Chapter-the tale of the first-mate

Nabooru began telling the tale as they sat patiently listening to the adventurous tale

"I've never really shared this with anyone so I'll try my best." She stated smiling and began

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It was a misty night on the small desert Island of Nabraria (Nab-ra-ria) where a tribe of illegal thieves and Swords masters had been found by the Navy

"Surrender or die!" exclaimed the captain

"WE CHOOSE NEITHER!" yelled the tribes' leader a tall man with bright red hair and bright yellow eyes and they attacked the Navy Marines with precise movements but died quickly due to the rapid fire of guns. In the shadows a young girl and her mother had escaped just barely

"Hide here Nabooru, you'll be safe and don't come out until everything has stopped." She instructed Nabooru opened her mouth to protest but was stopped by her mother "be silent my dear, it'll be over soon." She assured and hugged her daughter then ran out into the crowd. Her mother with her thigh length blood red hair in a high pony tail drew her two swords and blocked a lot of bullets and killed a few Marines but was shot before she could react quick enough and it hit her in the chest killing her instantly. Nabooru looked at the scene with water in her eyes

"Mother..." She whispered sadly and hid behind a rock. A few hours later the Marines had killed them all but gave up on looking for any survivors and disappeared into the thick fog without what they were looking for. She crept out after being certain that they had all gone, she found her mother near her home pale and unmoving with her two blades full of blood from both her wound and the dead Marines around her. Nabooru dropped to her knees and cried over her mothers' dead body. A few hours passed and a noise alerted her it was a twig breaking, she took her mothers blades and assumed a fighting stance she may have been young but she was very skilled with blades. A man surrounded by other men walked out of the fog and looked at her

"My my my, what do we have here?" he asked

"Who are you?" she asked wracked with fear

"My question is, who are you?" he countered

"I'm Nabooru, the only known survivor of this battle." She stated looking at her mother

"Who did this?" he asked as the fog cleared showing the mass of death around them

"Those Bastard Marines!" She spat venomously

"So they came looking for it too then, well Miss Nabooru I'll give you an offer. Since you're all on your own here and you seem pretty young how would you like to become a pirate?" he asked

"Ha, what's the catch?" she asked smartly

"Smart girl" he stated and she smirked "the only thing I want is the treasure of this Island." He stated

"The only way you'll be getting that is if you find it yourself. And trust me; it's smaller than you'd think." And he chuckled

"Oh young one, it's round your neck." He stated and she looked shocked

"How did you know that? No-one has ever figured that out!" she exclaimed surprised and shocked

"The names Gold Roger." He stated and she looked shocked

"Wait, I know that name...you... YOU'RE THE KING OF THE PIRATES!" she yelped scared

"Yep, and that jewel you have round your neck now belongs to us." Stated one of the crew and she backed up

"Leave her be!" Exclaimed Gold Roger and the man silenced

"I won't part ways with my jewel!" she exclaimed confidently

"I noticed that, which is why I would like you to come along with us, you wouldn't be alone anymore and I'd have the jewel, well you'd still wear it but it will be on my ship." He stated and she thought about it for a few minutes

"If anyone tries to take it they'll have no hands left." She threatened

"Deal." He stated smirking and she smiled

"Well then I'll join, but on one condition, I don't have to wash ANYTHING!" she stated

"You have to wash your own clothes but that would be it." He stated and she smiled

"Deal." She agreed and slid the two swords into her belt she took one fleeting glance towards her mother then walked off with the Pirates. She boarded the ship and noticed how huge it was, and thought 'this will take a while to explore.'

"Nabooru you're quarters are erm...wherever you want them to be." He smiled

"I like high places." She stated

"Well then choose a high place on the ship and that would be you're place." He stated and she jumped up with amazing height he looked in awe of what he had just seen

"YEP, THIS WOULD BE PERFECT!" she yelled smiling

"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" he asked thinking she ate a cursed fruit

"I'M A NABRA, WE HAVE ABILITIES!" she replied and jumped back down

"What sort of abilities?" he asked suspiciously

"Jumping, sword skills, thievery skills, basically ninja abilities." She shrugged

"Quite a skilful little girl aren't you?" he asked smirking

"Naturally." She smirked. A few days after they stopped at an Island one not known to Gold Roger or any of his crew

"OK MEN SCOUR THE ISLAND!" he ordered and Nabooru looked at him with an eyebrow raised like she was waiting for something "and ladies." He finished and she smirked and ran off. She found a small cave that had room for only a small person to fit through so she squeezed in and found a glowing fruit; it was a weird green and had bits of purple and a bright blue vine like stem.

