A/N: Hello everyone! It's me again :3 I happy to present the next chapter of Island Hopping and hope that you enjoy reading this little snippet of our favorite pirate crew. Enjoy! And don't forget to tell me what you think!
Chapter 26: Rest and Wreckreation
"Luffy, did we really have to destroy that wonderful spa?" Nami asked, sighing heavily as she leaned on the Sunny's railing. After leaving Thriller Bark, the Straw Hat Pirates had found a truly fantastic ship called Spa Island. It was a massive structure that rose dozens of stories into the sky and then fanned out at the top, like a martini glass, everything inside dedicated to luxury and pampering with 50 kinds of spas, milk baths, cola baths, slip n' slides, gourmet cuisine, and so many fun pools to play and relax in. It was literally paradise for anyone looking for some R&R. However, their relaxing day had been interrupted when Silver Fox Foxy and his two lackeys, Porche and Hamburg, began harassing Luffy's new, little friend Rina and her big sister Sayo. The two girls apparently had a journal with their father's research notes on how to make a gem, and Foxy wanted it! After some shenanigans with Foxy's Slow-Slow Beam, Sayo had been kidnapped by Spa Island's owner, Doran, and Rina had asked Luffy to help her save her sister. He'd accepted of course and so the Straw Hats had destroyed the place and saved both sisters.
"Of course we did! That spa-owner dude was totally evil! He'd tried to hurt Sayo and Lina!" Luffy argued back, rocking back and forth on the Sunny's swing. They were all still in their swimwear, except Brook who had been in a tracksuit since his milk bath, and Franky, who was always wearing his swimwear. They weren't even out of sight of Spa Island yet, the cloud of smoke and destruction rising behind them on the horizon.
"But why did "Let's destroy the place!" have to be our Plan A?" the navigator asked.
"I told you, it would be quicker, remember? The faster we destroyed things, the fast we'd find the sister!"
"I was totally all about that plan," Sanji reminded her as he puffed on his cigarette.
"I was as well," Robin chuckled, looking up from her book.
"We were going to destroy some things anyway if any of us had gotten into a real fight," Zoro added, setting down for a nap on the lawn.
"Yeah, Nami," Luffy interrupted. "Just look at what Zoro did! He sliced up that massive smokestack cannon on top of the ship no problem!"
"You just remember that you were the one who split the ship in half with your Giant Axe," the swordsman shot back. "You made quick work out of it too."
"And this is why I said that we couldn't have nice things!" The navigator raged, but then her anger deflated as she watched the crumbling spa ship, lamenting the loss of her vacation time.
"But it was sure fun to wreck a bunch of shit, and no one's life was in danger this time," the rubber man giggled.
The crew snapped back, "MORON! OUR LIVES WERE TOTALLY IN DANGER!" but then they were laughing too.
Nami chuckled dryly as she said, "I do admit, this little episode was definitely small potatoes compared to what we usually go through."
"And Luffy's right! It was fun to break stuff!" Chopper smiled hugely. As long as they got away with it, a little property damage wasn't so bad!
"Now, I'm curious…" Usopp started, "What's been your favorite thing to wreck so far?"
"Hmmmmmm…" the crew hummed as they took a few moments to think.
"I haven't had that many adventures yet, and I usually like making things but kicking CP9's asses was pretty hardcore," Franky started.
"I have to agree," Robin replied. "I took great pleasure in wrecking Spandam's spine."
"Whoa, you're scary!" Usopp and Chopper wailed. But then Usopp nodded in agreement as well.
"I think that World Government flag has been my favorite thing to destroy; it was super cool!"
"Hey!" Luffy interrupted, giving his friend a huffy stare. "Usopp! Sniper King was the one to shoot down the flag! Not you!"
The sniper made some panicked noises and started backtracking. "I-I-I-I m-mean…I would've liked to have destroyed that flag if I had been there! That's what I meant!"
"Oh, okay!" The rubber man went back to swinging without a care in the world. Everyone but Brook rolled their eyes at their idiot captain.
