Penny stared down suspiciously at the "whalers" that were begging for a ride to "Whiskey Peak". They were too suspicious for her liking, and she already didn't like them to begin with. Heh, and Nami seemed to have fun messing with them as well.

"We throw ourselves on the mercy of your kindness." Mr. 9 said as he looked at them, his eyes not the least bit begging. But as Penny continued to look at them, she noticed that the girls' were. Strange…

"Sure. You can come." Luffy said, bluntly, causing everyone to stare at him in disbelief. Even Penny. She figured they would end up giving them a ride, but this easily…

"It's called Whiskey Peek, right? Let's go there."

"O-Oi, are you serious?!" Usopp said. "We just meet these guys and you're just going to bring them along just like that?"

Penny agreed with him with a nod of her head.

"Its fine; don't worry about details like that."

The girl felt a sweat drop. That was her captain, all right…

"Just who are you?" Miss Wednesday demanded, and he grinned at her.

"Me? I'm the man who's going to become the pirate king!" He said with a grin, and turned and went on his way. Penny narrowed her eyes, fingering her knifes silently at the snickers of the two.

Soon, they all set off for Whiskey Peek, leaving Laboon and Crocus behind.

"Ok! It's done! The man that came out of the sky, 'Mr. Snowman'!" Penny snickered from her spot bundled up on the railing above Zoro, and watched as Usopp laughed. She wondered what he made.

When she saw his sculpture of a woman named "snow queen", her jaw dropped. He was actually good.

'Usopp-kun's almost like a jack-of-all trades. Hehe, good thing we've got one, or else this ship would be doomed.' Penny thought this glancing at Luffy, then Zoro. She then saw Sanji shoveling snow, and sighed as she walked over to help him.

She saw him turn around, and raised an eyebrow as he looked up at Nami's room. "Nami-san! How much longer shall I continue my snow shoveling of love?!"

"Until it stops snowing, Sanji-kun." Came the blunt, unmerciful reply.

"Yes, Nami-saaann!" He said in his happy, sing-song voice. Penny felt a sweat drop roll off her head at the man's willingness to please the navigator as she grabbed a shovel and began helping the cook.

"Don't worry about helping me, Penny-chan; I've got everything taken care of!" He said happily, and she smiled.

"I'm sure you do, Sanji-kun, but I'm bored watching Luffy and the others fight and Zoro snore. Say, what do you think about those two? Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9?" She asked, and he took a drag off his cigarette and leaned against the shovel, then exhaled.

"They probably aren't good news but…..Miss Wednesday is so pretty!!" He had hearts in his eyes, and she sighed.

"Sanji-kun! I'm serious! There's something up with those two, something off about them. And there's definitely something off about that Wednesday girl. She's so….fake. Like she's putting on. I don't know, but try to not get too caught up with her? IF you can?" She asked with a sigh, and he practically squealed.

"Ahhh! Penny-chan's worried about me! I'll be ok, Penny-chan! You don't have to worry about me!"

Penny sighed, and considered bashing him over the head with the shovel, but doubted it would help his condition. He was too far gone already.

Suddenly, lightening flashed brightly through the sky, causing Penny to jump and Sanji to tense. Then Nami's scream pierced through the halls. Penny and Sanji ran towards where she was, Penny with knifes thrown and ready to kill someone who had hurt her nakama, and Sanji because he was… Sanji.

"What's going on?!" She demanded.

"What's wrong, Nami-san?" Sanji asked, and she looked at them.

"Turn the ship at 180 degrees! Hurry!" She barked, and Penny deflated. So their heading was off. That was all?

"Are you really a navigator?" Miss Wednesday's voice drawled from the cabin. "In this ocean, the wind, the sky, the waves, the clouds, you can't trust any of it. The only thing you CAN trust is the direction the log poses' needle points. Get it now?" Penny knew that the girls tone meant bad news for the two, and was right, for a second later, they were kicked out.

"Turn the brace-yard! Catch the wind coming from starboard!" Nami ordered. "Usopp take the aft sail! Sanji-kun, take the helm!"

From that point on, it was pure chaos on the ship.

Zoro stretched hours later and yawned slightly as he woke up.

"Ah. Good nap."

