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Chapter 2: Who are you?
Naomi woke to a rough tongue liking her cheek over and over. She blinked open her eyes and the bright light of the sun blinded her for a moment. Karanetho stopped licking and sat down as Naomi sat up slowly and put a hand to her head. She struggled to make sense of what had happened to her the night before. Then a memory struck her!
Naomi's elder sister, Manveri, had warned her about controlling her emotions when creating a portal. The mood Naomi had been in was the one Eurotuvo had put her in after they kissed. That was why it had been so hard to create the portal and that's why everything went wrong!
After mental slapping herself, Naomi looked around and took in her surroundings. She was lying next to a fire that had been put out and was at the top of a beach. A little ways from shore a ship with a red dragon on the front was anchored. Many men were running about and apparently preparing the ship to set sail. Some men were still packing up on the beach and others were walking through the shallow water from the beach to the ship. Suddenly Karanetho jumped onto his feet and faced something behind her with his hair on end.
"So you're awake are you?"
Startled by the voice and always on her guard; Naomi quickly stood up into a battle stance and put a hand on one of her sai, ready to draw it.
"Hold up little girl, I don't mean any harm," the blonde man said as he took a step back and put his hands up to prove his point.
Naomi stood their for a moment, her head still hurt so her senses weren't at their best, but she could tell this man was telling the truth and so she removed her hand.
"Sorry about that, you startled me," she apologized, "My name is Naomi of Auduin. What is your name?"
"Well I'm Yasopp," he replied, "…of the Red-haired pirates."
"Pirates?" Naomi thought to be cautious once more because where she came from pirates were evil people that only cared for gold and torture, but then she reminded herself that this was a totally separate world it might be different here.
"Come on," Yasopp started to walk away towards all the commotion, "You can meet our captain."
To curios to help it, Naomi eagerly followed him to a small group of people. There was a large round man wearing mostly green and strange glasses, a man with a spiky red hair, a gray-haired man with a cigarette in his mouth, and another red-haired man that was missing his left arm and had a scar over his left eye.
"Greetings to all of you," Naomi said politely, "I am Naomi of Auduin. And this is Karanetho."
"You can call me Rockstar!"
"Lucky Roux."
"Ben Beckman."
"My name is Shanks," the red-haired man announced, "and I was kinda wondering what exactly happened to you last night. And…uhhh…what's wrong with your ears?"
Taking his comment as an insult even though she understood that these people didn't really know what she was Naomi retorted jokingly, "My ears are perfectly fine, what is wrong with your arm?"
"Sorry, I've just never seen anything like you before, and the way you dress is strange too," the red-haired man struggled to explain himself.
"Your clothing is strange to me as well," she added, "Perhaps we could play a game where you ask a question, then I ask you, etc."
Yasopp had already sat down among his crewmates and many of the other lesser men had gathered round in curiosity. Naomi sat down cross-legged in the sand and returned the captain's smirk.
"Okay little girl, good enough for me," Shanks laughed, "Why are your ears pointy? And what is that two-tailed cat thing?"
"Well first off, you can stop calling me little girl because I can assure you that I'm much older than you are," Naomi laughed.
"Oh Really? And just how old are you?"
"I am 1371 years old."
Many jaws hit the ground and nobody made a sound. Until the captain suddenly burst out laughing, "Are you really?"
"Yes," Naomi answered simply, "I'm an elf. That is why I can live so long and that is why my ears are 'pointy'. And Karanetho is a demon cat."
Some of the men took a step back at this comment, Naomi noted that demons were probable not considered the best of creatures to come across with here.
"I found him in another dimension I went to a year ago. He needed a friend so I took him in and now he travels everywhere with me. His name, Karanetho, means 'flaming heart' in my native language."
To prove Naomi's point about having a flaming heart, Karanetho transformed into his large cat form with sharp fangs, mean eyes, and fire burning harmlessly around his paws. Now even more of the men took a couple steps back from the angry looking kitty. Naomi smiled and nodded to Karanetho who transformed back into his small, cute cat form.
