Chapter 1: Do all Isekai stories start by dropping from the sky?

When people talk about the afterlife, it is universally accepted that it would be the dwellings of spirits in either the angelic paradise of heaven, of the fiery depths of hell. Regardless of the situation, you'll end up in one of these places where you'll spend the rest of your unliving life until reincarnation.

Or, if you are REALLY lucky, you'll be reincarnated into another world like all those Isekai manga and anime I have watched.

…Yeah, the last one is definitely a really far-fetched idea, but one can still dream!

Either way, now I can state in upmost certainty that neither of them are correct!

Nope! Once you are dead, you'll just end up in the void!

A dark, endless void where there is nothing all around with no floor or ceiling.

Just, emptiness…

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Trippy…

Proof? Well, I can't really show it as I'm dead myself.

Yup! Dead! Ran over by a damn speeding car, driver wasn't even looking in front, busy looking at his precious phone that dipshit! Hope that fucker crash and burn! That would teach you to text and drive!

To think, that my entire life would end from something that mundane! I always picture myself dying on a hospital bed, next to my family and friends as they slowly turn off the life-support and I slowly drift away…

Not, CRASH! BOOM! DEAD! You are a goner! Must have been a crack spine or neck, instant death in the matter of seconds!

But then, what is life, am I right?

Speaking of life, looking back on my own, I really lived quite a short one, huh? Dead at the age of 25, not how I wanted to go out…

But now… at least I get to meet Lina again. I wonder how she'll react to me dying to young? Sad? Angry? Hope she doesn't try to kill me the second time…

Huh? What's that bright light over there? Is it… coming closer…?

Out in the ocean, there sat a small ship, a sailboat that could house four grown men bobbing about on the salty waters. It's hull dark brown wood while a cabin is built in the from the middle to the end with a large mast sticking out of the top of it with a single white sail that is currently rolled up.

It's owner, a young man who seems to be in his early thirties wearing a fedora is busy with his fishing pole, his eyes staring right the little bopper in the water.

A tense second later, the bopper sinks and he immediately tugged on it, the fishing line tensed up as he tries to reel his catch as fast as he could, "Come here, you damn fish…!"

One last tug and the line slack causing him to pull back too much and fell right down onto the deck with a loud thump. With a groan, he got back up as he looked at his empty hook, "Damn it, almost had it…" He picks up and put back on his hat before noticing something in the sky.

With a look, he can see a shadow getting bigger, two shadows now that he looked closely. "What is that, a person…?"

The shadows soon became big enough to a point that is it truly visible to see what is falling down towards him, within the seconds it splashes right into the salty waters next to him. The figure floats up to reveal a person, a beautiful young lady to be exact.

"A… lady…?"

A second splash next to her caught his attention as what looks like a brown leather sack floats up close to her as well.

"And a sack…? What in the four seas…?"

At first there was a feeling of wind blowing against my face, before something impacted my face hard. Then there's the feeling of water on my skin which is followed by what seems to be arms carrying me up to somewhere.

What… happened? I was dead a second ago, and then suddenly there is wind? And… water…? What's going on?

A few hard pressure on my chest later and air suddenly fill my lungs causing me to cough which in turn jerks my entire body up. This feeling of a beating heart, of lungs expanding and the heat on my skin, it is official.

I'm alive again.

But… how? What happened…? Is this even possible?

Leaving my thoughts aside, I felt the heavy weight of my own eyelids as I forcibly tries to open my eyes to see what's going on. The first thing that came to be blurry vision was the image of the blue skies, along with the feeling of a bopping up and down on the solid floor I am on.

Am I… on a boat…? On the open seas?

"Hey."

I glanced to the side, where a face came into view. A man in his thirties, I think, in a short-sleeved white button-down shirt with bandages around his hands that reaches to his elbows with brown leather armour tied to his forearm and back of his hand, a dark blue pants tugged into a pair of brown leather boots with a bright red sash tied around his waist. On his slightly untamed mane of crimson-red hair sits a black fedora with a white stripe around it, shadowing his eyes with rather crystal-like red pupils that doesn't look human at all, almost reptilian in nature.

"You okay?"

I opened my mouth to speak only to end up coughing due to the heavy dryness of my throat.

"Ah, hold on for a moment." He rushes off somewhere, before returning with a small metal canteen. "Now, small sips." He coaches my head upwards as he places the mouth of the canteen on my lips, the smooth and cool relief of liquid life flows in and down my throat.

A few small gulps later, he removed the canteen from my mouth. "Better now?"

With my throat moist and thirst quenched, I opened my mouth and…

"Yeah, thank-Huh?"

Was that… my voice…? I don't remember sounding like that! That's just like a girl's voice!

I quickly scramble to the side of the boat despite the man's cries and look down at the water's reflection. Expecting to see a young male face staring back, I ended up looking at someone else, someone completely different.

