#look at Sanji saluting Chopper!

[sassypantsjaxon]

They have no right to be this cute

[littlemochabunni]

Flashing them for attention~

One Piece boys Headcanon~ Monster trio + Shanks

18+ mdni

A/n: I wanted to get something out the asap while I’m still writing my series, and this may or may not have been rushed making it. Barely proofread my apologies 🫶🏽.

Luffy~

Doesn’t notice the first time, so you do it until he realizes your tits are out. Just as he gives you that same look he gets when there’s meat around you book it across the Sunny, failing miserably as he uses his gum-him devil fruit powers and stretches his arm out, wrapping around you like a vice, and pulls you towards his cabin. “C’mon y/n I want you to do it again, but this time we’ll see how fast I can grab ‘em!”

Sanji~

Immediately gushes blood from his nose like a geyser which leads you to try and catch him from falling face first on the floor. “Y/n my love, I can die happy now that I’ve seen your heavenly body handmade from the gods themselves.” You flick him between his curly eyebrows and call for Chopper to keep him from actually dying from reliving the moment.

Zoro~

You catch him in the crows nest just as he’s drinking water after his workout and you end up in a staring contest with him with your tits still out. “Aren’t you gonna say something?” “Aren’t you gonna put some clothes on?” Obviously you don’t, so he helps you finish taking the rest of your clothes off and keeps them from you since you wanna be naked so damn bad.

Shanks~

You flash him your bare ass while your around the crew which leads him to chasing you down, throwing you over his shoulder and takes you to the nearest room with a lock. “You really thought you could get away with that and not face the consequences?” You huff and lean up against his back with your head in the palm of your hand watching the crew salute their goodbyes. “I still stick by my actions.” “Yeah let’s see about that when your crying on my cock.”

[the-fluff-piece]

Invisible

This is a SAD story with no heartwarming happy end or moment of redemption. It's the middle of the night and I feel depressed, so why not write some sad fiction

You've loved Sanji for a while, but he doesn't even see you. When Nami asks to switch bodies for a day, you experience his devotion for a short while - before going back to being invisible for him

Part 2

Part 3 is actually a choose your own adventure type!

Part 3.1: Zoro or Sanji?

Part 3.2: Law or Sanji?

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You weren't sure what she was planning, but Nami assured you that it was of the utmost importance that she borrow your body for a day. She also swore by her mother's trees that it wasn't anything illegal. And also all the money you owed her would be forgotten - so it seemed overall like an acceptable deal.

She somehow blackmailed your crews ally Trafalgar Law into this to make the switch. So when you anchored at an amusement island full of casinos and shopping opportunities, you found yourself in the thin, busty, long legged body of hers.

You looked down at her - in your body - and couldn't help but frown at the small, mousy girl looking up at you with Nami's glint in her eyes.

"Thanks Y/n, take good care of my body. See you tonight!" She saluted you and sprinted off the ship with determination.

Unsure what to do, you wobbled to Nami's closet on your much to long legs that were in much too high heels. Hopefully she had something like a shirt, you felt naked in her Jeans and Bikini Top combo.

Eventually, you found a simple shirt with a round neck and some flats and felt more like yourself immediately.

Getting out into the sun, you enjoyed the feeling of a cool breeze playing with her long hair and sighed.

"Oh Nami-swaaaaan how wonderful to see you this morning! I made extra tasty breakfast for you todaaayyyy!" Sanji screamed with his usual slurred voice. It took you a few seconds to make the connection that he, indeed, was talking to you. Or Nami, wich was gone for the day.

You turned and looked at Sanji who was prancing towards you with heart eyes and an excited expression.

"May I accompany you to the table mademoiselle?" He held out his arm.

You took it, and your heart already pounded like mad in your chest. He was gorgeous, smart and charming. He was strong and kind and had dominated your thoughts since you joined the crew.

Too bad you never lived up to the standard he had for women. Small, mousy, not at all shapely or beautiful. He treated you friendly, but way too often he seemed to overlook you. And he never, ever treated you like your female crewmates.

So this felt new and exciting, his blue eyes looked at you for the first time, really seeing, even if it was not you he really looked at.

Happily, you let him walk you to breakfast and push your chair to the table that was already loaded with all kinds of the crew's favorite food.

"Y/n not coming?" He asked when one seat remained empty.

"She left for the city just a few minutes ago" you answered.

"Very well" He said and absent mindedly took the plate and cutlery away to make place.

Usually, you ate and goofed around with Usopp and Chopper, but of course, you are not here, Nami is. You've barely taken a bite out of your toast when Sanji already inquired if it's to your liking, while simultaneously barking at Luffy and Zoro to remember their manners.

"Nami-swaaan, my sunshine, my diamond, do you need anything else?" He asked, totally in love.

"Uhm, maybe a tea?" You answered, still a little perplexed. He never asked you anything like that before.

"Tea? Of course, right away my angel!" He cooed and hurried back to the kitchen, preparing the tea.

The rest of the breakfast continued just like that - Sanji asking endlessly for your wishes and getting to work immediately when you so much as whispered an answer.

Afterwards, everyone was getting ready to explore the island. You were planning to look through a few bookstores and end the day reading at a cafe.

"Nami-swaaaan, may I accompany you to the city? I will carry all your shopping bags!" He begged you eagerly.

"I don't plan on doing so much shopping..." You said with your hands raised in defense of his onslaught of affection.

"I'll just look around a bit and maybe get a book" you explained as Sanji already sank to one knee, taking your hand.

"Than I will be your bodyguard, the city is dangerous!" He informed you and like that, it was settled that he would come with you.

He wore one of his more casual outfits - a brightly colored hawaian shirt, a fitting tie and short cargo pants - so you two looked more like cringey tourists and less like pirates together.

Going with Sanji to explore the city felt almost like a date, commenting on clothing in shop windows and what would look so nice on Nami's body. You didn't plan on buying clothes that day, you didn't exactly know what she would like anyway, but he was very, very insisting that you at least try on a few things.

Unsure what to do, you left the decision to Sanji and he immediately lead you into one of the store

You tried a few things, just basic shirts and a dress, and of course it looked gorgeous on Nami. She could have worn a potatoe sack and look like a million beri. Sanji was almost swooning and loving every bit of it.

"So beautiful!" He gushed. "Nice body!" He squealed in delight. "Why don't you try this bikini?" He asked as he held up a few shreds of fabric.

"Why don't you try on something?" You asked him, already thinking what kinds of shirts or jackets would suit him best, and trying to discourage him from suggesting more revealing outfits.

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Meanwhile at the Casino

Nami wandered past the picture of herself with the fat letters "DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WOMAN" and chuckled to herself. The owner of that chain of casinos kind of had a grudge against her, but the new face she was wearing couldn't be more inconspicuous. And she didn't directly do anything illegal, so it will be absolute fine.

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You

Soon, you flattered him into wearing some nice shirts that accentuated his bright eyes and slender frame. Much like Nami, he could wear pretty much anything and look fabulous, now it was your turn to gush about his looks and search for more outfits.

"Are you sure you don't want to try any more?" He asked insecurely as you handed him another suit to try. He didn't seem to be used to being on that side of the conversation, he talked softly and shyly all of a sudden.

"Do you really think this looks good on me?" He would ask again and again, revealing his sweet side even more.

"Of course, Sanji-kun! You look so handsome in that shirt." You said and saw his cheeks flush like he was a cute maiden.

