Marco's POV 0;-)

Somehow I was dragged by this...girl into the shops nearby. I guess she was wanting a lookout from what happened last time, which somehow happened to be me. It's not like I have anything else to do other than scout the island for the Old Man; which I should be doing right now.

She was just tapping, observing, and breaking the different items. Her eyes seem to always linger on the candy axle. "Good thing this place doesn't sell meat..." I mumbled as she turned around and started a second search; she didn't even seem to notice my comment. She must be in her own world. I just sighed, this was going to be a while.

The store owner glared at her each time he heard a crack, crush, or clack. I bet he was behind the counter adding all of the broken material together.

"Oh! Look!" she draw my attention back on her, as she raised pineapple hat.

I turned around and walked out the door. I wasn't going to deal with this, not when I finally gotten away from the two idiots on the ship. Why is it a curse? Being surrounded by idiots for the rest of my life. I could practically heard the birds weeping for me.

"Marco! Why did you leave me?" she rushed out of the shop. She didn't even take notice of the shopkeeper with the bill, she just ran pass him and caught up to me.

I barley turned, but I knew she was pouting. "I needed some air," I lied.

Her ear-to-ear smile returned on her face, replacing the pout. She jumped in the air in such a goofy fashion that I chuckled.

"THERE THEY ARE!" someone yelled. And thus the chase began again.

I didn't even have to think, I just ran, dragging Luka behind me. Compared to the other islands, this is the most running I've done in awhile. Even Ace never gotten me in this much trouble; well, running away from apes since Ace destroyed their Monkey God, was a close tie.

Unlike last time, I was in the lead while Luka ran behind me; which soon changed when a group of guards were on our tails. We had to separated, so I let go of her hand and went behind the stands; she turned and jumped on top of a building.

The guards split up, some ran across the line of buildings, trying to catch up to the monkey on the roofs. The others ganged up behind me, knocking pass the villagers and breaking the stands. They seemed not to care about the villagers as they chased me, but it wasn't my problem right now.

I just have to keep avoiding them. I couldn't caused a fuss because we need supplies on the island; so fighting was out. On the other hand, I couldn't let them catch me. With a bounty on my head, I would be sent straight to Marineford and sentence for an execution; with the torturing all in between. I only had one choice left, running away from them, which I was doing.

Vases fell off of the table when I knocked into it; the ones that weren't broken, soon smashed on the ground when the guards followed me.

Storekeepers guard their goods as I passed them. They yelled and cursed me. I was used to such insults, after all I was a pirate.

I turned the corner into an alley, and a person in red jumped right in front of me; it was Luka. Guards followed from the street, making Luka's exit blocked. I couldn't get out either, guards followed me into the alley with their weapons out and ready.

"Fuck..." I mumbled. I really didn't want to do this right in front of everyone, but it seemed like my only choice.

Luka grabbed me and placed me in front of her; her eyes were locked on the roof in front of us."Gomu Gomu no...PISTOL!" Luka shouted as her arm stretched out. I was soon smashed against the building with Luka on top of me. She didn't seem harmed, heck she would be used to this type of stuff, but my body was achy. She grabbed the roof's edge and pulled herself up, allowing myself up onto the roof too.

Shouts were heard underneath us; and without time to breath, Luka grabbed my arm. She started running across the roof tops like before, and I followed her. She looked behind and shot a friendly, playful smile; I smiled back at her.

Some time during the chase, we came upon the beach. Her ship was docked along the sand. It had a goat for a figure head, and very patched up but it still looked fairly new. The guards were still chasing us. "Come on!" she shouted as she raced across the beach.

The crew on the ship seemed to notice her, as they sighed and got ready for a quick getaway. From their reactions, I could guess this happened a lot.

And her famous move, Gomu Gomu no Pistol, was used...on me. She shoot me and herself across the sky, ending up throwing ourselves against the pole located on the ship. She landed on top of me, laughing at the stunt she just pulled. The others on the ship didn't seemed so pleased with our entrance judging by their expressions.

An orange-haired yelled at three of the crew; which was a green-haired, blond, and a long nose man. She began demanding their positions on the ship; wasn't that something that Luka was suppose to be doing? That thought soon left my mind as I looked at the giggling child sitting on top of me.

The males followed the orders. The blond danced across the deck with heart-shaped eyes. The green-haired threw an insult at the female, but he still obeyed and got into position. The black-haired just yelped, jumped, and hurried to get his task done. This crew seemed very disordered compared to Whitebeard's ship; everyone knew their tasks and duties on board.

That's when I finally noticed my surroundings.

And thus the real journey begans~!

I was surprised looking at the follows and favorites (a lot higher than I expected for the first chapter). Thanks everyone!

Onto other stuff, I'm still debating on the action plan (plotline) for this story. It's not something major, but I only think I can keep this going for five chapters (unless I add a timeskip with the new crew members, or something for Ace to do). I really want to prolong it as much I can, without leeching off my other stories (I'm looking at you, Straw Hat and Red Hair), so hopefully you guys like it. But on the other hand, I don't want to keep it going when I could already ended it at chapter five, so I am having questioning thoughts about this story.

Pegasi1: Awe, thanks, and we're only one chapter in :) I'm trying to keep this updated as much as I can (meaning twice/three times a week hopefully).

EpicAsianOrangeTiger26: I love Fem!Luffy, so of course I would write more stories :) I just love this subject so much, so I do wish there were more. Thanks for reviewing! I'm trying to keep this updated as much as I can, so there should at least be one (most likely more) updates a week.