A raven-haired young man of about 17 stirs from unconsciousness atop a high cliff, dislodging some loose rocks in the process, rocks that plummet down and down until they sink into the churning waters a hundred feet below.

Groggily, the young man blinks open his eyes to reveal deep purple irises only to have to immediately close them again as the sun high in the sky blinds him with its bright rays.

[Mc Pov]

"Uggh~"

A groan escapes me as I tiredly shield my face from the sun and slowly look around, with the first thing that greets me being the sight of a beautiful baby blue sky, dotted throughout with white puffs of fluffy clouds that gently move with the wind.

As I lay there, taking in the magnificent sight before me, the unfamiliar sound of waves crashing against rocks reaches my ears, jolting me awake and pulling me out of my drowsiness.

"What the- Where the hell am- Bleeegh!"

I go to stand yet am unable to, as out of nowhere a sudden sense of sickness washes over me, vile builds at the back of my throat and my eyes widen as I'm forced to bend over and regurgitate a goopy purple substance all over the rocky ground where I had just been lying.

The disgusting, repulsive vomit continues to pour out of me for what feels like an endless and excruciating minute, until it finally subsides and I'm able to catch my breath.

Looking down at the repulsive mess on the rocky ground, I cringe in disgust; but right as I'm about to turn away something catches the corner of my eye, slowly, very slowly the goop seems to be changing from a thick, vibrant purple to a chalky, sickly black.

This perplexes me even further and makes me wonder, what the hell did I just throw up? And more importantly, why the hell was it in my body in the first place!?

These questions swirl around in my mind, but I can't seem to find any answers, I let out a sigh and focus on standing up, which I manage to do, albeit on wobbly legs that feel incredibly weak at the moment.

I then look around, only to immediately stumble back in fear as I discover where I'm standing, right on the very ledge of a fucking cliff! One that leads down hundreds of feet onto some sharp rocks below, not to mention the vast ocean that spans as far as the eye can see!

"Fuck! Why the fuck was I sleeping on a goddamn cliff!? Where the hell even am I?" I curse as I try to calm my racing now racing heart and frayed nerves to little success; no matter how hard I try, I just can't calm down!

Not when I'm standing over an open ocean on top a cliff, when I should be in a bed and cozy room instead.

'…Did someone kidnap me and place me here?!' I question warily, looking around for any more unexpected and heart-pumping surprises, and lo and behold, my heart nearly jumps out of my chest when I turn around and spot something I would've never thought to see in my life, or ever really, a beautiful dense forest of flowers stretches far behind me.

Roses, tulips, sunflowers, daisies, daffodils, irises, every type of flower that I can think of lay before me… the issue, however, is that every single one of these flowers is huge, the size of goddamn trees!

"What the… hell?!" my jaw drops to what I'm seeing.

I stand there frozen for some time before warily approaching the closest flower, a carnation I believe, in order to confirm what I'm seeing is real and not some crazy hallucination; but as I run my hands over one of its huge car-sized petals, the familiar velvety soft sensation greets my hand.

"This- how can this be possible?!" I question in disbelief!

I continue from one flower to the next, touching and prodding everywhere I can to confirm they're all real, and not some fake, giant garden built by some eccentric millionaire to get his rocks off.

Yet any way I look at it, whether that being the goopy yellow pollen dripping from some of the flowers, the grass-like nature of the huge green stems, or the sweet and honey like scent permeating through the air, everything seems to point to these being real and living flowers!

This discovery amazes and shocks me… where the hell am I?! Is this a dream?! Am I dreaming!?

Unfortunately, I can't delve too deeply on these questions as I suddenly begin to hear a loud cacophony of noises that sound like screams coming from within the forest, startling me, even worse, these noises are coming right towards me!

"Fuck!" my eyes widen as I curse with trepidation, who knows what that could be!?

Thinking quickly, I run towards a particularly well-hidden daisy I noticed earlier, climb up its giant stem with some difficulty and immediately try to hide my body behind one of its giant white petals, making sure that no part is sticking out or can be seen from the outside.

Just in time too, as two weirdly dressed people burst out of the spot I was just standing on and onto the section of cliff I woke up on.

However, the thing that really catches my attention is that following these two, a much larger figure emerges, one that towers over even some of the giant flowers!

'Is that a goddamn giant!?' I scream in my head, quite freaked out.

"FOXY~ FOXY! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING! KAHAHA~ WELL GO AHEAD AND KEEP ON RUNNING! AND RUN RIGHT OFF THE CLIFF! KAHAHAHA!"

The loud booming voice of the giant reverberates through the area as it slowly approaches the first two while playfully swinging what appears to be a huge machete in one of its large arms.

