I followed Luffy as he went to the party hall to get Usopp and Sanji. He smashed the door in and quickly grabbed Sanji by the leg and Usopp by the nose. Then he charged right through a wall to exit. I had my mouth wide. Seeing it on this side of things made me realize how much it actually must had hurt. I continued following Luffy through the streets till we finally came to the harbor. I simply had to stop up and take in the sight before me. The Going Merry. Not the most majestic ship but easily one of those in my heart. Everything was like always. The head of a goat with a sweet smile looked out of the harbor ready to another adventure.
"Hey Nichlas!" shouted Luffy from aboard. "Are you coming!?"
I nodded and jumped aboard Merry with a smile. When I was on deck set they the sails and we were off!
Before we were out of the inlet woke Sanji and Usopp up from the trip through the streets.
"Hey! What is going on!? Why are we leaving!?" shouted Usopp.
"Yeah! Why are going so soon!? I want to spend more time with all the girls!" shouted Sanji. Zoro sighed and looked at Nami.
"Could you calm them down?" he asked annoyed.
"Already done" she told him. We didn't know how but she had knocked out both of them without the rest of us noticing.
A little time had gone by and we could see the ocean.
"Just a little longer" said a woman's voice mischievously. Surprise flew across the deck and all of us looked back to see a dark haired woman wearing a purple cowboy hat. Nico Robin. Fuck, I better not turn into a fan boy now. She looked over us with mischievous eyes and a mysterious smile.
"Who are you!?" shouted Zoro threatening. The woman just giggled and told us "Ah, Miss. Wednesday. I just met up with Mr. 8"
Vivi looked at the woman shocked and asked "Are you saying… it was you who did that to Igaram… Miss. Bloody Sunday!"
Miss. Sunday giggled and Nami asked "What!? Who's partner is she!?"
"She is Mr. 0's partner and the only one who knew his identity" told Vivi. "I and Igaram tailed her to find it out"
"Correction" said Miss. Sunday. "I let you tail me"
"Oh, so she is a good guy" said Luffy.
"What! Then you was also who told Crocodile about me!" shouted Vivi.
"Oh, so she is a bad guy" said Luffy.
"Now now" said Miss. Sunday. "I only let you because you looked so desperate and because it was so amusing"
"Amusing!?" shouted Vivi. Poor girl…
"Yes, to see a single princess trying desperately to save her fallen country" told Miss. Sunday with an amused smile. I looked at Vivi and her eyes screamed rage.
"Don't underestimate me!" roared Vivi. Everyone drew weapons and Usopp and Sanji had surrounded her and were aiming at her head, the first with a slingshot and the second with a gun.
"Hey Sanji" said Usopp. "Any idea what is going on?"
"No idea but I know that this woman is a threat to my lovely Miss. Wednesday" told Sanji.
The woman sighed and asked "Would you mind pointing those things at someone else?"
Suddenly Sanji and Usopp were thrown down on deck. No one touched them. As they fell was Zoro and Nami disarmed just as suddenly. I looked at every one of them confused before looking at Miss. Sunday.
"What happen? A Devil Fruit?" I asked out but didn't receive an answer. Glad of it actually since it would be wrong if they already knew it. Sanji looked up and finally got a good look at her.
"WHOA! SHE IS A REAL BEAUTY!" he shouted. That's pointing out the obvious. I knew she was beautiful but what did that matter right now? She suddenly begins to talk.
"Don't worry. I am not here on any orders or have any reason to kill any of you"
She then held out her hand and Luffy's straw hat flew of his head and landed in her hand.
"GIMME MY HAT BACK RIGHT NOW YOU BITCH!" roared Luffy. "I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU DEFINITELY ARE AN ENEMY SO GET DOWN HERE AND FIGHT ME!"
Miss. Sunday just giggled as she put the straw hat on her hat and says "So, you are captain of this ship. Monkey D. Luffy. How unfortunate… Small time pirates and a lone princess against all of the Baroque Works"
She then looked a little more serious and said "And how unfortunate that you may never see Alabasta at all"
"What!?" asked many of us.
"Your Log Pose is pointed at the island of 'Little Garden'. So even if I didn't touch you it is still likely that you never reach Alabasta" she told us. Oh yeah. 'Little Garden' my ass! There are dinosaurs!
"Like hell we'll just roll over and die!" shouted Luffy.
