"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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Now, Artemisia had been in plenty of questionable situations in her life. She was happy to say that she has rarely ever had a gun pointed in her face. Her streak had been broken on this very day that she and the others stared down the barrel of a shotgun. She quickly sidestepped, not wanting to endure the torture of what could happen if the woman let her finger grip the trigger of the gun.
The only other person smart enough to do the same was Usopp, "That's what I've been saying." The only difference is that he decided to hide behind Zoro instead of just getting out of the way. Also, Artemisia had just now noticed that he had something in his hand. It was a tangerine. He must've grabbed it when they were going through the grove.
"Hey, I saw you earlier," Luffy spoke up. The girl narrowed her eyes at him. "I think maybe you and I have something in common." Artemisia wasn't sure how he thought his words were going to get him anywhere. He wasn't getting to the point.
And the girl looked to think the same. She cocked the gun in her grasp, "I've got the gun, and you're standing in front of it. What could we possibly have in common?"
Casting a glance over to her captain, Artemisia was surprised to see that he didn't look scared. She knew that at this point in time, she probably shouldn't be surprised. Luffy did a lot of crazy things. It made her wonder if he was doing it out of zero fear or out of naivety, "Let's start with Nami. Seems you know her very well."
The response came out of her mouth easily, "She's a thief with no conscience," Artemisia couldn't help herself. She gestured to the woman with a look on her face that said that she told them so. The girl glanced at her before turning her eyes back onto Luffy, "And when there's no more left to take, she leaves and doesn't turn back. Now get off my property."
"Well, you heard her," Artemisia shrugged. "Nami's bad, she uses people. Let's go."
No one made an attempt to move. Especially since Luffy said, "Nami's part of our crew," He grinned and did a shrug of his own. "She's our friend." The words made Artemisia angry. She didn't know why he had so much hope in the girl. She told him to his face two times that she was just using them and he still called her his friend. It made no sense to her.