"A devil fruit!" she exclaimed and squeezed back out then ran to the ship. Gold Roger awaited their arrival and saw her running back in the distance 'back already?' he thought to himself as she reached the ship

"So what did you find?" he asked and she brought out the glowing fruit

"I found a Devil fruit." She smiled

"Wow, that's a powerful one as well, oh well since you found that you can keep it, I have no need for it." He smirked

"You're actually lettin me have it? Why?" she asked confused

"I really have no need of a cursed fruit." He stated simply and she smiled

"I've always wanted to have powers from one of these things." She stated excitedly as she jumped in to the crows-nest. He looked up and smiled fondly. A few days after she'd ate the fruit and shown tremendous power, and she was about to show it once more as a Navy ship caught up with them, she noticed one thing about it

"THOSE ARE THE BASTARDS THAT KILLED MY PEOPLE!!" she yelled venomously

"Then you will have the pleasure of ridding us of them." Stated Roger smirking

"But of course." She smirked evilly and hid up top. The Crew disappeared below deck as the Navy Marines jumped aboard.

"WHERE ARE YOU ROGERS!?" Yelled the captain

"HE'S NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT, CAN I TAKE A MESSAGE?" yelled Nabooru as she jumped from the crows nest and in front of them, they looked shocked and confused

"I thought there was nobody left." Stated the Captain

"And now, you will pay for that." She stated and unsheathed her mothers blades they fired a gun in her direction but to their surprise, the bullet went right through her

"Try again." She stated angrily and multiple shots were fired but still none hit but just flew right through her heart and her head "you killed my parents that way, but you won't kill me." She stated and was held up against the mast with a hand around her throat, she smirked and disappeared through the mast they heard an evil chuckle "silly navy, maybe you ought to keep tabs on your victims." She stated from behind then slashed them all they fell down dead on the deck immediately after the slash and Gold Roger walked out from the shadows

"Quite a nasty skill you have there." He stated looking at the dead bodies

"They deserved it, they killed both my parents." She stated and kicked one of the dead bodies in the head

"I'm sure they did my dear. Now help me toss them overboard." He stated and she picked a load up and threw them over. Five years passed and she was now 16 she'd grown up a considerable amount, she now had a curvaceous figure with a strong mind and physically speaking she was one of the strongest, her powers had multiplied bumping her up to first mate on the ship and gold Roger couldn't have been more proud of her, he thought of her as his own child and to see her grow up into such a beautiful and independent young woman was very rewarding. At that moment she was at the front of the ship looking out at the sea with the wind blowing her blood red hair backwards towards the mast

"Nabooru?" asked Rogers

"Yeah?" she wondered

"We're on our way to place the last of one piece on Sorona (Sor-O-na), would you like to tag along?" he asked

"I'd love to...shouldn't we stop at Morongo first, you know for some rest?" she asked smiling

"You know, that would be a brilliant idea." he stated and went to tell the helmsman which way they were headed and the ship steered towards the small Island in the distance. The ship docked and they walked off

"How long will we be staying?" she asked

"A few days, get some proper rest and food in our stomachs, go have fun." He smirked and she smiled then walked off. She found a small shop with swords and blades in it. She walked in and looked through them

"Wait...I know you!" exclaimed the shop keeper

"A lot of people do." She smirked

"You're Nabooru, the first mate in Gold Rogers crew!" he stated scared

"No need to worry, I'm not here for any trouble, I'm here just to look." She smiled and he relaxed a bit but still seemed scared. She picked up one of the blades and ran her fingers across the metal

"That's a finely crafted Katana you have there." Stated the shopkeeper

"Are you serious? Here let's demonstrate how finely crafted it really is." She stated handing it to him

"You're joking; you're Nabooru the Nabra, one of the thieves of the Desert. You're amazing with a blade." He stated scared

"Exactly, I'm not going to harm you, I promise." She stated and he held it up shakily "keep a firm grip on your weapon." She instructed and he nodded and tightened his grip "good. Now swing." She instructed he hesitated but swung the sword as it collided with hers the blade shattered and she sheathed her blades "see, it may look finely crafted, but it wasn't." She smiled and helped him clean up

