One Piece - Island of the Gum Gums - Chapter 1
Written by Steven Kunz the Fan Author
Disclaimer: I do not own nor invent One Piece. This excellent manga was written and drawn byEiichiro Oda.
Author's Notes: I thought of this idea a while back when I was reading One Piece manga in Shonen Jump. I'm not sure if the origins of the Gum Gum Fruit is explained in One Piece, so I decided to write this. ^^ I hope everyone likes it, reads it, and reviews it. ^_^'' Enjoy!
Oh, a point of note. I added some new stuff to this chapter. For example, the addition of Usopp in this fic. Thanks to Sylphiel filling me on that forgotten detail in that review, I'm going to add him into it since it did occur to me that forgetting stuff that happened in the original manga before my fanfiction is a bad idea.
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A Small Dinghy was docked at the Naval Base Town, a few miles away from Alvida's island. Thanks to Koby's knowledge of Alvida's secret pirate base, she had finally been arrested and reported to the Navy. Also, the two former rulers of the Naval Base, Captain Axe-Hand Morgan and Helmeppo, were given a trial hearing, and were also convicted.
Unfortunately, because the prison island somewhere nearby is running into housing problems, the only thing the Navy can do is to hold them captive in a big cage and in the middle of the public. With nothing to fear, the people were teasing the captives and throwing many disgusting and unnessary things in the cage.
From the dinghy at the docks of the Naval Base, a young man of 18 years of age stepped out and into the middle of the town.
When he walked into the middle of the crowd, they immediately recognized he was a pirate from his different appearance and that it seperated him from the rest of the crowd. He wore a black trenchcoat over his clothes, which was a dark blue T-Shirt with a grey stripe in the middle, a black belt with a gold buckle in the middle, and dark blue baggy cargo shorts that went down one or two inches below his knee. He also wore dark brown boots, and a series of bandages wrapped around his face, leaving only his eyes and a small portion of his mouth and nose open. Finally, the bandages created a makeshift bandana which went around his slicked back brown hair.
He walked up to the cage and looked at the captives. He could hear the naval marines coming to see who came in, so he quickly asked the question that he's been waiting to ask to these people for a while.
"Did someone pass by here? Someone who wore a red vest, blue shorts, sandals, and a straw hat?" He asked.
Immediately, Alvida, Morgan, and Helmeppo began to scream at him, telling him that there was someone who fit the description and how they ruined their lives for the worst. He told them to shut up for a moment and asked the captives again where they may have went. They immediately pointed towards out the sea and said that they were drifting.
He growled and went back to the dinghy. Not feeling rather pleased about not finding the person's location, he decided to go drifting as well, hoping maybe he would catch up to them eventually.
Releasing the rope which anchored the ship to the dock, he set off sail towards the south, placing his hands on a box that was next to him. He opened it real quick, and picked up what was inside, which were two weapons. One was a samurai sword with black gripping, and another were two pistols that were both engraved, "Rousse Le-Onne"
He closed the box and continued to drift towrds the south. As he stared out into the sea, he thought to himself, "Straw Hat Luffy, I will find you! And when I do, I will find out the reason behind your strength!"
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In the middle of the sea, there was a ship that wasn't drifting for once, but it was now heading towards a more accurate destination. The ship had a simple pirate flag on the mast, yet the symbol was not the traditional pirate school, but it was a simplified skull with 2 bones behind it and a straw hat on top.
A girl was looking out towards the sea. She had short orange hair, and she wore a white T-Shirt with blue stripes, a orange skirt, and small black boots. She was the ship's navigator, and she was looking for any signs that a storm would appear anytime soon or sometime in the future.
From behind her, from within one of the ship's cabins where the kitchen was, there was a loud crash and two people were arguing very loudly, over something of the last bit of meat they had left.
