First of all, lets get the legal thing out of the way~~

As much as I wish it were true, I don't own Bleach or One Piece. They are the creations of Tite Kubo and Oda Eiichiro respectively. I am just fulfilling my desire to play around with my favorite characters!.

Welcome to everyone who is new to the story and Welcome back to the ones who came back for more. You guys are the best. Considering that this is my first story, I was pleasantly surprised by the response. I expected mixed response but it was very positive and encouraging. Thank you guys for all the reviews and favorites. I will try to improve the quality of story telling as I gather more experience.

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

' Zangetsu speaking '

' Inner Hollow speaking '

"Powers/Commands"

Welcome to the New World

"What is this place? More like what year are we in?" Ichigo thought out loud.

Uryu was thinking the same thing. "It seems like we have landed in 18th century. The economy is a mess. Not a single proper shop, all I see are stalls and stores made of wood planks."

"Well atleast your hair won't stand out here Ichigo". Tatsuki teased. "Look, you can see a lot of people with your hair colour, wait... does that girl have pink hair?"

Orihime was excited due to her own weird delusions. "Guys, I think we are in a cosplay event. Look, everyone is wearing weird clothes and they are carrying guns and swords as well. I think we should participate!"

Just then a group of half giants passed by them freezing them on their spots. "No way that is cosplay!"

"Oye Chad... is everyone in Mexico tall like you? I think we may be in Mexico." Ichigo knew what he said was stupid but he was completely confused.

Chad solemnly replied, "No, people in Mexico have normal height. And these guys are speaking Japanese, otherwise we wouldn't be able to understand them."

"Good point. But they don't look Japanese. Even our ancestors never wore clothes like these. Something doesn't feel right." Ishida was back in his analysis mode.

"Only one way to find out. We need a map."

The group started wandering the town in search of a store that would sell them a map of the world or atleast a map of the town they are in. Strangely, even though they were in a port city, they were having difficulty finding one. The people they asked curiously answered "What would you do with a map in New World? These are uncharted waters kid. What you need is a Log Pose." Ishida was quite interested in this Log Pose thing but didn't have the money to buy it. The currency was quite new to them and frankly confusing.

"A Log Pose would cost you around 300000 beri. I would suggest you buy the robust one, it would cost around twice of a standard one but the quality is a lot superior." A merchant explained to them.

"300000 beri... that sounds expensive..." Tatsuki was confused and worried at the same time.

"How much is 300000 beri?" Ichigo tried to make out the sum. "Can you buy a car with it?"

"What's a car? Do you eat it or drink it?" Everyone facepalmed. Great. Now the merchant was confused.

"Hey you punks!" Someone called out to them from behind. "Why do you need a map and a log pose. Are you looking to go on a voyage?"

The Karakura group turned to whoever called them. They saw a thin shriveled guy with a straw hat acting haughty along with a group of rag tag guys behind him.

"What? You want something?" This guy looked annoying at the first glance. Ichigo was not in a mood to take crap from idiots right now.

"Mind you attitude kid. You have no idea who you are messing with." A fat guy with hair that looked like seaweed pointed his sword at him. "This is strawhat Luffy. He has a bounty of 400 million beri. I am pirate hunter Zoro and that guy there is black leg Sanji. We are the crew of Strawhat Pirates."

"Again with the beri... maybe we should try one more time."

Ishida spoke up. "About that, how much is 400 million beri? How many loafs of bread can you buy with it?" "May be they will understand the food reference." Uryu was hopeful this time.

"..."

There was silence from the self proclaimed Strawhats. The Karakura group on the other hand was patiently waiting, thinking they needed time to calculate the amount of bread.

"The fuck!" Suddenly the guy called Sanji grabbed Uryu's shirt and screamed at his face. "You fucking with us punk! I'm gonna fucking kill you! You fuckin- Gwaah!"

Next moment he was lying on the ground cold, jaw broken and bleeding.

"Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime rushed to her friend. "You shouldn't hit strangers."

"I didn't like his eyebrows." Tatsuki coolly replied. "Freak..."

"I agree. He was loud and he had a nasty breath." Ishida was not pleased.

The rest of the so called strawhat crew ran away leaving their friend on the street.

