One Piece Fan Fiction ❯ Ruby's Story ❯ Chapter 3

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I don’t own the main plotline. I just own Ruby and her sisters. Enjoy!

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Ruby felt Nami’s elbow touch her side. She looked at Nami. She smirked. Ruby returned the smirk by staring at her then slid her gaze to the straw hat captain before looking back at Nami. It was Nami’s turned to flush pink in the checks.

Sanji turned around as he told Usopp that his food was disappearing in to the bottomless pit. Sanji sat down in front of Ruby and Nami, something.

“Nami-san, Ruby-chan, here’s a special yogurt treat just for you.” Sanji said and Ruby noticed her Japanese was improving greatly as she beginning to understand full sentences.

“Thank you, Sanji-kun.” Nami and Ruby chorused together as they dug into the yogurt while Usopp yelled at Luffy.

After breakfast, they went about their daily activities. Ruby sat down by the mast, studying her textbook. Zoro was standing in front of her, working out with his weights. Nami was water her tangerine trees. Luffy was being Luffy and bugging someone. Usopp was trying to invent new things. Sanji was in the kitchen, cleaning the breakfast dishes and preparing lunch.

After lunch, Nami ordered everyone to clean the deck. Ruby grabbed a broom and swept the front deck as Sanji and Zoro took the middle deck. Usopp and Luffy took care of the back deck. Time seem to slow to Ruby. She already studied for the day and beginning to understand more and more of the local language. She was glad and she felt like she was a part of the crew now. She thought about the interaction between Nami and Luffy. It looked like a one-side thing right now. Nami had a small crush on Luffy.

Ruby thought about her feelings about a certain swordsman. She knew that she had only been on the ship for a week already, but ever since that day where she was defeated by him, she could say she was attracted to him. He was defiantly stronger then her if the weight amount he worked out with didn’t tell her. She thought Sanji was cute in his own way, but she was beginning to think of him as an older brother. She was uncertain with her feelings when Nami was concern. Ruby stopped sweeping as she stared out into the ocean. Ruby knew Nami was beautiful and a hard worker, but Ruby was straight or that’s what she thought.

She continue to think as she put up her broom and she return to the front deck and curled up, falling to sleep. Ruby was jerked awake when a boom sounded off. She sat up, blinking rapidly  in the blinding sunlight and saw a black smoke rose from the back of the ship.  Usopp must have screw up on something. Ruby sighed and laid back down, covering her eyes. She felt something hit her in the side and she uncovered her eyes.

“I’m bored.” she said before looking at whoever kicked her.

“We are a day sailing away from Lougetown,” Nami said. She bent down beside Ruby. “You have been acting like Zoro, lately.”

“It’s because I’m bored.” Ruby said. “I’m planning to pick up some things I can do while we are there.” she sighed.

“How are you gonna to do that when you are broke?”

“Ask you,” Ruby said before covering her eyes again, ready to doze, but the sun’s rays was too bright and she found out that she could not get back to sleep.

“Oi!” Zoro said as Ruby turned her head to see him, standing up from his spot of the upper deck. “I can…..make out….” Ruby pushed her self to her feet and went to stand on Zoro’s right side as Luffy reached up and leaped over the railing separated the middle deck from the upper deck. Ruby eyed Luffy as he jumped over her head by three feet.

“Eh?” He landed. “Really?” He folded his legs into Indian style as he continue “What….is that?”

Ruby heard footsteps behind her before she heard Nami’s voice.

“Didn’t we go over that already?”

“Ah?” The captain glanced over his right shoulder to look at his navigator as Ruby did.

“So that’s the …..where Lougetown is.” Usopp said as Sanji took out his cigarettes and lit one. Ruby shook her head. She hated cigarettes and the smoke they produce. It had disgusting smell to it and it reminded her of her father and step-mother. Her eyes grew distant as the rest of the crew chatted about Lougetown.

