Emerald: I'm baaccckk with another update! Firstly, Happy belated Thanksgiving! Next, Happy Holidays!
**Edited 3/13/15**
READ THIS! Important for understanding the story!
The part that is underlined is no longer relevant. Kagome has eaten a devil fruit, but it's NOT the Baria Baria no Mi!
Ok, so, I had no idea that there was a Bari Bari no Mi, I just basically made the Baria Baria no Mi up, so I didn't know that it already existed and was a part of cannon. So let's just say that they both are two different fruits that exist or the former doesn't exist. This is just to clear up some confusion.
Next, Kagome is not all-powerful, she has drawbacks, I just didn't name them, yet, well all of them. Also, I'm aware that Kagome can already make barriers, but those are made from her miko ki, and they aren't elemental barriers and are useless against humans.
One more thing about the barriers in this story, think of the form of the barrier as a bubble or a dome, not a shield, one that you can mold.
Someone said that Kagome is too OOC, well, Kagome's personality has changed, she is no longer naïve and weak, mainly because now she has the experience of the feudal era and then some. However, her core personalities are still there, but less prominent.
Kagome is shone as a kind, loyal, forgiving, caring, and pure (jealousy was the only dark part of her soul), person, but the thing is, in cannon, she seems mostly unfazed about traveling to another time period, even going back to stay there in the end, but I want Kagome to be a little jaded in this fic, after all, she has lived through a lot. How many people do you know that can live through that, and not change?
Lastly, Kagome is able to swim in water, but there is a reason why she told Whitebeard to get her within half a mile of Impel Down, there will be more of an explanation in the upcoming chapters.
Ok, if I give anymore away, I'll ruin the story. Kind of, if you have any more questions, hopefully this next chapter will answer some of them, if not, most likely the following chapters will.
So, ENJOY AND REVIEW!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Cobalt eyes fixed on the ceiling as hundreds of thoughts ran through her head, from plans to worries, to memories from the distant past. A sigh left her plump pink lips as she turned in the hammock to pull the blanket higher. She couldn't help but remember how it had all started. Stupid jewel was always messing with her life.
~Flashback~
She had been drifting for a while now; from what she could tell, it had been about nine days, and she was left weak and tired without any food or water. She lay draped across a piece of the ship that had gotten blown up by a marine ship 'accidentally'. She raised her head, looking for any sign of land.
Her heart leaped and a smile slowly slid on her face. There it was, an island, just up ahead. With unknown strength, she started paddling in the direction of the island. The waves helped to carry her over to the sandy shore; with the last of her strength, she pulled herself up from the deserted beach and slowly made her way to the bottom of a rocky cliff that ran along the side.
She stumbled a few times, but she made it to her destination. She collapsed on her side and fainted. A small smile settled on her face, she was finally out of the ocean.
Bleary eyes fluttered open, small hands searched for purchase as the brunette pulled herself up. A yawn broke through her lips as she stumbled to get on her feet.
Her stomach growled; she ignored it as she looked around for a food source. There was a sandy beach to her left that expanded out for as far as she could see. Behind her, a rocky cliff loomed, tall and utterly un-climbable in her weakened state. She turned her head, if she squinted, she could see a bunch of trees outlined in the distance. Where there were trees, there was fruit. She grinned and made her way towards the forest.
It was slow going, even if she was rested, she hadn't eaten or drank anything in a while, which zapped her strength and left her weak.
She stumbled over a rock, and nearly ran into the tree, a confused frown spread across her features, wasn't the forest farther away?
She looked up and gapped, the tree was huge! She could see the faint outline of a yellow-green fruit through the leaves, but it was so high up.
'Damn!' Kagome cursed in her head, she looked around for something to throw to get the fruit down; she didn't feel well enough to climb up herself.
That's when she noticed it; a plain brown box lay on the ground by the tree's roots. She looked up again, then down at the box. She shrugged, 'I can just get some of the other fruit after I get my strength back and I'll just refill the box, the owner won't even notice.' Her stomach growled in agreement.
She carefully extracted the box from the roots of the tree. Putting it down, she sat in front of it, that's when she noticed the lock. She cursed again in her head. She tried the lock on the box, it didn't budge; her stomach gave a low growl. Finally losing her patience, she pulled back her fist and struck the top of the box.
