Chapter 2

Arrival on Land

The Straw Hat Pirates sailed the Thousand Sunny towards the land.

"I wonder what island we're heading," Chopper said.

Nami checked her New World Log Pose. She noticed the arrows neither moving nor spinning. "Huh? That's odd. The arrows of the Log Pose aren't moving when we got out of the storm," she said.

"What? But how can that be?" Usopp asked. "Log Poses don't freeze like that!"

"It must've broke after Franky used his Coup de Burst," said Zoro. Nami punched him. "Ow!"

"You jerk! Why would it break down on me?!" Nami yelled.

"I just got us safely from the storm," Franky added.

Robin checked the land, but as she does, her eyes caught a distant sight of something flying toward the forest. Something with wings. She looked as if her mind played tricks on her.

"Robin?" Chopper asked. "Are we here?"

"Hm?" Robin asked, snapped out of trance. "Oh, we'll just dock the ship."

The Thousand Sunny sailed toward the beach and hit the shallow area. The Straw Hat Pirates exit the ship and look at the forest.

"That's gotta be some forest," Sanji said. "I wonder how we got here."

"We'll probably know in time, Sanji," said Robin. "Right now, I think we should camp here until we can check out the forest."

"But it's only daytime!" Usopp protested. "How can we camp when it's still sunny?!"

"We can. We just need to get everything together, like we always do as pirates."

"Hmm, you do have a point. But on the other hand, we have to know how we got to this place."

"I'll have to look it up."

The Straw Hats gather supplies to set up their camp, and a silhouette of a dragon was seen behind the trees. The figure disappeared into the darkness, and Robin turned around from the sound of rustling leaves. But she didn't see the figure.

"I could've sworn I heard something," said Robin.

"It's probably the wind," Nami said.

Sanji set up the fire after Usopp brought some firewood, and while he gets the food prepared for cooking, Luffy and Usopp quietly took the frying pans. Sanji startled when he heard banging sounds, and he saw them playing sword fight with frying pans. This angered him into kicking them with his foot.

"Stop playing with the frying pans, you damn idiots!" Sanji yelled. "If you got free time, go catch some fish!" He took the frying pans. "I could get some fish if I have to."

"Maybe I can go get some fruit," Chopper said.

"Huh? No, we got plenty of fruit for later. We'll just stick to what I can cook. Thanks for reminding me, though."

Luffy and Usopp sat by the beach fishing.

"Man, I'm not catching any fish," moaned Luffy.

"I told you not to eat all the bait!" Usopp said. "Bait is what we use to catch fish! No bait, no fish!"

Nami walked by and noticed the two fishing, but she gasped to see them fishing with beris. She angrily grabbed the fishing lines and took the beris off the hooks. "Who says you idiots can fish with beris?!" she yells. "Those are all wet now!"

"We couldn't find the bait," said Luffy. "So we had to find suitable ones."

Nami growled. "The money's off limits!" She yelled, hitting Luffy on the head with her staff. Luffy fell backwards and landed his head in the shallow water. "Jerk." She then walked away.

"I told you Nami wouldn't like that," Usopp said.

"Aw, Nami! You're so sexy when you're angry!" Sanji said with joy. He suddenly saw the meat getting hotter. "Oh, sh-!" He flipped the meat over. "Damn it, gotta stay focused."

"That's a start, cook," said Zoro.

"Shut up, moss head."

Zoro drew his sword halfway. "I dare you to say that again!"

"Hey, if there's gonna be fighting, can it wait until after a meal?" Franky asked.

Eventually, the meal was made for the Straw Hat Pirates to eat.

"So Robin, any idea how we got here?" Luffy said with a mouthful.

Robin checked the book. "I'm working on it, Luffy," she said.

The Straw Hat Pirates suddenly heard rustling sounds and growls coming from the forest.

"What the hell was that?!" Usopp cried, scared.

"Sounds like it came from the forest," said Franky. "We should check it out."

The Straw Hat Pirates left their campsite and ran down the forest.

"I suppose we might run into something cool within this forest," Luffy said. "Probably a monster to join my crew."

"I wouldn't go there, if I were you," Sanji said. "There may be dangers around."

The Straw Hat Pirates ran all over the forest, but everywhere they went, they could not find the source of the growling.

"How big is this forest anyhow?" Usopp asked. "I can't tell where we're going!"

"I can't tell either," said Chopper, running in his Walk Point.

They moved on and on around the forest, with Zoro going the wrong direction, but they end up lost.

"Damn it, looks like we're lost," Franky said.

"Speak for yourself," Sanji said. "We lost moss head from all this running around."

"I found him," said Nami, holding Zoro with a bump on his head. "He just hit his head on a tree."

"I'm hungry..." Luffy moaned.

"Are you kidding me? You just ate!" Usopp shouted.

"Well, looks like we'll have to camp out here," Sanji said.

"Meat..." said Luffy, drooling. Chopper screamed and ran as he chased him. "Hold on, meat!" He opened his mouth wide to bite Chopper, but the group caught Luffy and wrestled him in a cloud of dust.

"Knock it off, Luffy, there's plenty to eat in the sack!" Sanji yelled, stretching Luffy's cheek out.

"Just settle down, you idiot!" Nami added.

"I gotta eat!" Luffy yelled. "Gum-Gum..."

Nami whacked Luffy on the head, and Luffy fell on the ground, knocked out.

That night, the soft sounds of Brook's violin entered Luffy's ears as he woke up from his unconsciousness, rubbing his head.

"Ah, Luffy-san, you're awake!" Brook smiled.

"Ow...that hurt, Nami," said Luffy.

"I had to, Luffy," said Nami. "You were taking your hunger out on Chopper, just like back in Drum Kingdom."

"Well, just wandering around the forest made me hungry. I gotta get something to eat before I die!"

"Come on, Luffy, you think it's that bad?" Usopp asked. "It takes days to die from starvation. I used to spend weeks without food back in Syrup Village."

But Luffy can see that Usopp had lied. "You're lying, right?"

"Luffy, I had just found out how we came here," Robin said.

"Oh, really?" Luffy asked.

"It would appear that we went through an invisible barrier that not even a storm can expose. The same barrier that brought us to this world." She opened the book to the hundredth page, revealing the ancient heiroglyphics. "These heiroglyphics read, 'Through the invisible barrier shows a world where not a single person has ever lived in. A world of fantasy and its creatures with strange tales and wisdom. Creatures that fly in the sky and creatures that walk on land. It is a world of dragons.'"

"A world of dragons?" Usopp asked. "But how come we haven't seen any?"

"I'm not sure. But it's something to do with the figure I saw in a distance before we reached land." She then looked up. "What a strange world."

"Guys!" said Chopper, running to the campsite.

"Chopper, where have you been?" Usopp asked.

"I just saw something huge! It looked like a big place of some sort!" Chopper said.

"What big place, Chopper-san?" Brook asked.

"I'll bet it's either a temple or a palace," Usopp said.

"You gotta come check it out!" Chopper said before running off.

"Come on, guys!" Nami said.

The Straw Hat Pirates followed Chopper while Luffy ate a chunk of meat before dropping a bone at the campsite, and they ran across the darkness of the woods.