One Piece © Oda-sensei
Akira D. Yuna © Me
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Talk = "Onii-san"
Thought = 'Onii-san'
Recap:
"Father …. What have my father and the people of this Kingdom ever done? Destroying the lives of the people who struggled against Nature to live in this desert. Why? What right does he have to do this!? Why? He act as thought he is the hero of the people as one of the Shichibukai ….! And no one realizes that this man is deceiving this Kingdom!"
"I …! I will never forgive that man!" Vivi nearly cried as Luffy punch and destroy one of the tower while Yuna punched a huge rock neared by, making the rock cracked to half. (A/N: She using her own strength, not her power.)
"Jeez …. You guys are such kids." Zoro commented.
Ace helped Vivi buried the person skull. "Vivi! We have to keep going forward. We've been sitting here too long." Luffy said as he and Yuna started moving.
"Let's go, to Yuba."
"That's where the Rebel Army is, right?" Zoro asked.
Vivi stand up and replied. "Yes. I'll persuade the Leader to stop the uprising."
Zoro rised his eyebrow. "Persuade?"
"All the catastrophes in Arabasta have been engineered by Crocodile! I'm going to tell them the truth, and put an end to this useless bloodshed!"
"Okay." Zoro said as everyone walking again following Luffy and Yuna. Vivi looked back at the city as she followed her friends and walk through the desert.
As the wind blows by at the person grave.
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Chapter four: Adventure in the Country of Sand.
"Aaah …"
"Aaah …"
"Aaah …"
"Aaah …"
"Aaah … I'm burning … Not even sweating anymore ….."
Luffy continue to sticking out his tongue as he trying to struggling with the strong sunlight while he walks through the desert with other using a stick as a cane. In other, it freaking hot out at the desert.
"Enough of the "Aaah"s, Luffy. You'll wear yourself out."
"Aaah …."
"You're not listening to a word I say." Nami frowned.
Chopper has nearly fainted from the heat, so Zoro has to pull him on the wooden slide. "I can't take this. I'm perfectly fine in the cold, but I can't stand the heat …."
"It's because you're so damn fuzzy. Why don't you take off that animal costume?" Usopp said, in the same position as Luffy. (A/N: I mean the tongue sticking out and use the stick as a cane.)
An angry mark appeared on Chopper head as he stand and went Heavy Point on Usopp. "WHAT WAS THAT, ASSHOLE!? Don't make fun of reindeer!"
"AHH! A MONSTER!" Usopp screamed.
"Chopper! Don't grow big like that! I can't pull you!" Zoro said.
"Who are you calling a monster, you stupid-nose!"
"Wha-Wha-What did you- Why I'm gonna-" Before Usopp can finish, who legs are shaking non-stop, Zoro butt in.
"Just change back already!" Zoro pushed Chopper back to his original form.
"The heat doesn't seem to be affecting you much at all, Vivi-chan." Sanji commented.
"I was born and raised in this country; I'm used to it."
"Seem like Yuna wasn't affected by heat at all. Look, she not even sweating without wearing a robe!" Nami pointed.
Everyone looked at Yuna face. "What? Is there something on my face?" Yuna tilted her head.
"Nami is right, she doesn't have a single sweat at all." Usopp stated.
"How did you do that Yuna?" Chopper asked.
"Try to living inside a volcano for two month." Yuna answered blankly.
Usopp laughed a bit. "You're joking, right."
Yuna stare at Usopp blankly, then he stop laughed, realizes that wasn't a joke at all.
"Seriously!?" Usopp jaw dropped as Yuna nodded.
"B-But how can a person survive in a volcano!?"
"Don't ask me, ask my sensei instead. You know what, never mind. Forget the conversation we are having" Yuna sighed leaving Usopp confused.
"Man, why are these dunes so freakin' tall? I thought desert were supposed to be flatter than this." Usopp tiredly asked.
"Aaah …"
"This is an ancient desert. The largest sand dunes can reach over 300 meters." Vivi explained.
"3-300 meters!?" Usopp gasped. "We might as well be climbing mountains!"
"Aaah, I can't stand it …. It's so hot …." Luffy tiredly said.
"Luffy! Just one mouthful! Only enough to fill your mouth!" Nami allowed to let Luffy drink but he drink it as his cheek puffy with water.
Nami and Usopp punch Luffy at the back of his head. "THAT'S TOO MUCH!" Nami yelled.
"Save some for me too! You just took 18 mouthfuls!" Usopp finished.
"HOLD IT!" Sanji pointed at Luffy. "You just had some before!" he yelled as he, Usopp and Luffy started fighting over water.
"Don't fight! You'll waste your strength!" Vivi told them.
Yuna noticed Ace has being looking at Luffy crewmates for a while but she chooses to ignore it.
