Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. Eiichiro Oda does. I only own Arai Etsu, Arai Hajime, their mother, Gigi, the island they live on[dream come true, right? XD], Fujisaki and anyone not in One Piece. [:
After a tragic accident, a little girl made a big promise that she intends to keep. Eleven years after the event, she meets a motley crew of people that end taking her a journey she plans to never forget.
''Mama?' asked a little six year old girl with blue hair, who looked up at her mother with worry. 'Mama, what's wrong?'
Her mother shook her head and had a few tears fall down her face. The little girl noticed something on the kitchen table. Standing on her tiptoes she gasped. She was pretty smart for her age and immediately knew what was wrong. Her brother's sword lay on the table, sheathed and partly wrapped in a fabric.
'Mama?' The little girl asked, her eyes beginning to leak. 'Mama, Hajime, he's...he's dead isn't he?'
The girl's mother wrapped her arms around the little girl, 'He's with your papa now, Etsu.'
The little girl wiggled out of her mama's arms, 'I'm not going to say he's not dead. I'm know better.' She looked up at the sword on the table, 'Mama, give me his sword.'
Etsu's mother shook her head, 'Why?'
'Because if Hajime wanted to be the greatest swordsman, I'm going to be the greatest swordswoman for him. I'm not going to forget my big brother. I'm going to remember him always, and swordfighting is how I'll do that. I promise.'
Her mother gasped. Tears fell down her face as she grabbed Etsu by the shoulders, 'If that is what you wish, my daughter. I'll put his sword in the case until you are ready for it.'
The girl nodded and walked out the door. Her mother shouted, 'Where are you going?'
'To the dojo where Hajime trained when he was little,' Etsu shouted back.
Her mother grew a smile on her face even though she was still crying for the loss of her son, 'Make me proud my daughter. Make your father and brother proud. I know you will.' '
"HIYAA!" yelled a feminine voice. "Take that ya damned marine!"
"She took out the captain! Fire!" yelled a male's voice.
"Oh no ya don't! You Marines should know better than to attack innocent folk so I'mma teach ya a lesson." the feminine voice shouted, tightening the black, folded bandana around her short, light blue hair. Holding her swords crisscrossed in front of her she yelled, "Fuu Sen Sakebi!"(A Thousand Yells) Lowering her swords she sped forward sweeping her swords across Marines as they tried to locate her yet her speed was far too fast for them. The swords seemed to vibrate as a shrill noise reverberated, sounding like screaming, that mixed with the Marines' strangled yells.
Panting, she stood, and sheathed her swords as fallen Marines lay either dead or unconscious at her feet and narrowed her eyes, "Never, ever attack an innocent or you will pay."
Walking into the village, whoops and hollers of the villagers greeted her. She just gave them a small smile and walked into the Doctor's office.
An elderly man with graying hair and a gray goatee was applying stitches to a wounded child whose stomach had been sliced open by the Marines because he couldn't move fast enough.
"Is Takechi gunna be alright, Jiou-san?" the blue-haired female asked him.
He nodded, "He'll be fine, Etsu. Just gotta stitch 'im up and let 'im rest."
Etsu nodded, "I'm going to go home if ya need me." She looked down at the disabled boy on the bed, "I gave that Marine captain a good whacking for ya, Takechi."
The doctor chuckled at her as she left the building and walked up the street half a mile to a lone house sitting at the edge of the forest.
Entering the home, she walked to the kitchen, "Mama?"
"Is Takechi alright?" asked Etsu's mother, turning to face her daughter, her her graying brown hair swishing behind her.
Etsu nodded, "Jiou-san said all he needed was stitches and rest.
Suddenly they heard a loud voice yelling down the street.
Etsu and her mother walked to the front door and stood on the porch.
A teenage boy around Etsu's age named Fujisaki shouted, "Pirates are here! Pirates are here!"
Out of breath, he stood in front of the two women, breathing heavily.
Placing a hand on her hip, Etsu looked at him, eyes narrowed, "Have they attacked, Fuji-san?"
The boy shook his head, "No but I thought I tell the villagers they were here."
Etsu scoffed lightly, "Well if they do attack, you know where I'll be. I'm going to go train."
The teen boy looked at Etsu longingly as she walked away and into the forest. Sighing the boy ran back into the village.
"Hah! Stupid tree! Ye are no match for thy swords!" Etsu shouted at a tree she cut down with her swords. Sheathing her swords, she laughed as she fell back onto the soft undergrowth of the forest.
