"Sanji ... Food!"
Incredibly that phrase was not said by the always hungry captain, but by the sniper stretched out on Sunny's grassy lawn, the strong sun of that area of the new world leaving them all in their bathing suits, or the coolest they could find at that moment , Nami had told a few hours that it would not take long for the weather to change again but they could not just wait for it since the time of that sea was completely unpredictable so they would have to wait patiently for the weak wind that afternoon takes them away .
"Not yet, we're rationing, remember?" That call snapped back at the sniper, watching him moan dramatically and wrapping himself in a ball on the grass for only a few seconds, it was too hot for him to look like that. "Be useful and try to catch some fish for dinner! The only thing I can do is juice, and if mine wanted Nami-san to humbly allow me to pick up some of her precious mandarins, I can make some snacks." Sanji said looking at the navigator who nodded without question, also wanting something to stop the hunger.
"You know why I can't fish! That damn sea king does not let any fish get close to the ship!" Usopp complained loudly, waving his arms and legs in the air comically, stopping when it overheated his body and he let his limbs fall heavily on the deck, his tongue falling dramatically out of his mouth, panting like a thirsty dog. "Ah ... So hungry ..."
"Do not be a baby about it, Usopp!" Sanji replied angrily, he would never admit it, but it was destroying him gradually to see his hungry friends, he could do nothing to prevent it and he knew it, but it did not hurt less. "See, not even Luffy is complaining like you!"
And indeed, the captain, from the time they began rationing, more than a week ago, he was no longer complaining about the hunger for the cook, and that was so out of character in the first two days that even the others noticed, but when the hunger was much stronger than they trying to notice the strangeness of their captain, they left there. At least seven of them left.
Sanji simply could not ignore this fact, not he who was constantly pestered by the captain who claimed to be hungry every five minutes, to have him ignoring his kitchen more than a week and not even complaining of hunger at all, it was unnerving it's worrying. Luffy was currently sitting on the lion's figure, the Thousand Sunny, and it was where he spent most of his time now, hoping to catch sight of some island, or trying to fish with Usopp and Chopper when they had the energy to do so.
With the words of the cook Zoro and Chopper looked at the captain, they had realized how the lack of food had hit the rubber boy much more, even more with all the chase that had lasted for more than a week as well. The Navy looked like a dog behind their hunt, they could not get away from the ships that had been chasing them for so many days, the fights were constant, and with the lack of food supplies on their bodies, fatigue and damage only accumulated.
Luffy would not give too many hints of his bad form if he were not so physically perceptible, no one outside would notice seeing how weak the captain even tried to act like his normal self by playing with the younger ones, talking to Nami, or listening for more than a few minutes of the stories Robin liked to tell him about his books, asking Brook to play something to encourage him or join Franky and watch his new inventions. The only two things that changed were the lack of accompaniment to the swordsman in his training, he told Zoro that it was annoying, but the first mate knew that he only wanted to save his energies if they had to fight again soon; and Sanji, the Cook almost felt lonely not having the ever demanding captain ordering food in his kitchen, Sanji had already asked him why he was not bothering him anymore, and Luffy replied tediously that no matter how much he asked, Sanji would not give him anything; Sanji only knew that Luffy understood how frightening he was so he could not feed him when he asked.
And that was exactly what bothered him at the moment. Two years later, Luffy would just kick the fuck and chase him down the deck like a street fella asking for food, so oblivious to the feelings of others that Sanji would take it to the point where he would feel more upset than sorry about him. boy. Now, however, seeing him really care about his feelings did not give him a distracting rift.
Everyone knew that the lack of food was affecting the captain more than they did, after all Chopper had already explained that Luffy's modified body spent two, if not three times more energy than the others even on a normal day, and this only triplicated if he abused even if it was some of his powers, a second gear even if for a few seconds he could consume the energy for half a day. And in the last days they just could not stop fighting, unable to recharge their energies with good food only enervated everyone even more.
