Chapter 1: Meeting Him
A young woman was on her way home from work by the docks that leads to the sea. She looks out into the sea world with a blank stare. Suddenly she stops with her mind wondering in all directions. Then she feels as if someone is staring at her and so she turns around to find a man walking up to her.
Man, "Hey there baby. How's about you come back to my place?"
As he walks swayingly towards her swinging the bottle of rum in his hand.
Woman, "Ummm…I don't go with assholes and you sir remind me of an asshole."
Man, "What was that? Are you back-talking me?"
Woman, "And what if I was…you ain't gonna do anything about it."
Man, "Oh I will show you what I will do."
The man grabs her arm trying to pull her back to a nearby building.
Woman, "Let me go, you asshole!" She tries to pull away but the man takes his bottle and hits her in the head knocking her out.
Shanks, "Ben, do you see that over there?" as Shanks points over at the man dragging the woman away
Ben, " Yup." Ben then stands up and points his gun at the man and shoots the guy.
Man, "AHHHH, my hand! What the hell is wrong with you?!" The man then runs off.
Shanks, "Good shot. I'm gonna go see if she's ok."
Ben, "ok"
Shanks walks over to the woman and kneels down to see how bad of a head injury the man gave her.
Shanks mumbles, "He hit you pretty hard. Well, let's get you to my ship. Got a good doctor on board and he will fix you right up."
Shanks picks her up and carries her to the small boat that he and Ben got in to come to the island shore.
Shanks, "Let's get back to the ship so we can tend to her head. He hit her pretty hard."
Ben, "Ok"
Back at the ship…
Shanks gets back on the ship carrying the woman.
Shanks, " Alright, no one is to enter my room. This woman is hurt badly and she will be in my room."
Crew, " Yes, captain!"
Shanks walks to his room and lays the woman down on his bed and covers her up. He gets up to fetch a bucket with some water and a rag. He takes it back to the room and starts to clean the blood off her head and clean the wound the man placed on her. Her eyes clinch showing that she is in pain. Her eyes open to see Shanks standing over her. The woman sits up in a panic manner.
Woman, "Who the hell are you and where am I?! What the hell did you do to me?!"
Shanks, "Calm down! I'm Shanks and I ran off that guy that was attacking you."
Woman, "Why did you do that? I could have taken him myself!"
Shanks, "That's not what it look like to me. He hit you in the head and you were knocked out cold."
Woman, "Whatever. I'm fine now. Now let me go so I can go home."
Shanks, "Ummmm…that's not possible right now. See, you are on a ship right now. I'm a pirate. I'm Shanks, captain of the Red Haired crew."
Woman, "WHAT! Why? You can't take me back to shore?"
Shanks, "I'm afraid not. We just set off for Tachni Island. It's gonna be a while before you get back home."
Woman, "What the hell is wrong with you? I have a job and I live with my sister! She will think I'm dead!"
Shanks, "It's ok…ummm….what's your name?"
Woman, "Yuki"
Shanks, "Yuki, it's ok. I will go and talk to your boss and tell him everything."
Yuki, "But what about my sister! She can't be by herself. The whole reason why we live together is because so the bills will be easier to pay!"
Shanks, "I will give you money if that's what you are worried about."
Yuki, "You just don't understand."
Yuki then starts to faint a little from all the stress of trying to understand what all has happened in the last 2 hours. She puts her hand on the wound and then pulls the hand away to see the blood.
Shanks, "Please, lets me take care of that."
Yuki, "ok"
Shanks puts the rag in the bucket to rinse it out and then starts to clean the wound. Afterwards, he puts the rag back in the bucket and slides it over. He kneels down beside the bed.
Shanks, "You should get some rest. Even if you were at home, you wouldn't be able to work in your condition. Are you hungry?"
Yuki, "No"
Her stomach grumbles.
Shanks, "I will bring you something to eat."
Yuki while looking down, "thanks"