Me- yup, it's been a while, but not to worry; I'll do my best to update when I have time with everything going on in my schedule. I hope my writing are improving somewhat at least, all though I haven't been in the class that long. We will see if anything changes. Anyway enjoy!

Hime-sama no Kaizoku

Chapter 13: Enter Chou the wind maker!

One moment, Leif was just mindlessly sitting with her crew mates, and the next, Zoro was fighting someone by the name of Mihawk. That of course wasn't all that had occurred; a pirate by the name of Don Krieg had betrayed Sanji's trust and attacked. Leif remembered it all too well, especially the one betrayal she had not expected.

Nami had been running toward the going merry as Leif grabbed hold of her arm which was received with a glare. If looks could kill; Leif would be dead.

"Nami, where are you going?" Leif questioned but the navigator didn't answer as she slapped the brunettes hand away, and proceeded to steal the ship in the process. Leif couldn't believe her eyes as the rest of her crewmates had arrived along with her captain whom still had faith in the young navigator. Leif was now standing with Luffy, Usopp, Johnny, and Yusaku as she watched Zoro battle it out with Mihawk.

"Zoro…" Leif spoke softly as she squeezed her eyes shut so that she wouldn't have to see her crew mate get hurt.

"Leif, watch out!" Usopp had called out as the brunette's eyes opened up wide to see two daggers coming toward her. Leif immediately dodged them as she landed next to her captain whom was glaring at the direction the weapons had come from.

"Ah, it missed, too bad." A voice spoke as a gust of wind shot up from underneath them, causing them all to grab on tightly to the closest person. In Leif's case, it was Luffy, although he didn't seem to mind at all this time. The wind ceased as a figure jumped down in front of them.

"Who the hell are you?" Leif questioned, she felt an arm wrap around her waist protectively as she practically yelled at the new comer.

"The name's Chou, apprentice of Mihawk." The girl explained as she moved closer to the brunette.

"Apprentice, you have to be kidding me." Leif said as Chou glared at the girl while taking out her sword, directing the weapon toward Leif.

"Watch it, I may be his apprentice, but I still have yet to win against him in battle." Chou admitted as Leif stepped out of Luffy's grip.

"That's supposed to make me feel what exactly?"Leif questioned the raven haired girl as said girl growled in frustration.

"I will cut you, and I definitely won't go easy on some prissy princess." Chou argued as Leif glared at the girl with flames dancing around her figure.

"Watch what you say, this prissy princess could surprise you." Leif snapped as she kicked Chou in the side; Chou ended up in a pile up wood as she got up to dust herself off.

"You messed with the wrong apprentice." Chou snapped as wind from all directions blew harshly toward Leif, causing her feet to lift off the ground.

"What the hell is this?" Leif questioned.

"This girl has some tricks up her sleeve, plus I ate a devil's fruit which is a major plus." Chou laughed as the wind then sent Leif toward the water, where she landed with a splash. Leif immediately swam to the surface as she got back to the ship they had been standing on.

"Well played, but didn't I tell you not to underestimate me." Leif yelled as she went in for a punch, which was quickly dodged as Chou ended up behind her with a sharpened sword almost touching her throat.

"Leif!" Usopp called out as Leif glared at back at the girl with limited movement.

"Any last words, because this had to be one of my easiest fights." Chou laughed as the gang heard a splash. Leif turned toward the noise to see that Zoro had lost his battle against Mihawk.

"Zoro!" Leif called as she elbowed Chou in the stomach with as much strength as she could manage; this movement caused the raven haired girl to drop her weapon as Leif dived into the water.

Luffy then glared at Mihawk as he went over to punch him with his ability. While this was happening; Leif had come up from the water with Zoro, whom was quickly laid out on the boat. Zoro felt water fall onto his face as he opened his eyes in pain. When he opened them, he saw Leif in tears; she was worried about him, but that was something about Leif. She cared when Luffy had gotten hurt, and had cried as well. He remembered as she had struggled in his grip to hug Luffy whom was alive rather than dead as she had once thought.

"Don't scare me like that, idiot swordsman." Leif cried as her head crashed into his chest, letting the tears fall.

"Leif…"

"Aniki, you're alright." Johnny whom was watching the scene spoke as he let out his own set of tears.

