The Small Flower
Written by: Akua111
Chapter 1- Entrance
It was a dark night, the kind that De-Ji liked. She talked to herself in the night. When she arrived at her home, she entered the house quietly, as to not disturb anybody. Nobody noticed as she entered the house, as usual. They just went about their own business, talking and laughing with each other. De-Ji still talked to herself, only quieter now that she was around more people. She wandered off into her room so she could be alone. She started to read her book, and since reading relaxes her, she fell asleep. She was only sleeping lightly though, because she doesn't like people sneaking up on her.
As she was sleeping, somebody outside shouted "PIRATES!!" De-Ji jumped awake, and jumped out her window before anyone came to check on her, she still wanted to be alone. In the dark she got lost, and somehow ended up at the dock. She saw a strange structure with a rope ladder leading up, scared and alone, she needed shelter. So, she climbed the rope cautiously and found a room to hide in. She decided to wait until morning to come out. Nobody would miss her. Since she hadn't had a lot of sleep, she accidentally fell asleep where she was hiding.
The first thing she was aware of was sunlight leaking in through the crack in the bottom of the doorway. She then heard some seagulls cawing, nothing out of the usual for someone who lived relatively close to the ocean. As she walked toward the door, the walls creaked and the structure she was in wobbled slightly. 'strange…' she thought to herslf. As she slowly turned the knob and opened the door carefully so she wouldn't anger anyone if they found her hiding here, she stepped out and gaped in surprise at what she saw. She was looking at the ocean, but not from the dock. She was on a ship! She decided to explore, since she was stuck here, and walked off, and bumped into somebody.
"AAH!" screamed De-Ji in surprise. She had walked into a boy who was not too much older than herself, and about 172 cm (I think that's around 5'7") . As she looked up at the boy with raven black hair, she first quivered with fear, but realized she wasn't helpless, and stood up straight to be ready to fight.
"Hi there!" said the boy with dark hair. De-Ji didn't say anything, afraid that her voice would shake, because she was still scared, but she didn't want to show it, so she looked defiantly up at the boy standing right in front of her.
"Who are you? I'm Monkey D. Luffy!" introduced the boy. He then looked at her quizically as if he were wondering what was wrong with her. She still didn't know what to say, or even if she could speak. She decided to try to speak.
"I'm De-Ji, where am I?" she asked, glad that her voice hadn't shook. She glanced around slowly taking in her surroundings. She saw a goats head for the bow, and some mikan bushes, but other than that, it looked almost like any other ship she had seen.
"You don't know where you are?" Asked this Luffy. "You're on the Going Merry, De-Ji."
Author's note: De-Ji means daisy in japanese, which explains the title