Sora skated across the deck, humming to herself she smiled as she looked out at the ocean. As soon as she was done washing the deck, she put wax on the brushes and began applying it so that it wouldn't be slippery when the water hit it. Turning around, she smiled as Usopp walked out of the cabin.
"Hey Sora… you putting wax on the boat now?" He asked looking out at the clouds.
"Yep… I think there's a storm coming. After I'm done with this, we better put down the sails. Go ask Luffy if that's okay." Sora said slowly skating across the deck, making sure she got the surface completely.
Luffy came out a second later holding onto his hat for the wind was starting to whip around him.
"I tried to calm the wind down, but this is nature… I can't mess with that." Sora said, finally finishing the waxing. "If I could get some help, I'd like to get these sails down before the storm."
Luffy nodded as he walked back inside and got Sanji and Zoro to go help her. In less then no time, they got the sails down and were tying up the ropes securely.
"How big do you think this storms going to be?" Sanji asked them as he tied down the sails.
Sora looked out at the dark clouds, her eyesight wasn't as fuzzy as it had been two weeks ago, but it wasn't clear yet. "It looks like a mean storm to me… notice how the waves are big this far away from the storm?" She said pointing to the ocean beneath them.
Zoro looked down at the water, it did have a lot of medium sized waves. He finished tying down his ropes firmly and helped Sora pack up the wax.
Sora went inside with Zoro to put it away. Sanji bit his cigarette as he looked out at the storm, this one was going to be a handful. He turned and went back inside to go get something to eat.
Luffy and his crew sat around the table in the kitchen. The storm howling outside the window, and the ship rocking back and forth on the giant waves.
Sora stared down at her empty plate, and placed her head in her hands. "I hate storms…" She muttered as she looked over at Usopp, who was pale. Nami was a bit jumpy too. Zoro, Luffy and Sanji were just fine.
A crack made everyone jump and look towards the cabin door. Sora quickly got up and looked out the cabin door window to see what that noise was. She could have sworn she saw something on the other side of the boat. Rushing into the girls room, she looked out the small window, "Guys… that was a ship that hit us." She said looking over at the giant ship.
She turned around and saw everyone rush outside into the storm. Sora quickly followed, maybe she could calm this wind down a bit.
Standing next to Nami, she looked over at the ship. The crew on that ship heard the sound also, and had come outside. Sora looked around quickly trying to see what they could do, she ran up to the wheel, and turned it away from the boat. Zoro came up to help her, as did Luffy.
"Okay guys, I'm going to push this boat out of the way of that boat. I need someone to steer the ship and another to hold onto me and make sure I don't go flying off somewhere…" Sora said looking at them.
Zoro grabbed her around the waist, and placed his feet in front of his swords that he placed into the deck. Luffy wrapped himself around the wheel holding it steady.
"All ready." Luffy said as the other ship crashed into them and backed off.
"Ready." Zoro said, holding onto her waste tighter and placing his head on her shoulder.
Sora closed her eyes and waved her hands in small circles before pushing in front of her, and she pushed a super strong gust of wind in front of her, forcing the ship to go forward. Zoro slid back on the floor a bit, and his heels stopped on his swords. Sora repeated this a few times, and they sailed away from the other ship and towards the worst part of the storm.
Zoro picked his swords out of the ground and quickly sheathed them. Sora stared out at the waves that started sweeping the ship. Grabbing Luffy and Zoro's hand, she led them back into the cabin and ushered everyone else inside. As soon as she shut the door, something snapped outside. Sora quickly opened the door, and saw that one of the ropes connecting the mast posts together snapped. It was now dangling dangerously on the deck.
"Um… that looks kinda not right." Usopp commented from behind everyone.
Sora looked at them and bit her lip as huge waves crashed onto the deck. "We have to secure that, it might rip down the whole mast if we don't…"