Ruby’s father was gone all the time, driving a semi and she still remember the time when she came back with him and could feel her breath being cut off from her. Her step-mother was strict to the point where Ruby often felt like she was in the military with a white inspection. She thought she was free when she went off to college, but she really wasn’t. Her step-mother wanted to visit and Ruby knew how she would like to see things like she was not understand enough stress on sometimes. Ruby knew one thing from her time at college, it was stressful.

Something hit the head of Ruby’s head and she blinked in surprise as her head went forward. She spun around, furry flew to a flame in her eyes and she blinked as she saw it was just Zoro, standing there smirking at her. She narrowed her eyes.

“What?”

“There was smoke rolling out your head,” Zoro said and he walked down the stairs to the ramp, led to land.

“Ha, ha.” Ruby said, following him. “That was very funny.” She glared at the back of Zoro’s head as she went down the ramp. Her eyes wondered down Zoro’s back and stopped at his rear. She blinked in surprise. She paused in mid-step and thought, ‘oh well, I’m a woman with needs.’ She continued down the ramp.

Ruby reached the crew as Nami was saying “Lots of pirates …..up at this…..before heading out to the Grand Line.” She saw Usopp and Luffy looking up at a sign. She tilted her head up to see an obtuse angle with a sign near the vertex of the angle with the words writing in plain English to her amazement - Lougetown.

‘So, this where it began and ended for Roger,’ Ruby thought as she ignored the conversation and was wrapped in her thoughts about this town. She blinked as she heard her captain yelled “Yahoo!”

She saw everyone going their own way. Nami was heading to the nearest clothing store and Ruby nearly ran to caught up with the follow woman.

“Nami,” Ruby said, catching up the orange haired beauty. “May I barrow some beli?”

“Sure,” Nami replied with a huge grin that looked really evil to Ruby. “I’m gonna to nice and only charge you 150%.” Ruby felt her eyes bugle at the interest rate.

“Why does she have to pay half what I have to pay!” Zoro yelled at Nami.

“On top of that, I’m gonna help you to choose out some nice clothes.” Nami said, ignoring Zoro as she dragged Ruby into a clothing store. Ruby was beginning to think asking this woman for money was a ba~d thing to do, but she really needed the clothes as Nami made her try on different clothes that range from classy, formal dinner dresses to the casual everyday, ‘I can kick your ass’ clothes.

Ruby looked at one of the classy dresses when Nami glanced at her. The dress was a sparkling, green dress. Ruby noticed the dress was strapless and knew that would be a major problem if she had to move fast or really move at all. It was her favorite color too, but she doubt she needed a dress like this.

“Try it on and if it fits, get it.” Nami encouraged Ruby. Ruby looked at her and saw Zoro standing by the window, looking at it.

“I don’t know,” Ruby said. “where will I need a dress like this in the first place?”

“On a date,” Nami said, trying to be helpful.

“With whom?” Ruby questioned. “I’m not the best looking woman out there.” She thought about the Pirate Empress, ‘I’ll look ugly when placed next to her.’ she added silently, but Nami shook Ruby out of her thoughts with what the orange hair woman said next.

“I would,” Nami stated boldly. Ruby jerked her gaze to her. Nami blushed. “If I was that way.”

“Yeah,” Ruby mused. “That would be one way to pay you back.”

“I doubt I want to know.” Nami said causing Ruby to smirk. Nami suddenly pushed Ruby into the changing room and Ruby slipped into the green. She flung the certain aside. Her left arm parallel to the door frame and her right arm on her hip. She stared at Nami and Zoro. Zoro didn’t say anything, but Ruby thought she saw his eyes darken slightly with some emotion. Nami squealed. “That dress is prefect for you.”

Ruby smiled. “Thanks, Nami.” She slipped the curtain shut and changed back into her clothes. “Nami.” Ruby said as she stepped back out into the store. “There is a few places I want to visit around here.”

“Alright.” Nami said and she handed over some beli to Ruby as she checked out.

