Chapter Two
In Which Nix is a Pirate
Aka: Enter the Great Swordsman! Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!


"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable."

- Jane Austen


Luffy and Coby stared at the girl, who was obviously in shock.

Her black hair brushed her shoulders, the roots a blood red. Her green eyes stared at the horizon blankly.

"Are you alright?" Coby asked hesitantly.

"Eh?" she snapped out of her daze, looking at him with wide eyes. "Yeah, sure. What are you guys doing now?"

"We're gonna go get Zoro the Pirate Hunter!" Luffy laughed. "He's gonna join my crew!"

"Alright," she said simply, accepting it easier than Coby had.

"That's all you can say?" Coby shouted.

"At the moment, I'm in shock from falling into the ocean." she said calmly. "Give me a few more seconds." She paused. "Alright, I'm good. So, what kinda crew are you making?"

"A pirate crew!" Luffy grinned. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy and I'm gonna be King of the Pirates." The girl smiled and held out her hand.

"Nice to meet you Luffy," she said as he took her hand. "I'm Kenna D. Nix."

"Where'd you come from?" Coby asked after the introductions were made.

"Uh, I teleported?" she said, lying through her teeth. She couldn't very well tell them she came from a world where they were made up characters, could she?

"Teleported?" they repeated, Luffy sounding excited while Coby was skeptical.

"Yeah!" she said, an idea popping into her head. "I'm a magician!"

"Cool!" Luffy exclaimed. "Show us something!" Nix bit her lip.

"Got any cards?"

Knock. Knock.

They blinked and looked at her, or rather her locket, where the sound originated. However, Coby's eyes traveled down south a bit more, something Nix noticed. Needless to say, she wasn't happy.

"OW! Why'd you hit me?" he wailed.

"You were being a perv!" she snapped, pulling the locket off so she could get a better look at it. She slid her fingernails into the latch and pulled it open. She shrieked when a skeletal hand came out, dropping a deck of cards in her lap. "What the hell? Whose hand was that?" The hand came back out, this time holding a piece of parchment.

Steven Bones
Magical Pocket Verse
You Ask For It, We Get It

"That was awesome!" Luffy shouted, grabbing the locket and sticking his head in it. "Hey Steeeve! Wanna join my crew?"

"No thank you," a rattling voice said. "Ask the girl." Luffy pulled his head out and looked at Nix expectantly.

"What?" she asked, staring back at him.

"Wanna join my crew?" Nix bit her lip.

"Well," she considered her options. If she went with Luffy, she could be certain of her future, despite all of the dangers the Straw Hats went through. If she declined his offer he could A: refuse her refusal like he did with Sanji or B: left her go to her death or possible capture by Marines. "Sure!" Going with Luffy seemed like the better choice.

"Great!"

"Now that that's settled, I need to change." Nix said, glancing at her Nike shorts and now see-through T-shirt. Steve reached out of the locket and grabbed her arm, yanking her inside. "WHOA!" she yelped as the locket fell to the floor of the boat.

Steven turned out to be comprimised of a grinning skull and an arm. A black bellboy hat rested on top of his floating head. A bony finger pointed her towards a red door. She walked over to it, hesitating for a moment before opening it. Nix grinned.

There she decided, she loved the locket. After changing into a black jacket that reminded her of Edward Elric's, a pair of jeans, a black tanktop, and some converse, she began to explore the Pocket Locket, as she dubbed it. After ten minutes and a multitude of multi-colored doors later, she found a billiards room, a kitchen, a bedroom (that looked just like her one at home), a bathroom (that looked like the Prefects' bathroom from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), and a laundry room.

With a grunt, she climbed back out of the locket.

"You're so cool!" Luffy said, watching her with wide eyes.

"You're not so bad yourself," Nix commented, grinning at him. Her grin turned to a frown when the mouth of the locket caught around her hips. "Fate has chosen a bad time to tell me I have a big butt. A little help?" Luffy reached out and grabbed her by her collar, yanking her out of the locket which surprisingly stayed in one place. "Thanks."

"You're welcome!"

"So, when are we getting there?" Nix decided to ask, looking at the pinkette.

"By tomorrow, probably," Coby said, looking at a chart.

"Cool," she said, sitting back and shuffling the cards she still held. "In the meantime, wanna see some card tricks?" She held up the ace of spades.


"What a day!" Luffy shouted, stretching as he sat on the small figurehead. "It's gorgeous!"