The girl ran into the kitchen and when she got there, she bent and shook her head. What she saw was a man with short light green hair dressed in a white shirt and black pants, and he was laughing quite loudly. In his hands was a fork, and on the fork was the last piece of meat. On the other side of the table was the other person who went for that last piece, but he had fallen backwards. He had short black hair, and he wore a red vest, blue shorts, sandals, and a straw hat. He tried to grab the last piece of meat, but in a rush, the other person pushed him backwards, causing him to fall over.
The girl got really mad by this argument and yelled out, "Zoro! Luffy! It's only a piece of food! There's no point in arguing over it."
Zoro rubbed his hands behind his neck and said to the girl, "Sorry, Nami. I guess it did get a bit out of control." He walked out of the kitchen and went outside.
Luffy got up and grinned at Nami. "Yeah, I'm sorry too! Well, I got to go see where we are now!"
As he walked past her, she sighed quite loudly and muttered something. Luffy stopped and looked at her. His usual grin on his face seemed to have receded a bit as he asked what was wrong.
She took a deep breath and said, "Well, I'm just a bit stunned about all that's happened so far. I hate pirates, yet here I am, part of your crew. It's pretty ironic. Also, I thought that when I did become part of your crew, you would hate me forever since I did tie you up and left you there at Captain Buggy's ship. I'm still a bit amazed you and I are still friends"
Luffy blinked and his grin went away, showing a sad expression on his face. He put his hand on her shoulder, and Nami looked right at Luffy. He now had that grin again, and he said, "It's okay, Nami. You were just doing what you thought was right for you. Besides, I wouldn't hate you for doing something like that. "
She was stunned. At that moment, she thought to herself, "I...........I never noticed it before......but Luffy is really a nice guy......"
She bent her head and blushed a little. Luffy crouched a bit and looked right back at her. "Are you okay, Nami?"
"Huh? Oh! Oh, I'm fine, Luffy!" She sputtered out and walked away towards her room. Before she entered, she faced Luffy and said, "Thank you, Luffy."
He put a hand behind his head and showed that wide grin again. "No problem!"
She smiled and entered her room while Luffy went to his own room. He was pretty tired after eating.
Meanwhile, Zoro went outside himself. Carrying his 3 swords in the sheaths by his waist, he unsheathes the one with the white gripping on it. He takes a long look at the blade and think of something he had said a long time ago, "Kuina, I promised you back then that I will become the world's greatest swordsman, even if I am a pirate! I swear to you on my honor as one that I'll make my name known throughout this entire world and the afterlife!"
When Zoro put the sword back in it's sheath and turned around to walk to the other side of the ship, he felt the tip of his other sheathes bump into something that made a hollow thunk be heard from where he was. He looked down and blinked, seeing who he had bumped into. He sighed real quickly and said, "Oh. I'm sorry, Usopp."
He looked down and saw a man holding his head. He wore a brown bandana over his nappy and curly black hair with brown-rimmed goggles on his head. He simply wore brown overalls with a series of white bandages wrapped around his waist, a brown bag that had slumped to the floor and was hanging off his shoulder, a blue bordered wristband with a white stripe in the middle, and big brown boots. He lifted his head at Zora and said. "Ah, well, that's okay."
Usopp then got back to work on what he was doing, fixing a cannon that was on the ship. Zoro looked at him again, smirked, took one of the sword sheathes and poked Usopp's head with the tip of the sheath gently. Immediately, Usopp turned to Zoro and yelled. "Hey! That hurt!"
Zoro sighed and said, "No it didn't. I barely tapped you. You should barely feel that with that bandana on your head."
Usopp was a bit angry, but he was afraid at what Zoro might say if he said anything back. He sighed and went back to work, muttering. "Yeah...you're right. Sorry."
Zoro nodded his head and walked to the other side of the ship out of boredom while Usopp fumbled with the cannons once again.
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Rousse kept drifting along the ocean, looking everywhere and hoping he'll find Luffy's ship.
