Chapter Seventeen

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Chapter Seventeen: Finally Out of Loguetown

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"Explain." Sage's eyes flickered up from the book that he was reading. The Red-haired pirates along with himself were currently inside the abandoned castle, watching over the man who had appeared last night. Sage rested his right hand on his cheek, amusement dancing in his eyes as he watched the yonko.

"What is there to explain when I already told you everything?" he asked with a smile. Shanks sighed, sitting down on a chair beside the mysterious man's sleeping body on the bed.

"Who is he? What did you mean that Euphoria is known as the bridge worlds?" Sage snapped his book shut with a sigh, placing it over on the table beside him.

"Red-haired Shanks, you're pretty intelligent. I'm sure you can figure things out yourself." Standing up, the dragon rolled his shoulders, making his way towards the man on the bed. Brushing past Shanks, Sage placed a hand over the sleeping man's forehead.

No fever... that's good.

"Are you implying that that structure was a gateway, Sage?" The dragon didn't respond, shuffling through the bedside table, searching for something.

"Have you ever wondered what persists after death?" he spoke, pulling out a small pocket knife. It had strange symbols engraved on the side that seemed to glow. Sage twirled it in his hands nimbly, a soft smile on his lips. "I'm sure you humans do. How about this, I'll let you in on a little secret."

Shanks listened intently as Sage leaned into his ear, whispering, his next words carefully.

"Death has been speculated to be a period eternal of nothingness, but that theory is simply too far from the truth." Leaning back, Sage suddenly stabbed Shanks in the shoulder. Eyes widening at how fast that movement was, Shanks jumped away, his left arm clutching his wound on his right shoulder.

He didn't even sense that coming!

Clutching his wound tighter, Shanks knew it should hurt but...

"Relax, you aren't going to die. I'm sure you can already tell that your wound doesn't hurt." Pulling a handkerchief out of nowhere, Sage cleaned his blade before setting it back down on the nightstand. "Sorry, I didn't mean for that to be out of nowhere, but I'm trying to prove a point. Why don't you take a look at that wound?"

Looking down, Shanks realized that there was no longer blood on his shirt. His wound... it was gone.

"I suppose I should explain a few things... ugh, how annoying," Sage grumbled a little under his breath.

"Ever since the last Ancient One had died along with everyone else on this island over 800 years ago, this place has been blessed with eternal life." Sage shook his head, sinking onto the bed. "Rather ironic isn't it? I know that you deduced what had transpired here centuries ago. You are quite observant. That, and the bloodstains are rather prominent. This place doesn't get much rain after all."

"Haha, thanks. But you didn't have to stab me to do that, did you?" Shanks laughed. "I bet you just wanted an excuse to stab me."

"Hmmm maybe." Sage gave Shanks a mischievous grin, before turning his attention back to the large ass man on the bed, leaving unanswered questions in the air. The blond stirred, opening his eyes blearily.

The light was bright in his eyes, and he squinted to see what was happening around him. When his eyes adjusted, he realized that he was in a bed that was located in a room with two of the weirdos from last night. Was it even last night? How long had he slept for?

"You've been asleep for 8 hours, 55 minutes, and 6 secs in counting," Sage spoke, golden eyes trained on him.

Sitting up, he could feel his back ache slightly, but his nausea and pains had ceased.

"I-I... what happened?"

"You're back from the realm of the gods and have returned, what else do you think happened?" He rubbed his eyes, shaking slightly, causing Sage to sigh. "That idiot Lunaris. I bet Mortalitus didn't even bother to remind him about the safety tips before sending you here. Humans are fragile after all."

Lunaris? Moralitus? What was this dragon hybrid thing saying? He knew those strange men?

"Well, I suppose it doesn't matter anymore, does it? Now then, care to let us know what your name is? Especially when you'll be in my care for the time being?"

"...Rosinante," he spoke, his eyes watching Shanks. Shanks watched Rosinate with furrowed brows. Why did he look a little familiar? When he noticed Rosinate watching him, he realized that he, too, should probably introduce himself. He stretched out his hand for the larger man to take.

"Shanks. It's nice to meet you Rosinante." Rosinante grabbed Shanks' hand in a tight grip, feeling his strength steadily return to him.

"Likewise."

Shanks? Why did that name feel so familiar to him? Where had he heard that name before? Regardless, the man before Rosinate seemed to be a good man. He wasn't so sure about the other man, but Shanks was definitely a respectable person.

Sage nodded at the exchange, glad that he didn't have to introduce them themselves. Too much work and he already had enough on his plate as is.

"Well then, Rosinante, now that you're awake, I can now properly tell the two of you a few things about Euphoria. Have you heard of the legend, Rosinante?" The man nodded his head in response.

