There was something wrong. Something was wrong with the whole picture. She was laying there in the middle of the ocean, on a dinghy that was barely floating, her sail was nonexistent, and her stomach was running on complete emptiness. The worst part was that her favorite pair of gloves had been ruined in her last fight as well, so now she'd have to find some money to buy new ones.
"Where is land?!" Yuukaku cried out in frustration. She was lying back in the boat, her back resting slightly uncomfortably against the bench seat of the boat. With a groan she pulled herself into a standing position and looked around the ocean, looking for any sign of dirt.
She didn't find any hints of land, but one thing that did catch her attention was that on the horizon sat a sail attached to a small little boat. Yuukaku grinned at her luck and picked up the previously discarded paddles to row her way over.
She was quickly gaining on the boat and soon enough she was within yelling distance.
"Hey! You!" She called out. She saw two forms turn to her. One wore a straw hat; the other had a head full of pinkish hair. She watched them converse to each other as she paddled closer.
"SHE COULD BE DANGEROUS, LUFFY!" was the only phrase that made it to her ears and it came from the pink haired boy.
She raised her left, pierced, eyebrow as she got her boat right up next to theirs.
"I'm not that bad, honestly." Yuukaku stated, honestly. The pink haired one, Coby, doubted her since she looked like a tough girl, despite her reassurance.
She had the purest white hair at the roots that gradually turned to a medium grey near the ends that contrasted with her slightly tanned skin. She had long bangs that were parted in the middle while the rest of her hair was cut short and left to fly where it may. Her eyes were angled, catlike as she stared at the two boys with her steel grey eyes. Her left eyebrow was pierced with a ring and her left cheek bared a tattoo with two brush marks, one traveling to the left, the other traveling down. She wore a plain grey off the shoulder sweater over a black and white stripped spaghetti strap under shirt. Her dark jeans were torn and frayed and ended over her black combat boots.
"Hi Miss!" Luffy, the one with the straw hat, called out cheerily.
"Luffy! What did I just say?!" Coby shouted at him, freaking out as Yuukaku stood from her boat.
Yuukaku couldn't help the eye roll that escaped her before she continued, "Hello. I'm rather lost, and I'm looking for land. Would it be alright if I joined your boat? Mine's on its last leg..." She gestured to the inside of her hull that was covered in small corks that were barely holding back the water that threatened to come through.
"Wait!" Coby said, jabbing an accusing finger in her direction, "How are we supposed to know you won't stab us in the back?" The poor little kid was sweating bullets.
Yuukaku thought about it honestly for a few seconds. She could sink the pair easily, but she didn't want to. She had no reason. And she was a peace main type of pirate. "I guess you really don't." That nearly threw the poor boy over the edge as he started stuttering some nonsense.
"She seems fine to me, Coby." Luffy stated, scratching his nose idly.
"THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE OBLIVIOUS!" Coby screamed at him.
Yuukaku grew bored of their current situation, "Listen, can I get a ride with you or not? I can get you where you want to go a hell of a lot faster than you're going now. I just need a ship with a sail."
"Okay!" Luffy said without hesitation.
As Coby started going off again Yuukaku nodded gratefully at him and jumped out of her ship and into his. When she was finally seated she decided to ask.
"So, which direction?"
Luffy smiled unnaturally wide and pointed directly ahead of the boat, "That way! We're on our way to find Roronoa Zoro so he can join my pirate crew!"
Yuukaku had to give him points for enthusiasm. She knew of the mighty pirate hunter. She even had a few run-ins with him. "Alright then. I'd hold onto your seats boys, it's going to be a bumpy ride."
Coby rolled his eyes at her and stayed as is while Luffy laughed while grabbing onto his bench seat.
With a swift movement Yuukaku drew out a fan that had been hidden behind her back, stuck into her back pocket. It was a simple wooden folding fan. She unfolded it and revealed a grey flowered design. With a wild grin she stood in back of the sail and held the fan behind her, arm straight.
"Kaze Kaze, North Wind!" She swung the fan and as she did the small breeze that was created by the fan multiplied in size and began blowing forward, filling the sail and jolting the boat forward at a speed that tripled their previous pace.
"AHHHHH!!!" Coby cried out as he was sent flying into the still laughing Luffy, "ANOTHER MONSTER!"