This story is somewhat based on Beauty and the Beast, it's one of my favorite fairy tales and when I was writing this I kept popping into my head. It's not going to fallow to same story just parts of it.

I do not own One Piece.

In the holding area if the Human Auction House, a young dancer can be found. She moves from one foot to the other, as she dance the many gold bangles hit one another making a ringing sound. One of the guards was leaning against the bars watching the young dancer. "You are the worst person for this job."

The dancer walked towards him and said "Yea I know but we can't go against Red's decision", the guard nodded in agreement. Then a woman, about the same age as the dancer, disguised as a guard, came running down the hall towards them. "I got the key" she said holding up a key, "alright Cheshire let me see your hands". The dancer, Cheshire, placed her hands outside of the bars. She unlocked the shackles then placed them to look as if they were lock. "Cheshire you need to keep your wrist close to your body" she nodded. "Now here's the important part you need to act as a sad little dancer girl."

"Yes I know but I can't help it. I always get excited before we do a job." Cheshire gets her nickname for two reasons one is that she always has a smile on her face. Acting scared would be a tough challenge for her.

The girl guard sighed and said "just cover your face with your hands and look at the ground. It will seem like your crying that might cause the high-roller to pay a little more for you." They knew who they wanted to buy Cheshire; they have done their research and learn that he loves dancer and blondes. Red knew Cheshire was a blonde and she could dress the part. But the main reason Red wanted to use Cheshire is because no one has ever caught her. One of the actual guards came up to them, "Get 13 and 14." The girl nodded and opened the cage. The two imposters grabbed Cheshire and another person, and then headed to the stage.

In the main area, leaning in the back wall was Eustass Kid. He came to the Human Auction House looking for a suitable bedmate. He is tired of the local whores, he wants someone he could call his. There were a few lookers but he was looking for something different. Then the guards escorted a dancer on to the stage. Kid thought she was the best looking so far, she had dark blonde, a sun kissed completion just his type.

Disco addressed the crowd, "Our next entrée is truly a treasure she comes from the West blue, and she has been dancing all her life. She has performing for many kings. Let's start the bidding at 500 thousands berries." Many nobles started bidding, Kid nosiest that was shaking, probably from crying, she turned her head away from the crowed and let out a soft laugh. That caused Kid to let out a chuckle she looked at Kid, her sea green eyes locked with his red amber eyes and smile at him. "She's the one" Eustass said placing a bid.

"Are you sure? They're paying a lot for her and I'm not sure we have enough to buy her" Killer said to his captain.

"Well Killer there is one good thing about being a pirate, I steel what I want. In the end I will have her" Eustass said to his first mate. Out of nowhere the light turned on and there was gun fire on the stage.

"Aren't we moving things a little quietly" Cheshire asked as she joined to the two women, who had fire the shoots to scare Disco and the guards.

"Yea, Red's order she said that the high-roller left and is somewhere in the building." One said to Cheshire, she knew that she had to get the envelope for him at any cost even if it meant hunting him down. "Now you have to finish the job."

"No problem" Cheshire leapt off the stage and started towards the door. The other women grabbed the microphone from Disco and addressed the crowd, "Liston up you noble shits you're going to pass all jewelry, cash, and anything that has value to the people in the aisle, if not" she shot on the guards .

As Cheshire walk, almost skipping up the aisles, Beauty was at the top waiting for her friend "Up here, Cheshire." Cheshire disappears and reappears behind Beauty and in front of Rookie, who jumped back in surprised.

"Cheshire you always get me with that" she said with her hand on her chest, "So Cheshire why did we have to intervene so early?"

"Yea I wanted to see how much you would go for" Beauty said.

"It seem that the high-roller left but is somewhere in the building" she said making her way to the door. She stopped to look for the person who laugh, it was a deep and had a just a touch of lust, and her curiosity got the better of her. She looked around but couldn't find him. "Hey did you two see anyone back here?"

Beauty shook her head no, Rookie said "There was a guy here but I think he left. He looked like a pirate to me. Why are you asking?"

"No reason" Cheshire said with a smile.

"Better not let Red get word that you were asking about a pirate" Beauty worn her.

"Don't worry about me" Cheshire said opening the door. "I'll see you two back on the ship" she said before disappearing.

Kid stayed in the large foyer waiting for the dancer. Cheshire came for the direction on the VIP rooms with the envelope; she stopped in the foyer to tuck it into her garter belt. Kid slowly walked towards her, Cheshire heard steps she let go of the hem of her skirt. As she stood straight up, Kid stop and looked at her. Being close to her he knew that she was perfect for him, he also nosiest that he was covered in gold jewelry. Catching her would be easier now he held out his hand Cheshire could feel herself being pulled towards him. Cheshire was not going to be captured by some bastard, she tried to disappear but she couldn't. It seemed that both were in a heated battle of tug-a-war, both were wondering why she wasn't moving. Killer came around the corner to get Kid. Cheshire hear a clanking sound and loss her concentration and went straight to Eustass, he slung her over his shoulder. As Cheshire was slung over this bruit's shoulder she saw the spikes on his large fur coats, she slid the coat off he's shoulder so she wouldn't get stabbed. "I got what I wanted let's head back" Eustass said.

