AN: Hi And welcome to my Fan-Fiction. I started writing this in advance, the day after the first chapter. So if you enjoy then read the show.

P.S. I think that I should make it clear that Neko is the first name, I just made a mistake when writing it and, no, I won't edit it.

I don't own One Piece, or else I would be a lot richer.

Chapter 2

"My first step as a pirate should be to get a better boat and a crew, or I could join someone elses crew. To be honest, making my own would be to much effort. Joining it is, then!" It seems obvious who's crew I should join, but where are they?

The best course of action is to drift around, clearly. As I drifted, I also thought. My devil fruit is potentially powerful, but it will take a while to get any devil fruits copied, leaving me to use the terrain to my advantage. The only strategy I have is trapping them, but I have the advantage against fruit users.

Unfortunately, the best way to utilize my powers is using one of the rarest things you can have. Luffy, Robin, and Chopper can help, but Chopper's isn't that useful and I know that if I become a Strawhat pirate I will have no shortage of devil fruit users to copy, as long as I stick with them till I die. Not only that, I think that it would be really cool to join them. But the problem is that I would need a job, and I don't know which one I can have.

My thoughts were interrupted by a slight thump on the side of the boat as I hit the shore of and island. I stood up, made sure my sword was secured to my hip and jump onto the beach. I decided to head to a nearby town, which was easily visible through and over the thin trees, to ask where I was.

"This place seems familiar, but I can't put my finger on why. It's probably an island from the beginning of the series that I didn't find very memorable, like shell island."

"Excuse me, ma'am. Where am I?"

"Oh, I don't know how you couldn't know. This is Shell Island, where most people in the East blue join the marines." she said.

"Ah. Thanks for the help. By the way, do you know of a person by the name of Roronoa Zoro?"

She shook her head to say no. Obviously, this means that this is before he got here, which means I better wait a while. Possibly a few months, or even a year, but I doubt that's gonna' happen.

*1 week later*

I managed to find a place in an inn which is pretty close to the marine base and got a temporary job at the place Zoro will get captured un-justly. It'd probably be like if there's a band you like and you get front row tickets to watch them perform, except way cooler because it's One Piece and in real life.

*Another month later*

Over a month and still no sign of him. I've been keeping up my training, in the woods 'cause there's nowhere else to train, and have got some new terrain. I also plan on copying Morgan's axe-hand to see if that works. If so, that'd be super (Strikes Franky's pose in mind)!

Also, I have decided on my dream, which is not something you're supposed to think about much but whatever. I am going to put an end to the marines, those stupid power hungry jerks. I'd also most definitely punch those Tenryouko (correct me if i miss spelt it) in their idiotic faces. With their stupid bubbles, and ugliness and snobbish attitudes. If I could, they would all already be dead.

*2 weeks later*

Zoro finally showed up and showed that wolf who's boss. Rugby ball head (football for most my readers) sent him to be crucified without nails and Zoro was gullible enough to believe that he wouldn't be executed.

On the other hand, I went on a super secret ninja stealth mission to copy Zoro's swords. It was a ... success, if you would call it that. I won't go into detail. I just got shot in the face. and but on a stick next to Zoro with my nose stitched together like I'm some sort of rag doll. I was there for supposedly trying to help him. I don't think they knew I had a devil fruit. Here's how the punishment went, in case you're curious.

"Hi! I'm Neko .D. Tachiagari. Nice to meet you!"

"Heard you were trying to steal my swords back for me from the people tying you up. Why would you want to help me?" He asked and rightfully so, too.

"Well, I was actually looking for money, I don't need any more swords. I won't need to help you anyway. It'll come soon."

"A friend?"

"Nope, he just happens to be on his way to be the pirate king!" I said cheerfully.

"Sure."

*A few hours later*

"I sure am hungry. A shame they won't feed us. I it would be wonderful to have some food right about now."

Zoro just sighed in response and hung his head in a state of mixed depression and annoyance at my talking about food. This continued for 2 hours straight, non-stop.

*Half a month later*

Three heads popped over the wall all of a sudden. Atop one was a straw hat, one had pink hair and one was a small girl with a tray of rice balls balanced on her head.

"So who's Zoro and who's Neko?" Straw hat asked.

"I, my friend, am Neko. And I am not partnered with Zoro, just in case anyone would make you think that."

"Ok. Do you wanna join my crew?"

"Yes. As would Zoro. He'll have to if you get us out, anyway."

Luffy nodded and was about to jump over the wall when Coby pushed him down as some patrolling marines did a routine and lazy check on us. They then closed the door and probably went to lunch or something.

The girl sighed in relief and climbed over the top of the wall and onto the field in front of us. She almost dropped the food she brought but managed to keep it from falling. She brought them over, being a bit more careful. I gladly ate them because they were good and I was hungry. Zoro, however, knocked them on the floor.

"Rude. She was giving you food, there's no need to turn them down. She is risking a lot to do this. You're a criminal who's supposed to be starving so don't make her efforts go to waste." I told him. That was something I don't think he should have done in the anime.

"Wh-. I didn't think you'd think that strongly about it."

"I don't, but you either go all out or not at all, in my opinion."

"I like you!" Luffy said, doing his weird anime laugh.

Then, the snobby brat, Helmeppo was here with some marines. Luffy and Coby managed to duck their heads under the wall in time but the girl was left standing in the courtyard.

"What's this girl doing here? Throw her over the wall." He said.

"Bu-"

"Do it now or I'll tell my dad." He interrupted rudely and smugly.

