Alright...just a heads up...this isn't the 'OC falls into One Piece' story I was talking about xD I'm still gonna write that...in a week or two maybe. I thought this one was more ready to start than that one, because I realized I hated the first chapter I wrote. So instead...you get this. Enjoy. Or not. I don't mind either way. I really should be updating my other story, but...fuck it, I wanna write this.

Oh, and if you noticed in my last story, I'm changing from using 'Emily' as my name to my real name, 'Beth'. Emily is an OC. [Though I'm gonna change my name to that one day XD] I was using Emily's name because I don't like my real name, but I just realized I might use Emily sometime, so I don't care anymore.

Akumi: ...You're gonna make me do the disclaimer, right.

Beth: Yep!

Akumi: I'm not even gonna ask why.

Disclaimer: Beth does not own One Piece. She does own me though. And anyone else you don't recognize from the anime or manga.

'Mm...it's...really hot...' was the first thing to go through Akumi's mind, her thoughts still slightly blurred from sleep. She tried to raise one of her arms to lay over her eyes to block out the harsh sunlight hitting her eyelids, only to realize her arm was being held down on something. Her eyes snapped open, now fully awake, and she twisted her head to the left to look at her arm, which was tied to the ground with rope. She looked to her right at her other arm to find it in a similar state, along with her legs and torso. She also noticed, to her dismay, she was surrounded by water. 'How the hell did I get here?' she thought angrily, thrashing against the ropes. She eventually stopped when she almost flipped the wooden raft thing over.

She tried to remember what she had been doing last, and suddenly growled in anger. She had been drinking a mug of beer that a crew mater had brought her in her office, as usual, when she had suddenly felt incredibly tired. She didn't remember anything after that. 'Those bastards! They must have taken the ship too!' she thought as she banged the back of her head against the wood. She should have seen this coming, they were acting awfully suspicious the week before, constantly whispering amongst themselves. 'Dammit, I'm the captain! I'll make them pay!' she began furiously struggling against the ropes again in vain, only succeeding in making the rope cut her skin.

Akumi, former captain of the Sage Pirates, was stuck. In the middle of the sea. With no way to get free.

Hell.

'I can't believe I got myself into this mess...I knew I couldn't trust Seth, and I accepted him and Jesse into my crew anyways! What a fool I am...' She thought as she relaxed against the restraints. Those two had been nothing but trouble since she accepted them a month ago, and she was certain they'd convinced the crew to leave her. True, she didn't have the largest bounty, only a little over 60 million beri, but still! It's not like their bounties were higher, from what she knew at least. 'Maybe it's because I'm a girl...' she pouted. And how did someone with such a small bounty make it to the New World, you may ask? Well, it's very simple: She avoided conflict as much as possible, including Marine's, and planned carefully so she never saw any of those accursed 'Supernova's'. She knew even the weakest of them could take down her ship in an instant. The only reason she had such a high bounty in the first place was because when she did fight, she was ruthless, injuring her foes as much as possible before killing them, or throwing them off the ship.

'And now look where I am...' she thought miserably. 'Guess small fries don't belong in the New World after all...sure hope the Marines don't find me though...or other pirates.' She tapped her fingers against the wood absentmindedly as she stared off into space, imagining different scenarios for her current situation. In one, she starved, in another, she was eaten by a Sea King, in another, she was sent to Impel Down by marines, and the worst, she was captured by one of the Pirate crews she had fought before. She shuddered at that idea.

Eventually she dozed off, these morbid thoughts still entangled in her mind on a loop.

She wasn't sure how much time had passed, maybe a couple weeks, maybe a month, maybe a few days. In reality, it had been a little over two weeks, but she didn't know that, now did she? She could feel her stomach shrinking a little every day, and she was sure she looked a mess. She usually had short black hair that turned red at the tips, and a slim, yet muscular figure, but now, she knew her bones were visible, she could tell by looking at her arm. She had quit hoping for a rescue, knowing karma was a bitch, and this must be punishment for those she had killed before. She could feel her small daggers still strapped at her side, but she couldn't reach them, so they were no use to her.

A few times she had thought she heard voices in the distance today, but since she didn't see anything, she had written it off as her mind slowly going crazy from lack of nutrition. She closed her eyes, frowning when she could still see the sunlight through them, and sighed irritably. She hated not being able to do anything about her present predicament, but she knew she couldn't do anything, having made her fingertips bleed on the third day while trying to claw the ropes off her wrists by bending her hand at an angle so she could touch it with her fingers.

