'Oi, Luffy! there's a sea king ahead of us. you need any help?' Zoro reported from the crow's nest. 'No, I'll be fine.' Luffy shouted back. he ran towards Sunny's head and looked at the giant beast, which looked like a giant sheep-bunny-fish. 'SANJI! WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF MEAT TONIGHT!' just when he was about to attack the beast the Sea king started to sing some kind of weird song. as soon as the notes reached Luffy's ears he fell asleep. the Sea king grabbed Luffy with his mouth and threw him into the sea. 'LUFFY!' screamed chopper while he was about to jump after him. Luckily Nami grabbed him in time. 'DON'T! you're a hammer too, remember?' 'But Luffy can't stretch when he's asleep!' Chopper cried. at that moment the door to the kitchen burst open and a girl with half-long, messy, brown hair jumped out. The girl ran to the side where Luffy just fell in the water. She made a quick movement with her right arm in the air and placed it on deck afterwards. Right before her a bunch of water fell down. After all the water flew back into the sea, an unconscious was laying on the place where the giant waterfall just appeared. The she turned to the sea king. She placed her arms straight forward and said: 'Mizu Water Blast'. An enormous amount of water came out of her palms and blast the Sea King away.
'What was that?' 'what happened?' Usopp, Franky, Robin and Brooke ran towards the head deck and looked at the scene. 'Who's that girl?' Usopp asked. 'that's what I wanted to know.' Said Zoro, who just came down from the crow's nest. He pointed a katana to the girls neck. 'Don't hurt the lady. Let her explain.' Said Sanji angry. The girl smiled at Zoro and softly pushed the katana aside. She turned to Chopper who rushed towards Luffy. 'Sensei, may I? you have no reason to fear me. I already saved his life.' The strange girl said calmly. Chopper looked at her and thought about what he should do. He didn't know why but he stepped back from Luffy to give the unknown girl some space. The others didn't say a thing. They trusted Choppers decision, but they stayed alert. The girl walked to Luffy and kneeled down next to him. She placed her hand on his chest and closed her eyes. A few second later she stood up and took some steps backwards with an open hand in front of her. Luffy's mouth opened and the water he swallowed came out. He immediately started coughing. The water flew towards the girl. She turned to Zoro and said half-smiling: 'I am water.' 'Water?' said Franky 'but.. a logia type? Could there be such a Devil's fruit?' 'Yes, I ate it' the girl said while facing Franky. 'What's your name?' Robin asked. 'My name is Kayleigh'. 'How did you get on the ship? No, more importantly, why are you here?' asked Nami. Just when Kayleigh opened her mouth to say something, a loud yawn was heard from behind her. Everyone turned around
'Oh great! You're awake!' Kayleigh said. 'That was a great nap! Hmm? Who are you?' Luffy asked. 'I'm Kayleigh. I just saved you from drowning.' 'Oh is that so? That's great! Arigato!' 'Now I have a favor to ask you.' 'hmm? Which is?' 'Allow me to join your crew.' Everyone was in shock. 'Why do you want to join our crew?' Brooke asked. 'I've got my own reasons and I don't have to tell you if I don't want to.' 'Why would we allow you in our crew?' Zoro asked hostile. 'I've lived my entire life in the New World. I know a lot about this sea. That could come in handy.' 'It's okay! You can join!.' Luffy smiled. 'NAAANIIII?' everyone yelled except for Robin and Sanji. 'SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL! Should I call her Kayleigh-san? No, Kayleigh-chan is way better!' Sanji muttered. 'How can you let her join so easily?' 'We can't trust her!' 'What are you thinking?' the crew wasn't really happy with Luffy's decision. 'She saved my life, didn't she?' said Luffy. 'She did. Maybe her powers can come in handy as well.' Said Robin. 'On who's side are you?' asked Nami 'Arigato! I'll try not to be a burden.' Kayleigh smiled widely. 'Kayleigh, could you tell me about your Devil's fruit? Water is the weakness of Devil's fruit users, so how can yours be water?' Robin asked. 'Of course! I ate the Mizu Mizu No Mi, a logia type, which means my body is water so I can't drown. If, however I fell into the sea, I won't be able to move or use my powers. If I'm not dragged out in time, I will most likely starve or implode because of the water pressure. Yet it's still a Devil's fruit ability. Kairoseki and dry salt are a big deal to me. I'm powerless when one of those two things touches my skin.' 'How interesting!' 'Really Robin, On who's side are you? What I'd like to know is how you got on the ship! We've been on open water for a week now!' Said Nami. 'Well, to be honest, I've only been here for 2 days.' 'ONLY 2 DAYS? How?' 'I saw your ship pass by when I was training, so I thought I'd drop on. I've been waiting for you guys.' 'You've… been waiting?' 'There aren't a lot of strong pirate crews you know. I want to sail on the ship of the next pirate king. After what I read in the news papers 2 years ago, I knew I wanted to join this crew.' Everyone stared at Kayleigh. 'Soka! Well I think we can trust you after all! Welcome aboard!' Nami said after a while.'YOSH! Let's have a party to welcome our new nakama! SANJI! Prepare the food!' Luffy cheered.
Not long after he said that, everyone was having a good time. Everyone. Except for 2 people. Kayleigh sat on the mast and looked down at her new nakama. She just stared. She studied everyone carefully. Luffy was eating; Brooke was playing music; Chopper, Franky and Usopp where dancing; Sanji was cooking and flirting with Nami and Robin, who were enjoying themselves.
'You're not really acting like a pirate, although you say you want to be one.' A voice next to her said. Kayleigh looked up. Zoro sat next to her. 'When did you-? never mind. What do you want?' she said. 'I want to know if I can trust you. You may have won the others but I won't be that easy.' 'I saved you captain. Wasn't that enough?' 'It should be. But not for me. You didn't tell us everything back there, did you? What's the real reason you wanted to join us?' Zoro and Kayleigh looked at each other. Then Kayleigh turned her head and her hand reached to her chest. She grabbed something. It was a necklace. Zoro hadn't noticed it before. At the necklace hung a diamond which was blue but shined red. 'If you really must know, I made a promise to a friend who passed away some time ago.' 'I see. I don't have to know the story.' 'you don't get to know.' They were silence for quite some time. 'Don't get me wrong.' Kayleigh said 'I'm not going to care about you guys, just because we're in the same crew now. And I recommend you stop caring as well, at least for a while.' 'Why would I do that?' Zoro asked 'I'll tell you and everyone in the morning.' 'Why not now?' 'I don't want to ruin the party.' 'Why not?' 'Because everyone looks happy.' 'So you do care about us already.' 'What? Nooo! I don-… Why would I-.. SHUT UP!' And she jumped down. Zoro watched how she joined the party and danced with Chopper. She was weird. She did fit in though. Maybe she wasn't that bad after all. But when she pushed Zoro's katana aside, she embarrassed him. He wouldn't forget that easily. Zoro jumped down so he could drink some sake.