Let me be honest, One Piece doesn't belong to me. Neither do half of the gamer systems in this fanfic.
Out on the ocean.
I sighed as I jumped off another sea king that saw me as easy prey. "Hey Asobu, who decided that it'd be a good idea to litter the ocean with so many fucking sea kings? I leveled up five times already!" I ended up having to spend everything on agility so I could hopefully get to the island faster.
"You already know who did it." Asobu told me.
"Yea and who is that?!" I asked, annoyed.
"That guy that you see as some kind of god. I'm pretty sure his name was Oda. I told you before, right? When you write something it's brought into existence. Existence is the realm we live in, if someone was somehow formed outside of existence they'd end up nowhere." She explained. "Anyways, when Oda wrote One piece it was spawned into our existence along with many different gods to govern over the different worlds that One piece brought about."
I nodded fully understanding what she was saying. "So, hypothetically I could go see the Luffy that was written by Oda?"
"Yep." Asobu answered. "Even this world is likely due to some idiot on a coach who has nothing better to do."
The knowledge was quite hard to comprehend. It meant that all religions were real as well as any what if or fanfic was set somewhere within the realm known as existence. Before I could fall deeper into this mid-life… after-life crisis, an island appeared on the horizon. An island that was easily recognizable by its vast majority of orange topped houses.
On the island. "Get back here! Give that chart back, you damn thief!" The thief in question was a young woman with short orange hair, a blue and white striped shirt along with a short orange skirt with a tangerine pattern on the side. She was currently being chased by a small group of pirates. A group consisting of three very angry men.
From a distance I watched the commotion, wondering whether or not I should help her. 'Maybe I should just wait for Luffy.' I thought.
"Oh come on, what's there to think about?" Asobu asked. "This is a good chance to get a cute young woman in your favor, you two are the same age after all."
I just sighed. "I don't know how to feel about dating a character from an anime. I know everything about her and she knows nothing about me. I guess I'll help, hopefully if I ever need to borrow some money, she won't tax me"
Asobu laughed. "She's technically a real person you know."
Deciding to ignore her, I ran and jumped up to one of the roofs making my way over to the chase and dropping down on one of the pirates. Knocking him out.
[Superhuman Domingo has been defeated. Gained 8 exp.]
I then twisted around kicking the other two and knocked them out as well.
[Superhuman domingo x2 has been defeated. Gained 16 exp.]
"Well that was easier than I thought it'd be." I cracked my neck after that short workout. "Guess I shouldn't have expected much from level 5s." I turned around seeing Nami look over at me curiously. 'Observe!'
[Nami, Thief, Lv. 10]
Race: Human
[Stats]
Vit: 3
Str: 2
End: 2
Luck: 30
Agi: 3
Int: 125
Cha: 90
[Skills]
Navigation Lv. Max(Ability to tell the weather and navigate the seas.)
Bojutsu Lv. 5(Ability to use a staff and other similar weapons in battle.)
I smirked. 'She's a really lucky person isn't she. I mean, if she at least put a few points into the other categories. She'd be able to take these three weaklings.'
"Um, who are you, and what's with that weird knowing smirk?" The girl asked.
"Huh? Oh, sorry about that." I sputtered out before regaining my cool. "My name is Jay. However, you really should be introducing yourself before asking for another person's name."
"Oh sorry, my name is Nami. These disgusting pirates were mad because I stole a map from them." She told me.
"Doesn't that mean that if you give it back they'll leave you alone?" I asked.
"Maybe, but look at this town. They ruined these people's lives, why should I show any form of respect for monsters like them?"
"Good point." I conceded. "Though most people have the ability to change."
Suddenly the sound of a cannon could be heard as it made contact with a huge bird. "Ahhhh!" A figure slammed into the ground causing Nami to scream. As the smoke cleared a teenage boy with a red vest and a straw hat stood there adjusting his hat. "Who shot me down? I need to thank them."
[Luffy, Pirate, Lv. 50]
Race: Human
Devil fruit: Gum Gum Fruit(A Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, that grants the user's body the properties of rubber, turning them into a Rubber Human. *Hidden abilities related to this fruit.)
[Stats]
Vit: 30
Str: 50
End: 40
Luck: 50(20) 70
Agi: 30
Int: 25
Cha: Max
[Skills]
SS rank ability(Due to being the main character of One piece, Charisma is maxed out. People are more likely to be influenced by him.)
