A/N : So firstly, I'm skipping the filler arc with the whole giants etc and going straight to Punk Hazard instead. And there will be some plot changes since this is Sanji's POV and a Sanji x Zoro story. Enjoy & Review!
To answer one of the reviews from the previous chapter: Sanji is strong, and Zoro is underestimating her in asking her to train with him as he suspects that she is a lot weaker than before, but she will show him up don't worry! Plus, you can never have too much training :)
Luffy's yelling alerted us to the front of the ship, and we all raced over - I was hoping for some adventure and I'm sure our captain was the same. We had left Fishman Island over two days ago and were sailing towards the western island on the log pose.
"What is that?" Usopp's quivering voice asked and all nine of us stared ahead, it was quite a sight to see. It resembled an island, except for the fact it was in flames and there was a large rock in the center which seemed to be erupting - so it had to be a volcano then.
"It's an island, isn't it?" I questioned, unsure myself.
Nami stood beside Robin and I with a hand resting upon her cocked hip, "it seems to be, but it's been almost completely burned to a crisp - look even the sea is on fire."
It suddenly seemed to increase in temperature, which I suppose wasn't surprising considering we were extremely close to fire.
"Let's go explore it!" Our captain yelled in a gleeful tone.
Nami swatted the side of his head in annoyance, "Luffy look - even the sea is burning! No way are we going anywhere near that island. Look," she motioned towards the log pose that rested around her arm and we all leaned forward. The three individual poses were each pointing in different directions, none of them pointed towards the upcoming island. As everyone pondered to themselves what that may mean, I turned to look at the large shellfish that the Fishmen had given us as a 'special gift' and frowned, this would be the perfect time to cook it. I moved away from the heated discussion and struggled to lift the massive shell up, resorting to rolling it across the deck until Brook noticed me.
"Sanji-chan what are you doing?" He hummed and this brought everyone's attention to me.
I stopped rolling and looked up, "I'm going to take this opportunity and cook this thing."
Usopp's face dropped, "this isn't the time for that Sanji!" he yelled, exasperated.
I shrugged, "why not? How else am I going to cook this thing - it's massive."
Luffy must have said something stupid, because Usopp's attention was turned back to our gleeful captain.
I hopped back onto deck after successfully cooking the large sea-creature, and somehow managed to haul it up with me until Franky reached down to help me out. I gave him a sweet smile and headed into the kitchen to make some quick lunch-boxes for everyone, as I suspected we would be doing some exploring. Whilst I had just finished up making delicate lunch-boxes for the entire crew, I heard a strangely familiar sound to my right. The crew must have heard it too, as they all came walking in curiously.
"Is the Den-Den Mushi crying?" Luffy asked and bent down to get a good look at the communication device. "Does his stomach hurt or something?"
We ignored his dumb comment and Robin pondered over the possibilities. "That is an emergency signal - it's often used as a trap by marines, we should be careful how we proceed-"
"Hello this is Monkey D. Luffy, I'm going to become the Pirate King!" Luffy had answered the machine before any of us knew what was going on.
The Den-Den Mushi replied instantly, "Help me! My comrades are getting killed one by one by the Samuri…"
Luffy tilted his head, "where are you?" he asked.
"PUNK…HAZARD."
After that we heard what sounded like the slicing of flesh, and then silence.
Our crew was silent for a moment as well, before Luffy spoke up again.
"So shall we go then?" he asked, much to the weakling trio's dismay.
Nami scowled at him, "we are not going Luffy!" she yelled as we followed our bouncing captain onto the deck.
As he floundered around, I stepped forward. "Luffy isn't going to listen to us, and we can't let him go alone," I spoke. "He can't just have some random belly-warmer guy go with him either," I continued, taking a cheeky shot at Zoro who immediately sprang into action and was in my face.
I hadn't noticed Nami had left until she was back on deck, and with a selection of straws in her hand. "Alright, we'll do it this way then. Everyone pick a straw, the three with the red ones will go with him," she said, referring to Luffy. Oh, exploring this would be so fun - I'd better pick a red straw!
Usopp's cry of defeat alerted me that he'd gotten a red straw, and I looked at my own white one in disappointment. Turning my head I noticed Zoro and Robin were the other two.
"Sanji~~" Usopp cried out in a soft tone. "Please trade with me," he whispered.
I smirked, "Okay."
That was easy. I moved to stand beside Zoro, Robin and Luffy, ready for some adventure.
"Cloud Tempo!" Nami popped out her clima tact, and clouds appeared from it, forming a bridge over the burning sea and onto the island. Hm, that was useful.
With a few words of good-bye, all four of us climbed onto the Mini-Merry and began sailing on the clouds towards the island. The thought briefly occurred to me that all three of our strongest fighters were present, meaning there was no-one of the Monster Trio left on the Sunny. But everyone has gotten so much stronger I doubted it would be much of an issue.
"Sanji these are really good!" Luffy said from beside me in a muffled voice.
I glared at him, "you're eating your lunch already?" I asked, feeling annoyed that I spent so much time preparing this dish and he was gulfing it down.
Robin chuckled, and I noticed she had also unboxed hers and was eating it slowly. "Here, won't you try some Sanji-chan?" she asked, and before I could protest there was a piece of shellfish in front of my face, being held up by closed chopsticks. Unable to argue, I opened my mouth and latched onto the piece of meat, chewing it slowly & savoring the taste and spices I had added.