"As long as we stay on this heading, we should be there in no time at all."

"Wow Coby, you're great out here."

"We might actually reach the place where we're planning to go." Nix said, adjusting the top hat she found in the locket. It was black with a crimson ribbon tied around it.

"It's nothing, I'm just using the skills every sailor should know." Nix frowned. They didn't use the exact words they did in the anime. But then again, they were real now. There was no script to stick to. Luffy laughed excitedly. "There's really nothing to be so giggly about, because at the Marine base, they're holding a great pirate hunter."

"Roronoa Zoro," Nix said, cutting off what he was going to say. "He's sliced and diced his bounties up like a tomato. People've said he's a demon, just in human form."

"Exactly," Coby said, relieved someone was agreeing with him. Nix grinned.

"He sounds like a pretty cool guy, right Luffy?" she looked at the seventeen year old.

"Yeah!" he laughed. Coby just sighed. There was no winning with these two.


A little bit later, the three had sailed into the harbor.

"We're here!" Luffy said, raising a fist in the air. "The Marine Base City!"

"Sounds like an interesting place," Nix commented, following the boys as they made their way through town.

"Luffy, you've gotta be crazy if you think getting this guy to join your crew is the right thing!" Coby pleaded, trying to get his new friend to see reason.

"Well, I haven't made up my mind yet! I gotta see if he's a good guy."

"He's a prisoner!" Coby cried. "He can't be because he's obviously not!" Luffy ignored him and bought a pear.

"Hey, is that guy Zoro around here somewhere?" he asked, causing the people to freeze in fear.

"Maybe we shouldn't mention the name Zoro here, okay?" Coby whispered.

They started walking again.

"We should check out the base if you're gonna be a Marine," Nix said, walking beside Luffy. She ignored all the strange looks and curious stares she got from wearing her hat.

"Of course I am," Coby said. "I just don't think I'm ready yet."

"You'll never be ready if you don't take that first step." she said, watching the pinkette out of the corner of her eye.

"I'd have to ask Captain Morgan first," he said, making the people freeze up again.

Luffy laughed, walking on with Nix.

"This town is such a weird place!"

"That's odd," Coby said, coming up behind them. "I can understand people being scared of Zoro, but why are they scared of the marine captain?"

"He could be corrupt," Nix said, bringing the attention to her. "Power goes to peoples' heads. It makes them do strange things, things that could make people fear them."

"Maybe they were jumping around for the fun of it." Luffy suggested.

"How does that make any sense? Nix's idea is more realistic."

"This looks like the place." Luffy said, stopping in front of a large metal gate.

"I made it," Coby said, wiping his eyes as he began to cry. Luffy ignored him and attempted to climb the wall. Nix followed him, climbing onto his shoulders and pulling herself up onto the wall. When she was secured in place, she reached out a hand to her captain. "This is where we part ways. We didn't have long together but-"

"Thanks!" Coby stopped his speech and ran after Luffy, who was scrambling to sit beside the tophat-wearing girl.

"Get down from there!" he shouted at them.

"Now where's this demon?" Luffy asked, scanning the courtyard.

"They wouldn't keep him out in the open," Coby said, giving up on getting them down. "He's probably put in a prison cell below ground."

"Nope," Nix said, pointing at the man in question. "He's right there!"

The anime had been too kind to the Pirate Hunter. While it had shown him with a few patches of dirt and scratches, in reality, he was covered in deep cuts and bruises. Dirt caked his tan face, mingling with spatters of blood. From her place on the wall, Nix could smell him from the wall, a mixture of sweat, blood, and other bodily odors.

"If we untie those ropes, he could just walk away." Luffy grinned pointing at the green haired man.

"I dunno, Luffy." Nix said doubtfully. "Looks like he's been to hell and back. I wouldn't let him go ten feet without a bath and some medical treatment."

"He's fine!" Luffy said, waving her off. Nix shrugged good-naturedly and returned to studying the man.

His green hair was tucked beneath and blackish green bandanna, not unlike the color of Envy's from Fullmetal Alchemist. He leaned heavily against the post he was tied to. His muscles were prominent, despite his lack of sufficient nourishment.

"Don't be such an idiot, Luffy!" Coby snapped. "There's no telling what he'll do if you let him go! He might just kill us all!"

"What would be the point in that?" Nix asked, amused. "If we saved him, he'd be in debt to us. There's also the condition he's in, don't forget to consider that. If he was let go, I'd give him five minutes before he collapsed from exhaustion. Besides, we don't have a bounty, there's no reason for him to kill us."

