"HEY ERI! HURRY UP!"

"Shut up, rubber brain, I'm dressing up right now, don't disturb me." I snapped as I tied the batik shawl I got nine years ago around my shoulders and picking my gym-like bag before wore my military cap on my head, I looked at myself again at the mirror, looking at my growth spurt.

I was getting taller, probably around 150 centimeters, and if I stood up right beside Luffy, I was probably around his shoulder. My hair style was the same as three years ago and maybe a little longer. My bangs were almost covering my right eye, which was a good thing because my right eyebrow is sometimes twitching and it's annoying to look. I was wearing a plain light red shirt and orange shorts, some kind of belt to take a hold of my bo staff (in baton length) around my waist, and dark brown knee length combat boots with laces that I dead-banded so it won't came off.

And I was wearing the batik shawl that I tied around my shoulders and the military cap I got from my birthday. My bag was kind of like the gym bag. It was soft yellow colored and it was really strong, imagine it, I have been using this bag from my run away nine years ago and it's not even tore the slightness!

And I was brought all my stuffs, including my books and my music boxes I got, and they're still in good condition. And I brought all stationary that sharp enough for emergency weapons, like scissors and cutters, and even steel rulers. Oh, and compass and my empty logbook, because both Luffy and I were like a broken compass, but at least I know where is right and where is left, unlike a certain moss head.

(Zoro: HATCHII!)

And of course, a few pieces of clothes and a saggy black hoodie I brought yesterday in Low town. I love saggy clothes; it's comfortable and it's kind of cute, too bad I'm not using it now because it's summer. My moneys, small medical kit and sewing kit, just in case there something happened to any of our stuffs, especially Luffy's straw hat. And a calendar too, though it's not really necessary for Luffy, it is for me, you know, to write the dates on the logbook.

As I finished dressing myself, I nodded and turned to look at a photo of the trio ASL and me and a small bag of candies I stole at the same day as I bought the hoodie. I smiled and picked them up before put it into my bag. I turned and walked toward the door, opening it.

"Okay, I'm ready right now." I exclaimed and went out from the room, revealing Luffy, Flame and Takao right in front of the door.

"How did you pack up so long? Does girls were always this long?" Luffy complained, I pinched his cheek and pulled it down, making him yelled it hurt.

"Shut up, at least I was preparing some things, unlike you, Lu-chan. I bet you only bring yourself, aside from your clothes and that straw hat of yours." I replied and jumped down. "Shishishi, yep!" he replied and jumped down too, Takao and Flame following from behind. I just sighed and shook my head before smiled at his antics, Never change.

We saw that the bandits were staying at home, not even making slightness movements to stand up and see us set sail. "Are you not going to see our off?" Luffy asked as he peeked into the house.

"Nah, if we come strolling down the mountain, while the mayor and Makino didn't mind, the rest of the villagers would be scared stiff!" one of the bandits replied as I walked out the house and turned to look inside.

"Well then, thanks for everything, you guys!" Luffy exclaimed, making the bandits embarrassed, "Dadan! You know we hate bandits…" he added, making Dadan snapped at him and he finished, "But we like you guys!"

Suddenly Dadan turned around and bailing her eyes out and yelling at us, making me take a picture of her in that state and laughed happily. Then we left from Dadan's house to Fuusha village, meetings with the villagers.

As we at the harbor, Luffy jumped onto the row boat he got, continued by Flame and I, while Takao flew and perched on my shoulder as I sat down on the boat, leaning on the barrels we got from makino as a supply, which a barrel full of apples and water. To be honest, I don't really like apples, but whatever. At least there're foods, we'll be fine. I hope.

"Luffy! Why don't use my old fishing boat?" one of the villagers offered.

"No, we're fine with this! This is how we're gonna start out!" Luffy replied. "What, in a little rowboat?!" the villager added, worried. I giggled and turned to look at the villager, "Don't worry you guys, we're gonna be alright. Beside we're not that snotty little children from ten years ago, don't worry about us, we'll be fine." I replied and grinned.

Then Luffy turned around before glanced at me and we nodded in sync, "SABO! I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING! WE'RE FINALLY HEADING OUT TO SEA TOO!" Luffy yelled at the sky, grinning before looking forward and reached his hat as the wind was paced up.

