One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Six [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Six-

"I didn't know Aqua Laguna would be like that!" Nami shivered with a whimper. "I can't stop shaking!"

"It was quite the experience, wasn't it?" I nodded after finally giving up on helping the swordsman.

"If it was that bad every year, we'd be sunk—I'm just surprised as you folks are, this ain't normal at all" Paulie huffed.

"You pirates are one step shy of crazy" Kokoro chuckled. "You're lucky to be alive right now" she remarked.

"When did you get here?" I tilted my head.

"Oh, hey, Monster Granny" Luffy waved. "I didn't know you were here too" he said.

"Of course, I am! I may be drunk, but I'd have to be stupid to stay at sea during this storm" Kokoro said.

"You were awesome Mr. Pirate!" Chimney laughed. "Your arms were like bong! Bong!" she exclaimed as she excitedly jumped around, throwing her arms out as I softly chuckled. Her silly antics were enough to bring a small smile to my face.

"Yeah, I know" Luffy grinned as I watched Zoro finally pry Chopper off of his face.

"I was going to die!" he snapped once he was free. "Little turd, put my face in that death grip and pass out like that..." he grumbled when he saw that Chopper had at some point passed out due to shock which somewhat explained why it was so hard to pry him off.

"Hey, Zoro, what were you doing down there when the wave hit?" Luffy curiously asked. "Couldn't you get away?"

"Oh...um...yeah...you know" Zoro embarrassingly looked off to the side, avoiding all eye contact with our captain as I snickered.

"Zoro got stuck in a chimney" Chopper and I chirped, my hands immediately going up in defense the minute the swordsman started to choke the reindeer as he angrily growled at me.

"Don't worry, I'll get you back later" he ominously threatened, causing me to squeal.

"Zoro got stuck in a chimney?!" Luffy laughed as he started to clap his hands together. "Zoro, you dope—I couldn't be that lame even if I tried!"

"Don't forget, you did the same thing twice!" Nami snapped as she snatched ahold of the rubber man's cheek. "You're both dopes, okay!" she huffed.

"Wait, where's Sanji and Uso—where's Sanji?" Luffy asked, quickly catching himself before he could say Usopp's name. Though I understood why the others were so hesitant to say the sharpshooter's name, I felt it wouldn't be wrong to openly express some concern for our ex-crewmate.

"Oh yeah, there's a lot of stuff I need to tell you—you too, Zoro" Nami said, catching the swordsman's attention as he stopped choking Chopper before looking toward me when he saw that I was slowly starting to scoot away.

"And where exactly do you think you're going?" he glared.

"N-nowhere!" I sputtered before hastily pointing toward the ginger. "Let's listen to what Nami has to say! I bet it's really important!" I nervously laughed, grabbing the sides of his head and turning it away much to the ginger's amusement as she softly huffed a chuckle before getting serious.

"So, let me get this straight, you're saying that Robin sacrificed herself to protect us?" Zoro questioned once Nami had finished sharing with him what we now knew.

"That's right" Nami nodded.

"The Cook and Usopp are on the train with her, huh? Well, what should we do, captain?" Zoro asked as we turned to Luffy.