Zoro stood examining his captain's sister. The girl he pulled out of the water. She was shorter then Luffy but only by an inch or two. She was thin but curvy. She had long purple hair which was shorter at the stop and slightly messy with the underneath being longer and pulled into two low pony tails. Her right arm was tattooed with several different flowers covering her whole arm. Her skin tone was the same as Luffy just a bit lighter but Zoro put that down to the fact she had been sick for several days. Zoro couldn't stop looking at her. Her smile captivated him made him feel funny. Something he had never felt before.

They all sat in the kitchen not much could be heard over Luffy's eating and the crew talking it was noted that Lacey ate as much as Luffy just not as messy or rudely. It would seem that although she ate a lot she had manners which her brother did not. The crew were glad Luffy was back to his old self but they had saved a lot of food over the past few days of Luffy not eating.

After a few days it was settled that Lacey would become part of the crew. The crew realised that Lacey was a botanist and made medicine from plants. They finally reached land. Lacey decided to buy some clothes as she had been borrowing Nami's clothes but with the height difference they were too big for her frame.

Lacey looking through the racks came across a few pieces of clothing she liked at a reasonable price. Picking up a blue corset and black shorts she decided to change straight in to them and put Nami's clothes in a bag. She also picked out several different outfits and a few pairs of shoes deciding to wear black sandals. She walked towards the ship but saw a book store so decided to buy some books. After her shopping was complete she wondered back the ship and put her things away.

Lacey had never really just wondered around the ship. She was truly amazed by its size and all the functions it has. Not really paying attention she tripped over Zoro's swords landing on the sleeping swordsman. Zoro opened his eyes wondering what had just fallen on him his eyes caught sight of Lacey pushing on his chest to get up her hair falling in her face. Zoro blushed slightly at the beautiful girl. Lacey hurried to get up before apologising profusely. Zoro just smiled and said it was ok. If it was anyone else he would be angry but somehow Lacey just makes him smile. Lacey slumped down beside Zoro asking him about his three swords. No one really asked Zoro about them or why he uses them. Although not much of a talker Zoro was happy to talk to Lacey. 'You must have tired yourself out with all that walking your body must still be recovering' Zoro said to himself as Lacey's head was resting on his shoulder. The younger girl had fallen asleep Zoro couldn't help but think she looked cute. Zoro decided to do some weight training 'it will be awkward if the others get back and she's asleep on me' he said to himself as he got up careful not to wake her up.

That night at dinner the question of where Lacey had been these past years came up. "Where have you been these years Lacey?" Luffy asked while stuffing his face with meet.

"I left home after I heard about Ace" she paused "After that I meet a pirate and travelled with them until a month or so ago I left to stay at a village for a while and then I set off on my own and my ship was destroyed and I woke up here" Lacey explained

"Which pirate crew was it?" Nami asked

"The heart pirates. I learnt a lot more about medicine when travelling with them."

"Tra-guy?" Luffy asked between mouthfuls

"Trafalgar law you mean? Yes you know him too I know he saved your life after marine ford didn't he?"

Luffy just nodded in response.

Lacey spent two years with the heart pirates. She learnt more about medicine making and read most of Trafalgar's books. She wasn't a doctor but she liked knowing what medicine healed what and how to make it. She had grown close to the members of the crew especially law and Bepo. She missed them greatly and hoped to see them again someday. Lacey had trained herself hard over the two years. Sparing with Bepo helped to increase her hand to hand combat skills. Sparing with law helped to increase her strength and agility also helped to improve the use of her devil fruit abilities. It would seem that all three siblings had devil fruit abilities. Lacey ate her devil fruit a little over two years ago. Her fruit was the force, force fruit. Which lets her create force fields and use force as an attack. Lacey's time with the heart pirates made her strong in both mind and body. She wouldn't be as strong as she was now without the time spent with them.

It didn't take long before Zoro and Lacey became close. It happened slowly and no one really remembers them not being together. Sanji of course was jealous of the swordsman and didn't see why Lacey liked being with him so much. The pair both started to have feelings for each other. Feelings other than that of friendship feelings Zoro didn't quite understand himself. Zoro had yet to see Lacey fight a part of him hoped she wasn't useless like Nami and could hold herself in a fight. He just wanted to see how strong she was. Luffy had said she used to beat both him and Ace in a fight when they were younger he wanted to see if his was true or if the brothers were just going easy on her because she was their younger sister.

They had arrived at a new island and it would appear that it held a large marine base. Of course Luffy has a knack for getting into trouble and was spotted quickly by the marines. Lacey at this point was the only member of the crew unknown to the marines she and Zoro were walking around the town before being seen by marines and chased through the town. "Smoker" Zoro said Lacey looked at the older man in front of them smoking two cigars. The older man looked at Lacey wondering who she was. "Who are you?" Smoker asked.

"I'm Monkey D Lacey!" Lacey stated with a smile on her face.

"The straw hat has a sister?" Smoker stated getting his head around the fact before lunging forward to attack straw hats sister. Lacey pushed Zoro to the side as smoker came at her. She smiled before punching him in the face making him fall back. "Your strong" he said rubbing his face from the impact. Lacey smiled at his response. The fight continued for a while Lacey was strong enough as to not use her devil fruit ability her haki was strong enough as to fight smoker with just hand to hand combat. The Fight ended when Luffy ran passed and grabbed on to Zoro and Lacey and pulled them back on the ship and they set sail once again.

"You were fighting smokey back then" Luffy said looking at his sister.

"I think so?" Lacey replied looking at Zoro who just nodded in reply to her unasked question.

Zoro was surprised by her strength she held her own against smoker and he only hit her once. The fact she could hold her own and fight so well made Zoro like the girl more.

Luffy smiled before ruffling his sister's hair "You got stronger but I think I can beat you now. No more going easy on you like before"

Lacey laughed at his statement "You can't beat me brother."

"Sanji food!" Luffy yelled "We didn't get to eat in town!"

Lacey stood looking out at the marine ships they were leaving behind them it was her first encounter with the marines and she wonders if telling them her name was a good thing. They now know that Monkey D Lacey is the sister of Monkey D Luffy the daughter of Monkey D Dragon and the granddaughter of Monkey D Garp. Her lineage spoke for its self. Even if she wasn't a pirate her name would bring the marines.