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Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece but LOVE it! I hope One Piece never ends... it can end when the world ends
UNKNOWN POV
Spandam was being escorted to Admiral Akainu's office in the Marine Headquaters. He was shaking in anger. He looked as if he were about to explode and anyone caught in his anger was going to die from his verbal abuse.
He kicked open the door with a bang and found Akainu sitting in the front middle part of the spacious room.
"I thought you said the fucking naval base was highly protected!" Spandam snapped before the rookie standing by the door could introduce their presence. "Protected my ass! The whole place was destroyed! By some fucking blue-coat, masked man! The whole facility is ruined and these two years of hard work-!"
Akainu stood up silently but the expression on his face shut Spandam up. His usual I'm-always-pissed-'cause-there's-no-justice face was even more terrifying at the moment.
"The girl is gone?" he asked. His voice was low, however, it was enough to make the Marine rookies to shake in fear and regret escorting the lavender haired man even more.
Spandam gulped. Even though he was the son of the man who used to be in charge of the great Enies Lobby and acted all high and mighty, trying to stand tall with his chin held high in front of Akainu was like asking to be executed at the moment. His pride in being able to complain and push others around vanished. He was terrified. "Y-yes."
Akainu glared at the lavender haired man. He looked as if he was going to melt the poor man or punch him to the other side of the world with his magma fists. Instead, he just asked, "Who?"
"S-s-some low life scum in a b-b-blue coat and mask," Spandam stuttered.
Akainu's fist clenched even tighter and he was steaming, literally. His arm was dripping magma on the carpet. He turned around and looked out his large window. "The Revolutionary Army."
"T-t-that's preposterous!" Spandam exclaimed.
"Then who do you suggest it it?" Akainu asked.
"Mugiwara. We were able to intercept him a few miles away from the base with the… specimen."
"Yet you weren't able to capture him."
Spandam gulped again. He was already imagining the different possibilities of how the fleet admiral would torture and then kill him.
"W-what should we do?"
Silence.
"No one can know about this. If this gets out, we won't be the only ones trying to get the girl... We will- no, must- take her back. No matter what it takes."
Akainu turned around and headed to the door. He looked calm and collected. Never showing a single emotion even when he was proud or satisfied. But on the inside he was terrified. If the Revolutionary Army did take the girl, it just might be enough to destroy his idea of an utopian world.
But there was absolutely, no way in hell, he'll ever allow that to happen.
Absolute justice will triumph.
~Meanwhile~
LUFFY'S POV
"This is taking too long~" I whined. "I'm hungry~"
"Urusai!" Usopp scolded. "We're not getting any fish because you keep shouting and you've been singing the Baka Song for the last fifteen minutes!"
There's no food. Sanji won't give me food. I can't catch any food. Why is there no food?
I started swinging my legs back and forth and threw my head back in boredom. The fishing line wasn't even budging. Where are all the sea kings when you needed them?!
"Nami!" I whined.
"What?"
I pouted and looked up at the redhead sitting on the rainbow colored lawn chair. She was tanning with her lavender and white colored sunglasses shielding her eyes and there was some orange drink on the table next to her. Robin was beside her, sitting under a huge umbrella with a book in her hands.
"When do we get to the next island?"
"Not for another day," she moaned.
"But I'm hungry… and bored… and hungry."
"That won't make the ship go any faster," she chimed.
"We could-."
"We don't have much cola left so no- we will not use Coup De Burst unless necessary."
The ship was silent again. You could only hear Zoro swinging his weights upstairs in the crow's nest and the ship creaking.
"So do you all just sit here all day?" asked a voice.
I turned around and Sora was standing on the lawn with a plate of finger sandwiches. The aroma of the sandwiches was floating around me and it smelled like meat. Richly, beautifully, cooked meat! My mouth watered and drool was starting to slide down my mouth.
"Hungry…" I moaned weakly. I stretched my arm and tried snatching a sandwich but Sora quickly moved the plate. "What are you doing?! Give me one!"
"… No!" She stuck out her tongue and then bit into another sandwich. There were only two left.
"Why?!" I complained.
"They're mine!"
I stretched my arm to grab the plate or at least one sandwich but missed again. Finally, I jumped to my feet and frowned. I put one of my hands on my hips and used my other hand to point at her. "Share!"
She stuck her tongue out again. "Yada!"
This time I used two hands to snatch the sandwiches, but still missed. We had a stare-off for a few seconds and then I launched my "attack" again, gattling-style. But somehow, she dodged my hands as if she were a leaf in the wind.
After five straight minutes of trying to grab one, one, sandwich, I finally stopped to take a breather. I glared and pouted at her once more and that just caused her to smirk before stuffing another sandwich into her mouth.
"Ah!" I yelled. There was only one more. One. More. ONE!
I started chasing after her. She managed to stay ahead of me the whole time and keep the heavenly platter of sandwiches from dropping on the ground. We ran and swung all around Sunny. From the lawn, to the top deck where Nami decided not to notice us, to the library, to the aquarium, somehow up to the crow's nest, running around Zoro who was training until he decided to scold us and kick us out, and then finally back to the lawn.
We were both out of breath and I was still unable to grab a sandwich.
