Brand New World
Ch. 17: Long Island, Short Arc
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Disclaimer: The following is a fan made work of fiction. One Piece is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, Shueisha, Shonen Jump Manga, and Eiichiro Oda. I do not own One Piece or any of its characters, nor any of the songs I put in here. The only thing I own here is Kakusei and a few fan characters.
Summary: I`m Kakusei. I have no idea where I am, or who I am, but I feel I m in a familiar world, just not my own. Mentions other mangas as the character is from our world. I`m being realistic. Also, Robin x OC later.
Rating: T for Language, Violence, and Blood.
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"Where the hell am I?" Kakusei said as he looked around him. He was on a bridge in the middle of the ocean, and he couldn`t clearly see either end of the bridge, as if the ends were surrounded by a thick fog. He kept looking around but saw nothing but this fog. Then he saw Robin in a different outfit in handcuffs on the bridge with a light-blue, no more cyan,-haired man with Popeye-like arms with light blue stars tattooed on them trying to unlock her cuffs. He had his cyan hair styled like Ace Ventura or Elvis Presley, long sideburns, a chin with three points in it, a metal nose, and was wearing a large gold necklace, a Hawaiian shirt, and a Speedo-like pair of underwear. This man seemed so familiar.
Then Kakusei heard the man yell, "Dammit, none of these keys work! I thought we had all of them!"
Just then, Kakusei saw a huge shadow engulf him, and he turned around to see a huge figure of a man, easily six if not seven feet tall, with black hair tied in a long braid which hung down his back, in a black suit with an oversized monk bead necklace hanging over his shoulders and wearing a pair of monk sandals and socks, glaring at him calmly, yet with intense fury, almost bloodlust, in his red eyes. This man roared at Kakusei before shifting to a large form which Kakusei could not identify because it was shadowed over. Just then, the scene froze and a Japanese dragon made out of what looked like blazing blue flames came out of nowhere and looked square on at Kakusei. He heard a deep voice like an older man`s saying, "You must act now!" as the dragon charged at Kakusei while the scene slowly began to start back up, and the shadowed man swung what looked like a claw at Kakusei. Kakusei looked back and forth between the Dragon and the shadowed man trying to figure out what was going on. The instant the dragon and the shadowed man were going to collide with Kakusei, he shut his eyes in fear.
That instant, he awoke with a shock in his bed, breaking out in a cold sweat. He sat up for a minute, panting heavily as sweat dripped down his face and off his chin. "Just a dream," Kakusei said in between his heavy breaths. "It was just a dream, just a bad dream." He picked himself up out of bed, got dressed, and walked over to ladder which led to the panel to the deck. He opened the door, and gained the attention of most everyone on deck.
"Kakusei, you`re up!" Luffy said excitedly.
"Do you feel alright?" Chopper asked as he began to look Kakusei over. "Are you sick?"
Just then, Nami hit Kakusei over the head, making a fresh welt in his skull. BAM! "Why the hell were you asleep so long, Kakusei?" she said a bit angrily, as Chopper backed off in fear. "We could have made more money if it weren`t for you!"
"Why do you say that?" Kakusei said as he nursed his fresh welt.
"You`ve been out for about three days," Robin explained calmly. "We just left Mecha Island a few hours ago."
"Mecha Island, why does that sound so familiar?" Kakusei mused to himself for a few seconds. "Wait, I WAS ASLEEP FOR THREE DAYS?" he said in shock.
"You just caught that?" Luffy, Sanji, Nami, and Usopp yelled at Kakusei, shocked at his reaction.
"Yeah, we had an adventure while you were sleeping," Chopper said to Kakusei.
"We found an old lady in a treasure chest, and we took her back to her island," Usopp explained, "but it turns out the island was actually a giant turtle!"
"And this guy made a bunch of mecha!" Luffy said excitedly. "Some were awesome!"
"Wait, an island-sized turtle, mecha, and an old lady in a treasure chest?" Kakusei said as his memories slowly came back to him. He hit his forehead with his palm in realization, and said, "Now I remember! The Golden Crown thing! Man, I missed a good adventure. So, the eggshell sank already I take it?"
BAM! BAM!
"Yes, it did," Nami said a bit angry as she gave Kakusei two new welts and sent his face into the deck at the same time. "If you hadn`t been sleeping, you could have just teleported the solid gold eggshell to a bank and cashed it like you did with the ball that was on Luffy`s arm!"
"S-sorry," Kakusei said slowly as he recovered from the pain Nami had just given him. However, he quickly picked himself back up, and made a complete recovery. "That actually brings up a question I wanted to ask for a while," he said dusting himself off. "Did you guys ever meet a little girl named Apis?"
