Luffy: YAY!! I FOUND THE MEAT!!

Amie: He also means that we have another poll update!

Luffy: -Talks with mouth full.- We do?

Yep, folks! We do! And here they are!

DEFINITELY SANJI is STILL in the lead!

Sanji: Ah, Amie-chan! It seems that we're-!

WAIT!! But overall, Zoro is leading with two votes now!

Sanji: WHA!?

Zoro: -Smirks.-

So keep on voting folks! And as a heads up, this is a super long chapter!

Amie: She wants to hurry off and finish this arc cuz it's boring her...

It is NOT!! Anyway, continue!

I woke up at some point, which I think it was the next day, only to feel incredibly warm...

Mmm... me likie...

I snuggled into my pillow, taking a deep breath and smiling. Said smile was replaced shortly after with a severe blush when I realized exactly what my pillow was.

I was face first in Zoro's chest, being sandwiched in-between him and someone else...

I felt my eye twitch. If it was Usopp, no offense, but I'd prefer my space with him.

I turned, ready to tell him off, only to blush more as I saw a peaceful looking Sanji snuggle into me more.

Oh lovely. I was sandwiched between Zoro and Sanji.

And judging Sanji's position, he wasn't like that originally.

He was gonna have a stiff neck or something when he woke up.

I felt my face heat up more as Zoro's hold on me tightened.

Um... 'kay, I was gonna have to wake up someone...

I wriggled slightly, freeing my arms just so, and I gently pried Sanji off my back, and I flinched as I heard him slip down onto the ground with a soft thud.

I'm so sorry, Sanji!

I tried my best to pull myself from Zoro's grip, but grunted softly as his hold merely tightened.

Aw, man! What a frickin' pickle!

I wake up to find two hot guys all over me, and I don't know how I feel about either of them!

I crossed my arms, going into thought.

Well, I guess I can think of it some more...

Lessee...

Zoro first!

I've known him longer, and have talked to him a lot more, and despite the fact he can be a bit... dense... and lazy... and a bit on the side where he won't go cuddling with you in public, not that I want that, well, despite all that, he seems okay...

Now for Sanji!

Sweet, kind, would never hit a woman. He also smokes and flirts with any girl who has boobs. That, and he pampers relentlessly. Overall, he's okay too.

I sighed. I didn't have to pick between them, did I? Really? I mean, they may just be acting like protective older brothers... right? They don't really like me that way... right...?

I flushed as Sanji wigged up, relatively back in his original position, just one that looked more comfortable.

Okay... I'll start admitting it... they may have some feelings for me... there. There! Happy now, Nami!?

Grr... I wanted up dammit! And now!

Finally, Zoro rolled his head to the side slightly, an arm flopping off me, his grip slackened. I sighed, reaching around and removing his other arm, watching as he went all the way to his side. I sighed, sitting up slightly. I was forgetting someone.

"Amie-chwaaaaan..." Oh yeah. Sanji. And why did he say my name in his sleep!? Isn't it supposed to be Nami-swan or something?

"Amie-chwaaaan... Nami-swaaaaan... of course you look lovely today... you always do..." Ah, there we go. He was dreaming of both of us, the perv.

I eased his arms off, laying him down more gently this time. I couldn't help but grin, seeing them in these states. It was almost too cute.

"Hey, guys! Guys!" Eh?

I looked towards the doorway as Nami and Luffy ran over. I quickly straightened myself out and stood, trying to act as if I wasn't sandwiched in-between Sanji and Zoro as I slept.

"Hey! Amie-chan!... what happened?" Luffy asked, looking around.

I merely pointed at Mr. Pocudan, who was still talking, even as he slept. "That happened." I stated simply.

"Oh..." Luffy blinked, then inhaled. "HEY GUYS, YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS!!"

Usopp jumped up, rubbing his eyes quickly. "I'm up! I'm up! I was never asleep! I was awake the whole time!"

"Suuuure you were..." I said slowly.

"Oy, they're still sleeping..." Luffy said, pointing to Zoro and Sanji.

I turned to them. "Oh, for crying out loud!" I threw my hands up, then crossing my arms.

"I got an idea!" I turned to Nami, who merely whispered something in Luffy's ear. He blinked, then grinned, snickering.

"TICKLE FIGHT!!" Luffy announced, and I went wide-eyed as I became Luffy's victim.

"EEYA!!" I screamed as he tickled my sides. I squirmed, trying to get away, only to gasp as I saw a black foot smash his head.

"Why the hell did you do that, you shit-cook!?"

I turned to see Sanji lighting a cigarette and Zoro sheathe his swords again.

"I thought Amie-chan was being attacked." He said simply.

"Ow..." Luffy said, rubbing his head as Nami snickered. "That was mean! I was just tickling her!"

I blinked, blocking out their fighting as I heard someone running up to the house. I poked Nami's shoulder.

