Training and Planning

So, how about you finally tell us how you know all these things?"

"You've been all mysterious this whole time so we need some kind of explanation."

Zoro and Nami stare intently at me while cold sweat starts running down my back.

'Shit, they remembered! I don't want to have this awkward talk!'

"That's easy! He is from the future and from another world!" *SMACK*

"This damn idiot actually said it..." I murmur but loud enough that everyone heard it.

"As the idiot said, I'm from the future, 2 years from the future in fact." 'Let's not talk about how long the manga has been running.' "As for the another world part... that isn't easy to explain..."

Everyone looks at me like I'm spouting bullshit to get out of saying anything, well except Luffy.

"That doesn't sound convincing, even I make better lies." Usopp quips but who asked his damn opinion.

"Well yeah, no shit. That's why I don't want to explain shit! I'm not the first time traveler or world traveler or whatever. There are definitely Devil Fruits that can do that and I know the previous owner of the Toki Toki no Mi. So I don't really care at this point if you believe me or not. Just know that I know some future stuff and my knowledge is not omnipotent, is that clear?"

"Well we kinda understand the future knowledge but you seem to know also some things from our pasts."

"You are still hung up on it? I'm from the future so I time traveled to the damn past. I've been around East Blue and I'm older than all of you. That should explain enough for now."

I get more and more annoyed the more I need to try to explain. 'I hate explaining and this isn't easy to explain right now.' [Silence is golden.]

"Can you tell us about our future?" Nami asks hopefully but "NO!" Luffy shouts in denial.

"I agree with the idiot. I ain't telling you anything except helpful tips because if I tell you about some things then things might get worse." 'I'll just help in the background without saying much.'

"Oh. I just didn't want you to spoil our adventures." "I know."

"Huh? You knew?" "You don't talk about anything other than adventure so it wasn't hard to figure out."

I explain to the surprised Luffy how predictable he is.

After the talk that was slightly pointless in my opinion but for the others quite a shock, Luffy started painting the pirate flag and failing spectacularly and Usopp saving the day. After the whole group helped with painting the sail with the new pirate symbol Luffy and Usopp started testing the cannon and shot a rock in the distance.

Because of that we met with Johnny who went ballistic because the cannon hit him and Yosaku who is seriously ill but he calms down after noticing his acquaintance Zoro. Nami and I tell that Yosaku is suffering from scurvy and he needs some lime juice to get better. After some talk Luffy decides that we need to find a cook and Johnny points us to Baratie's direction.

'So I have a few days before we reach Baratie.' I start thinking about the future and what kind of action I should take. 'My new external wounds have mostly healed, except the claw mark on my side. Looks like it's going to leave a scar.' [Lovely] 'My bones... well they don't hurt but they ache. Doesn't stop me from doing stuff though. I need to somehow survive 'til I meet Kureha.'

'I can't really intervene much on the happenings until we get to Loguetown and I've got some ideas about what I should do. Until then I need to train my ass off nonstop... well I should train my ass off the whole time.'

… Next Day ...

I stand on the middle of the open deck while everyone is doing whatever they are doing. "Urgh."

[I don't wanna do it. Don't wanna, don't wanna.] My honest desire tells me how much I don't want to do anything.

'Just gotta suck it up like always...' But I just force myself forward.

I stand there for a while more. 'I need some damn motivation... not that I lack any in this dangerous world but just something to kickstart me.' [Music has the power, every minute, every hour~] I get reminded of how I always get energy to do something by listening music and take out my phone. I power it up and get surprised how it still works after all the shit I've gone through.

'I guess it was worth it to pay so much for proper protective casing and glass. I've seen so many people crying over broken phones that it's not funny...' I immediately put the phone to power save mode so that the battery will last longer. 'If I survive to meet Franky maybe he could help out with charging this.' [SUUUUUPEEER~!]

I open up my media player app and search for suitable song to motivate me. 'Shit. I haven't updated this library as much as on my PC.' I look through many suitable songs until I stop on one song that is quite classic and suitably named for my situation. I press play and the remake of "I Will Survive" starts playing and everyone suddenly starts hearing the melody.

As I listen to the lyrics, I start singing and dancing along until I get an odd feeling and stop. 'Was this song always like this? Is this a damn song about a breakup and moving on? The song was catchy that I never gave a damn about 80% lyrics. I'm now sad since I can be counted on both sides of the damn song. The one who left and the one who was left. Damn relationships.'

After the song ended my mood was both upbeat and sad. Upbeat 'cuz the catchy parts did their job, sad because I was reminded about things I wanted to forget. [I will survive~!]

'I should use this more often to change my mood.'

"THAT WAS AWESOME! Where did that music come from!?" Luffy asks as I notice that everyone has come over to see what's going on.

"It's this thing that I have from back home." I say with a sad smile. "Right now I'm playing music that I had recorded in it to lift my mood." I explain simply since why should I bother explaining to an idiot as he goes crazy in excitement.

"What language was the lyrics? I couldn't understand anything after you stopped singing but it was very catchy." Nami asks but I just get bewildered by her question.

"You couldn't understand it?" Then I notice that this whole time we've never spoken the same language but for some reason I understand them and they understand me completely fine.

"... You know what, forget about it. I'll sing the lyrics from now on." I gave up thinking and went with it.

I try to find a song that doesn't make me sad and find another classic and press play and start singing "Don't Stop Me Now" and dancing along with everyone.

"Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time~ I feel alive~ And the world I'll turn it inside out, yeah~"

The song ends and everyone is in a happy mood with smiling faces all around.

"More, more!" Luffy shouts but unfortunately for him I turn off the power from my phone.

"Sorry Luffy but this thing can't work forever. I need to use it sparingly since I don't have anything to charge its power with." I shatter Luffy's and everyone else's hopes.

"Now if you don't mind, I need to start working out." I put my phone in my pocket and go workout in an empty spot.

I start doing pushups '1... 2... 3... this feels a bit easier than before I got to this world.' [I will survive~] as lyrics still play in my head. '3... ??? 4... Urgh, fuck counting it never works for me.'

I start doing pushups till exhaustion since I always get distracted and the numbers are always incorrect. I switch with different kinds of workouts until I can't move no more.

After a bit of rest, I'm quite surprised that I've recovered much faster than I thought I would and I'm still able to move actively. I decide that maybe I could actually continue my training and go to the next phase. I go to Luffy and ask him for a spar to everyone's surprise and my weak ass gets his ass handed to him even when Luffy goes easy on me. After a few rounds and a break later, I get up to Luffy again but this time it wasn't for a spar.

"Luffy, let's play tag." Yes, tag. To practice movement and reflexes while also gaining muscle. And as this can be considered as a "game" I can coax others to join and train with me. We play some tag and well for no one's surprise the Monkey is the winner but at least everyone had fun. Well Nami was on the side wondering what the hell we were doing but anyways.

Slowly the days passed as we moved along towards Baratie. Without me knowing a change has been slowly occurring in my mentality. When I think or mutter to myself "I'm gonna die" as a reminder, it has slowly changed in to a different meaning...

[I will survive.]