Akato leaned back in his airplane seat, the hum of the engines blending with the soft rustle of turning pages. He had just finished reading the latest volume of One Piece, his heart still racing from the revelation that Luffy was planning to recruit Loki into his crew.
What an insane development… Akato thought, a grin tugging at his lips.
This trip already felt unreal. In just a few hours, he would be in Tokyo—standing face-to-face with his favorite voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda. The excitement alone made it hard to breathe.
Then—
SCREEEEEECH.
A sharp, metallic scream tore through the cabin.
Akato's eyes widened as the plane lurched violently to the left. Outside the window, flames erupted along the wing, swallowing metal in a blazing inferno. His heart froze. A cold chill crawled down his spine.
"There's fire on the left wing!" he screamed at the top of his lungs.
The moment those words left his mouth, chaos erupted.
The aircraft shook violently, alarms blaring as passengers erupted into screams.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" "We're going to die!" "HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!"
People scrambled blindly, shoving and pushing in panic. Oxygen masks dropped from above as flight attendants shouted emergency instructions, their voices barely cutting through the terror.
Akato swallowed hard.
"No… this can't be how it ends".Instead of freezing, he moved.He grabbed safety gear, fastening harnesses around shaking passengers, forcing parachutes into trembling hands.
"Breathe—slowly!" "You'll be okay, jump when instructed!" "Go! Hurry!"
One by one, people leapt from the aircraft, tears streaming down their faces.
Finally… silence.
Akato stood alone.
The last parachute was gone.
His legs trembled as reality crashed down on him.
Am I… going to die?
His chest tightened, breath hitching.
No… I don't want to die.
The plane tilted sharply downward. Through the shattered window, jagged mountains rushed closer and closer.
Then—
Darkness.
Not pain.
Not sound.
Just absolute, chilling nothingness.
"Hello there…"
Akato gasped.
Warmth enveloped him—gentle, soothing, familiar. It felt like being held in his mother's arms after a long, terrifying nightmare.
He opened his eyes.
Before him floated a being beyond comprehension—its form constantly shifting, swirling with impossible patterns of light and shadow. It had no clear gender, no fixed shape, yet its presence felt vast… infinite.
The being tilted its head.
"Are you going to keep staring," it said playfully, "or are you going to ask me something?"
Akato blinked rapidly, snapping out of his shock.
"W-Where am I?" he stammered. "Who are you… and why am I here?"
The being giggled, the sound echoing like ripples through space itself.
"You are in the rift between infinite realities—where worlds overlap and destinies unravel," it replied.
"As for me… you may call me ROB—a Random Omnipotent Being."
Akato swallowed.
"And you're here," ROB continued, "because of your selfless actions. You chose others over yourself."
A pause.
"For that… I shall grant you one wish. Only one. Nothing grand, nothing absurd."
Akato's mind raced.
A thousand thoughts collided—power, survival, second chances.
Finally, he spoke.
"…Can I be reborn in the world of One Piece," he asked cautiously, "as Shamrock—someone who can grow stronger?"
ROB's eyes shimmered with amusement.
"Ah… of course," it chuckled. "You humans always choose adventure."
With a lazy wave of its hand, reality itself bent.
"Very well. Your wish is granted."
A massive portal tore open behind Akato, blazing with unfamiliar light.
"Go," ROB said softly. "Become what you desire."
Before Akato could respond, an invisible force pulled him forward.
As he was dragged into the portal, his heart thundered with anticipation.
I'll sail the seas…
I'll meet them all…
And this time—
Darkness swallowed him once more.
But unlike before…
This time, it felt like the beginning.
"Thanks For Reading....."
[AN:Hello readers this is my first time writing a fan-fic and you're going to enjoy this adventure a lot so please support me by giving power stones.]