-1'Raining Petals'
Chapter 1.
Nami was, of course, correct. The beautiful rain was no longer tolerable. It was crashing down from the dark steel coloured sky. The wind attacked the Straw Hats' ship violently and it rocked madly from side to side- this made it a constant struggle to keep your footing (It also did not help how wet and slippery the floor was). Of course, being in a storm and all, there was thunder and lighting. However, the Straw Hats did not get too worried about this storm. Except Nami.
On board everyone was following Nami's orders as she yelled over the sound of the wind screaming and the thunder roaring. Nami looked to the barrels on the lower deck, "Shit. Zoro! The barrels!"
Zoro looked over to Nami, calm as usual, and raised an eyebrow. He and not registered what she had said, not only because the storm made it very difficult to hear, because he blocked out the Navigator's screams. Yes, basically he was just ignoring her, "What?" Zoro then shrugged his shoulders and walk towards her in hope to hear her better.
"The barrels! The barrels are loose!" Nami pointed franticly towards a couple of barrels that were running around the lower deck like loons, "Tie them up! I don't want anyone getting knocked out because of a barrel!"
It quickly crossed Zoro's mind that, even if a barrel attacked someone, most people on the ship seemed to have stone heads anyway .Would it really matter if it hit someone like Luffy? But, there was people like Chopper who is very small and of course there is Usopp…
Without uttering a word Zoro carefully jogged towards the barrels. Zoro struggled to keep a hold of the them. He realised just how much he had under-estimated how hard it would be to tie up a couple of barrels.
"Nami-swan! Do you need anymore help?" Sanji ran with glee towards Nami.
Nami looked around the ship. The sail ropes had weakened again. Nami's eyes widened, "Not again. Sanji-kun tighten the ropes on the sail!"
"Hai!" Sanji turned on his heel, "Right away!"
"Luffy you idiot get your ass inside if you're not going to do anything else to help!" Nami was still concerned. What was going to happen? Was she just being paranoid?
Zoro cursed as a single barrel rolled away from him. He reached out to grab it. Too late. An awkward wave charged at the side of the ship. Zoro lost his footing. His face hit the cold, wet, wooding floor. He cursed again. He looked up to see the barrel flying in mid air, "Oh shit!"
Sanji was only half way up the stair when he turned around to see a wooden barrel flying at him. Too late. It was too late to move. All he could do was helplessly let the barrel hit him. The impact of the barrel hitting Sanji's head caused the barrel to crack and Sanji to go flying back. Over the edge of the ship and down towards the hungry sea.
Time went slower for Zoro. What could he do? It had hit Sanji with great force. Zoro's breathing had stopped. He just did not know what to do. It was his fault after all. It had taken awhile but he knew what he had to do.
He ran full force towards the edge of the ship. He leaped over the side and down into to the black water below. His eyes could not adjust easily. It was dark. He could not see him. This made him panic slightly.
Just as he was losing faith he spotted a body sinking deeper into the water. Quickly kicking the water behind him- he moved closer to the unconscious cook. The more he moved the further Sanji seemed to get away from him. To make it worse Zoro was losing oxygen. He could not stop though. He had to save him. He couldn't just let him die.
He made it. He grabbed Sanji by the hip and pulled him up. He kept a tight grip around his waist and moved towards the surface. He gasped in as much air as he could when he reached the surface. He looked at Sanji. He wasn't breathing. He had to get him on the ship.
It was gone…
Note: Sorry, sorry!
Has taken me awhile to update.
I apologize for this chapter. It's late…
Excuses XD
No note in the next chapter. Promise.