Chapter 12 - Saving Bellemere
Luffy's 8, Nami's 9, Belle's 13
-Saving Bellemere-
I check the map and compass once more to make sure this was Cocoyashi Village on Conomi island that I was heading towards. If my calculations are correct and I didn't go astray then this should be the home of the future straw hat navigator. I dock the boat with ease thanks to all the experience I've gained since entering this universe and I cover the boat up with some leaves and stuff from a nearby tree. I docked a bit of a ways away from the docks to hopefully avoid having Arlong destroy my boat. I step off the boat and onto the docks before heading into town.
I walk down main street looking for a hardware store since I'm getting low on my building materials which is a real pain since I have to make some of the supplies I use and it's pretty difficult due to the complexity of the hardware. Just building the system for my tracking chips are hard enough and it took me forever to figure out how to even build them due to the lacking resources. Also my latest project of building a phone that accesses the same radio waves that the transponders snail's use isn't going too well.
I easily find a hardware store when I get out of my thinking since I was standing right in front of it and I purchase everything I need. It pays off to know how to pickpocket someone specially all the nobles in High Town without being caught. I walk out of the store with four bags full to the brim with materials and I drop those off in the cabin of my boat. I store everything properly so they won't go sliding around if I run into a storm on my way home.
I walk back out onto the deck only to spot a ship coming into the harbour and I can already identify the figure standing on the helm of the boat. I let out a curse and make my way into the forest unnoticed by anyone. I spot Nami and Nojiko hiding a couple feet away from me in the bushes watching as the Arlong Pirates landed just as I slipped into the forest. I ignore them and turn my focus back on getting to the house up on the hill. I freeze and slap myself on the face realizing that I don't have a good idea where Bellemere's house is. I look at the trees around me and smirk when I spot the perfect one for climbing.
I easily scale the thing and poke my head through the top leaves on the trees scanning for either the smoke trail from Bellemere's cooking or to spot the top of their chimney through the trees. I spot the smoke trail easily enough and I glance at the village to see that Arlong and his group are making there way over to the house. I jump to a lower branch on the tree towards the house and I continue tree jumping until I reach a branch that's close enough to the ground that I jump off. I run towards the house and I slip out of the trees onto the road that leads towards the house. I spot Dr. Nako holding Nami and Nojiko back from reaching their mother.
"Stop kid." Nako yells and I see him reaching out to me but I slide underneath the arm he reaches for me before continuing on my way. Instead of going around the house to the front I climb onto the roof of the turquois house. Luckily, I have a smoke bomb on me and I pull that out. I stay crouched and move silently towards the front where everyone is. I make it there just as Nami and Nojiko run into the open arms of their mother. I watch as Arlong ruins the touching moment and I heed my time waiting for the right moment.
Just before Arlong shoots Bellemere I drop the smoke bomb and jump silently to the ground. I knock Bellemere down just before Arlong fires and I knock her out before she can say anything. I pull out some fake blood in my pocket, I really need to stop carrying around the most random things in my pockets like I also have a random bag of dog treats and I don't even know where I can find a dog beside Chouchou in the East Blue. Maybe I'll just save them for Stefan... Nah they'll be bad by then.
I spill the fake blood all around Bellemere and on her forehead where she would've been shot if I hadn't interfered. I disappear into nearby bushes before the smoke clears and watch as the rest plays out as it should. As soon as everyone's out of eye sight I sneak out and pick up Bellemere. I silently watch for someone as I make my way to my boat hopefully unnoticed. I make it to my boat unnoticed so I drop my caution only for footsteps to sound behind me when I place my foot on the deck of my boat. I quickly and gently set Bellemere down before whipping around as I narrow my eyes at who's there. I let out a sigh when I notice that it's Genzo.
"What are you doing with her?" Genzo asks with his eyes narrowed and I stand up straight.
"I'm getting her off this island. Both her and the kids will not be if she stays here. If Arlong were to find out she's alive not only will she be hunted down and killed but everyone in this village would be killed as well if they know she's alive." I say and Genzo's eyes widen.
"She's alive? How's that possible? No one can survive getting shot in the head." Genzo says and I let out a sigh.
"She didn't get shot in the head. I took the smoke cover and knocked her over before she could get shot. I then knocked her out and covered her in fake blood to make it appear that she actually got shot and died. You can't tell anyone about this." I say narrowing my eyes even more at him.
"Why not? Can't I at least tell the girl's that she's alive?" Genzo asks and I shake my head.
"No matter how much it hurts to say this but no, you can't. If Arlong even catches wind of something like this then everyone's dead." I say pulling out my notebook and pulling out a letter that only has a flamel with an upside down V behind it with a crescent moon underneath that has a spike in the middle of the curve. I hold it out to Genzo who looks at it confused but still takes it.
