Crew of Idiots
"Isn't she just the cutest little fairy you've ever seen?!" Sanji gushed.
"Fascinating." Robin held her chin with her finger and thumb. "I've heard of these types of creatures but I never believed they were real."
"Are we sure it's not going to hurt us?" Usopp said.
"How could she possibly hurt us?" Nami asked. "She helped us escape that gross creature. Plus she's cute. Nothing that cute can be dangerous."
"Huh? Really?" Chopper blinked.
"She's our new crewmate!" Luffy grinned.
Willow tightened her hands over her chest. She was absolutely right. Every single one of Zoro's crewmates were idiots. Instead of trying to figure out how to defeat the bog blob, which was stationed in front of their ship, they were focused on her.
"Zoro, where did you find her?" Franky asked.
Brook laughed again. "I wonder if her panties are as cute as human ones." He tilted his head. "Or does she even wear panties?"
"Shut up, you idiot!" Sanji kicked the skeleton on the head. "Don't pervert her innocence!"
"She attached herself to me a while ago," Zoro said.
"That's not how it happened at all!" Willow slapped Zoro's cheek, but it did no good. Zoro didn't even protest. She took a deep breath then told them what happened between the two of them.
"Amazing," Robin said.
"It's not fair!" Sanji chewed on his sleeve with tears streaming down his cheeks. "Why can't I be bound to a cute little thing like Willow!"
Willow sighed at the name. Apparently she was stuck with it as much as she was stuck with Zoro.
"So you were saying something about defeating the bog blob?" Usopp asked.
"As far as anyone knows it can't be defeated," Willow said.
"Where did it come from?" Nami asked.
"A human made it." Willow pointed into the forest. "There's a temple a few hours from here. It's rumored the way to defeat the creature is inside there."
"But you don't know what it is?" Usopp asked.
Willow shook her head. "It's apparently in a language no one can read."
"Do you think it's in the same language as the poneglyphs?" Brook asked.
"It's possible since not many people can read those," Franky said. "But why would the creators of those create a monster like that blob?"
"Maybe they didn't do it." Sanji took a puff of his cigarette. "They might have had someone who could write in that language with them and that person did it. Or maybe it was someone hoping the creature could be kill by someone later on."
"Will you take us to this temple?" Robin leaned closer to Willow. "If it is in the language of the poneglyphs I can read it."
Willow eyed the pirates as they watched her. She didn't want to help them, but she had no choice. She sighed heavy in defeat. "Fine. It's not like I have much of a choice anyway."