote members interrupted him.
"What you're doing is so senseless, you brat! When we say 'it's black,' it's black! He can't see anyway so it doesn't matter!" The same Don Quixote member said, the one that has been lying to Fujitora, rushes toward Luffy to get rid of him with his sword along with the other Don Quixote members.
I rolled my eyes. 'It's called Haki, idiots…'
"You're so annoying!" "Go away!" A couple of the members said as they almost got close enough to kill Luffy but they get tripped by Fujitora's cane.
"Oh no, did I trip a big boar or something? If so, I'm sorry." Fujitora said chuckling a little.
"Y-You fool!" The Don Quixote member that lied to Fujitora said.
'Let's go, Shining! Running! Forever
Keep on advancing
The unchanging bond will
Light up the "end of the dream"
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake
Up heart beat!
We are the one! Go ahead!
Freedom is our only compass,
We are best friends
We will keep making our own route
Running at full speed
Every day, Go east, Go west!
We keep finding the things we
Want to do and doing them all
We can't wait until the
Morning (I can't wait)
Why not drag the sun out into the sky
Force it and go
Yes, Shining! Running! Forever
Put the pieces of our dreams together
And if that makes you feel something- that's the treasure
Let's go, Shining! Running! Forever
Keep on advancing
The unchanging bond will
Light up the "end of the dream"
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake
Up heart beat!
We are the one! Go ahead!
Every time we overcome something,
It stirs possibility (I can't stay)
Tomorrow and the day after,
There will be a chain of
Burning, intense excitement!
Yes, Shining! Running! Forever
Go along with your curiosity
And go wherever you want to
Go-that's the adventure
Let's go, Shining! Running! Forever
Open up the sailing chart in your heart
The bond with the potential power will seize the "end of the dream"
Never! Never! Never! Never Stop it!
We are the one! Go ahead!'*I hummed to myself as Luffy and I watch the Don Quixote members surround Fujitora, but only to finish humming the song when I notice a huge hole in the middle of the restaurant.
"Ooo~ Can I kick someone down the hole? I want to say 'This is Sparta!'** if I kick someone down it." I said grinning gleefully at the thought of kicking someone down the hole.
'The hell? … Do I want to know?' Ace said giving me a weird look, as he floated beside me.
'It's from a movie from where I live. In the movie, two nation fight Sparta and Persia… I don't know all the details since I haven't really seen all of it but I saw part of it. But the part I remember is that Leonidas, the King of Sparta and some Persian messenger are talking by an endless pit. The talk doesn't go well. The Persian messenger guy says 'This is blasphemy! THIS IS MADNESS!' Then Leonidas says 'Madness huh? THIS IS SPARTA!' Then kicks him into the endless pit.' I explained.
'Why would you want to kick someone into the hole?' Ace asked.
'Simple. I wanted to kick someone down an endless pit for a while now. Cause I can and I am in the mood to do it.' I said casually.
'Why me…' Ace muttered to himself, face palming.
'You're the one that wanted to know why.' I said, shrugging as I walked back to the table to join the others.
"Is he a Devil Fruit eater?" Sanji said voicing his thoughts in the matter.
"What kind of Devil Fruit is that?" Zoro asked.
Fujitora heads toward the exit. The person at the front in charge of the bills and the restaurant starts panicking slightly when he figures out that Fujitora is an admiral for the marines.
"Old man, you're so strong! Who are you?" Luffy asks.
"I should not tell you for the sake of both of us." Fujitora said as he heads out of the door only to run into something on the other side.
"'For the sake of both of us?' Is he extraordinarily infamous or something?" Sanji asked, glancing at me from the corner of his eye trying to read my reactions.
"Whoever he is, he is not an ordinary man." Zoro said.
"I told you he isn't an ordinary old man…" I said grinning, finding the whole situation entertaining.
"Who is he?" Sanji asks me.
"An old man that isn't ordinary that has a Devil Fruit like Shiki's Float-Float fruit. Who he is? ... You will find out soon." I said vaguely.
"That doesn't tell us anything we didn't know already." Zoro grumbled.
I shrugged. "Sorry. Luffy's orders not to give too much away, since it will "ruin the adventure" he said in his own words."
They glare at both Luffy and I, they clearly wanted to know who the old man is. But before they could ask us more on the matter the citizens inside the restaurant notice their belongings were stolen in broad daylight.
"That old man was a thief?" Sanji said.
Zoro walks a few steps to the table to pick up his swords from the chair he put them on, but there is only two of them there. I snickered under my breath.
"What's the matter?" Kin'emon asks Zoro.
"One of my swords is missing! My Shusui that was here a minute ago!" Zoro said panicking at his missing sword.
"What?! The national treasure of the Wano Kingdom?!" Kin'emon yelled.
"Damn! My Shusui… Where did it go?!" Zoro said, wondering where it could have went.
"What are you gonna do?!" Kin'emon asked, yelling slightly.
"They stole from everybody. It was fairies who took your stuff." A toy with a drum said.
'A dwarf from the Tontatta Kingdom actually… But of course the townspeople know them as fairies.' I thought.
"What are you talking about?! Is that the name of a group of thieves?!" Zoro yelled at the toy.