“Thank you,” Ruby said and grabbed the bags before she started to turn away. She thought of a word and she said it before leaving the shop.
“Mommy.”

She thought Nami yelled something behind her as Ruby took off running. Zoro followed her. “Where are you going?” Ruby said after a few moments.

“A sword store,” Zoro said, looking around.

“Cool,” Ruby said. She rounded on him. “You own me another shinai.” She pointed a finger in his face, caused him to back his head up and nearly made him go crossed eyed.

“I know,” Zoro said. “I also have to get myself two swords.”

“Fine,” Ruby said, backed off. “Lead the way, but first,” Ruby looked down at her arms. “I need to go back to the ship.”

Ruby looked around as she and Zoro tried to found the sword store. She saw so many things.  One thing that made her stop was a craft store. Ruby looked at Zoro, but guessed what…. The green haired man was nowhere in sight. She shrugged and she walked into the store. Ruby was strongly reminded of the super centers back home where they had almost everything in the store.

She thought she went to the crafters’ heaven. She saw yarn of every size, color and shape in the store. She walked along rows of fabric, felt the some of the fabric with a small grin on her lips.  Ruby knew she would have a craze soon enough. She had been bored on the Going Merry and been gain some weight. She walked over to the yarn and randomly chosen ten different colors. She looked around and saw a shopping cart. She grinned.

‘It is a good thing I went clothes shopping first,’ Ruby thought as she grabbed another ten skins of yarn from the colors she choose. She walked to the crochet books and saw they had several types of crochet books. She strolled around the books and choose five she thought she could use.

A hour later, Ruby walked out of the store with her arms full. She headed back to the ship for the second time that day to drop off her load. She started to hum a song as she pulled out her Ipod, placed her hands behind her head, and laced her figures together. She walked down the street, scrolled through her play lists until she came across her One Piece Play list and hit the middle button on her Ipod.

Ruby grinned at no one in particularly as she strolled down the street. She kept an eye out for her fellow crewmates.

She nodded her head to the music as her swept the crowded street and she started to skip, lost in her own world.


Ruby started to whisper along with the song, kept her voice low.

“The end of a dream that is like no other,
I’ll chase it and chase it again.
Until that dramatic moment is in my grasp
Believe in wonderland”

Ruby suddenly stopped singing as she saw the marine who chased her, the one who had chased her when she first woke. She stopped in mid-step and turned around, watched the cigar man passed her.

Ruby and the Cigar man’s eyes met. Ruby froze. She felt her instinct started to scream ‘Flee’ as she gazed into his eyes. He seemed to study her as she did.

This man was Captain Smoker of the Marines. He was station at Lougetown where she and the Straw-hat Pirates were at. Ruby knew she had to found Luffy before this captain did. Now, she was thinking about it. Something else was about to happen with the Buggy and that skinny bitch that ate a devil’s fruit in that square.

Ruby turned and started walking back down the street. She looked around and decided to head into heart of the town. She slowly picked up pace to a jog. She dodged people as she ran to the center of town. Ruby glanced over her shoulder to see Smoker. He was chasing her, but she was not for sure. She looked around and changed her direction. She went down a side street and turned around. Smoker did not follow her.

‘That’s good,’ Ruby thought as she panted. Smoker ran by the side street. Ruby took a deep breath and started to follow him. She saw her ear bubs fall out of her ears and she put them back in as another song started to play, Bodies by Drowing Pool, Version: XXX.

Ruby felt her body began to keep beat with the music. She realized she was about to lose Smoker in the crowd. She sped up. She had to catch up with him.

Ruby slowed down as she ran into the town square and her eyes widen as she saw Smoker stop in front of her. She groaned as she jumped and hit the back of Smoker’s head with her foot. He fell forward. His face smashed into the ground.

Ruby on the other hand, fell back on to Smoker’s back. She had a comical expression on her face as she took in what happen.

