Whoa guys guess who became an RP geek in a few weeks. ME.
(Oh, and sorry for not replying to any reviews. Shame on me. ;_;)


Title: Charity for a Good Cause
Theme: Hunger
Claim: Nami+Sanji+Robin
Words: 1385
Rating: K+ (does Sanji's cussing still count?)
Warnings: Bad plot is bad.


Nami knew something odd had occurred when Robin emerged from the forest with a horde of half-naked people following her. They were tall- nearly as tall as Franky, in fact, and their skin was ruddy and weather-beaten. Nami groaned when she realized most of them were wearing loincloths ("more like napkins") and poorly-cut animal skins.

"What, did they decide to become your fanclub or something?" Nami tapped her feet and crossed her arms. Under no circumstances would they allow those… people to come aboard.

"Hardly." Robin smiled patiently. One man with colorful tattoos stepped forward but halted when Robin held up a hand. "They attempted to sacrifice me to their gods, actually."

"And what, they suddenly decided you were godlier than whatever they were going to offer you to?" Nami shook her head. It was like a bad cliché out of an old myth.

"Hey, girlies- whoa." Franky began to climb up the ladder again when he turned around and saw the crowd of natives. "I don't want to know."

"Get Zoro and Luffy." Nami called. She turned back to Robin. "No, we can't keep them, no, you can't dissect them, no, you can't form your own cult. Does that answer your questions?"

The tattooed man attempted to move up again and Robin made a vague gesture with her hand. He grunted impatiently. Robin chuckled. "You know me so well."

"What the hell?" Zoro pulled out his sword as he landed on the sand beside them. "Did Robin annoy some native people or something?"

"Cooo-ool!" Luffy grinned, bouncing down. "A party!"

"Don't make such stupid assumptions, marimo!" Sanji attempted to kick Zoro down into the ground, but the marimo moved away just in time. He began to noodle around Nami. "Nami-san, you called~?"

"No, just for the captain and the swordsman, but sure." Nami rubbed her temples. "I don't know why and I don't want to know how, but Robin apparently has a whole army of savages under her command."

The tattooed man growled viciously and had to be held back by two of his equally-muscular companions.

"Careful, I wouldn't advise angering them." Robin warned.

"Eeh, sorry!" Nami laughed nervously, holding up her hands to show she meant no harm.

"No, they promised not to kill me as long as we satiate their hunger." Robin said.

"CANNIBALS?" Nami shrieked. Zoro's grip on his sword tightened and Luffy laid a hand on the top of his hat.

"Stupid pirate!" the man hissed.

"Their island was recently razed by a hurricane, actually." Robin said. "Their crops, livestock- everything was taken away from them, as well as nearly all of their population. They're going through some tough times. I was to be a sacrifice to appeal to their gods for some help, before I managed to negotiate with them."

It was only when Robin mentioned it when the four of them suddenly noticed how thin and bony the ruddy-skinned people were. Their thin animal furs looked worn out and old, not sloppily crafted, and their ribs and cheekbones were jutting out.

"Shit." Sanji said softly, lighting up a cigarette. He fearlessly approached the wary group of people and grinned. "Then we'll have a feast tonight, eh?"

"Idiot!" Zoro spat. "We only have enough supplies to last us until the next island, since this place doesn't have anything!"

"These guys are hungry, so we'll feed them. Even if it's not enough to feed all of them, none of them will be starving tonight." Sanji said resolutely.

"Thank you!" an old man bowed down to the ground. "We have few wild game we have managed to capture in the forest- nothing enough to feed the entire village- but- but we can-"

"Hey." Sanji motioned for the old man to stand up. "I'd kick your guys' asses since you tried to kill Robin-chan, but…" his eye widened in realization. "That's right! YOU SHITTY IDIOTS TRIED TO KILL ROBIN-CHAN!"

"Oi! Oi!" Zoro and Luffy grabbed Sanji's arms to prevent him from attacking the people.

