Guess what? Its friday, want to know what that means (yes I know you already know but...) It means I updated on time! yays! and not at 12 this time... well Im happy, yess I dragged this story out and its going to end up lasting one more chappter, but I know what I want to do with this chapter so Its wont take hours to write looks at the page evil .

anyways I made a comment or two about Zoros sense of direction... oh wait did I say sense?

anyways Im almost done now, just a cute scene or two left... and a little more soap opra drama That I love so much, hope you like it.

"The log pose is going to set tonight, wonder if well be leaving tomorrow.' Nami mumbles, she was sitting in the kitchen next to Robin. Both of the women on the ship had been there when Luffy ran off farther into the forest. If it weren't for Zoros lack of directional sense never having stopped the swordsman from finding his way back to the ship they would have been far more worried, after all no one could be worse than Zoro in that regards… could they?

"So how long has it been since he ran off?" Nami asked.

"Not long, a couple hours maybe?" Robin returned not looking away from the packet of papers she had found, it seems that many a ships had found this island but none seemed to have left it. At the top of the mountain unparticular there seemed to be an abundance of marine ships with numerous documents. One of which had perked Robins interest. Project 732-78663 no one had once said that the government was creative but finding numbers as a project name was unusual, further reading showed that the project was revolving around a high security project, but that wasn't as interesting as an unfinished response that was about to be sent. Something on this island didn't seem normal, that was for sure. "Navigator-san? You may want to hear about this."

Roger the specimen in question is currently on rout to the new location, but sir it seems we have a new problem. The currents in our vicinity have been changing lately, it seems there is an unidentified interference coming from the water and we need to receive orders with approval for a rout change. The project will of course be thrown overboard in case of emergency but I have come to the conclusion that this path is no longer safe for our ships nor calm enough to continue testing and refinement while on rout.

"Okay… So I don't understand that came from the ship we found right? Up on the mountain?" Nami asked seemingly uninterested. ":Wait did we ever figure out how it got up there to start with? There weren't signs on the hull having being dragged up there to start with."

"I believe the ship was simply picked up by the mountain." Robin said, taking the moment to leave the room and head down the hatch to their beds, shed had a taxing enough day.

"Alright don't tell me what's going on then, it's not like the mountain just reached down and picked up the ship!" Nami went out the door and up the crows nest, pout in place. She had taken whatch from Sanji today so she could look out for any signs of their captain; of course she had ensured no one had figured out why she wanted to be on watch, of course.

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"Ok, Sanji had been a little harsh but still he had a point right?" Luffy sighed, he didn't think hed deserved that. "Or maybe I did... I DON'T GET THIS!!" Luffy screamed, well that had helped, he should scream more often, now where was he. Well he had ran off this was… or maybe that way…. Hm…

Sitting down Luffy looked at his position, he had gone running off just to find out he had gone the wring way, so he went the other way… and that didn't work… and now he was lost. Great. Welll things like this always work out. Nami is happy on the ship, and if she was happy than everything was 

working out fine, after all she had cheered up once she got back right? Luffy wished he could just find her they had already been running around for a while before the whole sea stone thing, at least that hadn't happened again.

Clearing his head Luffy picked a new direction eventually if he kept walking he had to find the ocean right? So then he could just follow that back to the ship, that made sense, so why couldnt he find the shore? Maybe this was a really cool island with no shore!

Sighing Luffy returned to his spot on the rock, hed been trying to find the shore for hours, days, years! "This isn't working anymore… maybe If I wait here theyll find me. In moments Luffy decided on a path to chose and began heading off, sitting in one place was way too boring for him to handle. But the moment he stood up the island began shaking and he heard a scream coming from behind him, if there was a person here than they would know where his ship was!

