Chapter 1

The water was cold once her body had made contact with it.

She had been thrown overboard by her own crew.

Amaya was sure of one thing: She had it coming the moment she had chosen to go with that pirate crew. They were never a good bunch of people always turning their backs on others that had little to no use to them.

And that was what she had become.

A nuisance.

A bother.

Even though being the best assassin in the crew she had caused them problems for mild fights between some of the crew members that were… rather annoying to her.

Now, floating to wherever the tide would take her, Amaya could finally take in the damage that had been inflicted to her: Not only had they thrown her overboard (which is a big of a humiliation as it is) but they had also taken the change to stab her a couple of times on her back and arms.

Although wanting to close her eyes, she had to fight that urge. It wasn't today that she was going to be eaten by a sea king.

Not today.

Letting the tide carry her, she just drifted off on the waves.

How long she had been floating about, she wasn't sure but… after what seemed an eternity, Amaya spotted a ship sailing towards her. As much as she detested being in a ship again, she needed to survive.

She could hear shouts coming from the ship as she used the remaining strength she had to swim towards it but… the ship was going at a rather quick speed. Just as the ship was approaching her figure it slowed down almost instantaneously.

"Oi! Sanji! I think we have dinner!" A voice shouted from the ship. Covering her eyes from the sun with her hand and tried to see the figure that was looking down at her. "Gomu gomu no… PISTOL!" Suddenly an arm was stretched towards her and hugging her already wounded waist.

Amaya didn't have the strength to shout at all in pain, she only gasped as she was pulled on board. Her back hit the boarded floor making her dizzier. Her dark blue eyes slowly opened, gazing up at the sky, spotting a flag with a jolly roger.

Pirates…

"Luffy! That is not dinner!" A blond man in a fancy suit appeared behind the straw hat one that apparently was called Luffy. As Amaya sat up on the floor with a bit of effort, the blond man almost floated towards her, a blush across his cheeks and heart shaped eyes. "Oh what is a fine lady like yourself doing on the cold waves of this vast ocean? You are but a beautiful damsel. Are you by any means searching for your prince but lost your path? Fear not for you have found your prince!" He took her hands in his earning a light gasp of pain from her. "Oh my! Forgive this scoundrel soul! I have brought you harm, my dear princess! Please, bring an end to my miserable life!" A cloud of sadness clouded his expression that, just a few seconds ago, was incredibly cheerful.

Luffy only laughed as a green haired man approached them and punched the blond one on the head.

"Oi, ero-cook, stop with that already! No one wants your drooling over them." The green haired swordsman complained in a teasing tone when he said the word ero.

"Can you… please just stop complaining about and give me something to stitch this up?" Amaya finally spoke, pointing at the bloodied stains on her shirt.

"What happened?" Luffy asked, honesty and worry clouding his face.

"Just give me alcohol, a needle and a string, please." She sighed heavily but didn't wait for far too long because a blue haired woman approached her with what she had asked for in just a few seconds. She gave Amaya a warm smile before she reached her hand towards the hem of her shirt but she stopped the blue haired woman. "Just let me do it." Amaya requested, cold and distant. She didn't want anything to do with these pirates. She would just stick with them until they reached land but nothing else. The blue haired woman almost looked hurt at Amaya's reaction but didn't say a word. Amaya sighed and poured the alcohol over the larger slash wound over her hip before she began to stitch it up. "I'm sorry for answering like that." She spoke, calling the blue haired woman's attention. "And thank you…" She mumbled out those last words but didn't say anything else.

"I want you on my crew!" Luffy suddenly spoke out, his arms stretched wide open, a large smile on his lips.

"No"

"But I want you on my crew" He pouted at her, trying to make her change her mind but to little use.

"No means no" She answered as she did the final stitches and finally looked around, realising that she had forgotten to ask for something for her to use to cut the string. Noticing the swordsman was a bit closer to her and the swords were within her reach, Amaya quickly took hold of one of his katanas.

"Oi!" The swordsman called as he felt the sword leave his haramaki.

"Hush now." Amaya complained when he tried to take the sword away from her. She quickly cut the string and handed the sword to him, relieving the swordsman. "I need to cut this, alright?" She took hold of the bottle of sake that had been given to her by the blue haired woman and slowly got up only to take a long sip from the bottle's content.

"You can't just go around and steal away my swords"

"Oh quiet marimo!" She growled at him, earning an angry look from him. "I'm in no mood to deal with petty complains, especially from a swordsman!"

"And I don't want to deal with someone who steals my swords!"

"Why? Are you trying to compensate for something!?"

"I want you in my crew!" Luffy shouted, his smile wider than before.

"No!" Both the swordsman and Amaya shouted at him but he only laughed.

"Why would you want her!?" The swordsman complained, stomping towards Luffy and pointing at Amaya. "Just look at her! She looks useless!"

"I won't want to be in the same ship as that marimo!" Amaya pointed at the swordsman as well, completely stupefied by Luffy's reaction.

"But Zoro! She cheers everything up. I want her here with us" Luffy smiled confidently at her, almost hypnotizing her and making her say yes to his request. "You'll be our nakama"

Nakama…

Such a plain word for her now.

