Big Surf Island (Kuina POV)
As Kuina looks at the destruction she had wrote on the tree. “Eh we will just ignore that... and go see if my clothes have dried” On the way to where she remembered she had come from, she felt where her tail popped out, finding that it lifted her shirt a bit, moved down her shorts and underwear and was above where her Tanto was attached at her belt.
“Little un-comfortable, gives meaning to Tail Bone Eh?” She came upon her stockings and poncho looking dry but nasty. She picked up the stockings and felt slightly weak like she had ran up a small hill. “Right... Sea Weakness... I wonder if one can train resistance to that.
DING!
|FOR THE FIRST TIME AND FOR HOLDING AN ITEM WITH THE SICKNESS OF DEVIL FRUIT USERS YOU HAVE GAINED EXPERIANCE AND 1 LEVEL OF RESISTANCE TO SEA STONE TOLERANCE|
+250 Tolerance EXP
+1 LVL: Sea Stone Tolerance
The ding went off in my head from the system and came up as a notification in the top right of my vision. “EHH? Well at least it is not too distracting in the top right” She dropped the socks back on the branch. “I’ll need to clean the salt off before I put on that stuff... Wait … what happened to the salt that was on the clothes on my body” I look down and notice that the clothes are dry and also no salt or sand was on my person, I could also feel my unseeable area's didn’t have any uncomfortable wet or sandy feel.
*‘Kuina-sama... can you be a Dear and start a fire. I do not want you to freeze tonight. you were already sniffling this morning' My Ancestor asked as if ice would not melt in her maw.... 'And Dearie, ice would melt in my mouth... And you may call me... Ahh lets go with the first "Iteration" of us... Kimiko... Shimotsuki D. Kimiko was our name back then...'*
I sweat a little. 'Eh?... she can hear my thoughts?'... She replies in her head back 'not just the ones directed at me. Like our power, it is all in the Intention'
We go a little further than my drying tree and stop at a clear spot of half sandy and dirt some grass spot with a fire pit, 'Looks like someone has used this before.'
I collect some loose tinder and the logs that are near the pit and make a fire stack. I put some little tinder pieces holding up two logs in a log cabin formation with some dried out leaves and debris in the center of it, and as I reach for an ignition source, I realize that ‘no’ I am not out camping on a survival course
*‘Well built... Kuina-sama are you not of eight years? Where did you... Never mind, please step back a little bit and will a small jolt of electricity to ignite the fire.’*
With a bit of curiosity and skepticism, ‘Like this?’ I step back a bit and hold up my arm and Will the power up from my core to zap the tinder. I picture my core acting like a Tesla Coil and produce a “12-volt Vari!” (zzzzZAP) The bolt left my hand and the fire started to light up. “Well now I know why the characters do not call out their moves... Embarrassing...”
Kimiko says with curiosity. * Characters? What do you mean? You speak like it's from a story ... and on that note, how do you know to make a fire and swing the blade that way and make references to interesting concepts? *
“Uh... well since you are a part of me now, I think I can tell you. It is well... this is not my first body either. Also, I am not from here. This body had an owner before too... it was not on my order that me and the original owner merged but a Higher being intervened when Kuina/ I was dying. He saw it as an opportunity to make her soul stronger and add someone from another universe to Fix. To set a future in a better direction. Me like the other Soul were from a place called Earth, and we had a Story or set of stories of this world. The main story was silly, well it was entertainment... not real.” I said with a bit of anticipation of denial and disbelief from the fox spirit.
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* ‘... ... ... So, you are not Kuina? You feel like my descendant. You say she died? And her soul... Ah... I had a feeling that our connection was weakening with the family magic... Whoever this Higher Being is I thank him for saving our lineage but then who are you?... Actually, no. It is fine I do not feel another person. You are Kuina-sama ... so you have memories of another life and what do you also know of the events of this world? You said it was a story?... hmm that will make explaining some stuff easier...’ * She said it with conviction and acceptance.
