A/N 6/21/16: So I've decided to redo this story in an effort to make up for my atrocious writing from years ago. I'm changing the POV, updating some vocab and just editing several grammatical errors. It's summer and I've got some actual free time so I've located some motivation for once. This story will probably be a little boring for the first couple of chapters because I have to introduce my OC and get her into the crew, but after that it should be back to the usual.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the One piece characters or story line or anything like that. I Only own my OC and the island it starts off at. I'm only going to put the disclaimer in this chapter, so please refer people that think I could have stolen anything here.
Chapter One
The world, so large and vast, with five magnificent oceans spread across it's surface. North blue, south blue, east blue, west blue, and the mysterious grand line. Scattered across the oceans sit many islands, large and small, and it is on one of these many islands that our tale begins...
A little way from the docks of a small island, a favorite pirate hang out, sat a small sail boat. Inside this boat was a girl, one with long dark brown hair and devious blue-green eyes that were currently staring intently at the waters surface. The fishing pole in the girls hands was hanging limp as she gazed into the reflecting surface. Still looking down she saw a dark smudge on the edge of the reflection, looking up, she saw dark clouds moving in quickly from the east. It didn't look like much, but she'd been sailing long enough to know not to take weather lightly, it was fickle. Putting her fishing pole down she hoisted the sail and started back to the docks. Halfway there she heard a huge 'BOOM' and it wasn't thunder either. It was cannon fire.
"Crazy pirates firing cannons at nothing again." She muttered to herself.
By this time, the clouds had rolled in and there was a bit of a fog rising, so it came as a shock when the front of her boat hit the wood of a hull. Hard. She was jolted from her seat and hit the floor of the boat, right when she got seated again however an anchor, yes an anchor, went straight down through the floor of her boat, right where she'd been a second ago, and it started sinking.
"What the...? Aw great! I can't swim!...climbing it is then, too bad for whoever owns this ship!"
With that said, and a couple of curses following, she sprang onto the chain of the anchor just as the boat went down.
"Oh bloody hell, that boat cost a lot! Aww!" She grieved the loss for a few seconds, and then proceeded to climb the chain, wondering who would be at the top to get yelled at.
When she got to the top, which didn't take that long considering the ship was only a caravel and wasn't very tall, she peeked slowly over the side. Standing on deck were three guys; one with black hair and a straw hat who was facing away from her, one with green hair and three swords tucked into a sash at his waist, and one with very curly shoulder length brown hair with a bandanna over it and a long nose. Deciding that they didn't look all that unpleasant she jumped over the side onto the deck. At her landing the three quickly turned to her, the green haired one had his hand resting on his sword as well in case of an attack. After seeing the girl he looked confused, along with the other two.
"Uh who're you? And why are you on our ship?" Asked the brown haired one.
"Me?" asked the girl, "I should be asking you that! Your anchor just went through my boat! I nearly drowned, so I climbed up here to yell at you and get a ride! And the name's Kira. Who're you people?"
"Woah, really?" exclaimed the one with black hair and the straw hat. Kira turned to him with a nod, he continued, "Sorry! I was the one who dropped the anchor! My name is Monkey D. Luffy! That's Zoro with the green hair, and Usopp is the one with the long nose. We're pirates! And I'm gonna be the next pirate king!" He finished with a huge grin.
Zoro apparently didn't feel the same way about the introduction as he did however, so he hit him over the head when he finished. "Luffy! You idiot, what if she reports us to the marines? You've got a bounty now remember? We don't need to waste time."
He turned to Kira to see if she was freaking out, to his surprise though, she was calmly standing as before and watching the proceedings with amusement. "You do realize my town has a new pirate gang every week right? I'm used to your kind, no need for the marines to know. But if you don't mind me asking, does that mean you're the real Monkey D. Luffy? As in the one with the highest bounty in East blue?"
"YEAH! That's me! It's so cool to have a bounty that big! Know what I mean?" asked Luffy.
"Uh, actually no," answered Kira, "I've been trying to stay out of the governments way, thank you very much. But it's cool if you got one, you must be really strong huh?" Kira's question had a slightly devious undertone that none of the guys seemed to notice.
"HECK YEAH!" answered Luffy with a fist pump.
