Arra
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. (But If I Did…; D) One Piece belongs to Oda Sensei. But that's only because my drawing sucks and he had the idea first.
Chapter: 1
It was a hot night and Nami was up in the crow's nest. She'd been up there for two hours and the heat was starting aggravate her. Sanji climbed up.
"Nami- san, my sweet, I'll take over lookout duty for you If you like."
Nami half-smiled at him and said "You don't have to Sanji. Just go down there and give Zoro a kick in the head. Tell him to get his lazy ass up here."
"Anything for you." He jumped off. Nami snickered, Sanji wasn't so bad…sometimes.
About ten minutes later Zoro climbed up. He scowled at her for having Sanji kick him. Just as she was about to go down she spotted something big coming up ahead.
"Land- ho!" She shouted. Everyone scurried up to the deck. At the speed the hot wind was taking them, the land was coming up pretty quick.
"Toss me my map" Nami shouted. Sanji did and after a few seconds of scanning she told everyone that it was Maraku City.
They didn't really need anything, but it was nice just to stop. They brought the Merry Go to the docks and split up to look around.
All of the girls grouped up to go shopping and the guys just decided to do their own thing. Zoro stayed with the ship. He needed another nap.
Meanwhile
Arra ran through the streets of Maraku City. She desperately needed to get away from the band of huge, well armed men that were chasing her.
Damnit she thought When the hell is midnight gonna roll around. It was only ten o 'clock and she needed to hide.
The black tattoo on her light brown skin was making it easier for the men to spot her. Not to mention her waist- long, snow white hair.
She ducked into an alley and hid behind a trash can. She watched silently as the men came up and cursed for having lost her. They started to talk.
"Damnit. We lost her Mika." Said one.
"I can see that stupid. We have to find her before Dwahawk gets to her again. She must die." Arra guessed that that was Mika.
" I kinda feel for the kid. Having to be hunted down and on her birthday." Said another.
"I know. I kinda feel that way too. But we all know she has to die." Said the first one repeating Mika.
After a few minutes of poking around, the men left.
Arra silently arose from her hiding spot. She looked down at her arms. She stared at the ugly tattoos she had been given at birth.
She hated them and what they represented. All those dark jagged lines and curls that covered everything but her face.
She couldn't wait until midnight when they would go away and she could be somewhat happy until next year. She looked down at the brand on her stomach. I wish that damn thing would go away too. She thought. But that was always there. Always.
After two hours had passed the City's church bells rang midnight. Arra smiled in relief as the tattoos faded from her skin.
She was safe, for now. She edged out of the alley and started walking briskly. She rounded a corner and slammed right into a certain rubber man who had been running. Arra fell flat on her behind.
"Dol eratos mana hiet" She said speaking the city's native language. The person stared at her
"What did you say?" he asked. He sat down cross legged in front or her and stared at her with his big eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry" she said, "I thought you were from here. I was apologizing for running into you"
"Oh. That's cool! You can talk in different languages. I'm glad I ran into you! I can't understand what these people are saying! How do you say 'food' in this language?"
"Oh it's 'Helow'. Now I have to go." Arra stood up and started to leave when the guy grabbed her wrist.
"WAIT" he yelled "Don't leave! I got this idea! Why don't you join my pirate crew! We could use someone who can talk in different languages"
Arra turned around.
"You want someone like me to join your crew?"
"Well. Yeah" he said standing up, "My name's Monkey D. Luffy and we could seriously use someone like you!"
Arra wanted to go with the guy. He seemed pretty nice and it would be a chance to lose the guys who wanted to kill her. She didn't need to be persuaded anymore.
"Alright Mr.…uh…Luffy. My name's Arra and I guess I'll join your crew."
Luffy jumped into the air.
"YAY!" he yelled, "COME ON AND MEET THE CREW!"
He took off at a run. Arra followed.
Everyone had made it back to the ship at about four in the morning, yet no one was tired. So they started talking about the things that they saw and bought when they heared Luffy's shouting getting louder and louder.
"God, can't that kid ever shut up?" Zoro asked.
Luffy jumped on board rocking the whole ship.
"HEY GUYS, COME HERE! I FOUND US A NEW CREW MEMBER!" he shouted.
Everyone got up to meet the new person. She was kind of hiding behind Luffy, but he stepped back and pushed her forward. She blushed a bit.
"Okay everybody, this is...uh...what did you say your name was again?" Luffy asked.
"My name's Arra. I'm a linguist." She replied. Her voice was quiet and rough. Yet strangely soothing. Only Sanji noticed this.
"Hello Arra, my name's Nami. I'm the navigator." Nami extended a hand. Arra just nodded and smiled. Then everyone started introducing themselves.
"My name is Nico Robin, I'm the historian." Robin said quietly.
"I am the great Captain Usopp the all mighty." Usopp proclaimed. He earned himself a whack on the head.
"Okay, okay I'm a marksman."
"My name is-"
"Roranoa Zoro," Arra finished, " I've heard a lot about you. It's nice to finally meet you."
"My name is Sanji," said Sanji his eyes turning into hearts, "I'm the chef, but enough about me, let's talk about you. Are you single?" Nami smacked him.
"You don't have to anwser that." Nami said through gritted teeth.
Then Chopper walked in.
"Hey everyone what's going on?" he asked. Arra looked a bit stunned.
"That reindeer...did he just...speak?" she asked.
"Well, yeah," Luffy replied, "This is Tony Tony Chopper. He's our doctor. Chopper this is Arra, she's our new shipmate."
"Nice to meet you Chopper."
"Likewise."
On the outside Arra was smiling, but on the inside she was thinking; hmmm...a doctor. I'll have to stay away from this one. Those damn doctors always get me into trouble. Shame though, this one is pretty cute looking...
Arra's thoughts were interrupted by Luffy's whining.
"SANJI!" he yelled, "I'M HHHHUUUUNNNNGGGGRRRYYYY!"
"Well I guess I could make breakfast," he said distractedly, "But since Arra's new I think she should pick what we have for breakfast."
"Whatever you usually have is fine with me. Will you excuse me for a moment."
Arra walked over to the railing and picked something up off of the dock they were tied to. When she stood straight again she showed everyone a giant turantula that she picked up.
"Holy shit," Sanji exclaimed, "That thing is huge!"
Arra smiled and patted the spider.
" This is my pet. His name is Triton. He's a Newback Turantula. I've had him since I was a baby. He protects me, so as long as no one hurts me, no one dies."
"He's deadly?" Robin asked uncertainly. Arra nodded.
"His venom is deadly, but he will never attack a friend and I have the antidote to his poison."
The sight of the huge spider unsettled the crew, but they ignored the feeling. They all headed for the galley and Sanji prepared breakfast. After everyone was full and happy, Nami showed Arra to the room she would have. Arra was very satisfied.
She left Triton in the room and went back up to the deck. Everyone seemed to fall into their usual routine. Sanji acted as a tour guide and showed Arra around the ship. The tour ended short because Zoro and Sanji got into a fight, so Arra just sat on the ship's railing and watched the sea.
She had this strange feeling that made her feel light, and made her want to smile. Happiness? She hadn't felt happiness in so long she almost forgot just how wonderful it felt.
Well all I can do now is hope. Hope and pray, she thought, Hope and pray that I don't end up killing everyone.