Sanji gulped as Alu stood over him with a murderous expression, the kind Nami would get if you stole her treasure.
Alu was in a bath towel, wrapped around her chest and just below her thiegh's,
despite the obvious curvature and erotic shape of her body Sanji didn't feel any nose bleed.
"I don't mind the fact that you saw my body naked what I'm mad about is that you didn't give a reaction" she said grinding her teeth
"what? am I just some guy, you happened to see naked?" she asked.
She huffed "well, whatever, you're not exactly the kind of guy I want to see me naked" she said.
Sanji breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that her temper had cooled down.
Alu threw the towel around her on top of Sanji's head and eye's
"don't remove it yet" she said.
"Now" she said Sanji removed it,
Alu was in green cargo shorts and a black tank top.
She dried her short, boyish hair with a towel then shook it,
"so lady like" Sanji muttered
"if I were lady like, would I be as skilled as I was today?" she asked him.
Sanji didn't answer her "besides, I even bound my chest for a little while" she told him looking at her chest with hate.
Sanji's eyes widened "doesn't that…" he trailed
"hurt? Yes, its very painful with a big chest" she answered.
Sanji frowned but didn't say anything
"well, you better get cooking or else Luffy'll raid the kitchen" Alu told him. Sanji nodded and walked out.
For the next week events went pretty normal and then Alu moved back into her cabin after Franky fixed it.
Then, they were approaching an island
"this island's famous for Pirates so we should have no problem getting supplies" Nami said
"that's great, maybe we can even find Alu some new clothes" Robin said
"m-me?" Alu asked surprised
"yes, silly, all you have are 3 outfits" Nami said
"but I don't have any money" Alu said
"since you started last week, I'll pay for you" Robin said
"oh no, I couldn't-"
Nami shook her head "yes, you need new clothes and so I'll help out too" she said.
Alu blushed and smiled "thanks" she said.
They got to the island and everyone went their usual separate ways,
Sanji came along to hold the bags, Nami's idea.
Nami grabbed Alu's hand and brought her into a store,
"how about this?" Nami asked, holding up a jean skirt.
Alu shook her head "I don't like skirts, they're a little drafty" she said Sanji snorted and Alu glared
"shut up, Sanji, if you wore one you wouldn't be laughing" she shouted,
Sanji's eyes widened and he blushed deeply.
Alu stared at him "oh…I see, so Sanji's cross dressed before" she said
"Forced to!" he snapped back.
Alu laughed "well, whatever, I don't need to hear the story" she said.
Sanji sighed, greatful she didn't ask,
"hm…I have an idea" Nami said pushing her toward the dressing room curtains.
"Ok, I'm gonna give you some clothes and you have to try them on and we'll judge on how good they look on you" Nami said
"uh ok…" Alu said uncertain.
Robin giggled and helped Nami pick out clothes, the first outfit was a sailor's uniform
"what do you think, Sanji?" Nami asked,
Sanji looked then his eyes widened "uh… l-like an overgrown middle schooler" he yelled to cover his hesitation,
Nami frowned then chose another, thousands of outfits later Alu came out of the dressing room.
She wore a simple white dress that dropped just above below and she wore a white hat with a red flower on it.
She wore white sandals, Sanji blushed and wanted to look away but couldn't, she actually looked cute in this outfit. Adorable would be the correct word but not that Sanji would admit that to her
"n-nice" he answered,
Alu smiled a little
"well, looks like Sanji falls for the simple look" Robin mused under her breath.
The girl's then had Sanji bring all of Alu's clothes that Nami and Robin had bought for her onto the ship.
"I have to get food supplies" Sanji said
"take Alu with you" Robin said.
"Hai!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes then groaned when he realized what he'd just said.
The entire time going down the town they didn't talk to each other, Alu then sat on a bench while Sanji was getting the supplies.
Three guy's approached her, all were pirates obviously and nasty looking ones.
"Hey, girly, you look thirsty, what do you say we buy you a drink?" the tall one asked she ignored them, they kept blabbering on and on.
Eventually they got mad
"hey bitch, we were talking to you!" the ugly one with the zits yelled, Alu lost her cool
"shut up! And go away you leeches!" she yelled.
Sanji was too busy to notice
"damn you, bitch!" the short and fugly one yelled,
then the zits guy grabbed her boob and ripped her shirt open.
That's when Sanji noticed, his eyes widened when he saw a long scar just above her bandages that served as her bra.
Alu didn't look embaressed at all just pissed,
"now…you die" she yelled with the furiousity she held the first day he saw her.
She kicked and punched until all 3 of the guys were on the ground, unconscious.
Her eyes held no light just the blank yellow fury and apathy at the same time.
Sanji walked over, when he did Alu's eyes had light again
"are you alright?" he asked frowning
"fine" she shrugged.
Sanji frowned "are you really alright, like that?" he asked gesturing to her top half.
She looked at Sanji
"you know how you can't see me as a woman?" she asked.
Sanji just looked at her
"I can't really see myself as a woman either, I know I am but no one's ever treated me like one, when my dad was alive he always told me that I had to pretend to be a boy.
I convinced myself first to convince others, I wasn't supposed to be born a girl,
if I were a boy maybe it would different" she mused, her eyes filled with tears that wouldn't fall.
Sanji felt his teeth clench, he hated seeing her with such sadness in her eyes,
Sanji lit a cigarette to calm himself down,
"or maybe it wouldn't, who knows, you know Sanji, I don't have a dream yet. I've tried to think of one but I can't, I'll find one though" she told him smiling.
Sanji took out the cigarette and stared for a moment.
He was wrong, she was a woman but most of all she was a person. A person who's had so much sadness in her life up to this point, she can't find a way to release it other than fighting, after all tears are letting go and she hasn't cried yet.
Done, whew tense chapter! At the end there! ANYWAY THANK SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEW'S I LOVE GETTING THEM AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE SO KEEP IT UP!