Author's Notes:
Aaaaalright!
First of all: I'm German, so English isn't my mother tongue! Havn't found somebody to beta
my OP-fics, yet, 'cause most of my friends aren't Anime/Manga freaks... so all the mistakes
are mine! I'm not proud of 'em, but whatever!!
This is my first attempt on One Piece and its characters! I'm normally writing
Stargate fics, but I hope that I made an acceptable job here. I have read up to the fight
between Luffy and Enel, so in Germany they're still stuck on Skypia! This story takes place
somewhere before these events!
In my country, the characters have other names and I hope I gave 'em the more commen ones.
This story shouldn't end here, so if you want to read the next part(s), feel free to drop
a line in the reviews!! ;P Would love to read you critizism.
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"But..."
"No buts! We have to get the hell outta here!"
Looking back over her shoulder, Nami watched the marine soldiers round the corner, their swords risen high above their heads... she really wondered whether it was easier for them to run like this.
"But Nami! I want meeeat!" Luffy told his crew, his lip already quivering pathetically."Can't we
just fight and get it over with?"
Eyes glinting dangerously, she hit the back of his head, while she was running through the
streets of some damn small town.
"Ouch!!"
"You stupid idiot! Stop whining and keep running!"
Zorro ran past him, Chopper sitting on his back and holding onto his friend's shirt for dear
life. The little elk had his eyes closed and was therefore not prepared for the sudden change
of direction and nearly fell off his friend's back in the process.
Neither was Luffy, who just sprinted past the little side-street his comrades had just entered.
"Hey! Where are y-urgh!"
Female hands grabbed him around his throat and limbs, lifting him up into the air and
transporting the rubber-boy towards the roof. There he straightened himself, looked over the rim
of the rooftop and pulled faces at the growling mass of soldiers standing in the street below.
"Hahaha!! Thanx Robin!... Uhm, Robin? Zorro? Chopper? Where the hell are you all?!"
Bonk
"Ouch! What was that for, Nami?" Rubbing his head vigorously, Luffy turned towards his navigator.
"'Cause you deserved it!"
"Don't you dare and make my Nami angry again!"
"Hihi... alright, alright. What now?"
Six pairs of eyes stared at him, but Luffy merely stared back.
"You 'do' realize that you're the captain, right?"
Chuckling, he crossed his arms and nodded. "'Course I know that! Hmm, maybe we should find a butcher... we still need steaks and those lil sausages, Sanji made for dinner..."
Bonk
"Oh boy..." Nami sighed and swept a calming palm across her features. This day was getting
harder than she had hoped it would in the first place. After all, this had been supposed to be
a simple get-something-to-eat-and-then-back-on-sea-trip, though she had learned to use the
word 'simple' more wisely around Luffy...
"We gotta find shelter until the marine stops searching for us and then we get our asses off this
damn island! Usopp is still on the Going Merry... hopefully they don't find our ship between all
those cliffs..."
"You are so great Miss Nami!!" Sanji declared, his heart bumping hard against his chest.
"Hey guys! There's a backyard. Nobody's gonna find us there if we keep quiet..." Again six pair
of eyes stared at Luffy.
"What?" He asked innocently.
/()/()/()/
"Booooring!"
"Either you shut up or we gag ya!" Zorro told his captain with gritted teeth.
The friends had been sitting in this hellhole of a boring backyard for the last one and half
hour, but still, they occasionally heard their pursuer running past the houses, yelling for them
to give up... which meant, that Luffy had been getting on everybody's nerves for one hour and
twenty-nine minutes... and some seconds.
Pouting, Luffy sat back against a wall and pulled his strawhat further over his face. He really
wanted to get going and especially get something to eat!
Chopper watched the scene with a smile. He loved being a part of this crew and always wondered what could probably happen next, considering with whom he was travelling!
Suddenly an unknown scent caught his attention.
Wiggling his nose, he tried to identify it... smelled familiar, but he couldn't put a finger on
it... Well, whatever! The whole town smelled strange and rounding a corner meant running into a
wall of stinking smells for the Doc! The wind had probably caught air from the poultry market,
or something... Deciding to let it drop, he stared up into the blue sky.
"Somebody's watching us..." Zorro mumbled under his breath, bringing everybody out of their
reveries. His hands had already taken hold of his swords.
To his right, Sanji took position in front of Nami, cigarette hanging loosely in the corner of
his mouth. His eyes roamed over the houses surrounding them, searching fo any signs of their
new intruder.
Again, Chopper's blue nose caught the strange scent, but before he had time to think about its
origin, a shadow flew across the backyard. The form was so huge, that half of the yard got
swallowed in darkness, allowing only little light to illuminate the friend's surroundings.
"Hey!" Luffy's voice echoed through the silence. "Who's there?!"
He didn't get an answer.
Instead, a human figure jumped down one of the roofs, landing gracefully on its feet right in
front of Nico Robin. To say that the woman was shocked was probably the understatement of the day!
"Finally, we meet again, Miss Bloody Sunday!"