Seeing Brook's face, Nami assured him that she'd explain it later. "As for me," the navigator continued, "I didn't wreck it, but Luffy destroyed the lair of a notorious Fishman who was holding my whole village hostage, so I was so happy to see that building wrecked."
"Yeah, that was a good one!" Luffy piped up again.
"I'm kinda in the same boat as Nami," Chopper interjected. "I'm happy Luffy kicked the butt of a villain who terrorized my home too, but I'd also have to say that Oars was a particularly intriguing medical challenge to deal with. Taking him down with knowledge was particularly satisfying."
Sanji spoke up next. "That's true, Chopper. Without your medical expertise, we would've had a more difficult time with that dumbass zombie." Luffy stuck his tongue out at the cook for calling his super cool zombie a dumbass.
Chopper started blushing and wiggling as the cook complimented him. "Even if you say something like that, it won't make me happy you bastard!~" Once he calmed down he asked the blond the question.
"I like wrecking Moss-Head's face," came the quick reply.
"As if you've ever even gotten close!" The swordsman scoffed.
"Say that again, Moss-for-Brains!"
"I will, you idiot cook!" The two men growled and instantly got in each other's faces, raring for a fight. They both had to be pulled off each other by several crew members, and Luffy fell off the swing from laughing so hard at the pair.
"Oh my! It's always so lively around here isn't it?" Brook yohohoho-ed in delight as he and Franky pulled Sanji away from Zoro while Usopp and a big Chopper did the same for the swordsman. "I haven't had the chance to fight in so long and be around such interesting people! I'd have to say that this fight against Moria has been the most satisfying fight in several decades!"
"You said it, Brook!" Luffy agreed, sitting up and giving the skeleton a fist bump.
"Luffy, what's your favorite thing to wreck?" Nami asked, dramatically adding, "Besides my bank account vs. your bottomless stomach that is."
"Anything really; I like breakin' stuff!"
"Of course, you do." The crew shook their heads good-naturedly.
"Fighting with Crocodile was cool; I punched him up through the ground! And then I kicked the crap out of God on Skypiea! And that fight with dumb pigeon guy was pretty good!" He went on. "I even used my Giant Pistol to demolish a tower and him with it! Shishishi!"
"And then you gave us all a heart attack, idiot!" Usopp smacked the rubber man on the hat. Luffy just smiled at him.
Chopper looked around at everyone that had answered and realized that they were still missing someone. He turned to the crew's swordsman and asked, "Zoro, what's been your favorite thing to wreck?" The reply came very quickly.
"Luffy."
"Oh, gross!" Sanji made a disgusted face.
Luffy chuckled out a "Love you too!" and blew his boyfriend an exuberant kiss. The green-haired man cheekily blew one back.
"WHY?!" the cook wailed, "Why does it always devolve into this?!"
"Because it ticks you off," Zoro smirked. Then he had to dodge a swift kick to his face, and inevitably two of his swords came out as the customary duel began once again. However, it was quickly put on hold when the captain leaped to his feet and jumped onto Zoro, barely missing getting skewered and kicked at the same time. The two men crashed to the ground and the rubber man settled into the swordsman's lap to get some real kisses. Some of them were pecks, and others got a bit more heated, but they all were enjoyed by both men.
"Keep it clean please!" Sanji huffed, folding his arms crossly. He stomped the foot he was going to use to cave Zoro's face in on the lawn and then lit another cigarette because his other one got lost somewhere in the fight.
"Oh, shut up!" Zoro glared back at the blond as he sheathed his two swords, but then his mouth was once again occupied with Luffy's lips. Robin giggled at the ruckus while Nami rolled her eyes.
"Never a dull moment," the archeologist commented with a smile.
"Hardly any time to relax," Nami agreed.
Luffy stopped kissing his boyfriend for a few seconds to shout, "Let's keep wrecking stuff wherever we go!" with a huge grin on his face.
"Roger that, captain," Zoro chuckled in his lover's ear before going back to kissing.
The crew could only agree, the smoke rising into the air behind them a clear indication of their fate.
To be Continued...
A/N: And there you go! :3 Stay tuned for more!
