Dagger ran her hands through her uneven black hair and yawned. It kept falling in her face. She was dying of boredom. Arlong had left her chained to his chair as he went to Cocoyashi Village to take care of something. Now, she just sat with her back against the white chair reminiscing about the past.

A loud noise made her lost her thoughts. She turned to her head to see Zoro fighting the mermen. She stood up and rested her arms on the chair's backboard. Mermen fell everywhere Zoro rushed too and soon, there weren't any left. From one the fallen mermen, he grabbed a blue shirt and put it on.

"Hey," Dagger said, "A little help?" She smiled at him when she got his attention and pointed to the chains at her feet.

He narrowed his eyes at her before walked toward her. Instead of helping her with the chains, he sat down on the chair. "I don't want to help you."

"What?" She was shocked, "Why won't you help me?"

"I knew something was wrong with Nami when I first saw her and now, I have the same feeling with you. Tell me why you're so afraid of Arlong and this Nikola guy, princess." Zoro looked up at her with his arms behind his head, "Princess Amy, isn't it? You might have some political power or Kingdom, but I don't care about that. Tell me why you're so afraid of Arlong."

Dagger looked down at him into his eyes. Her upheaval hair fell to cover her face. She rubbed her arms and nodded, "Alright… I'll tell you." As she came around the backboard to sit on the armrest, Zoro got the first look of her in the pale green dress. Hiding his astonishment, he kept a straight face. She looked lovely in the dress. He wanted to say something, but Dagger didn't seem in the mood for his compliment.

The pale green dress was a tube top with a long skirt. A light green sash was tied around her waist. The dress showed a slim torso with a small bust and the curves of her petite body. He also saw the tattoo. "What's this?"

Dagger turned and slipped on the armrest into Zoro's lap. He held her bare back from hitting the other armrest. "Sorry," She said as she tried to get up, but the chain was too short for her to move.

"Just answer the question," Zoro lifted her and set her down comfortably on his lap with his arm around her waist.

"Well," Dagger started with her hand resting in her lap, "It happened fifteen years ago… I was only two years old when Arlong came to the town my family was staying at.

I was waiting outside a building for my father because he was in a meeting to discuss something about his will when Arlong came bursting out of the building. He was mad about something because when he saw me sitting there, he came toward me and grabbed my arm.

I screamed in pain as his large hand crushed my small arm. With his other hand, he muffled my screams, but someone already heard it. Arlong carried me to the beach and just laughed as he walked into the sea with me in his grasp. I don't remember much after that because of the pain was unbearable. All I knew was my father and Hawk Eyes were there.

When I regain consciousness, my whole arm right was in a cast. My father loomed over me with relief on his face when he saw me awake and aware. He told me that I shouldn't worry about Arlong. I didn't know what he meant, but a few weeks later, I heard Arlong was taken by another merman named Jinbei to sail off into the Grand Line and far away from me. Hawk Eyes saw to that.

When my arm recovered with the help of the doctor, my father said we were going to his home town for a visit. It was there I was introduced a bar owner who was suppose to take care of me. My father told me it would be safer for me to stay away from him in order to keep my existence a secret. My father only trusted a few people with me.

He left me there, and later that day, the bar owner said he was captured. It was a public execution… and my father died that day. Although it was horrible, people were celebrating and that made me angry.

The bar owner said he wanted to be captured. Of course I didn't believe it, but it was inevitable that I would accept it as the truth. I lived there for a month before Zeff came to get me. The bar owner had a copy of the Will from my father that I go into the care of friends. Before my father turned himself in, he made sure I was taken care of.

After I spent two years with Zeff, I went off with another pirate. I never stayed more than a year with one certain pirate. I soujourned most of the time and only told a few people about my past. I guess you're one of the few…" Dagger grasped her skirt tightly.

"About Nikola…" She continued, "He was a person I help get started. He saw he wanted to be a pirate and I only help him as a joke. He didn't seem like a person who wanted to sail. I didn't know he'll turn out into a malevolent pirate. He was so adorable. It's like I created a monster like Arlong… Nikola has my friends."

"And this is his pirate mark?" Zoro touched her arm lightly.

