Minawa: Duh du du dum! Here is the next chapter. Run the disclaimer!

Ray: ... I'm not your servant.

Minawa: well, I don't want to be chased around by picky fangirls and stubborn lawyers, do you?

Ray: sigh... fine, MinawaAsuka does not own One Piece. She only owns her own characters; Ray, Kai and other people from the Red Blade.

Minawa: tihi, I own you!

Ray: *kicks author very hard*

I woke up with the sun in my eyes and sand in my pants. Lovely.

Of course I had fallen asleep on the beach with my clothes on and the fireplace unguarded. But then again, sand doesn't really catch fire…

In a split second a sound appeared in the back of my head and I just had the time to duck. Surprisingly, a coconut flew past me and landed in the sand. I stared at it for a moment and thought about the possibility that some one used coconuts instead of knifes as weapons. But that didn't sound quite right.

"Who's there?" I said as I got up and grabbed a hold of Hime, my katana. Trying to see something in the bushes was hard enough but nothing happened. After a passing minute I lowered my guard and went over to the coconut. I picked it up and turned over just to make sure it wasn't any kind of bomb.

That's when I finally heard something moving inside the bushes.

Out came a boy flying with a crazy smile on his face.

"COCONUT!" he yelled as he landed not far from the fireplace. He locked around until his eyes spotted me, no, the coconut.

"That's mine." He said and pointed at the brown object I had in my right hand. I thought about it for a minute but teasing small boys wasn't exactly a hobby of mine.

"Here. I don't really care." I said and threw him the coconut. In an instant he smiled again and now I noticed some more of his feutures. Black messy hair, a scar on his left cheek and a red west coat. He seemed to me be an ordinary pirate. Or perhaps a schoolboy skipping class. It didn't matter to me.

"I'm outta here. Bye!" I said and grabbed my stuff. Hopefully he wouldn't tell anyone about my temporary resident. That would be a problem.

Thankfully the boy didn't say anything when I walked of nor did he try to stop me. No, it was worse since he was actually following me. When ever I stopped to look at him he'd stop too with the coconut in his mouth. I sighed and thought about it for a second.

"Do you need help?" I asked him. Instantly his face light up.

"Yes please!" he said and held out the coconut. `Such an annoying coconut….´ I thought as I grabbed Hime and split the coconut in two. Easy enough.

"Thanks!" he said and grabbed the food from me. I was just about to turn around and walk away when I stopped for a moment.

"What are you doing here anyways?" I asked him as he stuffed his mouth full. He looked up at me and swallowed.

"I'm lost…" He said and I swear I could almost see tears in his eyes…

Normally I wouldn't help a stranger, especially when I'm already being targeted. But something inside my stomach told me that this was different.

"Damn you stomach…" I muttered as I turned around and continued walking. The boy stayed where he stood.

"Are you coming or what?" I said in a loud voice. In seconds he was beside me with a big grin.

"I'm Luffy. What's your name?" he asked. I threw him a glance and sighed inside my head.

"Kayla." I said and looked out towards the sea. Telling him my real name would be a bad idea no matter how innocent he looks. If he'd tell anyone I could be toast.

"I see. That's a good name!" he said, totally believing my lie.

`Sorry, kid. It's for your own good.´ I thought as we continued in quiet. Or at least I was quiet. Luffy here sure knows how to talk. And at the few times I actually listened he was talking about food or his crewmates. At least I had been right about him being a pirate…

"There's town. If you go to the docks you should find your ship or your crewmates…" I said and turned to look at Luffy. Who wasn't… there?

I looked around and wondered if he'd gone of on his own. Not that it mattered to me…

That's when Luffy suddenly came running out of a few bushes further behind us. And the two things I first noticed was the piece of meat Luffy was running with and the fact that he was smiling like crazy. Seconds later a big jungle cat came running after him. It was light brown, almost yellow with brown stripes on his head and tail. And it was bigger than me, I'm 170.

In other words, bad.

"Yahoo!" Luffy yelled as he ran past me. And trust me, I was right behind him.

"What the heck did you do?" I yelled at him. Still running and smiling he turned slightly towards me.

"I was hungry." He said and grinned even more. Now I got the picture.

"So you stole someone else's breakfast? You just ate!" I yelled and looked behind me. The cat was still behind us.

"Throw the meat!" I said. Luffy instantly had tears in his eyes and looked at me like it was a joke of some kind.

"Just do it! I'll buy you something later." I yelled. Finally he threw the meat up in the air, making the cat stop chasing us. Not that I slowed down, actually, I don't really like animals.

Luffy ran besides me laughing like crazy as if nothing had happened. Because of that I couldn't help but smile.

Ray: ...crazy kid. Why am I dragging him along?

Minawa: *munching on a cookie* Cuz he's the main character? You're supposed to meet his crew, that's already obvious!

Ray: ...really?

Minawa: of course! any One Piece fan would get that by now!

Ray: problem, I'm not a fan.

Minawa: ... *continues munching*