As the sunlight started to dim with approaching evening, she heard the sounds of voices. Again. She was really starting to worry she was becoming insane. Do crazy people realize when they become crazy? Do they know they're acting crazily? 'Stop focusing on dumb questions!' she shouted at her own mind as her thoughts began to drift off what she was currently thinking about: The voices were becoming louder. She was starting to pick out different voices, instead of a garbled mess.

"-shitty cook!"

"Who're you calling a shitty cook, Marimo!"

"Don't call me that!"

"Stop arguing already!"

"Yohohohohoho!"

"I'll make you eat those swords, marimo!"

"Better than your cooking!"

She heard two rather loud bangs.

"Oi! What the hell girl?"

"Nami-swaaaaan..."

She heard a couple sobs.

"You two are endlessly arguing! We'll reach the island in a day or two, deal with each other until then!"

"Hmph. Fine."

"Whatever you say, Nami-swaan~!"

She frowned. 'The voices are incredibly weird.' she thought. Oh well, if I'm going insane, I might as well act like it.

"Shut up stupid voices! I'm trying to die already! Why do I have to go crazy now!" She shouted at her subconsciousness, thinking it would be more effective than thought-shouting. She heard the sound of loud footsteps followed by shocked gasps. 'What the hell?' she thought, opening one eye to check her surroundings. She flinched when she saw a large boat not two meters away from her, and a group of people peering at her. Her other eye snapped open as she checked over the ship. She saw a flag flapping in the wind above her and looked up, noting it was black, which meant a pirate flag. 'Ah...hell...' she said, trying to make out the symbol on it. After a couple more seconds it twisted so she could see the grinning skull with a straw hat, which she recognized as the symbol for the Straw Hat Pirates, lead by 'Straw Hat' Luffy, a Supernova. She almost screamed in frustration at this new situation.

"Oi! Who's that?"

"Dunno. They look half dead though."

"Yeah, I can see her bones! That isn't good."

"What if she's an enemy?"

"...I don't think so...I don't think anyone would go to this length to capture us...not even the marines..."

"Bring her aboard!"

"Don't make such rash decisions!"

The last voice seemed to be ignored, though, as she saw a black figure jump off the ship, landing on the structure she called a raft. She saw blonde hair, and knew it was 'Black Leg' Sanji, a pirate with a bounty of 77 million if she remembered right. She whimpered as she saw him bend down to look at her face, make a small 'tsk' noise, and begin cutting the ropes around her body with a kitchen knife. Once she was free, she tried to get away from him, but her body wasn't responding properly to her, and she looked like a fish out of water as she scrambled to the corner of the raft.

Sanji stared at her for a moment, taking in the way she was crouched defensively, and grabbed her around the waist, jumping off the raft and onto the deck before she could say anything.

He sat her down on the ground, backing away slightly as she launched herself to the edge of the boat, hitting the side with her back. She took in the half circle of faces around her cautiously, recognizing each from the wanted posters.

'Pirate Hunter' Roronoa Zoro, who was also a pirate himself. She had heard he had been a bounty hunter before joining Luffy's crew, was staring at her with his one good eye, one hand on his katana.

'Cat Burglar' Nami, a thief who stole from pirates, was studying the girl curiously with her arms crossed.

A long nosed man who she didn't recognize from any posters seemed a bit frightened of her.

'Black Leg' Sanji, who had hauled her onto the deck and was now standing beside the long nosed man, hands in his pockets.

Tony Tony Chopper, said to be their pet, seemed rather professional to her despite his cuteness, looking her over from afar with a serious expression.

'Devil Child' Nico Robin, said to have destroyed battleships at the age of 8, had a thoughtful expression on her face as she looked at everyone.

Franky, a cyborg, seemed to be looking at her, but she couldn't tell behind the shades.

A skeleton was staring, not at her, but at the wooden 'raft' she had been using, with great curiosity.

And, last but certainly not least, 'Straw Hat' Monkey D. Luffy was almost directly in front of her, his large eyes fixated on hers.

All in all, she had to say she was fucked. There was no way she could escape from them, she knew they were too strong. She slowly brought her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around her in an attempt to make her look smaller and not a threat.

Nico Robin began talking, still examining her thoroughly. "I believe that is Sage Akumi, Captain of the sage Pirates. Bounty of 66 million beri." She said in a confident tone. Luffy looked at her. "66 million? You don't look like you'd have that high a bounty! What were you doing out here?" He questioned, cocking his head to the side. She looked down at the ground.