"Thanks kids." The merchant seemed quite grateful about it. "Those punks were ruining my business."

"What do you mean old man?"

"Ever since the rumor that the Straw-hat pirates are coming to this town to recruit a crew started spreading, the Sabaody has been filled with pirates and marines. But that is nothing new, good for business. But these fake straw-hats have been cropping up everywhere and spoiling the mood of the town. As a thanks, I will sell you whatever you want at half the price. What say you?"

"Thanks oji-san for the generosity." Orihime replied politely. "But we still haven't figured out the currency here. Allow us to look around a bit more."

"Oh, what a well mannered woman, and so beautiful too!" The merchant was blushing a bit. "We don't get many people like you. Ok, look around, come back if you wanna buy something. I will sell it to you real cheap."

The Karakura group started exploring the streets. Ishida was finally able to crack the currency problem. A loaf of bread was priced at about 20 beri. A log pose was really expensive in that respect. No way could they afford such money.

"Ugh... can't believe I am broke." Ichigo was depressed.

"Don't worry Kurosaki-kun. I am sure Urahara-san will do something about it." Orihime was positive as always.

"Yeah, she is right Ichigo. May be we should wait for sometime here. Urahara-san is probably trying to-"

"Waaaahhhhh!"

Suddenly before Chad could complete his words, he was interrupted by someone's crying. Something crashed into him and fell down.

"What is that thing?"

"Its so cute!"

"It looks like an animal but I am not sure."

"A deer maybe, but why is it standing on two legs?"

"... I am sorry. Did you get hurt?" Chad tried to help the strange creature.

"No, my friends, my friends!"

"What happened? Are they okay?"

"No, they changed. Two years ago, they were very nice. But now they look weird and have become mean."

"Its okay, don't cry." Orihime was now soothing the creature. "We will find them and talk to them. Everything will be okay. What is your name?"

"Chopper. I am a doctor of a ship."

"Oh, I am a doctor too, well kind of... Lets find your friends." Orihime started leading the way holding Chopper's hand.

"What do we do?" Ichigo was more confused now.

"Lets follow them. He might be able to tell us about this world." Uryu suggested.

"Hey, is no one bothered by the fact that the animal can talk?" Tatsuki was worried.

"Well, Yoruichi can talk too. Maybe it can can its form as well." Ichigo didn't seem to care about it.

They started wandering again. They were surprised at how many people were trying to copy the Straw-hat pirates. But this made it very difficult to make which one was the original.

"These Straw-hats seem to be very famous." Ishida remarked.

"Yes, we are!" Chopper replied happily. " We are a famous crew and our captain will become the Pirate King someday!"

"Wait, you are a part of straw hat pirates?" Tatsuki was not sure if they should be helping this guy.

"Yes, I am the doctor of Straw-hat pirates. But there are so many people who look like my friends." Chopper was lost.

"Ah... you must have met a fake. Don't worry, we should be able to-" Ishida was interrupted by an explosion a few blocks away.

"There! I think my friends are there!" Chopper ran towards the chaos.

"What kind of friends does he have..."

When they reached the site, they saw a guy with aloha shirt and shorts carrying a huge luggage. He was surrounded by lots of guys, some had swords and some had guns. Basically, he was in a pinch.

"Luffy! I found you!"

"Chopper!"

""Target confirmed!" Someone shouted from a distance. "We found the straw hat! All marines surround him!"

"Out of the way!" Two guys came crashing into the square.

"Zoro! Sanji!"

"Finally, I was getting sick of the copies." A blonde with a cigarette replied.

"Yeah, they ruined my sleep as well." The green haired guy with three sword added lazily.

"Who are they Chopper?" Luffy finally turned his attention to the visitors.

"They are nice people! They helped me find you." Chopper replied excitedly.

"Oh my love!" Sanji was suddenly holding Orihime's hand. "All my life's desire has been fulfilled. Now I can die happy."

Tatsuki quickly kicked his face with all her strength. "Get your hands off her you freaky eyebrows!"

"Oh, my queen. I am always at your service. Command me as you see fit." Sanji was now holding Tatsuki's hand with a bleeding nose.

"What a creep... And how is he standing? I kicked him at full power!"

