Chapter 2: Mami VS. Luffy

Captain Buckley was looking over files about Mami. Her skills were incredible and her captures were amazing, she had captured so many pirates after appearing on the island, he knew the Marines would probably bend the rules to let her join, but he first had to convince her.

After all if she joined the Marines he could transfer her. Her vow to capture the Coral Pirates were a problem.

"What am I going to do with her?" he asked himself.

That was when Amelia came in with tea.

"Thank you Amelia." Said Captain Buckley, "Say you're good friends with Mami, do you think that you can convince her to join?"

"I'll don't know, I think you would need official documentation saying she can join early." Said Amelia.

"You got a point." Said Captain Buckley.

That was when one of the Seaman Recruits entered.

"Captain Buckley! The Straw Hat pirates were sited." Said the sea recruit.

"What?" asked Captain Buckley.

"You're kidding right?" asked Amelia.

"No… I'm not." Said the seaman recruit.

That was when Captain Buckley got an idea.

"I think I can solve our problem." Said Captain Buckley.

The seaman recruit was confused but Amelia was worried.

At Mami's house she waved goodbye to the two men. She then began to do her dishes.

However a Baby Snail Phone she had began to ring.

"Hello?" she said.

"Mami, it's an emergency, I need you back here, right now." Came Captain Buckley's voice from the other end.

Mami immediately headed to the base. When she got there Captain Buckley informed her what was going on.

"The Straw Hat Pirates." Said Mami.

"Yes, I'm afraid they've been sighted approaching the island." He explained.

Mami froze when he said that, sure she joked that she wasn't able to use Sanji's wanted poster. But she never expected to go at them head to head.

"Mami, even though you're not a Marine you're the strongest person I have at hand." Said Captain Buckley.

"All right." Said Mami, "I do it."

"Remember Monkey D. Luffy ate the Gum Gum Fruit which means he can stretch, I also have a suspicion that Chopper is not just they're pet." Said captain Buckley.

Mami nodded.

"I will understand if you can't defeat them." Said Captain Buckley, "So please be careful."

Mami left, a little unversed by what he just said.

Back inside the office, Amelia realized something.

"Wait… isn't Nico Robin a devil fruit user as well?" she asked.

"She is… I just felt I needed a little insurance." Said Captain Buckley.

On the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hat's ship they were finding a good place to dock. Nami was one of the best navigators so she was able determine the best place that was not only hidden but also was deep enough to drop anchor. The entire crew was on deck.

"All right!" cheered Luffy, "Let's go!"

"Hold it!" yelled Nami grabbing him.

"What?" asked Luffy.

"We need to be careful." Said Nami.

"I heard there is a Marine Base here." Said Robin, "It's not a strong one, but it will cause us problems."

"What?" asked Nami, "Why didn't you say that before?"

"I'm sorry." Said Robin.

"I can take Chopper and Usopp into town and we can get supplies." Said Sanji.

"Good idea." Said Nami.

"No one will recognize that you're the pirates on the wanted poster." Said Zoro joining the conversation.

"What was that!" yelled Sanji.

Before both of them could fight they heard a voice pipe up "Excuse me."

They turned to see Mami on the shore.

"You're the Straw Hat Pirates, right?" asked Mami.

Sanji looked at her, his eyes erupted in hearts.

"We are!" said Sanji as pink hearts erupted from him.

"Isn't she a little young?" asked Zoro.

Sanji snapped out of it, "I'm sure she's 15 or 16 so it's fine."

"So do you live here?" asked Luffy.

"I do." Answered Mami.

"Can you show us around?" asked Luffy.

"Sorry, I can't." said Mami.

"Why?" whined Luffy.

That was when Mami jumped onto the deck and when she landed she was in her magical girl costume.

"No way." Thought Robin.

"Oh wow that was so cool!" said Luffy.

However Zoro tried to attack with one of his sword but Mami block with one of muskets.

"Bounty hunter?" asked Zoro.

"I guess it takes one to know one." Responded Mami.

That was when her Musket turned into ribbons and wrapped around Zoro's sword.

"What the!" yelled Zoro.

"She ate a devil fruit." Said Nami.

"That's right." said Mami summoned ribbons to use as whips.

"Ribbons?" asked Franky, "Is that supposed to do something?"

Mami grabbed Franky's leg with the ribbon, he then fell on his back hard. He winced it pain and found himself being covered by more ribbons.

"You're not getting away with that!" yelled Sanji.

Mami turned to look at him and Sanji froze.

"I can't hurt her!" yelled Sanji.

Mami stared at Sanji, she couldn't help to ask but "Is he okay?"

"He's fine." Mumbled Nami.

Mami tied up his legs with her ribbons.

"Are you going to give up or do I have fight the rest of you?" asked Mami.

