Okay, Hi guys, and welcome to my newest fanfiction!:D I might change the rating later because of language or stuff, but for now it's a T.

Anyway, I am a fairly new writer and all advice and comments are very appreciated. Also, as you know, we authors live on reviews, so any reviews are very appreciated!(=

Umm, I'm actually quite grateful to anyone that reads this to begin with. Thanks guys!;P

Oki, that's it, ENJOY!

Chapter 1- It's ADVENTURE TIME!

"Darn in." she cussed, running as fast as she could, avoiding the knives thrown at her by her pursuers. She acknowledged the fact that she deserved to be cut by every single one of the flying knives, but she was neither honest nor kind enough to give up her life purely for the sake of justice.

She's been through a lot in her 19 years of life, more than most people go through in their entire life span.

She never pitied herself, though. She knew that every single bad thing that happened to her until now led her to where she was now- she was happy, and pleased with how her life turned out. She had friends all over the Grand Line and they never failed to help her when she needed it. She felt safe.

Right now, she was wreaking havoc in a nameless island not far from Dressrosa, an island mostly used by doctors as a source of medical supplies. The island was famous for the rare medicinal herbs growing on it at unofficially gained the name "Healia".

Mika had been on this island for merely an hour and she already got into trouble with the world's nobles. How nice. Luckily, she made the filthy noble "fall asleep" before he could summon a buster call. Right now she was running from a 'random' pack of bandits whose gold she had claimed as her own- a humble amount really, but she found something she liked in there so she decided to go for the whole sack.

The bandits chasing her were weaklings- they couldn't even scratch her with the knives as long as she used observation haki. She wasn't even tired and they were already slowing down. A glance from the corner of her eye taught her of the tiny alley on her left and she immediately turned into it.

"Ouch!" she hissed as she bumped into something rock-hard. Later, she'd learn that it was a certain someone's chest. The force of the collision sent her flying to the ground, but the person she crashed into remained standing, only his precious bottle of sake crashed on the ground.

"Oi, woman," he said angrily, pointing at the broken bottle of sake. By the time she stood up, the bandits blocked the entrance to the alley and the large man was blocking the other. She would've asked him to move so they could run, but he didn't look like the kind of person who'd run from anything, and definitely not from a battle.

"Can I borrow a sword?" she asked innocently, looking at the three katanas decorating his hip.

"No." he replied as he watched her pursuers close in on her, laughing evilly.

"You will regret declining our offer, woman. I am a wanted man, you know," the leader chuckled disgustingly, his thick, black mustache shaking as he did so. Mika felt sick as she smelled the man's awful breath.

"Gimme a sec," she muttered as she pulled out a spray can and closed the messenger bag she was carrying. She opened the can and spread the scent of lavender all over the angry men. She didn't like the smell, but doing what she just did was absolutely necessary.

The men were not pleased (oh, what a surprise!). Mika chuckled as they charged, the man still standing behind her, uninterested.

"Don't die, Onna*. You owe me a bottle of sake. "He ordered. (*Onna=woman)

"Okay mom... "She muttered. The man ignored her comment and she used this opportunity to attack the bandits. First, she navigated her way through them to jump over them when she was just in the middle of the group, and kicked two bandits in their faces. She quickly and skillfully untied the large axe on her back and smashed the skull of the closest bandit. As you can probably tell, Mika was absolutely pissed off. No man has dared offer to buy her before- the bandit gang's leader was the only one weak and stupid enough to ignore her deadly aura.

She only stole their gold as a revenge- she wanted an excuse to destroy them. This bandit gang was famous for barging into houses and raping women right in front of their fathers and husbands. The reason she came to this island to begin with was simply to wipe out that gang. She was prepared for the worst, but it seemed that all the men were weaklings, so she had nothing to fear. She had slain all men but two when suddenly she noticed a deadly presence among them. Her eyes widened as she realized that she was not quick enough to block the attack, so she focused on using her devil's fruit to protect herself.

'What a careless mistake', she thought, but the attack never came. The bandit was blocked by no other than the man she bumped into.

"Roronoa Zoro," the bandit hissed. "A pirate hunter turned pirate. What an interesting turn of events."

"You're a swordsman. Fight me." The bandit ordered. Zoro, in his turn, sheathed his sword and said: "Come".

The bandit laughed and launched his attack, two swords in hand. Zoro easily avoided both swords, took one out of the bandit's swords and cut his chest with a single, clean hit.

"You're covered by blood," Zoro concluded when Mika was done sorting the bodies in a pile. As she heard his comment, she put up her hand and moved it past her face- all the blood was gathered into her hand, flying just a little bit above it. She threw the blood at the wall and it made a splash sound. She did the same with her clothes, the bag, and the sack of gold that was lying on the ground while she fought. She finished by cleaning her purple hair that was held up by a single hairband, her bangs falling on her right eye softly, not blocking her sight.

"A devil's fruit?" Zoro asked when she was done, not surprised by her actions.

