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Chapter 3 - Chapter 1.5

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there won't be a title because nothing really happens here.

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The trio is seen in an isolated house. They were all sitting near tables (except for Nami). Luffy was blissfully eating some sandwiches at the table. Shana at the side seemed to be eating a melon bread that she had saved while she thought about some things about the world where she was.

"Yum!" Luffy swallowed a sandwich.

"Shouldn't you be asking questions now?" Alastor glowed and reminded. "Your time here is ripping itself apart."

" *chomp* Right."

Nami was just observing everything and smiling a little bit. After a while Shana spoke."So..." Shana two stopped their movements when Shana spoke. "So...where exactly am I? I mean, where is this place?"

"Well, if you're right. You're in Orange town, and it's a quiet, relaxed village. One of the more normal Islands east blue."Nami explained. "Anyway, I should say 'was' before Buggy and his pirates invaded. That's why the place is so lifeless now."

"Buggy. A fairly quirky name I most say." Alastor glowed.

Shana looked more confused but didn't miss her indifferent gaze. "You just opened a drawer, with more questions for me." Shana told. "I'll take it slow. First. Where is this east blue I'm at?"

Nami was confused. "What. don't you know? Its in the Blue sea. East blue is one of the five seas that comprise half of the blue sea."

Shana raised an eyebrow. "Blue sea?"

"Yes." Nami nodded. "TheBlue Seais a huge body of water spanning across the Sea itself is divided into five oceans by theRed Lineand theCalm Belts:North Blueis the northernmost ocean of the Blue Sea South Blueis the southernmost ocean of the Blue Sea East Blueis the easternmost ocean of the Blue Sea. West Blueis the westernmost ocean of the Blue Se. And finally, the Grand Lineis the part of the Blue Sea enclosed by the Calm Belts."

"That's where I'm going!" Luffy said casually as he ate another sandwich.

"What? What would someone like you want on the grand line, that place and hell on earth!" Nami got scared.

"That's because I'm going to become ki- POOF!" Luffy was going to say his dream until Shana backhanded him annoyingly.

"Focus on me!" Shana remembered.

"...Right, of course! Sorry."

"I want to get one thing straight, miss. I've never heard of any of those places. And I don't know if the blue sea part hit my head the way it should have." Shana told. "You're clearly making something up."

"What? No! I'm telling the truth. How could I lie to you?" Nami protested.

"Are you sure? I don't know about you, but right now I'm talking to a girl who just robbed a house." Shana stated before looking away.

"How rude! I'm just stealing from pirates. I'm not like those scumbag sneaky thieves." Nami defended.

"A bounty hunter and an assassin would say the same thing. Thief is Thief." Shana told. "More off topic, I want to make it clear that I only believe you if you show me some strong evidence."

Nami sighed "Did your parents never tell you anything about the world?" Nami then took a kind of scroll out of her clothes. "Here."

Shana took the scroll and opened it. It took a few more minutes after seeing him, her eyes bulged in shock. "M-M what…?"

"I admit that I'm not 100% sure what the world map looks like. But I agree with myself that this isn't it." Alastor glowed. "The lands are very far apart. And most of the markings are from the ocean."

"You've never seen anything like this? This is a map of the grand line. We're not there, but there's no difference between them when it comes to appearances."

"It's completely different from the world map. There's almost no land here. That...It's impossible!" Shana said in disbelief.

"I think I have a guess." Alastor glowed. "But I don't think it's a good idea to say it here."

"I-Intended to." Shana breathed. She then hands the map back.

"Who are you talking to?" Nami asked.

Shana was embarrassed. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! No one!" Shana snapped.

Nami simply sweatdropped comically. "She is one of those types."

"A map of the grand line! I was looking for this." Luffy recognized it. He then looked at Nami. "Do you know how to sail?"

Nami turned around. "Huh? Me? Of course! Far more than any other!"

"Cool. Want to be my navigator!" Luffy suggested. Nami seemed to like the idea.

"Seriously! I would love to! What do you do? You're a tourist?"

"Oh no I'm a pirate." Nami then froze briefly before frowning in disgust. "In that case, forget it. So you are a pirate?"

'What a coincidence.' Shana thought.

"Yes of course! That straw hat was an oath I made with a man who-" But before he could finish Nami slammed both hands on the table.

"As I thought. You were going to say king of the pirates right then, weren't you? There's nothing in this world I hate more than pirates."

"Huh?" Shana was confused. The most she had seen of pirates at Yuji's house, they didn't look that bad.

"I only like tangerines and Money." Nami said.

"Let's go! Be our navigator."

"I said no." Nami said before getting up. "And you don't get near him." She said to Shana.

"I didn't understand. What's wrong with being a pirate?" Shana asked. This confused Nami.

"Yeah. What's the matter?" Luffy seemed to agree.

Nami then crouched down next to Shana. "Yes, there is a problem! Pirates are the sin of this world. They destroy, steal other people's treasure. And kill anyone who hears of defying them."

"Hey, that's not true." Luffy said. "Pirates are cool."

