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Chapter Two

Many times through the day Sanji would go down to the sick bay and offer Yumi food. But every single time she would say no and turn away from him.

Chopper went down there many times to change her bandages and give her medicine and every time he tried to speak to her, she would just ignore him.

No matter how many times they tried, the Straw Hat Pirates could never get her do move from the bed, or get her to speak, or do anything. After many tries to get her to do something, they finally gave up and let her be.

Night came and she still didn't come out, even for dinner.

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It was the middle of the night when Sanji heard a crash coming from the kitchen. Instantly, he thought it was Luffy, so he got out of bed, without bothering to see if Luffy was in his bed, and went into the kitchen to go yell at him again.

When he entered the kitchen, he was expecting Luffy to be in the mouse trap; but when he turned on the lights, he saw the mouse trap was empty. Instead he saw some broken dishes and Yumi standing in front of the open fridge. "So, you are hungry," he said, putting a lot of emphasis on the "are".

"So… what's it to you!?" she said in reply.

"Nothing really…" he said"… except, it makes me wonder why you're sneaking food in the middle of the night instead of taking the food that I offered to you."

"So what?" she said in an angry tone. "I can't trust you! You are a pirate after all. You could've put poison in it or something. That's what pirates do. All the other pirates I've met did that. They put poison in my food or tried assassinate me."

"Oh, really…" said Sanji. "And why did they do that?"

"Because they wanted the stone in my locket. This stone can give anyone who uses it immense power and there's only a few of them in the entire world. But because of this stone, I'm known as the South Blue Demon."

"You must be hungry. Here, I'll cook something up for you."

"Okay. But I'm gonna have to watch you and make sure you don't put poison in it."

"Ha, ha, ha, of course I won't put poison in it. But if you insist, I'll let you watch."

When Sanji finished cooking, he gave her the food. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at it and she almost instantly ate it, not leaving one crumb behind. "Mmm… that's was good. That was probably the best meal I've had in a while," she told him. "You're a really good cook… but that still doesn't mean I trust you. If I'm not alive tomorrow, then my ghost will haunt you for the rest of your life."

Sanji picked you her plate and walked over to the sink to wash it. He stated to talk to her then walked back over to the table. His voice started to trail off when he noticed that she had fallen asleep.

He picked her up and brought her back to the sick bay then went back to sleep.

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The next morning, they had another meeting in the kitchen and in that meeting, Sanji told them about what happened last night.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" asked Usopp.

"I don't know," said Nami. "What do you think Zoro?"

snore, snore

"He's asleep!!" exclaimed everyone in unison while Nami hit him on the head.

"How about we ask her to join our crew?" asked Luffy with a smile.

"No!' said Nami as she threw a punch to the back of his head.

"Why?"

"Because she'll either say no, or just ignore us," she answered.

"That's not why I said "why". I said it because I wanted to know why you hit me."

"Because you're being stupid!" she yelled as she hit him again.

"Now, back to Yumi," said Franky.

"I agree with Luffy," said Usopp.

"Me too!" said Chopper.

"I think that we should do what ever is best," said Robin.

"I think we should do what Robin-chan said," said Sanji with hearts in his eyes.

"Looks like my idea wins!" said Luffy, sticking his tongue out at Nami.

Nami shot a glare in Luffy's direction. "Okay, you win. Fine then, we'll ask her."

Everyone shot a glance in Nami's direction. "What?" she said. She read the looks on their faces. "Okay, okay. But I'm only talking to her if she says no."

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Chopper dragged her to come out of the room and brought her to the front deck, where everyone else was. "Ya wanna join our crew?" asked Luffy when he jumped right in front of her, making her jump.

"No!" she replied.

"Come on. How about we take you into our care?"

"I said, NO!" She turned around and started to walk away.

Robin looked at Nami, signaling her to go talk to her.

Nami grabbed her wrist and dragged her into the empty kitchen. "Why won't you join our crew, or lets us watch over of you until we can bring you to your destination? We have all sorts of fun. We joke around and goof off almost every day." She said to her.

"No, no and... NO!"

"Why?"

"Why? Because pirates ruined my life. The pirate crew, The Red Crossbow… I was kidnapped and was forced to work for them. When I was on their ship, I met a boy named Senchii. We would always play instead of work, so, one night, the captain, Gronum, killed Senchii while he was asleep. The next day, I found out and I killed the whole crew except the captain and his first mate without knowing it. After that, I fell unconscious and since then, I went around killing pirates for money to survive."

Silence fell upon the two of the. It was an awkward silence. No one knew what to do next, so they just sat there. Until Nami broke the silence. "You're not the only one on this ship with a sad past. Everyone has a sad past that makes us who we are. My step-mother was killed by a pirate and I had to work for him for 8 years. You're not alone. If you just trust us, we can be your nakama."

"Okay, you can be my care takers until we get to the next island, but no more than that, under one condition. We have to-"

"Come on, let's tell everyone else!" said Nami as she grabbed her by the wrist again and dragged her outside.

"Everyone," announced Nami. Everyone turned towards her and Yumi. "Yumi has decided that she is not joining our crew, but she is letting us be her care takers until we arrive on the next island."

"Under one condition. If the next island is Nerstarushi Island," she told everyone.

"Where's that? And how are we supposed to get there?" asked Nami.

"Like this," she said. "Let me see the log pose for a second." She held it in one hand and lifted the other above it. A light began to shine around the log pose, and suddenly, the needle changed direction.

"How did you do that?" asked Nami.

"With the stone in my locket." She began to walk off when Nami came up behind her.

"How about we get you out of those raggy clothes."

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The two of them went into the women's quarters. Nami opened the door to her closet and pulled out a skirt and a shirt. "These are the smallest clothes I have. Why don't you try them on?"

Yumi was hesitant, but she nodded her head. Nami walked outside of the room as she changed.

Yumi opened the door when she was done. "Looks like they fit," said Nami. Next, she brought Yumi to the bathroom and had her wash up.

After that, she got out a brush and started brushing her shoulder length, dark brown hair.

When she was done, she took a look at her. Yumi's dark brown hair complemented and made her eyes shine more, now that it was clean.

They went back up to the deck and noticed that it was empty. Right away, they went into the kitchen and everyone was amazed with Yumi.

"Wow… she looks really different, in a good way," said Chopper.

Everyone else continued complimenting her while she began to flush.

The night went on very peacefully, leading to another day.

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