NOTE: I do not own one piece, or any of the characters except the OC I made. so yea, don't sue me.

Also.
This is my rendition of how the story would have gone had my OC actually existed in the world of One Piece. As such, there will be altered fights, slightly different dialogue, and a different look on things. With that in mind, please enjoy.

I was bored.

Not that it's a surprise, I'm always bored. But today was just more boring than usual.

This town had a surprising lack of brawlers in it, and though I had been lurking in the alleyways all day, no one had shown up for a match. Usually people found out I was in a town pretty fast, since I kinda stand out. Who wouldn't, with red eyes.

I have short black hair that's swept back off my face by a thick red headband, though a few strands end up falling over it anyway. I have pale skin and a nasty cut through one of my eyebrows. I generally wear a black muscle shirt with some kind of short waisted, long sleeved jacket, and black jeans.

It all kind of stands out, but the most defining feature is the heavy handcuffs connected by a long chain that hang off of either wrist. They're a handicap that I wear willingly, but also tend to cause trouble with the marines.

But today I wasn't really out for that, I had just stopped off to restock my supplies and maybe get a few matches in. But no one showed up for any matches, so I was stuck with the boring and mundane task of restocking my bandages and food supplies.

I walked toward the market of town just as something started to happen.

"EVERYONE BOW YOUR HEADS!" yelled a voice. I glanced up to see an ugly blond kid strutting down the road, two marines behind him. Everyone in the market was bowing low to him, but one woman who was in the process of kneeling tripped and rammed into the kid. She instantly backed up and started shaking.

"I'm so sorry!" she cried out. The blond kid glared down at her, and my eyes narrowed. This kid pissed me off already.

"You dare to run into me? Into me? I'll tell my father and he'll execute you." He sneered. He raised his hand in the air and the woman cringed away as it swept towards her.

He looked like he was moving in slow motion as I caught his fist, pushing it to the side, and punched him in the face. He flew backwards, his marine bodyguards catching him. I glared at him from under my headband.
"Fuck you, brat." I hissed. He looked about to cry as he put two and two together.
"You're...you're 'Godhand' Delanoi Kai.." He said, shivering as he recognized me.

I snorted. He didn't look so tough now, not when he was about to piss his pants.

Suddenly, he smiled evilly.

"You know...The punishment for hitting me is death. Even if you leave, that woman will still be executed." He said.

I went motionless.
He wouldn't.

He smirked, knowing he had hit a nerve.

"If you surrender in her place, I won't execute her. But you will have to not resist anything we do to you for a month." He said.

"A month?" I murmured as I glanced at the woman behind me.
"What's your name?" I asked softly. She looked up at me, her eyes bright.

"L-Lena.." she stammered. I dropped to my knees and put my hands at my sides.
"Don't worry about anything." I said as the marines grabbed my arms and dragged me to my feet.

The blond kid stood, looking very pleased with himself, and punched me in the stomach. I bent a bit, but didn't make a sound. He grinned.

"This is going to be exciting."

"Sleep well?" filtered a voice through my mind hazily.

I glared up at my captors from my kneeling position on my floor.

Fucking bastards.

The blond kid grinned at me, a low chuckle escaping him.

"So easy to capture, even though you're worth so much." he mocked.
I clenched my teeth and relaxed into my restraints as best I could.

"Maybe if you weren't such a fucking coward I could show you how I got such a high bounty." I hissed at him, my eyes darkening with suppressed rage.
"Don't tell me you're still mad because of such a little thing." He said almost pleasantly as his aide handed him a sword.

My hand twitched, or at least I thought it did. These marines were thorough, I would give them that. When they had captured me they hadn't bothered to remove my handcuffs, then strung the long chain connecting them to a hook in the ceiling. I hadn't been able to feel my arms properly for several days now.

The blade point kissed the skin of my neck, and I locked eyes with the kid in front of me.
When he had first brought me here, he had injected something in me that made my skin extremely sensitive to everything.

Just feeling a light breeze was enough to make me shiver like I was in the Arctic snow.

"You know.." he said almost lazily as he moved the sword's point to my arm, "I heard that you are an amazing street fighter."
I didn't look away.