Shock Nullification Lv. Max(Nullifies all blunt attacks.)
Rubber Body Lv. Max(Can stretch the body to unnatural proportions.)
Freedom Laugh Lv. Max(Laugh to uplift those around.)
Lightning immunity Lv. Max(Completely immune to all forms of lightning.)
[Equipment]
Roger's Straw Hat(When gifted to another person, their luck raises by 20)
Nami, though surprised by the entrance, smirked. "Hey guys, how about helping me for a bit?" She asked us. "I'll get you guys some food in exchange."
Luffy's eyes turned to stars. "Okay!"
I chuckled at the display, slightly amused by seeing Luffy's antics in person. "I'll help, it might be pretty fun."
Nami looked at me dismissively. "This isn't meant to be fun, you know."
"Oh come on, it'll be fun for all of us!" Luffy beamed as he grabbed hold of me and Nami and dragged us off, until eventually realizing he didn't know where the food was.
On the other side of the island in a white carnival-like building, a man sat with a frown on his face.
"They still haven't caught that thief?!" The red nosed pirate asked.
A black haired woman with blue highlights took a step forward. "They should be pursuing her as we speak."
"How did the map get stolen so easily in the first place?! Huh?!" Buggy asked. "Just when you had finally convinced me to leave this town alone, we could've entered the grand line and started our rampage."
The young woman glared at Buggy. "That is completely your fault, Buggy! If you would've just listened to me earlier, we wouldn't have this problem. Or maybe you could've let me keep it in my inventory like I suggested."
"What did you say?!" Buggy asked threateningly. "How am I supposed to trust some bullshit system that doesn't make an ounce of sense to begin with?! An ability that's strong enough to be considered a devil fruit and yet isn't one?!" The girl had told her Captain about the ability when they met, it's the main reason he let her join.
"Are you glaring at me?" She asked. "You're actually glaring at me." She began to laugh at the idea. "Come on now old man, that little glare and question shit doesn't work on me. Maybe on that idiot Cabaji but definitely not on me."
"God damn it! Arie! Are you trying to undermine my authority?! Do you wanna be Captain?!"
Arie just laughed harder. "Oh god no! I'm sorry but being Captain sounds like so much unnecessary work. I'd rather spend my time sleeping. The main reason I joined you is because of how easy it'll be to reach the top with such a great Captain."
"Don't talk that future talk in front of me." Buggy growled. "My path to the top will be glorious, not easy. I don't wanna hear any flashy spoilers out of you, just keep me out of troublesome situations when they arise."
Arie nodded. "Alright fine, though honestly you should see how people talk about you back home. Someone called you the finesse king."
Buggy seemed confused. "The finesse king? What the hell is that?! Wait, no don't tell me, it might be a spoiler."
Arie, in talking about the anime, remembered this arc and realized what was bound to happen. "Damn, that girl that stole the map, she's going to bring us nothing but trouble. I just hope there isn't some good natured idiot that decided to join the mc."
Buggy waved it off, though he was still confused about who this "mc" was. He had heard her talk about it plenty of times. "It'll be fine. We just gotta flashily destroy the 'good natured idiot'. Make sure you retrieve my map."
Arie smiled before leaving the tent and addressing the crew members. "Alright! Listen up idiots! Buggy wants to have his map back in his hands. See that you retrieve it, otherwise you might just die."
The surrounding pirates began to sweat. The way she said those things with that bright nature had made it even scarier. "Yes mam!" They saluted. Despite the fact that the girl was one of the youngest in the crew, only being 19.
Buggy smiled, he was starting to see the young woman as something akin to a daughter he never had. That bastard shanks had one, though he threw that bastard out of his mind immediately.
In a house downtown.
Luffy was busy stuffing his face with all the edible things around him. "Do you live alone in this house?" He asked.
"I don't live in this town." Nami told him. "Everyone here ran away because of Buggy, that girl Arie was nice but she couldn't seem to convince her Captain to leave."
"If this isn't your house, that makes you a thief. Not much better than a pirate." I added. "More importantly, who's that Arie girl?" I asked.
