One Piece Fan Fiction ❯ Mahou Mahou no Story ❯ Chapter 2 Part 2 ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

By: Satosan

Author's Notes: The continuation of Chapter 2 Part 1. What will happen next in the life of Satoshi? Read and find out, but when you're done, please, please review! Onegai shimasu!

To my reviewers so far, thank you for taking time to review. I'm a bit slow with updates, but I'll try my best to update the story as much I can.

Disclaimer: One Piece and all other anime, manga and game references do not belong to me. If they did, I'll be making millions. I'll be trying to find ways to go to alternative realities.

“Talking”

`Thinking'

/Mental Communication/

*Sound effects*

--Scene Change--

MAHOU MAHOU NO SUTOORI

(MAGIC MAGIC STORY)

An One Piece Fan Fiction with elements of different anime, manga and games

Chapter 2

New Nakama of the Straw Hat crew!

Mahou Island straight ahead and A Brand new Adventure!

Part 2

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It was raining that day, merciless as thunder echoed through the air, flashes highlighting the sky. The town was drenched and the streets were deserted, stalls empty. Running through the deserted streets, a boy tried his hardest to lose his pursuers. A black cloak billowed in the wind behind him, a cowl over his face.

`Kuso!' He cursed to himself as he kept on running, dodging various things in the road. `I should have been careful!'

Noticing a dark alleyway, he quickly ducked in and hid himself as fast as possible before anyone could notice him. He kept his breath in, his heart hammering in his chest. Footsteps could be heard as his pursuers ran past, though he could hear some stop. Sucking in his breath, he hoped that he wouldn't be heard. After a while the footsteps walked away.

`That-that was close,' he thought, releasing his breath. Standing up, he leaned against the wall. A pain shot through his side as the adrenaline seeped out of his tired body. Touching the side, he winced and retracted his hand, now covered in blood.

“Kuso,” he muttered to himself. “I have to get away.” He staggered through the alleyway, his energy spent from all the running before. The exit was right in front of him. Just a few more steps…

“HALT!” A voice rang out, freezing the cloaked covered boy in his tracks. The boy looked up in shock at his pursuers gathered around him. It was a group of Marines, sent out to hunt him. A general, who shouted out the order, stood imposing in the middle. He wore an open white shirt, only tightened with chains in between and black leather pants. It was the look in the general's eyes that made most men flinch with fear though. Hateful black eyes bored into the boys' soul. The wind began to blow harder at that moment, blowing the cowl right off the boys' head, making drenched pale blue hair and determined dark red eyes visible.

“We've finally caught up to you…” the general grinned maniacally and he raised his arm. The boy started to mutter a phrase, moving his hands in a shape in front of him…

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I woke up with a start, my breath ragged. Taking calming breaths to help my beating heart slow down, I sat upright in the bed.

`What was that dream all about?' I wondered, as I got out of the bed and walked over to the sink. My feelings were messed up troubled. `Why do I get these strange dreams? And why now, since I've came here?' Turning on the tap, I scooped up some water and splashed it on my face.

At that moment, the door to the infirmary opened and in popped Luffy, all excited as usual.

“Satoshi!” he called out, startling me from my thoughts. “We're reaching the island! Come and see!” Grabbing my arm, he pulled me out of the infirmary.

“Ma-Matta, Luffy!” I shouted, trying to keep up. Outside, the rest of the crew were looking at Mahou Island, various expressions of interest on their faces. Luffy finally slowed down and I could take a deep breath to finally steady myself. Standing by the railing of the ship, I looked over the island and astonishment filled me. It had quite a lot of buildings where the town was and the town looked quite busy with preparations for something. What attracted me the most though was a massive tree in what looked like the center of the town.

“It seems like there is a festival on the island tonight,” Robin answered the unanswered question that mostly everyone had.

“Have you any idea what festival it may be, Robin?” Nami inquired. The archeologist shook her head.

“I'm not sure, Navigator-san. I don't much about this island, since this is the first time I'm here.”

“Who cares?” Luffy shouted out, grinning like he usually does. “We can find out when we get there, right? Besides, there might just be a new adventure!” And he laughed excitedly.

“This reminds me of the time when I went to a mysterious island called Konchuu Island and had to save the entire island from giant flesh eating bugs!” Usopp dramatically told Chopper another of his lies, who looked on with awe.

“HONTO NI!?” The reindeer shouted out amazed. I just rolled my eyes, but kept my laughter in as Usopp went on to tell his unbelievable story to Chopper. I then decided to look over to where Zoro and Sanji was, and for some reason, they were fighting about something again. Insults were flying left and right as the two attacked each other viciously.