"You are a very bad liar!" Nami then decided to leave this scene, tired of it all.

"?" Luffy went back to eating normally. Meanwhile, Shana started watching him. She didn't see how people like him could be bad.

'I see a difference, in perspective. Maybe this is my chance.' Shana thought.

"Hey you." Shana called with her arms crossed.

"Huh?"

"I have a question for you." Shana got to the point. "What do you think a pirate means?"

"Oh! That's easy!" Luffy's grin widened. "Freedom!

"Huh?" Shana looked interested. She raised an eyebrow.

"Being a pirate means you're free to do whatever you want! Go wherever you please! It means that you are your own person!" Luffy took off his hat and stared down at it as he continued, "That's what being a pirate means!"

He looked up at Shana and saw her expression soften. He noticed that her face was a bit pale. "I...I...See..." It seems she never thought of it that way before.

Her face also slightly became paler before returning to normal. Shana smiled. That's the first time he's seen her smile.

"So...what's the reason for you to become a pirate, Pirate King?" Shana tried to change the subject. Luffy looked happy.

"Shishishi! That's easy too!" Luffy then continued. "I swore to a man that I would become a pirate and build an amazing crew, to find the One Piece. This straw hat is proof!"

Luffy then put his hat on his head proudly. "Even if I die trying to achieve it. that's fine too."

Shana got silenced again. She had expected Luffy to talk a lot but not for so much information. Her mind wandered.

"He seems like the type to laugh in the face of death, and face it fearlessly." Alastor glowed.

"He's like Yuji but. More exaggerated."

'I get it...' Shana thought. Her mind was like a closet. Full of clothes. Clothes to wear. However, some dirty and few clean. There were a lot of dirty ones and the few clean clothes were hidden in the middle. Her mind was like that. Shana seemed on a train of thought, looking for the right outfit to wear and say. But she seemed to have already found the perfect shirt for the perfect pants. "Live freely. Go wherever you want, and meet special people. Achieve your dreams without fear of danger...'

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Luffy seemed to be back to eating.

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'The answer is so obvious. That... is a pirate.' Shana thought.

"Let's go outside for a moment. Brainstorming is needed." Alastor glowed.

"OK." Shana said. She then got up. "I'm going out for a bit." She said. Luffy didn't seem to pay attention as he was eating. Shana seeing this simply decides to leave.

And at the same time, Nami's voice is heard as she returns to the kitchen. "Okay, maybe I could consider becoming a pirate with some conditions." She begins.

"Huh?" Luffy turned. "Oh. Its you again. What is it? I'll do anything!"

"Okay. I want you to come see Buggy the Clown with me. " Nami explained."But..."

In a split second, Luffy is seen tied in ropes. "You have to go like this."

"Why am I tied up?" he asks casually.

"It's just strings. Is there a problem?"

"Hmmm..." Luffy thought before smiling. "No! I've been wanting to see other pirates anyway. Let's go!" Luffy started walking alone.

"Hey wait!" Nami tried to keep up. However, in this result she noticed the absence of Shana. "Hey. Where did that little girl go?"

"Oh! She said she was going for a walk." Luffy replied which made Nami intense.

"W-What do you mean!? Why didn't she stay here?! There are pirates out there!" Nami said.

OUT OF THE HOUSE.

Shana was taking a walk around the house, just thinking along with Alastor.

"When I came here I noticed many anomalies that don't compare to the normal world. People who eat fruits from hell or the crimson world. A different world map with routes I've never heard of. And almost everywhere is covered with water." Shana playbacked.

"Yes, yes. It's a redundant and illogical conclusion, plus it's impossible for any place to be like that. I'm left with the conclusion that."

"That creature sent us to another world." Shana submitted to Alastor. "It's very possible. The differences are too great. If this is our world yet. It wouldn't make sense for me never to hear about 'devil's fruit'."

"I still have my doubts. All about that creature with an immense amount of existence power. We'll have to find more information about the individual." Alastor glowed. "But I'm not sure we'll get satisfactory answers."

"I'm still homestruck. What was that, if not a Denizens or a flame haze?" Shana continued.

" i've met countless beings that universal power and a menacing approach. but this gray of black it emitted I know not. We don't know its origins or why it sent us here. All we can do is theorize."

"This was a strange occurrence indeed... I wonder if it has something to do with the world I once knew?"

"Well. it must have sent us here as a mean of distraction. But no matter what world I'm in, my goal as a Flame haze remains the same. Whatever it may be, I'll fight it again."

"I wonder why he choose this realm? Well, it doesn't matter now I suppose. What matters is how do we get out."

""Let's see. when a world happens to be flooded in water everywhere. And my powers have weakened without Yuji by my side." Shana begin's to think.

"You're thinking about that human youth, Shana? I've noticed you augmented a supply of interest on him."

Shana closed her eyes. "Yes. I don't know which exactly. His will. His optimism. He just reminds me of."

"That mystes. I presume."

