First things first to all One Piece fans out there I apologize for introducing my own invented Character. I'm sure that some of you will agree with me when I say Luffy and Nami need a catalyst to get moving in this fic it's a person…forgive me if it sucks its my first ever fic so bear with me and wish me luck…. Oh and forgive me for using western terms in some places or western translations since that's what I'm used to so there will be no Nami-chan or Baka since I don't know what these mean exactly I'll take a crack with western words.

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Disclaimer : I do not own One Piece

First Chapter: A Musician

"WE NEED A MUSCIAN" came a sudden yell from the deck; Nami knew who it was the voice was unmistakably her Captain. Monkey D. Luffy. She sighed "oh well better go check it out".

She walked from her room where she had been working on yet another map one step closer to her dream. When Nami walked out on deck she was greeted by a strange sight though with this crew she was getting used to strange. Luffy was slowly being strangled by the Swordsman Zolo for some transgression (amazingly his hat still on his head) while Usopp and Chopper where rolling on the floor laughing and clutching their sides. She looked around to see if she could spot why the fight had started when Nico Robin who was lounging nearby on a deck reading one of her many history books explained.

"Zolo was sleeping as usual, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper where playing one of their kiddy games nearby when Luffy suddenly yelled out obviously surprising the swordsman" she smiled a little and shook her head "No doubt that's why you came up on deck?" Nami nodded and shook her head she walked over and broke the two boys up with the customary smack to the head. She gave them a glare for disturbing her, and then turned the glare on the other two boys while they scrambled to get behind each other and away from her she walked back inside. "Nami my beautiful lady is there anything I can do for you, make you a cake or coffee carry something or profess my undying love for you over and over" cooed Sanji as he exited the kitchen and walked up to her with a cigarette dangling from his lips 'oh great just what I need him fawning all over me' she thought. She smiled at Sanji because sometimes his endless flattery did make her smile but today she was faking it "no thanks I'm just gonna go work on some maps" Sanji smiled and about faced and wandered back into his kitchen muttering bought getting a bolt on the door to keep Luffy out.

Nami smiled as she entered her room, sat down and continued her work it was going to be a typical day on the Going Merry, she noted that she had to tell the others about a populated island a day away with a single town called 'Fair Waters' the name seemed familiar but she dismissed it as more pressing matters came to the fore. No one on the crew knew it but Nami had not been sleeping well, she wasn't having nightmares those had stopped when Luffy had saved her and her town by killing Arlong "Bastard". It was the fact that the dreams while extremely pleasant and comforting worried her during the day "I can't think that I won't, it would be nice but would cause to many problems". She did her best to dismiss the thoughts and get back to work but they kept niggling at the back of her mind.

Meanwhile on deck

"Dam we really need a musician cause if we had one id bet he'd be fun to be around for everyone and he'd defiantly have to be a good fighter" muttered Luffy as he thought over the criteria for one of the few crew positions that had yet to be filled. He counted of on his fingers "Captain ME, ummm first mate Zolo, Navigator Nami" he paused he felt a strange light fluttery feeling in his stomach, he shrugged he probably needed meat even as he thought of meat he did something very unusual for Luffy he continued what he was doing. "Marksman Usopp, Cook Sanji, Doctor Chopper" he paused again and thought hard what exactly was Robin's job. He wasn't sure, he knew she was really smart so he decided to go and ask her he jumped of the rams head and onto the deck and walked over to where she was sitting. While he did this he promptly forgot his solution to the feeling in his stomach but he amazingly remembered that the feeling was important somehow.

Robin looked up as a shadow loomed over her. She smiled and closed her book with her finger inside to keep her place "how may I help you today my captain" her smile widened when she noticed a slight reddening to Luffy's cheeks. He opened his mouth and closed it again then frowned obviously thinking hard. Robin smiled again she was eternally grateful to this boy he had give her a place in the world and friends two things she hadn't had in a very long time. Suddenly Luffy sat down facing her and looked up "I've been trying to figure out what exactly do you do on our ship?", Robins smile faltered "Is it possible he thinks I' useless to him" Robin looked closer at her captains expression when it hit her "he doesn't want me to leave he's just confused as to what I do on his ship" Robin smiled "I'm your historian but you could say I'm your Chief Intelligence Officer if you want something more official". She watched as Luffy frowned then suddenly came up in his trademark smile "thanks that helps a lot" he then walked towards the cabins. Robin smiled and was a little shocked when she realized she had been afraid maybe even terrified at the thought that Luffy didn't want her on the ship. She nodded to herself when she realized everyone on the ship would probably act the same way. She smiled to herself as she opened her book and continued to read.

