Cruel fate

Arriving at the island controlled by Arlong pirates, I went to their inn and rented a room for couple of months. I was planning to meet him after he gets his first ship and will get Nami for his crew

Walking around the island, I saw how people were mostly trying to evade me. This must be Arlong's doing.

Arriving at Nami's house, I looked at oranges growing on the trees of the backyard. Birds singing their morning songs, and a woman working in the field, collecting berries from some kind of bush.

Not realising that I looked, she removed her shirt, leaving only underwear for me to enjoy.

"Nojiko, I suppose. Right? " I asked, looking at her, as she didn't realize that I was looking yet.

But as I asked, she rapidly turned around and covered her chest with a shirt, rapidly moving to stop being seen.

After that, she went behind the house, and in a couple of seconds she arrived at the front of her house, wearing her jacket and looking at me like nothing happened.

" Who are you? What do you want? " She asked, looking warily at me.

" Oh, I wanted to buy some fresh Tangerines and Oranges from you. Do you sell them? " I asked, Looking around, as I saw a pair of fishmen moving in our direction.

Looking around, she replied " No. Not selling. Go away. "

Seeing as her eyes were looking at the left, I turned my head there. again. In that direction I saw the fishmen that were closing in with surprising speed. Why would they be in such a hurry?

" Is it because of them? " I asked, pointing at the fishmen with my right hand, not seen from fishmen's side.

" Hush! Don't point at them! They would kill us for that! " She replied, trying to reach to the hand that I pointed at them with.

" Ohoho. What do I see, a new Human. What brought you here, on this lovely island? " Asked one of fishmen who held his sword at ready.

" Hm? I heard that I could buy good tangerines for my crew here, so I decided to visit this place. But what are fishmen doing in this place? I thought you don't leave your kingdom. " I replied, as another fishmen was slowly walking to my back.

At the moment when I was discussing the price for my purchase, another group of fishmen arrived from my back.

" Captain said he wants to see him " One of three fishmen that just arrived said it to two guys that I was talking with.

They are much more peaceful than I imagined. Or are they just careful? Doesn't really matter.

" Oh? you have a captain on this island? So, you are just visitors right? " I asked, knowing that they were occupying this place.

"Kind of " They looked between each other and laughed madly.

" Hm, so you are not just a visitors. I will send someone from the crew to talk with your captain. " I replied, turning to the Nojiko, who stood there and waited.

" He invited you, not someone else " One of new arrivals placed a hand on my shoulder and tried to squeeze it, to show the strength, as another one took saber out, theatrically slowly and loudly.

Not feeling the squeezing sensation, fishman decided to push me in the direction of their base, as all others just moved put of the way.

But, it didn't work out, his attempt at pushing me resulted in him almost slipping as he lifted his leg thinking that he would easily push me forward, and wanting to move with the push.

The moment fishman began falling, all the fishmen pointed their weapons at my neck and balls.

" Ok ok, you guys don't need to be so rude. " I replied, pushing some of the weapons with my bared hand, in the way these weapons should've punctured my skin.

" Let's go and meet your impatient captain. " I said, and before moving turned to Nojiko " Lady, could you please prepare four boxes until tomorrow? I will pay! " I said, leaving her and going with careful fishmen.

While we walked, I could feel all the villagers being scared and trying not to show themselves. Fishmen, surprisingly, looked only at me, some were even extremely careful. These must've been two guys who had their weapons moved.

Yes, they are. Yep. I definitely didn't forget them. Not a chance. These two were much more polite and careful with me.

" Do, who is your Captain? " I asked, recieving " Silence!! " from one of them.

" Why are you so rude? Did you fell on your head while being young? " I replied, feeling how he began seething in anger, only to be held by another guy : " We were ordered to bring him. You could do it later " He said, nit allowing that man to break his weapon by hitting me.

" Coward " I said, trying to entice him to attack. They were not really strong, but to approach Luffy without being suspected by Nami or Zoro, I need to do it accidentally. Especially it would work early on.

" Stop it, please." Said one of the two polite guys. Who knew that they had these kind of guys. It must've been my mistake to think that they all were hating humans to the bones.

Do they have bones?

Hmm. Some of them definitely have bones, but does octopus have bones too? Hmm...

While thinking that, I arrived at the building where all the pirates were terrorising the island and covering Marine's deeds.

Arriving at the hall, I was being looked at by all the fishmen and Arlong sitting on his throne-like chair. Still, it looked ridiculous. Why would he even try to imitate throne? It's uncomfortable!

