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Ch 2. A Thief in the Middle of a Night
It was early in the morning and Nami had already woken up. She didn't know what to do so she decided to snuggle in her bed for some more time. As she was slowly drifting away to the land of slumber again, she heard some voices from the kitchen. Sanji-kun? What is he doing so early in the morning? Nami thought. She then decided to get up and walked towards the kitchen.
"Shit, that damned shitty rubber bastard" Sanji cursed as he ruffled the insides of the fridge, hoping to find more food supplies than he had already found. "I swear, the next time I see him I'm going to beat him and cook his genitals for his own dinner".
"What's the matter Sanji-kun?" Nami asked as she opened the doorknob.
Sanji turned around to see his beloved Nami-swan entering the kitchen. "Good morning Nami-swaaaaaaaann! Did you have a good night's sleep? You're so beautiful even when you've just woken up! Ahh, I fall in love with you all over again". Sanji swooned with a heart for an eye, changing personality from the previously psychopathic Sanji in an instant. "Ah! I haven't prepared breakfast for you yet! I'm so sorry Nami-swan I'll make it right away!" Sanji bounced back to his station immediately.
"No, thank you Sanji-kun, I'll have my breakfast with the other guys. What happened here?" Nami ignored all of his remarks and guessed "Did Luffy steal food again?" while scanning the kitchen, finding evidence of looting such as broken eggs, spilled milk, and meat sauce all over the floor.
"Yes it seems, Nami-swan. It seems that someone has breached fridge's lock and took all of the sea-kings meat I had saved for dinner. And it's obvious who the culprit is," Sanji sighed as he lit his cigarette "I think we need a new lock and some food supplies unless we want to starve until we reached the next island".
"Well then you're in Super luck, Sanji bro. I just saw an island southeast about 4 miles from here" Franky told them as he barged in suddenly. "It seems like it's a resort island. We should find enough supllies there".
"Really Franky? You were on watch? That's good then." Sanji said with a relief.
"Alright it's settled, we're gonna dock on that island to stock up." Nami said cheerfully. "And I think I'm gonna relax there too!" Nami continued with a hint of joyfulness in her tone. "Sanji-kun do you think you can make me some snack that goes well with the mood?" Nami asked him with a sweet tone.
"Hai! Nami-san! You can count on me!" Sanji stated enthusiastically.
"Hehe thanks Sanji-kun! I know you are so dependable" She said with a saccharine smile before leaving the kitchen.
Sanji melted from the smile and fantasized about how beautiful Nami is just to be interrupted by Franky's remark.
"Oi don't we have some cola here? Sanji, did you drink all of it last night?"
"Of course not you hentai bastard! Go brew some cola yourself! I'm cooking here" Sanji replied while trying to make breakfast from the leftovers.
"Geez what happened to him, has he just reached puberty or something?" Franky muttered, unheard by the cheerful cook.
"Yaaa~wn I'm so bored Sanji" a beaten Luffy complained to the furious cook "I want to play with the dolphins!"
"Next time don't steal all the food supply then!" Sanji snapped "This is your punishment Luffy, you have to accompany me stocking up food supplies, don't even think you could play today!" Sanji continued with an evil grin, making Luffy's head lower than before in depression.
"I can understand if it's just Luffy, but what did I do that I got dragged in this matter anyway?" Usopp complained.
"Shut up accomplice. You helped, didn't you? There's no way Luffy could breach the electronic lock by himself!"
Usopp sweated, trying to find good words to defend himself. "Ah that's because I was infected by if-you-don't-help-your-captain-you-will-die virus and so I decided to help Luffy" Usopp lied.
"Ehhhh you do? Go talk to Chopper then, Usopp! Captain's order! I don't want you to die!" Luffy commanded, genuinely concerned with his friend's well-being.
Sanji and Usopp sweatdropped, expecting that kind of answer from him. After all, their captain's stupidity is limitless.
"Alright, let's go shop for some meat next" Sanji said after he looked at the groceries list and then walked first, indicating the other two to follow him.
"Yahooooo that's what I'm waiting for!" Luffy shouted excitedly and then followed suit.
"Hey Luffy! We're not here just to follow him everywhere, are we?" Usopp whispered to his friend persuasively "This is our chance to run away from him! Don't you want to play with the dolphins?"
"Hmmm you're right Usopp. Alright! The next time he visits a stall we're going to run!" Luffy yelled.
"Keep your voice down idiot!" shushed Usopp.
Back at the ship, Chopper was watching the dolphins frolicking around the Thousand Sunny with awe. Nami and Robin were heading to a resort as they were going to relax there.
"Brook, do you think we can play with them?" Chopper asked his companion eagerly.
"I'm afraid we can't, Chopper-san, we're short on people to guard the ship and more importantly there's no one in this ship that could save us if either of us is drowning" Brook answered calmly while sipping his tea "Unless we want to die drowning. Ah, but I'm already dead. Yohohohohoho SKULL JOKE!"
