A/N *fixed*

It was Nami who first decided to check on her captain's powers. Luffy by now had sat up and placed his hat back on his head when Nami crouched down and harshly pulled on his cheeks. But there was very little give, and the boy flailed as he tried to get away. The girl sighed and shrugged. "He really isn't rubber anymore." She said incredicioisly while Luffy rubbed his cheeks.

"I'm curious how she took his powers away. I've never heard of a devil fruit ability like that." Robin sounded intigued as she looked over the girl who now had a plate full of lemons in front of her. She'd just picked up another one and was eating it like an apple, pith and all, without seeming to pay any attention to those around her.

"She hasn't eaten a devil fruit." Ace said in response, shifting a bit on the seat which nearly made her drop the yellow fruit. She gave him a look of slight annoyance before shoving the rest of the thing in her mouth and swallowing it. The male looked to her exhausperated. "You aren't supposed to eat the outside, peel it then eat it. Like an orange." He said taking one from the plate and peeling off a bit of the outside before handing it to her. She looked to him quizzically before taking a bite out of the peel once more and he just sighed. "How impossible are you?" He sounded a bit tired and she just blinked and then shrugged.

Luffy jumped up and walked over to the pair, the rest of the crew were discussing what to do now that their captain had lost his defining powers. Luffy looked down at her, but she didn't bother to look at him. "You can't just take things from people, I like being made of rubber. It means I can eat as much as I want! So give it back." He spoke simply but with conviction. The girl only glanced up at him, blue eyes looking from under strands of golden hair.

"You said you could be king without it." She muttered before shoving what was left of her fruit into his open mouth, stopping any argument for a moment. He quickly spit it out and grabbed a cup of tea, complaining about how sour and bitter the fruit tasted as he tried to wash out the taste. The girl looked bored and just picked up another and continued munching.

Once the taste was gone Luffy looked to her again, this time more like a child whose parent had stolen their toy. "I'm strong on my own, but it's fun being made of rubber!" He couldn't think of something better to say then that, what did she want? She sighed, this boy was... Strange, and it bothered her. Someone so naive and moronic surely wouldn't become the pirate king.

But still there was a truth in his conviction, his eyes held the determination to do the impossible. She finished the fruit before looking to Luffy again, his dark eyes were looking to her without wavering, his face in a pout. They stared each other down for a few moments before Luffy sneezed. Inside she was a bit glad that she'd won their little stare down. Luffy though jumped to his feet and was about to start at her again when Robin spoke.

"Captain, you should put on some dry clothes before you catch a cold." Luffy pouted again but decided that if he was quick it wouldn't matter. He dashed from the deck to his room, creating a huge ruckus as he threw things around. Nami sighed, she had a feeling it wouldn't be their captain cleaning that mess later. Once they were sure Luffy was out of ear shot the mood on deck shifted slightly. Frankie was the first to speak.

"Listen, I don't know what you have against Luffy, but he is our captain and even if he doesn't care about how you act, we do, and we can't just let you do what you want. Even if you are here with a white beard pirate, or with his brother. It doesn't matter." The girl's blue eyes looked to the large man who was glaring from behind sun glasses. She could also feel the green haired man's stare on her as well, and the general disapproval from the crew. It seemed like Ace was about to speak, but she merely hopped off of him, her back to the crew.

"I'm curious though, you don't like any of us right? So why are you only openly hostile towards the captain?" The raven haired women asked clinically. The girl didn't turn towards them, instead she stood stiffly for a moment before exhaling.

"I hate him, that's all." She muttered before walking off to the front of the boat, she gently pulled her dress up and over her head before plopping down on the grass right behind the lions head that adorned the ship. Here she lay down curled up with her bare back facing the crew, pulling her dress over her face as if to sleep. The crew stood silently, a few scowls and disproving looks, others just completely exhasperated.

"I don't know what to do with her." Ace finally conceded, leaning back in the chair.

"Why does she hate Luffy?" The small doctor asked, Ace shrugged.

"She's barely said two words since I met her, this is the most she's talked in almost two months. Ever since Shanks left her with us she's slowly stopped eating, she doesn't talk and never leaves my side. But now here? She's picking fights and walking around. I have no idea what she's thinking." He looked up at the blue sky as if in thought when a straw hat finally appeared from bellow deck in a pair of dry shorts, though it seemed he couldn't find a shirt as his top was bare.

He looked around until he finally caught sight of the sleeping girl, about to storm over and begin his argument with her all over again. "Hey, Luffy. Let her sleep a bit." Ace said, waving his brother over. The younger was about to argue but when his stomach growled he conceded and began shoving what was left of the morning's meal in his mouth.