Luffy’s laughter brought her back to her senses and she looked up. Ruby pushed herself up to her feet.  She saw Luffy with his arms and legs around the metal poles that was attached to the execution platform. She took out her ear bubs.

“Captain,” Ruby started off, but was cut off as she felt a head come up  in between her legs. She screamed in surprise and fright as she was lift off the ground. Her hands and legs already closing around the head. Laughter could be coming from the crowd and Luffy. Luffy’s was the loudest. Ruby looked down to see Smoker looking up at her with a glare and a growl. “Luffy?” she looked up at her captain. “Help me.” She asked in a wimpy tone. Luffy extend his left arm and she grabbed a hold of it. She unlocked her legs from Smoker’s neck and she flew toward Luffy.

Luffy was still chuckling when Ruby reached him. She wrapped one arm around the metal leg and wrapped the other one around Luffy before she buried her face in his red vest covered chest. Ruby could feel the vibrations coming his chest that indicated that he was still laughing.

“Oi!”

Ruby took her head out of Luffy’s chest and looked at Smoker.

“Oi,…” Smoker said. Luffy looked at him.

“What is it? I’m kinda busy right now.” Luffy yelled at Smoker.

“That sounds wrong, Luffy.” Ruby comment and Luffy looked at her, puzzlement written over his face.

“Is it really you? The Most Wanted …….. on East Blue.” Smoker said, his eyes narrowing. He stood there with his hands on his hips as Luffy swung Ruby on to his back. She wrapped her arms around his neck and bent her legs, placed her knees almost into Luffy’s ribs as he began to climb up.

“I’m Luffy.” Luffy paused and introduce himself. “What’s up?”

“And I’m Ruby,” Ruby said. She felt left out of the conversation.
“Pleasure to meet ya, Mr. Lung Cancer.” Ruby turned to Luffy. “Sorry, I’m just a bit hyper at the moment.” Luffy grinned at her as he began to climb again, but they slid down. Smoker took his turn to speak.

“I’m the Captain of the Marine Base in Loguetown, Smoker.” Ruby already knew that. Luffy did not. “I’m here to arrest you.” Smoker finished.

That caught Luffy’s attention. After all, this was the first attempt at arrest….‘well second if you wanted to count the pink haired ex-captain called Fullbody.’ Ruby thought to herself.

“Arrest me?” He questioned. Suddenly he grin. “I refuse.” Ruby had to chuckle. Her captain was defiantly one of a kind. “I’m setting off for the Grand Line so I can become the Pirate King.” Luffy explained. Ruby sighed.

“You are not supposed to tell one of the naval captains about your plans, idiot.” Ruby hissed, eyes flashing. “You supposed to keep them guessing.”

“Why?” Luffy asked.

“Do you want a moment of peace? That does not include running away from the stinking marines all day long.” Ruby asked.

“Hmmm…where is the fun in that?” Luffy answered. Ruby could feel a headache coming on. She moved her legs down from Luffy’s rib cage and placed her left foot on the metal platform that they were next to. She next unwrapped her left arm from his neck as he replied to Smoker’s question.

“so how could I get arrested?” Ruby was lost for a moment. She remembered the conversation that the two men were had.

“Then defeat me.” Smoker said in a challenging sort of way. Ruby groaned as she slowly moved sideways to the middle of the platform before she was able to ducked under the huge X that held the tall platform up. “If you can’t get past me, then you have no hope of entering the Grand Line.”

Ruby turned around, facing the crowd and sat down. She allowed her legs to dangle over the edge. She turned her attention back to the situation at hand.

“So it all depends on whether or not you have the courage to fight me.” Smoker continued.

“I gotta beat you so I can go to the Grand Line, huh?” Luffy looked happy about this. Ruby rolled her eyes as she watched him with a smirk. “Then I’ll defeat you.”

“Try it.” Smoker said, calmly.

