Portgas D Ace was Whitebead's first mate and a firm rival to his younger brother, Monkey D Luffy, potential Pirate King. He had all the confidence in the world. He met a girl. A rogue pirate, much like Nami had been, very selfish and only looking out for herself. He would never forget the day they crossed paths. It started in the marketplace of what was once a quiet little village...

"Ha! If you think you're going to get your filthy hands on my loot, you can think twice!" She snapped.

"Then it's gonna be twice as likely I do!" Ace retorted.

"Enough with your stupid ideas! This tresure is MINE!" She threw a barrel in his direction but Ace blasted it apart.

"Ah! What the hell was -?!"

"I take it you don't know what Devils Fruit is?"

"Um... it's not that I don't know... I just didn't realise they had different effects..."

"Why? Did you eat one?"

"M-Maybe... uh - sh-shut up! We're supposed to be fighting here!"

"Ah but now you have my interest, tell me, what did yours do?"

"I said SHUT UP! BAKA!" She rolled more barrels his way but he easily dealt with them. He could tell that something about his question had her on edge.

"Now why would a perfectly innocent question upset you so much, girly?" Ace teased.

"D-Don't you call me GIRLY! What about the treasure anyway? You suddenly don't want it?"

"Oh it's not that. I'm just more curious about you. Let me get a better look..."

"Ah! HEY! Back off!!" She turned to run away but Ace shot a flame infront of her which created a wall of fire. He chuckled.

"You've not got much experience at pirating, have you?"

"W-What's it to you if I don't!" Ace sized her up. She wasn't particularly tall but she had long, silky hair, right side pink, left side purple, tied into bunches. Her eyes were intense and she had the longest eyelashes he'd ever seen on a woman. She was more looks than anything else. He thought about kissing her for fun, since he was so close but then he'd never really thought of that kind of thing before, so he just shook it off as being so close to the girl.

"So you're admitting you don't. Bad call. I could just torch you, ya know and get this over with if you want..." The flame grew on his hand and he pointed it towards her. "Or I suppose you could surrender and I might just spare your life..."

"I... I...! This island was always so quiet... I didn't think I'd ever meet other pirates!"

"You thought wrong." He replied coldly.

"O-Okay! I... I shamefully surrender. I'm too young to die so stupidly!" The girl got down on her hands and knees, bowing low, head touching the ground.

"But you don't mind living stupidly? Just for that, I'm not just taking your treasure, I'm taking your life too!" Ace's tone became light-hearted again.

"Wait... I thought you said - !?" She stammered.

"You are going to be my slave, girly." He told her, a smug grin creeping across his face.

"Your... SLAVE?!"

"That's right. From now on, your life belongs to me, the 'Fire Fist Ace'! I think I'll call you Momo-chan..."

"Ah! But! My name is Sakura Murasaki." She told him. Ace paused.

"Momo-chan it is!"

"Oi! You can't just decide things like that!"

"Hahahahaha! Momo-chan kawaii desu!"

"PIIIIIG!!" Sakura screamed.