Wolfy-tan: Hello, new readers! I was inspired to start this story after reading some Fem!Luffy stories, and I noticed there was a lack of them in the One Piece fanfiction, so I thought 'Why not?' and started typing.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.
Chapter 1: Lucy and Shanks!
"Everyone listen up! I ain't jokin' around! You'll see! I'll prove it to ya!" The Red-Haired pirates looked up to see Lucy standing on the top of the ship with a small sword. All the pirates looked at each other and exchanged amused expressions. All of them were thinking things like, 'Lucy's going to do something stupid again' or 'This'll be good'. Lucy raised the small, kid-like sword and stabbed her cheek.
"OOOUCH!"
"Lucy!"
"What the hell, Lucy!"
"Oh God Lucy!"
"OOOWW!"
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"Cheers to Lucy's craziness and our greatness!" Shanks yelled and everyone cheered. Inside everyone was yelling and cheering and arguing over small things. Lucy sat on a stool next to Shanks.
"Why'd you have to do something so silly? That'll probably scar your cheek!" Makino, the bar owner, teased, but her face then grew more serious. "What will your mother think of this?"
"I don't care!" Lucy said. "It's not like I listen to her or the rest of my family; if I did, I wouldn't of sneaked out to come here, nor would I of for the whole year."
"But don't you love her?" Makino asked.
"Of course I do!" Lucy exclaimed. She looked down sadly. "I just...none of them will let me follow my dream." She turned to Shanks.
"Why won't you take me out to sea with you guys? I want to be a pirate, too!" the seven-year-old pouted. Shanks howled with laughter, "You? A pirate? You can't even swim! That's a major disadvantage to a pirate in the middle of the ocean!" Lucy glared at him.
"As long as I stayed onboard the ship, I'll be fine! Besides, I'm a great fighter!" Lucy exclaimed. Shanks chuckled, "Oh, really?"
Lucy nodded vigorously, "My punches are so strong; they're like pistols!" Lucy exaggerated.
Shanks gave a bored look, "…Pistols? Oh, really?"
Lucy fumed, "What's with that tone?" The other pirates came over and started dancing.
"Cheer up, Lucy! The life of a pirate is great!" one exclaimed.
"Yeah! You can go anywhere at anytime!" another cheered.
"There's nothing greater than the life of freedom!" a third yelled.
"Whaa…" Lucy awed. Shanks frowned.
"Stop putting all of these fantasies in her head, guys." Shanks said.
"But it's the truth, isn't it?" a crew member asked.
"It is!" another replied.
"Come on, Shanks, take her with us. It won't hurt for her to tag along." One of the sitting crew members suggested. The others agreed.
Shanks smirked, "Okay, she can come when one of you give up your place on my ship."
"Well, we've said too much haven't we? Let's go drink!"
Lucy fumed yet again, "What kind of friends are you guys? !"Shanks laughed.
"Hey, hey. Calm down Lu. Here, have some juice," he said, handing her a cup of apple juice.
"Gee, thanks Shanks!" Lucy thanked as she chugged the apple juice. Shanks began cracking up, "Since when do pirates drink juice?" he exclaimed with tears in his eyes. Everyone else laughed.
"What a dirty trick!" Lucy yelled, fuming (again).
"Come on, Lu," Shanks said. "Who will take your responsibilities if you just run off to be a pirate?"
"Even you don't understand," Lucy pouted, crossing her arms childishly. Shanks looked at her.
"But I guess, following your dream is more important than blindly following stupid rules," Shanks grinned. Lucy also grinned.
"Would you like something to eat, Lucy-chan?" Makino asked. Lucy shook her head, resting her elbow on the ledge, her hand holding up her head.
"Hey Shanks," Lucy said.
"Hmm?" Shanks replied, his faced stuffed with food.
"How long do you plan to stay?" Lucy asked. Shanks took a minute to chew, and then dramatically swallowed, "Well, we've been using this place for a base for almost a year. I plan to set north soon, after I set sail a couple more times."
"A couple more times…" Lucy pondered, "I'll learn to swim by then."
"Alright!" Shanks said.
Suddenly the door slammed open and a group of bandits entered, "Excuse me!" a man who seemed to be the leader said, walking up and slamming his hand on the bar, "We are bandits," he said bluntly, "but we're not looking for trouble. I'd like to buy ten barrels of sake."Makino, slightly frightened, replied, "I'm sorry, it seems we're out of sake."The man gave a disagreeing look as he looked around, "Oh really? What are they drinking then? Is it water?" he asked.
"It's sake," replied Shanks.
"But that was the last of it," Makino added quickly.
