Hey everyone! This is my first time trying my hand at fanfictions so I hope that I get the hang of it or else my stories are going to stink XD. I'm open to criticism but please guys, don't be a dick about it. This is a One Piece fanfiction which takes place a few weeks after the groups adventure in Fishman Island.
Chapter 1: A Desired Distraction
The Straw Hat crew had been out on the open water for a good few weeks, they hadn't seen anything that remotely resembled an island after leaving the underwater island known as Fishman Island. The crew had been on edge since leaving after Luffy had picked a fight with Big Mom in order to keep her occupied and not to attack the island for not delivering her the amount of candy promised to her for the month. Nami and Usopp especially worried that they'd be taken by surprise. Usopp was constantly on watch and Nami kept checking weather patterns and the new log pose she had just received, constantly worried that they'd be taken by surprise. Fortunately for them there was no sight of any other ships and the weather had been clear with excellent winds with no risk of storms. Everyone on the ship (excluding Nami and Usopp) were taking this time to relax and enjoy the calm: Chopper was going through some medicinal plants he had received from Fishman Island, Sanji was busy in the kitchen preparing lunch for the crew, Luffy and Brook were fishing ( Brook was fishing, Luffy was trying to find a replacement for the Kraken, Surume, who they'd met on their way to the island),Robin was studying the information off of the ponelglyph she had found while Franky was busy making adjustments to the ship and Zorro was in the lookout sector either training or sleeping. No one really bothered to check. Finally cracking Usopp throws down his binoculars and yells," WHY ARE YOU ALL RELAXING! Big Mom declared war against us all you guys are acting like nothing has happened!" He walks towards Luffy and shakes him violently, which Luffy acted un-phased while he continued yelling " We need a place to hide and wait for her to get tired of us!".
"Usopp," Brook started in his calm voice, "Big Mom is one of the 4 Emperors of the New World. When an Emperor declares war on you they won't just get tired of you, they'll hunt you and torture you until your life ends."
"THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER BROOK," Usopp yelled while knocking Brook on his head, followed by a friendly "YOHOOHOOHOO". Robin laughed at the display and closed her note book.
"Usopp even if Big Mom found us we can just use the Coup de' Blast to get away before she can order an assault on us."
"She's right Usopp," Franky said doing his trademark dance. "The Sunny is all fueled up, that old woman will have one suuuuper hard time trying to catch us."
"See Usopp? Nothing to worry about," Luffy said with a goofy grin and a V sign.
"WHY ARE YOU SO CALM?" Usopp demanded shaking Luffy again against Luffy's protests that he was scaring the fish. While Franky, Robin, and Brook laughed at the two Sanji came out of the kitchen.
"Oi, Lunch is finished you guys, it's time to-"
"FOOOOOD!" Luffy interrupted making a mad dash for the dining room. Usopp sighed and followed his captain muttering something about 'fighting an emperor and I'll die' disease. Brook followed in a hurried pace saying, "Oh I'm so hungry, I can't wait to fill my stomach; oh, but I am a skeleton and have no stomach. SKULL JOKE YOHOOHOOHOO." The group gathered into the dining room where everyone had begun enjoying the meal Sanji had prepared, and to listen to Brook playing a song on his guitar. While they ate everyone tried to forget about being chased by Big Mom and just relax, even Usopp stopped whining for a while. Suddenly out of nowhere the sound of the ships main Den Den Mushi began to ring.
"Huh? The Den Den Mushis ringing?" Zorro said ambivalently. "Who even has this number?" The rest of the crew was as puzzled as Zorro, but it wasn't long until Luffy (with a large amount of food stuffed in his face) raced to the Mushi yelling "I'fe god id, I'fe god id!" He reached for the snail phone in excitement wondering who it was who had called the Sunny.
"Erro? Who is dis?" Luffy asked when he picked up the receiver, it was immediately after that he was answered by a familiar female voice, familiar to him anyway.
"LUFFY CHAN! Ohhh it is so good to hear your voice again!" Luffy swallowed what was in his mouth and began laughing giddily "Oi Hancock! It's been awhile! How are you?"
