Gwenyth now officially refers to Maaya and Katsuya as her Grandma and Grandpa. She calls her real grandparents Mamie and Papy, just so you know. Though I have no clue why she would start talking about them...

I had a snarky comment here, but a lovely review from a guest named Vira made me too happy to be mean. Thank you for your kind words! :)

"I'm hungry!"

"You're always hungry."

"So?"

"So, deal with it."

"But Gweeeeeeenythhhhhhh I'm hunnnnngrrrrrrrrry!"

"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ATE EVERYTHING MRS. BLACK MADE FOR US, ASSHOLE!"

"It was tasty!"

"Well, I wouldn't know that, now would I?"

"I dunno. Would you?"

She sighed. "No, Luffy. I wouldn't."

"Will the two of you shut up? I can't sleep with you bickering like this!" Zoro shouted from somewhere on the other ship.

"We're not bickering! We're having a very enlightening conversation! Right, Luffy?" Gwenyth shouted from the floor of Nami's ship.

"Right!" She heard him reply, unable to see him. "Hey, Gwenyth?"

"Yeah?"

"What's en-hightening?"

"That's en-light-ening. Basically means to make something clear."

"Hey, Gwenyth?"

"Yes?"

"I'm hungry."

The girl growled, pushing herself into a sitting position with her right hand. Her left arm was no longer in a sling, but she still couldn't move it without a good amount of strain. Which she was meant to avoid. She turned to the boys' ship to find Luffy already staring, sitting cross-legged on the front of the boat. The part that lingered over the sea. She made note of how easy it would be to push him into the ocean while sitting there.

"What do you want me to do about it?" She demanded. The boy shrugged, and she sighed in defeat. "Luffy, I can literally do nothing about your hunger. So please, stop complaining."

He crossed his arms and pouted, glaring at the water before him. "Fiiiiiiiine.'' Gwenyth took this moment to lay back down and stare up at the sky once more. She didn't believe Luffy's silence would last long, but she would take what she could get.

They had been at sea for little more than a week and they were already out of food, thanks to their dumb-ass, bottomless pit of a captain. Gwenyth honestly didn't understand how someone could eat so much, so often and not explode. Then again there were a lot of things about Luffy she didn't understand. Or the rest of the crew for that matter. Maybe she just didn't understand people of this world in general. That was possible, too.

"Hey, Nami?" She called out, unsure of the navigator's location. She heard a response from somewhere behind her. "We aren't headed for the Grand Line without any food on-board, right?"

"Of course not. It'd be way too rash sailing to the Grand Line like this." She explained.

"Right. We need meat." Luffy attempted to clarify.

"I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FOOD!"

"She's right," Zoro said, putting his two-cents in. "We don't have a drop of grog on board."

"NO!"

"We need beds?" Gwenyth offered sitting up. "I'd like a bed..."

Nami sighed in exasperation at her shipmates. She began to go into detail on the Grand Line and how it was the most dangerous sea lane in the world. How other, more powerful pirates were going after something called 'One Piece'. Which they were apparently going after, as well. Gwenyth had no idea. She was only here to repay the crew for Tabi Island's safety, and for her own slice of adventure. What good was going to a new world if you only stayed in one place? Even if she did miss her island dearly. Nami continued to inform the group of how they paled in comparison to other pirates' ships and crews.

"So what should we do?" Luffy asked, apparently understanding the report.

"Plan ahead and prepare!" Nami answered swiftly, checking her map. "There's a village a little south of here..."

"We should go there and get some food." Gwenyth mumbled holding her stomach with her hands.

"LET'S EAT MEAT!" Luffy shouted in excitement.

"Our first priority is to get a proper ship!"

"I dunno, Nami. Food is pretty important." Gwenyth said gaining an innocent look in her eyes. "I wonder, could a lack of nutrition slow my arm's recovery rate? I might lose some of my skill if it takes too long to heal, ya know." A total lie. She hardly used her left arm when sewing, aside from holding the material. In fact, she would probably be able to start sewing again without hinderance in a few days. But Nami didn't need to know that.

She groaned. "Alright, alright. We'll find a restaurant first, then a vessel." Gwenyth and Luffy cheered as Nami adjusted her ship's course and shouted instructions to the boys.