The most obvious thing about Luffy's physical change was the coloring of his skin, normally being a healthier, browner skin was now no shadow of it, a pale sickly Luffy covered from head to toe, his eyes a little deep had some dark circles and his lips were starting to crack with dehydration again - the only thing Sanji was managing to control even if a little - fortunately there were still several barrels of water and wine left, so he was always preparing juices and beating to offer everyone and try to cheat stomach until mealtime. Still he knew it was not enough for Luffy, he was more visible with each passing day, seeing as his wrist grew thinner, and his muscles slowly slowed to a thinness that did not match his captain who, since he'd met, carried the obligation to keep healthy with your food.
He was the cook of the bunch of straw hats, damn it! His first duty should be to keep his crew well fed, just a little over a month together and he was already letting his friends starve. It was unacceptable! Brook even offered to lose his meals, saying that no matter how delicious they were, he had no strict obligation to eat since he did not have a stomach to fill - Sanji meant that he also had no tongue to taste the food, but he stopped, he was too evil. - but Luffy denied saying that he had already spent too much time without eating for him to avoid it when he could do it, no matter how small the food.
"Just because you do not have to eat does not mean you should not. No sacrifices on that ship."
It was Luffy's final word and, hell, Sanji could not be prouder of his captain. Brook only asked that his quantity be reduced instead and reluctantly Luffy accepted.
"Luffy, come and get your juice." Sanji called, another thing that was not his fault, since he never really needed to call the captain to eat anything, when he least expected it, the teenager would be there picking up something hidden to eat while he was preparing the food or demanding some meal. He never really cared to do all the dishes Luffy asked for, but he would never reveal that either.
"Oh! Thank you Sanji!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly, but it was recognizable in his voice how tired he was. Sanji bit his cigarette before tossing it off the side grille of Sunny, squinting at the sea monster that tormented them on the surface. They could not even tell why the sea monster was following them, and that was the most annoying thing about the situation.
It was a brindle specimen of a flashy violet with red, the beast was obviously poisonous, he even looked in his encyclopedia to be sure and said that even the water around him was a bit contaminated and that was why no fish was approaching , Sanji would never let such an animal get near his kitchen. Luffy already wanted to try to catch him to satisfy his hunger, but Sanji stopped him saying what he was suspicious.
"But I'm practically immune to poison!" He countered with the cook stamping his foot on the deck.
"And I do not want to know how you got this way, but I will not let you die for eating a spoiled fish on my watch." Sanji fought, kicking the top of the captain's head without much force and he finally left, pouting for the rest of the day as he watched the damned animal swim from side to side.
"I'll prepare dinner early today, just wait a little longer." Sanji spoke a little louder and a chorus of tired congratulations were delivered to him - yay!; you are the best!; huuungry ... Luffy smiled broadly, practically pouring the drink into his throat, Sanji said he could have one more and he willingly accepted, thanking the cook and smiling. Damn, when did he learn to thank?
"Luffy, drink some more water, you're very dehydrated." Chopper spoke faintly of his place in the arms of Robin, the archaeologist used a fan to fan the air to the reindeer that could not handle so well with the heat even after all those years exposed to him.
"Okaaay..." The captain nodded in dismay as he dragged himself into the kitchen, pausing at the sound of Brook's voice from the raven's nest.
"The marines are back! His voice was a little frightened, leaving Luffy on alert. -There are 3 ships at 6 o'clock!
Luffy ran to the stern with Zoro and Sanji at his back, leaning on the railing and squinting to see the ships in the distance.
"Let's get close and destroy those damn ships at once." Sanji suggested, seeing Luffy and Zoro still staring at the navy galleons, Luffy just looked away as he felt Nami behind him.
"I had a better idea. His mischievous smile made Luffy smile animatedly and Sanji almost melted with love once again by the beautiful navigator as he sang to the world how beautiful and perfect she was when she had an idea. Zoro called him an idiot and soon they were fighting.
It was difficult to make a fog so thick and thick that it covered not only Sunny but the other navy ships as well, but Nami managed to finish it by feeling proud of herself, calling everyone to the middle of the deck and explaining again what they would have to do.
"We have to split up into three groups, I do not like to leave Sunny alone, so a person will have to stay." Nami stared at Luffy for a moment, then looked away, handing large sacks to Robin, Zoro, and Sanji. "Our only purpose is to steal food, we can not get attention or we'll be surrounded, we're glued enough to use a single coup de burst, the rest of the stock we have is what Franky uses to stay functional.
