This Story Requires a lot of Plot Editing and I am Currently doing it. Details will Change for the Sequel. Thanks. Feb. 2013.
Summary: Before Luffy reached the Marine Base to make Zoro join his pirate crew, he finds a body in the ocean and drags it on his ship. When the drifter regains conscious, she cannot recall any that happened to her. Now she follows Luffy and his crew to regain her memory and to find her origins.
"Eh… Coby, you're amazing. Are we really going to reach out destination?"
"Of course. It's the most basic skill for people who sail." Coby replied with pride. Luffy began laughing but he stopped in mid laugher. He peered over and squinted his eyes. There was a black and brown object in the water. Coby crawled next to him, "It looks like a body!" He quivered.
"We better get it." Luffy grinned and turned the rudder.
Coby screamed, "What! If the Marines find us with a dead body, they'll throw us in the jail!"
"What if it's alive? A marine would always help a person in need, right?" Coby looked at his feet and replied, guilty, "Yeah."
Once they reached the body, Luffy and Coby leaned over to pull it into the small boat leaving the floating wood in the water.
"What do you think happened, Luffy?" Coby asked as they stared at the drifter's body. They couldn't tell the gender of the person. The drifter looked like a boy, but had the face structure of a girl. The length of hair was no help. The hair color was a dark forest green. The hair was cropped but there was a long ponytail down to the calf about a ¾ of an inch in diameter. The drifter's hair cropped just inches below the chin and had short bang that was just above the eyes.
The drifter's chest was flat, from observations of course. Coby and Luffy wouldn't want to found out the gender in that manner. The clothes were old and ruined from ocean and, from what they observe, were brunt at the seams. Now the drifter wore rags.
"I don't have a clue." He leaned in and placed he ear over the heart. "Hmm… Can't hear anything."
Coby took an arm and placed his fingers to the wrist to find a pulse. He looked up to Luffy, "The person's alive." He screamed and crawled away when the drifter began to stir.
Luffy sat calmly as the drifter began to wake up. The drifter sat up slowly and coughed out water. After, the drifter looked around, "Where am I?" The voice was feminine.
"You're on my ship!" Luffy grinned, "Welcome aboard. Are you a girl or a boy?"
"Huh? What would you think I'm a boy? I'm girl…" She placed a hand on her head. As she did that, Coby noticed dried blood.
"You're hurt," He commented from behind the mast and then asked her, "What happened to you?"
"I… I don't remember anything. I don't recall anything that happened. I don't know my name or where I come from."
"That's okay," Luffy grinned.
"Who are you? And who am I?"
"My name is Monkey D. Luffy and I'm going to be King of the Pirates! We don't know who you are! But he's Coby."
She looked at him and then at Coby, "This is your crew?"
"Nope! Coby is going to be a Marine and I'm going to get the Pirate Hunter Zoro to join me."
She scratched her head, "Pirate Hunter… King of Pirates… Do you see an oxymoron here?"
"I only see a moron…" Coby commented to himself.
"You can join me too until you regain your memory."
"Thank you, Luffy, I mean, Captain." She grinned at Luffy and Coby, "Where are we headed?"
"A Marine Base where Zoro is captured. I'm going to get him to join my crew."
Luffy jumped out of the boat and shouted, "We're here! The town where the Marine are! Come on Coby, Dagger! Let's go!"
"Dagger?" The Drifter replied as Coby finishes tying the small ship.
"Yup, I decided to name you Dagger." She tilted her head curious, "Why?"
"I always wanted to name something."
Coby shook his head, "She's not a pet, Luffy."
"Oh," She smiled, "I don't mind. At least I have a name now."
"Yup, yup." He took some coins from his pocket, "Take this and buy yourself some clothes."
"Thanks, Luffy. I guess the town will stare at me if I look like this."
"Yeah," Coby commented, "You need shoes too."
"We're going to the Marine Base on top of the island. When you're done, look for us there."
"Alright." She replied as she headed toward the town shops. She looked down at the coins in her hand, "15 belli. I hope I can buy some decent clothes with this." Dagger entered a large department store and began looking at some clothes that was on the sale rack.
"May I help you?" A man asked leaning forward toward her. She turned to look at him with a smile, "Yeah."
The man stood frozen in shock as Dagger frowned, "What's the matter? I'm sorry that I'm making you store dirty." She looked down to see her dirty foot prints on the cement floor.
"N-n-no! It's fine, Miss. How can I help you?"
"Well," She began, "I only have 15 belli from my captain to buy some clothes for myself. Do you have anything that's in my price range?"
"It's okay." He smiled cautiously, "Anything in my store is in your price range. Please don't tell your boss."