"Oh impressive...ANYWAY! YOU-" Kira pointed to Luffy, "Wrecked my ship, so you're giving me a ride back home. Now, preferably."
Luffy looked sheepish, "Right, right. NAMMMIII!" He shouted.
Kira wondered whom he was calling and a few minutes later the upper cabins door opened up and a girl about Kira's age came out. She had big brown eyes, short orange hair, and was wearing a pissed off expression.
"LUFFY!" she yelled as she came out, "You better have a damn good reason to call me out here, you yelled so loud I spilled ink all over the map I was sketching!"
Luffy cautiously took a step back, not wanting to get hit, and just pointed to Kira. "It's important I swear! I accidentally ruined her boat, she wants to go home and I offered to take her. So can you take us to the island over there?" He finished by pointing to the direction of Kira's island.
Nami looked at Kira curiously, and slightly warily, but she just sighed and nodded. "YATTA! NEW ISLAND TIME!" Shouted Luffy.
Kira raised an eyebrow at the antics, but she just chuckled, even though inside she was outright laughing. Nami sighed again, along with the other two, and yelled at someone inside.
"Hey Sanji! Can you turn us around? Zoro, raise the anchor again!"
Zoro went to raise anchor, while the mysterious Sanji came out of the same room Nami did. "Of course Nami-swan, but where are we going? I thought we were staying here for now?"
"We were," answered Nami, "but Luffy sunk this girls ship so we're taking her home. Who knows, we might even find an inn for the night."
Sanji nodded, then turned to look at Kira since he hadn't seen her yet. As soon as he did he rushed over, bent on one knee, took Kira's hand, and proclaimed, "Oh my angel! Who are you my darling? Fear not, for I, your prince Sanji, am here now!"
Kira just kinda stood there, shocked, and slightly creeped out, for a few seconds before recovering and slowly pulling her hand out of Sanji's.
"Uhh I'm Kira...It's nice to meet you, Sanji?" She looked over to one of the other crew members for help.
Nami just rolled her eyes, walked over, and pulled Sanji up by the collar. "Sanji, leave the poor girl alone and go turn the ship!"
Sanji jumped up, "YES! NAMI-SWAN!" And rushed into the room to steer the ship.
Kira let out a deep breath of relief and looked at Nami gratefully, "Thanks. Does he do that a lot?"
Nami rolled her eyes again, "Sadly, yes. But you get used to it after a while. Now, what's the name of your island?"
"Soruga. Odd I know, ibut t's only like 5 minutes away from here. And about what you said earlier, there are two inns that you could stay at if you wanted. They're both pretty cheap, but they're nice." Kira answered.
"Alright! Bath time! I'll go make sure we're headed the right way then, I'm the navigator after all." Said Nami.
"Cool, I know a little navigation, but I'm a better with weather."
"Great! Well I'll be right back I guess!" Nami said, as she walked up the stairs to the room she came out of.
Now by this time Zoro had long finished getting the anchor up, with the sad remains of the fishing boat still attached, and Luffy and Usopp were standing with him over on the side. With Nami gone Kira decided to go over and talk to them to kill time till she got home.
Zoro looked up as she walked over, "Hey, your town got any restaurants or bars? I need a drink." He asked.
Kira was about to reply when Luffy jumped in front of her and added loudly, "Yeah, restaurants! They have meat right? I Need some meat!"
Kira laughed a little, "Yes, they do have restaurants. And yes, the restaurants have meat. Pretty good meat in fact, same with their alchohol."
Zoro nodded in acceptance of her statement while Luffy was looking impatient to eat. Kira smirked at the obvious differences in their personalities. She looked over at the third person in the group, Usopp, and asked, "So Usopp, what do you do? Luffy's obviously the captain, Zoro is the swordsman, Nami's the navigator, and Sanji...I'm not quite sure about him." She trailed off.
Usopp took a proud stance when she was done and proclaimed, "Why I am Captain Usopp the brave, I've slain thousands of enemies, people quake at my presence, I'm a fierce marksman, I'm!..."
"LIAR!" Zoro and Luffy interrupted him. They both whacked him over the head and he fell face down. Kira burst out laughing, not being able to hold it in anymore.
"Ignore everything he told you," said Zoro, "The only bit of truth was that he's the marksman. Otherwise he's a huge liar."
