Recently, my love of One Piece has come to a head, especially my love of Zoro. I mean, who doesn't love that little green fuzzy ball of anger? So until I return to "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", I have decided that this little ditty should be released. So, ladies and gentle pirates, I present "Whirlwind".
Disclaimer: Raikku of the Darkness in no way owns One Piece, its characters, or ideas. She is only borrowing them for a short time for her and other's personal enjoyment.
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-Whirlwind-
A One Piece Fanfiction
By Raikku of the Darkness
Chapter 1: Winds of Change
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Sailors say that the worst thing that could ever happen on a ship was a woman. At the moment, Roronoa Zoro would agree.
He was never good with them. An occasional fling here and there back when he was a hunter in the East Blue was the most contact he had, unless they were a high bounty pirate. A chance meeting in a pub, few bottles of grog, quick release of tension and boom, no more worries until the next time he needed it. In truth, the only women he's been worried about have been his nakama, his mother, and Kuina.
They were too needy, he always thought. Only around to distract one from their tasks. They were brash, emotional, vain, and…moody. The latter being described now as Nami began her assault on Sanji.
"All of you are good for nothing!" screamed the navigator. At the sound of her scream, Chopper coward and Usopp cringed behind the steering wheel. "How could you eat all the food?!?!?"
Luffy crawled across the floor pitifully, crying all the way "Meat……must have…meat…"
"Oh shut up!" said Nami, kicking him in the side.
"Nami-swan," Sanji began, bowing before the enraged woman. "I didn't know we were low on supplies."
"Why didn't you check, Cook-san?" a mature voice said from the table: Nico Robin, the newest member of the crew.
Sanji turned to her. "I did! The pantry was filled and everything was in order." He shook his head. "I have no idea what happened."
Zoro smirked. "Maybe Ero-cook's ugly face caused the food to jump ship."
"Quiet, Marimo."
"Shit-cook."
"Shit-swordsman."
And with that, Nami's pole promptly hit the back of the men's heads.
"Meat….." The captain whispered again before passing out.
"Well, what do you think happened?" Zoro said, rubbing the back of his head.
"If I knew, I would know, now wouldn't I?" Sanji snapped.
"WELL," Nami bellowed, sounding like thunder. "I think someone here had something to do with it." Her heels clicked on the floor as she paced back and forth through the galley, looking each of the party in the eye as she passed them. "And no one's leaving until I get an answer."
The archaeologist was first. Nami looked at her for a second and continued, "Robin you're not as dumb as the rest of these guys, so I know you didn't do it." The older woman smiled and continued to drink her coffee.
She passed by Sanji, her eyes flirting with him. "Putty in her hands" the swordsman thought to himself before having the navigator in his face. "Did you do it, Zoro?!"
"Why the hell would I be stupid enough to get rid of all food?" he retorted. She rolled her eyes. Wasn't him.
Luffy was currently crying out for his mother, licking the floor. Definitely not him.
Nami stopped. "And that leaves…." She looked at the pair trying to blend in with the wall.
"Usopp," she started, voice dripping with a sweet sort of venom. "What happened to the food?"
"Food? What food?" he semi-screamed in a very high pitch voice. "I didn't know we had food, did you Chopper?"
The reindeer shook his head. "N-n-nope. I didn't know we had food. Nope, no food. Did you know that food is high in calories and-"
"Shut up!"
Nami stared at the two. Two pairs of eyes bulged out their sockets back at her. Their mouths were dry, lips cracked. The hairs on the back on the sniper's neck stood up. Chopper looked as if he was caught in headlights. The entire room was a deathly silent, save for clock in the corner.
Chopper wondered when clock ticks got as loud as cannons.
Tick
He gulped.
Tick
Nami's foot began to tap.
Tick
Sweat began to drop from his chin.
Tick
The heat became unbearable.
Tick
She blinked.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!" exclaimed Usopp, everyone jumping from the shock. "Chopper did it!!"
Chopper gasped. "You FIBBER!!! You did it and you know you did!"
"Nun-uh!"
"Yea you did! You said that you needed the food to test the cannons and that you wouldn't use it all!"
Usopp nearly fell over. "Stool pigeon!"
Nami's eye twitched.
Sanji advanced murderously. "You used our food for TARGET PRACTICE?!?!"
Usopp looked at the floor. "Well, Nami told me to check the cannons."
"NOT WITH THE FOOD, BAKA!!!!!" All of the Straw Hats (except Robin and Luffy) yelled.
Zoro sighed. "Well, there's nothing we can do now."
"Now we're on the Grand Line without FOOD!!" Nami collapsed into the chair next to Robin.
"I need a drink." The swordsman added.
"Can't we stop in the next town?" Chopper asked.
"If we knew where one was." Replied Sanji, opening the pantry door to search again for any sign of sustenance.
"There aren't any towns with open ports around anywhere here." Said the navigator, her hands holding her head. "Beside, the navy is raising the alarm all around here that we're about."
"And that's we're "dangerous"." Zoro laughed. "So there's no point to even trying to stop. Unless there's some navy forsaken island out there."
"Well, there IS one island."
All eyes were on Robin, silently asking her to explain.
"There's a small island, maybe a day away, called Chargin. There's no navy there."
"That's weird, why is there no navy on the island?" Usopp questioned.
Chopper climbed into a chair near the sink. "Yea, is it against the World Government?"
"No, I don't believe so." Sanji said, returning with several cans of creamed snails. "If they were, the government would have been keeping a better watch on it."
Robin began again. "I don't quite know. I just remember hearing about something there. An uprising, I believe."
"Uprising?" Zoro's brow had an inquisitive look.
"Yes." She replied. "However, that was a few years ago."
"Do you think it's safe?" The reindeer asked, fear in his voice.
Nami interjected. "I don't think it matters now. We can't last that long with food or drinking water."
"Or grog." The green haired man added, absentmindedly.
She rolled her eyes. "So all hands for finding this Chargin Island?"
Six hands and one hoof were in the air.
"Ok, Chargin it is."
The wind outside the little ship howled with anticipation, as it began to set course for the mysterious island in the distance, knowing that the winds of change were on their way.