I do not own One Piece or any of its characters.
Due to the quick positive reviews of the first chapter, I've decided to write the next chapter the day after. Each chapter to all of my stories is usually quick, but I will often slow down to get some more reviews.
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"We should be there in about an hour or so!" announced Nami.
"Navigator-san, what's the next island?" asked Robin.
"Hm…Lemme check," said Nami. Nami checked a detailed map of the Grand Line. "Looks like it is Island of the Wild. This place has quite a bit of mountains."
"Island of the Wild…I've read that many pirates back before Gol D. Roger was even born went on this island before," said Robin. "None of them ever survived, even the strongest ones, except for one person, who became the supplier of this information. That person had lost both arms and an eye… None of their corpses were found."
"M-maybe we should just stay on the ship when we get there," stammered Usopp.
"Yeah, but ships were found with large holes in them," said Robin. "They probably sank due to some attack.
"Don't worry misses, as long as I'm here, none of you will get hurt," said Hiruko.
Sanji glared at Hiruko. He hated Hiruko. He knew something was up. Sanji just had to tell Luffy. "Oi, Luffy!"
"Yeah?"
"I gotta tell ya sometin', in private."
Sanji took Luffy to the bottom of the ship. "Look, we can't trust that guy Hiruko!"
"But he gave us food."
"I know, but that's not the damn point. You like food anyway. Hiruko is definitely up to something."
"…What? I wasn't listening."
"Whatever, but when he betrays us, you gotta be prepared." Sanji climbed the ladder back up. He wondered why he even told Luffy. Luffy obviously would not listen.
"Hey, Love Cook!" shouted Zoro.
"I'm not in the mood, bastard," said Sanji.
Zoro went over to Sanji and whispered in his ear, "I know you're suspicious of Hiruko."
"You too? For once we agree with something!" whispered back Sanji.
"Hell no! I suppose I used the wrong word. You're not suspicious, you're jealous!"
Sanji got even angrier and directed a kick at Zoro. Zoro was not prepared, and instantly crashed into Luffy, who just came back from the bottom of the ship.
Damn him, I'm not jealous, I'm just worried about Nami-san and Robin-chan and the rest of the crew, thought Sanji.
Sanji suddenly started thinking about his fight with Hiruko. "He defeated me…so damn easily…" Sanji pushed those thoughts out of his head. "Wait, why did he want to join? Why would he be so nice and give us all that food for something that would only benefit the crew, except for me of course. This only adds to his suspicion."
"Nami!" said Usopp. "I see the island."
"Finally, we're here!" said Nami.
"Whoohoo!" shouted Luffy and Chopper.
Nami was looking at a book. It explained a bit about the Log Pose in the Grand Line. "B-bad news guys…"
"What?" asked everyone.
"It looks like this'll take quite a while…a week…and taking into account of what Robin-san said…we can die here!"
"Heh! Who cares! I bet the pirates Robin talked about were all weak fools!" said Zoro.
"Let's go meat hunting!" yelled Luffy.
Everyone except for Usopp and Chopper got off the ship.
"Oi! What're you waiting for? Scared?" mocked Zoro.
"Th-the Gr-great C-cap-cap-tain Usopp is n-never scared!" stuttered Usopp.
A bird flew to Chopper and started chirping away. After a while, it flew off.
"What'd it say to you Chopper?" asked Nami.
"This place is very dangerous. It said that it came here to search for any food with its friend, and suddenly, his friend just died. No other animals were there at that time. No gunshots. It just died…"
"It's possible that certain types of plants give off toxic oxygen, probably death flowers, which are quite abundant in areas such as this in the Grand Line," explained Robin.
Robin took out a flower book and showed the crew what it looked like. The fact that Robin had just told them scared Chopper and Usopp even more. They finally managed to go in the end.
Nami tripped on vines while walking. Her knee was badly scraped.
"Doctor! Doctor!" screamed Chopper. "Wait, I'm the doctor."
Chopper put some alcohol on the wound and bandaged it up. Hiruko pulled Nami up and put her on his back, telling her that she shouldn't walk with a scraped knee.
Sanji could not resist any longer. "I'm telling ya! This guys a liar! I know he's suspicious! I mean why would he give us free food just to become a crew member, something that would benefit us more than it would benefit him! He even said he joined this crew for no reason!"
Nami motioned Hiruko to drop her. Nami limped towards Sanji and slapped Sanji.
"You're just jealous aren't you?" yelled Nami.
"Nami-san…" said Sanji. "It's all your damn fault!" Sanji ran towards Hiruko, preparing to launch a kick that would create a bruise that would last a lifetime.
