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Chapter 3: The Box
"Oh come on!" Zoro yelled as Caridi parried another blow. She smiled. "You said you wanted some practice, I'm not going easy on you while you're getting ready for a fight!" The battle had started a half-hour ago and Luffy was still asleep, lying with his hat over his eyes in the crow's nest.
Zoro and Caridi stopped, looking up and panting. "I- can't believe that he's still asleep after all of the noise…" Zoro sighed, looking out over the darkening horizon. Caridi smiled, walking over to the rail. "We both know full well how much he can sleep though." She shook her head. He can sleep through a stampede.
"HEY! LUFFY! WAKE UP!" Zoro suddenly yelled, making Caridi jump from fright. Luffy fell from the crow's nest as a loud CLANK! was heard from below.
"What!" Luffy hollered, looking down at his first mate. "Get down here and show me where the food is! I'm starved!" Luffy blinked. Caridi caught on quickly. "Let me guess: You don't have any!" she bellowed from her crouched position next to a small, but very loud, box. In her curious state, she didn't even notice that Zoro was fast climbing on the mast where Luffy was screaming about wanting to kill the baka.
"Hey, guys!" she shouted over the noise, causing both of them to look. "What now? Is there no sail on this boat either?" Zoro said sarcasim apparent in his voice. "What's that supposed to mean!" Luffy yelled defensively. They continued with their argument as Caridi sweat-dropped.
"WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP!" she cried, effectively throwing them from their high perch and onto the ground-level. She calmly walked over to them, holding the box above them. "Either of you recognize this thing?" she asked, looking into their dazed faces.
Zoro sat up. "No," he stated simply. Luffy nodded, quickly agreeing.
Caridi turned away, shrugging. "I wonder what's in it?" she mentioned aloud, dropping it again. The whole boat shook. Luffy fell, grabbing the side of the boat before he hit the water. "AHH!" he yelled, pulling himself back up. Zoro, on the other hand, landed head-first into the water whilst Caridi just stood still.
Upon surfacing, he screamed out, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ALL ABOUT!" Luffy pulled him back onto the boat as Caridi picked up the square object. She examined it closely before whispering, "Dunno, but it's gotta be something important, or it wouldn't be locked up so tight, right?"
Before Zoro could make his statement, his mouth being wide open, Luffy jumped up, making the boat rock again. "Look! An island!" Both of the sword-fighters looked towards where their captain was pointing. Sure enough, an island was just a few minutes away. Caridi stuffed the box back into her pocket. Best to worry about it later, she assured herself.
They docked the boat, looking about. Luffy smiled. "Great! The perfect place to buy some supplies!" He was about to run off when Zoro mentioned, "Yeah, but you forgot one thing: We're broke." Luffy fell on his face while Caridi laughed. "Well, that's just great, how are we going to get stuff without money?" Luffy sighed, hanging his head low.
"Don't worry, I'll help you out!" Caridi smiled, pulling some money out of her pocket. Both of the boy's jaws fell open. "Where the hell did you get that?" they asked at the same time. She just shrugged. "I've had it with me the whole time."
She split it between them all. Before they left, they made the arrangement to meet up in 2 hours back on the docks with all of the supplies. With that, the three pirates split up in search of the things they needed.
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