Sanji leaned against the railing of the Thousand Sunny, staring at the calm sea as he exhaled another breath of smoke. The sea is practically still! Its been like this for weeks already, I'm surprised we are even able to move at the slow pace we are now. When are we finally going to get some wind? Sanji thought to himself, ignoring Luffy's whining about being bored. After being out at sea for weeks without wind Sanji almost joined his captain in trying to convince Franky to use the Coup de Burst to get them closer to the next island.
Sanji was pulled from his thought when hi heard a loud bang above him. He looked up to see Zoro leaving the Crows nest that bang must have been him putting down his weights. That shitty swordsman, what does he think hes doing sulking up there. He barely eats! After the incident with Kuma, I know he wants to get stronger but hes going about it the wrong way! Hes going to kill himself! Before he could continue his silent rant, Zoro yelled some news that made everyone jump for joy. "Oi!" he called down from his room " theres an island up ahead."
"FINALLY!" Luffy yelled, jumping up and down. "What does it look like?!?!" he asked the swordsman excitedly, wondering if this could mark the beginning of another adventure.
"Theres a large city right next to the harbor." Zoro yelled down to his excited captain.
"Luffy I need to talk to you for a minute." Mani said to her captain with an innocent smile on her face. Luffy only sweat dropped and tried to shrink into his special seat. Nami's innocent smile means I'm in trouble. Luffy thought with dread. Before he could run Nami had grabbed the back of his shirt and was dragging him into the lounge. " Listen up Luffy, we need to set some rules for when you go on land." Nami said with a smirk to the scowling Luffy as she closed the door behind her, muffling the rest of their "talk". A few minutes later, a loud thunk was head from beyond the door. Nami came out followed by Luffy who had a rather large bump on his head. "Alright everyone come here! I need to assign jobs to do when we land!" the navigator yelled waiting for all of her nakama to gather on the deck.
"We don't know whither there is a marine base on this island so we must be careful. Franky, you will guard the ship. Usopp, you and Chopper will stay together and go and buy what ever supplies you want. Also, pick up whatever Franky needs." she said to the three who were to her left.
"YOSH!" they yelled in response, happy that they finally arrived at an island.
"Luffy. You will stay with Brook AND NOT CAUSE A SCENE understand?" she asked, glaring at her captain. " Brook, make sure he doesn't get into trouble. Zoro you will go with Sanji to get any food supplies we might be lacking."
"W-WHAT?!?!" Zoro and Sanji both yelled in dismay. "Why do I have to get stuck with this shitty swordsman? I want to accompany you girls!" Sanji asked, glaring at the swordsman.
"Same here Love-cook. I'm tired as it is! I don't want to have to put up with you!" Zoro said returning the glare, just managing to unsheathe Sandai Kitetsu before a fury so kicks came at him. Not allowing a singe one to actually hit him, be began to attach the cook by trying to slice his leg.
The battle went on for about a minute before Nami got annoyed and walked over to the fight. She punched the two idiots in the head, causing them to fall to the floor. "YOU WILL DO AS I SAY!" she screamed at them.
"HAI NAMI-SWAN!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes. Zoro merely sat silently, clutching his head in pain.
Nami merely sighed. "As I was saying earlier, While all of you are doing what ever it is you are going to be doing, Robin and I will be shopping! So none of you had better do anything stupid and cause our fun to end!" She said in a threatening voice, sending a glare to ever crew member. Everyone nodded quickly, knowing better than to argue.
When they finally get to the island, they choose to dock around an outcrop, not wanting to draw any unnecessary attention to themselves. "Lets go!" Luffy yells as he punches his fists into the air, running ahead of everyone as they made their way to the town. As they walked, the crew notices that the town is bigger than they thought. Many of the buildings reach high into the sky, while others are short but very long, some even taking up a whole street by themselves. "SUGOI! This place looks so cool!!" Luffy said with a huge grin on his face.
When they entered the city, everyone split up into the groups they were assigned to and went to explore the city. Zoro and Sanji, after unsuccessfully asking once again to be paired with someone else, reluctantly set out to find the nearest food store and finish with their shopping so they could get the hell away from each other.
"Oi shitty swordsman, where the hell are you going?" Sanji said when Zoro turned down a side street.
"Where the hell do you think I'm going? To find the food store." Zoro said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Your going the wrong way idiot." Sanji said amused at Zoro's confused expression. "the stores right over there," he said pointing over his shoulder, "how the hell did you go the wrong way when it was right in front of you?"
"Shut up!" Zoro snapped at the cook as he walked past him, this time headed in the right direction. "lets just go and get this over with. I don't see why I had so come with you to get food." he stopped suddenly before smirking over his shoulder at Sanji, "Unless your to weak to carry them."
Sanji's eyes darkened. "what was that marimo?"
"You heard me love-cook. I said that the only reason I'm here is because your to weak to do anything by yourself." Zoro said calmly, hands on his swords. Sanji, now completely pissed off, raced his leg into his fighting stance and prepared to leap forward. Zoro tensed,waiting for the kick.
