Chapter 2: Chapter 1: Foosha Village
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I reincarnated. No, I got reincarnated against my will.
I had just been living my life when, one day, some guy calling himself a god grabbed me and dragged me away.
He told me to reincarnate in the world of One Piece, so I refused.
I told him that if a fictional setting was possible, he should send me to Gundam instead.
First Gundam, or failing that, at least the Gundam SEED setting.
Ah.
Obviously, he refused, which was why I ended up living here.
He did ask whether there was anything I wanted, so I listed everything that came to mind.
But getting all of it was impossible.
Looks, height, a Devil Fruit, talent... that sort of thing?
I asked to be born a Celestial Dragon, but that got rejected.
Max-level Haki got rejected too. And joining the Marines was apparently impossible as well.
He also said I had to travel with Luffy.
When I heard that, I asked him to make Luffy genderbent, and he cursed me out with his eyes.
No, why?! I have to travel around with a dick!
"God?"
"What?"
There was no visible human form or anything of the sort, but I could definitely feel that he was there. This mysterious phenomenon known as a god answered me.
"But why are you reincarnating me specifically?"
"I've only watched One Piece up to Skypiea."
"I've seen One Piece posts online and stuff, but—"
"I don't really know the actual story properly."
"That's exactly why!"
"!!!"
"Knowing it only halfway makes it fun."
"Now, let's decide on your name."
"Make it Char D. Origin."
Char was from Gundam's Red Comet, D was because the Will of D sounded cool, and Origin was because I'd recently watched Gundam: The Origin—and because I was an original One Piece character.
"All right... Understood. I hope you entertain me."
"Ah, yes..."
The starting point of this reincarnation was, as expected, Luffy's hometown: Foosha Village.
I thought I would be starting as a baby, but it began right around the time Shanks met Luffy.
Luffy and I were already inseparable friends.
I didn't know whether I had become aware of my reincarnation or whether everything before this had been skipped, but—
the first sight I saw in the world of One Piece was Luffy standing atop the prow of Shanks's pirate ship, the Red-Haired Pirates' vessel.
"I'm not doing this as a joke!! I'm seriously mad!!"
"I'll show you proof!!"
Ah... So it was starting from Episode One!
"Wahahaha, all right! Go ahead. I don't know what you're going to do, though."
"Luffy's up to something fun again."
"Luffy, wait!!"
Maybe because I was set up to be Luffy's inseparable friend, I already knew what he was about to do. Before I knew it, I had called out to him.
"Hmph!!"
Luffy drove the dagger in his hand beneath his own eye.
"Ow~!"
"You idiot, what are you doing?!"
"Everyone, let's raise a toast! To Luffy's guts, Jin's cuteness, and our great voyage!"
People close to me called me Jin.
After Luffy caused that little incident, Luffy and I headed to the bar with the Red-Haired Pirates' uncles.
"Whew~ It didn't hurt one bit."
"Liar!! Don't do such stupid things!!"
Luffy said that with tears welling in his eyes, while Uncle Shanks faithfully threw in a retort.
"I'm not even a tiny bit afraid of getting hurt! So take me on your next voyage!"
"You're still too young. You're a kid. Maybe I'll consider it in about ten years."
"You stingy Shanks!! That's so mean. I'm not a kid!!"
"No, you're definitely a kid..."
Unable to hold back, I jumped in with a retort.
While Shanks was having a grand old time teasing Luffy—
"You're as cheerful as ever, Captain."
It was Makino, the greatest beauty in our village and the owner of this bar.
"Luffy, Jin, do you two want something to eat too?"
Pretty and kind Makino.
"Yeah, then... I'll eat on a 'treasure tab.'"
"Then I'm going to marry you when I grow up, so put mine on a 'marriage tab'!"
For the record, I had the whole village wrapped around my finger with my cute looks.
What? I'm Baby Origin!! It's fine because I'm cute!
Was it because my body had gotten younger? Or was there another reason? I wasn't sure, but something seemed wrong with the way I spoke and my mental age.
But it was fine because I was cute!!
"Hehehe! I'll be looking forward to both of those."
"Shanks."
"What?"
Shanks answered Luffy.
"How much longer are you going to stay in this village?"
"Let's see. It's already been over a year since we started using this village as our base for sailing.
After we set sail two or three more times, I'm thinking we'll leave this village and head much farther north."
"Two or three more times..."
"Then I'll practice swimming until then!"
