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Guys, since I'm back in school and want to finish this One Piece arc, I'm going to speed up the story a little bit, but not too fast, so it doesn't feel so inorganic. Aside from apologizing for the chapters, I don't have much time, and I was planning on fixing them during my mini-vacation, which I couldn't do since I didn't have much free time and got sick.
So I'm going to hurry up and finish this before Christmas. Also, I'd like you to leave a review of the fic, if you can; it's not mandatory, either; I just want the fic to have stars on its cover.
Also, what you said about Fate: I'm not going to do that yet, since I was given a character change. So I'm changing them, just some, but once I have it 100 percent decided, I'll publish half of it, like I said, just to build a little hype.
Finally, after many people told me this is a harem, I decided it will be, but starting with the next arc, since I already have this one all set and I don't plan on changing anything.
That's all I wanted to say, please follow the chapter and hope you like it, and I want to thank those who give me the power stones even though I didn't ask for them. It's still appreciated.
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Big Mom's tea party is still a few months away, so I need to make time.
I gave the others a good vacation and plenty of time to rest so they could start to get an idea of what they wanted to do outside of all this hero stuff. At some point, we'll have to go our separate ways.
I'll probably be leaving when that happens; I wonder what kind of universe I'll end up in. I barely remember much anymore, which is why I've stopped writing stories about other worlds. But there is one story I still remember well.
Red Dead Redemption 2, a magnificent story. I'm writing it right now before all that becomes just a blurry memory. I'm not really focused on it, though, since I'm on the treje, which has no ventilation at all.
I didn't have much to do, so I looked at the map of where I was supposed to meet Pekoms; there were other islands nearby. So, after much thought, I decided I'd do a little exercise to warm up before the tea party.
*3 months later*
Third-person POV
An old man and a young woman can be seen walking along a path cut off from all human contact.
The old man was using a cane and smoking a pipe, while the woman was carrying a basket of food and drinks.
After walking for a while, they reached an open area. Everything in that area can be seen destroyed, as if someone had tried to renovate the place with their bare hands.
And in one corner of the area, a young adult can be seen, upside down, doing inverted push-ups on his hands, while at his feet rested a giant metal square. The guy exercising was Dante, who was doing his special warm-up.
Dante: "7.985, 7.986, 7.987," he said each time he went up and down.
Old man: "Dante, it's time to eat," he could be heard almost shouting.
Dante snaps out of his trance to look at the two and smile. Doing one last push-up, he pushed himself off the ground with the strength of his arms to throw the square to his feet.
Before it fell to the ground, the young woman stood behind the old man, who only sighed.
The moment the square fell, the ground shook, and smoke and debris rose. The old man, using his cane, deflected most of the debris that was hurtling toward him and the young woman.
After the smoke dispersed, the square could be seen buried about 30 centimeters down in the ground.
Dante: "It's good that you came; I was getting hungry."
Dante's POV
What a great lunch! This wouldn't have happened if I hadn't run into former Vice Admiral Monsalve. He was eating with me with his granddaughter, who cooked the meal. I wouldn't have been able to stay here peacefully either.
This was it; it happened, because while I was checking out the islands, I suddenly ran into him. Monsalve had already retired, and this was his home island, where his daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren are.
With him, and knowing what was going on, he secretly guided me to the place where he trained as a young man so I could practice and warm up.
During the three months, I've been there almost the entire time; I only leave to sleep and bathe. Someone from his family or he himself always brings me something to eat.
Today is a unique day since I have to leave; I was just waiting for lunch to leave here and go meet with Pekoms.
Monsalves: "You really gave this place a unique touch. What are you going to do with that solid block of steel?"
Dante: "You can stay; I don't need it."
Monsalves: "Seriously, considering how much it cost you to make it."
Dante: "It only took a month; after all, it's still scrap metal." "Maybe they'll sell it or use the material to make other things; no, your son-in-law is a hardware store owner, maybe he'll find it useful."
Monsalves: "I'll see. I just need you to take it to town."
Dante: "No problem."
After that, I carried the piece of steel with one hand and went to town. There in town, everyone was surprised because it was me, carrying that giant, square thing; it was my first time visiting the town.
