Hi everyone! This is a rewrite of my old fanfic. I've loved One Piece all my life and I hope my story gives it justice and allows you and myself to enter the world of OP as a new character.
Disclaimer: I do not own One piece.
Gazing at the open sea I frowned. "Luffy, get inside the barrel." I commanded my captain. My tone stern, but loving; fearing that my life long friend would be taken by the great sea. "We'll be swallowed by this current if you don't hurry up." I warned, thinking about his body sinking to the ocean floor.
Around our small fishing boat the both of us were in, the ocean roared and began to take shapes in the current. "Luffy, I don't know anything about weather, but I know this boat wont be able to take this much longer." Our small wooden boat rocked back and forth, throwing water in the boat each sway.
Luffy turned to me from his view of the chaotic sea and whined. "But Soara our adventure has barely even started and this looks awesome!" He threw up his left fist, right holding his straw hat to his head and gestured to the funneling water tunnels straight ahead of us.
I sighed deeply. "Well, my job is to help you become the King of the Pirates, and I can't do that if you die immediately after we set sail." I caught his eyes, serious, and trying to emphasize that right now he didn't need to do his give me shit thing. "I mean, If you don't wanna do this whole conquer the Grand Line thing anymore we can just turn ar…." The look in Luffy's eyes went from playful excitement to a dark uncomfortable glare.
Luffy pulled his hat over his eyes, face shrouded in that darkness. That darkness which seeped from him bearing old deep pain. I stiffened feeling overwhelmingly guilty. "Luffy, lo-ook, I was just giving you hell. Just come on please don't be mad," I smiled big to emphasize my sorry feelings for trying to guilt him. Luffy began to shake where he stood. Concerned, I crossed the few steps to him tears forming in my eyes.
Then suddenly Luffy looked up grinning throwing his head back in laughter face clear of any darkness and pain. "Oh Soara, you're so easy to trick. Sheesheesheeshee" Luffy laughed loudly slapping his knee. My face turned beet red in embarrassment and annoyance.
"Luffy! Now is obviously not the time to play games!" I snapped at him, tears gone as quickly as they came replaced with anger at his teasing. Leaning forward I hit him atop his head leaving him with a big pink lump. Which of course, he continued to laugh.
Shaking my head with a sigh I returned my attention to the danger. The water continued to rise in our boat, causing the single barrel we had to float on top of the layer of sea. This was the sign that we are waiting way too long to save ourselves.
I gazed out to the ocean saw the state of our small sail boat being pulled further and further towards the two giant whirlpools now very close to us.
Panic truly hit me. "Oh for heavens sake! Get in the barrel please Luffy, Please!" I frantically told him while getting in the barrel myself. At the very least I wasn't going to let myself be sent to the field of reeds first.
"Okay, okay." Luffy said as he walked over to the barrel and plopped inside next to me. It was a tight fit with the two of us, but between Luffy's elasticity and my small frame we fit somewhat comfortably. I then closed the top and my eyes for a quick prayer for our safety. Opening my eyes, I was greeted with a drooling Luffy fast asleep. Shaking my head in amusement, I smiled and pulled out my journal to document our first hour of adventures. It astounded me that we had only left Foosha Village only a few hours ago and already had got ourselves into this predicament. I wrote in the journal that this start of our adventure must be an omen for what is to come.
BANG! Startled I woke up, head shooting forwards and connecting with Luffy's. "Owwww." I moaned grasping the back side of my skull as my neck was also in pain. Luffy was unphased and sleeping away. I must have dozed off while writing. The banging continued, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! Cannon fire. BOOM!
Our barrel rolled down what I presume was stairs; hit after hit, spinning us round and round making me feel like puking. Suddenly we hit something and we finally came to an unpleasant stop.
The position the barrel had stopped in, caused my cheeks to blaze crimson. No longer was I feeling like hurling due to the spinning, but now I like puking because of how Luffy was touching me.
