One Piece Fan Fiction ❯ A Weird Pack ❯ Chapter 11

“Guys! I see an island!”
At Usopp's shout, Nami immediately took out her binoculars.
“Hmm.. Looks like it’s an uninhabited island.”
“Ready the anchor! We'll land on the island."
Luffy shouted. He was excited. The last island wasn't so fun. Yes, it was important, but it wasn't fun like he said.. Maybe this island would be more fun.
“Well then, go find some foodstuffs. Although I stocked up on the previous island..."
“Yeah!!!”
“Listen, no rats or frogs, okay?”
Nami reminded them again. This was not obvious to savages.
“How self-centered you are. Once it is in your stomach, it is all the same and-”
Zoro got a punch.

***

As soon as Sanji landed on the island, he lit a fire, it was more convenient for them to eat their food here. Others went to find supplies. Soon:
“Hey, Sanji!!! We got fish, shellfish, fruits... we got a good catch!”
“Thanks.”
Luffy was indeed right. These were fine dining items. He made the food.
“Marimo!”
"What's up dart brow?"
“Go get booze.”
"OK."

***
After Zoro brought the booze, they all sat in a circle around the fire.
“Cheers!!!”
As soon as Luffy took a sip, he immediately went to the barbecue and started eating.
“Yummy!”
“Hey, Luffy! Don't stuff your mouth like that"
“You snacked earlier. I can't believe you are still eating this much.”
"This still isn't enough."
“With this amount of food, we will run out quickly.”
"Robin you should eat quickly or it'll be all gone."
“I'm almost done with this book, so...”
“No! If you are always reading you'll become a worm. They call it bookworm right?”

