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After some time, they arrived at a castle, and a group of men bowed down in front of them, "Oden-sama welcome back. Did you deal with the pirates?" a man with a long ponytail asked. "No, my daddy beat him" she suddenly spoke up.

"So, you kidnapped this girl to get them to leave? I don't know how to feel about that, Oden-sama," the same man said, "No, I've decided to join them," Oden said while gathering food. "Wait, Oden-sama! You can't leave this country. It's totally prohibited!" they all yelled.

Oriana stared at them and their interaction not knowing what to think about it. Her head followed her gaze until they landed on a big cat, dog, and a cute green creature. Her eyes widen and her mouth gaped as she slowly walked towards them.

She touched the yellow cat's tail and patted the soft fur. "Cat's don't like their tails being touched" a voice suddenly said to her. "But since you're cute I'll allow it," The feline said with a smile. "You can talk? All of you can talk?" Oriana held back a smile before going over to the dog and rubbing its stomach.

The brown dog moved its tail from side to side clearly enjoying it, "Yeah, we can talk". Soon Oriana's attention switched to, "What are you" the girl looked at the green cutie, "I'm a kappa. The kappa Kawamatsu" he said before laughing in a funny way while holding his stomach.

Oriana noticed his fingers and grabbed them to get a closer look.

There was something between them, "What are these for" she asked innocently, "These help me swim really fast" Kawamatsu grinned. Oriana looked at his hand again and was about to poke them when someone grabbed the back of her shirt.

"Let's get you back," Oden said and lifted her up to his shoulders. The samurai ran out of the castle with a big sack, "What's that?" she asked. He stopped for a moment and opened it, "It's food. I'm going to make everyone my famous Oden".

Oriana's attention switched to their surroundings and remembered something, "What's the most beautiful part of this island?" Oden looked at her, "Hmmm... I'll say the flower capital especially with the cherry blossoms covering the city. Why do you ask?"

"My dream is to draw the islands I visit," she said, "How many have you drawn so far?" Oden curiously asked, "Only my home island," Oriana said a little sad, "We all have to start our dreams somewhere, right? I'm sure it's just one of many" he encouraged.

She smiled, "How about I take you to the flower capital before leaving Wano?" he continued. Her eyes shined for a moment as she nodded, "Yeah!" she said excitedly.

The two came back to the beach, and Oriana ran to her father, "Daddy, daddy I saw a huge dog, and cat, and kappa," she said happily. "You did? How big is huge?" the captain asked, Oriana, looked at her father thoughtfully, "They're not as big as you, daddy. I think they're this big to you," she said and held her hand to her navel.

"That is big for a dog and cat" Whitebeard agreed kindly, "and a kappa" the girl added, "and for a kappa" the captain repeated. The retainers came to the beach with a giant pot. The samurai pulled out his ingredients and started boiling them all together.

"What are you doing?" the pirates were asking as if he didn't just have a fight with their captain, "I'm making my delicious oden," Oden replied.

Once it was done everyone came over to eat as the retainers divided the food between them. "It's too hot" Oriana complained, "It wouldn't be oden if it wasn't boiled," Oden said grinning before turning to her father, "I want to go out to sea and go on adventures".

"Absolutely not!" the retainers yelled but were ignored by their superior. Whitebeard pointed his finger at him, "You're not the type to serve under someone else. I saw what happens when a bunch of them come together on my last crew. Never again! Sail on your own."

That made Oden gasp, "I've tried dozens of times. It never works! I have zero navigation skills." He couldn't believe the captain was actually saying no.

Oriana was blowing on the boiling food to cool it down, but she might have done it too much. Because of the strong wind, she had slid back to the ocean behind her, but the water stopped the strong impact.

She was about to panic but found herself standing on the dry beach a few meters away from the sea.

The girl blinked; she was sure she hit the water. Did she just imagine that?

She looked at the water, but everything seemed normal, yet what she failed to notice was that the entire sea was unnaturally calm without any waves. Oriana went back to the others, "We have to find a way to help you control those new powers of yours." Atmos commented.

"Why," she asked, "We can't exactly let you fly around now, can we?" Vista said this time. "I think I can help you with that while you in Wano" Izo, one of Oden's retainers, offered. "Really? How can you do that?" she asked a little curious.

"Let me worry about the detail. Just be ready in the morning" he said, "Alright!" Oriana was excited.

-x-

Oriana was sleeping peacefully in her room. She felt someone shaking her, but ignored them, "Get up. It's time for training," a familiar voice said. The girl loved to sleep in and decided to just turn the other way, "Just five more minutes" she mumbled.