`Sheesh, don't they ever stop fighting?' I sweatdropped. Turning back to the island, I gazed at the tree again. Something was still bothering me about it, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

`I'll wonder about it later,' I thought as I kept looking.

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A cloaked figure looked at the sailing Straw Hat ship on one of the branches from the tree.

“Pirates,” the person mumbled out, the cloak billowing in the wind. Jumping from branch to branch and settling on one of the higher branches, the person looked at the fruit growing on the tree. It was an odd shaped fruit and there were various shapes on it, such as symbols for fire, water, thunder and earth.

“It's still here at least,” The person frowned in distaste. “I have to check these pirates out. Hopefully it's not who I think it is.”

The person took of the cowl, revealing the identity to be that of a female. She looked like a beauty, with dark purple hair and gold eyes, a strange but exotic combination. That wasn't the strangest thing, though, was the fact that she had pale vaporous blue skin. A spirit is what she is. She jumped off the branches of the Tree and floated towards the town, looking to see who these pirates are.

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“All right, minna!” Nami shouted out to get our attention. We've finally docked at the harbor of Mahou Island and finally could see that there was a festival on. It was called the Mahou Akageta, or the Dawn of Magic festival from what could be read from the banner adorning the harbor. Celebration was high in the air as the people partied throughout the town, various festivities throughout the town.

“I've found out that the Log Pose will take three days to set,” Nami explained, the Log Pose in her hands. “And since this is a neutral town, we don't have to worry about the Marines for now and can a have some fun while we're here, since the festival is also on for that long.”

“Nami-swaan is so smart!” Sanji praised, hearts in his eyes. Zoro just grunted as he looked on disinterested.

“Yay! Festival!” Luffy shouted out, rushing towards the stalls. Nami grabbed him before he got too far.

“I wasn't finished yet, baka!” she shouted, hitting Luffy over the head. Luffy pouted like a three year old, and I kept my laughter in. “Now, Sanji-kun, can you please stock up the pantry tonight?”

“Anything for you, Nami-swaaaan!” Sanji shouted out, doing his spaghetti dance. After getting the needed money, he moved towards the marketplace with a jump in his steps. Nami then turned to the rest of us.

“The rest of you can go do what you want,” and handed out money to each of them. Then she turned to me. “Except for you, Satoshi. You're going shopping with me.”

I blinked. “E-eh?! Ore wa?” I sweated a bit as I stepped back. `I have a bad feeling about this.'

“We need to buy you some clothes, since you only have those that are on your back, right? Well, that's perfect, then. You can also help me.” She grabbed my arm before I could get away and started to drag me towards my impending doom.

`Help me! I don't want a debt at my age!' I thought to myself tearfully as Nami kept dragging me into town, the rest of the crew disappearing in the distance.

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Everybody else looked on as poor Satoshi got dragged on by their navigator. Zoro shrugged indifferently.

“Better him than me,” Zoro said simply, and then brushed a hand through his green hair. “I need some sake.” He walked towards the town in search for a good bar.

“Sh-shouldn't we help Satoshi?” Chopper whined, nervousness in his eyes. He looked at Luffy.

“Daijoubu, daijoubu!” Luffy just grinned. “I'm sure Satoshi can take care of himself. Besides, I'm hungry! I wanna go eat!” and he rushed off after Zoro, making sure his straw hat doesn't suddenly fall off. Chopper look at Usopp, who suddenly clutched his stomach in apparent pain.

“Ow-ow-ow, I think I've contracted my `If-I-get-near-Nami-while-she is dragging-Satoshi-away-I'll-suddenly-die' disease. It's near fatal and could cost me my life!”

“AAAAAH! Doctor! Where's a doctor?!” Chopper screamed out frantically.

“Doctor-san, Long-nose-kun was just lying,” Robin replied and Usopp started sweating, his lie being seen through.

“NANI!?” Chopper shouted out, looking angrily at Usopp. Looking nervous, Usopp suddenly ran, chasing after Luffy and Zoro, telling them to wait up for him. Chopper sighed. Feeling a pat on his hat, Chopper looked up to Robin, who had a smile on her face.

“Don't worry Doctor-san,” Robin replied, looking down at Chopper. “We'll see them later. We can check out the local bookstore for some books and later to the pharmacy to buy some more medicine. I'm particularly interested to find out why this island is called Mahou Island and about the history of the tree in the middle of the town.”

“Demo…” Chopper looked at Robin with tears in his eyes. Seeing no way to make the archeologist budge, the reindeer sighed in lost resignation and, after quickly sending a prayer upwards for Satoshi, followed Robin towards their destination.

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`So, this is the group of pirates? Doesn't seem like much to me.'