"Why you..!" Usopp then jumped up and started arguing with Zoro about the fact that he was not a liar and was a brave warrior and etc etc. Kira merely stood on the sidelines watching the dispute with a small grin on her face, and Luffy was standing next to her cheering on the pair.
Suddenly there was a soft thud and Nami and Sanji walked out of the upper room. Kira looked up and saw the docks then turned to Luffy.
"Well we're here, and I gotta go. Thanks for the ride Strawhat! Oh and the restaurants are right at the entrance to the town so you'll be able to find 'em easy. Tell them I sent ya and you'll be treated nice." She then turned to Nami and said, "Nami, the people in the restaurant can give you directions to the inn. Later!" And with that she jumped over the railing onto the docks and started walking off with her hands in her pockets.
On the boat the crew was just staring at Kira's retreating figure, then Luffy said, "I liked her...she was nice."
Nami nodded in agreement. Then Luffy complained he was hungry and started begging for food so they all walked towards the town to find the restaurants Kira was talking about.
After leaving the Strawhats, Kira walked through town till she got to the hill that lead to her house, and by house she really meant the old library where she lived. She'd been living there for the past year since she got back, loving the space and the books. As she walked up the hill she took a detour to a clearing just off the road, it was small with trees surrounding it. In it sat two crosses, side by side. Kira walked to the crosses and touched them both gently before sitting down and reading the inscriptions she had memorized when they were first put up.
"Maria Sabaki: Loving wife and grandmother, she will be remembered and cherished." read the first one.
"Akito Sabaki: Loving husband and grandfather, his wisdom shall not be ignored, but cherished, like him." The second read like the first.
So small it almost went unnoticed, a tear slid down Kira's face. She wiped it away quickly before speaking.
"Hello Baa-San, Oji-San...I miss you both...it's been a while ya know? Five years actually, though you probably know that from my other visits, but this is the first anniversary I've been here for. I left for a while, but I'm back for now and I really can't believe it's been five years. It seemed so short on my voyage, training and traveling and all that. I'm sorry I wasn't here for the other years...I never forgot though. I'll always remember and love you both. I hope you're both well in heaven. I miss you oba-san, oji-san, I'm well and I'm pretty happy, but I still miss you guys. You'd probably wanna hit me for shedding tears though, so I'll just be strong and say goodbye for now. I love you both, g'bye..."
Kira sighed as she stood. Another year since they both passed away, dying mere days apart, not wanting to live without each other. They took such good care of her when she was growing up. Not to say they were a normal family, however. They joked around, threatened harm to each other on more than one occasion, were constantly competing, but the three had loved each other and they would do anything for the others. Kira loved them dearly for that and so, when they died, she couldn't stay in the same place where they'd had so many good times. She left. Sailed away to get stronger, both mentally and physically. This was her first time back for the anniversary since her return almost a year ago, and it still tugged at her heart. She stayed strong as she continued her walk up the hill. They wouldn't want her sad, and like she said, they'd probably hit her if she was.
Finally she made it to the top of the hill. Sitting on top proudly, the former library loomed in a non-threatening way. It was a medium sized structure, but with a certain old presence. Kira walked to the front, unlocked the doors, and stepped inside the entry way. She flicked on a light and tossed her jacket over a chair. Walking further into the building she into what used to be a reading room, now her bedroom. She kicked off her boots and walked into the adjoining bathroom, turning on the bathtub. As it filled up she stood in front of it thinking about the day.
When it was full, she stripped and got in, still thinking. She thought about her grandparents and some of their memories, and then she wondered about the strawhats. They seemed nice for pirates, a little odd, but refreshing. Nami was someone Kira could see herself being good friends with. Actually, they all were. She thought they were funny and kind, but also strong. Luffy interested her as well, there was something that drew her to him, she didn't know what yet, but she was curious. She wondered if they would be in town tomorrow, or if they'd have left already.
"Oh well," she sighed, "I'll just have to wait till tomorrow..."
When Kira was done with her bath she stood up and wrapped a towel around herself, drained the water, and decided to head straight to bed. Besides the almost drowning part, her day had been emotionally draining as well. She sighed as she got under the covers, and fell asleep almost instantly, dreaming of memories and her day.