Sorry! I should have updated sooner. But what can I say? I'm a girl who would lose her head if it wasn't attached( My bus driver's saying! Miss J Rox my Sox!). Time for review.

LilyXJames: Sorry that it couldn't have been put up sooner.

On with the story!

By the way, I am writing a sequel to this. This is the last chapter, by the way. This will be the name. 'Never Give Up'. Tell me what you think.

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After that night, Cori and Ace had met at night for two weeks to catch up and figure out a way to tell Luffy. On one night, Ace asked her a strange question.

"What is the rest of your story like?" he absently asked. Cori glanced over at him.

"What do you mean?" she asked, knowing the answer already.

"You already know. Time to fess up!" he said. Cori sighed in defeat.

"…" she mumbled something that he couldn't understand.

"What?"

"I have a daughter. You know what he did to me and, well….it got me pregnant." she moodily said. "I haven't seen her in years. She lives in the village that I saved with the retired pirate."

"Oh man, Cori. If I knew it was painful I wouldn't have asked." he said. Cori just stood.

"I'm gonna call it a night. See you in the morning." she said before climbing down, leaving Ace on his watch. Ace put his head in his hands.

"Why did I have to pry?" he asked the night.

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The next day marked three weeks that Cori had been sailing with the Straw Hat Pirates. It was a pretty normal day. Zoro was sleeping, Sanji was cooking and fauning over Nami and Cori, Nami was trying to plan a course while staying away from Sanji, Luffy was sitting on the figure head, Ace was in the crow's nest, and Cori was up in the trees with her flute. She was absently fiddling with it and soon she started to play a slow song.

"What's that?" Sanji asked as he stuck his head out of the kitchen. Everyone else started looking for the source also.

"Its really pretty!" Luffy exclaimed. Nami glanced at the skies.

"It looks like rain. We need to change our course." she said. The music abruptly stopped. Cori stuck her head out.

"Yeah that doesn't look good." she jumped down from where she was perched, her flute case in hands. "I'll be right back up." she said before running downstairs. She ran into the shared girls room and stuck her flute down there. She grabbed her fans and ran back upstairs. By now, the storm was almost on them.

"Chopper! Get downstairs!" Zoro shouted.

"Hold on tight!" Cori shouted. She raised her fans and uttered a few words. The wind in the sails picked up. Everyone grabbed onto something so they didn't fall off. They shot forward and soon they were away from the storm.

"That was fun!" Luffy exclaimed. Cori leaned against the outside wall of the kitchen. Sanji decided to have lunch right then.

"Lunch time!" he called. Cori smirked and walked past the door. "Aren't you hungry?" Sanji asked.

"Not really. I'm gonna go lay down for a bit." she said. Sanji nodded.

"I won't let anyone disturb you." Sanji vowed. Cori smiled and walked below deck. She laid down on her bed and fell fast asleep.

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"Where's Cori?" Luffy asked as he stuffed some more meat in his mouth.

"She is below deck." Sanji answered. "And you had better not disturb her, or else." Sanji threatened.

"Alright. Alright." They all said. Ace yawned and rested his head on the table. He was tired. He had just dozed off when the boat rocked. Everyone started to trip and fall. Ace fell off of the table.

"What was that?" Nami cried. Cori ran up the stairs and came into the kitchen.

"You might want to see this." she said. They all ran on deck and saw a large ship next to them. They were trying to board. Cori wrapped her arms around her sides.

"Cori, what's wrong?" Nami asked. Cori shuddered.

"That ship is….. Lurther's." she breathed out in fear. Ace frowned. They were the one that hurt his sister.

"He's the one that hurt you, right?" Sanji asked.

"Yeah." she whispered. Sanji frowned.

"No one hurts a lady." Sanji cracked his knuckles, ready for a fight.

"I don't really care but I need the practice." Zoro unsheathed his three swords. Luffy nodded and Ace lit his fist on fire.

