Hiya Folks! Thank you so much for clicking on my story! This is the first story that I have posted on here, but I have been an avid Fanfic reader for many years. This story idea came to me awhile ago, and I thought it would be fun to write it! So, I hope you enjoy!

IMPORTANT STORY INFORMATION: This is a story where the last episode of One Piece as been released. It is important for the story that this is the case. I realize that when the last episode really does come out it will be much different, but the details of it shouldn't matter much until the end of this story, so I think it should be fine.

Criticism is welcome, so please leave a review! Thank you!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or Ouran High School Host Club. They belong to Eiichiro Oda and Bisco Hatori respectively.

The room was dark, the curtains closed, letting none of the sunlight in. Quiet filled the space, the noises of the busy town outside barely noticeable. But despite the quiet darkness of the room, the atmosphere was buzzing with joy.

In the small kitchen, a young man was busy preparing an assortment of snacks. He seemed to be in a hurry as he moved around the kitchen.

"Ryu, are you almost done? It's about to start!" The soft voice of his younger sister, Komi, questioned.

"I'll be there in a sec! I'm almost done."

A smile tugged at his lips as he looked down at the cookies he was finishing up. He had thought it would be fun to decorate them in the theme of his and his sister's favorite pirate crew. Komi loved cookies, so he figured she would get a kick out of them. He finished up the face of the captain and placed him with the rest of his crew on a plate sitting on the counter.

A buzz vibrated from his pocket. He pulled out his phone and saw a text.

"He meant nothing to me! I need you! Please! I'm SO sorry!"

Ryu's eyebrow twitched with barely concealed anger, as his eyes narrowed and his teeth clenched. 'Seriously?' He powered down his phone and shoved it back into his pocket. He couldn't deal with this right now.

He turned back to the snacks and let out a long sigh, trying to let go of his irritation for now. He could deal with his ex-boyfriend tomorrow. Right now, he was going to focus on his time with his sister.

Komi sat just in the other room on a couch in front of the TV, a pillow shaped like a certain reindeer held closely to her chest. Settling back into the couch, she waited for the commercials to end and the tell-tale opening song of her and her brother's favorite anime, One Piece, to start.

She rested her head on the back of the couch and stared up at the ceiling, thinking about the significance of this day. She couldn't believe that One Piece was finally coming to an end. She could vividly remember the day she had first watched it like it was yesterday.

12-year-old Komi sat quietly at her desk beside the open window. She had her head down as she worked diligently on her homework. Her long, dark, curly hair curtained around her face, hiding the several bruises and cuts that marred it.

The classroom was almost completely empty, save for one other person on the other side of the room also working on school work. It was the end of the school day and most students were participating in their chosen clubs. She was waiting there for her older brother who was in the cooking club. They always walked home together.

For several minutes, it was completely silent. The slight breeze from the window drifted around the classroom and blew strands of Komi's hair around and brushed across her face, making her sigh.

She set her pencil down on the desk and looked out the window, watching as the kids on the baseball field threw a few balls around and practiced their swings, while smiling and laughing with their teammates.

Komi looked away from the happy kids, a knot of some emotion she couldn't place clenching in her stomach. She'd had that once. Friendship. But after her mother's passing 3 years ago, that had all gone away. None of it had seemed worth it after that.

Several voices could be heard coming down the hallway, laughing and talking loudly, not seeming to care that they were disrupting the quiet atmosphere.

Komi tensed in her chair and drew into herself, trying to make herself seem as small as possible. She focused back on her homework, trying to fight the growing anxiety that was building in her chest.

A group of five girls entered the classroom chattering noisily, stopping short when they noticed Komi. The one at the front, a girl with shoulder length brown hair, smiled a wide, snide grin.

"Hey Komi!"

Komi gripped her pencil harder and bit her lip, willing them to leave.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!" The girl said mockingly, as she walked up to her desk, her group following close behind. "Don't you know that it's rude to ignore people? Who taught you your manners?"

Komi continued to keep her head down, her eyes clenching shut.

The girl reached out and took Komi's face, forcefully turning her head and making her look at her. "Look at me when I'm talking to you!" She sneered.

Komi tried to suppress a whimper, as the girl's nails dug into a bruise on her cheek.

The girl smiled cruelly, "Don't you have something you want to say to me?"

Komi curled her fists in frustration.

"Oh, that's right! You can't talk!" She barked a nasty laugh, the girls behind her giggling to one another.

