Cheddar: i hope you enjoy chapter 3 cause nine weeks tests are next week and i can't type for much longer! love y'all who reveiw!
Chapter 3
Zolo awoke to the soft sounds of the waves and the warm sun beating down upon his back. He sat up and looked around and found that he was still clutching Hikari's piece of drift board that she was on. He checked her pulse and found that she was still breathing. He breathed a sigh of relief and crawled up on the beach further dragging Hikari with him. He lied down and let his tiered body rest. A few moments later Hikari woke up and she coughed up some water and awoke Zolo.
"Oh hey you're awake!" he chuckled. Hikari sat up and looked around.
"Where's everyone else?" she asked shakily.
"I –don't think they made it…" Zolo told her slowly. Hikari's eyes widened and she covered her mouth with her hand.
"No—"she said softly and then she started to cry. She had thought back earlier to when she had jokingly badmouthed Usopp. He probably knew she was teasing but she wasn't sure.
"—I'll never get to say I'm sorry…" she whispered to self. She hugged her knees and Zolo put a reassuring arm around her shoulder.
Off on another side of the beach a man with jet black hair stumbled across the white sand. It was dark but the plump full moon illuminated the soft sand of the beach.
"Oh boy Usopp you're a lucky one yes sir! That you are!" He told him self. A wolf off in the distance howled. The story teller started to shake uncontrollably.
"W-w-w-w—wolves?" he cried out. "I'd better find higher ground before I drift off and become a late night snack!" he said as he looked around. Surrounding the edge of the sand was a tropical forest. He found a giant coconut tree and climbed up. He picked one of the plump frits and shucked it. He raised the coconut up to the sky.
"To my ex-crewmates!" he toasted. He took a large swallow and wept.
The next morning Usopp awoke to a soft breeze and the hot rays of the sun beating down upon him. He put his hand up to shield his eyes from the sun light.
"Wow! This island is really pretty!" he said as he sat up and looked around. He plucked off another fruit and when his stomach was content he climbed down the tree. He stuck his arms behind his head and started to walk down the beach.
"Might as well…" he muttered as he had nothing else better to do. He walked until it was mid noon. Then he came upon a rather large boulder sitting in the middle of the beach. As he neared it he heard faint voices.
"—calm down okay?" a mans voice said. "It wasn't your fault!" A girl's voice sobbed back.
"But I feel like it's my fault and we'll never see Usopp or any of the others again!" Usopp climbed to the top of the boulder and peered over. Off in the distance he could see two figures one shorter than the other, and they were talking about him.
'Could it be?' he thought excitedly. They continued to talk.
"It seems as if I can hear him calling my name right now…" the girl said to the man. Usopp clamored over the top and tumbled down into the sand tears of joy streaming down his face.
"ZOLO, HIKARI!" he yelled out as he ran towards him.
"Hikari… I can hear him too!" Zolo said as he cupped his hands to his ears.
"ZOLO, HIKARI---YAH!" Usopp screamed in terror as the boulder behind him crawled out it turned out to be a giant crab and it started chasing him. Zolo took out his swords and ran past Usopp. The frightened story teller ran and hid behind Hikari.
"Usopp you're alive!" she cried as she hugged him and she started to sob. The crab ignored Zolo and fended him off finally knocking him away. The crab came up behind Usopp and Hikari and raised its claw. Usopp's eyes widened and he and Zolo cried out in stereo as the crab brought its claw down.
"HIKARI LOOK OUT!"