It was now night, and he had gotten sick and tired of searching for Luffy. It was obvious drifting wasn't going to work, but he had no choice. There was no accurate way of determining his location, and since no one knew he was, he decided to keep going.
Unfortunately, since it was pretty dark, he couldn't tell where he was, and he had no idea of what was going to be in store for him very soon.
The water began to become more erratic as his ship was rattling from the extra force given by the ocean. Soon, the ship began to rock widely back and forth as the ocean became even more erratic.
Soon, a loud bang was heard as a bright flash of lighting appeared. Rousse immediately became scared and struggled to keep his ship stable. However, in a storm like this, keeping a dinghy afloat was nearly impossible.
Rousse turned around and gasped. A bright flas of light appeared and that flash of light revealed a huge wave was headed towards him. He screamed loudly and in a state of panic, he covered his face with his arms, and prepared for the worst. The wave immediately fell towards him, and a loud crash was heard.
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A loud knock was heard on Nami's door. She slowly got out of bed, put on her boots, and went to open the door. When she did, Zoro was right in front of her as he yelled, "Nami! We're in the middle of a storm! We've got to get out there and keep the ship afloat!"
Immediately, she ran towards the deck of the ship and ran around frantically, looking for the rope that's used to lower or raise the ship's sails.
The next room Zoro went to was Usopp's room. He knocked hard on the door and yelled. "Usopp! Get out, we need your help!"
Immediately, he shouted out of fear, "No! I...I can't! I'm planning something really big!"
"Like what?" Zoro shouted out in reply.
"Er......come back later, Zoro! I'll have a plan by the time you get everyone on the deck!" He yelled back and scoffed at him, not wanting to come out. Zoro sighed and ran to Luffy's room when he heard a click from the other side of Usopp's room.
When he got to his room and knocked on the door, He yelled for him to come out, no. However, there was no response. After waiting a few minutes, he opened the door and was surprised by what he saw.
Luffy was still asleep, but instead of lying down on the bed, he was on the floor and everytime the ship rocked back and forth, he just kept sliding towards that direction.
Zoro tried to wake him up shaking him back and forth as soon as he managed to grab Luffy from off the floor. When that didn't work, he pinched his cheek for a long time. That stirred Luffy, but he went back to sleep. Without nothing else to do, Zora simply grabbed Luffy and carried him back outside.
When Zoro reached the deck, he simply put Luffy down and went to Nami so he can help her with the sails. Luffy, however, was still sliding across the deck. Finally, he woke up when he accidently slammed his head on the rail of the ship.
After waking up, he realized finally that he was in the middle of the storm, and went towards Nami and Zoro to help them with the sails.
With the three of them pulling the sails, there were able to keep the ship steady for a few minutes. However, when they heard a loud crash nearby, they turned to where the sound came from. From what they can see, a huge wave had completely destroyed a tiny ship nearby.
Unfortunately, after the wave had destroyed the ship, it was still coming toward Luffy's ship. The crew tried their best to keep the stable, but unfortunately, it was impossible as the wave pushed the ship to it's side. With nothing left to do now that the ship was turning to it's side, Luffy, Nami, and Zoro held eachother real close, bracing for the impact From within the ship, a faint scream could be heard below, most likely from Usopp's room.
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When the storm passed, the sun shined brightly throughout the enitre sea, giving it a light orange color as it continued to rise.
Where the storm was, there was an island not too far off. It was a very tropical island, with lots of trees nearly enveloping the island. The trees were nearly the same throughout the island. However, the trees in the middle had a different appearance from the ones surrounding them.
On one side of the island, there was a ship that had amazingly survived the storm. The bow of the ship, however, had a somewhat big hole in the middle. On the other side of the island was a young man who had survived the storm. Right next to him was a wooden box which seemed to have been tethered to his wrist.
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Nami opened her eyes. Due to the impact of the wave, everyone was knocked out, but because they held eachother real close, they were able to stay on the ship.
