Yea I usually put random titles to just hold the place, then I think about the final title after viewing what the entire chapter covered, but I think I'll keep this one (I did).
You must be swift as the coursing river~
With all the force of a great typhoon~
With all the strength of a raging fire~
Mysterious as the dark side of tHE MOOOOOOOONNNNN
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"A ship is in the air," I pointed out, staring upwards.
Usopp looked up, seeing that I wasn't lying. I fell over when he moved to climb onto Brownbeard's head with Luffy, saying that the ship was a Navy warship. I can't believe he'd just get up and leave when I was using him as my support so my back wouldn't hurt. What can I say, I don't like sitting on things that don't have back support.
"Oi, somebody's there!" Usopp called out.
I looked around the large pirate we were using as our ride, and I saw a familiar face. "Oh it's... OI! OIIIII! Do you remember me?! Thanks for your help that time!" Luffy yelled towards Law.
Zoro leaned over me and seemed to recognize him too, "He's... the guy we met at Sabaody."
"His name is Trafalgar Law. He is now a-"
Robin's information was cut off by Luffy who blurted, "Yes! His name is Tra...Tora-o! Yea, that's his name. He helped me and (y/n) get away from the battlefield and he treated my wounds!"
"Your wounds?" Robin repeated.
"Yup! Like Jinbei, he saved my life! Oiiiii!" he already took off towards Law.
Robin turned to me and asked, "He really took you both away from Marineford?"
I leaned back on my hands and nodded, "Yep. He even dropped me off at my island of pain. I owe him one. I'd rather not go embarrass myself and run over to him though since he's always got something smart to say. Especially with no Bepo in sight. I love Bepo."
"Who is Bepo?" Usopp questioned.
I grinned, "He's the talking polar bear from Sabaody, if you remember him."
"Oh, yea I- Hey! There's a Navy soldier on the ground!" the sniper said, pointing to it. Everyone on Brownbeard looked over, seeing that he was right. A white haired man with a familiar jitte laid out on the snow covered floor. Just as we spotted him, a bunch of people plus a deep blue haired woman ran up towards the fallen man. Usopp warned Luffy of the oncoming people, but Luffy just stayed next to Law, watching as they came into view.
Tashigi (Idk if we ever knew her name but now we do bbg) held Nicotine Man in her hands, and then stood up and darted over to Law. The doctor created his "room" bubble and pointed his sword at both Smoker and her. I don't really know what happened, but she fell without him even touching her.
"What was that?" Zoro grumbled from beside me.
"No idea," I responded. He didn't do anything like that 2 years ago, that's for sure.
"Oi, Luffy! Let's go, it's dangerous over here!" our sniper called to him after witnessing all of the other navy officers catching up to where Law was. Luffy nodded in response and then came running over toward us after getting told something by Law. In the middle of Law saying whatever he was saying, he pointed his sword at me. I looked around me to make sure I was the person he was motioning to. Yep. I was. Now that I think about it, he hasn't gotten rid of his "room" thing-
...Whoa, what? Why can I only see out of one eye? Why am I no longer looking at Law? I blinked once, trying to figure out if my left eyelid maybe got frozen shut. Nope. It was not opening. Why am I sitting to the left side of Brownbeard now? I looked back at where I was sitting, realizing that I was still sitting there. Except I wasn't because I was sitting here, not there. But that's definitely my body right there. Why can I see myself? Is this a dream?
"....huh," I blurted aloud. Why am I sounding.....different? (I'm pretty sure the anime just made their voices corrispond with the person in the body, but they still sounded the same, or else the kids would have figured it out sooner. So I'm gonna say that their voices stay the same, but the anime wanted to make it clear that they switched bodies)
Luffy jumped back onto Brownbeard's back, and I helped him get back on, but in the process I realized that these hands are not mine. I looked back over at...me, seeing that I was already looking at...myself? This is so confusing. What twilight zone is this?
I scooted over to my body and muttered, "Do I look like Zoro right now?"
"Yea, you look like me. Do I look like (y/n)?"
"Yep, you're me."
"Hmm... Something isn't right here."
