Chapter 5
"Wake up!" Vivi said as she shook Luffy. When he didn't move she looked around for something she could use to help her. She decided on a coconut. After all, he was rubber. It shouldn't hurt him, just wake him up.
Vivi stood over the sleeping Luffy and held up the coconut. She let go and it hit him right in the stomach. He just wrapped his arms around it and rolled over. "Luffy! Wake up!" she yelled but got no result.
Suddenly she had an idea. She ran to her boat and returned with a piece of salted meat. She started roasting it over the fire.
Luffy's eyes opened. He looked at what he was holding and wondered how it got there. He threw the coconut to the side and looked over at where Vivi was cooking. He licked his lips. "Um...any chance that's for me?" he asked.
"Finally!" Vivi exclaimed. "Do you know how long it's taken me to wake you up?!"
"Are you gonna eat that?" Luffy asked.
Vivi just smiled. She had missed him to much to be mad. "Here. It was for you anyway." She handed him the meat on a plate. "But be carefu-" but she didn't get to finish because he had already taken a bite.
"HOT!!!" Luffy yelled as he desperately looked around for something to drink. When he couldn't find anything he went and dunked his head in the ocean. This didn't go so well since he was a devil fruit user. As soon as he came in contact with the water, he became weak. It didn't help that he also tried to drink it. He immediatley started to fall into the ocean.
Vivi ran over to where he was as soon as she realized what was happening. She caught him right before he fell and was carried off by the tide. "And I just woke him up too." Vivi said with a small sigh. "Oh well. We better get you back to your crew. They must be worried by now."
She managed to get him in her boat and onto the cot where he slept without any sign of waking up. She put out the fire and gathered the few supplies she had gotten out.
She wondered where Karoo was. He had been gone when she had gotten back with Luffy. He had been asleep most of their voyage and must have gone out to get some exercise. Vivi gave a shrill whistle. A few seconds later, Karoo came charging out of the forest. He leaped in the boat.
Vivi untied the boat and then pushed it into the tide. She wondered where the rest of the Strawhat's where. She finally decided that she could find them by following the beach.
Meanwhile on the Other Side of the Island
Nami was starting to become more worried about Luffy then angry at him. He had been gone for almost a day now. She hadn't told the crew it was her fault yet and she was starting to feel guilty. Maybe she should tell them.
"Nami-swaaaannnnn!" Sanji called. "Breakfast is ready my love!"
"Coming Sanji-kun!" she replied. Sanji could get on her nerves sometimes but at meal times, he always cooked her and Robin something delicious.
"Oh Nami! You look gorgeous!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.
"Thank you Sanji." Nami said without even a glance in his direction. "It's just a little something I picked up in the last town." Nami had to admit, the outfit she was wearing did look good. Robin had helped her pick it out. It was a low cut, short sleeve shirt that showed her stomach. It was yellow with a jeweled orange in the upper left. She had on a yellow and orange pleated mini skirt and her orange sandals.
Nami arrived in the kitchen only to be confronted by Zoro.
"Have you seen Luffy? I haven't seen him in forever." Zoro said.
"Umm...nope." Nami replied with an unconvincing smile.
"Are you sure?" Zoro asked. He saw the shakey smile on her face.
Just then Sanji came into the kitchen. "Quit bothering the young lady crap swordsman!" he said.
"But out dart-board eyebrow!" Zoro said.
"Oh boys. Please don't fight over little old me." Nami said.
"As you wish my love!" Sanji said with more hearts in his eyes.
"What's with that guy?" Zoro said to himself as he watched Sanji swoon over Nami.
Breakfast was quit that morning without Luffy. About half way through, Usopp broke the silence. "Where's Luffy? It's not like him to miss a meal."
"Ask Nami. I think she might know something she's not telling us." Zoro replied.
"I warned you-" Sanji said but Nami interupted him.
"Okay fine. I'll tell you. I sort of scared him off and now I think he's lost in the forest." Nami explained.
Usopp jumped up in a panic. "We have to go find him! He could have been eaten by some horrible beast! But wait! If we go in there we might get eaten! But we have to find Luffy! Wait! If he doesn't come back, that means I'm captain! Ha! I am now captain of this crew!"
"Sit down Usopp." Zoro said.
The look on his face made Usopp quickly sit down.
"I can sniff him out!" Chopper volunteered.
"He'll find his way back." Franky said.
"Mr. Cyborg is right." Robin said.
"Huh?" the crew said in unison as they looked at her.
"Look outside." Robin said.
The crew ran out over to the window.
"She's right! There comes Luffy now!" Usopp cried.
They all ran out on the deck, minus Robin who walked slowly behind them. She had seen him long before anyone but she had also seen something the rest of the crew hadn't. He wasn't alone. The princess was with him. Robin didn't know if Vivi knew that she was with Luffy or not. She decided to stay behind until she knew.
"Hey guys! Look who I found!!!" Luffy called as they neared Sunny.
"Vivi!" Nami cried as she was the first to see the former princess.
Everyone climbed off the boat as Luffy and Vivi pulled up on shore. Franky had no idea who this person was but he was eager to meet a friend of the crew.
Vivi jumped out of the boat and ran over and hugged each member of the crew.
"Vivi, what are you doing here?" Nami asked.
"She came to join our crew!" Luffy said excitedly.
"But what about your country?" Usopp asked.
"They're fine. I made sure of it before I left. I just missed you guys so much!" Vivi cried. "I'm sorry I couldn't come with you guys then. But now I'm ready to be a pirate." she said with a big smile. Then she noticed Franky. "Oh! I'm sorry! I don't believe we've met. I'm Vivi. Former princess of Alabasta."
"SUPER! My name's Franky. I'm the crew's shipwrite." he said.
"Your crew has grown since you left Alabasta." Vivi said. "There's eight of you now, right?"
"Yep! Wait! How did you know? We're missing somebody. Where's Robin?" Luffy said.
"Oh! I heard that she had joined your crew. So I guess there's nine of us now, right?" she asked.
"Yeah. Where is Robin though?" Nami asked.
"I'm right here Miss Navigator." Robin replied. She had been listening and had come out when she heard Vivi already knew about her.
"Nico Robin." Vivi said softly.
"That's my name princess." Robin replied.
"So you really did join up with Luffy." Vivi said. She wasn't surprised. Robin had dissapeared from Alabasta the same day Luffy had left. Vivi also knew about the Enies Lobby incident. She didn't know much about Robin's past but if Luffy trusted her, so would Vivi.
"Hey everybody!!!" Luffy said, getting everyone's attention. "Let's celebrate!!!!! Sanji, cook us up some food and lot's of it!"
"And some drinks!" Zoro said.
Everyone put in their request to Sanji. He went to the kitchen to begin cooking. Nami sent Usopp, Chopper, and Franky to find some fruit in the jungle. She told Luffy and Zoro to make some kind of long table that they could put the food on. Then her and Robin went to gather some flowers for decoration. Vivi decided to go and get coconuts and get the milk out of them to drink.
When everyone was done and the table was set, they all decided to make this a beach party. The girls put on their bathing suits and the boys put on swimming trunks. They all met back up at the table on the beach. In the mid-afternoon sun, the whole setting looked beautiful. The flowers were strewn everywhere and Vivi had poured the coconut milk into half of a split coconut and put a flower in each mug. Sanji had made a delicious looking meal that covered the table. The fruit was cut into slices and put in patterns around the meat. The whole thing looked like a tropical paradise.
The crew stood there staring at it until Luffy finally broke the silence with a cry of, "Okay!!! Let's eat!!!!!"