Uh... Luffy, you probably won't be able to.
Just then, after finishing the food Makino had given us,
Luffy pulled out a fruit from somewhere and handed one to me.
"Ah, thanks, Luffy."
The fruit Luffy gave me looked strange.
Ah!! Today was the day we ate them!
Looking beside me, Luffy had already eaten half of the Gum-Gum Fruit.
Seeing that, I hurriedly ate the unidentified Devil Fruit too.
Blech, that tastes awful.
As soon as I ate the Devil Fruit, I heard someone kick open the door, and a group of men entered.
"Excuse us."
Ah, it was that bandit guy.
"Oho... So these are the things called pirates."
"Never seen one before, but they sure look stupid."
Ah, it's the Great Pirate Era now, you country bumpkin mountain bandit.
"I'm a mountain bandit. But... well, I'm not here to cause trouble. Sell us some liquor.
About ten barrels."
No, I know you're here to cause trouble, you devil.
Or was I the devil, since I'd eaten a Devil Fruit?
"I'm sorry. We're all out of liquor right now."
Makino said awkwardly to the mountain bandit.
"Hmm? That's strange. Those pirate bastards are drinking something. Is that water?"
"That's unfortunate. Looks like we've drunk this place dry."
"If this will do, you can have it. The cap hasn't even been opened yet."
When the mountain bandit finished speaking, Shanks handed him a bottle of liquor.
But the mountain bandit brought that bottle down on Shanks's head.
And Luffy and I watched it happen while diligently eating our Devil Fruits.
Why the hell was Shanks putting up with this? Huh??
"Take a look at this."
The mountain bandit spoke while displaying his own wanted poster.
But why was he carrying that around himself?
"There's eight million Berries on my head. That makes me a first-class wanted man."
The price difference was insane...
I seemed to remember Luffy being called a rookie even when he had a hundred million Berries...
Was eight million Berries enough to make this mountain bandit the top of his industry?
Was this like that?
All the guys with athletic talent in America play baseball or football, so soccer ends up pathetic? All the strong people went out to sea, leaving the inland weak?
"Now that you know, be careful from now on. Though I suppose, since it's mountains and sea,
we'll never have reason to meet again."
"Sorry about that, Makino. Got a rag?"
"Ah... It's fine! I'll take care of it."
As if ignoring everything the mountain bandit said, Shanks spoke to Makino.
Watching that, the mountain bandit drew his sword and swung it, smashing the dishes and bottles on the bar.
"Looks like you enjoy cleaning. Let's go, you cowards."
"Captain, are you all right?"
"Ah, I'm fine. It's no big deal."
"Kehahahaha, what a sight, Boss!!"
"You really got it good!!"
The Red-Haired Pirates suddenly laughed like they'd possessed the spirits of edgy losers.
Ah, this was the real thing!!
"Why are you laughing?! That's pathetic!!"
"No matter how many of them there are or how strong they seem, after being humiliated like that—
you just laugh? You're not even a man!! You're not pirates either!!"
No... Shanks is a Yonko...
If ordinary pirates were coffee, Shanks was T.O.P.
"I understand how you feel, but all that happened was that I got liquor poured over me.
It's not really something to get angry about, is it?"
No, uncle, that's absolutely something to get angry about...
You're seriously weird, uncle.
"Let go of me!! I don't care. I can't stand cowards!!"
Angry, Luffy tried to leave, and Shanks grabbed his arm to calm him down.
Ah, it was that scene.
Luffy's arm stretched out unnaturally.
"His arm stretched...!! Then could it be...!"
"Don't tell me you...!"
"What is this~~?"
And lastly, Luffy looked at his own arm in shock.
"They're gone!!"
"The Gum-Gum Fruit and the Bat-Bat Fruit we stole from the enemy!!!"
Uncle Lucky Roux opened the box that presumably had held the Devil Fruits and asked Luffy.
"Luffy, don't tell me you ate one of those fruits??"
"...Yeah, for dessert.... It tasted really awful."
"You didn't eat both of them, did you?"
"Ah, I think I ate one of them...."
I cut in and answered.
That Devil Fruit is mine. Burp~
"Whew... Thank goodness.... No, wait!!"
"You idiot, when you eat a Devil Fruit, your whole body turns to rubber...!!
And on top of that, you become unable to swim for the rest of your life!!"
Shanks grabbed Luffy and explained.
"What?! That's impossible!!"
"You idiot!!!"
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