"I'm hungry… Are we there yet?" Luffy drew out the "gry" as he moaned.

"No Luffy, it'll still be a few hours." Said the orange haired navigator looking up from her book. Sanji shot from the galley with a cold drink, they were near a summer island in its spring so it had to be pretty hot, and Chopper was looking for someplace cool to take a nap since the heat was getting to him.

"Nami-sannn." Sanji's voice entered the girl's ears as he held out the drink for her, she ignored his ranting (Truth is me, the author, never knows how he'll act since he can be so spontaneous to me, and I'm just too stupid to think of anything at the moment….) and sipped it remembering something she had been told on the previous island.

"I wouldn't have your flag raised when you arrive there." The old man grinned at Nami.

"Why not?" The navigator had asked politely.

"There's a girl there whose been invited to join so many crews for one reason or another that she's sworn to kill any pirates who land there."

"Really?"

"Yeah, when she was little she had a twin sister, Kara was her name I remember that much, but anyways, on their sixth birthday ten years ago they went out to dinner at their aunt's restaurant and a marine came in stealing food from customers. The girl, I think her name was Teri, she yelled at him to stop taking other's food and get his own and he mixed them up and thought he was killing the one who had ordered him to stop but really killed poor Kara."

"A case of mistaken identity." Nami said sighing.

"The marine was dishonorably discharged and later became a pirate, that's another reason she despises pirates."

"Luffy, let's lower our flag and put up one without our mark."

"Why?"

"Weren't you listening to that old man?"

"What old man?"

"Never mind." Nami looked out over the ocean watching the island come closer and closer.

"Teri come here. You're on waitress duty today."

"Come on Aunt Iris, I can't remember orders long enough to write them down so why do you even bother putting me on duty?"

"You have to pull your own weight around here young lady. Now get into your uniform and I'll help you with that hair-"

"I got it Aunt Iris, just make sure I get music duty next, that kid has no clue what he's doing and he waits tables better that I do." Teri pointed at the fifteen year old boy with short red hair and a polite smile on his face. Her aunt gave her a stern look and Teri sighed. "Fine, gimme the, ugh, dress." She grabbed the blue dress-like outfit and left to change into it.

"Kenji, get your sheet music, you're on music duty."

"Aww, mom!" Kenji whined.

A few minutes later Teri stood in the large dining area in the blue outfit, it didn't go with her at all, it always made her breasts look bigger than they were and it had a skirt, an evil very little skirt. She looked around then seeing a tall blond enter she made her way to him. "Welcome, are you by yourself?"

"Why yes I am." He answered bowing his head politely.

"I'm sorry but you'll have to put out your cigarette smoking isn't allowed here." Teri started walking towards an empty table. "Please follow me." The music was calm then the noise of a wrong note was heard then laughter. "Kenji sucks at music duty and I suck at waiting duty when will that shitty woman realize that?" Teri mumbled under her breath stopping at the table. "I'll be back in a few minutes to take your-" The man cut her off.

"Sorry to be rude but I think I already know what I want."

"If it's me, suck it up." Teri told him, he pouted for a moment then something peaked his interest. He noticed something behind her; it looked like a bulletin board for wanted posters.

"What's that for?" He asked pointing at it, Teri turned around just enough to see it herself.

"Oh, that? That's our watch list. We look out for those people dining here then we trap them in one was or another and then we call in bounty hunters. Heh, we had someone on that board asking about someone calling himself Black beard a few weeks ago. That was so funny."

"Oh, alright." He checked for his captain's straw hat but didn't see it. "Isn't that Straw-hat guy around here?"

"No, the guy a few weeks ago wanted to know that to, I'm guessing you noticed he's not up there." She grinned. "That poster's up in my room, that guy's not that bad and neither is the guy who was askin' about that Black beard guy. I met them when I was a kid, when I visited East Blue; so many people there were so nice to me and my folks."

