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-PD!
Chapter 1 – We're Going on an Adveeeeentuuure
"Yosh! Land hooooo~!" Luffy trumpeted down to his Nakama from the crow's nest, eager for a new adventure to begin. The members of the crew all hurried up onto the deck, finally able to lay their eyes upon the island they'd been eagerly awaiting for.
"Oi, Nami," The rubber captain called, "is it true that this island's uncharted?" Nami looked up at her captain, smiling and nodding an affirmative 'yes.' Luffy hopped down onto the giant lion's head, getting more and more excited by the second. "And is there really a hidden treasure?"
"The rumors spoke of a 'mountain of gold and gems' as well as a 'lost city.'" Robin commented, standing off to the side, but equally as interested. The historical parts of the rumors piqued her interest more than the rumors or riches, those were more in Nami's field of interest, and was what was fueling her excitement.
Luffy started squirming in his seat, the excitement barely containable. "YAHOO!" He bellowed, no longer able to withhold his joy. He hopped down from the figurehead and slung an arm around Usopp's shoulders; Usopp reciprocated the action. "Adveeen~ture! Adveeen~ture! We're going on an adveeeeen~tuuuure!" They sang, as they danced across the deck, sweeping Chopper up in their fun. Brooke brought out his violin and accompanied them with a jolly tune.
Nami, for once, wasn't completely bothered by their idiotic singing. She had gathered her surveying equipment and had her bag slung over her shoulder, looking at the island with anticipation, 'This is good, its uncharted so there shouldn't be too much trouble with other pirates, even with all the rumors.' She gripped the strap of her pack even tighter, the thoughts of completing a map and discovering any forgotten treasure fueling her excitement. 'After all, we had been laughed at for even mentioning the place by that one gang, just like Skypia. Yosh, this is definitely a good idea.' Her eyes shined as much as Luffy's at the thoughs of lounging in an even bigger pile of wealth.
"And I'll get to show those natives the demon of the seas, THE GREAT CAPTAIN USOPP-SAMA!" Usopp cried, getting a round of applause from Luffy and encouraging cheers from Chopper. But as the island drew near, he mysteriously came down with a case of I-can't-go-onto-the-creepy-island-itis; a variant of his usual ailment. You'd think that being out at sea for over a year would've calmed his nerves, or would have at least helped him develop some sort of 'immunity' to his 'disease.' Or helped him grow a pair as Zoro or Sanji would always interject.
Franky hopped onto the rail of the Sunny and gave his signature pose to the oncoming island. "I'm feeling especially SUU~UUPER this week! It'll be a great adventure! Eh, Brooke?"
"YOHOHOHO! My heart is fluttering with anticipation!" Brook commented from beside Franky, adding quietly, "Even though I don't have a heart." He burst out into his signature laugh, running from a now fuming Franky who was spewing threats of death. Brook's comment of 'Oh, but I am already dead! Yohohoho!' only added fuel to the fire. Though they often fought as such, they still considered themselves what could only be described as 'best friends.'
"And maybe I can spend the day adventuring with my precious Nami~swan!" Sanji cooed. Dancing about proclaiming his love towards the indifferent females.
Zoro, who for any normal human being would have been out of ear-shot but was somehow still within Sanji's, couldn't help but voice his thoughts on the 'idiotic dartboard's' behavior.
Sanji was behind him in a heartbeat, an unattractive frown replacing his foolish grin. "What'd you say, Baka-Marimo?" After a brief exchange of unoriginal insults the two began to fight half-heartedly as they always did, ignoring everyone and everything around them, as was customary.
When the Sunny was finally able to anchor, the members of the crew who couldn't run on water or launch themselves—rather the four members of the crew who were fortunate enough not to BE launched to the island's shore—hopped onto the mini-merry and rode comfortably onto the sandy beach.
"Alright, everyone! Listen up! We're going to divide into teams for the most sufficient exploration of the island." Nami patiently waited for Brooke, Zoro, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper to rejoin the group before she continued any further. "Team one will be Me, Luffy, and Usopp. Our job will be to locate the treasure that is allegedly hidden somewhere on the northeastern portion of the island. Team two will be Franky, Chopper, and Zoro. It'll be your job to collect supplies from the western region where the land is much more fertile and supplies more plentiful. And team three will be Robin and—"
"Robin~chwan!" Sanji's legs became a wiggly blur as he danced over to Robin and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I look forward to exploring the island with you~ I promise that I'll prot—"
"—Brooke." Nami finished. "Robin, you have your own agenda correct?"
