TNST
What the Metal Heart Desires
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.
Franky; the Strawhats' shipwright and perverted cyborg, he still has a lot of project to do but since he also likes action but they all tell him of late to stay behind 'in case the ship will get wrecked.' Because Franky loves this ship as he loves the crew; he is torn from enjoying adventure with the Strawhats or staying behind and always look after the Sunny. This adventure will be his unfortunate rerun-in with some old enemies as well as well as a runaway who despises their former leader no less than anyone and a new friend that may help him find his true place as a pirate on board the Pirate King's ship.
It was a regular day and Franky was having the uttermost trouble with his project, he thinks it is because he doesn't have Usopp to help him because the latter is having a romance with Kaya; still, Franky doesn't want to ruin their progress so he think there should been another shipwright that can be his partner in making. When Franky was a point that nothing will fall apart if he will turn his back, he went to Luffy who was practicing his pipes while his wife was being busy in her tangerine grove; it is his best chance.
"Yo, Strawhat!" Luffy stopped playing and turned to see his shipwright standing on the deck,
"What's up, Franky?"
"This may be hard to come by but can you help me find another good shipwright to be my partner?"
Luffy was silent then did a thinking pose. Franky was a little nervous about it went off in the other direction think about it,
"Strawhat probably going to say no and kick me off…"
"Okay!" Franky turned to see his captain show his toothy grin that shocked the shipwright and at the same time he rejoiced that Luffy promised him something that he needs not wants.
"Really?"
"Sure, I was just thinking about the next island that we are coming across; it is called Rloth-Cope." Luffy answered, "It is a Summer Island where a friend lives alone but has great shipwright skills; I'm sure you will what you are looking for."
Sure enough, the Strawhats arrived at the island that Franky had shown to be antsy about seeing the shipwright friend of Luffy. This really annoyed the crew and wondered what their captain did to their shipwright. He just smiled which even his wife knew there was no way in getting anything out of him when he did that.
The island was like a ship yard that no one has cleaned out in years as far as the eye can see. It reminded Franky of his home because he lived on the other side of Water 7 for four years; still, there was only one person living there. Luffy helped his wife of the ship while everyone followed uniform and soon, everyone was here including the ones who normally stay behind because they also want to meet this shipwright.
After following Luffy for an hour, the crew saw most of this island used to be inhabited but the traces also showed that something happened and caused this island to be deserted save for this friend of Luffy's. Then they came across an area that was filled with ships on dry land but they don't have any flags or names, as if they were made inland but no one has bothered to use them. Luffy grinned at this while the others were confused,
"How did this happened Luffy?"
"Yeah, not even Tom did any this; making ships to mourn them on land."
"Were they victims of the Davy Back Fight and lost their flags in the game?"
"Maybe a flood happened and washed these ships inland and that was what caused this island to be deserted."
"You have the weirdest imagination, Robin."
The crew exchanged ideas and they continued to follow Luffy through the mess of ships but before Luffy could answer, they began to hear singing. They turned to Brook but he said that it wasn't he who was singing.
As it got closer, the crew was now able to make it out. It went like this;
"Yo ho ho ho Hey Bellow the Man Down ho ho ho..."
The crew was really wondered why this sounded liked Brook when Luffy chucked,
"She is so much better..."
The crew all stared at Luffy's comment,
"The shipwright is a girl?!" They all thought that Franky seemed to notice that his heart was acting funny like it was grabbed for some reason. Luffy just walked in a direction and yelled,
"Listii, where are you?"
"Yo-ho-ho Hey Blow the Man Down ho-ho! Here I am, Master Luffy!" The singing came to a halt as a shadow figure appeared!
"What is that Luffy?" Nami ran and clutched her husband's arm,
"A girl with power over wind?" The crew hit him on the head including Nami,
"You idiot, it is a cyborg like Franky!" "You idiot, it is a cyborg like me!" They all said at the same time yet,
"No he is right. I am a girl with power over wind." The figure emerged from the shadows while noticing that the crew made a blank face at the fact that Luffy noticed what they did not. She giggled as Luffy pecked Nami on the cheek that snapped her back to reality while everyone else did their own way. The Stranger smiled and extended her arm,
"Hi there, I am Listii Grigg and I live and work on this island." This somehow made the Strawhats feel more at ease so they shook her hand. Franky, out of the rest, felt really hot in the cheeks and also that his heart getting tighter and beating faster. He finally settled it to notice that Sanji was acting like he normally would around women; he couldn't blame anyone including Sanji, Listii was very pretty.
Then a gust was approaching them and hit Sanji square in the face knocking him into the junk pile but the gust turned out to be another women but this time, the pirates don't feel good; this being looked like Spandam!
"Don't you dare lay a hand on my sister, Pervert!" Luffy didn't like the display,
"RLEPIAS!"
End of Chapter 31
*Hello everyone! This is a new island in the New World i thought of for this chapter and a couple more to follow. Hope you like it and have a nice day!*