Yuna walks over to Luffy, then pull out a bottle of water in her bag and shoved on his face. Luffy looked at his younger sister. "Yuna?"
"Drink it, you're thirst right?" Luffy smiled "Thank Yuna." He took the bottle, drink it.
"No fair! Why do Luffy get to drink your water! Give me some too!" Usopp yelled.
"Sorry, I only give it to Onii-san." Yuna said with a smile.
Usopp started fighting over the water with Luffy again. Yuna laugh with full hearty, Ace's mouth formed a small smile.
'I'm glad you are happy again, Yuna …' Ace thought as he feels a small heat on his cheeks. (A/N: Try to guess what is it XD)
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It night fall, everyone decided to stop and camp out for a night.
"I'm starving ~!"
"Quit being so greedy! It's still raw! Don't eat it!" Sanji yelled at Luffy.
"Nami-san ~! It'll be ready soon, pwease wait a little bit more~" Sanji said gently.
"Smells good!"
"DON'T TOUCH IT!"
"Why not? They're done! Let's eat 'em!"
"DON'T TOUCH IT!"
"It was so hot during the day. What happened?" Nami asked.
"In the desert, where these's nothing to absorb the heat. The days are burning hot and the nights drop below freezing. The desert hold many unexpected dangers." Vivi explained.
"Look at all the stars …." Chopper looked up at the sky with full of stars.
"You could see stars from your Winter Island, couldn't you?" Usopp asked.
"On a Winter Island, the sky is always filled with thick snow clouds. This is the first time I've seen so many stars!"
"I'm too cold to look at the stars!" Usopp said as he sticking close to Chopper while shivering from the cold.
"I'm fine in the cold."
"It's so nice to have something warm here ~!" Usopp rubbed his face on Chopper.
"Hey! Don't rub me!"
"I did it because you're so fuzzy!"
Chopper went Heavy Point on Usopp again. "Don't make fun of reindeer!"
"AH! A MONSTER!" (A/N: Déjà vu much? XD)
"Chopper, don't get big like that. You are petty warm." Zoro said as Luffy jumped on Chopper and hugged him with Usopp.
"So warm ~ !"
"Come a little closer!"
"I bet you're warm, huh?"
"Yeah."
Yuna, sitting next to Ace, smiled at the other then yawned. She put her head on Ace's shoulder and slowly fell asleep from Ace warm heat. Ace looked at Yuna as his heart beat started getting faster. (A/N: I know you guys saw that, I know you do 8D)
"Aren't you surprised?" Ace looked at Vivi.
"About Luffy-san. I was surprised at first, too. Luffy-san doesn't act like a captain. It's normal for a pirate captain to be revered by his crew. And yet only this afternoon, they fought so much just because he drank some water. But … You know what? After being together with them for so long, I've begun to understand them a little."
"That's Luffy's way of doing things." Ace commented.
Vivi was confused what he said. "He hasn't change a bit from when he was a kid. Even though he's like that, people always gather around him. He's a dumb little brother, but he has a strange charm."
"Oh, so you already knew." Vivi smiled.
"I've known him a long time. But, thanks. You were worried whether or not I was concerned about him."
"Yes … But it look like I was worried over nothing." Vivi said as she looked up the night sky.
'Plus he can also heal a person empty heart ….' Ace thought as he looked his sleeping sister with a smile.
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"Wow! I found a shrimp!"
Yuna waken up from the noises, she walk out the tent, stretched her arm up and notice it was Luffy making all the noises.
"So that's a shrimp! Wow!"
"There aren't any shrimp in the desert."
"Look!"
"Hey, you're right! It must be a desert-shrimp!"
"It looks tasty!"
"Think we can eat it?"
"Why not? I've eaten crayfish before."
"Yawn ~ What with all the commotion?" Yuna looked what in Luffy hand as Vivi came out from her tent. She and Vivi blinked few times, then their eyes widen. "Onii-san, throw that away now!"
"No! I'm not gonna waste it!"
"That's a scorpion! It's small, but its posion is deadly! If it string you, you'll die!" Vivi said.
"What, I can't eat it? Oh well, you can have it." Luffy said blankly as he hand the scorpion to Usopp.
"Don't give it to me!" Usopp screamed in panic as his eyes pop out.
"Then, I'll toss it." Luffy throw it at the back as the scorpion crawled away.
"I'm so sorry. I should have told you." Vivi apologize.
"You're damn right you should've!" Usopp scolded at her.
Yuna sighed, then she heard something coming their way even Chopper heard it too.
"What's wrong, Chopper?" Luffy asked the blue-nose reindeer.
"Something … is coming!" Chopper replied.
"And "something" would be …. What?" Usopp asked.
Ace came out from the tent. He looked at the direction where the heard came from. "Ah, the wind has picked up." He said.