Without the girl's presence it became easier for the crew to act normally-even if only for their dim witted captain's sake- and the conversation turned into a telling of adventures and exploits by the straw hats and second division commander. This went on for much of the day as the ship continued its path towards the next unknown island, and the sun climbed into the sky.

Across the deck though the pale girl lay curled in a ball, face covered with a thin white dress, body only covered by a matching pair of white undergarments. Like this it was obvious she hadn't been eating for some time, her spine and ribs were visible though not protruding, her skin looked unhealthy and almost paper white.

"Monster." A small voice said as if it was poison.

Yeah, that's right, haven't others always looked at me that way? Like I don't belong, like they hate me.

"Monster." It repeated, growing louder and louder.

I know, so just stop saying it!

"That girl is the scary monster isn't she?" Two children stood at the top of a sand dune, the beach stretched down to the water where a small girl sat, knees hugged to her chest tightly.

"Yeah, that's her." The other replied, there were scowls on their faces, but everything else about them was blurry. But their voices were so clear. "She should just go back to the ocean, after all she sits there like that everyday."

It was always the same. How long had I been sitting there? After mother and father were gone I was all alone. Where else could I go? How long did I wait there? Days? Weeks? What did I think I was waiting for?

"Hey, let's throw something at her, maybe then she'll leave." But even as rocks hit her she didn't move. Soon fear covered their faces and they ran off.

Yeah, they ran because I was a monster. That's right. So I was alone, but I wasn't lonely. No, I just had no were to be, to exist. Only there.

"Hey little lady, shouldn't you be home? It's getting dark." A man's voice, kind and smiling.

That's how he always was.

Red hair and a straw hat where all she could see as he bent down in front of her.

Go away, like everyone else. If I don't answer, then you'll go away too.

"C'mon captain, she probably just fought with her folks." Another voice, and then talking before they all left.

Just like all the others.

The girl curled up even tighter, her forehead on her knees as she sat, the tide lapping up and pooling around her until her ankles were submerged.

"You're still here? Don't tell me you sat there all night when the tide came up!" Again that kind voice, but the small figure didn't move even as her sundress stuck wetly to her legs. The man left, but was soon back with a plate of food which he put beside her. He spoke but she didn't react.

How many days did this go on for?

The next day, and the next, the man would return with food and kind words, but each time the girl only grew smaller, curled tighter.

"Hey, I talked to the villagers, they won't bother you anymore so you can go back. And if they do anything you just let me know. I'll protect you."

Were those the first words to reach me? The first time that I looked to that kind face that smiled down to me whole heartedly. The first time in so long...

The small girl lifted her head, blue eyes filled with tears as she wrapped her frail arms around the man's legs. He patted her head with a laugh while she cried and cried until finally she fell asleep.

He'd always come to visit every few months, the villagers never accepted me, but they left me alone. I really felt safe. I was content, and I was determined. I knew one day I too would set sail with them, I just had to grow up. I couldn't cry anymore, I couldn't act like a child. Then...

A young girl runs down the docks and wraps her arms tightly around a red haired man wearing a black cloak. It only took a brief moment before her smile turned to fear. She ripped back the cloak and her face paled. "Oh this?" He asked with a chuckle. "It's no big deal, an arm for a kid's life is nothing. In fact I think you should meet him someday, he's just about your age and he wants to be king of the Pirates."

Was it then I started hating him? But I had decided I couldn't cry, instead I grew up then and forgot what it meant to be sad, I just told him that I would replace his arm, I would become strong, I would do anything for him. When he took me with him I thought "I have grown up, I'm an adult now."

How many years was I with him? I trained so hard, I never left his side, I did everything that was asked of me and even more that wasn't. I never cried, not when I was hurt or when we were ridiculed. I stood beside him, stood tall and cold, I was an adult. But...

"Hey, Ice princess." The man said with a chuckle.

"Why do you have to call me that?" A blonde girl asks, she's grown and her face portrays nothing.

"Because only an ice princess never smiles." He said jokingly. The girl shrugged. "I don't know where I went wrong." He said dramatically.

"You're just abnormal, Pirates don't act so happy." She countered, the male's eyes looked to her.

"You know you really should meet Luffy, I'm sure he's just as goofy as he was back then, he'd be a good influence on you-" the girl scowls and the man stops as she walks away.

Why did he have to talk about that boy? He never spoke about me with that fondness. Why? What was so special? Why'd he give up his arm and hat for a boy like that?

That's probably when I started hating the boy "Luffy", when I really started hating the person with that name. Yeah, I hated him.