The Den Den Mushi blushed and its eyes shut, acting as if to faint, mimicking Hancock on the other end, "You said my name again Luffy that's the 17th time you've said it! Could this finally be…. Your marriage proposal?" On the other end you could hear Elder Nylon saying that that was not the case. The Snail recomposed itself, still blushing heavily, and began to speak again.
"Luffy it has been awhile since we have last seen each other and I'm glad to hear you are still alive."
"Yosh, we never would have made it to Fishman Island if you hadn't distracted the marines."
"Oh Luffy I'm so glad I was able to help you," The Mushi said while gushing, "but the reason I called was I was hoping that we'd be able to meet for a little reunion. Would that be ok?" The Mushi asked now very shyly. Before Luffy could respond Nami spoke up to speak to her captain. "Luffy, Boa Hancock is back on the other side of the Red Line, we'd be losing time if we were to go back to visi-"
"WHO WAS THAT?" a raging voice demanded from the Den Den Mushi "WHO IS THAT FEMALE VOICE I HERE WITH YOU- Luffy chan." The rage in her voice stopped the minute she had said Luffy's name and returned to her shy blushing voice.
"Eh? That was just Nami, part of my Nakama." Luffy defended oblivious to Hancock's sudden rage.
"Oh- well any Nakama of Luffy's is a friend of mine," Which was then followed by an onslaught of giggles on the other line. Nami had clearly been startled by being interrupted by the suddenly angry voice and was afraid to bring up her concern from before.
"Well er, as I was saying, We'd lose a lot of time if we were to go back and meet with you and we are kind of pressed for time." Nami flinched after speaking expecting Hancock to rage at her again but she maintained her infatuated voice and said,
"Well I didn't think you'd all come back that's why I was planning to meet you in the New World."
"Huh, meet us where?" Luffy asked puzzled.
" The Shichibukai are allowed to own islands in the New World if we ever had business there, I'll send you the log position and we can meet there."
"Oi That sounds great!" Luffy exclaims happily, He turns to his crew and asks "What do you guys think? Want to take a break at Hancock's island?" Sanji started swizziling around the way he does at the notion of beautiful women and said, "An island full of beautiful women? LETS GOOO." He was soon joined in his cheers by Chopper, Franky, Usopp (Who just wanted to hide from Big Mom) and Brook who asked, " Do you think they'd allow me to see their panties? YOHOOHOOHOO!" Robin smiled and said that she could use the time off a boat while Zorro muttered that he didn't care either way. Nami sighed seeing how there wasn't any way to avoid stopping for a while and proceeded to get the coordinates to the island. "Well," Nami said sounding defeated, "It shouldn't take us any more than a day or two to reach the island."
"Yosh" Luffy exclaimed with a large smile "We'll meet you there in a few days Hancock!"
" I'll be counting the minutes separating us Luffy chan, please hurry!" and at that the Mushi went dead indicating that the conversation was over.
"Yosh everyone," Luffy ordered, "Get into your positions, Franky get ready to blast us towards the island."
The shipwright gave Luffy his signature SUPER pose and said "Aye Aye Captain, I'll prepare the Coup de' Burst immediately it'll be a SUUPER ride." He then ran to the engine to make sure the ship was fueled for the trip. Luffy then began giving orders to the others to raise the sail and turn the ship into their desired position. Nami Frustrated with Luffy telling everyone how to prep the ship goes to smack him across the head when she hears Franky from behind yell "The Docking System is ready Captain just give the word," which was also followed by Usopp and Brook announcing that they had raised the sails and were ready for the burst.
"YOSH LETS GO," Luffy yells in excitement totally to Nami about to hit him.
"Right," Franky calls from the helm, the hull of the ship began to vibrate while he yelled out "It's time for a little COUP DE' BURST!" At the signal of its activation the Sunny 1000 released the air powered from the boost blasting them into the sky and towards the crew's destination. Nami who had just been about to hit Luffy was unready for the burst and was knocked off balance and slammed into the wall of the ship. While Luffy yelled in excitement she cursed him about his stupidity.
"YOSH LETS GO!"
LUFFY YOU IDIOT WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO BE READY BEFORE BLASTING!
End of Chapter 1