Nothing.

I poked her shoulder again.

Still nothing.

I kept on poking, until finally she slapped my hand away.

"WHAT IS IT!?" She snapped.

"Someone's coming." I said sweetly, poking towards the door.

"POCUDAN!!" I jumped, seeing that it was a villager. "Where's Apis?"

"What's going on?" Nami asked.

"You're the pirates, right?" The villager replied. "The marines have arrived!"

"Impossible...!" Nami whispered in disbelief.

"That means... when I felt like we were being spied on..." I blinked, then smirked, pointing at her. "HA!! I was right!"

"THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT!!" Nami snapped.

"Oh, you take situations like this too seriously!" I said, pouting.

"YOU DON'T TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY ENOUGH!!" Nami snapped again.

I rolled my eyes, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Oy. We have to relax." I said. "The last thing we should do is freak out and get pissed off at each other. We have to remain positive. It's the only way we'll get a positive outcome. Now, we have to find Apis so we can make sure she's safe..."

I then smirked, letting her go and putting both my hands on my hips. "And then we can probably kick some Marine ass..." I said, making my smirk slightly toothy.

"Waii!" I heard Sanji swoon. "Amie-chan can be so cute when she's badass!"

I looked at him. "You do realize that you made a contradiction." I said, causing him to sweatdrop.

"It doesn't matter! We have to get out of here!" Usopp said.

"Right! Follow me!" Luffy said, running off, Nami following behind him.

"Well, wait! Hold on! Where are we going!?" I asked, running after them.

"We know where Apis is!" Nami said.

"Yeah! She's with her friend the dragon!" Luffy said happily.

I blinked. "Did you just say dragon?"

They both looked over to me.

"Yeah. Why?"

I looked down, then squealed, running faster, adding a spin as well.

"I LOOOOVE DRAGONS!!" I said happily as I stopped spinning and ran normally, a big grin on my face.

"Dragons!?" Usopp said in shock. "There really can't be a dragon!"

We continued running, even into a cave. It was dark, but we were still able to make out what was at the end.

It was indeed a large dragon, with yellow eyes and green fur-like scale... things...

Apis crawled over, resting on its back. "Hi, guys!"

"See? See!? Isn't it cool!?" Luffy said excitedly.

Usopp merely guffawed at the thing.

I gasped, smiling even brighter if that was possible, and I scampered over.

"Oh, what a cute wittwe dwagon you awe!" I cooed, hugging it, nestling my head against him.

"THAT THING IS NOT LITTLE!!" Usopp snapped. He then cringed as the dragon licked his face.

"Careful! He's senile and may try to eat you!" Apis warned. But it was too late. The dragon had bit down on his head.

"Help me!" Usopp wailed.

"I say we let him get eaten." Zoro said simply.

"Zoro!" Usopp whined.

"Nah, he'd probably give the poor thing idigestion." Sanji remarked.

I rolled my eyes, standing up and tickled under the dragon's chin. It released Usopp and he scampered off to hide behind the rock. I merely walked over and snuggled back with the dragon.

"Oo..." Nami said jokingly. "It seems that there's gonna be some more competition on the Going Merry!"

Zoro and Sanji seemed to tense, but I wasn't paying attention.

I merely grinned, turning to the dragon and looking at it in the eyes, and I felt my smile sadden, and I stroked its head softly. "You poor thing..." I whispered. "You're so sad... you miss your home too, don't you...?"

"You can understand it too!?" Apis asked excitedly.

I grinned. "No." I felt a collective sweat drop. "But I can see it in his eyes. I'm used to seeing those eyes in myself whenever I feel homesick..."

"Amie-san..." I looked up at Apis and smiled.

"It's okay." I said, grinning. "Don't feel too bad. Homesickness occurs very rarely for me!"

That was a bit of a lie, but I wasn't gonna say the truth. It's bad enough Sanji gets mopey when I do. And the last thing I need is...

"AMIE-CHWAAAAN!!" Oh dear... Nevermind...

I blinked as Sanji hugged me, sniffling against my shoulder.

"Amie-chwan, you know I'm heeereee for yoooouuu..." He wailed quietly.

I sighed, patting him on the head awkwardly. "I know, Sanji-kun. I know..."

There was giggling above us and we looked up.

"He thinks you're cute together!" Apis said as she continued giggling.

I blinked, trying to keep the blush down as I felt Sanji's face heat up rapidly. I then looked at my attire, then his.

"Hmm... must be the dress..." I said, lifting the skirt, causing everyone to guffaw and go red, except Nami, who rolled her eyes. Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro were the first to stop screaming, and they merely tilted their heads.

I rolled my eyes. "They're called shorts!" I said slowly. I felt my brow twitch as I heard Sanji mumble a curse word, but I blew it off.

"Well, whatever the case, we decided to return the dragon back to Lost Island." Nami said.