"Thanks." she said. They turned towards the steadily approaching ship. It would be there in about five minutes. Ace chose now to tell Luffy who Cori really was. Ace motioned to her and he grabbed Luffy and pulled him to the side.

"What?" Luffy asked.

"Luffy I need to tell you something." Ace said. He looked over at Cori.

"I need to tell you something too." Cori stepped up.

"Come on. Tell me!" He said happily.

"Glad you want to know. Luffy, our sister didn't die." Ace said. Luffy stared at him.

"What do you mean?" he asked. Cori smirked.

"Luffy, put the pieces together." Cori said. Luffy thought for a minute.

"I don't know what you mean!" he cried.

"Monkey D. Luffy, its not that hard to figure out." Cori and Ace said together. Luffy's eyes widened as he realized that Cori was his sister.

"CORI!" he shouted as he hugged her. "How did you make it?"

"I held onto the branch." she said. "It wasn't that hard." she said. Sanji walked around the corner.

"What's all the yelling about?" he asked.

"I got something to tell you guys!" Luffy shouted. The others came around the corner. Luffy looked over at Ace and Cori, seeing if he could. They both nodded. Luffy quickly told the story of how Cori had been thought dead and that now she was here.

"Whoa." was all they could say. They would have said more but the ship was attacked at that moment. They all ran in and attack the ones that came onto their ship. But Cori slipped onto the other ship. She moved in the shadows, seen by no one. She slipped down familiar hallways, leading away from the action. She walked to a dead end and hit a lever. A secret passage opened up and She slipped down it.

"Hurry up." a voice whispered through out the hallway.

"Just you wait." she hissed. She walked down and the passageway got larger. There was a door at the end. Cori pushed the door open to reveal a large room. There was a large space in the room with a bed at the side. A table was next to it. She walked in and the door closed behind her.

"It took you long enough." Lurther said from behind her. She spun around and glared at him.

"Lurther. This ends here." she spat out. He smirked.

"My sentiments exactly." he said while drawing his broad swords. Cori pulled out her fans and the final battle began.

Lurther swung his swords around, trying to knock her down and go in for the final blow. Cori used her wind powers to avoid the blows.

"Die!" he shouted. He swept downward at her. She dodged to the left but that was her mistake. He had struck with his right sword but the left sword was left unused. At the moment she ducked, he struck out with the left sword, dealing an almost fatal blow to her side.

"Monster." she spat out as she fell to the floor, clutching her side. He smirked.

"Why, thank you!" he mockingly said. Cori sighed and concentrated. She called on the last bit of strength that she had to call her full wind power.

The wind flew around outside of the ship and the small windows burst as the wind came into the room.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF?!" he screamed but the wind caught his voice.

"This is the way it will end for you." she stood, still clutching her side. "And for me." she released her wind and part of the wood on the side of the ship was torn off. But not enough to sink the ship. He was struck hard and fast, being flung out the window as he was struck.

"THIS ISN'T OVER! I WON'T FORGET THIS! I WILL FIND YOU AND YOU WILL PAY!!!!!" were the last words that Cori heard him shout.

"It is finally finished." she said as she fell to the ground. She smiled as black spots clouded her vision. "I'm glad that I found you, my brothers…." she said as she lost consciousness.

Her body laid there, on the very floor that she had confronted Lurther years ago, bleeding out onto the floor, oblivious of what was happening above.

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The others had been fighting for the whole time that Cori was fighting. Ace had been fighting with the first mate when the winds suddenly picked up. They all froze.

"What is going on?" Nami asked. They saw the wind hit the side of the ship.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF?!" was shouted from below deck.

"No……" Ace breathed out. Luffy gasped as he realized what was happening.

"CORI!" he shouted.

"THIS ISN'T OVER! I WON'T FORGET THIS! I WILL FIND YOU AND YOU WILL PAY!!!!!!" They heard shouted in a steadily fading voice. All of the other crew mates were thrown over board. Except for the first mate. They needed information from him.

"Where is Cori?" Ace asked in a quiet, dangerous voice. That voice meant trouble.