***

After the meal, they began to move forward both to collect more food and to explore the island. Zoro and Luffy were especially good at finding food today. Meanwhile, a question came to Usopp's mind:
“Hey, Chopper! Were you able to find any medical herbs?”
“Yeah! I've collected most of them but there may be even rarer on this island. More importantly, there is something that has been bugging me for a while. I wonder what weird groove is that runs down this path...”
“Yeah, come to think that I also wonder it. It looks like a bicycle.”
“Oi, oi! This is an uninhabited island, right? This can't be a trace of the bike if there is no one in here besides us.”
"That's true."
Why did this trace seem so familiar to Robin?
“Hey, we are almost through the jungle. We are suddenly out in a large open space.”
“Ahh!!!”
"What's with Chopper?"
“He's heading to that rock. Is there something on that rock?”
“Chopper must be trying to have that huge mushroom all to himself! Hold it!”
Chopper suddenly fell to the ground.
"What's the matter, Chopper?!"
Luffy immediately shouted and started running faster. Zoro, who saw the event:
“Looks like something happened. Let's go!”
“Ow, ow, ow... Hmmm? Woah! What the heck is this?”
“Ahh... Hmmm? A raccoon dog?”
"I'm a reindeer! see? I've got antlers!”
“Are you okay Chopper? Who the heck is this?”
“What happened?”
Others got there soon enough.
“What's going on Luffy?”
"What's with you guys?"
"What's with you?"
“Who-who is this huge guy?”
"Who's that guy?"
It can not be!! This is impossible. One of the guys who has Robin's worst nightmares... He can't be here. No no!!! For the first time in a long time, Robin was so frightened that her feet finally couldn't carry her and he fell to the ground. They all looked at her in surprise. Robin's breathing quickened, and her heart began to beat to the point that it exploded.
“Robin!”
Zoro immediately prepared his sword. Luffy was worried about Robin.
"What's wrong Robin-chan?!"
Sanji couldn't help but worry about what had so frightened the woman who had always remained cold-blooded until now.
“Robin!”
“WH...Why are you frozen?”
“Robin…”
Being frightened was something Nami, Chopper, and Usopp did. Robin was not afraid. Who was this man?
“Orororo? Now, now. Don't be so bloodthirsty, guys. It's not like I'm here on orders. Since it's a nice day, I took a stroll here.”
“Orders? From what organization?!”
He drew his sword slightly.
“He is a marine and he is one of the people known as the ultimate powerhouses of the World Government.”
“This guy?!!”
While the tension was already at its peak, Robin's words increased even more. You could even smell it from outside the island.
“Yes. An admiral at Navy Headquarters... Aokiji.”
"Oh my, my, you've turned into a good-looking woman... Nico Robin..."
“Admiral?”
“A-admiral? He is that high up?”
“There's only three officers in Navy who hold the position of Admiral. Akainu... Aokiji.. Kizaru... the only one who is above them is Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who reigns as the top official in the Navy. That man is one of three men.”
“Wh-why is someone like that is here? Why don't you chase big time pirates with several hundred million bounties?G-go some other place.”
Usopp asked while hiding behind Zoro. At that time, Aokiji was not listening to him. He looked at Nami.
“Oh my, my…”
“Wh-what?”
“Here's another sexy and also an alpha lady with super big bazongas! Are you free tonight?”
"What's the big idea, you tall, lanky jerk?!"
“Pay attention you jerk!!!”
“Hold on a second, you guys, geez...You are saying to me pay attention but did you hear what I said? I said I just took a stroll, didn't I? Don't get so worked up. To start with, you guys are... whatchamacallit... you know...”
“Whatchamacallit?”
“You know?”
“Err... I forgot. Oh well..."
"You don't make sense!!"
Sanji and Usopp simultaneously objected.
“Hey Robin, you are sure that you aren't mistaking him for someone else? There is no way someone like him can be an admiral!”
“Oi, oi! Don't judge a book with its cover. My motto as a marine is 'total slovenly justice.'”
“That totally matches with you!!!”
“In any case well... oh excuse me for a second.”
Aokiji lay down on the ground.
“Standing made me tired.”
“Then why are you sleeping standing up?”
“Anyway, to make a long story short, I have no intention to capturing you guys so don't worry. I came to check wherebouts of Nico Robin, who disappeared after the Alabasta incident, that's all. Just as I thought she's been with you."
"This guy sure is apathetic, isn't he?"
“His audacity shows he 's an alpha that is a leader, in manner of speaking.”
“I will at least report this to Headquarters, though. As with an another wanted person your total bounty has changed. 100 million plus 60 million plus 79 million equals... I don't know exactly but I am sure it's not too shabby.”
“Why don't you calculate it?”
"Gum-gum-"
“Hold on a sec! Hold on, Luffy!”
“Stop! Stop!”
Both Sanji and Usopp held Luffy.
“Let me go! What are you guys doing?”
"What's the point of us picking a fight?"
“He is one of the strongest marines!”
“So what?! Then are you saying we're gonna hand over Robin without a fight?! You jerk!”
“Well guys I am saying I'm not gonna do anything right?”
"I'm gonna beat him up!"
Is he really planning to attack an admiral without blinking an eye for me? I had never thought that this day would come, thought Robin. She hadn't really thought about it. What Saul said...
“Stop it, Luffy!”
“Hold on.”
While all this was going on, the people who were hiding showed themselves. Chopper immediately bandaged the injured and examined the patients. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, but they were all malnourished. So Sanji and Usopp brought them food. They said a swimming frog had crashed into their ship and shattered it. Aokiji had said that that frog was Yokozuna, and he had come here by bicycle. Meanwhile, Luffy tried to attack him again. Aokiji had said he would help people, but the others didn't quite believe him until Robin:
“That man can make it happen...”
Then they went to the shore. Sanji had prepared food and water for them. When everything was ready, Aokiji put his hand in the water. Just then, a huge animal tried to attack him, but:
“ICE AGE!”
Everything and everywhere was frozen with the animal. Everyone was shocked. What kind of person could do that? He must have been a monster.
“This will probably last at least a week. Go this way. In four days you will arrive on an inhabited island. It's pretty cold so dress well for walking."
“Is this... a dream?”
One man said in surprise. Everyone cried out to him with joy. Luffy asked to bring warm clothes for people.
“Be careful.”
“We are happy for you.”
“I guess there are different kind of pirates, huh? We can't thank you enough. Not only you treated our injuries but you also shared your foods, waters and clothes with us.”
“Don't worry about that. Shishishi.”
“Take good care of your pups. Don't let them catch cold.”
“In this state food will be fresh for a while.”
“Thank you so much. We will never forget your kindess Straw Hat Pirates.”
“See. Take care!”
After they left, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper played on the ice for a while. Others followed suit. But when they returned, they realized that Aokiji was sitting watching them.
“What?!”
“How should I put it... You are just like your gramps, Monkey D. Luffy.”
“Wh-what?”
"You're free-spirited or should I say hard to figure out?"
“G-gramps?!”
"Gramps... Luffy's?"
Luffy was pale.
"Hey what's the matter Luffy?"
“Well...N-N-Nothing. Um... Well...”
“Your gramps helped me out a while back.”
“The reason I came here was to see Nico Robin and you. On a second thought maybe you should die now. Huh! The government still taking you lightly but if I delve into your history, I can tell that your crew has a backbone. Although your crew is small since it’s gathering shrewd members, it’ll be probably a problem later on. The circumstances that initially led toy your search orders... All the actions you took up until now... The speed of your crew’s progress... I’ve been dealing with outlaws for a long time, but it worries me how you’ll turn out.”
“Th-that’s too sudden!!! You said earlier you just came to check somethings.”
“But for now I think the reason you are dangerous is you, Nico Robin.”
“So you are really after Robin after all!!! I’m gonna beat the crap out of you!”
“Her bounty isn’t just about of her strength. It also indicates the level of danger she poses to the government. That is why you got 79 million berry bounty on your head at age of eight. I am impressed that you survived as a child. You betrayed people and ran away. You gained people’s favor and used them. You survived in the underworld by being quick to switching sides. So this is the new target of you that you chose as a hideout, huh?”
“Hey, you jerk! How insulting you are! What grudge you hold against Robin-chan?!”
“Stop it Sanji!”
“I don't have any grudge against her. If we are somehow connected, I let her go away once. That's about it. It was a long time ago. You will eventually realize it too. In the not-so far away future you'll regret you took in troublesome woman. Because when I look, there is a group with formed new pack standing in front of me, except for one person, but that is because of his cowardice. But Nico Robin didn't join you. As a proof the organizations Nico Robin had something to do with up until today all got annihilated. Except for her. I wonder why, Nico Robin..?”
“Stop it, you jerk! Her past doesn’t matter!!!”
“He is right. If you are worried about others’ pasts you can’t be friends ruffians like a pirate hunter or former thief girl!”
Nami hit Usopp.
“Ruffians was unnecessary!”
“What’s more important is the present, rather than past!”
“Robin is our precious friend right now! Don't badmouth our friend!”
“I see... You really did a good job befriending this lot.”
“Just get the point already. If you want to capture me, go ahead and do it!!! Treinta Fleurs!!!”
“Robin!!! STOP IT!!!”
“Ara ara ara. Maybe I talked too much. How disappointing! I thougth you were smarter than that.”
“Clutch!”
“Ahhh!! HE SHATTERED TO PIECES AND DIED!!!!”
“N-No... WE SCREWED!.. Hey guys!!! LET’S RUN AWAY!!!”
“That wasn’t nice.”
Aokiji picked a pinch of grass from the ground and tossed it into the air, freezing it. He obtained a sword.
“ICE SABER! I wasn't going to kill you, but…”
Just as he was about to hit Robin, Zoro blocked him.
“SLİCE SHOOT!”
Sanji kicked his sword.
“Hmph. How dare you butt in, you damn cook?”
“The same to you, you natural monument.”
“Gum-gum-”