"Sabo set out first! And Ace set out second! We'll be the third, but we're not gonna let them beat us!" he exclaimed, "You just wait, Ace! We'll catch up with you in no time!" he finished.

"What's that Luffy? Yelling and muttering to yourself, you trying to cast some kind of good luck charm?" one of the villager piped in. "It isn't a charm! It's a challenge!" Luffy replied as he holds his hands up. "Well then, we'll be going now." I exclaimed and grinned at them, "Take care everyone!" both Luffy and I said in unison.

Then we start to rowed ahead until I sensed something from the sea and it emerged from the sea, which revealing the seaking that almost making Luffy it's dinner ten years ago. I turned to Luffy, "You going to beat him or I will do it?" I asked him, my hand reaching my bo staff.

"Nah, I'll beat him." he replied and stood up, bracing an attack, "Gomu Gomu no… PISTOL!" he punched the seaking hard, making it passed out. We grinned at each other and high-fived, the villagers at Fuusha village were cheering on us. Then I felt three familiar presences at the village, which definitely not one of the villagers. I smiled a bit before rummaging at my bag, searching for something before handed it to Takao.

"Give them to Dadan and the others. Tell them that it's a letter for Garp-jii from me." I told him, he nodded and flew away after he grabbed the letter.

"Alright! We're off! I'm gonna be the Pirate King!" Luffy exclaimed, making both Flame and I grinned at him. He sure gonna be.

And then we kept drifting off to nowhere as Luffy keep rowing, Takao already back and we're now relaxing, while I started sensing the area around me with my Kenbunshoku Haki, and I sensed something from the sea a few yards from our boat.

"Hey Luffy, I think I sensed something." I informed him as I took out the binocular and looked at the sea in front of us, "Really? What is it?" he asked, stopped rowing. I was squinted my eyes and found quite a shocking thing, "I saw a whirlpool right ahead of us." I announced with casual tone, not really surprised or anything.

"Whirlpool?!" Luffy exclaimed, I nodded and put the binocular into my bag and zipped it up. "Come on, let's get into the barrels. Better be safe than die stupidly after a few minutes of set sail, right?" I told him as I open the barrel and threw the content overboard, which only a drinkable water. Then the Trio Animals were eating the apples that I poured onto the boat casually as I keeping an eye to the whirlpool, which starting to get near.

After the apples were all eaten, I told Takao to take Flame and my bag to fly and keeping an eye to the barrel both Luffy and I were in, as both Luffy and I stumbled into the barrel together. I was suggesting him to enter into each of the barrels, but Luffy refused and told me he didn't want losing me, which I stared at him in weird look, but agreed nonetheless.

We surprisingly fit into the barrel, though it surely a little cramped and hot, blamed our breathings. The barrel swayed a few times, and Luffy stumbled on top of me and accidently his face was buried on to my chest, making me blushed and pinched him hard, making him hissed and apologized. But an hour later, we fell asleep in the barrel, and Luffy was making my chest as a pillow to him. I just let it slide and fell asleep by myself.

I woke up by a sudden impact; I closed my eyes and focused at my surroundings using my Haki. There are four people around us, I quickly opened my eyes and tapped Luffy to wake up, too bad it didn't work so I use plan B to wake him up.

"Hey Luffy, there are mountain of meats outside of this barrel, you know." I said, making him quickly opened his eyes and stood up, making the hatch broke into pieces.

"MEAAATT!" he yelled, holding his hands up, which accidently punched one of the people outside. I snickered as heard Luffy said, "Eh? Who're you guys?" and I imagined it that he said it with innocent face.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" the people outside yelled at him, making me snickered at it too.

Then I tried to stand up and pushed Luffy away from the way and held up my hand, "Yo, 'sup?" I greeted them with grin, making them yelled at us in the same words as before. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" they yelled again.

"Me? I'm his First Mate," I replied as I pointed at Luffy, who was picking his nose, "And he's my Captain." I added. "We're Pirates." I finished and grinned at them. Then both Luffy and I spotted a man lying on the wooden floor, knocked out, "He'll catch a cold if he sleeps there ya' know." We commented in sync as Luffy and I get out from the barrel.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT!"

