The OC Lee has officially been announced. Yaay! :D
From now on majority of this fic will be told from her point of view.
That Straw Hat Boy sure did accept me easily. Is he really that good natured or just clueless? Maybe both? I looked at him as he bounced along the road ahead of me, his iconic hat atop his head following his movements. Walking next to him was the green haired man Zoro. I've seen his poster before, he has the same glint in his eyes. Unlike Luffy who agreed to take me to where I need to be so easily, he didn't really comment. I wonder why. Maybe he doesn't wanna go against his captain? Or maybe he doesn't care. I then glanced over to him and sized him up. I watching his katana strapped to his sides shift slightly with each step he took.
He must of felt my gaze on him as he turned around to glance back at me. Ours eyes made contact before he grunted and turned his head forward again. I smiled at his hostile behavior.
Interesting.
I stopped looking at the men ahead of me to glance at my surroundings. Despite only living here for two years this island is probably the closest place to home.
Maybe I'll come back when I've fixed everything. I continued to watch the citizens carry on with their lives. People ran back and forth, some yelled, some sat quietly, people laughed, children played. I sighed and looked away.
Don't get attached. I decided the best place to look was at the back of the pirates heads but as I glanced up I only saw one.
"Where is your captain?"
Zoro stopped walking and turned to look at me and then to his side. I heard him give a frustrated groan and then he ran his fingers through his hair.
"Luffy, the fucking idiot."He muttered. He stood in one spot and gave a 360 scan of the area, searching for his captain. I decided to help as well. I looked in the direction of an alley and in the corner of my eye I could see the swordsman beginning to walk away. I quickly spun around and called out to him.
"Where are you going?" He looked at me as if I was stupid.
"Looking for my captain remember? I'm going to check over here."He then turned away and began to walk off. He didn't get very far however as I quickly ran up to him and stopped him by his arm again.
"We should stick together, otherwise you'll get lost as well."He looked like he wanted to argue back but instead he removed himself from my grip and looked at me with a frown.
"Let's try over here." I motioned for him to follow. While I quickly scanned the area my eyes fell onto a wind chime shop. It looked pretty interesting enough, I guess that the easily distracted captain went in there. Zoro and I entered into the store and looked around.
The shop was filled with not only hundreds of wind chimes but several dream catchers to. I admired the sight while Zoro just slapped one away in front of his face, making more noise in the process.
"Guys look!" Called a voice coming from the back of the store. The both of us walked down the aisle and spotted Luffy in the back corner of the room.
"Let's get this one!" He held up a wind chime which made a soft, pleasant noise. It was simple but still pretty I my opinion. Hanging from the hook were blue painted tubed of metal with a small wooden ball in the middle and a diamond hanging at the end. Zoro sighed and looked away uninterested, Luffy paid no mind as he continued to knocked it around to create the soft sound. With one uninterested and one preoccupied I figured I was never going to make it to the ship, so I decided to handle the small yet slightly annoying situation.
"I'll buy it." I went to take it out of Luffy's hands but instead he gave me a bright smile and ran off to the counter. I followed behind while reaching into my pants pockets and pulling out come coins. The old lady at the counter looked at the wind chime and smiled.
"100 Beli." She spoke softly and I gave her that amount. She smiled again and bid us farewell as we left the store.
When I come back, I'll sell windchimes.
The three of us were finally back on track heading towards the docks with a little assistance on my part by getting Zoro to go in the right direction. I don't understand what's so difficult about
"Follow the path" and yet he manages to turn left down an alley. And Luffy just laughs whenever this happens and calls him an idiot.
Maybe this is a bad idea.
No! I can't back out now. They seem good enough and Luffy already agreed. Besides I need to get there as soon as possible.
"Sunny!" Luffy cheered and then ran off ahead. I looked up and spotted a large ship with a huge lion face at the front and behind at the very top above the outlook sat a black flag on top. It swayed in the wind with the Straw Hat's symbol displayed for everyone to see.
Zoro and I followed Luffy up and onto the ship. I was amazed, the area was huge!
So much space, and the deck. It's grass? I wanted to squat down at touch the floor but refrained myself and continued to look around; keeping a straight face to hold in my amazement.