Her previous crew that she had called family, her nakama, had left her behind because they had no use for her anymore.

Damned pirates.

Her eyes were shadowed by the bangs from her hair as she took in that word.

Meaningless…

"Leave me at the next island you stop or send me away as soon as you can. I have better stuff to do" She walked towards the ship's rail and sat down, leaning her back against it.

Nothing else was said to her and she was highly thankful.

As the minutes went by, she began to memorize their names since they would occasionally speak them out loud.

Usopp, the long nose guy who appeared to be their shooter but a coward.

Sanji, the blond guy that had tried to flirt with her the moment she stepped on the ship.

Nami, a girl who had been quiet all this time and seemed to be very tired.

Carue, the pet… duck?

Luffy seemed to have accidently said the blue haired woman's name, revealing her as Vivi but Amaya had no knowledge of someone with that name, much to the crew's relief.

And then there was Zoro…

The marimo swordsman…

That… Handsome beast swinging about those heavy weights as a method of training.

"My princess! I've brought you a fruit salad because I thought you might be hungry" Sanji suddenly appeared on her line of sight, holding a crystal clear bowl with colourful fruits neatly cut inside of it.

"Thank you Sanji" She could only smile at him tenderly. Even with the never ending flirting, he had been kind to her so far. Luffy had been as well but he only wanted her in his crew, for what reason, she was unaware.

"Can I ask your name?" Sanji asked as he got up from the floor and lit up his cigarette.

"Why?"

"It's only fair since you already know ours"

"Amaya"

"What is your story?"

"Nothing important"

"It is important"

"Not really" She placed a spoonful of fruit inside her mouth and looked at Zoro's training process blankly. "Why does he do that hard training?"

"If Luffy wants you here it has to be important" Sanji proceeded to smoke his cigarette, his gaze following Amaya's. "The marimo always wants to improve his skills"

"Everyone come quickly! There's trouble!" Vivi's voice rose suddenly, capturing the attention of everyone in the ship.

"What's wrong Vivi-chan?" Luffy asked as walked out of one of the rooms from the ship, his mouth filled with food.

"Nami has come down with a fever" Vivi informed and now was Sanji's turn to panic and worry.

"NAMI-SWAN HAS WHAT!?" Sanji rushed to her side, followed by Usopp, Luffy and Carue.

Amaya couldn't go that quickly because of her stitches so she just slowly got up from the floor but came to a halt when a hand appeared in front of her face. Looking up she saw that Zoro had the intent to help her up, yet he refused to look at her.

"Only because you're wounded" He answered quickly to her silent tease that was forming in her thoughts.

Zoro walked next to Amaya only to make sure she wouldn't do anything reckless. Once they arrived next to where Nami was, Amaya only analysed her state and sighed.

"Luffy, carry her to a bed or something" Amaya began capturing the crew's attention. Luffy only nodded and picked her up from the ship's floor. "Usopp, get me a bucket of water, some cloth and ice" He only nodded and left towards what seemed to be the kitchen. "Sanji, go prepare something for her to eat, please." She was beginning to feel annoyed by his constant shouts of despair. He nodded and quickly left to the kitchen. "Zoro, keep a watch on the ship's course" Zoro only nodded and left to the ship's head. Amaya's blue gaze finally set upon Carue "Please don't panic and Vivi, you'll help me out on this"

Even though she had no true connection to this crew, there was a strange charisma to it that made her feel compassionate towards the whole situation. The time seemed to pass by slowly as she helped Vivi bring Nami's fever down.

Everyone except for Zoro, Vivi and Amaya were visibly panicking all thanks to her state.

"If you want to rest, go Amaya" Vivi spoke after a while, seeing as the black haired woman was visibly tired.

She only nodded and exited the room.

It was warm outside and the ocean breeze relaxed her purely.

The whole situation was quite stressful even for Amaya.

"How is she?" Zoro's voice snapped her awake from her calm state.

"Not good" She admitted inhaling deeply but gasped as she felt the stitches stretch. "She needs a doctor."

Suddenly Nami left the room she had been resting only to support her weight on the ship's rail. Vivi followed soon afterward trying to keep Nami from falling down.

"Change the ship's course" Nami informed Zoro suddenly. As an answer, Zoro called everyone else to deck.

"I want to get to Alabasta to help everyone that is waiting for me there but… We must get Nami well as soon as possible. That's how this ship will got at full-speed" Vivi spoke to the ones that were listening to her, earning a loud cheer from them before they proceeded to change the ship's course.

Just a few moments later, Nami mumbled at Vivi that she was sorry before passing out just as a cyclone had suddenly formed right behind the ship where she was previously heading.

Nami had predicted that occurrence.

Incredible.

They are true nakama's.

A/N:

NEW FANFIC!

Oh so soon?

Yes.

This fanfic will begin from the Drum Island Arc so... TONY TONY CHOPPER HERE WE COME :D

Just this chapter for now and then I'll see what I'll do with this :D

Amaya is my OC so... she belongs to me

I do not own One Piece, of course!