Hello my fellow readers! Sorry for wasting your time, for this is indeed a re-posting of my 'Original' OOTB story, which I have started a complete re-writing of it.

I apologize deeply for suddenly stopping this, for it was only posted to see how people reacted to a newbie at writing, who was actually testing out her writing skills (which failed miserably, might I add) and now realized there's more to a story than just simply typing letters and numbers.

I'm terribly sorry that I deleted this without a second thought. I regretted that action, for this story is a good example for myself (and maybe others) that want to start a story of their own. So they can see for themselves that every first attempt will be crappy without the right guidelines and imagination. And he who is not lazy. :)

I, for one, am going through the darkest time for all of those who love to create exciting stories... MAJOR WRITERS BLOCK!

Why it has come to be? I do not know.

Why I have suddenly appeared and posted something that isn't an update on my current re-write? I do not know.

Why I am writing extremely OOC for myself? Don't answer that!

AND NOW! I'll-crawl-back-into-my-depression-corner-of-writers-block-ness-ess-ess-BYE!

'Drifting drifting drifting.' I sighed as my small boat slowly bobbed up and down with the waves. "So relaxing " I said to no one in particular. 'I could lie here all day ' I thought. 'But I should really find somewhere to re-stock and rest for a bit.'

A few minutes passed. 'Just a bit longer...Okay I should really get up now.' I finally pushed myself up into a sitting position and checked out my surroundings.

'Hmm ' I was about to lay back down when I spotted a rather odd looking island no, a ship? "I wonder " Getting the ores out, I started to row in the direction of the ship/island.

As I neared my destination, I noticed that there was indeed a huge ship and next to it a smaller one. As I got closer, the smaller ship turned out to be a Restaurant. 'Wow, just my luck.' Grinning happily to myself, I sped up my rowing until I reached the docking area.

Once I arrived, I dumped the ores back into the boat and jumped out onto the deck. After tying my super cruiser securely, I stretched and had a good look at the place. I didn't care how beat up everything looked, I just wanted food!

"The Baratie? Sounds yummy!" I said to myself as I imagined what food they would have. I had to stop myself from making a scene by kicking the door open and running inside like a maniac. Well if there was a door that is. Where the door was, was giant whole. Like someone had blown it up or something? Oh well.

"Food, food, food!" I sung hungrily as I stepped, well rather skipped, inside the front entrance. Not taking much note that the huge ship towering over the place was one owned by a deadly pirate.

As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by a large group of chefs arguing over something about a 'Don Krieg' and some other gibberish I couldn't quite make out, due to my habit of zoning in and out of deep thought.

I guessed something bad was going down, seeing all the looks on the chefs' faces. So I decided to go back outside and wait it out. I leaned up against the wall closet to the entrance. 'Don Krieg strikes again!' was all I thought of. 'And I was hoping to get a decent meal '

Not long after though, much to my surprise, the huge ship in front of me was suddenly cut in half! The whole restaurant rocked around violently whilst the whale of a boat slowly broke apart and sunk in various places.

'No ordinary being could slice a boat that big in half ' I checked out the area, managing to keep my ground due to how unstable the flooring was at that moment. I took no heed to the quad of men who ran out the Baratie's door way, yelling and screaming about something. In fear or excitement? I didn't have a clue.

I continued to search the sea, trying to spot something out of the ordinary. After I was sure nothing was coming, I turned in the direction of the guys who had now quietened down.

They seemed like a lively bunch, but something else caught my eye. It was the straw-hat sitting on top of the boy in red's head. I moved a bit closer, still eyeing the hat, until I could get a good look at the boy. 'I know that face that hat is a dead give-away!'

Let's see if he'll recognise me. "Oi, Luffy-kun! Is that you?" I yelled over to the group. 'Please remember me, you dill!' The boy with the straw-hat turned to face me, who was waving and grinning like an idiot.

"Eh?" He leaned forward, squinting his eyes a bit. "Mika ? Ahh! Mika-Chan! Hey!" He jumped off the railing and headed towards me. 'Thank goodness', I sighed, relieved. In the background the other four guys all had questioned looks on their faces as they exchanged glances between each other. "Who ?" They all mumbled to themselves.

When Luffy got close enough he engulfed me in his rubbery hug-o-doom. "Mika-Chan! What are you doing here?" Luffy asked in a childish matter. "Oh you know, travelling around, same old." I said in reply, happily returning his hug before peering over at the group of guys behind Luffy. "Luff, who are they? Friends of yours?" We broke the hug as Luffy looked back at the now confused men. "Ah, they're my nakama! The swordsman is Zoro, the one with the long nose is Usopp and the other two are Johnny and Yosako. I do have a navigator called Nami, but she stole the ship and ran away. And I also have a cook called Sanji!" Luffy pointed to each individual present and laughing loudly as he said the last sentence.

"Ah I see, it's nice to meet you all!" I said cheerfully, nodding to each person, which they hesitantly returned, still taking in the scene before them. I gave them a sweet smile as I gave them my full attention.

"Now I should introduce myself, aye? My names Mikari, Satsuke Mikari."

Also, I realized that there's a lot of missing full stops and what not, due to the fact that I can't be bothered fixing every little mistake in this story, since I had done that after I uploaded each chapter (before posting). A lot of it may not make sense as well. The only thing I did was put the lines in the later chapters. NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN TOUCHED.

Keep in mind, you don't have to review this story or anything. You can tell me your opinion on this lameness but if your going to be harsh (which I know some people do without realizing) (no offence!), just please think before you submit. I tend to take things really hard. I'm negative enough about myself as it is...

Sorry for blabbering.