Timeline: In the One Piece universe, Luffy Co. just had their Davy Back Fight with the Foxy Pirates and they are currently on the island, where they meet Aokiji for the first time. This chapter begins after they give Foxy, Porche and Hamburg a little boat, so they could set sail. In the anime it's episode 226 after the three Foxy Pirates departed.


Chapter 2- The unknown Beauty


The Strawhat Pirates watched as Foxy, Porche and Hamburg sailed away from the island.

Nami sighed relieved. "I just hope Foxy doesn't pop up by us anymore…"

Sanji still waved after the little boat. "I'm sorry I couldn't come with you Porche-chan~."

"Are you sure, you don't want to go with them, Ero-cook?" Zoro looked at him.

"No, it's fine. Besides, who will cook for the beautiful Nami-swan~ and Robin-chwan~ when I'm gone." Sanji had hearts in his eyes as he looked at Nami and Robin.

"What a pity…" Zoro sighed sadly. 'And I thought the Ero-Cook was gone forever… Now I have to deal with him again…' He looked at Sanji, who was being his normal perverted self around Nami. He sighed again.

A bit later, Nami and Robin talked about something, while Sanji was given them drinks. Usopp and Chopper built a sandcastle with Luffy next to them, who jumped up and down in excitement.

Zoro decided, it wouldn't hurt to go for a walk. So, he started to walk into the woods. But instead of walking deeper into the woods he ended up walking along the beach. "Huh, why is this beach in the middle of the woods?" He scratched his head in confusion. He thought about it for a moment, but then shrugged nonchalant.

Suddenly he saw something glitter in the sun. He squirted his eyes. 'Is there something on the beach?' He ran towards it. As he came nearer, he stopped dead in his track and his eyes widened in surprise. There on the beach laid a beautiful girl, with long dark brown hair that shimmered red in the sunlight. Her porcelain skin looked smooth and her eyes were closed. A black dress hangs in tatters around her beautiful frame. Zoro held his breath in astonishment. He shook his head. 'Came the glitter from her?' He narrowed his eyes and then he saw it. Around her neck was an expensive looking golden collar with a ruby in it, which glittered in the sunlight.

Zoro stood there for a moment, looking uncertain. He sighed and felt her pulse. 'Faint, but it is there…' He sighed again. 'If I let her here, she will probably die…Should I take her to Chopper and the others?' Zoro ran a hand through his hair. He looked at her again. 'She looks so peaceful…Ah fuck it, I take her to the others… If I don't do it, Chopper will have my head.' Zoro softly scooped her up in his arms, bridal style. He frowned at her condition. She was barefoot and her dress was none existing, exposing her underwear. Zoro sighed, for the hundredth time today and took off his shirt and dressed her in it. A small smile graced his lips as he noticed how pretty she looked in it.

He shook his head again. "Now, how do I come back to the others…" He began to walk in the false direction as he noticed something in the sand, besides the place the unknown beautiful girl laid earlier. "Mmh…What's that?" He looked down at the black bundle and shrugged. He took the bundle and began to walk along the beach, this time in the correct direction.

With the other Strawhats…

"Guys! Let's go onto the ship for now!" Nami shouted at them and began to walk towards Merry.

"But Nami, we have soooo much fun right now~" Luffy whined.

Nami's eyebrow began to twitch in annoyance at Luffy's whines.

"Just do what Nami-swan says, idiot!" Sanji looked scolding at Luffy. "Usopp and Chopper are already on the ship."

"Fine…" Luffy pouted, but raced towards the ship.

Nami sighed in annoyance. "Why did I want to be on his crew, again?"

Next to her, Robin chuckled and walked towards Merry, after she picked up her book.

As Nami arrived on the ship, everything was the same as ever. Robin sat on a chair and read her book; Usopp, Chopper and Luffy played tag; Sanji began to clean the kitchen and Zoro laid by the mast and slept…'Wait a moment…' She narrowed her eyes. "WHERE IS THAT IDIOT?!" Nami screeched and pulled at her hair in frustration.

"Huh? What's wrong Nami?" Usopp asked as he, Chopper and Luffy stopped playing. Robin looked up from her book.

Sanji stormed out of the kitchen. "My beautiful Nami-swan~ What's wrong?"

Nami sighed and looked at them. "Has anybody seen Zoro?"