"I won't and thank you kind sir."
"Why don't you take a shower too. So you'll look nice for your boss. I'll have my daughter pick the latest fad for you."
"Thank you again, sir, but just a shirt, shorts, and shoes would be nice. I don't want anything fancy." The man nodded furiously and called his daughter to take Dagger to the shower.
Dagger laughed to herself, "What a thoughtful nice man, but I wonder why his so frighten. I need to wash the blood out of my hair." She pulled out her ponytail and let her dark green hair the soap, she washed all the grim from her feet. As she washed herself, she noticed small scratches on her legs and arms, but ignored them.
She got out of the shower and toweled herself. A young girl waited for her with some folded clothes. "Excuse me, Ma'am. Here are your clothes in your normal colors." Dagger looked at her with a raised eye brow.
"I don't understand my normal colors, but thank you." She took it from her. The girl brought her new undergarments too along with the clothes. After she put everything on, she went to look at herself in the mirror.
Dagger wore a thick black tank top and black shorts. On her feet were black ankle high boots. She wore red fingerless gloves and the merchant's daughter brought her a red ribbon to tie in her dark green hair.
"Thank you," Dagger said again to her.
"You look like a girl in that top since it clings to your shape. You're not a scary as they say," She covered her mouth and her eyes widen, "I'm sorry. It's not my place to say it. Please don't punish my father."
"I won't, but why would I? Am I a bad person?"
"Laura! Leave the miss, alone." The man came in. Instead of scared, he was happy. "Dagger, is it?"
Dagger nodded, "That's the name I'm given. I don't remember my original name. It seems you know who I was? Can you tell me?"
He shrugged, "Aye, I don't know. I would help if I could." His daughter looked at him with confusion. He waved a hand to shoo her away, "It's not of you concern."
"Thank you, sir. Please take this 15 belli, but I don't think it's enough." Dagger handed him the coins.
He took them and smiled at her, "Knowing you have changed is all the belli I need."
Dagger bowed to show respect to him before she left. As she strolled down the cobblestone path, she heard running foot steps behind her. It was Laura. "You forgot this, Ma'am."
"That's not mine." She looked down at the black belt with two daggers in two silver sheaths.
"It's my mom's gift for you. She wants you to have it. It belongs to my mo... oh nevermind, my dad will get mad."
"Who's your mother?" Dagger asked as she took the belt and put it around her waist. Even at the last loop, it was a little loose so it drooped to one side. Laura only smiled and ran back to the shop. Dagger eye's followed her to the door of the store to see a woman with short green hair. The woman smiled at Dagger before returning to the store.
"Who were they?" she asked herself, not expecting an answer, "Must be another act of kindness. They can't know me. The man said so himself." She headed toward the Marine base without anymore detours. As she looked around, she didn't see Luffy or Coby, but instead, a ladder. She climbed it and looked over the wall.
In the center of the barren square was a man dressed in a dark green bandana, a white shirt, and dark green pants. Under his bandana was his light green hair. Dagger jumped down and went to him.
"You must be Roronoa Zoro." Dagger smiled as he looked her with one eye opened, "Have you seen a straw hat man and a boy with glasses?"
"What's it to you?" He looked at her from head to toe.
"Well, my captain told me to come here to find him, but he's not here. Do you know where he went?"
Zoro opened his mouth to reply, but another voice butted in, "Hey you!" The two of them turned to see a man with a butt chin and short blonde hair, "I'm Captain Morgan's son, Helmeppo and I command you to get away from the prisoner unless you want to be executed."
"Oh," Dagger replied innocently, "I didn't know. Sorry." Dagger bowed. Zoro snapped, "Don't bow to him. He's a bastard."
"Shut up," Helmeppo slapped Zoro who recovered and glared. Helmeppo turned to Dagger, "May I ask the name of the beautiful lady before me?"
"Dagger." She replied coldly in response to the slap on Zoro.
He jeered, "What kind of name is that?"
"What kind of name is Helmeppo?" She shot back, "My captain gave me this name because I lost my memory. Don't be disrespectful."
Helmeppo smirked, "Aye, I'm sorry. Want to go to the bar with me? We'll have a good time together." He wrapped an arm around Dagger and stroked her bare shoulder.
"How about… no," She removed his hand, "I may have lost my memory, but that doesn't make me stupid. Now be a good boy and off with you."
"Why you!" He brayed, "Tie her up with the prisoner." The two marines took Dagger and quickly and swiftly tied her hands and feet, and then to the pole. Helmeppo laughed as walked away off to town.
"You're not bright." Zoro commented, "But you're smart."
"He's stupid. I have my daggers with me… but I can't reach them…" Dagger replied embarrassed.
