Two Dreams, One Adventure

Destination Reached!

After their break, they got up, they put their things back on their backs, giving Luffy a break, and tried to ride the camel. He thanked them, Chopper knowing what it was saying, but said he didn't let men ride on him. Zoro, Luffy and Sanji started yelling and kicking him. They were the ones to save him from that lizard!

"'Actually I let the scary one ride me' he says," Chopper translated.

"That doesn't count! I helped defeat him, too, y'know," Luffy complained. But in the end, he ended up only allowing the women. Vivi was nice enough to walk while Nami rode like a lazy person. Even a princess was walking. They ended up naming the camel Lashes, turning down the insulting names from the boys. Though Lashes wasn't that good, either.

When they were leaving, suddenly the world tipped. Everything went blurry and he saw monsters and many Crocodiles in front of him, only there was a huge wave of water coming at them. "Ahhh! Run! A tsunami! Hey, you get away!" he shouted at the Crocodile near Zoro. He could hear noises in his ears, but through cotton balls. Everyone turned into Crocodile, and Luffy went after the first one.

He jumped at him, mouth open and ready to drink him dry painfully so he was scared and paid for hurting Vivi. His teeth clamped around something before he was asleep.

Sanji looked at his ripped up robe's sleeve. "Well, that was close," he said casually. Luffy lunged at him going to attack, trying to bite, but only getting his sleeve, as he yanked out of the way. Vivi was shocked at this, and asked if Sanji was alright. Usopp said they were never letting him drink from cactus again. "Yeah, I'm fine. I would be worried if he actually bit me, though."

They were all nervous, but Luffy was asleep now. "He has a pretty strong jaw. Ripped off part of Arlong's arm with his teeth," Sanji commented. "Nobody tell him. He'll feel really guilty about it." The crew agreed to do this, while Chopper was scared and shaking.

"What's wrong?" Zoro asked, dragging Luffy now instead of Chopper in case he woke up and freaked again.

"His whole demeanor changed. Like, the feeling he gave off was murderous." Nami commented that this had happened twice. With Kuro and then Arlong. But Arlong's fight, he was in much more control. The cactus just made it worse, that was all. "He was shouting about Crocodile. He didn't mean to attack Sanji, he just saw him that way. There's no need to be scared."

They knew who Luffy was. He wouldn't ever hurt them on purpose. "Guys... don't ever let him drink animal blood," Zoro said quietly. They asked why, distracted from the heat into their conversation. "Ace just told me to not let him ever drink animal blood. Luffy did it before and got sick."

Hearing it came from Ace made it more serious, so they all vowed to never let that happen. Luffy woke up, kind of disoriented, but not hallucinating anymore. They walked until it became night time. At night, it was freezing cold. Luffy liked this much more, and took off his robe and shirt, not caring.

Vivi saw the markings for the first time, and asked where they came from. "Oh, these? I was born with them. They just stretched when I grew," he said casually. Vivi said his appearance was actually really interesting. Luffy smiled. But even if he was fine with his hair, he still wore his Straw Hat, of course.

Chopper climbed back onto his back, and Luffy didn't protest. He wasn't too heavy. And it was nice and cool now, not exhaustingly hot. When they finally got to Yuba, Luffy smelled only one person. "Vivi, how many people should be here?"

"Thousands, why?"

"...There's only one." Vivi's eyes widened and she started running over the dune blocking the sight of any buildings other than the tallest. They could feel the earth rumbling and saw the source was a sandstorm.