I hope you all enjoy Chapter 9. I wonder what the rest of the Straw hats say about their newest member? I do not own One Piece, all rights go to Eiichiro Oda.
Chapter 9 Into the Deep
We were descending deeper into the sea. It was extremely beautiful, how the sun's rays was shinning through the surface, illuminating a new world to my eyes. There were species of fish that I never even heard of, let alone seen, but that's because I wasn't from this world. Franky was commenting on the view.
"This is really beautiful." I said. Then they all looked at me. All of the sudden, I was bombarded with questions.
"Who are you?" asked Nami.
"How do you know Luffy?" asked Chopper and Brooke.
"What did you do to that Pacifista earlier?" demanded Zoro, swords drawn.
"Well, we're are all together, so I'll tell you." I started. "My name is Caeruleus. I was imprisoned in Impel Down for reasons that are still a mystery to me, as they weren't actually explained to me. What I did to that Pacifista was that I sliced it and where I cut it was sent into oblivion. That technique is apart of my powers…"
"You have Devil Fruit abilities?" asked Sanji.
"No, but from what I gather, their relatively the same. Sea Prism Stone disables my powers like they do a Devil Fruit user's. According to Sengoku, I have the powers of pure Darkness. I 'm still trying to figure out my abilities, but since I was brought to this world, I believe that the secret to them may be here."
"What do you mean 'brought to this world'?" asked the dark haired beauty Robin.
"I'm not from this world. I'm from a world that has centuries more advanced technology. We have gone to space many times. There are no Devil Fruits, in fact, the only way I could see this world appearing in mine is if it's a piece of fiction."
"You should tell me about your world later, Caeruleus." said Robin, smiling.
"Sure." I said. "To answer your question about how I met Luffy, well he helped me get out of Impel Down and we participated in the Whitebeard War together, but I did go off on my own, and got a few… let's say a few bad memories." I started to remember the little 'family reunion' I had at Marineford. "On the way to Marineford, Luffy asked me if I wanted to be in his crew and I said yes. Two years of training later, here we are."
"What position would you fill on the ship?" asked Usopp.
"I don't know." I said. "Maybe just a powerhouse or secret weapon."
After this little talk, Nami explained how the coating works in detail, but when she moved, Sanji got another nose bleed and shot out of the bubble. Luffy was able to save him, but when Chopper examined him, it seems that Sanji has obtained a weakness towards women. From what Usopp told me, Sanji is a ladies man and this is extremely bad for him.
Zoro and Luffy weren't paying attention though. They were trying to compete to see if one of them could catch the most fish, but Chopper and Usopp stopped them. Usopp then began talking about someone named Hatchi and how the trip would have been safer if he was here to guide us. Luffy then got hungry, so he remembered the lunchboxes that Hancock made and decided that it was time for lunch. Franky then told us that a man named Bartholomew Kuma, the man who separated my crew mates, was the one who protected the ship for two years. He went on to say that he was a Marine Guinea Pig, being turned into a cyborg like Franky. He had made a deal with the scientist who created him to leave a mission in which Kuma would wait and protect the ship till a member of the Straw Hats arrives. Franky then went on to tell us that we are in his dept. Sanji then woke up.
"Here Sanji!", said Luffy, holding a lunchbox towards Sanji. "It's an Isle of Women lunchbox."
"An Isle of Women-!" started Sanji. "Where do you think I've been for two years! Just, just what kind of training did you do Luffy?"
""Trust me, he was training." I said, defending my new brother.
"Shut up!" he said. " You don't even know what kind of hell-"
"Come now, come now Sanji-san," said Brooke, "How bout we all sing a song."
"That won't cheer me up!" cried Sanji.
For a little bit no one said anything. We were either looking at the new scenery or talking about some thing that have happened in the past two years.
"I wonder how far we have sunk?" said Luffy.
"It's getting so that even light can't reach us." stated Usopp.
"We're past the 'Euphotic Zone', and we're about to about to get out the 'Disphotic Zone'. We're probably over 1000 meters in."
"It's so quiet," said Robin, "Feels completely different than in a submarine. It's like were flying through the sky."