Zoro laughed, "So, you're name is Dagger. It suits you."
"How?" She asked, but he only replied with another question.
"Who gave you it again?"
"My captain, Luffy," she replied and added, "He wants you to join our crew. I guess you can be first mate because I don't care what position I am."
"What makes you think I would join him? I'm a pirate hunter, not a pirate."
Dagger rolled her eyes, "That's what I said, but he still wants you."
"What about you?"
Dagger looked up from where she sat, "What do you mean?"
"Never mind. So, why did you join up with him?"
"He says he'll help me until I regain memory or find anyone that knows who I am."
The two of them stayed silent until Helmeppo and the two marines ran back from town and straight into the marine base. A few moments later, Luffy jumped over the wall.
"Hey! Dagger, how did you end up there?" He knelt down, "I like your new clothes."
"You told me to come here, Luffy, and Helmeppo tied me up because I wouldn't go with him to the bar."
Luffy nodded and stood in front of Zoro. "I'm going to untie the ropes and you're going to be my comrade. I'm looking for people to join my pirate crew." Luffy stepped closer.
Zoro shouted, "I refuse! You want me to become a bad guy? How annoying… Your companion here told me all about it."
"What's wrong being a pirate?"
"Pirates are scum. Who would want to be one? I can understand Dagger here. You saved her and she's in your debt."
"Does it matter? You're known as an evil pirate hunter."
"Yeah," Dagger commented, "The town people cower when they hear you name…"
Zoro snapped, "I don't care what they say. I've never regretted anything. I will survive and do what I want to do."
"Oh, it that so?" Luffy said with his normal blank face, and then crossed his arms and grinned, "But I've already decided you're going to me my comrade."
"You can't decide that by yourself!" Zoro tried to look at Dagger, "Did he do this to you?"
"No, but I guess he already decided when he saved me." I smiled as Luffy nodded.
"You use swords right?" He asked Zoro.
"Yeah… but that stupid son took them."
"Well, I'll go get it and when I return it to you, you'll be my comrade."
Zoro strained as he shouted at Luffy, "YOU ARE REALLY DENSE!"
Luffy ignored him and started running toward the gate.
"You're going the wrong way!" Dagger shouted.
Luffy skid to a stop, "Oh, well… Gum Gum ROCKET!" He stretched his arms and pulled himself over the gate leaving two mouths hanging.
Once Zoro recovered, "What the hell is he!"
"I have no clue, but he'll get your sword."
"Okay…"
They sat in silence again, until they heard a boom from the top of the Marine tower. Dagger looked up, but Zoro couldn't turn his head to see, "What happened?"
"Well, there's smoke and that's all I can see."
"You're no help." Zoro snorted.
"You can't see!" Dagger remarked.
"Dagger!" She tried to turn her head, but Zoro's leg was in the way, but she recognized the voice, it was Coby.
"Coby!"
"You guys have to escape! Helmeppo said he's going to execute you both tomorrow! He's not going to keep his promise!" Coby began untying Zoro's ropes. "That's why Luffy got mad and punched him. I can't stand watching these Marines! I want to be a good marine! Not a corrupt one like Captain Morgan."
Zoro stayed silent as Coby continued, "I'm not telling you to become a pirate, but… Luffy wants to save you. Please you're the only one that can help him. Please help Luffy. He's being chased by Marines right now… What's wrong with this knot? It's so hard!"
"COBY!" Dagger snapped, "Look down here!"
"Huh?" Coby and Zoro turned to her.
"My belt has daggers. Use them to cut ropes!" But before Coby could kneel down to get the daggers, a score of marines and the captain showed up.
Captain Morgan shouted, "Hold it right there! It's treason to go against me. So, I'll execute you right here and now."
"Coby! The daggers, my ropes, NOW!" Dagger shouted. "Coby?" Coby stood frozen like a deer in headlights. "Zoro, can you use your feet and move the sheath into my hand?"
He looked down at her and kicked her side. The loose belt slid and a dagger landed into Dagger's grip. In a slip second she was out and stood in front of Zoro and Coby.
"So, you and the straw hat want to start a revolution? You are not so bright, boy."
"I. AM. NOT. A. BOY!" Dagger shouted, "What's wrong with you? Can't you tell the difference?"
He only laughed, "Aim." The Marines aimed at the trio. Dagger crouched down in a stance. As like if she did it all the time, she stood her ground at the marines' rifles. Her muscles began to remember what to do.
"FIRE!" Morgan let out the commanded.
Hi, so what do you think of this so far? This just came to me and I didn't plan it all out yet. Any way, what do you think? And, if you care about the couplings, I don't know them yet.
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