CHAPTER 12- Vale, the Ice Island
Chapter's Quote: "Sometimes the oldest enemies can come back to haunt you."


Everyone was sitting down for dinner as Sanji brought out more food. Luffy's mouth watered until Sanji kicked him in self-defense.

"Luffy, don't try and eat it before it's even on the table!" Sanji snapped.

"Okay." Luffy said sadly, but his sadness was quickly gone as he saw Nami walk over to the table.

She sat next to Robin, and started to eat as Luffy finally realized that there was food on the table and started eating.

Luffy only glanced up once, and that was when he noticed Nami wearing the bracelet.

Luffy secretly smiled and went back to eating.

"She's still wearing it." Luffy thought happily to himself.

"It's a very nice bracelet you gave her." Said another voice in Luffy's head.

Luffy looked around and then the voice said. "Stop looking around, you're making yourself noticed."

Luffy stopped looking around and went back to eating. "Who are you?" Luffy thought, trying to see if he could talk back to the voice.

"It's me, Roland. Cool ability, right? I can talk to people in their minds." Roland's voice said inside Luffy's head.

"Suge!" Luffy thought happily.

"Anyway, it's a very nice bracelet." Roland's voice said.

Luffy smiled as he replied. "Yeah I know!"

From where he sat, Roland smiled a little as he bit a piece of meat.

"Heh, you like her." Roland's voice said.

Luffy blushed but quickly ate some meat so nobody would notice. "Why'd you say that?!"

"Heh, I can see your mind, idiot. Nothing is secret from me. Your fight with Crocodile, Arlong, some guy named Enel, and I can also see all of your adventures."

"They all had it coming. They tried to hurt my nakama."

"I see, so you beat Arlong cause he hurt Nami, you defeated Crocodile to save Vivi, and you beat Enel to save Nami. Sounds to me like you save Nami the most, which means you like her." Roland's voice said with what seemed to be a smirk.

Luffy blushed more and tried his best to hide it before mentally shouting at Roland.

"I do not!"

Roland smiled as he replied.

"If you deny it, that means it's true. Why don't you try talking to her?"

Luffy had to shove a ton of food into his face to stop him from turning red.

"I-I can't!"

Roland started playing his fork at the other side of the table and smiled.

"It's either you try to talk to her, or I will make you. You know I can." Roland thought happily.

Luffy shuddered at that very true statement. "A-Alright…"

Luffy thought, which made Roland smile.

"Good. Wait until after dinner and when everyone goes to bed."

Luffy nodded slightly and went back to eating.


That night, everyone was heading for their rooms except for Nami who had to finish setting their course.

Luffy had almost made it to his room before his hand slapped him.

"I thought you said you'd talk to her." Roland said crossing his arms.

Luffy gave a lop-sided grin and scratched his head. "I guess I forgot." Roland sighed and forced Luffy toward Nami.

"Hurry it up." Roland said as he climbed into the crow's nest for his shift.

Luffy watched him, sighed, and then slowly made his way to Nami. Luffy gulped as he stopped behind Nami.

Nami looked at him and said calmly. "Why aren't you sleeping?"

Luffy grinned a little and replied. "I wanted to talk to you."

Nami just looked at Luffy and then after a while, she pointed to the part of railing next to her.

Luffy walked over and leaned on the railing as Nami asked. "What is it?"

Luffy looked up at the stars and shrugged. "I just wanted to talk."

Nami stretched his cheek and snapped it back. "Ow! What was that for?" Luffy said rubbing his cheek.

"You're being stupid again." Nami said as she continued to look out at the sea.

Luffy stopped rubbing his cheek and then stared at Nami. Nami felt his gaze and asked. "Why are you looking at me?"

Luffy jolted back into reality and quickly looked away. Nami saw Luffy jolt and gave a small smile.

"So, do you remember anything from after you were kidnapped?"

"I only remember everything after I woke up. I hated that feeling, being able to see what was going on but not being able to do anything. I felt strange."