Aokiji grabbed Zoro's shoulder and Sanji's knee.
“...PISTOL!!!”
Luffy hit him.
“It’s cold!-”
His hand and arm began to froze.
“AHHH!!!”
Likewise, Zoro's shoulder and Sanji's knee froze.
“HE FROZE THEM!!!”
“THOSE THREE... ALL AT ONCE...”
“OH NO!!! THEY HAVE TO BE TREATED QUİCKLY OR THEY CAN LOSE THEIR LIMBS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING USOPP?! WE HAVE TO HELP THOSE THREE!!!”
“I really want to but my body can’t move... Did I get frozen too?”
“No! You are just scared to move!”
“LUFFY!!!”
“ZORO!!! SANJİ!!!”
“ROBİN RUN!!!”
“You’ve come across to some good friends but you are still you, Nico Robin!”
“No... I’m... I’m no longer...”
“ROBİN!!! WATCH OUT!!! RUN!!!”
Aokiji started to freezing her.
“I’m...”
“ROBİN-CHAN!!!”
In front of her friends, Robin froze completely.
“YOU BASTARD!!!”
“Don’t yell. She will still live if you defrost her carefully. But her body became fraigle. Be careful. If her body get broken she will die. For example...”
“WHAT!!!”
Both Zoro and Sanji yelled.
“If you smash her like this...”
“AAAAA!!! STOP IT!!!”
“Robin...”
“NO!!!”
“Hmm...”
“That was so close!”
Luffy kidnapped Robin from Aokiji's punch. Immediately, Usopp picked her up and led her to what he thought was safe.
“Good job!”
“Amazing Usopp!”
“What the hell?”
“Usopp! Chopper! Get her back to ship and treat her. Save her!”
“G-got it!”
“Don’t do it.If you don't save that woman, the world will be a better place."
Nami tried to hit him with her clima-tact.
“Not the split hairs, but a pirate group is a collection of people like that.”
“You got that right, lady. Get out of my way, would you?”
He hit her.
“Nami-san!”
Both Zoro and Sanji run to him.
“We can’t...”
“... Just let you...”
“Wait, you two!!!”
They stopped.
“Don’t interfere. I wanna fight him in a duel. Let’s settle this fight between you and me.”
“That’s fine... But since I don’t have a ship to take you I will kill you alright?”
The word of the captain and most importantly the pack leader could not be interfered with. That's why the three of them are back. Even if they don't want to...
“CHOPPER!!!”
“What? Why? Only you three?”
“We’ll explain later! We're gonna go back right away! Do something about our frozen shoulder and knee!”
“Ahh, okay. Let’s see... We have to melt those areas with water but we are using shower for Robin right now.”
“Is she okay?”
“It’s to early to tell-”
Zoro and Sanji jumped into the sea.
“So will this do?”
“Once you melt ice at low temperature, come up to the ship while rubbing the affected parts! Nami! Help us to treat Robin.”
“Okay!”
After the ice melted they came up to the ship.
“Why are you guys here? What happened to Aokiji? Where is Luffy?!”
“Luffy said he wanted a duel...”
“A duel?! And you guys left him alone there!”
“Those were captain’s orders.”
“Hey! Even it was an order you can’t just do that! Aren't you guys a little bit too cold-hearted? Luffy is-”
“Shut up! It’s a duel. Can't you understand? Don’t even yell at us. We are sharing the pain. We are pack and you-”
“STOP IT!! IT’S NOT TIME FOR THAT! We are in a crisis right now. Whatever this decision is his passing whim or whatever, if anything should happen, be prepared to respond that!”

