Chapter 6

I watch silently as Luffy battles against Don Krieg. The rest of his crew were in the water or defeated, and all that was left was the two captain in a face off.

"That boy…he's your Captain?" I look over at the head chef. He's looking at me with a calculating gaze, one of familiarity.

"Yes, I'm first mate, my Name is Adrian, nice to meet you." I hold out my hand, and Zeff gives it a rough shake, before bringing his focus back to the fight.

"What's a dragon like you doing out here?" So he noticed huh? Good. I turn back to see Don Krieg bearing a spiked cloak.

"I decided to explore the world, instead of waiting for people to find us. Quite a few younger dragons followed my footsteps."

"Here." A small bag is thrust into my vision. I take one whiff, then snatch the bag, opening it to see sugared rose petals.

"I owe a dragon my life. The brat might not remember, as he went unconscious, but a dragon saved our lives. I noticed dragons can't resist roses, and I felt this would be good to give you." I feel a tear run down my face. The last time I got roses was when he got me some…

The boy was running, as fast as his little legs could carry him, away from the stand he had just stolen from.

"This way!" The boy looked to see Adrian waiting in an alley. He followed her, and they ran their way to the shore where they first met.

"YOU IDIOT?! WHY DID YOU PUT YOURSELF IN SUCH DANGER?!" The boy looked at his feet, before shoving his stolen goods in Adrian's face.

"It's your birthday today! Right?" Adrian took a step back, to see exactly what he got, and was surprised to see two dozen roses! Adrian started to cry.

"Wait! What? Did I get the day wrong? Are roses not the flower you always ate? Um-"

"No! I'm just….happy." The boy grins, and Adrian gently takes the roses from him, before giving him a hug.

"Thank you…"

"Thank you….." My voice is a whisper. I see Zeff give me a gentle smile, before looking back at the battle. I look back to see Luffy giving the final punch to end Don Krieg. Shouts of celebration erupt from all around, and I simply stand there, before taking a deep breath, and turning towards Sanji.

"This is your last chance to make yourself something more. We need a good cook, and you seem to be as crazy as everyone else. Also, I overheard you speaking of the All Blue." He lights a cigarette, blowing smoke up into the air.

"It's real." With that, I walk away, only to hear shouts coming from two men swimming towards the deck.

"Who're these two?" I ask Zoro, who had come over to check out the screaming.

"Friends and fellow bounty hunters. What's up guys?" It takes a while before the two finally calm down, and utter four words that send me into a dark place.

"Sister Nami betrayed us!" I freeze….that freaking bitch! I growl lowly, and the two hunters hide behind Zoro. Zoro puts his hand on one of his swords….damn it…..argh! I grab a rose petal and eat it. Its sweetness and scent calm my mind. I furiously shake my head.

"Sorry about that, betrayal is very horrible with dragons, to betray is like murdering someone dear." Zoro nods, before running off to tell Luffy. The two hunters stare at me, confused.

"Who are you?" The black hair one asks, while the other one, a bald one, slowly reaches up to pick his nose….ok….

"I'm Adrian, the first mate of the Straw-hat pirates. I was sleeping when you guys appeared." I walk off before they can ask more…where's Luffy? I look around, confused, before spotting Usopp and Zoro packing things into a boat. I walk over.

"This ours?" After affirmative from both Usopp and Zoro, I hop onto the boat, and promptly doze off, staring into the ocean.

I snap out of my daze when Sanji is saying goodbye. Huh…I guess me and Luffy were convincing enough, yay. I lay in the back of the boat, once again dazing off, I do that a lot now…

I awaken to the strong smell of fish…not just fish…fish men. I groggily open my eyes to see Zoro tied up beside me. I look around, noticing we're in a sort of park…for fish….or fish men….ARGH! My brain is not working right now!

"Oh! Seems the kid has awakened!" I feel my eyebrow twitch. Why does everyone think I'm a kid?! Am I that young looking?! I look up to see a love-fish…fish man, staring at me. I look over, and freeze. To my right is a fish man I have heard of as Arlong, and the thing that made me freeze…or person, I should say.

