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Finally, I've started my journey! No more literal death training, just me the ocean and adventure! It was a perfect day, and I was currently sitting in my dinghy with the wind pushing me along. Releasing my weight seals i give an enormous sigh of relief, no more physical tor… I mean training for a while!
Meanwhile a swarm of clones transformed into birds fly out in all directions scouting out the area to find the cruise ship Nami is on.
"Finally, I can relax! SHISHISHI, time for a nap" Slumping down onto the floor of my dinghy, I was asleep in seconds, with noisemaker playing a gentle instrumental. ( Long Voyage By Sam Levine )
A few hours later just after noon, one of my clones got a hit.
Sitting up in the Dinghy I took a moment to yawn and stretch. "What a nice nap ShiShiShi!" then I was ready.
*BOOM!* from one blink to the next a massive geyser of water erupted from under the dinghy, it was reduced to splinters as I used pure force to jump straight up, now over 2,000 feet in the air hovering on bat like wings.
"FREEDOMMMM!!! Shishishi!" I couldn't help but laugh and yell in jubilation, after two years of self-inflicted hell I was gonna meet my first Nakama and set out to fulfill my Dreams.
Hand on my hat to keep it in place a flex of my wings shoots me off towards my destiny leaving nothing but splinters behind, bobbing in the waves. In no time, I was slowing down into another hover about 1,000 feet over the only cruise ship close enough to be the one.
"Shishishi!"
I laugh out loud, then my wings seamlessly melt away and I'm in free fall right towards the deck of the ship, a hand still holding my hat on my head, mad grin splitting my face in half, my captains coat streaming behind me in the wind. At the last second a casual Geppo has me making a transition onto the deck without a stutter and just like that I'm onboard.
Having timed it so the deck watchmen didn't see anything, I jam my hands into my short pockets and hunch forward. In a less goofy Doucheflamingo like walk which emphasizes my breasts. With pep in my step, I prance on down into the lower decks of the ship like I own it. Which to be honest I might as well, at that thought I don't bother to suppress the laugh that bubbles up. "Shishishi!"
I'm so absolutely giddy to finally be getting started, that it's honestly all I can do not to cackle like a mad woman constantly. Instead, I'm doing it every few seconds, but I couldn't care less.
In no time at all, I'm at the garishly decorated entrance to the ballroom Having followed my senses to the largest concentration of emotional signatures, Sage Mode OP™.
Mentally toggling noisemaker to play (My name is.. By Once Monsters) At a loud volume, I give it a minute to play then I make my entrance throwing the doors open, arms spread, head down, hat covering my eyes.
The party had fallen silent in shock at the music coming from nowhere and now they all turn to look as the doors slam into the walls with a loud thud. I slowly raise my head, standing to my full height and begin to scan the crowd. After only a second my eyes catch a flash of orange in a far corner of the room, there she is!
My breathing stutters for a moment, I feel my excited smile widen, my eyes sweep over her, taking in every detail.
Two years of training to get here, forcing myself to keep my word to Ace and not leave Dawn Island. But finally, I've found my first nakama. I'm finally gonna build my crew, meet the people I've been wanting to meet my whole life! Live my wildest dreams!
My thoughts come to a screeching halt as my eyes finish their sweep to make eye contact with her across the ballroom. My heart slams against my ribs and the world fades away as I get lost in her eyes. What must have been my subconscious toggles the noisemaker off plunging the room into silence. I begin making my way to her, breaking the quiet as people start to make meaningless noise. I cause further chaos as those not fast enough to get out of my way are not a consideration.
Why could I feel her emotions clearer than anybody I'd ever sensed? Some sort of bond? Doesn't matter she's so sad I have to help her!
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Nami's Pov.
Nami was tired not just physically but mentally, she'd been doing this for years trying to get enough to buy the freedom of her and those she loved. But deep down she knew Arlong would never let her, or her loved ones go. Even if she wasn't the best navigator and map maker in the entire east blue, he wouldn't let her go just out of sheer spite. Arlong hates humans, wants nothing more than to see them suffer.
