Okay . . . we're on the last chapter. Let's go. Yay. [blows noisemaker as quietly as possible]

"Maybe we're lost," Luffy said quietly.

"I told you, we're not lost!" Usopp protested. "We just—don't know where we are."

Sanji sighed. "We're lost."

The Strawhats—plus Erika—had found themselves facing a perfectly empty stretch of ocean without the slightest clue of where they had ended up.

"Ah . . ." Usopp said nervously. "You don't suppose we ended up on the Calm Belt again?" He stuck his finger up. "No, wait, the wind's blowing . . ."

"Kay, so we're lost," Luffy repeated.

Erika looked around. "I'm sorry I can't help . . . I don't know anything about navigating."

"No, my dear, don't worry!" Sanji exclaimed. "We'll figure this out sooner or later . . ."

"I'm guessing later, if we keep it up at this rate," Zoro muttered. He was leaning against the railing with his hands behind his head.

"Dammit, Zoro, you could help," Sanji snapped.

"Eh," Zoro said with a shrug. "What the hell do you want me to do about it?"

"Never mind," Sanji muttered, turning his attention back to the map that he and Usopp were poring over.

"The island we're trying to get to—it's called Kopenchagi, right?" Usopp asked, scanning the parchment.

"I think so, yeah," Sanji said. He pointed to a place on the map.

"There it is, but where are we?" Usopp said.

"Yeah, where are we?" Luffy demanded.

Several minutes of hard work led Sanji and Usopp to deduce that they had ended up in the same stretch of ocean they had been in when Nami was originally kidnapped. From there they were able to figure out roughly which direction the island was.

"To Nami-swan!" Sanji cried as they set sail. "And to returning Princess Erika-chan!"

"To that cool castle!" Luffy yelled. "And Nami!"

"Seriously, why is Nami the second thing?" Usopp muttered.

Their time sailing to the island seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. Before they knew it, they were docking at the same port as before and jumping off the ship—Sanji helped Erika down.

"Excuse me, sir," said a guard to Zoro as the group made their way out of the docks. "Did you just dock your ship there? Because I must inform you that docking in that particular port is strictly forbidden except for cargo ships. If that's not a cargo ship, I'll have to fine you each a thou—"

Zoro promptly punched the guard in the face. He fell over backwards and did not move.

"What?" he snapped when he noticed the others staring. "It was a hell of a lot faster than trying to explain ourselves."

Luffy shrugged. "Yeah, I guess so. Let's go!"

They continued on their way. Erika, whom Sanji was helpfully holding his arm around, looked at Zoro nervously.

Finally they stood in front of the large double doors of the castle. Without bothering to knock, Luffy shoved open the doors and strode straight into the throne room.

Erika was looking around the throne room in awe. No one had been in sight when the group of five entered, but just before Luffy could yell for Nami, she and the two men came in through a small door behind the throne.

". . . Just saying, you didn't have to spend that much," Larry was saying in an annoyed tone.

"My castle, my rules," Nami said flippantly.

Suddenly John saw the intruding group and cried out in shock. "They're back!" He yelled.

Larry and Nami looked over. Nami's face broke into a grin and both she and the two men rushed over.

"What took you guys so long?" Nami demanded cheerfully as she reached them. "Hey, are those my clothes?"

She pointed to Erika, who jumped. "What?" she whispered. "I . . . I'm sorry . . . these four said I could borrow them . . ."

Nami narrowed her eyes for a moment, but then smirked. "I got more than enough to make up for it, so you can keep it. You're Princess Erika?"

Erika nodded. "I'm sorry, you are . . . ?"

Nami introduced herself and quickly explained the situation she was in. Larry and John went to Erika and began hurriedly checking her over.

"Princess, it's so good to have you back!" Larry cried.

"Your mother and father have missed you so," John exclaimed.

Erika's eyes filled with tears. She knelt and hugged them both. "I'm so sorry for making you all worry," she whispered. "Please, may I . . . see mother and father?"

John and Larry started leading her away, but Nami called after them. "Hey!" she yelled. She pulled the dress over her head and tossed it at them with the tiara, revealing her regular clothes underneath. "You can have those back! And where are my million beris!?"

The two took the dress and tiara but pretended not to hear the last part as they left, shutting the door behind them. Nami sighed, went to the throne, leaned over, and grabbed several packages from behind it.

"Easy come, easy go," she said, tossing the packages at Sanji. "And speaking of which, let's go!"

"You're just going to let a million beris go!?" Usopp exclaimed as the group made their way out.

Nami smirked. "Well, I spent a good amount in town . . ." she pointed to the packages (Sanji was staggering under their weight). "Plus I managed to steal more than that while 'touring' the castle."

She pulled a money bill out from under her skirt and waved it teasingly.

Luffy laughed. "I'm really glad we have you back, Nami!"

Nami grinned. "I'm glad to be back. That castle was so boring."

"Yeah, and we found out that we really need you for navigating," Usopp muttered.

"How did you guys make it?" Nami asked with a small frown.

"A lot of guessing, really," Zoro admitted. "The only thing we really learned was where the sun sets."

"The west?" Nami asked.

Usopp smirked.

They got to the ship; Usopp helped Sanji bring up the packages while Luffy, Zoro, and Nami prepared to leave.

"Ah, Princess Nami," Sanji said with hearts in his eyes, "your mere presence on our ship is like a beacon of purest light! How I missed having you on—"

"Don't call me 'princess'," Nami snapped. "Set sail!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Sanji and Usopp exclaimed.

"Let's go!" Luffy yelled. "To the Grand Line!"

~Fin~

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I'm gonna be honest, I don't actually like this story much. If you liked it, great! I appreciate it! Frankly I'm just glad to move on from this story, though.

Story's done! Thank you for all your support, minna-sama~!