Nami glared at me for the pirate remark. She personally believed that there was no correlation between thievery and being a pirate. I mean she only stole from people who deserved it, this time not counting of course. "Ringmaster Arie, originally the people believed that she was Buggy's daughter because of the streaks of blue hair that she had. She's said to be at least half the strength of her Captain. They call her the ring master since she can be seen introducing new acts for the crew to participate in."
I sighed after hearing this, unlike the world which I had written there were only seven extras in this world. 'So one of the gamers decided to join Buggy, they have to be even lazier than me. They joined the one man who becomes a yonko with the least amount of work, outside of maybe Blackbeard.'
"That isn't all though." Nami continued. "They picked up a new crew member recently. I guess the easiest way to describe him is a heartless idiot that doesn't have the eyes to choose the right side."
"Any reason you turned to theft?" I asked knowingly. "Really is a pirate thing to do."
"I'm not a pirate!" She shouted. "My goal is to earn 100 million berries, no matter what it takes. Though for some reason I get the feeling you already know."
'Damn she's observant.' I thought. "You know if you were ever caught by marines, they'd likely label you as a pirate." I told her. "How much money do you need to hit your mark?"
"I'm still down ten million." She answered. (In the original, by the time she made it to Arlong she was only seven million short after her time with Luffy. We'll up it to ten million for the sake of the story.)
"10 million right? That's perfect, I can offer you that much in exchange for a deal."
"You're telling me that you have 10 million on hand to just give away to a girl you don't even know." Nami was rightfully skeptical.
"Nah I really don't, it's my entire life savings." I told her. "I'm just in need of a favor."
"I'm sorry to tell you, but I'm not selling my body or anything like that. I still have some semblance of pride."
"Nah, that's not what I'm looking for. It's tempting, sure, but what I need is not your body, it's your skill. I'm in need of a navigator, join me and the money is yours." I offered. "I heard you're the best of the four blues."
"Huh?!" Luffy shouted. "If she's that good, she's mine! You can't have her, I need a navigator too."
Nami turned to Luffy. "I'm sorry but you're a pirate right? I don't want to be a pirate."
Luffy was confused. "How did you know I was a pirate?"
Nami smiled. "You're kind of an open book Luffy, every time Jay talked in favor of pirates, you smiled."
Luffy nodded along but then questioned, "Don't you hate pirates, why didn't you tell me to leave or something?"
"Originally, I was going to try and kill you. Though as I watched you more I realized that you weren't all that bad despite being what I hate most." Nami told him.
That was when I decided to weigh in. "Um I think you two got something wrong here. I'm a pirate as well, well not officially, I was looking for a good captain. If you'd like, I'd love to join you, Luffy. You're good at heart and that's all I was looking for."
"What?!" Nami yelled. "Why? What's so great about being a pirate?"
Luffy smiled widely. "You're in! You can join my crew, though can I ask why you didn't just make your own?"
I thought about it for a couple moments before smiling. "I'm a bit too lazy to run a crew, besides I was tasked with finding someone. Someone I need to defeat, the only person that I know can find them is a good natured pirate with the dream of becoming the king."
"Then you've come to the right guy, I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" He declared.
I turned to Nami. "How about this, you don't have to join permanently. Help us get to the grandline, once we're there you can decide if you want to head back before traveling up the mountain."
Nami gave in. "Alright, I'll join, but only if we leave to save my island immediately."
"There's still a clown to deal with, but afterwards we can head there. If that's alright with Luffy."
"Hmm, if it'll get me a navigator then I'll go!" He cheered happily.
"We're gonna need to come up with a plan to deal with Buggy. With the new crew mates he has, we can't be too careful." I told them.
"Let's just go in and beat them all up." Luffy suggested.
We all looked at him in a mix of shock and disappointment. "Leave the strategy up to me, it's much better for me to do it than Luffy." I said.
Nami nodded. "If we leave the plan up to this idiot, we're all gonna die. Just met the guy and I can already tell he's going to cause me plenty of headaches in the future."
Luffy looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing Luffy." Nami laughed.
"Alright so here's the plan." The others gathered around me, I had a pretty good idea.
"What?!" Buggy shouted. "The thief got away?!"
The three men being questioned began cowering in fear. "Please forgive us, Captain!"
"All three of you are pathetic! Die flashily!" Buggy's hand detached from his body soaring at the three as a wall of water blocked the attack.
Smiling on the sidelines, was Arie. "Old man, no need to kill them. We got company, it seems they came to us."