He stood and looked around the deck, where everyone was sprawled out, exhausted from work.

"Oi oi. Aren't you guys being a little lazy on a nice day like this? You know where we're headed, right?" He said, and then asked Nami.

"You…" a vein throbbed on everyone's head, and he found himself dodging three knifes that were flung at his head by an exhausted Penny. Had he not dodged, they would have hit their target.

"Hm? Why are you two on board?" He asked, seeing the two extras.

"SLOW!" Mr. 9 cried out in despair, and despite herself, Penny couldn't help but laugh at the green haired man.

"We're headed towards their town. The place's called Whiskey Peek." Luffy explained cheerfully, not the least bit tired.

"You mean were giving them a lift?" Zoro asked, a bit confused. "It's not like we owe them anything."

"Yeah. Nothing." Luffy said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world and with a happy grin on his face.

"Well, not that I care." He said, and then knelt down in front of the two. "Oooh. Those look like the faces that have nasty ideas...what were those names again?" He asked, and the two shied away. Penny found herself grinning. No one was immune to Zoro's scariness when you first meet him, not even her.

"P-Please call me M-Mr. 9."

"I-I'm Miss Wednesday."

"Really. I've been thinking about those names since I've first heard them. Maybe I've heard them before, maybe I haven't…..well, either way, ack!" Nami whacked him in the back of the head, sending him face first into the deck. He bounced back up, face red. Penny frowned because she was annoyed at Nami, and pouted. And things were getting good, too.

"YOU. I hope you enjoyed taking that little NAP of yours. Snoring away no matter how much we tried to wake you…" Zoro turned, a vein o his head and glared at her. Penny winced in sympathy for him.

"Stay on your toes, everyone! Who knows what will happen next? I can finally grasp the fearsomeness of this ocean. I understand why they call it the Grand Line. But it hasn't even begun to see MY navigation skills! Bet on it!" Nami said, conviction behind her words.

"Will we…really be ok?" Usopp asked, and Nami smiled.

"It'll be fine! Something good will come our way. And if you want proof…Look. The first leg of our journey is complete." At this, she pointed behind Penny. The crew looked at where she pointed, and in the fog rose to reveal what looked to be giant cacti.

"Land ho! Hehe" Luffy said, excitement evident in his voice.

"So this is whiskey Peek…." Sanji said as he gazed at it curiously. "Sure is a weird looking island."

"Check out those huge cacti!" Luffy said and pointed, reminding Penny of a child. More so then usual.

The two lifting a ride jumped on the railing of their ship, and seemed to pose.

"This is our stop." Mr. 9 said in an almost sinister way.

"Thank you for the ride, my honeys." Miss Wednesday followed up.

"Bye bye, baby!" They both said, and then jumped into the ocean and begin swimming. Penny shrugged it off. Now that they were rid of those two nuisances, she would feel better. Luffy didn't even notice they were gone.

"Who cares? Where here!" Luffy said happily.

"There's a river mouth up ahead." Nami said. "Looks like we can disembark there."

"You don't think there will be monsters and stuff here, do you?" Usopp asked, and Penny paused. She had never thought of that…

"Could be. This IS the Grand Line." Sanji said bluntly, and she scowled a bit. Oh, that was real reassuring.

"If we meet some monsters, we can just leave, right?" Luffy said, and Penny rolled her eyes.

"No we can't. Don't forget there's a certain amount of time we have to stay on this island for the Log Pose to set."

"So, even if we want to get off this monster island, we might not be able to?!" Usopp said in despair. Penny was beginning to feel the same way, though she already knew the information. She had, after all, been paying a bit of attention.

"Well, if that happens, well worry about it then. Let's just go!" Luffy said, eager to go.

"Luffy's right. Let's just go. Just thinking about it isn't going to get us anywhere." Zoro agreed with Luffy, also eager to go. It was WHISKEY Peek, after all.

"And no matter what happens, I'll protect Nami-san and Penny-chan!" Sanji said happily. Penny sighed. Well, if that didn't make a person feel better, what did?

"Hey, everyone, listen to me. I've suddenly contracted an I-can't-get-on-this-island disease….-"

"Alright, we'll go. But remember. Be prepared to run or fight at any time."