"Don`t remind me," Sanji said beginning to look sick. "Her cooking was horrible."
"Well, that answers one question," Kakusei said aloud. "Here`s another quick one. Do you guys know what the Rainbow Mist is?"
"Never heard of it," Nami said calmly. "Why do you ask?"
Before Kakusei could get a chance to answer, the Sea Monkeys from about a week ago popped up out of nowhere. Luffy stared then down, both sides making monkey faces. Then all of a sudden, after a few minutes of awkward silence and silent fear, the Sea Monkeys created a huge tidal wave.
"RUN, IT'S THE SEA MONKEYS!" Luffy yelled at the top of his lungs.
"They followed us?" Usopp yelled fearfully.
"Why the hell would they follow us for more than a week and not do anything?" Kakusei yelled loudly.
"Crap! No wind!" Nami yelled in fear as well. "Hoist the sail!"
"ROW!" Zoro said as the oars were whipped out in an instant.
"Row for your lives!" Sanji said fearfully.
"EMERGENCY REPORT! EMERGENCY REPORT! SHIP SIGHTED AT 12 O'CLOCK!" Usopp said drawing everyone`s attention to the ship ahead.
"AN ENEMY?" Luffy said worriedly.
"Now?" Chopper asked worriedly as well.
"Well..." Usopp began a bit slowly, "There's no flag, and no sail. What`s with that ship?"
"They don`t have anything?" Luffy asked as we rowed fervently. "What are they doing on the sea?"
"I don't know...!" Usopp said quickly. "But anyways, the crew riding on it is strangely small in number... PLUS THEY'RE JUST LYING AROUND! THEY DON'T EVEN SEEM TO BE ALIVE!"
"What's going on? Is that ship okay?" Sanji asked aloud.
"It's gonna be sucked under by the wave!" Kakusei said aloud as well.
"HEY YOU GUYS! A tidal wave and some monkeys are coming!" Luffy said loudly to the other ship. "Grab the rudder!"
"Luffy, I`m sure they appreciate your kindness," Kakusei said calmly as he rowed with the other guys, "but can you PLEASE GET BACK TO ROWING! WE DON`T WANT TO DIE EITHER!"
"Ah...A ship... whoa... A pirate ship!" One of the men said as his spirits rose slowly. "Get up, men! It's an enemy ship, steal their treasure!"
"No, look out for the wave! We've gotta get away from that first!" Another man argued.
"The other ship's gettin' away! MAN THE CANNONS!" a third man said loudly.
"Hey, who are you ordering around? YOU do it!" another man said rudely.
"The helm! Get the helm!" another man said as well.
"HEY, DON'T DO THAT!" the first man yelled.
"What a crappy crew," Luffy said bluntly as he got back to rowing.
"They wanna steal our treasure, they're enemies. Leave 'em," Sanji said calmly as he rowed as well.
The other crew just kept arguing among themselves. "Which way does the helm go? Don't ask me! Someone give us orders! Navigator! Not here! Captain! Not here! OH NO, WE'RE GOIN' UNDER!" BOOM! "HEY! Who shot the cannon? Dammit, you're all useless! So are you! Can't we even avoid ONE fuckin` wave?" Then their ship went under.
"Whew, all over... So I guess that tidal wave was a sea monkey prank," Zoro said wiping his forehead.
"The humidity and temperature are pretty stable," Nami said calmed down now. "I'd bet we're in the climate range of the next island."
"And I know not to bet against you," Kakusei said commenting Nami`s statement, causing her to giggle a bit.
"You got that right, Kakusei," Nami said smiling a bit at him.
"Hey Robin, can you see anything?" Kakusei asked Robin, who was in the crow`s nest.
"Yes, for a while now actually," Robin said calmly.
"WHY DIDN`T YOU SAY ANYTHING SOONER?" both Usopp and Luffy yelled at Robin.
"You are on watch," Usopp said a bit annoyed at Robin`s actions. "When you see an island, you say…"
"LAND AHOOOOOOY, MATEYS!" Luffy finished for Usopp. "Yahoooo!"
"Go on, say it," Usopp said urging Robin to do the same.
"Sorry if we all can`t act like the Pirates of the Caribbean, guys," Kakusei said sarcastically.
"The fog is rather thick," Robin said calmly.
"Fog...? Could be dangerous," Nami said in response. "Chopper, you keep watch out front."
"Got it!" Chopper replied eagerly.
"Don't you realize how much we've been looking forward to seeing an island?" Luffy said to Robin almost scolding her.