"We might want to go ahead and leave this island we what all the supplies we need" Killer said as they left that auction house. He glanced at the young lady, "We need to hurry and get to the ship, their commotion will attract the Navy here" Kid nodded in agreement and head to their ship. Riding on someone's shoulder is never a good idea, the only thing Cheshire could see was the ground moving beneath her and she was starting to get sick. She held tightly and buries her face in to the dark red coat. They had almost made it to the Kid's Pirates ship when Cheshire caught an all too familiar sent. She lifts her head to see if she could see the Navy officers, she didn't see any so she tried to turn around. Kid could fell his new treasure squirming around and one swift movement he held her in one arm. Cheshire was able to see her captor up close; he was about the same age as she was. "Trying to escape are we?" he asked as they continued on their way.

She looks around but that caused her to feel sick again. She loosely wraps her arms around his neck, "No, the Navy is real close." At that moment Killer saw the Navy soldiers up a head and alerted his captain. The Navy spotted the two supernovas and fired at them, before the bullets could hit them Kid repelled them back at the officers. Most hit their targets and the ones that lived Killer took care of them. Then they finally reached their destination.

Once they set sail Kid sat down Cheshire, when she was out of his grasp she disappears. He looked around seeing where she could have gone. His crew were a little bewilder about what just happened. "Captain she's near the stern" Heat said. Eustass walked to where she was, she was leaning on the railing as he got closer she turned to face him.

"Why the hell did you kidnap me?" she said crossing her arm over her chest.

"Because I'm a pirate and I take what I want and I wanted you."

"You seem very confident but the first island we dock on I'm gone" she said as she walked past him, he grab her arm, Cheshire turned to face him. "Let me go"

Kid ignores her and said "you seem to keep forgetting that I own you and I can make your stay here somewhat acceptable or I can make it hell. The choice is up to you." She narrowed her eyes at the red head, she tried to take a step back but his grip on her tightens.

"Let me go"

"No" he could see that she was angry. She reminded him of a hissing kitten and that brought a smug smile to his face. "So what do you say kitten?" She didn't answer him and it seemed to Kid and a few of the crewmembers, that she slapped him. When her hand made contact with is cheek he felt a sharp sting. Kid lost his grip on her and she disappeared right in front of Kid for the second time today.

"It seems that she might be a handful" Killer said trying to see if he could spot her.

"That just makes her better." He reaches to touch his cheek and felt something that surprised him.

Blood

It seems that Eustass will have to teach her some manners, but a part of him liked that she wasn't submissive. Kid knew that he was going to have fun with her. Captain nosiest that his crew was just standing around, "Get back to work, we're heading to the New World and we won't get there by standing around" he yelled at the crew.

Cheshire splashed her face with some water to try to regain her sea legs. She was tempted to take a bath but only found the showers and thought that she should wait until everybody was a sleep so she won't get jump, mostly thinking about the red head. She explored most of the inside of the ship; it was much larger than the one she was used to. While she was looking around she came across some of the crewmembers. They weren't sure how to act around her, Cheshire would smile and they would just walk away. Cheshire was a bit sad that she would have to keep to herself. She made her way down the hall when she caught a delightful smell. While appearing on the other side of the counter, Cheshire caught the cook by surprise. "Woo you need to warn people when you're about to do that."

"Oh sorry" she said as she took a step back.

"Why did you come in here?" the chief asked.

"I smelled something wonderful and I came to check it out."

"Well if you're buttering me up to get some before anyone else, you will be disappointed it's not ready" he said with a light blush. He walked back to the stove. Cheshire turned to walkout when the chief called her back. "Hey come back here I have a rule that if you come in looking for a handout you have to help fix it."

Cheshire smile at the cook, "OK".

"Alright just stir that pot on the stove." While she was stirring the pot the cook added a few more ingredients. Being in the kitchen was a place she could relax, she wasn't much of a cook but she was a good baker. "So how did you end up on our ship?" the chief ask adding meat to the stew.

"The tall red head brought me aboard"

"You mean the captain" she was surprised and could be heard in her voice. She had to let it sink in, after helping the chief, she stayed leaning against the counter. Cheshire was lost in her thoughts when heard a clanking sound, she looked up to see the masked blonde. "So this is a pirate ship?"

