"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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Crumbling. Artemisia heard crumbling. She narrowed her brow in confusion before looking in the direction of the noise. It was coming from the main building in the park. Some of the structures were falling apart and debris was falling as well. Artemisia bit her lip and hugged herself tightly. That's where she saw Luffy and Nami go. Were they okay? Were they going to get caught in the ruins?
There was no way. She couldn't let that happen. She needed to go in and get them. Before she could, something caught her interest. A flash of orange. That's when Artemisia saw her. Nami, still wearing Luffy's hat, ran down the path and through the arch that led to the Arlong Park building. There was a moment where Nami looked up from the ground.
Breath caught, Artemisia couldn't think of anything else. She couldn't look anywhere else. She couldn't do anything else. All she saw was Nami. Nami who was perfectly fine. Nami who was looking directly at her as well. Suddenly, everything was fine. There was no reason to worry anymore. Nami was okay.
Someone spoke from beside Artemisia but she paid no attention to it. All she saw and heard was Nami running toward the group. She felt Nami wrap her arms around her, Zoro, and Usopp tightly, "You're all okay!"
There was not a thought in her mind as to how the others felt about the hug. All Artemisia knew was that she needed it desperately. She hugged Nami back just as tightly, burying her head in her shoulder. She breathed in deeply. The hug, unfortunately, ended. Nami let the three go and took a step back. Artemisia smiled at her, "Happy to see you're all right too."
The sound of Zoro's voice was tinged with pain, "Where's Luffy?"
Glancing over at the building, Nami replied with what they were all afraid of, "Still inside," The group moved their attention to the building. "Fighting Arlong." The building was still falling apart right in front of them.
"Looks to be one hell of a fight," Artemisia commented.
"He's gonna be all right," Usopp's grin dropped. "Right?"
Just then, a foot, yes, an actual foot, appeared at the top of the building. If Artemisia squinted her eyes enough, she could just about make out the footwear. It was a sandal. It was Luffy's foot. The foot went back down into the building. The building started to break more. Crashing could be heard from outside. That's when the building finally started to collapse.