“Go Luffy!” Ruby cheered as she scooted back and stood upon her feet as Luffy spared a moment to grin at her.


“Gomu Gomu no….”
Luffy flew to attack Smoker. To Ruby’s amazement, Luffy flew back toward her. Her eyes widen. She lend back, dodging Luffy then straighten her body as he flew back and bounced up and down. Ruby muffled a giggle.

“He’s a….huh?” Ruby heard Smoker say.

“Crap!” Ruby heard Luffy say. “My feet are stuck!” Ruby peered over the edge. She had to fight another bout of giggles as she watched him sway side to side.

“Moron! What the hell are you doing?” Smoker yelled at him. His teeth were bared.

“I didn’t mean to do that,” Luffy sat up and Ruby rushed over to help Luffy unstuck his legs. “It’s my feet -”

“That not how you….” Ruby growled suddenly and hit Luffy’s hands. She pulled on Luffy’s stinky feet and he sprung from the metal leg.

‘I’m free!” he yelled. His back turned to Smoker and he twisted around in mid air. “Gomu Gomu no Pistol!” Luffy shot his arm out, tried to punch Smoker, but missed as Smoker jumped into the air. Luffy’s pouch hit the ground. Luffy landed as the grey smoke cleared.

“Behind YOU,” Ruby yelled as Smoker appeared behind Luffy and landed a right hook to Luffy’s cheek. He went flying. Smoker appeared again in front of the rubber man. Ruby started to climb down as Smoker kicked Luffy back toward the platform.

Ruby’s eyes widen as she saw Luffy land on his feet, almost on top of her. She could feel one of his feet pulling on her shirt. She jerked her widen gaze to him as he pushed off, ready to attack Smoker.

“Here I come!” Ruby could hear Luffy yell. She looked down and her grip tightened on the platform as her head swim. She took deep, calm, steady breathes as she tried to focus on her feet back on solid ground. Ruby began to climb down again. She listened to the battle behind her. She heard a zoom then a bang. She heard another zoom before she felt the back of her shirt pulled. Her shirt was on the verge of choking her and she let go of the platform metal legs. She flew backwards and she nearly swallowed her tongue as she tried not to scream in horror.

Ruby heard something land before she closed her eyes and she landed on something hard, but not as hard as the ground. She felt the air whooshed through her mouth. She dimly could tell she landed on a body. Ruby rolled off the poor owner of the body. She looked at whom she used as a cushion.

“Luffy!” Ruby cried out as she caught her breath and she struggled to her knees. She rolled Luffy over and bent over him. She saw his eyes slowly opened. Luffy smiled up at her. She sighed in relief. “You are alright.” She grinned back at him as she sat back on to her lower legs.

Ruby watched Luffy pushed himself to his feet. He looked at Smoker. Ruby forgot he was even standing there. She backed up. She went under the platform and stood next to the metal leg.

“Well, how can I know if I haven’t tried?” Luffy replied to Smoker. Ruby blinked in surprised. Whatever the marine captain had said, Ruby did not catch it. Luffy shifted into his stance before he started to yell his attack. “Gomu, Gomu no….” Luffy’s let stretch out behind him and went to the side of platform. Ruby watched Luffy’s leg. “Muchi!” The stretch leg whipped around.

Smoker lend out of the way and Luffy’s leg sailed passed him and around the water fountain in the middle of the square. Ruby let her head hit the metal leg with a groan. Luffy went spinning out of the town square. He yelled “I think I missed.”

Ruby peered out at Smoker. He turned to her. Ruby gulped and she backed away from him. He took a step toward her. She spun and ran toward a side street. She glanced over her shoulder to check if Smoker chased after her. He was.

‘This is all the exercise I will get for this week,’ Ruby vowed to herself as she tried to out run her chaser. She had a feeling that would not be easy. She sprinted down a side alley. She caught sight of a fire escape and she grabbed it as she reached. Ruby nearly ran up the stairs and started to pull herself along. She saw Smoker still chasing her. She was tired of running away from this marine, but without any weapons, she had no chance of winning. Ruby reached the roof and she jumped on to it. She dashed across, slipping a few times due to gravel on the roof.

