Daughter of Dragon
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece but I own this fiction and any other OC's in this story
ITALIC: THOUGHTS
BOLD: MOVEMENTS
Looking at the grave in front of her, Luffy smiled sadly while laying a single flower on top of the grave stone.
"I'm 17 now, Sabo-nii." Luffy whispered softly. "As we promise, I'm setting sail. I won't be able to visit you for a while but when I get back, I'll tell you all of my adventures, and I'll also be introducing you to my Nakamas. You'll like them." Opening a sake bottle, Luffy poured a good portion of the beverage on the grave before drinking the rest.
"Don't bother looking after me. Focus your attention on Ace. Heaven knows his more reckless than I am." Luffy chuckled before turning around him. "I'll be seeing you when I become king, brother."
"Luffy, I'm finish with your order."
"Thank you, Magra-san."
"Don't forget your luggage."
"I won't Dogra-san."
Stepping out of the house that had sheltered her for ten years, Luffy looked back and gave the mountain bandits that had taken care of her a smile. "It's been fun" Placing her treasured Straw Hat over her head, she zeroed in on the person that she had considered her grandmother for ten years. "Thanks for everything. Aren't you coming to see me off?"
"Oh, shut up," Dadan said, her back facing her. "Makino and the Mayor wouldn't mind but they know us. We'll probably just scare the other villagers if we came down from the mountain."
Luffy was disappointed but she understood there situation.
"Just go, Brat!" she snapped.
Luffy chuckled as she pushed her Straw Hat downward. "Again, thanks for putting up with me for ten years."
They all turned red. "Oh, don't embarrass us," Dogra said with an awkward laugh. "No need for thanks!"
"Now, now..." Magra added, rubbing the back of his head as he raised a hand of farewell. "Take care, Princess!"
Luffy smiled at them, knowing that this group of bandits would be in her thoughts in her journey. "Sure, I will!" She turned to leave but stopped when she remember something rather important. "Before I forget."
The mountain bandits stared at Luffy intently. "Dadan, I told you that I hate mountain bandits...I still do."
"Shut up, you little brat!" Dadan shouted in annoyance.
"But I like you guys!" Luffy stated affectionately. "I love you especially, Dadan-Obasan!"
That did it. Dadan gasped loudly before pulling out a handkerchief from her blouse and began crying hysterically. "Don't say dumb things like that, and just get lost, damn you!"
The other bandits merely smiled.
Luffy had truly became precious to them.
Foosha Village ("Windmill Village") is a village that is located on Dawn Island and a relatively unknown part of Goa Kingdom.
Monkey D. Luffimia is somewhat of a celebrity in the village.
They consider her as the most beautiful woman in the village.
She was also the strongest.
She was renowned throughout the village as the woman who had eliminated all the hostile bandits that were threatening the town.
Monkey D. Luffimia was the princess of Foosha Village.
So it was understandable that everyone in the village was crying as they watch their princess head to the docks to start her career in piracy.
She was leaving them for her destiny, and everyone was both proud and sad at this fact.
"It was only yesterday when most of everyone in this village is afraid of me." Luffy whispered in nostalgia before setting her sight on Makino. "Makino-chan!" Luffy greeted happily, waving her hand at her mother/sister figure.
"Lu," Makino said tearfully before showing her a very distinguishable coat. "I made this for you."
Luffy looked at the coat before taking it from Makino. "I'll treasure this." Luffy promised before draping the coat on her back. It fit her well.
Reaching the docks, Luffy jumped on the sailboat that the village gave her. It was large compare to the other fishing boats in the village. It was also well made.
This was Foosha Village's final gift to their princess.
Luffy gave the villagers one last smile before curtsying in front of them, showing them respect.
"Goodbye."
"GOODBYE, PRINCESS!"
"STAY SAFE, PRINCESS!"
Luffy set sail at that note.
Raising the sails, the wind magically picked up and moved the boat away from the village's docks.
Before Luffy was out of the sight of the village, the local Sea King emerges from the sea. The creature was leering at Luffy threateningly.
Hearing the sound of worry and fear behind her, Luffy casually slipped a ring in each of her ring finger. The rings were special due to them having rotating blades.
"I should really give my town one last kind gesture before I leave." Luffy muttered as she stared at the sea king daringly. "So, your move…" Luffy challenge before making small incisions across her forearms with the rings, drawing blood.