However my observations of the ship was short as a loud chorus of "Who's she?" and fingers pointing towards cause me to move my attention to the rest of the crew members. I frowned at their pointing fingers.
Rude. But I decided to answer their question anyway.
"I'm Lee." I was quiet for a bit.
Understandable, they probably weren't expecting a strange to board their ship. Before the awkward silence could ensue any longer a tall dark haired woman came up to me and smiled slightly.
"Thankyou for showing our crew members the way back to our ship." I gave a short nod.
Nico Robin, she's quite tall.
Then right away a loud voice called out.
"Yeah! She helped a lot. Zoro's an idiot and was leading us the wrong way!" Shouted Luffy.
"WHAT!? I wasn't leading anybody, besides I knew where I was going." Defended Zoro. After the swordsman's rebuttal the rest of the crew gave him an incredulous look. I smiled a little at the fact that he was uncomfortable.
"So, what are you doing here then?" Spoke the oranged haired woman, emphasis on the 'here' as she motioned her arm to indicate she meant the ship.
Cat Burglar or Nami. I believe you're the navigator. Before I had the chance to reply the captain answered for me.
"We're gonna help her get to an island." I saw her frown and a look of distaste crossed her face as she turned to look at Straw Hat. The two began to yell at each other, Nami giving good reasons as to why I couldn't be on board and Luffy waving them away. While the crew continued to watch the fight, I gave an amused smile and then searched through my backpack. I pulled out the map and then a heavy sack which I dropped onto the deck and it landed with a jingle. The shouting stopped and everyone's attention focused back onto me.
"I'll pay." Nami's face quickly morphed into a gleeful smile and her eyes changed into the Beli sign. She rushed towards me and rushed out a quick
"Welcome aboard." before grabbing the map out of my hands and swiftly picking up the money from the ground. I was slightly alarmed at the speed of which she changed her mind. Then in a flash she scampered up the stairs and slammed the door shut, while ordering for everyone to get to work.
And so begins my adventure with these people.
After the order rang out and the door slammed shut the crew members began getting ready to set sail. While I was preoccupied with watching Luffy stretch his arms out and grab onto the mast, which then caused himself to fly up into the air and land on the pole I was grabbed by the hand. Surprised by the sudden action I quickly turned my wrist around, grabbed onto the offenders arm and turned it around into an uncomfortable position, holding the attacker firm in place.
I then brought my gaze to the persons face and was met with a love-struck, swooning blonde. Black Leg? Suddenly realizing that I was hurting one of the crew members, I quickly let his arm go and took a step back. He didn't seem fazed at all, instead he began wriggling about while singing.
"She touched me~She touched me~~!" I swear I could see love hearts and flowers appearing around him. Slightly puzzled, I decided to step back and let him be, but he quickly appeared before me again a sensual look on his face. This man is very strange. I backed up slightly at the closeness. But he managed to reach out for my hand and gave it a soft kiss.
"Please to make your acquaintance, I'm Sanji the chef."
"Hello." I smiled back which caused him to fall back as blood trickled down his face from his nose. I frowned at his weird behavior.
"Sanji!~~" Called out a small animal with a large pink hat. Tony Tony Chopper, the ships doctor.
"Pull yourself together." The reindeer grumbled while roughly shaking the man awake. Sanji rose from the floor a smile on his face and twirled away to where I assumed was the kitchen.
"Ladies, lovely ladies~" He sang.
Chopper and I both stood there watching him leave. Chopper gave a sigh and then turned to me. I felt his gaze so I turned and looked down at him. He jumped a little at the sudden eye contact, before continuing to look at my face. Particularly my left cheek.
"What happened?" He asked while raising his hoof. I kneeled down and let him take a closer look.
"Got into a fight. No problem though." He examined my cheek some more.
"Did you bandage this yourself?" I then moved my hand to my cheek and remembered back to when he bandaged it for me.
"No. Somebody else did." I gave a small smile.
"Well whoever it was did a good job."