"Can I help, Nami?" Gwenyth asked with hope. She hadn't been allowed to do much of anything since they set sail. Nami was so adamant about Gwenyth not straining her arm, that she didn't even let the seamstress play Rock, Paper, Scissors with her right hand. Pretty much all she had been doing for the past week was mourning Grandma, reading one of the old sewing books Grandpa insisted she take, and playing eye-spy with her captain. He regularly chose the colors blue, gold, and yellow; the sea, Gwenyth's hair, and his hat.

"No, I'm alright." Nami grinned as Gwenyth's face fell. "Have you changed your wrappings yet?"

Gwenyth suppressed a sigh. "Yes, I change them every morning when I wake-up." She repeated for the third time that day.

Nami nodded happily, commenting on how at this rate, the seamstress was bound to be well enough to make her some clothes in no time. Gwenyth just went along with it, not wanting to be hit for another smart-ass comment. Even if she found Nami's personality a little overbearing at times, she still enjoyed her company immensely.

"Thank you for taking such good care of me, Nami." Though her avaricious intentions tend to outshine it, Gwenyth could feel the older girl's sincere concern for her well-being.

"Don't mention it. I merely expect to have the best clothing out of everyone in return." She said smiling shamelessly. Gwenyth sweat-dropped. Or maybe Nami was really just that greedy.

"R-Right." She agreed in defeat. "So, how far are we from this place?"

Nami double checked her map. "Not far at all. It shouldn't take us more than a half an hour."

"Awesome."

"Hey, Gwenyth?"

"I swear to god, Luffy, tell me your hungry one more time and I'll bite you."

"Don't bite me." He said pouting.

"Then don't tell me you're hungry."

"Okay. Will you sing for us?"

"SURE!" Gwenyth shouted, jumping to her feet and nearly falling over from the sudden motion.

"CAREFUL!" Nami screeched.

The girls' ship was the first to arrive at the island's coast and Nami easily hopped out. The boys reached the shore while Gwenyth was still crawling over the side, her tiny shield back in place. She refused to leave it or her knife on the boat, which she had to explain to the boys was out of sentiment; not fear. Nami actually had to lock up Gwenyth's picture with her stolen treasure to keep the girl from bringing it ashore. Zoro and Nami thought it was a little weird, Gwenyth could tell, but she didn't care. She needed to know her precious items were safe at all times. Luffy simply didn't comment. Gwenyth assumed he didn't care what she did, as long as she'd occasionally sing for him and make clothing once her arm was fully healed.

Speaking of her captain, he was currently in awe of the island being where Nami had said it would be. Which was kind of sad.

"Geeze. Have a little more faith in your navigator, Luffy." Gwenyth said shaking her head.

"But I never know where islands are gonna be."

"Hence why you're not the navigator." She explained as he and Zoro climbed onto land.

"Ahhh!" Zoro stretched. "Solid ground at last!"

"You slept the whole way." Luffy countered.

Gwenyth, having never been on a boat for so long before, had to admit it was nice being on land again. Though at the same time she kind of felt uneasy without the constant sway of waves. She turned around to get a good look a the island. It was plenty green with trees and grass all around. The terrain a little bit rocky and some mountains off in the distance. It was pretty serene.

Gwenyth was never really exposed to nature back in her world. Even on the rare occasion, most of the nature around her 'City of Angles' held dry, brownish hues from the hot sun. It was pretty in its own right, but not so much as places like Tabi and this island. So green and perfectly cool with a warm, smog-free breeze. She took a deep breath just to drink it all in.

"So," Zoro started," what do you think is up with those guys?" He pointed to a fallen tree on top of a small, nearby cliff. His three crewmates finally took notice of a group of children and a boy about their age with a rather long nose. The children screamed and ran off while the older boy shouted after them, looking ready to crap his pants.

"Do you have, like, a sixth sense for noticing people in bushes?" Gwenyth asked curiously. Zoro gave her an unamused look, as though he thought she were insulting him, but she just continued to wait for an answer.

"I AM THE NOTORIOUS CAPTAIN USOPP! FEARED PIRATE, AND RULER OF THIS VILLAGE!" Long nose shouted, suddenly in front of the group. "So you'd better think twice before you invade! I have 80 million men positioned to stop you."

"As if." "Liar." The girls said simultaneously.

"DARN! THEY SAW THROUGH ME!" He shouted panicking. The girls shared a sweat-drop.

