One Piece: Seafaring Adventures

Chapter 23

Saphira's POV

"Huh?"

"Heh?"

Sanji was just as surprised as me. Did I go in circles and ended up back at the ship? No, there was no sign of the river or the ship. Did Sanji go exploring on his own? "Sooo...What are you doing here?" I decided to ask, seeing as Sanji was just staring in a daze. Sanji blinked his eyes rapidly to snap himself out of his daze. He cleared his throat and told me of his and Zoro's bet, which I knew of. I sigh at the two idiots ridiculous behavior.

"Well, my bag is full..." I pat my bag overstuffed with unique plants that I've found. "Should we go back to the ship?" Sanji gave me a small smile as he nod, "Sure. Hold on, let me grab something quick." He retraced his steps and came back not long after, draging something behind him. "What the actual fuc-" I cut myself off with a gasp. I stared wide eye at the dead dinosaur. It was massive, too! I shake my head in exhaustion as I watch Sanji drag the large dinosaur back to the ship.

I sigh as I follow behind him. As we walk, I think about all the things I found in this jungle. I drew many sketches of animals and dinosaurs. There were so many unique plants, that I couldn't possibly take all of them. So, I took the ones that looked extraordinary. It's going to be hard taking care of these plants, for there is a chance they might not survive. I'll have to find a book on how to properly care for plants. Specifically, exotic plants.

When we reached the ship, we immediately realized something wasn't quite right. Sanji dropped the dinosaur on the river bank and jumped aboard the Mary. "It's definitely weird..." I climded up the side of the ship. I took a look around, too. "Where is everyone?" No one was aboard the ship, not even Nami or Usopp. "Yeah, why hasn't anyone come back after all this time?" I shrug my shoulders as I went to put my bag away. I'll organize the plants and everything else later.

Sanji looked at me with a worry frown when I came back. "What is it?" I crossed my arms as I scanned the edges of the jungle. "Something must've happened to Nami, Vivi, and the rest." When Sanji voiced his worries, I realized that Nami and Usopp wouldn't willingly leave the ship unless something happened. "Should we go search for them?" Sanji nod his head as he jumped the railing of the ship, back on land. I was close behind him. Sanji was shouting at the top of his lungs for Nami and Vivi.

I frowned at Sanji, "You know there are more crewmembers than just Nami and Vivi, right?" Sanji gave me a sheepish smile. "I know..." I just roll my eyes at him. I know he doesn't really care for the others as much as he cares for the ladies. Something growled at us from the bushes. I quickly pulled out my blades as Sanji frowned at it. A large cat like beast emerged from the bushes and hissed at us. "How dare you hiss at Saphira!" Sanji quicky kicked the cat, hard, on the top of his head.

I blinked in shock. Sanji moved so fast that I didn't even see him attack the cat. Sanji tugged on the cat's ears, making it whine. "Care to give us a ride, kitty?" At Sanji's evil smirk, the cat could only comically nod its head. I sweat dropped at the display as the cat quickly stood up and let Sanji climb its back. "Here, Saphira dear, I'll help you up~" I raise a brow as Sanji held out a hand towards me. I shake my head at the bizarreness. "Thanks, but I'll walk..." Sanji only smiled as he directed the cat to follow me.

"What are you, some kind of beast tamer or something?" I glance at the teary eyed cat. I felt kinda sorry for the poor thing. Sanji chuckled lightly at my question. "Nah, nothing like that." I was going to ask him to tell me his tricks, when we paused as we came across a strange structure in the forest. Sanji hopped off the cat, giving the cat a chance to run away, as he came closer to inspect the strange structure. "What's this?" The structure was a small white square house of sorts. It looked like it was made out of clay, or maybe even wax?