"What, you want a demonstration or something?" I retorted as he sliced through the bandages that covered my right arm, drawing blood as he did so. I bit back a yell, closing my eyes but unable to keep the look of pain off my features.

He grinned.

"Not so much a demonstration as complete control." He said with a smile.

"Define control." I ground out through clenched teeth. This kid was getting really annoying really fast.

He grinned a creepy smile and stuck the sword into the ground a few feet away from me.
"I want to cut a deal with you." He said.

I lifted an eyebrow at that, wondering what kind of deal he wanted to make with me NOW.

"We already have a deal. I surrender and become your prisoner, and you don't kill that woman who ran into you the other day." I reminded him, leaning my head against my uninjured arm. I closed my eyes briefly, feeling tired with the conversation.

"Well here's the thing. I heard you were a famous gladiator a few years ago."

I tilted my head so I could stare at him.

That was hard to get information. Only a few people knew about that, and the only ones who did would pay good money to see me dead because of it.
He laughed at my glare.

"See, we captured the Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro two days ago, and we need some... festivities to celebrate that. You will fight 6 opponents a night for a week. If you can survive that, I'll let you go, without harming the woman." he said.

I mulled over it.

There had to be a catch, there just had to. But I couldn't stay here forever, and even though I didn't really trust this kid, if I could scare him badly enough to never threaten the townspeople again this just might work.

"Fine." I growled at him, and he stood, a look of triumph on his face.
"I can't believe I'm going to get to see your fighting skill live! With you in cuffs of course." I shrugged as best I could.

Knew it.

"Not like that will really matter." I said, looking him square in the eye.

It was brief, but he flinched.

That night, the guards came and dragged me outside into the makeshift arena, next to the execution grounds. I blinked rapidly and squinted as a couple of spotlights hit me, unused to strong light after the dark prison cell.

"And now, Ladies and gentlemen, for your entertainment we present the infamous 'Godhand' Delanoi Kai, who will be showing us his skill with barehanded fighting against 6 opponents tonight!" the announcers voice blared. I stood my ground as the guards left and the gates slammed shut behind them.

I cracked my neck and yawned.

"So confident is he that he offered to fight in his handcuffs even!"
I don't remember saying that, but alright.

"We are releasing the 6 combatants now. The one to win this round will continue on to the next tomorrow night! Let the festivities start!" The guards started shoving prisoners out of other doors while I stood there utterly bored.

"Did you hear that man? Whoever wins all 7 fights goes free!"

I suddenly moved to stand in front of the one who had spoken. "Sorry." I said coldly, grabbing his throat and throwing him across the arena.

He hit the announcers stand and collapsed in a heap on the ground. I dropped into a fighting stance and glared hard at the other 5 men. "You wanna make this quick or not?" I hissed. They glanced at one another, then back at me. I stood my ground as they rushed forward but...

Sadly, they didn't stand a chance.

I met the incoming fist of the first prisoner with my palm, stopping him completely. He screamed as I squeezed, crushing his hand hard enough to make bones move, but not enough to break. I tossed him aside and tilted my head as a fist whiffed through the air where I had been seconds before. I grabbed the man's arm and yanked him past me, throwing his balance off. He tripped over his feet and hit the ground hard. I spun, lifting my leg and planted it in the next prisoner's face, dropping him like a stone.

The last three went down just as easily.

By the end of the performance, I had not moved a single step beyond where I had walked up to the prisoners the first time.

I looked over my shoulder at the announcer's box.

"That was boring as hell. You don't have anyone stronger?" I called as guards showed up suddenly, gripping my arms and hauling me off. I heard a faint whistle as the announcer began talking again, and looked around for the source of the sound.

Just beyond a picket fence was a man tied to a pole, staring at me.
Black headband, green haramaki and one hell of a stare.

Definitely Roronoa Zoro.

We made eye contact and I offered a small smirk to him.
He slowly returned it, and I felt the connection somewhat.

We'll get out of here.

It had been a week since then. Day after day of fighting was harder when my senses were dulled and slowed to the point where I couldn't dodge correctly.

And I was sick of it.