Coby didn't say anything, but he still wasn't satisfyed.

"Don't worry, I could protect us." Luffy said confidently.

"Hey you three!" Zoro said suddenly, frightening Coby. Nix turned her green eyes towards him, meeting silverish ones. "You're an eyesore. Get lost."

"I resent that statement," Nix said, grinning as Coby almost slipped off the wall with fright. "I thought I looked pretty good." Zoro snorted.

A ladder appeared next to them, a little girl climbing up it. She shushed them before looking around and dropping a rope down. She slid down it, a small package held tightly in her arms.

Nix smiled as she attempted to feed them, but frowned as the guy with the football haircut arrived and ate the riceballs the girl made for Zoro. She lauched herself into the air without a second thought as the little girl was tossed over the wall. She just managed to catch her as Luffy jumped after them, wrapping his rubber arms around the two girls protectively.

"Thanks Luffy," Nix said gratefully as she sat the girl up gently. The black haired boy picked up his straw hat and set it on his head, handing Nix her own tophat. The two climbed over the wall, walking towards the pirate hunter. Nix listened to them talk, snickering when Zoro made Luffy feed him the muddy riceballs.


A few minutes later, Nix sat in front of a resturant with the little girl named Rica and the two boys, listening to her tell her story about how Zoro saved her from a rabid wolf. Hellmepo had Zoro locked up for saving the girl and hitting him. In exchange for him being tied up for a month, Rica and her mother could live.

"Told you he was a good guy, Coby."

"It's been three weeks since that day," Rica sniffled. "Hellmepo keeps puching him and kicking him while he's tied up. He's being so unfair! I don't- I don't know how to help him."

"I can see why you're upset."

"You're helping him just by trying, sweetie." Nix said, pulling the tearful girl into a hug, mother instincts kicking in. She really wished she had something to distract her.

Knock. Knock.

"What's that?" Rica sniffled, looking up.

"Great timing, Steve-O!" Nix said, opening the locket.

Steven handed her two small red and white balls, giving her a thumbs up before disappearing again.

"What are those?" Coby asked, getting closer. Luffy mimicked him.

"PokeBalls?" Nix asked, pressing the button on one of them. In a flash of light, a Pokemon materialized in front of them. It cooed happily, tail swishing behind it, orange fur glistening in the sun. The Vulpix looked at her with soft eyes.

"It's so cute!" Rica said, hugging it. The Vulpix squeaked as it was suffocated with affection. Nix smiled and gently pried it away from her.

"Hello there," she said, petting it gently. "Such a cute occupation of pixel space. I think I'll call you Pixel." The Vulpix trilled, content with its name. Nix picked up the other PokeBall, but a crash distracted her from opening it.

They walked inside to find Hellmepo sitting at a table. Luffy ran up to him and smacked him with a fist as the blond laughed about executing Zoro.

"Luffy! No!" Coby shouted, holding him back. Nix held Pixel to her chest as Hellmepo shouted at Luffy for hitting him.

"This guy is scum!" Luffy growled. Nix walked behind them and picked up Luffy's hat, brushing it off carefully.

"You actually hit me!" Hellmepo cried, holding a hand to his cheek. "I am Captain Morgan's son you know!"

"So," Nix asked, glaring at him Hellmepo yelped as her gaze pierced him (figuratively of course). "I'm Kenna Angelise's daughter. Doesn't make me special."

"Why don't you be a man and fight?" Luffy asked.

"Luffy! Stop trying to get on the Marines' bad side!" Coby asked, still holding him back.

"I've made up my mind." Luffy said, stopping in his struggles. "Today, Zoro joins my crew."

He said it with such certainty, no one tried to deny his claims. Nix smiled, slipping the PokeBall into her pocket.


Not long after the conrontation in the resturant, Nix and Luffy stood before Zoro, Pixel resting on Nix's head.

"You again." Zoro sighed. "Don't you have things to do?"

"I'll untie you, but only if you promise to join my crew."

"Your what?"

"I run a pirate crew and I'm looking for people to join up."

"No way!" Zoro said. "I'd never stoop to joining up with a criminal. Screw that business."

"We haven't done anything, yet." Nix grinned.

"What's wrong with pirates?" Luffy demanded.

"They're despicable! Like I'd ever want to join up with one."

"You've never met the right kind," Nix said dismissively.

