Chapter 1: I’ve Crossed Over!

Author: 鍩颯爱 | Updated on: 2017/9/20 1:45:42 | Word Count: 3186

In a dimly lit room, a stunning young woman sat across from an elderly man, separated by a small table.

"Name?"

"Dog Egg!"

The old man spoke calmly, and the young woman's hand didn't even pause as she wrote it down. Why did all the recently deceased have such strange names? She'd long stopped finding it odd.

"Which world would you like to reincarnate in?"

"Huh? I don't understand."

"I mean, which world do you want to be reborn in?"

The young woman pointed to a chart on the table in front of the old man. It had over a hundred options, and he noticed it for the first time, casually picking one at random.

"Whatever. This one will do."

The young woman glanced at it. Jin Yong's world, huh?

"Choose a skill, and you'll be ready for reincarnation."

The old man looked down at the table again, now filled with a list of martial arts techniques, like Dog-Beating Staff Technique and Nine Yang Divine Art.

"Dog-Beating Staff Technique!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the young woman made a note and pointed to a green door beside her. "Go through that door, and you'll be reborn."

The old man nodded, smiling. "Thanks, miss!"

"Miss?" she scoffed. "I'm over seven hundred years old!"

Her words silenced the old man, who slinked away sheepishly. Once he left, the young woman called toward a red door nearby, "Next!"

Shortly after, a bespectacled teenager entered, focused on his phone, engrossed in a game.

Once he sat down, the young woman glanced at her notebook and asked, "Name?"

"…"

The teen kept playing, seemingly oblivious.

"Ahem, name!" she said a bit louder.

Still no response. Her patience wore thin, and her hand tightened around her pen until it snapped.

"I'm talking to you!"

She snatched his phone away, and only then did he react.

"Hey! I was about to win! Uh, where am I?"

He looked around, but the simple decor soon lost his interest, and he focused instead on the phone in her hand.

"Could I have my phone back? I was about to get enough crystals for a ten-pull!" he pleaded.

The young woman glanced at the screen, intrigued. "Honkai Impact 3rd?"

"Yeah! It's amazing, just too bad there's a stamina limit."

"No." Her refusal was ice-cold. The teen was outraged and rolled up his sleeves, ready to flip the table.

Boom!

But with a wave of her hand, she sent him flying back into his chair.

"You were gonna hit me?"

"So what? No one separates me from my sweet Mei!"

The young woman felt a twitch of annoyance at his audacity.

"I don't have time for your games. If you won't cooperate, I'll pick for you." Without looking, she tapped the chart at random and kicked him through the green door.

Boom!

The teen shot through it like a meteor, vanishing from sight.

"Hmph, what a handful." She glanced back at the chart. "Ah, I forgot to pick a skill for him."

After a moment's thought, her eyes fell on the phone she'd taken from him, and a mischievous idea took shape.

The teen slowly got up, spitting sand from his mouth.

"That woman dared to separate me from Mei. Ugh, three-dimensional women are the worst!"

He looked around, noticing the shoreline and the waves lapping at the sand. Dense jungle loomed nearby, with occasional roars echoing out.

"Where… am I?"

"You're in the world of One Piece!"

Suddenly, the young woman's voice echoed in his head. He looked around but saw no one.

"Where are you? Come out and give me back Mei!"

"You really love Honkai, don't you? Alright then, eat this Devil Fruit, and I'll return Mei to you."

A strange, pineapple-like fruit fell from above, smacking him on the head and sending him face-first into the sand.

"Ugh! You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

"Of course I did," she replied with a hint of satisfaction. "You ignored me before."

"Three-dimensional women are seriously the worst," he muttered, picking up the fruit. He recognized it as a Devil Fruit, with powerful abilities but a weakness to water.

"If I eat this, will you really return my phone?"

"Absolutely."

He took a small bite, immediately gagging on the taste, but his longing for Mei gave him the strength to swallow. He swore to himself he'd never eat a pineapple again.

"Hahaha!" Her laughter filled the air, and he frowned in confusion.

"What's so funny?"

His voice sounded higher than usual—almost… like a girl's.

"Wait… what's happening?"

His chest was… growing. His lower parts seemed to… shrink. His short, dark hair turned silver, rapidly lengthening.

"What did you do to me?!"

Now a girl, she pointed at the sky in anger, her newly ample chest bouncing slightly.

"Hey, show some respect! I have a name. Call me Besta!"

Besta seemed amused, clearly pleased with the transformation.

"Why am I a girl? Turn me back now!"

"Relax. The fruit you ate was the Gender-Swap Fruit. Aren't you thrilled? Now you can be one with your beloved Honkai girls!"

"Honkai girls?" She ran to the water's edge, staring at her reflection.

"That… that's Kiana!"

She looked just like the character from her game.

"All I wanted was my phone back, not to become a Honkai girl!"

She fumed, while Besta laughed heartily.

"Too bad! Anyone who ignores me deserves punishment. Be grateful I didn't turn you into a pig! Now, show me some gratitude."

"Gratitude? Aren't you ashamed to call yourself a goddess?"

"Thinking of going to Ivankov, the Hormone Fruit user, to change back?"

Besta's words hit home, and the girl's face paled.

"How did you know?"

"I'm a goddess, obviously. But don't bother. Even if you find her, do you really think I'd make it that easy?"

"…What do you want?"

Besta chuckled, satisfied to see her submit. "Kneel and say, 'Oh, great goddess Besta, I was wrong. Please forgive me.' Do it, and I'll tell you how to change back."

"…Fine. You win!"

With no other choice, she knelt down and repeated the words, swallowing her pride.

"Not bad! You're learning."

Besta grinned, and the girl tried to stand, but Besta stopped her.

"Who told you to get up?"

"…"

The girl resumed kneeling, now fully resigned.

"To change back, you'll need to gather all seven Dragon Balls and wish for it. So, get stronger, Kiana!"

Besta had casually assigned her the game character's name without asking, and handed her back her phone.

"Your phone will be helpful for getting stronger, and it contains clues to the Dragon Balls."

Kiana felt the phone in her hands and looked up, defiant.

"I swear, I'll turn back and make you pay!"

Kiana shouted at the sky, only for a bolt of lightning to strike her, leaving her dazed.

"Call me 'goddess,' okay?"

"Yes, goddess!"

Kiana quickly complied. Cowardly? Maybe, but as she now thought to herself… "What do you expect? I am a girl now, after all!"