"Huh… What do you mean, Zoro is right there…" Usopp looked at Zoro's usual sleeping place, but nobody was there. His eyes bulged out in shock.

"Waaahhh… Zoro vanished!" Chopper began to run around in panic.

Sanji's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "That bastard marimo!"

"Shishishishishi." Luffy just laughed.

"That idiot is probably lost…" Nami sighed.

"I think you are right Navigator-san. Swordsman-san left our camping place three hours ago." Robin said and continued reading. Nami groaned.

"Shishishishi. Zoro is strong, he will be alright." Luffy assured them.

"Are you talking about me?" A very familiar voice asked.

Nami and the others turned around just to see Zoro looking at them.

"Zoro, where were you?!" Nami screeched and stormed toward him, but stopped dead in her tracks as she noticed the girl in Zoro's arms. "Wha…" She looked at him confused. The others noticed the girl too, Usopp looked at Zoro in confusion, Luffy looked at the girl curiously, Chopper began to shout for a doctor and Robin looked up from her book in interest.

"What have you done to such a beautiful mellorine?!" Sanji shouted at him as he saw that she wore his shirt.

"I didn't do anything, stupid love cook!" Zoro shouted irritated and laid the girl softly to the ground.

"What happened to her?" Chopper asked as he took a look at the clearly unconscious girl.

"Yeah, who is that?" Nami asked.

"How I'm supposed to know!" Zoro snapped at them. "I was walking along the beach as I noticed something shimmer in the sunlight. As I walked towards it I found her lying there, unconscious. She had a very faint pulse, so I thought it was a good idea to bring her here." He shrugged nonchalant.

"Wow…to think you would help somebody…" Nami said in wonder.

Robin looked at the girl in great interest. 'I don't know why, but I think I have seen her before…but where?'

"What is wrong with her, Chopper?" Luffy asked seriously. The others looked at him surprised because he was very still, not his usual loud self.

"From the looks of it she is clearly exhausted and it looks like she is dehydrated. I can't say more until I examined her better… Her pulse is also very faint, but I think she will survive!" Chopper informed them.

"Okay, she can stay here!" Suddenly Luffy grinned again and was his cheerful self.

Chopper nodded. "Zoro can you carry her into the caboose?"

"Sure." Zoro carried her, after Chopper, into the caboose.

Sanji glared after Zoro. "Why did the stupid Marimo find this beautiful Angel and why does he get to carry her." He grumbled.

Nami shook her head and sighed. "Sanji-kun, can you make me another drink?"

Sanji looked at her with hearts in his eyes. "Of course, my beautiful Nami-swan~" And with that he dashed into the kitchen, already forgetting about Zoro and the unknown girl.

Zoro left the caboose and entered the deck. Nami walked towards him and hit him on the head.

"Ow. What was that for witch?!" He glared at her.

"That's for going onto a walk alone and getting lost."

"Shishishishi, Zoro was lost again?" Luffy laughed cheerfully.

"I wasn't lost…." Zoro grumbled.

Usopp looked at a black bundle on the ground. "Hey minna, What's that?" He asked them and pointed at the bundle.

"Hm…?" They all looked at the direction Usopp was pointing. Robin stood up curiously.

"Oh…I don't know… It laid besides the girl as I found her." Zoro shrugged.

"What?! Why didn't you say that to begin with?" Nami looked at him confused. Then suddenly she smiled evilly and picked the bundle up. "Let's see what's inside~ Maybe its money, or gold!" Stars appeared in her eyes.

"No." Luffy said seriously as his hat shadowed his eyes.

"What?!" The others looked at him surprised.

"Why Luffy?!" Nami looked angrily at him.

"If it is hers, we can't look through it. Maybe her personal stuff and treasure is in it and we can't take that away from her."

Usopp looked at him. "Mmh…I think that makes sense!"

The door to the kitchen opened and Sanji stormed towards Nami with a drink in his hands.

"That's for you my dear Nami-swan~ Made with passionate love and the best ingredients. For you the best is just right." He swooned around her with hearts in his eyes.

"Thanks, Sanji-kun." She took the drink and then looked at the bundle in her hands again.

"Maybe we should take a look. It's quite possible that something dangerous is in it or it isn't hers. Or maybe we find a clue about who she is and why she laid on the beach…" Robin reasoned.