I leaned into my arms, stretched above my head and stared at them dully. I had long cuts scattered across them, courtesy of him allowing the other prisoners weapons. My ribcage throbbed dully and my wrists were scabbed over from where the handcuffs had cut into my skin too many times.

"GET OUTTA THE WAAAAY!"
"YOU PASSED THE DOOR!"

I stood warily, and listened to the sounds from the hallway. The sound of a person running got closer until whoever it was plowed into my prison cell.

What the fuck?

I stared down at a kid who was dragging Helmeppo along behind him. I had to consciously close my mouth as we stared at each other.

"Hey! Is this the guy Rika was talking about?" the kid asked the dimwit he was dragging.
"This is most definitely Delanoi Kai!" shrieked Helmeppo, looking anywhere but at me.

I observed the kid who had burst through the door carefully. He was slightly built, with a head of unruly black hair and a scar under his left eye. He also had a plain straw hat on his head.

"Did you want something? I was about to take a nap." I said casually. The kid turned to stare at me again.
"Yea! I'm Monkey D. Luffy! I want you to join my pirate crew!" he said. I blinked.

Well that was direct.

I looked hard at Helmeppo, who was shivering and shaking.

He's not going to be in any position to be executing anyone after this.

"Sure boss." I said, shrugging slightly as I made my decision.

He grinned, and I looked up at the chain hooked into the ceiling. I crouched low, and jumped into the air, slamming my foot into the ceiling. The chain came loose and I flipped as I landed on the ground again. Luffy was staring at me with wide eyes.

"That was so cool!" he exclaimed. I hissed as I stood, my ribcage protesting my sudden movements.

I walked past Luffy and crouched next to Helmeppo, who was shivering. "You so much as touch one hair of that woman's head and I'll be back to kill you." I whispered into his ear.

"Awesome! We need to find Zoro's sword now. I'm not sure where it is." Luffy said, bouncing up and down.
I shrugged.

"That's fine. I need my duffle bag too, it has some important stuff in it." I said, moving into the hallway.

Luffy sprinted off and I followed at a slightly more sedate pace.

"Which room are Zoro's swords in?"
"And my bag!"

Luffy was dragging Helmeppo through the hallways at a furious rate, and I was following close behind.
"They're...They're inside my room...we just passed it!" gasped the idiot.

Luffy punched him in the face.

"Say something sooner!"
"Don't hit me...that hurts..." Helmeppo whined as Luffy turned around to go back. I paused, hearing footsteps.

"Don't move! Put your hands in the air!" yelled three marines at us, leveling their guns.

What hole had they crawled out of?

"Get a move on boss. I got this." I said, sliding into a fighting stance.
"GO AHEAD AND SHOOT!" Luffy shouted suddenly, running past me towards the marines with Helmeppo in front of him.
"What? You're actually using him as a shield?" the marines cried out.

I grinned.
It was a dirty move and I loved it.

I launched off the ground, shoulder checking a marine in the gut. I planted my feet and grabbed his arm, spinning him around into his companions. They flew down the stairs in a heap of limbs and we raced down the hallway.

"That was awesome, Kai!" yelled Luffy at me.

"This is the room!" announced Helmeppo.

Luffy broke down the door and I walked in, glancing around the room. "Oh cool! I found Zoro's swords!" He exclaimed.
I had pounced on my duffel bag and was happily replacing my bandages.

"But there are three swords here..Which one is Zoro's?" he wondered aloud. I placed my favorite knife in my boot as I looked over my shoulder.
"Just take all three, captain. He'll be able to tell you himself which one is his." I commented as I rechecked all my gear. Luffy wasn't paying any more attention to me.

"Hey, what's happening down there?" Luffy said, pointing to a window.

I walked over and looked down, my eyes narrowing.

"Fuck."

Marines were surrounding Zoro and some other kid, holding them at gunpoint. Not the best of situations.

"Hurry up!" called Luffy as he backed away from the window and reached for the sill.
Luffy's arms STRETCHED and he flew through the window to the grounds below.
I dashed over and looked down.

Not too bad of a drop.