" So, who are you? How did you arrive? We saw no ships arriving at the island " Arlong's minion asked, as Arlong himself looked at me with contempt.

" Oh You didn't see my ship? Well. Your crew must've been doing their job badly. Check it again " I replied, smiling at the Arlong, who began getting angry at me.

" Don't play jokes with me " Arlong said, throwing wine bottle at me.

While bottle flew, I felt the need to defend my honour, so as it arrived at my position, I rapidly filled it with milk from my storage and threw it back at his face.

As it smashed against his nose, I said " Wow. never thought you are such a kid. Drinking milk instead of wine that is close to you. Ahahhahaha" I said, laughing as Arlong lifted a spear and threw it at my stomach.

Spear's tip bent the moment it crashed at my body, as it flew to the side, hitting one of his henchmen.

" Wow. What an idiot " I said, loud enough for him to hear.

" You couldn't just used words. Strength is not everything " I replied, as they all began attacking me, without being able to damage me at all.

As last resort, seeing as I couldn't be damaged, one of his crewmates used chains and 'locked' me in them. To them it looked like I was nit strong, but extremely durable person, especially as I was skinny as a malnourished kids in Africa.

And as things turned out almost as I expected, they carried me to their side room, where they rapidly created cell to hold me in.

What? I didn't want to fight them They are too weak. They would break from flick of my finger. And I have a goal.

Meet Luffy. Protect him. Collect energy. Run.

I spent too much time in this world, I am worried that I might be unable to escape in time.

As these pirates locked me in, I layed down on to the floor and began trying to plan my further actions.

I need to protect Luffy, but if I overprotect him, he wouldn't grow strong and die before I would be able to help. If I enchant him with regeneration, he might have more chances of survival.

Obviously I can't give him it based on my own blood, I can't leave my genes in this world.

T-virus based regeneration could be achieved. Hmm. I might need to take his blood then.

So, be it. It should provide the best possibility of survival for him. Also, I would follow him and protect if I ever see that he can't fight back.

Hmm. So, I'm a Guardian now. huh.

I didn't really want to be in this position, but this world makes me do it. I don't know why, but I suspect that my interference changed something, and now I have to bear consequences.

Before I was chained, I remember how Luffy was able to fight out of any situation, and it was canonical. But, after I escaped, I saw him die, and in a way that was strange. Like he gave up.

Well, I can't really be sure that he gave up, maybe he fell unconscious. I didn't really have much time to look at their battle.

Now, is the time to wait and see how everything goes.

Waiting while doing nothing is boring.

Extremely boring.

So, I spent time trying new things with Haki, magic, psi energy. And obviously, Force.

It seems that any energy in my body, except for the force, have one similarity. They are using my body as a vessel, mixing in it, seeping in every single part of my body, and changing it.

Obviously, I tried using psi energy and haki to do magic, but it didn't work out, just like any other replacement. The only thing that worked is small injection of different power while other is used.

For example, I could strengthen my haki by inserting psi energy in it, but it was not very noticeable difference. But still, it was a difference, so I began mixing and trying some new stuff while days passed.

As they passed, I was kept here, in a cell. Arlong's crew tried to find out where I came from or who I was, but I just kept quiet, while creating a small room below my cell. How? I just used Force, magic and some androids to replace me and create a free space where I could not be seen.

All this time, android was the one who was brought for interrogation. And, well. They found out nothing.

Finally, as I heard the commotion on the distance, I arrived at my cell, placed fabricator and all my droids in storage, and layed on the bed, waiting for a certain people to save me.

Looking outside the cell, I could see nothing, so I just felt everything with Force. Luffy getting hurt, hitting Arlong, and even how Arlong's nose broke.

Zoro, in my opinion have an extremely ridiculous way to fight. Who the fuck holds a katana in their mouth? Don't even talk how strong his jaw should be to be able to hit anything with it and not destroy the handle.

And yep. this exact katana has a biting marks on the handle, deep enough that handle would need to be replaced soon.

Surprisingly, Zoro used his body's centrifugal forces and jumping to use his third sword, while two others were used in a weird way, so they don't accidentally push katana from his mouth.

Why would he even use such a strange style? It is really strange to feel it being done in such a ridiculous way.

Feeling as fight was almost done, and Marines Should arrive soon, and there was no sign of any of his crew getting here, I chained myself and moved out of the opened cell, while chains dangled behind me, creating a creepy noise.

But before I approached them, ceiling fell on me, as the whole building was destroyed in Luffy's fight.