"In fact, I like it so much that I'll buy it for you" eliciting an expression of pure shock from him.

"That is so nice, but what interest do you want?" He asked, already afraid that he was driven into debt. Of course, Zoro already was looking at an amount he would never pay off in his life, something Sanjin surely wanted to avoid.

"No, I really want to give you a gift. Promise!" You said and took out your purse.

"Really? A gift from my beautiful Nami-swan? I was never more happy!" He was almost crying from joy.

Leaving the store, he hummed and cuddled the fine dress shirt that you bought him, thinking it was a gift from his beloved. He looked so happy and sweet, you would love to shower him with gifts endlessly.

"How about we take a break, eat lunch at a restaurant?" You asked him, getting used to interacting with him in this new constellation. Of course he would say yes and of course he would be delighted at the chance.

"Yes, of absolutely! I'll find the best restaurant in town for you!" He promised and already started to walk towards the restaurant mile.

Like a researcher, he studied every restaurant meticulously, almost like his life depended on it. After what felt like an eternity, he finally decided for a small seaside bistro that looked not at all fancy or outstanding.

As he guided you to a table, he explained: "it may not look like much but their kitchen is filled with fresh herbs and they have few, but excellent dishes."

And he was right, it was fresh and delicious. You used the opportunity to get to know him better, since he usually didn't talk so lengthy to you.

"Tell me about yourself? A few stories from the baratie perhaps?" You asked, shamelessly nosy.

He looked like you had just gifted him the all blue on a pladder.

"You really want to know? About me?" He tentatively asked.

You nodded.

"Oh damn...where should I start? There's so many stories..." Once he started he almost couldn't stop, he seemed delighted by Nami's attention. She usually treated him politely, but held him at arms length if she didn't need anything. You felt a bit bad for changing the relationship somewhat, but you couldn't help but bask just for this one day in his company. Those blue eyes fixed on you, sparkling with joy and love, his pretty mouth telling you about his life. Moments that could be treasured long after this freak magic ended.

You hung on his lips and both of you forgot the time. He told you about the cooks that raised him, how Zeff trained him and how he went from a clueless kid to a master cook.

It felt like you got to know so many new sides to him and you fell in love with all of them. You knew that he was kind, but you didn't know that he loved animals as well. When a cute dog wandered by - telling by his round shape no doubt the villages favorite stray - Sanji absent mindedly scratched it behind the ears and gave it his leftovers.

It got late and the sun was already low in the sky.

"Time to head home, I don't want Luffy to starve tonight" He said with a chuckle.

Over already? He finally relaxed and opened up like never before, desperate to get just a few more moments with him you said: "come on, it's not that late. I bet they already bought something to eat in town. Let's search for a nice spot and watch the sunset!"

He looked speechless, the cigarette he just lit hung loosely from his lips.

"Uhm...sunset...watch...together???" He stammered in shock. "SO IT IS A DATE" he screamed and proceeded to bleed waterfalls from his nose.

No! You promised you wouldn't get Nami into trouble.

"No! No date! You know what, this is my fault, let's get back to the ship." You protested and tried to save the situation.

"What date? Who said something about a date? I just wanted to...uhm..buy some dates for dessert, yes. Let's watch the sunset as friends." He tried to save the situation.

Lucky for him, all you wanted was this moment with him, but without getting Nami into a situation she didn't want.

You found a spot on a low brick wall along the beach and watched the sun paint the sky in violet, pink and soft blue. It was calm and peaceful and you took deep breaths as you took in the beautiful scenery.

You turned to look at Sanji, but he was already staring at you, his mouth open.

"You're so God damn fucking beautiful" He whispered.

"You look like an angel..." he continued and leaned in to kiss you with heavy lidded eyes, competitively enchanted. You forgot who you were and why you were here, all that existed was this gorgeous, soft, wonderful man and you. Your eyes fluttered shut as your heart kicked into overdrive.

"Oh Nami-San" He whimpered when you could already feel his deep, nervous breaths on your face - slapping you back into reality.

This was not your kiss to have. This man didn't even want you. What you did there was deeply, deeply wrong on many levels. You jerked back, gasping, leaving Sanji to lose his balance and crash to the pavement below.

"Oh Nami-swan, your love is hitting me like a brick wall" he said, looking up at you with crossed eyes and a bleeding nose.

Panic rose inside of you - not only did you practically lie to your crewmate Sanji, you abused the body of your friend as well. You looked down her body, reminding you that none of this should be happening. You grabbed the cook at his collar and heaved him up. Emulating Nami's more demanding voice you say:

"NOTHING happened between us today, you hear me? NOTHING. We had a nice shopping tour, ate something AND THAT'S IT."

Baffled and with slightly wet eyes, Sanji nodded.

"And now we're going home." You said and dragged him to his feet. Ignoring his softly whispered questions, you stalked back to the ship on long legs that weren't yours, left a helpless and absolutely devastated Sanji on deck, and shut yourself in the girl's room

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Meanwhile: Nami

A broad grin in her face and a big sack of money on her back, Nami left the casino. She won - fair and square. She didn't always need to revert to robbery to get what she wanted - give her a card table and a bit of time and she wins everything just like that.

Nami was banned from all major casinos, so she didn't get to play as much. It was so much fun, she may have overdone it with the beer a little...y/n would surely understand.

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You

Finally, Nami came back, a very sour looking Law in her grasp. After putting everyone in the right body again, Nami gave him a brown paper envelope that he checked briefly, called her a witch, and left for good.

Crushed by guilt and feeling strangely dizzy, you confessed your guilt.

"I swear nothing really happened...I told him to forget it...I'M SO. SO. SORRY!" You collapsed at her feet as she turned in front of the mirror, admiring herself.

"Ah, thanks for the heads up. I'll deal with him, don't worry." She said, totally relaxed as she squeezed her boobs in both hands and pursed her lips, admiring the pose in the mirror.

"God, I missed these two!" She finally exclaimed and dressed in a bikini top and hotpants.

"So he'll be a little more annoying than usual. No biggie. Oh and...by the way? Maybe stay away from casinos for a few months" She said with a wink and ran down to the kitchen for dinner.

You felt like you couldn't show your face to Sanji ever again, when you remembered that you didn't spend the day with him. Nami has. And she would handle it.

You swayed down the stairs and sat down, there was no plate in front of you. Fair enough, you weren't really hungry. You watched Sanji as he carefully wooed Nami with special treats and compliments, all the while looking sad and small. When you finally decided to get up and get your own plate, he mumbled "oh sorry y/n, didn't think you were coming" barely glancing at you. "Just help yourself" He said as he pointed to the mountains of food on the table.

He stalked around Nami for the whole evening, ignoring you completely. Now that you've known how his attention and love felt, his indifference stung more than you could ever have imagined. And there was nothing you could do about it, you were just you. Not interesting.

Tears welled up in your eyes and you excused yourself hastily, fully crying before you could reach the relative privacy of the girls dorm.

You were crying over your own shortcomings, over perfect moments that would never come back, over blue eyes that would never look at you ever again, your pathetic weakness. Agitated, you threw yourself on your bed, bud were unable to fall asleep.

You decided to take a bath to feel better, and it helped, even just a little. Spending a long time relaxing in the hot water, you finally got tired and decided to give sleep another try.