"Sorry little girl." The marine whispered before throwing her over the wall. He cringed as she screamed and hit the floor with a thud. I sure hope she didn't break anything because that would have been extremely bad.

*About an hour later*

Luffy was back, after Zoro explained why he was here. He seemed angry about something, probably the fact that me and Zoro are getting executed tomorrow even though Helmeppo promised otherwise.

"Zoro!" Roronoa looked up. "I'm getting you and Neko out of here! You're being executed tomorrow and that can't happen if you're going to join the crew! I'll go get your swords and cut you out!"

Even Coby seemed angry and stressed whilst untieing the ropes. That stress was only worsened as the weaklings came out.

"Took 'em long enough!" I said.

Zoro and Coby both looked at me in confusion and then Zoro said "What do you mean?"

I shouted out my attack, ignoring his question "Copy Copy landslide!"

This caused a black box to open over the Marines as dirt, rocks and boulders poured out on their heads. It caused me visible strain to keep it going for so long, however. I was pretty sure that Luffy saw what was happening, however. Coby gaped in shock at my attack.

"Why didn't you tell me? There was no reason not to, after all." Zoro asked.

"It's a surprise, obviously." I replied whilst spawning my sword using the 'paste' part of my devil fruit in order to cut the ropes "Hey, Coby. use this instead."

In my hand appeared a red hilt and a red sheath and black accents decorating the edges and centre. Why he unsheathed it, it revealed a black blade with red covering one half in a fire-like pattern. This was a legendary blade that no-one has seen before and I found in a box in the forest. It's name was Hageshī aka, or fiery red if you prefer. It's a heavy katana that has sea-prism stone, which makes it harder to summon, and is extremely resistant to poison, rust and especially all forms of heat.

He struggled to lift it as he brought it above the thick ropes keeping us bound to the posts. My supposed partner showed slight fear as the sword came dangerously close to chopping his hands off. Luckily, he ended up being fine and was freed as Luffy excitedly jumped from one of the higher floors of the marine base. He landed next me when my ropes were cut , having most likely used Gum Gum Rocket.

"How did you do that? That was so cool!"

"I know! It's the devil fruit I got as a baby. It strains me a lot at the moment because I had to learn. Anyway, It's called the Copy Copy fruit and it allows me to copy anything and duplicate it anywhere as long as I remember it exactly. I have a feeling that it can do more, though. I just have to train more."

"Join my crew then. I can help and you can copy my meat." he said whilst drooling "#oh, and you to Zoro. I haven't got a swordsman yet."

"Fine. I'm a criminal now already anyway. How many members do you have, actually?"

Luffy's reply was holding up two fingers and grinning. "You two are my first members."

Zoro fell over whilst I thought. "I guess I'll be the treasurer seeing as I can do that well. That leaves Zoro as the first mate, right?" Luffy nodded.

"All right! Now that we are the official Straw hat pirates I can kick that Axe-hand's ass!"

"Yeah!"

We later found our self flying towards the roof after we were grabbed and rocketed into the sky. Our flight was stopped when we slammed into a statue of Morgan being pulled up by about 20-30 marines. The statue was shattered and thrown onto the floor like a kids toy.

We safely (sort of) landed on the roof and marines immediately swarmed us whilst Morgan fumed in the background.

"How dare you filthy pirates destroy my statue!" He screamed angrily at us.

Luffy just took them all out at once using Gum Gum whip. Meanwhile, I snuck around them and behind Axe-hand Morgan. In order to copy his arm I would need to touch it. I stayed quiet as I grabbed his prosthetic hand and said copy because anime.

He whipped towards me in shock and instinctively swung at me. I blocked by throwing a rock out of another black square and executed my plan.

"Hageshī aka axe hand!" By cutting my previously sheathed sword I was able to combine it with my new weapon within the sub-space of my mind, pretty cool, right? "If I can do this, I could do anything, like Gum Gum flaming pistol. That's gonna be great when I get some more devil fruits."

I swung the newly-fused weapon at him and he, already in shock, was frozen in fear. It sliced of his only available hand and he started bleeding out on the floor. I had to look away from the gruesome sight or else I would've most definitely thrown up from the sight. It hurt just to think about.

My new crew mates were impressed to say the least. Luffy especially by me mentioning about devil fruits being combined.

"Hey, Neko, what did you mean when you said you could use Gum Gum flaming pistol? That's my devil fruit, not yours."

"Well, I can not only copy and cut the landscape, but I can do the same to devil fruits and even people, to an extent. If I do copy humans, I have control over them until I run out of energy and copying sea-prism stone is harder than anything else."

"So cool!" Luffy shouted with stars his eyes yet again.

"It's better than I thought. It has potential." Zoro commented whilst I put the hand away and put Hageshī aka back on my waist.

We set off the next day in a small row boat, because no-one had any money.

When we were about 5 metres from the shore, the resident marines, and Coby who will magically completely change in the future somehow The marines waved us goodbye and silently saluted us. Luffys friend, Coby, was crying tears of joy.

"Thank yoy Luffy!" He shouted just before we were out of earshot.

He laughed loudly as we continued on our journey.

AN: Hope you enjoyed this.

I don't think I gave a character description so here it is.

I have red hair that spikes up messily and no glasses. I wear a red hoodie and dark blue jeans. I have blue eyes. On my hip is a sword sheath which is red and black.

Hageshī: Fiery

Aka: Red

Here you go, an early chapter!

Anyway, hope you enjoyed, this has been Gravityfunns and I'll never see ya'.

later!