"Now it is my turn. What do you call this world you live in."
Shanks answered slowly, "Well right now we are in the New World. Near the end of the Grand Line. There are four oceans; North Blue, South Blue, East Blue, and West blue. Then there is the Red Line and the Grand Line."
"But how can you live here and not know that?" Ben Beckman asked.
"Because I don't live here, I came from another world," Naomi answered.
More jaws hit the ground and one man yelled out, "But how?! That's impossible!"
Naomi smiled, "Nothing is impossible, I'm a Dimension Traveler."
"I thought you said you were an elf," another man yelled out.
"You are a pirates and yet you are also human aren't you?" she threw back.
Many men nodded in agreement and Naomi smiled.
"What exactly is a dimension traveler?" Lucky asked and then took another bite of the meat he was holding.
"Well," Naomi began, "I was trained in the ways of a dimension traveler by my sister, she was trained by my mother, and one day I will train my brothers. Our knowledge is always passed down from generation to generation within a family tree."
"So then only your family can do it?" one pirate yelled out.
"Yes…and no," Naomi replied, "I'm sure there are other families of dimension travelers, but I have never met one. On the other hand, having the ability to create portals to other dimensions is hereditary, so if you are not a descendent of a dimension traveler, then no you can't."
"Will you show us?" Benn asked, "What this portal is?"
"I suppose I can try, but I'm still not quite at my best because of last night," Naomi stood up and explained, "Something went wrong with the portal I had made."
Holding out only one hand this time because making this specific kind of a portal is a lot easier than the one she had made last night, Naomi focused all her mind and a purple light poured out of her hand.
A little ways away a swirling portal, just like the one in front of Naomi, formed in midair. Most of the men were silent in awe, but then began to quietly whisper among themselves as the she-elf walked through the light and out of the other, then back again.
"There, you see?"
"That's amazing!" Shanks said, "Can I go through?"
"Be my guest," Naomi said and waved her hand at the portal.
The Red-Haired Captain first stuck his right hand in and waved at the crew from the other portal, which made everyone laugh, and then walked all the way through and back.
A couple of the other men got up to try walking through the portal, and when everyone was satisfied, they sat down again and continued. The men asked Naomi lots of questions. What was the world she was from like? Was she a good fighter? What else is she good at? What other dimensions has see been to? And what were they like?
Naomi asked them next about their life stories, each of them. Or what seemed like the 'main' crewmembers at least. After explaining about her warrior training and skills with certain weapons and a piccolo, Shanks had sent the 'lesser' crewmen away to finish loading the ship so they could leave soon.
From the inner five men, Naomi learned of all their adventures and pasts. She learned about how one man left his son to become a pirate, and how each of them had met Shanks and joined the crew. But she mostly heard about a boy named Luffy and a special straw hat that was entrusted to him about ten years ago.
"So," Shanks started at an awkward moment when no one really had anything left to say, "Since you're not from here you don't have anywhere to go right?"
"Well getting started on my travels in a new dimension is always the hardest part," she explained.
"Then how would you like traveling with us for a little while? Until you find somewhere else to go?" Shanks asked.
"That sounds wonderful!" Naomi exclaimed happily as everyone stood up to head to the ship, "Thank you!"
"No problem."
Naomi stuck out her hand to Karanetho and he climbed up her arm to her shoulder.
"So could you make a portal right to are ship so that we don't have to take a dingy?" Rockstar asked and leaned towards Naomi.
Naomi laughed, "Sure," she stuck out her hand and a purple light appeared. Shanks walked through first followed by Rockstar, Yassop and Lucky and then Benn gestured for Naomi to go next and he followed behind her.
"So are you hungry Naomi?" Lucky asked, "Lets go get something to eat."
"But you have meat in your hand right there," Naomi told him and pointed to the piece of meat on the bone he was holding. Lucky to a big bite of the meat so that it was almost gone and Naomi laughed.
"Now we need more!"
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