Author's Note: Another two chapters update! (Phew) Writing this actually had me re-watching the anime, which is both a good and bad thing as there are certain things I can't remember at the top of my head.

Sorry if certain things don't really match up to the anime or manga as it's a little difficult to incorporate extra OC stories to canon. I hope that it'll still be satisfying to read! Thank you!

Chapter Three: BoA - Love And Hate

Little Garden was not as little as Miya hoped it would be.

For one, the animals were huge and she later learned that there were Giants occupying the area.

For about a hundred years or so.

So yeah, definitely not so little.

She was on board with Usopp and Nami, agreeing that they shouldn't have stepped onto the island but ended up leaving the ship anyway. And it was because both Sanji and Zoro had a stupid bet about who'd get more meat first.

They had both turned to her, saying they needed a referee and she had disagreed whole-heartedly; only to be kicked out by the evil duo who told her it'd be best she leave as the idiots were making too much noise.

As noises meant that they could attract more enemies, Miya was unanimously voted off the ship.

She glared at the backs of the two idiots walking in front of her, noting that it was their fault to begin with. If looks could kill, well, both Sanji and Zoro might have actually ended up in heaven.

"I'm the one who will get more meat." Sanji argued. "I'm the cook."

"Oh yeah?" Zoro snorted. "I'm stronger."

"Why you…"

"Miya!" They both shouted at the same time. "Who's stronger?"

Miya sighed at the two idiots.

"Luffy." She answered plainly.

That managed to shut the two up. Finally…

Her happiness was short lived when the pair decided to leave her as a middle point. One went left as the other went right, grumbling that Miya needn't have been so honest and she was sure she heard mutters of how they'd 'show Luffy'.

Show what? She might never know.

It took every inch of Miya's body not to freak out at being left alone. Her heart raced whenever the bushes started rustling and she was on edge the entire time she was there. It was times like these she was glad of her power, to disappear if she ever get caught by something. The downside to that was that she couldn't get very far (she still needed more training) and that she still had to run after.

Miya remembered when Luffy called her out for huffing too much and the girl blushed to herself.

Was she really that bad in running?

She sighed, again, remembering that she had no time to be recalling the past as her life might as well be in danger now. She noted that the pair had yet to return and grew worried.

Zoro might have lost his way somewhere but Sanji wasn't one to take too long to come back. She remained restless, trying her best to have faith that they'll return. Minutes turned to hours and she finally decided she couldn't take anymore waiting.

The girl stood up, stretched her body a little and began to trek the forest alone. Her sharp ears got used to the surroundings quickly and it wasn't long before she heard several voices near her. There were some that she recognised and there were others she didn't but she hurried anyway in case they were in trouble.

Scared as she was, there was no way she was going to leave her comrades to die; especially not at an island like this.

Miya seemed to come right on time but her eyes widened in horror at the sight before her.

"Zoro! What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Stupidly enough, she managed to give her location and thus, giving the enemies an advantage.

"Miya…" Nami could almost slapped her head from the sheer ridiculousness of it all.

"I knew cutting your legs was a bad idea." Vivi glared at Zoro but the green haired man didn't mind at all.

"Miya!" He grinned. "You've came!"

"A new straw hat member?" The enemy took notice of her. "No matter, you'll all turn into fine art figures, I suppose."

"You're not getting your stupid hands on her too!" Luffy suddenly arrived and tried to knock him down but was quickly blocked by yet another enemy.

Miya noted they had devil fruit abilities but as flamboyant as the former's abilities were, the young woman had no idea what the little girl's one was. And thus, she remained wary but it wasn't long before the wariness turned into worry.

The wax was falling at a much faster speed and it seemed as though Luffy was under some hypnotic control. Miya considered hurting her enemies, to have their blood fused with hers, as she tried to take control of one of their bodies. It scared her to think that the enemy might have an advantage of her own body too should she do that, and the young woman pursed her lips in frustration at how helpless she was.

Usopp, on the other hand, was a tag team with Karoo, and they both had their hands full from fighting with the man called Mr. 5 and woman called Miss. Valentine. Miya considered helping them but a quick look at a hypnotised Luffy reaffirmed the fact that she was supposed to be helping her Captain.

Using her blood abilities, the young woman disappeared unnoticed as she took a lit up candle into her hands. She had been watching the whole thing long enough to make a conclusion; if Luffy's clothes weren't on him anymore, that would mean the hypnotism would lose its' effects since she concluded that the weird drawings on him were what affected his behaviours.

As stealthily as she could, the young woman disappeared again with the candle and it wasn't long before she got herself to stand behind Miss. Goldenweek.

When Mr. 3 finally noticed her, it was far too late.

Flames enveloped the shirt that Luffy was wearing to a fine crisp; catching the enemies off guard.

Okay… he's free, but what now? I clearly didn't think this through.

Angered that she'd been bested, Miss. Goldenweek had tried to get her hands on Miya but Luffy's quick reflexes had put her out of harm's way.

"Miya!" Luffy hugged her once they were far away. "You saved me!"

The young woman only blushed as she realised that his naked chest was against hers and she pushed him away awkwardly.

"Not the time to be celebrating." She reminded him. "Zoro and the others are still in trouble."

Luffy turned serious but quickly grinned as Usopp shouted for him to set the rope that he had doused in oil on fire. With Miss. Goldenweek's interruptions out of the way, the young Captain quickly grabbed Mr. 3 by his head and used the fire to set the rope ablaze as instructed.

Soon enough, the wax melted and the candle set was destroyed. Now able to move, the three spring into action and the remaining of the Baroque Works members were defeated.

