This is where I start to get out of the actual events that occur in the manga and officially begin the story.
*Spoilers* I don't own the term Shobijin, it goes to Toho Company, LTD.
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Chapter 12 Infant Island
I felt like I hadn't slept in ages. It has been three works since we left Fishman Island. We really didn't have many adventures…well, Luffy's definition of adventure any way. For me, I was seeing what this world was like. We visited winter islands, spring islands, fall islands and summer islands. I loved every moment of it. While for Luffy it was boring, it was an adventure for me. One time, there happened to be a large herd of boars the size of elephants that came after us because Luffy walked into their territory, but that was the most dangerous event that has happened.
Today was a beautiful day on the ocean, like every other day for the past week. Sanji made delicious meals that made me feel stronger. Robin gave me lessons on the history of the world, and taught me more about the world in general. Zoro and I spar every now and then. When I felt a little down, Luffy and Brooke cheered me up by being silly and singing.
Anyway, the nap felt great. Nami had me working hard by helping her with measuring the islands we went to and by washing the deck. So, obviously, I got tired. I decided to stop working. I went to the tangerine trees on the upper level of the ship and lied down in the shade. I took off my cloak and folded it up into a makeshift pillow. I closed my eyes, and was relaxed until…
"Caeruleus! Get to work!" screamed Nami. She dumped the water bucket over my head and then I jumped up in the air.
"Nami! Why!" I yelled. I was soaking wet. So was my coat.
"You're supposed to be washing the deck!" she said. "Unless, you want to pay me 100,000 Beli." she winked.
"*Groan* Let me go get a dry shirt." I said. I went to the guys' room where we sleep. Luffy was in there taking a nap, with a bone sticking out of his mouth. I went over and flipped Luffy out of his hammock. "Hey Luffy, let me borrow a shirt."
"Okay." he said, still half asleep. He went to his chest, and pulled out another red shirt, identical to the one he currently is wearing. I put it on and hung up my shirt and cloak. I then continued washing the deck. After an hour, my shirt and cloak was dry, so I returned Luffy's shirt and put my stuff back on. When I walked back outside, there were dark clouds in the sky.
A fierce wind came that chilled me to the bone. I went to Nami and asked her what we should do about the storms. She said that we should watch them and be careful.
-15 minutes later-
The rain came pouring down, so hard and fast that I couldn't see anything in front of me. When there was lighting, I was able to see the others running around doing their duties to make sure the ship doesn't capsize. I was told to raise the sails, which I did with Sanji's help. Then there was another lightning strike, but with the light I saw from this one, I saw a large tsunami.
"Nami!" I screamed "There's a Tsunami at 3 o'clock!"
She heard and had Franky use the Gaon Cannon to push us through the wave. Everyone scrambled into the ship as Franky activated the Cannon. We were blasted at a very fast speed, and were riding up the wave. As we got to the top, we were sent flying and landed on the water hard. I was afraid that the ship was going to break apart, but I knew that the ship could take it.
All of us went outside and inspected what happened. We looked around and saw that the ship wasn't damaged. Nami said that we should try to find an island to stop for the night and wait out the storm. I was handed a pair of binoculars and I went to the birds' nest of the ship. I looked all over and I was about to give up, until I saw an island. I poked my head out and yelled for Nami.
"Nami! Look to your left!" I said. "There is an island!" Nami looked to her left, but said she didn't see anything. "Trust me! There is an island!" She looked at me with a stern face then nodded. She told Franky to turn the ship to the left. I jumped down and told her that we should use the Gaon Cannon again to get to the island faster. She agreed and we blasted off again. We landed on the water again, but the ship hit too close the island. The crash caused us to be thrown about, and I hit my head on the ground. Then I passed out from the collision.
A bright light. I saw a very bright light. But it was warm, and comforting. I could feel all my troubles fading away. When the light cleared, I saw a remarkable landscape. A land of wondrous colors, and crystals growing all around. A wonderful castle was in the distance, and I saw a crystal gazebo. I looked toward it and saw an immense golden light spreading, and reaching out, an aura that filled me with hope, and calmed me. It made feel safe and happy, giving me a sense that there is a strong light watching over me.
I then woke up. The sun was out, and there wasn't even a cloud in the sky. It was if there wasn't a storm at all. I sat up and a damp rag fell of my forehead. Chopper then came over and checked me over.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"They are on the beach." he said. "I woke up first and had the others wake up as well. You had a bump on your head, so I thought you had a concussion, but you seem fine."
"Thanks Chopper." I said. "Let's head to the beach, shall we?"
"Yeah." said Chopper. I stood up, but then I felt dizzy. I was about to fall, but I caught myself on the railing. Chopper noticed and rushed over. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just a bit dizzy." I said. We then left the ship. When I jumped off the ship and landed on the beach, I felt a warm sensation in my heart, like I was being healed from within. Chopper led me to the camp that the crew set up. Everybody had set up small tents and a descent sized fire, located right outside a dense jungle.
