Chapter 1: How Intriguing
As the crew left the land of sand and the home of their nakama Nefertari Vivi, the crew became surprised by the new member that forcefully joined the crew. Nico Robin, formerly known as Ms. All Sunday, had held Luffy to blame for making her live, so as punishment, she made Luffy accept her as a crew member. As she managed to persuade her new shipmates into accepting her with jewels, her beauty, or her Devil's Fruit powers, there was always one member who defied them all, and he was always on his guard. Roronoa Zoro. The name of this man had struck fear into those who had heard and know of this sort of living myth. A man said to be a demon in human form, whose ruthlessness knew no bounds. He was a truly terrifying man by word of mouth. However, this green-haired man knew not to be intimidated by this woman, but there was something about her that caught his attention. Truly, though he was still a teenager, he is the most mature out of the original crew, exuding a sense of Confucian wisdom and providing insight to his fellow crew mates when it concerned aspects of honor, respect, and a warrior's code.
Nico Robin spent her short time on the ship getting to know her new crew. She tended to seek knowledge wherever it laid, whether in a book or a person's memory. She managed to not scare the ship's doctor, Tony Tony Chopper, anymore as well as learn about Drum Island. She was amused by the wild imaginative stories of the ship's gunner and sniper, Usopp. Getting anything from Sanji, the ship's cook, was easy, thanks to her natural beauty and his ineptitude to tell a lady no. The ship's, as well as hers, captain, Monkey D. Luffy, was a simple enough man to get information from. He was a very straightforward young man who spoke his mind without a shadow of doubt. This only left one person, and he was adamant about the distance between the two of them. She only knew four things about this young man, thanks to her tenacity of information collecting: he trained, he slept a lot, he is the first mate, and he treasures the white sword of all three of his swords the most. She stared at the man as he began his overhead swings with the weight at over five hundred pounds. His swings catch her attention, as the clinking sound of the weights are cast across the deck of the Going Merry on a particular day as she sat there reading one of her books in her deck chair.
The archaeologist's eyes scanned over the young swordsman's body, looking him over from head to toe. His eyes fixated forward, filled with determination and the look one gives their enemies. His mouth controlling his breathing and counting out his swings with an exaggeration on the final syllable of the current repetition, two hundred sixTEEN. The muscles in his arms tensed as he held up the massive weight above his head and swung it out in front of him. His chest had beads of sweat traverse down his body, some of them following the trail of the scar on his chest which led her eyes to the next location. His stomach was flat and toned, showing his sense of commitment to maintaining his body as a weapon as well as his skills to wield his swords. His legs, though shrouded in his pants, could still be seen made out to be tensed and strong as his stance was as sturdy as a mountain to brace the sheer wait his arms held up. As her eyes scanned back up to see his face, he glanced over to confirm his suspicion that he was being watched by the older woman. As their eyes connected, they conveyed different responses. Zoro's response was that of disdain to being watched by his new "crew member" while Robin's was that of being caught and seeming to not be shy about it. She gave him one of her mysterious smiles which made the young man slightly embarrassed and a bit of redness escaped onto his cheeks. As the kenjutsuka looked away and began to head below deck to wash up, the koukogakusha had a smile creep up on her face as she had a slight chuckle as she thought about the possible reasoning behind his reaction. She spoke aloud to herself with that smile still on her face. "How intriguing."