When she opened her eyes, she got up and sat herself down on the deck. She took a quick look around. It seemed that nothing was damanged in the storm, but the barrels and boxes that were on the deck were either had opened up, spilling the contents, or they were lost in the storm. Some were on the shore nearby.
On the floor of the beach, a small crash was heard from one of the sides of the ship. It was Usopp. He had fainted during the storm and had simply rolled backwards and landed against the window where it broke as he fell a few feet from all the glass shards. He was starting to stir, but he now had a huge headache.
She also noticed Zoro at the end of the deck. He was knocked out, and it appeared that he let go, causing him to nearly fall off the ship. When she looked down near her, Luffy was lying down on his back. It looked like he had fallen asleep while they were holding eachother during the storm. He was pretty tired even as he was helping with the sails.
Instead of getting angry at Luffy for still being asleep, she smiled and stroked his hair with her hands. As she was doing this, a tiny blush appeared on her face.
Immediately, Luffy woke up and looked at Nami.
"Morning, Nami!" He said to her with that wide grin on his face. He then felt her hand still slowly stroking his hair and said, "Um....is there anything in my hair?"
She pulled her hand away quickly and looked towards the ocean. "No.....I....I just wanted to see if you had a bump on your head..."
"I see..." Luffy said. Suddenly, he gasped and got to his feet quickly. He ran through the ship, searching for something very frantically. When he came back to Nami, she asked what was wrong. Immediately, he said to her, "Where's my hat?! I can't leave it behind!"
She blinked, but then helped him search for it. Within minutes, Luffy found his hat. It turned out when Zoro nearly fell off the ship, he saw the hat flying away and grabbed it, knowing it's importance to Luffy.
After putting the hat back on, he looked out towards the island and thought to himself, "Where are we now?"
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On the other side of the island, Rousse had just woken up. He lifted his head out of the sand and looked around. He saw a huge set of trees in front of him.
After he got up, he turned to the ocean. Unfortunately, there was absolutely nothing left of his dinghy. Everything was pretty much gone, except for the box tethered to his wrist.
He smiled and opened the box, taking out his Samurai Sword and his 2 Pistols, and streches real quick.
"My ship is totally destroyed, and the only thing left are my weapons....and it doesn't look there's anyone on the island.....Aw crap, I'm so screwed......."
With nowhere else to go, he walked towards the center of the islands and into the trees. He then remembered about his bandages around his face. Realizing that they were soaked, they would be quite useless right now, so he took his bandages off. What was underneath was a very smooth face that was very similar to that of a model's face. However, there was a long thin scar just above his nose that went as far as his eyes.
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Finally, Zoro had woken up and everyone was now on the shore. Even Usopp had gotten himself up and streched as he walked over to where everyone was. They were busy talking about what to do.
"Well, the only bit of damage is at the bow, so I guess all we have to do is to simply rebuild it. There's enough pieces of the bow to make it hold until we head to the next area." Zora said.
"This shouldn't be too hard." Nami said.
Luffy was going to say something when he was interrupted by the growling of everyone's stomachs. It was nearly breakfast , and since most of the food was washed out to sea, they were pretty hungry.
Nami said, "Maybe we should go get some food first. There's probably some food somewhere on that island."
Immediately, she got an idea and grinned. "Zoro, you can stay here and get started on rebuilding the ship. Luffy, you can come with me and search for food, okay?"
Luffy showed off that wide grin again and said outloud, "Okay! I'm getting pretty hungry too!"
After a few minutes of figuring out what to do, Zoro and Usopp stayed behind to work on the ship while Luffy and Nami moved forward, into the island......
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Ch.1 is now finished! Now to get on Ch.2!
Ch.2 Preview! Luffy and Rousse finally meet face to face! What will happen when these two pirates meet? Also, Luffy talks to Nami about the time of his life where Shanks and his crew were living in his home town, and finally, Luffy returns back to the ship with a strange fruit in his hands.........