"All Marines!" Someone shouted again. "Attack!"

Suddenly half of the people in their vicinity had fainted. Only the Karakura group, a few pirates and half of the remaining marines were still standing.

"Reiatsu! And it was almost Captain level! These guys are no pushovers." Karakura group was now on alert.

The same was going on with Sanji and Zoro. "They were able to take Luffy's Haki so close and still don't seem to have any problems. Who are these guys? Pirates? Marines? They are strong whoever they are..."

"Don't let them scare you!" Someone who looked like a highly ranked marine commanded. "Charge! Straw-hat must be captured! And their friends as well. Don't let them escape!"

"Wait, what!? Hey, we didn't do anything!" Ichigo cursed but the marines were in no mood to listen.

"Gomu-gomu no Gatling!"

Suddenly about a hundred arms seemingly grew out from Luffy and started punching the marines.

Note: Fill the respective moves of Zoro and Sanji.

"Fullbringers?" This was the first thought that came to Uryu.

"Chad?" Ichigo looked for confirmation.

"I don't think so. It feels a bit different. His power seems physical.", Chad said.

"We should escape Kurosaki. We don't have time for this." Ishida reminded everyone.

They started running towards the harbor. The plan was to hide in one of the numerous ships till the situation calmed down. Strangely Luffy and company followed.

"Why are you following us!?" Tatsuki yelled.

"Because it looks like fun!" Luffy was enjoying himself.

"I would follow you anywhere my queen!" Sanji quickly caught up.

"Oh Luffy! We are here!" Someone with a booming voice shouted.

Looking ahead they could see a huge guy with an unbalanced body, a guy with a long nose and two really attractive women.

"Guys! That is my ship and my crew. Come with us!" Luffy invited them.

"No way! The marines are following you. We just want to get out of here." Ichigo and his friends took another route and jumped on a huge ship.

"Anyone knows how to drive a ship?" Ishida inquired.

"I do." Chad affirmed.

"Lets run away. All hands battlestations! Tilt to starboard. Full sails ahead!" Orihime looked like she was having the time of her life.

"Aye ma'am!" Chad and Ishida got to work.

"What is she saying?" Ichigo was confused.

"I don't know. Maybe I should pay attention to the kind of movies she watches." Tatsuki was faring no better.

They didn't know the route of the sea so they decided to follow Luffy's ship out of the harbor and then take a 180 turn long way back. But it seems they made a mistake.

"You betrayed us!" Luffy yelled at them from his ship.

"What now?" Ichigo was getting really frustrated with these guys.

Suddenly Luffy's ship started firing on them. "The hell! Why are they firing at us?"

"Saten Keshun!"

Orihime's shield protected the ship. But they were relentless.

Ichigo flash-stepped to the Thousand Sunny. "What is your problem? Why are you attacking us?"

Without answering Luffy swung at him but he evaded it and kicked his stomach crashing him to the opposite wall.

"Zangetsu"

A huge black cleaver appeared in his hand. At the same time Zoro attacked him with two swords drawn but was blocked at the last moment.

"Hoh... so you can use it. I thought your big ass sword for just for show." Zoro smirked.

Sanji attacked him from the flank but Chad appeared and blocked him with his arm.

"You think you can take us? We outnumber you by a lot." Zoro resumed his slashes.

"We'll see." Tatsuki joined the fight.

Franky tried to punch Chad but Tatsuki elbowed his ribs. "Damn, what is his body made of, steel?"

"You can't hurt me with mere punches, I am a cyborg. Looks like I will have to transform." Franky started rotating his arms.

"Bakudo no 4 : Hainawa!"

Franky was suddenly bound by a glowing rope and toppled on his face. "What is this!?"

"Sorry Mr. Robot!" Orihime apologized cheerfully.

"An entire crew of Devil fruit users? Looks like fun. Fufufu." Robin was her cool self.

Around a dozen arms appeared out of nowhere and held Orihime's hands behind her back. "Stop resisting, its futile."

"Let her go. I don't like hurting women." Ishida appeared at the right of Robin and was pointing his bow at her face. "These guys are really fast. Who are they?" Just when Robin was contemplating whether to comply or not, a shot rang out.