"And how are we going to split Nami-chan?" Robin asked gently, accepting the navigator's idea.
"You're going to stay on the ship, Franky, your body is very large and will draw much attention."
-AW! Ok sis, it's good that I prepare the Sunny for our SU~PER match!" The cyborg pointed to his characteristic pose.
"Quiet!" Nami scolded, they could not catch the Marines' attention now or they would not be able to make a stealthy infiltration as initially thought to do. "Robin and Brook will steal the first ship, Zoro, Usopp and I will go to the second, then Sanji-kun, Luffy and Chopper will go to the third. We will not have much time, without me to keep the fog it will dissipate in half an hour at most, we must finish stealing before this without drawing attention." Nami said looking at everyone, beating his clima tact on the floor as if announcing the end of his speech.
"Right! You have listened to Nami personally, without drawing attention!" Luffy said putting his hands on his waist and looking at them severely.
"We do not want to hear that from you, idiot!" Usopp complained, slapping the head of the captain who laughed quietly, losing his pose.
"Nami." Zoro called low, shaking his head away as he walked in the same direction, watching the redhead approach. "I do not think it's a good idea to let Luffy join this infiltration, he's ... not well." It was painful to point that out, but it was a fact, the captain could barely walk straight without stumbling.
"I did not want him to go either, but no matter what I say, he's going anyway, and you know it." Nami sighed, disconnecting her tact mood to guard it properly. "He's still our captain and we have no right to stop him from doing anything."
"I know ..." Zoro sighed, looking at the group in the distance and seeing Usopp arguing with Luffy about ninja tactics that they could use to draw attention, making strange symbols with their hands and speaking 'nin' 'nin' in the At the end of each sentence, Chopper accompanied them in amazement at the idea. "I know, but I still do not like it. Is that the reason you put the cook with him? Usually you separate three nodes."
"Did you notice?" She asked innocently, blinking her big brown eyes and Zoro moaned in annoyance. Nami laughed. "My bad. Anyway, Sanji can fly, you know, so in case something happens he can get Luffy out of there, Chopper is also going to take care of him if he finally collapses."
"I know, but it will not calm me down."
"Not me, but we have no other choice."
The groups separated and all ready for infiltration, it was only necessary to choose the ship where it went. The first one who passed by the Sunny Robin bridged his powers and she along with Brook crossed without any problems while Franky waved the little hand that came out of his big hand in a bye to his crew friends, the second on the other side of the ship, had a pop green exploding forming a large tangle of branches a solid passage, letting the sniper, navigator and swordsman pass to complete their mission. Finally, there was Sanji, the captain under one arm - "Why can not I just stretch out there?" "Because you're going to get attention, then shut up and enjoy the ride." "Okay ..." - and the reindeer of the other as he kicked the air toward the last ship, starting the mission.
Robin would never settle for how ridiculously easy it was to infiltrate a marine ship or a marine base if she were to think about it. His memories wandered to two years ago, his captain invading Marineford after the war only to warn them of his decision, smiling weakly at it.
"Robin-san, this is my first time invading a marine ship of my own accord, do you have any idea where they could keep the supplies?" Brook asked quietly next to the brunette, watching her wave and run to hide when she heard footsteps in his direction, Brook right behind her was silent to follow her.
"Yes, all ships are basically the same, the room that holds the groceries is next to the refectory and is near the stern of the ship, we're at the bow so we have to go there first."
"Then I recommend we go outside, less likely to meet some marine on our way out of the fog." Brook suggested seeing her friend smile and nod, motioning for him to follow her as she followed as far as the stern of the great galleon as quietly as possible.
Nami next to Usopp and Zoro hid behind a few boxes when they heard hurried footsteps in the direction they were before, holding their breaths to make as little sound as possible, hoping they could do everything as silently as possible and without drawing attention, yet each had a hand in his own weapon, waiting for the Marines to depart.
"They are gone." Usopp whispered when they were finally alone again, sighing wearily. They needed this food as fast as possible.