I leaped out of the window, ducking and rolling as I hit the ground.

Luffy sprang in front of Zoro and a small kid with pink hair as gunshots rang out.

"LUFFY!" I yelled, scrambling to my feet.
I shouldn't have worried though. Luffy's body stretched where the bullets had struck, then bounced right back out.

"Devil fruit?" I murmured.

I pulled my knife as the little kid tried to untie Zoro and shoved him out of the way to work on the ropes in a more efficient manner.

The marines fell back a bit, and Zoro stared in shock.

"What the hell kind of human ARE YOU?" he sputtered at Luffy as I began to work on his ropes.
"He's the crazy kind of course." I said calmly, sawing at the ropes.
Who used this many to keep one guy in place?

...This was just excessive.

Zoro looked over his shoulder at me in recognition. "You're crazy too, ya know." he said.
"Well, we already knew that." I grinned at him.

"I am the man who will become the pirate king." Luffy said with a grin as he pulled the swords off of his back.

"Look! Which one of these is yours? We couldn't figure it out so we brought all three." he said as he held up the katanas. My knife bit through the ropes at Zoro's middle.
"I use a three sword style, all of those are mine." Zoro said as I began to work on his arm.
He was staring at his swords with an extreme level of possessiveness.

Luffy turned to look at the marines for a moment before talking again.

"Fighting the marines here with me will make both of you outlaws. So do you want to die here or not?" Luffy said seriously, and Zoro grinned at that.
"You son of the devil. I'm not going to die here, so I'll join you and become a pirate."
I glanced up from my work with Zoro's ropes.

"Hey, I'm already an outlaw, so that doesn't really count as a good question for me, boss." I said as I got through the ropes on Zoro's right arm.
The pink haired kid that was with Luffy was staring at me in shock as I worked on the last of the ropes.

"You're...You're Godhand Delanoi Kai! How did you end up in this prison?" he exclaimed as he shivered.

I ignored the question in favor of cutting through the ropes.

"Would you hurry it up? the marines are almost on us." Zoro said as he eyed the approaching group.
"Hey cool your jets, I'm almost done. There's just so much rope.." My knife cut through the last of the ropes and Zoro quickly got to his feet, extending his hand to Luffy.
"HURRY UP! GIMME MY SWORDS!"

The marines attacked all at once, and Zoro shoved me out of the way. I regained my balance in time to see him draw all three swords and block every single one of the marines.

"Woah...Cool!" Luffy said, his eyes shining as he stared at Zoro.
"Nice." I commented.

Zoro's glared at the marines over his shoulder.
"None of you move...If you do, I'll kill you." he said, and a few of the marines started crying.
I snorted.

Wimps.

Zoro turned his attention to Luffy.

"I already told you I'd be a pirate with you. Either way, after this is over, I'm going to be an outlaw. But I still have my goals. I'm going to be the worlds greatest swordsman! I don't care if my name is clean or not. Good guy, bad guy, doesn't matter. All that matters is that my name is known worldwide!" he said fiercely, his eyes sparking.
I grinned.

Nice speech.

I also was wondering how the hell he managed to talk with a sword in his mouth.

"If you do something to get in the way of my goal, I'll kill you." He growled out, and Luffy laughed.

"Since you want to be the Pirate King's crew member, being the number one swordsman in the world is a good thing. I would be really embarrassed if you couldn't accomplish something so small." He said with a smile.

Zoro grinned at Luffy.
"Well said."

"What about you, Kai? What's your dream?" Luffy asked as I brushed some dust off my jacket.
I raised my eyebrow.

"I'm going to be the best street fighter in the world, I guess." I said simply.

"WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE FOR? FINISH THEM OFF!" yelled a man at the back with an axe hand.
Luffy brought his leg up and grinned.

"Zoro, Kai, duck!" he said happily.

"RUBBER..."
I hit the ground and so did Zoro.

"..LEG SWEEPER!" yelled Luffy as his foot stretched and clotheslined all of the marines.

"Ok, really, what are you?" asked Zoro incredulously as he stood again.
Luffy patted his leg.

"I'm a rubber man!" he said.
I smirked.