Angry tears sprang to Komi's eyes. She tried to blink them away, not wanting to seem any weaker, but one slid down her cheek anyway.

The girl's smile widened. "Are you crying? Do you need your mama?" The question was asked with a twinge of mocking laughter. The bully leaned in closer to Komi, "Oh, right. Your mother is dead."

Komi's heart twisted painfully in her chest. The tears came quickly then and there was nothing she could do to stop them.

Anger built in her chest as the bullies continued to laugh and mock her weak state. She didn't understand how they could be so cruel. What had she ever done to them? She wanted to scream and tell them all to shut up! That they had no right to talk about her mother!

But she couldn't. She was too weak. She couldn't stand up for herself, much less stand up for her dead mom. She scowled up at the girls, wishing terrible things upon them.

The girl who seemed to be the leader stopped her mocking and noticed the angry look. A taunting smile formed on her lips, "What's that look for? Do you have something to say to me?" She put a hand up to one of her ears, waiting.

But nothing came. Only silence.

Komi opened her mouth, straining to make noise escape her lips, but no words would come out. She looked away in defeat.

A grin graced the bullies face and she asked, "What was that? I couldn't quite hear you."

Frustrated beyond belief, all Komi could do was cry, as more tears traveled down her cheeks.

The bully was about to continue her taunts when suddenly a shout sounded behind them, causing them all to look to the open classroom door. "Stay away from my sister!"

Standing there was a young boy of about 14, with short, curly black hair and bright green eyes. His face was contorted in anger.

Komi's matching green eyes widened and shame flamed inside her. Ryu!

She hated that he had to come to her rescue. She wished she was strong enough to fight for herself.

The bully smirked, "What are you going to do? Get beat up again?" The whole group fell into laughter.

Ryu gave them a look that could kill, his hands forming into painful fists at his sides.

The bully didn't pay the look any mind. "Just give it up already! It all ends the same for you-"

The boy suddenly dashed forward, interrupting her, and stunning them all.

Before they could react, he pulled Komi away from the bully's grasp and then was running down the hall with his hand holding firmly to Komi's. The bullies didn't register what had happened until the two siblings were almost to the end of the hallway.

Komi looked back to see them all running after them, rage plastered on the face of her biggest bully. Terror filled Komi's chest at the thought of what would happen if the bullies were to get their hands on them.

"Don't be scared." She looked up at her brother. "We'll be fine."

Trusting her brother, she looked forward as they made it out of the front doors of the school and ran all the way home.

They burst through the apartment door and slammed it shut behind them, their breaths coming out in harsh pants as they collapsed to the floor. After a few moments of catching their breaths, they looked at each other and Ryu grinned, "We made it."

Komi gave a soft smile back to him, but then looked down at the ground feeling ashamed that her brother had had to get involved once again. This was one of the few times it had a good ending. Majority of the time it ended with them both suffering from beatings. Ryu more than her since he purposefully jumped in to stop the bullies to save her.

She was shaken from her thoughts when Ryu put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up at him. He smiled kindly, saying, "Don't beat herself up." And winked at her.

He stood up and offered her his hand, which she took. "Let's go make us some dinner. I'm feeling like curry tonight. That sound good to you?"

Komi smiled and nodded, following him into the kitchen.

Komi stood at the counter as she cut up the veggies for their dinner. Ryu was behind her at the other counter preparing the rice and meat. Her brother was trying to get her mind off things by talking about something he had learned in cooking class, but she couldn't help the tears that came to her eyes as she thought about the awful day she'd had. Her teeth dug into her bottom lip as she ridiculed herself.

She was pitiful. How come she couldn't be stronger? Why did her brother always have to come to her rescue? If only she wasn't so weak. Then maybe she could stand up for herself. But how, when she couldn't even talk?

More tears.

She gripped the knife tighter in her hand.

She hadn't spoken a word since their mother's death 3 years ago.

It had been a nice day when it happened. Just her and her mother, which didn't happen often since Ryu was usually there too. But he had been away on a school camping trip that weekend.

They had just been on their way to the grocery store. Just a normal, ordinary day.

Until it wasn't.

The crash. The blood. The sirens.

It had happened so suddenly.

When Komi had woken up in the hospital and the doctor had told her of her mother's passing, she had fallen silent out of shock. The guilt she had felt was insurmountable. She should have been the one who died, not her mother.

Komi gritted her teeth to keep from letting the sob escape her lips, her shoulders shaking.

