The Bond between Us

The Boy with knives

So I combined the chapters The Boy With Knives and The Fight into one chapter because they were really short chapters.-10/25/2024

Before you dive into the story, I just wanted to clarify a few things. In this tale, Uta will be gathering a crew and going on adventures - much like Luffy in One Piece. However, for the most part, the story will focus on Uta's crew with Luffy only making an appearance later on when the two groups ally.

Oh, and one more thing - after this chapter, there will be a time skip of about two years. 

It was a bright, sunny day when Uta stepped out of her dilapidated mansion, one of the few buildings untouched by Tot Musica. The structure was large but in poor condition, with stripped paint and trees growing inside.

She had to see who the visitor was; he still hadn't left. It was strange—most visitors left within minutes, as there was nothing of value on the island.

Navigating the path was challenging, requiring her to climb over crumbling buildings left in Tot Musica's wake. They lay scattered like discarded blocks.

At the shore, she spotted an old, cracked brown boat with a stream of red liquid flowing from it—blood. Someone was injured! Uta felt compelled to follow the trail, which led her to the garden of apple trees.

As she approached, she saw a boy eating apples from the branches. He was dressed in all black—hoodie, pants, and sneakers.

"This guy is obsessed with black," Uta thought. But he wasn't injured; the blood came from one of the knives in his pocket.

Confused, she shouted, "Hey!" The boy glanced at her before returning to his apples.

"The nerve of him," Uta thought, feeling disrespected. He looked like a serial killer.

"Come down, right now!" she commanded. The boy jumped down, now looking serious.

"My God, you're a woman," he said.

"Huh?"

He pulled his hair back, trying to look cool, revealing blue eyes that seemed both mischievous and clever—a bad combination.

"Who are y..."

"My name is Ron, 17 years old, a virgin, and blood type O+. And you, my beautiful lady?"

"Umm, Uta."Uta spoke,a little taken aback.

"Music, huh? I could guess... "

"Did you kill someone?"Uta asked seriously.

"Nope,"Ron said with a smirk.

Uta sighed in relief. 

"I killed some fish."

"That's fine"

"Hmm. Is this Elegia?"The boy asked suddenly.

"Yes, how did you know?" Uta asked, surprised.

"Well, first, this city is nearly destroyed. Second, you look like a musician with those headphones."

"Fair enough"Uta replied,rubbing her heaphones.

" Anyway, can I meet the mayor?"

"Why?"

"Oh, just to learn how to play the flute."

"Huh, a flute, right?" Uta  laughed; learning the flute required patience, and he didn't seem like the patient type.

"Yeah, just to keep a promise."Ron said stretching his hands.

"Well you can,But first, you need to do something."Uta smirked.

"What ?"Ron asked,

"Defeat me."

Uta grinned; it had been weeks since she had seen someone of her age and that was also a crazy boy.It reminded her of someone.

"So I need to defeat a girl? Sad life."Ron sighed.

"You just need to put me in a situation where my death is guaranteed."

"Scared of death?"

"Who will show you the path to the mayor if I'm dead?"

"Fair point. Anything allowed?"

"Yep."

"Like touching those melons?" he asked with a grin.

"What a perv," Uta thought, disgusted. "If you could, you can."

Having had enough fun, Uta decided it was time to teach him the power of the sing-sing fruit.

She took a deep breath, and then... nothing happened, at least on the outside. Ron was fast asleep.

"Well, well, let's go," she said, entering her world—Uta World.

The ocean was green, the sky a fiery orange, and Ron stood on the sandy beach, looking bored.

"He still doesn't know what's happened," Uta laughed internally.

Ron, unfazed, said, "I just need to touch your head, right?"

"Huh?"

"Well, I'm pretty sure I'm asleep due to your power, and to wake up, I need to touch your head, right?"

Uta couldn't believe her ears. This boy knew her biggest secret.

"How do you know that?"

"Secret."

"Well, if you know this, you know you're sleeping right now."

"Yep."

"I can kill you anytime I want."

"Yep."

"So how the hell are you so casual?"

"I know I can't change it, so I just stay positive, you know?"

"Ugh."

Then Uta noticed a change in his voice; it was the same but darker now.

"Let's do this..."

Suddenly, Ron disappeared. Uta was confused. "Where did he go?" She got her answer a second later—he was behind her.

An ordinary human wouldn't have been able to defend against it, but Uta wasn't ordinary. She swept to her left.

"So you know observation haki," Ron said, annoyed, holding a knife .

It was a black blade with a wooden handle but it had weird yellow markings on it.

He disappeared again, and she turned to look behind her. Nothing.

"Hello?"

Uta felt chills as she heard his voice. He was back, hands on her head.

Woosh—they returned to the real world. Uta found herself on the ground, while Ron stood with his hands in his pockets.

"You touched my head," Uta said weakly.

"Yep."

She trembled; she had never met anyone like him, but it also meant he had seen her memories.

"So you see them?"

"What?"

"My memories."

Ron stood with an emotionless face, and then his eyes slowly understood.

"Those were your memories."

....

" Well we can talk over it later, show me the way to the mayor"

All credit goes to Eiichiro Oda