Ruby saw a shot of white smoke and knew Smoker had active his devil fruit power. She skidded to a halt. Her chest heaved up and down as she tried to replace the energy to the oxygen deprived body. Ruby thought hard. She could not out run that. She also knew if there was a large body of good old water, she could get away. Ruby stopped as Smoker began solid again. She looked to the right, nothing, but buildings. Left, ocean. Ruby blinked in surprise.

Ruby could not believe she went from the town square to near the ocean. She thanked her luck and she sprinted toward the ocean, but Lady Luck was not on her side. Smoke wrapped itself around her mid-section and picked up her. She groaned.

Smoker sat her in a chair then proceeded to tie her up to the said chair. Ruby glared at him. She ignored him as he stared at her. She closed her eyes. What seem like a moment later, she opened her eyes. Smoker had his head tilted back, smoking on his two cigars. An officer yelled about something to his fellow marines. Ruby was not fully up to par. She looked around the room for a clock. It was mid afternoon.

‘I guess I fell asleep,’ Ruby thought to herself.

“Captain Smoker! Has anything happened?”

Ruby blinked as she watched the look-a-like came in the room.

“Tashigi,” Smoker scolded.

‘Yeah, that’s her name,’ Ruby had forgotten what the look-a-like name was.

“Where the hell have you been?” Smoker finished his question.

“Uh..” Tashigi started, but was interrupt by a few marines that came struggled in, held their bodies. If Ruby had to take a guess, Zoro was here not too long ago to earn some money to pay Tashigi for the broken glasses.

“Captain, the assailant…”one of the marines said. Tashigi turned to them.

“You two are awake now! I’m so glad! Are you alright?” Tashigi said as she looked at them.

The man with brown hair spoke the name that Ruby already knew. “It was Roronoa Zoro.” He paused. “We were attacked by Pirate Hunter Zoro!”

“Zoro!” Tashigi said. Ruby could tell she was surprise about the news.  Smoker brought his head forward and stared Ruby.

“What would he attack you guys for?” he asked. Ruby shifted uncomfortably under Smoker’s stare. Ruby sighed and decided she needed some more sleep. She bent her head forward and closed her eyes. Ruby was soon asleep.

Ruby was jerked awake and she tried to wake her senses. She felt groggy as she was forced to walk. She blinked and she thought the phase ‘just in time, too’ was prefect at the moment as she walked down a stair case. Ruby looked up in front her as she tried to formulate a plan.

“Don’t think of doing anything,” Smoker’s voice rang through the air.
She turned her head and grinned at him.

“Won’t dream of it, Smokey bear,” She said sarcastically. Ruby turned her face forward and started to bit the inside of her checks. It was best she stopped now before she got punch because she was in a bad mood. Who would not be when they had to sleep in a chair and some people did not know how to be quite.

Ruby and the marines emerged from the building. Her eyes scanned the street as she followed Tashigi. A marine came running up to Smoker.

“Captain,” he saluted. “The pirates, Buggy the clown and Straw-hat Luffy, have been spotted at the execution platform.”

Ruby looked around from right to left. A side street caught her eye as a black clad figure raced by at the other end with blond hair. She tried to stop any reaction to see the cook running. The black clad figure came back into view. Ruby acted. She pushed through three marines. She dash down the alley.

“Sanji-san!” She yelled, excitedly, as she leaped over a trash can. “Luffy is at the execution platform in the center of town.” She landed in front of him. Ruby saw Zoro running toward them. “Hey, Zoro!” she greeted cheerfully with a wave from her right hand.

“I know,” Sanji said as the trio faced toward the town square and they sprinted to where their captain was. “What happen to you, Ruby-chan?” Sanji asked.