"Yeah, he loves this flower. His mother used to grow it around his home before she got sick. Nikola tried to find a cure for her, but he didn't have enough time. He told me this when we were together…" Dagger brought her skirt to her face to wipe her eyes.

"Here," Zoro stopped her and gave her his bandana from his arm.

She wiped her tears. "Thank you, Zoro," Dagger wore a small smile and warped her arms around him. He couldn't hide his smile that she was so close to him. "You're just like Malik."

"Malik?" Zoro raised his eye brow; his smile long gone.

Dagger pushed herself away from him, they were inches apart. She had a smile on her face, "Yeah, Malik. He's a friend of mine. He's a great listener. I could tell him anything and he wouldn't judge me. He's like a brother to me. Zoro, you're just like him in ways. Although, he's much taller and has snowy white hair and the coolest eyes."

"Oh," Zoro replied flatly, "Let me get you out of the chains…" He lifted her to her feet and less than a second, the chains fell apart.

"Ah, freedom!" Dagger sat in the chair and massaged her lightly bruised ankles. Zoro sheathed his sword and looked around. He felt Dagger touch his arm, "Here's you're bandana back. Thanks, Zoro."

"You're welcome." He noticed her mood was better and complimented on her dress, "You look cute in that dress."

She made a quick turn to glance at him, surprised. A wide smile appeared on her face, "I never thought you could use the word cute. You seem like a cold person. Not that you are like that…"

"Why thank you. I guess this what I get for complimenting you. Next time, I'll stick to insults." Zoro joshed. "When's Luffy going to come? If he doesn't come in the next five minutes, I'll die of boredom." Dagger scoffed but then they both stopped and looked around to see three fishing poles.

"Oh! Yeah! This one's a BIG one!" It came from over the stone wall. "Even I, a member of Arlong's elite can't pull it up! Ha ha ha! It must be a super large fish! What? What is this!" Dagger and Zoro stared at three fishing poles. One of them was pulling on a striped body suit. "Oh, it's me…"

"Let's check this out." Zoro commented. Dagger followed him to the wall. He stood on a small lamp statue and stared over the top of the wall.

Dagger listened to the person shout, "Huh? Who the heck are you? Me? I'm Hatchan. Call me Hatchi."

"Are you a merman?" Zoro asked him.

"Of course! Of course! I'm the charming octopus merman! Do I look like a human?"

"No… I guess not…"

"Are you with the Marines or just a guest?"

"Guest?" Zoro looked behind him at his handy work of the fallen mermen, "Yeah, I'm a guest."

"Me too," Dagger sat on the wall top next to Zoro. "Hello there."

"Hello. Hello. Nice to meet you. Do you know Arlong's not here?"

"Yeah, we know. Where did he go?" Zoro asked.

"I heard he was trying to catch a long nose stranger that was trying to run away. They say another one was caught and held here. He went to Cocoyashi Village to catch him."

"Usopp." Dagger and Zoro whispered to each other. "We better go save him."

Dagger looked down as the octopus merman, "How do we get to Cocoyashi Village?" The merman pointed to a large floating pot as Zoro jumped down from the wall.

"Get in. Guest, right? I'll take you there, swordsman and umm…," He looked up at Dagger, "milady."

"Thanks." He extended on of his arms to help her off the wall and then into the large pot. "Why thank you. You're so very kind." She smiled at Hatchi who blushed.

"It was nothing, milady." He scratched his head and jumped in the water. Zoro rolled his eyes and joined Dagger inside the octopus pot.

Hatchi swam under the pot and steered it toward Cocoyashi Village's dock. In a few minutes, he stopped and Dagger and Zoro climbed off.

"This is Cocoyashi Village! Arlong should be here in this village." He jumped in the water and started to swim away when he popped up from the water and asked, "Oh! I didn't remember to ask you you're names." Dagger and Zoro froze. "Me? You want to hear my name again? It's Hatchan! Come again!" He waved good bye and submerged.

"Strange guy…" Zoro sighed in relief, "Let's go." He ran off before Dagger could see where the village was. When she reached the village, she found Zoro pinning a guy to the wall of a building. They exchanged a few words before Zoro ran away toward the direction of Arlong Park.