"Teri what are you doing?" A girl with long black hair asked scaring Teri as a bit as she put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Are you annoying the clientele (OMG I spelled that right the first time, yay me) again?"

"I was just answering a question he had Kira."

"Sorry if my cousin was bothering you sir. She's just started working here with my brother and I a few weeks ago and she enjoys talking with the clientele instead of serving them." Teri glared at Kira and her emotionless blue eyes. "I gotta get back to the kitchen so I might as well take your order while I'm here." Teri stared at her cousin Kenji as he struggled to read the music and play at the same time, he had a hard time multi-tasking while Teri never read sheet music in her life but could play music just from hearing it once.

"LET TERI PLAY!" Yelled a man throwing his glass at Kenji, Teri moved on instinct and grabbed the glass in midair.

"Oi, Ossan, cool your jets will ya." Teri said setting the glass back down on his table. "I have music duty next time so just relax and try not to make him nervous, OK Ossan?"

"No it's not alright, that cousin of yours sucks!"

"Well suck it up Ossan, he's playing today and if you don't like it ignore him." Teri glared at the obviously drunk man and saw something in his eyes. "You're erotic!" She yelled with a sick realization. "You're no better than that ero-pirate from last week!" She felt so thankful to have shorts on under the short skirt that she despised, she was so thankful about that as she kicked him right out of the chair, Kira went to hold her back and Kenji leapt up, the look on his face excited to see a fight in the normally too calm restaurant and he was just itching to join. Teri's legs and arms were a whirlwind of violence and pain but somehow Kira had snaked her way through and grabbed the girl's arms only leaving her legs to fight.

"Teri stop!"

"HE'S AN EROTIC BASTARD!"

"She's ranting again." Sanji turned to see two men with small tattoos on their necks grinning. "The captain will be pleased, he likes his bitches feisty. A table flew at the men who ducked.

"I HEARD THAT YOU PERVS!" She pulled herself loose from her cousin. "AND I QUIT! I GET BETTER MONEY AT THE BAR WHERE I SING!"

"What?" Teri's aunt Iris was in the room quicker than you can say pie. "You are not singing at any bars little missy!"
"I'm not six any more DAMMIT!" She raised the flute to her lips and played a hypnotic lullaby. "TAKE A FUCKING NAP BITCH!" She yelled running out the door right past Sanji, wow… She had been so hyped up over insulting someone's musical skills, made Sanji ponder how well she'd do in a fight. He noted that most of the people were dozing off after hearing the low and soft tune.

"Just what is taking that damned chef so long?" Zoro asked, he had "bribed" Sanji to help him with something and by "bribe" I mean he told Sanji he'd get Nami to do it if he didn't. He was sitting on a bench in the shade of a tree in a small park like place and just as he went to search for the "damned chef" a blur of blue, brown, and silver sped past him knocking him to the ground. "What the hell?" He noticed something was missing then saw one of his swords in the tree he'd just been under. "What the-How did that happen?" The blur sped on slowly losing its speed before finally stopping outside a small bar.

"Hey there kiddo."

"Hey Alec!" Teri said cheerfully, she plopped onto a stool at the bar.

"Watcha gonna sing tonight?" The girl thought for a moment.

"Well, I kicked some serious ass last night so I think it'll be "Me Against the World", is that OK with you Alec?" The last time she had sung it the bar had been in shambles at the end and Alec had fought with her about pay.

"Why not, just give them some warning, the drunks take it as a signal to have a brawl." Alec said looking out the window, he saw a rather pissed man walk by. "Did you kick his ass?" Teri looked.

"Naw, I went to today before I quit my aunt's place. I get paid better here anyways, 50 beli a song and a free drink every night, which I'm saving up." She said grinning; Alec made her feel like she had a home, he was the spitting image of her father and acted just like him. "Ok, gonna get myself ready."

"OK then, oh yeah, we have some out-of-towners who heard of your music skills."

"Well fuck them, I sing here and they shoulda gone to my aunt's place last week if they wanted to hear me with my flute."

"That's what I told them."