Disclaimer: I do not own one piece and probably never will unless Oda bows downs to me and declares me his god Muwahahahahaha! Ahem anyway there will also be another thing that I don't own but I would rather leave it as a secret for now. R&R
The ship moved about the ocean, shifting slowly in the breeze. It was an average day in the life of the Straw Hat Crew, they went about there daily business as usual. The ship's captain sat on the Thousand Sunnys figure's head, watching the sea for any sights that may be seen. The raven locked teen smiled, optimistically hoping for something to appear.
"Nami-swan, Robin-chwan, dinner is served, I made the most lovely delicacies for my lovely ladies," said the chain smoking blonde as he did the most ridiculous pose, in hopes of getting some sort of affection from the ladies of the ship. Said ladies of the ship, that had been on the upper deck, reading and taking in the sun, were now making there way towards the dining room.
"Food!" Four of the nine members of the Straw Hat crew exclaimed. The straw hat captain, Luffy, the long nose sniper, Ussop, the reindeer doctor, Chopper, and the gentlemen skeleton, Brooke, all rushed for the dining hall, only to receive a brutal kick to their faces by Sanji.
"Ladies first, you shitty bastards, you know that. Nami-swan, Robin-chwan, right this way my lovelies," both ladies past by him, throwing in a little 'thanks'.
"Oi, when will you give it a rest, you damn Ero cook." The gruff voice came from the ships strongest swordsmen, who had been awaken by all of the commotion. Knowing what would come next, the would be Pirate King, and the rest of the horde, piled in the dining hall, fully intent on stuffing there faces.
"What was that, Shitty Marimo, I forgot that such things could talk." The chef said with a displeased frown on his face.
"Oh, I am sorry, I didn't know that sad excuses for eyebrows had been messing with your hearing, you should have Chopper shave them before you totally lose your hearing all together." The green haired swordsman said as he slightly drew Wado from it's sheath, the sword giving off a eerie glow.
"Oi, are you trying to start something, Marimo, because if you are, I will totally kick your ass," the chef said in a lowered voice, shifting his weight to one side, preparing his legs for an attack, a dark glow coming off him as he did so.
"Hmm, you think you have a chance, dartboard? Lets see it," And in a flash, Zoro drew all three of his swords, and was charging Sanji, full force.
Likewise, the chef had charged at the swordsman, and right before the two could clash, a certain blue haired cyborg interrupted, giving them both a solid punch to the face.
"Stop that crap! If you two so much as ruin the deck again, I'll beat both of your asses!"
Both of the fighters glared daggers at the cyborg and prepared to attack him before being interrupted.
"Sanji-kun, would you make me a drink please?" Came a pout from the dining room. The voice belonging to the ship's navigator. As soon as those words were spoken, Sanji automatically switched into his love mode, and went to fulfill the task asked of him.
The swordsmen and the cyborg sweat dropped at this, but seeing that the squabble was over, they casually walked towards the dining room.
In the dining room, the Straw Hat crew appeared to be having a blast as the four childish members were talking about past battles, even though said battles had been altered and exaggerated out of proportion by the ship's lying sniper, in which he was the hero and Luffy, was merely a spectator. As Chopper watched, utterly amazed by the story, said captain had started an eating contest with Brooke.
Who could down the most sea king fillets the fastest was the challenge, and like normal, Luffy had the overall advantage over the afro skeleton, whom seemed to be choking on the fillet, but said choking went noticed due to his expressionless face.
The ladies of the crew idlely talked of what one had been reading and what was happening in the world as of the moment, laughing here and there at what could be picked up from Ussop's tall tales, and showing disgust to the eating contest taking place at the end of the table.
Although that feeling was only felt by Nami, Robin found it amusing and with one of her devil hands, she saved the choking Brooke, who proceeded to spit out the contents of his mouth onto Zoro and Franky, starting yet another fight, with an add on of Luffy who had just tried to steal some of Franky's sea king.
"Ugh, those idiots! Can't they ever be civil like you and me, Robin," Nami asked with a sigh.
"But then they wouldn't be the same, and you wouldn't change them for the world, now would you, Nami-chan?" Robin asked as she watched as the fighting spread, pulling Ussop, Chopper, and Sanji into it, and losing Luffy as he eagerly pilfered the plates of the unsuspecting warriors of the battle.
Nami held back a laugh at the scene, "I guess I wouldn't, but do they have to be so annoying?" She asked, finally having enough, and deciding to settle this herself.
