''Why is it so damn hot today?'' Nicole thought to herself while she squirmed in the chains wrapped around her waist and wrists. She was bound to a wooden post at the marine base controlled by Captain Morgan and his son Helmeppo.

"Kami how fucking stupid do you have to be to fall asleep next to a tree in a town you've never been in before? Oh and it just so HAPPENS to be next to a marine base?" She cursed herself out loud because of how she got caught. All they had to do was throw a sea prism stone net on her and she was helpless. She also couldn't escape from the wooden post she was restrained to because of the chains made from the same material.

"Surround her men! Go! Go! Go!"

"Yes, Sir!"

"Do not forget who we're dealing with here men! This woman didn't earn a 20,000 Million Beri bounty from being manageable. She's the demon goddess of the east blue! It's now or never!"

The marine forces quickly assembled into a circle formation around the Blue-eyed women as she began to wake from her deep slumber. She squinted her eyes until they were adjusted to the vivd light of the suns rays. When her vision began to clear she soon realized what interrupted her morning nap . Before she could act one of the marines aimed a somewhat large cannon toward her. When he pulled the trigger an unusual bullet shot out and soon became a net that wrapped around her so tight that it nearly suffocated her.

She tried her hardest to escape the constricting net, but soon found that there was no escape. She was getting drowsier by the minute as the energy in her body drained out from the contact of the sea prism stone. She could her the marine men cheering and yelling around her before she lost consciousness

'If only I never ate that stupid devil fruit!' She scowled at herself. Ever since she ate the Rough-Rough fruit she had been getting in and out of trouble.

'I wonder what dad would say if he saw me like this... I would never forgive myself.' She drooped her head as the thought crossed her mind. She thought about her dad often. He was the only man she looked up to. If he saw her weak and pathetic, captured by the marines...She could just see the disappointed frown on his face. She would never let him see her like this after all she had went through to become stronger. She would not face him again after 10 years chained up to a rotting piece of wood. No, the next time she saw him she would be the strongest, even stronger than him.

Just as Nicole was losing herself in thought, the gate to the crucifixion yard creaked open. Nicole jumped up an looked in wonder. It was unusual for Helmeppo to come at this time. He usually came at a later time to to insult and beat her already weak body. He walked towards her with the usual two soldiers standing at his side, but there was another man in between them. He was tall and very had moss green hair and a black bandana covered the top of his head. Three earrings dangled on his left ear and chimed as a gust of wind flew by. His hands were bound with rope and there was no sign of fear on his face. He walked in between the two marines without even one attempt at escape. His face was emotionless as he approached the brown-headed girl. Never before had she seen someone so calm before facing death.

'He had to know what his fate was as soon as he stepped in this place. What a fool!' She hissed in her mind. It irked her how carefree he was acting. When she was drug in here she squirmed an wriggled and did everything possible to escape, but it was no use.

"Oh Nicole my dear, looks like you will have some company other than myself for now on." Helmeppo chuckled stopping in front of her along with the other three men.

"Well at least he has a better face to look at, I was getting pretty sick of seeing your ugly mug everyday." She scowled at the puny man with the blonde bowl-cut. She did not realize it, but the green haired man had a pink shaded blush across his face as he processed her words.

"How dare you talk to me that way you stupid bitch! We put you here to die, why don't you go ahead and do it already!" He yelled in his high-pitch girly tone. He clenched his fists and threw it into her gut. She let out a grunt and spit the blood into his face. She laughed as Helmeppo's face turned into a bright red. She could tell her taunting acts were infuriating him.

"Oh so you think that was funny? Let's see how hard you laugh after I do this!" Before she could comprehend his words, He pulled out a knife and plunged it into the right side of her stomach. The dagger jabbed into her stomach took her by surprise. She lifted her head to find a smirking Helmeppo and three stunned men behind him. He slowly pulled the bloody blade out of her stomach as she cringed from the pain. He let out a hearty laugh and turned away to face the two marines along with the new prisoner.

"What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to kill her?" The green haired man yelled grabbing the collar of Helmeppo's shirt and clenching the fabric in his fists..

"Even if I was what would it matter to you, Roronoa Zoro? That's what she's here to do anyways. If you really think about it, I am helping her out! Now Tie him up to the post beside her men! I'm sure the two demons will get along!" Zoro unclenched his fist and released Helmeppo from his grip as the two soldiers grabbed him and began to attach him to the other wooden column next to Nicole.

"You know Zoro, That pathetic little girl has been tied up for a week and is already half dead! I'm sure you will look the same way!" He laughed as him and the other two marines walked away and locked the gate behind them

"Heh, We'll see about that..."