"Fairies are fairies. All you can do is laugh it off and let it go." The drumming toy said.
"How can I laugh it off?!" Zoro growls at the toy.
"These invisible fairies are the guardian deities of Dressrosa from ancient times. We have to turn a blind eye to whatever they do." The drumming toy explained.
The citizens inside the restaurant forget about how their belongings were stolen because of the fairies. But not Zoro, he panics some more.
"I can't just let it go!" Zoro protested.
"He's right! The sword is the national treasure of the Wano Kingdom!" Kin'emon said, agreeing with Zoro but fighting over the sword at the same time.
"It's MY sword." Zoro yells at Kinemon.
"It's not yours!" Kin'emon argued with him.
"I told you! Somebody gave it to me!" Zoro said, getting frustrating with the arguing about the sword
"I'll have to challenge you to a duel at some point and win the Shusui back for the Wano Kingdom!" Kin'emon said, continuing to argue about the sword.
"Yeah, I'll accept it and defeat you!" Zoro said accepting the future challenge for the sword.
Zoro turns to the window when he hears it clanking. When he does he sees his sword, he runs off after it. Sanji, and Kinemon run after him, Sanji because he doesn't want him to get lost and Kin'emon because he won't let anybody have Wano Kingdoms treasure.
Luffy would of ran after them too but Franky stopped him. I just stayed put since I didn't feel like running after all of them.
"Hey, let go of me! We should go, too!" Luffy said, wanting to chase after them.
"I have an idea." Franky said.
"An idea?" Luffy asks Franky.
"I understand now. When there are only these guys around, I have to take charge. Leave everything to this big brother." Franky said.
Franky grabs one of the Don Quixote members (the one that lied to Fujitora) without anybody noticing and heads outside. Luffy and I follow behind him, heading into an alley to talk to the guy in private.
"You're working under Doflamingo, aren't you?" Franky asked him.
"Yeah. So what?" The member asked.
"Super that's what we thought!" "Yeah." Franky and Luffy said.
My eye twitches in irritation. "I could have told you that." I muttered.
"Do you guys think you can mess with the Young Master-sama in Dressrosa and get away with it?" The member asks smirking a little.
Franky scares the guy by throwing a punch to his head but he ducks down in time to not get hit but gets freaked out by the dent Franky made by just one punch.
"That's not gonna work for us." Franky chided the man.
"Old buddy, why don't you spit it all out- everything we just asked you..." Luffy told the man.
"We asked him something?" I asked, not remembering the conversation.
"Weren't you listening? We asked him five minutes ago." Franky asked, raising one of his eyebrows at me.
"Five minutes ago… Nope. I don't remember… I was day dreaming about ramen and sushi, then I was singing to myself. Why? Was it important?" I asked sheepishly, rubbing the back of my head.
"I didn't expect you to zone out… just pay attention." Franky said, sweat dropping.
I shrugged and turned my attention to the grunt, to listen to what I already know.
"I-I told you! I remember going after a couple of samurai but I don't know how one got captured and where he is now. And I don't know what SMILE is." The grunt said.
"You don't even know a bit about SMILE?" Franky asked, questioning the grunt for information.
"Yeah, and I don't know the factory you're talking about. Who are you people?!" The grunt said.
"I can't believe this. Even his man doesn't know about it." Luffy says, annoyed that the grunt doesn't have the information they want.
"Then tell us where people of higher rank are. This guy is too low in rank maybe." Franky said, ordering the grunt to tell him where the other officers are.
"He's a low-ranking member of the Don Quixote, which means where I come from is a grunt which is an unskilled low-ranking soldier." I said, giving my input
"Why didn't you say that earlier?!" Franky and Luffy asked me, giving me an annoyed look.
"I was in La-la land… Daydreaming about ramen and sushi! Give me a break, guys! And wasn't I ordered not to give anything away so that I wouldn't "ruin the adventure"?" I said sarcastically.
They were just about to say something back, but were interrupted by the grunt.
"Everyone's too busy today- I don't know where they are. I've been summoned to the Colosseum, too. Look! All the people in this kingdom are heading to the Colosseum today." The grunt said.
"What Colosseum?" Luffy asks, wondering what it is.
"It's the Corrida Colosseum. If you wanna see high-ranked officials, go there!" The grunt said.
"Why are they going there?" Franky asked, trying to figure out why high-ranked officials being there.
"There will be a very big event today. All the executives of our family should be there." The grunt explained.
"The very big event that you're talking about is that super event?" Franky asked, clarifying what the grunt said.
"For whatever reason, Young Master-sama offered an unbelievable prize! Oh, it was so surprising! Everyone wants it!" The grunt said smirking as he thought about the prize.
"D-Don't tell me it's… that delicious meat that Mingo was talking about!" Luffy said, imagining meat.
"Huh?" The grunt said, not getting what Luffy was saying.
"He said he has something that you will want." Franky whispered to Luffy.
"Then what us the prize?" Luffy asked the grunt.
"Prepare yourself for the shock… The prize is… The Mera Mera no Mi (Flame Flame fruit)." The grunt said.