In less than ten seconds, seven members of the crew were nursing lumps, Luffy's injury being the worst.
"Oww, Nami, what did I do? I wasn't even in the fight!" He rubbed the fast growing lumped head.
"Your being annoying, that's what! And if you hadn't started that stupid eating contest, Brooke wouldn't have been choking, idiot." It was as if something clicked in Luffy's head, and he went from pain back to his regular attitude.
"Oh, I guess I did," he let out a small chuckle, "Sorry about that, Brooke."
The gentlemen skeleton had just finished drinking his milk to heal his fractured skull.
"Its ok, Luffy-san, I wouldn't have minded dying while eating the sea king, although I am already dead, yohohoho, skull joke!" And with that, Brooke had gained yet another facture on his skull from Franky.
"Would you stop it with those damn skull jokes, their ruining my week!" He said as he downed a bottle of Cola.
"There, I was fighting all ten thousand of the mer-men, when the scariest of them all, Arlong, summoned a giant devil cow! Cow looked me in the eyes then charged, but I stopped him, mid-charge, and using his weight against him, I began to spin him, taking out all the mer-men in a tornado of death. Then I flung the cow back into the ocean, and those of the mer-men who were left after the devastation, bowed down to me as I asked who their captain was, while holding the head of a dead Arlong. And they screamed, "Great Captain Ussop is the greatest warrior of the sea," Ussop sang from on top of his two chairs, to anyone who happened to be listening, and to his disappointment, it was only Chopper. The rest of the crew seemed to be ignoring his exact replay of the battle at Arlong Park.
"Wow, really Ussop? You did all of that? You're amazing!" The reindeer exclaimed, stars in his eyes, as his idol stood before him in a manly pose, similar to one you would see Franky do.
"Yes, yes, I guess I am amazing, aren't I?" Ussop laughed, thanking the Gods for giving him someone so gullible as to believe all the words that spewed from his mouth.
"Oi, stop with the lies, Ussop, and tell Chopper the truth. You know he believes everything you say." Zoro spoke, not wanting Chopper to believe the ridiculous story.
"Eh, Ussop, you were lying?" Chopper screamed, outrageously.
"Yes, Yes, I was. Luffy did all that, but I did destroy the mighty warrior, Chu, in an epic battle that shook island." Ussop said quickly, trying to recover the reindeer's attention
"Really, the whole island? You're great Captain Ussop." And with that, they continued their story.
"Oi, Nami, where's the next island? I'm bored," the rubber captain exclaimed, emphasizing his boredom with an expression that only a rubber man could make.
"Um, I think we still have two weeks before we reach any civil areas, but there should be a chain of uninhabited islands coming up," The mikan haired girl spoke as she tried to remember the name of the chain.
"I believe that they are called the Nocturne Chain. I have heard a few rumors as to why the islands were not taken over, but none of them were ever good." The raven haired archeologist said, who was currently reading on the couch.
"Like what, Robin-chwan?" Sanji questioned from his position of leaning against the bar, a smoke cloud hovering over his head.
"Well, from what I have heard from the survivors, anyone that lands on those chain of islands, with in minutes of being there, experience a mutiny that destroys the crew. The strongest crew member slaughters the weaker, only to explode shortly after, but the weirdest thing is that all while on the island, they can hear a loud hymn." The archeologist finished, looking over at the crew as they all went quiet upon hearing the story. Some eyes filled with terror, others filled with amazement.
"Well, we must definitely stay away from this island at all cost. There is nothing good that can come from Luffy turning against us." Ussop said as he, Chopper, Nami, and Brooke all shook there heads outrageously.
"Does that mean you're all the weakest?" Zoro asked with a smirk, wanting to see what would happen on the island, and how he would spar out against Luffy. The cyborg and the chef also possessed a grin, wanting to see were they would stand in the crew's rankings.
"Well, we for one, wish to see this mutiny island, just to see if we can hold back our monstrously powerful captain." Zoro said as him, Sanji, and Franky shook there heads, still holding onto the devilish smiles.
"No," was all Luffy said, and it was met with great relief to some members, and slight disappointment from others.
"I will not cause my crew any harm, even if it means staying away from the island. I don't want to have to hurt any of you," Luffy said with the serious tone that the Straw Hats rarely ever saw.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," The ships navigator said, pulling Luffy into a hug, mostly out of relief, but also at the thought of having the man, who saved her life so many times before, destroy her.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," the other three strawhats latched onto the duo, tears streaming down there face from the fear of what would happen.