Once I'd delivered the order, I said goodbye to everyone.
Monsalves: "Aren't you going to take a bath or something?"
Dante: "No need, I'll swim to the island; it's not far."
Monsalves: "Then we say goodbye."
And with that, we shook hands, and wearing only a pair of board shorts, I jumped into the sea and swam to the other island.
It took me an hour and a half, doing mental calculations, to reach the island. As I was getting there, I noticed a giant, very colorful boat with a distinctive Jolly Roger.
Once I reached the island, I swam to the beach and then, a little tired, walked slowly to the shore. As I was getting there, I heard a sudden, rapid sound of a camera taking thousands of photos per second.
I looked away to see a woman with almost pale skin, pink hair, no eyebrows, and arrows sticking out of her head. She had a camera and was pointing it at me. When she noticed me looking at her, she lowered the camera and looked at me.
???: "Just keep doing what you're doing; just ignore me." With that, she raised her camera again and started taking pictures of me.
I just looked at her with a look of "Are you serious?" but seeing that she wasn't going to stop, I decided to listen to her and continue with my own business.
Once I reached the shore, I saw some people dressed strangely; among them were objects that should have been inanimate but weren't. In the middle of them was Pekoms, sitting in a beach chair with a spotlight shining in his face.
Pekoms: "You took a long time; I thought you'd be here in the morning."
Dante: "No one specified a time."
Pekoms: "Are you planning on going to Totto Land like this?"
Dante: "I wanted to take a shower and buy clothes."
Pekoms: "There's no time, come on, take a shower upstairs, and we'll give you clothes."
I just shrugged and got on. There were a lot of Cracker Men on the ship; I recognized them immediately by the bounty sign.
Charlotte Cracker, bounty of 720,000,000 Belly. A pretty decent bounty for a yonko commander; it's among the lowest, but not the lowest.
I think the lowest is Whitebeard's, because he has like 60 commanders; some of them must not be very famous or incredibly powerful.
Also in the distance, I could see a big guy with a beard and orange hair and the woman who was taking my picture; They were both talking, but they stopped to look at me. I just ignored them and went to the bathroom, to which Pekoms guided me. Damn, I really like this guy.
After showering and dressing in some stranger's clothes, I went to the dining room. There were all the flesh-and-blood beings. There were all the aforementioned except Cracker; in his place was a guy with weird purple hair.
(Note: he doesn't have the scar yet.)
???: "What are you staring at so much?" he asked, a little annoyed.
Dante: "Who are you?" I said to the guy I hadn't seen until then, pointing at him like a blond, white rapper full of Afro-descendant rappers.
(Note: I don't think I need to explain which pose of a certain character I'm mentioning.)
The room fell silent; no one said anything, just an awkward atmosphere.
...
After a few explanations, I managed to figure out who I was talking to. Currently, there's a sweet commander and two officers on the ship. I don't know if they'll be enough to stop me, not counting Pekoms. These would be Cracker, Oven, and Galette.
There were more, but most of them were NPCs or things brought to life by Big Mom's fruit.
After being on the ship for almost a full day, we arrived at Totto Land. A colorful yet strange place. A land of sweets felt so unreal. How is this possible? I can only think of spoiled fruit or something.
I really want to get off this ship, even more so when I feel a stare on the back of my neck. Every time I turn around, I see Galette peeking, who's very bad at hiding. I just sweat and stare in disbelief at this. She doesn't speak to me, doesn't approach me, and just stares from afar, like a stalker. I couldn't shake the discomfort.
According to Pekoms, we'd go straight to Whole Cake. And from there, straight to Big Mom, since she wanted to talk to me before the tea party, which is tomorrow.
As we went from island to island, Pekoms explained each one to me, what it was for, and who the sweet minister was for each one.
He also explained how each person lived and the payment I had to give Big Mom to live there.
Dante: "Why are you explaining all this to me?"
Pekoms: "It'll help you make a decision based on what the captain tells you when you meet."
I felt a bit uncertain when I met with Big Mom. I still had those psychological aftereffects from my confrontation with Whitebeard, but I wasn't going to back down.
Oven: "I thought you'd come with your groupmates to Totto Land?"
Dante: "They're on vacation while all this is going on." And that was the end of the conversation. A lovely conversation.
