MELANCHOLY ; one piece

12. - Kidnapped by lobster

As Conis walked away after we bid her farewell, Nami turned to us with a laugh.

"I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel!" She grinned while crossing her arms. "For a while there, I was worried."

"But I wonder...," Robin began, gathering everyone's attention. "Is there really such a current? If such a convenient current existed, you'd expect to see more survivors from the sky island in the Blue Sea."

Nami waved off Robin's thoughts. "But remember it's difficult for people to come up here in the first place, it's just natural that not many people make it back either."

"Even if they do find the current, there's no guarantee their ship could withstand the high speeds necessary," Chopper added as he looked up at Nami.

"I dunno," I pitched in. "If that Cricket guy knew a way up, surely he would've told us the way down? Plus, why would Conis tell us after realizing we're now second degree criminals?" I raised a brow.

Nami tilted her head at my words. "We're her friends, it's only natural! Besides, it's like what Chopper said. Not knowing when to quit can cost your life. Hurry up and get ready to set sail. Weigh the anchor quickly. Chopper, use your Weight Bonus and help us out with the heavy lifting!" Nami instructed as she walked away, smiling.

Robin and I shared a glance before I simply shrugged and watched Chopper pull up the anchor. Chopper proudly laughed after doing so, making me chuckle.

"Are you sure we shouldn't wake up Zoro?" I questioned the group, as Robin let a small smile appear on her face.

"That's impossible."

I snickered as I approached him. "I can do it~!" I claimed, reaching for his swords. However, before I could grab them, Zoro awoke as the ship began to shake violently as everyone grabbed onto something to avoid falling off. 

"Hold on! What is this? What's going on?!" Nami exclaimed as she looked over the ledge. Zoro jumped on the railing at the ship, questioning if we got on the current earlier than we expected. Robin quickly shut that idea down as we realized a giant lobster was carrying the ship away.

 Zoro grabbed onto one of his swords as I grabbed onto mine. "Where's this stupid thing taking us?!" I shouted as we all stared at the large lobster.

"Hey, everyone off the ship! There's still time–!"

"What about the ship?! If our ship is taken...!"

"Don't worry, I'll stay."

We all stared at Zoro as he spoke, and Nami immediately stated that he couldn't do anything by himself. He was quick to jump off the ship and onto the crab, slicing it immediately. Robin told him that he wasn't doing much, and apparently even more fish were chasing us, which made jumping out of the question. 

"So instead of sending people after us, they're bringing us in..," Zoro noted. Nami whined as she claimed she couldn't go back there before shouting for our three missing members, who still sat at Conis' house.

"Ugh, if this thing keeps shaking us, I'm gonna be sick," I held my hand over my mouth as Zoro climbed back onto the ship.

"Stop being a baby," Zoro rolled his eyes at me, making me irk as I pointed my sword at him.

"I'll throw you overboard!"

"Haah?! I'd like to see you try!"

Robin grabbed my hand disapprovingly as I groaned and put my sword on my back, leaning against the railing with a sigh. We all stayed silent as the lobster went on various roads.

After a while, the lobster ended up dropping us off somewhere, leaving us all alone on a random island.

"Where exactly are we?" Chopper questioned as we all looked around from the safety of our ship.