Haruka & The Great Pirate Era
"Don't you know about pirate rules, lady!" Ace yelled, scrambling after his savior. "I have my own crew to get me!"
"Screw the rules." Was his companion's eloquent reply. "I save who I want."
"You idiot!" He yelled as he caught up with her. "I don't even deserve to live!"
"Join the club." Haruka smirked as she walked forward.
"Why you little!" Ace lit up a hand threateningly. Haruka simply kept moving.
"My cloak's fireproof." She commented, then looked up at a hole in the roof where she fell through. Painfully.
"Oi! Haruka! We took care of the rest!" A call rang out from above. Death Princess smiled and grabbed Ace's hand.
"Hold on tight!" She warned as she opened up her wings and zoomed up through the hole.
***
27 years ago…
"Thank you for coming, Master…"
"My name is not important."
"Alright then…"
"I need you to take care of these documents for me. Keep them safe. When the D's come, give it to them."
"I understand. But why are you entrusting this to me?"
"A women will come to live on this island. She will be a carrier of D. Look after her, and give her these papers in ten years time."
"These documents. What are their importance?"
"They have the power to destroy the world."
With that ominous statement, the figure masked with a cloak left, leaving a very confused man holding onto what would become the key to upturning the world into chaos.
***
19 years later…
It's only been two years. Two years since she gave her life up for those two boys. She wonders how they're doing now. She was stuck in hell, with her only way out being the kind boy with the nodachi. Law, he said his name was. He told her that the Doflamingo guy, the guy who decided to buy her, made him his younger brother.
This is Law. He's three years older than you, and from now on, he's your older brother.
She suppressed the memories. She can't risk losing concentration. It's do-or-die out here, even worse than with the mountain bandits. Those guys weren't so bad, but here…
She's been forced to compete in tournaments for the watching noble's sick pleasures. Kill or be killed, live life on the edge, pray you'll make it out alive to see the next day.
A sharp hit to the face jars her into reality. She retaliated with some crackling energy, which, with a little effort, she directed at her opponent. He falls over, dead or knocked out. She couldn't care less either way. She never even knew his name. Hopefully, that'd be the last round she'd have to fight. If she was boring enough, she wouldn't be called back. But on the other hand, if she didn't provide enough entertainment, she'd be whipped for putting on a poor show. To the disgusting nobles, it was all some show. They probably didn't even realize that real people's lives were at stake, instead betting on who would make it out alive.
Another reason to hate them.
Those seem to be piling up more and more, now.
***
2 years ago…
"I think I'll get that little spit-fire over there! Fufufufu!" The tall man, who was probably certifiably insane, gestured to Luffy, who was glaring at him.
"Do what you like." She spat out, not shifting from her position.
"Fufufufu! Little Brother, come here!" He laughed, gesturing to a tall boy with a nodachi. He hesitantly made his way to the Shichibukai, then walked over to Luffy from the pirate's prompting.
"I'm Trafalger Law." He said to her.
"Luffy. Monkey D. Luffy." She stated, making eye contact.
"Oh? What's this? A 'D'? How interesting!" Doflamingo, or, as he would later be known as, flamingo bastard, cackled. "I definitely want her now!"
"A 'D'? I don't understand what that is." Law frowned at the thought of not knowing.
"Only a few people know what the 'D' means. I'm not one of them, and I highly doubt anybody else in the room does either." Luffy looked at the older boy, making him slightly uncomfortable.
"Fufufufu! Quite, quite interesting. Little Brother, the 'D' is a bloodline passed on through will rather than actual blood. Most usually end up changing the world in some way or another. Like Gol D. Roger for instance!" Flamingo Bastard had a rare 'explanation' moment, which was quickly shut up.
"A bloodline passed through will? Strange…" He muses, before looking at the quiet girl in front of him.
***
12 years later…
Haruka arrived at Marineford in her stolen warship right after Whitebeard. She sailed up to him then flew onto the deck, dragging Ace with her.
"I got Ace." She stated while the Whitebeard pirates gaped in shock. She then walked to the front of the ship and observed the assortment of Marines in front of her. Then she lifted a flute to her mouth. Sengoku was getting redder and redder as he realized he had been duped and there was no prisoner coming.