As you walked back to the girls room, shriveled up like dried fruit and with ouffy eyes, you saw Sanji lean over the railing, smoking and looking out to the sea. He looked lost in thought, sad. You would have loved to comfort him, give him just the tiniest piece of happiness back, but it was pointless. He whispered something under his breath. Deciding against eavesdropping, you returned to bed and left him by himself.

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Epilogue

"You did quite a number on that guy. He brought me flowers this morning, can you imagine?" Nami told you, chuckling.

"White roses. He's really lost" She added, looking at you for some reaction.

"Sorry..." You muttered, your voice trailing off.

"I shouldn't have..."

"Don't feel bad, I'll be alright. It doesn't matter anyway if I'm too nice to him or kick him in the face, he'll be into me no matter what. It's annoying but harmless, and sometimes useful" She winked at you, trying to lift the mood.

"You know, it's not your fault he made it into a date. Bet he just coerced you into it, you're too nice!" Nami went on, you looked away, flushing.

"It's not like you wanted it, right?" She asked.

"Right?" She added a bit more insecurely.

"Oh." Her eyes went wide at your pained expression.

"Oh, well, uhm. An idiot like that for a nice girl like you? Nah!" She grimaced as your face darkened more and more.

"You deserve so much better! Some day you'll find the one" She talked on, slowly realising that it was not exactly making you feel better.

"Haha...sorry" She pouted.

"It's okay, I'll get over it." You answered.

"You're strong, you will." Nami patted your back and finally left.

[oxittocin]

Oxittocin I have a request ,

If you could write robin thinking lewd and naughty stuff about Male reader while she is reading a book in the library or aquarium, the he enters the room out nowhere and she is flustered, please...

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lust (nico robin x reader)

nico robin masterlist

a very big salute to all the smut writers out there because shit's hard to write. here you go, anon - writing anything mildly suggestive already makes me blush, so i hope this is all right.

cw: male!reader, nsfw (mdni!)

It wasn’t that the book was boring.

No, in fact, it’s one of the better journals she’d picked up in the last few weeks, which made this a million times more infuriating. That, even in the haven that was her library, she continues to be distracted. Her mind constantly wanders off to another daydream mid-sentence, struggling to form a single coherent thought for the past 15 pages that she’d skimmed through.

Resigning to the fact that she wasn’t in an ideal state to catch up on her readings, she gingerly shut the book and pushed it aside. Pinching the bridge of her nose, a frustrated sigh left her lips. As much as she hated to admit it, Nico Robin was in quite the predicament. How she wished that anything - anything at all - could offer some semblance of reprieve from the stupid, stupid thoughts that had been plaguing her mind.

It started as a mere observation. A simple, harmless one, really.

You were always so, so shy around her. Fidgeting. Averting her gaze. Faint blush that coloured your cheeks. The soft, gentle tone you used with her and only her.

Initially, she’d attributed your reactions to the hesitancy from meeting someone new on the crew. But, it seemed that the longer she’s known you, the shyer you got around her.

A shyness so polite and kind that she found it cute. Adorable, even. A tiny smile graced her lips as she found the right word. Endearing. You were endearing. In your clumsiness that exuded sincerity, in your quiet shyness that ultimately rendered her powerless to do anything but to give you her attention.

It might embarrass her a little to admit it, but there were days where she’d watch you from the upper deck, lowering the book just barely, just enough to watch you busy yourself around the ship. Bantering with Nami and Sanji, being up to your usual troublemaking antics with Luffy, working out with Zoro, or pranking Chopper with Usopp. Watching you started out as a form of entertainment for Robin. Over time, it started to intrigue her how unassumingly charming you could be. Infectious smile that elicited similar grins from the rest of the crew and your hopeful optimism that remains a steady anchor amidst the most relentless storms. It drew her to you.

What started out as an observation has escalated to a point of eliciting visceral reactions from Robin. Didn’t matter whether you were around or not. Just thinking of you made her feel…

She shook her head. No, not now, not tonight. The only thing she could do to cope with these dumb, pressing thoughts was her nightly ritual of indulging in her fantasies to finally get you off her mind. Though the sky had already turned considerably dark, she could still hear muffled chattering from outside the library. There’s no way that she could do it now. Squeezing her thighs together, she willed herself to think about anything else - anything other than you and the things she wanted to do to you.

Her mind has plans of its own, though, because every effort to redirect her thoughts elsewhere seemed to lead her right back to you.

To how handsome you would look, wearing your typical shy expression as you begged to be between her thighs. She wondered how your shyness would translate in the bedroom, and if you’d still look so bashful when railing her from behind or pulling her hair. You’d probably be so soft, so gentle. She imagine you’d kneel before her, head hanging low as you forced yourself to croak out a “please, Robin” while avoiding her eye contact. It wouldn’t be enough for her. She wants to hear you whimper. She needs the neediness and desperation dripping from your voice as you begged her for just one chance to taste her. She’d say “no” and tell you that you have to earn the right to touch her. You’d turn into a whiny mess. Pre-cum glistening on your twitching cock, gazing upon her with an expression of pure lust and adoration. She’d enjoy turning you into a whiny mess with the things she would do to tease you.

She had a few ideas. Stripping you down. Having you stroke your own cock as you sunk to your knees in front of her, fully aware of how much more pleasurable it would be to have her and her hands jerking you off instead. She'd watch on amused, cocky smile on her face as she sees how pink your ears are from the embarrassment that her gaze elicits. You’d bite your tongue to stop yourself from moaning so wantonly in front of her, but you both know that you’d fail. You’d moan anyway.

Or perhaps, she would tie you down to the sofa and make you watch as she touches herself, spreading her legs further apart to give you a better view of her pretty cunt. You would watch her thrust her fingers in and out of her pussy while summoning another hand to rub at her clit. Coating her fingers with her own slick, she’d shove them between your lips as your tongue sucks on and laps at her fingers, melting at the taste of her sweetness. She’d see how you involuntarily buckle your hips and she’d giggle, teasing you in soft whispers. She'd tell you how obviously you were showing how much you wanted her. She’d tell you to have more decorum as she pushes you against the sofa and sinks down onto your cock. She'd feel her body trembling as she moves up and down your cock, watching your cock disappear completely, enveloped into her body and filling her up as she grinds against your hips.

This wasn’t even half of what she wanted to do to you, but it was difficult to even indulge in her fantasies when her pussy was throbbing. Aching to be touched and begging to be filled.

Screw it, she thought, no one would come into the library this late anyway.

Reaching to pull the gusset of her panties to the side, she gently ran a finger over her own slit, feeling the extent of her arousal. Sliding two fingers inside herself, she let out an audible moan - one that was a little too loud for her liking. Still, the build-up had since taken precedence over everything else. Her other hand sliding under her clothes to gently knead at her breasts as she continued to pump her fingers in and out of her cunt.

Perhaps it was the haze of the moment, the momentary folly of not locking the library’s door, coupled with the sounds of her own moans overshadowing everything else that had led to this moment. Completely lost in her own pleasure, Robin had missed the warning that came in the creaking of the opening door as you entered the library.

It was only until you said, “Robin?” had she snapped herself out of her current preoccupation as her gaze met yours.

She was in a compromising position. Yet, any hint of surprise and shock on her end was masterfully hidden within seconds, save for the rosy flush that remains on her cheeks.

