"Ocean blue eyes looking in mine, I feel like I might sink and drown and die."
A simple girl, daughter of a pirate captain, meets the future "King of the Pirates" and begrudgingly decides to join him on his adventure to find the One Piece.
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And trust me, the Marines did. While Nami was still working on getting the safe open and Luffy and Artemisia were waiting anxiously, their worst fear of the moment came upon them. It came to fruition through a knock on the door. Correction: a very loud banging rattled the large doors. The sudden noise caused them to panic. Nami froze upon hearing the noise while Artemisia jumped in her spot on the floor. Luffy didn't jump, however. Just looked in the direction of the doors.
To make matters even worse, the person who shouted through the doors was not the person they wanted to hear, "Open up!" Morgan. Captain Morgan. Axe-Hand Morgan. The only thing that Artemisia could think about was the fact that they were so undeniably screwed. More banging sounded out into the room as Morgan continued to talk, "By the authority of the 153rd Marines!"
The best decision would've been to keep her mouth shut. Anyone would be able to tell that. If she kept her mouth shut, hopefully, maybe, probably not, they would believe that they had already escaped. It would save them time if they believed that. Artemisia did not keep her mouth shut. She first stuttered, "Uh..," Nami glanced up at her, curious to see what she would do. Then, in a high-pitched voice, Artemisia called out, "Housekeeping! Come back later!"
The look Nami gave her made her want to go die in a hole. Housekeeping? Seriously? Unfortunately, Axe-Hand Morgan thought it was just as stupid of an excuse as Nami and Artemisia did, "Open the door, imposter." Yeah, Artemisia really should've just shut up and not said anything. It would've saved her the embarrassment of fucking up in front of a hot and beautiful girl.
Said hot and beautiful girl took a moment to look at her with disappointment, "Did you really think that it was going to work?"
The desire to curl up in a hole and die hit Artemisia once again. She covered her face in shame as a blush spread across her cheeks from the embarrassment, "I could only hope." A hope that she should've squandered herself instead of trying it out and seeing if it worked. God, was she stupid sometimes.
The banging sounded in their ears once more. Luffy was sitting in Morgan's chair, something that Artemisia hadn't noticed until he spoke up, "You need to hurry." He bent down beside Nami as she worked.
"I can't rush this!" Nami exclaimed.
Despite this, Luffy still pleaded with her, "Please hurry!" Both he and Artemisia kept glancing over at the door, waiting for the Marines to bust inside. It looked like it would be any time soon from the way things were going. Especially since the hard banging against the door was causing it to start splintering. Artemisia looked at the door with wide eyes. They were so unbelievably screwed if they didn't find a way out of this. Fortunately, but maybe unfortunately, Luffy came up with something, "I have an idea."