I felt relieved and accepted my situation from her and myself. “Yeah. I, as in Kuina, have knowledge of this world and of a past life. Not specifics of my family back there, I know I had a life back there, but friends and family… are faded out. Eh, well, I’ll think about it later.” I say with acceptance of myself and start eating the fruit I picked while we were Speaking.
*mmm... So, I have an idea of what I want to do... First, I want to get my Twin and if our mother is with her, I will get her also and well maybe make a crew... not a Pirate Crew ... more like an Adventure Crew. A Party of Adventurers, collect bounties on Bad Pirates and help regular civilians out... maybe help The Marines... Not The World Government though ... they can burn in hell... corruption fucks. * I communicate with her in my mind space.
Kimiko is speechless for a bit while I eat and rest by the fire but then decides to speak up. * ‘Kuina-Sama... How have the Pirates and The World Government portrayed in your Stories?... And do you know the layout of the world? Is our family mentioned?... I get the concept of Adventure.... but Bounties? Why would you only go after Bad Pirates and help The Organization of Marines? They are Government Dogs. As in they enforce the laws that Governments set upon the populace of our world!’*
I scoff, and pause to explain my understanding to her in the ONE-PIECE Manga... The main Character Monkey D. Luffy is a Pirate captain of a crew of good … well ... not your typical pirate crew... they do not rape, murder or steal from the populace they help. They take down Bad and Corrupt Pirates and Bad Marines, Luffy in one chapter takes out a Celestial Dragon to save A Lady Merman from a slave auction. The Dragon was going to shoot an already hurt Male Merman to stop the rescue... Heh, it was so cool in the Manga. ANY WAY The World Government is corrupt and a Dictatorship. Ran by a supposed supreme leader called IMU and mostly managed by a Council of five elders ... also a whole bunch of others that I am not going to get into right now. The Marines are … well... an organization divided into 3 factions of Justice. Lazy, Moral and Absolute Justice and yeah Moral and Absolute butt heads all the time. For the same goal just in different ways. Moral works for the Ideal of the Peace. Absolute are the ‘DOGS’ of the Navy. Government Slaves ...
Yes... Shimotsuki is mentioned more so in the Greater World Lore. And Me... in the story Kuina at age 11 has an accident and dies ... it was more of a story advancement for one of the main crew Roronoa Zoro who was the cousin and childhood friend. Also, in one of the chapters Zoro fights against a shadow zombie named Ryuma. The readers of the story later find out in a roundabout way that the Sword that Zoro Received from the fight was Shimotsuki Ryuma‘s Sword Shusui, 1 of the 21 great blades. Also, in the latest arc that I’ve read, they are in the country of Wano where there are several Shimotsuki Family members alive and fighting back against a Tyrannical Ruler known as Pirate Yonko: Kaidou
Kimiko was Shocked. *And yes, it looks like our Pirates, World Gov’ and Marines sound similar... well, actually the same. I do not know of the specifics, like the factions... but … it has been like 150 years since our last iteration walked this plane. And… ohh… you know of our Ancestral home... Good. Roronoa? ... Ryuma!... My Ryuma?... Hmmm? Does that mean that Furiko Married that Pinzoro Boy... This Zoro... Does he have Moss Green hair? And gets lost easily?... ‘* said with a resigned sigh...
“Pft... Ki-hahahahaha!” I start laughing while slapping my knee like an old man... “Yep... That sounds like Moss Head” ... (hmm so we are related through Ryuma eh?
*‘Alright... enough about my son and his offspring. We should design Your Training Regime. I guess you know of the Haki Arts? Like I accidently used in my words earlier ... We use Haki that has been built up since the first known Shimotsuki. At that time Wano was considered a war state so there were very Strong and Influential Clan Heads that had to also protect Wano from the Gods of the World, like the Kitsune and World Serpent and the many Naitamie-Nordida Zo and other walking titans of ¿◇♧■¿... Huh?’* She was talking with an almost reverent tone when talking about the family and Haki until the name that even the Being had an issue of saying.
Did IMU do that? But why would it affect the Being? Kimiko started to go off in a rant about the Void Century. “Welp I think if IMU did erase the name of the world, how in hell is Luffy supposed to fight that?”