Devotion's Demise

The man had a cool composure, which was clearly evident as he strolled down the block casually. The skull chain attached to his orange hat swung from side to side with each step. As he walked along, heads occasionally turned to notice a fairly handsome face touched with childish freckles and framed with wavy black hair. He stopped at the tavern, "The Prancing Pony" and knocked three times. A small slot eye height was slid open and a man looked through. A small "Aha!" was heard and the door opened. Ace walked in.

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"Okay, so here's the plan." Nami crossed her arms and sighed. "All we're going to do here is stock up and wait for the log pose to set. The man from the last island said it would only take one or two days. So if anyone fools around or gets into any unnecessary fights, their debt will increase 300. Got it?"

"Yes Nami." The crew responded simultaneously.

"Yosha! Now, IKE!" Luffy ran out of the kitchen as if his butt was on fire.

"DID HE LISTEN TO A SINGLE WORD I SAID?!"

"I guess I should follow him, just in case he gets lost." Zoro stood up.

"YOU'RE GOING TO GET LOST TOO!"

"Whatever." Zoro replied coldly and followed Luffy's path.

Nami sweetly turned to Sanji. "Sanji-kun?"

"Hai Nami-sssswwwaaannnnn?!" Sanji replied with heart eyes.

"Can you go follow them and make sure they don't kill themselves?"

"Normally I wouldn't, but anything for you Nami-swan!" He mellorine-danced out the door.

"SUGEI!!!" Luffy had stars in his eyes. "This place is SO cool!"

"Ya ya ya. Now let's go get the stuff Nami-swan wants us to get." Sanji replied

"Hey," Luffy started. "Where's Zoro?"

Sanji did a 360. "Eiiii!!! Where the hell is that bastard?!I knew he'd get lost!!"

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"Huh?" Zoro looked around. "I swear Luffy and ero-cook went this way."

Lost, he decided to walk around until he found them. He went up the street, turned right, and continued that way. He went up that street, turned right, and continued. He repeated this about two more times, then walked down the street he was on. He stopped.

"Where are they?!" He looked up and saw the sign for "The Prancing Pony" swaying in the wind. "NANI?!" He freaked out. "I WAS JUST HERE TWO SECONDS AGO!!GRAH!!"

He turned left and went up the stairs. He went straight forward and turned right. Dead end. He turned around and went left. There was no right turn, you see, so he kept continuing left. He found another road and walked up it. He stopped. "They're still not here." He looked up. "GRAH!! NOT THE PRANCING PONY AGAIN!"

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Nami scribble a map on a sheet of paper. She sighed.

"Is there something wrong Navigator-san?" Nami swerved around.

"Oh, Robin, it's just you."

"Were you expecting someone else?"

"No, you just startled me. That's all."

"My apologies."

"It's okay. Anyway, something Sanji-kun told me is bothering me."

"What?"

"Zoro's been acting kind of...um...weird. Like this morning, when he just said whatever. It's like...it wasn't him talking. And Sanji's been hearing muttering things in a different language while he's asleep."

"I bet he's just having nightmares."

Nami sighed,"Ya, I guess."

Or maybe, some memories just can't be sealed forever.