Hey ya'll! Sorry that it took me so long to update, with school and all, its not easy. Ok I found a mistake in the chapter when I first talked about Cori. 'diagonal scar his left eye. ' its supposed to say diagonal scar over her left eye. Sorry

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The group of pirates wasn't as big as they had hoped. Only seven people. They were led in by the town's mayor. The workers groaned when they saw the small size of the group but when they got their order, they were happy about the size of it. Cori and Mike were working their butts off in the kitchen while trying to keep up with the orders. They had just finished a huge amount of rice and meat when another girl came in. Cori was the first to notice.

"What do you want, Saren?" Cori spat out will turning back to the food. The other girl, Saren glared back.

"Well, Monster, if you must know, the coffee machine is broken and, unfortunately, you're the only one who knows how to fix it. Now get on it, baka." She coldly said then turned and went back out. Cori stood there and steamed while Mike kept working.

" 'ey Cori? She is at Bosses daghtur. She cou' 'ave ya fired." He spoke the truth. She could get her fired. Cori glared at him for a minute before going out, while mumbling something about a hag witch. Mike laughed quietly and went back to work.

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"Luffy!" Nami yelled as he started choking on his and his friend's food again. Nami got up and hit him hard on the back. Zoro and Sanji shook their heads, Chopper and Usopp were telling stories, lies of course, and Ace was laughing at his brother.

"M alwight Nimu, I jest et too mut fuud." (I'm alright Nami, I just ate to much food.) Nami was glaring daggers at him as she went back to her seat. Ace smiled and put his head down on the table. Zoro and Sanji shook their heads again and went back to eating with Nami and the others.

"Hey Ace?" Luffy said in a really loud voice. "You gonna sail with us for a while or are you gonna go off again?" He didn't get an answer so he got ready to yell Ace's name. Nami figured this out in time and just before he let it out she clamped her hand over his mouth.

"Luffy, you don't need to let the whole world know what your going to say so don't yell." Nami angrily said. She was sick of his yelling all the time. She wanted to say more but she didn't. "Anyways, can't you tell that you brother is asleep?" She took her hand away and sat back down.

"Really? He's asleep?" Luffy asked. He reached over to Ace, who was in the seat next to him, and pulled his head up by his hair. It was true. His eyes were closed and his breathing was slow and even. "Hey, he really is asleep!"

Nami reached over and hit him on the head. "You idiot! You don't grab an asleep person by the hair!" She yelled. Surprisingly, Luffy didn't let go of his hair when she hit him. He slowly put his head back down and pouted.

"Sorry, Nami." he softly said. Nami sighed and sat back. The others laughed and Luffy glared at them. Nami looked over and saw a girl come out of the kitchen. She walked over to the broken coffee machine and started to work on it. Nami saw that the girl was good at fixing things and she went over to her.

"Hello." Nami said as she sat down at the bar. The girl lifted her head and turned toward her.

"Hey." she said. She turned back toward the machine and kept working. Nami sat there and watched her work. Soon she was done.

"Your really good at this." The girl got a startled look on her face.

"Well, at least I'm good at something. By the way, I'm Corianna. But please call me Anna. It sounds better." Corianna said with a smile.

"I'm Nami. Hey wouldn't it be easier to just called yourself Cori?" Her face got an embarrassed look on her face and she sheepishly smiled.

"Yeah, that is what most people call me. Alright?" She said.

"Alright. Hey would you….." Nami started to say but was interrupted by a yell.

"WAKE UP!" Luffy shouted from his seat directly into Ace's ear. Ace jumped up, startled by the yell, and rammed right into Luffy. "Hey, you woke up." Luffy happily said while Ace stared at him.

"Luffy." Ace said in a quiet voice. Luffy looked at his brother's face and started to back away. "That's right, you had better run!" Ace yelled as he chased his brother around the restaurant. The others watched and laughed at them. The brothers collapsed on the ground after a few minutes of running around. Soon everyone went back to what they had been doing. Cori and Nami started talking again.

"So what were you saying before he yelled? Who is that kid, anyway?"

"Oh, this might be hard to believe but that kid is our captain." Nami said while looking over at the collapsed brothers. When she looked back, Cori seemed lost in thought. "Are you alright?" That brought Cori out of her thoughts.

"Huh? Yeah, I'm alright." She smiled at Nami and Nami smiled back. Cori opened her mouth to say something when she was cut off.

"Hey freak! You do know what a job is right? Get back to work." Saren yelled when she saw that she was just sitting there and talking.

"Hey Baka! Haven't you ever heard of break time?" She shot back. By now, all eyes were on them. Saren started to get nervous when she saw them looking, but Cori didn't even flinch. She didn't even show any emotion. "Are you getting nervous? Funny, a while back you said you never got nervous."

"S-hut U-u-up. Y-you d-don't k-kn-know an-any-th-thing a-about m-m-me, WIND FREAK!" Saren stuttered out. That did it. Cori's anger that she kept inside of her for so long started to take hold. You could see how angry she was getting by the look on her face. Her mouth was set in a thin line and her eyes were shooting daggers. The way she had her eyes made her scar stand out even more. Luffy and Ace had gotten off the floor and were also watching.

I wonder what gave her that scar? Its almost as if something came flying at her and she didn't get out of the way in time. Ace thought while they all watched the staring match that was going on between the girls. Strange.

"Don't you dare Call ME THAT!" She shouted as the doors of the restaurant flew open. A blast of wind came through and surrounded Cori. It picked her up off the ground and swirled around her. If you were to get a good look at her eyes you would have been scared stiff. The color that was in her eyes looked like it had drained out and they were pale white. Saren back up until she was against the wall.