Dagger stared at him with disbelief, "Hey! Wait up! Where's Usopp!" She called as she pulled up her skirt to run. It came to her then that she can glide. She caught up with Zoro's side.

"Usopp got captured by Arlong. He's at Arlong Park now. Come on!"

Dagger replied annoyed, "Alright. Don't get testy." She grabbed onto her skirt so it wouldn't drag on the ground. After a few minutes, the two reached a dense forest when Zoro stopped. "I heard something coming…" He told Dagger, "We have to be careful. It might be one of Arlong's men."

"Don't worry about hearing it come. I see it coming." Dagger pointed in the direction of the sea.

"YO! ZORO! DAGGER!" Luffy called out. Zoro was sprawled on the hull as the ship rammed into him. Dagger levitated herself higher, but the ship still sped into her. But she had a cushion and it was Sanji.

Sanji caught her in his arms, "I got you. Don't worry."

Dagger looked ahead of the ship. "Don't worry? You're telling me not to worry! WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT A CLIFF!" She shut her eyes as the ship collided with the cliff side. Debris flew in all direction and hazy smoke filled the area.

"We're arrived! We're arrived." Luffy said when the smoke cleared as he brushed the dust off his hat.

"You bastard… What the heck do you think you're doing!" Zoro exclaimed as he pushed debris off himself. He glared at Luffy, but his attention turned to Luffy's side. Sanji sat on a broken crate with Dagger. She had her arms around him.

"I told you not to worry," Sanji said to her with a grin, "I got you." She released him with a foolish smile.

"Sorry. I didn't mean… to umm…" She started as he set her on her feet.

"No problem, milady." He replied. "You look beautiful in that dress as you always do in anything."

Zoro watched with distaste. He frowned when Dagger turned to jump on Luffy from behind with her arms warped around his neck.

"Hey Luffy," She said, "I knew you would come and you brought Sanji too!"

"AHH! What happened to you're hair!" He looked over his shoulder. Dagger's hair fell in her face so she brushed it back.

"Arlong cut it off and dyed it black. It's back to its normal color." She explained as she released him, "However, I need to trim it a bit."

Luffy turned to Zoro, "Where's Usopp and Johnny?"

"Shoot." Zoro jumped up, "Arlong has him! He got captured. We've got to save him!"

"AHHHHH!" Someone screamed. The crew turned to see Johnny falling on his knees, "Usopp is DEAD! He was killed by NAMI!" Shock fell on everyone. "In order to obtain some buried treasure, she was kissing up to Arlong. And for that purpose, she killed without even thinking. She's rotten-hearted low-life!"

Luffy ran up to him and hollered in his face, "BASTARD! You're lying! YOU'RE LYING! Say that one more time and I'll kill you."

"Hey Luffy," Zoro defended Johnny, "This has nothing to do with him."

"You don't have to believe me but I saw it with my own eyes. I saw what she did to Usopp!"

"You're making up crap! There's no way Nami would kill Usopp! We're friends!"

"Who's friends, Luffy?" A feminine voice asked. Everyone turned their heads to see Nami holding her staff.

"Nami…" Luffy dropped Johnny and turned around.

"Why did you come here?"

"What are you talking about? You're my friend. I came to get you."

"How annoying! Friends? Don't make me laugh. You're just a pathetic group of people following a brainless captain.

"You!" Johnny shouted, "How... How dare you kill Usopp!"

"And you're point is?" Nami replied with a nonchalant tone, "You want to try killing me to avenge him?"

"Maybe," Dagger appeared behind her with a hand on Nami's staff. "I don't need to try to kill you. I can and you won't see it coming. I am Bloody Amy, you know." Nami stiffen, but then Dagger's tone changed for a light hearted one, "But I need a change of clothes. Can you help me, Nami?" She smiled and stood next to Nami.

Sanji watched the two, "Her cool look is so charming! HI NAMI! It's me, it's me! Remember me! Let's go on a cruise together! Dagger is so hot when she's deadly."

Zoro growled under his breathe before shouting at him, "Shut up! Stay out of this! You're just complicate things!"

"What did you say? My love is always a hurricane! Hey, listen to me when I'm talking to you!"