When would this end? When would she become strong enough to overcome this?

She knew rationally that she wasn't at fault for her mother dying. She had heard the phrase "survivor's guilt" many times by now and she knew that must be what she is suffering from. But that didn't take away the feeling of contempt she held for herself. She felt like it was a criminal offense that she had made it out fine, when her mother had not. It was just wrong. So who else could she blame but herself?

A hand came down on her shoulder, once again jostling her from her self-loathing. Ryu leaned down to get a good look at her. He sighed, seeing the tears trailing down her face. He stood up, shaking his head.

Komi wiped her tears away with her hand, berating herself for making her brother worry.

Ryu clapped his hands together, startling Komi. "Let's get your mind off things. Come with me." He grabbed her hand and walked them both out of the kitchen and into the living room around the corner, completely abandoning their half-made dinner. He sat them both down on the couch and Komi gave him a questioning look.

Ryu picked up the remote and turned on the TV, "I want to show you something."

It only took a few moments for him to find what he was looking for.

"I found this anime a few days ago and I thought you might like it."

Komi tilted her head in curiosity, watching as the theme song started to play for what looked to be an anime about pirates.

"It's called One Piece."

As soon as the first episode began to play, Komi was immediately engaged.

Everything was so colorful and so different from the world she knew. She had seen many anime before, but she could tell that there was something extra special about this one.

The main character, Luffy, brought a smile to her face with his childlike wonder and ridiculousness. He was what she aspired to be. Confident and strong.

Episode after episode she watched and could feel the connection to this fictional character grow. He inspired everyone with each place he visited and he somehow knew the exact words to say to help someone, not seeming to realize the impact he had on them.

He became Komi's hero in every sense of the word.

Tears pricked at Komi's eyes as she thought back on that day. One Piece had given her the courage to be herself. Watching Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats overcome every obstacle in their path had inspired Komi to slowly get out of her shell and to eventually start talking again.

Of course, it didn't happen immediately. But over time she stopped beating herself up and blaming herself for her mother's death and realized that her mother wouldn't have wanted her to live this way. With the help of her brother, she got back on her feet and started becoming a stronger, more confident person. It was slow going, and she definitely still had a long way to go, but she was getting there.

One Piece had changed her life and now that it was coming to an end, she had mixed feelings. One Piece had been such a large part of her life for so long and in many ways, she felt reliant on it. It provided her an escape to a place where anything was possible. Unfortunately, good things always came to an end.

She let out a sigh and looked at the TV, a small, bittersweet smile appearing on her face. She would just enjoy this last episode. She was very excited to see what Oda had planned for the ending to this wild pirate story.

"Okie-dokie! Let's get this show on the road!"

Komi looked to her right to find her brother, a grin on his face, striding into the living room with a plethora of snacks. In one hand was a massive platter with numerous varieties of cookies, crackers, cheese, and fruits. In his other hand was a ton of bags and containers of sweet and salty munchies. He placed them on the coffee table in all their delicious glory.

Komi scooted to the edge of the couch to get a better look. "Wow! You really went all out!"

She scanned over everything, her mouth watering when she spotted her favorite sweet, cotton candy, much like her favorite character, Tony Tony Chopper. She also noticed that there were mikans, which reminded her of Nami and bottles of Cola which made her think of Franky.

Her eyes widened when she saw the cookies that were beautifully decorated to resemble the beloved characters, they had both come to cherish so much. Tears filled her eyes as she realized how much work Ryu had put into making this day special for her.

She looked up at her brother, sniffling and gripping her skirt in her hands, "You did this all for me…?"

Ryu's grin turned cocky, "Well, of course! I got to show off all the decorating skills I've been learning at culinary school somehow."

Komi let out a small laugh and her lip trembled with emotion, the tears finally falling down her cheeks. Before she knew it, she was diving into her brother's arms, hugging him close. "Thank you…"

Ryu hugged her back, squeezing her tight, not caring in the slightest that her tears were wetting his shirt.

It wasn't only Komi who was thankful to One Piece. Ryu would forever thank the gods that he had stumbled upon it all those years ago. It had brought his sister back to him, and there were not enough words in the world to express his gratitude for that.

He looked down at his sobbing little sister clutching at his shirt and tears pricked at his own eyes, which he quickly blinked away. He would never let anything take away her happiness again.

"Hey, you gonna cry all night?" He teased, "It's about to start."

