This is my first fanfic ever, please go easy on me. After I have watched the skypiea season and saw the story of Norland and Calgara, I was touched. Then, I thought what if it was a love story with the 'daughter' of Norland instead. The funny thing is I had this idea for two years now, but I finally started to write something. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, I will leave it up to the master Eiichiro Oda. ^_^

Chapter 1: the demon and the pirate

Long, long ago, around 400 years in the past.

A story never recorded in writing,

But continually engraved into the hearts of those who hear it.

The story of the warrior known as a demon, and a pirate he fell in love with.

The grand line best known as the Pirates Graveyard, this stretch of ocean is referred to as the most dangerous place in the world by the people from the of the four Blues (North blue, South Blue, East Blue and West Blue).

We find our heroes in the midst of this ocean, and that is where our story begins.

The sun was high past its height peak. We fine our heroine Yuki was lying on her beach chair on the deck reading her book. Her first mate slash navigator was beside her reporting some unfortunate news.

"Captain, the daily report. We have reached the end of our ship's food supply!We will now…slowly…die at sea….!" John stated slow, desperately.

From another corner on the deck the cook collapsed.

"Ah, captain the cook just fainted." A crew mate stated.

They had been sailing for quite some time now. There last stop was more than a month ago. The ship can only hold so much food and with a medium size crew the food supply should have actually lasted for about three weeks. Everyone was in disarray not knowing what to do. While many were discussing of the possibility of dying from hunger at sea, Yuki got off from her chair not saying a word. She removed her boots and walked slowly towards the edge of the deck.

With a tired expression she prepared herself and dove into the ocean. No one but John, saw this. The crew members were too busy being pessimistic.

"Dang it! The last of our food is done. What are we going to survive on now?"

All the crew members heard a splash of distracted them from their negativity. They looked around and noticed that their captain was gone.

"Hey, where did the captain go?" one of the crew mates asked their second in command John.

John said nothing just looking over the railing with a concern face.

That idiot why does she always have to be so reckless. John thought to himself.

Everyone looked around looking for their captain. But, all they saw was Captain's empty beach chair and her boots lying next to the railing of the deck. The crew looked over the railing.

"The Captain could not have jumped into the sea, would she?"

"This is the grand line, the most dangerous sea, of course she would not be stupid enough to jump in, would she…?" The two crew mates stared at each other with a questioning and worried look.

John, was getting a bit worried. He was contemplating on jumping in after her. A few minutes have passed and still no sign of her surfacing. However, a loud noise and movement seemed to have came from below the ship making the ship rock back and forth.

Everyone on board became a bit worried.

"What was that?"

"I don't know, I hope the captain is alright."

Now the entire crew was now looking over the railing counting the seconds waiting for any sign. They were so focused they did not hear someone approaching from behind.

"What are you guys looking at?"

Everyone turned around and saw their captain climbing back on board on the other side of the deck. She was dripping wet with a rope in her hand.

"Captain, you're alright?"

"Of course, what a silly question to be asking." Yuki stated bluntly.

She handed John the rope she had in her hand. John looked at the rope with a confusing look.

"Ah, a rope? Captain, what do you want us to do with this rope?"

"Well, pull the rope." She said with a smile on her face.

Everyone gathered around and started pulling the rope. John and the rest of the crew thought it would be a net filled with fishes due to how heavy it was. However, what was at the end of the rope had shocked them all. They were not far off. It was…..well…. a fish, however the fish was bigger than the ship itself.

"Captain, such a huge fish how….?" John could not finish his sentence he was too shocked to speak.

"Ah, no worries that thing did not really put up a fight at all, this was all just a warm up. I can't be sitting here on my butt the whole day now can I? So, will that solve our food problem?" Yuki said meanwhile drying out her hair.

Everyone just stared at their captain with open mouths. John replied.

"Yes, Captain it most certainly will. It will last us for quite some time, but captain how ….?" John could not even finish his sentence, he was still too shocked.

"Don't start with me John, I know I could have gone for a bigger one then this, but I was a bit too lazy. Won't this be enough for now?" Yuki asked with a pouting face.

The crew was shocked to hear the words that came from her mouth. They just nodded in agreement.

John just started to laugh. He should have been accustomed by this sort of thing; he has been with her for many years now. But, she would always shock him no matter how many times.

