I write my story based on both manga and anime and use whatever I feel is best. I try to do my story as accurate as possible:-D

Chapter 2: Shay's first island

The whitebeard pirates left her home island a couple of weeks ago. Shayla didn't say goodbye to anyone and was just looked through the bull's eye as they set sail. She wasn't sure if she ever wanted to return to the place her mother was killed.

Shayla hasn't really been out of her father's room since. She wasn't sure if it was because of fear or grief, probably both. It was the beginning of her adventures, but she always thought that she would be older, with her mother waving goodbye and wishing her the best at the port.

Her father was always close to keep an eye out for her, helping her, feeding her, and telling her story. He was always there somehow to comfort her in any way he could and Shay deeply appreciated it.

Before leaving she brought her sketchbook with many drawings of her home and more than a few of her mama. They were way better than photos. Shay didn't feel like crying anymore especially when the endless ocean she longed for so long was right here. Her mother wanted her to be happy no matter what happened.

Shay slowly opened the door and looked for any signs of people. When she saw none Shayla took her book and pencil before going out to the deck. She somehow found her way around the ship and ended up outside.

Out on the deck was a lot of pirates busy working, "wow," she whispered, they were all under the command of her father. He really was a great pirate and she smiled for the first time in what felt like forever.

Most of them didn't notice her because she was a lot smaller than them. The little girl didn't notice a group was about to run her over if not for someone pulling her back. "You have to be more careful, little one. We don't want you to get hurt," a blond guy said.

He didn't look that much older than her and he had a weird hairstyle that reminded her of a pineapple. But weirdly enough it fit him perfectly.

"I just wanted to see the ocean," Shay said in a low voice and give him the puppy eyes. His eyes soften a little, "Everyone is working down here. How about I take you to the crow's nest, yoi" he pointed up to it. The little girl got hesitated before nodded.

"My name's Marco. What's yours?" he asked, probably already knowing it. "I'm Shayla" she answered shyly, "well Shayla, since you're too small to climb the robes. How about I fly us up there, yoi" Marco said while stretching his arms out and beautiful blue and golden flames appeared like wings.

Shay was mesmerized and she touched them without thinking. They didn't hurt her and it was like the warm flames were melting all her fears away. "Jump up and hold on tight," the blond said while kneeling and turned his back to her.

Shayla hesitated a bit before walked slowly up to him. She jumped on and Marco took off into the air. The girl admired the view, so, this is what's it's like to be free as a bird. To fly wherever you want to go.

Before reaching the crow's nest, Marco flew her around the ship a couple of times to give her a fun experience. He even flew her close to the water and she could almost touch it. Her journey from now on was going to be amazing. She was sure of it. They soon arrived at their destination and Shay looked out.

She hasn't realized how big the world actually was.

The sea was beyond great. They've been traveling for more than 3 weeks now and no matter how much they sailed she still couldn't see the end. This was her dream and she hesitantly opened her book to draw it, "That's pretty good. Who would have thought that such a little girl had this much talent, yoi" Marco complimented and ruffed her hair.

"I'm going to draw the entire world" she declared shyly. While drawing Shay suddenly sneeze, and fire came out of her mouth, accidentally burning the blond's hand in the process. Which surprised them both.

Marco groaned in pain, "I'm sorry, Marco. Did I hurt you?" the girl was panicking, "No, see I'm fine" he showed her his hand as blue flames disappeared, "Look, nothing" he smiled at her.

Shayla didn't believe him and tears started to fall. Marco's heart broke when he saw her. He had only known her for a short time, but her innocence had swooned her way into his heart. In this harsh pirate world, a little girl like her made the days so much brighter and she was absolutely welcome. Now they just needed to gain her trust.

The blond already hated to see her like that and embraced her, "No, let me go. I don't want to hurt you again" she cried. The older pirate would have none of that and held her even closer, "there's no way you can hurt me, yoi".

After about 10 seconds of struggling, she gave in and hugged him back. "I don't know what that was" she sobbed. "Shh, it's going to be alright. You have us and we'll do anything to help you" Marco encouraged.

They were like that for a few minutes, "How about we talk to Pops about it. Maybe he knows something" the blond started. If anyone's going to know it would be him. She was his biological daughter after all.