"Who?" he asked in a teasing voice. Ace slammed him up against the wall.

"You know who I'm talking about. Where is my sister, Cori?" Ace growled out. Nami held a knife she had found nearby, Luffy had his fist made, Sanji cracked his knuckles, Zoro had his three swords out, Chopper was in his large human form, and Usopp had his slingshot out. The man flinched a little.

"The captain's personal quarters. But your never find it." he sneered out. Ace slammed him against the wall again.

"Show me." Ace growled out. Zoro handed the hilt of his sword to Ace. Ace readily took it. The man started to look scared.

"I w-would n-n-never sh-show y-y-ou." he stammered out. Ace smirked.

"I think you will." they all showed their weapons. The man finally cracked.

"ALRIGHT! I'LL SHOW YOU!!!" he screamed. Ace grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the lower deck.

"Which way?" Ace asked. He showed the way. The others followed. Soon they came to a passageway.

"Down there. Go straight and you'll find her." he said before losing consciousness. Ace growled, let go, and ran down the hallway. He came to the closed door. Ace just set it on fire to get in.

"Ace! Wait for us!" the others called. They weren't half way yet.

"I'm going in!" he called as he ran inside. "NO!!!!!" he screamed when he saw Cori lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

"Ace what's……. oh no!" Chopper said as he ran in. Chopper immediately started to check her wounds.

"Is she going to be alright?" Ace worriedly asked. Chopper sighed.

"We need to get her to the ship if we want to save her." Chopper said in a low voice.

"No……." Ace whispered.

"Sanji! Zoro! We need help!" Chopper called. They were in there in a flash.

"What do…. Cori!" they both said. Chopper made sure that they didn't bump the wound while they took her to the Merry Go. Chopper immediately shut himself and Cori off, going straight to work. Ace and Luffy were slumped over against a wall. Nami walked over to them.

"You guys alright?" she asked. The didn't respond. "Guys, I need to tell you something."

"What is it Nami?" Luffy quietly said. Nami sighed.

"I already knew who Cori was." she said. That got their attention.

"What do you mean?" Ace asked, confusion written across his face.

"Cori told me who she was the first night. I already knew that she was hiding something but I didn't know it was that big." she said.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Luffy sadly asked. Nami looked at her feet.

"She made me promise not to tell. It wasn't my business to tell you." Nami admitted. Ace and Luffy slumped again. Nami sat next to them.

"Guys." Zoro said. Nami looked up. "You need to eat."

"I can't eat. Not with my sis in that condition." Ace said and Luffy agreed.

"And I've got to know her really well." Nami said. Zoro sat down too.

"I didn't even know her that well and I still can't eat. None of us can." Zoro admitted. Sanji and Usopp came over and agreed. They all sat down and waited until Chopper came out.

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It was much later when Chopper came out. Around midnight, to be exact. They had all dozed off and were awakened by Chopper.

"Is she alright?" They all said at once. Chopper tiredly looked at them.

"If she makes it past the night then yes." he said. "Ace, you and Luffy can go in. the rest of you stay out here." Ace and Luffy stood and followed Chopper in. Luffy sadly looked at her before walking back out. But Ace stayed in there.

"Cori." he choked out.

She didn't look like herself. Her skin was pale and her body unmoving. At times, she barely looked like she was even breathing.

Chopper came up behind him.

"You can stay in here, if you want." Chopper suggested. Ace nodded.

"I'll stay. You, go get some sleep." Ace told Chopper.

"If her condition changes, come get me." Chopper yawned as he walked out of the room.

"Cori, you had better pull through this." Ace muttered as he sat down in a chair next to the bed. He grabbed her hand and held on, like it was her life line.

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Where…..am I?

Who am I?

Calm Down.

Breath in.

Breath out.

Now, the questions.

Last I knew, I was dying on Lurther's ship.

My name is Wildcat D. Corianna, Cori for short. Sister of Fire Fist Ace and Straw Hat Luffy.

Cori groaned as she started to regain the feeling in her body. She cracked her eyes open but quickly shut them again.

