One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Five [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Five-

"What? You're still calling me that?" Nami frowned.

"Immoral girl?" I snorted. "I'm curious as to how you got that nickname, Nami" I snickered.

"Don't even start..." the ginger grumbled.

"If you're going to the station, I'll show you the way" Paulie offered.

"Uh...thanks? I guess" Nami said as if confused by the blonde's generous offer.

"Hey, hold on a second, Paulie!" one of the men shouted.

"Is that stuff you told us true?" another asked.

"Quit your yapping and help them out already!" Paulie impatiently snapped, not in the mood to answer their questions or quell their confusion at the moment. "You're making Galley-La look bad!" he scolded.

"Yes! Sorry, sir!" the men saluted.

"We'll do our best!" one of them promised.

"You're the boss!" they shouted.

"Yeah! We'll help anyway we can!"

"Open the cage! Bring out the Yagaras!" one of the men shouted as Nami, Chopper, and I exchanged glances with one another before widely grinning.

"Went back home, did they?" Iceburg questioned.

"I spared them the details, it's better that way—it was bad enough when we found out" Paulie sighed. "They deserve the truth, but I don't want to hurt those guys" he admitted.

"These things are amazing!" I awed, eyes bright as I examined the Yagaras we rode. Gently, I rubbed the top of the sea creature's head as it made sounds of contentment—practically leaning into my touch as it silently begged for more pets. I was practically enraptured by the feel of its scaly skin beneath my fingers as my eyes seemed to just sparkle in utter wonderment. "They're so cute..." I breathed.

"Okay, Chopper, Skylar, it's all up to you two now" Nami said once it was time for her and Paulie to depart from the rest of us.

"Right! We'll find Luffy and Zoro—you can count on us!" Chopper nodded as he tightly held onto Zoro's forgotten sword, clutching it close to his chest as if afraid he'd lose it.

"Be safe!" I waved as the two pulled away, their Yagara taking a different channel that I assumed would take them straight to the station.

"Hey, guys, hello!" Chopper shouted, calling out into the empty city around as we began our search for missing crewmates. "Hey, guys! Can you hear me?!"

"Luffy! Zoro!" I called out as I looked around.

"Usopp, you can come with us too..." Chopper quietly whispered, causing my lips to twitch up into a small smile as I sadly looked over at him. "Now, shout with us!" he hastily ordered the shipwrights that were helping.

"Alright, buddy, you got it! Let's do it, guys!" one of the men nodded before they started to repeat what Chopper and I were shouting. Some of them even repeated Chopper's quiet whispers of wanting Usopp to come back.

It was sweet.

Time was of the essence and it wasn't long before we started to spread out throughout the city in an attempt to cover more ground.

"Luffy, please! Those guys are going to take Robin away!" Chopper cried, slowly growing panicked the longer it took us to locate our missing captain and first mate. "We need your help! Where are you?!" he screamed in desperation.

"Luffy!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. "If you can hear me, shout back!"

"Zoro!"

"Sanji!"