The Grays of His View

Author's Note: I've been reading One Piece and its fanfiction recently and this idea popped into my head. Enjoy. Oh, I am placing this before the Straw Hats enter the Grand Line, when the marines are just getting interested.

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"What do you know of Straw Hat Luffy?"

"What makes you think that I know anything of him?" The young woman flipped to the next page of her newspaper.

"Because you are the greatest source of information when it comes to pirates. From the oldest to the youngest pirates, you know everything."

"But what makes you think I will tell a marine any of that information when the pirate in question has not done anything to anger me, hmmm?" She finished the paper and tossed it on table separating her from the marine. She looked him over and pressed her fingertips together in front of her.

The marine fidgeted under her intense stare. "I have been tasked with finding out what I can about this upstart rookie because—"

"Because he has saved three villages and a floating restaurant from dangerous pirates and one from a dictator of a marine Captain. And he has been slowly growing his crew to the fearsome number of five." The woman smirked and stood, walking over to a bookshelf.

"A-any information about him would be appreciated." The marine was getting extremely nervous, having been told very little when he was sent to question this woman.

"Very well then. Straw Hat Luffy sees things in terms of grey." The woman retrieved a book from the shelf and began to flip through it.

"What?" The poor marine was utterly confused.

The woman rolled her eyes. "Most people see things in terms of black and white. On first impression, people think that is how Luffy is. But he sees things as grey. He doesn't see people as exclusively bad or exclusively good when he first meets them, whether they are pirate or marine, he lets himself see whether or not they are good people. He doesn't rely on what other people say."

The marine is silent for a moment as he tries to understand what she had told him. She rolled her eyes again and handed him what appeared to be a shell. "This is a tone dial. I recorded our conversation for you. Go give it to your superiors and let them know that I want it back, or at least tell them to send me one."

"Is that—" the marine began before she interrupted him again.

"That's all I'm gonna give you for know. Remind them I don't just give out information for free, and that it would be better if they sent someone higher up next time." She sighed. "I dislike dealing with amateurs."

The marine flushed before quickly standing up, retrieving the dial and leaving the room.

The woman picked up the wanted sheet that he had left behind. Monkey D. Luffy smiled up at her causing her to smile in return. "I'm glad you seem to be doing well Luffy." She stood up and pinned the poster to a blank corkboard that was next to one covered with another wanted poster and various newspaper articles. She looked at the board next to it and smiled again. "I wonder how long it will take for the two of you to run into each other again." She quickly retrieved some newspaper articles from the bookshelf and frowned. "Though at this rate I will most likely need to get a bigger corkboard for Luffy." She shook her head, a fond smile on her face. "Causing so much trouble."

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Author's Note: Not quite happy with this, not sure I was able to get the idea down properly. It's just; Luffy never looks at a person and sees them as their job. (Though he has learned it is better for him to start running when he sees a marine.) He tries to get to know them as a person before he really starts to judge them. At least, that's how he seems to me.

I am not a writer! I am a puppet controlled by fictional characters!