“Smoker wanted a date,” Ruby panted. She still was not used to running for her life. “But I refuse so he arrested me.” Ruby said with a smile. “I’ll tell the rest later.”

Zoro grunted a reply. “That’s why you are handcuffed.”

“Yup,” Ruby said. She continued without thinking. “Not the way I would want to be wearing handcuffs for anyway. To me, it would be much more fun in the bedroom.” She giggled. Sanji and Zoro tripped, landed on their faces. “Hmmm….boys,” Ruby paused in her run. “Marines are chasing is.” She calmly pointed at the squadron of Marines with Tashigi and Smoker in the lead. Zoro and Sanji jumped up and started to run again. Ruby waited until the two reached her before she dashed off.

Moments later, the trio bulldoze into a crowd, standing in the town square.

Ruby, Zoro, and Sanji stopped running when they were dozen feet from the platform. Ruby panted as she looked up to see Luffy’s head and hands were trapped in the old version of a head chopper. She noticed the dark sky seconds before lightening flashed through the sky, lightening up the town square. Ruby saw a big, red, nose man dressed as pirate captain standing next to Luffy.

“Who’s the big nose?” Ruby asked looked at Sanji and Zoro.

“I don’t know,” Sanji shrugged.

“Buggy,” Zoro said as the clown looking idiot, in Ruby’s opinion, yelled down at her. “Who are you calling big nose?”

Ruby jumped in surprise as Buggy’s head appeared in her face. He seemed to be angry with her. “You!” Ruby said and she suddenly an idea that seem so wrong, but yet so funny at the same time. She reached out with her cuffed hands and she ignored Buggy yelling at her as a smirk slid across her lips. She glanced at the two men next to her and she pretended to look innocent. “What? I swear I’m not planning anything evil, cruel, or dangerous.”

“Stop lying through your teeth,” Zoro glared at her. Ruby turned to see Smoker standing a few feet away.

“Smoker, baby,” Ruby said, feeling really mischief now. He looked at her uncertainly. She walked toward him, her grin almost splitting her face as she walked closer to the marine. “I know our date didn’t go exactly as planned,” Ruby said, trying not to laugh at what she was about to do. “But here’s a gift for ya, a portable blow job.”

Ruby thrust Buggy’s head into the crotch of Smoker’s pants. Ruby spun around and ran back to hid behind Zoro, giggling. Smoker’s eyes popped and Buggy’s body jumped to pieces. Ruby could hear Luffy’s laughter echoing above the thunder.

“That was wrong,” Zoro said. He looked amused. Sanji was chuckling.

“Hey, Zoro.” Ruby said. “Could you cut these?” She held up the handcuffs. Zoro drew one of his swords and sliced the handcuffs to pieces. The cuffs around her wrist snapped apart. Ruby blinked and tried not to think about how close Zoro came to slicing her wrists and caused her to bleed to death. “Thanks.” She grinned at him.

“Here.” Zoro thrust something into Ruby. She blinked in surprise and looked down. A black sheath with a black handle and a gold guard - a sword - her first sword. She looked at Zoro and threw her arms around him, kissing him on his left cheek.

“Thank you, honey.” Ruby said, as she smiled a wide grin at her fellow swordsman. She saw his eyes jerked to the left side and he wrapped his right arm around her waist before she felt something like a pinch with teeth or claws. Ruby twisted her head to the right to see Buggy’s grinning face with a piece of cloth hanging from his teeth that looked like her pair of pants. Her right hand flew to her rear and felt a hole in her pants. She turned red.

“Damn you, you portable blow job,” Ruby screamed at Buggy. “This was my favorite pair of pants, you big nose clown!”

Buggy’s head attached to the rest of his body and Ruby saw his face turned red as his big, red nose. She stepped out of Zoro’s arms. She slid her new sword into her belt. She took her long sleeve, holed shirt and tied it around her waist before Buggy’s anger took him over. Ruby saw his hand shoot from his body as he yelled “Attack!”