"Are you nuts!?" Usopp said.

"I agreed to it!" Luffy said.

"With the Marines here? We had a hard time getting here in the first place!" Usopp snapped.

"But Ryuuji wants to go home!" Apis said, getting off the dragon, apparently his name was Ryuuji, and approaching Usopp.

I stood, ignoring Sanji's looks and approached Usopp, head lowered.

"How would you feel if you couldn't see your home again, Usopp?" I glanced at him, and he cringed. I must've looked sadder than I wanted.

He sighed. "Well, how are we gonna get there?"

"Ryuuji should be able to follow his animal instincts and help us get there." Nami said.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Don't worry, it'll work out." I heard Zoro say.

"It always does." Sanji said as he lit a cigarette, walking over to our group. "But how are we gonna get outta here? It may catch a lot of attention."

Nami grinned. "We're gonna make a cart big enough for him to ride in." She said, pointing to Ryuuji.

I snickered, cracking my knuckles. "I can help get the supplies."

Luffy laughed, flexing his arm. "Yeah!"

Apis cheered. "Let's do it!"

Nami and Usopp sat back Usopp as we set out with knocking down trees for the cart. I merely kicked them over, hands in my hoodie jacket pockets, grinning all the way. After getting the wood, I helped Ussop construct it, holding pieces in place and such.

"There!" Usopp said finally, pulling back his goggles and putting his tools away. "Thanks, Amie-chan!"

"No prob!" I said happily. I thought I heard Sanji grumble, but ignored it. Instead I clapped my hands together happily. "All right! Let's get Ryuuji on this thing!"

It took some coaxing from Apis, but finally Ryuuji came out and settled on the cart.

"Well, stage one of 'Getting off Gunken' is complete!" I said happily. I then turned to Nami. "Now what?"

Nami merely pointed down a hill. "See that pathway that looks like Usopp's nose?"

I blinked, looking. "Whoa, it does look like his nose!" I said, grinning.

"Usopp, you and Zoro go and bring the Going Merry around to that area." Nami said. "Luffy, Sanji, Amie-chan, Apis and I will stay here with Ryuuji and we'll go down the hill and meet you there."

I smirked. "We should be able to hold off the Marines just fine if they come here." I said, flexing an arm.

"Why can't Amie-chan come with us?" Zoro asked.

"We need her here to help push the cart down!" Nami said simply.

"Oh, you guys can handle it!" I said, punching Zoro lightly in the arm.

"Fine." Zoro said. "Let's go, Usopp."

"Huh? Oh, r-right!" He stuttered, following him.

Oo... perhaps I should've... you know what? "Oy! Wait!"

They turned as I approached them. I grinned, giving Usopp a hug.

"You guys..." I let go of Usopp and hugged Zoro. "... Be careful..."

I felt my grin broaden as Zoro ruffled my hair a bit. "We will." I let go, waving them off and running back up to the cart, ignoring the seething Sanji as we watched them go down the hill.

After that it was mostly waiting. I had removed my jacket because it was warm out, and I began to hum a soft tune, kicking at the dirt as I walked around, waiting for them to come.

"There!" I blinked, turning to where Nami was pointing. Sure enough, they were on their way.

"Awesome!" I said, turning to Apis. "Ya hear that, Apis-chan?"

Apis was about to respond until a seagull landed on Ryuuji's head and called to her. "The Marines are on their way!"

"She's right." I turned to Sanji. "There they are..."

I looked down and I groaned, seeing the huge hoard.

"I thought you wanted to fight off the Marines." Luffy said, sounding confused.

"But these are weaklings!" I whined. "I wanted a big bad Marine dude, dangit!"

I flinched though as I heard the resounding clicks of guns getting ready to fire.

"No! Don't shoot him!" I heard Apis cry, but she stopped as Ryuuji's tail shielded her.

"FIRE!!" I cursed, ducking and seeing Luffy block the bullets. I yelped as one hit me square on the shoulder.

"Amie-chan!"

"Argh..." I snarled, standing up and rubbing my offended shoulder. "That's probably gonna bruise..."

"HOW DARE YOU HURT AMIE-CHAN!!" I blinked, wide-eyed as Sanji charged at the Marines. Oh shit...

"Luffy! Amie-chan! Go help him!" Nami said.

"Of course we will!" I said happily running down with Luffy. "We wouldn't let him have all the fun!"

And with that said, we attacked. I merely punched and kicked my way through them as Luffy punched his group down. Sanji was busy kicking them as well.

"Aw, is that it?" I whined.

"Some Marines..." Luffy said.

"Yeah..." I said. "That was boring..."

"W-What are they...?" One of the remaining Marines stutters in shock. It was then that I noticed a man that didn't quite look like a Marine. He had some strange purple hair with strange shades, a strange suit. He merely swung his arm, killing the remaining Marine instantly.