Buggy glared at her. "I told you to stop calling me an old man! I'm not that old!"
"Captain Buggy!" A man who kinda looked like a small monkey came running up to stand in front of his Captain.
(Yo this is not meant to sound racist. His name will be Popo from now on. Which could also be seen as racist because dragon ball, but y'all will get over it.)
"What is it?!" Buggy asked, annoyed.
"That thief from earlier, her Captain, has been captured by some guy who wanted to meet you." He told him.
"What?! Arie!" Buggy called.
Arie turned to him and shook her head. "No idea Captain, besides if I did know, why would I give you any spoilers?"
From the mist, a young man approached, dressed in a long black fur coat. The coat was open revealing an all black suit, a dreaded ponytail, and dark skin. 'Who is he?' Arie asked herself.
Buggy seemed interested. "Could he be another fan of mine? Someone new for the crew?"
Arie hearing this was immediately suspicious. 'He's with Luffy, he had to be. He has some sort of scheme."
"Buggy the immortal. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, my name is Jay. I've prepared a small gift for you." I shoved Luffy forward.
"The girl managed to get away but I grabbed this map from her." I tossed the map to Buggy.
"So the thief hasn't actually been captured?" Buggy asked rhetorically.
"No matter, it's not a problem. The map has been returned and one of the thieves has been captured. I think this calls for a celebration, don't you think?" Buggy's smile grew wider. "Let's all celebrate flashily!"
I smiled at his antics, Buggy was rather entertaining. I looked over at Arie. "Observe." I whispered.
[The skill observe has been activated. Due to gamers' influence, hidden stats will be available.]
[Ringmaster Arie, Buggy Pirate, Lv. 25]
System: Pet system(You can register a pet that gains a system of its own and is able to communicate with you telepathically
Stats
Vit: 15
Str: 15
End: 15
Agi: 35
Luk: 20(10)30
Int: 115
Cha: 85
[Stats possessed: 0]
Hp: 150
Race: Merfolk/Human
Effects: Gains immense speed and transforms into a mermaid when in water
[Skills]
1. Ss rank ability(Oceans guard: Can control water and you gain a spirit that will handle defense for you, feel free to go all out.)
2. Oceans calling(Due to being a mermaid you are the fastest creature in the water. 10 times faster when submerged.)
3. Water breathing(Can breathe underwater.)
4. Crashing wave Lv. 1(Every ten seconds can send out a powerful wave to push enemies back and damage them. Wave grows as the skill levels up.)
[Title]
Ringmaster(The ringmaster of the Buggy pirates. Luck increased by 10.)
'I can't tell whether I should fear her or not. In terms of stats she is only at about the same level as me. Her luck was higher but as long as I keep her away from the water, I should be able to win.' I thought. 'She's pretty cute too, does choosing merfolk improve your looks or has she always been that attractive.' I shook my head to free myself of the thoughts. I can't be attracted to the enemy, it'd hold me back in a fight, besides that's Sanji's thing.
I walked over to Buggy and grabbed a seat across from him. Arie smiled and threw her arm around my shoulder. "Hey new guy, who are you?"
I sighed. "Don't play dumb, we're gamers. I know you can tell, why else would I have showed up with Luffy. Now if you're asking my name, all you have to do is use observe and you'll know. I already used it on you, what are you really asking?"
Arie smiled sweetly. "Aw, look at you. You're a smart one aren't you, how about you leave Luffy's side. I can even consider you a little brother, you must know how dumb it is to travel with Luffy."
I grimaced. "Yea, I'm ok. I'm not looking for an older sister at the moment. Traveling with Luffy may be dumb, but it's the best way to maximize my entertainment. After all, I live my life in search of it."
Arie began to pout. "You're no fun, I could tell Buggy but it'd just anger him. He doesn't really like spoilers, he'd probably kick me out of the crew."
"Why join Buggy's crew in the first place?" I asked. "He's close enough to the main story to be a target."
"I joined Buggy because he does what he wants and is a natural leader just like Luffy. Only difference is that Buggy is a lot luckier. I just gotta keep him out of impel down, if I do that, there's no telling how strong he'll get." Arie explained.
"As a fan of the show, I'm excited to see what you'll do." I smiled. "Now enough with the future knowledge stuff, how did you die? It's a question I decided to ask all the other gamers."