My mood darkens at the name of the prize. 'Doflamingo… you ass…'
'What?! Shelby! Who the hell gets my devil fruit!?" Ace yelled at me.
'You have to wait, I can't tell you who gets it.' I said calmly.
"Is it a real one?" Franky asked.
"Young Master-sama won't lie about this!" The grunt yelled.
"Ace's… Flame-Flame Fruit?! How did Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit get here?! " Luffy said in shock.
"I heard there are no two Devil Fruits of the same power existing at once. However, when a Devil Fruit eater dies, a Devil Fruit with the power that the deceased possessed will pop up again somewhere in the world. And when somebody eats it, he'll become the new holder of that power. After "Fire-Fist" Ace died, the Flame-Flame Fruit was, without anyone knowing, reproduced and the Young Master-sama got hold of it!" Bob the Grunt said. (A/N: Got tired of calling him grunt and man)
Luffy punched his right fist on his left hand with an intense look on his face. "That bastard!" He muttered furiously.
"I can't believe the Young Master-sama made the Logia type Devil Fruit a prize for the competition! If I can possess such incredible power, my life will change!" Bob said, smirking at the possibility of going up a rank at the thought of power he could get from Ace's Devil Fruit.
"I'm not gonna let you eat it!" Luffy snarled at Bob.
"Now I remember. Ace was both your and…" Franky muttered to himself.
"I want it! The Flame-Flame Fruit!" Luffy pleaded, staring at Franky.
They silently stare at each other while Franky thought it over quietly in his head. After a couple seconds went by he grinned at Luffy giving him the answer he wanted.
"Oh yeah! Why don't you eat it, Franky?" Luffy said quietly, trying to not have Bob hear our conversation.
"I don't want to lose my ability to swim." Franky refused, clearly not wanting to lose his ability over swimming since he needs to be able to swim for managing the Sunny.
"I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit so I can't eat another one. But I don't want some stranger to possess Ace's power." Luffy said grimly about the matter.
"It's like a memento of him to you, isn't it? It's possible that it's a trap considering the way Doflamingo dangled it in front of you." Franky said, contemplating whether or not the Corrida Colosseum is a good idea.
'Question. If I don't have my devil fruit anymore how was I able to burn you?' Ace asked suddenly.
'I'll explain in greater detail later about it, but for right now it's because of my powers.' I said vaguely.
'When are you going to actually answer my questions and stop putting it off with little bits of information?' Ace grumbled, not satisfied with my answer.
'When someone eats your Devil Fruit I will start answering the questions.' I said, giving my promise to answer his questions fully.
'You better.' Ace muttered.
"But one thing is for sure! You shouldn't let the chance slip by! You don't want to regret it afterward. We have to go to the Colosseum anyway. Let's just go there!" Franky said, deciding to go to the Colosseum.
With that being said, they take off down the alley heading straight to the Colosseum leaving me in the dust. I was just about to head after them when Bob insulted them.
"Idiots! If you think you can have it just because you want it, no one would be risking their life. Don't underestimate the level of the competitors." He said, insulting Luffy.
"That's your opinion. We don't care what other people think regardless of what the outcome would be at the end of it. Don't underestimate us! We will take the competitors head on whether they are stronger than us or not." I said, not sparing a glance at the idiotic grunt.
I didn't wait for the grunt to say anything since I booked after Luffy and Franky to try to reach them before they actually entered the Colosseum.
'I hate running…' I thought as I ran down multiple alleys trying to reach the Colosseum but kept managing to run into dead ends.
All hope seemed lost that I would not be able to sign up to join in the fighting when I finally reached an alley that lead directly to the Corrida Colosseum. I sprinted towards it reaching it in only a minute to spare when I nearly collided into Franky and Luffy at the entrance.
"Y-You… both… suck…" I wheezed, out of breath, as my asthma stated acting up.
I bend over to control my breathing from the running then from sprinting all the way to the Colosseum. After a minute goes by I straighten back up, breathing back to normal. "So this is the Corrida Colosseum… Well it's interesting to see it in person to say the least." I muttered as I took in the Colosseum.
The Corrida Colosseum looks awfully like the Rome Colosseum but less beat up and old looking. But in the inside it is very different. The Colosseum features a round stage surrounded by water, with four cardinal walkways leading to the stage. There are three levels of seating for the audience all around the Colosseum. On one of the cardinal edges is three monitors for the participants' announcements and presentation. Outside the arena but still in the building, there is a small pavilion area which has restrooms and a stall selling either souvenirs or concessions.
"It's a huge Colosseum!" Luffy cheered, with both his fists in the air showing his enthusiasm to battle against people.
"What kind of competition is it gonna be?!"Franky said, wonder in his voice as he gazed at the Colosseum.
I rolled my eyes. 'Fighting of course.'
"The people are going nuts! That makes me wanna enter the competition!" Franky said.
"They're going crazy!" Luffy said stating the obvious.
Our attention was diverted from the Colosseum when the one-legged toy soldier came being chased my Dressrosa police. But he jumped inside the Colosseum to keep them from capturing him since it's against the law for Navy and Police soldiers to step foot into the Colosseum, unless they want to become a criminal.