"I could never fight against you, Luffy." Chopper said, still teary eyed from the thought of having his captain against him.
"Yeah, me neither, I wouldn't want to have to kill you for going against me." Ussop said with a smug smile on his face, but he was truely scared out of his mind. Having fought Luffy once before, getting your ass handed to him was horrible enough, but Luffy had been going easy on him, and if they were to fight again with everything, Luffy knew now he would easily tear through Ussop.
"Luffy-san would be scary to fight against." The gentleman skeleton said, knowing of his captain's demonic strength.
"Don't worry, I would never go anywhere if it meant I would have to hurt any of you." Luffy said as they all let go of their hold on him.
He looked to the other three strongest members, and with a scratch to his head, and a wide smile he said, "Well, looks like we will have to wait to see where you guys match up," he chuckled again, "Sorry guys, but I would never go all out on you anyway." With that the three smiled and brushed off their disappointment, and all the Straw Hat crew left the dining room, for some reason or another, with Luffy and Robin being the last to depart.
"Robin, did the survivors say anything else about the island, as to how such a thing as a captain destroying his own crew could happen?" Luffy said, once again going serious as the thought of such a horrible scene, sent him into rage.
"Hmm, if I recall, they mentioned that they saw some yellow eyes, watching them as their captain slaughtered their crew. As to a body or anything, they said as soon as they reached the sand, they heard the hymn, and the next thing they knew their captain went on a rampage. Although, he did say that one of his nakama had taken to the Forrest in order to escape the captain, but never returned. The last thing he screamed was 'Ao Oni.'" She said, looking at the boiling luffy as he attempted to control his anger towards the scene going through his head.
"Luffy, you shouldn't worry about it. We won't be going." Robin said, trying to bring the overwhelmingly optimistic captain back to his normal attitude. In truth, she had also been afraid of what would have happened if Luffy had decided on going to the cursed islands. Ever since Ennies Lobby, the only reason that she was alive right now was because of the man in front of her. And to see that very same man look at her like she was an enemy, would only bring back her wish to die.
"Yeah, you're right, Robin, we're never going there, so there is no reason to worry about it. I hope the next island we go to has meat, or is an island of meat, mmmmmm, meat." And like that, the Straw Hat captain went to find Chopper, Ussop, Franky, and Brooke, wishing to start a game of tag hell.
As for the archeologist, she went in to the ladies room, intent on changing and reading for a little while before going to sleep. In the room, she saw a traumatized Nami who had, since leaving the dining room, gone to her bed and laid down, staring up at the ceiling above her.
"What is the matter, Nami-chan? You look as though you have seen a ghost," Robin said as she sat at the edge of Nami's bed, hoping to get an answer out of the girl.
"It's nothing; it's just the thought of Luffy as my enemy. I mean, if it had been anyone else, it would hurt like a knife to the shoulder, but to have Luffy turn against us, against me, feels like I had died." Nami spoke, recalling the feelings she felt, and was still feeling, she looked to Robin, who now had a deep thinking expression on her face.
"I understand what you mean, Nami-chan, thinking of Luffy like that hurt me as well, that is why I added that information before Luffy could decide to go to the island. I too, would not know what to do if I found my savior against me."
"Well, at least we do not have to deal with that, any more, we can put those thoughts behind us, I had the men set sail and angle us so we won't see the islands when we pass them, tomorrow." Nami said with a smile as she finally slid to sleep. Robin walked over to her own bed, hoping to slumber as well.
Out on the deck, the boys had finally calmed down, after Zoro decided to share some of his sake, in hopes of cheering up, and sadly, it worked and they had spent the next four hours screaming at each other. The last battle that had finally broken out into a seven way brawl with each of them, sadly loosing to a goofy Luffy as seen in the battle with Enel. After that struggle, they had all calmed down, working out the alcohol in battle, and slumped to bed, each fearing the hangover in the morning.
But unannounced to the crew, a slick and slippery creature hopped it's way to deck, and quietly sneaking around a sleeping Brooke, and headed towards the steering wheel, and with a slight push of his head, turned the ship's direction knowing which way to push it in order to get it's wanted effect, then it calmly made it's way to the side of the ship and dived off, disappearing into the sea, and heading in the same direction the Straw Hats were sailing.
Edited by my Beta Thanks Lluvia!