The sea king let loose a loud roar as it lunge towards Luffy.
Luffy answered by uttering five words.
"Branch of Sin: Crow Claw."
The Sea King's head was remove from its body.
Luffy smiled at the results.
"Not bad, I guess."
It has been 24 hours since Luffy set sail.
She was not in a good mood.
How could she be in a good mood with the day that she was having?
The first 24 hours of her Pirate life was good, great even. She sailed for a full 24 hours, enjoying the ocean, the setting and rising sun, the rising and setting moon, and the twinkling star above the night sky.
It was everything that she imagined and more.
The next day, Luffy was greeted by a whirlpool.
Luffy was prepared though and was able to sail around it.
She thanked her grandfather as she sailed passed the whirlpool.
Monkey D. Garp was an annoying man with an IQ of a kumquat, but the man was a good sailor if nothing else.
Still, Luffy did not survive the whirlpool without any casualty.
The barrel that carried all of her food was wash away, leaving her with nothing.
But Luffy can live with that. She has been through worse thanks to her grandfather's training.
What ticked Luffy off was the sudden appearance of a Pirate ship.
It was an ugly looking pirate ship.
It was a large pink ship, with four sails, each with pink heart, and the ship itself has two hearts on each side. The figurehead looked like a duck, or swan, or a chicken, Luffy didn't care. The flag of the ship was of a sideways skull with a heart.
It was an eyesore for Luffy.
But Luffy did not care about that.
Luffy was never an advocate of fashion and style.
Luffy would have been content if the Pirate ship left her alone. After all, she had not done anything against the ship. She was just in the way of the ship and she could easily move her sailboat out of the Pirate ship's way.
She was about to do so, but they opened fire at her, which instantly angered her.
Luffy was known in her village for her explosive temper. She can control her anger, but if push comes to shove, she was still a volatile girl.
The unprovoked attacked of the Pirate ship against her was an annoyance, something that she would rectify in a minute or so.
Reaching inside of her coat, she retrieved two flintlock with bayonet attachments.
The barrel of the gun and the blades of the bayonet glinted with the sun.
She was going to enjoy the next five minutes of her life.
"You want to go." Luffy said as the sound of cannonballs exploding echoed in her ears and the shockwave of the explosions shook her sailboat. "Fine, let's go." Luffy placed her straw hat on her head as she ready herself for battle.
Luffy sailed towards the pirate ship attacking her with the intent of tearing them a new one.
Coby could only stare in both awe and shock as the girl stood on top of her fallen tormentors, her weapons coated with their blood.
Coby could not believe what happened.
One moment, the Alvida pirates were trying to shoot down the small sailboat that dared sailed in front of them.
Coby new that this horrendous act would haunt him later regardless of him not being part of it.
And the next, the sailboat moved towards them, sailing through the cannon fire.
The sailboat was able to reach the flag ship of the Alvida pirates due to the wind blowing with the sailboat.
When the sailboat was near enough, a figure jumped onto the Pirate Ship.
It was a girl with a straw hat.
Coby had never seen a girl with such beauty in all of his life.
The girl looked at everyone in the ship, before flashing everyone in the ship a savage smile.
The girl attacked and she was like a storm.
With flintlocks, with bayonet attachments, in each hand, she moved across the deck of the ship, cutting, stabbing, and shooting everyone in sight.
With gunfire as her music, she moved with such grace and elegance, mix with lethality and savagery to take down everything in her sight.
She stabbed and slashed as if her flintlocks were words and daggers. With such a small, thin blade, the girl was able to cut through flesh and amputate limbs.
Every time she pulls the trigger of her weapons, the bullet sailed through and pierce straight through the body of the offending pirate.
She also avoided every attack thrown at her.
Musket balls, sword slashes and stabs, punches and kicks, the girl avoided every attack with ease.
The girl's movement was like an elegant dance.
She spins and twirled through the swarm of pirates, cutting and shooting them down.
Five minutes later, after five minutes of gunfire and shouting, she stopped her dance of death
And everyone in the ship was dead.
Necks were slits. Heads were cut off. Hearts pierce.
The deck was covered in blood.
Everyone was dead.
Except for two.
Coby and Alvida.
Coby looked at his 'captain'. He could see the fear radiating in her eyes. She was afraid, as she should be.