As Luffy entered the boys Cabin he walked over to his hammock threw his hat on the pillow and pulled a sheet of paper out from under the pillow. Written on the piece was the names of all the positions he wanted to fill on his ship as well as who filled them he realized he needed ink. He turned and noticed in a nearby mirror that his shirt had a stain on it, he quickly pulled it off and threw it into a washing basket. Though the crew mostly wore the same clothes with alterations depending on weather only their captain had 10 sets of the same clothes. The clothes got washed by a different person on a roster however Luffy wasn't on the roster as of the disaster that happened last time. He looked in his clothes chest for a new shirt but failed to find one. He shrugged who'd care if he didn't have a shirt. Then he remembered the paper he still needed ink, "Nami has ink". He promptly forgot he wasn't wearing a shirt and exited the cabin and knocked on Nami's door.

"Probably Sanji with a new recipe, I love his cooking but not being interrupted". Nami got on her feet and opened the door and gasped. There was Luffy, shirtless. She stared him up and down, while he gave her one of his typically vacant looks. She first noticed his scars, the bit marks from Arlongs removable teeth the cuts from captain Kuro and the rather nasty scar on his stomach he got from Crocodile, as well as numerous other minor scars adorning his torso and arms. The second thing she noticed was how good he looked, she stared at his muscle tone, despite the fact he was made of rubber he looked well muscled and she bet if she put a hand on his chest it would be warm and hard. "Wow hes hot…wait what am I thinking I can't be thinking this I won't" however her body had other ideas her had twitched towards touching his chest to feel what it was like. "WHY AREN"T YOU WEARING A SHIRT" she screamed as she forced her hand back down and her face went crimson, Luffy flinched and took a step back "I just wanted to borrow some ink and a pen" he smiled nervously afraid shed hit him. Nami calmed down at this "why in the world would he need pen and ink for hes never taken any interest in writing if it wasn't for fact he knew how much he was worth on that latest bounty poster for him I wouldn't know he could read". "Why do you need ink" she asked trying to keep her eyes on his face, to her surprise Luffy blushed a little and held out a sheet of paper for her. She took the paper and read its contents, she smiled this was something if not totally mature was a very un-Luffy like step towards it. She looked up "so do you want me to add anything to this and then keep it safe for you" he nodded. "So what do you want me to add?".

"UMMM..Chief intel..intella…integra..Huh"

Nami shook her head "Luffy do you mean Chief Intelligence..Something?" Luffy suddenly brightened "Yeah.. but that's not right it was official or something like that" Nami smacked him lightly on the forehead "he's so warm" then shook her own head "Do you mean Chief Intelligence Officer?" he nodded "Let me guess its Robin" Luffy went blank for a second then smiled wide "Yep". "Alright I'll add that for you and look after this now go put on a shirt I don't care whose". Luffy nodded and smiled and walked of. Nami shook her head and smiled "what a piece of work he is" "What a hunk of man he is" Nami hit herself in the head, she couldn't wouldn't think these things. She added what Luffy wanted and was about to tuck it safely into a still empty drawer in her desk when she scanned the pages contents again. She noticed a blotch next to her job description; she lifted the paper closer for better inspection. She looked carefully, under the title Crew (which was written in a delicate hand while the rest was an untidy barely legible hand, so she doubted it was written by Luffy) was listed the names of the entire crew and next to their names where their jobs. Next to Luffy's was Captain then following that Future King of the Pirates, which made Nami smile, then she noticed again next to her name the blotch after Navigator. Nami examined it closely it looked like a crossed out Q "Could it be that he wants…NO NO NO I won't think that god dammit" She quickly put the list in the draw and closed it only then realizing her heart was racing whether from the encounter with her half naked captain or what she thought was on Luffy's crew list. She heard Sanji begin to move around in the kitchen and decided that as soon as dinner was over she was going to catch some much needed rest.

