"GABABABABA!"
Faythe had woken up from her little nap on Zoro's shoulder, and is now sitting on Dorry's shoulder. She learned that Luffy had taken care of Mr. 3 and Golden Week.
Brogy and Dorry seem to have settled there little argument, and it seems that information from Luffy states that when a giant cries it looks like a waterfall, so rainbows appear behind them.
"Faythe! Usopp says you won your fight!" Luffy shouted with his casual grin.
"You bet I did! He was annoying the hell out of me!" She grinned back, hoping off Dorry's shoulder like it was nothing. She walked towards Usopp and Luffy as they ate cracker like things.
"You little ones really helped us back there. If there's anything we can do to thank you..." Brogy started off.
"GEYAGYAGYAGYAGYA! I had completely forgotten about the bounties placed on our heads!" Dorry tilted his head back and let out a hearty laugh.
"But even so... It's originally my fault, that those agents came to this island..." Vivi spoke up, looking down sadly.
Faythe slowly got up, and walked towards where Nami was pinching the Princess' cheek.
"Don't say that!" Nami scolded sternly.
Faythe did a little twirl and slapped her other cheek, lightly.
"Did you put the bounty on their heads?" Faythe said softly, putting her hand on her shoulder.
"N-No.." Vivi stuttered, rubbing the stinging burn on her cheeks.
"Why the long face, Vivi?" Luffy stated out, laying down, holding his head up my his hand, "Wanna eat some senbei?"
Usopp and the duck, Carue were both on either side of Luffy snacking on the cracker snacks.
"Where the heck did you get those from?" Nami asked curiously.
"I want one!" Faythe twirled back to the group of boys and grabbed some out of the bag.
"See, nobody here blames you for anything." Nami smiled, pointing her thumbs over at the group fighting for the crackers.
"Alright! Time for a senbei party!"
"Yeah, let's get this party started! Take it all off, Nami!" Usopp shouted out laughing.
Nami poked his eyes with a peace sign, earning a loud painful screech from Usopp.
"AHAHHAHAHHA! You eyeballs are on fire, Usopp!" Luffy shouted out, falling back.
"That was so stupid, Usopp!" Faythe's cackle rang out in the air.
"Idiots..." Nami said tiredly, looking at the trio.
"One more time! One more time!" Both Luffy and Faythe chanted together to see that glorious moment again.
"We're in serious trouble if we have to wait a full year for the log to record." Zoro reminded the crew, sitting down on a log.
"Exactly! This is no laughing matter." Nami agreed.
"Can't you misters do something about that?" Luffy stood on a boulder and pointed at the giants.
"Don't speak nonsense. Even we can't do a thing about Logs." Dorry waved off.
"I dont mind sticking around here for a while. Dorry and Brogy seem like nice people!" Faythe laughed out, giving Dorry and Brogy bigger grins.
"I like this one!" Brogy barked out a laugh and pointed at Faythe.
"Shut up Faythe! Only you would be able to survive because you know how to live in jungles!!" Usopp shouted out annoyed.
"HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, NAMI, FAYTHE, AND VIVI! And the rest!"
Faythe turned her head towards the yelling, knowing full well, only one chef could shout out like that.
"THANK GOD YOU'RE ALL SAFE!"♡♡ Sanji shouted out, dust flying behind him.
"Hey, Sanji!" Luffy waved at his crewmate.
"He shows up NOW!?" Usopp was growing more irritated.
"The hell is that!?" Sanji froze in mid-run when his eyes landed on Dorry. Faythe forgot he hasn't met the giants yet, "Are you Mr.3!?"
"Huh? How do you know about Mr. 3?" Nami questioned.
"OH MY!♡ Electrifying as always, Nami!♡" Sanji fawned over Nami's new attire.
/:/~***~/:/
Sanji explained to the group what transpired with him, while we were busy trying not to turn into wax dolls. He walked in on a wax made house, when a phone started ringing, and it was-
"You were talking with Mr. 0...?" Vivi shouted out.
"Yeah, I guess... It seems he mistook me for Mr. 3." Sanji puffed out his cigarette.
"And now he thinks that we're all dead!?" Vivi double checked.
"Yeah, or ay least, that's what I told him." Sanji confirmed.
"Just when we finally throw off our pursuers, we can't even step a foot off of this island!" Usopp complained to the sky in frustration.
"What? Do we still have un finished business here or something?" Sanji held up an Eternal Pose, "I mean, I managed to get this from them and all..."
"AN ETERNAL POSE TO ALABASTA!"
"HAHA!"
"WE CAN SET SAIL!"