"I surrender!" yelled Usopp putting his hands in the air.

"Usopp!" yelled Nami.

That was when Usopp was bound by ribbons.

"What about the rest of you?" asked Mami.

"We're not going to give up that easily!" said Nami taking out her weapon, which was strange staff.

Chopper who was a reindeer that ate the Human Human Fruit turned to his full human form, Zoro readied his only available sword, Robin got prepared as did Luffy.

That was when Mami grabbed her hat and summoned many muskets.

"That's so awesome!" said Luffy with his sparkling.

"She trying to capture us!" yelled Nami and Zoro.

"I know… but it's still awesome!" said Luffy.

Mami began to fire her muskets. However due to the fact she was intently missing confused everyone.

"Hey! You didn't hit any of us!" said Luffy.

"What was that supposed to do?" asked Zoro.

However Usopp saw through it.

"She missed on purpose!" yelled Usopp.

"What?" asked Nami.

"Be careful she's planning something!" yelled Usopp.

However before they could react the ribbon from the placed she missed grabbed all but Luffy binding them.

"Why didn't you get me?" asked Luffy.

"Because you have a bounty of 300 Million, I know it would be that easy to take you down." Said Mami.

That was when Luffy found his entire body bound with ribbon, but only under his clothes, the strange thing is that it didn't tie him up.

"What was that supposed to do?" asked Luffy.

"You'll see." Said Mami.

Luffy gritted his teeth and decided to try use one of his simple attacks the Gum Gum Pistol, which was just a punch, however he found he couldn't stretch.

"Hey! Wait a second!" said Luffy, "What did you do?"

Nami's eyes widened.

"I get it." Said Nami.

"Get what?" asked Zoro.

"The way she tied him up." Said Nami.

"The way her ribbons are bound he can't stench." Said Robin.

Luffy glared at Mami.

Why you Cork-Screw Head!" yelled Luffy.

"Cork-screw head?" asked Mami unaware that her pigtails resembled corkscrews.

"Don't call her that!" yelled Sanji, "Her hair is cute!"

Mami sighed then created two small handheld cannons.

Luffy knew it was portably best to run. Mami of course quickly followed him.

"Chopper." Said Robin, "are you able to get out this?"

"What?" asked Chopper, then he realized, "Oh right…"

Chopper shrank down and was able to escape from his ribbon.

That was when also when many arms appeared and started to untie any ribbons they could, Chopper also helped.

As Robin was doing this she realized that Mami had no idea about her devil fruits.

Back with the chaise, Luffy managed to get into the lower levels of the ship. As he did Mami realized it was probably better to switch out the handheld cannons for her muskets.

Meanwhile Luffy managed to find a large gun that Franky was building. Luffy looked at it.

"Should I use it?" he thought.

Then he realized that Mami had captured all his crew and he gritted his teeth.

That was when he felt the musket pointed at him, Luffy tuned around and pointed the gun at Mami.

"You're going to let my crew go!" yelled Luffy.

"I won't let you pirates roam the seas again." Said Mami glaring at him.

However before either she or Luffy could fire, arms suddenly sported all over Mami's body and grabbed her, forcing her to drop her musket.

"Well I got here right on time." Said Robin standing on top of the stairs.

"How…" said Mami.

"You didn't know about my devil fruit power." Said Robin.

Mami's eyes widened.

Robin walked down.

"Your reaction means no doesn't it?" asked Robin.

Robin walked over to Mami and whispered in her ear, "I know you're a magical girl."

Mami was in shock.

"You lost this time." Said Robin, "It wouldn't be cowardice if you ran away right."

Mami said nothing and removed her ribbons from Luffy body then ran up the stairs. When she got to the deck she said that Nami and Zoro were now out. Zoro was trying to get the ribbon off his sword while Chopper and Nami tired to untie Franky and Usopp.

Mami decided to remove the ribbons.

"I'm letting you go this time. But next time we meet expect another fight." Said Mami.

She jumped off the ship and ran back onto the island.

Luffy and Robin came up to the deck.

"What happened?" asked Usopp.

"She didn't know about my powers." Said Robin.

Mami headed back to the marine base as fast as she could. She saw that Captain's Buckley's door was closed. She gentle knocked on it however when she did it opened slightly.

"So how do you think your plan worked?"

She peeked inside and saw that Captain Buckley was on the Snail Phone with someone.

"My plan had many layers to it, if she does mange got defeat them then it would be easy to convince the brass to bend the rules and let her join." Explained Captain Buckley, "If she fails and lives, then I'm sure switch interested from to you to them."

"And if Nico Robin kills her then she out of my hair all together." Responded the person he was talking to.

"Oh I doubt she'll be killed she's too skilled to die." Said Captain Buckley.

"Either way as long as she's gone you'll get your money." Responded the other person.