The girl looked at them, her eyes focusing on Alvida.
"Were you the one who ordered my boat to be sunk?" The girl inquired with a grin that looked to be a smile of a Dragon.
Instead of answering, the whale of a woman, Alvida, charged at the girl, her Iron Mace raised over her head.
The girl's grin became feral. "Good to know." The girl charged at Alvida.
They both met.
In a second, the victor was decided.
Alvida's head fell on the right.
Her body fell on the left.
In five minutes, the entire Alvida Pirates were decimated and slaughtered.
The girl turned her attention to lone survivor of the crew.
Coby saw his life flash before his eyes under the gaze of the girl.
"Lead me to the Pantry and you can keep your head."
Coby did not need to be told twice.
"That's the head of Iron Mace Alvida!"
"I heard she's worth Five million Berries."
"We have to deduct 30%. A dead pirate is a useless one."
"Marines and their public executions. Whatever. Beggars cannot be choosers. "
Luffy left the Marine Precinct of shell town with 3.5 million berries richer.
"Aren't you going to enlist?" Luffy asked, regarding Coby, who was trailing her, with a neutral gaze.
"I would just like to thank you for freeing me from them." Coby said silently.
Luffy could only shake her head.
"Think none of it." Luffy said dismissively. "I didn't kill them for you." Luffy told him coldly.
"Still, thank you."
"Whatever." Luffy reached into her sack of money before retrieving a wad of cash. "Here," Luffy threw the wad of cash towards Coby, who barely caught it. "That's my thanks for getting me into this island and convincing me to take someone as my first mate."
Coby could only stare at Luffy in confusion.
Roronoa Zoro did not know why but the girl that was staring at him unnerved him.
He had been tied-up in the cross-shaped post for three weeks and it was probably due to exhaustion, hunger, thirst, or all of the above, but the girl staring at him unnerved him to the point of fright.
The fact that the girl looked completely harmless was also baffling.
The girl was, if nothing else, beautiful.
The girl was young, probably younger than him. She has short hair, not even reaching her shoulders. She possesses the blackest eyes that he had ever seen.
She also has a slender and firm body. Curves in all the right places, an above average bust-size, and supple tanned kin.
Zoro knew that in a couple of years the girl before him would be a sight to be see.
Not that he cared.
Zoro also took note of the girl's attire.
It was strange to say the least.
A form fitting red long dress with slits on both sides of its skirts. A pair of wooden sandals that did not go well with her dress and a black captain's coat that was fashioned like those worn by the navy.
In addition, Zoro did not know why he took special note of this, but there was a straw hat on the girl's head.
"Pirate Hunter," The girl spoke, her voice childish yet sharp. "I must say, I like what I see." The girl commented casually before flashing him a grin.
Zoro did not know why but he did not like that grin.
"Get lost, you an eyesore." Zoro barked at the girl, trying to intimidate her.
He did not want anyone to be dragged into his plight, especially this bizarre looking girl.
Irritatingly, the girl ignored him.
"You look like someone with a foolish dream." Zoro narrowed his eyes at those words, offended and angered.
He hates those who insult him for his goals and ambitions. He cannot stand those people.
Zoro was about to yell at the girl, but the girl merely took a step closer to him until there faces were inches apart. The words died in Zoro's throat as he came eye-to-eye with the girl.
Zore felt that her black eyes were boring into his soul.
"I like people with foolish dreams because they actually work hard to fulfill those dreams." The girl stated her grin widening. "Tell me, what is your dream? What is the reason you set sail in this world?" The girl asked with such an overpowering tone that Zoro answered her unconsciously.
"I want to be the World's Strongest Swordsman." Zoro answered, not knowing why he told the girl something so personal.
To Zoro's confusion, the girl's grin became wider.
"My name is Monkey D. Luffimia…You can call me Luffy." The girl introduced herself casually. "Remember that name, because that is the name of the person who will succeed Gold Rogers. I am going to be Pirate King." The girl, said with such conviction and strength that it startled Zoro.
"I am starting a pirate crew, my pirate crew. I am in search of Nakamas that can help me with my dream." Luffy informed him before placing a hand on his shoulders. "And I decided that the future Greatest Swordsman in the World is to be my First Mate, my Right Hand. What do you say? You want to take the world by storm with me?"