With a wave of her hand, you felt a push on your back as you stumbled closer towards Robin. Reaching out a hand to cup your cheeks tenderly, she pulled you closer, gaze meeting yours in a confident, cheeky grin. Her sultry voice had a hint of breathlessness as she teased you, “Ah, it seems that you have found me. Would you care to join me tonight?”

[brainyxbat]

Chapter 15: Dash for a Miracle! Alabasta Animal Land

(episode 110/111)

"I see them!"

"After them!"

Smoker calmly put his weapon away, as Marine officers ran after the Straw Hats. One noticed him not moving, and stopped. "Captain, aren't you going after them?"

He gazed downward with hesitation. "No. I'm too tired."

"You're too tired?"

"Hey..."

"Sir!" He saluted.

"It's no use going after those guys. Tell them to stop." Smoker looked out at the ocean. "And have everyone assemble here. Contact HQ too. Tell them to have all military vessels in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Alabasta gather here, to this land."

"You're calling for reinforcements? But Captain, I'm not sure our superiors will be willing to move those ships against such a small number of pirates."

Smoker turned to him with a hard stare. "When did I ask for the opinions of our superiors?"

"Er, y-yes sir! Right away!" He began running after the other officers, waving his hands. "Hey! Come back! Come back here!"

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Meanwhile, Chopper got lucky with hitching a ride on a giant, speedy crab, along with Lashes. "Hurry!" He ordered, and sniffed the air. "Mm-hmm, this way. The scent of Nami's perfume is getting stronger."

"Hey, we're not, by any chance, just going to run all the way to Alubarna like this, right?!" Usopp wheezed.

"That's right, Lashes!" Nami remembered. "Where has Lashes gone?!"

"Now that you mention it, this town has a stable, or something!" Luffy realized. "Let's get horses!"

"But the Marines are in town," Vivi pointed out.

"Not to worry," Sanji smirked, "Look in front of you."

It was Chopper! "Hey, guys!"

"A crab?!" Usopp gaped in shock.

"Chopper!" Venus beamed.

"That's a Moving Crab!" Vivi said.

"Looks yummy!" Luffy remarked, drooling just a little, just before it stopped in front of them. "Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! That's awesome!"

"Hop on board!"

"We get to ride it?!" Luffy exclaimed. "Woo-hoo!" He reached, and launched himself on one of the eyestalks. "The pleasure's mine!"

"Its face looks kinda iffy, doesn't it?" Nami remarked.

"And you've got yet another amazing thing in tow, huh?" Sanji followed her, as she went to climb onboard.

"He's Lashes' friend," Chopper explained, while Vivi, Zoro, Usopp, and Venus were lifted up on the claw, "Lashes was born in this town, and has lots of friends in the area. He is kinda pervy, though."

"Why am I not surprised," Venus smirked sarcastically.

"Amazing!" Vivi gushed. "Moving Crabs are always submerged under the sand, so they're very nearly phantom crabs!"

"This guy's pretty fast, isn't he?" Zoro asked.

"Guys, hang on tight! All right, let's go! We're off!" With a snap of the reins, the crab began scuttling along sideways.

Behind them, a large gold hook flew over ominously; Vivi screamed in terror when it began to drag her away! "What?!" Zoro's eyes widened, as everyone gaped. "Stop, Chopper!"

The crab was forced to stop, with Luffy struggling to balance on top of its eye. "It's him!" He glared. "Why, you...!" He launched up to Vivi, threw her down on the crab's back, and took her place.

They were shocked to see the captain being dragged away. "Hey! Luffy!" Zoro exclaimed.

"That idiot!" Sanji fussed.

"Luffy-san!" Vivi watched in horror.

"You guys go on ahead!" Luffy ordered. "I can handle this myself!" He landed on his upper back. "Make sure you deliver Vivi back to her home! Make sure, now!" He smiled confidently at his tense crewmates. "Make sure, now."

"That idiot," Zoro smirked, before turning to Chopper, "Hey! Go, Chopper! Keep going, to Alubarna!"

"G-got it." A tearful Chopper reluctantly snapped the reins. "We're off!" With that, the crab continued on the path.

"Hold on!" Usopp protested. "Hey Zoro, are we leaving him behind?! Hey, that's cold! That's cold of you! From now on, you've got to protect me, got it?! Where do you get off, always doing this?!"

"Luffy-san!" Vivi cried, as Nami held her back.

"It's all right, Vivi! He'll be fine! I feel sorry for the other guys. After all, there isn't a single person that Luffy has gone after before, who has come out all right."

"Listen to me, Vivi," Zoro chimed in, "He will keep Crocodile under control. The moment that rebel army started running, the time limit on this land was set. Once the royal army, and the rebel army meet, this land, the Kingdom of Alabasta, will be gone. If you are the one and only hope for preventing that, then you have to survive, no matter what. No matter what might happen to any of us, from now on!"

"B-but..."

Sanji watched Rainbase slowly disappear. "Vivi-chan, this is a fight that you started. You're the one who ran out on this land years ago, and challenged this unknown organization to battle. However..." He smirked, and began walking away, "Don't go thinking that you're fighting alone anymore."

"V-V-Vivi!" Usopp shivered behind her. "Don't you wor-wor- don't worry! I'm g-gonna..."

She stood on her feet, now more determined. "Luffy-san! We'll be waiting for you in Alubarna, okay?!"

Luffy smiled, as her voice echoed through the desert. "Yeah!"

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A while later, as Zoro was pumping iron with Lashes adding extra weight, Usopp was sharing one of his tall tales. "Then, that's what happened! That's when I said to him, "You bowlegged bastard!" That's when it started. Ever since, the crabs of the world have been bothered about being bowlegged."

Chopper, naturally, was in awe. "So that's why they walk sideways, huh?"

Venus smirked, as she listened from sitting on Lashes' back. "Uh huh. Incidentally, at the time, there was something jumping up and down behind him. It was a lobster."

"So lobsters- they're crabs, then?"

"Yeah, they're crabs." Usopp laughed cheerfully at Chopper's bewilderment.

"Zoro, you're just wasting your energy doing that, aren't you?" Nami scolded.

"Shut up."

"Just leave him alone, Nami-san," Sanji said, "If those guys aren't doing something, they can't keep focused. They're not that adept; especially..." He puffed some smoke, "That muscle freak, now that he's had a taste of the level the Seven Warlords have."

Zoro managed to overhear the jab. "Hey you, what are you trying to say? Go ahead, and spell it out."

"Ah, you want me to say it? You're scared. You're worried that maybe Luffy might lose." The others were silent at that.

"Who, me?! Scared, you say?! Why, you...!" Zoro raged. "Fancy eyebrows!"

"That does it!" Sanji turned back to him. "Now I'm mad! You... Moss Head!"

"What?!" Zoro threw the weight aside, knocking Lashes and Venus on their backs.

"Ow," She grunted indignantly.

Their foreheads collided. "You wanna go at it?!"

A punch to each of their heads from Nami abruptly ended the quarrel. "Cut it out! This is pointless!"

"She's strong!" Chopper gaped.

Usopp looked on silently, noticing the crew's agitation. 'They are who they are. Everyone's a bit worked up. Now's the time for me, the vice-captain, to...'

"Take it easy, everyone," Vivi assured, "Luffy-san won't lose. I mean, we promised him, didn't we? That we'd be waiting for him in Alubarna?"

"You seem more worried than any of us, don't you?!" Usopp confronted.