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"Who are you?" Robin asked her opponent calmly, arms crossed protectively across her chest.
"Your executioner." Came the blunt reply.
Eyes wide in shock, the seven pirates watched the figure draw back the hood of the cape it was
wearing, revealing a young woman, not older than Nami. Her hair was dark, blackish brown and
quite short, spiky ends sticking out in all directions. A long strand of hair covered partly her
right eye and cheek.
Robin tried to supress the shiver that threatened to run down her spine, as she stared into the
nearly black orbs of the girl's eyes. They were so cold and hard... as if they had seen too much
sorrow and destruction to hide it anymore.
With one hand, the girl opened a button on the cape, which was no longer held in place and fell
onto the ground.
Giving her a once-over, Sanji's brain would have probably gone all mushy, if his eye wouldn't
have caught sight of the two swords resting beside her hip. They hung seemingly loosely in the
black belt that held the baggy pants in place.
"And why would you want to execute me?" Robin asked.
"You're guilty of mass murder."
Without further warning, the girl drew her swords and attacked the woman in front of her.
Not really impressed, Nico Robin crossed her arms and concentrated on her opponent's shoulders, waiting for two hands to grow out of the girl's body.
But not only to her surprise did nothing happen.
No hands took hold of the girl's swords, stopping them from crushing down onto Nico's
unprotected form in high speed.
Tshink
Blinking once, the young woman looked into the mischievously glinting eyes of Roronoa Zorro. With two of his swords he had prevented hers to slice through Nico Robin's throat, who was by now on the other side of the backyard. Luffy had expanded his arms and had brought his comrade out of the danger zone.
"This is none of your business, so get the hell outta my sight or you'll be sorry."
One corner of Zorro's mouth twitched into a lopsided grin. "Now it is..."
Straining the muscles in his body, Zorro slowly pushed the girl's swords back towards her. She
didn't seem to mind a bit and merely stepped back, not intending to lose her footing and fall
backwards. It didn't take too long until the two fighter stood in the middle of the backyard,
their swords still crossed.
They hadn't lost eye contact once and so Zorro didn't expect her to suddenly step aside and jump over his perplexed form. She didn't waste a second and attacked him as soon as her boots touched the ground. But again Zorro was faster, blocking her weapons with one of his own, while trying to knock her swords out of her hands with his second one.
It didn't work and soon the two were engaged in a fight.
But no matter how often the unknown girl attacked him, Zorro never believed that she was
battling with all her strength or soul for that matter. She seemed to hold back... as if she
didn't attempt to actually hurt him.
She was keeping him in check!
"Why aren't you fighting!"
For a moment, he thought she was going to answer him, her mouth opening slightly, but then the
huge shadow flew across the backyard and the girl froze into place, eyes staring into
nothingness. Not knowing what to do, the green-haired swords fighter stepped back and let his
arms hang loosely by his sides.
Suddenly a shrill noise echoed through the small yard, hurting in everybody's ears.
The young woman cursed soundly under her breath and put her weapons back into their scabbards.
Takingone calming breath, she turned towards Robing and Luffy, raising er hand and pointing a
warning finger at the other woman. Her cold icy eyes seemingly pierced through Robin's skull.
"I'm not finished here, Miss Bloody Sunday."
She looked up and the six pirates, standing around her, did the same.
"Wooow!!" Luffy exclaimed as he watched the huge shadow materialize into a giant eagle, which
landed with some difficulty in the backyard just beside the unknown girl. Its large wings nearly
grazed the walls and therfore Nami, but Sanji practically jumped into them, blocking them
effectively from touching his precious love.
"Two dozen marines are on their way to your hiding place... A captain Spear is their leader and
he's got Davil Powers. I recommend you get going."
"What was this all about?" Chopper asked, his body partially hidden in his own queer way behind Luffy's legs.
"Who was this gorgeous girl and what did she want from you, Nico Robin?" Sanji asked bewildered.
"I want this parrot!" Luffy chirped in happily.
Sweatdropping, Nami walked towards the only exit of the backyard. Opening the wooden door, she was not happy to find the soldiers already running through the small corridor towards her. Not thinking, Nami pushed the door shut.
"What's up Miss navigator?" Robin asked
"She didn't lie about the marine... but maybe she understated the number slightly!"
"Well, then we better get out of this yard-thingy!"
With that, Luffy extended his arms towards the next best roof, Chopper and Nami already holding onto his back.
Robin, too, was on her way upwards, her dublicated arms transporting her to where Luffy was
standing, laughing about something he had seen on the streets below.
Sanji and Zorro waited until the others were out of danger before they started climbing up the
house wall. They had barely reached the rim of the roof, before the door blew open and a large
man stepped into the dim light of the backyard.
He had apparently heard something from above his head, so he looked up, catching a glimpse of
Luffy's tongue before somebody pulled him away from the edge.
"I gonna get ya..."
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FINIS!!
Wow, the first part is done! But who is this mysterious girl and what does she want? Who is this
mysterious captain Spear? And what are these mysterious lil sausages Luffy mentioned?You wanne know more?? Just tell me!! :)