That damn woman always ordering me around. I groaned as I watched Luffy unraveled the sail and then I tied and secured the rope into place. Deciding that was enough work I slumped down against the mast, shut my eyes and got comfortable. My silence didn't last long as I heard feet rush past me in a flurry. I cracked open one eye and looked towards the noise. I spotted that ero-cook running towards the new girl. I sighed at this, stupid love sick cook. But the sight in front of me caused me to open my other eye in interest.
What was her name? Lee? Yeah… she grabbed his arm and quickly spun him around holding him in a tight lock. She could easily break his arm. I smirked at the sight, but that stupid cook didn't seem affected at all as he had a gross smile on his face. I looked back at her, her dark green eyes had turned to an almost steel like colour and her mouth was shut in a hard line. I frowned at this. Something about her is off. As suddenly as she held him in that position she quickly let him go and and took a step back, her face relaxed into an almost expressionless one except for the guilt in her eyes. Sanji began his regular swooning which un-interested me as I closed my eyes and blocked out the annoying noises. After some time I guessed that the Shitty Cook had finally left since I heard the kitchen door open and close. I looked back to where they were last and noticed the red head still there, this time kneeling down in front of Chopper. Not caring anymore and sleep taking over, I shut my eyes again and drifted off.
After Chopper left I figured now was my chance to explore the ship. I walked along the deck and spotted the snoozing swordsman and further away the captain relaxing on the lions head. Up above Robin was reading at a table and next to her sat Brook drinking some tea.
How does that even work? I watched him take a sip and seconds later brown liquid dripped from the seat of his chair.
Oh…
Moving on…
I opened a door and stepped inside. The sight shocked me, all around the edge of the room was a huge fish tank. I walked closer to the glass and looked through it. I could see hundreds of small fishes, an assortment of different shaped and coloured coral and other strange sea creatures. After being mesmerized by everything around me, I decided to leave and try the next room but before I could reach the door handle it swung open. A man with black curly hair and a large nose quickly informed me that food was ready and that I should join. I left the room and followed him to the dining, where I saw everyone already sitting down ready to eat.
While Luffy was yelling and explaining something exciting, I made my way around and sat beside Brook. Not a moment later Sanji rushed out with plates of food and placed them down in front of Robin, Nami and myself and then quickly disappeared. The men groaned while Nami cheered and Robin smiled and then they quickly dug into their food. He really does favor women. I picked up my fork and ate as well.
Soon enough Sanji came out with the rest of the food and everyone began to laugh and eat. I observed them quietly while chewing on a piece of meat. My eyes shifted to each crew member. I wasn't sure how many different conversations were going on but everyone seemed happy. I didn't want to admit it. Not me to anybody and not even to myself, but I envied the scene in front of me. I noticed that I was frowning, so I quickly relaxed my face and continued to eat. I istened to bits and pieces of each conversation until my attention was drawn by someone saying my name. I glanced up and saw Nami looking at me. She seemed a little annoyed at my delayed reaction. I acknowledged that I'd heard her by nodding and making eye contact.
"Why do you need to get to this island?" She didn't sound rude or angry, but curious and everyone else seemed to feel the same as other conversations stopped to listen in to ours.
"Something of mine is there and I need to get it back."
"What kind of something?" Interjected Usopp. I frowned which seemed to frighten him a little. Worried, I quickly relaxed my face again and spoke.
"Something really important."
"Why do you need to get it back?" Asked Nami. All eyes were on me waiting for a response and I was beginning to feel a little frustrated. They're testing you. Just like before.
"So that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands." I didn't want to tell them anymore, so I averted my eyes to looked down at my plate. Everyone seemed to get the message as they continued chatting aimlessly.
Don't say too much, you'll get in trouble. I'll get them in trouble. Best to keep them out of it, it's none of their business anyway. I just need to get there, find it and then I'll never see these people or them ever again.
I sighed and stabbed my fork into another piece of meat.
"Something of mine is there and I need to get it back." I stopped, like everyone else and listened in to what the new girl was saying. Nami had asked why she needed to get to that island. Honestly, I couldn't give a shit, but I listened anyway. Usopp jumped in asking as well, but her vague answer didn't reveal much. However it did make me a little curious. I noticed as she answered him her face turned into a hard frown as she shot him a glance. He flinched in response. Nami continued to ask and I could tell the new girl was beginning to feel uncomfortable, although she was quite good at hiding it.