Killer took a moment to answer; he wasn't sure what she was up to. Cheshire nodded her head in thought, she was about to run her hand threw her hair then she reminder that she still had her dancer jewelry on. The gallery was starting to fill up with crew-members, Killer and Cheshire fell in line to get some stew. Cheshire was always curious about a pirate's life. She took a seat next to Killer, "What's the name of your crew, if you don't mind me asking?"

"The Kid Pirates, what about you what's the name of your crew?"

"Um…I'm not a pirate" she replied taking a sip of the stew. The stew was quite good compared to having little to nothing to eat at the auction house. Even thou Cheshire was never going to be sold but they had to make the whole thing real so she spent a day being held captive. She knew that it was fake but her heart when out to the people that she saw there.

"Really I thought that you were from what I saw at the auction house."

"Yea, we're more like a band of thieves."

"Interesting, you're not going to steal us blind?"

Cheshire look down at the bowl of stew, she let a soft giggle escape before looking at Killer. "If you kidnap someone else they would in a heartbeat. But I don't like the idea of stealing from someone who worked hard for that money, and I guess pirates work hard for their treasure."

"Damn right we do" someone said from behind them. Cheshire tilled her head back to see who was behind her, and locked eyes with red amber ones.

"I'll move" she said before appearing on the other side of the table. Kid sat down in front of her.

"You seem to be in a better mood. Finally accept that your mine now." Cheshire looked at him and shook her head no.

"But I will say that if you want me you'll have to catch me. And that's not an easy thing to do; in fact no one has been able to do it."

"No problem" Eustass said with his own smirk. Cheshire caught a glimpse of his cheek were she scratched him.

She took his face in her hands; he was surprise by her actions. She turned his head to the side to look at the scratches. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you bleed" running her thumb over the dried blood. "You might want to rub some alcohol on this just to kill the germs. You know that you're more likely to get an infection on a ship than on land."

Kid looked at her he didn't mind her touching him. "Are you trying to insult my ship?"

"Oh no" she said bring her hands to her lap. "It's just that I was forced to read a medical book one time and that was the only thing I could understand."

Walking around Cheshire come across a large bedroom, it was different than the others. This one had a large bed, a window seat, and it had its own bathroom. Cheshire checked out the bed first, it had navy blue sheets, a black comforter and what she liked the most was smoky gray fur throw. She couldn't help it she flopped down on the bed; she reached to see if she could touch the wall that was next to it, but she couldn't. Cheshire knew where she was sleeping tonight, the thought how nice it would be not to share a bed with three other girls. She rolled over on her back, when she did she heard paper crunching. She shot up remembering that she still had the envelope. She pulled it form her garter, she looked at it over and it seemed normal. Why Red would take a job just to get this she thought, she wonders what was inside of it. Flipping it over she saw there was a seal on the back that resemble a rose. If she broke it the buyer would never pay. All that seems so far away now she has to decide what to do with it, for now she would just hide it; she crawled off the bed and lifted the sheet and placed the envelope arm's reach under the matters. Cheshire walked to the dresser; she was tired and wanted to take a long bath. She placed her jewelry on the top of the dresser in a pile to be hidden later. The bathroom was a good size; there was a tub/shower that made her quite happy. After taking nice long bath she grab a towel wrap it around her and left the bathroom. As she step back into the bedroom, she nosiest that it seemed to have gotten darker. She went to find something to sleep in, she open the wardrobe only to find the captain's over sized fur coat and some blankets at the bottom. She was about to head to the dresser when a hand slipped around her waist. "Gotcha ya" the captain whispered.

"Very clever" Cheshire said with a little smile. She knew that until she fully dried off she couldn't disappear. Kid's free hand moves her damp hair to the side. He started kissing her neck; he could fell her relaxing in his arms. She was enjoying his affection until she felt a sharp bit on her neck. Kid's other arm wrap around her waist to keep her there, as she turned to face him. "I don't do biting."

"Well I don't like being scratched"

"I said I was sorry"

"That's not good enough" he lower his face close to hers. She stood on her tiptoes to press her lips to his, his hold on her tighten as he lifted her up. She wraps her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. "But I know how you can make it up to me" he said as he broke the kiss and walked them to the bed.

Later, Cheshire was waiting for sleep to come but it didn't. She looked at the captain who was fast asleep; she had slept with a few guys but the captain was the best he was a bit rough than she was used to but she liked it. She climbed out of bed making sure not to wake Kid. She checked a few drawers before finding one of his t-shirt; it was a plain black with his jolly roger on the back. She headed to the door to find a book to read till she falls asleep. Earlier she came across some in a room not too far for here; there wasn't much to choice from. All of them were quite boring, she settled on a one about the grand line's climate. Adjacent to the room she was in was what seems to ne the captain's study. She sat in the large leather chair behind the desk, she flip on a light and brought her legs under her to get comfortable before starting the book.

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