Luffy was positioned full body on top of my body with his head placed firmly into my chest, snuggling in like I was a pile of dream meat. His legs had become intertwined with mine causing our bodies to touch firmly in the pelvic region. I was beyond overwhelmed. The more I thought about it the more I turned red. All I could articulate in my head, was oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
Practically nose bleeding I tried to open the barrel, but that plan didn't have much success due to Luffy unconsciously pinning my arms in between us in a tight embrace.
"Hmmmm." Luffy mumbled happily as he nuzzled his head deeper into my chest and smiled, his hot breath leaving my skin cold as ice. I groaned. "I cannot take this anymore." I whispered furiously at myself. The blood finally rushed out of my nose shooting my head back and Luffy deeper into our snuggle.
On instinct, my nose bleed and blush parade subsided, allowing me to hone in on the light footsteps approaching us.
"Wow, that's one big barrel. I wonder what's inside it." A child like voice said.
It seemed that the kid was taking us in his care as we started rolling and flipping again. Amid the tossing and turning and the kid grunted about the weight of the barrel, Luffy finally released some of the pressure on our legs, allowing me to pry my body away from him enough to at least be able to cope.
Our barrel had come to a stop, allowing me to try to regain my composure. The sound of multiple sets of heavy footsteps approached us. One of the footsteps, lighter than the others, stopped right next to us, which I assumed was the kid that rolled us wherever we now are.
"Looky here. It's our favorite coward trying to hide in here and duck out on all the action again." The man grunted as he picked up the barrel, placing it upright. This position allowed me to completely free my body from Luffy. I thanked the gods for this change because his body heat was making me dizzy.
The kid stuttered a response. "No way! I was just trying to haul this big barrel of beer over to you guys!"
"Heheheh, why don't you let us lighten the load." Said the man above us.. "Yeah, I was just starting to get thirsty." The other man voiced.
"You can't! Lady Alvida would kill us if she ever found out." The kid shouted in defense seeming very afraid of the possible outcome.
"She won't if you keep your trap shut. Right…Boy?" The man laughed at his threat to the child and cracked his knuckles above us.
The man grunted."This suckers heavy. Hold on boys, I'll open her the old fashioned way."
I decided that now was a good time to wake Luffy since it seemed the man would be finding us anyway. Forgetting the nose bleed from from before, I leaned close to Luffy's ear, lips barely an inch away from his face. "Luffy, it's time for Lunch we're having… MEAT"
Instantly Luffy's eyes shot open and he busted out of the barrel, flinging his arms arms up in a typical Luffy stretch. Pieces of the barrel went flying as I sat below Luffy admiring the shocked faces of the men and child around us.
"Yeahhhhhhh! Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Sllllllleeeeeeeeppppttttt, Greeaaaaaaaaaatttttttt!" Luffy shouted, face beaming with a nice nap glow.
"Huh, who's that?" Luffy said looking at the men around him, not bothering to look down. "Where's Soara?" He asked, looking literally everywhere but down
"Aheeem." I cleared my throat. Luffy finally looked down and beamed at me with his award winning smile and held out his hand. Heart racing like always, I quickly grasped his hand and pulled myself up. Now upright, I dusted off my clothes to rid of the wood debris and smiled at Luffy, blushing per usual. "You can sleep through anything, aabeet." I told him, giving him my own smile in return.
Taking in the two men standing in front of us, their swords raised in front of them at eye level, ready to pierce our skin. I would have taken their weapons more seriously, had they not been quivering.
Instead of addressing them directly, I gazed at my nails, examining them and raised a single brow. Awaiting a response that never came I asked harshly, "Who the hell are y'all?"
Their eyes lit up with disbelief and responded, "Who the hell are you!"
I laughed a short Ha, amused at their reactions. "No need to be rude." I replied, still gazing at my beautifully manicured hand, letting them know they were insignificant.
Luffy laughed at my antics and walked over to a man laying unconscious on the ground a few feet from us. I assume Luffy knocked that one out when he flung his arms wide breaking the barrel. "Your friend will catch a cold sleeping like that." He told them as he squatted down poking the man in forehead over and over.