"Ow!" Vivi yelped when Nami knocked her forehead.

"You should just worry about the rebellion."

Sanji sat up from laying on his back. "Sorry about that, Vivi-chan."

"If you have to cover for us, we're done for," Zoro pointed out.

"All right then, switch your minds over to "Alubarna"!" Nami commanded. "Let's go, Pincers!"

"What's that?" Zoro deadpanned.

"A name for the crab."

""Pincers," you say?" Usopp asked.

"No good?"

"Nothing wrong with it."

"From the brilliant mind behind the name "Lashes"," Venus drolled.

"I heard that!" Nami snapped.

-

"Me, go to Alubarna?" Tashigi asked in surprise, "We're chasing after the Straw Hat pirates, right? Or are we reinforcing the royal army?"

"It's up to you," Smoker replied from his cycle, "You decide what to do when you're there."

"You don't mean that! Exactly what is going on?"

"You just follow your sense of justice." Smoker pulled on his gloves. "Whatever happens, I'll accept responsibility."

"Captain Smoker, where are you going?"

"Something sudden came up. I'm heading out to sea. Be prepared to receive communication from me at any time, Tashigi."

"Yes, sir."

He pulled his goggles up over his eyes. "Keep a close watch on where this country ends up. Whether it falls, or whether it survives, something is sure to happen to mark the start of a new age." With that, he drove off.

"Sergeant... sergeant!" Tashigi turned behind her back to see an officer, with dozens of others close behind. "Your orders?"

"Right." 'Keep a close watch on where this country ends up,' Smoker's words ran through her mind, 'Whether it falls, or whether it survives, something is sure to happen to mark the start of a new age. 'She lifted her glasses to her forehead. "We're going after the pirate Straw Hat Luffy, and everyone under him! All hands, reinforce your gear! Prepare to depart for Alubarna!"

"Yes, sir!"

She glared into the distance. "Straw Hat Luffy..."

-

"What?! We can't cross the river with this crab?!" Usopp shouted fearfully.

"Moving Crabs are creatures of the desert, so they don't take to water," Vivi explained.

"But it's a crab, right? A crab! Not a lobster! Do something!" Usopp fussed. "Hey, this is a problem. Not good; look here." As Venus jumped down from Lashes' back, he took out a map, and pointed to the river. "If we just blithely swim across this river, as wide as a sea, we're not going to make it in time! And look! After we cross the river, there's still dozens of kilos worth of desert! If this crab can't get to the other shore, are we supposed to run from there on?!"

"We don't have any choice," Nami frowned.

"There's no way we'll make it in time! It's absolutely impossible!"

Sanji turned around, and saw the river approaching quickly. "Uh oh. Hey, the river! I can see the Sandora river!"

"What?!" Usopp crawled over for a look.

"Do something, Pincers-kun!" Nami pleaded.

"I know!" Chopper shot up in realization. "Pincers loves dancing girls!"

Eager to help, Venus leaped to her feet, and whipped her jellabiya off, letting her dancer outfit from Sanji be seen. "Will this do?"

"Probably."

"Holy crap!" Sanji swooned, along with Lashes.

"Give it a rest, would you?" Usopp grumbled, but was unheard.

Chopper noticed Pincers' eyes looking in the awkwardly dancing Venus' direction. "Ah, he's looking this way!" On cue, they began going at an even faster rate. "We're accelerating!"

"Venus-chwan!" Sanji gushed.

"You've now messed up two animals with all this nonsense!" Zoro scolded, her, as she stumbled from the change of speed.

"Hey, whatever helps," She shrugged.

"All right, pervy power!" Chopper cheered.

"I could've done that," Nami sulked from next to Vivi.

Usopp snapped his lingering gaze away from the young witch. "So what has this solved? Chopper!"

The crew watched tensely, as they were closer and closer to the river. "Go!" Chopper commanded. Just then, Pincers began running along the river like it was dry land! "He did it!"

"Hey now, this crab is incredible!" Sanji remarked. "I don't believe it!"

"Whoa, way to go!" Usopp cheered. "It's a miracle! Just stay on the water, and run! Run, run, run all the way! Go! You can make it! Keep going! You can do it! This crab can do it!" He stopped at the crab slowly descending, as she ceased her moves. "Hey, what's this?! Am I imagining things, are we sinking? We are sinking, here!" When they were submerged, he surfaced angrily, keeping ahold of a weakening Venus, and her jellabiya. "Stop sinking, you crab!"

"No time to whine about it," Zoro began trudging on, with Chopper on his shoulders, "Keep moving forward."

"H-hold on a second!" He followed him and Vivi, turning to the latter. "Aren't there any boats? How many kilos to the other shore?"

"About 50 kilos."

"Who can swim that?!"

Chopper turned back, and waved his hoof. "Thank you! Thank you, Pincers!"

"This is no time to be casually waving goodbye!" Usopp scolded. Just then, a giant being surfaced right in their path. "What?!"

They all screamed in terror. "It's a rare Sandoran catfish!" Vivi pointed out. "They're only, very rarely seen!"

"You don't have to explain that!" Usopp glared.

They were petrified when it dove back down. "Also, humans are their favorite food!"

"You might tell us that first!"

Out of nowhere, the catfish appeared to be getting attacked, though none of them were moving. "Hey, let go!" Zoro tried to push Chopper back, when his hoof was over his eyes. "I can't see anything in front of me, you know! Chopper, let go!"

Usopp shouted in surprise when the attackers surfaced. "The Kung Fu Dugongs?!"

The crew settled on the defeated fish's back. "They say they won't neglect their senior pupil," Chopper translated.

"Well, it's not like we're Luffy's pupils, or anything," Usopp frowned.

"Still, they saved us," Vivi pointed out.

"All right, just a little farther! Hang in there!"

Before long, they were back on dry land, on the other side of the Sandora. "Thank you!" Vivi waved to the Dugongs.

"Bye-bye!" Chopper waved with her, as did Venus, who was now back in her jellabiya.

"Things have been going smoothly," Zoro remarked, "Can we make it?"

"That's a tough one," She replied, "Even riding on Lashes-kun, I'm not sure there's enough time."

"What's more, he could only carry, uh... three of us!" Usopp pointed out. "And if Baroque Works is going to attack, it will be from here on. Isn't there any way for all of us to act together?" Everyone tried to think, but they were all silent. "Damn, there isn't any, huh?"

Nami turned back at the sound of a stampede, and noticed a cloud of dust. "Look over there!"

"What, is it the enemy?" Usopp looked on tensely "A-a-are they here already?!"

Vivi watched the horizon, and was surprised. "N-no! That's... Karoo!" Close behind him was more giant ducks, all sporting different headwear. "And the Supersonic Duck Squadron!" They all skidded to a stop in front of the crew. "You've come to get us, haven't you?!" They all saluted in confirmation. "Karoo!"

[n4kama]

The chef and the fighter both nodded in unison at the order that they had been given by their acting Captain. Usually Sanji would have bickered while Harry would have flirted at his partner being so commanding, but both could tell that this wasn't the time for any of that. While Luffy was unavailable, Zoro was their Captain as First Mate. Both men slipped from the ship with their task in mind as they separated to search for their Navigator.

Gil stayed silent as he gave a small salute to Zoro, picking up their younger Captain in an easy movement as he cradled him close, even with his appetite Luffy was always light, but he seemed lighter and slightly smaller right now which made the blonde uneasy. Chopper sent a panicked look between Zoro and Luffy before he darted down to where his medical stuff was with Gil following behind him.

