Thousand Sunny Tales:
Camping
One Piece © Oda
Story and OCs © Me
Summary- The Straw Hats enjoy some downtime.
"Hey, you guys! There's an island up ahead!"
Luffy grinned as he sat on the figurehead of the Sunny, staring at an approaching island on the horizon. It was a decent-sized looking place. Had a nice sandy beach, too, and lots of palm trees with coconuts and bananas, here and there.
A perfect little spot to have a little adventure.
It wasn't too long before the ship made landfall and Franky dropped the anchors into the shore. As soon as they began to disembark, Sanji handed out fishing poles to Luffy and Usopp. He told them that an island like this had to be bountiful and that he would make a big dinner tonight with whatever they could catch. That was all the motivation they needed.
While they were busy, Sanji sent Zoro, Chopper, and Blizzard out into the jungle to find whatever else they could eat for food, as well as gather some firewood. As usual, Zoro groused about it but decided to just go ahead and find whatever he could...although he did get annoyed when Sanji quipped that Blizzard and Chopper were only going along to keep the swordsman from getting lost.
"Hey, don't blame me if you don't find your way back here," Sanji countered while Luffy pointed and laughed at Zoro, who could only roll his good eye as he walked away.
During that time, Franky was busy pitching the new tent along with Brook's help. It wasn't exactly easy since it was a little bit windy and the tent got a little bit tangled. However, despite their setback, they were determined to get the job done.
As for Nami, she, Robin, Aika, and Kumi went off to take measurements of the island so that the navigator could add it to her maps. During this time, though, Aika managed to find some fresh mangos and wild berries, which she planned to bring back to Sanji.
"He can make fruit cocktails with these!" the young D. Carrier declared.
"Ooh, good idea, Aika!" Nami exclaimed.
"Fruit cocktails do sound rather tasty," Robin added.
Back at the beach, Luffy and Usopp had caught quite a haul of crabs; about a dozen or so. Just when they were getting ready to show their catch to Sanji, Luffy felt a tug at his line, a rather forceful one at that. It was so strong, whatever was caught in it nearly pulled him into the sea had Usopp not grabbed him in time. After a great effort of reeling in whatever it was, it was soon revealed to be a massive shark with tusks coming out of its mouth...one of which almost impaled Usopp had he not moved out of the way.
When Robin came back with Nami, Aika, and Kumi, the archaeologist explained that it was a rare Red Mammoth Shark, which was a subspecies of the Blue Devil Horn Shark.
"Whatever it is, it's still dinner!" Luffy declared.
At that moment, Zoro returned with bundles of logs, and Chopper and Blizzard came walking along after him, the former carrying baskets of assorted herbs...and the latter carrying a large snake in his jaws.
"Ah, the triumphant return," Sanji quipped.
"Shut up, cook," Zoro groused.
"Hey, Sanji, look at all the neat stuff I found!" Chopper said as he presented his basket. "Some of these herbs are great for fevers and joint pains, and others can be used as a cooking spice!"
"Oh, look at that!" Sanji mused. "Hey, do you mind if I use some of these for my cooking?"
"Sure!" Chopper answered. "You can take half and I'll have the rest!"
"Thanks, Chopper," Sanji said before he looked at Blizzard, who was still holding his prize. "That's quite a haul there, Blizzard."
"This thing almost dropped on Chopper and tried to eat him," said the wolf-dog. "Lucky for him, I snatched him out of the tree before he could lay so much as a fang on him."
"Good boy," Sanji praised before he soon took the serpent out of the ship's guard dog's maw. "I think I can make some nice seared snake with this."
"Yeah! More meat!" Luffy cheered.
"You better have some booze to go with it," Zoro added.
As the sun began to go down, the bonfire party began. Luffy was chowing on as much as he possibly could while also trying to snatch food from the others until Nami yelled at him to stop. Aika laughed at her older half-brother's antics while she and Kumi sat together, drinking the mixed fruit drink that Sanji had made just for them. Robin, with her usual smile of amusement, sat next to Zoro, who was guzzling down a bottle of his favorite ale while also eating his own food. Of course, he had to take a usual jab at Sanji by saying "I've had better", which resulted in the usual scuffled between the pair. Blizzard sat with Nami, lazily watching the fun as typical dogs do while the navigator gave him a pleasant scratch behind his ears. Franky, Usopp, and Chopper were all doing some funny dance while Brook livened things up with a little music from his guitar.
It wasn't very long before everyone was cheering and hollering together, clapping their hands to the song.
As night fell, the Straw Hats soon retired to the tent to sleep. It was a bit loud due to the boys snoring so much, but that was why Nami and Robin had earplugs. Aika didn't mind the snoring, though. It just meant that she was surrounded by her family and she was somewhere safe.
Luffy had a hand over his bulging tummy, lying against Blizzard as the wolf-dog wiggled his paws in his sleep, dreaming about chasing after rabbits, and Chopper was all snuggled up next to Usopp, who muttered heroic tales in his slumber. Even when he was sleeping, he was such a storyteller. Brook was sleeping with a mask over his eye sockets, chortling his signature laugh as he continued to dream. Franky seemed to be flexing in his arms in his sleep, as well, as a snot bubble formed in his nose. As for Zoro and Sanji, they were passing insults back and forth in their sleep.
It was a fun campout...and in his dreams, Luffy hoped that he and his friends would get to have more fun like this. Adventuring was fun, too, but some downtime once in a while was also fun...as long as his crew was with him.
It's been a while since I did one of these. The next chapter of The Fire Within and Trek is taking a while, but that doesn't mean I forgot about them. Good news is the next chapter of The Fire Within is in progress and I should have it up by the end of the month, if not until April.
Review, please!
