Luffy looked up. "Ace!" Ace was behind them.
"Sorry I'm late." Rachel laughed, then ran over to Sanji. She propped him up on her shoulder opposite of her bleeding arm. "You guys can take care of the rest. I'll take -kun back to the ship"
"Okay!" Luffy said cheerfully.
When the Strawhat Crew and Ace arrived on the Merry Go, Rachel was sitting in the galley, slurping ramen right from the pot, like she used to do back home. Her arm and Sanji's shoulder were bandaged. Sanji was aslep next to her, snoring. LOUDLY. Nami grabbed the pot from Rachel's hands.
"Hey"
"Just tell us who you are and why you wanted to find us"
"RAMEN!"Rachel thrusted her hands down, accidentally hitting Sanji's hurt shoulder, walking him up.
"OUCH'
"S-sorry Sanji-kun!" Rachel paused for a minute, then realized what she was mad about. "RAMEN!" She reached for the pot Nami was still holding. Nami moved her arm out the way.
"Answer my question, damnit"
"Okay, jeez..." She fiddled with the 6-pointed star necklace she always wore. "My name's Rachel. I want to join you guys because...well..." she looked over at Sanji and blushed. "Heh heh..." Nami sighed and handed the ramen back. Rachel started to eat frantically again. Zoro chuckled. "You were right Ace, she is just like Luffy. The food part, I mean"
"Told ya." Ace laughed. Luffy tilted his head, confused. "So... can I join ya?" Rachel said through a mouthful of ramen. Luffy and Usopp looked at each oher and smiled.
"YES!" they blurted out.