Komi sniffled a few more times and then sat up, wiping her tears with her sleeve.

She nodded and smiled, looking at the TV as the theme song came to an end, "Alright! Let's do this!"

Ryu chuckled at the determined look on her face.

They both settled back on the couch, their excitement radiating off them. Komi had grabbed the cotton candy and was snacking on it happily as the first scene began to play on screen. Ryu had grabbed a bag of chips since he much preferred salty over sweet.

Komi's chest swelled with nervous anticipation and she couldn't keep the grin off her face, the scene demanding her attention. Ryu was a lot calmer in his enthusiasm, but still showed his eagerness in the way he never took his eyes off the TV.

They could feel their hearts start to hammer in their chests and the hairs on their arms stand on end. It felt as though the room was pressing in on them, as they zeroed in on their favorite characters and the final moments they shared on screen.

'I'm so excited!' Komi thought, barely able to keep still.

As the episode continued to play the two siblings continued to become even more enthralled.

The room seemed too static and buzz, and the feeling that something was pressing down on them seemed to get stronger.

Komi put a hand up to her chest, as her breaths started to come out smaller and quicker. She tried to calm herself down and tell herself it was just because of her excitement, but it only seemed to get worse. It was like something was stealing the air from the room and no matter how much she tried to breathe in she just couldn't get enough in her lungs.

'Why is it so hard to breathe?'

There was an awful buzzing in her ears that was getting louder and louder, and more painful.

She stood up, 'maybe opening a window will help'.

She almost immediately fell, having no strength, and stumbled into Ryu who seemed to also be suffering from some unknown force.

Ryu could hear a loud buzzing sound filling the air around him. It was annoying at first, but slowly became louder as the seconds ticked on.

'What is that?' He thought.

He turned to his sister when she fell into him and opened his mouth to comfort her, but found that he could only let out small gasps of breath. The noise around him was deafening and it was becoming unbearable. He reached a trembling arm around Komi's shoulders and brought her close to him. She in turn clung to his side as terror rocked through her.

Her skin felt like something was wrapping tightly around her body, getting tighter and tighter to the point that it was painful. The ringing in her ears caused a painful headache and she couldn't help the small gasps that escaped her lips, as tears trailed a path down her cheeks.

'Make it stop! Please…"

And just as it seemed like it couldn't get any worse the room started to shake, as if a massive earthquake had just hit the city of Tokyo. A cabinet smashed to the ground, causing a ragged, startled scream to come from Komi as she looked around in horror as more things around them came crashing down.

Despite his declining energy and the awful noise in his ears, Ryu summoned all his strength and managed to stand up on shaky legs, breaths coming out in heaves. He turned and helped Komi to her feet as well, practically taking all her weight on himself.

'We gotta get out of here!' He thought, gritting his teeth from the effort of each step.

They slowly made their way to the door, even as the floor shook, things falling and smashing around them, and the air in the room seeming to be converted into pure electricity. Sparks danced around the small room, gliding over the siblings' skin, and making their hair stand at attention. Objects started picking up from the ground and swirling around the apartment.

They were just about to make it into the dining room when the noise in Ryu's head suddenly got much worse and it caused him to collapse to the ground, Komi coming down with him. He brought his hands up to his ears and he could distantly hear a loud scream fill the air. He realized that it must be coming from him. 'Fuck! I can't handle this pain! What in the world is happening?!'

Komi's sight was going in and out of focus as black spots appeared at the edges of her vision.

The pain in her head had escalated and her throat was beyond sore from all the pained wailing she had done. Her headache banged against her temple and the tightness around her body seemed to compress her like a boa constrictor. Then suddenly her vision went completely black. She couldn't see anything. It was just pitch darkness all around her.

'I'm going to die.' She let out a strangled sob, raw fear filling her entire being. The panic of everything overtook her. Her breathing sped up more than before, her head felt as though it was going to explode, and her whole body felt like it was being squeezed inward. 'Just make it stop! Make it stop!' She cried in her head over and over again, the tears continuing to stream down her face.

Ryu was beside her in agony. His ears had begun to bleed and he could no longer hear anything. He was aware that his sister was in incredible pain as well, but there was nothing he could do. The apartment had become a war zone. Strong force winds whirled around them, appearing as though a small tornado had started in the middle of the room. The TV was shaking around like it had a mind of its own. The static around it looked like lightning bolts, the room seeming to be distorted and misconfigured.