Then the pirates were threaten us by a swords, holding up the swords right in front of us, "You bastard! Stop screwing around! Don't you know we're pirates?!" they threatened. Luffy ignored them and approaching Coby, asking for food, while I just glanced at Luffy, sweat-dropped at his antics.

"LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING!" the pirate yelled, shark-teethed. "YOU BRAT!" they braced an attack, about to slash Luffy, ignoring me, "DIE!" they yelled.

But I quickly drew my bo staff out and pushed the button, making it longer and warded the attacks. I tsk-ed at them a few times and continued, "You better not underestimate this little girl right in front of you, ya' know." I sneered at them; they flinched and backed a bit, my eyes glinted and swung the staff, making the swords flew and pieced into the ceiling.

The pirates fell on their butt and were cowering in fear, while Luffy approaching me from behind and commented, "What are you doing all of a sudden?" I glanced at him and sarcastically replied, "We're just playing, Luffy."

"Really?! I want to join!" he quickly replied with stars in his eyes, "No Luffy, I'm just joking." I deadpanned, making him disappointed, "Eeehh…" he whined.

"W-who the hell are you?!" one of the pirates asked, "Me?" Luffy and I said in unison, "I'm Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy replied, striking a pose. "I'm his little sister, Ryuuen A. Erica." I replied too, standing right beside Luffy.

"Nice to meet you!" we greeted them in sync in cheerful tone and grinned at them. But they suddenly run away in fear, taking their unconscious friend with them. I raised an eyebrow and pushed the button of my bo staff and put it into the belt while Luffy just stared at the door.

"Cowards." "What's with them?" we exclaimed in sync, though our comments were different. I dunno why but after living with Luffy for three years, we always to say something in the same time, maybe it's just a coincidence.

"H-Hurry up and run!" Coby suddenly said, making both of us glanced at him, "When they come back with their friends, you'll be killed!" he exclaimed. I just snickered at him and turned to look at him fully, "Nah, don't worry about us. They need a hundred year to beat us up!" I laughed, "Even so, I'm hungry." Luffy replied, making Coby jaw-dropped at us in disbelief.

"How can you say that so calmly?!" he said, but we ignore him and I smelled a good smelled scents, we started walked toward the same direction while Coby was tried to hold us up by holding our arms, too bad we're much stronger than him so we dragged him up to the sweet scent we smelled, which in the supply room.

We went in and Luffy immediately jumped in and cheered at the foods here. I sat at the rear and started reaching into my shorts' pocket, taking out a lollipop. I put it into my mouth and swinging my legs back and forth.

"I'm Coby. And you're Luffy-san and Erica-san, right?" he asked, I turned at him and replied, "Eri is fine." before jumped in and walked neared Luffy, sitting on a barrel right beside him while Coby also approaching us, complementing us along the way.

Both of them were talking things for a few minutes, and I decided to take things from here, because this is a supply room so I took the food here. Then Coby was saying 'impossible' a few times, so both Luffy and I commented in sync, "So you're a coward then? I really don't like people like you." And Luffy was laughing while I just deadpanned, making Coby cried comically.

(BREAK LINE!)
The usual first eyecatcher is Luffy's eyecatcher. The second is Eri's eyecatcher, she's glancing to the audience with a lollipop in her mouth, poker-faced. Her theme song is the 'Fight Together' music box ver. but only at the 'Wasurenaide, We fight Together' tune.
(BREAK LINE!)

And then those two continued their conversation, and I was mentioned once by Luffy as his First Mate and stuffs, I was too busy taking the food into a big sack I found and Coby's ranting was starting to annoy me, and thankfully Luffy stopped him by hit him fair and square on the head, though I was kind of pitied him 'cause Luffy's punches and hits were really hurt, like you're being hit by a steel baseball bat really hard. He punched me once when we were training a year ago, damn, and my stomach was getting hurt just by remembering that.

"Why did you hit me…" Coby muttered.

"Just because—" Luffy started, "—you're annoying us." I finished as I walked nearing them, dragging the sack. Then Coby laughed and said that he's used to it, making me pitied him a little bit more.

A little bit.

