DIsclaimer: I do not own One Piece but I do own the OC's in this story.

Cold Steel.

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Chapter.1 Rough Beginings

"Ooh, I got a bite!"a tall black haired teen with amber eyes around 15 gave a toothy grin to a small 3 year old girl with orange girl with a yellow onesy on. The two were sitting by a stream in a forest, the boy had a odd fishing pole which had a strange device on the retracting mechanism. "Nami, watch this!" He then pressed a green switch on the device and it let out a hiss of air before quickly reeling in with intense force which immiediatly pulled the fish out of the water with little resistence. The girl giggled and clapped her hands as the boy laughed "Yes, my jet powered fishing pole or the JPFP works!!"

"Fishy!"Nami smiled as she pointed to the fish as he brought it up to her.

"Yes, it is a fishy, and what's my name?"the boy asked as he lifted the tiny girl up.

"Dilip."she said after a few minutes of thought

"Actually it's Phillip but you came close."he said as they began walking out of the forest. It was a very sunny day and Phillip could feel the wind graze his face. Today was one of the best days he had, his birthday was today, his latest invention was a sucess so he could sell it for cash, and he knew he had a party waiting for him at home. His little sister whom he was very attached to was resting peacefullly on his shoulder. He made a living off of building and selling inventions and machinery. He was the pride of the village because his intellect rivaled that of major world leading scientists. He had gotten many offers to join the military or special research facilities but he didnt like that kind of thing. Not wanting Nami to get cold he gently pulled a blanket out of his backpack and wrapped it around her but as they approached a small bridge over a river he suddenly smelled something he was very familier with.

Gun Powder!?

KABOOM!! A huge explosion ringed through the air causing Phillip to wince as a plume of smoke rose in the distance. His blood ran cold as he recognized that as the direction of their village, fearing the worst he took off sprinting over the bridge as the sound of more explosions filled the air. He felt his heart pounding as he got to the hill's which surrounded the town, he could see the smoke rising out from the town and knew that he was in for alot of pain. Pain, doesnt come close to what he felt when he laid his eyes upon the ruins he once called home. Devastation, grief, rage, confusion, worry, are what might come close. The familier buildings he knew were burning brightly as civilians ran back and forth out of their houses trying to save their belongings. When he looked out to the sea and saw a couple ships all with the classic pirate insignia. When he looked through the city he could see pirates greedily loot houses, and marines desperatley fight them. It felt like he was in some kind of crazy dream and at any moment he'd wake up in his bed and see Nami's crib across the room. But that wasnt the case. Fearing for his family's life, Phillip quickly started sprinting down the hills and into town. As he got closer to town, he could see the real extent of the damage. Buildings were being trashed and looted, civillians, marines, and the pirates were all fighting for control. He quickly took a left at a street and ran down the pathway to his house.

"Please be safe, Please be safe, Please be safe!!" Phillip prayed in his head as he passed many buildings not paying attention to the explosions from a cannon closing in on him untill the last second.

"Crap!"Phillip cursed quickly turning away from the cannon balls in order to protect Nami.

KABOOM!

"Augh!!"Phillip screamed in anguish as he was thrown forward from the explosion into a burning building's door, just then another cannon ball struck the roof and Phillip watched in horror as the rubble fell on him. Before it could crush him though he tried rolling out of the way but his left arm got caught. "Shit it hurts!!"he screamed as his left arm was crushed under the granite and wood. He flailed madly trying to free himself but it was no use, he looked at Nami who was crying and frowned. "I have to get her somewhere safe." He looked around the street from his awkward posistion and faintly saw a shadow of someone. Using all his strength he called out "OI!! Someone help me, please!!" At first no one came so he tried again.

"Please, Im stuck and I need someone to help my sister!"this time to his great relief a small figure slowly walked out from hiding behind a barrel. It was a small toddler maybe around 6 or 5 with blue hair and a green dress. "Girl, come here please."he said tiredly as she approached him timidly.

"Here take my sister to this adress, there next to that building is a special bunker, heres the access code for the lock on the door."he explained handing her Nami and then whispering the code in her ear."Stay there untill this battle is over and I'll come get you both."I explained as she nodded.

Creak! Phillip's eyes shot up as he noticed the rest of the roof was begining to collapse.

"Go NOW!!" he yelled as the piece of roof began to fall.

She quickly turned around and took off running towards the adress. Phillip listened to his sisters crys not even paying attention to the roof as it broke a little more and came closer to falling on him. "I'm sorry Nami."he said in almost a whisper as the roof finally gave way.

Nojiko felt so very confused as she ran across the street, she was so sad, her parents were gone, and yet now that didn't matter much to her now. Now she was more worried about keeping this little girl safe, she peeked into the blanket and saw a name sown on her onesy "Nami?" It was a nice name when she thought about it but all she cared about was getting her to this bunker. She knew that boy wouldnt be coming for them now but they still needed a place to hide. She climbed over some rubble of a building and looked at the address and then to the left she saw the small warehouse which looked singed but completely unharmed otherwise. For a second she was relieved but she soon found out she wasnt the only one with eyes on this place. In front of the warehouse by the lock were three weasly looking pirates who were trying to pick the lock. "Hurry up!"one yelled at another one who had a bobby pin.