"Sorry, it seems we've dried this place," Shanks said, holding up a bottle of sake, "However, if you'd like, you can have the last bottle." The man eyed it, grabbed it, and whacked Shanks with it, sake spilling everywhere. A silence spread through the bar.
"Just who do you think I am? Don't take me lightly," he said, a scowl of arrogance marking his face.
Shanks looked at the floor, "Oh no, now the floor is all wet."
The man held up a wanted poster of himself, "See this? My head is worth eight million Berries. Now that you know who I am, don't mess with us again. After all, mountain bandits and sea pirates don't exactly go together."
Meanwhile, Shanks got down and started picking up broken pieces, "Sorry 'bout this, Makino. Do you have a mop?"
"O-oh, no, that's okay, I'll clean it up," Makino replied. The man and his men with his final words being, "Haha, later, chickens." Once he left, Makino immediately rushed to Shanks, "Are you okay, Captain? Are you hurt?" Shanks merely raised his hand at her, then said, "I'm fine… *Phew*," He said with relief. All of the crewmembers started howling with laughter.
"Haha, our captain looked so stupid!"
"He fixed you up good, captain!" The crewmembers howled. Shanks joined in. Lucy clenched her fists, her temper quickly rising.
"WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?" Lucy yelled. Everyone grew silent, "That was disgraceful! Why didn't you fight them? Who cares if he had more men? You're not a man, nor a pirate!"
Shanks just stared at her, "Look I know how you feel, but—" she didn't listen as she stormed out. He grabbed her arm, refusing to let go, "Come on, Lu...!"
"I don't want to see a coward like you ever again!" she said, stomping away. Then a very strange thing happened. Her arm stretched. It stretched. Everyone started sweating bullets.
"I-it can't be…" Shanks muttered.
"AAH! WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Lucy panicked, flailing about.
"THE DEVIL FRUIT IS GONE!" one of the crewmembers yelled. Everyone became more nervous, for they knew what happened. Shanks pointed at the box, "You didn't eat this, did you Lucy?" the Shanks said in a hushed tone.
"Y-yeah! It looked interesting, so I ate it! But it tasted horrible…" Lucy responded.
"TH-THAT WAS THE RUBBER FRUIT! IT WAS ONE OF THE FRUITS OF THE DEVIL! WHOEVER EATS IT TURNS TO RUBBER AND CAN NEVER SWIM!" exclaimed Shanks.
"N-NO WAY!" Lucy said, her jaw hitting the floor (literally).
"YOU IDIOOOT!" Shanks yelled.
"MY MOM WILL KILL ME WHEN SHE FINDS OUUUT!"
"THAT'S YOUR FAULT, YOU IDIOT!"
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A while after the Red-Haired pirates left, it was just Makino and Lucy in the bar.
"They left a while, now. Do you feel lonely, Lucy-chan?" Makino asked. Lucy chugged her milk, "No, I'm still not over that bandit incident. I over-estimated Shanks; I thought he was a tough, strong pirate. How disappointing." Makino smiled, "Oh, really? I thought he was very brave to just laugh it off when he was picked on."
Lucy shook her head, "You just don't understand. It's times like those where you're supposed to fight back."
Makino giggled, "Well, then, I guess I don't understand much about that type of stuff." Lucy merely stared at the now empty milk glass. Suddenly the door opened.
"Excuse me."
Makino and Lucy turned to see the mountain bandits. Lucy just stared at them, 'after acting in such a way, they have the nerve to come back in here?'
All the bandits shuffled to the tables, filling the whole place up. The leader banged his hand on the table, "What are you waiting for? We're customers! Get us some sake!"
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"Chief!" Makino panicked, "Something horrible happened!"
"What? What happened?" he asked.
"Lucy-chan was captured by those bandits!"
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"Let me go!" Lucy yelled, throwing a tantrum. She was kicking and throwing her arms randomly, shouting insults.
"Damn it! Apologize, now!"
"Hmph. A rubber girl. Who would've thought such things exist?" The leader said, throwing her to the ground, "If I sell her to a circus, who knows how much money I'd get?" He stomped his foot on her face, "What did I do to you? We were just drinking and having a good time. Did we say or do something to piss you off?" Lucy braced her teeth, "…! YES, YOU DID! Apologize, now! Lift your foot, you damn bandit!"
"Let the child go!" the chief yelled, Makino right behind him, "Please! I don't know what Lucy did, but please let her go! I'm willing to pay, so please stop!" he said bowing. Lucy wore a shocked look on here face. The bandit just smirked, "Of course, the chief of the town knows how to handle the situation perfectly," he looked to the chief, "but it's too late now, you see, when people insult me in such a way, I can't help but get pissed," he replied, crunching his feet more on the poor girl's face. She cringed, "I-It's your fault, you bastard!"
