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Previously: After Zoro found out that only a Devil Fruit User could have a wish granted he went off in search of either Robin, Luffy, or Chopper. After he left however two mysterious men boarded the Going Merry.

Wishful Thinking

Part 5 – Unwelcome Visitors

The two men wasted little time searching the Merry for anything that looked like it would be worth something. They began in one of the cabins, which turned out to be Nami and Robin's quarters. There they found Robin's library of books and Nami's nautical charts, maps and all her various other cartography equipment.

"You see anything good on your side Chain?" asked the tall man with the giant frying pan strapped to his back.

The man in question was flipping through one of the many books in the room. After a few seconds seemed to grow tired of it and threw it over his shoulder replying, "Naw. Shoot, none of them books even had any pictures."

The pair departed the room just as quickly as they had entered it to search the rest of the ship, when they were stopped again by the yelling of the South Bird.

"JOOOOOHH JOOOOOHHH!" shouted the frightened South Bird who normally would have flown away if not for the fact that he was chained to the ship.

"TARNATION, ifn' that thing ain't annoying!" Complained the man in the western attire.

The taller man just smiled a devious smile and commented to the other man, "Yeah, but one man's annoyance can be another man's profit." He then proceeded to tap the other man on the shoulder before saying, "We'll grab that thing on the way out, and lets finish searching the ship." With that they withdrew below deck to plunder.

As if on cue a form started to make its way to the docks. It was a person carrying a load that was easily twice his size, but the figure still looked happy despite the obvious strain the extra weight was causing to his muscles. The figure belonged to Usopp, and the reason for his sheer delight was because in his mind everything was going to work out all right. With the gold they had gotten from SkyPiea, they could easily afford to give the Merry a complete make over, a new mast, professionally fix some things he mish mashed to keep the old boat together, and even add a few things. Nothing seemed like it could bring the young man down, or so he thought as he began to board his ship.

At that same time there was another member of the crew who was not sharing those feelings. After running in what seemed like all different directions, Zoro finally decided to stop and think out his situation.

"This is taking too long." The swordsman said with a bit of anger in his voice that was directed at no one in particular. "I can't even see that mountain anymore," he looked from side to side as if he somehow could recognize his new surroundings in hopes that he would know which way to go, "I'll just have to double back to the ship and try again." He proceeded to go in the direction he thought was the docks.

Focus is then shifted from the lost green haired man to the trio in the bookstore, Nami, Robin, and Sanji. Nami had almost camped herself in the nautical and cartography section of the store, it wasn't a big store so the section was only a small wall but more than enough for the ecstatic girl. Robin was watching the girl from a distance giving Nami the privacy a girl of her age thought they needed. She then turned to see Sanji flipping through the cookbooks only to put them back on the shelf. After several times doing this he walked over to Robin.

Focusing her attention back onto Nami. "Didn't find anything good, Cook-san?" she said without looking away from the girl in front of her.

Sanji looked at the dark haired woman and smiled, "No, pretty much everything in those books I already know or don't have the ingredients for."

Robin smiled back and asked of him, "Cook-san, can you watch the Navigator and make sure she doesn't take any of the books? I want to look at some of the books here before I leave."

The cook agreed and as Robin was walking off, his imagination started to take off too. He envisioned himself and a very grateful Robin, he was dressed like a prince and her, his princess.

"Oh Cook-san, thank you for doing as I asked you to." Said his imagined Robin.

"Please," he said as he put his finger to her mouth as if to silence her, "call me Prince."

Tears started to come down Robin's face at him saying that and she reached out to give him a hug that he would never want to escape from. "Oh my Prince!"

By now Sanji couldn't control himself and his face was red and his eyes closed as if trying to savor the flavor of his imagination. "Oh, Robin-Chan, let this prince take you away from here." He said out loud but was directed at no one apart from him followed by a type of male giggling, of course other people did hear it and started to look at him funny.

Nami even looked in his direction, "Nojiko sure has been acting weird lately." After saying that she looked at the book in her hands and was wondering if she could hide it in her shirt and leave without being noticed.

After what seemed like an eternity, Usopp was finally able to get onto the ship with his massive supply in tow. Having a sack twice your size on your back made even the easiest thing almost impossible, so getting onto the ship was no easy task. That was also to say nothing of the extra weight added to him from the sack that made him even slower. As he was about to head below to stow his new gear he heard the tell tale cries of the South Bird who seemed to be desperately trying to get his attention.

Dropping his gear to the ground he started to make his way to the bird, "What's gotten into you?" He started to look around the ship hoping that Zoro might be there and that he could have an answer to his question. "Oi! Zoro!" he yelled holding his hands to his face to help his voice carry to the other end of the ship. But he received no reply, "Huh, must be sleeping again." But just then he heard the noise the door leading below deck opening up.

He was glad to hear it because he assumed that it was Zoro and thus he would be able to help him with his new gear. So it caught him by surprise when he heard two new voices that he didn't recognize.

Two men started to climb up from below. "HOOWEE, WE HIT THE JACKPOT ON THISN'!" yelled the duster clad man who was carrying a large bag on his back.

"You said it Chain," agreed the other man who was carrying a bag equal in size to his companion. "At first I thought these guys were freaks, I mean what was up with all those shells? Then we find all this gold, how much you think Jack give us for a finders fee on this haul?"

Usopp, who up to now was still unnoticed by the pair, was still standing on the deck. Had this been any other situation he would have followed his natural instincts and hid himself away somewhere. But knowing that the two people had snuck onto the Merry, 'His Merry,' and had taken what he assumed was the gold that was meant to fix the ship was something he could not run and hide from.

He gathered up all his strength and courage he could muster so that his knees didn't shake under him. "JUST HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" he yelled at the two intruders, which caused them to look in his direction for the first time since emerging from below. "I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL YOU ARE BUT LEAVE OR FACE THE DREADED… CAPTAIN USOPP!"

The two looked at each other like this was some kind of joke. They then came forward a little to get a better look at Usopp.

The first to say something was the man dressed in the duster and cowboy hat. "Well then 'Captain,' I'm Chain Man." he said pointing at himself. Chain Man, Second in command of the 'Jack Rabbit Pirates.'

He then proceeded to point to the tall man to his left, "An this here is Kokku." The man in question tilted his head to the side and gave a wicked smile in the direction of Usopp. Kokku, Cook of the 'Jack Rabbit Pirates.'

They both put down their sacks of booty and slowly made their way towards the alleged captain, "And ifn' you think we're about to leave without all this gold, well sir, you got another thing commn'."

… TO BE CONTINUED

Author's notes: Sorry for the delay in getting this story out to you all in a timely manner, school isn't exactly kind to free time. Also I tried to put those boxes from the manga that give the person's name and other info, but it is a lot harder to do in regular text so I hope I got it right. Also there was no Luffy and Chopper in this chapter, up to now I have put each character into each chapter once but didn't think it would work here, but they will be in the next one.