While Luffy and Franky were teasing the poor toy I quickly took off my sunglasses and changed out of my purple cloak into a wolf pelt one that covered my head and part of my face. Not even a second later, the lady in charge of the entries called out saying "We're closing entries from the public for today's competition!"
"Oi Luffy! It looks like we have to separate from here. And Shelby…- the hell are you wearing!?" Franky said.
"I'm entering too! I changed my cloak for this wolf one so it'll match the name I am picking as a disguise. Besides someone needs to look over Luffy while he is in there." I chirped.
"Oh, here, here! We want to enter! Enter! Enter! Enter! Enter!" Luffy shouted, telling the entry lady that we are both entering.
We both walk up to the reception desk to sign up for the competition.
"Grandpa, I'm currently accepting entries for the competition in the Corrida Colosseum." The receptionist said, mistaking Luffy as an old man because of his disguise.
I snickered quietly. 'This never gets old.'
"I know! I'm entering!" Luffy said to the receptionist.
The citizens were talking amongst themselves not getting that an old man "Luffy" would want to enter in the competition against really strong fighters. 'You will never know…'
"Hey Luffy, listen. Promise me just one thing. You can fight as you like but don't ever let them know who you are.' Franky whispered to Luffy.
"Okay!" Luffy said, promising Franky.
'Yea… That is going to not happen… A lot of people inside are going to figure out his identity.' I thought sweat dropping.
"Sign your name." The receptionist told the both of us, setting papers in front of us.
"Luf…" Luffy muttered as he started signing it only to get punched in the head by Franky telling him he is an idiot.
I rolled my eyes and signed Okami (wolf) on my paper. 'Well this will be fun.'
We, Luffy and I go through the gate entering the Colosseum as the receptionist locks us in. We follow her deeper inside the Colosseum, looking around in awe. We finally reached a room after walking for five minutes.
"This is the dressing room for the competitors. You're free until we call for you." The receptionist said to Luffy and I.
"Wow! It's filled with excitement!" Luffy said, taking in the competitors in the room.
The receptionist lady leaves us in the room and heads off somewhere. I walk with Luffy as he walks around watching the other competitors. 'I wonder what block I am in…' I frowned thinking about the block I could be in.
I ignored the giant guy named Spartan lecture Luffy thinking he is weak to not fight in the competition. Spartan proceeds to punch the lights out of Luffy but kept missing thanks to Luffy's haki. Luffy having enough grabs his arm and spins Spartan around in the air then slams him into the ground.
"Nice to meet ya!" Luffy cheerfully said.
I snickered quietly to myself as some of the competitors start freaking out that the "little guy" took down Spartan, who is one of the star gladiators in this competition. All of a sudden I felt a wave of calm and clarity wash over me.
I quickly turned around to try and catch were the feeling I am sensing is coming from. But I don't manage to find it, to my displeasure. 'What was that?'
"Now, where should I sit?" Luffy said as he looked around trying to find somewhere to sit.
"Did you just start that fight?! You'll have to leave now! You're disqualified!" One of the staff, dressed up in gladiator themed clothes said to Luffy.
"WHAT?!" Luffy said.
"We don't need hooligans like you causing scuffles before a match…" The staff began, but was interrupted by a doubled bladed axe thrown literally in front of the staff.
"Whoa-whoa! Hold it right there, you fool! That big one started it! If you wanna throw someone out, it's got to be him!" One of the competitors named Sai said.
"He passed out though." Another one of the competitors named Boo said.
Sai and Boo are of the Chinjao Family that is a gang from the Kano Kingdom. Their Grandpa the leader of the Chinjao Family, is Don Chinjao who also entered the competition.
The staff proceeds to ask the other competitors if it is true that Spartan was the one that started the fight. The others said that it was Spartan. The staff told Luffy he could stay.
Luffy picks up the doubled bladed axe and returns it too Boo. "You saved me! Thank you!" Luffy tells the Chinjao brothers.
"Don't mention it, fool! Boy, you don't have to mention it… You don't have to say "Thank You"… I don't like to hear the words "Thank You". Take back your "Thank You", you bastard!" Sai said calmly but went into a weird mood once he repeated Luffy's thank you.
'You know… He reminds me of Killer Bee a bit when he says fool… Never mind.' I grinned, but sweat dropped at Sai as he tried to throttle Luffy to take back his thank you.
"You don't have to refuse his thanks that much, brother!" Boo said, restraining Sai from doing anything stupid.
"Don't ever say those words to me, idiot!" Sai yelled at Luffy while his brother Boo apologized on his behalf.
Luffy not being bothered at all by Sai goes up to the staff member and proceeds to ask him questions about if they are going to be serving any food, but the staff member says no. I ignored the other competitors as they start arguing amongst themselves about teaming up.
I walk with Luffy as he goes up to a female gladiator themed staff member about what block he is in. 'Let's see what is different and what is not since I am here.'
"Which block am I in?" Luffy and I asked the female staff member.
"I'm sure the receptionist told you two already. Your number is 0421 so you're in Block D. Okami, you are in Block A along with another competitor named Sidon." The female staff member said.
'Okay... Wait… Who the hell is Sidon?... I'll find out soon.' I thought as I processed the information I got from the staff member.
