(A/N- Ah! So so sorry for not updating, but my mom stole my internet... Also, in school we're starting the book Fahrenheit 451 and to give us a better view of the book, our teacher is making us hand over our phones, TV, video games, computers, and all that stuff, so I won't be able to update this Friday :( Gabby and Saffron are doing it too, but Jackie refuses to (To Jackie: I hate you...) Kelly doesn't have to do it, she's not in our class :( Thank you to Drago pirate, Karasu-archer, and kayamalfoy456 for reviewing! Yay! Whoa. I'm having a study group for the constitution test coming up on Thursday at my house, and I just realized that the five main characters in the ff are in my room. And I'm writing about them all. Trippyyyy O_O We're all on a sugar crash from Jackie's cookies, so we're all laying around my room. We were supposed to be taking a constitution quiz online, but we gave up... So I hope you enjoy today's chapter! Sorry for the crappy title. I don't own One Piece.)
The Last Are Found
Jackie's POV
I was told to go to the park and wait for someone to meet me. I waited forever, watching the clouds go by. I was about to get up and leave when I heard Emma calling my name.
"Jackie!"
I turned around and saw Emma.
"Hey, you ready?" I asked.
"Yep. We just found Sanji and Luffy." She answered. 'Oh, and we're inter-dimensional travelers now... or something."
"What?"
We started walking. "Long story. Where should we go first?"
"Well who should we try to find first?"
Emma counted off the names on her fingers. "All who's left is Zoro, Nami, Ussop, and Robin."
"There's no guarantee we know where they are, though."
As we passed the skate park, I looked through the bars surrounding it. A huge group of kids were gathered around a bowl.
"What's going on over there?" I pointed to the crowd.
Emma followed my finger, trying to see over the heads of the skaters.
I realized that one of the skaters on the outside of the circle was one of our classmates. I called, "Hey, Ryan!"
The boy turned as he heard his name. "Hey, Jackie!" He came over.
"What's happening?" Emma asked.
He pushed himself up so he could look at us over the fence. "Some guy just came in here. He's amazing! You should come see these tricks."
We walked into the skate park and joined the small crowd. A lone skater rode around inside the circle of kids. He was doing aerials and gliding around the edges of the bowl. He jumped over rails easily, as all the others watched with awe. He finally slowed to a stop and picked up the board. He gave it back to another teenager, apparently the original owner. I tried to keep an eye on him while the crowd dispersed and went back to skating. I could just barely see his head. My eyes widened as he took off his helmet. He had startling green hair.
"Ah!" I gasped and pointed as he disappeared into the crowd. "That was Zoro!"
"Zoro?" Emma gasped. "How do you know?"
"I saw his hair."
"Ah... Let's go, then!" Emma ran off in the direction he went. We dodged skaters and as we neared the end of the skate park. I jumped back as a teen sped right in front of me. I looked around and realized I had lost Emma. I didn't see Zoro, either. A bit of bright blue and purple hair caught my eye, and I recognized our friend Grace. "Hey, Grace!" I ran up to her. "Have you seen a guy, tall, green hair?"
"Hm? Oh, you mean that skater that was just over there? Yeah, he was so cool!"
"But did you see which way he went?"
"I think he and some other guy hopped the fence, they went that way." She pointed to park's exit.
"Dammit. Thanks." I said bye and ran toward the exit, where Emma was waiting. "They left the park."
"Where to?"
"Into town I think."
"Argh!" Emma said. "C'mon!"
We went the back way, going behind the Kmart so we would get into town faster. I had to pull Emma back from the path of an incoming car as we came out behind a shop. I scanned the shops that were around us, looking for anywhere they might go. We glanced into each door we walked. Finally, we came across the martial arts studio.
"We could ask in here, I know them." I said. I poked my head through the door. A group of little kids were going over drills inside, and the brown and black belts were learning about handling a sword and twirling staffs. At the front desk was one of my teachers. I went up to her.
"Good morning, Julie."
"Jackie! Good morning. What are you doing here on a Saturday?" She asked.
"I was just wondering if you saw a guy I know. He's tall, with green hair."
"Oh, yeah. He just came in with someone else."
"What?" Emma said.
"Where is he?" I asked.
"Over there, with the black and brown belts." She pointed to the other side of the studio.
We looked over, and there was Zoro and Ussop. Zoro was showing them how to correctly hold a sword.
"... Then you take your stance like this. Not this." Zoro said, doing so. "You're more protected, and it's easier to attack." He handed the fake sword back to the teacher. "Now do it right this time."
All the kids followed his example. One asked him if his three swords were real.
"Of course." He began to unsheath one.
"Whoa, Zoro! You can't use real swords here!" Ussop protested.
"Why not?"
"Ah! You idiot! They'll think you're some kind of crazy terrorist or something." I said, running up to him.
"And who do you think you are to tell me that?" He asked, slightly ticked.
"Take a guess." I smiled.
He stared at my face.
I felt Emma slowly peeking over my shoulder, like she was trying to annoy me.
"What the heck, man?" I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Sorry, sorry." Emma smiled, and stood next to me.
"Do I know you?" Ussop asked.
"Maybe." Emma said simply.