"EHHHH? Where's Franky?"
"Franky-san is going to the town, looking for materials to build the fridge's lock"
"And where's Zoro? He's still here right? We can't lose him in an island this big!"
"Ah, Zoro-san said he's going for a quick stroll on the bea-" Brook stopped, realizing his mistake "Oh dear.."
"I can't believe there's an island like this in New World!" Nami said gleefully. They had just finished relaxing in a spa and now headed to Thousand Sunny.
"I guess we really haven't seen most of the world then" Robin said with a returning smile.
"You're right" Nami agreed "Hey Robin look! Those are so cute~ Shall we go there?"
As the two girls strolling around the shops, three pairs of eyes were observing them not far from they are.
"There's no doubt about it. They're the 'Cat Burglar' and the 'Demon's Child' from the strawhats!" said a man with a small stature and blue hair.
"What did I tell you! I was sure I saw Strawhat Luffy near the meat market. He and his crews were making lots of fuss about playing with dolphins or something. Anyway, boss is gonna be happy with our big catch!" A big, round man opened his mouth and let out a big grin.
"Don't let your guard down idiots!" said a tall man "We still don't know their powers yet! Are you sure they're the weak ones?"
"I don't know about the red hair, but I don't think the dark-haired girl is going to be easy to catch, she has been escaping from the world government for a long time"
"Who gives a damn about their powers anyway? We got this device from our boss right? Where is it? I'm going to try it out now to capture those strawhat ladies. Uahahaha!" said the small man confidently.
"Who's going to try what to capture who now?" a low, dangerous voice came from behind, startling the three of them.
"Who's that!" the tall man turned around just to meet a face with a vertical scar on the left eye. "Y-you are…" The big man couldn't finish his words.
"..pi-pi-pirate h-hunter…" The small man continued but still couldn't finish the whole sentence.
"Ro-ro-roronoa Zoro!" The tall man completed the sentence while stuttering just before they were hit with a wave of slash from Zoro's back of the blade.
"Damn right you were," Zoro said with a smirk "as if I'd let you abduct our ladies right in front of my nose."
"We-we're sowwyyy," cried the round man "we don't know you were behind us."
"What are you trying to do with our ladies?" Zoro asked, expecting a good answer.
But before Zoro got his answer, his head met a powerful blow from our beloved navigator. "What are you doing here and why are you making commotion here Zoro? Care to explain?"
"Ow that hurts Nami. I was just saving your ass again! These guys were about to attack you and Robin!" Zoro declared while pointing behind.
"Which guys again?" Nami asked
"These guys right here, can't you see?"
"Zoro, you're pointing at a pile of broken crates" Nami said.
"Huh? What?" a puzzled Zoro realized that the men he had just beaten are nowhere to be found "where'd they go? I was sure they were just.." Zoro frantically shook his head trying to see where they had gone.
"Zoro. Hey. Keep calm okay." Nami tried to calm him down while Robin was just standing beside her giggling.
"I swear Nami, they were just lying here before you came! They must be still nearby! I'm going to look for-"
"Zoro calm down. There're lots of people here. You're making yourself look like a fool." Nami told him while holding her laughter. Zoro ignored her and still trying to look for them.
"I never thought you're this deluded, Zoro. I thought you are just a lost child." Nami said with laughter, unable to contain her enjoyment anymore. Even Robin was laughing too.
"Who's deluded and lost, bastard!" Zoro barked "I speak the truth! They just vanished into thin air. Robin, you got to believe me!"
"Yeah, yeah, let's just assume they had a vanishing ability Zoro," cut Nami "now let's just go back to the ship, we are going to depart immediately. You know Zoro, the next island seems to be interesting" Nami tried to brush the conversation and pushed Zoro to the direction of the ship.
"But- Arghh whatever," Zoro grunted, finally giving in "just lead the way to the ship"
"So are you lost now Zoro-kun?" Nami asked playfully.
"Of course not! I could lead the way if I want to"
"Of course you can" said Nami with smile.
*Meanwhile, on the pile of broken crates
"Are they gone yet?" a voice suddenly can be heard.
"I think so.. Can you still not release this power?"
"I still haven't gotten used to this device, so shut up Spike!"
Suddenly three shadows of men appeared out of nowhere.
"There! I finally understand how this device works! Uahahaha" a small man with blue hair said.
"That device sure is convenient!" said Spike, the round man, while amazed.
"But it is a surprise though," the tall man sighed "I thought that red-haired girl really knows the power of this device"
"How would we report this to boss now? We were beaten under two seconds by Roronoa Zoro alone! Even after he gave us this belt" Spike worried.
"Fear not Spike, the strawhats are heading to our island, we will tell the boss that they're sailing straight into our trap" the small man grinned.
To Be Continued.
A/N. Thx for reading! It's a bit longer than before and there is not much ZoNa moments this time, but this is where the adventure started! Keep reading guys! I'll update the next as fast as I could.