CHAPTER 37- The Girl Named Vanessa
Chapter's Quote: "Step Back And You Grow Old, Be Afraid And You Die."

The ship lurched as it made its way through the icy water.

Nobody was on deck however, they were all in the dining room eating.

Luffy was stealing food as usual as everyone fought over the food except for Robin who calmly ate.

"That's my meat!"

"Luffy, you've had enough meat!"

"No I haven't! I'm still hungry!"

"How can you be!? You just ate almost all the food!"

"That was just a warm up!"

"Ah! My meat! Luffy, give me back my meat!"

Robin smiled as she continued to listen to men (and Varen) fight over the food. Roland, Zoro, and Sanji all teamed up and kicked Luffy into the wall shouting.

"YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH!"

Luffy fell onto the floor and stared back at the three standing above.

Luffy gulped and Sanji then threatened Luffy.

"Luffy, if you steal one more piece of meat from anybody at this table ever again, you'll never get any more!"

"Nani!? That's not fair!"

"Us having to eat whatever's left is unfair, Luffy!"

Luffy pouted and crossed his arms in defeat.

The four of them sat back down and went back to eating.

Luffy eyed them all and then lit up for a second. Luffy grinned from under his hat at his great idea.

After the crew had finished eating, it was time to sail onward.

"We should skip Grathyr, and go straight for Pilokijuhgy." Varen said and everyone agreed.

Roland pointed the ship toward Pilokijuhgy and they sailed forward.

Luffy was peeking around a barrel to see if anybody was watching.

When everyone wasn't paying any attention to where he was, he quickly moved to behind the cabins.

Luffy grinned and stretched his arm until he felt what he wanted.

A tangerine from Nami's groves.

Luffy snapped his arm back into place and grinned at the large tangerine in his hand.

Luffy then sat down and peeled it.

Luffy was grinning from ear to ear as he put the tangerine in his mouth.

Luffy hid the peels so Sanji couldn't find them and kick Luffy to death.

He then started to stare out onto the ocean. "Where are you, Nami?"

The sea breeze moved Luffy hair. Luffy perked up and instantly reached for his hat on his head.

It wasn't there.

Luffy turned around and looked for it everywhere.

"Hat? Hat? Hat!?" Luffy called out as he searched everywhere.

"Oi Luffy! What's wrong?" Zoro called out from the crow's nest.

"I can't find Hat!"

"Nani?"

Zoro climbed down the mast and walked over to Luffy.

Zoro then sighed and pointed to Luffy.

"It's on your back."

Luffy turned his head to see his straw hat dangling from his neck.

"Oh… gomen." Luffy said with a nervous grin.

"Whatever." Zoro said as he turned to climb back up the mast.

Suddenly, Chopper ran out of the medic ward and shouted. "She's waking up!"

"Huh? Who is?"

"That girl Sanji and Luffy saved!" Chopper waved to everyone as they walked into the ward.

"Oi, Love Cook! You might wanna stay out here!" Zoro said as Sanji stepped into the room.

"And why is that, Marimo?"

"Cause she just woke up and she doesn't need you in her face."

"How about I mess your face up?"

"Not if I mess yours up first."

Sanji and Zoro were thrown out onto the deck and Chopper shouted. "If you're going to fight, do it on the deck!"

Sanji nodded and Zoro just grunted. Chopper closed the door as the two started fighting.

"What's your name?"

"Luffy! She's not able to focus yet! Give her time!"

"Okay…" The girl blinked several times and then turned her head until it was facing the crew.

"Who… are you?"

"Luffy."

"Chopper."

"SUPA Franky!"

"Robin."

"Roland."

"Varen."

"The Fearless Captain Usopp!"

The girl blinked more and then gave a little smile.

"So, what's your name?" Luffy asked again.

"Vanessa." The girl said as she turned to face Luffy.

"Vanessa, huh? Where are you from?"

"I'm from an island called Pilokijuhgy."

"Really? We're going there now!" Luffy grinned and Vanessa gave another small smile.

"Could you drop me off there?"

"Oh course!"

"Thank you."

Luffy and the others left so Chopper could examine her one more time.

"You're Chopper, right?" Vanessa asked as Chopper examined her arm.

"That's right. Nice to might you." Chopper said with a smile.

Vanessa returned the smile and Chopper noticed something strange.

Chopper's eyes narrowed as he continued examining Vanessa.

"You have a broken leg, bruises everywhere, and your left arm is broken in multiple areas. I see no diseases but it's too early to know." Chopper stated as he looked at his patient.

"You should stay in here until we reach your island."

Vanessa nodded and went back to sleep.

Chopper sighed and walked out of the medic ward very tired.

"Well!?" Sanji asked as Chopper walked out.

"Eh!? Sanji?! How long were you standing there?"

"Only about a minute."

Chopper sighed in relief and Sanji narrowed his eyes.

"So who is she?"

"Her name's Vanessa."

"Vanessa!? Such a beautiful name! Her heart must sing like a thousand-"

"Idiots." Sanji turned and glared at Zoro who just grinned and they started fighting… again.

Chopper looked around until he found Luffy sitting on the figurehead as usual.

"Luffy!" Luffy turned and waved at the reindeer and then jumped down.

"What's up, Chopper?"

"I noticed something about Vanessa is strange."

"Eh? What's it?"

"She has no pulse."

"NANI!?"

Chopper fell over in surprise and stared at Luffy.

Everyone else heard Luffy and Franky called over. "Oi Luffy! Keep it down over there!"

Luffy ran over to where the others were while he dragged Chopper.

"Chopper said she had no pulse!"

"Nani!?" Usopp shouted.

"Is that true, Doctor-san?" Robin asked looking up from her book.

"Yes, she has no pulse and she doesn't seem to breath either. It could be because she was underneath snow for a while, but I'm not certain." Chopper said.

"So we found a girl who doesn't need to breath, and doesn't have a heart beat? Great, this simple journey is getting crazier." Roland said to himself and then turned to face the ocean.

"This can only get worse from now." He muttered as the ship lurched.

The ship lurched again but this time it lurched violently.

"Ah!" Varen shouted as the ship lurched again.

"What's going on?!" Usopp shouted frightened.

"It seems something has hit us." Robin stated calmly.

"How can you be so calm right now!?" Usopp shouted back.

Robin never answered because at that moment a huge splash soaked the entire crew.

"What the?" Sanji started to say as he looked up.

"This could be bad." Chopper said quietly.

Varen pulled out a kunai and Zoro grinned.

"Let's hope this is a good fight."

Everyone was staring at what was in front of them.

"S-Sea K-K-King!" Usopp shouted as his legs quaked in fear.

In front of Thousand Sunny, a large serpent was in front of them.

Its tongue waved around hungrily as it eyed the crew.

"Let's beat it up!" Luffy shouted but then everyone froze.

"This is bad." Sanji said as they all stared at the serpent who seemed to have grown two more heads.

"HYDRA!"

XD BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Hydra! XD That's funny...

Origin Of Names:

Vanessa

Just a random name that fit pretty well. --;