"No shit Sherlock-"
"THERE YOU ARRREEEE! GUYSSSS~!" Luffy shouted, making both of us turn to see that we were coming up on the rest of the crew plus a bunch of kids. Some of those kids were...huge, by the way. Like a giant's child kinda huge.
I didn't have time to think about that, though, because I spotted Sanji... doing some kind of dance. I feel like I've seen a dance like that before. I don't mean his weird pervert noodle dance, but like...Chopper dances.
"Why's that jackass cook jumping around? Did he go nuts from the cold?" Zoro grumbled from my body.
Usopp's head spun around and he quirked a brow, "Jackass cook...? Zoro, get away from her... you're a bad influence..."
"How am I a bad influence?" Zoro questioned, irked.
"I said Zoro, why are you answering for him-"
"Eh?! NO! STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, FRANKY?!" I whipped my head around at the sound of Luffy's yelling, witnessing Franky clobber Nami over the head.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" I yelled, standing up in surprise. I practically fell off Brownbeard in surprise. Did Franky go batshit while we were gone or something?! I hopped off our ride and ran over to the half dead woman. "Damn Franky, I hope you're ready to die when she wakes up."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! He was looking at my chest again!" he yelled.
I stared at him blankly, "...HE was staring at YOUR chest?"
"...There is a lot to explain," Sanji said, patting my shoulder. "I'm glad you guys are alright, Zoro."
My body was suddenly in between Sanji and I, pushing us apart, "Get away from me ero-cook!" Oh right, that's Zoro in there.
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Luffy stepped forward in our little cave shelter and said, "Alright. Now who's who?"
Chopper stepped forward first and stated, "I'm Franky! Don't come to me when you're wounded!" That was pretty easy since Franky's facial expressions are now on Chopper's cute face. It's easy to distinguish.
"I'm Chopper! I'll treat your wounds," he said from Sanji's body. His eyes look softer than regular Sanji and he acts completely different, so that should be easy to remember.
"I'm Nami. I will never shoot a laser beam," Nami claimed from Franky's body. Clearly, I would be able to tell Nami is in there and not Franky. They're just opposites.
"Why not? It could be fun," I questioned.
Before she could blow up on me, Sanji called out from Nami's body: "And this is our... NAMI-SAN~!" He opened her jacket to show her bust.
I facepalmed while Fran-Nami started writing up Sanji's tab for whenever he messes with her body. This got Luffy and Usopp started cracking up. I threw my arm over my own shoulders and looked down to Zoro, who was staring at my arms, moving them around. He then opened my coat and reached to grab my shirt.
"O-OI!" I panicked, grabbing my own hands and pulling them away from my shirt, "What the hell are you trying to do?!"
"You don't need a shirt under your coat-"
"SAYS WHO?!"
"WHAT'RE YOU DOING TO (Y/N)-SWAN?!"
I grabbed Nami's ankle midair when a kick came flying in my direction, remembering that the one in this body was Sanji. I squinted and looked at her face after dropping the leg that aimed to kick me, "Huh. You make Nami's eyes blue, Sanji."
"Don't get so close to Nami's body, you green bastard, and don't touch (y/n)-swan like that," he growled at me, getting in my face. Kinda contradicted himself there, getting closer and all.
"I'm a green bastard now? Woe is me," I dramatically gasped, placing a hand on my forehead and leaning away from him.
"The hell-"
"I'm Zoro," the man butted in, standing there in my body with his arms crossed over my chest. My mental names for everyone from now on will be CFranky, SChopper, FNami, NSanji, and (Zo/ro). Body changes mean new clarifications for everyone so I don't get confused.
NSanji stared at (Zo/ro) for a second, and then fell to his knees, clutching his- or Nami's hair in his hands. "This can't be happening..." he cried, literal tears coming out of his eyes. He then sped his way over to (Zo/ro), clutching the coat I stole earlier. "If you so much as look at her body I'll-"
I placed my hand on his shoulder to stop him from talking, saying, "Sanji, I don't think I need to worry about Zoro doing that. You on the other hand..."The blond started sulking on the floor again, muttering about how he was confused on how to act now. It was funny. This body was probably the last one that he needed me to be in. I looked back at (Zo/ro) and said, "Ya know, I'm feeling hella buff right now. I'm pretty sure you have no body fat percentage, its nonexistent. I wouldn't expect much less, considering you were always working out."