Her inner child wounded as it was spoke to her, why couldn't heroes be real? Why couldn't someone help her? But no that's all those thoughts where the wishes of a little girl forced to carry the burden of keeping everything she cared about alive unlike with Belm…
Sighing under her breath and fighting off her depressing thoughts before she could finish the last one, Nami looked out across the ballroom. She'd boarded this ship because it was headed through the territory of iron mace Alvida, a pirate she planned to rob in the confusion that would happen as the pirates pillaged and raided.
Nursing the drink she'd got some rich punk to buy her, she scanned the crowd. It wasn't even hard rich idiots were so easy! Speaking of rich idiots another one emerged from the crowd to talk to her, but just as he was getting ready to open his mouth. Strange music started blasting through the entire ballroom drowning out the live band.
Not knowing exactly what was going on but trusting her instincts Nami moved over into a corner and hunkered down. As the crowd and the idiot weren't looking her way, she slipped off her dress to reveal a pirate disguise underneath, getting ready to flee. Hoping that the distraction of the music from nowhere would mean no one noticed as she slipped out.
"What kind of music is this?" She whispered under her breath as she listened, the beat and instruments where strange, the feeling the song gave was a challenge and a declaration.
After around a minute and as the song began a refrain the ballroom doors where slammed open by something. It was a person, who turned out to be, a tall striking woman wearing a captain's coat, straw hat, bikini top, shorts and sandals of all things.
Now she was even more perplexed by this woman appearing shortly after the strange music had started blaring through the room. Nami stared as the woman raised her head standing even taller as she straightened from a hunch and scanned the crowd.
The woman's eyes, glowing red eyes, got to Nami, and they locked onto to her. Taking her in, they swept over her head to toe, now alarmed wondering why this woman with weird eyes had singled her out Nami's instincts began to scream at her to run. But just as her legs began to tense up to do so, the woman's eyes rose and met her own.
Nami's heart slammed into her ribs not from fear but in excitement.
What's this feeling? Are they emotions? Not mine Hers! But how?! What is this? Why do I feel nothing but comfort and protection WHAT IS THIS! The music stopped? What… Heart racing as their eyes remained locked, Nami remained frozen staring as the woman made her way unerringly across the room to her. As if pulled by gravity itself.
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It felt like an eternity but finally I was there looking down into Nami's eyes as she craned her neck back to keep looking into mine. Then, I finally managed to speak quietly just to her. "I'm Monkey D. Reina, I'm gonna be Queen of the Pirates. Ask me for anything and it's yours."
Her eyes widened and I could feel a cocktail of emotions mainly hurt and anger over the bond I now realized went both ways. So, I sent reassurance, loyalty, love and comfort back to her. Her mounting furry was doused like a candle and she bit her lip as her eyes started to water, cautious hope started to bloom from her as she felt my sincere emotions, there was no lying through this bond. Somehow, we both knew that in our souls.
With a flex of Will clones appeared forming a wall separating us from everyone else and forcing people out of the ballroom over their loud protests, but neither of us reacted to that as our eyes remained locked together and the bond came further alive somehow.
She spoke her voice shaky from the overwhelming emotions I could feel from her. "I'm Nami…please…please I don't how this is possible but please Reina, help me!" Choking back a sob as tears rolled down her cheeks at the end of her plea, desperate delicate hope pouring from her.
I raised my hand and tenderly stroked her cheek wiping some of her tears away. Feeling her relieved acceptance and so much more as the touch deepened the bond further. In what felt like years but was a split second the bond relayed our emotions back and forth. We were speaking without speaking in a trance as our souls circled each other in a dance. Suddenly with a click they fully connected, there was one last step to seal it permanently.
We both gasped in awe as we felt what we needed to do. Then I leaned down and kissed her through what I knew where now happy tears.