"I was sold that by some man; he said it was an amazing blade that couldn't be broken." He explained

"You got robbed of your money then sir." She stated. After helping him she said goodbye and left her main reason for leaving was that she wanted to find the man who sold the blade to him. She found him an hour later on a hill top counting money "are you the sword seller?" she asked from behind him he turned around but didn't know who she actually was

"Why yes I am my dear, would you like to buy one of my finely crafted blades?" he asked

"How about we test these blades before I buy one?" she asked

"I'm sorry, that would cause them to go blunt." He stated and led out a mat of expensive lookin swords and Katanas

"No it wouldn't. Now did you by any chance sell the man in the sword store that blade?" she asked

"Yes I did, very good quality that one, he paid good money for it." He stated

"And I want you to get up, and walk round the town giving back every Berri you made with them swords." She stated clearly

"I can't do that miss; you see they paid for them." He stated and got up

"You cheated them people out of their money, them blades were weak and brittle and shattered at the first touch." She stated annoyed and he drew his sword she noticed that this one was actually real, and a good one at that

"I suggest you leave my dear, before something bad happens." He stated

"Do you even know who I am?" she asked

"Do you know who I am?" he asked back

"Senjin Nasba. The fake sword seller," She smirked and he looked shocked but quickly shook it off

"And who would you be then?" he asked thinking she was just a wannabe swordswoman

"I would be Nabooru, First mate of Gold Rodgers crew." She stated dangerously and unsheathed her two blades

"NABOORU!!! Oh I'm so sorry, I'll pay them back immediately." He stated and she smirked and put her swords away

"Now I have your attention, shall we head back into town to pay everyone back?" she asked

"Oh yes of course at once." He stated quickly then she led him back to the village her first stop was the shop she ventured in before. The shopkeeper looked shocked to see her and the man again

"Pay him NOW!" she ordered the man and he gave back the money with no questions she walked up to the shop keeper and winked

"There paid ya back in full." She smirked and left. The rest of the day was uneventful except for the odd screaming fit of a fan. A few moths passed and Nabooru was in a crowd with tears in her eyes as the man she'd considered a father to her was about to be killed he smiled at her after he said the words that were meant for all to hear. A few days ago he'd said 'protect the treasure my dear, keep its whereabouts to yourself and tell no-one, hide yourself and never let the Navy find out where the treasure is hidden' she'd agreed to every word of it and she now knew why he'd said it, he knew he was going to die and she knew if she was seen there the navy would most likely kill her on sight so she stood still with a black coat on awaiting the inevitable. Soon enough the sound of two swords slashing together alerted her and tears streamed down her face as she ran out of the town square. After that people believed she'd died because nobody saw her after that. About 20 years after she was still around 19, the ghost ghost fruit enabled her to stay young at any time she needed it. She was spotted on an Island called Malian (Mal-Ian) Island it was full of forests with one town on the shore. She was surrounded by Navy marines. They'd shot her with a strange goo that locked out her abilities and kept her in one place

"LET ME GO!" she yelled and they gagged her and carried her to prison she was shackled to a wall with the same goo around her legs feet arms and neck making her very weak.

"Tell us where One piece is!" ordered the general after un-gagging her

"Over my dead body!" she spat venomously and he slashed her stomach she cried in pain but shook it off "you'll have to do better than that." She mocked and he punched her across the face and slashed her arm. He left her to bleed to death. After a few weeks of none stop torture a foul green wind blew across the town and smashed the cell into pieces whilst evaporating the gooey substance around her limbs. She noted that since the building was destroyed... so were the bastards that tortured her she saw a figure in the distance then it disappeared as the wind stopped she smiled knowing exactly who it was, the man that kept her safe while she was a child (he was spotted in rouge town...I can't remember his name). She flew up into the night and off across the sea until she couldn't fly anymore and fell. She woke up a day after to a Captain asking her who she was.

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"Aww how sad." Stated Chopper and she smiled at him

"It was no big deal, sure I miss the old guy but best to put the past behind you." She stated sadly

"But the thing I don't get is...WHER HAVE I SEEN YOU BEFORE?!" asked Zoro and everyone looked at him confused except Nabooru who smirked

"As I said... figure it out." She said winking at him then she walked out.