"Johnny…" Zoro spoke as he lifted his arm to place a hand on Leif's back.

"Zoro?" Leif questioned as she lifted her head.

"Luffy!" Zoro yelled as the captain turned toward his crewmates. "I promise never to lose again; I will help you become the pirate king."

Leif stared down at Zoro with a tearful smile as Zoro too was in tears. Chou saw this and became interested in the green haired swordsman; she was surprised that Mihawk had not killed him when he had the chance to do away with him.

"Chou, let's go." Mihawk announced as the raven haired girl nodded before disappearing. She did, however, want to come back to the brunette. Her interests in the brunette and the swordsman were very strong. She was surprised that the girl had used such a cheap move to end the fight to save someone's life; she in all her years had never had anyone easily throw a fight for someone else. The people she fought never gave up, and even when someone needed help, they refused them in favor of winning against the apprentice of the strongest swordsman. All of her opponents thought it would get them closer to Mihawks whereabouts, but that never got them closer to finding against the strongest swordsman. This girl was very different, and the fact that Mihawk had not killed the green haired man peaked her interest even more. They definitely had not seen the last of her.

"Zoro, please don't be that reckless again." Leif begged him as Zoro smiled.

"I can't make any promises." Zoro spoke as Leif smiled genuinely for the first time.

"Luffy said the same thing before, but it was worth a try." Leif laughed as Luffy appeared behind her. They were ready to go after Nami, but first they needed to take care of something, and that was to get rid of Don Krieg who had attacked the Baratie.

"Luffy, let's help Sanji." Leif said, but Luffy already knew what he was going to do before Leif stated it. Luffy gave Leif his hand as he helped her up to go after Don Krieg; she of course made sure to tell Johnny something before she left.

"Johnny, help Zoro please; make sure to stop the blood," Leif explained. "Clean up the wounds to, I'll patch it up later."

"You know how to address wounds?" Zoro questioned.

"Only somewhat, I'm no doctor, but when I was younger I got hurt a lot so my dad had to address mine until it became too much. He taught me so he didn't have to worry about fixing them himself; although I was never exactly good at it even after he taught me." Leif explained as Zoro looked at the girl in disbelief.

"How about Johnny just wraps them up." Zoro suggested which earned a glare from the brunette.

"No, I need more practice." Leif argued as Zoro glared back.

"Does my pain mean nothing to you." Zoro snapped as Johnny brought out the first aid kit upon which Leif took a bandage and slapped it on his wound aggressively.

"Watch it, damn princess." Zoro snapped as Leif walked away with a sly grin.

"As I said, I need practice so wait till I get back." Leif smiled as Luffy merely laughed at her antics.

Me- as you realized I didn't put the opening and ending there, I stopped doing that for some reason, but I will put them in when the songs change and they will stay like they are till they change. I'm so happy that Lok came back. I've missed that show so much, and How to train your dragon 2 in June, who isn't psyched about that. I know I haven't been writing lately but I am in college which means less time to write. Also since no one participated in the contest, I'm kind of debating whether to include another contest for chapter 30. If this story is much more popular by then, I will have a vote for the contest and even listen to ideas for prizes as long as they aren't drastic. I love everyone who's been favoriting my stories, but I wouldn't mind hearing some feedback if that's ok with you guys. I want to know if Leif's character is likable, and whom you are shipping so far in the story since I love hearing stuff like that. Please review and continue to follow Hime-sama no Kaizoku, since there is a sequel in this stories future. Some of the arches may be skipped depending. Arches I will include are main ones like Alabasta and the one with Robin, but basically I may not be adding filler arches depending on the relevance to the story. You have plenty of time for side stories in the Hime-sama no Kaizoku side stories which I am happily taking requests for. Say you have a favorite ship so far, I can write a chapter dedicated to the ship. So readers, I appreciate reviews, and I hope I will be getting lots of them about character development and such. I want some awesome feedback, but nothing mean. Remember next chapter is the arch with Nami and a possible game changer for Leif as her and Nami might make up since Nami isn't exactly a fan of the brunettes. If you must know, I'm skipping over the Don Krieg fight. I figured most of you watch the show to know how it went and aside from that I wasn't a big fan of Don Krieg. I will show fights, plenty, but this one will not be written. I hope you guys enjoy this story as much as I do.