His pirates followed the order.
Zoro drew his swords. Sanji flicked his cigarette that Ruby did not see he had. Ruby drew her drew sword as Zoro placed one of his swords in his mouth. They ran toward the pirates. Zoro and Ruby suddenly turned to stand back to back as the Buggy Pirates surround them.

“Leave the woman to me!” Ruby heard Buggy yelled and she cut down one of his pirates. Blood sprayed onto her face. She closed her eyes, turned her head to the left and tried to keep her stomach from rebelling. The blood was hot on her face and she felt it stain her soul -- her first kill. She felt something closed around her neck like a too tight choker. She snapped open her eyes and saw white gloved hand. She held her breath and put her sword away as she felt her feet leave the ground. She grabbed the hand and tried to get away, but she was heading toward Buggy.

Buggy had an evil grin on his lips and Ruby tried to get away. She kicked the air, but Buggy learned his lesson the last time when Luffy kicked him. Buggy chuckled as he held her over the edge of the platform. Ruby stopped struggle and he pulled her close to him. The moment she felt like blacking out, oxygen rushed back into her lungs and could not hear Buggy and Luffy. Her body was telling her something for more important then what the two men were talking about. Her hand landed on Luffy’s and her body hair stood up like aged soldiers that their old energy back. Luffy’s voice rang strong as he called “I’m sorry. I’m dead.”

Ruby saw a glint of metal then boom as the sky above Ruby turned blinding white. Her eyes burnt with pain as white lightening engulf her, Luffy and Buggy.

“Ruby-shwan!” Ruby groaned as she opened her eyes. Black haired twinkle her nose. She turned to the left.

“Aaach-oo!” Ruby sneezed. She felt her head shoot forward. She opened her house and blinked as she felt her hair slick to the sides of her neck. She looked Luffy. It took a moment to figure out Luffy was holding her bridal style and she turned red, for the second time that day.

“Luffy, you can put me down.” Luffy blushed as he let Ruby’s feet drop to the ground. She let go of her captain and stood beside her, placed her left hand on her side, smirked at the shocked crowd. “Ready to kick some marine and Buggy pirates‘ ass, Captain?”

“Yup!” Luffy said as he rolled his shoulders. Ruby saw Zoro and Sanji nodded them. “Gomu, Gomu no pistol.”

Luffy jumped away from her. Ruby did something less dramatic. She walked a dozen steps away from the rumble she knew was the execution platform. Buggy pirates surround her. She smiled at them and said “Wait, please.”

Ruby drugged out her ipod and chose “Headstrong” by Trapt. She put the ipod back in her pocket. - The rock music blurred in her ears.

Two pirates came out at her together, swords out. She used her sword and knocked the attacking sword away from her. She twisted her body into a round house kick.

Suddenly, the pirates tried to overwhelm her. She saw this and quickly grabbed her sheath with her left hand. She raised her sheath to block a sword attack.


“Ruby!” She heard her name come from Luffy as a warning before she felt his rubber arm wrapped around her waist. She sheathed her sword.

“Bye, bye, boys,” Ruby blew a kiss to them and lend backward, crossed her arms over her chest as Luffy pulled her through the crowd of Buggy’s pirates and Marines whom joined in the fight. All around Ruby, it was chaos.

Ruby’s personal opinion, Luffy made the right decision to pull his nakama out while he could. Ruby felt she was slowing down and she straighten up as Luffy let her go. She thought she was ready, but she rolled backwards and her ears bubs fell out of her ears. Her left hand fell on the sword, tried to keep it in place.

Suddenly, she felt a strong hand on her upper right arm started to pull her to feet her. She glanced as she tried to get to her feet. Ruby stubbed at bit before her feet was under her. She followed the pace of the trio of men.

“We have to get off this island.” Sanji called as he followed Luffy.

“We’re going to the Grand Line!” Luffy cheered. “Yahoo!”

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