A Random Meeting

It was a typical day in the bazar, people were bustling around, and merchants were loudly proclaiming their goods. Luffy and Chopper, were already at business getting their breakfast. They were over a melon stand.

"Chopper!" Luffy signaled with a thumbs up. Chopper followed the thumbs up and scurried down a pole. He grabbed a melon only to be seen by a vendor.

"Hey, you little beast!" the vendor yelled, and he put down the melon he was holding and grabbed the melon Chopper had stolen. Luffy's arm then stretched down and picked up a the same melon put down. By the time the vendor had regained control of his fruit, the other one was long gone. Chopper clamored back up the pole to Luffy.

"Wait to go Chopper!" Luffy said, as he banged the melon in half and handed on to his pet," Now, we eat!" They began to slurp down their prize.

Meanwhile, Vivi slunk around in her disguise, looking on in awe at the people and there merchandise.

"Buy a pot, the best in the Grand Line!" one guy said.

"Fruit all the way from Amazon Lily," another guy said.

"A beautiful necklace, for a beautiful girl," a third guy said. Vivi couldn't help but smile at all this, until a fourth guy shoved the head of Sea King in her face.

"A Sea King!" the man yelled," Slew it myself!" Vivi began to back away.

"No thanks," she said, unknowingly backing up into a fire eater, who this time, literally ate fire.

"Sorry!" Vivi quickly said, only to make a slight gasp when he belched up the flames, knocking down her hood. This caught Luffy's attention.

"I'm very sorry!" Vivi repeated sweetly as the man arched his eyebrow at her. Luffy got a good look at her then.

"Ahh," was all that came out of his mouth when he saw Vivi. Chopper looked at her, then Luffy, who had begun to stare with a dreamy look in his eyes. Chopper waved his paws in front of Luffy, who didn't even blink.

Vivi then came up to a young boy reaching for an apple.

"You hungry?" she asked, and the boy nodded, she picked up one and handed it to him," Here." This caught the eye of the merchant.

"You going to pay for that?" he demanded as he pulled Vivi over," Cause no one steals from me!"

"My apologies, but I don't have any money on myself a the moment," she said innocently as she tried to get away.

"Then you are a thief!" the vendor declared. He pinned Vivi's hand on the counter.

"Please! Let me go to the palace, I can get some money from the king!" Vivi said quickly. The man held up his sword.

"You know the punishment for thievery!" the man roared.

"No please I'm begging you!" Vivi pleaded, but just as the man brought the blade down, Luffy caught his wrist.

"Thank you so much! You don't know how happy I am you found her!" Luffy said as he shook the man's hand, he then turned to Vivi," Where have you been?" He then began to lead her away.

"What's up with you?" Vivi hissed.

"Work with me on this!" Luffy responded. The man then grabbed his shoulder.

"You know her?" he questioned. Luffy sighed.

"I'm afraid so, I'm her brother, she's a little off," Luffy said, and Vivi looked insulted at this. The man swung Luffy around by his collar.

"She said she knew the king!" the vendor said harshly. Luffy removed his hands and pointed Chopper, who was trying to pick pocket someone.

"She thinks the reindeer is the king," Luffy said. Vivi, knowing what to do bowed.

"My King! What must I do?" she said humbly. Liking this Chopper stood tall, and grunted and chirped in an orderly fashion.

"So sad," Luffy sighed, he then stretched his hand back and pulled an apple over, handing it to him," But what has been done?" He then began to pull along Vivi again.

"Now lets go sister, we have to see the doctor!" he said, and they accidently walked up to a camel.

"Hello Doctor!" said Vivi, with a dumb expression on her face.

"I meant the other one," Luffy hissed," Come on King!" Chopper bowed and grunted, before a bunch of apples and jewels fell out of his stuffed shirt. The vendor scowled and Vivi and Luffy looked over.

"Hey, comeback here you little burglar!" he yelled, but Luffy and Vivi were long gone.

In Crocodile's tower, Usopp was pedaling on a bike, trying to gain electricity, to build a makeshift storm.

"Sorry for asking, but why can't we wait for a real one?" Usopp moaned. Crocodile placed the gem he got from the king on a stand that was over an hourglass.

"Save your energy, you'll need it. Now faster!" Crocodile ordered, and Usopp did that.

"Yes your Scaliness!" Usopp yelled, and peddled faster. Eventually a lighting bolt shot from the glass sphere, and into the gem.

"Dark Sands of the Future!" Crocodile murmured as the sand in the hourglass took the form the Caverns of the Crocodile," Show to me the one!" The sand swirled down, and through it, Crocodile could see Luffy helping up Vivi up a ladder.

"Perfect, so perfect, there he is, the Jewel Among Stones!" Crocodile hissed. Usopp's jaw dropped.

"That's the joker that we had to spend all this time looking for?!" Usopp cried, before having his tail caught in the wheel, and being sent through the electricity. Crocodile grinned as he caught a few of Usopp's flying feathers.

"Why don't we invite into the palace?" Crocodile said passively. Usopp flew past him, and landed on the wall, devoid of feathers.

"Great!" he rasped, before collapsing.

Crocodile laughed at the image of Luffy.