"No, it's almost noon. Get up lazy bump" he said impatiently. When Oriana didn't give him any indication of waking up, he hit her lightly over the head. She groaned in pain and may have exaggerated a tiny bit.

Oriana turned to him tiredly, "Okay…" she said and scratched her head on the way to the bathroom.

Once she had brushed her teeth, with Marco's watchful eyes, and washed her face. Oriana got up to eat breakfast, or as the others would call it – Lunch. It wasn't her fault that pirates got up that early. The first meal people eat after their long slumber was breakfast no matter when they get up in her opinion.

Izo patiently waited for her to finish her business.

After that, the two went outside. Izo gave her a fan and she didn't understand what they were going to use that for, "We are going to dance" he simply said. Oriana stopped for a second and so did he, "What's wrong?"

"I thought you were going to teach me control?" she stated, "I am," Izo said before walking again.

"Why are we going to dance?" Oriana walked after him, "I'll just have to show you rather than explaining" he said and finally turned to her. He extended his hand, and she gave him the fan, "Look closely".

Izo took a deep breath as he started dancing. Oriana looked in amazement as he moved so freely without any mistake. The girl didn't think it could get any more beautiful, but here he was doing it, just faster.

It was so perfect.

Once Izo was done Oriana jumped up and down, "Teach me, teach me, teach me, Izo!" she almost screamed, "Of course, that's what we here for" he smiled at her. He gave her the fans and took a couple of steps back, "Now, stand on your left leg as long as you can".

-x-

It's been twelve days since arriving in the Land of Wano. The ship's rebuilding was almost complete. Oriana still hasn't visited the Flower Capital yet, but Oden promised her he would as soon as she was done with her dancing training with Izo.

And so far, she was showing them a great result.

"You're a natural. Now, let's see you release your powers" Izo encouraged. Oriana stood on her left leg with the right bent at her knee. The girl raised her right arm to the sky holding the fan and her left arm behind her back.

"Whenever you're ready," the samurai said. Oriana took a deep breath as she slowly moved her right arm down and across her chest before quickly stretching her arm to the side creating a strong wind. She looked at Izo with a surprised smile, "Did you see that Izo?" she asked while making the same motion again.

"Yes, I did. Continue please"

Oriana did exactly as she was told and kept going. She felt the wind getting stronger with every step, soon people were gathering around her, but she was too busy concentrating on the task at hand to notice them. Her mind was focused on her every move as Izo instructed.

Oriana stood on her toes when she started spinning around and the wind was only growing stronger. A second later she stopped with her arms stretched with her new power spreading out in a circle around her.

She was trying to catch her breath when she heard clapping. The girl looked to see her crew and samurai smiling at her, "That was amazing, Oriana" her teacher came toward her with a bright smile, "I knew you could do it" he continued praising her.

Oriana let the fan hit the ground and decided to embrace Izo, "Thank you!" she giggled, "It was all you" he grinned proudly. The girl soon let go and ran over to her father, "Did you see that daddy? Did you?" she asked excitedly and jumped onto his leg.

"Yeah, that was amazing, Treasure. I'm so proud of you" Whitebeard rubbed her back, "Next is fire! I'm going to breathe fire like a dragon" she said as she jumped down roaring as she did before, "It's going to be awesome" she whispered to herself.

The pirates' eyes soften at her cheerfulness, and they all had the same thought: they couldn't wait to see what she was going to do next to impress them, and it just gave them the desire to protect her with their life.

The girl stopped for a second and remembered something important. She ran over to the daimyo, whatever that was, with a huge grin on her face, "Oden, Oden, Oden. Capital, capital, capital. You promised" she pouted while jumping up and down.

Oden laid his big hand on her head to stop her from bouncing, "Alright, let's go" he said and lifted her up to his shoulder. It was better he carried her cause it was going to be a long journey to the Flower Capital of Wano.

"Wait" she suddenly said, and the samurai looked at her, "Something wrong?" he asked, "I forgot my book to draw" she elaborated as he put her down and she ran to get it. A few minutes later she came back, and Oden lifted her up again, "Ready?" he asked as the girl nodded happily.

Oriana wasn't expecting them to ride on a huge pig-like thing, but to her, it was cute nonetheless.

On her way, the girl saw a whole new side to the country. The houses, the forest, and cherry blossoms were making everything more breathtaking. Oriana had been there for almost two weeks but never thought it could get any more beautiful.

It was just so different from her home island.

Oden took her over to the building on the tree so she could get a better view of the city. They went inside and out to a balcony, Oriana quickly started to draw everything, "I'll be right back" the samurai said and left her there.