After a few minutes, we arrived at Whole Cake, where other crew members, officers, and a surprise were waiting.
Standing in the middle of everyone was a big, tall guy; he had purple hair and a scarf that covered almost his entire face.
Dante: "Was all that security necessary?"
Oven: "There's a video they brought back of your fight with Mihawk, so they know how dangerous you are."
Dante: "I remember Trini saying you were there; I didn't know you had recorded the battle."
Pekoms: "Almost everyone has seen the video, so it's better to be safe than sorry."
And so I stepped off the ship, surrounded by a large crowd; I felt like an animal in a zoo again.
???: "Mom is waiting; don't make her wait any longer," and with that, the big guy left.
I stared at the others, confused.
Dante: "Why did he come here? Someone else could have." Looking at the others, Pekoms just shrugged.
You walk to a somewhat secluded and spacious place; there stood a giant and intimidating woman. She looked like a giant, but she wasn't. Come to think of it, I've never met a giant before.
There were also two little girls around her, one with more orange hair and the other with more blue hair.
The woman was eating a cake and something else; I couldn't see what it was, but it was black.
When we got close enough, I saw her gaze shift and she broke into a big smile.
???: "Mother, the special guest has arrived," the man said, his face half-covered. The woman in front of me was the strongest pirate in these seas, Big Mom.
Big Mom: "Ma, mama, ma ma, Katakuri, you can go now. I want to talk to the special guest." He said, standing up from his seat to approach me.
Katakuri: "Mother, I'm going to stay here and die as long as this happens," said the already identified man.
Big Mom: "Do what you want," she said to her son, staring at me. "You're quite handsome. You remind me of a certain man I once saw in the distance fighting Shiki a while back." "Tell me, wouldn't you like to have a child with me? I've never had a child descended from a celestial dragon."
He doesn't want my child because I'm crazy, which he is, but because of my "race" and descent.
Dante: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Big Mom." "Regarding your proposal, I like younger women, so I'll sadly have to decline."
Big Mom: "I see. It's a shame, but I have other methods."
Other methods? I thought in my mind, "What was this woman up to?"
Big Mom: Let me be blunt: Join my crew and come under my command. While you're at it, marry one of my younger daughters; there are some who are already old enough to get married and have children.
Fucking hell, they're forcing me to get married again, and with children at that.
Dante: "I must decline their proposal, but let me state my reason." I said before they could say anything, I went to a rock and placed my foot on it. "I'm an adventurer. I live for adventure and traveling the world. I can't stay stuck in one place or one organization, or else I'd be losing myself, and in that sense, there'd be no point in being alive or dead."
Silence filled the room.
Big Mom: "Ma, mama, ma ma, how interesting. I like you, brat, but we're not getting where I'd like."
Dante: "How about we come to an agreement?"
Big Mom: "And what would that be?"
Dante: "An agreement of mutual understanding. I've seen, not so far away, how these people live, but from what I see, they live well, just like a protected country, and what I care about is the common people." "You don't see yourself as a bad person." You're just crazy, but that's as bad as it gets. "So if you need any help, I can come and do something for your kingdom, and I'll never mess with any member of your family. What do you say?"
She looked thoughtful at my proposal.
Big Mom: "Fine, I'll buy it from you, but on one condition."
Dante: "And what would that be?"
Everything looked good until he took off his hat and out of nowhere a giant sword appeared.
Big Mom: "Napoleon."
Napoleon: "Yes, Mother."
And with that, he slashed me vertically; a Conqueror's Haki leaked into the attack.
Beside me was one of the NPC guards, so I swung his sword away and, with all the Armor Haki I could muster, blocked the attack.
A great gust of wind and Haki blew out; some were sent flying. Katakuri was protecting the small children not far away with his body.
The attack ended, and I was thrown backward, crawling about two meters; the sword I had was completely destroyed.
Big Mom: "I accept your agreement. See you tomorrow at the tea party. Continue with the next plan."
Everyone: "Yes, Mother."
And with that, everyone scattered to do their homework. I was in shock, not knowing what to do.
At that moment, the woman who had been harassing me for days approached me.