Robin smiled, seeming to not have noticed the pained and sobbing lump of cook that was crumpled at her feet. "Yes. I've heard quite a few interesting rumors about the history of this island. I would like to learn more."
"So we shall be exploring the southeastern part of the island, Robin-san?" Brooke inquired, twirling his cane.
"That's correct." She smiled one of those smile where you can't exactly tell what she was thinking and kind of put you on edge around her for a while.
"Yosh! Everyone, we'll meet back at the shore tomorrow at noon!" The crew gave a collective cheer and each team set out to fulfill its assigned task, except for Sanji who, after everyone dispersed, dejectedly dragged himself back onto the deck of the Sunny. 'I would've even been content with being in even the shitty Marimo's group if it meant getting to explore the island instead of staying behind.' Sanji looked for said group only to see Zoro run off in what he already knew was the wrong direction, Chopper and Franky chasing after him '…No, wait…I take that back.' He thought with a sigh.
Sanji walked to the center of the grassy lawn and turned his face upward, slowly inhaling before shouting at no one in particular, "WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?"
+-Z—C—F-+
Zoro, Chopper, and Franky all set off towards the west, after having chased Zoro down when he bolted towards the north.
"Baka," Franky chastised, "How could you get North and West confused?"
"Because, we always drop anchor at the bottom of the island, and the bottom always faces south." Zoro reasoned as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
"What kind of logic is that!" Frank exclaimed, brushing away his sweat-drop. "There's no 'bottom' to an island! The ship is off the eastern coast anyway. It's no wonder they worry about you." Franky added as an afterthought before running a hand through his electric blue hair. "Well I suppose we should be looking for anything useful. It doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of good wood in this part of the jungle, most of the trees' trunks have been weakened by termites and such." Franky commented idly, knocking at the trunk of a particularly large tree.
"But there are lots of useful, medicinal plants here." Chopper commented, digging out the roots of a small white flower.
"Either way, we were assigned to the western region." Franky said as Chopper brushed the dirt off of his shorts before placing the delicate plant inside the basket he had brought with him.
"Alright, then let's go." And with an air of finality in his voice, Zoro headed in the direction opposite that of the setting sun. East.
"Umm…Zoro—"
"SHUT UP CHOPPER!"
"HIIII!"
+-L—N—U-+
"You guys ready?" Nami called as she started towards the dense mass of trees, which they would be spending at least the rest of the day inside of.
"Almost Nami!" Usopp was double-checking his bag of supplies to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything.
"C'mon Usopp~ I wanna get going!" Luffy whined, "The other's have already set off!" Luffy ran to catch up with Nami, who had disappeared into the dark jungle with her bag of surveying supplies and whatever else she could fit into her light blue pack.
Usopp looked up just as Luffy disappeared. "Oi! Don't leave me behind! Oi, Nami! Luffy!" He got no response, "Hmph…those jerks…" He mumbled as he hefted his own olive green pack over his shoulders. As he looked up, he briefly caught a glimpse of a large, dark shadow that quickly disappeared behind the Island's forest along the southern coast. 'Hmm…' Usopp was about to run off to go see what it was when he remembered that he was supposed to stick with Nami and Luffy. 'It looks like it's headed over towards the western region. That's where the guys are, or should be. Who knows with Zoro's sense of direction.' Usopp gave the horizon one last sidelong glance as he proceeded to follow Luffy and Nami into the jungle. Well, he intended to, but he couldn't see them anywhere. Usopp let loose a string of irritated curses and cries laced with panic before running off into the bowels of the wilderness, calling the names of the nakama that had abandoned him.
+-R—B-+
"This certainly was unexpected." Robin commented as she Brooke ran through the jungle, leaping over moss-coated roots and underneath the ones that were too large to hurdle.
Brooke just screamed in fear as he ran with his hands above his head. "WAHH! I'm so scared my heart may stop! Even though…THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT!"
Robin chuckled at her Nakama's behavior before looking behind her, seriousness taking over her expression. 'This island is full of interesting things.'
Author's Note
Yay~ first chapter down! Some of the stories people requested kinda ended up being multi chapter stuff ^^; I'm sorry if I didn't write full stories for everyone, its just how it turned out. The more specific you were the longer the story, mostly because I didn't want to rush the plot and make the 'longer ones' oneshots. I wanted to make things equal, really I did! Sorry!
But HOLY CRAP it's been a long time since I've written anything new for one piece. *pats characters heads* I've missed you guys!
-PD