Hi guys

Is someone reading the story? Doesn't matter I will continue it anyway; I just take more time for it. But I would be thankful if someone would review my fan fiction, to tell me about my grammar issues, what I can improve about it, and of course their thoughts about the story.

so, now that nobody is complaining about the grammar thus far let's continue the story.

Chapter 1: Reunion with Ace

As soon as the Flying Lamb anchored at a port of the island the Straw Hat Pirates left the ship. Only Robin paused at the guard rail to look around. "Hey Robin! Hurry up or we'll lose Luffy!" Nami yelled up from the footbridge to her friend, while Luffy headed eagerly towards the small town, in search of a restaurant.

The others followed their Captain, to make sure he wouldn't get into trouble, but there was barley anything he could do. The road they were walking was deserted. Every time Luffy saw a restaurant he went enthusiastically towards it, only to see that it was closed down and he walked dolefully ahead. When the group passed by some empty sales booths Usopp stammered frightened, "l…looks like this i…is a g…ghost town."

They finally entered an open restaurant at the town center, where Luffy immediately ran to the counter. "Sorry boy, just one plate per person." Responded the innkeeper after Luffy ordered the entire menu card.

"WHAT! JUST ONE PLATE PER PERSON!?" Screamed Luffy puzzled.

Usopp ran to his Captain and asked: "Why can't we order more than one plate?"

"Nami… it would be better if we didn't act too perceptible… we're not the only pirates in here…" Robin whispered monitory to her friend, after she noticed a man with a well-known tattoo on his back, sleeping bent-forward over his half emptied plate.

Nami's eyes followed Robin's gaze and when she recognized the man, she called, "Hey Luffy! Look there is your brother."

"What? Where?" Luffy asked bemused and looked around confused.

"That there is Ace, isn't he?" Nami pointed to the sleeping man at the table, close to the group.

Luffy ran to the table and while he was bending towards the man, he shouted out, "OI ACE!"

By Luffy's second shout he got the attention of every visitor in the restaurant while Ace was slowly waking up, "Luffy? What the heck are you doin' here…?" Ace mumbled still dozy as he lifted his face out of the plate and stared up at his brother's wide grin.

"We have to restock" Sanji answered while Luffy just kept smiling at his older brother, "And what are you doing here, aren't you pursuing that guy called Blackbeard?" Sanji wondered.

"Actually I'm right after his trail, but he just slipped through my fingers. I had hoped that he would stay longer on his home island. However now I have to wait 'till the Log Pose sets itself to the next island…" Ace explained immediately wide awake, "Do you have a new crew member?" he asked after he realized the latest crew member standing between Nami and Chopper.

"My name is Nico Robin, nice to meet you." Robin introduced herself calmly.

"It's not easy with my little bro, isn't it?" asserted Ace while Luffy had turned around again to the innkeeper and grizzled like a child, 'Why just one plate for each person?'

"Not really…" answered Robin offering an offish smile, while the other crew members just shook their heads embarrassed about their Captain's lack of concentration.

"The reason is simple, we have to get along without any fish the rest of this month, because that pirate Blackbeard sunk all our ships four days ago !" said a grumpy older woman, sitting on a table in the corner of this restaurant.

"Why don't you bridge the time with vegetables you planted and the cattle?" Usopp asked.

"Listen, it's that easy? Why didn't we come to this conclusion by ourselves?" asked a young man at the counter sarcastically, "Oh wait… maybe 'cause the land is so dead that we can't plant anything for our own supplies and resources, not to mention that there is no food for the cattle!"

"NO NEED TO BE SO SNOTTY!" Usopp yelled offended.

"He's right, even you should see that they're travelers, so they don't know about our situation!" Said a teenager girl, who was sitting next to the grumpy old woman, "So stop being rude to them, or should I bring my father in?"
The young man grumbled but was afterwards quiet. "How did you manage to survive? It's almost impossible to live only on fish." Chopper asked.

"All towns on this island are subsidized from the capital city, Selvanio. They are monthly supplied with an average amount of drinkable water, meet, rice, vegetables and wood. In order to do that, the towns which are located at the waterside have to provide the capital with fish. We always had enough to eat even when we gave half of our fishing up to the capital, but like this…" The same older, grumpy woman from before, explained.

"And how do we get to Sevanio?" Luffy asked.

"You mean Selvanio" Nami corrected her Captain.

"Oi Nami, I mean the capital city, I just want to get some food… I don't care about Selvanio…" Luffy 'explained' to Nami.
Nami grabbed on Luffy's face and pulled on his left cheek, while she mumbling, ashamed, "You'd be so damn lost without us…"

"You really want to go there, Eh? It is quite a dangerous journey to get there. " The innkeeper said.

"I'M OUT, I DON'T WANNA GO THERE!" Usopp screamed anxious.

"Finally, a new adventure!" Zoro smiled pugnacious.

"Well, if you are sure… the capital city is pretty much in the middle of the island. The problem is, you have to go through the desert which is full of monstrous creatures. You'll have to follow the main road till you reach the dessert. After two days walking you will reach a forest. Then it gets even trickier… you will need a South-Bird to find Selvanio. You'll maybe find one in the forest, if you are lucky. You have to walk northwest to find the city walls." said the innkeeper after which Sanji went to him to ask for some provisions.

"How about building two groups, one that goes to Selvanio and one that stays here to watch for the safety of the town?" Usopp tried to get out of the affair.

