#aroace luffy

You were given two choices: come with them for treatment or be handed over to the World Government. The choice was pretty easy. Both of your parents were small-time pirates in their youth. These scientists seemed pretty shady, but no way were you going to fall into the hands of the World Government.

For the past year, you've spent every day following the exact same routine. It started with meetings. They'd introduce you to various people and let you spend some time making small talk. Between each person, they'd ask you about the meeting while your monitoring heart rate and breathing. After that, you'd move on to treatment. They'd draw some blood for testing followed by an injection. The rest of the day you were allowed to spend in your room as you pleased. Your room was under constant surveillance which did take a while for you to get use to. The best days were the ones where you got to go visit with the children in the Biscuit Room, but it's been a couple months since the last time they allowed that.

No matter how many times you asked, Master would never tell you how any of this was relevant to your condition. All you knew was that you had to play along to keep that horrible heat away. A couple months back, you refused the injection for a few days. The plan was simple. You weren't going to cooperate until someone explained what was happening to you; that was until the heat settled back in. It was stronger than before. The following week you were in a complete daze, unable to do anything but huddle in your pillow fort. There was no end in sight. Eventually, you surrendered. Whatever that feeling was, it was NOT worth suffering through to get answers.

Your eyes grew heavier as you kept counting. Just when you were about to nod off, the whole building shook.

What the hell? Was that an explosion?

Another rumble surged through your room and down the hall. That was definitely an explosion. You ran up to the door and began to pound on it. "Helloooooo! What's going on out there?! Can someone let me out?!"

You yelled and pounded for quite some time, but no one ever came. All the while sounds of destruction echoed through the whole lab. The door had a magnetic lock that couldn't be picked open. It was also way too heavy for you to break down. Each breath you took was shorter than the last. The panic you desperately tried to keep under control was bubbling up to the surface. Unable to hold it back any longer, you felt tears wet your face as you slumped to the floor.

Are they just going leave me here?

Your whole body trembled as you crawled your way over to the safety of your pillow fort. Just as you were about to climb inside, your door was kicked completely off it's hinges. Peeking through your tears, you spot a tall, blonde man in a suit standing where your door once was. As you blinked to clear your vision, you noticed the odd way his eyebrows curled into little swirls. It was actually kind of cute. In fact, this guy was pretty attractive. Removing the cigarette from his mouth, he rushed to your side, "I knew I heard the sounds of a lady crying. Did Caesar's men hurt you?"

"The Master? No, none of them would eve-" you stopped as a wave dizziness crashed over you all at once. Accompanying it was a scent unlike any other. It smelled like the sea, but you had spent plenty of time on open ocean. This was different. It was closer to the gentle, saltiness of a beach at sunrise. Just as quickly as you had been worked up, you were calming down. It reminded you of the early mornings you spent fishing with your dad. He would get you up at the crack of dawn and drag you out on a little boat. You never were a fan of fishing, but you loved the time with him. He would always crack jokes and tell tales of his time as a pirate. That felt like a lifetime ago...

Before you could say anything else, the man scooped you up in his arms and began to run down the hallway. "Normally, I'd ask before sweeping a lady off her feet but we don't have time. Poisonous gas is making it's way through the entire lab and will kill us if we don't get out of here."

"WHAT?! Wait, is everyone ok? Surely Master is doing something to stop it."

"Your Master is actually the one who made the gas. He released it on the whole island and now he's trying to trap us all in the lab with it."

"No...."

At that moment, the man rounded the corner to the main hallway where a bunch of people were wrangling the kids from the Biscuit Room. The kids yelled and fought as though their life depended on it. You had never seen them act like this before. One by one, the rampaging children were being calmed by what you hoped were sedatives. Your eyes panned the room. "What happened to-" you stopped when you saw Mocha on the ground.

"MOCHA!"

Scrambling out of the man's arms, you rushed to Mocha's side where a raccoon was fussing over her.

Wait, why is there a raccoon?

"We need to get her to the examination room STAT!"

WHY CAN THE RACCOON TALK?

A bunch of the Marines swarmed Mocha and lifted her above their heads. They headed off towards the examination room.

"Wait! What's wrong with her? I don't understand what's happening."

A gorgeous woman with long, orange hair approached you, "Caesar had been giving all the kids drugs using candy. The kids started having withdrawals, sending them into a rampage for more candy. Mocha was helping us keep the candy away from the other kids when she sacrifed herself by eating all that was left..."

A pit forms in your stomach. You knew that Master was hiding things, but you had no idea it was this bad. You stare at the group carrying Mocha away, stomach churning. Seeing the despair on your face, the lady attempts to comfort you, "Don't worry, I have complete faith that Chopper can save her. We need to focus on getting the rest of the kids out of here."

Looking around, you notice that most of the kids have cleared their heads from their berserk state. Another stunning woman with long, black hair spoke up, "Nami's right. We need to get going before the gas catches back up to us."

The Marines all cheer in agreement as everyone begins running down the hall towards Building R. You're still confused about everything going on, but you'd rather not wait around to find out if they're telling the truth about the gas. Dashing to join the blonde man, you smell that ocean scent again. The scent caresses you into a calmer state of mind, but you're confused why you're smelling it again. Your mind starts drifting towards thoughts of fun at sea.

Is it coming from him?

Ripping yourself out of your thoughts, you look over to see him staring at you. He might as well have hearts for eyes. "You're just so beautiful! I have to know your name!" Whatever cool demeanor he had before seems to be long gone now. However, it doesn't really bother you.

"I'm y/n." you reply.

"Y/n! I've never heard a more beautiful name! You can call me Sanji."