Summary:
During a stormy night, a girl named Apis escapes from the marines and arrives on the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship, but when the girl learns that they are pirates, she begins to hide some of the reasons why the marines are looking for her. As the Straw Hats escape the Marines, they get stuck in the Tranquility Belt.
A little girl on one of the naval ships breaks free from her room after incapacitating one of her marines. As the marines begin to search the ship, the little girl makes her way on board, and after climbing the mast, accidentally opens the ship’s sail, causing it to tilt to the side. He then jumps onto a lifeboat to escape.
Back aboard the Going Merry, Luffy asks Nami if they’ve reached the Grand Line yet, when she tells him it’s only been two days. Usopp then spots a flock of birds on their starboard side and Luffy reaches out to grab what he thinks will be a fish. The crew are all surprised when he pulls the girl instead and accidentally knocks Zoro off the side of the boat. The girl is unconscious but wakes up when she smells Sanji’s cooking. After learning that she is on a pirate ship, she freaks out and refuses to eat any food given to her.
Later that night, when her stomach is churning, it prompts her to sneak into the kitchen, and she later witnesses Luffy being caught in a giant mousetrap that Sanji set to stop people from stealing from the kitchen. When the rest of the crew is awakened, the girl steals Luffy’s food and Nami assures her that they are not evil. The next morning, after Luffy raises the anchor, the girl proceeds to prepare breakfast for everyone, but accidentally uses the wrong spices, making everything come out too spicy. The girl introduces herself as Apis and that her home is on the island of warships. When asked why she was being held by the marines, she refuses to answer and Sanji backs her up, telling everyone that it’s her business.
Aboard a navy ship, the marines spot a Straw Hat ship and, realizing that the missing girl is likely on board, prepare to attack. Usopp tells the others about the approaching naval fleet as they launch an attack on the Going Merry. The Straw Hat ships manage to escape in a southerly gust of wind as the marines begin to follow them. The Marines then stop when they learn that the Straw Hats’ ship is headed for the Tranquil Belt. As the Straw Hats celebrate their victory, Nami asks Zoro what’s wrong when he asks her why they don’t seem to be moving. Nami then yells and screams that they have entered the Quiet Zone.