Luffy looked down into the water and muttered. "Me too."

Nami looked over and nodded. "That's right, the same thing happened to you, sort of." Nami said and Luffy looked at her again before quickly looking away.

Luffy nodded as Nami smiled and looked out toward the moon. Nami sighed and then shivered.

"I guess I'll head to bed now."

"Hey Nami?"

Nami looked back at her captain and asked. "What?"

Luffy paused for a moment before shaking his head. "Never mind."

Nami shrugged and said. "Good Night."

As Nami opened her door and closed it behind her, Luffy sighed and looked over to the moon.

"I couldn't say it."

Above him, Roland had his feet on the edge of the crow's nest as he smiled.

During their conversation, Roland had gone inside each of their minds to see something.

He grinned as if he had found what he was looking for.

"On the next island, Luffy and Nami's little adventure will get interesting. I wonder if he can say it soon."

Roland said as he closed his eyes.

"Still… that dream Luffy had that he asked me about… I wonder what it meant?" Roland added before closing his eyes and then muttered under his breath. "Oneechan better not mess too much with him."


The sun had peaked out from the horizon, only to be swallowed by the clouds. Luffy rolled off his hammock and smashed into the floor headfirst.

"Ow, that hurt." He said as he sat up.

"I guess everyone else would still be asleep." Luffy added, as he didn't hear any movement anywhere above him or near his room.

He just shrugged and went back to sleep. Over in her room, Nami was awake at her desk as she worked on a map.

A soft knock on her door made her look up. "Come on in." she said as she went back to working.

The door opened and in stepped Robin.

"Good morning, Navigator-san."

"Morning, Robin. Why aren't you out on deck?" Nami asked because Robin had always been one of the first up.

"I think it would be safer to stay inside until noon." Robin said mysteriously.

"Why would that be?" Nami asked confused.

"It seems Spy-san isn't a morning person." Robin said as she sat down and pulled out a book and began to read.

Nami looked at her completed map, stood up and walked toward the door.

"It can't be that bad, right?" Nami asked as she opened the door and walked outside.

Robin quietly started to count. "1…2…3…" she counted quietly until Nami ran back into the room.

"I see what you mean." Nami said scared of what she had witnessed.

Robin just smiled and returned to her book. Nami looked over and began working on a different map.


Outside on deck, Sanji was hiding in the kitchen, where he could wait until noon came.

Zoro was in the crow's nest with Franky as they tried to stay quiet.

On deck, Roland was standing in the center and looking around. While Luffy was still in his room, asleep.

Roland walked over to the mast and placed a hand on it. Roland frowned and then Zoro and Franky fell out of the crow's nest.

"Found you." Roland said as he demonically glared at the two of them.

Zoro and Franky ran toward the kitchen and opened the door, and threw Sanji out, and quickly closed the door.

Sanji hit the deck and cursed quietly. Sanji then froze as he felt the piercing glare from above.

"Found you too." Roland said demonically as Sanji gulped and tried to get away, but to no avail.

Sanji screams of pain awoke Luffy from his sleep. Luffy rolled over and climbed out of his hammock and onto the deck. Luffy's back tingled as the icy aura hit him.

Sanji was being spun around in a circle as Roland glared down at him.

The kitchen door creaked and Luffy looked over through the little window to see Franky sitting in front of it. Luffy grinned and knocked on the window, which caused Franky to cry in despair.

"Please don't hurt me!"

"Oi Franky! Its just Luffy." Zoro said from where he was leaning against the wall.

Franky moved over and Luffy crept in. Franky then slammed the door shut and sighed.

"Rolex is swirling Sanji outside. It looks like fun!" Luffy said grinning.

"It's Roland, Luffy." Zoro said to his ignorant captain.

"Oh yeah." Luffy said as he hit his open palm with his fist. "I forgot again." Luffy added plainly.

"Only you could forget something like that!" Franky and Zoro shouted.

Franky sighed and looked at the clock and smiled. "It's one minute till noon!" he shouted happily as he opened the door and suddenly froze at the deck.