Oriana didn't really listen and just did her work, "That's amazing for such a small girl" a voice said behind her. She looked to see a tall man with a black funny beard, 'Not as funny as daddy's' she thought, "Thank you" she mumbled.

"You're the one Oden brought here?" he asked as he leaned against the door. Oriana nodded and went back to her drawing, "Where is Oden?" he suddenly asked, "He said he'll be right back" she simply answered. "It was nice to meet you," he said and left too.

Now peace and quiet.

It took a while, but her sketch of the city was done. Oriana had already drawn the shogun's castle on her way there. The only thing missing was the colors. The building's roof were purple, blue, red, green, yellow, and even those colors had different shades.

Oden came back with some food and drink for them. He admired her work and she changed to one of the previous pages, "This is my home island" she handed him her treasure. "It's like a big forest," he said smiling.

Oriana turned the page to another drawing, but this one had her island's animal. He grinned as continued while the girl ate the food he brought, "Who is this woman" he suddenly asked. She stopped drinking and looked at her book.

There he showed her a picture of, "That's my mama" she said softly. Oden immediately understood that something wasn't right. He didn't say anything else and just rubbed her back in comfort. Oriana turned to the side and saw Oden's swords lying next to him.

"If you join us, will you teach me how to fight?" she asked carefully. "Hmm, sure why not" he answered. That alone put a smile on her face.

The two kept eating, and he even helped her spell the different colors she would do later. The sun was about to set, "Let's go back" Oden said when he saw her getting tired. At some point on the way, Oriana fell asleep.

She woke up when she felt someone slowly lowing her down and someone else carrying her. Oriana opened her eyes a bit and saw her father's blond hair, "Hey Treasure. Did you have a good day?" Whitebeard softly asked her. "Mhmm" she nodded into his chest getting more comfortable.

-x-

Oriana stretched her small body in the bed. She scratched her head as she sat up and looked around. Things around her were certainly different, and she had a hard time figuring out why. Soon the door opened, and Whitebeard came in, "Good morning, Oriana" he said smiling.

The girl turned to him a bit confused, "Daddy, where am I?" Whitebeard chuckled a bit, "You're in my room. You refused to let go of me last night. So, I let you sleep next to me" the great pirate explained.

Her gaze switched to the mattress, "You have a big bed, daddy" she simply said. "I am a big person. Now, let's go get some breakfast" her father simply answered and held his hand out for her to take, which she happily did.

The father and daughter passed the deck. The girl noticed more and more supplies were being brought on board, "We are leaving the island tonight" Whitebeard said, he must have noticed her curious eyes, "Is Oden coming with us?"

"No, treasure. He is not" he answered without looking at her. Oriana looked a bit sad, and her father stopped before kneeling down in front of her, "Oden is very important to this land, and it would be unfair for us to take him when the people here need him" he tried to explain.

Oriana looked at her father, "Alright, daddy. I'm not telling Oden we are leaving" she nodded. Whitebeard smirked, "That's my girl" he stood up and rubbed her hair kindly.

After breakfast, Oriana went over to Oden's castle to draw the samurai. They might have been the weirdest group of people that she has ever met, but they showed her kindness and for that only was she going to miss them.

She stayed there most of the day and even ate dinner with them.

Oriana was almost done drawing when Oden came over to her, "That looks great" he complimented, "Thanks" she said and finished the last details of Kiku's face. She looked at it for a few seconds before turning the page with the group drawing to them.

They showered her with praises, and she felt all warm inside.

"I'm going back, Oden," she said and was about to run out of the door, "Wait, O-Riana-chan" he yelled as he went over to her and handed her a bag. The girl looked into the bag and pulled something out. It was a book and when she opened it every page was empty.

"It's a new sketchbook. I saw your old one was almost full, and you must need a new one" Oden explained. Oriana looked was moved by his gift and she hugged him, "Thank you. I'll take good care of it" she said happily.

"I know you will. Now, go, your crew must be waiting for you" the samurai pushed her forward, "Yeah! Goodbye Oden" she said and ran towards the beach. She has been there for almost two weeks and in those weeks, she learned the way pretty well.

When she got back to her crew everyone was already ready to set sail again, the only one, they were waiting for was her, "Hurry up little one or we'll leave you" Marco screamed from the rail. Oriana believed his word without a doubt and used her wind to throw herself to the ship.

Oriana landed gently on the rail with a smile on her face, "Now that everyone's here. Let's set sail" the captain's deep voice echoed throughout the ship. The ship moved forward, slowly leaving the sand. The girl was excited about her new adventure, but couldn't help feeling a little sad to leave without a proper goodbye.

