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The Spirit of Merry

A spirit is within Merry. Not Going Merry herself, but another - an extra, an Otaku. This might just change the Strawhats' futures, the future of One Piece and Going Merry's own as well. OC story. Nakamaship only.

Chapter 1

My eyes opened.

Oh my god, it feels like there's a bunch of elephants tap-dancing around in my head…

I thought I died? Wait… I did die! There was even an angel with wings and a halo and everything!

Ok let's pause there. Hi people! I'm Zenadele (my last name, I'm shit-ass not telling my first), or just Zena… and I died. Old news, yes. But bottom line is, I died, at a ripe old - but not that old anyway - age of sixteen. Not even old even to drink or drive or both at the same time, even though that's not really legal. Now, let's get all the introductions down. I have long black hair, black eyes, and I'm pretty much your average otaku girl who just loves One Piece like crazy. And I'm wearing a white dress thanks to the stupid timing of my death.

Now that the introductions are over, back to the story.

I died – old news, yes I know – and I went to heaven – or at least I thought I was heaven. How I died… well… a car crash. Cliché, yes. And that was when I was heading toward my graduation party. Less cliché but cliché anyway, yes.

Now, there was this pretty angel – her name was Josephine I think – who told me that since I died at an 'unfortunate' age of 16, I got to choose what I want be when I reincarnate. She didn't specify, so I immediately yelled – excuse me – asked to go to the world of One Piece, if it existed. She wasn't that surprised at that; I suspect she already knew what I would say. But she frowned anyway, and told me harshly – erm, pardon me – gently, that I was supposed to reincarnate in my own world, as a cat or something. Well, I told her I didn't want to be a cat. I wanted to go to One Piece, the most awesome universe in the world, or universe, or multiverse... Anyway, being a person who believed in parallel universes, I had always wanted to go join the Straw Hat crew and splash ice water on Zoro's head.

So, after much begging – persuasion – she finally gave in. She said, and I quote, "Your next lifespan will be - *static sound* - years. Since you are going over to another universe, you may not become a complete human. That is the price to pay for hopping universes. Your memories will be erased, and you will reincarnate in, as you call it, One Piece world. Any questions?" Then, she waved her arm, and a portal appeared.

I think that last bit was supposed to be for inquires, but I went ahead and asked if I could meet the Straw Hats; just meet, mind you! Not joining the crew! I can be humble too. She sighed.

"Go on, I'll see what I can do about that," she said. I, being overly eager and all, immediately dashed over, and then slipped and fell, legs halfway into the portal, my head slamming into the ground – wait, there's ground? – back first, stars dancing around my eyes.

She must have gotten really impatient or something, because at that moment she stretched her leg and with her heels – angels have high heels? – kicked me, quite ruthlessly I must add, into the portal.

I remember "Ow! That hurt!" and "Ahhh! I'm falling!" and that's about it.

Then my eyes opened.

Why the heck do I remember everything? I thought my memories, and I quote, "will be erased".

This is strange… I stood up – wait, I'm already standing – and looked around.

My otaku senses are tingling…

Wait that's Spiderman. Whatever, but the surroundings look familiar. It's dark and all, but it's really familiar.

…Ding! We have a winner!

Holy shit! That nice kitchen complete with a pretty stove at the corner, the wooden table with two wooden benches at the side, the long stick of a steering wheel with a cute ram figurehead on top smack in the middle of the room, and the oh-so-familiar door just beside the stove – THE GOING MERRY LOUNGE!

Ah, the fangirl feels are coming! The wine rack and stuff are missing, so the crew mustn't have received their ship yet. I feel my tears coming… Thank you, Josephine!

Stop! How did I end up here? I thought reincarnation involved, well, reincarnation, which obviously includes getting pooped out from the other end and being a baby and growing up and shit. I moved toward the door to have a nice look outside. Seriously, how did I get in here?

My hand made a grab toward the doorknob –

And passed right through it.

WHAT?!

Immediately, my hands made multiple, frenzied grabs at the doorknob, only to pass right through each time. WHAT THE SHIT IS HAPPENING?

Wait a second, if I now have some phasing through shit going on, how am I standing here? I glance down and see… my feet floating off the ground. Okay… I can float. Now let's all just calm down and- WHAT THE SHIT?! Is this a devil fruit or something? I need to get out of her first! But how…?

Oh right… Phase through.

I moved toward the door and found myself not banging into the door. Instead, I found myself outside.

It's bright out and all. There's even the seagull squawking. I glanced up. Well, the flag's not black, so Luffy and gang's not here yet.