Read and Review. ^^' Thanks! ^_^
Written by Steven Kunz the Fan Author
Disclaimer: I do not own nor invent One Piece. This excellent manga was written and drawn byEiichiro Oda.
Author's Notes: I thought of this idea a while back when I was reading One Piece manga in Shonen Jump. I'm not sure if the origins of the Gum Gum Fruit is explained in One Piece, so I decided to write this. ^^ I hope everyone likes it, reads it, and reviews it. ^_^'' Enjoy!
Oh, a point of note. I added some new stuff to this chapter. For example, the addition of Usopp in this fic. Thanks to Sylphiel filling me on that forgotten detail in that review, I'm going to add him into it since it did occur to me that forgetting stuff that happened in the original manga before my fanfiction is a bad idea.
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A Small Dinghy was docked at the Naval Base Town, a few miles away from Alvida's island. Thanks to Koby's knowledge of Alvida's secret pirate base, she had finally been arrested and reported to the Navy. Also, the two former rulers of the Naval Base, Captain Axe-Hand Morgan and Helmeppo, were given a trial hearing, and were also convicted.
Unfortunately, because the prison island somewhere nearby is running into housing problems, the only thing the Navy can do is to hold them captive in a big cage and in the middle of the public. With nothing to fear, the people were teasing the captives and throwing many disgusting and unnessary things in the cage.
From the dinghy at the docks of the Naval Base, a young man of 18 years of age stepped out and into the middle of the town.
When he walked into the middle of the crowd, they immediately recognized he was a pirate from his different appearance and that it seperated him from the rest of the crowd. He wore a black trenchcoat over his clothes, which was a dark blue T-Shirt with a grey stripe in the middle, a black belt with a gold buckle in the middle, and dark blue baggy cargo shorts that went down one or two inches below his knee. He also wore dark brown boots, and a series of bandages wrapped around his face, leaving only his eyes and a small portion of his mouth and nose open. Finally, the bandages created a makeshift bandana which went around his slicked back brown hair.
He walked up to the cage and looked at the captives. He could hear the naval marines coming to see who came in, so he quickly asked the question that he's been waiting to ask to these people for a while.
"Did someone pass by here? Someone who wore a red vest, blue shorts, sandals, and a straw hat?" He asked.
Immediately, Alvida, Morgan, and Helmeppo began to scream at him, telling him that there was someone who fit the description and how they ruined their lives for the worst. He told them to shut up for a moment and asked the captives again where they may have went. They immediately pointed towards out the sea and said that they were drifting.
He growled and went back to the dinghy. Not feeling rather pleased about not finding the person's location, he decided to go drifting as well, hoping maybe he would catch up to them eventually.
Releasing the rope which anchored the ship to the dock, he set off sail towards the south, placing his hands on a box that was next to him. He opened it real quick, and picked up what was inside, which were two weapons. One was a samurai sword with black gripping, and another were two pistols that were both engraved, "Rousse Le-Onne"
He closed the box and continued to drift towrds the south. As he stared out into the sea, he thought to himself, "Straw Hat Luffy, I will find you! And when I do, I will find out the reason behind your strength!"
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In the middle of the sea, there was a ship that wasn't drifting for once, but it was now heading towards a more accurate destination. The ship had a simple pirate flag on the mast, yet the symbol was not the traditional pirate school, but it was a simplified skull with 2 bones behind it and a straw hat on top.
A girl was looking out towards the sea. She had short orange hair, and she wore a white T-Shirt with blue stripes, a orange skirt, and small black boots. She was the ship's navigator, and she was looking for any signs that a storm would appear anytime soon or sometime in the future.
From behind her, from within one of the ship's cabins where the kitchen was, there was a loud crash and two people were arguing very loudly, over something of the last bit of meat they had left.