The light was really bright.

She felt something on her hand.

She opened her eyes again and saw a hand holding hers. She looked up into her brother's sleeping face.

"Good. Your awake." Nami's voice said from the other side of the room. Cori looked over at her. "You had us worried there for a bit."

"How long was I asleep?" she asked, trying not to move to much.

"Almost three days. You got a really bad fever on the second night. For a minute, we didn't think that you would pull through." Nami said.

"I never did give up with out a fight." Cori smirked. "How long has he been at my side?" she asked, referring to Ace.

"The whole time. We had to drug him just to get him to sleep." Nami said in mock exhaustion.

"He was always stubborn, too." Cori added. Nami laughed as she stood up.

"I'll go tell the others that your awake." Nami said as she walked to the door. "Try to get some more sleep." And with that, Nami walked out of the room. Cori sighed and put her head on the pillow, letting sleep take her again.

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(Three Weeks Later)

"Ace! Why do you have to leave so soon?" Luffy whined as Ace loaded his small ship thing with supplies.

"Luffy. I do have a job to do." Ace said for the fifth time that day.

"And your not going alone." Cori said from behind them. Luffy pouted some more.

"Why does Cori have to go to?" he asked Ace. They both laughed.

"Luffy, Ace is my twin. Twins stick together." Cori said, swinging her arm around Ace. Ace did the same.

"But I'm your little brother." Luffy whined out. Cori raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you were older than that." she said.

"Here's some more food!" Sanji called as he walked up. He glanced at Cori and Ace. "If she wasn't a girl, I would never be able to tell you two apart." he said.

"Yeah, I know." Luffy agreed. It was true. Cori had cut her hair and it was the same length as Ace's. If it hadn't been for Ace's hat and Cori's….girlyness, they would never be able to tell them apart.

"I think it looks nice." Nami said as she, Usopp, and Chopper came up.

"Thank you, Nami. For everything." Cori gave Nami a hug which Nami lightly returned. Cori wounds were still healing.

"Ready Cori?" Ace said as Cori followed him down into his boat.

"Ready as I'll ever be." she replied. Ace lit his arm and they were off. The Straw Hat Pirates waved after them and they waved back, knowing that their paths would cross again.

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Alright, this is a preview for the sequel, which hopefully will be named soon. Enjoy!

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A tall girl with choppy black hair sighed as she stared out to sea. She was wearing loose cargo pants and a zipped up vest. She had two bandages wrapped around her arms. She was also wearing a straw hat that was fraying on the sides, making it stick out in every direction.

A boy that looked just like her came up and stood beside her. He was wearing a pair of dark pants, no shirt and was carrying a bag around. He was also wearing a hat but his was an orange cowboy hat with a happy and sad face charm thing wrapped around it. There were also a pair of goggles on it.

"Spot them yet?" he asked. "Cori, you in there?" he asked waving his hand in front of his sister's face. She slapped his hand away.

"Stop that. And no, I didn't spot them yet." Cori hit her brother on the arm. "Ace, put the shirt on." she threw a shirt at Ace.

"Why should I?" he said and just as he did he was lifted off the ground. Cori was using wind on him. "Alright, alright!" he cried in defeat.

"I got the others to cover the tattoo's, why can't you?" Cori asked as she walked away from the docks. "I'm going back." Ace followed her.

"I just don't like wearing a shirt." He pouted. Cori shook her head. He could be so much like Luffy at times.

CRASH!!

Cori and Ace jumped. They ran around the corner and saw a huge man swinging a hammer over his head.

"Want do you want with our town?!" a man, the mayor, cried while ducking.

"I don't really what happens to you town. I just wanna have some fun." the man laughed evilly.

"I can't stand these evil types." Cori boredly said. Ace agreed. Cori used her wind power to lift herself in the air. Ace sighed and stood back. He would let Cori have this one.

"Please, we'll give you anything you want, just please, don't destroy our town." the mayor pleaded. The man rolled his eyes.