Ryu, through the unimaginable torture, looked up towards it and his eyes widened. 'How is that possible?' To his disbelief he saw as the elements began to explode from the TV. Water, fire, wind, debris, and even weapons bombarded the small apartment.

Ryu looked over to his sister and saw her writhing on the floor, clearly in pain and panicked. Ignoring his own pain for a moment, he crawled over to her, wanting to protect her from the wildness of their environment. As soon as he put his arms around her, she clung to him. She didn't seem to notice the chaos going on around them. He gritted his teeth together, 'Damn it!'

Komi felt like she was going insane. Her entire body felt like it was going to implode and her throat felt like sandpaper from all her screaming. Her brother's presence brought her some peace, but she could slowly feel it disappearing. The feeling in her body was starting to go numb.

'No. No. No! I don't want to die!' Her unseeing eyes widened as terror filled her.

It was just too much. She couldn't stand it anymore!

'JUST MAKE IT STOP!'

Suddenly, the pain halted. The headache disappeared. The tightness around her body finally released her.

She took in a deep breath that completely filled her lungs and to her surprise the smell of salt water hit her nose, as well as the taste of it on her lips. She could hear the sound of seagulls squawking and waves crashing.

A moment before she had been gripping her brother's shirt, but now she felt a hard surface under her back instead of the soft carpet that had been there before, and if she put her hand out to her side, she could feel water lapping against it.

'Where am I?'

A second later, her sight came back all at once. She immediately closed her eyes, as the sun was too bright in her face. After a few seconds, she squinted them back open. She was on her back staring up at the clear blue sky, seagulls soaring above her.

'What the-?!'

She sat up, but became even more confused when the surface beneath her wobbled. She looked down and saw that the thing she was on seemed to be some kind of wood and it was on top of the water! Shocked, she shot her head up to get a look at her surroundings.

Her stomach jumped in fear, as her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.

All around her, as far as the eye could see, was the ocean.

She was in the middle of the ocean!

Back in the apartment, Ryu was freaking out. One second he had Komi in his arms and the next she was gone. He sat there grasping at air and utterly terrified. 'Where'd she go?!'

He looked around, hoping that he would spot her in another area of the room. But she was nowhere to be seen. She had disappeared. Vanished.

He still had the incredible pain, but he was no longer focused on it. 'This can't be happening! Please don't take her away from me! She's all I have left!' Tears rolled down his face, anguished sobs leaving his mouth.

He noticed the winds in the room had begun to get harsher and more violent. And he saw several objects flying his way, but he didn't have the strength to avoid it. And he didn't want to.

The last thought he had before it all hit him was, 'I hope I get to join her wherever she is.'

XxX

Glass crunched under foot as Detective Suzuki walked onto the scene. He glanced around the apartment belonging to the Sakurai family and wasn't too surprised to see the total destruction that laid before him. The department had received several calls concerning this unit and they had questioned several of the tenants that all reported mostly the same things.

Building shaking. Screams and shouts. Banging and crashing.

They had called him in to investigate these weird happenings, since this hadn't been the only occurrence. The police station had been exploding with calls all over the city about strange disappearances, and houses and apartments being completely destroyed.

This apartment was particularly odd, because when they had talked to the owner of the apartment, he had told them that both of his children lived there, but only one of them had been found and the other was nowhere to be seen. He hadn't come across an instance yet where both had occurred in one place.

The detective walked further into the apartment, ducking under a piece of debris hanging from the ceiling. He scanned the area, taking inventory of the damage. The TV looked as though someone had bashed it in with a baseball bat. The couch had been turned upside down and was laying in the hallway. The table had smashed through the front window and was hanging half in and half out of it. Half-eaten snacks laid scattered across the floor.

What struck him as strange though was that there were pieces of wood and other objects that didn't seem to match with the rest of the decor. And there were salt water stains and burn marks everywhere. There were also weapons that looked to be at least a couple hundred years old lying about. It looked similar to the other places he had seen, but he still didn't understand how it could be happening.

He looked to his right and spotted the owner of the apartment talking to an officer in the dining area. He headed towards them.

The man seemed rather agitated. "I want answers! Why can't any of you people tell me what's going on?!"

The officer stayed calm and professional, even though he was clearly uncomfortable with the confrontation. "I assure you we are doing everything we can, sir."

The man didn't seem to like that answer, "You've been in here for hours!"