"Oi, those boxes could not be supplies, could they?" Zoro asked casually, his voice calm as usual, his only eye turning his gaze from the redhead to the sharpshooter and then to the large crate they had previously hidden, on their sides had the KK inscriptions.
"Not likely, but it's easy to be sure. Cut off the cover, and try not to make any noise." Nami suggested and Zoro snorted, his cuts were always silent, he did not need someone to tell him to do this. The left hand made his way to Wado and moved his feet slightly to keep his balance, Nami and Usopp saw only to uncork him, the cut was so fast that it was impossible to see what Zoro had done, besides the only sound heard by both was the sword entering his scabbard again. Zoro did not even look away as he pushed the heavy wooden cover like a sheet of paper.
"Cannon balls and ammunition for marines' weapons. Zoro questioned everyone quickly, his good eye seeing with some disgust how well prepared those people were to kill them, taking some bullets in his hand and pouring them into the sea in anger.
"We have nothing to do here then, it would help us if we could get rid of all this, but it would draw a lot of attention." Nami said looking at all the ammunition boxes around her with the same inscription, there were at least ten. They did not have time for it, they needed food.
"Let's go outside and use the fog in our favor until we reach the stern, the pantry of most of the marine vessels is located there." Usopp said getting a nod from Nami and Zoro. The sniper looked around and saw that there was no more Marines nearby so he left the hiding place, motioning for Nami and Zoro to follow him, soon to hide as more footsteps came in his direction. When they moved away again he turned to say that they could continue when he felt his blood freeze with the lack of a green head.
Sanji lowered Luffy and Chopper to the deck more gently than he would normally demonstrate to anyone other than a woman, Luffy was not blind, naive and silly most of the time, but not blind, and he thanked her mentally for the care of his cook with him and his already weak friend.
It was harder than he expected it would be to stand up as weak as he was without enough food in his system. He knew that Sanji did the best he could with the little left over, he also knew that in the only meal of the day he would receive a little more rice and fish - the few left in the aquarium - on his plate, but still was not enough to keep him twenty-four hours, having to constantly fight against the Marines who pursued them was even worse.
He was exhausted and hungry, he even managed to train his stomach not to grumble so much in the last few days not to disturb Sanji, he could tell that the cook knew very well what he was going through, he did not want to make him uncomfortable asking for the food which they did not have, then decided to wait in silence.
"Let's do it fast." Sanji said and Chopper nodded, Luffy trying to sniff the air.
"I can not smell food." The captain spoke in disappointment, the fog was a little messy with his nose, the stench of the sea made him even more tired and all he wanted to do was fall into his bunk and wake up from that nightmare. He endured the urge to moan bored with the effect of the haze on him, Chopper was also a user of fruit like him and was very well, considering the fact that his beacon was much better than his.
"But I can." Chopper warned excitedly. "Besides the smell of gunpowder, I can smell food coming from behind the ship." Sanji took a cigarette and took it to his mouth, not rising because the glare could catch the eye, just having it there on his lips was already a great relief.
"Then let us follow your nose." Sanji said, hiding a hand in the pocket of his pants. He knew that was not the best option, nor the best plan, but damn it, he had a whole crew hungry, a captain almost fainting from malnutrition and much anger and frustration kept. They would steal that food even if he had to bring down every Marine on his way to it.
"Are you sure?" Chopper asked, unable to avoid his concern, but he could not look at the weakened captain. His real desire was to leave him on the ship with Franky, perhaps to have him lie down in the infirmary to rest a little after some vitamins while eating that promised Sanji dessert, but he knew that Luffy would never accept such a thing, Luffy would never be far from the action if he could join her, however weakened he might be. His captain loved to fight.
"Yes, just be a little more careful." Sanji said looking at Luffy, seeing him smile widely and let out that childish giggle that could disarm many, he could not fail with his captain, not if he could do something about it.
He had a bad feeling, though, and tried to use his haki to see if anyone was around, not noticing anyone he waved at Chopper and the little reindeer led them slowly across the deck, all having to hide behind large crates when a small patrol passed through them.
