"ISLAND!"

Luffy's voice could be heard in each corner of the ship. The crew left their usual spots to go and see the little piece of land they have been waiting to see for a long time. They hadn't docked for a few weeks now and felt that not just the supplies were running out, but also their patience for each other. Sanji and Zoro were officially forbidden to be in the same room together. Their last encounter ended with an almost sunk ship and both of them falling unconscious after Nami's dominance attack. Zoro spent most of his time in the overlook cabin training anyway, so it was quite easy to arrange for those two not to meet. Nami locked herself and Robin in their room and rarely left the place unless absolutely necessary. Brook's violin was confiscated on the crew's mutual agreement and kept in the girls' room. Brook, in despair, spent most of his time watching Zoro, in what Chopper joined him later out of pure boredom. Franky and Usopp spent their time together building something, but from the constant explosions heard, it was safe to assume it wasn't going so well. Luffy, although the captain, stayed completely oblivious to his crew's pain. He spent most of his time either eating or staring into the horizon. Now finally they have seen land.

Sanji was silently praying it was inhabited island. The biggest reason for his current stress state was the nicotine deprivation. His stock finished a few days ago and ever since then he hasn't been able to face anyone except for his lovely Nami-swan and Robin-chan. He always fought the urge to beat the hell out of every other member especially the swordsman. So now they were finally close to an island and he prayed that there would be anybody there so he could buy some cigarettes and food, as Luffy was driving him crazy lately. Nothing they caught in the sea was enough for the captain. Usopp's scream of: 'A TOWN'!, cheered the cook up. His prayers were heard, he was sure, now all that was left to do was to get off the ship. Suddenly Nami spoke:

"You know that if this island has a magnetic field, we will have to leave it immediately?" Groans were heard from everywhere. All silently praying, except for maybe Zoro, they waited for Franky to anchor the ship. In silent agreement they all left it. Nobody wanted to stay aboard. It might be offensive towards Sunny but well… once in a while. Getting off they divided into two groups: Nami took Robin, Chopper, Usopp and Franky, while the other group had Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Brook. The reason for this were the bounties on the boys heads and the fact the Brook was… a walking skeleton. While Nami's team went to look around the town to find out whether it was pirate friendly, Luffy's team went to collect some water or maybe even food (if they could find any), in case they had to leave the island immediately.

Some time later Zoro managed to catch a gigantic creature, that none of them recognised. After a few minutes Luffy decided it was edible, and tried to eat the whole thing raw, luckily Sanji was there and after a good beating, Luffy was left sitting facing a rock with Brook, who thought it would be fun to try and copy Sanji's behaviour. Sanji walked around trying to find some drinkable water. That's when he saw something shining in between the rocks. 'Bingo' he thought to himself as he stepped closer to the small lake. He managed to squeeze himself through the entrance and entered the cave, it was light inside since light shined on it from an entrance on the ceiling. Sanji cupped some of the water in his hand and brought it to his face. He smelled it just in case, though he knew that smelling out poison isn't that easy. Finding that he has no other choice but to try it he took a sip. It tasted just fine, or maybe even suspiciously delicious.

"Water!" Sanji turned around to see Luffy followed by Brook, who seemed to follow the captain everywhere, enter the cave. Marimo's green hair flashed for a second. Luffy was about to jump into the water, but luckily Sanji was there and caught his, but also decided to punish the captain by pushing his head into it.

"Are you and idiot? The water is clean, and you can't even swim!" somehow instead of stopping Luffy, those words made Brook follow the captains lead and jump in.

This time they were lucky they had Zoro. He grabbed onto Brook and pulled him backwards. The scared skeleton started to beat around managing to throw Zoro towards the lake, but the swordsman was skilled enough to do a flip in the air and land at the very edge of the water without hitting it. Sanji's eyes flared up at the opportunity, he let go of the now choking Luffy and not even thinking about the consequences he pushed the not-very-stable swordsman into the water. A loud splash was heard as the marimo crashed into the lake, landing into the lake sending a wave towards all the other members.

"Aw~ Sanji! You didn't let me into the water why does Zoro get to swim?" Luffy went on whining at the cooks unfairness.

Although wet, Sanji laughed evilly at his well-executed plan. That was until Zoro resurfaced. First he was choking; it looked like Sanji caught him off guard. He kept coughing and spitting water around. All of his clothes were wet, his white T-shirt was see-through. Sanji was laughing even more now. He had never managed to embarrass Marimo to this extent before. His happiness didn't last long. Zoro came to his senses and the next thing the cook knew was that he was in grave danger. The swordsman tied his bandana around his head. He attacked unexpectedly, but Sanji managed to dodge. They took the fight outside. While Sanji was trying to save his own life, Zoro didn't seem to show any mercy. His eyes were deadly, but looking more carefully Sanji saw a much unexpected thing. The swordsman was blushing! It looked almost cute. And that was when Sanji realised that the attacks of his opponent weren't well coordinated. Even if he didn't move most of them wouldn't have hit him. Zoro too realised he was being a good fighter, but he simply couldn't move right. His body felt limp, and to simply move a limb took a lot of effort. That was the moment when everything around him went black and he felt his body falling towards the ground.