"Open that in nine years after Arlong gets his ass kicked. Do not open it before that day." I say seriously to portray just how important that fact is.
"Arlong'll get his ass kicked?" Genzo asks with wide eyes.
"Yes, he will but you have to be patient. I need to get going now before Arlong has everything set up so I can't leave after that." I say pushing the boat away from the shore.
"Wait, will we see Bellemere again?" Genzo asks and I nod.
"Yeah, in the future sometime." I say already knowing when I'm bringing Bellemere back. "Goodbye for now Genzo and remember don't tell anyone about this." I say as the boat starts drifting out to sea. Without waiting for a reply I disappear into the cabin with Bellemere and I place her on the only bed in the cabin before going back out and steering the boat away.
-Time Skip – Few Days Later-Home-
"I know you're awake Bellemere." I say as we approach the doors leading into the ship bay of my house.
"Who are you kid?" Bellemere asks looking at me as she sits up.
"My name's Belle and you'll be staying here for a while." I say waving towards the two doors that were slowly opening for me.
"Why do I have to stay here?" Bellemere asks as I pull into the doors and they start shutting behind me.
"If Arlong finds out you're alive then he'll not only kill you but he'll also kill the rest of the village." I say and Bellemere pales. "That's why you're going to stay here until Arlong's dealt with."
"How long will that be? How long will I have to be away from my girls?" Bellemere asks and I pull into the docks before shutting the engine off.
"Nine years unfortunately but at least you'll be able to see your girls again. I need to ask you something before we go in though." I say and Bellemere raises an eyebrow.
"What do you want to ask?" She asks.
"It's more of a warning. There's also a Fishman living here. He's a good person but since you're in this mess because a Fishman I can understand if you don't like him at first. Give him a chance though." I say and Bellemere nods.
"It's just like with us. Some of us are good while others are bad." Bellemere says and I nod.
"Well let's get you inside then. Beside you there's two others staying here at the moment." I say climbing out of the boat and tying it to the dock. I lead her to the elevator and we take it up to the first floor of the library.
"I'm back." I holler when I step out of the elevator.
"No need to shout, we're right here." Ti says rubbing his ear and Rosi walks in with a bowl of popcorn. I plop down in one of the armchair's with Bellemere slowing doing the same in another one and Rosi takes a spot on the couch beside Ti.
"Who's your friend? Another person you saved from death?" Rosi asks.
"Yeah this is Bellemere, she'll be staying here with you two." I say. "Bellemere this is Fisher Tiger and Donquixote Rosinante, I just call him Rosi."
"Okay, are you ever going to actually being staying here for longer than a week?" Ti asks.
"Not for another four years. I've got three idiots I still need to look out for and besides we made a promise to leave the island to start our pirating careers when we're seventeen." I say shrugging and a familiar song starts up in the background.
"So we basically have this place to ourselves for four years?" Ti asks.
"I'll be bringing another person here in about a year but otherwise yes while I pop in randomly." I say glancing towards the tv and freezing. "Why are you guys' watching Naruto? More importantly, where the hell did you get it?"
"It sounded interesting and it is. We grabbed it from the shelf over there. We were arguing between watching Naruto and the one called Initial D." Rosi says waving towards the shelf and I get up to investigate it only to find multiple DVDs there with titles I recognize.
"When the hell did this stuff show up?" I ask looking back to the two.
"About a week after you dropped off Ti." Rosi says and I blink in surprise.
"That should be impossible. Then again my situation is supposed to be impossible." I mutter staring at the shelf and I raise an eyebrow when a yellow glow appears only to have a couple more volumes of stuff appears. "Extremely weird."
"Yeah that's how they keep appearing. I thought it was your doing or a devil fruit." Rosi says and I shake my head.
"Not my doing and I don't think there's a devil fruit that would be able to go across dimensions. I'm surprised you guys didn't pick One Piece." I say shaking my head before turning back to look at everyone. Two out of the three where giving me confused looks.
"What are you talking about?" Ti asks.
"Right I should probably tell you two since you'll be staying here for a while. Anyway, I'm from a different world and when I died there I somehow woke up here at the tender age of nine." I say.
"Are you possibly crazy?" Bellemere asks and I cross my arms looking away with a small pout.
"I am not crazy. I speak the truth." I say.
"Prove it." Ti says.
"How the hell can I prove it?" I ask and Rosi raises an eyebrow.
"Your boat, your blueprints, your weapons, your kitchen, your scars, your tattoos, the stuff you know, the paper airplanes you make when you're bored, your fighting skills, your knowledge, your tracking chips and device, do I need to go on?" Rosi asks and I glare at him.
"Shush you, I would've remembered something in a bit." I say.
