One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty Eight [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty-Eight-

"I've heard stories of a strange game between pirates that takes away crew members called a Davy Back Fight" Franky said.

"Yeah, we know" we said, displeased at the thought that we were either going to run into Foxy and them again or another pirate crew that might want to challenge us to a Davy Back Fight.

"But wait, does that mean they took the crew's flag too?" Chopper questioned.

"Seems so—the rules of that game did say the flag was free game along with the crew" I nodded as I crossed my arms.

"Whoa! Wait a minute, I see someone!" Usopp suddenly gasped. "They're fishing—then they might be castaways! Pretty ragged and tired looking..." he noted as he looked over the people aboard the ship.

"What do you think, captain?" Sanji asked.

"Right, let's go take a look—if they're enemies then we'll just beat them up" Luffy said, motioning for us to sail closer to the barren ship. "Hey, are you guys okay over there?" he asked once we were close enough.

"They're pirates!" a bald man flinched. "Pirates are here!" he fearfully cried.

"What'd you say?" a man wearing a bandana asked.

"Run for it!" a heavy man panicked as he began to run around the ship.

"There's no wind" the bald man pointed out.

"We don't have a sail anyway" a man with pigtails reminded them.

"We surrender! Spare our lives!" they finally cried.

"Okay" Luffy nodded.

"Oh man, your ship's in even worse shape than you guys are" Franky remarked after getting a better look at the men's ship.

"Who are you and what are you doing out here?" Luffy curiously asked.

"Wouldn't the important question be what happened to them?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, we're just fishermen down on our luck" the man with pigtails answered.

"You're fishermen?" Franky questioned in disbelief.

"Don't look like any fishermen I've ever seen..." I muttered as I examined how the men were dressed.

"Yeah, we were minding our own business when our ship was attacked" the man with pigtails nodded. "That was three days ago—they stole all our food, destroyed the helm and sails, took all our valuables, and then left us here to die!" he cried. "We were stranded!" he wept at the memory.

"So if you're here to attack us, there's nothing left to take" the heavy man said.

"Don't worry, we're not here for that" Luffy assured him with a dismissive wave. "You guys must be pretty hungry, right? We're planning on having dinner soon—why don't you all come over and join us?" he suggested.

"What? Seriously?" the man with pigtails blinked.

"Are you serious?" the bald man asked.

"Yeah, our cook would never ignore people as hungry as you guys" Luffy nodded. "Eat all you want too" he smiled, quick to let them know that he was being serious about his offer of letting them join us for dinner. "Hey, Sanji! Is it ready yet? We're starving!" he shouted just as the blond exited the kitchen after checking on the meal he had been in the middle of preparing when we spotted the ship.

"Almost, just a few more minutes" Sanji answered. "But before all that—hey, Chopper, how about checking these guys over to help break in that new office" he grinned, causing a small smile to tug at my lips as I peered down at the reindeer.