"Oh come on, give me a break." Luffy said. "Everyone already knows you as some vicious bounty hunter always out for blood."

"People can say whatever they want about me, but I've never done a single thing in my life that I regret." Zoro smirked. "I will make it through this challege. And after that I'll accomplish what I want." Nix grinned.

"Yeah, that's great." Luffy said humoring the green haired man. "But I've already decided you're going to be on my crew."

"WHAT?" Zoro yelled. Nix smirked. When Luffy was determined to do something, it was done. So was the will of D. "You can't do that!"

"I hear you're one of the best swordsmen around."

"Well, I am! But that idiot captain's son took my swords away."

"Guess I'll just have to go get them back for you." Luffy said, grinning.

"What?" Nix grinned at his surprise.

"So if you want your sword, you'll just have to join my crew!" Nix's grin widened. Nami would be proud of Luffy if she saw this.

"Now you're really pissing me off!" Zoro shouted as Luffy ran off.

"It's the other way," Nix called after him.

"Oh, thanks!" Luffy turned around rocketed towards the base.

"What the hell is this guy?" Zoro asked, shocked.

"Hyperactive," Nix said, hanging a buch of car fresheners on him.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"


Nix sat a few feet away from Zoro, Pixel curled up in her lap. She pulled out the PokeBall from earlier and examined it. It seemed to be just like the Vulpix's, but there was writing on it.

Good luck on your adventures!
- Mom

"Mom knew this was going to happen?" Nix asked incredously. Her mother had died when she was ten. Despite that, Nix still called the place where she moved out of, her mom's house.

With a sigh, she pressed the button and waited for the light to fade.

"Togepriiiiiiii!" the Pokemon trilled (who's that Pokemon!)

"It's a Togepi!" Nix said, picking the little Pokemon up and grinning at it. "They're supposed to be good luck to anyone who makes them happy." The

Togepi trilled again, wiggling happily in her grasp.

"What the hell is that?" Zoro asked, staring at the baby. First the fox thing and now a spiky ball in an egg? What was next, dinosaurs?

"It's a Pokemon," Nix said, standing up and picking Pixel and the Togepi up carefully. "They're good companions and fighters."

"Hm," Zoro hummed, watching her move closer. "So who exactly are you?"

"Kenna D. Nix," she said, nodding at him. "This is Pixel and the Togepi is named Sweet-Pea."

"Sweet-Pea?" he snorted.

"What?" she asked defensively. "It seems to fit." Zoro rolled his eyes. Sweet-Pea trilled and tried to copy him.

"Nix!" Coby said, running up to them. "What are you doing here?"

"Living," she said, blinking at him.

"Er, nevermind." he began to untie Zoro. "You have to get out of here.

"That maniac's gonna kill you for what you're doing right now." Zoro told him.

"I can't stand to watch the marines behave like this," Coby said. "A true marine should be honorable."

"Look kid, I can't leave! I've got ten days left!"

"Do you really think they're just gonna let you go?" Nix asked, frowning at the man. "Hellmepo plans on executing you. He's just screwing with you first. Morgan's planning on dealing with Rica later."

"End of the line," Morgan said, coming up behind them.

"Hm," Nix mused. "If I'm gonna fight, I'll need more than Pixel to do so. Gimme whatcha got Steve-O." She opened the locket. Steven held out a paper fan with an ebony handle. Nix frowned and handed him Sweet-Pea. "Cool fan, but how's it gonna help me?"

She held the fan out in front of her, examinging it. It was black, with the red outline of flames on it. She waved it slightly. A gust of wind sliced through the dirt, leaving a small tornado at her feet.

"For the crime of treason against me, I sentence you all to die where you stand."

"Hm, that's useful." Nix commented, ignoring Morgan. Behind her, Coby braced himself, tears running down his face. Nix stood before the marines, directly in the line of fire, fan held loosely in her hand. A smile played about her lips. "If I die now, I'm gonna do it with style and class."

The marines aimed their guns at the trio. Morgan and Zoro exchanged words before the gun was fired. As the guns went off, Luffy leapt in front of them, making the bullets bouce back off of him and at the marines.

"What the-!" Zoro asked. "Who the hell are you?"

"My name's Monkey D. Luffy," he said, turning to look at Zoro. "And I'm going to be King of the Pirates!" He gave him a thumbs up, grinning like only Luffy could. Nix smiled.

Yep, life's gonna get real interesting with these guys.