I stretched my arms and was able to grab the edge of the plate. A tug-of-war between Sora and I began. At first I was using maybe ten percent of power but she didn't even budge.
"Let. Go. Of. The. Plate!" I snapped while trying to pry the plate out of her hands.
"… Okay." She quickly held onto the last sandwich and let go.
The plate came flying into my face and dug into it. The plate was pretty much glued to my eyes and my face caved in.
"Luffy! Stop fooling around!" Nami scolded.
I stood up, trying to protest to make her understand that it wasn't my fault but all that came out were muffled words. I was tripping over my feet while attempting to take the plate out and I didn't realize that I was at the ship's edge.
I tripped backwards and then was in a free fall before I slammed into the water.
I was sinking. Drowning. But at least the plate was out of my face.
There was a sound of a dull splash and a blond, scarred-faced guy came sinking down with me. And then another dull splash.
~A Few Moments Later~
"BAKA!" Nami, Usopp, and Sanji snapped while swatting my head as I laid on the deck trying to breathe.
"Fwanks bor pqring du gave me Dabo," I managed to say. (Thanks for trying to save me Sabo)
"Fwo goblin," Sabo responded while weakly trying to give me a thumbs up. (No problem)
"If I got a beli every time you fell in the ocean," Nami mumbled while massaging her temples.
Sabo laughed lightly and that made Nami glare at him. She stomped over and then swatted my older brother's head.
"You!" she snapped. "I thought you were the smarter brother! Why did you jump?! Did you forget that you ate a Devil Fruit?!"
Sabo smiled sheepishly and let out a nervous chuckle. "Whoops. Sorry, I couldn't help but react when I saw Luffy fall."
I flashed my trademark smile. I was happy to hear that. It was just like old times when Sabo and... Ace... saved me from the stupid alligators, bears, the Tiger Lord, and Porch-something guy.
Sabo sat up and patted my head. "How did you even fall off the ship in the first place?"
I heard a giggle. Sora was standing nearby with her hands behind her back. She smiled sheepishly.
"I was trying to get food," I pouted.
"That's why you have a fishing rod," Sabo said.
"But Sora had food!" I exclaimed. "But she wouldn't share so I tried to take some and then I got... hit in the face with a plate and then I fell trying to get the plate out."
"Serves you right for trying to steal a beautiful lady's food," Sanji exclaimed.
"You mean this?" Sora asked. She stepped up front and flashed the last sandwich.
"Niku!" I exclaimed. I quickly hopped to my feet and stretched my arms towards her. Before I could reach her, Sanji held my arms down, preventing them from stretching any further. And even worse, she ate the sandwich and I felt world crashing down.
Sora smirked and then let out a laugh. There was silence until she cocked her head slightly to the left. "Y-y-your arm... just stretched?"
Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Sabo looked at her and simultaneously said, "slow."
She walked over to me and then stretched my cheek. She giggled and then let go. "Why's your face like that?"
"I ate a Devil Fruit. I'm a rubberman," I pouted as she continued stretching my face. "Itai! Cut it out!"
"If you ate a Devil Fruit, why are you still hungry?" she asked. She stopped pinching my face and I sat up.
"I ate it years ago!" I shouted.
"Eh?!" she exclaimed.
Nami and Usopp sighed together while shaking their heads. The rest of the crew resumed whatever they were doing before I fell into the ocean, and ignored my conversation with Sora. I ended up telling the story of how I ate the gomu-gomu fruit when I was younger and then my past in the Goa Kingdom. I told her about Shanks, Jii-chan, Makino, and Dandan taking care of me and finally, my goal about becoming the Pirate King.
"Ne... why do you want to be such a thing?" she asked.
"Because!" I shouted. "To be Pirate King means to be the free-est man in the world! I want to be the free-est man and go on adventures!"
"But isn't it hard?"
"Of course! But I'm not alone and why would somebody seeking adventure want to take the shortcuts?"
Sora sat there silently. I smiled at her and after a minute she smiled back.
"That's a nice-," she said.
"How about you?" I interrupted. "What do you want?"
"Me?" she mumbled. She looked up at the cloudless blue sky and exhaled slowly. The whole ship was silent as she thought. Suddenly she fell back and laid down on the grass. "I can't think of a goal."
"Why?" I asked while picking my nose.
She shrugged.
"Whatever," I shrugged. "You might not know it now but you'll know it when you know it!"
I got up and put my hat back on top of my head. I gave her my trademark grin before I started walking toward the kitchen hoping Sanji would give me some food. Or at least let me have something that would temporarily fill my stomach (meaning the whatever's left in the pantry).
Sora got up and let out a sigh just before I entered the dining room. I wasn't sure and I didn't want to be sure but I think she whispered, "My goal is something that can never be achieved."
Do you guys know the Baka Song? LOL it was sung by Luffy (obviously) during the Skypiea Arc and to me it's the cutest thing ever. The words to the song makes me laugh like an idiot and my mom looks at me like I'm an idiot and asks why am I watching CARTOONS. (Excuse her, she'll never understand)
Here's a question to think about... Has Akainu ever smiled? Like truly smile? (I can't think of a time in the anime or manga lol)
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