Sometimes, Penny thought that Nami should be the captain instead of Luffy.

"There's movement on the shores." Penny alerted the crew, and everyone squinted through the fog. Forms of people begin to show.

"There are people on the shore!" Sanji warned, and Nami got on guard again immediately.

"Everyone, on guard!" She warned. Penny pulled out a knife in each hand to deflect or throw in any direction she needed too.

"Ah…shit...I guess I'll have to brace for the worst. Be you monsters or whatever… COME ON OUT!!"

As the fog lifted, they were assaulted by the cheering of the towns people: "Welcome to the Grand Line!" "Welcome to our town!"

To say the least, Penny and a few of the others were baffled. "The town of celebration, Whiskey Peak!"

"So the monster town is…..welcoming us?" Penny said a bit confused.

"What's going on?" Sanji asked, but didn't expect an answer. Soon, he didn't care. "Oh! There are so many cute girls!"

Penny sighed. He was already a goner.

"Welc- ahem - mah mah maaaaaaaahh." Penny cringed a bit, but tried to hide it. After all, they were being welcomed.

"Welcome. My name is Igarappoi. I am the mayor of Whiskey Peak."

"I'm Luffy. Nice to meet ya." Luffy said, a bit bluntly, but friendly, then. "Ossan, your hair's way to curly."

Penny once again got the sudden urge to slam her fist into the back of her captains' head.

"This is the town spirit brewing with lively music, Whiskey Peak. We take pride in our hospitality. We have an entire ocean of spirits for your enjoyment. Would you care to join us in celebrating and share stories of your adventures? We would be- ahem - mah maah maaaaaaaaah - We would be delighted"

Penny narrowed her eyes the slightest. What kind of town welcomed pirates with open arms so suddenly? Not all pirates were peaceful, after all. Something seemed a bit off.

"OUR PLEASURE!!" Before she could say anything, Sanji, Luffy, and Usopp answered for everyone.

That evening, Penny watched the party going on around her with hawk like eyes. She avoided the cute guys; she wasn't interested in getting with anyone after all, and made sure not to interact. She did drink, though, and only a few drinks at that. And that, she realized too late, was too much. After all, the way things looked, the drinks were spiked, and after a while, she was beginning to feel tipsy. Sure, she wasn't as good of a drinker as Zoro, but she could hold her alcohol.

Once everyone began to fall asleep, she herself stretched out and closed her eyes. She wouldn't really go to sleep, but it wouldn't hurt to pretend…

The sounds of gunfire work Penny, who by now had slept off the effects of whatever-it-was that had her down. She looked around, and noticed Zoro was gone.

'Where could he be? Unless he's the one causing the commotion….'

She slipped silently out of the room, making sure to knock-out the guards that were placed in the room, and headed towards where the commotion was. She slipped through some of the alley ways, then onto a roof top just in time to see Zoro standing back to back with the mayor, his sword in the man's hair. The mayor threw up his horn, and she grabbed a knife and with expert speed and precision threw it.

It hit, causing the horn to tilt more away from the sky, hitting more of its own people. Her knife deflected, and embedded itself into one of the bounty hunters hearts. Her eyes were barely able to follow Zoro's movements, and she herself used abnormal speed to hop, throw the bounty hunters, and step into the alley-way with the swordsman.

"Phew. That thing's a shotgun? It nearly got me. What was-Penny?!" He hissed, surprised at her sudden appearance.

"Yo. What's the situation?" She asked as she twirled a knife in each hand in an expert grip. He glowered.

"Don't 'Yo' Me! You nearly got yourself killed sneaking up on me like that!" He hissed again, and she grinned, giving him a peace sign.

"But I didn't. So? These guys are bounty hunters, right?" She asked, and he glowered, but explained who they were to her. He figured it would be a good time to see her in action.

"Where is he? Find him! Keep looking!"

Penny looked at Zoro as he looked down at his swords. If she remembered correctly, two of them were new.

"This will be a good chance to give you two a serious test." He said, talking to the swords. She sweat dropped a bit. "I'll let you lose on those guys!" He then looked at Penny. "You can take as many of the grunts as you want, but I want to be the one to go after the big guys."

Penny frowned.