Shana paused for a moment. She started to think. 'Stopping to think, this place is nothing different from mine. Devil fruits are lords. By eating them you make a pact, and gain their corresponding abilities. None of these users are human. They are the same as me. Where did they come from, if the crimsom world doesn't exist here? I don't know another world that exists. I am destined to fight this.' Shana thought. 'More when the whole place is deserted in water. I can't lock myself in here.'

The flame-haired hunter then opens her eyes and decides to go back to the house. 'I wonder if he would accept a Flame haze. It doesn't seem to be difficult to convince him.'

In the middle of it then. Shana heard something that completely blurred her vision. She turned around only to see 3 generic Buggy pirates, who appeared to be looking for the Grand line chart.

The two men were wearing red shirts while the third guy wore blue didn't even notice Shana. Shana was shocked by the lack of reaction. After all, it was hard for her to believe that anyone in this island could be that oblivious.

"Are they blind?" Shana wondered snidely.

"Hi! I heard something!" One of the pirates said. "It sounded like someone's voice."

"A female voice!"

"Must be that girl then. Hurry!" The pirates then started looking around and saw Shana in front of them. Instantly, they approached her.

"Oh no! It's just a child!"

"Well, maybe she knows something about her."

"True! It doesn't hurt to ask. Hey you!" One of the pirates drew a sword. "Did you happen to see a thief with orange hair running around these parts?"

"That's it! We're after her. Answer what you know!"

Shana didn't seem to feel threatened or scared. "Yes, I saw."

"Oh yeah! Which direction did she go?"

"What happens if I don't respond?"

"Grrr. for a little girl you have a lot of guts to talk back to pirates like us like that. Let's give her a demonstration of what happens if you don't comply!" A pirate rest of the crew followed suit. The remaining pirates took positions.

Shana stared at them, her eyes not moving away from the swords."You're a really annoying girl aren't you?" one of the pirates asked."You shouldn't talk to superiors like that." Another one added.

"Huh?" The pirates then belong Shana began to walk away.

"Later. I don't like pointless fights." Shana said without looking back which piqued the pirates' fury.

"GRRR!" One of the pirates runs towards Shana. "I'LL SLICE YOU IN HALF!"

The girl looking back simply picked up something from her yogasa, which was the nietono no Shana and twirled with it before bending down.

The result...

Splash*

"AHHHHH!" A large scar appears on the pirate's chest. He screams in pain as blood oozes from there. The pirate then fell silent before falling to the ground unconscious.

The other three pirates stared at her stunned, confused and afraid ."What... happened?!" co" that was a sudden change of event.

Shana looked at the wound for a few seconds before sighing and standing straight.

Before they could do anything. Her hair started to turn red like it was on fire.

Pirates began to shiver in fear. When Shana's hair turned red they screamed. reached the point of falling to the ground.

"Wha... what is this?"One man said trying to comprehend.

Shana stood still, looking calmly at the pirates that began to tremble."Who...are you!?" Another pirate stutters.

"Don't tell me you ate a Devil Fruit like Captain Buggy!"

Shana decided not to answer. Something a little out of character.

"No! That girl is the devil himself! Let's get out of here, forget the map! Let's retire and become normal bandits!"

"That's right, good idea!" the pirates then left their weapons and ran away aimlessly. Shana's hair then began to return to normal. Which was the black one.

Shana began to walk away from the pirates. Not caring much.

And with it. She begins to see two figures heading in a specific direction. Shana stops and looks at them more deeply. She sees that one of the figures has short hair and the other has a straw hat.

After looking at this, she then turns around and continues on her way to the house.

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Just kidding, she eventually recognized the straw hat and the short hair, knowing who those belonged to. Shana off course decided to follow them, casually. Until notifying something more. The straw hat rubber boy was tied in ropes and could only move his legs.

The straw hat was being dragged along and the two had stopped to face a building. This house was the same size as the others.

"We're there. Well, almost." Nami announced. "If i'm right, which of course i'am Buggy's hideout is right here."

"Is he in this house over there?" Luffy asked.

"Sure. It's been a while so you can say it's his territory."

"Ah, I get it. If you can join me? So, the only thing I have to do is climb that house." "Ah, I get it. can you untie me? So, the only thing I have to do is climb that house."

"No, you can't because..." Nami tried to look for an excuse. "It just stays that way, which is important."

"Ok. If you say so..." Luffy said before starting to walk with Nami again. "Ok. If you say so..." Luffy said before starting to walk with Nami again.

Shana, who was watching from afar, realized that Luffy was in danger. 'Does this idiot have any idea that he's being tricked?' Shana thought. 'Who would ask someone to go somewhere tied up? i barely, left for a moment and he's already in danger. That pirate 'Buggy' will kill him if I don't do something. And this thief will only gain from it.'

Shana decided to jump out of a house. She does this to see the group better.

"You can either face this 'Buggy' yourself, or you can free the Straw Hat human." Alastor glowed.

Shana nodded respectfully. "I've made up my mind, Alastor." Shana then prepares to jump.

First her sword starts to catch fire, and along with that. "HIEN!" Shana backstepped before throwing tip-shaped projectile made of fire that intentionally hit the floor next to Nami and Luffy.