Vivi gasped as she yelled. "Everyone! Take cover under the rocks!"
"Huh? What?"
"A sandstorm! It coming this way!" Yuna yelled.
Ace looked as he smirked. "This isn't time to smirk!" Yuna shouted at Ace as she hit back of his head.
Everyone take cover as the sandstorm blow strongly.
"Awesome!" Luffy said.
"What a pain! The desert has way too many sandstorms!"
The tents starting to collapse. "I forgot to mention it before, but sandstorms are one of the many dangers of the desert." Vivi stated.
"TELL US THINGS SOONER!" Usopp screamed as the sand cover all over the place.
"Ahhh!" Ace come out from the sand as he went to help Vivi.
"What the hell was that?"
"We were all asleep …"
Everyone safely got out of the sand as they started their journey again.
"Oi, Sanji! Let's eat our bento! Pirate Bento!"
"Not yet! Not until Vivi-chan says so."
Luffy walks over to Vivi. "Vivi! Let's have our bento! I'm out of strength!"
'Liar, you just want to eat your food early ….' Yuna thought.
"But we're still only 1/10 of the way to Yuba, Luffy-san." Vivi stated.
"Aren't you being foolish? Haven't you heard the saying: "If you are hungry, eat."."
"No! Liar! You just make that up!" Usopp protested.
"I understand. Then, how about we take a break at the next outcropping of rocks we come to?"
"Yosh, next outcropping! Hey guys! Let's hurry to the next outcropping! Whoever win at Janken carries all the baggage!"
"Don't decide things on your own!" Usopp yelled.
"Isn't it usually the loser who carries all the baggage …?" Sanji commented.
"All right, here we go!"
"JAN! KEN! PO!"
"Now wait a minute!"
"You did it after you already saw our hands!"
"Whoa! I won!"
"BAKA."
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The winner of Janken is Luffy but he was carries all the baggage. Only Ace and Yuna still have their bag.
"H-Heavy … It's heavy … And hot … I won at Janken … why?" Luffy said, sticking out his tongue as he slowly pulls the wooden slide with baggage on.
"It's because you won at Janken. Shut up and pull." Sanji said.
"Don't let anything fall off now!"
Usopp used his sniper-goggles as he saw the next outcropping. "Straight ahead, outcropping sighted!"
"Really!? Break time! Yahoo!" Luffy ran off with fast speed as Yuna chase after him.
"Onii-san! Wait!"
"OI! HE'S FAST!" Usopp jaw dropped.
Luffy reached the outcropping as he landed on the sand. "Ah, shade ~! It feel so goood ~!"
Then Luffy heard some cried as he walks over and saw some injured birds laying on the sand.
"Hey! Hang on! I'll go get a doctor!" Luffy said to one of the bird as he ran find his doctor.
Yuna reached the outcropping as Luffy ran pass her. She looked at the back. "Onii-san?"
She looked front again as she saw some birds took their baggage.
"Hey! That our baggage!" The birds panicked as they started flying away.
"Oi! Give back our baggage!" Yuna yelled as she chase after the birds.
Few minutes later, after the other scolded Luffy for letting their baggage being stolen as he ran out to find the birds. Chopper notice someone is missing.
"Hey guys, where's Yuna?"
Everyone stopped at a moment.
"Now you mention it, I haven't seen her when we came here …" Nami commented.
As Ace started to panic, run around and shouted her name. "YUNA ~!"
"Yuna! Where are you!?"
"Yuna! Come out already!"
"….. sister complex much?" Sanji sweat dropped.
"Is someone calling me?" The other looked up and they saw Yuna … flying in the air with all their baggage, they all jaw dropped.
She left eye and her hands has white flame on. Yuna fly down to the group, put the baggage on the sand as Usopp and Chopper have stars appeared on their eyes.
"Our baggage! How did you get them back?" Vivi asked, surprised.
"Well ….."
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~Flaskback~
Yuna chase after the birds who stolen their baggage. Yuna keep running after them then she realizes she forgot she can fly with her power. She face-palmed herself.
White flame was ignited on her left eye as both hands have ignited with white flame too.
She fly after and hit their head one by one as they fell on the sand.
She landed in front of them, the birds panicked with fear. Yuna cracked her fingers with a deadly aura around.
Few minutes later, after Yuna beat up those birds. She tied all the baggage with a rope and fly back to the outcropping where the other will be.
~Flaskback End~
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"And that it …." Yuna explained to her crewmates.
Chopper and Usopp still stare at her with stars in their eyes. Nami and Vivi was gladded that she got their baggage back. Sanji doing his noodle dance and saying "Yuna-chwan, you're great ~". Zoro ignored the other. Ace just sighed in relive.
Yuna looked around. "Where's Onii-san?"