Slowly, Haruka played a melody, seemingly repetitive, but there were slight variations each time. Everybody gasped as the air became saturated with what most would assume was the smell of memories. Musty books, the faint smells you associated with your earliest recollections. As abrupt as she began, she stopped.
Sengoku narrowed his eyes, then pulled the broadcasting Den-den mushi to his mouth. "You, Death Princess. You're a threat to the world. You possess the power to destroy it. The power to make the world descent into chaos."
Haruka laughed, then yelled into a broadcasting Den-den that nobody knew how she acquired. "The power to destroy the world? I can't destroy anything. That's just a rumor of the unenlightened. However, I can give it back what you have taken away."
Sengoku cursed. Revealing that information could convince several people to rebel against the government. He had thought all witnesses were dead, however. This tidbit needed to be covered up. However, the pirate had no qualms about revealing it.
Sengoku and Haruka locked eyes from across the battlefield.
"Thirteen years ago, an island existed. The people there were peaceful by nature. However, they learned a way to distort reality using music. This made the government believe they could become a threat. They slaughtered millions of innocents, and made sure that that island became only a rumor. All in the name of Absolute Justice. Don't make me laugh! You have created a world in which a child is judged by their blood, a world where simply learning something makes you a threat, a world where corruption is ignored. You marines have no idea what true justice is." Haruka glared.
"You, Haruka, are a threat to the stability of the world. Will you admit it?" Sengoku spoke.
"I am not a threat because of my bloodline. I am not a threat because of my knowledge. I am a threat because I chose to be free. Is that correct?" Haruka smirked.
Sengoku REALLY wished that this execution wasn't being broadcasted across the world. He cursed Haruka's way with words.
"Choosing to be free does not mean you must become a pirate." Sengoku decided to play her battle of words.
"Really? Because I think that had I not become a pirate, I'd still be a wanted criminal. I know how to read and play the devil's music."
"The devil's music is something that according to rumors, you must hone for years. You obviously knew what you were doing, and your profession implies that you are against the world, and therefore, a threat to it."
"The world is not my enemy. The government is. And now that our debate is done and all of our allies are ready to get away, I bid you goodbye."
Haruka cut off the Den-den mushi and threw it into the sea, then walked back to where her crew were waiting. Chopper had already gotten out some bandages and she attempted to wave him off, only for him to go into human mode and convince Zoro and Sanji to help pin her down. Chopper bandaged the sharp lines of blood trailing around her arms, then let her go. The downside to using devil's music was that it tended to injure the user. That and it took forever to learn how to use it.
"So, what was that about?" Ace asked the sitting Mugiwara crew as they went to catch up with the other half of them, who had Coup-de-bursted the Sunny out of there while Sengoku and Haruka were conversing via loud broadcasts over the battlefield.
"Which part?" Haruka asked, absentmindedly pulling at the bandages.
"Everything." Almost everybody on the Moby Dick chorused.
"I'm surprised that a brat like you knows about the devil's music." Whitebeard commented on his throne.
"Eh, I grew up on Spring Flower Island until it was destroyed." Haruka answered. Ace shot up.
"Did you just say Spring Flower Island?"
"Was wondering when you'd get it." Haruka smiled a bit.
"I've heard that before. When I was young. I don't remember though…" Ace trailed off. Haruka sighed.
"You're hopeless. Do I need to spell it out for you?"
"I'm sorry, what?" Ace asked.
"Want to guess my real name?" She asked, offhandedly.
Ace looked to her crew, who all shrugged in an I-don't-know-what-she's-going-on-about way.
"Uh, how should I know?"
"You're a dumb-ass, aren't you." She stated bluntly.
"Yes he is." Marco was watching the conversation with interest.
"My birth name is Monkey D. Luffy." She grinned, while Ace simply stared back, shocked, and then was about to scream before Haruka, Luffy, whatever, she slapped her hand over his mouth.
"And I'd appreciate it if the world did not have to find out, thank you very much." She continued, giving him a glare.
After she pulled her hand away, Ace stared at her. Then he glared at her.
"How could you do something like that? Me and Sabo thought you were dead! We never forgave ourselves! Why were you so selfish?"
"I'm an impulsive person. Deal with it."
"You-you're…"
"Impossible?" The remaining Mugiwaras chorused.
"Yes, yes I am." Haruka grinned.