"Luffy!" you shouted clutched in the arms of the captain of the crew."You finally came back!" tears started to swell up in your eyes.
"Of course I came back!" A laugh escaped his lips. "I made a promise to you didn't I?"
Your smile touched ear to ear.
"So you're her captain?" He obviously didn't take Luffy seriously. "Then why weren't you here with her?"
"I told her to wait here while we stocked up on some supplies." Luffy took a step forward. "And now if you would kindly give her back to me we will be out of your way."
"Give her back?" The captains whole body shook with laughter."Why would I give back such a prize as this?" confusion coated his voice.
"We really don't wanna cause a ruckus." For the first time you realized there were other people with Luffy. The one with blond hair spoke. He huffed out a puff of smoke and continued."After all this looks to be a nice shop with lovely hostesses" he motioned to the three women behind the counter.
"Ha! The only ruckus you would cause is your screams when you get your asses kicked by my and my crew!" At the his crew stood up and gave them what you guessed was a blood lust glare."Do you know who we are?! We are the Revolver Pirates!" He and his crew gave a shout. "And I the captain am worth 70 million berries! I am Altas Revolver!
"Enough talk." Luffy drew his arm back with a devious smile painted on his face."Gum Gum! Rocket!" With in a single blink of your eye it was over the Altas Revolver lay flat on the floor. You stood looking down at the man who just held you captive, dumb struck.
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"Come on, we should be going now." You look up again to see a girl with orange hair. She took your hand and led you out the door. You looked back to see if Luffy would be following, he wasn't.
"Um…" The girl was tugging you behind her. She was walking to fast for you to keep up. "Isn't Luffy coming along too?" She laughed out loud.
"Don't worry about Luffy." She stopped to turn to face you. She stood strong her laughing continuing. "He can handle himself. Our ship is just over there." She pointed to a ship dock in the harbor. On the front of the ship had a lion with a smile on its face and the mane consisting of six spikes around the face. On the side it had a '1' neatly painted on it. "The name of the ship is Thousand Sunny! We can wait for the guys to get back on the ship." She gave you a smile and continued to pull you.
On the ship she led you to the open deck where a little table and two chairs rested. You looked around the deck and noticed that there were orange groves place in corners and one on the upper deck. The girl sat down in one of the chairs and motioned for you to join her. "I didn't properly introduce myself. My name is Nami." You took the empty seat across from her and shook her hand she was holding out. "And I'm the ship's navigator. The blonde one you heard talking is named Sanji, he's the ship's cook, the one with green hair and three swords strapped to his side is named Zolo. He is the ship's swordsman; he is also Luffy's first mate. Usopp is the funny looking one with the long nose. Franky is the one with blue hair and the star tattoos, the ones that you haven't seen yet are Robin, Chopper, and Brook." You sat there try to remember everyone and there names.
"Nami, I was just wondering what you all have been doing up until now." You looked up, but quickly looked away staring at the ocean carelessly rolling lapping against other waves. "I mean I know that it isn't any of my business, but I was just wondering what took Luffy so long to come back and get me?"
Nami looked as though she was considering what to say, looking up at the sky with one finger to her chin in a thinking pose. "Luffy told me once he wanted a strong crew. I always assumed that it was because he wanted to be the Pirate King. You know because he needs a strong crew to conquer the seas." You nodded in agreement your eyes focused on Nami. "But until recently I ‑
have been wondering, Is it really because he wants to become the Pirate King? Or is there another reason? The other reason I have been thinking about is he wanted a strong crew to be able to protect you. But of course I can't answer that only you can. So at this point I'm going to ask you." Nami's face turned serious. "What are you to our captain?" You thought about the question for a few minutes. "What am I to Luffy?" you said this question over and over and over in your head. Thinking back to that night when you both were children, talking about your dreams together him becoming the pirate king and you the pirate queen. You started getting hot, and you knew you were blushing. But surely Luffy has forgotten about that part of the deal already, after all he was never right for remembering things. You were going to answer when you heard a door open.
"What are you to our captain? I have been wondering that myself." You looked up to the secondary deck and saw a women dressed in purple wearing a cowboy hat that matched the ensemble. "Hello, I am Nico Robin. But you may call me Robin, and I am the ship's archeologist." She made her way down the steps, walked over to where Nami and you were sitting. "So Miss.Kira, what are you to our captain?" Robin asked one more time here voice hypnotic in your ears.
"We..." You stopped speaking trying to think of what to say. When it hit you, you and Luffy are just childhood friends. Just childhood friend who made a promise to each other. That, at least was what you were trying to tell yourself. "We are just childhood friends is all." You gave the most convincing smile you could. Hoping they couldn't see past it, and into the self doubt.
"Hey!" You looked over to the ship's entrance. Seeing that Luffy and the others were back. "Are we ready to set sail?" Grinning form ear to ear Luffy look around to all of the crew and then his eyes settled on you. Your heart gave a quick thump before you gave an enthusiastic jump from the chair you were sitting in. A grin on your face.
"Yes!" You almost cried you were so happy, happy to finally be with Luffy again.
"Then let's set sail!" Luffy shouted
"Aye, captain!" The whole crew replied
You looked at the waves lapping against the ship eager to finally start your new adventure.