"Captain Benyan was talking to Vice Admiral Arata about den den mushi this morning." One of the Marines spoke seriously to his partner.
"Naturally, he has to report your arrival at Snöklut, even more so carrying such a precious cargo." The other answered in the same tone, his respect radiating from every pore of his body. They approached Luffy, Sanji, and Chopper, but only to lean back on the crate they were hiding.
"This island was one of the most battered since Whitebeard's death to two years, everyone can deny it but the man really could command respect among the other pirates. "The Marine who had spoken first who answered. Sanji saw Luffy absentmindedly nod. "Snöklut was under his protection and since he died, being so close to the beginning of the new world, many newcomers were going to create chaos until this new base was created and Arata-san was assigned to her.
Sanji could not help but think with anger and disgust that it was necessary for the man to die for the damned marines to do something to help the next. He saw that the second man was about to respond when the third person appeared.
"What are you doing sitting there?" The captain will not be happy to see you two idiots were relaxing. The third voice seemed strong and determined, it must be someone of a higher rank than the other two. They soon apologized and ran out of the way. It was the perfect time for them to continue.
Arriving in the pantry was like paradise, Luffy's drool fell from his chin to the floor and Sanji would usually find it disgusting and inelegant, but since the boy had not had a decent meal in a long time, he did not care, and even laughed lightly.
They had no trouble getting there, there were only two crewmen passing by, unconcerned, and they just waited for them to get out of sight before they invaded the place. There was everything there, even a refrigerator where the meat was, which Sanji began to choose carefully. He would not take everything for his captain, of course not ...
"You can eat while I get things ..." Sanji said but it was practically useless since he was already eating, Luffy attacking the dried meat, the almost fresh fruit being practically inhaled quickly, Chopper not far behind him attacked the vegetables, the two almost started fighting over a can of sardines and Sanji sighed.
They took a lot, emptied virtually the entire pantry, each of the three with a large bag of food in the back, since their strength was a little refreshed, it became much easier to walk and become alert, but it was still worrying, they did not they really knew how long they had been there, the mist that Nami created should already be dissipating, and the moment of escape now was crucial.
They then followed one after another, Sanji in the lead with Chopper behind him and Luffy at the end, taking care of the rear. As they thought, the fog was much clearer now, making them more visible to the Marines who were now well around them, pointed guns and drawn swords. Chopper screamed in terror, and Sanji quietly lit his cigarette, then pulled some of the soothing nicotine into his lungs and expelled the smoke from between his lips.
"Looks like we got caught." He said matter-of-factly. Luffy replied.
"It seems so."
"Judging by the lack of sound, it seems we were the first." Sanji breathed a little more smoke.
"Yes. That's a problem ... Nami will fight with us." Luffy replied with a shudder and Sanji gained a passionate look on his face. Chopper looked at them torn between disbelief and indignation.
"You idiots, no-"
"THE TANUKI SPOKE !" Most of the Marines shouted and Chopper let his blood rise to his head as he shouted back with shark teeth.
"I'M A REINDEER!"
"HE REPLIED!" The Marines screamed in terror and Chopper could only get angry with the damned men while Luffy had his biggest moment of the day, laughing hysterically at the situation. Sanji just stared at everything bored. He had nothing more to fear, Luffy was recovered, if only a little, and he no longer had to worry about the hungry boy falling hard on the deck, Chopper was there, too, after all. What were guns for a rubber man and swords for someone who has a hull as hard as steel. Besides, he was still there.
"Give away, pirates!"
"Do you think we're going to do this just because you asked?" Sanji asked, smiling almost evilly, ready to start the attack, but that was when he heard. A single shot, too far away to be on the ship they were, but close enough for the crew to hear it too.
"What was this?"
"The den den mushi is playing like crazy!" One of the Marines shouted, running to the crowd around them.
"Oi!" A Marine called farther, drawing the attention of the others. "The captain said one of the straw hats was spotted on the other ship! From the information given is the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro!
"That idiot ..." Sanji mentally cursed the swordsman's inability to go unnoticed. He thought of Nami, the woman was with him! His first instinct was to want to protect her, but he could not leave Luffy and Chopper alone, not as weak as they were to protect themselves.
