Dragon's Heart [One Piece]

Chapter One

A/N: Images used is just found from google searches (unless otherwise stated as fan art given to me).. I don't art well

Dragon Age: 20

Youko D Lily Age:18

~ Dragon's POV~

I'd never fallen under the false impression of the world being a safe place full of good people, like many others. However, I had believed in the falsity that there was one good that prevailed against all the evil of the world, the justice my father had always preached to me as a boy, the navy. The navy was where young men and women with good hearts and the desire to serve and protect the innocents of the world joined forces against all the evils. All it took, was one sassy pirate, to lift the wool from my eyes.

"A witness said they saw her disappear in there." My commanding officer, a tall elderly man who was overdue for retirement, jerked his thumb in the direction of an extravagant looking bathhouse. "Orders from on high are to bring her back alive, at all costs." His beady eyes scanned over our small group looking for a volunteer. "Don't make me go after her my own damn self!" He barked.

"No offense, captain, but you should really sit this one out, we don't need you seeing a bunch of naked ladies and having yourself a heart attack from all the excitement." One of the other grunts laughed.

"I'll go." I sighed, not really wanting to deal with a hysterical woman, but no one else in the crew would be mature enough. Women were like an entirely different species that I didn't care to know more about from my very brief experiences.

My captain clapped me on the back with a beaming grin, "Go make your old man proud."

Shrugging off his words, I headed to the bathhouse resisting the urge to groan. I stopped a few people in the hall and showed them the wanted poster asking if anyone had seen her. After getting slapped by three young ladies, scolded by two elderly women and ignored by four others, some middle-aged woman was nice enough to tell me my target was seen heading toward a VIP bath.

The sickening smell of floral shampoos, body washes and incense threatened to choke me as I made my way down the hall cringing every time a girl screamed. Women were such a nuisance. After I'd gone a little way down the hall I noticed it was starting to get much quieter. The VIP baths were far enough away from the public baths that I couldn't hear all the obnoxious blabber and gossip.

I paused as I heard the sound of water splashing to a tiled floor from the first VIP bath on the left side of the hall. Before I could knock at the door, a soft melodic voice called out to me.

"Have you come to arrest me, Monkey D Dragon?" How the hell did she know my name and how could she possibly have known I was the one who had come here to arrest her?

Hesitantly I stepped into the room and felt my face grow hot as I spotted her sitting, naked, on a stool with her back to me, washing her lithe body. Hurriedly I averted my gaze before scolding myself, I couldn't take my eyes off her and let her escape. As I drew my gaze back to her, I noticed a few small pools of blood on the floor from where I was standing leading to where she was currently sitting, was she injured?

"Shy?" Her beautiful lilting laugh echoed through the pristine bath. She cast me a sideways glance over her shoulder and I found myself mesmerized by a pair of bright green eyes with swirls of gold, reminding me of a sea of tall grass on a hot summer's day billowing about in a warm breeze.

"You're a wanted criminal." I piped up finally regaining my nerve as I forced myself to meet her gaze, I would not allow myself to succumb to her feminine wiles.