My One Piece Adventure

<p>A teenager runs up the stairs of the dorm complex with excitement. Completely forgetting that there is an elevator. Climbing step by step, without a single drop in momentum. <br/><br/>"It's today, FINALLY!", he thinks to himself.<br/>He stops on the 5th floor, where his dorm is.<br/>He's exhausted from climbing 4 flights of stairs. <br/>He catches his breath for a few seconds before blitzing to his door all the way across the corridor. Key in hand, a seemless motion from inserting it into the keyhole to the door closing with him inside. As if he was a master martial artist.<br/><br/>{1 Hour later}<br/><br/>The young man jumps on his bed and goes through his phone, thinking "Today is finally the day, the day where Shounen Jump releases the final chapter of my long-time favourite manga, ONE PIECE", With a huge smile on his face.<br/><br/>"I've made sure that I have done everything that needs to be done for this to be the last thing I see today. I've cleaned the house, eaten, maintained my knife collection and practiced my Muay Thai." He thought.<br/><br/>*He begins to read the chapter on his phone*<br/><br/>{30 minutes later}<br/><br/>With a sparkle in his eyes, he was in awe. With almost a childlike look, he places his phone down on his bedside table.<br/><br/>After having analysed every panel, he has just witnessed the end of one of the greatest phenomenons to grace the comic book and literary world and the most masterful writing he had ever seen.<br/><br/>"So that's how it ends, huh?" he thinks to himself<br/>as a tear runs down his cheek while having the biggest smile probably anyone has ever seen.<br/><br/>He leans back into his bed, closes his eyes, ready to sleep when he has a thought. "What if I were to live in the world of One Piece and experience that ending?"<br/><br/>He chuckles, "If only" before falling asleep.<br/><br/>He gets flashbacks of the adventures Luffy, the StrawHats and their friends had with him behind a screen, witnessing every moment.<br/><br/>You're probably wondering, "Who is this young One Piece Superfan?". Well, it's me. Chaz Roland before I was sent 'Here'.<br/><br/>I opened my eyes and all I could see was bright light. I had to cover my eyes. I see a silhouette standing in front of me. I couldn't make out who it was because my vision hadn't adapted to the lighting yet.<br/><br/>As my vision got clearer, I saw a chubby man in a fancy black tuxedo standing in front of me. He's about the same height as me, 6'0/183cm or so. I looked at his face, a Japanese man in his late 50's or early 60's with a cute smile.<br/><br/>It's a smile I've never seen before, but somehow, I recognised it. It belongs to a man that I've idolised for nearly 8 years of my short life. In shock and excitement, I yelled:"EICHIRO ODA!?!?"<br/><br/>It's strange how I knew who it was considering there had never been any official pictures of him released to the public. He looked quite a bit different from the picture's fans used to represent him on social media, but somehow I knew exactly who he was.<br/><br/>He looked at me and laughed. A laughe I had heard numerous times in his interviews, in which none had ever shown his face.<br/><br/>"This is the BEST DREAM EVER! It feels so real." I said.<br/><br/>"Well then young one, it isn't a dream", he responds<br/><br/>I grin and reply with a disheartened: "I wish"<br/><br/>"Then your wish has come true", he says.<br/><br/>"Excuse me?" I say, confused.<br/><br/>"This is an alternate space, I am Eichiro Oda and I have summoned you here because I want to give you the experience that you've wanted for a long time now.", he said as he floats around me<br/><br/>Suddenly a humongous prize wheel, about 5 meters in diameter, appears in front of me. It has about 100 small sections with one of those small pointy things on the bottom<br/><br/>I ask him :"What is going on?"<br/>He replies:"I am about to give you the opportunity to live in the world that I created-The world of One Piece- and this wheel will determine when in the timeline, where in the world and with what you will go with."<br/><br/>I'm in awe as it takes me little time to understand."So almost like one of those isekai manga and anime, but this wheel determines what state I reincarnate in?" I ask excitedly.<br/><br/>"Exactly!" he says."As you know, my story has a timeline of 1000s of years, so you will have the opportunity to be involved at any point in the story that has been mentioned."<br/><br/>"I understand" I say with a wide grin and sparkle in my eyes, unable to hide my joy.<br/><br/>"Now!" He says as he spins the wheel, "When will you be? Haha"<br/><br/>The wheel rotates completely a few times before it slows down and comes to a complete stop at the slot that is written 'Early, Great Pirate Era-20 years before Chapter 1'<br/><br/>I look earnestly and think about how much that benefits me. Allowing me to journey before Luffy sets off if need be.<br/><br/>"Hehe, that's not too bad", he says.<br/>"Next. Of the 6 Seas of the world- the East Blue, West Blue, North Blue, South Blue, Paradise, New World… Where will you be?"<br/><br/>The wheel suddenly starts morphing and the sections merge into 6. Each section having a name of one of the 6 seas on it.<br/><br/>Oda spins the wheel.<br/>I'm hoping for it to land on either the East Blue, or the Paradise section of the Grand Line. The New World, North Blue and West Blue would be way too difficult to survive in with all the chaos happening at the point I will be spawning and Oda never gave much on the South Blue, so I know next to nothing about it, other than minor, irrelevant facts about characters from there, which will be of very little help.<br/><br/><br/>The wheel begins to slow down<br/>I'm nervous. The point slowly goes past the 'East Blue', then it lands on 'Paradise'<br/><br/>I get excited because it's about to stop.<br/>"YES!!", I yell before I realise the point has just slid into the next section which was written...'South Blue'<br/><br/>"Ohhh, The South Blue, huh?Heheheh" he says.<br/><br/>I'm in pain internally. I don't like the idea of spawning somewhere I know little to nothing about except for who comes from there and a few named islands, but there's nothing I can do.<br/><br/>I take a deep breath and ask:"So what will I have with me?"<br/><br/>"So, there are 100 potential things you can get", he says."They can range from as useful as 'All Knowledge of Haki and how to learn and master it'...'A personal Black Blade'…" He gestures at the mentioned sections, "...to as useless as 'A stick'."<br/><br/>"What kind of stick?", I ask.<br/><br/>"An ordinary wooden stick", he says with a smile.<br/><br/>I'm deflated."100% based on luck I guess" I think to myself.<br/><br/>"Exactly" Oda says<br/><br/>"Shall I?" Oda asks.<br/>I nod my head-yes.<br/><br/>He spins the wheel and after a few seconds The wheel comes to a stop one more time.<br/>Oda flies up to read what I got.<br/><br/>"Hoho, It's a skill." he says.<br/>I get excited."Which skill?", I ask.<br/><br/>"The Appraisal skill.", he replies.<br/>"So the ability to know the properties of things?", I ask.<br/>"Something like that.", he says<br/><br/>"I guess, our time together is up, for now. I will see you next time." He says ubruptly<br/><br/>"Wait, what do you mean by-" I say as I suddenly lose consciousness.<br/><br/>"-by that?" I say as I wake up.<br/><br/>I look around, and all I see is grass and trees. I'm laying on something hard, a rock? It has a weird texture. New world, new things I guess.<br/><br/>I take a deep breath and try to get up, but I realise that I'm coddled up in a blanket. My body is too weak to push out of it.<br/><br/>"This is The Beginning, huh?" I say rhetorically with a blank stare.</p>