"No," she replied. That surprised him. She chuckled. "Come, I owe you a bottle of sake for helping me. " She said as she walked out of the alley towards the nearest source of sake. Zoro protested: "No, you owe me a bottle of sake for breaking mine. "

"Come on, do you really think I didn't notice that it was nearly empty?" She snorted.

The swordsman ignored her comment and followed her into the restaurant she picked. She ordered two bottles of sake and a snack while the man picked a chair by the bar. She paid using the stolen gold, of course. She sat down near the swordsman with their goodies, and the first question he asked was: "What's up with the aura?"

"I don't like weaklings coming up to talk to me," she replied. She often spread out a murderous aura like the one she was spreading right now when she wanted to avoid the company of normal people. "You're doing the same," she commented.

"I'm pretty sure my bounty's doing it for me." He snorted.

"Well, for some reason people already forgot about mine," she laughed. "Yours is 120, right? It should be more. Luffy's got a raise after the War of the Best, but because you guys weren't there yours wasn't affected… I'm pretty sure it'll be raised soon after what you did to Doflamingo." She chuckled and took a sip of her sake. "Come to think of it," she continued, "Are you guys stupid? How come you're still so close to Dressrosa after what you've done? "

"Our doctor needed to get some stuff here." Zoro replied, taking another sip of the sake. What's up with this girl? She didn't feel intimidated by him at all. Also, she claimed to not have eaten a Devil's Fruit, so how come she had these strange powers?

The shit-cook often called him a musclehead, but he was no doubt smart enough to tell that the woman won't tell him anything even if he asked. Despite her smiles and jokes, all Zoro could see in her eyes was stress and sorrow. He confessed that he couldn't navigate himself through a town even if his life depended on it, but he did have other talents- he could read people easily. He acknowledged the woman's skill in hiding her emotions- he couldn't tell what she was thinking at all; all he knew was that her smiles were all fake, smiles generated and formed carefully to please other people. Her mask was of such high quality that at first he even thought that she believed her own lies.

But no, she didn't. He understood it now.

He didn't care enough to say anything, though. The woman was just treating him to sake and some snack- he'd probably never see her again.

Or so he thought.

"Oh, I almost forgot," she said. "I need to speak with your captain and your cook. "She added as if it was no big deal.

"Oi oi, where the hell did that come from? "He said as he smashed the bottle of sake on the table (unintentionally, of course. Zoro is such a nice guy, isn't he?).

"I have a message from an old friend. "She explained, unfazed.

"Why the hell should I take you to my captain? "He pointed out. "You could be a bounty hunter. I know that what you did back in the alley wasn't even half your strength. How do you carry an axe this heavy, anyway?" he snorted. Mika sighed, this man was making it so hard…

"Don't change the subject!" She exclaimed. "Do you doubt your captain's strength? I certainly don't." She replied, Zoro took a moment to think about what she said. Was he doubting Luffy? True, the man was slightly injured in his battle against Doflamingo, but it wasn't nearly enough to stop that beast. Luffy definitely improved more than any other member of the crew in the two years when they were separated- well, of course, he was trained by Rayleigh after all.

"No. I don't. "He replied, determined. He joined his captain in his battles because there was no man he respected more than Luffy. How could he doubt the strength of this monster?

"Good," she smiled that fake smile again, her eyes remaining slightly sad. "Tell me where you docked, I'll help you get there. "She suggested.

He nodded, slightly annoyed, and together they walked to the east harbor. Of course, Luffy was already chased around by the marines and the crew silently hoped that Zoro will come back soon so they could set sail. Sanji was just going out to search for him when he and Mika arrived at the docks.

"Stupid marimo! Come here!" he yelled, expressing the seriousness of the situation. "Get on!" he ordered him. Surprisingly, Zoro didn't object until he was safely on the Thousand Sunny.

"Love-cook, don't order me around," he said, his eyes piercing Sanji's. The crew set sail, not aware of Mika's presence, and the girl spoke just a moment before a fight between the two beasts broke out.

"San-chan~" she sang. Sanji immediately looked away from the swordsman, dropping his gaze to the shorter woman.

"Mi… Mika-chan?!" he went around the green-haired man towards her as quickly as he could. The crew noticed her presence now, but all of them kept their questions to themselves when they saw the look in Sanji's eyes- even Luffy decided to remain silent.

"Mika-chan… how come you're in the New World…?" he didn't try to force himself on her, unlike how he behaved with all other women. Actually, he would've done so had he not been so shocked.

"It's been a while, San-chan. How come you remember me? "She chuckled. Actually, she didn't expect the cook to recognize her and planned her stay on the Sunny that way. It's been nearly nine years since the last time they met- she stayed on the Baratie for a while when she was 10. Sanji was 12 at the time, and being the closest in ages they became close friends. The blonde even declared that the purple-haired, grey-eyed girl was his sister and anyone who brings her harm will suffer greatly. Mika left barely a year afterwards, and was captured by the marines. She had to hide for two years after escaping from their grasp waiting for the commotion around her name to be silenced again. Her protector, the man who hid her in the Baratie to begin with, found her on the deserted island and taught her all he knew. The world decided that she was a goner, but Sanji never stopped believing that she was safe.

