Taste

Ah, So You're Roronoa Zoro?

"Where the hell did that rubbery bastard go?" A woman questioned as she walked through the town of a marine base, she swore she was gonna kill the boy when she got her hands on him. The woman was dressed in a black long sleeve jumpsuit with a white crop top and shorts with black boots to match, she had blonde hair with black highlights that she wore up in a bun. Her main distinction was her shiny red eyes and a black mask that she wore to hide her identity, she also carried a gun in her thigh holster and had two swords on her back that she held close to her heart. She was very much on a mission as her eyes scanned the area before they closed to see if she could feel her target's presence, she cursed herself, "Fucking idiot. Of course, he's in a restaurant". She ran towards where she felt his presence just to see him following a pink haired boy as he yelled about some guy named Roronoa Zoro, "Where the fuck is he going?" she questioned, following close behind them. After finally catching up with him, she grabbed him by the back of his neck and slammed him into the ground causing the pink haired boy to scream, "Ah! Luffy!?" Luffy groaned as he rubbed his head, "What the hell" he said as he looked for the culprit, upon seeing them, he grinned. "Oh hey there" he greeted only to get bashed in the head again, "Don't you hey me. I've been searching for you, you're lucky I was able to find you after you stupidly got into a barrel" the woman growled as she turned towards the pink haired boy causing him to shriek.

"Don't hurt me" he flinched as Luffy grabbed onto her arm, "Scarlett, that's Koby. I met him aboard a pirate ship" he told her as the woman now named Scarlett nodded before she punched him one more time. "Now I feel better" she said before her head snapped to the side upon hearing someone say, "Hey, guys! You're an eyesore, get lost". Scarlett focused her eyes and saw that it was a man wearing a green bandana and was tied to a post, "Is that the guy?" she asked Luffy and he nodded, "Yeah, he's gonna be apart of our crew" he told her with a bright smile. She looked over to the man again and couldn't but to smirk as she saw a little girl trying to feed him what seemed to be rice balls. Unfortunately, the sweet moment didn't last long as she was thrown over the wall by the Marines, luckily Scarlett reacted in time as she jumped up and caught the little girl effortlessly landing on the ground. "Are you okay?" she asked her as she dusted her off, "Yes thank you" she told her with a smile with a bow in appreciation. Scarlett smiled at her before her head snapped in Koby's direction as he yelled, "Ah! Where'd Luffy go?" causing her to look for him and immediately roll her eyes as she saw him talking to the swordsman, "What an idiot, well I'm going to go eat. Bring him to me when he's done" she told Koby before she walked off.

She walked through the town reading each sign to see where would be the best place to eat and when she found one, she immediately went in. Scarlett was quick to order and soon enough Luffy and Koby was quick to catch up with her and funny enough, she was eating at the little girl's, who name she found out was Rika, mom place. "Luffy, who exactly is Scarlett to you? I'm sorry if that's intruding" Koby said to him as Luffy was stuffing his mouth with food before swallowing, "Oh, Scarlett? That's a secret" he said teasingly with a big smile as he finished his meal. She couldn't help but to laugh as she knew he wanted to keep their relationship somewhat private. Koby nodded as he thought to himself somewhat out loud, "I wonder if Zoro is as cruel as everyone think he is" causing Rika to look at him, "He's not" she told him before explaining how they met and why he's tied to the post. "It's been 3 weeks since then. Helmeppo keeps hitting and hurting him. I just don't know what to do" she cried and Scarlett immediately patted her head, "No tears little one, he'll be okay" she reassured her with a smile making her look up, "How do you know that?" she asked with hope in her eyes.

"Because we're here" Scarlett told her motioning towards herself and Luffy before she paid for herself and Luffy's meal, "I'll make sure everything goes accordingly" she said to her before she left with Luffy and Koby calling after her, but she had other plans to get back to. She smirked as she walked back to the direction of the base and quickly scaled over the wall to see Zoro trying to doze off in the heat. Her eyes stayed on his figure as she walked up to him and as soon as she reached him, it was as if he thought she was Luffy as he kept his eyes closed and asked, "Do you have anything else to do than bother me, kid?" Scarlett couldn't help herself as she let out a small laugh making Zoro eyes snap open, "I would wanna be nice to the ones who can get you out of here" she teased as she decided to sit on the post. "But speaking of that kid, he'll be here shortly" she told him and soon enough, Luffy came bounding over to them as if he had something to say. Once he reached them, he turned his attention to Zoro, "I'll untie you, but only if you join my crew" he bargained and Zoro raised a brow, "Your what?"