The smile that Luffy gave him was nothing less that brilliant, gorgeous even, and it took everything Zoro has to give the girl an answer.
"No." Zoro hated himself for giving such a weak answer.
Luffy's smile did not falter. Instead, she merely patted him on the shoulder before turning her back on him.
Zoro instinctually zeroed-in on the kanji written on the girl's coat.
There, written in bold characters, were the words 'Freedom', 'Independence', and 'Blood'.
"I'll bring you some food and water later. I can't have my First mate dying of thirst or something." With those parting words, Luffy left a very intrigued and very frustrated Zoro.
"Your still here." Luffy stated coolly, sparing Coby a dark look while purchasing some food for her new first mate.
"I've seen you speaking with Roronoa Zoro." Coby began nervously.
"He is my First Mate." Luffy stated with conviction.
Coby sighed at this. Luffy was strong, incredibly so, but Roronoa Zoro was just too dangerous.
Luffy might be a pirate, but he owed her. He owed her a debt and he was going to pay her back no matter what.
"You should pick a different Nakama. You don't know him." Showing no interest in Coby, Luffy moved away from him, taking the bag full of food. "You don't know what Roronoa Zoro was capable of. This man butchers the bounties that he collects like savage bent on carnage. A blood-thirsty demon! He's been called nothing less than a living, breathing demon, a monster in human form!"
Luffy ignored Coby in favor of looking around the town.
For some reason, Luffy found the place to be depressing, different from her hometown.
"He's been known to brutally slaughter his victims before dragging them to collect their bounties," Coby went on, oblivious to Luffy completely ignoring him. "Anyone who had been crazy enough to stand up to him had ended butchered to none existence!"
"So he's my type of guy." Luffy exclaimed with a small smile. "You think the Alvida Pirates was my first rodeo? HA! I don't mind having monster as my friends. In fact, I prefer being surrounded with monsters. Monsters at least know how to protect and fight."
Coby was taken aback at that statement.
Luffy sighed a bit. The boy that she was with was pathetic. "Coby, I really suggest you not be near me. I can tolerate weaklings, but weaklings that quits easily, weaklings that lacks conviction, I cannot stand them. I cannot stand you. In fact, I am tempted to snap your neck right now."
Luffy did not bother to look at Coby and merely quicken her steps. She still has a First mate to recruit, she did not have time to deal with weaklings.
Luffy sat on top of the wall, watching the scene before her.
Several meters away fromher was Zoro and a young girl that was probably eight to ten years old.
"What'd you want?" Zoro growled at her and Luffy was in the verge of laughing. In Luffy's eyes, Zoro was trying hard to act tough to maintain his reputation.
'Men.' Luffy thought in amusement.
"I thought you might be getting hungry now? So I made you a couple rice balls." The young girl told him meekly while offering Zoro a packaged containing food.
"Get the hell out of here before you get shot." Zoro said bluntly. "Just scram!"
Luffy was impressed. Most children would flinched at Zoro's tone of voice and demeanor but the girl held firm.
"But you haven't eaten anything the whole time you've been tied up." The girl reasoned persistently, holding up the rice balls to Zoro. "Here, I've never really made them before and I am not that good at cooking, but I did my best so I think they are at least edible."
"Listen kid I'm not hungry! Now stop irritating me and get out of here!"
Luffy shook her head as she jumped down from the wall.
Pride is good, but too much pride will have you killed.
It was clear in her eyes that Zoro needed to eat, and he will eat even if she has to shoved those rice balls down the Pirate Hunter's throat.
Her First Mate would be useless if he dies before they set sail.
"But..." The girl was still persistent regardless of Zoro's frightening demeanor.
"Don't force me to kick you out of here, girl!" he yelled at her.
"Now, now, no one likes a bully," A taunting, arrogant voice that Luffy hated immediately reached her ears. Luffy encountered people that had used that kind of tone before, and all of them were jackasses
Luffy glanced at the owner of the voice. It was a male, a skinny and lanky-looking male with blond hair shaped like an oval on top of his head coming. He had a smug smile on his face as he tugged at the collar of his shirt-acting as if he owned the town.
Luffy was tempted to put a bullet between the male's eyes.
Luffy dislikes arrogance, especially arrogance with no basis.
Luffy then turned her attention to the two marines guarding the male. They looked disgusted to be near the man.