Chopper than saw a whale, and got excited. Brooke thought that it was his old friend Laboon, while Luffy thought it was Old Man Whitebeard. I wondered what happened to Whitebeard after the war. During training, I wasn't able to hear anything about what's going in the world. A few minutes later, Usopp said he saw something was heading toward us, thinking it was a sea monster. He then said he saw a ship and that it was heading straight for us. Something then swam up right next to us, pulling another coated ship. It looked like it was about to ram us, but it just connected the bubbles. Nami looked at the sea monster pulling the other sip and identified it as Mohmoo. It looked like it was half cow and half fish. Mohmoo then looked at Nami, and his eyes looked as if he recognized her. He then looked at Sanji and Luffy and he looked scared to death, so he swam away, but not before some guy in a straight jacket jumped through both ships coating and landed on our ship.
"Keheehee!" laughed this freak. "Now, while they're dumbfounded kill every last one of 'emmmmmmm! Slaughter ALL the Straw Hats!"
What the guy didn't realize was that he was alone. None of his shipmates came with him. Franky then grabbed him and from the looks of things, he was about to throw him into the ocean. This pirate was begging for his life, not wanting to drown. When Zorro questioned him, he said he was being used as a human bullet. Chopper believed what he said, but Usopp said he was clearly telling a lie.
Nami then asked him about the seacow pulling his ship. The guy then flirted with Nami in a very creepy way, so Sanji kicked him in the face, but after the deed was done, he instantly got another nosebleed after looking at Nami. This caused me to laugh, and when I was asked by Chopper why I thought this was funny, and I told him was laughing more at the irony that a ladies man would fall so easily to a woman's looks. The strange man said they were using Mohmoo as advanced sea navigation, which excited Luffy so much that he wanted to look for another seacow to do the same. Usopp thought we were going on a slightly different course than what the Log Pose, a compass like instrument. Nami said we were heading southwest of the needle, which is a safer route.
It started to get colder, and Nami told us to put on coats, but as I was in my black cloak, I felt fine. Franky, Brooke, and Nami discussed the sea currents and the temperature difference in the ocean. Robin then pointed out a Downward Plume- a giant underwater waterfall. As we were heading into it, everyone was in awe of the waterfall. Then the strange man told us to turn back. He looked very frightened.
"Look closely at the Bottom!" he said. "There's a monster down there!"
He then went on to tell us a bit of a legend about a creature that was like a demon and was an enemy to the human race. When the creature finally came into view, he cried Kraken.
"That's the Kraken?" I asked, puzzled. "There are legends of the Kraken in my world, so it's interesting to see what it looks like."
Everyone was freaking out, except for Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and I. Of course my brother wanted to tame the Kraken, and I supported him.
"What did you say Luffy?" cried Usopp.
"I am going to tame that Kraken and have it pull or ship." said Luffy.
"Are you nuts?" responded Usopp. He then went on explaining the reason why Luffy shouldn't do it, saying that it looks like it has been around for hundreds of years, and that legends have said that it has killed countless crews. Zoro wanted to assist Luffy, but wanted a plan. Luffy said that since their underwater, his powers are nullified. He then ordered Nami to head straight for the creature, which she was too afraid to do. Then I heard someone screaming. I could easily tell that it wasn't from our ship. I used my Haki, and I heard the voices again, and then pin pointed them, and alerted my crew. I looked back and saw the ship that our captive was on. I heard the crew say that they were going to save our captive. I was so distracted watching my new crew do their stuff that I'm not even sure he introduced himself. Then one of the Krakens' tentacles grabbed the other ship and crush it, killing everyone on board.
The Kraken then attacked our ship. Luffy and Zoro tried to retaliate, but Usopp stopped them. Franky then activated the Thousand Sunny's (when I first heard this name, I thought it was a weird name for a ship) chicken voyage to dodge the tentacle. Nami wanted to use the "Coup de Burst"- a sort of quick get away tool- but Franky said that it worked with air, and that there was only a limited amount of air in the bubble. The captive then gave us an idea on how Luffy could go out side the bubble: put those who want to fight in side bubbles made out of the coating. The next thing I knew, I was put inside a bubble, as was Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji. Usopp then told us to go get it.
"This rope's really gonna get in the way." said Luffy. We then ditched the ropes and started swimming in the deep ocean towards the Kraken. Luffy wanted us to distract the beast while he gets ready to defeat it in one hit. Zoro on the other hand wanted to kill it, but Luffy yelled at him saying he would just cut it to pieces.
Another tentacle went for the ship, but Franky used missiles to deflect it, which Luffy was really excited about. A third tentacle went for the ship, but something extremely large and fluffy blocked the leg, yet this caused the ship to propel towards a mountain. Two large hands sprouted from the sip and pushed the ship away.