Instead, what I end up seeing is a young girl's face, a rather pretty one at that. My normally messy black hair is now of a smooth glossy onyx that trails pass my shoulders with a perfect heart-shaped structure unlike those of a model, my narrow eyes became big round pupils of brown; a female face if I ever saw one.

"W-What is this?!" I shrieked out as I feel all over my new face, pinching my cheeks to make sure this is all real before reaching down to check if it is true elsewhere.

And I am right, horrifyingly so.

Where my normally flat chest is now a couple of small bulging tits that fit around my hands perfectly, said hands became slim and long, my waist that was originally slightly round is now flat and smooth, my hips are wider and my butt is definitely fuller than normal. When I went to feel my groin, I can't feel the existence of my manhood, just the smoothness and emptiness between my thighs.

I have completely become a woman.

"N-No way… how did… what…?"

"A-Are you okay, miss?" The man asked me worriedly.

"Okay?! Do I look okay to you?!" I screamed at the man, "What is this?! Did you do this?!"

"Do what? I found you like this."

"Are you sure?! I because I'm pretty sure I was a guy a few minutes ago!"

The man looked at me confused, before looking at me up and down, "Is that why you dressed like that?"

I lift my eyebrow in confusion to his question, before looking back down on myself. Huh, what do you know? I'm wearing the exact same thing when I died. A short-sleeved dark-blue button shirt over a black undershirt with light grey pants and my yellow on black running shoes, the same kind of clothes I wear when I went out.

Although, they are all now a little too big for my body with my two shirts slacking over my shoulder and my pants extremely loose around my waist.

"Okay, let's just say what you said is true…" The man sighed, "I doubt I'm the one that changed you. The only person that has that kind of ability is locked up in Impel Down and that is miles away from here."

Wait, what did he just say? Impel Down? But that's the name of the prison in… the… Oh no. Don't tell me…

"Mister! Where are we right now?!"

"Huh? Where we are…? The East Blue. Somewhere between the islands of Riza, Conomi, and Yotsuba to be precise."

East Blue…?! Conomi is definitely confirming it! Some way or other, I ended up in the world of One Piece! And as a girl no less! This is bad… really, really bad! Of all the places to fall into, it has to be the one filled with blood-thirsty pirates!

"Hey… you alright there?" He asked me again worriedly, "You seem rather pale…"

"I just… feel like my new existence is going to fade out in a flash…"

"Existence…? That's rather heavy for a young lady…" The man stated before looking away, "Speaking of heavy, is that bag yours?"

Bag? I follow his gaze to notice the brown leather sack in the corner of the deck, with a strap for carrying use and tied at the top with what seems to be white rope in a knot. I definitely didn't own a bag like that, specially of that type. "No, I don't think that is mine."

"Really, it fell out of the sky with you."

"Wait, I fell out of the sky?!"

"Yeah."

How cliché can this get?! Falling out of the sky?! That's Isekai's intro 101! That, or awakening in a strange place all alone-wait I did that too! Goddamn it, am I in a self-insert now?! I love those kinds of fanfic to death but I never thought to being in one!

Oh, right! That sack! If it fell out of the sky with me, it must be something important!

I quickly rush towards the sack, nearly tripping over when my pants dropped a little, and undone the knot before opening it up for me to check the insides. In it, I found four things; a small chest the size of a small fruit, a book with the title of [Surviving the One Piece world for Dummies], what looks like a hunting knife of all things, and a brown envelope held closed by a wax seal that looks like two angel-wings within a halo.

If my experience with self-insert fics is right, that chest should be important but I'll save it for later. First thing, that envelope.

Breaking the wax seal, I took out the folded letter inside and starts to read the contents.

Dear Visitor:

In the case this letter found its way to you on a much later date, I wish to apologise for any hardships you have/will encountered in your time in this world.

I am the goddess that govern over death and rebirth. My name isn't something normal humans can pronounce so just call me Neo. For starters, I wish to say I'm sorry for tossing you into this world without warning. This is all a big mistake on my part.

You see, you were dragged out here on accident, by my idiot of a sister who got so drunk to the point which she mistaken your soul as the one from her world, the same world you are in right now; that she decides to toss you in, and then for some unknown reason change your gender as well. It was a big mess, and we're both being punished for such an irresponsible behaviour.

Sadly, I couldn't drag you back out, with you completely integrated into the world now. So, I'm afraid to say that you are forever stuck in that world till your death. When that would come is up to you.

But, I decided to leave you with some gifts for you, just enough so you can have some kind of chance of survival. You probably checked the bag so I'll summarised them for you.

You would probably find a chest, inside contains an unknown Devil Fruit for your consumption. What kind of fruit is up there since it was my sister who picked it and she didn't want to tell me what's inside.