All of them were hoping that Luffy would wake up soon and was just a lapse in energy or something.

"Sanji and Harry go get Nami and bring her back here. I don't care if you have to tie her up to do so." The order was given smoothly, hoping that providing them a task to handle would help give them something to soothe the growing nerves he could feel from the both of them. "Gil, get Luffy below deck and help Chopper with whatever he needs."

Rising to his feet his gaze swept out over the surrounding area, taking in every little detail before moving to begin strapping things down, preparing for take-off for when the others arrived back with Nami. He wanted them out to sea. Close enough that if Chopper needed anything they could get it, but far enough that Nami could get them away if they were attacked or followed. Until they knew what was going on he was going to act under the assumption that they were under an attack of some kind.

[sashi-ya]

Peppermint Sabo x F! Reader Day 3: NSFW - "Let it Snow, Let it Snow"

a/n: this day was requested by a lovely user via dm. I hope you enjoy darling and it brightens your day! love u 💖

tw: vag, oral, masturbation, rough. Fluffy ending. Based on the famous xmas song - Let it Snow.

wc: 1.3K

“(Name) thank you for the dinner! Goodnight!” your friends salute you one by one before leaving your home. It’s Christmas eve and you decided to throw a dinner for your friends. Luffy, Nami and Vivi, Robin and Franky, Zoro and Sanji, Usopp, Law, Chopper, Ace…

...and Sabo. The man you deeply love but seems not to catch a clue. Well, until tonight…

“Let me help you with cleaning, (Name)” the politics student tells you before leaving. “Oh it's ok, Sabo! Don’t worry. Plus, Ace and Luffy are already leaving” you tell him, even though you are jumping of joy inside. “I can walk back home after, is not a problem” he insists, picking up the multiple plates his brothers have used.

You smile subtly, Sabo is such a gentleman -even more than Sanji who is being carried out by Zoro because he got drunk with too much spiked eggnog -.

While you clean, Sabo leaves the plates next to you. You noticed he has rolled his sleeves up and has taken off his gloves. For the first time you are able to appreciate his soft milky hands, sprinkled with some little veins that go down from his forearms to the back of his hands.

“So… perfect” you mumble.

Sabo, who is as sweet as intelligent, looks at you with a soft smile… yet the flame of the fireplace reflects into his dark grey eyes. “Well I think we are all set now” he says, still smiling but fixing his eyes on yours. You aren’t sure if he wants you to tell him to stay or not, so you rehearse at light speed the words on your mind as he walks to the door.

He takes his long black jacket, gloves, and hat, while you nervously fidget your fingers behind him. “He definitely wants to leave” you think, putting up excuses to avoid being brave enough. The cold breeze from outside filters through the open door, a snowstorm has -blessed- your town tonight, and Sabo is gonna be freezing walking to his home.

“All right, thank you (Name). Wonderful meal!” he says, turning towards you, fixing his frilled cravat.

“You.. you are welcome… Sab…”

His hands around your waist, pulling you closer to him, his lips over yours.

All of a sudden.

Kissing you. Impulsively. Savagely.

The icy snowflakes that come from outside hit your faces and melt instantly over your burning skin. You pull him inside and close the door with a kick. The kiss breaks soon after, Sabo with a hand on your cheek, sight on your lips first and then into your eyes. A side smirk, so perfectly balanced in between romance and pure lust.

“Sabo… stay. The storm…”

“<Let it snow, let it snow…> right?” he sings, caressing your cheek with the soft leathery materials of his gloved thumb. You nod, and slowly slide his coat off. Sabo takes his hat off without taking his eyes off you. “It’s a little cold, right?” he mumbles. “Uhum…” you agree and grab his hand. “Let’s go next to the fireplace”.

He follows you to the living room, and even if the fire is slowly dying, it’s enough to tint the whole place with orange tones. The crackling sound of the woods burning and the smell of gingerbread from some cookies fills out the room.

Sabo passes his hands around your waist from behind, he places his chin over your shoulder, the fire burning light reflects over his eye burning scar. He moves slowly side to side, grazing his body against your back.

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful…”

He sings slowly, sexily whispering right into your ear.

“And since we've got no place to go

Let it snow… Let it snow… Let it snow... ”

The blonde takes his gloves off by pulling them sexily with his teeth. His now naked hands travel under your shirt, grazing up your belly with soft palms, until your clothes are off you. He squeezes your breasts, while biting the shell of your ear.

One of his playful hands slides inside your jeans, reaching for your wet spot. “So wet already?” he asks and places a kiss over your shoulder. You can feel his devilishly smile on your skin when all of a sudden his fingers reach your clit.

“Sabo!” you gasp. “Hum? What’s wrong?” he asks, pressing harder, tracing circles on your special spot. You squirm around his hand, grazing your ass against his now hard erection. “Wanna make it harder?” he asks, laughing at your unstoppable movements. “Y-yes…” you stutter, wanting to feel not only his hand, but also his hard dick in between your legs.

“Good, then” he tells you all of a sudden and turns you around. “Kneel” he commands, and you widen your eyes. Since when did Sabo act like this? you ask yourself because he is usually so calm and moderate… who would have known he really was hiding this?

You obey right away, hands on each side of his hips, gloating at how he unbuckles his belt and lowers his zipper. Freed member, dripping and throbbing, presented in front of you like a candy cane you would love to lick until next Christmas.

And so you do, first savoring the tip and then the whole shaft. Up and down, cheeks stretched from his length, gagging whenever he decides to pull your hair to move your head faster.

"Good girl…" he grunts, and you are sure he is gonna cum sooner than later. But he doesn't, he doesn't want to yet. Sabo helps you stand up and pulls from your hand towards the couch. He flops into it and looks at you up and down. "Undress for me first..." he whispers, and you do as tell. Slowly and sexily you take your jeans off, enjoying Sabo’s blushed cheeks as he jerks off looking at your little table dance.

He pats his lap, calling you after with a beckoning finger. You straddle your hips over his crotch, feeling the stickiness and warmth of his dick against your wet entrance.

Moving your hips back and forth, stimulating the both of you, kissing and biting lips.

"Enough with the grazing, let me fuck you deep" Sabo says, slowly loosing himself in the need to penetrate you. "Fuck me deep, Sabo" you whisper, already aligning his shaft to your entrance. And you let yourself fall over it, allowing him to fill you up so deep.

You jump over him, once, twice, more and more. Breathing into your mouths, grunting, and moaning. Sabo's hands pressing your ass against him as he lifts his hips on and on. Foreheads pressed, pouting to reach the other's lips.

Sabo then pushes you softly, your back is now over the couch, and he is still in between your legs. From sitting to missionary in a single motion. You cross your legs on his back, Sabo kisses you while giving you deep, rough thrusts.

"I wanted this for so long, babe" he mumbles, lips pressed on the crook of your neck.

"I… me too… Sabo… I have a crush on you" you unwillingly confess. "Me too, baby… me too" he tells you, every thrust hitting the tempo with what he says those words.

And just like that, climax after climax your bodies finally drift into exhaustion…

"Merry Christmas, babe. I'm glad there was a snowstorm tonight" Sabo whispered, kissing your forehead as you sleep comfortably and warm surrounded by his embrace… ♥️

[victorie552onepiecespeedrun]

Reading One Piece pt 253: Discrimination

Chapter 500

Thoughts:

- Chapter 500! Rejoice everybody! We finally got here!