Zoro stared harder.
Ussop's eyes lit up. "You look like Kelly's friends!"
"Emma and Jackie? Why are you here?" Zoro asked.
"Questions later, but let's get you back with everyone else."
Kelly's POV
I opened the library doors and walked in. I was supposed to meet someone there. The library had just moved to the old rollerskating rink, so it was huge. The ceiling was higher than the school gym's, and there were rows of books. The best part about it was the Wii. It's set up in the back part of the library, and surrounded by little tables and booths like a restaurant almost. It was so comfortable, Saffron had fallen asleep there once. That corner was also where the manga section was. It was huge, and as I walked over, I noticed a collection of One Piece volumes for the first time. Well, I am supposed to be looking for them. I'll get a good image of what they look like. I thought, picking one up.
Nami and Robin walked into the library.
"Whoa! So many books!" Nami said.
Robin smiled in awe and joy. She saw a book section labeled History and went straight toward it.
Nami walked down a row of books, scanning the titles. She came to the end of the row and walked in to the small sitting area. She saw Robin, with a stack of books in her hands. She was bending down, looking at a row of colorful books.
"What are all those?" Nami pointed to the stack.
"These? I found them. They're all about this nation's history and culture." Robin said, smiling.
"Ah. Then what are these?" She pointed to the shelf.
"I'm not sure yet. But a certain title caught my eye." Robin pointed at the bottom row.
Nami looked at it. "'One Piece'?"
Robin took out a volume. She opened it and examined the pages. Her eyes widened. "Th-this is..."
Nami looked at the black and white pictures. "Enies Lobby? And we're in it!"
Robin quickly took out a few more volumes.
"Look! I think this is right around when Luffy met me!" Nami said, looking at one of the earliest volumes.
"And this is Alabasta!" Robin picked up another volume. "Are these... documenting our lives?"
"Hey, Robin, look at this kid." Nami pointed to a small chubby boy that was talking to Luffy. "Who does that remind you of?"
"Hm..." Robin read the panels on the page. "His name... is Coby."
"Coby? The boy from Water 7?"
Silence...
"That's Coby?" They almost shouted.
"He's so small!" Robin exclaimed.
"He's shorter than Luffy! We just saw him, and he was so..." Nami tried looking for the right words.
Robin flipped through the pages. "What was that other man's name, the blonde one?"
"Helle... Hippo... Meppo? Hellemippo?" Nami tried.
"Hellemeppo?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Could this be him?" Robin showed her the picture of Hellemeppo strolling towards Zoro.
Nami covered her mouth to keep from laughing. Even Robin had a big smile.
"I wonder what this one is?" Robin picked up the last volume in the collection. "It says 'Thriller Bark'"
"Eh? But we haven't been there yet." Nami said, her smile fading.
Robin started to open it. Suddenly two hands slammed the book closed. She looked up. Emma stood there, panting. "I wouldn't. Open that. If I. Were you."
I looked up from my book. "Oh, Emma, you're here."
She looked at me. "This is exactly the thing you were supposed to keep them from doing."
I tilted my head. "Who?... Ah! Their here! Sorry. No one ever told me that. I've been busy reading." I smiled and held up the volume.
A grin spread across her face. "You started reading it?"
I nodded. "I thought I would recognize them better if I read it."
"Excuse me," Robin said. "But... is there something wrong?"
"Have I seen you somewhere before?" Nami asked.
Emma turned back around to face them. "Yes. You probably don't remember, it was so long ago."
I stood up and walked over next to Emma.
Robin's eyes widened. "Are you... Emma and Kelly?"
"Ah! What are you doing here?" Nami exclaimed.
"We kinda live here." I shrugged.
"And where exactly is here?" Robin asked.
"America." I said.
"This is our home dimension. Not only are we psychics, we're also inter-dimensional traveler... people..." Emma said.
"What...?" I asked.
"Really?" Nami said.
She nodded. "We've been looking for you. The rest of the crew is at Gabby's house."
Nami put the One Piece volumes back. Robin picked up her big stack of books.
"Whoa! Where'd you get all those?" I asked.
"I found them." She replied simply.
"I can check them out, I have my card." Emma said, digging around in her pocket.
At the self check out counter, we counted up a total of thirteen history books. We had to get bags to carry them home.
"By the way," Nami said as we walked out. "Those books that Robin and I were looking at, what were they?"
I looked at Emma.
"That depends." Emma said slowly. "How much did you see?"
"I recognized a few places we've been before, like Alabasta. But there was one place we've never been."
"Oh. Then those... are books that record peoples adventures in other other dimensions." Emma said. "But most people don't know about other dimensions, so they just think that they're stories."
"Oh. That explains it."
She's good at this... I thought.
(A/N- Yay done! By the way, can you remind me what grade we all are in in this ff? I think it's 7th grade, but we're half way through 8th grade in real time right now... Crap I need to catch up... Um, soooo review, subscribe, le blah de blah blah... I might or might not see you this Friday. Btw, girls, this Tuesday (the 10th) is Saint Anges Eve, and legend has it that that night, a girl dreams about her future husband ;D! Just thought I'd mention that... so... BYE!)
