Chapter 3: Stowaway
AN: I do not own One Piece, because if I did, romance would be part of the genre of the story and Sanji and Nami would be the cannon couple! Duh! And Rica is the property of Jump City Girl 2.0! Rica is her OC! I also changed the name of the island that Warloard is on, so they dont have to fight right now.
"R..Rica" Nami stuttered. "Why are you dragging her along like that Luffy!" She yelled.
He chuckled nervously. "Nami, she's my friend!" He giggled.
"What? but we just got here"
"I know, but I like her...and she said I was funny, so she's my friend"
Sweatdrop.
"How did we not see that coming" She said rolling her eyes. Namiu studied the girl.
She had long bright orange hair, lighter in color then her own. It was pulled back into two pigtails. She was wearing jean shorts with a lime green and yellow striped tanktop, with brown boots. On her head she was wearing a pink hat that looked like a cat.
"Rica was is?" She asked the girl
She nodded.
"Well then Rica, what do you want with our captain?" She growled.
She giggled a bit.
"I dont want anything with him, he just ran into me literally and we became friends...funny huh?" She said.
"Yeah, funny" She turned her head.
"Did you get your food Luffy?" She asked him. He nodded.
"Im full!" he said rubbing his stomach.
"Well then, as soon as we find Sanji-kun we'll be off" She said walking in the other direction. Rica and Luffy gave a sad look to each other. "Nami!" He wailed. "Does this mean I gotta leave Rica?"
She turned around and sighed in annoyance.
"Yes Luffy, we dont live here and were not staying here, we just needed to get restocked, which we are, so were leaving!" She turned around again. Chopper placed a sympathetic hoof on Luffy's leg.
"It's alright Luffy, you guys can still be Nakama, I had to leave Mobambi, and were still nakama" He said wisely.
Luffy looked to Rica and sighed. He frowned.
"I guess" he said sitting on the ground.
Chopper smiled. "Thats the spirit!...I'm heading back to the Merry...see you there Luffy" He said morphing into his human state and walking off. He got a few stares along the way, but he learned to deal with that.
Luffy looked at Rica who was frowning also.
"i'm sorry for causing trouble Luffy-san" She said.
He turned around and smiled.
"I got an idea!" he said waving his arms around.
She smiled.
Nami walked down the streets of the city alone. Passing all the shops and the people of the quiet village.
"Sure is peaceful here" She spoke quietly. Their were a group of women up ahead. She ran to the group and pushed her way through the crowded women to see the blonde chef in the middle. he was surrounded by women from every angle. Kiss marks were all over his face and he was smiling as large as his face could allow him.
Rage flew through he body and she threw a fist hitting the women infront of her.
They started to scream and Sanji stood up.
"What was...?" He saw Nami standing their, her body shaking with anger.
"Nami-swan!" He chimed his eyes turning to hearts. "i knew that your love towards me would lead you to me!" He cried out. She smirked and hit him over the head, knocking him out. She carried the bags he had in one of her hand and she dragged him with the other.
"Stupid eko-cook" She seethed. She walked up the ship's ramp and threw him next to Zoro who was cleaning his katana. He looked over to him to see a beat up, knocked out Sanji.
"idiot" he said and went back to cleaning his swords.
"Alright!" Nami chimed.
"Zoro! Raise the anchor" She yelled. Zoro got up.
"I dont know why I take commands from you" He said.
"Because...you owe me too much to argue" She said. he grimaced and tugged on the chain of the anchor.
"Usopp! Chopper! Lower the main sail!" She yelled. The raced up being very careful and lowered the sail with the giant skull and crossbone with the strawhat over it's head. She smiled seeing Luffy sit their on the floor.
"Full steer ahead!" She said. Usopp raced down to the galley and took his seat in his workshop, getting ready to pull the helm if needed. They pulled out of the islands docking in a few minutes and moments later they were back on course sailing to the next island.
"well were making good time, the next islands should be a day or two away from here" She said looking out into the bright blue sea.
Meanwhile, Luffy had raced down to the boy's cabins.
He took a blanket off his hammock.
"We'll my plan worked!" He cheered. Rica sat up and got out of the hammock.
"Thank you so much Luffy-san" She said bowing her head. He smiled widely.
"No problem" He chimed, "you'll like it here, the food is great! we have a number one top chef from East Blue on our ship!"
"Well that's good to know" She whispered.
"yeah, but Nami says you have to watch him cause he's a pervert...or something like that" He whispered.
"I'll be careful then" She said chuckling. She watched him laugh.
"We'll I'm gonna go up on the deck, so they dont get suspicious...or so Usopp doesn't take my spot!" He yelled.
"When am I going to be able to get up their?"She asked.
He smiled again.
"I'm gonna talk to them all tonight, I promise" He told her running up to the top.
"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" He yelled and he landed on his spot.
"Ahhhh"
Sanji slowly moved his arm and rubbed his throbbing head.
"Oi, what happened?" He asked sitting up straight.
"You were being a eko-cook again" Zoro said from beside him. He was finishing up cleaning his most prized and powerful sword Wadō Ichimonji.
"I was, I dont remember that" He said.
"That's because Nami hit you over the head!" he yelled. Sanji grinned stupidly.
"Nami-san?" He said looking around. "Where is she anyway?"
"Probably hiding from you! Honestly, you claim to love the women, maybe you should leave her alone!" He yelled. Sanji looked at him and dropped his head.
"Marimo bastard" He said. Zoro's face went red. "You wanna fight!" Sanji shook his head and stood up. "No Zoro" He said walking away.
"hey! come back here!" He yelled. He growled. "Bastard-cook" he growled and went back to cleaning his katana.
Sanji walked the ship alone, watching everyone having a good time. Usopp, Chopper and Luffy were playing a game that Usopp invented in his spare time. Zoro was cleaning his prized katana with a grin on his face and Nami was sitting in the Crow's nest enjoying the breeze and sight of the ocean. He sighed and headed toward the galley. Cooking would help this go away.
He started chopping and cutting, skinning vegatables and seasoning the meat for tonight's meal. Tossing skins, fat and shells away in the trashcan.
Later that night, the strawhats, excluding Luffy had gone to sleep. Luffy was above deck with Rica by his side.
"Thanks for taking me above deck Luffy-san" She said.
"I couldnt have you sleeping with all the guys, your a girl!" He exclaimed. "And until Nami knows your here, you cant sleep in her room, but she has the best room! She has an actual bed!" He yelled. "I bounced on it once, but she yelled at me for it" he said sheepishly.
She chuckled. "goodnight Luffy-san" She said yawning. She leaned up against his shoulder. Feeling akward he looked away. What was this strange feeling that Monkey D. Luffy was feeling?