Lizzie's POV
"Hi Sanji!" I chirped, walking into the kitchen and finding, as I had expected, Sanji cooking. "Watcha makin'?"
Sanji looked over at me and flashed a smile. "Stir-fry. Anything in particular you want in it?"
"No no," I waved him off. "Nothing at al-well, if you have some chicken."
He laughed at me. "Gotcha," I grinned. His laugh was fun. I remembered what I had come in here to ask him.
"Hey Sanji?" I began. He looked over at me questioningly. "Does the name Apis ring a bell?" I studied his face carefully. He thought a second then shook his head.
"Sorry, no. Is it supposed to?" I smiled at him.
"Nah. Just a question. What about Millennium Dragons?" He shook his head again. I grinned at him. "Cool. So anyway, is there anything I can do to help?" I asked him, quickly changing the subject.
Sanji smiled at me. "If you really want to help me, go out there and annoy Moss Head."
I nodded seriously. "Of course, sir," I saluted him and walked out of the kitchen. I grinned when I exited the room. Annoy people; that I could do. I looked around for my target. 'Target in sight' A strange voice said in my head. I frowned and slapped my head. Bad voice. I turned my attention back to Zoro.
"Hmm..." I said aloud my myself, contemplating the best way to do this. I could draw on his face. But I knew that would wake him up. I shivered. No matter what, I will never wake Zoro up. I could go down into the ocean, find seaweed, and wrap it around him. No. Too much work for too weak a joke. Plus it's not even moss. I slapped my head. Why'd I even think of something that lame? Hmm...I looked his sleeping form up and down. Then I grinned. I knew what to do. I quickly dashed back to the crows nest. I wonder if it was still...Aha!
I clutched the thing tightly in my hand and walked back over to Zoro. I quickly removed the cap and made sure to shake it a few times. Oh boy, this was going to be fun.
"What's for dinner, curly brow?" Zoro asked Sanji once he woke up at the exclamation of dinner being served. The entire crew was already in the kitchen by the time he joined us. Sanji was standing next to me, having just set my food down when he replied.
"You sh-What in the..." Sanji looked at Zoro in wonder for a few seconds before he burst out laughing. I started laughing too. Nami, Usopp, and Luffy looked at us strangely. Luffy was the next to look at Zoro.
He started howling in laughter, prompting Nami and Usopp to look at Zoro as well. Usopp joined Luffy, Sanji, and I in laughing hysterically while Nami tried to remain somewhat dignified and clamped a hand down on her mouth to control her laughter. Zoro was pissed now.
"What the hell is wrong with all of you?" Zoro growled at us. Nami was the only one who was nice enough (though in all honesty it could have just been pure pity) to pull out a small mirror and hand it to him. Zoro gasped. "What the fuck happened to my hair?" It was true. I had painted the moss head Zoro's head pink. Yes, a bright, neon pink. I had used the Halloween hairspray I still had in my coat pocket. A few days ago my friend and I had been playing war with the cans of it, and I had left one in my pocket. You know, just in case I was sneak attacked. It's serious business, you know.
"Who the hell did this?" Zoro yelled. I shrugged, fighting back laughter, expecting everyone to do the same. I gaped as every single traitorous one of them pointed directly at me.
"Traitors!" I screamed. I hesitantly looked up at Zoro. Maybe he hadn't...oh yeah...he definitely saw that. I offered him a wave and a smile, hoping my adorable cuteness would get me out of this.
In retrospect, I probably should have just started running then. But I didn't, which I'm pretty sure is why once I had realized he was out for blood (more specifically mine) and started running, it was over within seconds. And that, ladies and gentleman, is how I ended up hanging upside down, tied to the Merry's head.
"You guys suck," I told the group of 4 that had come to visit (AKA Laugh super hard at) me. My face was a bright red from being upside down for so long. I've been here a good 10 to 15 minutes already. They had waited for Storm Zoro to calm down before they came to check on me. Nami giggled at me and began to work on the knots.
"I'm sorry," She apologized. I glared. Liar. She noticed my look and began laughing even harder, making her unable to undo the knots Zoro had so swiftly tied. Note to self: Do something horrible to Zoro...then hide. Hide very very well. Seriously, I need to be like a freaking chameleon.
"Get me out of here!" I screamed, struggling against the knots.
Eventually, after a lot of teamwork (And laughs. The bastards.) I was eventually free. Note to self 2: Hide all rope, string, and/or string like/ish substances. I carefully walked back to the crow's nest. I must've looked like a paranoid squirrel, my head was frantically whipping around in every direction, looking for any and all signs of angry pink-haired monsters. I climbed up the ladder, taking care to peek into the nest before climbing into it. Sanctuary!