"Who are all in the other blocks?" I asked the staff member.
"In Block B, there is Mr. Store, Spartan was in Block B but was disqualified and many gladiators. In Block C, there is Hack, Dagama, Capman, Elizabello II, Abdullah, Jeet, Bellamy, Bartolomeo, Blue Gilly, Tank Lepanto, Ricky and many gladiators.
In Block D, there are the Chinjao brother, Sai and Boo, there grandfather Don Chinjao, Lucy, the Funk Brothers, Kelly and Bobby, Jean Ango, Ideo, the Fighting Bull, Hajrudin and some gladiators. In Block E, the last block, there is Suleiman, Orlumbus, Cavendish, Mummy, Meadows, Agyo, Damask, Rolling Logan, Acilia, Gambia, many gladiators and Rebecca." The staff member said but sneered at the end when she said Rebecca's name.
My eye twitches in annoyance at the female staff's attitude towards Rebecca. 'Fuck off. You don't know the actual truth in the matter of Rebecca's past or anything that actually happened with King Riku when Doflamingo first showed up in this country.' Is what I wanted to say.
"Thank You for telling me who all are in the other blocks." I said, in a friendly manner but really wanted to yell at the staff for having an attitude towards Rebecca.
I pulled Luffy to the side to talk to him for a couple of minutes before I have to go out in the ring to fight. Ace follows us as he floats along behind, wanting to hear the conversation but won't say anything.
"Some things are different since I am here. There wasn't supposed to be five blocks, but only four. I don't know if it's just the blocks that are different or not. So, I need you to promise me that you won't do anything stupid, like to interfere with my fight or tell them I brought Ace back as a ghost." I said giving them both, Luffy and Ace a look promising them pain if they somehow ruin my fight.
"Fine." They both said pouting.
I rolled my eyes and grinned at them. "Great! Well it looks like my fight is starting. I'll see you two afterwards." I chirped and walked away towards the ring.
I walk through a cardinal walkway that leads to the round stage that is surrounded by water. I join the other competitors on the stage as we listen to Gatz, the announcer guy for the competition.
"Ladies and gentleman, thank you for waiting! Let me explain about today's competition! For the first round, competitors are divided into five blocks and it's gonna be a battle royale! A battle royale is a match in which all competitors fight at once so everybody is your enemy except yourself! And the last one standing without being eliminated or getting killed will be the winner!
A competitor will be eliminated if he gets thrown out of the ring or if he gets killed in the ring! Meanwhile, in the water outside of the ring, the Colosseum's unique attraction- a school of Little Fighting Fish are waiting to attack whoever falls! Doesn't matter if you're in or out of the ring! It's Hell! That's the Corrida Colosseum! We're about to get started!..." Gatz said, explaining everything there is about the Corrida Colosseum.
The crowd goes wild in anticipation as they wait for the first battle to start. I yawned, not paying any attention to what Gatz has to say about the Colosseum since I already know from before I entered to begin with.
"All right! It's the first round of the special event in the Corrida Colosseum! A battle royale of the Block A- 139 competitors! Let the battle begin!" Gatz yelled as the bell dinged sounding the first round has begun.
"Finally. Luffy, Ace… You better be watching and not trying on armor while I am battling in this round." I muttered, grinning as the round starts.
I dodge to the side as a sword flies past me into another person that was going to hit me with an axe. I weaved through the competitors with ease, kicking and punching some of them out of the ring, not bothering with taking out Akarui Umi or Hi no Kokoro, rather wanting to get a warm up first before I start using them against other swords.
I get through quite a lot of competitors with ease, with the training I had with the Pirate King and Rayleigh a while back. I grew angry at the gladiators as they underestimated me since I am a girl and I am wearing a wolf pelt cloak.
"You guys suck, is this the best you can do?! You all have weapons, I don't. Get with the slicing and dicing, you nincompoops!" I said, mocking the gladiators.
The weaker gladiators went into rage from my words. They all rush towards me with their swords, axe's and hammers raised. I rolled my eyes and swiftly dodge each and every one of their weapons and retaliated with kicks to their groins, sweeping their legs from out from under them, and punched to the face.
"Okami is fighting the gladiators at a remarkable rate with only her hands and feet! I wonder how well she does with weapons in her hands!?... The gladiators not wanting to go down with s bruise pride and ego keep going after her. While Sidon also just uses his hands and feet to knock the competitors into the water! Uh oh… It looks like Okami is having trouble with the last of the gladiators besides the one that is fighting against Sidon!" Gatz shouts to the world.
"Fuck." I muttered, as I kept dodging the gladiator who is very persistent of severally injuring me with his sword.
'I can't get close enough to hit him with any of my punches. Damn it! ... What am I going to do? … Hmm… I got an idea.' I thought smirking.
I cartwheel away then do two back handsprings landing perfectly on my feet. I wait the second the gladiator jumps at me, to move back but the mistake on my part I ended up tripping over an unconscious gladiator, landing on my butt.
"Shit." I muttered, not bothering of moving from my spot since the gladiator was already upon me with his sword in striking position.
I closed my eyes as I wait for the final strike. 'I'm sorry everyone. But this is it. I'll never see my other friends again from the different worlds.'