She moved her green eyes down to her food signalling she didn't want to talk about it anymore. Who cares anyway? None of my business. But as the chatter picked up again, I continued to watch her. She stabbed her fork into another piece of meat and chewed slowly. She seemed to be thinking something over. I watched as a mixture of emotions quickly passed over her face before returning to her usual passive look.
Despite saying I didn't care, a little part of me was interested.
What is she thinking..?
After everyone had finished eating the men went their separate ways while Nami and Robin stayed behind. I watched them as they talked and then looked over to me. Robin stood up first and walked over.
"You can share the room with us." She said simply.
"Yeah, trust me. You don't want to room with the guys." The orange haired girl pulled a face and then began to walk away. "Come on! The room's this way." She called out. I stood and picked my backpack off the ground that was beside me and followed Robin out of the room.
I was shown into the girls room. On one side of the room it was slightly messy as several articles of clothing were thrown about, but the desk beside it was very clean with lots of hand drawn maps in neat piles. On the other side the bed was made and neat and a small book shelf stood near the bed, consisting of thick books I'd probably never heard of. In the corner of the room was a blow-up-bed which I figured was mine. I walked over to it and placed my bag on top.
They even made it for me and gave me a quilt. With my back to them I fought back a large smile.
"Is that okay?" Questioned one of them, I wasn't bothered to figure out who asked as I turned around to answer.
"Yes, thank you."
I sat down on the bed and they did the same on their own, Robin reached for a book near by and began reading while Nami looked over the map I had given her.
"If the weather stays fine we should make it to your island in four days."
Four days!? I hope I can make it in time. I nodded and then looked out the window. The sun had gone down and only a little bit of its light still shined through the dark sky, illuminating the sea in a soft glow. It was silent for awhile, I glanced over at Nami, I could tell she wanted to say something.
"Yes?" I asked. She jumped a little.
"What's in the bag?" She managed to regain her confidence and she pointed to my backpack beside me. I decided to tease her a little.
"Why do you want to know?" I watched her become a little irritated. I saw Robin from the corner of my eye smirking at our exchange.
"I just do! So tell me." She huffed out and shifted positions on her bed.
"And I thought the chef was the pervert. It's just clothes." I paused for a bit and then gave her a smirk.
"What? Do you wanna see my underwear?" He face turned red in anger and embarrassment. She looked so funny I couldn't help but laugh. I heard Robin giggling to herself as well as she hid her face behind her book. Nami soon followed and began to laugh as well.
"You're not as much of a hard ass, as I thought." The two continued to giggle while I snapped my mouth shut. What am I doing? Don't get comfortable around these people. The two seemed to notice that I had gone silent and looked at me puzzled.
"I'm going to sleep." I gave a short smile and turned around, my back to them. They seemed to think that was a good idea because after a couple of rustling noises the light was flicked off and the room turned dark, the only light shining in through the window, from the moon. I sighed and closed my eyes.
I slowly sank into the mattress, getting comfier and comfier. I couldn't recall in a long time feeling this warm and secure. Even after living in Drusta for two years, I'd never felt this nice. I quickly snapped out of my daze as my thoughts went back to my actions a few minutes ago. Don't get used to this. Only four days and then I'm out. I tried to force myself out of my relaxed state, but it was proving difficult as my eyelids kept drooping closed.
Don't get attached… Don't get attached… As I chanted that to myself like a mantra, sleep finally took over and I let myself go.
Authors note:
Check that out! I'm happy with the length of this chapter.
Also the quality of it, It's not too bad in my opinion.
I find it a lot easier to write in first person rather than third.
So, how did you guys find the OC Lee. I know she's sorta unemotional, but that will change :)
Also as mentioned above, most of the chapters will consist of being in her POV but I will change to Zoro and the other crew members now and then.
I hope I managed to get Zoro's character right, even though I didn't have him say much.
I'm sorry if he turned out a bit OOC.
The next couple of chapter will be pretty much getting to know Lee more.
You know, her personality and past, stuff like that. Also having her interact with the crew members.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I liked writing it.
Please review and continue to read.
Thanks :D
Bye.