Author's Note: All right, so I suddenly came up with this idea today, and I decided that mini chapters was the way to go to keep myself from not stressing out! :D I hope you guys don't mind. I'll try and update as much and as quickly as possible. :) I also have a special Author's Note at the end of this chapter. Please read it! Anyways, enjoy you guys!

What The World Needs

Chapter 1

"I swear. I'll take his place. Execute me instead."

The marine vice admiral stared the proud woman down, who seemed to be showing no fear at all. She was serious and determined to do exactly as she was saying. She would sacrifice herself for the Pirate King.

"You would die for this man?" he asked, narrowing his eyes at her.

"I would die a thousand times if I thought it was save him from death eternally," she replied, tilting her chin into the air.

"You're crazy," the vice admiral said, shaking his head. How did the Pirate King get a beautiful woman like this to sacrifice herself for him like this? He was a criminal; scum of the world, and definitely not worth dying for. Why was this woman proud to do so?

"Possibly, but it still stands. I would do it," she replied, glaring back at him. "Look, you've caught me, even though I've tried hard this past year to remain hidden. I'll be taken to Impel Down, where I will spend my last days, a place he never deserves to go, nor does he deserve death, but you would never understand. You don't know the truth about him. You don't know what's in his heart, but I do," she said as tears came to her eyes. "I do…" she whispered as she stood straighter. "Please, I'm begging you to spare him by giving my life in exchange. Please, will you consider it? Will you ask the world leaders to consider it? I will pay for whatever crimes your government seems to think he committed. He has done nothing this past year. He has done no wrong… He has never done wrong."

The vice admiral turned his head slightly as his eyes narrowed down to barely slits, but then he sighed and said, "Very well. I will speak to my superiors."

"Thank you," she whispered and bowed to him.

He scoffed, but then moved out of the room, where she was being held to find a den-den mushi and make the call. He was gone maybe ten minutes before returning to the woman. She looked up at him, and he winced to the look of raw hope in her eyes.

"What did they say?" she asked, her voice barely a whisper.

He was silent, which tore her up inside, but after a while, he finally sighed and said, "They have accepted your terms."

Her smile was so bright, that he winced again. "Thank God," she whispered as she began to laugh and cry at the same time. "Thank God! Thank you so much!" she cried, looking so very relieved. "Please, he must never know about this!"

"Yeah, yeah, now get some rest, woman. We have a long journey back to headquarters," he said as he turned to leave while shaking his head. The woman was out of her mind.

As the door closed, the woman slowly sat down on her bed as she cried, attempting to wipe away her tears. "Thank God," she whispered again as she laughed quietly to herself with her eyes closed tight. "You'll be safe now, Luffy. You'll always be safe," she whispered, opening up her eyes and looking up at the mirror across from her, staring right back into her reflection's chocolate brown eyes, framed with bright orange hair, which curled down over her shoulders. She smiled brightly to her own reflection, which smiled brightly right back at her. "Please don't ever hear about this. Stay away, Luffy. Let me die for you. You don't deserve death."

"I will die for you… and you will be set free."

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: All right, guys, so unfortunately, my health has taken a nasty down slide. I've been in a bit of a depression, and I've been stressed out by anxieties. Unfortunately, my body can't handle that, and all of that combined just makes me really sick. I can't concentrate on writing or anything. Well, that's about to change. I'm tired of not being able to do what I love, because of my illness. I LOVE to write, and that's what I want to do. However, the story I have for you guys has nothing to do with One Piece. It's my own creation. I've not finished it though, but that's the thing. I really need your guys' encouragement. The thing that keeps me motivated is all of your comments and feedback. So, I've decided to make a blog, where I can post this story for you guys to enjoy.

I would really like to publish this story though. So, I was thinking that this was a good way to show it was good enough to publish, if I had readers for it, but not just that. I also wanted to add in a donations button. Having some money coming in might also convince them. Now, just recently, my husband and I bought a house. :) It's in need of a little TLC. So, the donations would be very helpful to be able to fix up the house! :D So, any little bit we can get would be so AWESOME! Anyways, I really hope you guys enjoy the story, and here's hoping I can work around my illness to get chapters out to you guys! Also, I hope you guys like it!

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