"I really don't know, Straw Hat." She said, looking up to see Roronoa's eye narrow at her suspiciously. "I woke up tied to that...raft thing a couple weeks ago. You're the first people I've seen." She said. Which wasn't a full lie. She was pretty sure about why she was out there, but she had no rock solid evidence, and she didn't want to lie to them. She noticed Sanji walking off from the group before fixating her eyes on Luffy, who was poking her throat. "What's that?"

She knew immediately he meant the burn scar on the front of her throat and smirked, raising one hand to cover it. "Doesn't everyone have a few scars?" She questioned. He nodded. "But...that looks like-" "It's just a scar, Straw Hat, nothing more." She said before he could say anything else. He nodded before backing up a bit. She saw Nami coming closer to her and hunched her shoulders a bit in brace for a possible blow, but the girl grabbed her wrist and ran her other hand along the bone she could see through her skin. "You're really thin, Miss Sage." She said, releasing her wrist. Akumi laughed dryly. "You go a couple weeks without food, see if you look like a model after." She said sarcastically, but there was a hidden bitterness in her tone not many could pick out.

Nami backed up as Sanji came back, a plate of food in one hand and a glass of water in the other. He sat them in front of her, but she stared at the food suspiciously. "Eat. I didn't poison it or anything." He said, putting his hands back in his pockets. She slowly took a piece of some green vegetable off the plate, taking a cautious bite. Her eyes seemed to sparkle as she began eating quickly, though not as quickly as Luffy would, and soon finished the plate and water. She felt a tiny bit better, though she was now feeling the pain of her injured arms and legs, from thrashing against the ropes.

Chopper slowly approached her, looking a bit frightened of her, and took one of the small girl's wrists, examining it before pulling a bottle of something out of his bag and a roll of bandages. Before he could do anything, she had tugged her wrist back to her chest, and was staring at the entire group. "Why did you feed me? Why are you attempting to fix my wounds?" She asked, curiosity clear on her face. "You don't look like you could kill a fly in this condition, let alone one of us." Roronoa replied in a gruff tone. Luffy continued his statement with "Plus, you seem nice! I don't think you'd harm any of us." Sanji added, "Plus, I can't just let a pretty woman starve!" She blushed a bit despite herself as Chopper tentatively got closer to her again, this time being allowed to see her self-inflicted injuries. He put a few drops of the liquid onto a rag and dabbed at the wounds before wrapping them in a thin layer of bandages.

When he was done, he patted her shoulder, only for her to wince. He paused, studying her mostly bare shoulder, thanks to the tank top she had been wearing, and noticed it was quite red with sunburn. "Hm...I'll put something on this in the morning." He stated before walking back to the group that was still surrounding her. "Wait...morning?" She asked, to receive a nod from most of the group. Luffy piped up. "You're staying on the ship till we get to the next island!" He grinned at her.

"A...ah...okay..." She frowned, but before she could ask what she was thinking, Robin answered her. "You'll be staying in the girl's cabin along with myself and Nami." She looked up at Robin, nodding in understanding. Nami looked up at the now dark sky. "I think it's time everyone went to sleep." She said to everyone. They all sighed but slipped off, the boys to go to the men's cabin, and Robin and Nami helping the girl get up before leading her to the girl's cabin.

She pointed out an empty bed she could use, because there were only two girls presently, and she nodded in thanks before sitting on it. The two girl's quickly went to sleep, leaving Akumi half awake on her bed. She eventually laid down on the bed, leaving the blanket off her as she put her head under the pillow. 'Why are they helping me? Pirates don't help people...' but she immediately stopped herself, because even to herself that was a lie, as she had helped a few people during her 'career' as a pirate. The better question was, why help her? They knew who she was, and had even let her keep her weapons, as if they had complete trust she wouldn't try to kill them. She absentmindedly touched the scar on her throat. 'Will they really just let me go when we reach the next island?' She thought as she slowly drifted off into sleep.

*Flails arms madly* Done with the first chapter! Finally! I worked on this for three hours! xD I know a lot of people will probably hate this, and that's fine with me owo I tried, mmkay? Also, I don't think she's a Mary Sue, she doesn't have any extraordinary power or anything...so yeah. If she does seem Mary Sue-ish, sorry!

Because I feel it's important information to mention right now, I listened to 'Okama Way' and Usopp's Character Single, Usopp no Hanamichi, while writing this. I also broke out into random dancing while listening to Okama Way because I'm insane and sitting at the computer excessively annoys me. oHo

Hope you liked this! Writer out! *Grabs Akumi and runs away before haters hate on mah horrible story*