Yay, my first One Piece fic! It's kinda just come to England so haven't met Sanji or anyone yet. My story is based just after the fight with Buggy, so our crew members are sailing to the island that usopp is on.

Race to the Island

"I'm bored," Luffy moaned for the millionth time. "When will we get to shore?"

"Man, you get bored easily," Zolo mumbled. "We've been sailing for less than an hour and all you've done is complain."

Nami looked up from the map she was studying. "There's an island nearby. I think we might be able to get some supplies."

"Like what?" Zolo asked.

"Well…We can't afford a bigger ship at the moment, but we should look into it."

"We need some meat…" Luffy grumbled.

"That's more like it! We need grog!" Zolo cheered.

Nami slapped the two on the back. "Do you only think of your stomachs!"

"Sorry Nami," Luffy laughed. "I'm just so darn hungry."

"Well, why don't we try and do something to forget about food…" the island loomed ahead of them. "Why don't we have a swimming contest?"

"That won't be any fun," Luffy groaned. "I can't swim."

Nami smiled. "That's ok, because YOU will be watching the boats for us..." She turned to Zolo, who looked very annoyed at the idea of swimming to shore. "Are you in or not?"

"Does it look like I have a choice?"

"Of course you don't. I'm not swimming alone."

She hopped into the sea. "Ok it's cold, so go easy on me Zolo."

Zolo edged out of the boat next to Nami.

"Have fun," Luffy said, opening the apple crate. "See you there."

Nami growled. "What are you waiting for Luffy?"

"You to swim of course, what else?" He took a bite out of a red apple. "We'd be eating meat on that island already if you hadn't thought of this."

"I was trying to get your mind off of food by doing this. I need you to start the race."

"But I'm not in the race."

"You need to countdown, and say go," Zolo quickly said before Nami could do anything.

"Oh…Ok," The apple was crammed into the rubberman's mouth. "On your mark, set, GO!"

The two crewmates instantly started doing front crawl; Luffy stared at the speed, moaning that he couldn't join in. A large gust of wind blew the boats towards the island.

"What a race!" Luffy yelled as he passed the competitors.

"You'd better not damage that boat Luffy," Nami managed to say as Zolo swam past. "I said go easy on me!"

"Look, if you stop moaning, you'd probably have finished by now," Zolo yelled. "I'm hungry as well, so I'm trying to speed things up."

"Wait 'til I get to shore!"

They kept swimming, Zolo still in front. Nami was still complaining. By the time Zolo had reached shore she had used most her energy in moaning, so had Luffy sail her back to her.

"I would've won if the sea wasn't cold!"

Luffy and Zolo laughed. "Maybe you should stick back to the bath tub!"

"Well, at least we're on dry land," Zolo said stretching.

"MEAT, MEAT, where is it?" Luffy asked, Nami and Zolo laughed. "I guess the cap'n can never forget his stomach," Nami giggled. "Even if we swim as a change."

And that's that... what do you think?