"Shishishishi Zoro must have gotten lost on the ship." Luffy commented and it was not a bad guess what should have happened, the idiot still lost in Sunny sometimes, imagine in a ship so unknown.
"That's not all bad, we can take advantage of the distraction of others to leave." Sanji suggested paying no more attention to the Marines' agitation, nor noticing as he tied his food bag more tightly, the captain appeared to command all the users of the devil's fruit to leave the deck.
"Luffy?" Chopper called, and Luffy turned to the little doctor, frowning earnestly as he fell on the deck. "I do not feel very well..."
That was enough to get Sanji's attention too, and the cook soon turned to Chopper just in time to see the reindeer close his eyes and fall unconscious on the floor. Luffy's mouth dropped with fear and disbelief, calling out to the doctor with concern as his own knees came to his side.
Luffy's spine shuddered as something strange in the air made his body become more and more numb as if he began to be gradually exposed to the sea, and without a second thought he wrapped one of his arms around the little reindeer and Sanji, ignored the protests of the cook jumping as high as he could to push his friends away from the seemingly toxic air. His first thought was poison, but it should not be possible, not with his great resistance to it, so why did he feel as bad as Chopper?
His thoughts were interrupted by the new sound of a gun and Luffy cursed softly for forgetting that they had been surrounded, turning their backs just in time to avoid the shot of picking up Sanji, it was okay, he was rubbery after all. The bullet hit his shoulder but did not come back.
For a moment he was confused, and then the pain hit him and he was falling, not just falling down as carrying Sanji and Chopper next to him, and the first thing he thought was that that pain was familiar, he felt it before when he faced Z on that volcano island and the man managed to pierce it with that kairouseki bullet, it was the same pain.
"Ah, so this is it ..."
Luffy hit the deck with a grunt, it should not hurt, his body was made of rubber for the love of God! But it hurt when his head hit the deck and for a moment everything got even fogged up. Releasing Sanji, he pulled Chopper to his chest as he tried to stand up, the reindeer was completely unconscious, and Luffy could feel that he was not too far from it either by the way it was difficult to breathe, his lungs seemed to be closing, or rather, being filled with water. Without thinking too much, Luffy removed his hat from his back and pressed Chopper's face, hoping it would be at least a little easier for the doctor to breathe without the venom in the air.
Trying to turn around, he waited to search for Sanji, expecting the cook to be as ill as he and Chopper, surprised to see him fighting normally behind him, jumping from side to side and kicking any Marine that tried to approach them. He noticed that his mouth was moving, but he could not understand what he was saying, and he could not actually hear any sound, just an annoying buzzing in his ears.
He tried to stand still, he could not stand there while Sanji fought alone with how many marines he still had while still protecting them, yet the sensation that that bullet, next to the poisoned air around him was as if he were in the bottom of the sea, and sinking more and more; with that he did not hear the second or third shot in his direction, but he felt the blinding pain in his thigh and belly, falling back and hoping that the cry echoed in his ears was not the same as he had given by the pain of the bullets of kairouseki in his body.
His hearing seemed to come back slowly as the pain grew, and he could hear Sanji calling out for him, the Marines shouting at him, his horrible, noisy breathing, and even the sound of his heart pounding against his aching chest.
"You look like you're no longer invincible with bullets, Luffy straw hat ..." A man spoke directly in front of him, and Luffy struggled to get up and see who was talking to him. "I can not believe my luck ..."
In a moment he saw the Man point the gun at him and he tried to command his legs to move, but it was impossible, he could barely keep his eyes open, the more he ran away from that shot, yet he did not back down, did not close or look away, daring the man to shoot, clenching his fists and concentrating all his energy on that next punch, hoping he had enough strength to at least punch him out of the ship, however soon he saw the black, heard the sound of new shots, and it took him a few seconds to notice that nothing new in his body ached, and his horror at the situation that quickly became complicated only tripled. Sanji who had protected him, the cook facing him coughed some of the blood accumulated in his mouth, cursing the sailors as he fell to his knees in front of him.
