Chapter 2

"Words are easy, like the wind. Faithful friends are hard to find." -Shakespeare


"Hey Zoro?"

"Hm?"

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly?"

"No."

"Oh. You're boring."

Kya leaned her head back against the wooden pole. Her black bangs covered one eye, while the pink hair still placed neatly in a pony tail flew in the breeze. She stared up at the sky, longing to float in one of the clouds. Her eyelids drooped and her body felt weak. She had been like this for too long. It was wearing on her poor, little body.

"Tch. Shut up woman. Go sleep or something." The large man behind her grumbled and she sighed. "I don't want to die. Do you think the kid will come back?" She muttered in shame. She never was one to give in, but if the kid didn't come back, she was dead for sure. "Woman, say that one more time. You're not going to die. Neither of us will. Just...wait a little longer." He said calmly, twisting lightly in the ropes. "What if I can't?" She whispered and he groaned. "Just...talk to me then." He said unsurely and she chuckled.

"How about...the question game?"

"Whatever makes you happy."

"Okay. Uhm, let's see. How many swords do you use?"

"Three. What about you?"

She raised an eyebrow. Santoryu? She had never heard of anyone who used three swords. Of course she knew someone with four but, that was unimportant at the moment. "I use a dagger, a gun, and needles. What color is your hair?" She had been unable to see his hair, much less him at all. The marines had not brought him in front of her, so she had no clue what he looked like except the small glances of his arm and shirt she had. He laughed lightly. "It's green. Is your hair naturally pink or black?" He asked. "Pink. Where are you from?" "East blue. And you?" "...Grand Line."

The questions went back and forth for a while; she had told him about her deceased family and he told her about his deceased friend, Kuina and much, much more. Over all, she had learned much about him, but she had no idea why he talked to her so...so openly. It was quite intriguing.

It was the middle of the day, and she was sweating profusely. "It's too damn hot." He mumbled tiredly and she sighed in agreement. She had no idea how long she'd be able to last, but hopefully the kid would pull off something miraculous and save the both of them.

"Yo."

Speaking of the devil. She heard the young boy's footsteps get closer to them and Zoro growled. "It's you again? I told you I don't wanna be a pirate!" he yelled and she snorted. "I'm Luffy. If I loosen up the ropes you're gonna join me alright?" The kid said back and she laughed. Luffy. An interesting name for an interesting boy. She liked him. "I've told you clearly! I have things that I need to do. Besides I'm not going to be a bad guy like a pirate."

"What's the difference? Everyone already thinks you're a bad guy anyways. What about you skinny girl?" Luffy asked childishly, and she couldn't help but smirk. "You got a deal kid." She answered and he clapped his hands. "How can you join so easily? Anyways. I don't care what they say about me!I haven't done one thing that I regretted in the past and it will be the same for the future! I won't become a pirate!" Zoro declared angrily and Kya sighed. It was his loss.

"I don't care. You are going to join me!"

"Don't decided for yourself!"

She laughed lightly at how persistent the boy was. Though he looked like a stick, his attitude would make him a great pirate. "Hey, I heard that you use a katana. Is that right?" Luffy asked. She couldn't see him, but she knew for sure there was a smug look on his face. "Hrm. If I wasn't tied up I could use a katana."

"What do you use...?"

"It's Kya. I have a belt. With a bunch of pockets and a dagger."

"Where are these things?"

"That bastard kid took them." She growled. "My swords are something that I treasure the most...other than my life." Zoro added confidently. "Ohhh? Treasure, huh? It must be something great! Okay! I'm gonna go where that bastard kid is and get your stuff back." Luffy said cheerfully and she nearly choked on her saliva.

"What?"

"But if you want me to return it to you, you'll have to join me." He added and she smirked wildly.

'What a tricky little kid.' She thought as Zoro shouted. "That's dirty! Oi, wait!" She turned her head to see the kid running off. "...Is he planning on sneaking in the base? What a fool." "I guess he is. Hope he doesn't get himself killed."

"H-hey." A meek voice said behind her. She turned her head, catching a glimpse of a young boy with the same colored pink hair as her and big rimmed glasses. "What do you want?" Zoro growled angrily. The boy made an attempt to talk, but failed miserably making her chuckle. "Let the poor kid talk. You're with Luffy right?" She asked. "Uh. uh. Yes! Where is he?"

"Your friend went inside the base to get our stuff."

"What? Luffy-san is inside the base? He's too hot headed." The boy said as he walked forward. "Yea. You're right. Who is he anyways-Oi! If you help us they are going to kill you!" Zoro said to the boy as he began to undo the ropes. Kya smiled at him. Finally. Freedom. The boy pulled and tugged until her arm was free, but Zoro's was not.

"You guys shouldn't be arrested! I can't stand those kinds of Marines!I'm going to become a real Marine just like the way Luffy-san is determined to become the pirate king!" The boy shouted proudly and her eyes widened. Pirate King? There was no way... "What? P-Pirate King? You are joking right?" Zoro spoke her thoughts as she fiddled with the ropes on her other arm. The boy chuckled, still trying to undo Zoro. " I was a bit shocked when I first heard him. But he's serious!"

