I deeply apologize for uploading later than I had intended *bows head in shame*

"So… are these any help, Arthur?" asked Usopp as England/Zoro scanned the books.

"Well, I do appreciate it, I really do," he replied, skimming through the one on transfiguration. "But I'm not finding anything right now. Could you give me maybe ten minutes?"

"Sure. By the way, Francis wants to know why the kitchen has burn marks on it."

"I don't know," said England/Zoro quickly, turning away. Usopp narrowed his eyes and walked around to look at him.

"Arthur…"

"Look, all I did was walk in the kitchen! I just wanted to get some leftovers from the fridge! The next thing I know, there's a fire! And I did try to clean it up afterwards!"

Usopp sighed. "Maybe there's some kind of lock that can keep you out… I'll talk to Sanji about it." He went away, calling back "Tell us if you find anything!"

"…not like I'm going to keep it secret if I do…" he muttered to himself, setting down the book on transfiguration.

England/Zoro called everyone to the room he was in within the next five minutes.

"Did you find something, Iggy?" asked America/Franky.

"Well, I appreciate you two getting the books for me," he said, nodding to Japan/Robin and Luffy, "I really do. But I couldn't find anything suitable for our purpose."

"You mean you didn't find anything?" asked Canada/Chopper quietly.

"No, I didn't find anything that would work in this case. The one that I used last time would be perfect, but seeing as we no longer have that book… I suppose that our best option would be to look for another copy somewhere."

Luffy raised a finger. "Um…"

"So we might be stuck like this for a long time!?" yelled America/Franky.

"Guys, I might have—" tried Luffy again.

"Yes," said England/Zoro. "I'm afraid so."

Luffy shrugged and stopped trying to talk.

"Does anyone know approximately when we'll reach the next island?" asked Japan/Robin. Everyone looked around at everyone else and they all realized that no, they did not know.

Italy/Nami sighed. "I wanna see fratello again…" France/Sanji went to comfort him/her.

"Luffy, what did you and Zoro do before Nami joined the crew?" asked England/Zoro.

"Uh… we just kind of sailed around aimlessly."

Usopp looked at him. "Jeez, you guys were lucky you survived!"

"Well, Nami joined us pretty soon, so that was fine!" he laughed.

"Does anyone have any maps?" continued England/Zoro. "We might find our way from there."

"We do, but…" Usopp scratched the back of his head. "We don't have any maps of where we are right now."

"Oh, that's right…" muttered England/Zoro. "Great."

They continued talking and decided to hope for the best with the next island, and in the meantime, go and do some recreational activities.

Italy/Nami got up and stretched, notably cheerier. "Well, I'm bored now! Is there any paper I can use to draw on?"

Luffy dug around in his pocket and handed him/her a piece of paper with some writing on one side. "Here, Nami – I mean, Italy! Use the back of this!"

"Thanks, Luffy!" He/she took the paper and went out onto the deck, where there was better light. He/she found a pen somewhere and got to drawing.

Later, Japan/Robin went onto the deck to talk to Italy/Nami. "What is that you're drawing, Italy-kun?"

Italy/Nami looked up. "Hi, Japan~! I'm drawing everyone on this crew!" He/she lifted the paper to show him/her a drawing of Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, and a half-complete Franky. Japan/Robin nodded.

"Those are very good. If you don't mind my asking, where did you get the paper?"

"Luffy gave it to me! He said I could draw on the back!"

"I see… and what's on the other side?"

"Um…" Italy/Nami flipped the paper over and examined it. "I don't know what this is… it looks weird… wait, was this torn out of a book?"

"May I see that?"

Italy/Nami handed the paper to Japan/Robin, who examined the drawings and words on it. He/she raised his/her eyebrows.

"Italy-kun…"

"Hm?"

"I think we should gather everyone together."

"Why? Oh well." Italy/Nami yelled for everyone. They all gathered to the deck fairly quickly.

"What is it?" asked Canada/Chopper quietly.

Japan/Robin handed the paper to England/Zoro. "England-san, will you please take a look at this?"

England/Zoro took the paper and examined it. His mouth dropped open. "This is—!"

"I believe that Luffy-san had it."

England glared at Luffy. "Why didn't you tell us you had this!?"

"I was trying to," he whined, "but everyone else was talking!"

"What? What's the paper, Arthur?" Usopp tried to take a look at it.

"The solution to our problem. It seems Luffy tore this out of the book and had it this whole time."

Usopp yelled "Luffy, why didn't you tell us in the beginning!?"

"I didn't think that was the one everyone needed."

France/Sanji sighed. "There's nothing we can do about that now. Angleterre, ma chérie, how long will you need to prepare everything?"

"I'd say, at most, twenty minutes. And if you absolutely have to call me 'dear', kindly do not use the feminine form!"

France pouted. "But it suits you so well—"

"Go away!"

In French (and several other languages) nouns have a "gender". For example, in French, a chair is a feminine noun (la chaise), while a hat is a masculine noun (le chapeau). I don't know why.

France is using the feminine version of "dear" (chérie) to refer to England when he should use the masculine form (cher), since England is a man.

Anyway, looks like I'll be wrapping up this story fairly soon.