CHAPTER FOUR: Future Adventure!

KS: Hello! Welcome to ch4 of F-OP! XD

I hope you're enjoying it so far…I apologize that I haven't updated in a while. It's just that I've been busy with my more….popular fanfictions.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own ONE PIECE, F-ZERO, or have any affiliations with Toei-Animation, Eiichiro Oda, Shueisha/Jump Comics, Nintendo, or Sega.

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"Ah, Luffy," Usopp started. "Maybe we should just stay here."

Luffy looked at Usopp as if he was crazy. "Why?" He asked.

Usopp looked around a bit. "Well, we don't know what's out there! It's the future...there could be monsters! Super monsters!!"

That made Luffy's grin come back with even more power. "Super monsters? Suge! I wanna go see 'em!"

"There aren't any 'monsters' alive on earth." Clash said, interrupting the conversation.

"See, Usopp? No monsters. Just think of it! The 'Future Adventure of Luffy'!!!" Luffy said. Usopp looked convinced and willing, now that he knew there weren't any monsters.

"Ah, I bet it's awesome! I'll call it, 'The Future Battles of the Great Captain Usopp'!!" He said in an excited tone.

"Guys, maybe we should stay here." Nami said.

"No! I'm the captain and I say we're going!" Luffy said.

Zoro put his hand on Nami's shoulder.

"They'll go either way. Come on, don't you wanna see what it's like too?" He said.

Nami still looked reluctant.

"I bet you could get something here that would sell big in our day." Usopp added.

That did it.

"All right, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" She said, Beri in her eyes.

Dr. Clash held up his hand to stop them. "Ah, wait, you don't know what you're doing. You'll break a law for sure." He said.

Nami grinned and waved it off. "It's fine, they're always doing that." She said. Clash did not look very comforted by that.

The ambitious pirates hopped off the ship and went to the door, where they stood a while looking at it.

"Ah...Ossan?" Luffy asked.

"Hm?" Dr. Clash grunted.

"How do you open the door?" Luffy said, cocking his head and crossing his arms.

Dr. Clash sighed...he was sure he'd be bailing them out of prison by the end of the day.

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After the Straw Hats left Dr. Clash's apartment/lab/garage, they experienced their first elevator (a high-speed one at that), and Usopp fainted for the first time (since he'd been in the future world, anyways). As they were on the elevator, Nami studied a building map to see where the front doors were, but when they stepped off Zoro almost got lost. It didn't take long, though, for them to reach the lobby, and they made their way to the front doors.

The mechanical doors slid open for them automatically, which in itself was an amazing thing to the crew. They stepped out into the bright sunlight, and gasped at the sight before their eyes.

Mute City.

"Oh...it's beautiful..." Nami awed.

"Wow..." Sanji muttered. Luffy's eyes lit up.

"Uoooooah!!!" He shouted quite loudly. Quite a few people around them stopped and looked at him like he was crazy, but it didn't take too long before they went on about their business.

What they saw was truly amazing. The city consisted of enormously tall, crystalline buildings. Wide, perfectly kept roads stretched across water and land alike. Along the roads sped amazing machines like nothing the Straw Hats had ever seen before that didn't even touch the ground. Everything seemed to be designed with aesthetics in mind.

"This is amazing..." Robin said as she looked around. Zoro put his hands in his pockets, a small smile on his face.

"So, are we going to split up?" He asked. Nami looked over at him.

"Why would we do that?" She asked.

"Because," he started, "It'd be easier to explore the whole city."

"If we do, someone's gotta go with you or we'll never find you, Marimo." Sanji replied. Zoro just growled a bit at the remark. Sanji continued. "Of course, that wouldn't be so bad."

"Shut up, ero-cook!" Zoro shouted. Nami stepped in between them. They had just gotten here, she wasn't going to have any trouble out of them yet.

She sat her hands on her hips, still trying to take it all in. "Well, Zoro, you can go with Robin. Usopp, Chopper, you can go together. Luffy, you can come with Sanji and me; we need to keep an eye on you." She said. Luffy wasn't really listening all that closely. He was grinning like a little excited kid at Christmas (of course, at the mention of getting to go with Nami, so was Sanji).

"Okay, Luffy?" Nami asked again. Luffy nodded.

"Fine with me!" He replied, putting his hand on his hat.

"Alright," Nami said. "We'll go our separate ways and meet back up before dark. Everyone understand?" She asked. Everyone nodded.

"But why before dark?" Luffy asked.

"Well," Nami started, "We don't know how this place gets at night. It would just be a good idea. After all, we can explore more tomorrow."

Luffy grinned again. "Jaa, let's go already!" He said. Nami sighed. Keeping him in her sight normally was hard enough, let alone in a city like this.

KS: It's starting to get there. I want it to hurry up and get to the good part: Sanji, Nami, and Luffy's exploration. That part is good. But, I need to work on my other (more popular) fanfics now. I'm sorry if it's not formatted nicely, but I didn't have much time to post it. Later!