"You can't buy it from me." the man spit out. He aimed his hammer at the mayor. Just as he was going to strike, Ace ran in and pushed the man out of the way. "Hey, stay out of this." the man went to strike Ace with the hammer also but when he swung his arms forward, the hammer disappeared.

"What the…." the mayor said. Ace smirked. The man spun around and saw Cori behind him, holding the hammer up with some wind.

"No. one. touches. The. Hammer." he spat out. He swiped at Cori but she jumped and threw the hammer at his head, knocking him out cold. Ace nodded.

"Nice Cori, knock the guy out with his own weapon." he said to her as they walked away, leaving an unconscious man and a speechless mayor behind.

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"Ow. My arm is sore now." Cori said while leaning back on a bar. The others laughed.

"Your fault." a guy with a blue Mohawk on his head. Cori glared at him.

"Sage, I remember you complaining about a small thorn, hmmm?" Cori said. Sage blushed and everyone laughed. The two others, boy twins, were Lee and Cain. Everyone around Cori and Ace were a part of White Beard's crew. Cori reached up and felt her one bandage, that was hiding her own tattoo. Some people came in quickly startling all of them.

"Its really raining again." a red haired man said while wiping his wet bangs out of his eyes.

"Its always raining here. You would be luck to even find a break in the clouds." Cori absently said. The man came over and sat next to her.

"Really? And how would you know that?" he asked. Ace smirked.

"Because we have been……" Lee started.

"..stuck here for two weeks." Cain ended. The man and his crew stared at them.

"That's just Cain and Lee. They do that all the time. I'm Sage." Sage stuck his hand out and the man shook it. "They are Lee and Cain. Pretty quiet most of the time." the man laughed. His crew had already sat down.

"I'm Cori. The nut next to me is Ace, my twin." she said, pointing to Ace, who waved.

"I'm Red Haired Shanks." he said. Cori and Ace choked on their food a little. It couldn't be. "Did you see that mess of a ship in the marina?"

"Oh, yeah captain! That thing looked like it barely made it to the docks." one of his men called and some more agreed.

"Stay calm and breath." Ace whispered in her ear. Cori nodded.

"What type of ship was it?" she asked in a forced voice. Shanks noticed it but didn't comment. Ben cam up behind them.

"I think that it was a carivel. At least, it used to be." Ben said. Cori's breath caught in her throat. She stood and looked Ben in the eyes.

"Could you see the figure head?" she asked in a quiet, strained voice. Ben raised an eyebrow.

"Partially. Why?"

"…………" she mumbled something that neither Ben or Shanks could hear.

"What was that?" Ben asked.

"We couldn't hear you. Speak up." Shanks encouraged her. Ace had heard what she said and he had a pained look on his face.

"What was the figure head designed after?" she asked.

"A ram's head. Why?" Ben asked, not knowing why that would even be important. Cori and Ace were on their feet and running out the door in a flash. Ben and Shanks looked at each other before hurrying after them.

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Ace and Cori ran like they had never ran before. Cori was using her wind power to make them move faster. Soon, they found Luffy's ship.

It was in pieces, almost ready to fall apart.

"HELLO? IS ANYONE ON THERE?" Ace called.

"Ace?" Sanji called as he came to the side. "Ace, Cori, thank goodness." Ace and Cori jumped onto the ship.

"What happened?" they both said. Sanji got a sad look on his face and Cori glanced around. The ship really was in a bad condition. She saw Nami on the deck, clutching something.

"Nami!" Cori called as she ran over to her. Nami was crying. "What's wrong?"

"I couldn't help. They got him." she kept muttering over and over.

"Nami, tell me what happened." Cori said. Nami shuddered a bit.

"Men, in black clothes, attached. We got away but, but……."

"But what?" Cori tried to coax info out of her.

"They took him!" she cried. Her hands fell a bit and Cori clearly saw what she was holding. It was the red band from Luffy's hat and a couple of yellow pieces.

"No……NO!" Cori shouted before collapsing into tears next to nami.