Chapter 5
After lunch Chelsea floated around outside while Luffy watched her.
"Now you need to learn how to float and NOT fly away!" He said as he took her arm. "I'll hold on to you and you just try and see if you can." Chelsea nodded as she took his arm. She started to float and took Luffy's stretchy arm with her. He calmly grabbed onto the rail and smiled up at the floating girl.
"See? What did I tell you? We're fine!" He laughed. There was a scream from below the deck. It was Nami.
"LUFFY! COME QUICK! THE SHIP IS OFF OF THE WATER!" She screamed. Chelsea quickly dropped Luffy's hand and the ship hit the water with a small splash.
"What Nami? What happened?" Luffy asked.
"The ship was off of the water! We were air born!" Nami said as she ran up to him. Luffy laughed.
"We were only a little bit off the water Nami I was helping Chelsea with learning to control her powers!" He said as he looked up. Chelsea zoomed around above them learning to avoid things while flying. "See?" he said. Nami looked up too and smiled.
"Yes captain. " She smiled as she walked away back towards her room. Luffy looked up.
"How are you doing Chelsea?" he called up. She flew down and scooped him up in her arms.
"Oh Luffy you need to come and fly with me! It's so much fun!" She giggled as she started to fly up.
"No thanks Chelsea I have to go and see what Sanji is doing for dinner!" he said and she put him back down on the ground.
"Okay!" she smiled and then blasted off into the air again. She zoomed around the ship for a little while. Usopp who was in the crows nest kept a track of how many times she past him by.
"Fifteen…" he muttered. He closed his eyes and took out his spy glass when all of the sudden all he could see in it was Chelsea.
"Hi Usopp want to come and fly with me?" she asked the liar. Usopp shrugged.
"I don't really think I should maybe later okay?" he suggested. Chelsea nodded.
"Okay Usopp!" she smiled and she headed back down towards the ground. She hit the ground lightly and trotted off to the kitchens to see what was cooking.
She got there and saw Sanji and Zolo fighting. Zolo had his swords and was tearing up the kitchen while Sanji tried to stop him while dodging the blades.
"HEY!" she shouted. They both paused from the fighting for a moment. "Why don't you two do something more productive than fight?" she asked. Sanji rushed over to her.
"What can I do for you my angel?" he asked as he grabbed her hands. She smiled.
"Nothing I just don't like it when people fight!" Chelsea said as she took her hands out of his. Zolo sheathed his swords and walked out angrily. Chelsea looked out after him and then looked up at Sanji.
"Why is Zolo mad?" she asked him. Sanji let the girl go.
"No reason… he's always like this towards me… crap swordsman." He muttered. Chelsea could sense it there was something that he was hiding and she knew it. She walked out after they spent a few moments in silence. She bumped into Chopper who was in his human form.
"AH!" she screamed lightly. "Oh! Chopper! WOW you're big now! Oh I love it you look so strong!" She giggled as she hugged him. Chopper blushed and hugged her back.
"Ah… thank you I need to go work now, I'm sorry." He said and he let her go and walked off. She sighed and walked back out onto the deck. As she came out she saw Zolo leaning against the rail frowning. The evening stars started to peek out as the sun dipped below the horizon.
"Hey Zolo." She said as she came up next to him. He jumped.
"Oh! Hi…" he said. Chelsea looked at him for a moment and gasped. "What?" Zolo asked her.
"Zolo come fly with me! It'll be so much fun!" she said as she took his hand.
"Well… I'm not so sure about this…" he said reluctant to let his feet leave the ground.
"I'm better than I was last night I can control it now! Please?" she asked him. Zolo looked at her face, how could he resist her pleading look.
"Okay I guess I could for a little bit…" He told the girl. A smile broke out on her face.
"Really? Oh great! That's wonderful! Here we go!" she said as she took his arms and let her feet drift upwards. Zolo looked around as the floor suddenly left his feet. He grasped her arms tightly. "See? You'll be fine. As long as you hold onto me you can fly too." She smiled. Zolo looked up at her. He let go with one arm and together they soared upwards. Zolo had never been this happy before. He'd never experienced this sort of freedom before. He noticed his eyes wander up towards Chelsea. He'd never realized it before but she looked like an angel when she flew, her long brown hair streaming out from behind her, she looked majestic.
"Okay here we go through the clouds!" she said her voice snapping him back to reality.
"Huh? Oh what! Clouds?" he asked in panic. She looked down at him and smiled reassuringly to him. They passed through the white fluffiness and came upon a clear night sky. Zolo floated in awe.
"Never…" he said whispered "I've never seen this many stars in my life!" He looked over at Chelsea with his mouth open. She was smiling at him.
"I wanted to show the others but they were to busy… and it's better at night too." She led him over to a big fluffy cloud. She lowered herself down onto it carefully. "Look Zolo you and I are sitting on a cloud! Not really it's just floating I guess…" she giggled. Zolo laughed too. He picked up a bit of cloud in his hand and blew it away. Chelsea looked at Zolo he was enjoying himself so much.
'He's… so cool…and I'm holding his hand…!' she thought to herself. She squeezed it lightly. Suddenly a sharp pain shot through her back.
"Auugh!" She cried out and she placed her free hand on her back.
"What!" Zolo asked quickly. Another large pain shot through her body she grabbed at her arms and moaned as the pain increased.
"My… back Zolo…!" She gasped. She had let go of him, and he was falling.