Arie looked dejected. "It's kind of ironic to be honest. I was traveling around Iceland with my father. We went out on a boat when a sudden storm hit. We got swept up in the storm and I ended up drowning, because of that I decided to be part of the merfolk. That was not a good feeling, it's been almost a year now."
"So we didn't all necessarily end up here on the same day." I said aloud.
"Oh did your system not tell you, the system can only pick people who are at the age of 18. Based on the age of the gamers you meet, you can tell how long they've been here. Though I haven't met any others yet." She explained. "Now, how did you die? You never told me."
I sighed. "Somehow through some malfunction or some idiot or maybe even a terrorist attack, a plane crashed into my neighborhood, killing me and most likely half my neighbors."
"Damn, that's wild. Now when will your plan start?" She asked.
"Tell me what would happen if I put an overpowered cannon ball into a realm where time is stopped? A realm kinda like an inventory of sorts. Then maybe I add a little bit of fire and leave it there right as it's about to blow up." I smirked.
"You wouldn't." She said in disbelief.
"Hey Buggy, don't you have something more entertaining for us to watch?"
"Eheheheheh!" You know what, I like him!" Buggy declared. "Men! Prepare a special buggy ball!" The Buggy pirates began to cheer in unison. The men rolled in a cannon placing it in front of Luffy's cage. "Popo! Where's the Buggy ball!"
The short monkey-like boy came gunning out with a frantic look on his face. "Captain! Captain! The main Buggy ball that we keep for times like this has gone missing!"
"What?!" Buggy shouted. "Go call for Mohji and the others!"
Popo saluted him. "Right away captain!" Popo ran off.
I smiled, it was time for my painful plan to begin. While she was still focused on Popo, I moved away from Arie and went to the center of the party. A moment later a massive explosion went off as the buggy ball detonated.
[Buggy Pirate x19 has been defeated. Gained 135 exp.]
"What did that idiot do?" Arie growled.
As the smoke cleared one figure was brought into view, stepping out of the rubble.
'You have taken 170 damage.'
'Due to health reaching 0, endure has been activated. For the next minute you will be incapable of dying. 24 hour cooldown.'
'You have reached level 16. Exp to next level: 130'
'Hp had been fully restored. 4 stats have been deposited into strength.'
'Skill has been leveled up x2.'
I smirked. "I'll check the skills later. So Buggy, Arie, what's it gonna be?"
"What?!" Buggy shouted again. "You bastard!"
The cage Luffy was trapped in had cracked and Luffy stepped out with a large smile. "It seems your plan worked."
Nami ran in with a green haired swordsman being dragged behind her. He had gone off in the wrong direction one too many times, forcing Nami to guide him. "Hey guys! I found the idiot swordsman!"
"Time for the war to begin!" I declared.
"Where are the others?" Arie asked.
"They're on their way." Buggy said calmly as 4 figures emerged from a nearby tent.
"Buggy, you called?!" Called a man coated in fur, accompanied by a lion.
"Is that Zoro?" Cabaji asked. "I always wanted the chance to fight him!"
The final man was large, someone I immediately recognized. I looked over at Nami with a dry glare. "Really, skeleton jokes? No heart and no eyes huh?"
Nami scratched her neck sheepishly. "I figured it'd be funny to see your reaction."
"Captain Joke." I commented. Luffy, Zoro, and I would be facing the six of them in what would be today's final standoff.
"Hey captain, can I take care of Roronoa?" Cabaji asked Buggy.
Buggy glanced at Arie, asking her to make the decision. Arie glanced at Zoro for a moment. "You and Joke better take him on together." Arie told them.
The two nodded and stepped forward ready for their fight to begin. Richie being a bit impatient, pounced at Luffy dragging him away from the battle field with Mohji and Buggy right behind him.
I was left alone with Arie. "Sorry about that." Arie apologized. "It seems he'll have to handle a three on one, but hey if you can beat me fast enough you might be able to help him. Though I don't think that'll happen, as it stands, I'm 9 levels above you. This will be quite easy."
"That's where you're wrong, a level 1 can beat a level 99 in Xenoverse easily. All that matters is not getting touched."
Arie looked at me in astonishment. "Disregarding that stupid statement you just made, I can't believe you played that game too."