"What the hell are paper airplanes?" Ti asks and I grab a random blank piece of paper before quickly folding it into a paper airplane. I throw it and the two stare at it in amazement.
"That's a paper airplane." I say and the two turn to look at me again when the plane hits the wall.
"What did he mean by your weapons? I've already seen your boat and I'll admit it's different than others." Bellemere says.
"It's extrememly different and it's the reason she can make it here in one piece without being eaten by a sea king even though she could probably beat the thing's ass." Rosi says.
"What do you mean?" Ti asks.
"This island is located in the Calm Belt." Rosi says shocking the two and I pull the 9mm gun I had in the back of my pants with the safety on out.
"This is what he meant by my weapons. This is just a smaller one but it's almost completely different from the ones you use." I say pulling it apart in seconds and laying it on the table so they could look at it.
"So this holds the bullets?" Bellemere asks picking up the clip.
"Yeah, that one holds twelve bullets." I say putting the gun back together.
"It's so small." Ti says while Bellemere and I switch what we're holding.
"That's because this is a handgun. You guys mainly use rifles which are bigger." I say.
"They're a lot heavier too. This thing is so light and it's small so it's easy to conceal." Bellemere says holding the handgun and inspecting it.
"Handguns are made to be easy to carry around for self defense and simple to use." I say. "I have some more complicated ones made and the heaviest one is probably the bazooka."
"How many do you have?" Ti asks.
"Twenty-two inn total at the moment." I say before tilting my head. "Why did I make a bazooka actually? I can just use the grenade launcher for most things."
"Don't bother asking, she gets like this at points and won't explain things while she thinks about things." Rosi says spotting Bellemere going to open her mouth.
"A grenade is like a bomb just smaller and it shoots out shrapnel. A bazooka is bigger and focuses mainly on blowing something up." I say.
"Wow she actually was paying attention this time." Rosi says and I lightly smack him in the back of the head.
"Shut up." I say before turning back to the other two. "I'll give you a tour of my workshop later if you'd like."
"That would be interesting." Bellemere says with Ti nodding in agreement.
"How come I never got a tour of your workshop?" Rosi asks.
"When you first got here it was only an empty room and I'll let you come with this time but you're not allowed your cigarettes, lighter, and you have to stay by my side the whole time." I say and Rosi frowns. "Don't even try saying it's all an act. You are clumsy as hell and in there it could cost us our lives."
"I'll stay right by your side." Rosi says. "Why did you mention the One Piece earlier?"
"Where I originally come from, where practically all concepts I have in my brain comes from has a TV show called One Piece. It's about this pirate's adventure to find the One Piece and as a matter of fact it's based on this world." I say and the three blinks in surprise.
"Who's the pirate it follows?" Bellemere asks curiously.
"One Monkey D. Luffy." I say and I laugh as Rosi falls off the couch.
"Luffy's only like eight, right? Why would it follow an eight-year old's adventures and he's not a pirate?" Rosi says and I roll my eyes.
"It follows Luffy's journey once he turns seventeen." I say walking over to the book shelves having a suspicion that proves right when I spot the One Piece manga's there as well as some others. I grab the first volume and flip to when they land at Shells Town before showing it to Rosi.
"Okay, that does look a lot like Luffy but older." Rosi says and I take the book back.
"I have to get going now. I want to be able to have a little talk with the Revolutionaries before they completely disappear again and I need to deliver something to them." I say as I put back that volume and grab a scrap book that was hidden in with some of the other books from this world. "I'll be back to switch boats in a day or two."
"Don't piss them off." Ti says waving as I enter the elevator.
"I like these guys so I'm trying not too." I say before the doors close and I head down to the docks. I scan through the few boats I have ready trying to decide what to take and my eyes land on the experimental jet ski I made.
"Need to test it eventually." I say shrugging before grabbing a waterproof backpack from under the tool bench near the elevator. I place the scrapbook inside it before realizing I need to grab a couple other things that are back in my room. I tap my foot impatiently waiting for the elevator to get here even though I made it go as fast as I could. I get off on the third floor after waiting for a bit for the elevator and run off to my room where I grab a top hat with goggles on it that was hanging from my bed frame post. I then open a drawer in my night stand to reveal three guns I grab one of the handguns and six extra clips before jumping over the railing and landing on the first floor of my room. I grab the envelope on my desk that has Sabo written across the front in cursive before exiting my room and running back to the library where I once again jump the railing. I land on the floor shocking the three before taking off to the kitchen.
"Bye guys." I yell as I enter the kitchen and grab a couple sandwiches from the fridge before climbing into the elevator near there. I make sure my bag's shut tight before jumping on the jet ski and taking off towards Shimotsuki Village.
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