But the final strike never came. I opened my eyes to see a trail of water heading straight towards the water outside of the ring and Sidon standing a couple feet away from me. I jump to my feet and brush myself off as I stare at him.
Sidon has black hair, a neatly trimmed beard, sea-green eyes, and a nice tan, as well as "smile crinkles" around his eyes and cheeks. He is wearing Birkenstocks (leather sandals), khaki Bermuda shorts, and a shirt with coconuts and parrots on it, and a cap decorated with fishing lures which says "Neptune's Lucky Fishing Hat".
I raised my eyebrow at his choice of clothes. "Why did you help me?" I asked, feeling uncomfortable as Sidon gives me a weird vibe.
"Well for one, my sons Percy and Tyson like you. Two, Hecate asked me too." Sidon said casually with his hands in his pockets of his khaki shorts.
I stared at Sidon for a few minutes as I went over his words in my head. 'My sons Percy and Tyson? ... Hecate? ... You got to be kidding me… Sidon… Poseidon…'
My eyes widen in realization. "You're Poseidon, God of the Sea." I said in awe.
"I am also The Earthshaker, God of the Seas and Storms, and God of Earthquakes and Horses." Poseidon said, as he smiled bragging about all of his titles.
"Yes I know that… But why are you here?" I asked the Sea God.
He doesn't answer right away. He snaps his fingers, which made time stop around us, having just the two of us unfrozen. I crossed my arms over my chest as I waited for him to answer my question.
"Hecate asked me too." Poseidon said, grinning at my attitude towards him.
"Why?" I asked, being suspicious that Hecate didn't let me know that Poseidon was coming.
"She wanted me to fight against you to see where you are at in your fighting skills and other abilities before you fight against Fate again in this world. You might fight against Fate when you leave this island or when the straw hat kid gets closer to that last island with the One Piece." Poseidon said.
I sighed. "Well we might as well then if Hecate asked you too. I don't like this but I will fight you since Hecate is keen on having me fight you." I said not really liking this whole fighting a god.
"Good." And with that he unfroze time and brought out his trident to battle me with.
"Sidon has wipeout the gladiator that was going to finish off Okami! He now has brought out his weapon and it's… A trident? That's his weapon? ... Well I wonder who will win!? Okami or Sidon!?" Gatz yelled, as we began fighting.
I rolled my eyes and dodged to the side as he thrusts his trident at me, barely managed to move to the side quick enough since he is quite fast. 'He isn't giving me enough time to bring out Akarui Umi and Hi no Kokoro. That is one thing to work on, I guess… Shit… I need to start going on the offense and not just keep on dodging.'
'Yikes.' I thought as I ducked down missing a strike from his trident that could have decapitated me if I wasn't watching.
I move backwards before he can swing his trident at me again. I did a back handspring then and back tuck, which is a backwards somersault but in the air. While I was in the air, I summoned Akarui Umi and Hi no Kokoro that appeared in a red flash, right in time too since when I landed Poseidon was right in front of me thrusting his trident at me.
I blocked his trident with my katanas as they are in front of me in a crossed position, making an X out of them. I start sliding back a little bit from Poseidon's strength behind his thrust. I push with my katanas with all my might and was able to push Poseidon back a tiny bit, enough to roll to the side to dodge his next attack.
"Are you just going to be dodging? Fight back! I guess Percy and Tyson were lying when they said that you have incredible abilities and if they didn't know anything about you, you could be a demigod!" Poseidon said, taunting me wanting to see what happens when I get angry.
My eye twitches and I grit my teeth in anger. 'Well okay… If you want me angry then here you go!'
I dodged to the side but not without getting my cloak torn in the process. "Hey! This is my favorite wolf pelt cloak and you ruined it!" I growled, glaring at the Sea God for ruining one of my favorite cloaks.
"I'll have Artemis get you a new one." Poseidon muttered, not really getting how I am upset about the cloak.
I clenched my fists as I seethe in anger, bowing my head and slouching as I seethe. I take a deep breath and straighten up, exhaling as I straighten my back. I closed my eyes and concentrated my energy into my katanas, giving them a red glow as some of my energy went into them.
"Well then… I guess I better prove you wrong and that Percy and Tyson were telling the truth." I said, in a tone that promised him pain for making me get angry.
I flashed out of sight before he could hit me again with his trident. I appeared behind him and slashed my katanas at him but was able to block it at the last second with his trident. Poseidon uses his Hydrokinesis (absolute control over water, like Percy but extremely increased) to wash me away from him.
I huffed as I jumped to my feet. He makes another wave with the flick of his hand towards me. I twirl around with my katanas with the blades pointed at the water. As I twirl, I cut through the water making a path for myself.
As I come out of the water, I make Akarui Umi and Hi no Kokoro go back inside my backpack with a burst of energy. I charge towards the Sea God, hoping to surprise him as I go to punch him with chakra induced fist. But instead of punching him I punch the ground causing a huge crater.
I blow my bangs out of my face that came out from under the wolf head. I grin at an idea I thought of very quickly, suicidal but a good plan. The red energy begins to flow out of my body at a huge rate swirling around as I concentrated.