"It's not if it's possible or not." Luffy said, holding his straw hat, taking the pink haired teen attention, "We do it because we want to." I finished and smiled at him, Coby just stared at us in confusion. Then Luffy took off his straw hat and stared at it as he continued, "I decided to become the Pirate King. I don't care if I die fighting for it." he exclaimed without any doubt and put his hat back on his head, while Coby was still staring at him until Luffy walks away, saying that he's full and now should go get a boat.

"Maybe they'll give us one if we ask…" Luffy exclaimed and helped me out with the sack, which he carry it with ease, "I don't think they gonna give us one even if we ask them politely, Luffy." I commented and sweat-dropped. "Really?" Luffy asked innocently, making me face-palmed loudly.

"I never think about that…" Coby muttered, "Can I do it too?" he said, "Not afraid of die." He finished.

Both Luffy and I glanced at him, "What?" Luffy stated.

"Maybe I can join the Marines." Coby exclaimed.

"Marines?"

"That's right! it's my dream to catch bad guys!" Coby stated, stood up and looking at us fully, "It's been my dream ever since my childhood! Can I do it?" he asked. "How should I know?!" Luffy replied in joy. "No, I will do it!" Coby exclaimed, "I'm going to get out of here and stop working as a slave for Alvida-sama! No, I will catch Alvida!" he finished.

But then the ceiling was cracking and broke down, making dusts concealing the room and something landed on the lower floor, thank god Luffy and I were on the top of the stairs, also with our now food supplies. Slowly, the dusts were starting to get cleared and showing a big silhouette right in front of us.

Definitely the Ugly-Alvida, yuck, I thought and started to cringe as I heard her voice. She was talking things with Coby, and I sensed some things were coming from the door behind us. I quickly squatted down and grabbed Luffy down too, then I looked up and I saw blades were pierced through the door. Both of us stayed there, staring at the scene right in front of us.

"It looks like you're not 'Pirate Hunter' Zoro." Alvida commented as she saw us, "Zoro?" we exclaimed in unison. Ah, it's been awhile since I heard about Zoro! I bet right now he's being tied up at that cross, lame.

Then Alvida called Coby and asked him who's the most beautiful woman here. Definitely not you, I thought, while Luffy immediately and bluntly exclaimed, "Who's this fat lady?" as he pointed to Alvida and looked at Coby, making the people that watching us from the top and in the room were making face-faults.

I snorted and turned to Luffy, "She's the ugliest person I ever seen." I replied casually while taking out my lollipop before putting it into my mouth again. But then Alvida got mad at us, I quickly grabbed the supplies and get away from there before the mace destroyed our footings just now. Then I got presences of Takao and Flame on the top deck, and I saw Takao flew down toward me, I grinned and mounted him after he changed into griffin form, and he grabbed the sack and flew up, in the same time as Luffy and Coby. Both Luffy and I grinned as I hopped off of Takao and he flew up, I grabbed my bo staff and make it longer, one of the pirates started attacking Luffy while the other one was attacking me. He's not strong at all, he's just a coward and swinging the sword around, making me frown, remembering Koshiro-san's words.

"Swords aren't just tools, they're a magnificent tools that will show its' greatness and would choose its' own owner."

I warded the sword with my staff, making him backed away, and then I swung the blade away, disarmed him. "Don't you dare…" I started and swung my staff across his head, making the pirates thrown away a few meters, "Making the swords looked lame." I finished in an awesome way, making Luffy at the background cheered for me before interrupted by the other pirates.

Both of us were attacking the pirates without mercy, together with Takao and Flame, whose were also helping. Takao was helping us from the sky while Flame was right beside me, burning some of the pirates that tried to attack both Luffy and I from behind. But then I quickly got forgotten and right now Luffy was being chased around by the pirates, while both Flame and I were sitting right beside Coby, making the pink haired teen shocked because of it.

"Why didn't you go help?!" he yelled at us, I just waved a hand and replied, "Nah, he'll be fine. If he ask for help, I'll do it." in casual way. But then I sensed a pirate was bracing an attack from behind me, I just sighed and stood up and turned around in the same time, warding the blade. I was giving him a high-threatened look and my cap was shadowing half of my face, making him sweating a lot and flinched back.

