"Boss!" a hushed voice broke through your dreamless sleep. You cracked reluctantly an eye open to see your second in command standing as close to the wall as he could. With a silent groan you wriggled yourself away from the arm that was draped over your torso and sat up at the edge of the bed.

"Better have a good reason Marco" you whispered hoarse. Man, that guy may have been rough but he knew how to make a girl moan.

"A pirate crew is trying to steal our ship" he announced, pushing himself away from the wall. He had learned from prior experiences that it was better to either let the assassin lay sleeping or wake up from a distance. They are by no means morning people.

"And a crew of 6 assassins without their captain can't handle them?" you growled.

"We were with 3, you aren't the only one with interest on-" his eyes darted over to the peaceful sleeping redhead on the other side of the bed, "private matters".

"Fine" you grunted, "they gonna get it" you hissed under your breath. This hotel should have delivered decent breakfast and with a man on the other side of the table it would have been a peaceful morning. But of course, some bloody pirates needed to ruin it.

It took little time to gather your clothes and dress. Marco wisely averted his eyes from your glorious naked body.

"Let's go" you announced before taking the back route of the window and darting over rooftops towards the haven.

"Soo... He and you are a thing now?" Marco questioned in between the jumping.

You arched a questioning brow. "Does he look like the stable type?"

"No, in mental or relationship way" Marco concluded immediately.

You simply rolled your eyes and made haste. "Who's at the ship?"

"Jin and Conan, not counting Jack".

"If they hurt Jack- I swear I will gut their sorry asses and scoop their eyes out so they can watch themselves bleed to death" you snapped. The thought of the cute little murderous black cat being harmed by some barbarous pirates, it made your hair stand on end.

Jin, a man standing as tall as Eustass Kid could handle his own. The grand hammer on his back and the daggers hidden in his black coat only proved that fact. His pink hair however, greatly contrasted with his demeanor.

Conan was a woman slightly taller than yourself. She may not look like much with her purple hair and ragged clothes, but there was a reason she was part of an assassin crew. Her knowledge of mechanics was incomprehensible, her fingers faster than a snap of a spit viper and her combat better than any martial artist.

It would have been better if Rowan was present. With his shugi shugi no mi, aka, rule rule fruit, he could easily create barriers or knock them out. It could be described as creating conditions for things that fall into his influence, though there are more possibilities. Whenever a group attacks, he is the guy you want on your side.

"Boss is back!" the deep hopeful voice snapped you out of your thoughts. Jin was sweeping away with his hammer, keeping rugged lowlifes off the dock that your boat was moored at. Some of the enemy group looked up, many of them either snorted or burst out laughing.

"Your captain is a woman?!"

"That's you big back-up plan?!" the enemy crew laughed their assess off, save a few who seemed oddly familiar.

You easily leaped the 10 meters of water between the dock and your ship.

"Captain!" Conan shouted and threw your favorite weapon. The bow and custom made arrows. These babies were as thin as needles, made off wood, and a special kind of feather at the end of the shaft to make it an arrow.

"Thank you" you smiled broadly. Conan saluted you before jumping on the dock to aid Jin again.

Men began to laugh harder once they saw your weapon. Only 3 remained stoic now. One of which really tugged at a memory in your mind. Those blue stripes..... It will be a matter for later.

A hand full of arrows gained you a quantity of 12, exactly 2/3 of the men that were laughing their ass off.

"Bitch-" you pulled the string back, "Momma is back" you smirked as the string bounces back to its original position and 8 loud groans, 3 yelps and one scream filled the air. All targets were hit and fell to their knees. Each arrow at least half way through their bodies.

You turned smugly to the guy in the blue and white striped mask, assuming he was the captain. "Better treat them fast. These babies are poisonous" you mused, motioning to the arrows on your back.

The man cursed under his mask and yelled orders for the men to carry the wounded back to the ship. You and the 3 others watched on amused as they scurried away.

Suddenly the stripe mask guy pointed at two guys, "get the captain" the man's voice turned from annoyed commands into an eerie promise. So much for him being the captain.