"Gear Third!" cried Luffy, getting read to attack. "Color of Armaments-Hardening!" His hand then grew extremely large and turned black. His hand, however, was outside of the protective bubble, so his devil fruit power was weakening. The Kraken sent a tentacle towards him. I was about to do something, when Sanji ran out of his bubble at an insane speed.
"Blue Run! Diable Jambe- Bein Cut" said Sanji, kicking and severely burning the tentacle. The Kraken got angry and attacked again, but Zoro saved them.
"Three Sword Style Secret Technique- Crossing of Six Paths!" yelled Zoro, cutting the tentacle off and into six pieces.
Then three tentacles came at me. They all tried to hit, but I quickly dodged.
"Black Spiral!" I screamed, sending black energy from my body, and spinning like a tornado. The spiral collided with the tentacles, slicing them and sending them into the void.
"No, no, no! Caeruleus! Zoro! Sanji!" yelled Luffy. "Your going to take off its legs! Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun!" Luffy then hit the Kraken, knocking it out with one punch. He even sent it over a ledge. And then we all us in the bubbles and on the ship fell over the ledge.
I was still conscious after the fall was over. I looked for Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro. It was pitch black, so I couldn't see a thing. I decided to use my Kenbunshoku Haki to see with my minds eye. What I saw were many, many threatening fish. I tried concentrating for Luffy's thoughts, and I located him. His bubble had a tear in it, and Sanji was completely out of his. Zoro had his bubble completely intact, surprisingly as he used his swords. So I rushed forward and grabbed the both of them. I then rammed the three of us into Zoro's bubble and put the four of us in one large bubble.
"Are you three okay?" I asked.
"Yeah." said Luffy.
"I'm fine." said Sanji, looking tired from holding his breath.
Zoro didn't say anything, because he fell asleep.
"He sleeps a lot, doesn't he?" I asked.
"Yeah, Moss Head always sleeps." said Sanji irritably.
We swam for a little while, with me as the navigator. I was able to guide us away fro the creatures. After a while we saw creatures that produced their own light. If it wasn't for the deadly creatures, it would have been very peaceful down here. Because of the light, I was able to lessen my Haki a bit, but that proved to be a mistake. I felt a slight current go past us, and I turned around and saw the Kraken. It was about to attack, but we weren't scared. Luffy then yelled at it and it became afraid. Then Luffy talked to it like a pet, and it became really nice. It put us on its head and lead us through the darkness. After a few minutes, it became really warm. I thought this a little strange, and then I saw smoke. I quickly realized that we were near a underwater volcano.
Luffy pointed ahead and I saw that there was the Thousand Sunny. We also saw a giant angler fish and a giant. There was also another ship that said Flying Dutchman on the sail. This reminded me of the legend of Davey Jones in my world.
Then the giant was about to punch the Sunny, when Luffy ordered the Kraken to attack him. After the Kraken beat the living crap out of the giant, Luffy called it off. Usopp looked surprised to see us alive. The Kraken put the Sunny on it's head. Then the four of us boarded the ship. When Luffy got comfortable, he said he named the Kraken Surume.
I heard a very loud rumble. Nami instantly realized that the volcano was about to erupt. She had Luffy tell Surume to start running, but Surume ran before it was told to. Luffy really wanted to see the eruption, and so did I, because how often does one see a volcano erupt underwater. Then, the volcano blew. the explosion sent a shock wave that threw us on the ship around. The lava was beginning to flow out of the volcano, making the surrounding water warm up dramatically. Surume was told to keep running, but I believe he didn't need to be told.
"Nami-san, which way to Fishman Island?" asked Sanji, right before another nosebleed.
"We have to keep going forward some more." responded Nami. "Into that trench.!"
Usopp was freaking out. He was complaining about the sheer drop and that the trench was 'blacker than black'. Then his complaints were about the super heated water behind us. He then told Luffy that the darkness continues down to Hell.
"Usopp, did you forget that I have the powers of darkness?" I said, very annoyed. "Believe me, you'll be fine."
"Surume, jump in!" cried Luffy. Then Luffy's new pet jumped. Then I felt another shockwave.
"It erupted again!" said Nami and I.
"What is that?" yelled Franky. "There's something above us!"
"It's an avalanche of earth and rock!" cried Nami. "The eruption just now destroyed the trench!" Zorro wanted to go out the bubble and slice the rocks, but Robin stopped him by saying that the underwater pressure will crush him.