This immediately captures my attention, a towering figure at 12 feet tall, with abnormally long and muscular arms that almost reach the ground and give off an unsettling impression due to their weird double-jointed nature. The creature's appearance was made even more menacing by its wild and unkempt hair, a twisted grin on its face, and most importantly, the aforementioned giant machete that could likely fell a tree in one fell swoop.

"Why are we running!? Hahah- Ugh… we weren't running! Hahah- that's right Jack! We were just exercising, isn't that right my dear Porche?!" the voice of one of the two figures up ahead hastily replies in obvious fear to the giants mocking remark.

This turns my attention from the giant creature to the two much smaller and normal looking figures, if not for their strange and goofy getups.

The one that spoke being a short and shirtless fat man, with nothing but a set of orange suspenders to cover up his nipples, as well as hold up a pair of baggy orange pants that stop halfway up in order to reveal black and green laced up boxer shorts underneath; finally over everything is a purple fur lined trench coat, yet most eye catching of all is his wacky hairstyle, that features two long spikes parted in the middle, resembling fox ears.

"T-that's r-right boss! Hehehe… We were just exercising is all!" the second figure, an attractive blue haired woman in a red, somewhat loose jumpsuit that opens up at the middle to reveal her bra-clad chest, a goofy red and white beany hat with a big white puffball at the top, and lastly a childish 'robbers mask' covering her eyes; plays along with the man while simultaneously and 'sneakily' grabbing onto his ear and whisper-shouting in a way too loud voice.

"Boss! He caught on to us! What are we gonna do?! There's nowhere else to run!" the woman clearly says, pointing at the cliff.

With the Foxy guy then turning and idiotically whisper-shouting back: "Shush~ I know that! I'll think of something, now be quiet! You're whispering too loudly!"

This seems to agitate the woman as she immediately whisper-shouts back while tightening her hold on his ear, "What! No, you are boss!"

This continues back and forth for a bit until the seemingly ignored giant seemed to have finally had enough and yells at the top of his lungs.

"Enough! You both are whispering too loud goddamnit! See this is why I would never join a crew full of imbeciles like you guys! Not only are you weak, but a bunch of dumbasses as well! Not to mention there's no way a measly 4 million berry pirate could ever hope to tell me, the great Jack the Machete with a staggering 25 million bounty, what to do!"

This seems to finally bring the two idiots out of their stupor, as the Foxy guy turns to him and heatedly shouts back, "What are you saying Jack!? It's already done, you are part of my crew and that's final! Are you going back on your deal?! If you do, it will be known to all that Jack the Machete is a coward that not only lost in the Davy Back Fight but refused to accept his defeat! No longer deserving the title of pirate!"

To this the giant stills for a second, before loudly howling in response, "KAHAHAHAHA, well no one will know if I get rid of both of you here once and for all! This will be the end for both of you, for daring to mess with Jack the Machete!"

He takes a menacing step forward while brandishing his giant deadly weapon in front of him, forcing the now trembling figures all the way back to the very edge of the cliff.

The girl then yells in panic, "Hey wait! If you kill us now our crew will tell everyone what happened! You will be disowned as a pirate!"

Yet, this statement seems to affect the giant as much as the previous one as he simply shrugs his giant shoulders and nonchalantly replies, "Eh~ did you forget that my own crew is back there? If they try to run and spread rumors about me, my crew will simply kill them all! KAHAHA!"

As I'm witnessing these crazy events, a sense of DeJa'Vu assaults me as long-forgotten memories that make me speechless come to the forefront of my mind, memories of scenes from one of my favorite Animes of all time, One Piece.

More Specifically, scenes from one of the arcs in the show that was so crappy that I had intentionally forgotten about it and sent it deep into the recesses of my mind… until now that is.

The arc was about a scummy low-tiered pirate crew, captained by a cheating and cowardly captain named Foxy that went around the seas causing trouble to incoming pirate groups with the so-called Davy Back fights, a game where two crews compete in random challenges until a victor is crowned and can then not only 'steal away' members of the losing crew, but even trash or radically redesign the loser's jolly roger in any way they wish. With the loser side being 'honor bound' to display it as their main flag for all to see, even if it makes a mockery out of them.

The whole thing was completely idiotic and ridiculous, even for a show like One Piece; since you know… pirates are still pirates and not some law-abiding citizens, not that I think even they would follow such nonsense.

Anyways back to the present situation, as I recall all of this and look at the now two shaking people in front of me, pieces of a puzzle I didn't even knew existed start to come together, piece by piece.

Waking up on a random cliff, the disgusting purple goop, the unnatural flower forest, talks of Davy Back fights, Pirate crews, bounties, and now these two people that resemble characters from the show a little too much!

All of this points me to one hard to believe but clear conclusion… IM IN THE FUCKING WORLD OF ONE PIECE!