Unexpected Meeting
Nami Zoro and Usopp were on the deck of the ship facing Luffy.
"You guys do know, once you start this, there's no turning back," Luffy warned them.
"Just go on with it," Zoro told him.
For those who forgotten, Luffy promised to teach Nami and Zoro how to use Haki once they got a ship.
Usopp agreed to learn as well, in hopes to unleashed his Haki.
"So how do we unleash our haki?" Nami asked.
"First, we need to put you through a stressful situation," Luffy said.
"Like what?" Zoro asked.
"There is one way, but I'll have to do something I normally don't do," Luffy responded.
"What?" Zoro Nami and Usopp responded.
Luffy summoned a force of Haki on the three of them.
They were knock out.
When they came too, all three were confuse.
"What was that?" Usopp asked.
"It feels as if I was hit by something," Zoro said.
"Did you just use Haki on us?" Nami asked.
"Yep," Luffy replied.
"Why?" the three of them yelled.
"I learn from teaching my brothers how to use Haki, the better way for you to learn how to unleash your Haki, is if you felt the power it possess," Luffy explained.
"That's cruel," Nami yelled.
"But cleaver," Zoro responded.
"I guess ..." Usopp responded.
...
They spend the next half hour mastering Haki.
Zoro mastered it first, considering he already had pointers.
Usopp was next after a long explanation of what Luffy meant what he was told Zoro.
Their's weren't very strong at first, but Luffy was still able to sense it.
Nami was having the hardest time mastering Haki.
"Darn it! why can't I summon Haki!" Nami complained.
"Okay Zoro Usopp, now that you can summon Haki, you need to control how much you summoned," Luffy told them.
"Hey! I haven't finished my training yet!" Nami complained.
"Maybe you're just not fit to be a Haki user," Zoro stated.
"I can use Haki on you again if you want ..." Luffy suggested.
"No thank you!" Nami responded.
...
After hours of training, Nami gave up and decided to return to her job as a Navigator.
Zoro and Usopp headed into the kitchen.
"Where's Luffy?" Nami asked.
"He said he's going to use the time to make something," Zoro said.
"I wonder what it is," Usopp responded.
"Who knows," Nami responded.
"Still can't master summoning Haki?" Zoro asked.
"No," Nami responded.
"Maybe you're not fited to be a Haki user," Usopp responded.
"Maybe," Nami responded.
"Hey guys! Check this out!" Luffy yelled.
...
They came out to see that Luffy was holding a pirate flag of a skull and crossbones, and the skull was wearing a straw hat.
Only thing was wrong with the painting ...
"That's horrible!" Nami responded.
"Is this suppose to be a joke?" Zoro asked.
"No, it's suppose to be our pirate flag," Luffy replied.
Luffy's paited flag was very, very poorly drawn design.
A five year old could draw better than Luffy.
"Let me draw our flag," Usopp said.
Usopp draw a flag of a skull that look like him, and a sling shot for one of the bones for the bone cross.
"That's not our symbol!" Luffy and Zoro said hitting Usopp in the head.
Usopp ended up redrawing a new flag with a skull wearing a straw hat and a bone cross.
"That looks great!" Nami complemented.
"Yeah well, I've honed my artistic talents by drawing on walls of people's homes for year," Usopp bragged.
"Great! Then let's paint this on the sail!" Luffy ordered.
...
When they were done, the Going Merry look like a small pirate ship.
They even tied two pirate flags on both mast.
Zoro Nami and Usopp were trying to catch their breath after painting the symbol on the sails.
Sudden;y they heard a cannon fire.
They turned to see that Luffy had dragged out a cannon outside and was firing it.
"What are you doing?" Zoro was the first one to asked.
"I'm testing out our cannon on that island," Luffy said pointing to something.
Sure enough there was a small mountain peak in the distance.
"But I can't get it to fire well ..." Luffy complained.
"Stand aside, my amateur friend," Usopp told Luffy.
Usopp reposition the cannon and fired it.
The cannonball hit the mountain and destrayed it.
"You hit it on your first shot!" Luffy responded.
"You're right!" Usopp responded.
"You know what, Usopp. I think you should be our sharp shooter!" Luffy said.
"I thought Usopp was your second in command?" Zoro asked.
"Yeah!" Usopp responded.
"He can be our sharp shooter too," Luffy responded.
...
The Straw Hat Crew went into the kitchen to eat and talk.
Sadly, most of their food were fruits.
'"It's great that we have a sharp shooter, but we still need a position to fill," Nami said.
"Yeah, we need a musician," Luffy agreed.
"No, you idiot!" Nami yelled.
Before Nami could tell them waht they need there was sounds of someone attacking the ship from the outside.
"Come out Pirate!" someone yelled from outside, "I'm going to slaughter all of you!"
Luffy ran outside to see that a man with black hair wearing sunglasses a green shirt and blue jeans were attacking everything on the ship with what seem to be a big-half sword.
"Hey! Just who do you think you are?!" Luffy yelled.
"Who am I? I should be asking you that!" the man yelled as he came at Luffy with his sword.
Luffy dodge the man, but the man cut some of the ship.
...Inside the Ship...
Nami and Usopp were watching as Zoro was doing nothing.