I let my eyes wander suspiciously around the nest for a second, just to be sure I wasn't about to be ambushed. Once I was satisfied I was alone, I let my mind wander. I grinned. Man, these guys are great! I'm so glad I joined.
Okay, now to strategize for future events. I shook my head. I was disappointed in myself. I didn't remember a lot of details from what happened in a lot of places. I had to really think hard. Hmm...Okay, so we meet Apis when Luffy reels in her boat after she escaped. I felt a smirk rise onto my face remembering how he flung Zoro off the boat. I can't wait! Okay, focus Lizzie! Anyway, so we take her to her island, go to her grandpa's, he tells a long story that like hell I'm listening to, and she sneaks away with the food to find the dragon-Grandpa Ryu. Luffy follows the smell of food, Nami goes with him, finds Ryu and Apis, Luffy makes a promise to get the dragon somewhere, crew finds them, finds out, tries to kill Luffy for making a stupid promise, and then they set out. Stuff happens, a guy tries to stop them and get Grandpa Ryu for some sort of profit, a fight breaks out, Grandpa Ryu calls a bunch on millennium dragons, he dies, and they find the place. Wow. I put my head in my hand. Maybe I can sleep through all that. I just wanted to see the dragon island! Lost Island, I remembered it was called.
I sighed. Oh well, at least I probably had a while before that was going to hap-"What's that?" I heard Luffy scream from below me. I slapped my forehead. Oh it is so not happening right now. "I dunno!" I heard Usopp yell. No, no, it isn't necessarily Apis's ship. It could be a lot of things. A fish, a sea king (Though how one one those was somewhere other than the grand line was beyond me), a large bird..."Everyone come here!" I heard my new captain scream. I kept listing things it could be other than a little girl passed out in a small row boat in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the day as I climbed down the latter.
"What do you think that is?" Luffy asked us, pointing to where I just knew he would. I sighed and muttered 'god dammit' under my breath.
"Maybe it's some sort of dead animal," Sanji proposed, lighting up. I shook my head sadly. There was no way to stop this now. Now Luffy had the idea in his head that what that was could potentially be meat. My shoulders slumped and I went to stand next to Nami.
"What's wrong with you?" Nami asked me, nudging me with her hip. I just shook my head, watching what was unfolding. I couldn't help but hold let out a giggle when Zoro went flying, just like I knew he would.
After we had fished Zoro out of the ocean (I was pretty sure he was mad at me for laughing to hard I had tears streaming down my face), we observed Apis. "Yep," I told them. "That's a girl all right."
Nami smacked me in the head lightly, visibly fighting back an amused smile. "Thank you for that insightful piece of wisdom. I don't have a clue what we would do without you," She said sarcastically. I stuck my tongue out at her.
"What are we going to do with her?" I asked a moment later. The crew looked deep in thought.
"I guess we should just wait until she wakes up." Sanji said finally. We nodded. Luffy grinned. "No, we're not inviting any more little girl's to join our crew, Luffy," Sanji told him, seeing his look.
I gave him a look that clearly said "I'm sorry, what was that?". Sanji caught it and rubbed his head nervously, glancing away from me. I smiled.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to have a stranger on board?" Usopp asked, stepping away from Apis. Nami gave him a reproachful look.
"She's a little girl!" Nami exclaimed.
Zoro pointed at me. "So is she," He said. "And she's evil."
I grinned mischievously. "Is big bad Zoro scared of a little girl?" I taunted. He gave me a smirk and I realized what I had said. "Stupid moss head!" I screamed at him, upset he had made me call myself little.
"Now, now," Sanji said, putting a hand on my shoulder as I made to lunge at Zoro. "Fighting won't solve anything, even if it was the green haired idiot's fault," Sanji said. Zoro spread his arms in a WTF gesture and made a sound of indignation. "Why don't we all calm down and go eat dinner?" Sanji suggested, ignoring Zoro completely. Luffy cheered.
"Yay!" He exclaimed, jumping up and down. "Food!" Luffy ran into the kitchen leaving the rest of us behind. Sanji had an angry expression on his face.
"Hey!" Sanji yelled when he heard crashes from the kitchen. "Luffy!" Sanji ran into the kitchen after Luffy. I heard more yells and crashes. I walked to the kitchen at a much slower pace along with the rest of my crew. I smiled. This is going to be interesting.
Sorry so late! Welp anyway, it's all done! How was it? Good, bad, brilliant, awful? I have no idea! Please review at tell me!