Through a Canine's Eyes

Chapter 24

Once again, Nami was screaming her head off at our idiotic Captain; and, as usual, he didn't think anything of it.

"WAIT JUST A SECOND!" Nami screamed, waltzing over to Luffy's side. All my efforts of calming her down before seemed to just go straight out the window. "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?"

"On an adventure!" Luffy chirped, his grin widening even more. "Shishishi! Wanna come along?"

Nami just closed her eyes, head angling back as she cried. I think she just gave up. Hmm, what should I do? Go with Luffy? Or stay to watch the others? I don't really feel like getting eaten by dinosaurs, but I also don't want to send Luffy out there unsupervised. God knows none of the animals here could've done anything bad enough to warrant such a cruel punishment.

"Sanji! Prepare my lunchbox!" Luffy ordered, waving his arms around.

"Alright, just hang on a moment," Sanji sighed, walking into the kitchen.

"Could I come along with you?" Vivi suddenly asked, causing my head to spin around in her direction.

"Sure, sure!" Luffy agreed, still waving his arms around impatiently.

"EVEN YOU!" Nami screamed at her.

"Yes, just standing around here doing nothing is only going to end up making me think about my worries again," Vivi explained. "So I may as well try to clear my head until the Log Pose finishes recording! It'll be fine! Carue will be by my side after all!"

The duck's jaw dropped, a horrified expression crossing his face.

"Your trusty bodyguard looks too scared to even quack…" Nami commented as I let out a bark in agreement.

"Then allow me to make a lunchbox of love for you Vivi!" Sanji cooed as he stuck his head out of the kitchen.

"Could you also make another drink for Carue as well?" She asked him.

I decided then that I'd be better off waiting with the others. Luffy may be an idiot, and he just might get himself in trouble, but he should be fine. Maybe I was just being too hard on him; I needed to cut him some slack. I'd be better off watching Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Zoro. Just in case someone or something tries to take or attack the boat. We need the boat to be in one piece if we want to make it out of here.

"That Ms. Wednesday's got some guts," Usopp commented as we watch Vivi, Carue, and Luffy disappear into the jungle.

"I guess it's expected of one who infiltrated Baroque Works," Nami sighed, hands on her hips.

"Well, since I'm not doing anything either, I'll go for a walk," Zoro suddenly said, cracking his neck. Oh! If Zoro is going for a walk by himself, maybe I should go with him. He'd get lost and never make it back to the boat otherwise.

"A WALK!" Usopp yelped as his jaw dropped.

"Yo Zoro, wait!" Sanji called out as he came out of the kitchen right at the time Zoro jumped overboard.

"Hmm?" He questioned, turning her head back to look at Sanji.

"We're running out of food on board so if you see any animals that look to edible, can you hunt it down and bring it back?" Sanji requested of him as I trotted up to the railing, bracing my fore paws on it as I got ready to jump over after Zoro.

"Sure thing, I'll go hunt some animals that you'd never be able to kill yourself," Zoro agreed. He didn't just say that… Did he?

"WAIT RIGHT THERE!" Sanji screamed at him.

"Huh?" Zoro grunted as a dark looked crossed over his face.

"Did I hear you wrong, or did you just imply that you could hunt a bigger game than I can…?" Sanji hissed, mirroring the dark look Zoro had on his face.