Deciding to follow the blue haired boy first, the spirit girl jumped from rooftop to rooftop, silently following her target. She finally slowed down and stopped as the boy and the orange haired girl went into to a clothing boutique. Sitting down with a plop and keeping watch, she sucked a lollipop absently that she took from a stall without the owner noticing. Watching the boy being forced to try out different outfits, she sighed.

`They remind me of days long past,' she thought as she looked on. Her brow furrowed in thought. `Though that boy, he really reminds me of him, especially with that hair and the eyes. How long has it been since then?'

She had to wait an hour or two, since she noticed that the orange haired girl decided to try on various clothes and accessories of her own. She sweatdropped.

“Was I ever that bad when I was alive?” Finally, after some time, she noticed the two exiting the store with the boy struggling to carry all the bags. She stood up abruptly, biting into the lollipop and eating it up in one go.

“Something about that boy feels familiar to me. I'll need to follow them more closely,” she muttered to herself. She jumped off the roof, and landing with a soft thud, started following quietly the two quietly.

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`Carrying all these bags is such a pain,' I thought to myself grumbling as I followed a happy Nami back to the ship. She didn't just decide to buy me clothes, she also bought like at least ten different outfits of her own! With matching accessories! `Where she got the space to put these I have absolutely no idea.'

I was currently wearing one of the outfits I've bought at the store. It was a black short sleeved and white long sleeved layered shirt look, with the long sleeves longer than my arms. On the black shirt there were white kanji letters on for `Mahou'. The rest of the outfit consisted of simple black baggy pants with comfortable brown boots and some fingerless black gloves. I did feel I needed to add something extra, but the store that we were at didn't have what I felt was needed.

“Come on, Satoshi-kun!” Nami sweetly called and I resisted the urge to sigh. “We have to get going back to the ship before we can go and find the rest.”

“Hai, hai,” I grumbled. Currently we were walking through a crowded street where many stalls are situated, selling various trinkets. As we strolled through, something blinking caught my eye. Deciding to go for a closer look, I noticed it was a simple silver necklace. There was a pendant attached to it which consisted of a simple skull and crossbones pendant.

`That's perfect,' I thought to myself as I examined it further. Asking the woman at the stall how much it cost, I fished out the amount from the wallet I've carried and paid her, thanks to the money that Nami lent me and I quickly placed the package in the clothes that I've bought.

“Hey, Satoshi! Hurry up!” Nami shouted out, having backtracked to get me. While following her, I suddenly got the strangest feeling of being watched. I quickly turned around, but couldn't see anyone following me.

`Strange. I could've sworn….' I shrugged to myself before moving along.

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The spirit girl quickly jumped behind a big box just when Satoshi turned around.

`Whew, that was close,' she thought to herself as she noticed Satoshi walking off with the girl from before. `But that's strange. How could he detect me? I was certain I was using minimal power.'

She quietly ran through the streets, hiding as she kept on following Satoshi, more interested than before.

`Who is this boy? I'll need to get closer to him and find out.' Muttering something, and with a sudden poof, a fox was what remained. It was pale blue, with two tails. The tails had purple streaks through it. The fox took off, following Satoshi and Nami before they disappeared.

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Finally arriving at the ship and dropping off the packages in the respective rooms, I fell on the ground exhausted. Taking deep breaths, I glared at the relaxed navigator.

“You're a slave driver,” I grumbled irritated, and Nami just grinned.

“I know, I know,” her grin just widened more and she went off the room she shared with Robin to change. Remembering what I bought previously, I quickly went over to my packages and took out the necklace out. Putting it on, I quickly looked in a mirror and grinned.

`Perfect, now it looks right,' I thought, and then followed Nami, who dressed up in one of her new outfits, to where the rest of the crew was. Thankfully it was easy to find them, since there was a big pile of food on a table and one bloated Luffy at one of the restaurants. Robin and Chopper was there, discussing various things and Usopp was busy telling one of his stories to Zoro and Sanji, who weren't really listening to the sharpshooters' lies.

“Ah, Another-san, Navigator-san,” Robin called out, the rest looking up and greeting us. I went to sit between Chopper and Robin, and Nami sat between Robin and Sanji. Sanji were already gone, trying to get some food away from Luffy and giving it to Nami and swooning over her outfit.

“So, Another-san, did your shopping go well?” Robin asked with a smile on her face as I gathered some food away from Luffys' pile before he could eat it.

“It went well enough,” I replied, and quickly munched a piece of meat. `Though I'm quite sure I have a large debt now,' I didn't add. “Did you find out anything interesting about this festival, Robin-san?”

“Yes. It seems to be in relation to the legends of Mahou, or magic, that has been in history for as long as anyone could remember. Long ago, several thousands of years in fact, Mahou were common and everybody could use it.” She paused, checking to see if she had my attention. “Now it was said that there were wars between several of the islands for dominance. This angered the Kamis', who decided to restrict the usage of Mahou by sealing it in certain fruit.”

