Hey, everyone. for some reason this story got deleted ._. strange, i know. so, i'll reupload it now :)
Title: Young Again
Author: ZOroronoaRO
Fandom: One Piece
Timeline: Before Ennies Lobby
Spoilers: Do not read if you care about spoilers
Summary: When the crew goes to a new island they find themselves with a blast from the past (lame summary, i know :P)
Young Again – Chapter One
[Apples]
It was a calm day on the Grand Line as the wind breathed life into the small sails of the Merry-Go.
The crew was all doing their normal schedule, Sanji was making lunch in the kitchen, humming about how much Nami and Robin would like their food, Zoro was asleep in the middle of the deck, the huge bubble coming out of his nose shifted size as he exhaled, Luffy was all smiles atop the goat figurine, Chopper was busying himself by making Rumble balls, Nami checked the Log Pose and told Usopp when to shift the helm, and Robin was comfortably reclining and reading one of her favorite books.
The breeze tugged at the captain's hat as he stared into the wide ocean, "Oy! Nami! When are we going to get there?"
Nami sighed heavily, "How many times are you going ask? For the fifth time, in about an hour!"
"Uh, Nami." Usopp chimed in, "I think that was the seventh."
"Like it matters!" She scowled at the sharpshooter and he quickly retreated a step, she turned back to Luffy, "If you go up to the crows nest you'll probably see it."
Luffy's face brightened, "Really?" He hoped of his special seat and scrambled up the ropes until he stood triumphant in the lookout, he grabbed the binoculars and looked around "AH! I do see it! But it's still so small!" he fidgeted uncontrollably, then looked down at Nami
"When are we— " but he stopped mid-sentence when he saw Nami's evil glare.
He jumped down from the crows nest and accidentally landed on the sleeping Zoro with an 'oof'.
"Oh, Zoro….sorry." Luffy stepped off his swordsman and Zoro regained consciousness.
Zoro's eyebrow twitched as he glared at his captain, "What?"
"Sorry, I, um, didn't see you."
Zoro grumbled and got up to find a new sleeping spot that was less dangerous than the previous.
"Hey we'll be at the next island in a little bit, so don't go back to sleep." Called Nami from the upper deck.
"What? Why?" Zoro asked yawning.
"Because we're low on supplies and we need everyone to carry stuff back to the ship."
"You can't order me around, woman. You're not the captain."
"No… but," She glanced at Luffy who was picking his nose, "Do you really think I should hand over control to this dolt?"
Zoro watched Luffy and couldn't help but agree with the navigator, but he would never admit he did.
He grumbled and turned away with a 'whatever' and Nami smiled victoriously.
"NAMI-SWAAN! ROBIN-CHWANN!!" a shout from the kitchen sang, "LUNCH IS READY!!!"
Sanji emerged from the kitchen door and looked at the rest of them, "Lunch is ready, you buffoons."
Luffy's eyes doubled in size and he let out a squeal of joy, "FOOOOOOD!!!"
He stretched his arm and rocketed into the kitchen with a thump, hitting and dragging Usopp on the way.
Zoro walked up the stairs, "More slop from you? Yippee." He said with little emotion.
"What did you say?!"
Zoro walked into the kitchen, "I forget."
Sanji steamed and was about to give him a taste of his shoe in his mouth, but was stopped by Nami, "Sanji, can you get me a drink?"
With Zoro forgotten Sanji's eye turned into a heart, "HIIIII NAMI-SWAN!!" Then he twirled into the kitchen.
Robin, Chopper, and Nami joined the rest in the kitchen for lunch, a delectable soup with sandwich triangles and a fruity drink Sanji was famous for making.
"Here is your drink and food, Nami-san." Sanji quickly whirled over to the other side of the table where Robin sat, "And yours, Robin-chan."
Sanji set a platter of food on the table for everyone else and sat down to eat himself.
"Oy, Sanji. I want a drink!!" Luffy pounded the table childishly.
Sanji lit a new cigarette and glared at the boy, "Sorry, none left."
Luffy eyed Nami's drink.
"Don't even think about it." Nami said, each word was soaked with blood lust, and Luffy knew even without her making eye contact that stealing anything from Nami was a bad idea.
He silently pouted, but then realized how good the soup was and drank the whole bowl in one gulp.
He licked his lips and went for seconds.
After a while everyone had thirds, except for Luffy who was on his tenth, and still hungry.
Sanji cleared the plates and before everyone left Nami got their attention.
"Alright! Everyone, listen up!" she put a map on the table in front of them; "This is our next island." She pointed to a dot on the coast, "We're going into this port where we'll be there only for a couple hours to resupplies." She looked at Luffy, "That means no adventuring," her gaze shifted to Zoro, "and no getting lost."
Luffy stuck out his lower lip and frowned while Zoro scowled.
Nami ignored their expressions and continued, "This Island is famous for their apples."
"Apples?" Usopp interrupted
"Yes, apples. There's an inactive volcano on the island making the soil very good for growing."
"Ah! I remember now!" Robin said softly
The whole crew turned and looked at her.
"I've read a book about that island; I forget the name though… The island has fast growing plants of all types; nobody can explain why they grow so fast, though." She sipped her drink and continued, "They said it started happening only twelve years ago."
"So it's a mystery volcano!" Luffy smiled, stars in his eyes.
"Oh no you don't!" Nami grabbed him by the collar and held him in front of her, making him look face to face with his navigator "We're just getting supplies! Promise me you won't run off!"
Luffy stuck out his tongue. This made Nami angry and she wacked him over the head.
"Ow ow ow…" he said clutching the big red bump on his head.
Before Nami could say anything else she noticed the Log Pose, "Oh, we're a little off cores. Usopp adjust the helm twenty degrees south."
"Aye-aye."
Using this opportunity to change the subject Luffy asked Sanji if there was any food left.
"Are you joking? You licked off the rest of the soup in the kettle!"
"Oh yeah…"
With this everyone exited the kitchen, except for Chopper and Usopp, who where assigned to kitchen duty.
Zoro was the last to exit as he heard Usopp start telling Chopper one of the 'the amazing adventures of Captain Usopp' stories. He sighed and leaned against the railing, looking off into the distance, until his peace was interrupted but Luffy.
"Island!!!! I can see it with out the binoculars now!!" YIPEE!! Nami! How much longer now?!"
"Less than ten minutes, the wind sped up so we went a lot quicker than planed."
Luffy smiled as the ship drew closer to the island, he could immediately see the volcano and most of the island was trees.
Usopp, with the direction of Nami, steered the ship around the sore and into port.
They docked in the farthest spot away, hoping the pirate flag was not easily noticed.
Nami made a list of the things they needed and gave each a portion of it to get, but knowing Luffy and Zoro could not be left alone, she paired both with someone.
"Zoro, you go with Robin. And Luffy you go with Usopp and me, and Sanji you go with Chopper. We'll meet back here in one hour."
They all parted ways and entered the city in search of their produce, tools, and as Luffy called his list, treasure.
But little did the Straw-Hat's know that someone had seen their pirate flag and was desperate to make a little extra money from their bounties.
