RT_Ninja: welcome back! Let's see how things go for our dear Kirayan.

Aoi: Hey, fuck you!

RT_Ninja: Just do the disclaimer!

Aoi: Ninja doesn't own One Piece, any of it's characters or story. She owns me though. Fair warning, characters may be Out of Character.

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Aoi's POV

I swear to god that I did not expect to be on a rock when I woke up. Especially not on a rock in the middle of the fucking ocean.

I sighed and took in my surroundings. The sky was clear and blue, so I assumed it must be around noon. I was still in my long flannel shirt and I was barefoot. I would have assumed I had been kidnapped and left here if not for two reasons.

1.) I lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. No oceans just a big lake surrounded by city.

2.) The world around me was animated. Like in One Piece.

"There's no way." I said, shaking the stupid thought from my mind. There was no way in hell I was in One Piece. And if I was, I was dreaming.

"This is totally a dream. Any minute now, Portgas D. Ace, himself will jump on this rock and pronounce his undying love for me and I'll be a badass fighter." I scoffed and lied down on the rock and waited for my claim to come true. I waited... And waited... And waited... And waited some more.

I sat up with a scowl. I looked around not so sure of myself anymore. But, there's no way I could be in One Piece... Right?

"There is no fucking way." I said and waited for the attractive fire-fist to appear. But... Nothing. Ace wasn't appearing anywhere.

I pulled myself up on to my knees and searched around my rock. I could do a lot of things to myself in a dream that most people couldn't do with out waking up. Like dive off a cliff in to the water or trip and fall on my face. But one thing I could never do in a dream with out waking up was draw blood. And it was time for me to wake the fuck up.

I found what I was searching for at long last. It was just under the water on a small ledge. An actual broken piece of glass. It was rather large, curved and sharp, indicating a broken bottle. With a shaky breath, I dragged the glass near the bend of my elbow...

And almost shit myself.

Not only had I just done that, but as I watched my blood drip out on to the rock, I realized.

This was not a fucking dream.

"Oh god... Oh god... Oh god what do I do? I'm in the middle of the ocean in my pajamas and I don't know how to fucking swim! Perfect! Just fucking perfect, Kirayan! Look what you've done!" I cursed myself. I sat on the rock again and pressed my right hand to the cut on my left arm. I was likely to get an infection if someone didn't find me.

"Calm down, Aoi. Think. You cut yourself with the glass from a broken bottle. Either there is shore near by or you are conveniently placed in a place of constant travel." I thought to myself. I cursed myself for never learning how to swim. I then noticed a ship approaching me.

"HEY! OVER HERE! HELP!" I screeched as loud as I could. As the ship got closer, I almost shit myself again.

That wasn't just any passing ship.

It was a marine's ship.

"Fuck."  I thought. I looked around. I had two options here.

1.) Allow myself to be taken on to a marine's ship and be stuck with the biggest assholes in the entire OP world.

2.) Throw my self in to the ocean and hold on to the rock underwater in hopes of hiding from the sea-shits and pray there were no sharks around.

Glancing at the water around me and the approaching ship rapidly, I decided what to do. It was as dumb as shit, but I would rather it be this way than another.

I quickly cast myself in to the ocean and held on to the edge for dear life. I was under for only a few seconds before I needed oxygen. It was only a few seconds longer that I passed out from the lack there of.

Ace's POV

I looked forward to reuniting with the Whitebeard pirates after this long, grueling mission which had turned up uneventful yet again.

I sailed on, my flames spewing out the back of my boat, propelling me forward and closer to home.

I spotted a ship in the distance. "Marines. Let's not go there.. Huh?" I thought. My eyes landed on a rock not far from the Marine ship, and not far from that, floating in a pool of their own blood, was a person.

I turned towards the person, praying they weren't dead. I slowed as I reached them. I examined the body closer.

It was a woman. She was pretty. Very pretty, even my goofy little brother, Luffy, would have been suprised at how pretty she was.

Her skin was pink from sunburn, but I could tell that with out the burn, she had a fair complexion. Her hair was a light blue and was about medium length. She only wore a long, flannel shirt.

Her left arm was bleeding from a cut on her forearm just below the bend of her elbow.

I looked up at the Marines ship. It was approaching fast. I looked at the woman.

"Hey, wake up!" I called. She didn't respond. I bent down and reached for her arm.

"You better not be dead for me to go through this for you." I grunted as I reached. Even just skimming the water top with my fingers weakened me a bit, but I still reached for the woman.

"Come... On... A little... More..." I stretched as far as I could. My fingers finally met her wrist and I pulled her from the water. I had no choice but to toss her over my shoulder. I felt her stomach and chest rise and fall with slow breaths. She was alive, but barely. I had to get her to the Moby. We had excellent doctors there. They can help her.

Quickly, I made my way back to the Moby Dick, the woman on my shoulder unconscious and barely breathing the whole way.

Aoi's POV

Time skip

When I woke, I wasn't in the water. In fact, I was in a nice fluffy bed. I heard voices outside the room. I couldn't make out any words, but I was sure it was about me.

I sat up and looked at my arm. There was a bandage around it.

"Okay, so this is no dream. Next question, where the hell am I and how did I get here?" I thought and looked around the room. I remembered sitting on the rock and cutting my arm with a shard from a broken beer bottle. I waited for a bit, but then I saw a ship...

A Marines ship.

I was on a Marines ship.

I leapt from the bed, in a hurry to get myself back to the sea until the Straw Hats or Whitebeard pirates could pick me up or until I drowned or was eaten by a Sea King. Even that would be better than being on a Marines ship. But the covers of the bed wrapped around my legs and waist, causing me to fall flat on my face.

Thud!

My body hit the ground, my head bounced off the wooden floor. I kicked my legs in an attempt to free them.

Bam!

The door was thrown open as people rushed in. I began to panic.

"Hey, calm down, you're okay." A familiar voice said. My head snapped up and my eyes locked with...

Thatch?!

I swallowed hard. If I was looking at Thatch, that had to mean I was further back in the anime. But the question was how far back was I? Would I be begging Ace not to chase Blackbeard in a day? A week? A month? Where was I at in the anime? Did I have a chance to save Ace? Could I save Ace? That was what I had wished for before I got here, after all.

"Hey, calm down, none of us here are going to hurt you. Are you okay?" He asked as he gently freed my legs from the bedding. I sat up on my knees and nodded, still too shocked to speak.

"Anyways, my name is Thatch. Nice to meet you..." He trailed off, waiting for my name. I opened my mouth to tell him my name, but all came out was a sound that almost sounded like a choke or a scratch. I grabbed my throat in surprise.

You can't be serious.

I couldn't fucking speak!

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RT_Ninja: alright, well, let's see how things go next chapter.