"Hmph. That's not fair...but fine. How about we split up, then? That way if they find one of us, it will create a distraction for the other?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Sure you want to go it alone--OI!!"

He found a knife buried an inch from his head into the side of a building.

"Sure I'm sure. I'm a big girl, and I've dealt with crowds before."

Penny grabbed her knife, and using the walls, leapt from one to another until she reached the roof. Zoro watched her, a scowl on his face, before he huffed.

"Whatever."

"…the infiltrator is none other than the kingdom of Arabasta's currently missing…"

At this statement, the "Mayor" opened fire on the two.

"Now this is an interesting development, nah?" Zoro smirked; he had sensed the girl this time, his senses sharp after the battle.

"Ah."

"I knew there was something off about her, something fake." Penny said as she took a seat beside the green haired man, who offered her a drink. She sighed.

"I've had enough for tonight." She said moodily, and he shrugged.

"Suit yourself, then."

"By order of the boss of Baroque works, you are to be eliminated." Mr. 5 finished as he held up photos of the princess.

"Damn. Luffy's still down there." Zoro said, more amused at the captain then the current situation. Penny rolled her eyes and stayed tuned in on the conversation below.

"Hurry, Vivi-sama! Escape while you can!" The man, now known as Igaram, exclaimed as he continued to open fire on Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine.

With what appeared to be a flick of his wrist, Mr. 5 sent fire right back at Igaram, and it was much more powerful. The man fell over, unconscious.

"Let's grab Luffy now." Zoro said, and Penny nodded as the two grabbed their still slumbering captain and slipped past everyone.

They watched as Igaram begged the girl to leave, and Mr. 9 attempting to help his long time partner.

"Oi Oi! That's some dangerous snot!" Zoro said.

"Y-Yeah." Penny was a bit weirded out. So that was what he had flicked at Igaram….

'Eeewwwwwwwwww!!!'

"OI! Creep!!"

Penny looked at Zoro offended, and then blinked seeing that he was talking to Igaram, who had somehow ended up beside them.

"Mr. Swordsman! Seeing the strength of one such as yourself, I ask of you an unreasonable request!"

"Don't offer things to me! I don't care! Get your hands off of me!"

"The two before us have the abilities of the Devil Fruits! I am no match for them! I beseech you! Protect the princess in my stead!! Will you accept?"

"Keh!"

"Far to the east lies the kingdom of Arabasta! If you deliver the princess safely, there will most certainly be a most handsome reward! I beseech you! Please protect the princess!"

"Quit screwing around!! You just tried to kill us, remember?! Don't make me cut you again!!"

"A handsome reward, you say?" Penny should have seen it coming. Anytime money is mentioned, Nami seemed to magically appear.

"I like the sound of that. How about one billion belli?"

"W-Wha-" Zoro stuttered, and Penny wasn't sure if it was because of her accepting the request of the amount of money.

"One b-bill -ahem- mah maah maaaaah-"

"I thought you passed out." Zoro said bluntly, though there was a bit of surprise in his tone.

"Come on now. A suspicious town that throws a party when pirates come by? What kind of idiot would get smashed in a place like THIS?"

Oh, Penny could think of a few idiots that would…

Nami smirked. "It was all an act. An act! I can take loads more!"

"Hmph. Good for you." Zoro huffed.

"Well? Will you offer the billion beli, guard captain?" She asked in an innocent, cute voice. Penny felt another sweat drop. "If we don't help you out, your princess will die, right?"

"I am but a soldier. I cannot make such an expensive promise." He admitted. Nami knelt in front of him.

"Hmm. So you're saying the princess of your country isn't worth that price?" She asked curiously, eyes narrowed. "Gimme."

Penny almost laughed.

"Isn't that extortion?" Zoro asked, and Penny shrugged.

"We are pirates, I guess." She said, and he hmphed a bit at her.

"Then... if you guarantee you will deliver her unharmed… if you negotiate with the princess directly, I'm sure she will agree!" He said, and Nami smirked.

"So you're saying we have to save her first."

"Even as we speak, the princess's life is…!"

"I got it. We will save your princess for the time being. Right. GET MOVING, ZORO!"

Penny snickered, and Zoro growled.