I didn’t manage to get to Big 500 before chapter 1000 (Yesterday came out chapter 1009 I believe) BUT CLOSE ENOUGH! What a big milestone! I am officially in the middle of the story :D

- For the occasion, I watched One Piece OP 11. “Share The World”, was it? I like it, it’s very different from the rest of them. And boi, there’s a lot happening in that opening. 

Apparently there will be Kuma, I WAS spoiled for existence of Boa Hancock but don’t know what her powers are or how does she appear in the story, apparently ALL supernovas are important somehow and I’ll need to remember their names (:() AND I’m officially worried for Ace, HE CLEARLY HAD PLOT RELEVANCE and it wasn’t looking good!!! 

(Ace, Whitebeard, Tashigi|Smoker and Shanks with his merry band always show up in openings even though they never do anything really in anime. Especially Shanks) 

But the worst thing is, I didn’t saw any slaver-punching OR noble-punching. Will it all go differently this time? I’m not sure I can walk through that arc without a promise of some solid Celestial Dragon punching

- “The Embers of History” what a nice chapter title

- Fpos/cs: Kalifa is cleaning the city with her DF power!

- Duval is here. What a sight that is

- Nice, he and his gang will help with Camie :)

- Hah, Duval went to meet some girls but “wasn’t a hit he expected” I salute you, womanfolk of One Piece :D

- “I can fix your bone structure. I can’t perform miracles” afhdafgds

- Ok, Sanji, Usopp and Franky are up and about for saving Camie

- Meanwhile, at Sabaody Park, guys split up. Wonderful. We’re with Chopper and Brook

- Haha :D

- Ok, two groups are together now

- Oh man. Luffy and Hachi (and starfish friend) went to human shop. “Human” shop

- Oh, they’re bringing attention to themselves

- “To tell the truth, it isn’t good for a fish-man or mermaid to be on this island at all! But Hachi wanted to help you guys, no mater what!” oh

- “Camie and Hachi’s enemies aren’t just the human traffickers. It’s all the humans who live on the archipelago!” With each passing second, I want more and more to see this place burned to the ground, do you guys feel the same

- Meanwhile, Nami and Robin are at the mall. Nami is listening to Robin’s history lesson :D

- 200 years ago fish-people were considered fish and free game for all

- “Until the World Government declared friendly relations with Fish-man Island 200 years ago, slavery and traffickers were an accepted part of society. This culture still exists here on the archipelago.” Huh, first nice thing I heard about WG in a looong time, if ever. Still, they don’t care for the laws here

- Aaaand now they are updated about Camie situation too

- “Discrimination…” Luffy is up to speed too

- “You three are our friends now! I don’t care what it takes! We’re going to save her!” Luffy rules as always

- “Grove 1. Human Auction Hall”

- “Saint Roswald! Saint Shalria!” are nobles saints now too!? They just have no shame, do they

- Hey, Kid is here (the readhead with a bounty higher than Luffy’s. Apparently a prick)

- And Killer too, as they’re in one crew

- “We may mean to do harm but we’re sorta cute by comparison, aren’t we?” wow. If villain judges you…

- Look, Law is here too! (I’m beginning to think Supernovas travel in packs)

- Haha, lol (Law flipped Kid off :D)

- Camie!

- …Camie :(

- “Hatchin is going to... beat you up!” …yeah, he will

- What?

- ???

- HAKI MENTION

- !!!

- “Silvers Rayleigh. The Pirate King’s Right Arm. Former Roger Pirates First Mate” !!!

We found the guy!

rOP 252  rOP 254

[rieson]

Hey, would you maybe do a oneshot of Nami demanding a foot rub (maybe because she likes being barefoot so much or something like that) but then being totally overwhelmed by the skills of the guy doing it for her? xD I think her reaction would be hilarious! I hope the idea is not too silly though. :) have a great day!

hello !! sure, that sounds pretty fun to write. i had to search up foot rubbing techniques for this TT. i also changed up a few bits, like how the guy is actually the reader, but i hope this meets your expectations. thank you for requesting!

Gratify

Pairing : Nami ✗ M!Reader

Genre : Humor

Content Warning : Male!Reader, Uhh...Foot rubs. (Don't make it dirty you perverts)

Word Count : 1,082

─ nami demands kindly asks you to rub her foot

"nee, [name]?~ can you rub my foot?"

SWINGING your legs happily like a child in the ship's swing as you yet again, watched Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper wrestle each other on the ship's deck.

“OI! GET OVER HERE─ OW! LUFFY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?”

“Shishishi!~ Sorry!”

“Sorry isn't gonna cut it you jerk!”

“YEAH! You jerk!~”

Laughing at their antics, you can hear Nami sigh for the umpteenth time from where she sunbathed at.

“Nee, [Name]?~” Your girlfriend spoke out.

“Hm?” You averted your gaze towards the red-head.

“Can you rub my foot?” She suggested with a sly smirk as she slowly lifted up her right leg.

“...” You stare at her with a blank expression, lips formed into a thin line.

A minute goes by.

Two minutes go by.

Until finally, Nami gives up and huffs. Putting back her right leg to its original position.

Or so you thought.

Because not even a minute later, she mumbles something that suspiciously sounds like something along the lines of :

‘Fine then, i’ll get sanji to do it’

Now that, got your attention.

Your head snapped towards her direction, your neck emitting a scary ‘snap!’ sound you thought even you couldn't do.

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It's not that you hate the lad, Sanji’s great.

He really is! You admire and adore his cooking, hell sometimes you even ask him for recipes so that you can experiment cooking on your own, sometimes he’ll outright say no, or, on rare occasions (when nami is in the room) he’d begrudgingly give you the recipe.

It's great.

Your relationship with the blond cook is somewhat okay.

But sometimes, SOMETIMES he gets on your nerves.

Like, whenever the crew arrives at a new island to restock and Sanji approaches Nami with heart eyes, asking her if she would need any help, your insecurities go up the roof.

What if she left you for Sanji?

What if she grows tired of you because Sanji was the one helping her instead of you?

You know that Nami won't leave you, but you can't help but think about it.

And what does your 1 brain cell left in your brain tell you to do to stop this?

H e l p N a m i m o r e t h a n S a n j i d o e s

Anndd that usually leads to useless and childish competition(s) between you and Sanji.

That is, until Nami had a word with you both.

“[Name], Sanji-san.”

“Yes Nami-chwan?~”

“What is it love?”

“You both need to stop competing over stupid stuffs, you’re on the same crew for gods sake! If you both keep this up, you may cause the crew to split up. Sanji needs to learn when to not step over boundaries, and you, [Name]! Need to accept the fact that no, I will NOT leave you in any way shape or form. That day, when you confessed to me, you're stuck with me. And that means til we die. You got that?”

Silence took over the atmosphere as both you and sanji processed what Nami had just said.

You break the silence, “Yes Nami, I apologize for our childish behavior.” You turned to sanji.

“I really am sorry dude, wanna start over?”

Said man looked at you for a good second before saying “Yeah, let's do that. Sorry for causing a ruckus everytime.”

And from that day on, you treated Sanji like a brother. Giving him playful glares and nudges, teasing him whenever you get the chance to.

