Brand New World

Ch. 11: Like an Open Book

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"Where are we?" Robin asked looking around.

"The one place no normal human can reach on his or her own," Tetsuga said slowly. "Right now, we are in Kakusei`s mind."

"We`re in Kakusei`s mind!" Robin said in disbelief. "How is this possible?"

"You wanted to see what he was thinking, and I simply provided the means," Tetsuga said calmly.

"But there`s nothing here," Robin said regaining her composure.

"Ah, but there is," Tetsuga said raising his left arm, and several oak bookcases rose out of the ground.

"What are these?" Robin asked calmly.

"These bookcases represent Kakusei`s mind," Tetsuga said just as calmly. "The books are all the memories he has, and the information they hold is printed on the pages." Each bookcase had a gold plaque on the shelf somewhere, each having a title on it which designated what the books in the bookcase held. Robin looked one of the bookcases which had the title "My Family" which had a tinted black glass door on the front of it and a gold padlock keeping the door shut.

"There`s no keyhole on this lock," Robin said, "so how does it open?"

"This lock will only come undone when the time is right for Kakusei to remember this set of memories," Tetsuga explained calmly. Robin walked through the bookcases and observed the titles on the bookcases. Some of the titles that interested her were "World History", "World Culture", and "Educational Knowledge". Then the bookcases seemed to part and she saw the largest bookcases out of all of them, with a giant plague above them with the title "Manga Stories". And among them was one that was bigger than any other, titled "One Piece". It was easily taller than the other bookcases, and seemed as wide as three of four of the bookcases. There were several locks on the bookcase, and some had already been taken off. Just then, one of the locks began to glow. "Looks like he`ll be regaining some memories quite soon."

Then the locks began to shine and fade away from the doors, which opened and fell off. The books behind the door flew off the shelves, and hovering in midair, opened and the pages flew off away from the bookcase. "Where are those pages going?" Robin asked Testuga.

"To their owner," Tetsuga said calmly. "Kakusei is retrieving his memories." Robin then ran after the pages that had already flew past her, and after running for what seemed like a few minutes, she found Kakusei with his body suspended in the air as if he were on a cross. The pages were circling around him like electrons around an atom`s nucleus. Robin saw another set of pages fly by her, and he was a little shocked at what she saw. "Yes, that was the fight you were just in," Tetsuga said walking up to her. "The only difference is Kakusei isn`t there with you to slightly delay your getting hit with Enel`s attack. This is how Kakusei saw it for the first time, as a manga chapter." More pages flew by them and Robin could not recognize them.

"Was that… the future?" Robin said a little uneasy at what she saw.

"Yes, it is," Tetsuga said still calm. "Luffy will begin to fight Enel on his flying ship, Maxim, and have his arm trapped in a giant ball of gold, resulting him being sent back to the ground when Enel kicks him off the ship. Then Usopp and Sanji will go after Nami."

"So why is Kakusei remembering this now?" Robin asked. "This hasn`t happened yet."

"We`ve actually been in Kakusei`s mind for a while now," Tetsuga said smiling. "This actually has happened while we`ve been exploring Kakusei`s mind. His memories return based on when he needs them to. Unfortunately, our time here must end."

"What do you mean 'end'?" Robin asked looking surprised.

"Kakusei is waking up, and for now, he must not know I exist," Tetsuga said as their surroundings began to fade and warp. "So I must take my leave after we exit his mind. It was nice meeting you."

"Wait," Robin said, "I have to ask…" Robin opened her eyes. She was above Kakusei and Tetsuga was nowhere to be found. Then she saw the Maxim rising from the ground. "So that is the Maxim."

"Man, l needed that nap," Kakusei said as he woke up.

"Kakusei, you`re alright," Robin said regaining her composure.

"We need to get the others out of here and up that bean stalk," Kakusei said standing up and acting much more seriously.

"Of course," Robin said looking at Kakusei. "I`m guessing you saw our future."

"Yep," Kakusei said calmly. "I`ll carry Gan Fall and Wiper, and can you take care of Zoro and Chopper?"

"Of course," Robin said using her powers to create feet under Zoro and Chopper. "Are you sure you can handle your load?"

"Of course," Kakusei said smiling. "For some reason, I`ve always had a high tolerance to pain." He grabbed Gan Fall and Wiper and slung them over his shoulders, sending a wave of pain through his body. "Yeah, I can handle this," he said walking off towards the beanstalk following Robin, Zoro, and Chopper.

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This chapter is short because I thought that this would be a good place to cut it off, and I want to ask a few things.

Do you guys want me to start telling the whole story, or do you just want to keep things from Kakusei`s perspective?

Also, do you guys want to see the anime filler arcs or not?

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