Next would be that book, where I manage to gather together all the info you would need in that world; of course, not including the ones you already have knowledge of. Think of it as the encyclopaedia of this world.

Lastly would be the knife. It is a knife of my own blessing. It is made with a metal that wouldn't break no matter what, and its edge is sharp enough to pierce and cut through most metals like butter. You should be able to make good use of it in the near future.

Other than that, all I can say is: Wish you luck!

Signed: Neo

I stared at the letters on the paper, as the realization of it all echoes in my mind. I… can never go back… I'm… stuck here in this body, in this world until my death…

"Wha…What kind of bullshit is this?!" I screamed in rage tossing the letter aside. This is bullshit… what kind of dipshit is this?! Sending me here on a whim of a drunk goddess and now they don't have the ability to sent me back?! What kind of goddess is she?!

This has to be a nightmare, none of it is real… it can't be real!

"Another world…"

The man beside suddenly spoke out, in his hands is the same letter I was reading a few moments ago. Ah, crap! This isn't something a resident of this world should be finding out!

"I thought you seem different." He noted with a glance towards me, "Although, this part here interests me." He fully turned to face me with a stare, "[Already have knowledge of.], huh?"

"Eek!"

"Pray tell me, what kind of knowledge do you possess of this world? What you say next…" He cracks his knuckle, "Well… you can guess, right?"

Crap, crap, crap! D-Did I ended up with someone extremely dangerous?! A bounty hunter?! Mercenary?! Pirate?! "I-It's… um… well… you see… uh…"

*Splash* "ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

We all were stopped from the stare off when a large creature emerged from the waters below, its enormous reptilian-like face that resembles a moray eel staring right at us with its jaws opened and throat (?) vibrating as the remanence of its initial roar echoes within.

A… Sea King… A FUCKING SEA KING?! We're still in the East Blue, right?! Why is there a Sea King here?!

"A young one, huh?" The man chuckles, a bestial grin on his face, "Good timing. I was having trouble with my food supplies and you gladly shows up."

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on for just a freaking moment! Is this guy planning on hunting and eating that?! This is insane! I don't know who he is, but I doubt he has the ability to kill off a freaking Sea King! I mean, this is the small boat and he doesn't look like someone who can do just that!

The large beast growled before lunging forward towards us, I letting out scream of terror on complete reflex before the man pulls back his fist…

…And proceeds to slam said fist into the nose of the sea monster.

With that punch knocking its head back at least several feet.

I felt my own jaw came loose as I witness the giant head of the monster flew back to the point I barely registered the fact that the offender has rushed into the cabin until I realised his lack of presence on the deck and the opening of the door.

The Sea King eventually rushes back towards the boat with its jaws wide open, ready to chomp down on the wooden vessel with me on it. I stood frozen as I watches as my deadly fate is fast approaching, my past life flashing before my eyes. Is… this it…? Is this how I'm going to die…? Brought into a world of danger and die only a few minutes of living again…?

Man, I suck and living…

And it is at that moment when I see the teeth slowly coming down around me, a flash of metal rings out and the beast suddenly retracted roaring out as a cut tooth plops into the water next to the boat. I turned to the sudden appearance of the owner of this boat, in his hands now wielded is a long Chinese-styled sabre, its edge coated with red blood.

Is that… a Miao Dao? Did he… cut the tooth out with that?!

"Should have brought it with me to the deck the first time…" The man sighed as he flicks his weapon to the side, blood splatters off onto the deck and into the ocean, "Then again, I wasn't expecting a Sea King here…"

The said monster looked back at us with a growl and a frown on its face, its missing teeth along with the slash wound apparent for us to see, before lunging towards us once more. With a smirk, he jumps up with the recoil of his jump rocking the ship rather wildly. Once he is right above the monster, with hand on his sword he swings down hard.

"Dragon Sword Style: Grand Divider!"

The resulting slash slices the head clean off its body, the giant head skidding on the surface of the water before splashing onto the salty waters in front of the ship. I felt the sea water raining down on me as the head floats back up with its now dull eyes looking up.

What…just happened…? Did that man just one-shot a fucking SEA KING?! What is going on?! Who is he?!

Speaking of which, that same man is also standing on the dead body of the monster with a satisfied smile on his face, "What a damn great prize! Wouldn't have to worry about food for a good while!"

And that, is the last straw on the camel's back as I finally blacked out from it all.

…Oh god, why this world, why…?

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To be continued…

And there! First chapter of the new reboot! For those first timers coming to this fic, this is actually a complete overhaul from my previous One Piece fic.

That fic wasn't going anywhere good, if what the reviews are showing means, so I decided to reboot the entire thing! Same characters, same setting, similar plotline but different in a lot of ways.

And yes, this is a rated-M like the previous one, so prepared for sexual tensions and possible lemons in the near future.

With that, I thank you all for reading this!