"Okay. Will you go with me," she asked a little hesitant. "Of course. Let's go down" he suggested. Marco transformed his arms again and they flew back down.

It wasn't hard to find the captain. He was sitting in his throne-like chair in the middle of the deck and drinking sake while discussing something with some crewmate. When Whitebeard saw Shayla with Marco, he got happy that his youngest finally interacted with someone from the crew.

When he noticed her sadness, he dismissed everybody and quickly went over to her, "what's wrong? Are you hurt" Whitebeard questioned in a fatherly way. "Daddy, I just sneezed fire. What is this power?" she asked in almost regret and he didn't like it.

The captain sat down again and lifted her to his lap.

Shayla was almost afraid of the answer and her father knew that "I don't know much about it, but it's the power to control the element. I know your mother had it too and when she died you inherited her abilities," he answered.

That made Shayla look at her power in a new light, "Mama had this power too? So, it's like a part of her is still inside of me" she asked with bright eyes. Whitebeard's eyes soften, "a part of her is always inside of you, but this is her gift to you. We agreed to tell you when you were older but it wasn't meant to be" the captain smiled sadly.

"I want to be strong like mama" she yelled, "This power can make you very powerful, but you have to learn how to control it. Don't be afraid of it either my child and it'll be the thing that sets you free".

-x-

Shayla was determined to learn and had been practicing every day for two weeks now. She was on a ship and always surrounded by the sea. So, she thought of trying to bend water first. Shay stood on the rail and tried to make some movement with her hands, "Not too close or you'll fall Shayla" a pirate named Vista yelled from afar.

She had grown a lot closer with the pirates.

Shayla was used to these kinds of words from her mother but not them, "Gees, here I thought that pirates were fun" she muttered to herself. She added some more motion which made the water splash up, shocking her in the process. Shay lost her footing and fell into the water.

She was preparing for her to hit the cold water, but it never came. Shayla looked up and saw Marco holding her hand while he holding onto the rail himself, "you okay, little one" he asked concerned, and she nodded, a little embarrassed.

When they were safely up the deck Marco turned to her, "that was so cool. You're getting a lot better. You really are something else" he praised. The little girl stood there with a blush, she didn't know what to say. "When you want to learn fire, let me help you with that" he offered with a smile.

Suddenly the sky turned dark and the waves rough. Everybody ran around the ship, prepared it for a storm to hit them any second now, " Stay here, Shay" the blond said before leaving to help.

Out of curiosity, the little girl ran over to the side of the ship to see what was going on. She saw an octopus climbing onto the deck and started hitting its head making pon-sounds. At first, nothing happened but soon giant Koi came swimming next to the ship. She moved to the front to get a better look at them. They were so beautiful. The water got more clearer and she could see the bottom.

The pirate ship followed the stream to a big waterfall and the fish started swimming up at it. If they didn't do something soon, they would be crushed by the water. Someone suggested that they use the fish to climb up too. When the ship started to go up, Shay fell back and her father caught her smiling, "are you enjoying the ride" Whitebeard teased.

"Yeah daddy, it's my first island after setting sail" she beamed excitedly. It was her first adventure and when they'll land on this island there was no way of knowing what to expect. There could be anything and she could stop smiling. They soon reached the top but only to be caught in a big whirlpool.

Shayla tried to use her new powers to help even a little, but it was in vain, and the Whitebeard pirates went down.

-x-

Shayla woke up on Whitebeard's lap, "you alright, treasure" he asked in concern. "Yeah. Where are we" she asked before jumping down to the ground. Shay took off her wet shoes and started running around excited for her new adventure. The captain as well as his crew look at the girl's innocence.

She was a surprise addition to the crew. Her bright smile made this incident seem not that bad and they welcomed her with open arms. "we need to fix the ship. We need supplies and at this rate, it'll take about a week" someone started.

The newest member of course loved the idea of exploring this island more and was the first one to volunteer, "you don't even know what we need" her father smiled. "Someone can come with me, daddy" she declared confidently, "I want to go too," Marco said, "not you. You are still an apprentice" Whitey Bay shot down.

Shayla laughed with them, but suddenly they could see something coming their way. "Get down everybody. Somethings coming. Something crazy" the captain shouted and in that second a man came running towards them.