***
A while later:
“Chopper, it's okay, right? We're going back."
“No no there isn't. Bring him back safely, Zoro.”
So he started running along with Sanji, but suddenly a sharp coldness covered their entire body.
“Oi- did you feel it?”
“Just keep running!”

***
“There he is!”
“LUFFY!!!”
“Let’s carry him quickly!”
“Let’s get back to the ship!”
“Don’t talk at the same time!”

***
“Bo-both of them... Their hearts... Started to beating again!”
“Yatta!!”
“Luffy!!!”
“Robin-chan!”
“No- you can’t see them yet!
“Oh Doctor Chopper I will make something for them.”
“Y-you calling me doctor won’t make me happy. You jerk!”
“Ah when they wake up a warm drink would be good for their body.”
“Aye-aye sir!”
“Nami! Are we gonna sail out?”
“No. We aren’t with our captain and leader like that. Log was alreaddy set but let’s stay her for today.”

***
In the night everyone fell asleep except Robin. Robin was at war with her thoughts. She couldn't even hear the snoring of Luffy next to her.

***
Luffy didn't even move for two days, except to eat. Two days later he was back to his old Luffy. Nami didn't want to have this conversation, but she couldn't hold back anymore.
"Luffy, can we talk a bit?"
“Yeah, Nami?”
“I... We're now in the pack. And we are connected. We share our pain. Please Luffy. Don't put yourself at any ridiculous risk again. Please."
“Nami-”
"I can't lose you, leader."
“Nami…”
“Even the pain when you froze destroyed me. What if you died? How much pain would I feel then? How would I get over your death?"
“Nami…”
"Promise me."
“I can't promise anything like that, Nami, but I'll try.”
"Luffy please don't leave us."
She hugged Luffy while crying. Luffy hugged her back too. They stayed together until Nami calmed down.

***
Meanwhile on the other side:
“O! You cactus head! What are you thinking?”
“Shut up curly brows!”
“Seriously, what do you think? You still haven't touched the onigiri I made."
"Just..."
“Do you think you failed to protect the pack even though you are the head alpha?”
"How You-"
“Although you may seem closed most of the time, you are actually like an open book. Let's eat together so we can get you out of this nonsense."
“Cook I-”
“Shhh. He's here. He's safe. We are all safe. Look."
Sanji grabbed the wrist that had Zoro's mark on.
“Feel us. our existence. We are here. We are fine and safe. You, me and Luffy.... We are the protectors. And so far we haven't screwed up. We didn't screw it up."
Zoro did as he was told. He felt their presence. They are here. They're safe, he reminded himself.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Come on. Let's eat."
"Alright."
Perhaps for the first time, they ate their meals together calmly without fighting.