Sorry for the late-ness. My brother came down and I haven't seen him in months. But here is a chapter that I wrote especially for my faithful readers. So enjoy! Disclaimer~!

Luffy: Teagz-chan doesn't own One Piece! Only Leah!

Me: Thank you Luffy! R&R

It was a nice day on the Merry, Luffy and Usopp were playing with the cannon, Nami was relaxing and I was sleeping next to Zoro. We have only been sailing for a few hours since breakfast and already gotten ourselves into trouble more than once. First we ran into old friends of Zoro's, Johnny and Yosako, the later having scurvy. Then we ran into Fullbody of the marines, who shot a cannonball at us, then Luffy deflected it and it shot into the Baratie. He went inside while we all waited for him on the Merry, we talked and joked around.

"I bet you he went and told the owner that it was his fault and now has to work for a hole week." Usopp said amused.

"I'm hungry, lets go eat!" I said as I jumped off the side of the boat.

The rest of them minus Johnny and Yosako joined me at a table.

"Oi, waiter!" Nami yelled. I looked over to where she was looking and found Luffy standing there in an apron. 'He looks kinda cute.' He walked over to us and started to gawk at how we could eat without him.

"What kind of crew are you? Why are you eating without me!?" He shouted.

"I think that's our business." Zoro laughed. I watched as Luffy put a dry booger in Zoro's glass, I was trying so hard not to laugh, like Nami and Usopp. Just as the water was about to hit Zoro's lips, he shoved the water down Luffy's throat. Nami, Usopp and I were pissing ourselves laughing, I was falling off of my chair but just as I was about to hit the ground I felt strong arms wrap around me, but I instantly knew that they weren't Luffy's. I was still laughing as everyone at our table looked at us.

"What, mademoiselle, is so funny, that it puts such a true and beautiful smile on your face?" The man smiled and cooed at me. He was tall, I could tell that, he had blond hair that covered his left eye and a curly eyebrow.

"He," I pointed at Luffy, "put a booger in the moss-heads drink, then the moss-head shover the water down his throat!" I laughed, as I pointed from Luffy to Zoro and back again.

The tall man who was still holding me was laughing now too.

"I'm Sanji, and what name what name has God bestowed upon this beautiful angel of his?" He asked me, I blushed.

"I'm Leah, thank you Sanji." I answered him with a warm smile.

That's when Luffy stood up, he looked at me and then Sanji. He walked towards Sanji and I and growled.

"Let. Her. Go." He was being dead serious too. I felt Sanji's grip on me loosen then tighten again.

"Why? Is she your girlfriend?" Sanji asked.

"No. Just let her go." Luffy looked up and glared at him. I could feel Sanji's heartbeat go up a few more notches.

"Umm, Sanji? I'm sorry, you know older brothers. Haha." I laughed nervously. "Please excuse me." I said as I moved from his grasp, I walked past Luffy and grabbed him by the ear, pulling him out of the restaurant.

"Luffy, what the hell was that?" I asked him. He folded his arms.

"I already told you that no one was allowed to hold you except for me and Ace!" He snapped back. "Before Ace left I promised him, that I wouldn't let any other man get you. I promised him that I would protect you from guys like him."

"Luffy, I would never ever, get with a guy like him. You should know that better than anyone else in the world! He's not my type ad you should now that. So please he just caught me when I fell off of my chair." His face softened as he looked at me.

"Truth?" He asked holding out his hand.

"Truth!" I said as I hooked my pinkie in his. Childish I know but hey we made that up when we were 7.

We walked back into the restaurant and Sanji flew over to my side and kissed my hand, Luffy growled at him and I just pet his head to let him know it was all right.

When we finished lunch and I had explained to everyone what was wrong with Luffy I headed back to the Merry with Nami. Though she didn't seem to notice that I went with her. I walked down to the women's quarters and grabbed my pillow; I then walked into the men's quarters and chucked my pillow on Luffy's bed. When I walked back up to the deck only person there was Nami, Johnny and Yosako were gone. I ran to the Merry's head and stood on it, I could see them floating in the water a few hundred meters away, along with the Baratie. Nami also stood there dusting her hands off. 'Play it cool Leah, you can't swim.' I thought as I turned to Nami.