The girl ran into the kitchen and when she got there, she bent and shook her head. What she saw was a man with short light green hair dressed in a white shirt and black pants, and he was laughing quite loudly. In his hands was a fork, and on the fork was the last piece of meat. On the other side of the table was the other person who went for that last piece, but he had fallen backwards. He had short black hair, and he wore a red vest, blue shorts, sandals, and a straw hat. He tried to grab the last piece of meat, but in a rush, the other person pushed him backwards, causing him to fall over.
The girl got really mad by this argument and yelled out, "Zoro! Luffy! It's only a piece of food! There's no point in arguing over it."
Zoro rubbed his hands behind his neck and said to the girl, "Sorry, Nami. I guess it did get a bit out of control." He walked out of the kitchen and went outside.
Luffy got up and grinned at Nami. "Yeah, I'm sorry too! Well, I got to go see where we are now!"
As he walked past her, she sighed quite loudly and muttered something. Luffy stopped and looked at her. His usual grin on his face seemed to have receded a bit as he asked what was wrong.
She took a deep breath and said, "Well, I'm just a bit stunned about all that's happened so far. I hate pirates, yet here I am, part of your crew. It's pretty ironic. Also, I thought that when I did become part of your crew, you would hate me forever since I did tie you up and left you there at Captain Buggy's ship. I'm still a bit amazed you and I are still friends"
Luffy blinked and his grin went away, showing a sad expression on his face. He put his hand on her shoulder, and Nami looked right at Luffy. He now had that grin again, and he said, "It's okay, Nami. You were just doing what you thought was right for you. Besides, I wouldn't hate you for doing something like that. "
She was stunned. At that moment, she thought to herself, "I...........I never noticed it before......but Luffy is really a nice guy......"
She bent her head and blushed a little. Luffy crouched a bit and looked right back at her. "Are you okay, Nami?"
"Huh? Oh! Oh, I'm fine, Luffy!" She sputtered out and walked away towards her room. Before she entered, she faced Luffy and said, "Thank you, Luffy."
He put a hand behind his head and showed that wide grin again. "No problem!"
She smiled and entered her room while Luffy went to his own room. He was pretty tired after eating.
Meanwhile, Zoro went outside himself. Carrying his 3 swords in the sheaths by his waist, he unsheathes the one with the white gripping on it. He takes a long look at the blade and think of something he had said a long time ago, "Kuina, I promised you back then that I will become the world's greatest swordsman, even if I am a pirate! I swear to you on my honor as one that I'll make my name known throughout this entire world and the afterlife!"
When Zoro put the sword back in it's sheath and turned around to walk to the other side of the ship, he felt the tip of his other sheathes bump into something that made a hollow thunk be heard from where he was. He looked down and blinked, seeing who he had bumped into. He sighed real quickly and said, "Oh. I'm sorry, Usopp."
He looked down and saw a man holding his head. He wore a brown bandana over his nappy and curly black hair with brown-rimmed goggles on his head. He simply wore brown overalls with a series of white bandages wrapped around his waist, a brown bag that had slumped to the floor and was hanging off his shoulder, a blue bordered wristband with a white stripe in the middle, and big brown boots. He lifted his head at Zora and said. "Ah, well, that's okay."
Usopp then got back to work on what he was doing, fixing a cannon that was on the ship. Zoro looked at him again, smirked, took one of the sword sheathes and poked Usopp's head with the tip of the sheath gently. Immediately, Usopp turned to Zoro and yelled. "Hey! That hurt!"
Zoro sighed and said, "No it didn't. I barely tapped you. You should barely feel that with that bandana on your head."
Usopp was a bit angry, but he was afraid at what Zoro might say if he said anything back. He sighed and went back to work, muttering. "Yeah...you're right. Sorry."
Zoro nodded his head and walked to the other side of the ship out of boredom while Usopp fumbled with the cannons once again.
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Rousse kept drifting along the ocean, looking everywhere and hoping he'll find Luffy's ship.
