"You know, they say you're a bad guy."

Zoro looked up, narrowing his eyes at the girl standing in front of him, taking in her white coat, worn straw hat, quiver full of arrows but no bow and the thick blue ribbon tied tightly over her eyes.

"You're still here?"

The girl was standing a little in front of him, the position of her head giving him the impression she was staring at him intensely, her head tilted slightly to the side.

"They left you here, tied up and humiliated. Are you really strong?"

He sneered at her.

"Mind your own business woman!"

How the hell was this girl so infuriating?! He didn't even know her and already he wanted to kill her.

The girl continued to stare at him, her covered eyes somehow drilling into his head even though he couldn't see them.

"I would've been gone in three days." She said lightly, her hand drifting out of her coat pocket to rest on some strange metal object hanging from her belt.

"I've got more willpower than you."

The amused smile the girl suddenly got told him that wasn't what she meant by what she'd said, but he chose to ignore it for now, instead giving her a feral grin.

"I'll survive this, don't you forget it!"

The girl was quiet for a bit, still looking at him with that amused smile.

"Suit yourself."

The girl turned around to leave.

"Wait."

She stopped, turning her head to look at him.

He nodded to the ruined rice balls.

"Could you give me those?"

The girl stared at him again, before smiling softly.

"Sure. Call me Jack."

He blinked at her as she walked over to the ruined rice, slightly surprised by the male name.

"Zoro." He grunted out, staring at Jack as she held the rice in front of his face.

"I know." She said simply, not saying anything else as he discovered the dirt covered rice.

He coughed, spitting out some dirt.

"Tell that girl I said thanks."

The girl grinned, snickering slightly.

"ShiShiShiShi! You're okay, for a supposed 'bad guy'. I'll pass the message along. See you soon, Roronoa Zoro."

With that she spun on her heel, walking away and leaving him to wonder about her words.

'What a strange girl.'


"Why the hell are you here?! Piss off already!"

"Nope! You're my Nakama now!"

"You can't just decide that on your own!"

"Sure I can, I just did. Now wait here, I'm gonna go get your swords."

"What-? Hey, wait, where are you going?!"

Zoro stared after the girl as she sprinted to the Marine Base, disbelief showing on his face for all the world to see.

'What the hell is WRONG with that girl?!'

But even as he thought that, he still felt a small amount of hope. Hope that the strange girl with hidden eyes could free him from his bonds and give him back his treasure.

So he waited, listening to the faint yelling coming from the building with the ghost of a smirk on his face.


"Arrow Technique; Smoke Screen!"

Zoro felt his eyes widen as an arrow landed on the ground in front of the Marines, exploding into a cloud of smoke upon impact, another arrow embedding itself into the ground next to the pole he was tied to, this one with a thin wire attached to it. He turned his head as best he could, watching as the girl used her bow to slide down the wire, landing gracefully on the ground and bending down, pulling the arrow free and placing it back in the quiver.

She then turned to him, smirking, taking his swords from where they had been hanging o her hip, holding them out to him.

"I believe these are your's."

He stared at her.

"Who the hell are you?!"

She tilted her head.

"Me? I'm Monkey D. Jacqueline and I'm the one who's gonna be Queen of the Pirates!"

She grinned at him, her bow slung over her back as he stared at her in disbelief.

"Do you even know what you're saying?!"

"Sure I do, the Queen of the Pirates is the Queen of the Pirates. What else is there to it?"

"I was surprised to, but Jack-san really mean it! She intends to become Queen of the Pirates and find the One Piece!"

Zoro turned his gaze to the pink haired kid showing him his disbelief.

"So Zoro, you gonna take them or not?"

Zoro turned his gaze back to the girl, who was giving him a sly smirk.

"But you know, if I give you these, you'll owe me. Get killed by some no-name Marines or join my pirate crew… Which one is it?"

A grin slowly made its way onto his face.