A minute or so later I was pulling away from her sweet lips as she mewled like a kitten for a moment and chased mine only for her eyes to snap open blushing clear down to her shoulders as embarrassment pulsed from her. Her mouth started moving as if she was trying to speak but she couldn't find the words.
I couldn't help but let out an amused chuckle tinged with a growl of arousal as I spoke low and teasingly. "What a needy little kitten you turned out to be Nami." Sending lust, love and comfort over the bond as I did.
She blushed even harder at my teasing, I put my arms around her and pulled her into a hug, she ended up with her face smooshed into my tits as she calmed down. The bond was alight after finalizing and our emotions were doing the work of months or even years of knowing each other in those few minutes that I held her.
The tension bled out her and she gave a relived sigh as she pulled her head back and looked up at me with an adorable pout going on a bit of an exasperated rant.
"I don't even know how this is possible, you just said you were going to be the pirate queen of all things and then offered to do anything for me that I wanted! And now somehow we can feel each other's emotions and I know I can trust you with anything what the hell is this?"
"ShiShiShi!" I couldn't stop a laugh from erupting out of me as I threw my head back and let it free.
It echoed loud and free across the now empty room, the sheer joy I felt at just listening to her rant at the situation and me was to much to stop it. After a while I finally calmed down enough to stop laughing and look down at Nami again. Who had begun to grudgingly chuckle along, swept up in the sheer joy she could feel from me.
I looked at her, then before she could react pecked her on the lips again. Causing her to blush and lightly smack me with her fist.
"Hey, quit it! we can do that stuff later! Answer my question already do you know what's going on? What just happened to us?"
My smirk widened at her admission that we'd be doing, quote that stuff later feeling a hint of her lust. Her blush started to deepen somewhat but before it could go any further, I cleared my throat sending calming reassurance and spoke.
"So a long story for another time when we've gathered all of our nakama, at least in east blue that is. The short version is a me from another world fused with the me from this world. The me from the other world had seen a version of this one as a storybook that she'd always loved. So, when we ended up as one person, it gave me a kinda vision of the future, along with some really cool powers! That's why I'm here I was trying to find and help you, one of my nakama!"
Nami's jaw dropped comically in shock as she felt the truth of my words, causing me to chuckle and begin to poke her cheek with a finger seeing how long she'd take to snap out of it.
"Quit that, you Idiot!" She snapped as she smacked my hand away with an adorable angry growl. A tick mark appeared over her brow as she felt my amusement increase even more. As she began to get more annoyed, I calmed down and smiled at her gently waiting for her to speak.
After a few seconds she felt my calm which calmed her, thinking for a moment she spoke. "So whatever sent that you from the other world here is responsible for this bond? Or is it another one of those powers you got?"
Nodding at her question I responded. "So it was a goddess that sent me here and gave me powers but the bond isn't one of them. She mentioned when I talked to her that she was going to make some small fun tweaks. If this is the type of tweaks she made I can certainly live with that, this is amazing."
I couldn't help but keep smiling, if it wasn't for my regeneration my cheeks would've been on fire.
Nami pondered my response for a moment then with a nod she spoke again. "I can't say I'm mad at it either having someone that I know I can count on, that's what I've been wishing for, for years now." As her voice trails off I feel a tinge of sadness as she thinks about all her hardships.
I stop her before she can fall into a downward spiral of dark thoughts and emotions. Lifting her chin with my fingers gazing into her eyes as I flood her with love and comfort as I speak. "It's not just me you know. We've got other nakama to recruit, and an adventure to go on. You wanna make a map of the whole world, right? What better way to do that than on the ship of the future Pirate Queen SHISHISHI!"
I feel her emotions lift as she gives me a shy smile, her excitement about her dream radiating off her. After a moment her smile turned playful as she replies with a scoff. "Urghh don't remind me how could I end up bound to a stupid sexy pirate woman?"
She couldn't keep a straight face for the entire sentence and finished it with a giggle.