It was now night, and he had gotten sick and tired of searching for Luffy. It was obvious drifting wasn't going to work, but he had no choice. There was no accurate way of determining his location, and since no one knew he was, he decided to keep going.
Unfortunately, since it was pretty dark, he couldn't tell where he was, and he had no idea of what was going to be in store for him very soon.
The water began to become more erratic as his ship was rattling from the extra force given by the ocean. Soon, the ship began to rock widely back and forth as the ocean became even more erratic.
Soon, a loud bang was heard as a bright flash of lighting appeared. Rousse immediately became scared and struggled to keep his ship stable. However, in a storm like this, keeping a dinghy afloat was nearly impossible.
Rousse turned around and gasped. A bright flas of light appeared and that flash of light revealed a huge wave was headed towards him. He screamed loudly and in a state of panic, he covered his face with his arms, and prepared for the worst. The wave immediately fell towards him, and a loud crash was heard.
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A loud knock was heard on Nami's door. She slowly got out of bed, put on her boots, and went to open the door. When she did, Zoro was right in front of her as he yelled, "Nami! We're in the middle of a storm! We've got to get out there and keep the ship afloat!"
Immediately, she ran towards the deck of the ship and ran around frantically, looking for the rope that's used to lower or raise the ship's sails.
The next room Zoro went to was Usopp's room. He knocked hard on the door and yelled. "Usopp! Get out, we need your help!"
Immediately, he shouted out of fear, "No! I...I can't! I'm planning something really big!"
"Like what?" Zoro shouted out in reply.
"Er......come back later, Zoro! I'll have a plan by the time you get everyone on the deck!" He yelled back and scoffed at him, not wanting to come out. Zoro sighed and ran to Luffy's room when he heard a click from the other side of Usopp's room.
When he got to his room and knocked on the door, He yelled for him to come out, no. However, there was no response. After waiting a few minutes, he opened the door and was surprised by what he saw.
Luffy was still asleep, but instead of lying down on the bed, he was on the floor and everytime the ship rocked back and forth, he just kept sliding towards that direction.
Zoro tried to wake him up shaking him back and forth as soon as he managed to grab Luffy from off the floor. When that didn't work, he pinched his cheek for a long time. That stirred Luffy, but he went back to sleep. Without nothing else to do, Zora simply grabbed Luffy and carried him back outside.
When Zoro reached the deck, he simply put Luffy down and went to Nami so he can help her with the sails. Luffy, however, was still sliding across the deck. Finally, he woke up when he accidently slammed his head on the rail of the ship.
After waking up, he realized finally that he was in the middle of the storm, and went towards Nami and Zoro to help them with the sails.
With the three of them pulling the sails, there were able to keep the ship steady for a few minutes. However, when they heard a loud crash nearby, they turned to where the sound came from. From what they can see, a huge wave had completely destroyed a tiny ship nearby.
Unfortunately, after the wave had destroyed the ship, it was still coming toward Luffy's ship. The crew tried their best to keep the stable, but unfortunately, it was impossible as the wave pushed the ship to it's side. With nothing left to do now that the ship was turning to it's side, Luffy, Nami, and Zoro held eachother real close, bracing for the impact From within the ship, a faint scream could be heard below, most likely from Usopp's room.
~
When the storm passed, the sun shined brightly throughout the enitre sea, giving it a light orange color as it continued to rise.
Where the storm was, there was an island not too far off. It was a very tropical island, with lots of trees nearly enveloping the island. The trees were nearly the same throughout the island. However, the trees in the middle had a different appearance from the ones surrounding them.
On one side of the island, there was a ship that had amazingly survived the storm. The bow of the ship, however, had a somewhat big hole in the middle. On the other side of the island was a young man who had survived the storm. Right next to him was a wooden box which seemed to have been tethered to his wrist.
~
Nami opened her eyes. Due to the impact of the wave, everyone was knocked out, but because they held eachother real close, they were able to stay on the ship.