"Oi, Oi, don't go stealing all the spotlight, captain." I said as I dropped my duffel bag. It hit the ground with a thud, creating a small dent in the ground.
"Just what do you have in there..." muttered Zoro, eying the thing in consternation.

"Sorry!" I said scratching my head. "But I'm going to get serious now." I stated as I slid into a fighting stance, glaring at the marines.
Zoro snorted, and Luffy was messing with said bag.

"So heavy!"
"Just leave it there for now, captain."

The marines were doing something strange, and I caught Zoro's attention.

"What is that?" I asked.

The marines were holding pistols to their heads, and the axe guy was approaching.

"What the hell are those stupid marines doing?" Zoro spit out as he started to rush.
Luffy made it there first though.

"Hey! I'm your worst enemy! Execute me if you have the guts!" he yelled, catching the axe hand of the lieutenant. I relaxed my stance and Zoro removed the sword from his mouth. We watched in silence as the pink haired kid cheered.

"Defeat those marines!"

The Lieutenant threw off his marine coat.

"People like you have no right to oppose me. I'm Marine Lieutenant Axe Hand Morgan!" He shouted.
I slapped my hand to my face.

"That's a STUPID name." I muttered.
Zoro snorted.

"I'm Luffy! Nice to meet you!"
"DON'T GREET HIM!" I screamed.

Zoro chuckled as I groaned, fisting my hands in my hair. "I just had to join up with the craziest captain in the world..."

Morgan swung his axe and Luffy jumped above it. The force from the swing split the chain link fence to the left of the battle though, and I lifted an eyebrow.

"Wha...It split the fence in half!" exclaimed the pink haired kid.
I turned to him.

"You have a name, kid?" I asked.
"I'm Coby." he said, confused.
"Well Coby, could you stop stating the obvious?" I waved my hand while I said it, turning back to watch the fight.

Morgan had fallen over, and I blinked.

"Zoro, what just happened?"
"Luffy kicked him in the face."
"Ooooh, nice move. I approve."

I was a little too far away to make out what the two were saying, but I was very proud as I watched our captain kick Morgan around like a bouncy ball.

"WAIT!" yelled a voice. I recognized it as Helmeppo's, and turned as Luffy delivered a stunning punch to Morgan's face.

"I told you to wait!" Helmeppo yelled again. I rubbed my wrists, getting really angry.

Helmeppo was holding a gun at Coby's head.

"If you move, I'll shoot him!" He yelled, and I grinned, taking a few steps forward.
"No you won't." I said with a dangerous smirk.

"LUFFY! I don't want to be in your way! I'm not afraid to die!" shouted Coby as he trembled slightly.

I grinned at the kid's spunk.

Who would have thought he had it in him?

"I know!" called Luffy.
I smiled at Helmeppo.

"Hear that? He's not afraid of death. That makes this a pointless exercise." I said, tapping my foot against the ground.

"LUFFY BEHIND YOU!" yelled Coby.

I pushed off the ground, and appeared in front of Helmeppo, my hand grabbing his face.

"Why don't you sleep for a while." I said, crushing him into the ground as his gun went off.

I moved my head to the side as the shot flew past my head, grazing my ear. My hands moved, catching his gun arm and twisting. I heard a snap as his shoulder dislocated.

"KAI!" yelled Coby as the side of my face started to bleed.

"Nice!" cheered Luffy, and I stood, looking over my shoulder in time to see Zoro cut down Morgan.

"Zoro!"
"Leave it to me, captain." The swordsman said with a smirk, and I grinned.

I walked over as Zoro looked over at the marines.

"If you still want to arrest us, come and get us." he said simply.
"It won't be easy though." I added as I stood beside him.

The marines looked at one another, and suddenly started celebrating.

Ooo..kay then...

Zoro wobbled, falling to the ground in a heap. I dashed to him as he hit the ground.

"Zoro?" questioned Luffy.
Coby was going into hysterics.

I rolled Zoro over and felt his neck for a pulse.

Whew.

"He's just sleeping, captain." I said, relieved. I hefted his body over my shoulder and almost stumbled.
Luffy and I grinned.

This is going to be fun.