Seeing as it was almost an end, I apparated to the side, where dust is still in the air, not allowing anyone to see my sudden appearance. As I walked out from the building, I could see how civilians were shouting in happiness at Arlong's demise.

Don't even talk about Marine's corrupted officer that was stealing from villagers for a long time.

All was good, until someone saw me and shouted: " Someone is still there! "

At that moment, all the villagers turned their heads in my direction and got ready for a fight.

But, the moment dust finally settled, they calmed down, looking at my chained body.

" Hello. Thank you for getting rid of these guys, but couldn't you be more careful next time? You almost buried me with them " I said, moving through the rubble towards Luffy, who was extremely tired and already fell asleep.

" Who are you? " Asked Nami, ready to fight, even after seeing me chained.

" Me? I'm just a prisoner who they didn't manage to kill. My skin was too THICC " I replied, getting closer to them, as I stumbled on one of the pieces and fell on Nami, placing my head on her Chest, and falling asleep.

She tried lifting me up, but all the chains were too heavy for anyone to lift before Luffy or Zoro wake up, so I continued laying on there, sleeping for half an hour.

After half an hour, I woke up, still in the same position, but without unnecessary fury pointed in my direction.

"Hello pretty girl. Sorry for this situation, but I can't get up. I could barely walk in those chains. " I said, looking at her, as my chin rested on her chest.

" Don't talk about it, just try to move out from my body. " She replied, and tried to wiggle away from below me, but it was useless as I fell in a way that chains got caught by some rubble and made it impossible for anyone to release me or her from this awkward position.

" I can't, I am trying, I must say, you are really beautifull. What is your name? Do you have anyone in your life? " I shamelessly asked, knowing that it was a stupid way, but I really wanted to embarrass her and make her less restricted in a direction of sexual relationship. You know, a little bit of persuasion at later time, and she might have less resistance while thinking about it.

Next hour, I spent embarrassing and talking with her, until Luffy woke up and lifted me up from my comfortable bed.

Unlike my first meeting with him, this Luffy was not really smiling all the time, and he somehow lost Aura of friendliness around him that he previously had.

After that, we talked and they agreed to take me with them. Luffy was sad and tired, but still tried being in good mood. Something definitely is wrong with him.

" Luffy, you okay? " I asked, after we departed the island.

" Hm? Yes I'm perfectly fine! Don't worry Anton! " He said in aloud voice and a strained smile.

I never told him my real name in this version.

" Luffy. You do understand that I introduced myself as Alexander right? " I asked, looking at him intently.

" What? Oh, sorry " He said, as I interrupted him.

" So, you do remember our first meeting? What happened with you? " I asked, making his eyes wide and his jaw to drop on the floor.

" You remember me? You remember other times? Do you know what is happening? " He asked me, holding my shoulders and looking in to my eyes with renewed eagerness.

" So, you too remember previous tries. How much do you remember? " I asked, as we began talking about it.

It seems I spent one of his lives in a sea, while first life restarted the moment huge hand appeared in the sky above the world.

After a while, I found out that Luffy was getting depressed as he remembered his friends and their lives, while they couldn't remember him at all. That made it difficult for him to continue being the way he was before.

He was thinking about recreating first attempts exactly as they were, but he failed and had to restart. Unknowingly, he began getting frustrated. He wanted to forget, to go back to his friends as he knew them, but he couldn't.

Also, it seems he still had his adventurous nature, but now he was thinking much more about what he should do and how.

He grew. Mentally. He even learned how to act as he was acting in first run, and it made him sad. He didn't want to lie. He was no longer an innocent young boy, he was just a young boy.

As we talked, I revealed to him that I could make him stronger. Better. And he agreed. His current body was too weak for his liking, and Haki was not fully developed in his new body yet.

You might be surprised that he agreed, but in his condition, any possibility of getting stronger and having a chance of restart lower, would be good. He didn't want to restart again.

What I found out, is that no matter how many mistakes he made in his attempts, he still met people he should've met, what made everything easier.

We came to an agreement that he should experience his adventures again, while I would be helping him in the back. Especially as he found out that Ace was supposed to die.

Currently, I knew that this world was fucked, it is being controlled and modified, but for some reason main character of this world's story remembered his other attempts. It was not a good sign to me. I needed a lot of time charge my batteries and continue on my way.

But, as fate is cruel, right after I thought about it, I received a message.

[ Approximate Enemy Arrival]:

2 years 6 months

Fuck!

I don't have enough time to collect energy, and only my inner energy can be used to fill it, ughh.

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