I giggled as the men lost it. "Your the one who knocked him out!" They shouted. One of the men, the fattest thrust a sword in front of Luffy's face. "Hold up! Are you messing with us when you know good and well we're pirates?" he growled.
Ignoring them as if the sword wasn't there, Luffy walked past to the kid behind me. I turned my back to the swords and took in the kid. He was short with a square jaw and pink hair and obviously was the one that was rolling us around.
Luffy leaned down to his eye level. "I'm hungry, you got any food?" He asked, subconsciously remembering how I woke him. My stomach growled, voicing my agreement with Luffy's request.
The thinner pirate behind me asked, "Who are you guys?" in disbelief.
Luffy took his attention from the kid and faced the pirates. "My name's Monkey D. Luffy." He told them grinning his signature smile.
"My name is Cathedral A. Soara." I told them. Slowly, I trained my gaze to meet each of their eyes one by one. The pirates shuttered in fear, took one more look at us, grabbed their unconscious friend, and fled the room yelling that they would tell the captain.
The kid stood confused. "Sooo what just happened?" He asked us. I shrugged barely giving the men anymore thought. "You got me." Luffy replied laughing.
After less than a second, the kid frantically turned towards me. "Quick, you gotta run lady! If they come back here with their buddies they will kill you on the spot!" He warned... quite loudly.
I sighed at the kid. "Those men are no threat and," "We just want some food." Luffy finished for me. I smiled.
"How can you two just say that! There are hundreds of them up on deck and they're waiting for the opportunity to kill anything." he warned, eyes bulging.
I patted the kids head complacently. "Those men are weak." I informed him while I gazing around the room.
Luffy sniffed at the air like a dog and grabbed my hand, walking us towards a door on the other side of the room. The kid latched onto his other arm and started pulling the opposite direction, desperate to stop us and make us see sense.
We reached the door as the kid reached to grab my arm. I moved it out of the way before he could touch me and opened the door instead. I sent the kid a look as a warning and stepped into the room.
Inside was the ships storeroom with shelves filled full of food. Luffy let go of my arm and jumped down the steps chanting, "Food, food, food, food, food!"
I stepped into the room and tuned out the kids ranting while walking about the room looking for something appetizing. Boxes of flower, corn flakes, sugar, salt...
"Soara!" Luffy said. I stopped walking and caught the apple thrown at me. "Oooo, perfect" I said with a smile before taking a bite into the lovely fruit.
I walked over to where Luffy was stuffing his face with a case full of apples sitting on the step next to the kid.
The kid stuttered out an introduction. "Hey, my name's Coby." He sheepishly said. "You're Luffy and your Soara. Is that right? That was pretty neat what you did with that barrel back there." The kid us told.
"These are awesome!" Luffy exclaimed ignoring Coby while stuffing his face. I reached for another apple knowing they would soon be gone and set the fruit on my lap. "So tell me Coby, are we on Alveda's ship?" I asked without malice.
"No, it's a passenger ship that's being raided by pirates, pirates under the command of Lady Alvida." He replied worry, ever present in his voice.
Luffy cleared another entire apple in one bite. "Oh who cares anyway. What I want to know is if there are any boats on board?" He asked.
"I think there are a few." Coby told him. I smiled at our luck. "Oh good, ours was destroyed by a whirl pool." I said casually.
Coby's eyes widened. "The one from earlier! What! No way. No one could have survived that!" Coby shouted.
Luffy kept shoving apples in his face hole. "Yeah, I got to say, it was a big surprise" Luffy said with a grin and sent a wink my way.
"Pshh" I scoffed. "My plans always work." I informed him smugly with a wink of my own.
Luffy popped another apple into his mouth and addressed Coby. "So are you one of the pirates or one of the passengers?" Luffy asked, casually choking on a bite, pounding his chest and shoving another apple down.
Coby began to tell us of his misfortune in getting involved with the Alvida pirates. I took in the story with no judgement. Luffy though, did not seem impressed with the story. "You're a moron and a coward. I hate people like you." Luffy concluded with a laugh.
Coby looked up with a sad smile. "I wish I could be as free as you guys. What made y'all want to set out to sea?" He asked curiously.