"What was that?" Sanji asked.

"A knife?" Luffy asked.

"His nails." I said. "Dude needs a manicure..."

"I am Eric." The guy said. "I have no interest in you, just the dragon. So hand him over."

"No way." I said. "You can try, but we won't let you take him..."

"You shouldn't oppose me." He said calmly. "Or you shall feel the wrath of the Kama Kama fruit of Eric the Kamaitachi."

I blinked. "Kama Kama fruit?"

"What's he mean by Kama Kama?" Sanji asked.

"Okama?" Luffy replied.

I snorted. "Probably. He definitely looks it."

"So now what?" Sanji asked.

"Oy! Nami!" Luffy calls, turning toward her. "We ready to go yet?"

"They're almost there! Just a little longer!" Nami called.

"Man, I wish they'd hurry up..." I said quietly.

"HEY!! LISTEN TO ME!!"

"Eh?" I blinked, turning back to that Eric dude. He seemed kinda angry. "Oi, do you think we made him a bit mad?"

Sanji shrugged. "Possibly."

"Hey, aren't you that Gay Man Eric?" Luffy asked.

"Ha ha!" I laughed. "Eric the Gay Man!"

"I DIDN'T MEAN OKAMA YOU IDIOT!!" Eric snapped. "I MEANT KAMA AS IN KAMAITACHI!!"

"Like wind weasel is anymore impressive..." I commented dryly. "Oo! Lookie me! I'm a cute fuzzy weasel and I can blow wind in your face! Whee!"

Luffy laughed. "That was funny!"

"KAMA KAMA WHIRLWIND!!"

I turned, only to flinch as there was a harsh breeze blown in our direction. I was aware of some cloth ripping and Sanji and Luffy yelping in pain, but when I opened my eyes, I merely blinked, adjusting my glasses.

"What the crap was that?" I asked. I jumped as I heard Nami scream.

"AMIE-CHAN YOUR DRESS IS RUINED!!" I blinked, looking down to see large rips in my dress, exposing the shorts underneath.

I blinked, then smiled. "Dude, you just did me a favor!"

"HE DID NOT!!" Nami shouted. "HE RUINED AN EXPENSIVE DRESS!!"

I then looked at Sanji, who was clutching his arm. "Sanji-kun...?" I asked, brushing the hand away, then gasping faintly as I saw a couple of cuts there. I glared at Eric.

"Bastard..." I spat out as he chuckled.

"My whirlwind is as sharp as any named blade. Stuff like that was child's play." Eric hissed. "Now hand over the dragon!"

I growled, holding out my right hand as my pendant whizzed down my arm and transformed into my hammer. I slammed it menacingly on the ground.

"Not a chance pal!" I snapped. "You pissed me off!"

As I said that, the head expanded greatly. I smirked darkly.

"Now prepare to face my wrath!" I growled.

"AMIE-CHAN, SANJI-KUN, LUFFY!! WE'RE LEAVING!!" AW COME ON!!

"Yes, Nami-swan!" Sanji said happily. I growled, my hammer retracting back into its pendant state and I rushed ahead, going towards the back of the cart.

"Ready..." I put my feet against the back wall as Luffy and Sanji boarded.

"Do you need help, Amie-chan?" Sanji asked, towards the end.

"I... I can do it...!" I said, pushing off, sending the cart down the hill. I clung to the back briefly until Sanji reeled me in, pulling me into his lap.

I smiled at him. "Thank you, Sanji-kun!"

He merely swooned, hearts in his eyes.

"BOULDER!!" Nami calls.

"I GOT IT!!" Luffy shouted. "Gomu Gomu No GATTLING!!"

I blinked as I saw rubble from the boulder being sent towards us. I merely stood, deflecting any heading towards my general direction with my hands. I hear Luffy laugh and I turn to grin at him, only to yelp as his head gets caught in a tree.

"LUFFY!!" I called, gasping as Ryuuji uses his tail to pull him back over.

"Thank you..." He said dizzily. Causing Apis to laugh. I grinned again at them, turning back towards our destination. I blinked.

"Uh, guys...?" I said, pointing. "There's a Marine ship in the way..."

"Then we'll just hit it!" Luffy said.

"I had a feeling that would be your solution..." I mumbled, then yelped as we finally left land and were flying through the air. I fell back on my butt and cringed as we collided into the Marine's mast and kept on going, over the Going Merry and into the water.

After a while, I paused for thought. Well, despite wrecking an expensive dress, seeing Sanji and Luffy get injured, and flying off a piece of land that looked like Usopp's nose...

"That was fun!" I said happily, grinning. "Can we do that again sometime?"

"NO!!" Nami snapped. I pouted.

"Aw... you're no fun..."

I know, I know! I couldn't remember what they called GATTLING!! Okay!? I is sorry! XP