"Great idea…" Vivi high-fived the blood human. "In setting Luffy's clothes on fire."

"One would wonder if that was her only intention." Nami snickered but a quick glare from her kept her quiet.

"This is the attitude of someone who almost died?" Miya narrowed her eyes in disbelief but upon setting her eyes on Zoro, turned red again. "And you! You're so stupid!"

"M-Me?!" He pointed to himself, shocked that she would be angry at him.

"I can't believe you tried to cut your own legs off!"

"Hear, hear!" Vivi and Nami cried out in unison.

"It was a life or death situation." Zoro grumbled grumpily. "It was easier to cut my legs off than to die."

"To lose your legs would be to die." Miya almost smacked him but Usopp held her back.

"R-relax." He chuckled nervously. He'd never seen Miya this angry before. "It all turned out well in the end."

This time, Miya softened up. "Thanks to your great idea, Usopp!"

The coward nodded his head, over the moon that he was praised by someone whom he thought was stronger than him.

"Of course, leave it all to the great Usopp-sama-"

"But you're still stupid, Zoro!"

"Oi,oi." Usopp smacked Miya on her back. "You're not even listening to me."

"Miyaaa."

The young woman yelped in surprise as she felt Luffy pressing his naked chest onto her back once more. She tried to push him away but found that his rubber arms were already gripped tightly around her neck and she pulled at it but to no avail.

"L-Luffy." Not again…. "Let me go!"

"Miya, I'm starving." The Straw Hat whined, rubbing his cheeks against her back.

Miya tried twirling around but it didn't worked either. At long last, she remained still and her eyebrows quirked up in anger.

"Luffy…" She warned but the young man paid no attention. The others, meanwhile, stepped back in horror as they feasted their eyes on the never before seen anger clouding her face.

"You fought as stupidly as Zoro." Miya continued and the young man finally froze, sensing the cold vibes around her.

He let her go and peeked nervously at her face, finally realising that it was a good idea to step away after all.

"D-Don't be so angry, Miya." Luffy gulped nervously and was taken aback at how readily she agreed, leaving the others to stumble from shock.

"Get a grip!" Nami smacked her back but Miya simply shrugged it off.

Instead, her eyes rested on Zoro's legs and her face was clouded with worry once more.

"Don't worry about it." Zoro knew what she wanted to say and interrupted before she could say it. He then muttered softly, as the rest were caught up in their own conversations. "It doesn't hurt much."

"… Stupid."

She walked over to him and she lightly pressed her hands onto his ankles. The man winced, his eyes glaring accusingly at hers but she paid him no further attention. She tore the bottom pieces of her dress out, leaving Zoro to blush at the unexpected, but he pursed his lips in frustration as she began to bandage his ankles to stop it from bleeding.

"You didn't need to do that."

"This will leave a scar." Miya ignored him, her attention solely focused on his ankles. "…So stupid."

"I get that you're worried." Zoro's words finally made her look up at him. "But I can't promise you I won't ever do that again. It's just the way I do things."

"I still think it's stupid."

"Will you stop saying that?!"

"It is what it is." Miya stuck her tongue out childishly and Zoro resisted the urge to…

Well, he resisted the urge.

They finally came upon Sanji as they made their way back to the Going Merry and was more than elated at hearing his story from when he was missing in action.

Zoro, of course, was unimpressed.

"And look!" Sanji twirled the shiny object in front of the three young women. "I even got this! An eternal pose!"

"Sanji-kun!" Nami cried out, happy.

"You can hug me now, Nami -swan!" He edged in closer to her but fell onto Usopp instead as she expertly avoided him.

"An eternal pose!" Vivi clasped her hands together.

This time, Sanji neared the blue haired girl but whether intentionally or not, she had also stepped away; leaving him to fall onto Zoro who had pushed the man away.

They were about to argue when Miya suddenly grinned at the blonde cook, "Good job, Sanji!"

"Then, a kiss!" He puckered his lips out for her but was met with Luffy's palms instead.

"Sanji! I'm hungry!"

"Why you little…"

"I am a little hungry too." Miya patted her stomach worriedly. She feared it would growl, but she also feared they had no food on board; which prompted Sanji and Zoro to do their hunting to begin with.

"I stored the meat on our ship just now." Sanji uttered seriously and he patted her head softly. "Though I recalled seeing a dead carcass near our ship."

"Are you talking about my meat?!" Zoro glared and it was well returned.

"Of course. It happened to be all bones."

"Why you little…"

"You found your way to the ship?" Miya pointed an accusing finger at Zoro. "But I was sitting at the middle meeting point the whole time! You couldn't have."

"Oh, right." Zoro seemed to recall returning from a different way instead. "It took some time but I did."

"Y-You're…."

"You were lost!" The crew shouted in unison, leaving the green haired man to tch-ed at their horrible unity.

Zoro reckoned he had gotten lost, only that it wasn't in the way the crew thought of it to be. He peeked shyly at the black haired girl before him and laughed when he saw how she was still face-palming at his antics.

His little peek didn't went unnoticed, much to his luck and he didn't noticed Luffy and Sanji staring right at him; determined expressions on their faces.

"This… is going to be a pain." Nami sighed.

"A huge pain." Usopp agreed.

"How does she do it?" Vivi muttered incredulously. "She's even denser than me."

Beside them, Karoo covered its' face with disbelief.

Unknowing to them all, the little fiasco would only prove to get messier as time went by and Miya, surprisingly, would make a choice that would leave them shocked; forever.