Sighing she brought up a sword with the hilt wrapped in two different colors to her face, "Oh Hajime. I'm getting better everyday. Soon I'm going to leave out on my own to face all different swordsmen and swordswomen to become the greatest. When I become the greatest I'll let the world know both our names to be remembered. Until then, I'll keep training." She looked up into the sky, "I don't know what's going to happen to Mama. I don't wanna leave her, but she tells me to go."
The pirates that landed on Misaki Island headed straight for the nearest place that sold food. There were only four of them though; the captain who wore a straw hat named Luffy, Nami, the orange-haired navigator, a long-nosed male addressed by Usopp, and the famous pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro.
A waitress wearing a light pink and gray sundress and an apron walked over to them slightly terrified, "Uhm hiya. Welcome to Misaki Island's restaurant and bar Gilaio. What may I get you?"
Luffy and Usopp grinned, "Lots of meat please!"
"Today's special soup and salad," Nami ordered looking off the menu.
Zoro looked at the menu boredly, "The Special."
The waitress nodded, "It'll be right out."
She wasn't lying either. Within ten minutes their food was placed on their table.
The pirates immediately dug into their food.
The door opened, though the pirates didn't care as they ate their food, and Etsu walked in, her swords hanging off her belt.
"Etsu! Thank God! How's Takechi?" Asked a middle-aged woman with bright blond hair that owned the restaurant/bar.
"He's fine, Gigi. Jiou-san said all he needed was rest," Etsu told the woman as she sat on one of the bar stools. The woman passed her a glass of water.
"That's good! I'm so glad you took down those stupid ass Marines. They deserved it," Gigi told her as she served a customer a drink.
They quickly turned their heads to the back of the restaurant as they heard a chair fall.
Luffy looked wide-eyed at Etsu, "That was you who took those Marines down?"
Etsu rose an eyebrow with a small smile, "Yea. What's it to ya?"
Luffy ran up to her and got in her face, "That's so cool!"
Etsu laughed nervously and inched back a little, "Uhm, thanks?"
Luffy put a finger to head in thought for a moment, "I want you to join our crew!"
Etsu's eyes widened and she shook her head, "I can't do that."
"Why?" Luffy asked pouting.
"I don't even know you for starters," Etsu said slowly getting up.
"Well I'm Luff-" Luffy was cut off by two men on the other side of the bar who had begun to fight.
"You damned bastard! That was my money!"
Etsu looked back at Luffy, "See ya around." She walked over to the men and watched them for a minute or so waiting to see if the fight got out of hand or not.
Luffy sulked back to the table but quickly perked up as he saw his meat.
Nami rolled her eyes, "You asked her to join our crew didn't you, Luffy?"
Luffy nodded, "She said she couldn't though, but that's not gunna stop me."
Zoro also rolled his eyes but they trailed to the swords on Etsu's hip. There was something familiar about one of them.
Etsu on the other hand unsheathed her swords and now had both fighting men stopped with blades pressed against their necks, "Now boys. You behave in Gigi's bar, ya hear? You know
what I did last time." The men nodded quickly. "Now if ya gunna fight some more, go outside."
The men nodded again and sat back down. Etsu shook her head and sheathed her swords and began to walk to the exit of the restaurant.
She stopped when a voice spoke to her, "Swords shouldn't be used for something so trivial."
She turned around and looked at the man who spoke to her, "Just a scare is all." She noticed he was was the green haired male sitting with the other pirates. She also noticed he had three swords leaning against his chair. "You a swordsman?"
The green haired male smirked at Etsu, "Yea. What's it to ya?"
Etsu eyes narrowed then she came to realization, "I know you. Well I've heard of ya atleast, from visitors." She stood up tall, though that didn't really matter seeing as she only stood 5 feet and 3 inches high. "I wanna fight ya, Roronoa Zoro."
The other members at his table all spit out whatever was in their mouths. The orange-haired girl looked at Etsu like she was stupid, "You know who he is yet you want to fight him?"
Etsu nodded, "I'm never goin' to get better if I don't challenge myself."
Zoro smirked at Etsu. Luffy suddenly entered the conversation, "If you win, I won't ask you to join our crew for the rest of our stay here. If Zoro here wins, you're joining our crew uh...What's your name?"
"Arai Etsu."
Zoro gave a small choke on his water causing Usopp and Nami to look at him weirdly.
Etsu turned to Zoro, "There's more space just up at the square. I'll see ya all in a few."
She walked out of the restaurant/bar and went to the town square to wait for Roronoa Zoro. She grinned to herself. If she defeated him she would be well on her way to fulfilling her dream that she promised to her mother and her deceased brother.
Author's Note:
Well here it is, the One Piece fanfict I've been tellin' y'all about! [:
So tell me what ya think, please?
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