I was walking along the street looking for a good place to eat. My stomach growled at the smell of delicious seafood. I whistled a happy tune while I put my hands in my pockets and looked around. I smiled whenever someone waved. My sword clomped on the cobblestone street behind me, making a catchy beat. Before I knew it, I bumped into someone.

"Oh I am so sorry." I looked up.

"Oh no. I'm the one who should be sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going," the man looked to be around his thirties. His yellow hair fell over his right eye, covering it completely. He wore this fancy purple suit and pants. He had this creepy smile on his face. To tell you the truth, there is something about me that attracts older men. He placed his hand on my shoulder and squeezed it tightly.

"And where are you going young lady?" he asked. The tone in his voice was low. My hand reached for my sword, I was ready to strike if he tried anything.

"I was looking for a place to eat. Why?" my voice gave it away that I was nervous. The strangers walking past us didn't even notice his strange behavior.

"Mind if I treat you to something?" he offered. His hand slid down my shirt and almost reached my chest. I grabbed his hand before he reached his destination.

"Hey! Leave her alone!" a boy called. I faced forward and saw a young teenage boy standing there with his arms crossed. He wore a red buttoned down tank top and wore long shorts that had fur at the end. He had short black hair and a scar under his left eye. What caught my attention was his yellow straw hat, which was wrapped, in a bright red strip. Behind him was girl that looked around the same age. She had brown hair that was almost long enough to reach the ground. She wore a blue t-shirt that had white studs surrounding the neck. She wore long skinny jeans. Her arms were also crossed.

"Who are you?" the perverted man asked.

"I'm the man whose about to kick your ass!" The boy cried. His hands curved into a fist and his arm started to stretch. My jaw fell to the floor in shock. I never knew that someone could stretch like that. After a few seconds, the man was on the ground with a bleeding mouth. He slowly got up and glared at the boy.

"What the hell did I do to you?" the man asked. The girl with the long hair stepped in front of the boy.

"Why don't you go and bother someone else you pervert?" she looked down on him like she was powerful. I laughed with victory was the man ran away from my saviors. I turned to both of them and bowed.

"Thank you so much! I owe you big time." I waited for them to answer before I stood up straight.

"Ah don't worry about it," the boy answered. I slowly stood up and out stretched my hand for him to grab. He shook it slowly.

"If you don't mind me asking, how are you able to stretch? That was amazing!" I clasped my hands together and held them under my chin.

"He ate a devil fruit when we were kids" the girl answered.

"Wow! I heard that if you ate one, you lose your ability to swim" this boy was very interesting.

"Yep," he had this huge gigantic smile on his face. It made me giggle.

"My name is Jade by the way." I pointed to myself and gave them a warming smile.

"My name is Luffy and this is my best friend Marissa," he introduced. Before I could answer, my stomach started to growl. I got so caught up in the event that I forgot that I was hungry.

"Sorry. Before that pervert showed up I was looking for a restaurant. Do you know any good ones?" I asked. Luffy and Marissa looked at each other and laughed. It was probably a joke that I had no idea what it was about.

"We were looking for a restaurant too. You see Luffy is always hungry. He always eats all the food before the week is out!" Marissa laughed. I laughed along with them. They seemed like a loving pair.

"Mind if I come along with you?" I asked after laughing so hard.

"Sure! We don't mind." Luffy answered as he continued to laugh. After a while I completely forgot what we were laughing about. We finally found a good place to eat. After we sat down, we started chatting about different things like we were already friends.

"So you are a swordsman?" Luffy asked with a piece of meat caught in between his teeth.

"Kind of" I blushed. I wished that this subject never came to Luffy's mind.

"Kind of?" Marissa repeated. She raised an eyebrow.

"You see, my mother sent me out on my own to help me with my training. I am not very good if you haven't noticed. If I was strong enough, I could've beaten that pervert to a pulp. My sister is traveling on her own too" I explained in full detail about my sister and my whole family. Marissa and Luffy were really interested.

"Hey would you like to join our crew?" Luffy asked after we paid for our meal.

"You mean as in a pirate crew?" I was shocked. These two didn't even look like pirates. They looked like normal teenagers.

"What's wrong with being a pirate?" Marissa asked with her eyebrow still raised.

"Well. My mother told me all these horrible things about pirates" I twirled my thumbs. It would be awesome to be a pirate. Luffy and Marissa were my new friends and I did owe them for what they did for me.

"Come on! Not all pirates are bad" Luffy laughed. My head shot up.

"We are the good pirates who look for adventure." Marissa added to Luffy's statement.

"Well I'll come along with you for a while. It may help me with my training. Besides, I owe you guys big time." I smiled. The waitress took our check and left with a smile.

"Alright Marissa! We got our second crew member!" Luffy cheered as they gave each other a high five. After we left the restaurant, we took a long walk to the docks. I never traveled on the ocean unless I had to. I didn't even have a small boat. Once we arrived at the docks, they stood there for a moment and watched me with amusement. I sighed in disappointment giving up searching.

"Where's your ship? I bet it's huge!" I asked. Their heads fell in shame. Or at least Marissa did. Luffy had his huge gigantic loving smile that made me laugh.

"It's over there." Marissa sounded gloomy. She pointed to a small dinky ship tied up to a post. Even my head fell in shame; I should've seen this before joining them. Well I shouldn't say joined, I'm just tagging along. After a moment of silence, we hopped into the small boat. I noticed a huge barrel was standing in the middle. I walked over to check out what was inside. It was filled with apples.

"Is this what you guys were eating the whole time?" they didn't answer for a while.

"Well Luffy always ate our food. We had to get by somehow. At least it's fruit." She was right after all. As we set sail from the docks, I knew that my life would never be the same again and I was okay with that.