"Good, this will make it much simpler. Now then, allow me to introduce myself. I am Sage, temporary guardian of Euphoria, or more specifically, the gateway. Euphoria hasn't only been a land of happiness, but the bridge of worlds. This very land that you step on connects to the realms throughout our intertwined worlds. You," he jabbed Rosinante in the chest, "Just came out of one of those realms through our portal."

So it was a gateway? Shanks thought. How was that possible? Were there really worlds far beyond the one they lived in?

"You remember what I said earlier, right, Red-haired Shanks? That death is a period of eternal nothingness? Well, what happens after death is that the soul transitions to the next realm automatically, bringing you to the realm of the dead, or the 'Spirit World'. It is governed and watched over by the gods, so it can also be considered as the Celestial realm."

Gods..?!

"I'm sure you met a few of them, isn't that right, Rosinante?" The image of a man with almost the same height as him, with long raven black locks and midnight blue streaks, came into mind. That irritated expression that was always on his face, and his constant yelling, it brought him such headaches.


"Oi, Lunaris, look what I brought," he remembered the man saying as he was pushed into the same room. His eyes connected to violet ones as he looked up, gazing at a very god like figure. Flawless sunkissed skin, calculating eyes, and long ombre blue and violet hair like canvas that was speckled with white.

His violet eyes scrutinized Rosinate's very figure, examining him thoroughly as if there were some sort of disease on him that he had yet to find.

"Donquixote Rosinante, quite a curious individual aren't you? You've been chosen by the council to be granted a... redemption. Consider yourself lucky. Or not, you can take it either way." The man Rosinante could only assume as 'Lunaris' chuckled a bit.

"He means we just pity you and we want to screw with your original realm," the man who had brought him here had spoken up. "Oi, Lunaris, hurry up and do your job or else Sage is going to be pissy with us again."

"Mortalitus, last time we sent someone over was centuries ago, I'm sure Sage wouldn't mind waiting a bit longer."

What the fuck was happening? Rosinate looked back and forth between the two, very confused at what was happening. Why was he suddenly here instead of back with his family?

Mortalitus' brow furrowed, and a furious expression overcame his face.

"Here we go again," Lunaris mumbled.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN HE CAN WAIT A BIT LONGER?! DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THE TROUBLE HE CAUSED US BECAUSE HE HAD AARTH AND THE OTHERS ON HIS SIDE?! DO YOU KNOW HOW HUMILIATING IT IS TO BE REPRIMANDED BY A CHILD?!"

"She's not a child, she's a teen."

"SHE IS A CHILD COMPARED TO US CELESTIAL BEINGS! AND THAT'S RIGHT, SHE'S ONLY HERE BECAUSE YOU DROPPED THE RELIC YOU SHIT OF A GOD! YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M LEAVING! TAKE THE FUCKING GUY AND GO! SCREW YOU! THIS WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!"


Ah, he definitely wasn't very pleasant, very short tempered he remembered.

"By your expression I can tell that you met Mortalitus." Sage sighed. "This would have gone much smoother if it had been Flare, but I suppose it is fate." His tail wiggled a little behind him. "Ah, right, speaking of fate, that reminds me of your own situation, Red-haired Shanks."

"My fate?"

"I'm sure you already realized who your precious Y/n is, do you not? You came to this island because you were searching for ways to change her fate, weren't you, Red-haired Shanks?"

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"Achoo!" you sneezed, snuggling further underneath the crimson feathers of Phoenix. Phoenix cawed a little, heating himself up slightly to keep you warmer. Your hands gripped his feathers tightly as you stared into the dark clouds, riding on the back of a gigantic Phoenix (you trusted Phoenix more than Doffy, who dropped you on purpose that one time).

Phoenix thought that it would be nice if the two of you had a small flight together, before setting off for the Grand Line that is. You had found his suggestion very endearing, since he wasn't very fond of the idea of being a horse most of the time. He really was a curious old bird.

"Azar?" He paused, feeling his heart stop as he tilted his head back to stare at your serene expression. "You know I love you right?"


"You know I love you right?"


"I hope you remember what happens to you when you open yourself up like that," his voice flooded into your mind, causing you to crack a small smile. "You know I hate the weak."

"Haha.. sorry. But I know you love me too." 

His eyes watched you for a second, chuckling a bit, before he turned his attention back to his surroundings.

Azar... It's been a while since you called him by his name. How nostalgic. You truly were such a curious little child, weren't you? His eyes widened when he remembered something.

You yawned, unaware, of the internal screaming that was going on inside Azar's head.

A commotion from below you to jolt, tumbling off the back of your fire bird and down into the town below. A scream escaped your throat as you plummeted to your doom. 

You were probably, what, a couple hundred feet off the ground?

Waving your hands frantically, you attempted to harness the wind to break your fall, but it wasn't working. Damn bracelets. Above you, Phoenix was attempting to torpedo down towards you when he suddenly burst into flames.

