A/N: The mystery of Elwood's missing-ness will be explained in good time...which reminds me, I have updated The Tales in a while. I actually have over 40 of those and I only posted, what, ten? Geeze...AlliKat doesn't show up in The Tales until like tale thirty or something...This chapter is short because I was running short of ideas, but the next one will be good I promise! Mwahahahaha!
"Breakfast's ready!" Sanji yelled before heading back to the kitchen.
"Alright, let's go," Nami smiled.
"Sounds good to me," Usopp agreed.
"I hope there's meat!" Luffy said cheerfully, and then poked Zolo (who was sleeping) in the head repeatedly. "Hey, Zolo, breakfast is ready. Get up."
"LUFFY, CUT IT OUT!" Zolo roared as he woke up. Luffy just grinned and then started to head on his way towards the others, who were by the door. Zolo was going to follow, but something seemed weird. "This isn't...where I went to sleep..."
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Usopp asked him as he stood up.
"I swear I fell asleep over there...," Zolo said slowly, pointing to the opposite side of the room. "The room looks different...did you guys rearrange everything?" Everyone shook their head.
"It does seem different though...maybe we're imagining things? Let's hurry up though, if we don't Sanji will be upset...," Nami shrugged. Zolo nodded and then followed them out. Nami was the first to step onto the deck...The moment she did, she felt her foot slip and she started to fall. So, naturally, she grabbed the closest person's head and pushed them down so she could stay up. Unfortunately for Usopp, that person was him.
"OW!" Usopp cried as he hit the floor. Luffy immediately laughed. "Owww..."
"What the..." Nami said slowly. "The deck...it's so clean...who cleaned it?" Zolo sighed and didn't say anything, Usopp looked around in amazement after struggling to get up, and Luffy stopped laughing to look around as well.
"It was I, Senka!" they heard Senka yell. They all looked to the other side of the deck to see her standing tall, mop still in hand. "It's about time you guys got up! I was waiting all night after I finished..."
"Why?" Nami asked.
"So I could do this!" She yelled back. Senka dropped the mop against the railing, took a deep breath, and then started to run towards them. When she got half way, she stopped and slid over to them. Everyone was silent for a few moments.
"You stayed up...all night...to show us...that?" Nami said, dumbfounded. For some reason, Zolo didn't feel surprised at all.
"That was..." Luffy started softly, and then grinned wildly. "SO AWESOME! I wanna try!"
"Yeah!" Usopp agreed happily. Senka smiled back happily.
"Why is there no one here eating my beautiful breakfast I made just for them!" Sanji's voice rang from the kitchen.
"I'm gunna try that...after food! Meat!" Luffy said cheerfully, dashing off to the kitchen.
"Okay," Senka grinned, and then suddenly she looked incredibly tired. "So...tired. I'm...gunna...sleep...now...right after...this...sentence..." And with those words, she suddenly fell backwards onto the floor. She just laid there silently. Sleeping. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Hey, where's the other one? AlliKat?" Usopp asked suddenly.
"Here," AlliKat called out. They looked over and saw her by the railing, knitting at a furious pace. "I'm not hungry. Must knit." She didn't even look up from her work.
"What are you...knitting?" Nami inquired.
"I'm not sure yet. Go eat. Sanji will be mad." She still didn't look up.
"Aren't you tired?" Zolo said slowly. How could anyone possibly stay up all night? He shuddered at the thought.
"No. Must work. I feel energetic," she answered, now knitting even faster than before. Suddenly Senka's eyes shot open and she jumped up, making Nami and Usopp give a short scream.
"When she gets no sleep, she's a monster I tell you, a monster! She's more energetic than ever! Once she got no sleep for three days! I was never so scared of a person and rice before!" Senka yelled to them.
"Don't be ridiculous...," AlliKat said, stopping and looking up for a moment. "How could you be scared of me?" Senka stared at her silently before answering.
"Oh, there are many ways...many ways indeed...," Senka said. Hearing that, AlliKat nodded and went back to her quick-paced work. Senka then turned back to the others. "Let's go eat before Sanji says something!"
"You were sleeping just a minute ago...aren't you still tired?" Nami sighed.
"That's silly. As long as I get thirty seconds of sleep, I am fully replenished! Can we eat now or what?" Senka replied.
"What strange people...," Usopp said silently to himself as they all headed in the kitchen. To all of their dismay, all the plates were bare and Luffy was stuffing the last bit of food down his mouth happily. He waved to them.
"I thought you guys would never get here!" he laughed. Everyone just gaped at him in both shock and sadness. They felt even hungrier now. Sanji wasn't even cooking more, he was eating the leftovers from the cooking Luffy hadn't snatched up. Senka then started whining.
"Wahhhhh, Luffy ate all the food!" Hearing Senka's whine, Sanji immediately perked to attention.
"I'll make some more for you and Nami, don't worry!" Sanji yelled, rushing back over to work.
"What about us!" Zolo growled.
"We're hungry too," Usopp said. Before Sanji could respond on how they weren't ladies, a yell came from the deck.
"LAND! OI! AHOY! WHATEVER PIRATES SAY WHEN THEY SEE LAND!"