The detective took pity on the poor rookie, "Excuse me officer, could you please go question more of the tenants outside? I can take over in here."

"Yes sir." The poor guy practically ran from the room.

"Who are you?" the question was asked with contempt.

He turned towards the fuming man, "I am detective Suzuki Ren. I have been put in charge of this case and many others like it, as this isn't an isolated instance."

This calmed the man down a bit, but he was still clearly quite upset. "My son is in the hospital on life support and my daughter is gone! I just want to know what happened to them!"

"I understand completely, sir. I guarantee I will do everything in my power to find out what harmed your son, as well as find the reason your daughter has disappeared."

The man looked him squarely in the face, reading him. Suzuki didn't look away. "I'll hold you to that." The man let out a breath, then took one last look around his apartment, an almost pained look crossing his features. "I guess I'll head back to the hospital then. I'll leave you to it." Then he turned to exit.

"Just one moment sir. I have a quick question for you."

The man looked back at him, "What is it?"

The detective pointed to the crumbled snacks on the ground, "Were your kids having a party?"

The man looked down at the snacks and then back up again, "My kids aren't partiers. I'm sure they were just watching that anime, One Piece. I think there was some important event happening last night." He turned back around. "Now, if that's all, I will be going. Gooday detective." Then he headed out the front door and towards his car.

One Piece… That had been a tying piece of information between all of the cases he had encountered. It was absurd, but could this really all stem from an anime?

He shook his head, laughing to himself. There was no way that was possible.

XxX

"Good evening, I'm Takahashi Minato. We interrupt this broadcast to bring you the breaking news that in a majority of the countries around the world, but mainly Japan, there have been reports of mass deaths and disappearances. It all seems to go back to one source; An anime by the name of One Piece. We have been told that Eiichiro Oda and the other people who have worked on the project have also disappeared. Several recordings have been submitted of these happenings. We will play them now."

What followed was the sound of terrified screams and people yelling for help. The noises of things crashing and people in pain. It sounded as if the world was ending.

"As of today, the numbers are 3 million deaths and 2 million disappearances, for a total of 5 million cases. And the numbers are still growing. This has been issued as a global epidemic and we are urging people to NOT watch One Piece."

XxX

Social media platforms began blowing up all over the world.

"Have you guys heard about what's happening with One Piece?" A young man on TikTok asked. "Apparently, a bunch of people are dying or disappearing while watching the last episode! It's crazy! I even heard that the author, Eiichiro Oda, was one of the victims!"

"To be honest, I think this is all just a big conspiracy. I'm not even sure if I believe it." A person said in a twitter post.

"Aw shit man! I was really looking forward to watching that episode!" A comment read.

"I've never heard of One Piece before and I'm definitely steering clear now."

"I can't even imagine what their families are going through. It's just so heartbreaking."

"Hey guys! Welcome back to my YouTube channel! So, I know a lot of you guys have probably heard the news going around about people dying and disappearing. Well, I am here to prove it wrong! Today, I will be watching the last episode of One Piece!"

"I've been seeing this trend going around where people film themselves watching One Piece and bad things happen, but I'm going to try it for myself because it doesn't seem real."

"Guys! Stop watching One Piece! This isn't a game! People are actually dying from this!"

"People really need to stop acting like this is such a big deal. No one is really dying. It's all fake."

"Please start taking this seriously. My brother died watching this show."

"This show is extremely dangerous! Stay away! It's not just the last episode anymore. The entire show is killing people!"

"Man! I'm tired of these people whining when it's all just made up!"

"This show needs to be illegal."

The deaths and disappearances continued to grow. Families and loved ones complained to the government that something needed to be done. After many lawsuits, One Piece was finally deemed illegal.

No one was allowed to watch or possess it. They took it down from every streaming platform and TV channel, and if you were caught watching it there would be a very heavy fine and at times even jail time.

This of course was met with some backlash from people who thought it was absurd to make a TV show illegal. They said that if someone wanted to die, then it was up to them.

"The government can't control what we watch!" They yelled.

Even then, people found ways to get their hands on it and the cases continued to grow.

The world was in turmoil.

XxX

A man sat in the shadows in front of several large screens, his hands together stationed under his chin.

Footsteps approached him from behind.

"Has something caught your interest?" A female voice asked.

The man sat back in his chair, a sly grin spreading across his face.

"I think I just found my next project."

Depending on how well this is received will determine if I continue writing this story, so please let me know what you thought of it! Much appreciated ;)