The Next Day

Nami told everyone at breakfast about the island that they would be arriving at early the next day and waited as all had their typical responses. Sanji began to tell Luffy to lay off the meat and also began to berate Usopp about what he had to buy since he was apparently Sanji's bag boy this time round. Robin began to question Nami about details of the island and town. Luffy and Chopper began to cheer and dance the little deer getting caught up in the Pirate Captains excitement. Zolo watched the spectacle for a moment, chuckled then left to go work out. Everyone paused as Usopp cried out when Sanji kicked him for trying to trick Nami into helping with the shopping. Nami then subsequently doubled Usopp's shopping list with other essentials some of which made him cringe as they where ladies essentials. Thank fully the rest of the day was uneventful.

The Musician Arrives

Nami smiled and shook her head as she watched Luffy, Usopp and Chopper dance around as they arrived at the dock of Fair Waters. Nami's smile faltered as she saw what looked like a welcoming committee at the dock, these usually weren't good. They arrived at the dock as Luffy leaned over the side and called out. "Hey guys I hope you got plenty of food here" the reply was the strangest and most welcoming Nami had ever heard while with the crew. "Hello Friend may I presume that you are the captain of this fine ship?" said the man at the front of the group a small man with a along white beard, a missing eye

and a deep booming voice. Luffy gave an exaggerated nod and laughed. The old man smiled up with what appeared to be genuine friendliness "May I also presume you are Pirates?" most of the crew stiffened except Luffy who laughed and called down "yep where the Straw Hat band of pirates". The old man glanced at one of the others in his group and turned back "Welcome to Fair Waters my dear Captain" he spread his arms to indicated the sprawling town "In this town all are welcome Pirates, Marines, Merchants as long as you play all games fair and do not cause problems the denizens of Fair Waters will treat you Fairly" The people behind the old man seemed to roll their eyes as well as most of the Straw Hat crew except Luffy who seemed to find this hilarious.

The crew all got off the ship and headed into town except Robin saying "this town has no history to interest me you go have fun I'll watch the ship". Nami giving the orders as an almost surrogate captain called a halt in the first square they cam across. "Okay guys you can all have fun but be back here at 9 this town is a little creepy" the rest nodded and headed off Nami was surprised when she noticed that Luffy was still with her "What's up Luffy?" Luffy gave a big smile and chuckled "I thought since you had a map you'd know where to get food". Nami sighed "Ok Luffy you can come with me when I get lunch but your paying" Nami got suspicious of the blank empty look on her captains face she knew what was coming next "I don't have any money". "HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE ANY…" Nami started to yell but then thought about it. She realized that since Luffy's pirate crew never actually robbed anyone and all the money anyone had was borrowed or given out by Nami who stole it from Pirates they met. Nami also remembered that this had happened before and despite what she said would happen next time as well "Alright I'll pay for you this time but next time your buying me lunch" Luffy nodded and smiled "it's a date" He suddenly looked concerned by how red this statement made his Navigator go in the face. Nami shook herself mentally and ignored Luffy's bewildered look as he began to follow her from shop to shop.

Meanwhile in a tavern not far from there.

A large man dressed in a black coat staggered as a half drunk bottle of some alcoholic substance smashed on the back of his head. He slowly turned and glared at the perpetrator, he growled deep in his throat as every man in the bar stood and started brandishing weapons whether they where personal knives and swords or broken bottles and pieces of wood. The fat man behind the bar smirked and said "Get out of here freak your not wanted here". The large man shrugged it was an exaggerated gesture as his whole back seemed to move under his coat turned and walked out the door he didn't seem to see a large number of the dives patrons begin to follow him.

Back to Luffy and Nami

Luffy started to notice it was getting dark he mentioned this to Nami and she laughed "Getting tired of carrying my shopping? Well that's what you get its about 7:30 so we still got plenty of time unless poor Luffy is tir-" she was cut of by an agonized scream further up the street. Luffy gave Nami a knowing look and handed over all the shopping and charged up the road the sight that greeted him was unexpected to say the least. A large man all in black with a black cloak and hood up was surrounded by the groaning injured bodies of at least ten men, he also had a large object strapped across his back. The eleventh was being hoisted up to face height by the man in black Luffy prepared to defend the apparently defenseless man when the large man spoke. "Why can't you leave me alone I rarely visit the town I don't cause trouble but just because I'm different you have a problem with me. YOU SICKEN ME" with that final yell he flung the man towards a nearby building them man hit the wall with a sickening crack something had defiantly been broken. The large man turned and spotted Luffy "what I suppose you want to attack me as well huh kid? ok bring it on" Luffy laughed the large man scratched his head in puzzlement "geeze this kid is weird I wonder if he's a local probably not". Luffy's answer surprised him "Maybe later" Luffy laughed at the mans shocked expression "Right now I think I want you to join my pirate crew you seem pretty cool and your real strong I'll figure out how nice you are as we go" The man seemed sighed and seemed to sag "That's a real nice offer kid I'm guessing your from that big pirate ship at the dock. I'd Love to join your crew kid but it wouldn't work I'm just different I don't fit in thanks for the offer though"