"Orihime!" Tatsuki shielded her friend but was shot at her shoulder.

"Tatsuki-chan!" "Tatsuki!"

Ussop was instantly knocked to the ground with a foot on his face and a shiny bow at his face fully drawn. The guy holding it looked utterly pissed...

"How dare you... If anything happens to her you will die by my hand today." He meant it, every word of it.

"Ugh! Damn it..." Tatsuki looked at her shoulder but found to her surprise that she was not bleeding. Not a single drop of blood was seeping out of her wound. And why wasn't she feeling any pain?

"Orihime, what happened to me!?" Tatsuki was scared, very much so.

"I don't know Tatsuki-chan, but my spirits are not able to heal your injury. They said there is nothing wrong with you. I don't understand!" Orihime hated feeling helpless when her friends needed her. She trained for so long to increase her capabilities. Was it all for nothing?

"Then why am I not bleeding? Why can't I feel pain?" She started panicking. This was not good, unnatural was putting it mildly.

Suddenly the arm connected to her injured shoulder became very heavy and she was pulled by it to the ground.

"What the hell is happening to me!?" Tatsuki screamed.

Then the arm started melting like a highly viscous liquid starting from the same shoulder.

"Tatsuki! Inoue, please do something! Help her!" Ichigo pleaded.

"I am trying! I just don't understand why it won't work. My spirits keep saying she is fine!" Orihime was crying... her best friend was hurt and she couldn't do anything.

"Devil fruit user... and a logia at that, how rare..." Robin murmured. Suddenly there was a sword on her neck.

"You said the same thing before, devil fruits. What are they, did they do this to her? Explain. I swear I will kill you all otherwise." Ichigo pushed the blade further to her throat. Robin was brave, but she could see it in his eyes. He would kill them all, the boy would show no mercy. And the death would not be swift and painless."

"Devil fruits are extremely rare fruits, consuming which would grant you abilities which are unnatural and are akin to superpowers. I, Luffy and Chopper are devil fruit users. Each of us have special abilities. It is not harmful to health. But it makes you extremely weak to sea water. You will never be able to swim in the sea again."

"Then what is happening to her hand? Can you help her?" Ichigo half commanded and half begged. He was at his wits end. These people knew what was happening and he would make sure that Tatsuki is alright.

"Relax, I think she just lost control in panic. She seems to be a logia user, they are rare even among devil fruit users. They can change their body structure and composition which would make them almost immune to physical attacks."

"Please help her!" Orihime begged.

"She doesn't need my help. She just needs to will her body to reconstruct herself."

Tatsuki gulped. She started taking deep breaths to calm herself and wished for her body to reform. The molten arm stated solidifying and took the form of a shiny metal arm upto her shoulder. Then it continued to every part of her body and her whole body was covered in shiny chrome coloured metal.

"Oh, a logia user, how rare... and what metal is that?" Robin was intrigued.

"My face!" Tatsuki on the other hand was furious. "Why is this happening to me?"

"She is a logia user right? Shouldn't she be able to perform partial transformations?" Nami was quite curious as well. It is not everyday that you get to see logia users. The only one she knew of was Luffy's brother Ace... and he is not anymore.

"Tatsuki-chan, calm down. Its okay. You are okay. You can control it, you just need to relax and focus." Orihime was trying to help her out of this physical and emotional trauma.

Seeing her friends worried over her was not something she wanted. She started focusing and tried to reel back the strange sensation she was feeling throughout her body. Slowly her body started turning back to normal, it wasn't a difficult process but she was not used to this. It felt like she had trained for three hours straight without any breaks.

"Tatsuki, are you alright? You don't feel weird anywhere right? Was the transformation painful?" Ichigo was worried over his oldest friend.

"I am fine, just exhausted." Relief washed over the Karakura group. "The transformation was not painful but I got this strange feeling that my body structure has changed or something. It also made me feel stronger but it was still weird."

"Don't worry, Inoue-san will check if there are any changes in your powers. But what was that? I have never seen anything like that." He looked over at Ussop who was trying to get away amidst the confusion. It was a mistake to shoot at these guys. It was a good thing that the girl's friends were fussing over her, otherwise it would have been bad for his health. Then Ishida's sharp gaze caught his eye and he froze where he stood.