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"Great so now I have absolutely no idea what's going on, just another thing Im not allowed to know is it now? Hm..?" Namis voice grew steadily louder, "Maybe you don't exist! Maybe Zoros right there is no god!" Nami screamed tears slipping out of her eyes and down her face, suddenly realizing the rest of the crew were sleeping down below she recoiled, maybe they didn't heard that… "Please…" Nami whispered now, "Please just prove you're there bring him back…" She looked up but there was nothing there, no happy smile running back to the ship, nothing, 'I guess you've made your choice then hmm? You don't exist then? No I thought not.'

In not long she had slipped off to sleep, crying could be exhausting , or maybe it wasn't the crying but the pain she felt, that could be it too…

The next thing the entire ground was shaking, wait she wasn't on the ground, but there weren't earth quakes on water… tremors maybe but nothing like this. "What's going on!" Nami was looking all over, desperate to find the source of the tremors. But instead of leaning over the side and finding the source she found herself falling out from the crow's nest reaching for the edge and screaming for someone who hadn't been found, she screamed for Luffy.

Slowly Nami felt her grip slipping, it was odd that the crew wasn't coming out yet… and where was.

"Nami-swan!" Sanjis voice broke out answering her question, "Im coming Nami-swan just please hold on!"

"Nami!"

"Somebody call the doctor!"



Voices of the crew were scattered about, Sanji was climbing up to the crow's nest but he wasn't quite fast enough, right before he managed to climb into it Namis grip failed and she was falling down to the deck. Robin began chuckling as a pair of hands wrapped around Nami and softened her fall.

"Sorry about the fall Nami, you aren't hurt are you?" Luffy smiled almost laughing, I heard you scream and I came running… I didn't know it was you though." Luffy looked up, "Hi everybody!"

The entire ship was silent with shock for a matter of seconds with the mutterings of hey Luffys back before everyone started yelling, that is everyone except Luffy and Nami, the two just sat there deciding their next move, neither wanted to tell Sanji what was going on between them, and Nami did like getting pampered all the time.

"So we act the same?" Luffy asked

"Yes, for now I don't see why we should tell them anything. At least not tell Sanji."

"And Zoro would tell Sanji in their fight…"

"And anyone would tell Zoro if he asked, well Usopp and Chopper would, theyd be to scared not to. Nami continued from where Luffy had left off, "Oh and Robin probably knows already, she didn't help me cause she knew you were coming."

"Yep I saw her see me when you were still hanging there" Luffy began laughing there by receiving a not so friendly kick from his chef for laughing at Nami, but all in all things were good. His crew was happy, the island had been charted and was slowly disappearing below the waves, and the hip was being dragged down with it, 'Wait what!?'

"Um… Nami I think the island is sinking… and were joining it…"

"What! An island doesn't just sink under water and then pop up at some other time! It just doesn't happen like that."

"Um… I think the captain may be telling you the truth look." Robin pointed to the island which was slowly sinking beneath the waves. And the ship was quickly approaching the island faster and faster, it was being dragged down by the currents. "This must have been what happened to that other ship, the one with the sea stone."

"Sea stone what!? That project was sea stone?"

Robin just smiled, it was unlike Nami to miss something like that but then these weren't normal times. The crew was sent all around the ship preparing to get out with Luffy acting as a sling shot to send the ship flying between two quickly disappearing mountains and out of the currents range, far past the island, and if Nami was right, towards their next island.

The crew watched the last peak of the island sink down into the depths of the ocean not to be seen for a while to come.

"Well I guess we know why the island wasn't on the map before…" Usopp replied, "I wonder if the log pose would point to it even while it was under water. Not like A ship could ever go under water though."

kay so was that any good? I liked it and I wonder now that I wrote why they dont use Luffys streachy body to give them a kick start on the way to their next Island. well it doesnt matter I suppose as long as they get their right?

well as I always mention at the end of this, I need reveiws... mostly because I like seeing what people do and dont like, Im happy to say that I am managing to get this done before school started again so that makes me happy... but that doesnt mean that I can write with no help, reveiws either enspire me, give me advice... or both, mostly both so please?