I traversed through the endless abyss that's surrounding me while remembering my near or complete death that happened while ago.
I was an average kid or soon to be man named David that had no memories or experiences to remember. When I was introduced to anime, I was thrilled and exited to understand this new realm, as It's almost like my world became more colorful. And I was just about to start watching the new episode of one piece.
but before that for some reason I just wanted to touch some grass and go walk around a bit. So, I put on some shoes and went to a scroll on the street.
I was somehow hoping that something will happen today but no luck, so I turned around and went home.
but that's when I heard a horn sound on my right in the intersection in the road, I suddenly turned right and looked for a child crossing the road but for my shitty luck, no one was there.
Disheartened, I turned around and headed home. Don't know if it's because there was no child or my usual air-filled head, I forgot to look for the source of the horning sound. And before I could think about it, I was hit by the heaven-sent Truck Kun, or so I thought cause in my final moments before I passed because of the blood, I saw it was just a drunk driver.
I really wanted to live I mean no one wanted to die on their own initiative. I kept screaming in my head Get up!!! but I couldn't. I just laid there while feeling my body's strength leaving me and my brain starting to slow down. sadness and remorse my heart and finally I lost my consciousness.
When I opened my eyes or something cause I'm not sure that I have eyes, All I saw was dark abyss threatening to tear me apart If I went too far.
Now that I think about it, today's a really shitty day to go outside. As I travelled through the darkness while reminiscing about my life, I finally saw a light.
Something that's really lacking in the god forsaken abyss. My body rushed towards it, not by my control but like it's an instinct of my body.
As I closed on the light, my vision gave in to the sheer brightness of this light and a newfound attraction to embrace it. I loosened control of my body and gave in to its control and I think it ate me.
At first, I was thrown around in something like a pipeline and after some time, I felt I pierced through a big bubble and when I opened my eyes, what I saw made me shocked. I was in space, like literally in space with the earth in the front of me. but the continents were at wrong place, but weirdly familiar.
I didn't have to float in the space for long because I was dragged towards the earth at a speed that I thought I wouldn't survive and towards a small island.
when I landed, I thought my legs will break but it didn't, so I looked around to see something that blew my mind off.
In this single moment, my emotions changed constantly. starting from,
[SHOCK]
[EXCITEMENT]
[FEAR]
Shocked because, there was 2 beings in front of me that didn't exist in real life. "Kaido of the Beasts" and "Monkey. D. Luffy".
Excited because I realized that I was on top of the scull island and Kaido and Luffy are fighting in front of me, and I get to see it again in real life.
Fear because this is not a battlefield that I can stand on and any move of them can kill me.
just as I was about to escape, a rock 10 times my size came at me with full force. I immediately started running back but the rock hit me before I can. with nothing to do I just closed my eyes hoping It will pass by me. indeed, it didn't hit me, but it passed through me like I was not in this plane of existence.
after I realized that I was not on the same realm as them. I started to move and enjoy their battle up close cause this is one-of-a-kind opportunity to watch a favorite battle of mine.
Genius Observer's POV and narration of the battle: -
The roar of the wind echoed across the rooftop of onigushima as the sky above darkened with the weight of impending destruction.
4th gear Luffy stood on the battlefield panting with a bloodied body and looked at the huge and menacing Kaido in front of him. "You're not even worth the effort," Kaido spoke as his voice trembled in the air and hit luffy in the face.
"Gomu Gomu no... Kong Gun!" Luffy roared, his fist flying straight toward Kaido's chest. It happened so fast. Kaido barely flinched as Luffy's fist collided with his scales. The blow was powerful, but Kaido didn't even seem to notice. His expression remained calm, almost amused. "Pathetic," Kaido sneered, his massive tail swinging out with a speed that left me frozen in place. I watched as Luffy was sent flying, his body crashing into the ground with a sickening thud.
"I'm not done!" Luffy shouted, forcing himself to his feet, his breath coming in ragged gasps. Luffy closed his eyes, his breathing steadying.
"Gomu Gomu no... Snakeman!" Luffy yelled. As luffy started punching kaido in his snake man form, kaido felt his punches and I saw Kaido's eyes narrow in irritation. "You're starting to annoy me," he growled, his form shifting as he turned into his dragon form.
The battle intensified as Kaido launched himself into the sky. Boro Breath—Kaido unleashed a massive blast of fiery destruction. I really didn't know how hot it was, but the ground started to melt so I'm guessing it's pretty hot.
Luffy dodged and twisted his body in ways that I only say in the screen, his rubber form bending and stretching as he barely avoided the blast. He was back on his feet in an instant.
"Gomu Gomu no... Jet Culverin!" Luffy shouted, his fist shooting out at lightning speed. I could see the strain in Luffy's face now Kaido dove straight for Luffy, and before he could react, Kaido hit him with another Thunder Bagua. The impact was so intense that I could feel the shockwave pass through my body and as I expected, Luffy was sent flying once more, his body crashing into the ground with an awful crash.
Luffy got up again. Slowly, shakily, "I'm not gonna stop..." Luffy said through gritted teeth, I'll beat you, Kaido. You won't stop me!"
Luffy released a massive amount of conqueror's haki and yelled "Gomu Gomu no... King Kong Gun!"
Kaido, furious now, snapped his head around, his tail whipping down and catching Luffy across the chest. I watched in horror as Luffy was sent flying again, his body slamming into a wall.
I felt my breath catch in my throat. Luffy was beaten. His form was slumped against the wall, barely hanging on. Kaido was going in for the finishing blow. I knew that it was the time to witness the miracle and a one-piece fan's favorite moment is about to happen. Since I'm in an astral from, I walked closed to Luffy to hear his heartbeat and the drums of liberation up close.
Then I heard it. "I'm gonna be Pirate King..." a silent whisper up close and a fast-beating heartbeat that's about to explode.
Then it suddenly stopped. I concentrated my every ounce of power to my hearing and listened, but there was no heartbeat, no joyful sound of the drums, no nothing, as if the Joyboy of this generation died.
END of the POV and the narration.
I felt a pull in my soul as I saw luffy's body beginning to wither and suddenly my consciousness started to blur until all the light started to disappear and return to darkness. but I knew that I was just closing my eyes and tried to open them. Then my sight returned and saw the familiar sky of the battlefield and I also realized that I was laying down for some reason.
then I felt something, PAIN!!!. an unimaginable pain coursing through my body, gripping every inch, twisting, and tearing at me from within.
that's when I realized that I was in luffy's body. Something that I fantasied about for a long time but in a wrong time. I tried to get up, but the pain was too much to bear. I seem to hear luffy's voice in my mind, Get up! Get up!..I can't fall here, I still have a promises to keep...
Because of luffy's voice, his body seems to have energized and given me strength to get up and stay on my feet. but everything is uncontrollable in a world where plot jumped out of the timeline.
As I was about to stand up, A man in a white suit which I figured as a CP0 appeared out of nowhere and stabbed me in my heart.
Everything went silent as I saw him twisting the blade around the heart and pull it out. then I felt a familiar feeling for the second time today. the feeling of dying can't be described in words. it's like a calling from the world beyond to ascend. In my final moments in luffy's body, all I could think about was how the timeline got off track and something wonderful that was about to happen to got destroyed.
In the end, It's all about LUCK. My luck was so bad that I DIED for a second time today. my final thought was that all my bad luck got absorbed by these two deaths and nothing bad will happen anymore.