"Yo! Caeruleus!" yelled Luffy. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine." I replied. "How are all of you doing?"
"A bit bruised, but nothing broken." said Sanji. He was making kabobs over the fire with a little fruit and fish on them.
"Don't we have a kitchen stocked with food?" I asked.
"We lost all of our food in the storm. The door to the kitchen blew open and the salt water contaminated the food." said Robin.
"Looks like our shipwright should fix that problem," I said, "right Franky?"
"Tell me about it." said Franky. "It'll take a couple of hours for me to fix the door and the fridge."
"And we need to get some food." said Nami. "There looks like there is some fruit on the island. We are going to split into groups. Zorro and Usopp are going to get fish, and Luffy is going to get fruit. I am going to check the charts that I have of the New World to see what island we're on and where the next island is."
"I am going to explore the island." I said.
"Mind if I join?" asked Robin.
"I could use the company." I said.
"Oi. I'm not letting Robin-chuan go with you!" said Sanji. "I'm going too to protect her."
"Well come on then." I said. "We're not going to wait for you all day." We then left the campsite and headed into the jungle. We walked and walked for what seemed like hours.
"Why don't we just go back to camp." said Sanji. "I bet Nami-swan is getting hungry, and Robin-chuan looks exhausted."
"I'm fine." said Robin.
"But Robin, you've been walking for hours! In high heels!" said Sanji. "Let me carry you!"
"Sanji, shut up!" I yelled.
"What was that you bastard!" yelled Sanji. "How dare you -"
"Just shut up and listen!" I said. After a moment of silence, they looked at me as if I was crazy. "Can't you hear that?"
"Hear what?" they asked in unison.
"The singing…" I said. I was hearing beautiful music. Music that gave me the same feeling as the light from my dream. "Listen…" They stopped talking and by their facial reactions, they heard the singing as well.
"- Ao zame at sora e, Hikaru tsu basa de, tonde okure …"
We started running towards the music, it getting louder and louder, and the chanting fiercer. When we arrived, we saw a village of people. They didn't look like they ever had contact with people away from the island. They were dancing, singing and bowing in front of an altar. On the alter there were pictures of what appeared to be a moth. The three of us lied on the ground and tried not to get attention, and we listened to the song.
"Me o sama shite Mosura,
Hana ga Hikaru you ni Mosura,
Minna matte iru no,
Ao zama at sora e,
Hikaru tsu basa de,
Tonde okure Mosura.
Me o sama Shite Mosura,
Asa ga akeru you ni Mosura,
Minna matte iru no,
Namida no yotsuyu o,
Hayaku hoho kara,
Keshite okure Mosura.
Me o sama shite Mosura,
Kumo o sama shite Mosura,
Minna matte iru no
Hate no nai yami ni,
Sakebu inori o
Kiite okure Mosura."
"So… beautiful." I said.
"Yes." said Robin. "It truly was." The people then started to gather up their stuff. They went about while talking. The three of us then got up and we turned around to get going. But Sanji ran into a flower that released a lot of pollen. He then had a sneezing fit.
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" sneezed Sanji. "Achoo!"
"Sanji!" I said. "Stop sneezing"
"I –Achoo- can't!" said Sanji. "I –Achoo- must be –Achoo- allergic!" He kept on sneezing, and the next thing we knew, we were surrounded by a group of villagers.
"This isn't good." I said. I raised my arms to point out to them that I have no weapons. Robin did the same, as did Sanji (while he was sneezing.)
These villagers had spears and swords. They had body paint and wore ceremonial headdresses that were in the shape of certain animals. I figured out that they were the warriors of the people we were watching.
"Robin, what do you think we should do?" I asked in a whisper.
"I'm not sure." She said.
"I could do something to distract them." I said. "Then we could run for it. I don't want to hurt them; they're just trying to protect their people."
"Then do it!" Sanji whispered harshly. "Achoo!"
"Darkseid Raven!" I yelled. My eyes went black as night, and a black smoke came from my coat. The smoke then had what appeared to be red eyed ravens flying around the three of us. The warriors screamed in fear and backed away a bit. We then sunk to the ground and crawled under the warriors. We got back up and started to run, when Sanji sneezed again. The warriors looked in our direction and started to run after us.
"Run!" I screamed. We then took off as fast as we could back to camp. Sanji had picked Robin up when we started running. The warriors were screaming in a fierce way. After a few minutes, we finally made it back to camp. But the others were nowhere to be found. But we made the stupid mistake of stopping. We were caught by the warriors.
"Let me go you bastards!" I yelled. "Robin! Sanji!" I saw them being dragged back to the jungle. My emotions were getting out of control. My powers were activating by themselves. The dark aura, that I have grown accustom to, surrounded my body and my eyes went black again. The warriors were yelling and saying something in a language I didn't recognize. "Give me back my friends you sons of-" My head was hit by a blunt object that caused me to lose consciousness.