One Piece: Seafaring Adventures

Chapter 8

Saphira POV:

We were all standing at the foremast of the ship, the captain still sitting on the figurehead. It was getting late, and unfortunately it started to rain again. ''That's our guiding light.'' Nami announced as she pointed to a lighthouse in the distance. ''The light that points straight to the entrance of the Grand line.'' She continued. All of a sudden, Sanji put his left foot on a barrel near him, ''To find the All Blue!'' He said, right after the captain hopped off the figurehead and joined the blond. ''To become the pirate king!'' He put a foot on the barrel too. I was confused on what they were doing. Zoro did the same and announced, ''To be the greatest swordsman!'' It was Nami that did it next, ''To draw a map of the world!'' Usopp was nervous at first but finally joined them after announcing, ''To become a brave warrior of the sea!'' They all looked up at me, now I was nervous. ''I don't understand?'' I shrugged lamely. Luffy's smile didn't falter as he waited, ''What's your dream?'' He asked me seriously.

I was still confused on why they are doing this, 'Must be a pirate thing.' I just sucked it up and joined them, I lifted a foot on the barrel before saying my own 'dream', ''To finding my sisters.'' I said awkwardly, 'This is so weird'. They didn't seem to find it weird, they were all smiles. ''Just do what we do.'' Usopp whispered to me. ''We're going...'' Luffy started and lifted his leg that was on the barrel into the air, the rest followed his lead, so did I. ''To the Grand line!'' Just as he finished, he and the rest brought their foot down onto the barrel, breaking it into pieces. I felt odd doing that, but I have to admit, it was kinda fun.

The storm that was raging all night was finally over. It was the next day and the sun was out with little to no clouds in the sky. Everyone was on deck doing their own thing, seeing as the sea was calm, no one had any worries. ''Nami!'' The captain was on the figurehead again, ''Aren't we at the Grand line yet?'' He asked, he was obviously getting impatient. ''We just left Logue town yesterday, it's going to take a few more days to get there.'' She explained, ''Just be patient.'' She said finally, ''Ok!'' Was all the captain said. ''What a beautiful day.'' The blond commented as he looked at the blue sky, ''It's like that storm never happened.'' It was quite after that, but not for long.

''Hey! I can see a big flock of birds off to starboard!'' It was Usopp who shouted from the top of the crow's nest. ''Birds?'' Luffy asked for clarification, ''Yeah, and in the water I can sort of make out a pretty big...'' He trailed off, trying to see better through the spyglass. ''Ah, I can't tell. What do you think?'' He asked. I moved to the side where he was pointing at, I leaned on the railing. I put a gloved hand over my eyes to block out the sun. ''Maybe a fish?'' Luffy guest as he struggles, too, to make out the figure in the water. ''Or a rowboat?'' Usopp asked unsurely, he tried looking through the spyglass again. I couldn't make it out either; it was too far away to see clearly. ''I hear that when sea birds flock over the ocean it's usually because there's a school of fish around.'' Sanji commented, Luffy looked excited about this information. Sanji saw this too and thought of something, ''Luffy, catch us some lunch.'' He basically ordered the captain, but Luffy doesn't seem bothered. ''Gotcha.'' He excitedly stood up, ''Gomu gomu no...'' he stretched his arm back far before shooting it out like a slingshot, ''Amidori!'' He shouted his attack, his arm shot straight towards the flock of birds.

'Impressive.' I really was impressed, you don't see things like that every day. Usopp was cheering him on from the crow's nest. ''What a handy guy.'' Sanji commented, seeming impressed too. ''Got it!'' Luffy was pulling his catch in at a high speed; it almost looks like it was heading towards me. ''It's a huge one!'' Luffy commented as his catch got closer. Wait, it was definitely heading towards me! It seems the others notice too that it was getting out of control. I quickly ducked behind the railing as it flew over my head. Everyone else followed my lead and hit the deck. Unfortunately, Zoro was napping and didn't see it coming. It knocked into his side and sends him flying off the ship. ''Ah, sorry Zoro.'' Luffy 'apologized'. 'He didn't sound very sorry.' I sweat dropped at that. ''You damn moron!'' Sanji was the first back at his feet and scolding Luffy.