Puling out the yellow-green fruit, she held it in her hands, examining it. It was oddly shaped, and there was a swirly pattern all over the fruit. Kagome had never seen anything like it before; she carefully brought it up to her nose, sniffing it cautiously. It smelled…well, it smelled a little sour and a little sweet, and something else that she couldn't place, that made her nose wrinkle.
Her stomach gave another loud growl.
"Fuck it, I don't care!" she growled and took a bite out of the fruit. Her face immediately screwed up, and her head immediately started shaking, she had half a mind to spit it back out, but swallowed it. But, damn! *It was sour! Even a lemon wasn't this bad! She unclenched her mouth after a moment and discovered that the fruit left a bitter aftertaste.
She took a deep breath; in order to get her strength back, she had to eat it. She took another bite and quickly swallowed the sour fruit, barely tasting it.
As she popped the last piece into her mouth, energy not her own flooded her body. Just then, she heard a shout.
She looked up to stare at a man who looked to be in his mid-30s. He wore a loose black haori and brown pants that tucked into his black calf-length boots. He had a small stubble growing on his chin; brown eyes and wavy light brown hair fell to his shoulder blades.
"What do you think you're doing?!" His eyes seemed to pop out as he saw her swallow.
"Hey, calm down, I'll just refill your box with the other fruit from the tree," Kagome said, her hands up in a placating gesture.
"C-calm down?!" The man went from almost hyperventilating to boiling mad, "YOU JUST ATE MY DEVIL FRUIT AND NOW YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! BITCH DON'T YOU DARE TO TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!"
'Bitch? Who the hell does he think he's calling a bitch?! Calm down Kags, he's just angry,' Kagome thought, she took a breath to keep calm. A tick mark grew on her forehead as the guy kept insulting her.
"Kagome!"
"KAGOME!"
"KAG-"
"WHAT?" Kagome jerked awake. When had she fallen asleep?
"Whitebeard's calling for you."
Kagome blinked the sleep out of her eyes, "Hm, thanks, Khanen."
Khanen nodded and left as Kagome got dressed and made her way out of her room.
"Portgas D. Ace, this'll be your new cell until your execution, hahahaha!" The laughing guards chained him to the cell, beside him was another pirate, but he couldn't see whom.
"Make sure the shackles are tight and he can't slip through them, we wouldn't want him to ruin our plans, now would we?" Magellan chuckled.
"Why won't you just die, so I can be the Chief Warden," Hannyabal muttered.
"Eh? Did you say something, Hannyabal?!"
"No, no, nothing."
"Come!" Magellan thundered.
"Ace!"
"Jinbei, I heard you were caught."
"Yeah, you okay?" Jinbei's voice held a hint of worry for his friend.
"Yeah, yeah, those idiots won't do anything to me, they want me alive for the execution."
"You do not have to be unharmed to be alive."
A crooked smirk formed on Ace's face, "I can take anything they throw at me."
Jinbei shook his head, "So, how's the little firecracker doing?"
Ace grinned, "Still bossing around Whitebeard about his health. She is the only woman I know of that can talk back to him and not get hurt."
"Woman? She is the only human, who can do that," Jinbei chuckled, "I wonder if he'll send her to get you out?"
Ace shuddered, "As much as I would like to get out of here, if she's the one doing the rescuing, I'm gonna be dead either way."
"Still haven't confessed?" Jinbei asked, humor sparking in his eyes.
"W-what?! No, I don't like her that way!" Ace stuttered, a dark blush spreading on his cheeks.
Jinbei chuckled, then sobered up, a serious look entering his eyes, "So, how'd you get here? Last I knew, you were hunting down Teach."
Ace growled, "Well, I found him…"
*Taste of the devil fruit – Ok, it is said in the anime and manga that the devil fruits taste horrible (Kalifa and Kaku both eat Devil fruits and they say it's terrible), but, Luffy just ate his fruit and didn't retch or make a face about it, so maybe all of them don't taste that bad, but I did make it extremely sour with a bitter aftertaste.
Emerald: Ok! I think I'll stop it here. I need to go work on the next chapter for ABC. Hope you guys like it! Read and review!
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