"How many enemies are there?" Zoro asked.
"Just one ... I think," Nami responded.
"Oh, then let Luffy deal with him," Usopp responded.
...Outside...
Luffy dodge another attack.
"I've killed countless of infamous pirates ... and yet a nameless person like you dares to kill my partner!" the man yelled as he came at Luffy again.
"I have no clue what you're talking about!" Luffy yelled as he summoned a force of Haki.
The man was knock down quickly by Luffy's Haki.
"What was that?" the man asked.
"That was Haki," Luffy responded, "Now what are you talking about?"
That's when Zoro came out to check things out.
Zoro immediately recognize the man.
"Huh?" Is that you Johnny?" Zoro asked.
The man known as Johnny look up and recognized Zoro.
"Z-Zoro? Is that really you, bro?" Johnny yelled.
"What are you doing here?" Zoro asked, "Where's Yosaku?"
"It's horrible! Yosaku is dying" Johnny replied.
...
Johnny brought up a man that was wearing colorful clothes.
The man was in a horrible condition.
He was pale and blood was coming out of his mouth.
The man was name Yosaku.
Usopp and Nami came out once it was safe.
"He was just fine a couple of days ago, but all of the sudden he turned ale and kept passing out," Johnny explained, "His gums are like spongy, and are bleeding. He's depressed, and partially immobilize, and his wound are opening, as well as his teeth falling out. I don't know what's wrong with him."
"Sounds bad," Luffy said.
That was an understatement.
"I don't know what to do anymore. I was trying to at least let him get some rest on top of that rock but some ideots fired cannons at us and destroyed it," Johnny explained.
Luffy and Usopp realized they were the idiots that Johnny was talking about.
"We're sorry!" Usopp and Luffy apologized.
"It's fine. WHat's done ..." Johnny responded, "But now, I don't think Yosaku would ever recover."
Nami was listenting in and seem to know something.
"How thick can you get?" Nami asked.
"What did you say?" Zoro asked.
"Luffy! Usopp! Go in the kitchen and look for some limes. When you find them, squeeze the juice out of them and bring the juice here!" Nami ordered.
"Limes?" Luffy and Usop asked.
"Just do it!" Nami ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" they responded.
Luffy and Usopp headed into the kitchen.
...
They came back with a small barrel of lime juice.
"Now one of you hold Yosaku's mouth open while the other gives him the juice. Make sure he drinks every bit of it," Nami ordered.
"Right!" Luffy and Usopp agreed
Usoppp held Yosaku's mouth open as Luffy poored the lime juice in his mouth.
"He has scurvy. If we're not too late, he should recover," Nami told Johnny and Zoro.
"A-are you telling me the truth, sis?" Johnny cried.
"Don't call me sis," Nami responded, "In the past, it was practically a death sentence for sailors. It's caused by lack of Vitamin C found in fruits and vegetables. It was quite common back then because ships simply didn't have the technology to effectively store fresh fruits and vegetables for long periods of time."
"Wow! You're like a doctor!" Luffy said.
"If you're going to be a pirate, you should know at least this much!" Nami yelled.
"Yeah, I guess she's still special even though she can't use Haki," Usopp responded.
Nami hit Usiopp in the head for that comment.
"Honestly, your stupidity will be the end of this crew," Nami complained.
Yosaku recovered and got up to start dancing around.
"Alright! I'm charged up on nutrients and ready for action!" Yosaku cheered.
"Haha! My partner is fine now!" Johnny cheered.
"Like hell he could recover that fast!" Nami yelled.
"Sorry for the late introductions," Johnny said, "My name is Johnny."
"And my name is Yosaku," Yosaku introduced himself, "Zoro use to bounty hunt with us in the past. I don't know how to thank you. I thought I bit the dust for sure."
"Well, color me surprised! I never would've expected the infamous pirate hunter Zoro to become a pirate myself," Johnny told them.
Suddenly Yosaku spit out blood as he passed out.
"Yosaku!" Johnny cried.
"Just shut up and get some rest already!" Zoro ordered them.
"Let this be a lesson to the rest of you ..." Nami said.
"These are kind of dangers we'll have to face on long voyages," Zoro stated.
"He would've died for sure if he hadn't come across us," Usopp responded, "We definetly need someone to think about our diet. To see to it that we stay healthy. What we need is a chef."
"Yeash, we need one of the required crewmates to have out in the sea," Nami agreed.
"Alright! Then the next crewmate we recruit is a chef!" Luffy agreed.
"Bro!" Johnny yelled.
"What is it Johnny?" Zoro asked.
"If you're looking for a cook, I know just the place. Of course getting one to join you would be a challenge though," Johnny explained, "There's ship that is also a restaurant, that stays floating on the sea. From here, it should take you 2-3 days to get there, but that place is close to the Grand Line. You gotta be careful because dangerous people are found around that area."
"Cool!" Luffy responded.
"Hey Zoro, they say that even Hawkeyed man has been sighted there," Johnny told Zoro.
This got Zoro's attention.
"If it's alright with you, I'll lead the way!" Johnny tolld them.
"Alright!" Nami Usopp and Luffy yelled.
A/N: I hope you enjoy the chapter. I thought I start their training on Haki. Nami would master Haki later.