The man turned and began to walk away when he felt a restraining hand on his shoulder he turned and saw the hand was the kids but the kid was at least 10 feet away he staggered and had to sit on the cold stones of the street "All-Alright kid I'll go... Emphasis on go with your crew if I like what I see I'll join if I don't I'll get of at the next island" He studied the kids reaction and was pleasantly surprised. The kid who though the night was cold was dressed in a sleeveless red vest blue jeans rolled up to below his knees and sandals as well as a straw hat on his head, smiled and said the most surprising thing "Ok but your still gonna join my crew". The large man shook his head and laughed he'd never met anyone like this kid he thought the guy was funny maybe this could be one of the good things in his life.

Nami slowly walked up weighed down by all her shopping and saw Luffy talking to a man dressed all in black sitting in the middle of the road surrounded by unconscious men. "Uhh Luffy did you do this?" Luffy laughed "Nah our new crew member did" he paused looking at Nami's shocked face he gestured to the man who had gotten up and started to walk over to them Nami noticed he was huge probably as big as Chopper in his Human Form. "Hey what's your name" suddenly asked Luffy, Nami almost fell on her face typical Luffy wanting someone to join their crew while knowing nothing about them "well its worked so far". The large man chuckled "My name is Angel", "wow what a nice name still he is a bit odd its too dark to see his face" Luffy introduced himself in his usual way "I'm Monkey D. Luffy and I'm going to be King of the Pirates" "whoa a bit ambitious aren't ya little fella" replied the man to Nami's surprise Luffy laughed and introduced her "This is Nami my navigator and the most beautiful thief in the whole world" at this statement Nami went crimson the man seemed to be looking at her then he glanced at Luffy then at her and settled on Luffy again. Nami could swear he was chuckling. Luffy cut in on her musings "Lets go introduce you to the rest of the crew".

Zolo gave the large man in black who was chatting and walking with Luffy an appraising stare as they walked up. The man didn't seem to have a sword so a lot of Zolo's interest was lost right there but he wondered "I wonder has Luffy found a new crew mate". Zolo then noticed the object across the mans back "I wonder is that a sword… nah not the right shape oh well maybe he could be a drinking buddy". The hood covering his face threw his face into shadow as many lights in the square suddenly came on. Zolo suddenly had the his swords I his hands Usopp froze like a rabbit who's seen a Hawk coming for it and Chopper cried out and fell on his butt. The large man glanced around he now seemed nervous he said aloud in a deep rumbling voice "I think this is because of me sorry Luffy" the captain turned towards a crowd which had suddenly appeared to cut of their exit "don't worry about it" he spoke as he readied himself for an obvious battle. The old man from the welcoming committee walked to the front of the party "you pirates can leave" he hissed "but that freak isn't going anywhere he attacked citizens of Fair Waters without provocation" the large man recoiled at this as if he'd been stabbed "They attacked me first" he said loud enough for all to hear "LIES" yelled the old man. "How can you say that How can you say that father" said the large man in a voice that was quiet and deadly. "DON'T CALL ME THAT YOUR NO SON TO ME" with that final cry he seemed to break down the large man spoke again "Fine you foolish old bastard I'm leaving with these people and I'm not coming back so all of you get out of the way unless you want to be hurt" the crowd parted several people helping to move the old man who was sobbing openly. Luffy touched the large man on the shoulder and said "come on lets go you can tell us about it later" the man nodded and followed the pirate captain "his pirate captain now" mused Zolo.

They made it to the going Merry and cast off it was decided the mans tale could be told the next day. Late that night Zolo got up and noticed the man wasn't in his assigned hammock Zolo walked outside and heard a very light snoring coming from the crows nest. He shook his head "the people in this crew" he laughed to himself and went back inside.

End of First Chapter how did I do

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