Luffy, finishing off his final apple while I finished mine, replied. "I'm gonna be king of the pirates." He stated.
Coby's mouth dropped. "Really!"
"Yup"
Coby's eyes doubled. "That would mean that you're a pirate too!"
"Right"
Coby's arms began to shake. "Your crew!?" Luffy an I grinned at each other. "Just Soara so far, but I'm lookin."
Coby's mouth dropped even further and he made a weird shrill noise and blanked out. After a moment he began, "The king is a title given to the one that has everything this world has to offer. You're talking about seeking out the treasure of fame, wealth, and power! The treasure that you seek is the One Piece!" Coby shouted throwing out his hands.
"Yeah!" Luffy replied like he finally got it.
Coby's tone changed from panicked to frantic. "Pirates all over the world are looking for that treasure you know!" He shouted. "No way! It's impossible, impossible, impossible! There's no way anyone like you could reach the pinnacle during this great pirate age! There's just too many out there that are meaner and better-" Luffy ha enough and leaned over and hit him on the head.
Coby fell to the ground from Luffy's hit moaning. "Oww. Why did you hit me?" he whined.
Luffy shrugged. "Cause I felt like it." He replied.
Coby sniffled sitting up. "Oh well, I'm used to it. My ship mates smack me around a lot." he sadly replied.
Luffy pulled his straw hat off of his head and gazed at it in thought. "It's not about if I can, I'm doing this because I want to. I decided long ago that I will be king of the pirates. And if I have to die fighting for that, then I die." Luffy gave his hat a small smile then placed it safely back on his head.
I watched Luffy with a warm smile on my face, thinking about my reasons for being on the sea with him.
Coby looked shocked and glanced back and forth between us. "What about you Soara?" he asked me.
I took Coby in and replied. "Oh me? My goal is to make this guy our pirate king." I laughed while pointing at Luffy. "And to casually document the world's most epic adventure."
Coby's mouth fell open in shock again. "You guys are insane." he told us. I sighed at Coby thinking about his fear I replied. "Look, just because everyone else finds your dreams unrealistic, doesn't mean it is. If every great person doubted themselves then nothing awesome would happen. No innovation, no change, no adventure. Just follow your dreams kid. Even if the whole world doubts you."
Luffy smiled at my reply and jumped up off of his butt and held a hand out to me. "Alright, time to go get us a new boat." He tugged me up and we walked to the door above the steps leading out the way we came.
Looking at Luffy I said, "You know with your luck they might even just give us one if we ask nice enough." I grinned at him.
Putting his hands on his hip Luffy went along with me. "Hmm, maybe they're generous people." He said grinning back in a weird accented voice. I laughed.
Coby stood up as well, asking us to wait. We both turned back looking at him, "You guys have inspired me to follow my dream to become a Marine… and capture people like Alvida!" He said with confidence only now heard.
I gave Coby a kind smile causing him to blush. "Good." I told him. Luffy began to open the door, but was stopped by a huge something crashing through the room.
The ceiling fell in bringing a giant human with it. The dust cleared and a large woman emerged. Her deep voice growled. "Who is that you plan on catching Coby? Do you actually think these twigs are gonna help you? Well, answer me!" It demanded, spiked club, out and ready to swing.
I glanced back over at Coby cowering in a corner. Swords pierced through the door behind us, letting us know those men ran off to tattle. The woman continued, "My guess is that your not Zoro the pirate hunter." She said smirking. Her head turned towards the kid and smiled. "Coby! Who is the most beautiful of all on the seeeeaaaaas?" she screeched.
Coby shook where he crouched. "Hold on, ehh, give me a sec, I know this." Coby stuttered.
Luffy casually placed his hand on his head and leaned against a column."Hey Coby, who's the fat lady?" Luffy asked with a head nod at the giant person.
I busted out laughing while the huge lady turned red in anger. "You runt!" The woman shouted as she swung her club down at where Luffy and I had just stood. We both easily dodged and jumped through the air and out the opening she created. Luffy grabbed Coby from the corner and we all 3 landed on the deck of the passenger ship.