"He even admitted it..." Nami mumbled.

Gwenyth nodded as 'Captain Usopp' spazzed out at their 'master interrogating skills'. "He's an odd one alright..." She glanced unsurely over at Luffy as he began to laugh.

"HEY, ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME!?" The odd boy shouted at the Straw Hat. "I'm a proud man! Which is why they call me 'Proud Captain Usopp'!" Luffy laughed harder and Gwenyth's shoulders began to shake, which kind of hurt.

"Why such an odd name?" Nami asked.

"IT'S NOT ODD!"

"Sounds odd to me." Zoro added.

"IT'S NOT! THEY REALLY CALL ME 'CAPTAIN PROUD USOPP'!"

"I thought it was the other way around..." Nami pointed out.

Usopp spazzed in a noodle-like fashion again, calling her a master interrogator. The whole thing made Gwenyth and Luffy laugh harder than it should have.

"S-So, 'Proud Captain Usopp'," Gwenyth said, still catching her breath. "C-Can you show us where to get something to eat?"

"OF COURSE! I, THE GREAT PIRATE CAPTAIN USOPP- Hey, wait," he said getting his head out of the clouds. "Something to eat? You mean... You're not here to attack the village?"

"No, of course not." She insisted.

Luffy turned to her. "How come everyone always thinks we wanna attack them?"

"Because that's what most pirates do?" Gwenyth cocked her head to the side. Wasn't that obvious?

"They do?"

"They do." She confirmed.

"That's not very nice." He huffed.

"No one ever said pirates were nice."

"So can we have food?" He asked Usopp, changing conversation. Gwenyth rolled her eyes at Luffy's lack of attention, but couldn't really blame him since she was hungry, too.

Usopp lead the group to his village's inn, which doubled as a restaurant. Gwenyth jumped into the first available booth and Luffy quickly followed suit, nearly knocking into her. They began to bounce in their seats as Luffy started chanting for meat, meat, meat. Zoro and Nami scooted in across from them as Usopp pulled a chair up to the table. The owner greeted them and Nami had to put Luffy into a headlock for everyone else to get their order in.

Gwenyth really enjoyed her crew's antics. It was entertaining and kept her from thinking too hard about things. Even in the past week, whenever she would start to get depressed over Tabi, or her Grandparents, or her old world, something would happen and pull her out of it. Usually that something was either Luffy or Luffy-related. She was very grateful for her crewmates.

When the food finally came, everyone needed to brandish their forks to keep Luffy's hands away. Gwen was a little less grateful for him at that moment. She didn't have that large of an appetite to begin with, but when she was hungry she was hungry. Even growing up, she would either bite or stab the hands of someone trying to steal from her plate. Anything to let them know that her food was hers. Then, after a few more bites, she would be full and offer the rest to whoever had tried to steal it.

Old habits die hard, I guess, she mused stabbing her captain with a fork. He quickly recoiled and went back to his own food. Gwenyth took about three more bites before handing Luffy her plate, feeling ready to pop. He took it graciously, seeming to forget the prong marks forming on his hand.

Seeing as how Gwenyth was finished and he had only ordered a small dish, Usopp decided to strike up a conversation.

"So what else brings you here? Just food?"

Gwenyth hummed as she thought. "Well, no. We're also looking for a proper ship, and possibly some more crewmates. Right?" She double checked with Luffy, who nodded at her with his mouth full, but thankfully closed.

"REALLY?! Wow, what an adventure!"

Gwenyth chuckled at his enthusiasm. "Know any place we can find one?"

"Well, you wont find any galleons here in town, but their is a place you can go." He said knowingly. Gwenyth nodded, not having the slightest clue what a gal-what-en was.

"Where?" Nami asked finishing her meal.

"The huge mansion that sticks out like a sore thumb, that's where! The owner is a young girl... and she's bedridden."

"How did she become the owner of a mansion?"

"More meat please!" Luffy shouted waving a plate in the air with a bone sticking out his mouth.

''And more grog!" Zoro added with his empty cup raised.

"ARE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO MY STORY!?"

"Ignore them. Why is she bedridden?" Gwenyth asked curiously.