"Wow Usopp you're so brave, I wanna stay with Usopp and protect the town!" Chopper said In his naïve way of thinking, Usopp is a hero.

Robin giggled, she was curious to see if Usopp would manage to cheat out of this one. In that moment when Nami wanted to join Usopp and Chopper the teenage girl, who had walked to her, asked, "Would you be so kind and bring some food and provisions to us as well? My father is the mayor of this town and I am sure, he would reward you for your efforts."

"Of course, why not… we're glad, we can help." Nami answered with Berry-signs in her eyes. She imagined how she would count the money, once they brought some supplies to this town, "Usopp, you won't sneak out of this situation! We'll all go together, bring them some food and provisions and get the reward!" Nami said keenly.

"Money-grubbing Bitch…" Zoro mumbled irritated.

"HOW DARE YOU TO INSULT MY BEL-!" Sanji started shouting at Zoro, but he couldn't get any further, because Nami already gave him and Zoro a few clouts, which knocked them both out for a few seconds.

"Okay people it's decided, let's go! Will you join us too, Ace?" Luffy asked Ace, who was amused by watching the scene.

"No, I have to chase after Blackbeard and give him his punishment!" explained Ace gravely while he looked on his Logpost, "Perfect! The Log Pose is already set! It was nice to see you Luffy!"

"But wait! We didn't have anytime to chat!" said Luffy, "We'll come with you to the port!"

"I'm up for that!" said Ace with a grin; he sure was glade to spend some time with his little brother.

On the way to the port, while Luffy excitedly narrated for Ace the adventure of Sky Island, Robin asked Nami,"Isn't this the same way we came from?"

"Yes, it's the same, why are you asking?"

"There were no other ships or boats at the port…" Robin answered.

"Really? I didn't pay attention to that. ", Said Nami, "Well, Ace has a special boat, which you probably didn't notice, you'll see it soon."

"WHAT THE HECK! WERE'S MY STRIKER!?" Ace yelled furiously when they arrived at the port and Ace couldn't find his dinghy.

"Are you sure you left it here?" Luffy asked exigent.

"I'm not you, Luffy!" Ace retorted irritated.

"He's got a point…" Nami, Usopp and Sanji mumbled.

Ace placed his hand on his hat. "Oh man!"

"What's wrong?" Zoro asked.

"You remember when I said that this is Blackbeard's home island? The guy who told me about that wanted to buy my Striker." Ace replied.

"What's your point?" asked Luffy with a serious face, picking his nose with his little finger.

Nami let out a frustrated breath, "Come on. We'll explain it to you on the way," while she pushed him to the Flying Lamb, to get some cloths for the desert.

When Luffy saw his brother, dressed in his coat and waiting at the footbridge, after he and his crew mates came down the ship, he asked: "Are you coming with us after all?"

"Looks like I have no other choice; it's the fastest way to get away from this island!" Ace explained why he had changed his mind, "But I accompany your crew only 'til I get another boat."

And so the group hit the road.

After a few hours wandering in the heat, Luffy and Usopp's stomachs started to growl loudly. "I'm so hungry!" Luffy complained.

"Me too, and I can't bear this heat anymore!" added Usopp.

"You should be thankful! At least you don't have a fur like me" Chopper said exhausted while he was carried around by Zoro.

"SHUT UP! You don't have to walk anyway!" Usopp yelled unsatisfied.

"BUT IT'S STILL HOT AS HELL!" Chopper retorted loudly.

"STOP SCREAMING IN MY EAR, OR YOU CAN WALK!" yelled Zoro.

"You shouldn't deplete your energy shouting at each other!" Robin said mature.

A few minutes later Luffy said again, "I'm so hungry…"

"Well, let's make a break at the next group of rocks and have some lunch…" Sanji proposed weary, the heat was getting to his head.

"Yes! Usopp, where are the next rocks?" Luffy asked thrilled.

Usopp pulled his binocular glasses over his eyes and looked in one direction; "Nothing but sand…", he turned around and said again, "Nothing, but sand…" he turned over, "Nothing but sand… and a woman, who's in trouble" Usopp said, but before he could turn, Sanji snatch the binocular glasses off Usopp's head and looked through them, salivating, in the same direction.

"A WOMAN, WHERE!?" Sanji said thrilled, "I don't see a woman! All I see is a bunch of desert thieves!" he continued unsatisfied.

"Then look more carefully or even better… GIVE ME MY BINOCULARS BACK!" yelled Usopp madly.

"Oh now I see, I guess, but as much as I can figure out this is a dude… no girl can fight like that…" Sanji said vain and threw the binocular glasses back in Usopp's direction.

The glasses flew over Usopp's head and he ran after them, but he stumbled and fell lengthwise on his face in the sand.
Nami caught the binocular glasses deftly and watched through it, before she said, "Sanji, I think the heat isn't doing you any good… it's definitely a girl…" and passed the binocular glasses over to Usopp.

Luffy, who didn't follow the conversation (as usual when he was hungry) suddenly saw the dust clouds "JUHUU A FIGHT!" All the others could see left of him was a dust trail, which went in direction of the fight.

"Does his brain really always have to work on low flame?" Nami asked irritated while Zoro let Chopper down on the ground.

Afterwards Zoro, Sanji and Ace ran ahead after Luffy while Nami, Usopp and Robin, who carried Chopper with her Devil Fruit Powers, followed them.

Hope you had fun by reading this chapter!

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