Sneaking away into the darkness of the night. "I feel bad for Oden, but we had no other choice but to sneak out at night. In terms of strength, he would make a fine ally" Whitebeard started.

"Even if I liked the guy, taking him would amount to kidnapping a member of the royal family from his own home, it'd come back to bite us. Did you leave the treasure as thanks?" the captain asked out, but before anyone could answer, a metal chain got wrapped around one of the masts.

"I knew you would try something like this, Whitebeard" a very familiar voice called out. "And I knew you would try something like this, Oden-sama! I'm not letting you leave" another voice yelled. "Oden!" the pirates yelled in shock.

Izo jumped onto the daimyo's back, "Leaving this country has always been my dream. Let's go together! Show me the world, Whitebeard" Oden yelled with a bright smile. Marco went up to the mast to remove the chain when Whitebeard stopped him and told him to get Izo instead.

"Be ready for a great fall" the captain warned. Oriana used that instant to run over to the closest person for comfort and it happened to be Rakuyo. He smiled at her kindly before lifting her up as reassurance.

Marco had just grabbed Izo and at that instant, the ship sailed over the cliff. They were in the air for a second when gravity suddenly hit, and everyone made the freefall. When they hit again, the stream forced them forward.

Rakuyo put her down when he was sure everything was more save, "Thank you" she smiled, "Don't mention it" he rubbed her head. Oriana ran over to the back of the ship and saw Oden was still holding on, 'Cool' she thought.

"Oi Whitebeard, pull Oden-sama up or he'll die out there. That man will one day lead all of Wano" Izo sounded almost afraid.

"Brat, you saw how many times I refused him, and he still forced his way here. I can't let someone that dangerous onboard. I have to think of the safety of my family first. If you want me to change my mind, I'm going to need convincing. He has three days" Whitebeard said to the retainer.

The captain turned around and went over to stand next to his daughter, "You got that Oden? If three days from now you're still hanging on to the chain, I'll let you on board." Oden was struggling but looked up nonetheless, "You promise?" he asked, "Yes. I'll stand by it" Whitebeard vowed.

The days went by rather quickly for Oriana. She used the time to watch him along with the others. In stormy weathers, he was swung from side to side, up and down as his appearance slowly changed when he hit cliffs, but he held on.

She noticed Izo's worried face when he was eaten by a fish, but he still held on. It wasn't long before it started to snow, and Oden was hit by icebergs. His face was swollen up, but somehow, he still held on.

The crew even started to worry, yet there was nothing they could do. Oriana could have sworn that she saw him sleep at some point, "So awesome" she whispered.

On the third and final day, Marco was the first one to cheer on Oden when he realized that he was still out there, "Why are you taking his side?" the crew questioned. "If he passes this test, he'll be one of us, right?" he explained to the others.

Whitebeard looked annoyed, it was as if he didn't expect Oden to actually make it, "How dare you subject my lord to this. I'll never forgive you, Whitebeard" Izo said in tears, but the older pirate just walked away.

Oriana's eyes were on Izo, she understood he didn't want Oden to be treated like that, "Oi, he's gone" someone got her attention. She discovered that the samurai was no longer there, "He only had an hour left" Andre said sadly.

But the bigger question was: If he wasn't here, where was he?

They found Oden the next day at some island. He was fighting someone with an octopus on his head, but more than that, he had six arms too. Whitebeard went over to him and hit the man with his blade before looking at the samurai, "Come on board my ship, Oden".

"But I let go of the chain" he didn't understand, Whitebeard turned to the young woman before explaining further, "Yeah, you let go of your dream for the sake of a woman's scream. You're softer than I thought".

Oden blushed a little as Whitebeard turned his back to them, "We're about to go on an adventure that will far exceed anything you can ever imagine, little brother" he said smiling.

Oden looked at her father with stars in his eyes, "Really, Whitey-chan?".

They went back to the ship together. When the samurai boarded, he was grabbed by the other pirates, and they threw him into the air. They were cheering for their new crewmate while making fun of Whitebeard, "Pops really put you through a bunch of shit" they laughed.

The captain looked mad for a moment, but his attention switch to two people coming out of the cabin, "Oden-sama" a familiar cat and dog appeared with a smile. They decided to sneak on board because they knew that Oden would be here.

Izo seemed to have forgiven Whitebeard and he would also stay. "Woman, what's your name?" her father asked, "My name is Toki. I want to go to the Land of Wano," she said excitedly. The pirate made an obvious face of dislike.

Oriana felt a cheerful aura around her, and she started to laugh happily. Little did she notice her crew's affectionate stares.