A loud rang echoed around them and she heard Zoro gasp. She twisted her head, watching, horrified, as the pink haired boy was shot and flew back and hit the ground. She glared at the Marines standing across from them as the boy screamed in terror. At least he was still alive.

"I've been shot! Bleeding! I'm bleeding! I'm gonna die!" He cried melodramatically and she sighed, finally undoing the knot on her arm. "Are you alright?" Zoro asked breathless, still tied completely to the post. " Run for your life. They're almost here." He added. She growled, almost done untying the rope from her waist.

"No! I've got to set you free as soon as possible."

"There is no need to worry about me! Just get her out of here! As long as I can withstand this for a month they'll set me free! Hurry and lea-"

"They will not set you free! Because they're going to kill you in three days!"

She gasped, stopping at the last rope. Execute him? "Nonsense! That bastard promised me that if I could survive this for a month he'd free me!" He yelled defiantly. "Zoro... listen to him and stop being hard headed." she chided, continuing on her binding. "He never intended to keep his promise! That's why Luffy-san punched him on your behalf!Because he was toying with you!" The boy continued.

Finally, she managed to undo the last rope. She stood up on shaky legs, leaning against the post for help. "What did you just say?" Zoro shouted, unconvinced. Carefully she turned around and began working on his ropes. He jumped and looked up at her, mouth agape. "The Marines will never let the three of you off! Please, after you're set free, please help rescue Luffy-san!" She got a good look at the boy now. Short, pink hair, big glasses, big, weird face, kinda chubby. She wondered how he would ever make a good marine.

"I will not force you to become a pirate, however, he is my savior!" He continued, falling to his knees. "Luffy-san is very strong! As long as you three join forces, you all will definitely be able to escape this town!" She smiled warmly at him. "Don't worry." He jumped when she spoke. "Maybe if I can get these damn ropes off him, we'll be able to help." she growled, pulling on the said dastardly things. "Ow! What the hell are you doing?" Zoro shouted at her. She looked down at him, finally able to see him. He was tan, very tan, with three earrings in his left ear. He was extremely built with a white shirt, dark green pants, a light green waistband, and dark green boots. 'He must really like green.' She thought amusingly. "I'm trying to help you dammit!"

"That's enough! The three of you who have betrayed Lieutenant Morgan die here!"

She stopped with the ropes and glared at the Marines pointing there guns at the three of them. "Shit." she grumbled, stepping away from the post. She couldn't get close enough to beat them without getting shot. It wasn't a good situation to be in.

"Surround the base! Don't let the guy with the straw hat escape!"

The voice boomed around them, and out walked a large man with an iron jaw and a hammer hand. He was quite... She couldn't even think of the words to describe him. She put a hand on her hip and walked forward in front of the two boys. "How interesting..." The man started. " The four of you are planning to cause a political upheaval?"

She figured the man was Morgan, and he had the build to back up his reputation. Quite a scary man, and she knew with the little strength she had at the moment, she'd be crushed in an instant. "Roronoa Zoro! I've heard your name from a long time ago, but do not underestimate me! You're just garbage! And Giselle Kya, never thought I'd see your pretty little face around here. For an assassin you are not very sneaky. Too bad I'll have to crush you like a grape. Ready!"

She stood in front of Zoro and the boy proudly. Her dreams were not as important as Zoro's and the kid's. She was unimportant. If she died, nothing would change. All she had to do was protect them. "Kya! What the hell are you doing?" The swordsman shouted behind her, and she made no effort to answer.

"Fire!"

She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact of the metal objects through her body, but nothing hit. 'Are they that bad of an aim?' she thought warily, opening an eye. Her mouth dropped as a bullet covered in skin brushed her nose and Luffy stood in front of her.

"You!"

"Luffy-san!"

"Kid..."

"The straw-hat boy!"

She was extremely...dazzled. The bullets didn't go through him. "It's no use!" He shouted, slinging the bullets back at the Marines and he laughed maniacally. "What kind of human are you!" Zoro yelled from behind her and she frowned. "Ya...uhm. What the hell are you exactly?"

"I am...the one who will become the Pirate King!" He said, smirking before tossing Kya her belt and dagger. She smiled happily as he walked past her to Zoro. Quickly she wrapped the fabric around her waist, the four pockets hanging by her left thigh. She wrapped the the dagger, which had been placed securely in its holder, around her right thigh. It felt good to have them back. She dug around the pockets, feeling 20 needles, no more thread, no more bandages. 'Shit. I forgot. My pistol broke.' She growled mentally, feeling the magazine in her fourth pocket.

"Yes! I have two companions!" Luffy shouted suddenly and she turned to look at them lazily. She studied him carefully. Skinny, about two inches taller than her, wore blue jean shorts, sandals and a vest. Quite an awkward looking kid if you asked her.

"Okay, hurry and get these ropes off me." Zoro growled in defeat. She smiled warmly at him and he frowned at her. "Shuttup." He threw at her as the Marines shouted in disbelief. She stuck out her tongue in retaliation and walked over to him. "Let me help." She whispered tiredly as Luffy began to mess the ropes. "Damn! This rope is so hard to untie." He muttered, practically tying her fingers in the rope. "oi! Luffy that hurts!" She mumbled and Zoro growled. "Oi! Hurry up!"