"Conan, deck. Jin stand by. Marco, back" you ordered, each of your crew knowing what to do with these simple commands. Perfectly short, just in time to give your body a millisecond to block the two scythes aiming at your chest from the masked man. His scythes were attached with some kind of mechanism to a wrist band.

"I'd have you hand me the antidote now" he growled.

You held on firm, "what's the magic word?"

"Please?"

"Not now Conan!" you yelled back. Your right hand shifting the position of the bow to block another hit.

You could almost hear the man grit his teeth as he land blow after blow onto your bow. It may be wood, but luckily it wasn't any normal wood. That would be too fragile in your line of work.

"If you-" you had to step back with a particular hard blow, "have a good doctor he can fix an antidote in no time".

The masked man was having none of it and kept landing blow after blow. They weren't exceptionally powerful, but his speed made it difficult to find and opening to land a blow of your own.

Marco kept his hands on his double daggers at his side, ready to step in whenever he deemed it life threatening or whenever you gave the word.

But that wouldn't be good for your reputation now, would it?

The fight heated up, scratches upon the lacquer increased with each hit the scythes land.

"Go Captain!" you could hear Conan cheer happily. She was holding down all the canons on deck with one of her inventions that allowed her to manipulate them all at the same time. Jin was still on the dock with you, making sure no one would aid your opponent.

Perhaps it was about time you stepped up your game. A smirk was the man's only warning as suddenly you appeared from sight.

"Yaaazz Boss is so awesome! You see that!? See her?! Jin are you looking?!"

"Conan shut up!" Marco snapped, trying to not follow you with his eyes. The mistake had been made before, while keeping eye on where you were moving the enemy could kind of read where you were. Lesson learned.

With immense speed you moved around the male. Your body cut clean through the air, leaving no trace of wind. Rowan always described it as becoming one with one's environment. It sounded pretty accurate.

You went for the first strike in his abdomen.

It worked.

You land strike after strike. The man just wildly trying to guess where you would be on instinct. After about 16 tries he almost caught you, but you dove in time to go for his knees instead of his diaphragm.

"Boss!"

Your head snapped to Marco as he screamed while leaping towards where you were moving towards. You saw the piece of metal a split second to late before smashing face first into it.

"Captain..." the man in the mask groaned as he straightened up.

"What kind of state is that?" Another man had come to your opponents rescue, and that voice was awfully familiar. What the heck was Jin doing? Letting metal fly into your battleground.

You scrambled up, bow still in your hands as you turned towards the new enemy. Jin held onto his hammer with all his might. You arched a brow on the way at his odd behavior. That's for later concern.

"Take your crewmate and leave" you growled, the grip on the bow tightening.

Eustass Kid turned his eyes to you, embers sizzling within those orbs. "You don't get to give me orders" he snapped, reaching out his hand.

The metal junk that had so rudely interrupted your speed walk was flying towards his arm, just like many more metal objects. Now you understood why Jin was holding onto his hammer that hard. It may be made of wood, but the steel nails were apparently enough to be attracted to the redhead.

"Neat trick, though I prefer your other skills more" you winked, resting a hand on your hip while leaning on one foot.

Kid's eyes seem to finally recognize you. Perhaps anger at an order had had his eyes clouded. "You- wait, (y/n) is this your crew's ship?" he questioned confused.

"It is MY ship. I'm the captain" you corrected.

"Kid, she has poisoned half our-"

"2/3" you chided.

"2/3 of our crew" Killer glared at you. Probably. The mask didn't show much.

Kid's confusion returned into a glare once again.

You held your hands up in innocence, "if I had known their captain was you, I wouldn't have poisoned them. Maybe a slap on the wrist though, they did try to steal my shit" you mused.

"Language!"

"Shut up Marco! Nobody cares" you snapped to your second mate who, despite his tone, seemed all to amused by this all.

"So you will give us the antidote?" Killer cautioned, no hope detected in his voice.

"If she doesn't I'll make her" Kid growled.