The air thickens around me as the sky turns dark with clouds covering it. The wind picks up and mercilessly whips around as my energy becomes thicker and wider around me. The ground rumbles beneath our feet and the water smacks against the stage quite rough.
A storm starts up in the sky declaring my idea to everyone to see. Lightening cracks every few seconds across the sky getting lower and lower to the ground in each second it flashes. I raise my glowing red hand up to the sky as I get ready for the move. My hand glows darker as the energy shoots up into the sky. There is a thin line connecting to my hand straight into the sky.
Lightening fills the sky as I thrust more energy up to the sky. Lightening roars across the sky one after the other.
"Interesting. I didn't know you can control the weather." Poseidon said surprised, but was smirking at me.
"Hecate must have not told you anything about what all I can do then, if you are surprised. I'll tell you once this fight is finished with." I said, grinning.
"Alright. Show me what you can do!" Poseidon said, raising his arms in the air waiting for the show.
"This move is called Kirin. Now begone with the thunderclaps." I said as I bring my hand down letting my move come down in the form of a dragon from the shape of the lightning.
The lightning dragon comes down straight on top of us, hitting us at point blank. For a split second I managed to cloak myself in my energy to not get injured immensely but still get injured from the move regardless.
The lightning hits the ground at a very fast rate. The clouds clear out showing the sky again as they fade away. The wind gets back to normal so as the ground and the water stops moving. The only thing left is dust in the way to see which one of us is left standing.
I stagger to my feet and blow my bangs out of my face as I looked at the damage that was created from Kirin. The move charred the stage and dented the crater a little more. The dust clears showing Poseidon and I still standing but slightly charred and burned from the lightning. His clothes looked quite torn and blackened by the lightning.
My clothes were in the same condition but my wolf pelted cloak was in bits. The only thing left of the cloak is the wolf head that is covering my face, but even that is about to fall apart.
I breathe heavily out of breath. I shake my head clearing my vision as it blurs for a second. I wait for Poseidon to charge to block the trident. I grab onto the trident and twirl into his chest slamming my elbow right into his gut, making him loosen his grip on his trident.
I wrench his trident out of his grasp and whirl around kicking him in the shin as I jump backwards getting out of his reach. I plunge the trident into the stage, wiggled it back and forth making sure it was stuck in there which would take someone or something with massive strength to pull it out.
I start attacking him with my hands and feet again. The kicks I go through are bunch of the ax, butterfly, calf, crescent, flying, hook, jumping, and multiple foot kicks like, spinning with half- or full-body rotation, jumping spin kicks with up to three body rotations in midair, and vertical kicks. The punches I go through are punches and hammer fist strikes. Various open-hand strikes like the spear hand target soft-tissue areas. Open-hand strikes like the knife hand, chop, cupped hand and palm strikes.
I knock him off his feet by a sweep of my leg. He jumps up to his feet as I do a spin jump kick that would have made him fly into the water outside of the ring if he didn't snap his fingers stopping time just as I kicked him.
"Excellent! You were able to beat me! I'm proud of you!" Poseidon said, grinning at me.
"That's great." I manage to say through my panting.
"I will tell Hecate and she will let you know what is going to happen once you leave this island. I will tell Artemis about getting you a new wolf pelt cloak, since I ruined yours. Sorry about that. I will also tell Percy and everyone that you said 'Hi'." Poseidon said, as he walked to his trident.
He pulled it out with one mighty pull, grinning at me as he pulled it out. I rolled my eyes and got back into my crouch from landing from the spin jump kick.
Poseidon leaves in a massive geyser of twisting water and salt, causing time to return back to normal. The audience and Gatz, thanks to the mist he left see a copy of himself get thrown into the water making me the winner of Block A.
"The winner of Block A is Okami! It was a close call between her and Sidon but Okami managed to beat him! We got the new hero in the Colosseum!" Gatz yelled for everyone to hear.
I raised my hands in the air cheering, since I won the battle. I skip back inside the Colosseum to look for Luffy and Ace to watch the next block battle. As all the contestants from Block B goes on the stage and the match starts, I find Luffy and Ace looking through the armory trying them on to look like the gladiator Kyros.
"Hey." I said to Luffy as I appear by him.
He jumps a bit since he didn't sense me with his haki. I pat him on the back as I look around the fighters' preparations room looking at the armor and helmets. I look down at my clothes and frown.
'I need to change. My clothes and cloak is completely torn and charred up.' I thought as I looked around the room and kept an eye on Luffy.
'Who was that guy that you were fighting at the end?' Ace asked as he floated by me.
'Poseidon, God of the Sea. He was sent by Hecate to give me some training and to see if I am ready to battle Fate if I see her in this world.' I said to Ace.
'Are you ready to face her or do you need more training?' Ace asked, as he smiled watching Luffy picking armor to put on.
'I don't know. I'm ready to face her but on the other hand it doesn't hurt to train some more.' I said quietly.
'Well don't forget that, you have Luffy, the straw hats. And I if you need any help with training or anything at all.' Ace said, patting my back.
'Thanks… Oh great here comes the annoying pirate Cavendish.' I muttered as I heard a bunch of women screaming in happiness then fainting.
'Cavendish? Who's that?' Ace asked.