"I'm taking my time." The straw hat boy said simply, tying her fingers tighter and she yelped in pain. "We don't have time for you to take your time!" She looked over to see the Marines heading towards them with their swords. The boy with pink hair began shouting inaudible things and she managed to release her fingers, turning towards the Marines. She pulled out about ten of her needles, placing five in her mouth and the rest in between her fingers. She hadn't been in a good fight in a while.

She jumped back when suddenly Zoro was in front of her, stopping all the Marines with his three swords: two in his hands and one in his mouth. She pouted at the fact he stole her fight. "What the...!" That was Morgan. "Oooooh! Coool!" And that was Luffy. She only crossed her arms, and looked a way from him. "Idiot. Stealing my fight." She muttered, removing the needles from her mouth.

"All of you better not move! You move and I'll kill you!"

The Marines shook with fright but she still pouted. It was her fight!"I already told you that I'd be a pirate with you. Either way, after this incident with the Marines, I'll be an outlaw too..." He started, struggling slightly to hold the Marines back. "But it's okay. I still have my own goals. I'm going to become the worlds greatest swordsman! I no longer care if my name is clean or not!Bad guy, good guy, it no longer matters! As long as my name is known worldwide! But if you do something that ends up in the way of my goals, I will have you cut your stomach open to say sorry! And that goes for you too woman!"

"Shuttup! This was my fight and you took it!" She retorted, and he growled slightly at her while Luffy simply laughed. "Good! To be the world's greatest swordsman! Since you wannabe the Pirate King's crew member, if you can't even accomplish something that small, then I would be very embarrassed." he turned to Kya. "What about you?"

She frowned and closed her eyes. "I'm going to become the world's best assassin and kill the man that destroyed my village." She said quietly and the boy placed a hand on her shoulder. "We're going to make a good crew." He said seriously. She turned to him and smiled. "That we will, that we will."

He smiled brightly before shouting, "Duck!" She and Zoro followed directions and fell to the ground. "Gomu Gomu...Leg Sweeper!" Luffy's leg stretched dramatically, knocking all the Marines away. "Super! Very cool!" The pink haired boy shouted, and she had almost forgotten about him. "What are you..?" Zoro wondered aloud, sword still in his mouth. Of course she wondered the same thing, but she was more focused on how he could talk with the damn thing in his mouth.

"I am... a rubber man!"

'Oh. Devil Fruit. That makes sense.' She thought, placing a finger on her chin. She looked at all the Marines laying on the ground, and she hoped this would be her chance to shine. Morgan said something to them, and suddenly a few of them placed guns to their heads and shot themselves. She gasped. "Wha-what the hell?"

"What the fuck do these Marines think they're doing?" Zoro muttered as the Luffy ran towards the large military group. "I am the Marines worst enemy! If you have guns then execute me!" Luffy shouted, raising a fist and hitting Morgan's ax.

"Luffy-san! Defeat the Marines!"

Kya turned lazily to Zoro, who had removed the sword from his mouth, and hit him. "Oi! What the hell was that for woman!" He shouted, glaring at her. She frowned, looking him up and down. He was a good five inches taller than herself, and not extremely ugly...

"For stealing my fight."

"You're still on that."

"I'll never let that go."

"You're stupid."

She ignored him and turned back to Luffy's fight with Morgan. Apparently the young kid had sent the Lieutenant flying, and the Marines were panicked. Morgan was right back up though, and went to hit Luffy with the ax hand but it was simply dodge and Luffy's foot was right back in the man's face.

As Luffy was pounding Morgan's face in, the ugly bastard of a son's voice rang around them. "Wait! You idiot I told you to wait!" She turned around to see Helmeppo holding a gun to the pink haired boy's head. "If you want this guy to survive, then don't move!If anyone moves I'll shoot!"

"Helmeppo-sama!"

"Luffy, I..." The boy started. "I don't wanna be in your way! I'm not afraid of death!" He cried. "Okay...I know." Luffy simply answered, smiling and she snorted. "You stupid son, Koby's not afraid of death!"

So Koby was his name...Kya smirked, placing five needles in her mouth. "Hey you idiot!I told you not to move or I'm gonna shoot!" Helmeppo shouted as Luffy raised an arm. "Go ahead and shoot!"

"Luffy behind you!" Koby cried, and she and Zoro began to get ready to maneuver. "Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy's arm shot out, hitting the ugly son in the face, while the two newly recruited pirates ran at Morgan, who was about to slice their captain in half.

She jumped up and shot the needles from her mouth, hitting the exact spots of the lieutenant's pressure points on his neck and shoulders while Zoro simply cut his stomach. She landed next to the swordsman, smiling. She finally got to do something.

"Zoro! Kya!"

"Leave it to us."

"Captain."

She smiled at the two of them before swaying slightly. "I think I'm done for now." She muttered, leaning against the strongly built swordsman. "What...are you doing?" He asked unsurely and she sighed. "I can't...stay awake." She muttered quietly before her world went black.