"I'm sorry," Robin said apologizing. "I'll be careful."
"That`s better," Luffy said happily.
"By the way..." Usopp said slowly, "Isn't that other ship worrying you guys? No captain... no navigator... No flag, no sail. No motivation, no teamwork... They were hardly a pirate crew!"
"You`ve got a point," Kakusei said rubbing his chin.
"Maybe they were in a battle and their captain died..." Zoro said darkly. "And all that stuff got stolen..."
"That's the thing...!" Usopp said in his own defense. "I took a good look at their ship, and there are basically no signs of a battle! There was nothing you could call a pirate's "life" on that ship!
"Then they weren't pirates... no big deal," Sanji said calmly.
"Maybe…" Usopp said slowly. "But my instincts tell me they were pirates! I have a bad feeling about this…"
"You always do," Sanji said walking away.
"It`s true…" Kakusei said walking away as well.
"I hope there's a town! And I hope it has a shipbuilding dock!" Luffy said excitedly as he walked away.
"We can't land immediately, Luffy!" Nami said trying to get Luffy to stop.
"I wonder if we'll find a good shipwright to join us," Chopper said hopefully.
"We`ll have to see," Kakusei said calmly.
"I see the shore!" Luffy said still excited. "Ready the anchor!"
"Gotcha!" Sanji said calmly.
"Guys...!" Usopp said hunching over and looking sick. "Listen..."
"Chopper! Usopp's got "Going-to-die-from-landing-on -an-unknown-island-itis," Sanji said not even looking at Usopp.
"Ugh..." Usopp said slowly lowering himself to the ground.
"I can't heal that," Chopper said bluntly.
"I see the island...!" Kakusei said full of excitement.
"THERE'S NOTHING HERE!" everyone but Robin and Luffy exclaimed. The island was a huge plain as far as the eye could see, with trees that had very tall trunks, but most of the leaves were only at the top quarter of the tree.
"Wow! Cool!" Luffy said amazed.
"Plains, as far as the eye can see..." Nami said calmly.
"Talk about un-exotic," Sanji said.
"Plains are a nice change of pace," Kakusei said. "Reminds me of home…"
"I wonder if anyone lives here..." Robin said calm as usual.
"WOOOOO! PLAINS!" Luffy said running off.
"HEY! Sheesh..." Nami said annoyed at Luffy`s attitude. "I wish they wouldn't just jump down on land when we don't know what's out there."
"There can't be much danger when there's nothing there," Zoro said calmly.
"500,000 Beri says Luffy does something stupid to get us in trouble before the day`s over," Kakusei said in one calm breath.
"He`ll win that bet…" the others thought as Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp ran off on the island.
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A few minutes later…
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"So Kakusei, why did you ask all those questions earlier?" Robin asked causing everyone to look at Kakusei, who had been lounging in a chair he took out of the ship.
"Well, there were a few arcs and story plots left out of the One Piece manga that were in the anime, like Usopp dueling Daddy Masterson," Kakusei said slowly.
"I remember him!" Nami said realizing the kinds of things that Kakusei was talking about.
"Exactly," Kakusei replied. "I never saw the filler arcs, but I did learn about them. And you guys helped me learn that some filler arcs did not happen, like the Rainbow Mist arc. The absence may be because of my presence here."
"Why would you say that?" Sanji asked.
Just then, a pair of giant metal claws clamped down on either side of the general area where they all were. Looking back to where the claws were fired, Kakusei, Robin, Sanji, Zoro, and Nami saw that the claws were actually a pair of anchors made to look like a fox`s claws, and those anchors were holding down a ship with a fox figurehead.
"Who are you guys...?" Zoro said looking at the ship
"Come down, if you want a fight!" Sanji said looking at the ship as well.
"What are they doing...?" Nami said worriedly. "Our ship has been sealed in!" The pair of anchors had been placed so the chains blocked the front and back of the Going Merry.
"Get out here you cowards!" Zoro yelled loudly.
"We are the Foxy Pirates. Do not be hasty," A voice from the ship said calmly, and sparking a grimace from Kakusei. "What we seek... IS A DUEL!"
"Crap, how could I forget this retard?" Kakusei said face-palming himself.
"You remember this man?" Robin asked Kakusei as he held his head.
"Unfortunately, but not everything," Kakusei replied as he realized he was staring at the ship of Foxy the Silver Fox.
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And so we begin the Davy Back Fight arc. Boy, is this one gonna be fun…
Next chapter, we declare war on Foxy!
Tsugino jikan made! (Until next time!)