"How could I forget you?" he replied. "I've never met a girl with hair this color other than you, Mika-chan." He took her hand and pressured it. "I'm glad you're okay."

"So, you guys are childhood friends?" Luffy asked curiously as Mika took a bite of the meal the cook made for her. Sanji was busy flirting with the other two beauties on the ship, but they ignored him and listened to Mika. Mika was glad to see that Sanji was back to normal. She smiled as she replied: "Yeah, sort of. I know all your names, but I never introduced myself. I'm Mika,"

"A pleasure to meet you, Mika-san. "Brook bowed. While still bowing, he asked the most expected question: "May I see your panties?" smack. "THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TREAT A GUEST!" Nami's rage face appeared as she hit him. Brook laughed in his own weird way and Mika joined him. Nami forced the skeleton to apologize and suggested that Mika hit him when he spoke that way to her without hesitating.

"'Amai' Mika, was it?" Robin's comment made the younger girl freeze. Robin, realizing that she hit a vulnerable spot, looked at Sanji. The man stopped moving and looked at Mika intensely. The crew's captain didn't notice the atmosphere that suddenly found its way to the ship and continued: "Amai? Are you tasty?" Luffy asked curiously. (*Amai=sweet)

Zoro took advantage of his captain's stupidity to try and save the conversation (for reasons unknown to him):"There's nothing 'sweet' about her. You should've seen what she did to a bunch of bandits chasing her. That axe of hers isn't just for show," he snorted.

"Oh? You can fight?" this peaked Franky's curiosity. The girl was relatively muscular for her short height (5'3, maybe a bit more, he couldn't tell. Around 160cm), but she was still very light compared to the men on the Thousand Sunny- even Luffy.

"Yeah. I had quite a good teacher, too." She was relieved that the conversation changed the topic, and Sanji was breathing normally again. Zoro didn't miss the sideways glance they shared and the emotions in it.

He was going to find out who that girl was from Robin later, he decided. For some reason he was curious enough to do so. Something about the girl bothered him, and he didn't understand how her powers worked if it wasn't a devil's fruit.

"Oi Mika, didn't you have a message for Luffy, too? Up until now you've only told Sanji that you were safe…"

"Oh my god!" she exclaimed and face-palmed. "I totally forgot!" she rushed towards her bag and pulled out a scroll and another object.

"San-chan, I have a message from Iva-chan. "

"Oh! You know Iva-chan?" Luffy exclaimed excitedly while Sanji's face turned as white as snow. "Don't worry, it's nothing of this sort, "Mika laughed as she handed him the scroll. "It's an exercise that will improve your control over the haki you infuse into your legs," Sanji took the scroll and nodded gratefully, still pale after remembering his experiences in Ivankov's Queendom.

"For you, Luffy, Ivankov only delivered a message: your father will appear before you soon."

"I don't care. It was Jii-chan who raised me, that Dragon guy is a stranger for me right now," Ouch, that was harsh. She didn't expect that from the Strawhat-boy. She nodded and delivered the last package to Luffy: a den den mushi, a phone number and a note requesting that he calls the sender once in a while. "It's from Hancock, "Mika explained.

"Ah, I see, "The confused Luffy replied and nodded. Who else if not Hancock? Mika giggled.

The crew decided that Mika would stay with the girls for the night, and when Mika fell asleep Robin went out of the room to speak to Zoro, as he requested.

"Swordsman-san," she greeted.

"Robin," he nodded. "Who is that girl?" he decided to get straight to the point.

"She's like me- a girl targeted from a very young age… she is a very powerful woman. She has friends everywhere and she's been avoiding the marines for nearly twelve years now, "Robin explained. "I won't tell you why she is wanted- it's up to her to decide if she wants to share this information or not. It's quite personal, same as my story," She looked down as she realized that Zoro was listening to her very patiently, unfazed and very curious, she smiled. "She disappeared when she was seven, reappeared four years later at the Baratie, after staying with the owner, Zeff for nearly a year. That's probably how she met cook-san." She concluded.

Zoro waited patiently for more.

"She disappeared when she ran away from the marines and had been reappearing all around the new world ever since, hunting outlaws yet never going for their bounties- she refused to accept the marines' gold, knowing that if her identity was found out she'd be chased by them. "Robin paused for a moment, "She was famous for stealing gold from her targets," Robin finished, and Zoro realized that if he wanted any more information he'd have to ask Mika in person. He couldn't trust a woman like her, he concluded. It was necessary to know her better. Or was he just curious about her?

Robin returned to the room to face a wide-awake Mika. "Thank you for not telling him…" Mika shifted her gaze to her left as she said these words. She listened to the conversation eagerly, waiting for Robin to give up unnecessary information, ready to jump and stop her from telling the swordsman.

The woman never did.

"You're welcome, "Robin smiled as she went to sleep.

Mika couldn't help but smile.

Yippe! Done with the first chapter! I'm so proud of myself!Q_Q
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