"Yeah who knows what kind of treasures are in there!"another smiled daydreaming about mountains of belli.

"Hey it's not as easy as it looks damnit!"the last one yelled "This is the most COMPLICATED security lock I have ever seen, I'm starting to think that we may just need the password."

Nojiko could feel her heart jump for a second when she heard that last part, what if they saw her, they might torture her for the password, what would they do to Nami? She quickly decided that it was too dangerous to stay here and quickly turned back and started running away. As she ran she could hear shouting "Hey who's that!?"
"I bet she knows the password!"

"Get her!"

Suddenly panicing Nojiko quickly turned into a alley and ran down it's narrow pathway. She could hear their footstes slowy catching up with her. Knowing if she was caught she'd be done for she quickly jumped into a barrel and snuggled up under the load inside, which happened to be fresh tangerines. She felt as if she was the loudest thing in the world as she felt the footsteps approach the barrel. "Where'd that brat go!?"she heard one yell.

"I don't know I saw her run down here."another voice said as she watched terrified as a tangerine covering her face was pulled out by a hand of the pirate but he didnt notice her.

"Well she must be hid-BANG!" the pirate was suddenly cut off in mid sentence as a bullet barely missed his head.

"Halt your under arrest pirate scum!"she heard a new voice

"Crap it's the marines, run!"she then heard the pirates run off followed by the marines. She never felt so relieved in her life as she slowly stood up and climbed out of the barrel. But then she noticed something, why was Nami so quiet. She looked down and saw the baby peacefully sucking on a rather large tangerine like it was a pacifier. Nojiko never thought in her life she'd be thanking a fruit but at the time she wanted to hug the barrel. She quickly ran out the alley where the marines came from and looked around. She took the tangerine from Nami's mouth and peeled it. She was drained from that scare and she bet so was Nami. She took a piece of tangerine and gave it to Nami who greedily ate it. She also took a piece and ate it, it tasted so good to her! After smelling smoke and tasting gunpowder for the last 3 hours, something this sweet tasted like heaven to her.

"Am I dead?"Phillip thought groggily as he opened his eyes only to be met by darkness. He tried to stand up but was suddenly blinded by intense pain in his left arm. He felt around with his right arm and found the rubble still pinning, what frightened him though was the fact he couldn't feel his arm under it. He slowly pulled the rubble off his arm and finally freed it. It hurt like mad as he could feel it dangel lifelessly so he quickly used his shirt to make a makeshift cast to hold his arm. He then slowly sat up and felt around, somehow the wood in the ceiling managed to shield him from the granite, for that he was grateful but he knew he had to get out. Feeling around he found a jagged rock in the darkness. Taking it in his hand he slowly began to chip away at the wood hoping to dig out.

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But outside of the rubble two teens are comforting each other as they walk. One is a girl about 12 with brown pigtails and hazel eyes, and the other is a burly boy about 16 with brown eyes with black hair. The girl is crying into the boys arm mournfully and the boy is comforting her. "Mom...Dad...they're go...gone."she says sadly

"I wonder where Phillip and Nami are?"the boy asks

"Do you think they made it out?"the girl asks

thump.

"Wait, did you hear that?"the boy stops looking around.

thump.

"Yeah so did, kind of like a beating?"she says as they listen.

thump. thump. thump. The two looked around and found that the sound was coming from a pile of collapsed rocks and building.

"Someone is still alive in there!"the boy exclaimed running over "Tani help me move this!"

"Ok."she agreed running over and began pulling the rocks off the trapped unfortunate.

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"Teehee, hahah!"Nojiko sighed because Nami was giggling again and she had to find a way to make her hush.

"Is that your sister?"a older female voice asked from behind her startling her. She turned around to see a marine woman around her twentys with ruby red hair, she was struggling to stand up and occasionally stumbled as she walked over.

"No, just someone I picked up."Nojiko said not knowing how this woman was giving off a radience of peace.

The woman practically collapsed as she got down on her knees to see Nami up close who was to busy trying to touch Nojiko's face to notice untill the woman gently carressed her face. Nami looked to the woman and began laughing and giggling even more. The woman began to smile as tears fell down her face in happiness and said "She doesnt know a thing yet."

For some strange reason Nojiko couldnt help crying to, but these werent tears of sadness, they were of happiness. For the first time since the attack, she felt like she had someone too watch over and someone who could watch them.

Next time. Phillip the Wrench Jockey.

This is the first chapter to my story Cold Steel, this is a two way story between Nami and her brother. It will focus on Nami's trials as Arlong's slave and Phillip's constant struggle to find her.