"Fine, instead of selling you," he said, unsheathing his sword, "…I'll kill you instead."
"Lucy-chan!" Maniko panicked.
"I was wondering why no one came to welcome our return…" Shanks said, appearing behind the chief and Makino, "…Now I can see why." He stepped forward, "What's wrong, Lucy? Aren't your punches as strong as pistols?"
"…Shut up!" Lucy yelled, slightly irritated from his teasing. The leader of the bandits simply smirked, "You pirates are back? What, are you planning on cleaning the whole town now?" Shanks smirked back, "I suggest you leave, or I might have to open fire, you piece of shit," he said, getting closer. One of the bandits put a gun to his head, "How about you stay away from our leader," the bandit said. The bandits started laughing.
"Now that you've drawn your gun," said Shanks, "…are you willing to fire it?" The bandits gave him a confused look.
"Guns are for fighting, not threats."
"Eh? What'd you say?" the bandit asked.
"I said," he started, "don't threaten people with guns!" Just then, one of the crewmen shot the bandit with their gun raised at Shanks head. The townspeople stared and Lucy gave a toothy grin as the man fell. The bandits got angry.
"N-now you've done it you bastard!" one bandit shouted.
"Damn it… that was dirty!" another joined it.
"Dirty? What, did you expect us to be? Saints? We're pirates for cryin' out loud!" Shanks said, "Listen, you idiotic bandits: you can hit me with a sake bottle or pour food on my head, hell, you can even spit at me and I'll laugh it off," he gave a dark look to the leader, "but when someone hurts my friend, that draws the line!"
That did it for the bandits, and they attacked; however, one of the pirates easily finished them all off.
"W-wait a second! This girl messed with us first!" the leader said frantically.
Shanks shook his head, "It doesn't matter, besides," he looked at the bandit, "you have a bounty on your head, don't you?"
The leader panicked and threw a smoke bomb. When the smoke lit up, the leader and Lucy were gone. Now it was Shanks' turn to start panicking, "DAMN IT! WE GOT CARELESS! HE TOOK LUCY! WHAT'RE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?!" Shanks rambled.
"Calm down, Captain! Let's split up and look for her!"
~.~
"Ha ha ha!" the leader howled, "Who ever thought a mountain bandit would escape by boat?" By now the boat was far away from port, "Humph, you're useless, now," he said, kicking her off the boat. Lucy screamed loudly, desperately trying to stay above water.
Suddenly a very large Sea King came up, snapping the small boat into pieces. Tears began to spill out of fear.
"S-someone help!" Lucy cried, as it was just about to snap her. Just then Shanks appeared, grabbing Lucy from the Sea King.
"Shanks…" Lucy whispered. Shanks looked straight at the Sea King, eyes like daggers, "Get lost." Even the shark was frightened from the stare and quickly left. Lucy began to cry.
"Thank you, Lucy, for sticking up for us. Makino told us everything that happened." Lucy cried harder upon hearing his softened voice. "Come on, now, Lu, no need to cry."
"B-but Shanks…" Lucy sobbed, "YOUR ARM!" she screamed, crying into his chest. Shanks had sacrificed his arm for Lucy when the shark ripped his arm off instead of her.
"That's nothing, Lucy. As long as you're safe…"
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"So…you're really leaving for good?" Lucy asked Shanks, as everyone got ready for departure.
"Yup. We've been here long enough. It's time to be headin' to a new place. Will ya' miss me?" Shanks asked. Lucy nodded, "But...I won't force you to take me. I'll become a pirate on my own." Shanks stuck his tongue out, "I wouldn't take you even if you begged me. You don't have what it takes to become a pirate!" Shanks said. Lucy had had it with Shanks being so childish, "You'll see! When I'm older, I'll gather the strongest crew! Then we'll go to the Grand Line and I'll become Queen of the Pirates!" Shanks smiled, "So, you wanna become bigger than us, huh?" he said, removing his straw hat from his head, placing it on Lucy, "I'll give this to you then. Be careful with it, it's my favorite hat. One day, when you become an extraordinary pirate, you'll return it to me," He said with a soft but serious tone before remarking, "Just good luck leavin' without your mother catchin' ya." Instead of getting mad at his teasing, Lucy grinned and hugged Shanks, who happily returned it.
With these words said, Lucy worked hard to start the legend she declared.
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What'd ya think? Was it a nice beginning to the great adventures of Lucy? Please R&R! I have faith in you!
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