Zoro gave the male an angry look as he slowly walked towards him. "Roronoa Zoro, you seem to be handling this well." The man said mockingly.
The male then walked over at the girl, and Luffy took this as a sign to quicken her paced even more. "Is that for me, well don't mind if I do." The male then snatched the food, much to the girl's dismay.
"HEY! That's not for you!" The girl cried.
Before the male could eat the rice balls though, Luffy appeared beside the male and caught him by the wrist.
"You know," Luffy drawled while bending the wrist of the male in a rather odd angle, causing the said male to scream in pain and drop the rice ball.
Luffy caught the food before it could rich the ground and handed it back to the girl. The girl could only take the snack with a shock impression.
She, as well as Zoro and the blond male, did not saw the girl come from any direction.
"A grown, well calling you a man would be an insult to all men everywhere, but for a grown up stealing food from little girl is just vomiting." Luffy commented coldly.
The male whipped his head at Luffy to glare at her and he earned himself a stiff elbow across the bridge of his nose for his trouble.
He dropped to the ground with a thud.
Faster than the eye could see, Luffy drew one of her flintlocks and pointed at the two marines guarding the male.
The two marines flinched at the sight of Luffy's weapon.
"Before I blast both of your heads, I suggest you walk and take this filth with you." Luffy casually threw the blond male towards the marines before drawing his second flintlock.
Luffy looked at the two marines, daring them to attack.
Surprisingly, they did not.
They merely carried their unconscious 'superior' and made the beeline out of the clearing.
Luffy glared at their retreating form before taking one of the rice balls from the girl's hand. Luffy then walked in front of Zoro.
"Remember me, First Mate." Luffy greeted him with a smile that was nothing less than radiant.
Zoro could only stared at the girl with mouth slightly gaped before speaking.
"What are you…"
Whatever Zoro was going to say died in his mouth as he found himself gasping for air as he felt a knee hitting him on the stomach hard.
Zoro opened his mouth and Luffy took this opportunity to shove the rice ball down Zoro's throat.
"When a girl offers you food, you take accept it, no buts or ifs." Luffy lectured Zoro, ignoring the fact that he was chocking and coughing.
"You bicth!" Zoro growled in between his ragged coughs.
Luffy did not look offended whatsoever as she proceed to force a bottle of water down Zoro's throat.
"Can't have my First Mate dying on me." Luffy stated before removing the bottle from Zoro's lips.
Zoro could only glare at Luffy after the treatment that she had given him.
Luffy ignored him in favor of crouching down to the level of the girl.
Luffy stared at her and the little girl was mesmerize at how pretty Luffy was.
Luffy smiled, and the young girl could only blush.
"Can you please tell me why this idiot is tied up here?" Luffy asked with a gentle tone while patting the little girl on the head.
Suffice to say, the girl named Rika gave Luffy everything she wanted.
A justification of having Zoro as her First Mate.
"You and I both know that scum won't uphold his end of the bargain, right?" Luffy said while caressing the head head of Rika, much to the girl's delight.
A fed Zoro could not help but look at Luffy with a bit of contempt. "I gave my word." Zoro whispered quietly.
"Sure you did, but are you sure that guy would keep his or would he send you a firing squad." Luffy said sarcastically, sparing Zoro a look. "Believe me, in a couple of days, you'll be facing a firing squad, and you will be shot to death. You'll be too weak to prevent it, and that will be the end of you."
The girl was blunt and for some reason, Zoro can appreciate that.
"My offer stands." Luffy told him seriously. "I'm making myself a pirate crew and I want you as my first mate." Luffy looked across him and male that he had KOed was marching towards them with a bunch of marines, all of them having rifles at hand.
"Think about it. The Pirate King and the Strongest Swordsman in the world. Doesn't that sound good?" Luffy stated with a craze grin as she stood up. Grabbing Rika by the head, she put the young girl behind Zoro.
"Stay there a bit. Close your eyes and cover your ears. This won't last long.' Luffy faced the marching marines before drawing her flintlocks. Spinning them around, she gripped them by the barrel. She sparred Zoro a glance. "Let me show you how strong I am."
With those parting words, Luffy charge and Zoro was given a treat.
The girl was like the wind.
Fast and ferocious, the marines and the blond goof were on the ground before they could even react.
"Pirate King and the Strongest Swordsman." Zoro muttered to himself. "That does sound good"