"Yea, I was hella good with Fu. Also Gogeta blue was pretty fun as well."
Arie looked disgusted. "You bought the dlc? You're such a pay to win bitch!"
"You're just hating cause you were probably garbage, you're lucky there isn't an in-game shop for this world. Swear to god I'd buy myself a devil fruit. Enough talk, let's go!" I shouted as I rushed her.
"You won't make it past my guard." She told me as she gathered some water while I was busy attacking her shield. "Crashing wave!"
'You have taken 30 damage.'
"Damn it, that hurt! Whose idea was it for me to still feel pain?" I asked angrily.
Arie dashed forward, using her palms for quick but gentle strikes. I dodged around the attacks before countering with a flurry of kicks to her body. All of which were blocked by water.
"You can't hit me." Arie laughed.
"I don't know, I did get off nine kicks already." I smirked.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Arie asked as she struck out again, catching me on my arm.
I rolled off the attack and kicked Arie again. That's when the effect finally kicked in. The water that protected her froze in an instant. While she was caught off guard I used blink to close the gap and was able to land three swift kicks.
[3x combo, 36 damage has been dealt. Remaining health: 114]
[Blink cooldown: 10 seconds…]
'Skill has leveled up.'
"Huh?! How did you do that?" That's when she remembered my skills. "Cryo walking, that secondary effect."
The previously frozen water cracked and was freed. '5 seconds.' I thought.
Arie gathered water in her palms as she dashed at me, ready to attack again.
The fight was very even despite the fact that she was much higher in level. My system benefit providing me with extra stats had allowed me to fight well beyond my level. She actually began dodging, not wanting her water to be frozen again.
Though unfortunately she grew tired, moving slower as time went on. Her water was frozen, I blinked inside the wall of water and kicked her full force in the arm, snapping it.
"Ow!" She shouted. "What the fuck?! Maybe hold back a bit!"
Shaking off her words and deciding to apologize later, I kept up my assault, hitting her six more times causing her to freeze due to Cryo walking.
[7x combo, 84 damage dealt. Remaining health: 30]
I thought about finishing the job but decided against it, five seconds later she was unfrozen. "Alright I'm done." She took a seat against the building wall.
"You still have health left." I told her.
"Yea well unlike you, I don't have Gamers body. You broke my fucking arm! Besides, a little bit more and I'd be knocked out. Once someone drops to 10% health they're knocked unconscious from the pain, well except the fight to the death types at least." She informed me.
I smiled. "Sorry about the arm, despite the fact we're on opposite crews we are both still fans of the show. I'd like to see what you can accomplish, it was a good match."
"I'll see you around, Jay. It's about time you go help your captain." She waved me off with her one good arm as I went to check on the others.
[Ringmaster Arie has been defeated! Gained 165 exp.]
'You have reached level 17. Exp to next level 136.'
[Quest complete: First win in Pvp
Defeat another player!
Reward: 600 exp, one epic skill, 1,000,000 beli]
'You have reached level 18.'
'You have reached level 19.'
'You have reached level 20. Exp to next level: 196'
'Would you like to draw?'
I drew a card and ended up with something that may or may not be useful in the future.
'New skill has been obtained.'
I then left to find the others. The first person I came across while looking for the others was Zoro. He was sitting up against a nearby house breathing heavily, surrounded by a pile of bones and an unconscious Cabaji and Joke. Zoro smiled at his enemies. "You guys are pretty strong. This win is mine though."
"Hey Zoro, we gotta go find Luffy. Where's Nami at?" From behind the pile of bones, Nami popped up. A little shaken from the battle she witnessed, she began to explain the fight to me.
"Damn! That devil fruit will be annoying if he gets a better handle of it." I commented, we heard an explosion in the distance. We immediately ran off towards the commotion.
A minute later, Buggy and Luffy were finally in view. Buggy turned to us with a look of surprise on his face. "You flashy morons are still alive!" He shouted. We looked beneath him to see an unconscious Luffy. Mohji and Richie were off to the side, also unconscious. "The flashy captain of yours has been defeated, don't try to steal from me again. We'll call a draw for now!" He announced as he walked past us.
None of us dared to make a move since it'd be hard to defeat him. Mohji and Richie woke up and ran after their captain. "Luffy!" We all shouted as we rushed forward to see if he was alright.