"You're the child of the devil! Fine, I'll join your crew! Better to be a pirate then to die here!"

The girl, Jack, grinned widely.

"Alright, new Nakama!"

"You're excited, I get it, but get me out of these ropes!"

"Ah, right!"

By now, the smoke from Jack's arrow had disappeared, letting the Marines and their Captain see them.

The Captain glared at them hated fully, making the pink haired kid squeak in fear, then at his men.

"Since you're all so useless with gun, use your swords!"

Jack seemed to be ignoring everything, to focused on the rope she was to untie.

"Weird, it got tighter." Her eyebrows drew further together, showing him she was frowning.

"Just give me a sword!" He growled.

"Alright."

Jack put one of his swords in his hand, stepping back and turning to the Marines, hand settling on her bow.

"Why don't you show me what you can do, Roronoa Zoro?"

Zoro smirked around the sword in his mouth.

"Way ahead of you, Captain."

His new Captain simply grinned.


"Zoro, duck!"

He did as she said, looking at her curiously to see what his new Captain would do.

Jack had an arrow notched on her bow in a matter of seconds, pulling it back on the string and aiming it straight at the group of Marines.

"Arrow Technique; Knockout Gas!"

Jack fired, the arrow hitting the ground in front of the Marines and exploding into a cloud of gas as it did.

Zoro looked at her from under his bandana.

"I'm curious Captain. How exactly can you use a bow and arrow so well with that ribbon covering your eyes?"

Jack turned her head in his direction, a sly smirk on her face.

"Not everyone needs eyes to see, Zoro."

Her smirk grew.

"Now, I bet I can take out more Marines then you~"

He answered her smirk with one of his own.

"You're on, Captain."

She laughed.


Zoro stared at his Captain in both fascinating and disbelief as the skinny girl devoured plate after plate of food, her stomach seemingly a black hole.

"How the hell is a skinny girl like you eating more then the guy that was starved for three weeks?" He asked in shock.

Jack stopped eating just long enough to say "High metabolism" before going right back to eating, finally stopping after three more plates, patting her somehow still flat stomach.

"That hit the spot! Thanks Ms. Ririka!" She said happily, grinning brightly up at the brunette woman.

"It's the least I can do after everything you guys have done for our town." The woman said, giving Jack a smile in return.

Jack opened her mouth to speak again but before she could, three marines came barging through the door of the restaurant, their eyes landing on him and Jack almost immediately after entering and narrowing in response.

They stiffly marched over to their table, stopping in front of them and the one he presumed to be the leader started talking to them.

"You two the pirates that took down Morgan?" The brown haired man said gruffly, waiting for Jack to nod before continuing. "Listen, we're grateful for your help in getting rid of him, but I have to ask you to leave the island."

Jack stared at him through the ribbon as everybody in the restaurant started yelling angrily at the three marines.

"What?! You can't be serious, these two…!"

"Alright."

Ririka abruptly stopped yelling, staring at Jack in disbelief as she stood from her seat, Zoro quickly following, and started to walk towards the door.

"But, Nee-chan-!" Rika started to say, but Jack interrupted her by gently putting her hand on the girl's head, ruffling her brown hair.

"Don't worry about it kiddo, it's about time for us to leave anyway, so it doesn't really matter." She said with a grin, continuing towards the door, stopping in it to tilt her head in the direction of the marine.

"Take care of him will ya? He wants to be a marine." Jack jerked her head in the pink haired kid's general direction before walking out completely, Zoro following swiftly behind her.

As they sat in the boat Jack had arrived in, watching the saluting marines slowly turn smaller and smaller Zoro turned to his new Captain, the woman's head turned towards the ocean beyond them.

"Where to, Captain?"

Jack didn't answer immediately, still staring out at the ocean, before a small smirk took over her face.

"Wherever the wind takes us, Zoro." She said softly, wind blowing her ribbon about.

"Wherever the wind takes us."