Who Is She?
Chapter 1

Zolo was lying in the sun, his body stretched out and a pleasant smile gracing his face. The ocean was calm and peaceful and for once, Luffy was keeping mostly to himself. Thank the good lord. For the past week Zolo had been trying to avoid the straw hatted rubber man. Why? Simple answer. Zolo had a little teeny, weeny crush that, whenever he was near to Luffy, escalated into a gigantic problem. But, right now, with the sun warming his skin and the sky so lazy above him, he found himself thinking that if Luffy did come and annoy him, then he could probably deal.

"Hi Zolo." a voice said from his right.
Shit. Why did he have to go and let himself think that? Now he would have to find some excuse to get away from Luffy which meant he would not be able to enjoy this beautiful day.

A stream of curses entered his mind as a finger poked his upper arm. "I know you aren't asleep Zolo, you snore when you are actually asleep." Luffy said. Zolo made a slight snoring sound, "Oh, very funny." Zolo groaned.

"What do you want Luffy?" Zolo asked still keeping his eyes shut. "I want to play a game"

"Why"

"Because I'm bored"

"So go and annoy someone else, I'm trying to sleep."

"But Zolooooo. Nami told me to come and play with you." Luffy whined. Damn that woman, I hope she burns in hell for this. Zolo thought as he finally opened his eyes.

"Fine. What do you want to play"

"Umm, maybe we could play…tag"

"I played that yesterday"

"Oh. Cards"

"Land ho!" Usopp called from the crow's nest. Luffy immediately forgot Zolo and bounded to the front of the ship.

"Thank the good lord." he muttered as he felt the slight tension ease from his body. On the horizon there was a small mound of shadow, obviously the island. As they got closer, Zolo noticed the island was very populated. Maybe going there would be a good way to avoid Luffy. Hopefully.

"Hey Zolo!" Luffy called, "Wanna explore the island with me"

Shit. Why the hell did that keep happening? Luckily for Zolo, Sanji came to the rescue in the most unexpected way.

"No way captain, shit head has to guard the ship, it's his turn." Sanji said as he stepped out, blowing out a puff of smoke.

"Sanji, I wish you would stop smoking. It's such a disgusting habit." Luffy said. Sanji was tempted to throw the cigarette butt down the back of Luffy's shirt but he restrained himself.

"And where exactly did you learn to use a big word such as disgusting?" Sanji responded. Luffy shrugged.

"I dunno"

"Figures." and with that the shitty cook went back into the kitchen. Zolo sneered and looked around, well, at least he had an excuse not to be close to Luffy. Nami suddenly burst out of her room and stomped down the stairs towards Luffy. She grabbed his arm and dragged him back towards her room. Zolo raised an eyebrow.

"Nami! What? Not again! Please?" Luffy pleaded as he tried to stretch away but Nami kept dragging him along. Now, if Zolo hadn't of liked his captain, and if Zolo hadn't of had that crush on him, then, right now, Zolo wouldn't really giving a flying you know what why Nami was dragging the rubber man towards her cabin, but, Zolo's mind instantly went into jealousy overload. He crossed his arms, and glared at the two. Luffy appeared later that afternoon, looking rather happy and satisfied with himself. Zolo instantly thought he knew what happened, and, Zolo of course believed that whatever he thought was right. The others went onto the island and Zolo was left alone. He was sitting in the Crow's nest when he heard a scream. He looked out over the small port to see a girl running from a tall man in a black cape.

"No! I don't want to! I don't want to steal anymore!" she screamed. The man followed and Zolo's eyes widened when he saw a whip appear from nowhere in his hand. He jumped out of the crow's nest and hurried down the ladder.

"You work for me! Now get back here!" the man yelled. Zolo ran along the Merry Go. There was a scream and then a thud as Zolo jumped down from the side of the ship. He ran around the side of the ship to see the man bent over the girl who was lying as if dead on the ground.

(Well, this is the beggining, and I don't know if you'll like it but, please no flames, as this story has a bit more to it than it seems. Reviews please!)