"Hissatsu: Green Star Midoriboshi-Sargasso!" yelled Usopp, shooting something resembling a green pebble out of the bubble, proving to me that he is the crew's sniper. Where the pebble hit the falling rocks, seaweed instantly grew, capturing the debris in a plant-like net. Then Surume ran faster, as if it knew that the seaweed would be able to hold the avalanche for long. .But then a very large boulder fell out of the net, hitting Surume in the head. This caused him to drop the ship. We were falling through the trench, and crashed.
There was then this really bright light. I was surprised to see light this far down in the ocean.
"It's surprising to see such a beautiful light in such a desolate region of the world." I said.
"So bright! I feel like I'm going to go blind!" cried Brook. "But I have no eyes to get blinded though, Yohohohohohoho! SKULL JOKE!" I laughed hysterically at this for some reason.
"Hey guys!" cried Franky. "Get over here! Look up! Uuuup!"
"Hey, Nami, is that it?" asked Luffy, pointing ahead.
"Yes! There's no mistaking it!' said Nami excitedly. "The needle is pointing straight to that island- that's Fishman Island!"
"It's surrounded by a bubble, so there might be air inside." said Robin
"Yeeeeaaaahhhh! We made it!" cried Luffy.
"One of the most famous spots on the Grand Line." said Franky proudly.
Sanji was thinking of the mermaids of the island. From what Rayleigh told me about Fishman Island, it is the home of people who are half fish and half person. I was immediately comparing Atlantis to this Fishman Island. He also told me that Fishmen, people who have more fish characteristics then Merpeople, are about 10 times more powerful than the average human. The mermaids, he said, were extremely beautiful and very friendly. After a few moments, Sanji got another nosebleed. Usopp began defending Sanji because it was one of Sanji's dreams to see a mermaid after Chopper said it would be wise for him not to se one. Sanji, however, said his life wouldn't be worth living if he didn't see the mermaids.
"What are these guys doing here?" said a loud voice. "What are you letting these humans order you around for, Kraken?" Surume then looked like he was very scared. Luffy wondered why Surume stopped. Zoro was actually the one who pointed out the mysterious voice. I looked in the direction the voice came from and saw giant sea creatures- a bearfish, lionfish, elephantfish, giraffe fish, gorillafish, and a rhino fish, all off them about the size of Surume. Luffy saw someone riding these creatures, and they looked like the Fishmen Rayleigh told me about.
The Fishman that talked to Surume asked us if we were the Straw Hat Pirates and that were the one's who crushed another Fishman named Arlong's ambition. He also stated that we saved Hatchi, who I guessed was a Fishman, and that Luffy punched a Celestial Dragon.
"I'm guessing that you guys did this before I met Luffy." I said.
"Yep." said Franky.
"We did it to save a friend named Keimi from a life of slavery." said Robin.
This Fishman then asked us if we're friend or foe. He wanted to know if we will either join the 'New Fishman Pirates' or reject the offer. He threatened to sink the Sunny if we refused. What he didn't know is that Luffy told Franky to refill the fuel. Nami was questioning what Luffy wanted to do, but she quickly understood (after Franky explained it to her) that we are going to run away, because we can't fight them 10,000 meters beneath the sea.
"Sooo, are you going to become our subordinate, 'Straw Hat' Luffy?" asked the Fishman.
"Coup de Burst- Full Throttle!" said Franky, after Usopp filled the fuel.
"Preparations okay!" yelled Usopp.
"No way morons!" yelled Luffy.
"You refuse, eh…!" said the Fishman. "an invitation to join us and become our subordinate, your nothing more than sinful humans!"
"Why do we have to become your subordinates?" asked Luffy, mocking the Fishman.
"Oh, let me kill him, Luffy." I begged.
The Fishman then sent the lionfish at us, but Franky activated the Coup de Burst that sent us flying towards the island. It was sucking away the air, and I was getting slightly dizzy. When we got to the island's bubble, we went through it, but not before it ripped off the ships coating. Robin then said that there are two layers to the island's coating, and then we went through the water layer. The current was really strong, forcing us off the Sunny, and as I my powers were weakened in the sea, I wasn't able to swim. What I was able to do was look for Luffy, but all who I could find was Robin. I was able to grab her, but then I passed out.
Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. My schedule has been busy because I had a lot of finals to take, so I haven't been able to work on this a lot. Also the fact the chunk of the arc I converted is kind of boring, so it was hard to write my twist to it. I hope you like it, it took me forever to write.