Meanwhile, the crew was busy with the fish, John stared at his captain, at a first glance she would not appear as a girl; her white hair was cropped short and ended by her neck going bit down to her shoulder, but most of the times she would tie it back into a ponytail. Unlike her descendants, she did not inherit the chestnut on her head that her father's descendents seemed to pass down; she had her mother's hair. She was also lean built, had soft smooth skin, amethyst eyes, and had beautiful curves; however, they were all hidden behind the clothing she wears. She wore a black tank top with a blue ruffled mini skirt, underneath that mini skirt she wore a blue and white striped legging and she had on feminine boots.

But, of course that is not what hides her feminine curves. It was what she wore above that set of clothing. When she and her crew would go exploring, she would wear a high-collared black coat, closed by a belt, and an orange scarf, over the set of clothing she already had on. She also carried around her katana with a white and blue hilt-bandaging, on her left hip, in an orange scabbard with a green band on it. With that wardrobe she always had gotten mistaken for as a boy.

Before John met Yuki, he had heard amazing stories about her. The captain was a famous pirate, and there were many who spoke about her journeys into the Grand line. Stories like, she could create a miracle like healing a whole country from a plague and so on. However, not many people believed in the stories. Those people labeled her tales as lies, made up stories just to boost her reputation. It was those stories that drew him to this crew.

When John first met Yuki, he was caught off guard. She was not what he expected her to be. He had mistaken her for a young boy due to the way she was dressed, and the last person he would have guessed as the captain. He thought, she was one of the swabbies on board the ship. Not until he traveled with the crew, and came to know his captain was a female.

John has been with the crew for quite some time now, at least 3 years and everyone was like family to him. He came to admire his beloved captain even more. She was one of a kind; she never seemed to stop to amaze him with her strengths and courage. She always had a strong determination and protective streak about her when she gets serious. She also had a playful side, liked to tease too much sometimes. John laughed to himself.

The next day, they were caught in a storm.

"Captain, we are caught in a storm." John informed from the door to Yuki's room.

"So it seems, I felt the ship rocking." She said with a smile.

""So it seems", is that all you have got to say captain." he responded with a laugh.

"What else do you want me to say? If it's just a storm I am sure you're capable of sailing us out of this storm, so I don't think you need my help. Or are you trying to push your job on to me. Somebody's getting lazy." She chuckled to herself and continued with what she was doing. John laughed and took that as a sign to leave.

Yuki who was in her room, continued writing in her log book, updating it.

"We have sailed through the grand line for years now and it's a miracle that we've managed to go on this long. And I am starting to get tired of it. My stupid old man making me Captain of his ship, not that I don't like it, my crew is like family to me. And my old man who is probably sleeping right now in his room, he means a lot to me. It's just that, this sailing around just gets tiring over time. It would be good to finally settle down somewhere. "

While very focused on her writing, Yuki was disrupted from her thoughts. She stops writing all of a sudden and focused on something else.

What was that sound?

It was a sound that she was trying to focus on. She definitely sure she had heard something before. And right when she was going to give up in waiting. She heard it again.

It sounds like a bell chime, I can barely hear it, but I am sure it sounded like a bell chime. She focused really hard one more time, but the sounds in the background were interrupting.

In the background she could hear the crew trying to sail through the storm.

A lot of things seemed to be going on out there. She heard her crew men yelling.

"The yardarm's broken off!,"

"What are you talking about?" John had a puzzled look on his face. How could a ships yardarm break off?Those things cannot be easily damaged, he thought.

"Where in heavens name could the yardarms have gone too." He stated.

Yuki chuckled. Seems like, I should go outside.

Yuki closed her log book, and got up from behind her desk and headed towards her door and she grabbed her coat. Preparing herself for the bad weather outside. As she got outside, she looked around. She saw her crewman running around all busy with their task in trying to sail out of this weather. She noticed John and walked up to him.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

John who was in deep thought did not notice his captain approaching.

"Huh? Hear what? The only thing we hear Captain is the thunder and storm." John said with a puzzled look on his face.

"Oh… well I heard a sound more like a magnificent bell chime." She was hoping that perhaps others might have heard it, but apparently she was the only one.

Meanwhile, on a forest- covered island known as Jaya Island. There seemed to be a crisis going on. For, many months now on Jaya, many of the Shandians seem to have fallen extremely ill and not soon after they would die. At the beginning everyone thought it was just a mild case of the flu going around, but things started to change when some Shandians started to notice green spots on their bodies before they became extremely ill. The Shandians tried everything, starting from mixing all different kinds of herbs to going all the way to chanting, but nothing seemed to work. And to make things worse not only did the plague infect the people, but also their crops and their other natural resources.