Luffy's eyes opened with a wide smile. "Sorry I lost, we should probably get out of here right?"
Zoro smirked. "It was a draw, we'll get them back next time. Now we gotta take this useless navigator of ours to her island so we can defeat the freak there."
I laughed lightly. "This fight was a bit anticlimactic and hectic. We'll have to do better in our next fight."
Kura nodded as we picked up Luffy and set sail for cocoyashi village. Nami took out her map of the east blue to make sure we were headed in the right direction.
"Hey you flashy idiots! Get up!" Buggy shouted. The 5 tired fighters stood up at full attention, greeting their pissed off captain. "How could you all lose like that?! I would've taken care of them myself if it wasn't for the fact that the flashy Straw Hat was so hard to beat, even with these two idiots' help!" He yelled, pointing to Mohji and Richie.
"We apologize, Captain!" The 5 voices responded in unison.
"Popo!" Buggy called.
The young boy ran out from behind some rubble and stood in front of his captain. "Yes sir?!"
"The 6 of us are heading to the grand line!" Buggy told him. "Take whoever survived and leave this island, I'm putting you in charge of the rest of the crew. Also I made a deal with their captain, so leave half the treasure here."
Popo looked confused. "But captain, you love treasure, why give it up? Also I'm not strong enough to lead the crew. They need you as the captain."
Buggy smiled his crooked smile. "Arie promised there will be even better treasure to be found in the grand line, treasure we can obtain without hurting the background characters as she called them. I didn't like it at first but after fighting that Straw hat fellow, I think it'd be nice for me to try and follow in my old captain's footsteps. I'll obtain the greatest treasure this world has to offer. As for you not being strong enough, outside of those coming with me, you're the strongest. Train them up and then come find me in the grandline. I won't tolerate any failures!"
"Yes captain!" Popo cried. "I'll live up to your expectations, we'll become your first fleet!"
"Alright you flashy idiots! Let's set sail!" Buggy called to the five behind him.
"You finally understand what I was saying all along?" Arie asked.
"Yes I understand, a small elite crew of flashy idiots is much better than a big crew of flashy weaklings." Buggy answered.
"I'm glad you finally understand my reasoning, old man." Arie smiled. "We can't leave yet though, there's a few people here in the east blue for us to recruit. They're a little unhinged but like we did with Joke, I'm sure you can talk them into changing."
Buggy's smile grew wide. "I'll let the old man remark slide, where's the first one?"
"I think you'll like her." Arie promised.
Heading to Cocoyashi immediately, doing so will drastically change the story and that's the main point. Don't worry Usopp and Sanji still join we just make it to their individual spots a bit later.
New stats
Money owned: 10,110,000
Stat window(Black with white letters)
Bandit slayer Jay, Strawhat Pirate, Lv. 20
Stats:
Vit: 13(5)18
Str: 17(5)22
End: 13(10)23
Agi: 33
Luk: 13
Int: 90
Cha: 50
Health is vit times 10.
Health: 170
Stats possessed: 16
Exp till next Level: 196
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New Skills
1. Leech Lv. 2(Health restores by 2% of the damage done)
2. Lucky break Lv. 2(Chance of randomly encountering a beneficial situation is 2%)
3. Hardening Lv. 2(Physical damage reduced by 2%)
4. Snowball(Heave a sizeable chunk of ice at your enemies, damaging the target and nearby enemies. Cooldown: half a second)
Responding to comments
Everyone: Skip if you want to, but I like to respond to comments. No it doesn't contribute to word count. I write on docs, and then transfer that here. Though I don't necessarily do that for 'story of a wraith'. Thanks for the comments.
Real Obito: Bro, don't do me like that. I'll write other anime at some point, I'd just like to start with one piece. Just give me some time. I appreciate the fact that you came from my other story to see something new.
Felix Platon: So high, though I don't smoke. Either way, I was gonna respond to Real with what you said but oh well.
blaming94: No pressure huh?
britton.lashley05: Yo a five? That's so much pressure, that's putting me on the level of an average writer. Such a high rating for a first chapter, now I gotta make sure I keep up the work. Let's hope I don't disappoint.
Gamelover41592: Bruh, give me some tips. You got more experience in this shit, something would be helpful. All the pressure with those six words is crazy. Any tips on how to punctuate or introduce more emotion into a story?
Final thoughts
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