A Long Lost Roronoa [One Piece]

01: Who?

In the kitchen of the Thousand Sunny, the captain sat at the table with his arms sprawled across the top.

“Sanji, feed me” Luffy grumbled, sticking his tongue out. 

“No,” the blonde bluntly stated, “Even if we had food it’d be for Robin-chan and Nami-san.”

“Food…”

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“Yay! Yay!” Usopp, Luffy, and Chopper exclaimed, “An island!”

The three danced on deck as the ship docked on a beach. Finally reaching land, the pirates were overjoyed, it had been weeks since they last saw land.  The trio leaped onto shore and begun running around on land to their hearts content. The rest of the crew gathered together on the main deck. 

“So how are our supplies?” Nami asked.

“Nothing left in the cabinets,” the cook replied, “Luffy ate everything.”

“I believe Chopper is nearly out of herbs,” Robin added.

“Everything is super not ohkay on my end. I need to find materials to make some decent nails.”

“Yohohoho! I suppose we should search for things while waiting for the Log Pose to reset.”

Their navigator leaded over the railing and called to the playful boys, “Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, get back over here!” 

They immediately stop and their heads turned over their shoulders with a shade of fear in their eyes.

“YES!” they squeaked, and scrambled back on deck.

“What’s the matter with you three?” Nami wondered, placing her hands on her hips.

“You aren’t mad?” the reindeer asked, as he hid the wrong way behind Usopp.

“Why would I be mad? I just needed you guys to come back to discuss what we’re planning on doing.” 

“Oh… Thank goodness,” Usopp said while wiping his brow.

The Straw Hats decided for two groups of three to find food: Nami, Luffy, and Sanji would head east, while Brook, Robin, and Franky would go west. With Luffy eating more than ever, they needed to gather as much food as possible. Usopp and Chopper chose to search for herbs to store in the infirmary.

After concluding their short meeting, the pirates dispersed on the island.

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Deep in the forest, Nami remembered something important, “Ah! We forgot to tell Zoro he’s on guard duty.”

“Leave that shitty swordsman alone. No use waking him up if he’s just going to sleep.”

“I guess so,” she sighed, “Eh? Where’d Luffy go? 

“Wasn’t he right-”

“WAAAHHHHHH!!!!” 

Out between the trees, came Luffy gripping on a tail of a large white wolf, three times its normal size. It dragged the captain between trees in hopes of shaking him off. It growled and snapped, but was unable to release the hold of the rubberman. 

“Dammit! Let me eat you!” Luffy growled as he disappeared deeper into the forest. 

“That idiot,” Sanji said and ran after him.

They chased the wolf all over the forest, up and down hills, until they reached a cliff. Luffy disappeared from their sight, but for some reason they were able to hear his voice loud and clear. The two looked around and down the cliff, but couldn’t find their silly captain.

“Where the hell did he go?” Sanji pondered, scratching his head.

“I can hear him in front,” Nami pointed to the scenery, “But we should be able to see him in the valley below.”

“Nami-san, hold on a second.”

With that said the blonde begun walking to the edge of the cliff. When his feet were touching the edge, Nami understood what he was planning. Before she was able to stop him, he took another step forward. And another. The navigator gasped covering her mouth in surprise. Sanji was standing in mid-air.

“How…”

“Hmm. Interesting,” the cook said, “Nami-san, what do you see around me?”

“Eh? All I see is you standing on air... Why?”

“Come here.”

Walking over towards her crewmate and hesitantly stepped on the air next to him. Much to her surprise, she felt solid ground beneath her. Then the scenery suddenly changed. There wasn’t a valley below her, but she was back in the forest.

She blinked, unable to understand what was going on. However, Sanji remained unfazed and continued to go in the direction Luffy was shouting. Nami quickly joined him, but the mystery of the valley and forest was still on her mind.

As they walked past the trees they noticed a difference in Luffy’s voice. He was no longer screaming and shouting at the wolf, but laughing. They trudged on to find their captain sitting next to the large beast waiting for pieces of meat to cook over a fire.

“Oh,” Luffy exclaimed, “Nami, Sanji, what were you guys doing?”

“LOOKING FOR YOU!” the navigator and cook shouted together. 

“This dog is my pet now,” the captain grinned, petting the animal’s back. 

“There’s no way we can keep him on Sunny,” Nami sighed. 

“By the way, whose house is that?” Sanji pointed next to Luffy.

It was a wooden cabin built with a single room. Through the windows the three saw papers filled with sketches of various weapons: swords, axes, bats, pole arms, and other things with blades and spikes. There were pieces of woodwork scattered everywhere. Papers of all sizes with weapon designs drawn on were posted on the walls. 

Nami gulped, “W-we should probably hurry up and get back on Sunny.”

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While everyone was out and about on the island, Sunny sat docked on the beach surrounded by gentle waves. In the crow’s nest, Zoro sat sleeping with his swords leaned against his shoulder. Then he partially unsheathed Wado Ichimonji, blocking a sword in front of him. Raising his head he faced a cloaked figure holding the weapon.

“Who are you,” Zoro asked with a glare.

“Roronoa Zoro,” the person smirked, “It’s been a while.”