Queen of the Pirates

Guardian of the Forest

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"You fixed it!" Luffy's voice drags me from my slumber.

"Wonderful," I yawn, doing my best to tune out the voices.

Nami and Luffy talk for a few more minutes, but my brain isn't awake enough to tell my ears to listen. It seems like Nami was able to sew Luffy's hat, but beyond that, they could be talking about anything.

"Ouch!" Luffy shouts. "You just stabbed me."

I let my eyes flutter open, scooting out from under the seat. "Why must you two yell?"

"I was thinking the same thing, Akari," Zoro grumbles. "I can't sleep with you two screaming at each other."

"It's because he doesn't listen," Nami angerly sighs.

I sit up, looking over at the girl quickly sewing what must be a new hole in Luffy's hat. "It's called selective hearing."

"Here," Nami tosses the straw hat back at Luffy. "Please, just be careful this time."

"Sure thing," Luffy places the hat on his head, and I notice a small dot dripping blood on his forehead.

"Oh Luffy," I shake my head, standing up to stretch out.

"What?" Luffy furrows his eyebrows as he looks at me.

"Nothing, nothing," I step up to him, looking up at his forehead. "Lean down."

Luffy leans down the small amount so he is at my eye level.

"Stop getting hurt," I press my lips to his forehead.

"Ah, thanks," he grins, straightening back up. "Now, have we seen land?"

"No, and I am starving," Zoro replies.

"I would say that I am getting quite hungry too," I plop down in the middle of the boat.

"You should share some of your food and water with us," Zoro looks over at Nami.

"I am really trying to understand what is wrong with you guys," Nami shakes her head. "Do you even know about seamanship? How can you leave a town without food or water? You need to respect the sea!"

"Well, each town we have been chased out of, so getting supplies hasn't really been top on our list," I grimace.

"I think that I see something," Luffy points to an object in the distance.

"I'm surprised that you have lasted this long," Nami tosses some bread over to us.

"We've managed," Zoro bites into his bread.

"If it comes down to it, we can always fish," I nibble away at my bread.

"I think that is an island," Luffy shoves his entire bread roll into his mouth.

Nami pulls out some binoculars, focusing in on the island that Luffy has spotted. "It doesn't look like there are any buildings on it, meaning that it is inhabited. We'll just skip it."

Luffy ignores Nami's suggestion, grabbing the oars and steering us towards the island.

"What did I just say!?" Nami screams.

"There might be someone there who will join us, you never know!" Luffy shouts back.

"Maybe we can find some food there to get us better prepared," Zoro props his feet up. "We can't keep going out to sea and almost dying of starvation."