The ground started shaking, everyone looked where Luffy run off.
"What? Why's the ground shaking?" Usopp used his sniper-goggles. "Another sandstorm?"
"No! It's not! It's … Luffy!"
"Is that …? Could it be?"
"What's going on? Is he riding a camel!?"
Luffy was laughing while he riding the camel, who scare itself out of life.
"So? What's that thing chasing him?" Sanji asked.
"I can't make it out! But it looks like there's something underneath the sand!" Zoro answered.
The creature underneath the sand came up, revealed a huge purple lizard chasing Luffy and the camel.
"IT'S HUGE!" Usopp and Chopper screamed.
"What the hell was that?"
"A Great Sandora Lizard!" Vivi said.
"W-W-What's that!?" Usopp panicky asked.
"It's the largest variety of all the desert reptiles! It await its prey under the cover of the sand! It has razor sharp claws and teeth but it rarely has a chance to use them. The reason is that they are so big, they almost always swallow their prey whole!" Vivi explained.
"He's a genius when it comes to bringing trouble, isn't he?" Ace stated.
"Well, let's forget about the camel for the time being …" Sanji said.
"What star was I born under that give me all this damn trouble!?" Zoro complained as he and Sanji ran over.
"Oi, you stupid camel! Stop!" Luffy yelled but the camel still running.
"Luffy! Ready to take that thing out?" Zoro shouted.
"We'll back you up!"
"Yeah, I brought us some meat! Here I go, Lizard!" Luffy grinned as he jumped off from the camel, ready to attack.
"GOMU GOMU NO- "
"TATSU- "
"EPAULE- "
"MUCHI!"
"MAKI!"
"SHOOT!"
Everyone except Ace and Yuna, jaw dropped as three crewmates killed the creature.
"They didn't have to go THAT far …" Usopp said with tears.
"With all three of them attacking it, I feel more sorry for the monster." Nami commented.
The ground start shaking again, the another Sandora Lizard came out behind them.
Usopp and Chopper screamed. "There's another one!?"
"I forgot to mention it, but Great Sandora Lizards always hunt their prey in pairs!" Vivi mentioned.
"Tell us these things!" Nami, Usopp and Chopper glared at her.
Ace, who sitting while lean his back on the rock, looked at the Sandora Lizard while Yuna stand beside him.
"Ace! Yuna!"
"Watch out!"
"What a pain in the ass … Want me to play with you?" The giant lizard about to attack Ace.
"Alright, alright. No choice then." He jumped into the lizard mouth then started fire explosion and burn it into crisp.
Ace form back from his fire as the other jaw dropped (A/N: Again?) as Yuna whistle at Ace handwork.
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"Well? What's with the camel?" Zoro asked.
"Dunno. When I was chasing the birds, I found it about to be eaten by some Mystery Plants." Luffy answered while he's eating his meat.
"It doesn't look like a wild camel."
"Yes, he has a saddle strapped on his back …" Vivi agreed with Nami.
Chopper looked at the camel, the camel instantly recognized Chopper. "It is you!" The camel talks to Chopper.
"I see. I'm glad!"
"What? You know him?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah! This is the camel that gave me a ride and helped me escape from Katorea!"
Luffy, Usopp and Sanji are happy that they ride on him but the camel refused to the guys ride. The three crewmates started beat him up.
"I'm sorry. My little bandits are so horrible to you. You're a good a boy, aren't you?" Nami rubbed the camel cheek as hearts appears on the camel eyes.
"What should I call you?"
"Idiot." Luffy said.
"Dumbass." Sanji commented.
"Moron." Usopp added.
"Well then, "Eyelashes" it is." Nami finished.
"Hey … That was the weirdest choice of all." Zoro sweat dropped.
"Now then, get on Vivi, Yuna."
"It's okay, I can still walk."
"I'll be fine with walking. You can take the seat, Vivi." Yuna said.
"Come on!" Vivi agreed as she take the seat.
"Ero-camel." Luffy, Usopp and Sanji continually insult the camel.
Nami pulled up her hood. "It look like we can go a little faster this way. We have to get to Yuba as quickly as possible and persuade the rebels to stop." Vivi nodded.
"Forward, Eyelashes!" The two female crewmates ride the camel leaving the rest of the crewmates behind. Yuna sighed as she run after them.
"Wait a minute!" All the male crewmates yelled.
"Come on, step on it! If you fall behind, you'll never get out the desert!"
"Quit joking around!"
"I like this type of Nami-san, too ~"
"Let's follow them! Hurry!"
"Chopper, get on!"
"Okay!"
"HOLD ON!"
Yuna started laughing as all the male crewmates try to catch up. Ace run up to Yuna, looked at her with smile.
'I'm glad you are happy, Yuna.'
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A/N: End of chapter 4 :D
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