He nodded toward me and then looked down at my body, "I can't see my feet because of your ti-" I smacked him over the head.
Once everyone was done catching up, Usopp started explaining what happened so far, and the samurai who was still missing his torso added in that he was looking for his son. He still hasn't found him, but all these kids that the others picked up were hidden in this weird building so there was a good chance his son was in here as well. Another thing I found out was that Law was a Shichibukai now. It's crazy how he reached that level in two years, but since it's him, I don't feel very surprised.
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"What the hell is this, Usopp?! It spoils Nami's beauty!" NSanji shouted.
"Cut the crap! We'll get confused if nothing's done," the sniper shot back (puns). He made us little drawings of each of us that went on our forehead in order to show who is who, and NSanji clearly wasn't with the idea of it.
"Just shut up and wear it," (Zo/ro) grunted.
"Ok, (y/n)-swaaa- WAIT! DAMNIT!"
"Dumbass."
"DON'T SAY THAT IN HER BODY!"
I facepalmed and pulled the two of the apart, throwing my own body over my shoulder. "That's enough of that, my beautiful, lovely, and favorite crewmate, (y/n)-channn. Let's sit down with Luffy over here very calmly," I sang, placing (Zo/ro) onto the huge broken pipe thing that our captain was sitting on. He seemed to be having a conversation with Brownbeard.
"Don't say that crap in my body-"
"Shut up, woman. Stay still," I commanded, trying to keep a straight face. He jumped me in response, ready to beat the shit out of me. I got a punch to the jaw before I grabbed both of his fists. "IT WAS A JOKE, JUST SIT DOWN!" I eventually pried him off me and we sat next to Luffy again right as Brownbeard started explaining what the "Worst Generation" was. Newsflash, it was really just our generation of fuck ups. Hawkins, a member of said generation, apparently cut this guy's legs off which made him escape to Punk Hazard. It was more like he got washed up on the closest island he could get to.
"This place...this island...used to be a lush green treasure house of life," he said, catching my attention.
"Really?" Luffy questioned.
"It's nothing like that now," (Zo/ro) pointed out.
He went on to explain that four years ago, a scientist named Vegapunk who would experiment on prisoners with his team here had a something go horribly wrong, causing an explosion of two out of his three laboratories to explode. This cave is what remains of one of those exploded laboratories.
"I see, so there was a huge explosion. That's why this place is a mess," Usopp hummed.
"The explosion belched intense heat and toxic substances. But in that critical condition, the government left those guinea pig prisoners and escaped from the island then shut it down completely. The prisoners stayed in the third laboratory, the only place left standing, and sheltered themselves from the poison gas that was all over the island. Even those who survived were paralyzed mainly in their lower body because of the nerve gas and lost hope in their future. But... a year later... our merciful Master came to the island! He purified the gas all over the island with his special ability and gave those prisoners who couldn't walk mechanical means to move and took them on as lackeys!" Brownbeard said the last bit in a very fond tone.
CFranky, Brook, and SChopper all cried out, "MASTER!" They were moved by the tale. It was really weird too see Sanji's body cry like that without it being the cause of some kind of lady problem.
Brownbeard continued, "I landed here a year later, two years ago. There was still some toxic substances in the air and I felt nauseous when I breathed in. Just when I thought I had no energy left to live and this was the end...I saw the prisoners who lost their legs like I did and the master! His kindness saved my life as it did the others. Vegapunk was a devil because he paralyzed my comrades' legs but the master was our warm-hearted savior. And then a few months ago, the second savior- Trafalgar Law who had gained the title of Shichibukai...using his special abilities, he gave those of us, who couldn't walk as we wished, legs. The legs of animals! We thought we would never walk again, so we couldn't stop crying from happiness!"
"What a touching story!" SChopper and CFranky sobbed.
