Akaiso Works

Past Story

Chapter 1

Mimi Reishouteki

Zato was face to face with both Akaiso and Mimi once more. He didn't hesitate at all. He shouted, "Mimi!! What have I told you!? Don't let him keep you as his slave!! He's not your ally, he's using you! He's using everyone! You don't deserve this!!"

Mimi unfortunately went on the offense. She propelled herself forward and clawed Zato. Having a firm grip on him, she roared out another word. He was expecting to be murdered from her excrutiating pain. Instead, the floor caved in and formed a hole in the ground. The two of them plummeted downwards into a dark abyss. Before Akaiso could pursue, the ground sealed up. "Mimi.. what are you up to?" he mumbled.

The two kept going down, and it seemed like miles until Zato hit something. Cold metal. Everything around him was pitch black. He couldn't see Mimi; he couldn't feel her anymore either. Where was she?

Suddenly, the lights snapped on. Zato looked around, but he was surrounded by walls. Just walls. The floor was covered sheets of aluminum pressed together into tiles while the walls were plain white. Mimi stood about five yards from him. She didn't move, she just watched Zato get back up to his feet. "Zato, why do you keep coming back? Why..? Akaiso is undefeatable. I'm trying.. to SAVE YOU!! You could've run away from here. But now it's too late. Akaiso's gonna destroy your crew one by one!"

Zato walked forward towards Mimi with menacing eyes. "Zato, if you don't leave I'll just kill you!" she hissed once more. Zato was now right in front of her. He thrust his arm forward and punched her as hard as he could in the face. Mimi went back pretty far and landed with a thud on the floor. There was a huge red mark on her face.

"Listen to yourself talk Mimi. AKAISO ISN'T YOUR MASTER! HE'S USING YOU. He doesn't think of you as anything other than a mule. You have something he wants, and that's the only reason he has you. His love, it's nothing. Think about yourself. Think for yourself. You don't need him all over you. You're the only one who controls yourself!!! Quit hiding your feelings and make something out of your life!!"

Mimi was flooding with tears, and with each her memories of the onus in her childhood began to spill out. It was exactly what Zato wanted.

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"My heart is cynic," she whispered. "Because it was crushed years ago. I had nobody to turn to. I wanted to die."

Mimi was born and raised in South Blue. Her father was a warrior while she worked in the field with her mother to make a living - they grew corn. Unfortunately, she discovered a rare plant in the field and took a bite out of it. Little did she know of the Devil Fruit, the Shinikku no Mi. Her presence became extremely dark, and it seemed that her words would come to life. If she cursed someone.. they would soon find themselves dying. Even her parents feared her identity. They had no idea what to do. They loved their child, but did she love them back? Mimi did, but her heart was covered by a layer of darkness. The people wanted her to leave for her 'sins'. She was outcasted, yet the more she was shunned, the more the hate built up in her heart.

Unfortunately on a calm day, camel nomads invaded the small town. The townspeople screamed for help, but none came. Mimi's dad attempted to hold them off, but they set fire to the farm. Everyone fought, but the nomads fought back harder and prevailed. Mimi tried, but the bedouins took her captive. Though the town was left in wreck, they felt blessed that Mimi was gone from them. And it wasn't even their actions.

Mimi's dad pursued the nomads for two days to the west. Her mom waited worriedly back at the town with only few comforting her. The nomads arrived at a post and presented their two captives: Mimi Reishouteki, the Demon Heart, and Ralph, a strong male teen. She was only twelve, but he was much older and developed at the age of fifteen.

Ruben Reishouteki, her father, attacked in time with the help of a few townspeople. Mimi was hopeful once more when the warriors annihilated most of the bedouins. Until... the cannonball erupted and killed three of them. Ralph's father was one of those to fall. Ruben rose from the flames covered in blood and ash. He did not believe his eyes when he saw the massive Marine Battleship right in front of him. He thought it had come to help.. he was clearly mistaken. Ralph flipped through documents and contracts to realize that some divisions of Marines, specifically those involved in the Tennryuubuto Slave Trade, had hired mercenary of all sorts to do their job. In this case, desert wanderers who tore through innocent towns.

"Ralph, what are you saying?" Mimi cried.

"The Tennryuubuto are a group of wicked nobles. They descend directly from the kings who founded the World Government almost 800 years ago! But these guys, they profit from a huge slave trade that covers the whole world. People who were captured.. like us.. would be shipped off to one of thousands of posts or prisons. Eventually we'd be auctioned off to lunatics and rich bastards who abuse people. Once we get captured, we're slaves!" he whispered. The words came at her too fast, and she was in disbelief. She shook her head and cried. She didn't want to live a life like this. She'd rather stay at the town. Why, WHY did it happen to her??

The marines began to pour out of the ship and into the Bedouin post. They shuffled past Ruben who was stricken with confusion. Then, he was thrown back. A huge figure stood before him, gritting his teeth and smoking a fat cigar. "Who do ye think ye're tae mess wid de camelfolk I gave goood money tae??! Huh, answer me boi!!"

Ruben dropped his blade and shook his head. "Please sir.. they kidnapped my daughter. You're an officer, you have to help. Bring about justice, put a stop! Please!"

He pulled the cigar out of his mouth and blew a ton of smoke into Ruben's face. "Harharr, yew serious?" he coughed. "Aite I'll make a deal wid yew. I'll give yew yer daughter back, if'n yew offer yerself up tae us!"

He was confused, but his daughter could be rescued. So he said yes, not knowing what his fate would turn up as.

Ralph fought hard against the cruel marines that entered his domain. He killed one but the rest tackled him down. Mimi was cornered at the back of the room. They had their guns pointed against her.. she gave them a menacing glare, and the whole front line fell. When the officer began calling back his troops, Mimi unleashed herself and lost control. Someone else was in her.. a cynic demon. Most of the troops were killed.

The huge officer dragged Ruben by the neck and shackled him to the mast pole of his battleship. The surviving troops filed back in with Ralph and Ruben as their slaves. Ralph broke free once more.. and he dived off deck. Mimi emerged from the post staring at a ship sailing away in the horizon. She was covered in wounds, and all she saw was Ralph's body mostly cut up as the waves pushed it back to shore. She had lost her father, the only person who cared for her, the man who had sacrificed his life for her own. He was now off somewhere serving a cruel lord, or maybe even dead.

Ralph was dead. Her dad was gone. She limped back to the town in a week. Along the way she found a small dried up watering hole and drank from the remains of sandy water. When she returned, she was grimly greeted by a few familiar faces circled around a fire. Everything was gone. She asked around only to find out that the bedouins had launched another assault on orders. The marines had discovered that their officer let a powerful child slip out of their hands. She was now wanted with a small bounty of 1,000,000 Beri for a made up crime.

"They'll be back," Ralph's mother hissed at her. "The only reason they destroyed our home.. is because you still lived. It's all your fault!! They killed your mother too!!" Mimi dropped to her knees sobbing. She was being blamed for destruction of everything. Her mother. Her father. Ralph's father. Ralph. "You don't deserve to live!! Ruben should be alive, not you!!"

And her rage awakened, and Mimi killed Ralph's mother. The survivors did not hesitate one bit.. her own neighbors and the people she grew up reported her.

Her bounty was raised up to 100,000,000 for a true accusation. She was responsible for the complete annihilation of the town Ukita. Nothing was left for her. She escaped in time and was on the run.

Mimi had nobody. Her father had given his life for her. She was left a dying and cynic heart.

Mimi's past continues to the next chapter.