I gave a chuckle as well and then sobered slightly sending confidence, comfort and love as I speak. "We're going to gather up the crew, which are honestly all along the way, and then I'm going to murderize some fish-men for you ok kitten?"
Her eyes widened for a moment and she blushed pleased at the nickname, then a surge of happy vindictive pleasure burst from her, and she almost shouted her response. "That sounds amazing Reina! I Can't wait, But are you sure it'll be that easy even with a crew and these powers of yours?"
Giving an evil grin, the glow in my eyes flashed a smidge brighter as I replied. "Nami you have no idea, I'll let you in on a little secret Arlong was a small fish in a big pond, that pond was the grand line. You don't really have a frame of reference for it but it's a whole nother level. Theres a little more to it but keeping it simple, to be able to get away with what he's got away with he had to run all the way here to the east blue the weakest sea. He's a coward that ran and found a tiny pond to hide in, so he can feel like a big fish. I got my future vision 2 years ago and I've spent that entire time training, getting ready, I can destroy mountains, Arlong is nothing to me now."
I feel shocked anger, not at my words which she knew to be true but, at the true context of the tragedy that she's been living since Arlong showed up on her Island. Then denial shifting into acceptance at my final words, overwhelmed she grabbed a fistful of my coat as she shook in rage as the first part hit her again. I began sending her comfort and calm and just hugged her again, rocking slightly side to side as I hold her.
After a little bit she had once again calmed down and let out a sigh into my tits as she pulled away slightly so she could speak. "He always seemed like an insurmountable obstacle that was eventually going to kill me and everything that I loved, thanks to the bond I know you're not lying so...How do we get started? I'm guessing you know where our apparently future nakama are?"
Giving her a soft smile I slide my right hand down her left arm, then slide it back up under the sleeve of her shirt. Causing her to stiffen slightly but then relax as I send love and protectiveness. As I begin to use an application of medical ninjutsu to dissolve the tattoo, i reply.
"I sure do but, we're going to start by getting his disgusting mark off your skin with one of those powers I got. In a little while a whale of a pirate named Alvida should show up looking to raid this ship. There is a kid on her ship that needs some help. I'll send Alvida flying and then we'll grab a boat and skedaddle before the marines get here." As I finished speaking, I pull my hand away and pull her sleeve up revealing unblemished skin. Shock and pure happiness flows over me, as her right hand comes up to cover her mouth. More happy tears springing to her eyes. stepping away from me a little she takes a while admiring her left arm where the tattoo used to be.
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After a minute or so Nami seemed to snap out of her trance and her eyes locked onto to me. I felt, Pure hope, joy and a flurry of other positive emotions but after a moment she settled on WANT.
With a surge of lust, she jumped at me, and I caught her easily. Then we were kissing, exploring each other's mouths with our tongues, I let out a needy groan and she responded with one of her own. wrapping her arms around my neck and her legs tightly around my waist. I adjusted my arms, so I was holding her up by her ass and my fondling got another moan from her.
Words weren't needed as I moaned into the kiss again, after some time she ran out of air and pulled back panting as a string of saliva stretched connecting our mouths for a moment longer before breaking.
Both our lusts were running wild, but we could feel Nami wasn't ready to go further. Panting with need she leaned her forehead on mine as our hot breaths mixed and we started to calm down. Once we'd somewhat managed that, she relaxed, her legs hung loose, arms around my neck in a loose circle. I held her up slightly higher interlacing my fingers and letting her use my hands as a seat.
She begins to giggle a little hysterically, So I send love and comfort as I continue to hold her with a grin on my face. Walking over to a wall I lean my back against it and then slide down causing her to be sitting on my lap. The next few minutes are spent in silence with the occasional giggle from the both of us as our emotions flow back and forth and we calm down completely for now.
Nami gives me a soft smile sending thanks as she's finally ready to speak again. "Ok so we rob Alvida, help this kid? You beat Alvida's ass, then we head out to recruit our next crew member that about cover it Captain?"