"Yeah you big meanie!" shouted Usopp from behind the mast. Me, Zoro and Vivi just looked at him and sweat dropped. Miss. Sunday took off Luffy's hat and with a flick of her fingers flew it with something else. The hat landed perfectly on Luffy's head and the other thing was caught by Vivi. She holds it up and we see it is an Eternal Pose.
"It will take you to an island before Alabasta and Baroque Works don't know of it" told Miss. Sunday us.
"Wh-Why are you giving me something like this!?" asked Vivi.
"It's a trap" suspected Zoro. Vivi looked to be deep in thought but I just smiled as I remembered what happen next. Suddenly took Luffy the Pose and crushed it in his hand.
"What the hell are you doing!?" roared Nami as she fly-kicked him in the face. "What if she really is a good person!? We could have had a safe route all the way to Alabasta!"
Luffy looked up at Miss. Sunday and told her angry "You will not choose the path of our journey!"
Vivi was speechless and I tried not to laugh. He really is stupid.
"How unfortunate" Miss. Sunday said with a smile. She then walked away and jumped over the railing. Me and Luffy went to the railing and saw that she sailed away on the back of a giant turtle wearing a cowboy hat. I just stood there and looked at her getting way as Luffy shouted "It's a turtle!"
"Oi Nichlas!" called Nami from the deck. I looked back and saw Nami waving me over. I walked over to see Usopp and Sanji standing with Nami. Zoro leaned up the mast as he glared at me, making me feel pretty uncomfortable. Sanji took a puff of his cigarette before glaring much like Zoro at me. Ok now I was about to piss my pants. Both Sanji and Zoro were extremely strong members of the crew so getting me on their bad side would be a terrifying idea.
"Ok Nichlas" started Nami. "You promised to explain a few things like for starters, how do you know my name?"
Yikes. This was going to be hard to explain.
"WHAT!" roared Sanji suddenly before asking "WHO ARE YOU TO KNOW MY PRECIOUS NAMI-SWAN'S NAME!?"
Aannd it just got even harder. What am I going to say? Hi I am from a world where you part of a manga and anime? I am your biggest fan? Lucky guess? Shit… I feel like if I don't tell them the right thing then I am going to die. Wait! I have an idea.
"Well this is embarrassing but… I kind of followed you here" I say trying to act as embarrassed as possible. They all just looked at me like I was stupid and asked "What…?"
I grinned nervously when they continued to stare at me and I said "Yeah, I saw you guys in Loguetown and recognized Nami"
"Wait, you recognized me?" asked Nami. I nodded and said "Yeah"
"How?"
"Do you remember a small pirate group from a couple of years ago? Called the Bluetooth Pirates?" I asked trying my best to make up a fake name.
"No…" told Nami confused. I faked shock and asked "What! You stole 2 million beli from us and you don't remember!?"
"Excuse me!?" asked Nami.
"You stole 2 million from my captain and you don't even remember!?" I asked trying to be as angry as possible. Then Sanji stood in front of me and glared me directly in the eyes.
"Don't get angry with sweet Nami" told Sanji dangerously. I took a step back generally scared and fell on my bum when my foot slipped. Sanji just looked down on me till Nami said "It's ok Sanji"
Sanji looked back surprised and saw Nami walk towards him. She stepped past him and kneeled down to give me a hand. I looked surprised on her hand before looking at her face. She smiled and said "If you really resented me for stealing from you then you wouldn't have saved my life twice now would you?"
I looked a little dumbfounded at Nami before taking her hand and get pulled up. I looked around and it was obvious that Nami might be on my side but the others were still suspicious of me. A shadow fell on me and I looked back. Standing on the railing was Luffy smiling like a fool. Then it hit me. I turned around and said "Captain Monkey D. Luffy!"
He looked down on me and I asked "I request to join you crew!"
Surprise was on everyone's faces but Luffy just looked at me a while. He then smiled a wide grin and said "Sure"
Now shock was apparent on everyone's faces even my own. I had just joined the Straw Hat Pirates! I didn't know how to react but throw my arms up in cheers… only to be painfully reminded about my injured shoulder.
"AAAAARR!" I screamed in pain as I fell forward and landed on my face. Nami quickly came to my side and asked "Are you ok!?" while Luffy just laughed at the sight.
"Yosh!" shouted Luffy. "Sanji! Breakfast!"
That is how I began my adventures as a pirate.