"No Cori, please! I didn't mean it! PLEASE!" Saren shouted as Cori lifted her arm to direct the blow of the wind. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She shouted as Cori released the wind blast. She waited for the blow but it never came. She looked up and saw that she was down. Chef Mike had come out and pulled her down. He would have caught her but he was an older man, so Ace and Zoro did instead. Luffy and Chopper, who was in his taller form, had took want was left of the blow. Cori slowly lifted her head and looked at Chef Mike.

"Sorry Mike. I got out of hand again didn't I?" She weakly said. He smiled down at her.

"It's s'kay, Cori. Jus' don't let the power o' the Kaze Kaze get a'hol o' you." He said in only a way that he could. She smiled up and started to say something when her energy gave out and she fainted.

"She is a monster." Saren spat out. It was the first time that she had spoken since she screamed. "And monsters like her deserve to be put away." She had an evil look on her face.

"Hey. This girl is no monster." Nami spoke up from the back. "I got to talk to her before you came and she is really nice. She told me about her power and I don't care if anyone else thinks that she's a monster because I sure don't." They rest of them nodded and Saren's face went dark.

"I don't care. I do care that she gets put away. And I know the right person to do it. Hey! Come on in here!'' She yelled out. Cori groaned when she yelled and opened her eyes just in time to see a man walk through the door. He was tall and looked very strong. His head was shaved and covered in scar. He had two large swords strapped to his back. He sort of looked like a bounty hunter.

"Long time no see, Miss Anna. I see you remember me." He sneered at her as he said this. Cori's face had long gone pale and she shakily stood. "So Cori, ready for what I promised you the last time we met?" When she didn't reply, he yelled, grabbed the swords on his back, and ran forward. Cori barely had enough time to duck so she would be hit. The other also dropped. Like a flash, she was behind him. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her fans. He slashed behind him and hit her. He had gotten quicker since the last time she had fought. She was about to use her fans when he fell backwards. She looked around and saw that the blond haired man had kicked him in the face.

"Name's Sanji. No one should treat a girl like that. He won't be down for long. Come on." He quickly said. She looked around and saw that most of the others in his group were gone.

"Come where?" she asked. Her head hurt so much and her side was throbbing for some reason.

"With us. On our ship. We could use someone like you on our crew." He smiled down at her. She groggily shook her head yes and he reached out to help her up. As he pulled, the pain in her side got worse and she realized what was causing the pain. Without him noticing, she reached her free had down and touched her side. When she brought her hand up, she almost gasped. It was covered in blood. The blades must have struck her. He went to leave but she went over to Mike.

"Thanks Mike. You kept my secrets and were always there when I needed a friendly ear. Goodbye my friend."

"You take care, ya 'ear? Make ol' Mike proud, alrigh'?"

"Sure Mike. And if the oceans allow it, we will meet again." She reached over and hugged him. He hugged her back and put something in her hands.

"Do not look at it until you are safe. Goo'Bye, my friend." She knew he was serious when he talked like that. She nodded and ran out the door after Sanji.

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"Don't worry. The ship is near here." Sanji said when he saw her gasping for breath. She smiled at him when he said this.

"What crew are you?" she asked. Sanji jumped a little when he heard this. Most people didn't ask for the crew's name like that.

"Straw Hat Pirates. Our captain is the one with the funny hat. And our ship is the Merry Go. Hey, Cori? Do you want to sail with us? You don't have to if you don't want to." He waited for an answer. When he didn't get one, he turned to face her. She had been right behind him but now she was gone. He froze in place and started to look around for her. He looked back up the street and saw her on the ground. He ran towards her. She was curled into a ball and was clutching her side. When she heard him come running, she lifted her head a bit.

"Sorry. I can't run anymore. It hurts to much." She managed to gasp out. He looked at her strangely and then looked at her side. Underneath of her hand, her shirt was bright red. Sanji gasped when he saw the blood.

"You ran all this way with an injury? Why didn't you say so? I would have carried you." She normally would have cried out against being helped but she was unconscious. Sanji pulled off his shirt and tied it around her wound. Then he picked her up in his arms, so her wound wouldn't get worse, and took off towards the ship. Soon he was there.

"Hey guys!" he yelled when he was close enough so they could hear him. Luffy saw him first and started to wave. Ace, Nami, Usopp, Zoro, and Chopper all came over to the side of the railing. "I need some help!" he shouted. They all stared at him, wondering what he meant. Ace was the first to realize that he was carrying the girl. He jumped down to the deck and went to help him. By now, Chopper had also realized what was wrong and had run off for bandages. Ace took the girl from Sanji, who collapsed, and ran towards the ship. He quickly ran up to the deck and Chopper pulled him inside. He put the girl down and glanced at her wound.

"Hey, Ace?" Chopper said. Ace looked over at him. "Could you go and send Nami in here?" His eyes widened when he saw that her shirt was almost completely torn apart. Ace nodded and walked back out. Nami was the first to come up to him.

"Is she alright?" Nami had become friends with her and was worried.

"Don't worry. She'll be alright. Nami, Chopper said that he want you to come in there." He said back. Nami gave him a questioning look.

"Why?" She asked. Ace gave her a look and pointed to her shirt. Nami immediately realized why and went in. "Ace, don't let the others come in, alright?" He nodded to her and closed the door. Sanji had gotten to the ship and was trying to catch his breath.

"Great job in getting her here quickly. You helped her out a lot." Ace said. Sanji nodded.

"I wonder why that mean man was after her." Luffy said. The others nodded in agreement. They all wanted to know but they also knew that they wouldn't find out until she woke up.

"You just spoke what we were al wondering Luffy. I want to know too, and I'm guessing that that Love-Cook, Usopp, and even Ace want to know too." They all nodded again.

"Sorry guys, but I got a look at that wound. She probably won't wake up tonight. We just have to wait now." Ace said to them. "Lets just hope that she is alright."