When she opened her eyes, she got up and sat herself down on the deck. She took a quick look around. It seemed that nothing was damanged in the storm, but the barrels and boxes that were on the deck were either had opened up, spilling the contents, or they were lost in the storm. Some were on the shore nearby.
On the floor of the beach, a small crash was heard from one of the sides of the ship. It was Usopp. He had fainted during the storm and had simply rolled backwards and landed against the window where it broke as he fell a few feet from all the glass shards. He was starting to stir, but he now had a huge headache.
She also noticed Zoro at the end of the deck. He was knocked out, and it appeared that he let go, causing him to nearly fall off the ship. When she looked down near her, Luffy was lying down on his back. It looked like he had fallen asleep while they were holding eachother during the storm. He was pretty tired even as he was helping with the sails.
Instead of getting angry at Luffy for still being asleep, she smiled and stroked his hair with her hands. As she was doing this, a tiny blush appeared on her face.
Immediately, Luffy woke up and looked at Nami.
"Morning, Nami!" He said to her with that wide grin on his face. He then felt her hand still slowly stroking his hair and said, "Um....is there anything in my hair?"
She pulled her hand away quickly and looked towards the ocean. "No.....I....I just wanted to see if you had a bump on your head..."
"I see..." Luffy said. Suddenly, he gasped and got to his feet quickly. He ran through the ship, searching for something very frantically. When he came back to Nami, she asked what was wrong. Immediately, he said to her, "Where's my hat?! I can't leave it behind!"
She blinked, but then helped him search for it. Within minutes, Luffy found his hat. It turned out when Zoro nearly fell off the ship, he saw the hat flying away and grabbed it, knowing it's importance to Luffy.
After putting the hat back on, he looked out towards the island and thought to himself, "Where are we now?"
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On the other side of the island, Rousse had just woken up. He lifted his head out of the sand and looked around. He saw a huge set of trees in front of him.
After he got up, he turned to the ocean. Unfortunately, there was absolutely nothing left of his dinghy. Everything was pretty much gone, except for the box tethered to his wrist.
He smiled and opened the box, taking out his Samurai Sword and his 2 Pistols, and streches real quick.
"My ship is totally destroyed, and the only thing left are my weapons....and it doesn't look there's anyone on the island.....Aw crap, I'm so screwed......."
With nowhere else to go, he walked towards the center of the islands and into the trees. He then remembered about his bandages around his face. Realizing that they were soaked, they would be quite useless right now, so he took his bandages off. What was underneath was a very smooth face that was very similar to that of a model's face. However, there was a long thin scar just above his nose that went as far as his eyes.
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Finally, Zoro had woken up and everyone was now on the shore. Even Usopp had gotten himself up and streched as he walked over to where everyone was. They were busy talking about what to do.
"Well, the only bit of damage is at the bow, so I guess all we have to do is to simply rebuild it. There's enough pieces of the bow to make it hold until we head to the next area." Zora said.
"This shouldn't be too hard." Nami said.
Luffy was going to say something when he was interrupted by the growling of everyone's stomachs. It was nearly breakfast , and since most of the food was washed out to sea, they were pretty hungry.
Nami said, "Maybe we should go get some food first. There's probably some food somewhere on that island."
Immediately, she got an idea and grinned. "Zoro, you can stay here and get started on rebuilding the ship. Luffy, you can come with me and search for food, okay?"
Luffy showed off that wide grin again and said outloud, "Okay! I'm getting pretty hungry too!"
After a few minutes of figuring out what to do, Zoro and Usopp stayed behind to work on the ship while Luffy and Nami moved forward, into the island......
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Ch.1 is now finished! Now to get on Ch.2!
Ch.2 Preview! Luffy and Rousse finally meet face to face! What will happen when these two pirates meet? Also, Luffy talks to Nami about the time of his life where Shanks and his crew were living in his home town, and finally, Luffy returns back to the ship with a strange fruit in his hands.........
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