Last Resort by Melinda-chan
This story is rated T (PG-13) due to violence, profanity, alcohol and tobacco usage and a few sexual references. For younger readers, reader discretion is advised.
I live in the North Atlantic, where pirate legends and tales of buried treasure are legion. I therefore had very good sources at my disposal for my story. Still if you notice anything that is not right, please let me know. I'll be eternally grateful.
Now that is over with, let this story begin!
SLAM!
The sound of the door caused some of the bar patrons to look right at it. They all now looked surprised. It was not the stranger that caught the mostly male patrons- it was the fact that the stranger was a woman!
They all saw the purple-haired woman go to the bar counter. The bartender looked at her with a little suspicision.
"Give me a glass of whiskey" the woman said. She then looked at him straight in the eye. "And no grog." Now a little intimidated, the man nodded and went back to work. The woman sat on a stool as she waited.
Nearby, two men were sitting at a small table started talking.
"Do you see that?" one of the men said. "She must be a bounty hunter."
"Aye," the man with the white moustache nodded. "Look at the weapon she has on her back! It's a chain ball with spikes!"
"I sure would not want that at my head" the first man said.
"It's a good thing that pirate crew left when it did-huh?" the other man said. All of a sudden the woman turned at their direction.
WHAM! The spiked ball landed on the table where the two men were. Their glasses shook, pouring their contents onto the table.
A knife protruded from the ball, which stuck into the table. The men trembled in fear.
"Did you say that a pirate crew was here?" the woman asked, looking at their eyes as she did.
"Yes-Yes ma'am," the first man replied. "They- they were two boys, two full-grown men and a girl. They came just an hour ago!"
"Tell me where they went!" the woman said. The men saw the urgency on her face.
"Well, they said they were going to the Grand Line so I assume they went up north," the white-moustached man said.
"That's all I need to know. Thanks for the tip" the woman said. She then lifted her chain ball off the table. The knife went back inside the ball. The men calmed down.
"Ma'am, your whiskey is ready," the bartender said. At once, the purple-haired woman turned around, grabbed the drink and took it in one gulp. All the men looked at her in amazement for that feat.
"That'll be ten berries, ma'am," the bartender said.
"Here" the woman said. She handed him a card. "Put it in my account." The bartender looked at her card.
"No way! You're a real bounty hunter!" the man said in disbelief. At that, all of the men looked at her again.
"You're an actual bounty hunter!" one of the men asked her.
"I am," the woman said. "I was offered 20 million berries for their capture, and some members of that crew are worth more than that."
"You don't say!" a man at a nearby table said. "If we knew that, we could have captured them ourselves and get the reward."
"You wouldn't even get a hair of them," the woman said. "In fact, you might be at the wrong edge of a sword!" At that she took out a long, curved sword. "My Swordcutter can do an job faster than anything you possess. I appreciate the offer of assistance, though." She then looked at the bartender. "You got my receipt?"
"Um, yes, ma'am," the bartender said. "Your receipt and card are ready." She picked them up.
"I have to leave now" the dark-haired woman said. "The longer I stay here, the longer I have to go to reach them." She then went to the door.
"If the pirate crew was so tough, why would they send someone like you after them?" a man with a cigar asked her. "You're just a girl." She looked at him. Almost everyone else braced themselves for an attack like before.
Instead she smiled at him.
"I'm being sent because I'm a girl," the woman said. "You see, I'm the last resort."
End of Chapter One
This is my first One Piece story, so I hope I can create a good one. One Piece (1997) was created by Eiichiro Oda and distributed by Viz and Toei Animation. Please do not forget to review!