"I'M NOT GOING, IDIOT! Why do I have to be part of you god damn money-making schemes?!"

"You're so stupid. My money is mine. But my agreements are your agreements."

"SINCE WHEN DID A BRAT LIKE YOU BECOME MY BOSS?!"

Penny snickered at the commotion, and then blinked, noticing Luffy was waking up.

"Oi, captain! Have a good rest?"

He looked at her, eyes still half asleep as the two behind her argued.

"Need to piss." She sweat-dropped at his comment.

"Ok then." She said and sighed as he disappeared.

"…I hope you die a horrible, horrible death."

She looked back at the others. Obviously, she hadn't missed much. She snickered. Poor Zoro.

"That's right. I'm going straight to hell." Nami said cheerfully.

"Shit!! I HATE YOU!!" Zoro yelled as he took off running.

"If you'd be so kind!" Nami called out in a sing-song voice, and Penny felt a cold chill creep up her spine at the thought of getting on that woman's bad side.

"The humiliation…" Both girls turned and looked at the man lying on the ground. "If I were strong enough, I could have protected the princess myself."

Nami smiled, and Penny found herself sighing as she knelt down in front of him.

"It's alright. Zoro's so strong, it's ridiculous. You saw that first hand. All I did was throw my knives. Speaking of, I'm going to go retrieve them, will you be ok by yourself, Nami?" she asked, and Nami nodded as the girl jumped onto a roof and disappeared.

It took a while, but Penny's knives were soon all accounted for. She heard the sounds of battle in the distance, and blinked a bit. Perhaps the girl could help Zoro out a bit…Or at least watch and get a good show.

When she got to the sight of the battle, it wasn't exactly what she was expecting. Zoro had just thrown Luffy through a building. "W-what the hell's going on?"

She landed by Vivi, who jumped, and Carue became startled as well. "Calm down. We're here to help." she said carefully, still a bit weary of the girl.

"Luffy-san thinks that Mr. Bushido sliced up everyone for no reason at all, and is trying to kill him!" she said, and Penny's eyes widened, before she begin to snicker, then full blown laughter came from her mouth.

"YOU'RE NOT HELPING!!" Zoro yelled, and she let her giggles died down.

"Are you serious?" She asked, and he growled, and then looked as explosives came from the area that Luffy had been thrown. Miss Valentine came through the smoke.

"You will now die by my Kilo Kilo powers!!" the blonde Baroque Works woman laughed. "Prepare yourselves! I was able to ride on the explosive because my weight is a mere one kilogram!"

"Mr. Bushido, get out of the way! That woman-" Vivi started, but was quickly shut off.

"Stay out of this!"

Vivi gasped at the swordsman's exclamation

"I don't have time for that."

A shadow emerged from the dust, and Luffy came out, dragging Mr. 5.

"Ah, good exercise got rid of all that food. Now I can finally get serious." he said as he patted his stomach and glared at Zoro, who looked at him and once again tried to explain things.

"LIAR!! ENEMIES DON'T GIVE YOU FOOD!!"

"Luffy. It seems that nothing I say is going to get to you." At this, Zoro dodged the Kilo Kilo woman's power with ease and pulled his bandana off his arm and tied it around his head.

"You stupid idiot!! Now I'm gonna try and kill you!! So don't be pissed at me when you wind up dead!"

"Bring it on!!"

"Hold on!" Vivi and Penny both said at the same time, but were ignored.

"It's probably best to let them keep at it. Luffy and Zoro are close. If anyone can get to Luffy, it's Zoro." Penny said with a sigh.

"What should we do? Should we run?" Vivi asked, and Penny smirked.

"Run if you want, I'm watching this." she said as she leaned back, but was soon blown backwards and onto her backside by their next attack.

"Kuso…these guys have made a fool of me…and a disgrace of Baroque Works officer agents." Mr. 5 growled as he stood.

"Mr. 5, let's show them exactly what we can do!"

"Here we go, Miss Valentine!"

Before either could go, though, Penny walked in front of them. "Sorry, but I'm afraid that I can't let you do that. Their a bit…busy, as you can see." The girl said as she pulled out two of her knives and offered an apologetic smile, though her eyes glinted with excitement.