The village council had gathered around to further discuss what other options they had left. In the hut the council sat in a circle on the floor. At the head of the circle was the old Chief.

"Let's start this meeting." said the Chief.

"Chief, we have tried everything, from mixing different herbs to chanting to the gods. And things have only gotten worse; this plague needs to come to an end." stated one of the council members.

The room became silent. Have we really tried everything? The Chief thought. One of the council members broke the silence.

"Chief, we have not considered every option." The council member did not need to continue, the Chief knew which option he was referring to. And it was the one option he did not want to even consider. The council member continued to plead.

"Please, consider it! We know you don't want to Chief, but we have no choice left. More and of our people are dying, our food and water supply are getting infected bit by bit. Even the animals in the forest are infected so we can't hunt anymore. Things are different now we need to do a …"

"I know!" the Chief stated with an exhausted expression. "What does the priest has to say about this?"

Just then a man walked in. He had striking red hair that extends down to his waist, and had red tattoos on both sides of his tanned shoulders. He had no shirt on and he had on a purple laced- leg pants under a grass skirt. And like all Shandians, he has a pair of small, white wings extending from his back. His body was built as a soldier, with muscles, biceps, a six pack, he came with the whole package.

Everyone turned and noticed it was who came in, Calgara, the great warrior of their island. The one who's known to show no mercy to any outsiders who invades their island.

From the very beginning of the meeting Calgara had been listening, and decided to wait for the right moment to interrupt.

"If you are referring to the priest, he has fallen ill and his condition does not look good. If you all need his opinion, I would suggest going now." He stated with a serious look on his face.

Everyone was not so surprised to hear that the priest has fallen ill. The villagers has started lose hope that this plague will never go away. Everyone got up in silent and went to where the priest resided.

The council members exited the hut and went to the hut where the priest now resided in. As they entered into the priest's hut, they same the priest was laid out on the floor in the middle of the hut, there the village council gathered. The priest wasted no time and as soon as everyone was seated he started to talk. Calgara stayed standing in the door way observing, leaning his shoulder against the wall observing from afar.

"This island has been inhabited and ruled by us Shandians for over 400 years. We have encountered many obstacles in the past, but never have our people suffered like this. Our rule will soon come to an end if we do not overcome this plague." The priest began to cough.

No one wanted to interrupt the dying priest; they all were listening intently not wanting to miss a single word. Because, whatever the priest may say next was going to save their people or it may not. This was their last hope, and the Chief had a pretty good idea of where the priest was heading with this and he did not like it.

The Chief narrowed his eyes.

The priest recovered from his cough for only a minute he struggled to say these last few words.

"This land has been, cursed. We must sacrifice...uuhhh...a girl!...Upon the sacrificial alterrr! If nothing is done Shandra will fall to ruin…."

Those were the last words the priest had uttered. Everyone stayed silent for a while, honoring the dead priest for his last piece of wisdom. Silence and tension was beginning to grow within the room. No one dared to break the awkward silence.

Everyone was looking at each other and finally then towards their Chief who apparently seemed to have made up his mind.

"How many victims have there been already?"

"Over a hundred and at the rate we are going by the end of this week perhaps over two hundred." a council member answered.

"How can this be?" added another member in despair.

It became silent once again. The Chief did not wanted to admit it, but what else was there to do, this was their last hope.

"Nothing like this has ever happened before! And now…..another life will be taken."

Everyone was depressed. They did not want to sacrifice an innocent life, but what else were they to do. If, this one life can save the lives all the villagers from the plague. Then the council was willing to sacrifice that one life in exchange for saving the life of many.

The Chief took the silence in the room as a yes to the idea.

"Now, we must decide on which girl shall be chosen to be sacrificed."

"It must be a daughter of a great warrior." stated a council member.

"What about the little sister of Calgara?" stated another.

The Chief thought about it. Calgara was descended from many great warriors of the past and his father was a great warrior indeed, and he had certainly passed down that talent down to his son, Calgara. His daughter, Muse, would be perfect.

Calgara, who remained at the door way the entire time, could not believe what he was hearing. They wanted to sacrifice one of their own, a girl at that. However, to make matters worse they decided to choose his sister.

Over my dead body!

"NO!" he screamed.

Hope you all liked it, let me know what you guys thought. any critques will help ^^, i am willing to improve in my writing.

till next time muhahahaha, i will try and update every week or so it really depends when i feel like it ^_^.