Selfless

- A One Piece Fan Fiction

I do not own any part of the manga and/or anime One Piece

Chapter 1

Everyone was relaxing in a local bar. Nami and Robin sat there having their idle chit-chat. Luffy sat there stuffing his face with anything he could find; stealing food from his crewmates' plates was easier when it went unnoticed. Ussop was in the middle of telling Chopper an overly exaggerated fictional story about how he saved a town from 50 pirate crews single-handedly. And Zoro, he sat there drowning himself in any alcohol he could get his hands on but he still wasn't anywhere close to being drunk.

"Maybe we should head back to the ship, cook-san may be getting bored without us. Plus, I heard there is a strong bounty hunter among these parts, and I'm worried about him," Robin offered to the group of people. Zoro groaned something but gripped his swords and got up.

"Sanji can't lose to some two bit bounty hunter. He'll be fine," Nami commented with a cocky attitude. Nevertheless, she got up along with everyone else and left the bar.

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The group walked along the cement street path, Zoro stayed behind to make sure he didn't get lost. He just mumbled to himself.

"Stupid ero-cook, making me miss out on my alcohol."

"Stop sulking Zoro, you'll get another beer sooner or later." Nami laughed after commenting on Zoro's angry words. Suddenly, Zoro paused in step and grabbed the hilt of one sword. He put his head down and listened. They were being followed. From what he heard in was one person, but that person was closing in on them quickly.

Then, something sharp connected with his shoulder blade. He dropped to his knee and clutched at it. What just happened? He didn't even know that was coming. He gripped the long piece of, what he just found out, wood and pulled it out. An arrow. He rolled out of the way as another arrow pierced through the air, the arrow collided with a building. A petite girl with striking short black hair stood at the street intersection, Composite bow in one elbow length gloved hand, quiver full of arrows strapped to her thigh over her loosely fitting ash colored jeans. She was dressed in mostly black. The knee and down of her jeans was covered by leather boots. A sleeveless turtleneck shirt clung tightly to her body. A small khaki bag was tied to the side of her waist.

"Is this that bounty hunter you were talking about Robin?" Zoro asked, back against a brick building. He freed his swords from their sheaths.

"I believe so."

Fiber glass arrows scattered through the air. Luffy, Ussop, Chopper, and Nami jumped to the ground. Robin threw her hands up over her face. Random hands shot out of the cement street and brick buildings, catching all of the arrows going in her direction, shattering them in their grip. Luffy's hand shot out, straight at the archer. She jumped and grabbed a thicker aluminum arrow from her holster, positioned it at Robin and fired. The extended arm speared its way at the arrow; but, on contact, the arrow split into four, each connected by a single net. As Luffy's arm hit the net, it collapsed and Luffy's arm snaked back to its original length. Two more of those arrows were fired in rapid succession, wrapping their way around Robin and Luffy. They both fell limply. Zoro watched in horror and fascination. Here was this random girl, that he never heard of, and she was taking out his nakama one by one.

"Nami, Ussop, Chopper, go back to the ship!" Zoro, watched as they hesitated, Ussop and Chopper by fear, Nami by defiance. "I said go, I'll get Luffy and Robin, go!"

More arrows pierced the air as they fly toward the three of them. Zoro jumped in the way, spinning as he deflected each sharp object with his three swords. His three allies fled. Now he and this mysterious girl stood alone. He clenched his sword handle with his teeth, hard. The girl just stood there, short raven hair blocking her eyes from view, elegantly holding her arrow but gripping her bow like a lifeline. They both stood there for a few seconds. Zoro knew he couldn't fight the same way he usually would, she was prepared for everything. But suddenly, his arm went limp. The girl smirked.

"Finally," she slid her bow onto her back and dropped the arrow into her quiver, "the first arrow I shot had a special poison in it that slowly spreads through your body at the entry point. It won't kill you, but first it'll take out your shoulder. Then it'll trail to the other shoulder, and finally down to your legs so you can't walk. Then I can turn you in for the bounty." As she said this she slowly walked toward him, her amethyst eyes piercing into his onyx orbs, searching his soul. "Hmm, three pricy catches."

"That's all we are to you? Catches? You're disgusting. How can you treat people like that." Zoro spat at her.

"Yes. All scum like you are, are catches, trophies with extremely high bounties. Think about it this way, I clean up the streets and I get money for it." The venom spilled from her mouth with every word. "And weren't you the same way. You hated pirates, and you hunted them. So what does that make you?"

"I've changed for the better. Now I'm around people I can trust with my life."

"Really, well then your life must be worthless because look around: your 'people' are immobile and pathetic. Well then, let us en--" She froze up.

"What, don't tell you're scared now. Go ahead, finish him off and go collect the bounty." A navy blue clad man stood a few meters behind Zoro. If the man didn't say anything, he would've went unnoticed by the swordsman.

"What are you doing here?" The hesitant girl still had a look of pure horror on her face.

"You better hurry, the marines are coming and you don't want them to catch you." The, obviously, marine had a small smirk on his face.

She slowly walked over to the fallen swordsman, who now couldn't even stand on his knees, crouched down, and dug into the pouch tied tightly around her waist. She pulled out a tiny syringe and stabbed Zoro in the neck. "Save your crew." It was a small whisper, but Zoro heard it loud and clear as his strength slowly came back. The girl fired a thin, needle-like arrow at the man in the distance and jumped to Robin, tearing the net off of her. The man easily dodged the arrow and rushed for the terrified girl. The unknown girl rolled out of the way, moving for Luffy, but leaving Robin at the hands of the this new, white-haired man. She snatched the net off of Luffy as Robin snapped out of her dazed state and moved. Zoro swiftly shoved the new man, knocking him off his feet. He grabbed Luffy by the waist, and him and Robin ran off; but paused and looked back.

"Don't just stand there, come on!"

The bounty hunter looked shocked, but when the marine charged at her, she barely slipped out of the way and ran for Zoro and Robin.

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There they were, running. Luffy regained consciousness by now, so was running with them and not being carried. The ship was in sight and Luffy shot his hand out.

"EVERYBODY GRAB ON TO ME!" Luffy yelled as his outstretched hand grabbed hold of Sanji's. The still unknown archer was trailing behind the other three as they fell into a line and linked their hands together. First Luffy, next Robin, then Zoro, and finally her.

"Reika, stop!" Instantly, she stopped. Zoro turned around when his hand wasn't grabbed. He saw the girl, Reika, grabbed by the white-haired man and pulled back. Zoro dropped Robin's hand and ran after Reika.

"Swordsman-san, what are you doing?" Robin looked back clueless.

"She saved our lives, I'm returning the favor." And with that, he fell back to go after this mysterious and strange girl.

Well, there's chapter 1...remember to review after you read to let me know people are reading, THX