On this deck stood 50 or so pirates weapons raised and charging at us. Luffy and I began our first pirate fight. I was giddy with excitement. One man jumped at me from behind with a sword raised at my head. I easily sidestepped him with a grin. "It's not nice to attack from behind you know." I told him as I grabbing his head mid leap and threw him into a pin of pirates near by knocking them unconscious.
My leap took me to the mast as more pirates attacked from behind. Luffy ran by grabbing onto it to let his arm stretch out and surprise the group of pirates following him. "Got cha." He said. "Gumu Gumu nooo Rocket!" He shouted while throwing his rubber body at them knocking most of them down.
I jumped down from the mast hitting the unsuspecting stragglers unconscious with a few calculated and targeting stabs to the neck.
Coby ran up to the both of us looking shocked at all the unconscious or groaning men at our feet. "Wha-what are you guys?" Coby asked.
I simply smiled eyes closed, nose scrunched and threw out a peace sign in reply. Luffy eagerly shared his quirk. "I'm a rubber man" He told him pulling his cheek to prove his statement.
Taking us in the large lady spoke, "So, you've eaten a devil fruit." Alvida said stepping in front of us.
Luffy stepped forward slightly to stand in front of me glancing at her. "Yeah. I ate the Gum-Gum fruit." he replied.
Alvida spoke, "Huh, I heard rumors they existed, but I've never seen any evidence of them before today. You both are more skilled than the average deck swabber. Are you bounty hunters?" The large women asked.
Luffy placed his hands on his hips. "Nope, were pirates. We'll find our crew tomorrow or next week or something. I need, I don't know, like ten guys." Luffy told her holding up ten fingers.
I stood behind, proud that he held up the right amount of fingers this time. The lady grinned. "So, if the three of us are all pirates and we are under different flags, that would make us enemies." she said in an attempt at intimidation.
Luffy and I crouched into fighting positions, ready to continue. Coby frightened, turned his back to Alvida, worried for us. "No! You saw how powerful her club is and she's the most-" Coby stopped talking and stared at Luffy and me for a second as if he blanked out.
Alvida waited, "Go on Coby, tell me." she said.
He slowly turned back to his captain. He opened his mouth, straightened his arms and balled his hands into a fist and shouted. "YOU'RE THE MOST UGLIEST THING ON THE SEA!"
Luffy burst with laughter. "Ain't that the truth" Luffy told him with a knee slap at her ugly expense.
Her face ignited in furry. "What did you say!" she shouted.
Coby stepped up in front of her. "I'm leaving. And I'm gonna go join the marines and spend the rest of my life beating up dirty pirates like you! And I'm gonna do what I want and no one is gonna stop me. And I'm gonna catch your lousy ass first!" He shouted at her with pent up emotions streaming down his face.
"Your dead kid!" Alvida swung her club at a screaming and crying Coby.
Luffy calmly interjected. "Well said." He told him stepping in the way of her club and letting it hit him straight on the head.
"Luffy!" Coby shouted in worry and fear.
A moment passed and Luffy grinned under the club. "That won't work on me. I'm rubber… Gumu Gumu no-"
I walked away from Luffy finishing her off more than confident our first pirate battle was coming to an end. I began my search for our new transportation, hoping I would find something bigger than what we started in. I turned back at the sound of the impact Luffy made and saw Alvida flying high into the sky like a rocket.
I smiled, reaching the side of the passenger ship and faced Alivida's pirates in their own and addressed them, "I need a boat for Coby ready within two minutes." I commanded. They looked from me and to the clear sky their captain was last seen and quickly hopped to.
"Yes ma'am!" They all shouted, quickly producing a small boat that Luffy, Coby and I boarded.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! We descended down to the ocean as cannon balls went off. As to why, I have no idea. Our boat hit the water hard, causing a huge splash around us. Through the splash of water I saw a girl with orange hair on her own boat send a wink my way.
We quickly sailed away, forgetting the girl and heading to the closest island to continue our adventure.
Hope Ya'll enjoyed episode one! Thanks