"I see, so Troa-o is a good guy as I thought!" Luffy chirped. "He saved my life, too!"
"Vegapunk is a horrible person," Nami muttered.
"That's why there were those half sheep people at the laboratory," Sanji reasoned.
"Centaurs and the bird woman, too. But wait, what about the dragon?" Usopp asked.
"Oh, you saw the dragon? That's and artificial being that Vegapunk created to guard the island. It can adapt itself to any kind of enviroment. I heard some Celestial Dragon liked it and named it. I forgot the name, but if you see it, you better run," Brownbeard warned us. "It's extremely aggressive."
"One of those environments apparently did not include my stomach," I blurted out. Robin laughed, so I was fulfilled. She's the only one I can depend on in these dire times. Anyway, I found the nearest block of ice while Brownbeard kept on talking, and I kind of just stared at Zoro's body in my reflection. Not in a weird way, just a stupid way.
"What're you doing over here?" Usopp queried as he made his way over to me.
"I was just wondering what a dancing Zoro looked like," I responded. He was about to say something else until I started moonwalking, staring at myself in the reflective ice. Usopp toppled over, busting out laughing while I started doing the shimmy. I started doing the sprinkler next, and then I heard something other than Usopp's wheezing. I heard...very fast footsteps. I didn't have a chance to think about who that was until I was kicked in the back of the head.
"WILL YOU QUIT IT?!" (Zo/ro) shouted, irked at my actions.
I held up a fist from the floor and sang, "I've been hit by a smooth criminal~!" A dark aura surrounded (Zo/ro), but I kept going. "I've done what needed to be done!"
"We'll remember you, soldier," Usopp said, standing up and saluting me. I dropped my arm and stuck my tongue out, trying to act dead. "Pffftt- HAHAHA!"
I started cracking up and sat up from my dent in the slow, "You made me break character, Usopp! Why'd you laugh?!"
"But doing that with Zoro's face is so-"
"ZORO! GO WITH SANJI AND BROOK!" FNami screamed, making me jump to my feet in surprise. She was looking at me, but I pointed towards (Zo/ro), reminding her that I was definitely not him. "WHATEVER! BOTH OF YOU! GO!"
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"Because you're such an idiot, I was forced to go look for the stinking samurai too, you perv!" (Zo/ro) yelled, his forehead butting with NSanji while our group sprinted in the direction Brook directed the samurai to look for his missing torso.
"Do you think I wanted this?! I can't even kill you since you're in (y/n)-swan's body!" NSanji yelled back.
"Nami only hit me," Brook sulked, a bump on his head as he ran a few feet away from the other two. "Are you all worrying if my bones got broken? No, the only thing that was broken is my will to see panties."
I shook my head at the arguing pair and looked over at the skeleton man, catching up to him. "Well if it makes you feel any better, Nami didn't let me stay back even if I'm not Zoro. Glad you're here instead of just these two idiots."
"(y/n)-san, thank you for thinking of me-"
"WHY DOES HER BODY NOT HAVE A SHIRT ON, YOU BASTARD?!"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" I shrieked, turning to look at (Zo/ro), who still had that oversized coat on from earlier. This time, though, I could very clearly see my chest peaking through. "WHAT THE FUCK?! DO YOU WANNA DIE?!"
"I didn't try to look, it was just uncomfortable so I-"
"I DON'T CARE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! ASK FIRST AT LEAST!" I smacked him over the head.
"DON'T HIT-" Sanji seemed to remember that I was hitting Zoro, not the other way around. "...put her shirt back on, marimo!" he demanded, correcting himself by looking at him instead of me. "But first open the coat for a second-"
"LIKE HELL!" I shouted, punching Sanji on the head. I replayed the entire conversation in my head, and then realized something. "Wait did you just say you didn't try to look? As in you looked accidentally?"
"Since it's you, it's not that I didn't want to see. I tried but I saw anyway."
"GET OVER HERE, ZORO!"
"WAIT-"
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I just love throwing Zoro's character into these weird situations bc he never really gets them canonically. I don't think he'd look at Nami's chest if he was in her body, but for someone who he likes? Questionable, especially when he's already taking it off.