Sanji saw the hell loosen up after falling in front of his captain, one of the bullets had just scraped his hip, but the other got through his stomach and he felt momentarily faint from the pain, closing his eyes tightly to try controlling his breath and opening them only when he felt cold and trembling fingers on his cheek, feeling his breath fail to finally look at Luffy.
He imagined that the boy would yell at him, curse him and probably beat him for being so reckless and he would accept all this, still say that he was willing to do it again if need be, what he did not expect though was pure fear and primordial thing that made his breathing already difficult to hitch.
"Sanji ..." Luffy whispered, the horror in his trembling voice making the cook's eyes widen and he tried to reply that it was not for Luffy to worry, but his mouth opened and closed and he could not say a word. "Sanji ... Sanji! SANJI! SANJIIIII!"
His whispers became louder words that shrieked into desperate cries as his free hand groped his body for the wounds, so delirious that he missed the obvious bloody hole in the cook's body.
Sanji did not understand the captain's desperation, he had already received worse things, right? He was relatively well, he could get through this easily if they could get out of there, so why did Luffy look so horrified? The situation was so strange and Luffy's reaction so ... not Luffy that for a moment he did not know what to do. He then heard the man behind him unlock his weapon and he managed to divert both of them from the shot before kicking the man's hand.
"Luffy! Calm down! I'm fine, I'll be fine, we'll be fine, just calm down." Sanji spoke seeing how it seemed to fall on deaf ears, yet he was grateful that he was not screaming anymore, but it did not seem to be because he saw that he was all right, but because he had not breathed more, opening and closing the door. mouth like a fish out of water as he pulled the air that did not seem to want to stay in his lungs.
At a glance the captain saw the man who shot them pick up the gun from the floor, annoyed at being prevented from finishing the service before, and what dominated Luffy was pure reflex when he threw his arm back and before the sailor could shoot again , threw her fist into his face with a cry of pure anger. Sanji was open-mouthed, because, just what the hell just happened?
He did not know too why Chopper was unconscious and Luffy so weak, either because the damn bullets suddenly worked on his captain, or because he was so angry all of a sudden, but he did not have time for it, and heavily wrapping Luffy's back with one hand and the curve of his knee with the other, he managed to carry at least two sacks of food together before kicking the air away from there, waiting for Luffy to be able to hold Chopper as he backed away from the shots fired toward him with some difficulty but finally emerging from the sight of the accursed Marines he could relax a little more, looking down and seeing Luffy's eyes glazed over him, breathing hard as his eyelids closed slowly, but he still held him and Chopper firmly.
"Are you ... well, Sanji?" He asked between hard breaths and Sanji gritted his teeth in anger, because, as Luffy dared to worry about him when he was worse for wear and tear, was he himself?
"You're an idiot." Sanji replied and Luffy looked at him for a moment before smiling weakly and completely lost consciousness, his body softening in the arms of the cook. Sanji never wanted to so much as end the damned Marines and send them all to hell as he wanted at that moment.
Nami was worried, first she heard the sound of a shot, very close to make her comfortable, and then she remembered that Zoro had been lost. Has anyone managed to catch you off guard? No, it should be impossible, Zoro would not fall for a single shot, and with that in mind she continued her mission with Usopp.
The shot had served something after all, as all the sailors were heading toward the sound, easing her access to the pantry where she did not even think as she picked up whatever was nearest and stuffed in the bag, fruit, meat, cereal, Usopp got three sacks of rice on each shoulder, and Nami thanked her silently as she finished filling her bag, stopping at the sound of new shots, more distant, but only to put her anxiety ever more on the edge. And then, with the big sack of food on her back, she prepared to leave, and that's when hell broke loose in the Galleon to her right, where Sanji, Luffy, and Chopper were supposed to be.
Biting her lips and trying to push her worry into the back of her mind, she followed to the edge of the ship with the marksman behind her.
"I'm going to make a boat and you paddle to Sunny, I'll find Zoro and say we've done what we had to do to get out of this place." Usopp said seriously and that was when Nami realized the gravity of the situation they were in. Because if she were to think hard, Usopp grew in mind and muscle, but she was still the same fearful boy she remembered, always leaving the most frightening situations - in her opinion - to the "monster trio", showing her real strength when the situation worsened, usually when one of them was in danger.