"Thank you so such, Sanji!" Vivi leaped and hugged him tightly, "I was so worried over what to do...!"
"Y-You're... Welcome... Deheh.♡ I didn't think It'd make you this happy..." Sanji's puffs of smoke turned to hearts when he received the hug.
"Alright, guys! It's time for a senbei party!" Luffy called out, grabbing two of the cracker's left. While Nami grabbed the last one.
"Another one? But I'm stuffed from the last one we had like five minutes ago..." Faythe said as she burped a bit.
"Luffy! This ain't gonna be much of a party if we've only got 3 crackers left!" Usopp stated the facts.
"This isn't the time for that, It's time to set sail, Captain! We can't just loiter around here forever!" Nami argued.
"Ah, that's right. You haven't forgotten about our hunting contest, have you?" Sanji pointed towards the forest, where their kills were.
"Hm? Oh, I'm sure I've won that. I caught a rhino 'bout thiiiiiiiiiiis big." Zoro stretched his arms out to make his statement.
"A Rhino!? Can you even eat that thing?" Sanji contradicted.
Luffy trotted over to the giants and did his casual smile.
"Alright then, Mr. Round, Mr. Giant! We'll be taking off now!"
"I see... Busy lil' buggers, aren'cha?" Brogy asked, still grinning like a fool.
"It's a shame but we won't ask you to stay longer. I hope you country's safe, girl." Dorry told Vivi, who replied with a curt thank you.
"See ya then! Don't die anymore!" Luffy shouted, fist bumping the air.
"Just you wait, my catch is definitely bigger." Sanji bragged.
"Ha, sure it is, son." Zoro commented. Faythe caught up to the two.
"Isn't Sanji older than you, Zoro?" Faythe asked innocently.
"What? No.. Aren't we both 19?" Zoro tilted his head back.
"Let's see.. You were born on November..." Faythe lifted her finger, and waved it around thinking.
"And Sanji was born on.." Faythe looked at Sanji to finish her sentence. A grin was forming on her face,
"March 2." Sanji grinned in satisfaction. Both Sanji and Faythe had the same evil grin on their face when they looked at Zoro.
The both of them waited for a bit in silence, awaiting his answer to that. He looked at them, his face growing more red in frustration.
"...Whatever..." He walked ahead, Faythe could see irk marks on his head at the realization.
Faythe burst out laughing at his reaction.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Serves him right in his cocky attitude!" Faythe burst out, pointing at Zoro's figure ahead of them.
Sanji let out a couple of chuckles.
Behind them Usopp was still saying goodbye to his "Masters", or whatever. Probably people he looks up to, since he wants to become a warrior as well.
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"Look! My lizard is clearly bigger." Sanji stated.
"Are your eyes just for show or something? The bigger animal is my rhino." Zoro pointed down at his rhino which looked like it had a giant shield on it's head.
"Who cares, they both look pretty tasty to me." Luffy commented from the railings, he dangled off of.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Both boys that were arguing, yelled at there Captain. Who is just a living Vacuum.
"How long are two going to bicker? We can't even carry all that much meat. Just pack up as much as we need and let's go already. It's time to set sail!" Nami called out, from the second floor.
"As you wish, Nami!♡"
"Hey, Usopp. Mine's clearly bigger, right?" Zoro questioned.
"Huh? I couldn't care less." Usopp muttered, his back on the railings.
"Is a tie no good?" Vivi asked nicely.
"There's NO TIE in a contest!" Zoro huffed out annoyed.
"Well let's think like this..." Faythe said a bit loud to catch there attention.
"When having a hunting contest, It doesn't matter how big the animal is, it's the meat that we're eating right?" Faythe asked Usopp.
"Ya true, I wouldn't want to eat poisoned meat." Usopp laughed nervously.
"And looking at both of your animals. Your rhino thing, which I'm not sure is a rhino at all, looks like it'd break my teeth trying to eat. The skin is too solid to even cut into." Faythe knocked her fist on the armor, sounding like she was knocking on cement.
"Imma have to give this round to Sanji's." Faythe smiled. Usopp nodded in agreement, while Vivi covered her mouth as she imagined her teeth breaking.
"UGH DAMN IT ALL!" Zoro marched onto the boat.
"It is not his day, huh?" Faythe giggled.
"Mhm." Usopp nodded again, humming to himself.
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Faythe was currently sitting in the crow's nest, resting of course. She was just listening to the conversations of her crewmates, joining in every now and then. The Going-Merry, their ship, was now sailing down the river they came from.
"If we sail straight, from here, we should be able to exit on the western side of the island."