Then, Sanji put his foot down and sighed. Looking up at the confused swordsman he simply said "If we fight Nami-Swan will get mad at me." He calmly walked past Zoro and entered the food store. And if we fight, you'll only open up those wounds he thought to himself. Zoro sheathed his katanas and followed the cook.
After buying everything they would need for another two months at sea (they always stock up because they never know how long it will take to get to the next island), the duo headed back to the Sunny.
"Man that was a pain." Zoro said with a yawn after he had helped put away all their groceries. " I'm going to take a nap." He climbed up to the crows nest then disappeared inside. Sanji on the other hand was already planning what he was going to make for dinner, and Franky was in his room planning out new inventions while waiting for Usopp and Chopper to return with his supplies.
Meanwhile somewhere in town, Luffy and Brook were having a wonderful time. "This place is so cool!" Luffy said for the hundredth time, looking at all the things that were on display in the windows.
"Yohohoho! This is the first time I've been to an island in over fifty years! I'm so happy I could cry! ...Except I don't have eyes to cry with! SKULL JOKE!" Brook laughed as he happily followed Luffy.
"Brook look at all these cool things! I wish I could get some!" Luffy said as he dragged his nakama from store to store. Luffy stopped suddenly when he heard a scream coming from around the corner. "Luffy-San what was that? Brook asked worried that something bad was happening.
"Lets go check it out" Luffy said as he quickly ran around the corner, Brook following close behind.
As they approached their destination, they realized that they were in the town square. In front of them was a group of angry pirates, cornering a scared group of girls against a fountain. All around them the townspeople were watching, worried about what was going to happen.
"You dare to reject us? We, the Blood Pirates who are feared throughout the Grand Line? The second you said no you sealed you fate!" the man laughed. "We're feeling generous at the moment, so we'll give you two options; come and have some fun with us, or loose your lives right here and now." One of the pirates, most likely the captain, said with an evil grin, his sword pointed at the through of one of the girls. "So what will it be?" the man asked as his nakama began to laugh even louder.
"P-Please don't hurt us, W-We didn't mean to insult you. J-Just let us go!" The girl with the sword at her throat managed to sob through her tears. The man only snickered.
"Mm,Thats not very nice. "Luffy said, completely oblivious to the threat the pirate was making. "You shouldn't ask someone to hang out with you while showing them your sword." Everyone in the crowd sweat dropped at the comment.
The pirate slowly raised his headed, turning it to glare at Luffy. "Who the hell are you?" he asked, obviously annoyed at the fact that someone had dared to interrupt him.
"Me?" His finger pointing to himself, " I'm Luffy!" he said with a grin.
"I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE! WHY ARE YOU INTERUPTING ME?!?" he man yelled, now completely pissed off.
"If you didn't care then you shouldn't have asked." Luffy mumbled, pouting because he got yelled at.
"L-Luffy-San, I don't think we should anger these guys, they look strong and we don't want to start a fight." Brook said, trying to convince his captain to drop the matter and walk away.
"What do you mean Brook? It doesn't matter how strong they look, I'll kick their asses." Luffy said while giving the skeleton an reassuring smile.
"Thats not what I meant Luf-" Brook was interrupted as the pirate, who had heard their whole conversation, turned to them and yelled.
"WHOS ASS ARE YOU GOING TO KICK PUNK?!?!? I'M JAMES AKUMA, CAPTAIN OF THE BLOOD PIRATES! I HAVE ABOUNTY OF 20,000 BELI! A SHRIMP LIKE YOU THINKS THEY CAN DEFEAT ME?!?!?" The captain yelled, pointing his sword at the duo, giving them each a death glare.
"Yea." Luffy said simply, nodding his head to answer the question.
"KILL THEM!" James yelled as his nakama charged forward. All around them the townspeople screamed, scared that the boy with the straw hat was about to die.
Luffy smirked. " You asked for it!Gomu Gomu no MUCHI!" Luffy yelled as his foot shot across the square, knocking out all of the oncoming pirates.
The captain fell backwards to the ground, dropping his sword "N-No way! W-Who are you?" He said in a scared voice.
"I told you. I'm Luffy" He said with a smile.
Suddenly the building next to them began to shake and pieces of its walls began to come off. "Wow! Whats happening to that building?" Luffy asked, fascinated with the crumbling building.
"Luffy-San, You did that...you kicked the supports of that building while you were attacking." Brook said, already accustomed to his captains idiocy. He slowly began to back up, nervous that the building was going to fall on them.
The building began to shake back and forth as though deciding where to fall. The townspeople began to run away in fear from the building, warning whoever they saw. "I thought we had promised Nami-San we wouldn't get into trouble." Brook said while looking at his captain, unsure of what to do next.
The boy paled. "RUN! If she doesn't know we caused it then we can't get in trouble!" Luffy yelled quickly as he dashed away from the square.
A second later the sound of the building falling to pieces was heard throughout the town.