𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽 (one piece x reader)

Chapter 9: Erumalu, City of Green

"What happened, Nami-swan?! Where did your dancer outfit go?!" Sanji's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he turned to see Vivi also covered up. "You too, Vivi!" He turned to me desperately, but he fell on the floor defeated as he saw I was covered up too.

"In the desert, any exposed skin will wind up terribly sunburned!"

I chuckled at the cook's behavior as he rolled around in a circle, tears coming from his eyes as Vivi told Luffy to put on a cloak as well.

"Let's get ready to disembark."

Usopp nodded and agreed with Zoro as they walked past the sulking Sanji like he wasn't even there. Just as Zoro was about to lower the anchor, multiple little creatures popped out of the water.

"Huh? Turtles?"

"Kung Fu Dugongs!"

Chopper began to translate for the Kung Fu Dugongs as he explained that we have to defeat them if we want to go on shore.

"Heh. I can't just sit back when someone calls me a coward."

My eyebrows raised in amusement as I was almost impressed with Usopp's resolve only for me to laugh as he got his ass beat.

"Kung Fu Dugongs are really strong!"

We all turn our attention to Luffy who defeated one, causing a big bump on the cute animal's head.

"Winning is bad too! It's a Kung Fu Dugong rule that if someone loses they become the winner's pupil!"

I smile at how adorable the scene looked with all the Kung Fu Dugong surrounding Luffy's feet. If I thought the captain was adorable on his own, then this made adorable an understatement.

"Alright! Everyone follow me!"

I chuckle at the captain's idiocy, loving every second of it. Sometimes it was okay for him to be childish, it was cute in a way. The boy had nothing else going on in his brain. I watched as he instructed them on the correct way to punch, not sure how I was able to meet such an innocent boy.

"Alright! Let's set out to Yuba!"

"Hold on a second..." Zoro's eyebrow twitched as he looked at the army of Kung Fu Dugongs behind Luffy. "Are you taking them with us?!"

Vivi and Nami went to lecture the captain on how he couldn't take them with us only to fold under the adorableness as the Kung Fu Dugongs cuddled up to Luffy's legs.

"I know!" Chopper sniffed the bags that were on the floor, looking for something before pulling out meat.

I grabbed Luffy's collar, who looked at me questionably, scared that he was also going to lunge at the meat. We ended up giving them a good portion of our food just to bribe them to stay back. Nami asked Luffy if he understood the current situation after seeing the boy mindlessly yelling bye to his subordinates.

This led to Nami scolding Luffy, trying to drill into the brainless captain why we couldn't let them come with us like a mom explaining to their kid why they couldn't eat candy before dinner. Chopper and Sanji jumped in talking about how small our food supply was now.

I notice the halt in Vivi's steps as I look over the sandhill to see an abandoned and wrecked city.

"Is this Yuba?"

Vivi denied Luffy's question, explaining that it used to be Erumalu, the City of Green. "The sight of this city explains everything. What the Baroque Works organization has done to this country. What the people of Alabasta are going through."

I look at the city ruins with a harsh look on my face. My heart aches at the sight as my brain thinks back to Sinthaya and how I would feel if this happened to my kingdom. "Vivi..." Out of everyone, I knew how hard this is on her. Not only have I been friends with her for a long time, but I knew what it meant to rule over a kingdom.