"Finally" a twenty-one year old girl yells; jumping from the deck of a pirate ship to the land below her. Her hip length black her swinging free behind her, she is wearing a red cardigan shirt, jean shorts, sandals, and her trademark straw-hat.
"Calm down Lucy" an orange haired male says from the deck of the ship to the black-haired beauty. He is wearing a black dress shirt with jeans and boots.
"But Na-kun; the island, we are finally at an island, Franny can repair the ship, Zora can nap in peace, Sana can restock the food, Usa and I can explore, Choppa can see if there are any diseases, Brooke can work on her new song, I can go explore, and you can do your mapping thing!" she says as he lands beside her with a backpack full of ink, quills, paper, and camping items, like a tent, flashlight, and food. "Can't you be a little excited?"
He glares at her. "Of course I am happy, after our last run in with the marines; you thought it would be funny to Elephant gun Sunny. I was afraid we would sink." The word 'BAKA' seems to float through the entire sentence.
"Sorry" she replies, "Hey, the highest point on the island is on the top of that volcano, you wanna come with me" she asks not sounding sorry in the least.
~Namizo~
I sigh looking at Lucy; she is giving me the puppy eyes. "Fine" I mutter, ", but you had better not do anything stupid." I say although knowing she would do something stupid. 'She always does something stupid; then the rest of us are left to clean up her mess.' I walk into the forest with Lucy trailing behind. 'Why do I feel like I am making the biggest mistake of my life?' I ask myself, she trails behind me, skipping.
After an hour of walking toward the volcano, the complaining starts. "Na-kun, I'm hungry~~~" she whines, clinging onto my arm.
"Deal with it Lucy, you had lunch an hour ago." I say pushing her off, though she just leans on me after.
"But I am hungry again, it has been hours!" she complains.
"Yeah one" I repeat.
"What" she exclaims, "No, it has to been at least three" She says with so much conviction that I sweat-drop.
"No, it has been one, but if you're so hungry why don't you eat the pirate bento Sana made for you."
"I already did, but it wasn't enough!" she complains, letting her legs trail behind her.
"Normally it is enough for five people" I mutter. "Get off of me!" I yell, pausing in me hike to try and push her off.
"But Na-kun you're so comfy!" she says snuggling her face into my side. She hums and wraps her arms three times around my waist.
"God damn it Lucy!" I yell bonking her on the head. Her arms retract, as she lets out a pained cry. She sits there for a second, pouting, but I just walk away.
"Na-kun is so mean; he won't give me any food or let me nap on him. Zora lets me nap with her, and Choppa loves napping with me-" She starts ranting but I tune it out.
After two more hours of walking toward the mountain, I start to feel very weird. "Lucy" I ask, noticing she is still ranting about stuff completely unrelated to the first topic she was on.
"-, and Sana always hits first and ask questions later, why can't she calm down, though that is what makes her so funny-"
"LUCY" I yell getting her attention. She stops and gives me a blank look. "That volcano, do you think it has gotten any closer since we started the hike?" I ask narrowing my eyes at it.
"It hasn't, Na-kun, the trail has disappeared to… I think we might me lost" she replies getting serious. I look down and sure enough the small trail we had been following was gone. I suddenly turn and look at the trees.
"They're in different positions. Lucy we could have easily been walking in circles for the last hour." I say solemnly. 'Damn why didn't I notice, what kind of navigator am I!?' I bite my lip and look around, nothing looks familiar, but then again we're on an unfamiliar island.
"Na-kun, let's take a break while you figure this out." Lucy says plopping on the ground.
Sighing I start to agree then my eye twitches, "Yeah, while I figure it out, damn rubber captain." I sit down in front of her and take my bag off. 'What do we do now? I have no idea where we are. The volcano was always in our sight, so I don't think we were walking in complete circles, but that just makes it harder to navigate our way out of here…' I am suddenly pulled from my thoughts when Lucy leans forward and grabs my arm.
"Na-kun, I tried using haki to locate everyone… I can only feel a few feet out. Something is weird with this island." I bite my lip so hard I draw blood.
"Let's set up camp here for the night, we can try and find our way back tomorrow." I say noticing it is about five which is dinner time, and I am starting to get hungry, which also means Lucy is downright starving… Sighing I look around in the trees again. "Lucy, there is some fruit up there, go get it." I say starting to pull the tent and sleeping bag from my backpack.
~Lucy~
I jump into the trees and grab the fruit Na-kun was talking about, then jump down. 'Na-kun is really worried and his pride must really have taken a beating' I think, watching him set up the tent. "Hey, this means I can sleep with you right?" I ask, seeing his face heat up.
'What'd I say?' I think hearing him mumble "Whatever" I smile and hand him the fruit, keeping a banana for myself and scarfing it down.
"I'd prefer meat, but this is okay to" I say seeing Na-kun sweat-drop.
After we eat, I climb into the tent with Na-kun. Who climbs into his sleeping bag and faces the wall. 'He is so distant' I think frowning and I lay down as well. The only problem is: I'm not tired. I try to stay still but after a few minutes, I am completely bored out of my mind. "Na-kun, you still awake?" I ask.
No answer, sighing I get up and crawl from the tent. It is a chilly night, but I don't really notice, what I do notice is a wolf. Smiling, I lick my lips and hear my stomach growl, one word resounding in my head, meat.
After killing it, I clean it like Dadan showed me; I start a fire like Jii-chan showed me, and cook my meat. I spent the rest of the night waiting for something else to come.