"I think I won't take a break for awhile, eh?" I exclaimed loudly before kicking the pirate right at his balls, making him holding his balls and fell on his knees, his eyes rolled back and tears were streaming down. "Hey, men don't cry. What kind of man are you?" I commented in innocent tone, the pirates in the background were shouting at me because it was my fault.

But then there was loud cheering and I turned only to saw Luffy using his Gomu Gomu no Rocket to attacked bunch of pirates. After the assaults were finished, I approached Luffy and Coby, whose talking about Luffy's power, followed by Flame and Takao (in his griffin form). Then Alvida approaching us and talking things to Luffy, mainly about his devil fruit.

As they talking about things, I took my bag from Takao and searching for something; I grinned as I found it and took it out, revealing a camera. I got it a year ago from Ace after he joined the Whitebeard Pirates for my birthday present, he said that he bought it in New World and it's an exclusive one, which resistance to impact, water and fire. It got my favorite color, which is light red.

And I focused back at the scene right in front of me, where Coby was mocking Alvida and Luffy was laughing hard. I just grinned and as Alvida about to attack Coby, Luffy received the impact and complimented him, and Luffy cocked back his fist quite far to punch Alvida's gut. As she received the attack, I took a picture of it and Luffy held up a V and a grin at the camera, making me laughed mentally.

Then Luffy turned to look at the pirates overboard and asking for a boat with his rare serious face, which making me took it too with my camera. Hey, his serious face was quite good looking! And 'Hot'!

But our happy moment didn't last long, because cannonballs were coming and almost hit the ship we're on. The ship was swaging back and forth, making all of us fell on our knees because of the impacts.

"Whoops, guess this is our bad luck, eh Luffy?" I smirked as I spotted a bunch of marine ship, Luffy nodded and turned to Coby, "It's a marine ship, you could go right now if you want. We're Pirates, gotta run!" he said and jumped off the ship together with Flame, I laughed happily as Coby went panicked and followed him too. I just shook my head and jumped off, while Takao flew away, taking the food supplies I got just then. I landed on the boat harshly and spotted a familiar redhead right beside our boat, both Luffy and I making eye contacts with her before a cannonball landed near our boat and we sailed away.

After a few minutes, we finally got away and both Luffy and I were relaxed because of it, Luffy was laughing his ass off while I just checking the food supplies, searching for anything good and eat them. Coby was looking the surroundings; I turned to look at him as I ate a chicken leg and holding Luffy with my bo staff, about to eat the supply, "Don't worry Coby, there's no one around us. Trust me." I reassured him and kicked Luffy off, "Cut it out, would you! I won't forgive you if we got starving in the middle of the sea because of you!" I yelled at him, shark-teethed, while he just pouted at me.

"Say Luffy-san…" Coby called, both of us turned at him and we hummed, "If you're searching for 'One Piece', then you're gonna sail to the 'Grand Line', right? They call it the 'Pirate Graveyard' you know." Coby informed us, "Yep! That's why I'm searching for strong Nakamas!" Luffy replied with grin.

"So, who's that guy? The one that called as 'Pirate Hunter'." Luffy asked, I turned to look at him and raised an eyebrow, "Wait, did you forget about him, Luffy? I'm sure that I told you about him after I came back home." I told him. "Eh? Really?" then Luffy started thinking and his face was getting red and starting to steaming because of 'too much thinking', "Just forget I said anything." I deadpanned as I stared at him after I took a picture of his red face.

"Oh, okay then!" he replied, his face turned back into his usual color, I sweat-dropped and sighed.

"You mean 'Zoro'? I heard that he's being held up by Marines." Coby replied, "What? So he's weak then?" Luffy replied, slightly disappointed. "You're wrong! He's the most ruthless person I ever heard!" Coby exclaimed, "…why did you ask?"

Then Luffy grinned and replied, "If he's really that strong, I gonna make him my Nakama!" I snorted as Coby started to whine and Luffy also talking pointless things, I leaned at the rear of the boat and looked up, I smiled at the sky and I spotted Takao was flying above us while Flame fell asleep beside of me.

Welp, I guess we're gonna met Zoro again. I wonder if he surprised when we meet again?

A/N: YO! Finally, the first chapter of East Blue Saga! Because the canon was finally here, I'll change the cover story each Saga! But I haven't made this Saga's cover so maybe next chapter, I hope. And my exams finally finished, and I already got some of the tests.

