'Raining Petals'

Chapter 3.

The sun was ready to sleep and the sky had become dark, with shades of yellows and oranges still present; which complemented each other to create a remarkable sight. Sanji was finding it hard to relax and take it all in. No doubt, it was lovely. What wasn't lovely was he had been waiting hours for food. The hunger he felt was over coming the pain of his headache. Sanji knew that he would never eat or see Zoro if he did not look for him. With that in mind he lifted himself up, waiting several seconds to adjust to the movement, and headed in the direction Zoro had went.

The island was, without a doubt, beautiful. Sanji had not realises as he had been looking up at the sky for a while. But the island was pure. A beautiful harmony of colours and alluring aromas from all kind of flowers. It excited Sanji that with all the dazzling scenery, there would be marvellous ingredients to use. However, his wonderful thoughts were tainted with one worry: it was an uninhabited island. This was definite. Such a good looking island could not have habitants. Human beings were good at destroying natural beauty.

An uninhabited island on the Grand Line. The Grand Line. Uninhabited. Two things that made it a terrible place to be stranded. Being stranded on an island with no people in any ocean made might of made it hard to be found, as there is a chance it would not be on a map. But the Grand Line making normal navigation difficult meant that it would be almost impossible or even just impossible to locate Sanji and Zoro. This thought troubled Sanji. He doesn't want to be stuck on an island with no people. Yes there was Zoro… But Sanji considered him a plant in body and soul.

Not that Sanji was surprised to see Zoro lost. He was just surprised to see him. It would always remain a mystery to him to how Zoro is lucky enough to be found so easily by his Nakama. Well, Zoro needed luck with his sense of direction. Sanji sighed and walked over to the green haired man. "Lost?" Sanji smirked to see Zoro face him with an annoyed look on his face. "Bad idea for you to look for food. One you get lost. Two, you have no idea what to look for."

Zoro hated when Sanji made him sound like an idiot. He knew that he is not stupid, at the best of times. "Food is food. It's not that hard." He turned to continue his search for something edible. Hearing Sanji snigger behind him he could not help to turn around and question this. "What you laughing at?"

"I do not believe that," Sanji looked Zoro in the eye. "I vaguely remember you eating a mushroom," Zoro remembered that mushroom. Looked harmless. Had him in the bathroom for hours for a week and he couldn't tell up from down. Lucky it didn't kill him.

"Shut up."

After Sanji gathered edible food, they headed back to the beach. On the way Zoro gathered raw materials because when with a cook, why eat boring, plain food? Sometimes Sanji amazes Zoro. His ability to cook, but also his ability to turn sticks and stones into something to cook with. What made it less impressive was that he used a match to light it. Who was he to complain. Good food in a bad situation.

Something seemed off. Whenever the cook had time to think Zoro felt the worry from him. Without thinking he asked "What's wrong with you"

No surprise to Zoro the reply was "Nothing." Silence followed and they both respected each others space for the time being. Sanji sighed as he peel some ingredients with a Swiss army knife (useful little tool to have on you) and looked at Zoro for a moment. As he looked away he began to explain "I guess I'm worried," Catching Zoro's attention, he continued "That we will not be found"

"What makes you think that? You worry too much, leave it to luck." Zoro yawned and feel to the sand.

"Do you think it is lucky we are in this situation in the first place?" Sanji always found Zoro's laid back attitude to things irritating.

"Well… I guess you are the unlucky aspect to all this."

"You want to eat!" Sanji pointed the small yet sharp knife at Zoro.

"…"

"Yeah, that's what I thought. It's just… The Grand Line makes everything complicated and I find it unlikely that there will be an Eternal Pose for an uninhabited island."

Zoro yawned again, unfazed by Sanji's point. "You never know. This island has a lot of resources doesn't it."

"I can't believe how stupid you are. You aren't just ignorant to the situation. It's defiantly because you have a poor supply of brain cells" Sanji pouted his lips and looked at the fire burning before him.

Zoro growls and sits up. "Believe me, don't worry. Those guys will never stop looking for us and I know that there is plenty of smart people in our crew that they can somehow find us. Don't tell Nami I said this, but she is a great navigator and she will have some crazy method of going back to the point where we fell off the ship. This island is not that far away from where that happened. So, stop being such a girl about the situation and just be patient… If they don't find us we will just have to learn to live with each other."

"That isn't funny at all!"