"Nami…." I feel my throat rumble, but suppress my growl, knowing that revealing what I am right now would not be a good idea. Instead I lean my head back, noticing all the information-giving talk must have already happened.

"Why do I miss everything by sleeping?!" I look over at Zoro, who simply shrugs.

"I was sleeping too you know." So I wasn't alone…suddenly, a webbed hand grabs my hair, pulling my head up to look at the fish guy, Arlong.

"Are you ignoring me you little brat?!" I….am…not….A FREAKING BRAT OMFG! I let myself calm down before answering.

"If you really are just trying to insult me, bitch would do just fine." He glares at me.

"You're a female?!" I give him a smirk, and he throws me closer to the lake-like area in the middle of the park.

"Bitch!" That's better. I can see an opening of escape, and I give a look to Zoro, who nods back.

Not much later, me and the marimo are walking along a path in the middle of nowhere. The sun is blazing, and I can't help but go into a daze once again.

"Yah! Mi-Mi! Why is it so hot?!" A slightly younger Adrian complains loudly, lying face down on the small boat containing just the two of them. A young Mihawk looks back at the girl, before busting out laughing.

"Stop complaining! Sit up! You look pathetic like that Ri-Ri!" Adrian sits up slowly, looking Mihawk in the eye, before they both bust out laughing, both of them laying down on his boat.

The rest of that day was filled with laughter.

I pause when I smell it. The scent is strong, carrying from deep inside the forest to our right.

"Zoro." He turns, automatically alert from the fact that I said his real name.

"I need to check something, I'll meet you wherever later." Zoro reluctantly nods, before continuing down the trail. Once he leaves my sight, I dash into the woods, propelling myself across the forest floor. When I finally find the origin of the scent, a small pool of blood, with drag marks visible from the red, leading towards the water, I can feel anger building in my system. I mutter what I find to myself, piecing together the story of what happened through the visible evidence.

"Young, arrived less than a week ago, surprise attack….." I feel dread and anger pool into my gut.

"Fish men…..he's still alive…" Shit…this is bad, this is really bad…I sit on a rock nearby, letting my mind plan out how to solve this mess. Something glistens in the sun, catching my attention.

It's a small coin, attached to a black bag that was unceremoniously tossed into the bushes. I dash over, lift it by one of its straps, and sniff it. The scent is stronger now, I open the bag, and laugh, quickly examining the contents before closing it up again. I look up at the sky, watching air-wisps dance, showing me the air currents with their soft green light.

"This is going to be fun." I can't help but say to the wisps. They excitedly dance around me, before sinking into my skin. I grab a mini bottle I keep for when I need fire, swallowing a gulp of wine from it, before picking up both bags, and heading towards where I still smell the scent, though it's weak, it's there. I know what's coming, and I truthfully can't wait. I follow the scent of my crewmates, along with the sounds of explosions. I walk into the decimated park where Zoro and I had been tied up in.

The sight brought me to a whole new level of anger.

"Any more struggling and the kid dies!" Arlong holds his hands tightly around the boy's throat, his hair is a mess, knotted with blood and dirt, his clothes are torn, and his body limp. I can feel everyone's anger at the sight of such a pathetic display of cowardice. When the boy opens his eyes is when I snap. I dash forward, smacking Arlong on the forehead with my palm, causing him to go flying into a wall. The boy drops, his shoulder length black hair falling into his face. I gently catch him, before jumping backwards, beside a surprised Zoro. I don't hold back as I let out a loud, but low growl. It echoes throughout the park, making a few of the fish men and villagers back up in fear.

"Who's the kid lizard?" I look up at Zoro, his eyes bore into mine, before I shift the boy in my arms to a more comfortably position, he's barely conscious, his eyes fluttering as he tries to hang on. I let out a purr, a more comforting sound, and he instinctively nuzzles his head into my shoulder. I ignore marimo's question, favoring to glare at Arlong.