'Just wait and you will see.' I muttered to Ace.
"Hey you, right there. That's no good. There is a weight limit for gear." Cavendish said to Luffy taking in all of the armor and shield he is wearing.
Cavendish has bright sky blue eyes. He is a lean yet muscular man with long flowing blonde hair that reaches past his shoulders. He wears a black cowboy hat with a large aqua blue colored plume. He sports a ruffled white V-neck shirt under a coat draped over his shoulders. He wears dark purple trousers that have a thin white stripe on the sides and ends in a ruffle just below a pale yellow and aqua blue star on each knee. He has brown high heeled boots that has a bronze buckle attached by a dark purple strap just above the ankle.
"Huh? Is that so? But it's so cool…" Luffy said, pouting a bit under his helmet at the thought of not wearing the gear.
"Well, whatever you do, there is no chance for you. I will win the Flame-Flame Fruit. Yes! That beautiful power belongs only to me. My name is Cavendish. I didn't have to tell you my name because… everybody knows who I am." Cavendish said smiling as he held his rose in his hand.
I rolled my eyes as the female staff begins fawning over Cavendish saying that he is beautiful, how they didn't expect to see him here and they proceeds to faint. Again.
"How sinful it is to be beautiful! Perfect as this rose. That is what I am. I've been blessed with everything all my life. Because I've made it this far without eating a Devil Fruit or even really trying. Just with my natural gifts! Red Demoness Shelby will also love me and join together." He said, staring at his rose dreamily then stands up twirling around once showing off his figure.
'He's… What's the word? … Right girly. And not if I or Luffy have a say about it.' Ace said, glaring at Cavendish.
I gag at the mention of loving him and then snicker quietly as Luffy ignores Cavendish, and tests out his weight with all the armor, sword, helmet, and shield he has on his person.
"I told you earlier! Come here!" Cavendish irritatedly yells at Luffy.
"Tsk! I look awesome this way! That's why everybody is half-naked." Luffy sighs in disappointment.
Cavendish starts talking to Luffy about what makes the crowd so excited. He tells Luffy it's about the blood. That gladiators are just a show for them and they get excited to see the loser's blood. Luffy isn't really paying attention as he takes off all the armor except for the helmet, and cape.
"Hey you. I was watching you take down that big guy earlier. Who are you?" Cavendish said to Luffy.
"I'm Luffy! I'm gonna become the King of the Pirates!" Luffy said, taking off his cape showing his name 'Lucy' to everyone.
I groaned as I put my head in my arms. 'Idiot. You are an idiot.'
'Luffy… You idiot.' Ace also groaned.
"Your name is Lucy!" One of the contestants shouted at Luffy.
"Oh yeah, it's Lucy." Luffy said in a nonchalant way.
"Ouch." Luffy said as another one of the contestants throws a shield at his head telling him not to confuse them.
"Oh, you're Lucy! Cavendish said eating his rose.
I rubbed my face as I sigh, listening to Cavendish as he said that is Luffy was Luffy which he is, then he would have killed him right then and there. I let my mind wander when he started telling us his past.
"To recapture everybody's heart and along with Red Demoness Shelby's. I would kill as many newcomers as it takes! TO do so, I'm gonna win the Flame-Flame Fruit today!" Cavendish told Luffy, but Luffy stopped paying attention and weighted himself.
Luffy cheers as the gladiator staff said that his weight is okay now. Cavendish yells at him saying you can't ignore me like that and that he is gonna win Ace's devil fruit no matter what.
I put on my double sided cloak and place the tattered wolf head over my head to keep my identity hidden since I don't want Cavendish to go gaga over me. We go back to the Kyros statue and look at it for a few minutes until a female gladiator comes into the room.
"Are you interested in that guy?" The female gladiator asked.
"Who are you?" Luffy asked back.
"I'm Rebecca. A gladiator. Thank you for what you did earlier. I didn't like Spartan." Rebecca said, thanking Luffy for getting rid of Spartan.
"Ah, don't mention it." Luffy said.
"I heard that he was a legend." I mused, staring at the Kyros statue.
"A legend? This old man?" Luffy said staring at the statue very hard not seeing he was a legend.
"It's true. He was a legend. He was the strongest gladiator in the history of the Corrida Colosseum, named Kyros. He won 3,000 out of 3,000 matches. The only wound he ever got was a single slash." Rebecca told us.
"Wow! He was that strong?!" Luffy said in surprise.
"He used to fight here until 20 years ago. But no one in this country knows about him." Rebecca said.
'Damn Doflamingo. Damn Sugar.' I thought darkly as I glared at the ground.
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A/N: AAND THAT'S THE END OF THE CHAPTER! It will continue where it left off in Chapter 11! So please review or pm me if you have any ideas on which God I should fight for training next in my story… Any who I'll try updating as quickly as I can but I just started working and I'm in college soo… But keep a look out for my new Percy Jackson story that I will be posting sometime in the next month or so where my oc Shelby is transported into the Percy Jackson universe sometime in the first series, either during the third, fourth or fifth book. I'm not sure yet and I don't know what the title will be quite yet.
* Wake Up by AAA
* This is Sparta! From movie 300.
