"Hey kid you ok?" asked a tall women with purple hair.
"Yeah." Asha replied looking away from the women.
"Don't convince me much sweet heart." The women laughed as she sat down next to Asha "Names Ell I'm the ships shipwright. So what do you think of my baby she's a beauty isn't she love?"
"Yeah."
"I heard sweet heart sorry you had to leave your man. You'll see him again though, just think about when you do see him sweet heart."
"I didn't even say a proper goodbye I didn't explain."
"He will understand when you meet again." The women stood up and smiled "Come meet everyone else don't hide down here."
Asha nodded as she watched the women walk away. Her purple hair reached her shoulders she had a block fringe which seemed a little too long. She wore grey overalls which seemed to cling to her frame with the zip undone at the top showing off her black tube bra underneath, she wore black buckled high heeled boots which made her appear taller than she most likely was. Asha knew she couldn't just sit at the back of the ship behind barrels all the time she was unsure how long she would be here so she better as well make the most of it.
She stood from her hiding place and found her way to the kitchen where everyone seemed to be gathered waiting for dinner.
"Asha come sit" The purple haired women smiled as she taped the stool next to her. Her mother looked on as Asha sat down.
"You're so cute!" a black haired women cooed as she pinched Asha's cheeks "I'm Raven! The cook in the establishment."
"Is this your whole crew?" Asha asked looking at her mother.
"Yeah I don't have a big crew like your father or like your grandfather had. Got my shipwright Ell the cook Raven, doctor Lea, weapons specialists Dawn and Dani, the musicians Rei, Jo and Amber and then there is me the navigator." Serenade smiled as she pointed out each member of her crew.
"Good to finial meet you kid!" Lea smiled. Lea's brown hair was long tied in a plat down her back, she wore a small black dress with a white lab coat over her shoulders and black high heels on.
"You look so much like you mum!" Dawn and Dani said at the same time. The two were twins they were identical apart from one having black hair and the other having white. They both wore yellow shorts and black tank tops. Dawn had a gun holder round her waist and a shoulder strap that would enable her to have a gun on her back. Dani had a sword strap over her shoulder.
"Like music?" Rei Asked. Rei Had short pink hair and wore a pink bikni top with white shorts and no shoes.
"Erm yeah." Asha stated slightly uncomfortable with so many people
"Make yourself at home Asha." Jo smiled. She had dark brown hair which just came below her ears. She wore a blue dress which puffed out at the bottom just above her knees and wore blue heels.
"Yeah were all family." Amber smiled as she pushed her glasses up. Amber wore blue jeans with pink heels and a pink t-shirt which showed off her belly.
Asha smiled as she looked up at her mother as she moved her long blond hair behind her ears. She wore a white summer dress which flowed in the breeze slightly and wore white heels to match. She hadn't noticed on first sight of her mother how beautiful she truly was, her crew to were beautiful.
"Where are we going?" Asha asked
"To keep you safe." Her mother replied avoiding the question.
"I don't want to run away I want to face black beard. That's why I left the straw hats so I could fight black beard without putting Luffy in danger."
"No you won't be doing that Asha were going in the opposite direction to all the fighting!" Serenade stated firmly.
"I can do what I want!"
"I'm your mother!"
"I don't care. I'm a pirate and I'm free to do whatever I want. You can't force me to stay here!"
"Where will you go?"
"Give me a boat and I'll go where ever the hell I want!" Asha yelled as she walked out the door.
"Serenade, let her go. You can't keep her here if she doesn't want to be here. Help her don't hinder her." Marco said softly as he place his hand on her shoulder.
"But how? Black beard could kill her."
"Then make sure he doesn't."
"Fight alongside her?"
"Lots of people want black beard dead it doesn't have to be a one on one fight. This way you can keep her safer than if she was alone but you still are entitling her to do what she has set out to do. She may respect you more for it."
"I think your right." She turned to the cook "Raven start getting food put out ill change course."
Asha was looking out at the sea wondering how far away Luffy was and if he was ok.
"Asha." Serenade said quietly as she approached her young daughter "You can go, you can fight black beard. It's what you want to do and even if I try to stop you it won't work. I'll do what I can to help and try not to get in the way. I'm sorry it's just your my daughter and I want you safe but like me you are a pirate and I have to remember that." Serenade smiled weakly.
"Thanks... mum!" Asha smiled as she hugged the taller women.
"I'll change course after we eat are you going to join us?"
"Sure." Asha smiled as she followed her mother back into the kitchen.
Asha sat listing to her mother's crew telling her stories about adventures they have had and all the scraps with death they have had in the past to. She knew her mother was I quite the notorious crew but looking at the women she travelled with you wouldn't have thought so, none of these women looked scary at all. Although she was sure Sanji would be all over every single one of them. Asha sat and laughed and smiled at the stories being told her mother had declared that they had changed course.
'Luffy, I'm sorry' Asha said to herself as she walked to her room which she would be sharing with her mother. She had been talking, eating and drinking all night with her mother and her crew all she wanted to do now was sleep. Although she kind of missed passing out after drinking with Zoro her mother and her crew were light weights in comparison to her and Zoro.