…of course, some of the scores I got are bad, but I hope the other won't be bad. I hope.

For my reviewers… yes, Ro is really sly and a troublemaker, I hope he don't disturb Ace so much XD. Oh, I'm sure the ASLE got their own animal partners~ I assure you, all of the ASLE gonna got one. Thank you! Because I didn't make Eri to follow Ace, I make it up with the letter arrived to the Moby Dick and been read by the Whitebeard Pirates instead XD. And yes, the 'A' sure does have they owns origins, so stay tuned! Oh and there's a little omake at the end of this note, hope you like it! And thank you to my three reviewers that bid me a great job! Thank you pinkus-pyon! Even though we talk in different language, it did not become an obstacle of our chat! XD Thank you everyone!

And thank you for the favorites and the follows! It makes me happy if this story is being loved by everyone! THANK YOU~~

Disclaimer: One Piece is owned by Odacchi! I just own this crappy fanfic of mine!

ThiefofStealth

OMAKE!

At the same time as Luffy and our heroine's pirating life, Ace came back from his quest and decided to take a visit to the Moby Dick. As he arrived at the ship, he was greeted by his brothers and sister, and also his pops.

"Hey Ace! You got a letter from your little sister a week ago." The Pineapple-head said as he showed Ace the said letter, while Izo was smirking in a bad way as he stared at his brothers in front of him.

"Letter? Oh thanks! I almost for—Wait! How did you know that it's from my little sister?!" Ace asked as he snatched the letter and glared at the Phoenix man.

"Not my fault. It was Izo who opened and read it." Marco replied simply, with his usual bored face. "Marco! How dare you sell your own brother!" Izo exclaimed playfully, still with a smirk that, in Ace's eyes, was teasing him.

"Well whatever, you guys better not read it again next time!" Ace threatened as a vein popped out on his cheek, this made the cross-dresser smirked, "Eeh, why? Because you're scared that we're gonna tease you because of it?" he asked, "Or maybe you're afraid that one of us would take her away?"

Ace's eye was twitched as he heard it, but decided to ignored him and read the letter. He sat down as he read the letter and smiled a bit at the letter, as if imagining that our main heroine and Luffy were with him right in front of him, making a scene. Then he took out the photo of his younger siblings, staring at it a few moments and smiled at the photo before putting it inside his shorts' pocket. As he turned his attention back at his brothers' right in front of him, he saw that they were smiling at him, making him walks back a few steps, "What?" he asked, a little suspicious.

"Hee… I didn't know that Ace like his little sister, even though she's not blood-related." Izo commented and snickered, making Ace blushed madly.

"Oh, so it's true then? Considering your reaction from Izo's comment." Marco added as he smirked at Ace, amused at his brother's antics.

"S-shut up!" Ace yelled at him frantically, though the blush on his face was getting darker, making the rest of the Commanders were snickered at him and he blushed deeper, even his ears were now bright red.

"Gurararara, so Ace, tell us about this little sister of yours." Whitebeard boomed, slightly interested to our heroine.

"Abou Eri?" Ace echoed back, thinking a moment and looked at his siblings and his pops, before sighed heavily in defeat and sat down, "Alright, fine, just don't make fun of me again." He exclaimed before started to tell his family on Moby Dick about his little sister, and a little blushing time from Ace.

After Ace finished telling them, there was a slight pause for a moment.

"…so, your sister is a tsundere?" Marco commented casually, making Ace fell comically while the other just sweat-dropped and their pops laughs' boomed.

"Well anyway, the letter says that she and your little brother were going to set sail, right?" Haruta asked and Ace nodded at Haruta. "Yeah, and after they got their first bounty, I'm going to visit them." Ace said and grinned, but then he realized something and said, "Oh yeah, where's Ro? It's unusual of him not here when I came back."

"Oh he just fell asleep just then, after eating half of our meat stocks." Namur answered, Ace just deadpanned and he suddenly fell on his back, asleep.

"Ah, his narcolepsy attacked again." Marco exclaimed as he stared at Ace, sweat-dropped and mentally face-palmed at his brother antics, while Whitebeard just laughed at the scene.