"It's all right." Nami nodded uncontrollably, seeing Usopp throw one of her pop green in the water into a banana-shaped boat, then another against the hull of the ship, it stretched like vines to the top, which would help her down . "Be careful, Usopp."
"Who do you think you're talking to? I am the great warrior of the sea Usopp-sama! He grinned and slammed his palm into hers, Nami smiled back and walked away, throwing first the sacks of rice in the boat before descending the vine with the rest of the food.
Usopp turned away, his legs trembling with fear but the gun stuck in his hand he cursed his swordsman before running to find him.
Robin felt slightly sick and tired, knew the reason was the strange smell that was beginning to enter the ship, the feeling was familiar, like the direct contact with kairouseki or when it fell into the sea, spreading rapidly in her body the more she breathed it.
Without thinking much of it, she tore the sleeve from her blouse, tying it in her mouth and nose to try to filter the air, finding she could breathe much better like that, but still, how much she had already breathed seemed to numb her body enough to let The weak one.
"Robin-san? Are you alright?" Brook asked, concern evident in his voice as his bony hands helped the woman to her feet.
"Do not you smell that, Brook? Does not it affect you?" She asked really surprised, if that was something specifically for users of the fruit of the devil, the musician should be affected too, right?
"Oh, I do not have a nose to smell Yohohoho ..." He laughed softly and Robin thought with a smile that that made real sense, if Brook did not breathe, it was not because he was affected by that air.
"We have to leave, we have enough food for another one or two weeks at least, and if the others have, we can survive the month without problems until we find an island." She spoke pulling in her sack of food while Brook pulled another.
Taking a deep breath, knowing that outside the air would probably be much more polluted, she held her breath as she ran to the deck, creating wings on her back with her power as Brook jumped into the water, hurrying back to the ship. And it was only when she was already high up in the air that she heard, the heart-breaking call made her pant and momentarily lose control of her powers as she fell toward Sunny, her captain's frenzied calls for the cook echoing in his mind, not knowing that she was the only one who had heard him.
Zoro stopped in the middle of his attack as he heard Luffy, a shiver running from head to toe as he imagined what might be happening to his captain and the damned cook, the only time he heard such a desperate tone in Luffy's voice was when he ordered that all separated and fled in the Sabaody archipelago, he never liked that tone.
His first instinct was to turn and run toward where his captain's voice came from, but as he turned on the first bend a headache made him stagger back, glaring at one who had dared to cross his path while he was ready to go help Luffy, surprised to see his sniper there.
"Usopp!"
"Just destroy that damn ship! Cut in half or in pieces I don't care ..."
"Upsop ..." Zoro called in a bit surprised to see the tears not spilled in the boy's eyes, immediately understanding why he was like this. "You heard him."
"Of course I did! But I did not want to, I did not ever want to hear Luffy calling us like this again, it's like we came back to that day in Sabaody ..."
"We can find out what happened next, we have to go back to Sunny." Zoro was a little quieter to find someone he knew, but his heart was still beating fast and he did not know if he felt relieved or even more worried that Luffy stopped screaming for the cook.
"You're going the wrong way, you idiot ..." Usopp sighed, gripping the swordsman's sleeve as he pulled him in the right direction and jumped into the sea, swimming the rest of the way to the ship, seeing Franky soon the ladder to rise, his expression worried leaving his nerves even more the flower of the skin.
"You're the last, let's leave this damn place." Franky spoke darkly as he helped them on the deck and then ran to the helm. Stopping for a moment to breathe, Usopp dropped to her knees in the grass, listening to Nami shout orders as Brook tightly tied the sails, Zoro soon running to help him past the archaeologist who sat weakly against the main mast, his nose and lips covered by a piece of cloth.
Usopp frowning at the unusual smell of iron on the grass decided at last to open his eyes, only to be startled to see all the red staining the floor and his hands, wondering what the hell had happened, seeing Nami running ahead of him barking orders before entering the infirmary and Franky finally turned on the coup de burst, quickly taking them out of that damn place.