Author's Note: Hey all. I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now, a series of drabbles that add up to a complete story. On my community on Google +, Orange and Green, I've put up a 100 Themes challenge, and this is my contribution. Each chapter will be one of the hundred themes.

Ratings will vary chapter to chapter, as will chapter lengths. Enjoy and please check out Orange and Green and come join the fun!

Rating: PG 13

Length: 1100 words

Theme: -#74 Are You Challenging Me?

Chapter 1

The sun shone brightly down on the glass clear waters under the 1000 Sunny as it cut through, so calm that the large ship barely made a ripple. It made a beautiful sight but as the navigator well knew it also meant they were in a world of trouble. No wind, not a cloud in the sky, the sun reflecting off the water and sending the temperature soaring.

The Strawhat crew had been at sea well over a week, nothing new, but with no wind and no land in sight it was a precarious situation. They were on their last barrel of water since the previous day and the mood on board was showing it. Everyone was hot and agitated beyond belief and Luffy's wining was beginning to grate on everyone.

Nami gazed across the waves and smiled wryly. That old phrase she'd read somewhere really did ring true in this situation; Water, Water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

Raised voices across deck drew her attention.

"Damn it to hell Luffy, we're all thirsty! Keep it to yourself will you?" Sanji snapped, seemingly seconds away from throttling their captain.

"Woah, this isn't helping anyone..." Franky protested, separating the two men before it came to blows.

"We do need water soon." Robin pointed out, "The rations won't hold out much longer."

"I know that but what do you want me to do? Wave my hands and make it appear?!" Sanji growled out in frustration, kicking over one of the empty water barrels on deck.

"Could you?" Usopp asked, joking earning a dark scowl from the chef.

Zoro, who despite the lack of water and doctor's orders to take it easy had been lifting weights on deck. He set them down and glanced to Nami, who was looking forlornly between the chart on her lap and the horizon.

"That bad?" He asked.

Nami sighed, "According to the chart, even with the cola engine at full speed, we're still a day or so from the next island with water."

An uproar of protests went across the deck, Usopp and Chopper panicking right off the bat, Luffy joining in and adding fuel to the fire rather than assurances.

"Um, everyone?" The voice of their newest crew member spoke up, trying to be heard over the chaos the had erupted.

Zoro saw Brook had gone still, seemingly staring at the horizon. Could he actually stare? Zoro had to wonder at himself before shaking it off and turning his head in the same direction. He saw it too, a faint shimmer and smudge there, faintly visible, and that meant...

"LAND!" He shouted, his voice effectively silencing the bickering.

"What? I just told you-" Nami started before moving toward the railing, snagging a pair of binoculars. "He's right! There's an island there!" Her expression changed to confusion. "It's uncharted..." She muttered before her eyes lit up.

"A good opportunity for you then," Robin stated as Nami began to gather her map making materials as well as instruments for taking measurements.

"Good eye Zoro!" Usopp said, smacking the larger man on the shoulder. Zoro shrugged him off and motioned to Brook.

"Thank him, He was the only one out of all of you that didn't get caught up in your hysteria." He muttered, moving back over to his weights, watching as the others moved toward Brook. Their newest, albeit strangest crew member had worked out, much to everyone's amazement. It still amazed him despite all he'd seen and experienced, how a walking, talking 8 foot tall skeleton was almost normal.

"Shishishi," Luffy laughed, "I knew there was a reason you had to be on my crew. To the island everyone!" He said, mood greatly improved.

The crew moved to get the ship ready to dock, Nami directing the way through the currents, or lack there of, Sanji above in the crow's nest to watch for rocks and reefs as they approached and Franky at the helm, steering and working with the cola engine. Zoro only took a short break from his workout to drop the anchor as the others furled the sails in.

A short time later it was time to decide who would go on the supply run and more bickering broke out, Nami telling them it was only supposed to be a short stop for water and not adventure time. It was decided that Sanji and Chopper would scout for food and medicinal herbs and she and another would go for water.

As she approached the swordsman he felt his annoyance starting to build. "No." He said before she could get a word out. "I'm not your pack mule."

"Oh come on. I said I'd go to get water but you know I need help carrying the barrels." She huffed.

"You only want to go so you can chart the island, which is fine, but find someone else. How is it that I always get stuck lugging water?" He muttered, staring down at a set of weights before adding a bit more to both sides.

"Because you usually volunteer, what's the big deal?" She asked, hands on her hips. "Besides, wouldn't it be more of a workout than the weights here?" She asked, trying to reason with him.

Zoro knew he could just avoid the whole spectacle by agreeing to go with her, but lately she seemed to bribe, threaten and extort him for just about everything and it was starting to really get on his last nerve.

"Why can't you pick someone else, or better yet, do it yourself?" He asked, glancing at her. "You're always trying to get people to do things for you, ever thought to do something on your own, or are you scared you just can't cut it?" He demanded, the words and frustration rushing out of him before he could stop it.

He saw her jaw clench and her face color in indignation. "Are you really challenging me? You know what?" She asked in a low tone that he liked much less than when she yelled at him. "You're right...I'll go do it myself, because clearly you think that this girl can't. I'll show you." She said, determination gleaming in her eyes.

"Asshole..." She hissed under her breath as she made her way across the deck to disembark from the ship.

Usopp let out a low whistle but no one tried to stop her. Raging Nami was one thing, when she threw things and screamed and yelled, but quiet Nami, when one could almost see the flames of anger burning around her, everyone knew better to stay clear.