"Are there others like her... other devil fruit users?" Chad spoke after a long time. This brought the attention of all the Karakura team back to the Straw-hats.

"I am a devil fruit user, you saw the hands that bound your friend right? That was my power."

"I am also a devil fruit user, and I can transform into various shapes and sizes." Chopper spoke.

"Our idiot captain Luffy and that skeleton Brook are also devil fruit users." Zoro added from the side from where he was observing the Karakura guys. They didn't seem to be bad guys, just lost and were probably at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Suddenly, it felt as if a ton of weight had fallen on everyone's shoulders. The Karakura crew was still standing except Tatsuki who was sitting and trying to get over the exhaustion. The Straw-hats on the other hand were floored. Except Luffy, Zoro and Sanji, everyone was kneeling or kneeling on the ground. Nami and Ussop looked like they were about to faint, the rest seemed to be having serious breathing problems.

"And where is he, that stupid captain of yours? All of this started because of him." Ichigo was not in the mood for jokes. If their ship had not started firing at them, they would not have retaliated and Tatsuki would not have been hurt.

"I don't think Luffy has anything to do with what happened to your friend. She must have ate a devil fruit before she met us, that is not on our heads." Sanji was acting rationally for once. The first thing was to pacify these guys, they were strong and the Straw-hats had unwittingly thought of them as enemy and started firing at them.

"Even so why did you attack us! We didn't do anything to you, heck we don't even know who you guys are!" Ichigo was not willing to let up, he really wanted to beat up somebody.

Luffy spoke for the first time. "But you were riding on a marine ship and following us! We thought you were trying to catch us." Luffy answered excitedly.

"We just got on whatever would help us escape. This ship appeared to be in good condition, so we picked it to run away from the... wait, why would the marines want to catch you?" Ishida was confused now. This was a total mess.

"Because we are the Straw-hat pirates and we are very famous. All of us have large bounties on our heads." Luffy was happily telling them about themselves.

"So you are like real pirates? The ones who loot other people at sea?" Tatsuki was not in a pleasant mood to be diplomatic.

"No, no, no! You are mistaken young girl. We are adventure pirates! We roam the seas looking for adventures and hidden treasures!"

"Ohhh! Adventure pirates! I always wanted to be a pirate!" Orihime was really happy.

"My godess! You are always welcome to join our crew. I will be your personal slave to command!" Sanji said holding Orihime's hand.

"Go away you perverted freak!" Suddenly Tatsuki's right hand turned to the same metal like before and she punched Sanji's face sending him flying.

"Where are you headed to?" Nami was curious about their destination.

"Nowhere. We just wanted to escape the chaos. Now that we have stolen a marine ship, we can't go back..." Chad was trying to figure out if they could return to the port undetected.

"Why don't you guys follow us to the next island? You can decide your adventure from there!" Luffy suggested.

"Ugh... I am confused and tired. Lets go back to the ship. We will follow them to the next island. Then we will see what can be done." Ichigo scratched his head and flash-stepped back to their ship. The rest followed him as well.

Luffy was quite happy that the group from Karakura didn't betray his trust.

"Raise the sails! On to the next island!"

So how was it?

First of all I would like to apologize for such a long wait for an update to the story. I had a job training programme which lasted for two weeks. Then after joining, it was a rush to learn the processes being followed at fast as possible to make myself useful. I really didn't get the time to write. :(

Next I would like to thank everyone who followed, favorite, or reviewed the story. Your feedbacks are a real motivation. Like I said in the first chapter, criticism is always appreciated. I will always read all the reviews and reply to them if needed.

I will try to bring out the next chapter as soon as possible. The thing is that I write the story as it comes to my mind and post it. I have nothing in reserve. Its probably not a goo habit but please bear with me as this is my first story. I am still learning how to write one or plan for it.

Please keep reviewing the chapters as it will inform me if the story is enjoyable or not and what I need to improve on.

On a side note, read the Bleach fanfics written by cywscross. She is my favorite author on FFnet. Her writing style is amazing. Her updated are quite slow but her every updated garners around 500 reviews and favorites. She is that good.

Well then, VoiD141 signing out!