Oh, It's my turn to blush at being called Captain. I didn't know that would do it for me but it does. I give her an appreciative grin and nod my head speaking. "Yup, the kids name is Koby he wants to join the marines and be one of the good ones. Not a goal I understand but I'll never insult someone's dream. Once Alvida is delt with we'll steal a boat and take Koby with us, the rest is a…..secret!"
I finish with a burst of playfulness and stick out my tongue. I feel shock and surprise then playful anger as Nami gives me a pout thumping my shoulder with a fist as she speaks. "Reina! You dummy, tell me what's gonna happen! Who are our nakama!"
She finishes with a plaintive whine and genuine curiosity. I just shove back reassurance and reply with a laugh. "ShiShiShi! But that wouldn't be any fun! Besides I'm me but still different and I don't know what else the Goddess tweaked. So it's better I stay quite both so things don't change and in case they do by foreknowledge affecting our action's. I'll fill you in whenever I can, trust me ok?"
At my response her pout eases and I feel her acceptance as she nods. "That makes sense and I do trust you Reina, it's so amazing to feel like this again."
I send love which she returned but neither of us where ready to voice that aloud yet.
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We're relaxing against each other, after a little while Nami looks around the room surprised at its emptiness. Just now noticing it and wondering what happened to everyone. I feel her embarrassment when she realizes how long it had taken her to notice. I smirk leaned against the wall with my eyes closed, my amusement causes her to question me.
"Reina where is everybody? Did you use one of your powers to scare them away or something? Where you the one making that music that came from nowhere?"
I open one eye to give her a look, my smirk widens further. Just a little bit more… there it is! Right as she started to get mad at my not answering I sit up and pecking her lips, then as she blushed and her anger receded I send comfort and reply. "Your adorable when your angry Nami! ShiShiShi! Let's answer your questions in reverse, Yes I made the music it's a power I have called noisemaker. It lets me make noise, including recreating stuff I've heard. The other Me's world had interesting music! How I emptied the room is one of my strongest powers, clones!"
Flexing my will to control my chakra a clone appears a short distance away for a moment and givs a friendly wave before poofing into a tiny wisp of smoke. Nami's jaw drops in awe again and once again with a smirk I start poking her cheek with a finger. Although a memory from a clone makes it practical as well.
"Quit it! Reina!" she smacks my hand away.
"ShiShiShi! No time for shock Nami, so my clones are awesome, their me basically, they can make more of themselves, share memories, and have all my abilities. I'll explain the whole story behind them another time, but a clone just watched Alvida's ship lift anchor. in a minute or so we'll be taking canon fire from them. So come on, get up so I can go deal with them."
Feeling my somewhat more serious mood Nami gives a firm nod and stands offering me a hand up. Grabbing her hand I don't put any weight on it as I get up with pure grace and strength, then I give her hand a kiss. I feel her happiness at the simple action which I return as I stand to my full height. Reaching back and placing my hat back onto my head from where it had fallen and hung from a string around my neck.
I then place my hands in my pockets and resume my Doucheflamingo esque hunch. Strutting out of the room feeling her exasperated amusement she follows behind me.
Toggling noisemaker to play (Strut By Emeline) in a radius around me at a medium volume. Nami's amusement is joined by her curiosity then embarrassment at the content of the song as she yells at me.
"Reina!"
My answering laugh just makes her embarrassment worse.
"ShiShiShi!"
The *boom* of a canon ball hitting the water reaches us from outside.
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End note: So that's the end of chapter 2 and one of Tina's tweaks have been revealed. Unsure if I'm going with the soul bond for just Reina and her Polycule or more people are getting it. For the members of the Polycule they will be bound to each other as well not just Reina. The bond works despite her mental defenses because it's soul based, she would want it to anyways and it's from Tina who owns her soul. I hope y'all enjoyed reading this and I'm looking forward to your feedback!
Thanks for reading.