Galette: "Nice to meet you. My name is Galette, and I'll be your guide for these days." She said as she grabbed my arms and placed her breasts between them.
It felt excruciating when she touched my arms; they were numb and asleep, and the movement was sudden. The feeling was unbearable, but I only groaned inwardly.
Galette: "Are you crying?"
Dante: "No, only if I laugh."
And so, on a somewhat simplistic boat, we saw the different islands of Totto Land. Many people were surprised that I was here; I calmed them down and checked on them.
The people here lived fairly peacefully; the fact that they had to pay a certain amount of living expenses was something they shouldn't have, but many people didn't complain. Perhaps in other places they wouldn't live the years they were paying Big Mom on other islands in the New World.
I wasn't entirely happy about all this, but the important thing was that they were safe.
We didn't get to see all the islands in Totto Land, so at the end of the day we went to the place where Galette was the minister to rest and get ready for the tea party tomorrow.
We arrived at a rather nice house. When we entered, she treated me quite well as a guest. Everything was going super well until, out of nowhere, she started undressing in front of me.
Dante: "What the heck are you doing?" I said, stopping her.
Galette: "We're not going to have a child, just like a happy marriage?"
Dante: "I'M NEVER GETTING MARRIED," I yelled as I turned the table around, the marriage topic already driving me crazy.
Galette: "Kyaaa, honey, don't freak out yet, we're not in the marital bed," she said while clutching her face and screaming, red with excitement.
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I didn't sleep at all last night; I felt very uncomfortable with what happened yesterday. I was already tired of being used by women so much; I want to be the one doing the courting, not the other way around. And not to mention that the times I've done it, it's gone very badly.
Galette: "You look very elegant, honey." I just looked at her strangely. Don't get me wrong, she was beautiful. But she was Big Mom's daughter, and that made me stop in my tracks.
We returned to Whole Cake, feeling incredibly mentally tired. I don't know how she's so well if she didn't sleep either. And to top it off, we didn't do anything, or rather, I prevented something from happening, for the aforementioned reason.
We were greeted by Pekoms on the island, which led us to a cake tower; I looked at many of Big Mom's children. I had to admit there were some very hot ones, like that leggy brunette. I remember her name was Smoothie; I'd seen her on a bounty poster, just like Katakuri, with her bounties currently at 800,000,000 belly and 967,000,000 belly.
Did you know Katakuri is 10 years older than me? I was just curious; I learned this from Galette, who told me a lot about the Charlotte family.
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Let's recap the tea party. It was decent.
I didn't do much, except eat and drink juice, lots of juice. I remember Smoothie giving me some juice that tasted strangely good, which I later realized how she made, and it gave me a stomachache.
I also felt very watched, both by Big Mom's guests and by Katakuri. I discovered that he sees me as a threat and that's why he's always keeping an eye on me.
I saw people from the underworld too, like Zero, the guy who helped us with the Underworld incident; it was kind of awkward. I also met the rest of the members; it was awkward, as there was a woman who couldn't take her eyes off me.
Another thing they mentioned was that Big Mom had approached me to find out how I was and, incidentally, to give me some of her daughters to marry. Galette started fighting with her other sisters for the right to marry me; I don't know if she was doing it for love, prestige, or something else, but I didn't care, since I wasn't getting married.
And so the tea party ended, next to a photo of a very happy nun. I remember hearing bad things about the woman in that photo, but I decided to keep quiet.
...
I was already outside Whole Cake; there were many of Big Mom's children around me. The good thing was that Pekoms was there, so I had someone I could talk to; again, I really like this situation.
Dante: "Okay, so since I'm going home, are you going to drop me off somewhere else, or should I go on my own?"
Pekoms looked nervous, sweat running down his forehead. I couldn't say anything, as Galette, who was holding my arm, spoke up.
Galette: "What are you talking about, darling?"
I felt something was wrong.
Dante: "I have to get back to my companions to continue my journey."
At that moment, I felt someone grab my shoulder. I turned around to look at him, only to see Katakuri.
Katakuri: "You won't be leaving. You'll live here in Totto Land forever as a member of the Charlotte family. Welcome to the family."
At that moment, my mind went blank. My face went from normal to a colon and a smile. ( : ) )
Everything was too good to be true.