Oh, I forgot today was his death day. Wait-

"I'm going to die!" you cried. "Well, I suppose I should make use of my last moments." Pulling out a tea cup, you poured some tea inside the porcelain, cup, before taking a long sip, almost forgetting why you were screaming in the first place.

Until you spat the tea back out when you realized that you were falling still.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" The tea cup slipped from your hands as you plummeted further to your doom. "Why am I so dumb?! How could I not remember it was his death day?"

How could he not have remembered it was his death day?!

The ground was getting closer and you tightly shut your eyes, bracing for impact. You were going to be a nice Y/n-pancake. But the impact never came. Instead, a pair of arms caught you. Looking up, a clown looking pirate with a large red nose stared at you with wide eyes, looking equally shook.

"HOW DID YOU FALL OUT OF THE SKY?!" the clown pirate screamed.

"I got scared..." you mumbled out. "How did you catch me?" Yeah, you were pretty sure you were falling at an incredible speed from hundreds of feet up above. Obviously the impact would have broken the clown's bones.

Little did you know that you had been over exaggerating your fall and it was only 50ft in the air, and that you, in fact, was not falling at an incredible speed, but a speed of 3 miles per hour. Heck, you weren't even falling, you were just floating down before landing on Buggy.

Buggy is currently staring at you incredulously, with "what the fuck" screaming in his mind.

Luffy craned his head up at the sound of your voice, but it was a bit of a struggle, with the position he was in. Despite that, he knew it was you. It had to be you. But did you really fall out of the sky? What were you even doing up there in the first place? You hated heights!

"Y/n! Are you okay?!" You looked down, seeing Luffy in a wooden shackle.

"Luffy? What's happening?"

"Wait, you two know each other?!" Buggy's eyes bulged out of his eye sockets. This idiot knew such a beautiful woman like you? Wait a second, weren't you that girl he saved from before? Oh shit, did he save an enemy?! And wait, Y/n? That name sounded awfully familiar.

"You're the woman that he said he was going to marry?!" Alvida shouted from below, causing Buggy to nearly have a heart attack. Oh crap, that's why that name sounded so familiar!

"Wait- he said that?! Luffy! I thought we talked about this! I'm not marrying anyone yet!" you spoke, moving a bit before freezing, realizing you weren't on solid grown just yet. In fact, you were well off the ground on a platform. An execution platform to be exact.

You felt the hold around you tighten, and you nearly forgot that you were in the pirate clown's hold. You remembered him. Well, not his face, but his voice. You knew for a fact that he was the one who saved you from that strange woman earlier. Buggy, he said his name was.

Buggy's eyes gazed into your own with an unfamiliar emotion, and he opened his mouth. "So you're single?"

"Uh... What?" Ah, dumb and oblivious like Monkey. It was okay, he could make do with that.

"Do you want to marry me?" he whispered to your ear.

Why does everyone want to marry me?????

"Oi! You can't do that! Y/n's my first mate!" Luffy shouted, trying to free himself from his shackles. He couldn't let you get taken away! He just couldn't! It would mean breaking the promise he made to your Master!

"First Mate?! This beautiful woman is your First Mate?!" 

Buggy once again screamed in your ear. "But she looks so-"

"Weak? I know, everybody says that." You sighed, leaning against the man, causing him to blush.

"I'm going to make you my mine, after I kill your captain."

You jolted, looking up at the clown. "W-What?"

"You're going to kill him?" You gave him a confused face, eyes flashing gold: a vision. "He's not going to die. Once you try to slice his head off, lightning is going to strike the tower. I'd get away if I were you." You blinked when he tied rope around your wrists, before eventually gagging you with some cloth he pulled out of nowhere.

You probably could have avoided that.

"Ha! As if I'd fall for your tricks. Try a little flashily next time, sweetheart!" Buggy took a look at his work, before immediately looking away. The view of a woman like you tied up was kinky. Just too sinful with those innocent eyes watching his every movement.

Picking you up bridal style, he chucked you off the execution platform, and you let out a muffled scream as you once again, plummeted to your doom. Hands wrapped around you, and you looked up to see a man with dark green hair, parted over his left eye. He pulled out your gag with a sigh.

"Thank you. Can you put me down please?" His eyes gazed into your face before he walked off, with you still in his arms. "W-Wait, please put me down!"

"Sorry princess, Captain's orders."

"Wait- that man's your captain?"

Before you could get a reply, you heard a voice- Luffy's voice -yelling the words, "I'm the man who's going to be the King of the Pirates!" His words echoed throughout Loguetown and you laid limp in his arms. It was going to be fine. You had faith in the fates.


Little did you know the people who controlled the fates were currently having a party.


"Stop the execution!" Two male

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