She still hadn't noticed my presence, instead she bent down and picked up a wanted poster, she looked at it for a few moments then gripped it tighter. I walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, she spun around shocked and looked at me with tears in her eyes. I opened my arms up and she leapt into them, hugging me tightly. I pulled away and looked at her, then at the wanted poster in her hand. I took it from her hands and read it. 'Arlong, 20,000,000 beli.' I scrunched it up and threw it in the water.

"Has he done something to you Nami?" I asked her from where I stood. She nodded her head. I reached out to grab her hand and pulled her down with me to the women's quarters where we sat on her bed. She took a few minutes to recompose herself. Then began to talk.

"If I tell you what he has done, w-will you promise not to barge in there? Will you promise to tell the others to leave too?" She asked me, I slowly nodded not knowing where this was going. She sighed and then told me everything, from the deal to her mother's death.

"Ya know, Nami, even if I tell the guys they would go on in anyway. It doesn't matter what I say, Luffy will always help a Nakama in need." I said after she explained. She seemed to contemplate what I had just said and after a while went back to the normal Nami.

"So, Luffy and you, huh?" She asked me with a grin.

"What about us?" I asked back.

"You'd make a cute couple." She answered plainly.

"At breakfast he knew what was going on." I said.

"Really?"

"Yeah, he's smarter than he looks. So what are we going to do when we get to the island?"

"We jump off the boat and you run and hide until you see the others. They must have followed us." I nodded.

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Time skip!

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"USOPP!" I yelled angrily at the long-nosed freak.

"Have fun!" He yelled back as Johnny and Yosako swam away with him. I was tied to Zoro, on a boat that was about to be the guest of some very nasty looking fishmen.

"Well what have we got here?" One of them said.

"A guy with green hair and a pretty looking lady, the boss will like this." Another said as he lifted my chin. I glared at him. "She's feisty too." He said after a while of me glaring and clenching my teeth.

They carried us away to some place on the island; it was a huge building with 'Arlong Park' written at the entrance. We sat there in front of a big, blue, ugly fishmen. I had sense Zoro wake up a while ago but I guess he had a plan, or went back to sleep.

"So girly, what are you doing tied up out here with this guy." The big, blue fishman asked me.

"Our friends decided to play a prank on us and tied us up, the they saw the island we were floating to and bailed on us, they took the other boat and went in the opposite direction to us. Oi Zoro wake up, you have to remind me to brake Usopp's nose when I see him next." I said to Zoro.

"No, I get his nose, that freak is gonna pay for this."

"Hey, love-birds we are in the middle of a conversation here don't just ignore me!" The blue man yelled.

"We are not love-birds." I seethed at the man.

"That's because you love LUFFY~!" Zoro cooed.

"SHUT UP! So what if I do…" I mumbled the last part.

"Wait, you love him?" A female voice asked me.

"Nami!" Big, blue guy greeted.

"So what if I do!" I pursed my lips and looked away.

"You know these people Nami? Blah, blah, blah…" I didn't really listen, but I was jolted back into reality by non other that Zoro.

"Hold your breath." He said to me, I nodded and took in a deep breath. He pushed us backwards into the water, I felt myself go limp and started to phase out a bit, but I could see a figure swimming towards us. It pulled us to the surface and I gasped for breath.

Nami looked at us with sad eyes and kneed us in the gut, though I could tell she did it softer than she normally would with Zoro cause of his wound.

"That's a lot of bandages you got there, looks like you had an epic battle." She said to Zoro.

"Nah, I just lost my shirt and covered up so you wouldn't get distracted." He answered smugly, I pissed myself laughing. But Nami just kneed him again. Some random guy dragged us into a cell, it was smelly and cold.

"So, Zoro" I said trying to start a conversation but he cut me off.

"You love Luffy?!"

"Yeah, s-so what, he is my older brother, why can't I love him, I love Ace too." I justified.

"You know what I mean by love."

"Yes! Ok, I l-love Luffy, happy I said it." He just started to chuckle. "What is so funny?" I asked.

"Oh no, it's nothing, just something Luffy told me a while ago." He laughed more. That's when the cell door burst open.

Nami came in and gave Zoro his swords and told us to leave, she herself then left, leaving the door wide open. I burnt the ropes and stretched. Zoro did the same. When we walked out of the cell there were mermen everywhere, so as Luffy would out it. "We kicked their asses!"

Yay! Thank you for reading and sticking with.