After managing to calm Sanji down, the rest of the crew was gathered on the shore. The natives brought out what few meager birds and animals they hunted from the forest and quickly began to clear an area for a bonfire while the Strawhats gathered food from their own stock.

"I don't see why we can't just give them some crop seeds." Usopp huffed, straining with a barrel of flour. "We have plenty of seeds, but barely enough food."

"They're hungry. We can't just let them starve!" Sanji pushed him along, carrying an enormous basket of fruits and vegetables.

"That's so niiiice, Cook-bro!" Franky wailed.

Meanwhile, a small group of the natives had taken interest in Brook.

"Look! He was so hungry, he simply became bones with no skin!" a man pointed out.

"Waaah, what if we become like that as well?" another man ran his hands up and down his bony midriff.

"No, no, nothing like that would happen!" Brook reassured.

Sanji looked up as the sun began to creep towards the horizon. He lit up another cigarette and pointed Franky, who was carrying a bunch of frozen meat, to the pit where the food was being gathered.

"It's very kind of you to feed these hungry natives, Cook-san." Robin appeared beside him.

"Not as kind as you, Robin-chaaaan~!" Sanji wiggled.

"Imagine; if I didn't suggest feeding them, I would be lying on a stone table with my body cut open and my heart in a glass jar…" Robin smiled absentmindedly, wandering off to talk to one of the natives.

"I can't believe she's so casual about that." Nami shuddered.

"Nami-san, you're okay with all this, right? After this, we'll have to ration our meals in order to last until the next stop…" Sanji bit his lip. Nami laughed and patted his shoulder reassuringly.

"Sure. I mean, these guys might have a treasure to repay us with or something!" Nami's eyes sparkled.

The pit suddenly began to blaze with a fire once the last scrounged lump of charcoal had been dumped in it. Luffy danced beside it with a burnt out match in his fist, laughing along with several bony people.

"Here ya go, Cook-bro." Franky put down the barbecue grill in the sand. "Roast and barbecue tonight!"

"WAIT! I'M NOT FOOD! I'M NOT FOOD!" Chopper shouted in a panic, being carried toward the bonfire by a bulky man with his hair up in a swirly cone.

"Sure you are!" Luffy snatched Chopper out of the man's grasp, who grunted and lumbered back to get a more appropriate piece of food. "You're the emergency food supply, right Sanji?"

"Do you prefer to be roasted or grilled?" Sanji bent down to look Chopper in the eye. Chopper began to scream and wiggle in Luffy's arms.

"Don't scare him like that, Sanji-kun." Nami smiled, smacking him lightly on the arm.

"Whatever you say, Nami-san~!"

-X-

"They look really happy." Usopp commented, leaning over the railing. The people, who looked much more cheerful than they had during their appearance the day before, were happily cleaning up the site of the fire and whatever bones and pits that had been discarded in the sand. A line of women were marching back into the forest, carrying bags of crop seeds that the Strawhats managed to dig up from deep in their storage room as well as some rations Sanji had handed out.

"Of course. They won't starve anymore." Robin waved at the tattooed man. He put down the chicken leg he had been gnawing on and waved back, grinning widely.

"They still tried to sacrifice you." Sanji grumbled.

"I bear them no grudge." Robin shrugged. The ship lurched and they began to set sail. A few of the people stood up and shouted, waving and smiling brightly. "Besides, I'm sure they're very grateful for what we did."

"I'm grateful for the treasure!" Nami swooned, hugging a large gem that shone brightly in the sunlight.

"Man, that was an awesome party!" Luffy stumbled outside, patting his stomach.

"They tried to eat me." Chopper pouted.

"So what's for lunch?" Luffy asked, burping a little.

"Not much." Sanji said flatly. "We used up most of our supplies to feed the natives."

Luffy fell over. "Ahhh… I see…"

"Stop whining, Luffy." Zoro said crossly, lazily opening one eye.

"I'm already hungry…"

"NO YOU'RE NOT, LUFFY!"


Thought of the day: How many more years do you think One Piece should or will keep going? (After all, there's still the New World to go...)