"Do you think we should've packed some more of that meat?"
"Don't be stupid. We don't even have enough space to preserve any more of this."
"Are you trying to sink our ship?"
Faythe snorted at this, leaning her back against the pole that held their Jolly Roger Flag.
"Ah! It's the Giants!"
Luffy's shout made Faythe sit up from her position and peek over the railings.
"They've come to see us off!" Usopp smiled happily at the thought.
Both Brogy and Dorry were on each side of the river, the edge on the land connecting river to sea. They stood there like guardians, safekeeping the island. Their capes flowing in the same direction, making them look just as majestic as before.
"The most important reason why all the little ones who come to this island," Brogy started.
"Do not reach the next island lies straight ahead." Dorry finished, his tone dripping in a stern way, making Faythe believe that they weren't here just to wave us goodbye.
"What?" Nami said out loud, Everyone else stayed quiet.
"You all risked your lives so that our pride can remain untarnished." Dorry spoke up first this time.
"Thus, in turn, no matter the foe..." Brogy crossed his arms. It was going back and forth.
"We must not let your Flag of Pride be tarnished either...!"
"Trust in us and sail straight ahead! No matter what happens, sail only straight ahead!"
Faythe listened to their statements, and leaned back down, seeing that she could not argue with that.
"Got it!" Luffy shouted back.
"What're they..." Zoro trailed off.
"Sail straight ahead!" Luffy shouted back to his crewmates.
"Farewell. Let us meet again,"
"One day in the future."
A sudden shout from Nami, made Faythe straighten up and peer out towards the sea to see what the commotion was about.
"So you've come, 'Island-Devourer'." Dorry words had sunk in, just as their boat went sailing past them.
"In the name of Elbaf, we vow to clear a path!" Brogy stated, proudly.
Faythe relaxed at this, and put her full trust in them. Now relaxing in the crow-nest.
In front of them, rose the most largest sea king Faythe had ever seen, it was a hundred times the size of their ship. It was basically a giant gold fish, with it's splattered red and white scales.
"WHAT IS THAT THING!?"
"IS IT A SEA KING!?"
"Grab the helm or we're going to be swallowed alive!" Nami ordered, her voice shaking.
"What in the world... is that giant... Gold-fish!?" Usopp stuttered at the size of the beast, "Huh? A giant gold-fish...? I feel like I've heard of that before..."
"Usopp! Hurry!" Nami demanded from her spot of the deck. Carue, was just being noisy from beside Nami.
"I... I WONT!" Usopp finally said.
"We'll be going straight ahead! R-Right, Luffy!?" Usopp grinded his teeth together to hold back a scream, Faythe could see it was taking his all to stay brave like this.
"Yup, you bet."
That was all Luffy said to make the rest of Faythe's worries disappear.
"Don't be ridiculous! This is completely different than getting swallowed by Laboon!" Nami shouted, acting like the only sane person on deck.
"Yeah, yeah, just pipe down already. Here, I'll even give you the last senbei." Luffy commented.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Nami! You just got told to shut up by LUFFY!" Faythes laughed out, from the top. Zoro barked out a fit of hearty chuckles.
"SHUT UP FAYTHE! I don't NEED any senbei! If we don't turn this ship around this instant, we'll-" Nami continued to rant out, but was interrupted by Zoro, who was leaning on the cabin door.
"Nami. Give it up already." He stated darkly.
"MMNGHH!" Nami made a weird sound of frustration and continued to munch down on the last of senbei.
"LUFFY! YOU SURE THOSE GIANTS ARE TRUST-WORTHY, RIGHT?" Sanji double checked with his Captain before they were swallowed. The Gold-fish opened it's large mouth, just as th ship continued to sail forward, without stopping.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!? WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SAIL STRIAGHT INTO THAT MONSTER!?" Vivi called out, her face pale.
"Yep!" Faythe called out.
"Oh no! It's too late to do anything now!" Nami's shriek could be heard as they sailed into its mouth.
Then it closed it's mouth.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
"KYAAAAAAAA!"
It was plain dark inside, Usopp was just screaming to go straight ahead, along with Luffy.
"What're you screaming for! We've already been swallowed alive!" Nami cried out.
"But we haven't died yet!" Faythe answered for her.
Just as Faythe said that, she felt the wind rush past, making her lose her balance. She had to hold on the railings to hold on and not fall off. She opened her eyes to see only the sky above and around. Meaning the ship was sent flying into the air. She turned her head back to see what happened, only to meet and giant hole sliced through the gold fish that swallowed them. Waves clashing into eachother, as they were too, sliced.