Usopp did as she said and ignored the guys, telling the mansion owner's tale. The poor girl lost her parents to sickness about a year ago. They left her with a large sum of money and a dozen loyal servants, but she hadn't been well enough to leave her bed since their death. As well off as she was money wise, there was no one less fortunate than her in the village. Nami and Gwenyth shared a quick, deciding look.

"Forget it. We're not gonna find a ship here." Nami voiced.

"Right. I'm sure we'll find another town that 'll be able to help us." Gwenyth finished looking at Luffy.

"Okay. I guess we can spare the time. Let's grab some supplies and go." He grinned.

"'Spare the time'? Are we in that much of a hurry?"

"Of course!"

Gwenyth made a "hm" noise and gave him an odd look. Was the Grand Line was really so popular? And was that One Piece thing so important? She'd have to remember to ask sometime.

"By the way, you said you were looking for crewmen..."

"That's right." Luffy said turning his attention to Usopp.

"I'm your man!" He said gesturing himself with his thumb. "I'll be your captain!"

"No thanks!" Everyone responded at once.

"DON'T YOU WANT TO THINK IT OVER!?"

"Luffy's the only captain I'm down to follow." Gwenyth said childishly sticking her tongue out. Luffy was giddy with delight. To her it was simply how it had to be. Luffy was her captain and, as much as she liked the other two, she probably wouldn't have agreed to join this lifestyle if it were any other way.

While she and Grandpa had been packing up Grandma's supplies, Mayor Yamata had told them of Luffy and Zoro's triumph against the enemy pirates. He went into such detail of their skill, Gwenyth had felt like she had witnessed it herself. Zoro slashed and hashed those suckers like it was nothing and Luffy apparently had some type of devil power which made him stretch like rubber. She didn't understand much of that bit, but he was an unmistakable powerhouse according to the Mayor. Luffy had even saved the Yamata twins from being shot to death by deflecting bullets off his body. (Gwenyth kinda, sorta wanted to shoot Luffy just to see how such a thing was possible.)

Saving Tabi Island was more than enough to become indebted to him. That wasn't even including the emotional support he had given her while searching for her Grandparents, or later helping Katsuya walk back to Toguchi when she was unable. Though he was childish and an idiot, he had her respect and unending gratitude. She owed him more than could ever be repaid. Because of that, Gwenyth would be loyal to him for the rest of her time in this world. Which might very well be for the rest of her life.

He had a cute face, too. But, hey, she was only human. A human teenager, at that! Gwenyth couldn't help but notice such things.

Usopp sighed in defeat. "I see. Good to know you're the loyal type, I guess." He grumbled looking away from the group. His eyes widened for a moment when they reached a clock on the wall. He stood, pulled some money out of his pockets and placed it on the table.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, but it's time for me to go!" Usopp said heading out of the inn.

"What a weird guy..." Zoro mumbled before taking a drink from the alcohol that had been placed in front of him. Luffy quickly finished the plate of meat and Nami, being the only one with money on her, paid the owner as the table was cleared. The four were finishing off the last of their drinks when three young boys burst from the doorway.

"Usopp's pirates are here!" they shouted. The older group began to mumble to one another.

"Who're they?"

"Beats me."

"They look familiar though..."

The boys advanced with their wooden swords. "Hey, you pirates!" One yelled. "What'd you do with out captain?"

"Give him back!"

"AHHH!" Luffy shouted in refreshment, putting down his cup. "That meat was delicious!"

The children gasped.

"M-MEAT?!"

"THE CAPTAIN! H-HE COULDN'T HAVE-!"

Gwenyth smirked and began to lick her fingers. "I agree. It was... to die for." She emphasized. Luffy nodded at her, not realizing that she was playing with the idea he had given the children.

"You should've had more!" He smiled.

She returned a dangerous smirk, and got closer to him. "Maybe~ But I know how much you've been craving it since we've been out at sea." The children looked ready to cry and Gwenyth had to fight against her laughter.

"If you're looking for your captain... " Zoro began.

"WHAT!? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" The three shouted fearfully.

Zoro put on a demonic look. "... We ate him!"

The children screamed bloody murder and called Nami an Ogress with tears in their eyes.

She shrieked with a terrifying face, "WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME!?" The children fainted as Zoro and Gwenyth pounded the table in laughter. "IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Nami shrieked again, only making Gwenyth laugh harder.

Don't be mean to children, Gwenyth. That's my job.