“You don't mean…” I asked, thinking of only one solution.

“Yes, the Devil Fruit. The tree in the middle of the town is called the Mana Tree, where these Devil Fruit supposedly grow. Although I haven't found enough information to support my theory yet, but I'll be looking around some more later.” She sipped some of her coffee.

“Ah, sou desu ka,” I replied. “That was interesting, Robin-san. Thank you for telling me.”

“My pleasure, Another-san.”

Suddenly I felt something rubbing against my leg. I looked down, and I noticed a small pale blue fox with two tails, purple highlights on its tail. I blinked, and lifted it up gently. Yipping slightly, the fox clambered over me, sniffing me, till it decided to settle on my shoulder. Everyone looked on interested, stopping what they were doing at the time.

Luffy, Usopp and Chopper looked at the animal with wide interest, while Sanji and Zoro looked on disinterested. Robin looked amused I grabbed the fox gently from my shoulder and placing on the table, looked at it more carefully. There was a hidden intelligence in its' gold eyes and the purple fur in the tails really looked exotic. Petting she, it purred slightly, nestling its' head in my hand and a warm feeling spread through my hands.

“What an interesting creature, Another-san,” Robin smiled. “Did she follow you here?”

“I have no idea, Robin-san. This is the first time I saw her while we were on this island,” Feeding it some of the meat I've got, it ate it up and yipped.

“Maybe she has an owner,” Nami mused and suddenly had a slight greedy look on her face. “We could return her for a reward.”

The blue fox growled at Nami and leapt back in my arms protectively. She clambered up my shoulder and nestled against my face.

“Doesn't seem like the fox has an owner, if this is how it reacts,” Zoro smirked. “Better luck next time, witch.”

“Don't call Nami-swan that, Marimo!” And with that, the swordsman and the cook started fighting again, until Nami stopped them by knocking them over the head, telling them off. Turning back, I saw Luffy looking at the fox.

“The fox needs a name!” Luffy shouted out from across the table, grinning. “I suggest Blue Purple Fox!”

“No no, Luffy. That's a lame name. Let's call it… Foxy!” Usopp stated dramatically.

“No, Two-tails is a better name!” Chopper insisted cheerfully.

I rolled my eyes as the trio started to fight about which name is better. “Reiko,” I said simply and the three looked on at me, curious as I petted the fox some more. “I'm calling the fox Reiko.” The name felt appropriate and fitting for some reason. The fox yipped happily and nuzzled my face and I laughed as the fox tickled me.

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Meanwhile, on the ocean, a distance away, a large ship slowly approached Mahou Island. The ship design was strange, as it was normal except it looked painted black, giving it a feeling like midnight has suddenly fallen over where ever the ship sailed. There was a pirate design on the sails consisting of a skull and crossbones combination. The skull had two horns going out at the sides of the head. There were several crewmembers on the ship.

“Mahou Island ahead!” A lookout spotting the island called out. The crewmembers on deck looked straight where the island appeared, halting whatever they were doing. Vicious grins started to appear on their faces.

A door opened and the captain came out of his cabin. He was a fairly massive man, but not in weight. Dressed in black pants and a black open shirt, and a strange black hat, he certainly looked creepy in all that black. He had a crooked nose and coal black merciless eyes.

“We've finally turned to that point of history again,” The captain addressed his crewmembers, licking his lips. “This time, nothing is going to stop us from obtaining what is ours!”

His crew cheered loudly, brandishing their weapons.

“We, the Mazoku Pirates, will start soon! Prepare!” And the captain returned to his quarters, slamming the door. Clenching his fist, he thought to himself. `This time, you won't stand in our way, Spirit of the Mana Tree!' and the captain laughed maniacally.

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To be continued…

Japanese to English

Onegai shimasu : Please

Kuso : Shortened from Chikuso. Means damn (correct me if I'm wrong, please)

Matta : A shortened version of Chotto Matta. Basically means wait.

Konchuu : Bug/Insect

Minna : Everyone

Honto ni : Really

Mahou Akageta : If I translated this right, it means Dawn of Magic

Baka: Idiot

Ore wa : A masculine form of me

Daijoubu : It's all right

Nani : What

Hai : Yes

Kami : A god

Sou desu ka : Is that so?

Reiko: Rei means spirit and ko means child

Author's Notes:

Well, not a bad end for a chapter I think. Another dream sequence which brings some unanswered questions. A mysterious spirit and a mysterious fruit. What does all this mean? Only time will tell.

Next time the action finally begins. What will happen? Find out in the next chapter of Mahou Mahou no Story! And please review!