One Piece (Love Story) [Part One]

Chapter Eighty Seven [Rewritten]

-Chapter Eighty-Seven-

"Sea Prism Stone..." Robin weakly groaned.

"Really?" Zoro frowned.

"There must have been some among the treasure on the rowboat" I guessed. "Wouldn't surprise me, I'd imagine you could make quite a bit of money selling it..." I muttered.

"Damn!" Ian cursed, quick to start paddling away from our ship the second he was free just as Isoka and Rongo finally resurfaced.

"You jerk, come back!" Usopp shouted after the man, already taking aim with his slingshot.

"You better not miss him, okay!" Nami frowned.

"Calm down—let me shoot, will you! It takes time!" Usopp snapped as he tried to focus he shot while Nami practically breathed down his neck.

"Hurry up and shoot!" she impatiently repeated over and over until, eventually, the sharpshooter sighed and lowered his slingshot.

"Now he's too far away..." he grumbled.

-Later-

"Here's Captain Usopp's Super Special Hot Chocolate" Usopp said, handing Rongo and Isoka two cups of hot chocolate to help warm them up.

"Thank you" they both gratefully smiled.

"Well?" Akibi questioned, looking to Henzo who was currently messing with his Transponder Snail.

"It's no use—when we were able to go get a signal from the outside and make contact, it must have been a temporary thing" Henzo dejectedly sighed.

"Of all the bad luck...to have pieces of jewelry with Sea Prism Stone in it among all the treasure on that boat" Robin frowned, silently berating herself for letting Ian get away so easily.

"What is that thing?" Isoka curiously asked.

"It's a type of crystal, it has unique powers to cancel out anyone's Devil Fruit abilities" Zoro answered.

"Basically, it's like the sea compacted into a small solid form" I added as the child nodded in understanding.

"What's the point of having so much beautiful treasure if we can't even take it outside this stupid mist with us?" Nami complained.

"You're the navigator, aren't you? Can't you do something about it?" Usopp asked.

"Nope, this obscured area of the sea is a first for me" Nami admitted, shaking her head.

"We're out of options then" Zoro sighed.

"Seems so" I nodded, crossing my arms.

"Not really, I guarantee they'll come here" Henzo suddenly disagreed.

"What for?" Usopp asked.

"Would they even have a reason for coming back here?" I inquired.

"Wetton's ultimate goal has always been to get all the treasure out of Ape's Concert for himself" Henzo explained. "And now that his man—Ian—has returned alive, he'll be putting together a large force and come charging into the mist very soon."

"Ah, who would have ever guessed that greed would be the thing to save us?" I deadpanned.

"You've got to be kidding me—then we'll fight! I'm not handing over this treasure to anyone!" Nami huffed.

"Oh boy, here we go..." Usopp groaned.

"Wow, who would have ever thought that'd be her reaction?" I feigned shock.