I moved into cross-legged position, still floating. Wow. So, I must have been dropped at the East Blue arc. I somehow remember everything, when I should have actually forgotten… Well, all the better to fangirl with. I can somehow fly and phase through things… Do I have a devil fruit? Well, there's one way to test.

I move to the railing and glance over, watching the waves frolic around. Then, I jumped over, only realizing two seconds later how stupid that is. But then again I didn't really have to panic since I floated above the water instead. This floating thing was cool. I plunged into the water anyway, and – surprise, surprise – the waves didn't ripple. No sign that I even entered the sea. I tried touching a fish that swam pass, but my fingers just went through it.

I flew out of the water, and back onto Merry.

WHAT THE HELL. THE WAVES DIDN'T RIPPLE. That means I did not have a devil fruit. I would have died just now if I did have one – which I think, was still a stupid decision on my part – but seriously? What the hell power do I have then? Where is it from? Time to test.

I can float, right? That means I can fly, right? So how well can I fly?

I breathed out, then shot straight up toward the sky, only to suddenly stop. It felt like there was this rope around my body, preventing me from going any further. I looked back, and discovered that I was about 1km-ish away from Merry. Turning back, I tried to bypass the something-like-a-blockage by heading toward its right, but it failed. Surprising right? (Sense the sarcasm?)

Huffing, I decided to try every angle and direction possible, and the result: the maximum area I could travel was within a sphere of radius 1km-ish, with respect to Merry.

WHAT. THE. HELL. I'm like bound to the ship or something! What the shit is this?

Suddenly, there was this movement on the shore, and I squealed. IT"S LUFFY TACHI! Fangirl moment. Respect the fangirl moment. *wriggling and squealing in process*

Then it hit me.

Oh shit, what will they do if they notice this random unidentified stranger floating around on their ship? Even if this stranger seemed to be slobbering all over them, which I admit is disgusting, what will they do?

I gasped. Are they going to beat me up? That's… That's… Wonderful. Omigosh! Getting beaten up would be awesome… I sound like some masochist now. Ignore that, just remember that I am a sadist. And proud. But still… I floated down to the five people on the shore. There LUFFY! ZORO! Nami, Kaya, and Merry. So as not to freak them out, I decided to approach them slowly.

They were chattering away, Luffy being dumb not understanding the mechanics of Merry-Go, Nami intervening and asking Merry to explain to her instead. Strangest thing is, they didn't seem to notice me. I think I'm pretty damn inconspicuous. Then, Usopp comes rolling down the hill, stopped by the now-monster duo. Right about now, I got pretty damn tired of being ignored, so I floated in front of Luffy and waved at him, like a chicken flapping its wings.

Did they really not notice me? I'm like in front of them… Luffy suddenly threw his arms forward, and shot onto the ship, right through me.

Here comes the sudden realization.

The floating, phasing, no one noticing my presence, this all screams GHOST! What's next? Ecto-blasts? Ghostly wail? The hell was this, Danny Phantom?! NO, THIS WAS ONE PIECE! C'MON, JOSEPHINE! WE HAD A DEAL!

Still, it wouldn't hurt to try. DP was a pretty awesome cartoon. I concentrated, and tried to focus all my energy onto my hands, and…

Nothing. I guess I'm just a regular, non-cartoon ghost. Honestly? A ghost? Why am I a ghost? You know, 'ghost' doesn't sound nice, I'll go with 'spirit'. So back on topic, why am I a spirit? I need a body to splash ice water on Zoro's head! If there was ever a time for a spirit to cry, this was it!

Focusing back onto the real main characters of the show, I noticed that Usopp was getting onto his little dingy. I floated back onto Merry, and watched as Zoro told Usopp to get on board. Ah, my fangirl feels are out again.

As they were leaving the shore, I floated around the ship, trying to get any of them to notice me, but to no avail. I seemed to phase through everything, and they couldn't see nor hear me. I sighed. It's alright! Optimism! At least I got to see the center of all my fangirling. If I stay – and I probably will, seeing as I'm somehow bound to the ship – I'll get to see all of the crew soon! In like many months… Though Sanji will arrive soon!

Now I think about it, what should I do with Ace? Save him, or not?

Right then, the crew gathered in a circle. I floated above their heads and watched as they poured themselves drinks. I wonder, do I need food? As a spirit?

"Here's to a new ship and new friends! Hooray!"

Hmm, looks like I can understand them. I grinned. Can't wait for the fun arcs to begin~!

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