Chapter 1: Friends Forever and the First Crew Member ...


"PPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAA WHEN ARE WE FINALLY ON THE NIGHT ISLAND THE MILK IS EVERYONE."
called a little redheaded girl on the huge ship called the Red Force.
Her father sighed and went to the navigator and asks him and thank goodness in a few hours they will reach an island in the Eastblue.
When he wanted to tell his daughter that she had already jumped around his neck and was happy, when he put her down again he couldn't believe it, she had cat ears but he already knew that from her. "Didn't I tell you not to listen my dear little lady." he scolds the little one.
"But Dad, I'm a pirate, so you can." she uttered pouting.
"Yes, but you did not understand your father!" he scolds and the discussion continues until someone shouts "LAND IN SIGHT!".
“YES, finally we are here.” The little one is happy and so is her father when he sees the windmills he knows.
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A young boy with black hair is sitting in a bar drinking his beloved orange juice when the bar door opens and a man with a straw hat on his head and a horde of men enter.
"Shanks!" the man with the red hair and straw hat is greeted by the owner.
"How are you and the others and where is your little mouse?" she babbles straight away.
"Very gently Makino we are all doing very well and my little one will come as soon as her beloved milk is safely loaded onto the ship."
A few hours later the bar door opened again and a little girl with the same hair as Shanks and beautiful green eyes, at least the boy thinks, walks in happily and hops on the bar stool between her father and the boy.
"Hello, a glass of milk and some fried fish," she says to Makino.
"Well, the milk is safe on the ship," Shanks teases his daughter.
"Yes and the alcohol too," she countered and took a sip of milk and purrs.
"Makino do you have a cat here?" asks the little boy and when everyone hears laughter, everyone except the girl who looks at him strangely.
"Um, that was me," she says shyly, which amazes the team because their little one has not exactly fallen on the mouth.
"OH GOD my girl are you sick you have a fever, Lou what are we doing now !!!!" a worried shanks is hopping around the bar.
"DAD I'm not sick you idiot I'm ...... mmmhhhhh fish." When she said this to calm her worried father, her meal came which she is enjoyable.
"How did you mean that was you?" the boy wanted to know who confused the whole situation quite a bit.
"Well, I'm purring, I'm a scoundrel! (Translations, I've purred, I'm a half-cat!)." she says with her mouth full.
"Huh," he just says.
"Luffy, you must know that my daughter ate devil fruit just like you did before!And she ate the Neko-Neko fruit and is therefore a half-cat. "
"You ate the gum-gum fruit, why that?" The little one wanted to know.
"Um, I was mad at Shanks because he did nothing but bandits him ...!" Luffy was interrupted by the girl with a dismissive gesture.
"It doesn't matter, do you want to play with me? By the way, my name is Lexi."
"Sure, how about catching it?" Says a flat, beaming Luffy.
She just nodded and ran off laughing, followed by Luffy from the bar.
"Well, two have found each other." Makino says to Shanks, who drinks his beer with a smile.
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A few days later (and Shanks with one arm less man knows why) the whole village was standing at the harbor to say goodbye to the pirate.
"PLING" Luffy holds a bell on a slightly wider band to Lexi, who makes big eyes.
"So that I can always find you, because you are my first crew member, you hear that I am leaving when I am 17, I ask you to wait for me!" He says as he ties the ribbon around her neck.
"I'll be here then so we can go together ok !?" she gave back whereupon Luffy nods beaming.
Lexi gives Luffy a kiss on the cheek and has landed on the ship with a "PLING" and sees her father giving Luffy the hat.
"We'll stay friends forever Luffy" Lexi shouted as they drove off.
"In any case, see you next time," he called back and waved until the Red Force is gone.
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