Zoro and Luffy walked out to see Sanji spinning around at top speed while Roland was snoring.

"He fell asleep, but is still mentally torturing Sanji." Franky said in disbelief.

Nami opened her door and grimaced at Sanji and Roland. "Idiots." She muttered as she glanced over to Luffy, Franky, and Zoro. "Even more idiots." Nami added through gritted teeth.

Nami then walked over and expertly stopped Sanji by landing a kick to his head, causing him to be flung and get hit into the railing.

Sanji's eyes were spinning as he weakly stammered. "Thanks… Nami-san…"

"Ha! Now his eyes match his eyebrows!" Zoro called out laughing. Franky stared in terror at Nami, then Sanji, and then the sleeping Roland. Luffy was staring off into the horizon as eveyone exchanged stares.

Nami was the first to look over at Luffy and asked him. "What is it, Luffy?"

Zoro stopped laughing and looked over at Luffy, as did Franky. Luffy's grin widened to it's fullest.

"Island!" he shouted into the air. Roland woke up and glared at the others.

"Who woke me up?"


After several painful minutes of torture, Luffy had finally been let go from Roland's grasp by Nami.

They neared the island and they all, except for the knocked out Sanji and Luffy, gasped in amazement.

The entire island was covered in snow. "It looks just like Drum Kingdom!" Nami said amazed.

"I guess so, there's a place where you can dock over there." Roland said as he pointed toward one of the cliffs.

"Okay." Nami said as she steered the ship toward the island.

Suddenly, it started to snow, and as the snow fell on the pirates, a few snowflakes gently hit Luffy and Sanji on the face, causing them to wake up.

Sanji groaned as he sat up, and Luffy noticed the island and started to get his "Adventure" look in his eyes.

Roland looked over at Sanji and said plainly. "It's about time you woke up."

Sanji glared at Roland and shouted. "You're the one who knocked me out!"

Roland turned around and walked away from the yelling Sanji. Robin exited her room and looked at the island.

"That island seems cold." Franky said bluntly. Nami's face lit up as she over heard him.

"That's right! We'll need coats!" Nami said as she ran into her room to get one for her and Robin.

Sanji went to get his, Franky said he didn't have one yet; Zoro just yawned and said it was better for his training if he didn't have one.

Luffy went and grabbed one from his room as Nami exited her room with her new coat on.

Sanji walked out wearing his black coat as his eyes turned to hearts at the sight of Nami's scarlet and fuchsia coat.

"Nami-san!"

Nami turned to face him as he ran over. "You look beautiful!" Sanji called out again.

"Thanks, Sanji-kun." Nami said smiling, which sent Sanji's heart to Heaven with happiness.

Luffy bursted out of his room wearing Nami's old coat she had worn at Drum Island.

Nami looked over and yelled at Luffy. "Where did you find that, and how come it's all fixed!?" Nami the punched Luffy in the face and sent him into the deck

"Ow, I had kept it and after Franky came onboard, I asked him if he could fix it. He did a very good job too."

Franky muttered from behind Nami. "I can't even sew that good, I'm only good with wood and steel."

Nami punched Luffy on the top of his head and calmly said. "Okay, I'll let you wear it again, but it'll cost you."

Luffy looked at Nami and grinned. "Okay." Luffy said as he stood up, put his hat on his head and shouted into the air.

"Let's go!"

Everyone else cheered except for Robin who was staring at the island. Roland looked over and asked.

"What is it?" Robin looked at him and then pointed at something.

Everyone looked over and gasped except for Roland at what Robin was pointing to.

Sitting in a tree, was a small reindeer wearing a hat. Luffy shouted happily as he saw the creature.

"Chopper!?"


Bwahahaha! Chopper was found! Okay, I hope you people know just how deadly non-morning people are.

For those who have read Ouran High, you can probably relate Roland's attitude in the morning, with Hunny's.

There is no Origin of Names this chapter.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I'll see you all next chapter then! Ja ne!