"I see." Said Captain Buckley.

Mami began to shake, she couldn't believe what she was hearing… Captain Buckley was trying to get rid of her by sending her to out to fight the Straw Hats.

"I'm planning a raid for tomorrow. With the Straw Hats here you can distract your men." Said the person on the other end.

"Good idea Miller." Responded Captain Buckley.

"Miller?" thought Mami.

Mami couldn't believe it… Miller was the captain of the Coral Pirates…

That was when she realized it, Buckley was often discouraging her from trying to catch the Coral pirates for one reason or another…

That was when she realized, Buckley was working for Miller… he was bought off but the coral pirates.

Tears began to stream from her eyes.

"This can't get any worse." She thought.

"There are openings in your schedule, if you want to go after the straw hats during." She heard Amelia say.

Mami fell to the floor. She and Amelia had become such good friends since she arrived on the island, she was grateful that Amelia but it never affected their friendship.

"What was that?" she heard Buckley say.

Mami got up and ran out of the room.

Amelia checked the door and saw it was open.

"I thought you locked it." Said Captain Buckley.

"Do you think anyone heard you?" asked Miller.

"No one's there." Said Amelia.

"Good… we need to schedule when you'll go after the Straw Hats." Said Miller.

Outside it began to rain.

The stalls decided to remain open as it often rained on the island, they didn't mind keeping them open, the weather often cleared up very quickly.

Mami got outside of the base and looked up at the sky.

Everything she thought she knew about this world was a lie. She thought that Captain Buckley fought pirates to protect the people… she was wrong… she thought Amelia helped him… she was wrong…

Both of them were working for the pirates.

She walked through the town, there was a spot she had to go that wasn't any where near the base.

At the stalls Sanji, Usopp and Chopper were trying to buy some fruit.

(Flashback)

After Mami had left the Straw Hats had a meeting.

"All right! We have to get off the island as soon as we can." Said Nami, "We don't know when that girl will come back."

"No way! I'm going to fight Cork-Screw Head Again! And I'm going to beat her!" yelled Luffy.

Nami punched him in the head.

"We still need supplies, so Sanji, Usopp and Chopper should still get them but they should hurry up." Said Nami.

That was when Nami got a feeling.

"What is it?" asked Sanji.

"It's going to rain." Said Nami.

"A big storm?" asked Sanji.

"No… never mind… it's not going to be as bad as I thought." Said Nami.

"Even if Coral Island not made up of the same rock as the rest of the Grand Line, it still has the same weather patterns." Explained Robin, "So we don't have to worry about storms here."

"That's good." Sighed Nami.

"So we still have to go?" asked chopper.

"Looks like it." Said Sanji.

"I can't go, I'm suffer from my Can'tGoOnTheIsland Disease." said Usopp.

Sanji dragged Usopp away.

(End of Flashback)

Sanji and Chopper despite looked normal… despite the fact that Chopper was currently in his reindeer form, which was not normal for the island.

On the other hand Usopp was looking around trying to see if "Cork Screw head" was nearby.

"Will you stop acting suspicious." Muttered Sanji.

He looked over one of the fruit stands.

"You're not around here are you?" asked the man running the stand.

"No we're travelers." Said Sanji.

"What's wrong with your friend." Said the stall owner.

"He has a weird disease." Answered Sanji.

"Oh… I'm so sorry." Replied the Stall Owner.

"Sanji! Whispered Usopp, "I see Cork-Screw Head"

Sanji, Usopp and Chopper all saw Mami walking towards them, all three of them looked away.

"Hey Mami! How were those strawberries?" asked the Stall Owner.

However Mami didn't respond, she just kept walking. She had no exception on her face.

"That's strange." Said the stall owner, "I haven't seen her act that way since she almost drowned."

"Who is she?" asked Sanji.

"Oh that's Tomoe Mami, a local bounty hunter." Said the stall owner, "She's too young to join the marines, so she decided to become a bounty hunter until then, she has to be one of the best."

"Guys… I don't like that look on her face." Whispered Chopper.

Chopper decided to follow her.

"Chopper come back!" yelled Usopp.

"I'll be back later." Said Sanji.

"That's okay, I guess animals are more in tune with these things." Said the stall owner.

The three of them followed her at a distance that was when they watched walk on to the dock.

"Why am I even here?" thought Mami, "I should have died!"

That was when Mami jumped right off the dock.

This shocked the three watching her… even though they didn't know her that well.

Sanji ran after her and jumped into the water.

Mami had lost hope. Everything she had believed about this place was wrong…

Thankfully there were ways to give it back to her…

Next Time: Mami gets to know the crew. How does Robin know about Magical Girls? Not only that but Mami tells them about what's going on. Turns out Mami doesn't know one of the reasons why Luffy has a bounty.