"You've really outdone yourself with these," she commented again, making my cheeks tinge. Complimenting my cooking was one way to my heart.
"It's alright," Zoro scoffed from beside Robin as he ate quickly, much like Luffy. I wasn't surprised that Zoro didn't compliment me, he never used to so why would he start to now?
"You love it, don't lie," I said to him with a smirk.
"Whatever, average-cook."
Within a few minutes we had floated along the clouds and ended up on the shore of the strange island. Zoro and Luffy pushed the Mini-Merry onto the beach, while Robin and I looked curiously at the large metal gate that was enclosing the island. Now that we were on the island, we could clearly see behind the gate that the entire island was a deep red and there were areas burning all over it.
"This island looks to be owned by the Marines," Robin commented as she must have noticed the flags on the top of the gate, which were surprisingly intact. "Doesn't seem like anyone could actually live here though."
Zoro didn't respond, instead he moved into action and cut down the gate in a quick motion. We walked into the island, following Luffy closely in case he got himself in some type of trouble. As we were walking the heat was becoming unbearable and so I began loosening the top couple buttons on my white shirt, trying to cool myself down. I noticed that ahead of me, Luffy had ripped off his red shirt, and behind me Zoro had slipped out of his coat. Thank you gods for blessing me with such attractive male crew-members. It only seemed to get hotter, and eventually Robin could no longer take it and she took off her shirt, leaving her in a purple bra.
"Sanji-chan, why don't you take off your shirt, you must be very hot," Robin suggested to me.
I looked sideways with a sigh, "I'm not wearing a bra," I said quickly. It wasn't my fault, they were so uncomfortable and I rarely wore them.
"Idiot," Zoro muttered from in front of me.
"What's a bra?" Luffy questioned, bringing his attention to us for a brief moment. I ignored Zoro's snide comment, and Robin chuckled at Luffy's innocent question.
A loud noise startled us, and the four of us turned around to try and figure out if something really was alive in this place. However, what we saw was not something we expected, and our mouths dropped to the ground.
"That looks like…." I muttered, not able to finish the sentence.
"It is!" Luffy spoke excitedly.
Zoro scoffed, "there mythical creatures, there's no way-"
"But it's got all the features…" Robin interrupted with factual information. She was right. The large wings, sharp teeth, claws and four legs….
"A DRAGON?" I yelped, the information registering with all of us at once.
Before we had time to be in awe, the red dragon leapt into the sky and was diving towards us. All of us panicked and managed to jump out of the way before it hit the ground, but shit it was fast.
"Who are you?" a low growl asked, and we all looked at the mythical creature in shock.
Wha? Did the dragon just…
I skidded out of the way as the dragon breathed a ball of flames towards me, setting more of the island on fire and making me glare at him angrily. Luffy sprang into Gear Second and threw a haki-coated fist directly at the Dragon's chest, but his fist bounced right off -seeming to do no damage. The Dragon swept one of his hands up and knocked Luffy in the face, sending our captain flying towards the ground. Zoro took this as his cue to help, and I raced in behind him, throwing kicks of my own coated in haki. The Dragon was swiftly dodging both mine and Zoro's attacks, for a big guy he could really move fast!
"Are you allies with that Warlord?" the dragon spoke, but didn't give us time to reply as it hovered a few meters in the air and shot a lump of fire out of it's mouth once more, making Robin and I sidestep. Luffy glared at the opponent and rocketed himself up onto the Dragon's back, making the stupid creature fail to bite Luffy and chomp on it's own wing.
"Oi Shitty Cook," Zoro called from beside me and I turned to glare at him.
"What?"
"Can you shoot me up into the air like you did with Luffy before?" he asked, clearly wanting to get a few more shots in before Luffy beat the guy.
I scoffed, I could easily refuse and go up there myself. Or…
"If you say please."
Zoro looked like he'd seen a ghost, "if I what?" he questioned.
"You heard me."
Noises of pain were heard from above us, and Luffy was finally fighting serious it seemed. Zoro realised he didn't have time to argue with me, and by the looks of things he was really itching for a fight. Jeez, I'm glad I don't have that male testosterone anymore.
"Okay, fuck, PLEASE," he grumbled in angst.
I smirked at him and used my Sky Walk to get in the air above him. "Don't look up my skirt, M-a-r-i-m-o," I whispered, rolling out the insult.
Zoro's cheeks tinted red once more, and he reached up to grab hold of my leg. I could only shoot him a few meters in the air, seeing as with Luffy I have the rubber-momentum.
"Shitty Swordsman Shoot!" I called out my new favorite technique and whisked my leg up into the air, sending Zoro flying after Luffy and the Dragon.
I turned to Robin, who had taken a seat on a nearby rock and was gazing around intently.
"Strange island isn't it?" I asked her, feeling a bit awkward around the ladies now. It was strange, I didn't know how exactly I should be acting and it was annoying me.
"Yes," she mused back.
I watched the two guys fight above me, and I knew I didn't fit in with them anymore either. Sure I was part of the 'Monster Trio' before, but I wasn't sure if I was still considered one of them. After all, since I've turned into a women I've felt like everyone has been treating me like I am some cowardly weak pussy - which I'm not! The only thing that has changed about me is my gender and intensity, I've improved drastically over the past two years and am waiting for the perfect chance to show it off!