Zoro turned away from Sanji to Nami, "Where's Usopp?"

"At the bottom of the sea." She replied.

"Why you, quit your bull shit!" Zoro dashed at her with his hand on his sword. Dagger stood in front of Nami and Sanji dashed in front of Zoro. He kicked but Zoro dodged and drew his sword.

"Do swordsmen attack women too?" Sanji asked, "Roronoa Zoro?"

"Why did you say?" Zoro snapped, "You don't even know what's going on so don't interfere."

Sanji shrugged, "After such an emotional loss, of course you're irritable."

"Eh?" He glared, "Oi. You better watch what you say."

"AHAHAHA!" Zoro changed his attention to Dagger. "That's why you ran off without waiting for me! Ha ha ha! I didn't know, Zoro!" She leaned on Nami for support. Nami sighed in frustration.

"Shut up!" Zoro hissed.

Nami pushed Dagger off her and turned to everyone, "Stop your bickering. Right now Arlong wants to kill "Zoro and his gang". All because Zoro went and did something stupid. You guys may have monster-like powers, but you're no match for real monsters. Hang around this island long enough and you guys will be killed for sure. Well, this doesn't concern me one bit. The only reason I got close to you guys is for money and nothing more. Now you guys have nothing and are no use to me. I'll return the ship. Go find yourself another navigator. Get out of here. Good bye."

"Nami…" Luffy whispered. He closed his eyes and fell back. "I'm going to sleep."

"What!" Johnny shouted.

Yosaku, "Sleep! In the middle of the road?"

"Yeah, I don't feel like leaving the island. I don't care what's happening here. I'm a bit sleepy so I'm sleeping." With that, Luffy began to snore.

Dagger laughed again from her spot on the ground, "Luffy so hard headed. It'll get him kill one day."

Nami looked at her and then Luffy. She tightened her fist and screamed at them, "FINE! DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT! GO AHEAD AND DIE!" She ran away after that.

Dagger brushed her hair away from her face, "I'm going after her. Any problems?"

"No, but I'm walk you into town incase there are any mermen." Zoro replied. Sanji, Yosaku, and Johnny went to sit down in the shade.

As the two began walking toward town, Zoro commented, "You seem happy now. Why's that?"

"Huh?" Dagger turned to him, "Oh, it's because Luffy and Sanji are here. Some how, seeing Luffy makes me happy."

"Oh, okay."

"And Sanji is so… I don't know. Well, he's cute in a way. Don't you just want to hug him? Luffy too. Don't you just want to hug them both?"

"Yeah… Sure…" Zoro replied sarcastically, "Of course I do… What about me?"

Dagger laughed, "You? You're cool. You're like one of the arrogant guys who are masters in something like swordsmanship or marksmanship. Malik is the same as you."

"Arrogant… You think I'm arrogant and cold. Thanks."

"No! I said you seem like an arrogant guy but you're not. And I didn't say you were cold or did I…? I just confused myself," Dagger scratched her head and laughed, "Let's stick to you're cool. Bottom line, you're cool with you're three-sword style. You're one-of-a-kind."

Zoro scoffed, "Alright. There's the town. I'll tell Luffy when he wakes up."

"Thanks," Dagger replied as she hugged him, "Don't be jealous of them, Zoro. You're going to be the greatest swordsman in the world if you defeat Mihawk, that is." She laughed as she ran off to find Nami.

"Who said I was?" He walked back with a smug look on his face.

Can anyone guess what Dagger's little secret is? (y/n question. Don't spoil it for others.) I think I made a too clear. Ha ha ha…

Still need suggestions, see bio/profile for details. I've chosen Malik. He'll come in around Loguetown.

Disclaimer: I own Malik, Sakuya, Dagger/Amy, and Nikola. I don't own One Piece as you all know.

Thanks for the reviews! Shadw: Can you guess who her father is? (y/n question, I don't want to spoil it until Malik comes) I think I made it too easy. Iwin Ulose: I think Mihawk is one of those characters that are tough but has a little softness in them. WildGamer: Oh, I knew those three. I was asking for new enemies that are coming after Arlong Park. Mangagurl101, and Dead man walkin.