Pie

A figure could be seen on a beach. Their arms furiously scratched her back. "Oh god, how I missed being able to scratch my back. As a fox, you can try and use a tree but having hands is just amazing."

With a big smile plastered on her face, Clair moved farther inland away from the sea. She like most people would rather not die by drowning. Especially after getting her body back.

Grabbing the fabric that now clung to her body, it proved to be the one thing that she can not figure out.'I understand that some fruit can change you into a person and even other people but why am I in my prison jumpsuit?"

Not only did she now wear the clothes she died in her body was exactly how it was before she died."Same old Clair huh?"

Thinking about what she said right before she changed into her old self she had doubts. 'I think this is just an illusion created by the fruit. It would be great for me to be able to just be myself again but is the world so nice?'

Sighing she decided to do the only logical thing, try and change back. She needed to know the limits and how they could benefit her. The world she finds herself in has few rules and even with that people still break them.

"Ok concentrate." Holding her head she started to imagine her fox body.

Like before she started to change, her feet turned into paws, her mouth elongated and turned into that of a k9.

As her intimidating figure grew something weird started to happen again. Her fur which was once a mix of orange and white was now a magnificent silver color. Her tail which was a solitary figure was now joined by eight more.

Shaking her huge head she was tired of surprises. 'This kinda answers what fruit I ate but might as well go and find out what I look like.'

Walking towards the sea to check her reflection she quickly turned the opposite way. ' Better not go near the death water for now.'

Getting to a body of water that did not want her dead she examined her newest body. It was essentially the same except for a few changes. For starters, she is almost twice as tall as before. Her eyes that once looked like a vertical black slit trapped in amber are now blood red. It would be a scary sight for anybody.

"What a silly design." Clair moved all her tails around trying to get the hang of the new appendages. "Seriously did my spine split nine different ways or something?"

It was getting more clear to Clair that this all could not be a coincidence. Would she be reborn into a huge fox only to be given a fruit that turns her into a huge fox with more tails? 'This must be some big prank or something.'

'Hmm?' Clair's ears perked up. It was the familiar sound of a clingy fluff ball that woke up. After spending a while with the cat Clair has a good idea of what she sounds like moving through the bush.

'This will be a bit fun.' excited to see the face of her pet she waited in the direction she was moving.

With a nonchalant attitude, the tiger moved threw the jungle uncaring about the potential danger in front of her. The scent she has been following is her favorite animal. The one who saved her when she was defeated and left to die.

Moving into the clearing where the body of water was she spotted the huge mass of fur. Immediately she shrunk down. You could see her face go through many expressions mostly confusion.

Having a good laugh Clair figured it was enough messing with the poor tiger. Once again she tried to change into her original form, for this life at least.

Luckily the fruit obeyed her will this time and after a few seconds, she was once again a regular giant fox.

Confusion went to joy as the tiger watched Clair turn back into herself. She did not understand why the monster fox had turned into her favorite animal but she did not really care.

Relieved she found who she was looking for she ran as fast as she could to Clair.

Bracing for the impact this was a daily occurrence for Clair. At first, it was frightening, she thought the tiger got its strength back and thought it was the time to fight to the death. To her surprise, the tiger seemed grateful and now she gets tormented by this clingy girl.

Letting the tiger snuggle up to her she waited for the daily "bath" the tiger liked to give her. Maybe it was something to show intimacy for family members but to her, it felt like a spiky tongue trying to tear off her fur.

With 30 minutes of bath time, she was left with more time to think of the future. 'I need to train. More than I do as a fox. Given a human form, I should be able to use my knowledge in my past life to work out more effectively. A weapon as well. I have no idea how to use any weapons aside from a gun. I could say I have knife experience but not in a fighting capacity. The gun as well would be ineffective at higher power levels in the one-piece universe. None of the big figures are gun users of course they are in the crews of big figures but they never play a big role. Even the long nose loser in Luffy's crew used a slingshot. This could be attributed to him being a pussy but the fact that it is useful only strengthens my idea that I should focus on a cold weapon. Who needs a ranged weapon when your enemy can traverse a football field's length in a second.

'Should I follow the weeb fate and go for a sword?' She shook her head. 'No, that is not me, I have always loved the spear and I guess I am in the perfect world for it. Plus there are plenty of people who want to be the best swordsman in the world. How about us spear mains huh? When do we get any love? The phalanx has done more for the world than the dumb sword has.'

Having a plan Clair struggled out of her prison and started her daily ritual of running. Her pet rarely joins her so she had enough time to get a good workout in. Now that she has a human body she also mixed in the weight training of her old world. Albeit the weight was more than any human could achieve in her old world. She was glad that transforming into her old body did not cause her to lose the strength of a giant fox.

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*pop pop pop

Loud popping sounds echoed through the jungle. Clair could be seen wielding a long staff like a piece of wood. She was trying to get adjusted to wielding a spear. She knows that it is impossible to become a master spear user with what she knows but if she can get the basics down it would help out a lot. Going through the motions of what she imagined the basic moves were downward slash, straight thrust, and a mix of other movements. Clair liked to what essentially boiled down to shadow boxing but with a spear. In doing so she has for weeks now been assaulting every tree in her vicinity.

Wiping the sweat off her brow she was done for the day. "Ok, let's go get something to eat and go to bed." Adding the fruit to her life really gave it color. Even if working out all day is mundane it gives her purpose. Now that she knows where she is it also gave her hope. "Just a little more and I will be strong enough to reach you my beautiful pie. Garlic bread you keep me up at night. Just wait I'm coming for you!"