"I've waited for you," the black-haired man said while un-shredded his swords. Whitebeard walked in front of his crew and the man jumped up ready to clash with their captain. A huge force could be felt, and it almost knocked her out, but she refused to let it bring her down. Jozu stood in front of her to shield her from the clash with his diamond powers.

"My name is Kozuki Oden and I don't know who you are but let me join your crew," the man said and took a couple of steps back. They continued fighting, but soon Whitebeard knocked him out.

The girl blinked a couple of times, not sure if the air actually cracked like glass.

It must have been her imagination Shayla went over to them before Whitebeard could say anything, "That was so cool, daddy. I didn't know you were that strong. You can't join yet. It's going to take some time to fix the ship and we need supplies" she pointed at Oden.

"Is that right? Then let me help you get supplies to fix it faster" he said and ran back to the forest. Shayla felt there was something special with this man and she followed him, ignoring the crew's protest.

"Nee, what island is this," the girl asked him as she caught up to him, or rather he slowed down. "This is the Land of Wano. The island of samurai" he said proudly. At some point along the way, Shay got tired and Oden carried her the rest of the way. She got a better view of the green farms, "it's so beautiful" she whispered and made him smiled.

Shayla didn't know what was going on when a group of men bowed down to him, "Oden-sama, welcome back. Did you deal with the pirates" a man with a long ponytail asked. "No, my daddy beat him" the girl spoke up. "No instead, I have decided to join them," the samurai said while gathering food from his castle.

"Is this much food enough?" Oden asked her before showing it to her, "No, but I think they meant wood to fix the ship," she said smartly. "Wait Oden-sama you can't leave this country. It's totally prohibited" they all yelled at him. Of course, Oden ignored them.

While the men were trying to stop their lord, Shayla looked at the people that were following Oden and her gaze stopped at a big dog, cat, and a green creature, "So cute" she jumped at them. "Oden-sama who is this girl" the black-haired with a top-knot wondered, "she's with the pirates," he said, taking her from the back of the shirt and away from his retainers.

She saw their relief and pouted, "let's get you back" he said and carried her out. She saw an even more beautiful site of the country on their way back, "Oi Oden, what's the most beautiful part of Wano" she asked curiously.

"The flower Capital with the cherry blossoms, definitely" he answered without hesitation. "Yay, I want to draw it. Can you take me there, oh but I forgot my sketchbook" she wanted to scold herself, like how could she forget it? "Don't worry. You'll be here for some time, right? There's time to see it later" he assured her.

They returned to the ship not long after and the ship was no longer laying on the side. Shay ran over to her father and told him about her little adventure, "Oden promised to take me to the Flower Capital so I can draw it" she said smiling.

The samurai took all the food and started to make something, "What are you doing" the captain asked, "I'm making oden" concentrating on the food.

-x-

45 minutes later, it was all done and everybody came to eat. The retainers arrive a while ago and helped divided the food, "It's too hot" Shay complained, "it wouldn't be oden if it wasn't boiled" he said before turning to Whitebeard.

"I want to go out to sea and go on adventures," Oden said with determination, "Absolutely not" the retainers yelled but were ignored. Whitebeard looked at him and pointed his spoon at him, "you're not the type to serve under someone else. I saw what happens when brunched of them come together on my last crew. Never again, sail on your own".

That made Oden gasp, "I've tried dozens of times, it never worked. I have zero navigation skills," not believing they were actually saying no.

Shay tung was burning. Weird seeing as she was sneezing fire earlier that day. Before she ate it again, she decided to blow on it. It might too much be considered that she was now in mid-air trying and had trouble figuring out a way to save herself.

Before any of the pirates could do anything, Oden jumped up to catch her, "that was some strong wind, girl" he praised, "Yeah but I can't control it" she admitted. When they landed and he sat her down, "thank you," she said and he smiled.

One of Oden's retainers, Izo, came over to her, "I think I can help you with controlling your wind while you in Wano" he offered, "you really think it'll work" she said with bright eyes. "Yes, but it wouldn't be easy. Are you ready for it" he added, "yes" she said without hesitation.

-x-

The next morning was rather loud and Shayla was woken up by Izo, "get up lazy bump. Time to train" she hated being up so early in the morning. Without looking at him she turned to the other side, "it's too early". He sighed, "No, it's 12 pm. Now get up" he hit her lightly on the head with his fan.