"WOOHOO! WE'RE FLYING!"
"DON'T TURN BACK NOW! FLY STRIAGHT AHEAD!"
"They cut... The ocean itself..." Faythe saw tears streaming down his face, a smile gracing his face, his form shaking.
"So this is... *Sniff* The power of Elbaf's Warriors...!" He cried out, "Absolutely stunning!" As he said those words, the ship landed with a few skip on the sea below them.
Faythe looked back, to see the giant friends she made. Her eyes widened at the sight.
Dorry and Brogy were holding up their weapons, but they were shattered.
Both shouting, "NOW GO!"
The words sent shivers running down her spine, reminding her of a certain day. She already missed them. She turned her head looking up to the sky, her finger tracing the gems on her bracelet. She closed her eyes and listened to the laughter of the giants, that sent them on their way.
"Thank you."
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Now the ship was sailing off to somewhere. The giant Gold-Fish now sinking into the sea.
"Guy's listen! One day! I swear! I'll visit Elbaf and the Village of Warriors!" Usopp shouted out to nobody entirely.
"Alright, Usopp! We'll go for sure one day! To the home of those giants!" Luffy cheered, grabbing Usopp by the shoulder, now both were dancing on the rails. Doing their thing.
"El~ Baf Baf~ Eeehhhl~ Baaaahhffffff~ Where ev'ryone is gigantic~ 'Cause they're giants~" The two boys sang together, swaying side, to side.
"Aren't those two lively..." Nami sighed, getting tired just looking at them.
"I don't know, but they have a bit too much energy." Faythe gave a small laugh, leaping down from the nest. She stopped beside Nami who was sitting down by the mast.
"I don't know about you guys, but I feel exhausted from all that earlier..." Nami brushed her bangs to the side, handing Vivi the Eternal Pose.
"Vivi can you keep an eye on the Log Pose?" Nami asked.
"How are you exhausted, you barely did anything except stand and wait to be turned into a wax doll. And mostly scream." Faythe raised a brow.
"I did some things! I even beat that yellow lady!" Nami protested.
"Ya, but that was only with the help of Vivi. And what useful thing did you do besides scream into everyone's ears." Faythe snorted.
"Excuse me!?" Nami growled out.
The two stopped arguing when they noticed Vivi not speaking and just staring at the Eternal Log Pose.
Nami spoke first, "With this, It looks like we can finally go to Alabasta." She smiled.
"True, now we can go straight to Alabasta without stopping at unnecessary islands... Though to me, I think that's a waste." Faythe pouted, sitting down beside Nami.
"well, that's only if, there's no further trouble..." Nami snickered.
"Yes... I have to return, no matter what... After all... I finally found a way to save Alabasta..." Vivi finally spoke up and smiled.
"No need to strain yourself, Vivi, Because I'll be by your side!" Sanji charmed his way over to where the girls were, holding a plate of snacks in one hand, and the other pointing his thumb at himself.
"Now how would you like some petits fours as today's snack? For drinks, we have coffee or tea..." Sanji bent down to give them the plate of snacks.
"Wait were you In the kitchen the whole time, cooking? While we were having that whole episode?" Faythe pointed out.
"Why yes. What kind of Chef would I be if I couldn't even do a simple thing as doing this?" He grinned, trying to flirt.
"Ya, okay." Faythe waved his attempts away while munching down on the snacks he represented. She turned to her right, to see Luffy and Usopp staring at their snacks, drool falling from their mouths.
"Your shares are in the kitchen." Sanji puffed a smoke annoyed.
"WHOOHOO!" They both cheered, climbing over eachother trying to make it to the food.
/;/~***~/;/
Faythe was still sitting their listening to Vivi and Nami's conversation. But something kept bothering her. Nami kept sweating, and her breaths came out heavy and fast.
"Nami..?" Faythe sat up and leaned a bit closer, "You good?"
"Sorry, Vivi... Faythe... I'm going to take a little... break..." Nami huffed out.
"It's fine. I'll be keeping a close eye on the Log Pose. So just go to your room and a nice R-" Vivi didnt finish, because Nami fell sideways, leaning on Faythe's shoulder. And there, Faythe could feel her skin on fire. She quickly placed her hand on the girl's forehead and felt it burning.
"EVERYONE! IT'S AN EMERGENCY!" Vivi shouted out to the crew.
"NAMI'S FALLEN DOWN WITH AN EXTREMELY HIGH FEVER...!"
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A/N: I am Now taking questions about the story. If you have any, comment here, or in my conversations. I will answer them to a limit, depending on the question asked.
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