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Page 06 - Tales of the World

You do not know how long you have stayed in the Dream World but it felt like an eternity to you. You wished that there is someone here you could accompany in their dreams before they would wake up.

Your head perked up when you sensed some sort of danger coming and your eyebrows furrowed. You raised your Bachi and strummed it hard on your shamisen as you transported back to the real world.

You were on deck when you saw two men whom you recognized, Thatch and Teach. Your eyes widened when you saw Teach was about to attack Thatch so you quickly put away your shamisen and unsheathed your sword to intercept.

In the blink of an eye, the dagger was blocked by a sword that startled the two men. You looked down at Teach and glared intensely at him which gives him shivers down his spine.

"(F-First Name)?" Thatch said.

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you or gotten anywhere near you. Seems my gut feeling was right after all" you sneered.

You drew out his dagger and kicked him in the shins causing Teach to groan in pain. You then ran and high jump kicked him in a far distance.

You turned to Thatch and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

He nodded and his eyes widened. "(First Name), behind you!!"

You turned around and you managed to parry the sneak attack from Teach. Both of you have been in a series of strikes and blocks until you landed a cut on his shoulder.

Who were you kidding? He's experienced in combat as well so he tossed a barrel at you as a distraction and quickly grabbed the devil fruit as he made a run for it.

"Oi, come back here, you shithead!!" you shouted as you chased after him but were stopped by Thatch.

"Don't go after him now, (First Name)" he said.

"Why now?! He will cause more trouble with the devil fruit if we let him be!!" you interjected.

"I know but we have to let Pops and the others first before we make our decision!!"

You were silent as you gritted your teeth and yanked your wrist away from him.

"I'll be taking my leave first. Pass this message to Pops that I will assist in killing that bastard if I ever see him again and tell Marco that I told him so" you said cooly as you strummed your shamisen and disappeared.

Thatch sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck. You became a different person when it comes to these things and it scared him a little bit.

"Thatch!! We heard a noise!! Are you okay?"

He turned to one of his brothers who came to check the situation out and told him that he needs to speak to Pops about this.

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You were walking around the Conomi Islands in a village called Cocoyashi Village. You were playing with your shamisen when you heard a rustle. You turned towards the source when you saw a girl with short bluish indigo hair and a headband pulled back on her head and she got tattoos on her arm.

(I forgot which side!!)

"Excuse me but I don't recognize you from around the village. May I ask who you are?" the girl asked.

"Hm. I guess most people would refer to me as the Spiritual Storyteller" you replied.

Her eyes widened when she recognized your epithet. "It's you!! What are you doing here? Sorry but we can't hear stories from you right now"

"I'm just here playing my shamisen. I did think of telling stories here but it seems this village is completely barren so I don't have any intentions of that" you answered.

"Well, you better leave now, or else you'll get hurt" she warned.

You tilted your head in confusion. "Why? Is this place controlled by pirates?"

She nodded in response. "Yea, the whole Conomi Islands have been under the control of the Arlong Pirates for 8 years and an outsider like you shouldn't be here before they would find you"

You hummed. "I see. Thanks for the heads up. I'll get going now"

You turned around and walked away but stopped midway which confuses the girl.

"Before I go, allow me to tell the tale of the Arlong Pirates' fearful control of the islands, and sooner or later, they will be freed once and for all when the time comes"

Her eyes widened and she nodded. You grinned and happily walked away while playing music on your shamisen.

The girl sighed as she watched your disappearing figure.

They're truly a mysterious teller . . .

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"They're here in Alabasta?"

Crocodile was reading the report from one of the Baroque Works agents as the cigar in his mouth was burning out. He placed it down and looked at his partner, Nico Robin.

"They are in one of the streets, telling stories about Alabasta's downfall as well as the true atrocities behind it" Robin explained.

He smirked, thinking that it was ridiculous that you were trying to tell the people that he was the one behind everything. They won't believe them however, he shouldn't underestimate their power. And true to that, people are slowly starting to have second thoughts but it was the minority and not the majority so it was all in vain. To him, at least.

"Don't pay attention to that. People will never believe their silly little stories" he chuckled.

Robin smiled and left the office, not saying a word. Crocodile scoffed and continue doing his work.

But he couldn't help but feel a sense of dread but shook it off.

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It's been a couple of weeks since you've been in Alabasta and let's say, you're enjoying your usual routine of telling stories with your shamisen to the townspeople. They all enjoyed them and this makes you happy.

"(First Name)?"

You turned to whoever called and were shocked to see Ace staring at you.

His eyes brightened and immediately ran towards you. You moved to the side as he jumped and crash-landed on the floor.

"Wow. Not even a hug?"

"I just don't want my shamisen to be broken by your heavy ass" you retorted.

He got up and dusted off his body as he turned to you and hugged you while you sighed.

"It's been so long since I last saw you!!" he giggled as he blushed.

"I wish it was longer" you drawled.

Ace broke the hug and coughed as he took out a wanted poster and showed it to you.

"Anyways, have you seen this guy?" he asked.

"You know Luffy?"

"You know my little brother?!" he exclaimed.

"Brother?! I didn't know he was your brother!!" you exclaimed. "Whatever. Let's go and eat somewhere. Im starving"

"Woah, I didn't take you the type to ask anyone on a date" He smirked and you rolled your eyes.

"Think however you want, you sleeping lighter"

"Hey, at least I'm a great pillow for you"

Author's note: I know it's rushed but I don't care. I feel bad that this didn't get updated for a long while.

Anygays, I hope you like this chapter!!