"So there's another of you monster's hanging around on my island!" He walks out from the wall where I had hit him, a grin plastered on his face. Luffy finally has had enough, and stupidly turns around, pointing to the kid in my arms.

"Who's that Adrian?" Arlong takes a step forward, and I growl loudly. I should clear this confusion before the fight breaks out.

"He's a hatchling, a young dragon." I turn to Nami, the girl is a wreck, and I'm surprised she's even there. Arlong switches from his attention on the boy, to taunting Luffy with Nami's past.

"Nami…I'm sorry." She looks me in the eye, surprised and stunned at my apology.

"Could you….look after him?" I watch as Nami looks at the boy, before slowly nodding her head. I carefully hand the boy over, and place my toque delicately on his head when he starts whimpering. For all I know he could be an absolute brat, but when hurt and/or in danger, a hatchling can't resist clinging to an older dragon, it brings them protection and safety. It works similar to milk with newborn animals, they need it when they're young, and then they are slowly weaned off. I turn back and force myself to relax. The anger isn't going to help me kick this guy's ass.

"Moo!" Is that….a cow fish? It's this giant cow with fins so….I guess so….I look over at Sanji, who is staring unsurprised at the sea cow…thing.

"This guy…" Oh….must've been when I was asleep.

"You know him?" Sanji nodded, not giving an explanation. The cow panics, and tries to leave, only for Arlong to scare it into attacking us! I watch as Luffy digs his feet into the cement.

"Everyone! DUCK!" Luffy twists himself, before grabbing the sea cow by the tail, and proceeding to make the most entertaining thing I have ever seen.

A cow pinwheel.

A freaking cow. Pinwheel. Sadly, the idiot's feet end up stuck in the pavement, preventing him from moving. I charge forward, intent on breaking the cement, when a fist hits my gut, sending me flying to the top of the castle like building.

"I shall be your opponent!" The fish man was what I assume to be a flying fish, if his clear wing like appendages gave anything away.

"Who are you?"

"I am third in command of the fish man pirates! My name is-"I cut him off with a kick to the gut, sending him flying through the air. I land on the very point on top of the roof.

"I hope you can forgive me for skipping such formalities, but as you can see, my dragon instincts aren't behaving themselves." The fish man flies back up, snarling at me. He dashes through the air, and I dodge to my right. What I didn't expect, was that the delicate soft wings of his could rip through my skin. Pain rips through my left arms, and a clean cut, straight to the bone, is formed near my shoulder.

"Shit!" I yelp, before flipping in the air, avoiding another wing, and axe kicking the fish man on the head. He goes flying to the concrete, and while he's down, I inspect the cut. The pain is a bitch, and blood is flowing heavily down my arm. If I fall in the water, I'm dead. I quickly dodge, as the fish man comes flying out from the smoke below. His fin nicks my right leg, causing a shallower, but just as long cut. I punch him in the jaw as he flies by again, causing him to fall through the roof, and kicking up more dust. I can feel my sense failing me. I look down and see the situation not looking good. I need to help out down there. The fish man flies up again, jaw obviously broken.

"Sorry, but I need to end this. 황금용기술: 전세계" I relax as golden wings sprout from my back. Though made of scales, the wings are as soft as feathers.

"Captain! She's a ro-!" I dash forward, my speed tripled, and push my arm through his neck. He gurgles, trying to speak, before I remove my arm, watching as his body falls into the castle. I can feel strength running through me. I use my scales to temporarily stop the bleeding in my arm and leg, before flying down to the ground. Luffy and Arlong are going at it, both in bad shape. I pant in the exertion from flying, I hadn't done that for a while…. Luffy looks like he can handle himself. I feel black itching into the corners of my vision, and I retract my wings, looking over at Nami, still holding the boy.

I swear I saw his red eyes open before my world fades to black.

Sorry this took so long! I was extremely busy, as we have a huge test coming up! The first OC is here! Thanks to V.I.Y.H for sending in an OC! I didn't elaborate hugely on the fish man Adrian was fighting as….well…he died, so yeah! Let's see how this goes!

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From: S.W.K.