"Yeah, Robin is right!" Nami said with stars in her eyes.

Zoro and Usopp sweat dropped.

"Obviously, Robin-chwan~ is right!" Sanji swooned again.

"So, what do you think Captain-san?"

"Fine. But whatever we find we will not take it and we will give it back to her, once she is awake!" Luffy looked seriously at Nami.

"Fine. Now, let's take a look inside." Nami said and they all sat down on the deck and looked at it curiously. Nami tugged at the bundle. Luffy, Usopp and Robin leaned forward curiously. Then, Nami opened it. As they saw what was inside it, their eyes widened in surprise.

"No…way!" Nami said as she looked utterly surprised at the contents. Inside the bundle was a very expensive looking, golden diadem with a ruby on it. Other than that, there was a photo, but nobody noticed it, except for Luffy.

"I knew it!" Nami said as stars appeared in her eyes. But then she realized she can't have it and slumped over in depression.

Robin looked at the diadem with wide eyes. 'Where have I seen that before…'

Zoro narrowed his eyes as he studied it. "Mmhhh…That looks a lot like her collar…"

"What?" Nami looked at him surprised.

"Wow, she must be royalty…" Usopp concluded.

"Wow…true royalty…. we have true royalty on the ship…" Sanji swooned. "She can't be anything else with such beauty!"

"Can I see it?" Robin asked interested.

"Sure! Here…" Nami gave her the diadem.

Robin studied it thoroughly.

"Luffy what do you have there?" Usopp asked as he noticed that Luffy is staring at something in his hands.

"Whaaa…" The others said and looked at Luffy.

Luffy furrowed his brows. "I don't know it looks like a picture of someone… But it looks really old and looks like it was wet before…so you can't really tell who it is."

He showed the others the picture.

"Mhm…you are right. I can tell the person is a man, but you can't see his face anymore." Usopp frowned.

"Can I have the picture?" Luffy gave Nami the picture and she studied it.

"Look there's something written on the back." Nami suddenly shouted. They all leaned towards her.

"What is it? What is it? What is it?" Luffy jumped up and down in excitement.

Nami's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "Stop it!" She hit Luffy on the head.

"ITAI!" Luffy pouted and rubbed the bump on his head.

Nami looked at the writing. "That is your father... He is a very noble man, even if others don't think so. Remember, you have to keep it a secret that he is your father or you will be in danger…" Nami read to them. "Always remember that I will be watching over you from the moon, even if I'm gone from this world… I will always love you, Mom."

It was silent for a moment. Luffy and Usopp had tears in their eyes and sniffed. Sanji took a deep breath from his cigarette. Zoro closed his eyes.

"Sooo…the man on the picture is her dad?" Usopp asked after he coughed awkwardly.

"I think so…" Nami said sadly.

"Is there more?" Luffy asked curiously.

Nami studied the back of the photo. "No…nothing."

Luffy pouted. "Too bad… I really want to know who her father is…" 'I don't know why, but the man on the picture seems a bit familiar…'

Nami sighed. "You were right Luffy, we shouldn't have looked into her stuff."

"Guys…look at that!" Robin suddenly called.

They all looked towards Robin. She looked at the diadem curiously with an unknown glint in her eyes.

"What?" Zoro frowned.

Robin pointed at the inner surface of the diadem. Nami leaned forward. "Kurama" She read out loud.

"Kurama?" Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Usopp titled their heads in confusion.

"Mmmhhh…sounds like a family name or something…" Nami said thoughtfully.

"Yes, you're right. I'm sure that's a family name. And I'm pretty sure I've heard that name somewhere before…. but I don't remember where exactly." Robin frowned.

"Now that you're mentioning it, 'Kurama' sounds familiar." Nami said.

"Really?" Luffy picked his nose.

Nami sighed annoyed and Robin giggled amused.

"Yes, I will look into it." Robin stood up and went to do some research.

Sanji sighed. "I will make us dinner." With that he vanished in the kitchen.

Zoro closed his eyes again and began to sleep.

"Luffy, do you want to help me with something?" Usopp asked Luffy.

"Yatta!" Luffy jumped up and they both stormed of deck.

Nami sighed and put the diadem and the photo back into the bundle. 'I will look at how Chopper and the girl are doing…' She walked towards the caboose with the bundle in her hands, determined to give it to the girl, once she's awake.