"Alright, alright. I'm awake now" she claimed slowly closing her eyes and a soft pain appeared on her head again. "No, you're not. Now stand up" Izo said impatiently. "Okay. What are we going to do?" she stood up and stretched. "We are going to dance" he gave her one of his two fans, "what about my wind training" she was confused.

The samurai didn't want to waste more time, "rather than explaining I'll show you, come on" He gave her time to get brush her teeth and eat something before they went out to the beach.

Izo stood in front of Shayla, "look closely" he started to dance. The way he moved was like he was moving one with air. Izo moved in sync with the fan without making any mistakes. Shay didn't think it could get any more beautiful, then he danced faster, and he looked so perfect.

When he was done, she jumped up and down with start in her eyes, "that was so beautiful, Izo. Teach me". He chuckled at her reaction, "that's why we're here."

-x-

2 weeks went by and the ship was now all fixed. Shayla was showing Izo her hard work and she could feel her wind wanted to be released with every move. But he told her not to until her dance was close to perfect and she was ready to show him how perfect it could get.

"That was amazing, Shay. You are a natural. Alright, let's see you release the wind" he encouraged. Shayla was nervous and has been working so hard too. What if it doesn't work, "you won't know till you try, Shay" he said, seeing her distress clearly and she nodded.

Shayla took a deep breath before taking her post. She stood on her left leg and the right was bent in front of her other knee. Her left arm behind her back and the right arm were up in the air holding her fan. Shay slowly took her right arm down and across her chest. Then quickly stretched her arm out making a strong wind in the process.

She looked at Izo with a beaming smile, "did you see that" she tried a little harder this time, creating a stronger breeze. "Yes, I did. Now try to dance without holding it back. Release it with every swing," She did exactly as she was told. The people around her could almost see the wind surrounding her. Shay felt free and she loved it as Izo watched her proudly.

When Shayla was done, she could hear people clapping around her, but her eyes were focused on her teacher. Shay walked over to him with a big smile and Izo smile easily rivaled hers. "Thank you for everything" she hugged him, "No, it was all you" he praised.

She let go of him and ran over towards her father, "did you see that daddy. I can control the wind now" she punched the space next to him and air came out. Whitebeard was proud too and hugged her, "Marco, can you help me control fire next" she was already looking forward to it. Marco smiled at her, not believing she mastered it in only 2 weeks.

She truly was her father's daughter, "I'll gladly show you the power of fire"

It was finally time for Shayla to visit the Flower Capital with the Daimyo as promised, "Oden, you said you would take me to the capital." He sighed, "Alright. Let's go, now" she happily went with him. She wasn't sure why but they were riding on boars.

On their Shay was fascinated by everything, the buildings, the farms, and mostly the cherry blossoms, making the city even more breathtaking. Oden took her over to the big house on the tree so she could see the city as a whole. Apparently, it was the Shogun's place and he would one day live there to rule the country. She quickly started to draw, "Why are you doing this?" the samurai asked curiously.

"Because it's my dream to draw the world. See, this is my home island" she showed him her pieces, "that's amazing. There are islands that look like that?" he asked in wonder. Shay was soon finished, and Oden took her to a small shop. She noticed he just took something and went out of the shop without paying. He had 'brought' her something to eat and a little gift for later.

He took her home to the ship, but before he could give her the surprise she spoke first, "If you end up joining us. Will you teach me how to fight". Her question caught him off guard, "You already training to control your element. Why do you want to fight beyond that" he asked,

"I don't want to only depend on my powers. I want to be able to defend myself without it too." she explained. "all alright, little one. I will" he smiled stealing the nickname from Marco and gave her his gift.

Shayla looked at it and then at him, "What is it" she asked, "It's a gift. open it" he encouraged. The girl looked at it hesitantly before opening it. Inside she found a new thicker and bigger sketchbook and some new colored pencils.

She looked at Oden shocked, "I saw yours was almost full and I thought you'll need a new one soon. For your amazing draw-" he didn't get to finish as the girl hugged his leg. "Thank you, I love it. I promise to treasure it" she said. Oden patted her head smiling.

He really liked her which was a good thing because she liked him too.