You arched a brow and within a second you are in front of the male, pulling him down on his coat. Your lips collided fiercely with the male, the rough yet soft sensation which was repeated over and over last night had tingles once again spread through your body.

All people looked on with gaped mouths.

You lightly pulled back, your breath caressing over his lips as you spoke. "You gonna make me do what?"

Kid growled, his arms wrapping around you in an iron grip. "You better hand us an antidote".

"Or else?" you purred, a finger trailing over his chiseled chest. The man almost shuddered at the action, the remembrance of last night fresh in his mind.

"I'll make you regret it" he whispered huskily into your ear.

With a chuckle you slid out of his grip like soap in the shower. "You could have just asked nicely you know" you hummed, striding over to your ship.

In the background you could hear Conan groan: "Get a room..."

"Uhm... Captain? Are you just going to give it to them?" Marco questioned, eyeing the interaction suspiciously. Jin glowered at the pirates, not liking them one bit. Given the line of your and their work, it isn't that surprising. Normally pirates with bounties were meant to be hunted.

"I don't see why not. I had a good night. The least I can do is show him some curtesy" you shrugged, hopping onto the ship and fetching a small bottle with yellow liquid inside.

When you emerged the one metal arm of Kid had dispersed and revealed his human flesh. Once again you appeared in front of him, dangling the little tube of antidote.

"That's not enough" the masked man scowled.

"It's concentrated, add 500 ml of fresh water and give a dose of 2ml" you explained matter-of-factly. Kid reached for the tube but you held it back. "But, I'd like something in return" you grinned.

Eustass scowled, "What?"

"The name of little masked blondie and that you," you stabbed your finger into his chest, "take me out for diner".

"Fine" he agreed so fast that his masked buddy stood frozen.

Conan, the fool she is, actually burst out laughing. "Oh my god! An assassin and a pirate walk into a diner! This is the start of a really bad joke!" she doubled over, half choking on oxygen.

"Assassin?" the masked man, which still hadn't given his name, questioned with caution. He obviously was the brains of the ship. Kid seemed to slightly lack in that area.

"Wanted assassin" you corrected with a smug smile.

"His name is Killer" Kid interrupted, snatching the bottle from your hand and throwing it to Killer. "Go and fix that, I'll handle this".

"Alright captain" Killer responded almost unsure, before going off to safe the crew.

"So, what time will you be picking me up?" you purred, leaning into the arm that was still wrapped around your waist.

"Are you certain you are content with the restaurants this island has to offer?" his lips curled into a smirk, "rumors say the next island has a lot more options".

You arched a brow, a playful smile on your lips, "Is the great Eustass Kid asking for a rain check? I didn't think you'd like to see more of me, thought you couldn't handle this" you motioned to your body.

"I handle it just fine" he pulled you closer, "last night you agreed".

"Still do" you smirked pecking his lips before slipping out of his grip.

"Captain... you kinda have to explain this situation..." Marco sighed, relaxing the grip on his daggers.

"Don't worry about it" you waved him off.

"Boss! Red called, there is a job" Jin, who apparently had snuck off inside the cabin to answer a ringing den den mushi, called out.

"Really now..." one last time your eyes ran up and down Eustass' body. "I have a nice offer" you stated.

Kid arched a brow, "I ain't taking you diner tonight".

"Not about that" you chuckled and threw a small den den mushi at him. "I propose an alliance".

"You what?!"

"Shut up Marco!" you snapped.

"Hmpf, do whatever you want" Kid responded, pocketing the small telephone snail.

"Aaaw, we are going to be like, best friends!"

"Wait... did you just fucking friendzone me?" the man's eyes widened.

A chuckle rolled off your lips as you couldn't help your eyes from going to a certain part of him. "See you around big boy~" you purred, turning on your heel and disappearing into the ship.

"Did she seriously just bloody friendzone me?!"

"Dude...." Marco looked dryly at the redhead, "learn sarcasm".

"She's full of it!" Conan chimed happily.

----------------------------------------------------------

This is the last chapter for the writing contest of @TeruTategami Dunno if i will continue the whole story but i kind of want to explore the other characters as well XD