CH 40

Faster cow!" Luffy yelled from the bow of the ship as they the sea cow pulled them toward an island in the distance.

"Is that where we're going?" Sanji asked.

"That's the place." Yosaku shouted as he saw a giant building beyond a steel gate in the water. "That's Arlong Park!

"So what now?" Gin asked. "We charge in like reckless idiots?"

"First we find the others." Luffy said. "Then we charge in." He then pulled the ropes to the right as they neared the island. "That way cow!"

"What are you doing?!" Sanji shouted.

"Hold on guys!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his arms out and grab Mohmoo's horns. He then shoved his feet into the wood of the bow before rocketing them all through the air. "YAHOO! IT'S LIKE WE'RE FLYING!"

"WE ARE FLYING MORON!" Sanji yelled as he and the other two hung on for dear life. "WHY'D YOU DO THAT ANYWAY?!" "Because one of our crew is this way." he answered calmly as the ship hit the ground but kept plowing through the trees.

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"What's that sound?" Zoro asked himself as he looked to his left. He got his answer when a boat came flying out of the trees right at him. His mouth fell open before the boat ran him over. It kept going until it crashed into some wetlands.

"That was fun." Luffy laughed as he walked out of the wreckage.

"No it wasn't." Sanji groaned as he and the others were under the wreckage.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Zoro yelled as they all finally got out of the remains of the ship.

"Sorry about that. Hey Zoro." Luffy said with a smile. "Where's Nami, Johnny, and Usopp?" "Usopp?!" Zoro said before he ran off. "Usopp got caught. We gotta go help him!"

"Too late." Johnny said as he slowly walked towards them all with tears in his eyes. "He's already gone."

"Gone?" Yosaku asked.

"I saw the whole thing." Johnny said through his tears. "Big Bro Usopp...was murdered...BY BIG SIS NAMI!" he screamed. All but Luffy looked at him in shock.

"He's alive." Luffy said in a calm voice.

"But...but I saw it!" Johnny said as the tears fell again. "I know what I saw. Nami's nothing but a cold hearted woman!" he said before he started ranting on and on. Luffy finally sighed before he took a deep breath.

"WILL YOU SHUT UP ALREADY?!" he shouted, causing all of them to freeze. Everyone looked at him as Luffy just stared at the sky. "Usopp's alive. I can sense him."

"You mean with that haki of yours Luffy?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah. I don't know what you saw Johnny, but Usopp's alive. As for Nami, she's not one to take someone's life, especially her friends." Luffy said.

"Friend huh?" came a voice behind them all. Everyone looked to see Nami walking towards them all with a bandage around her left hand. She looked at them all like they were nothing but utter pests. Her face softened when she saw Luffy, who looked right back at her. She closed her eyes as she gave a soft sigh. "Why did you all come here?"

"To get you back of course." Luffy said with a small smile.

"I saw what you did!" Johnny shouted as he pointed wildly at Nami. "What happened to Big Bro Usopp?!" Nami just looked at them all with her eyes now hidden by her bangs.

"Don't worry. He's alive." she said. "He is? Really?!" Johnny said.

"Hi Nami!" Sanji said in love mode. "Remember me? Let's fly away together!"

"Wait a minute!" Johnny shouted. "What about all the blood I saw?"

"That was mine." she said as she held up her bandaged hand.

"See guys." Luffy said with his arms crossed and a big smile on his face. "She's not a bad person." Nami just stared at Luffy as she felt her eyes well up a bit. She turned away from them all before she spoke again.

"I'm sorry I stole from you all. If you want your ship back, it's docked near my house. I'll bring it to you guys later. But for now, don't cause any trouble on this island and stay out of our affairs."

"Alright." Luffy said as he fell down to the ground. "Captain?" Gin asked.

"I'm gonna take a nap." he said. Nami couldn't help but smile to herself at Luffy's carefree attitude.

'Idiot.' she thought before she walked off.

"So what now?" Zoro asked.

"We sit back and relax. We're not leaving unless she comes with us, and that's final." Luffy said before he put his hat on his face and dozed off.

"Is that really all we're doing?" Gin asked in disbelief.

"Captain's orders." Zoro said as he sat in the middle of the road. Gin only sighed as he walked off and sat down in the grass. Sanji sat down in the shade of a tree smoking a cigarette.

'These guys are too laid back.' Johnny and Yosaku thought. Somewhere else on the island, Usopp was running down the road with a cloak around him. He was thinking back to when Nami pretended to stab him, but stabbed her hand instead. As he did, he saw his crew up ahead and ran towards them with his cloak falling off. He didn't hear Sanji shouting at Zoro in defense of Nami and unknowingly ran between a kick and a hard fist.

"Usopp?" Sanji said.

"He's alive!" Zoro said. "Well...maybe."

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"AHH! USOPP!" Luffy shouted. He wanted to wake up and prevent this from happening like last time, but was too sleepy to wake up. "How'd this happen?!"

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