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Back to the present, you looked at the red-head with another blank expression until an idea pops up to you, making the corners of your lips twitch slightly to a smirk (but the action remained unnoticed by the navigator).

Slowly, you got off the swing as you made your way to where Nami, your oh so lovely girlfriend was laying down.

As if noticing you going towards her direction, she beams, mentally pumping her fists up in the air and saying ‘Victory!’ in her head.

You got to where she was sunbathing and kneeled in front of her feet, grabbing a stool and putting both of her legs on top of it.

“Do it properly, okay love?~” She sent a cheshire cat grin to you.

You rolled your eyes and gave her a mock salute, “Yes sweetheart~”

You decided to start with her right feet, starting it up with warm up twists.

As you were doing the warmup twists, you could see Nami slowly relaxing and melting to the chair from the corner of your eyes.

Once the warmups were done, you decided you would do your favorite rub that helped relax tense muscles.

Thumb work.

Slowly, you place your fingers on top of her foot, placing your thumbs under each foot (on the toe pads).

You move your thumbs to stroke down each toe, using moderate pressure.

You move to the ball of the foot, repeating the same downward stroke motion with your thumbs.

You hear Nami gasps lightly

“Holy shi─” She started, but got cutted off by her own body melting at the touch of your fingers repeating the same motion in the arch of her feet and the heel.

“PffT!─” You snorted, “I did NOT expect that!~” You continued laughing, unconsciously stopping your fingers movement from rubbing the navigator's foot, making her glare at you.

“Hey! I was just surprised is all, i never knew you─”

“You see… I was once called ‘[Name] the professional foot calmer’ at my village”

The red-head sweatdropped at your sudden confession, before huffing softly and shoving her left leg at your face, silently demanding you do the same to the other one.

“Hey!─ I was about to tell you how i gained the title don't just shove your foot up my face!”

“Less talking, more foot rubbing.”

“Your foot smells.”

“What was that?”

“Nothing my queen.” And you start doing the same to her other foot.

Suddenly, in the middle of you rubbing her feet you see Nami beams and her pupils start shaping the shape of a beli.

Oh no.

end.

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extra ending; from that day on, Nami used you as her personal foot rubber and her personal income of money by making you open up a small foot rubbing stall on every island they visit.

(Sanji also requests some foot rubs every now and then when his feet get really bad foot cramps, 10/10 service. Go support [Name]’s small foot rub business!~)

[vannahfanfics]

Cantaloupe Kiss

Word Count: 2,315

Fluff, Romance, Post-Thriller Bark, Pre-Dressrosa

Summary: After shopping for fruit for the ship, Nami and Zoro take a small break to share a cantaloupe. One thing leads to another, and then the two of them are slinging cantaloupe at one another... and making love confessions to each other, apparently.

I finally got a chance to write something for @doctorgerth​’s One Piece of Summer Event! I’ve meant to since the beginning, but alas, things pile up. This little piece is inspired by the prompt “fruit”! Enjoy :3

Nami held her arms pinned behind her back like a drill sergeant as she strode purposefully in front of the members of the Straw Hat Crew, plus Law. They were arranged in a straight line, regarding her with expressions ranging from amusement to annoyance—aside from the Heart Pirates captain, who was disinterestedly inspecting his cuticles. Nami clicked her tongue and snapped her heels together, then swept her burning brown eyes over the lot of them.

“All right! Listen up!” she commanded. “Dressrosa Kingdom is a considerable journey, and we have not stocked up on supplies since we left Saobody Archipelago. We have moored at this island—” she gestured to the bustling port that spilled out behind the port side of the ship. It bustled with sailors who were hauling in imported goods and the day’s catch. “—to procure the necessary goods. We are on a tight schedule here, people! There will be no lollygagging or pointless scuffling today!”

She tossed a pointed glare at their straw hat-wearing captain, who scrunched up his face and picked his nose in defiance.

“Luffy!” she warned with a raised eyebrow.

“Okay, okay! In and out, quick and quiet, I get it,” the boy grumbled unhappily.

Nami straightened up with a pleased hum.

“Right then. Robin, Law, and Chopper are in charge of procuring medical supplies. Sanji and Luffy will take the meat market, Usopp and Franky the spice market, and Zoro and I the produce market. Momonosuke and Kine’mon will look after the Sunny.”

A few of the more zealous crew members snapped their hands to their foreheads in salutes with a rousing cry of “Yes, ma’am!” They then scattered like marbles, climbing over the side of the ship to vanish into the town. Nami climbed down the rungs of the port-side ladder and landed on the slick, salty docks, while Zoro opted to just vault over the side and land beside her. One hand rested lazily on the hilt of his katana in a clear warning against challenging him. Nami pulled the list of required fresh fruits and vegetables from her pocket and gave it a once-over, then nodded. 

“All right, Zoro! Let’s go.”

“Why do I have to go with you, anyway?” he griped with a sigh, rubbing the close-cropped green hairs on the nape of his neck. “I could be sleeping or drinking.”

“You’re my pack mule.”

“Of course.”

Bells resounded throughout the bustling docks as ships rolled into port, causing the waves around the algae-coated, barnacle-covered posts to slosh and throw up white foam. The little droplets speckled Nami’s bare legs as she strolled confidently down the docks towards the city proper, which hugged the small blip of space right before the sprawling harbor. When they entered the catacomb-like winding streets of the town, the ringing bells and boatmen’s shouts faded and were replaced by pleasant chatter and whistling wind and birdsong. The aromas of freshly-baked pies and laundry soaps and hearty breads blended harmonically in the breeze, telling of peaceful homesteads enjoying the warm afternoon.

Nami followed quaint wooden markers toward the market, which bloomed in the center of town like a colorful lake.

Waves of colorful fabric tossed in the wind. Regal purples and bright reds and spring greens and sunny yellows formed the rippling canvasses of shop stalls and banners. The fruit market lay in the eastern corner, and Nami knew upon strolling up that she had chosen the right island. Wooden barrels and crates overflowed with succulent specimens, some even so overripe that they burst open to leak sweet juice over the concrete. The ship was quite stocked with tangerines, thanks to Nami’s well-tended hoard, but she still squeezed a few samples and complimented the merchant on his excellent crop.

“Now, let’s see,” Nami said while she referenced her shopping list again. “Apples… Peaches… Bananas… Mangoes… Melons…” As she read down the list, she plucked suitable samplings from the vast array of displays and piled them into the large wooden box that a very disgruntled Zoro was lugging around. The fruit piled up quickly, and soon the round, delicious foodstuffs nearly spilled over the sides. Zoro could most definitely bear the weight, but still, she felt guilty that he didn’t possess the opportunity to roam around in search of weapons stores like he usually did on supply runs.

I’ll make it up to him, she resolved, then promptly addressed him. 

“Zoro?”

“Huh?” he grunted with a raised eyebrow.

“What’s your favorite kind of fruit?”

He shifted the box, bearing its weight with one hulky arm, to peer critically at her over the top of a honeydew melon.

“Surely, you must have one!” She clicked her teeth insistently. 

His mouth twisted into a slight frown before he muttered, “Cantaloupe.”

“Cantaloupe! All right, then.” Nami glanced back over the fruit stall once more to locate the large, round fruit. Zoro watched her curiously while she purchased one of the ripe melons, but said nothing when she gestured for him to follow and started walking, carrying the fruit underneath her arm rather than tossing it into the crate with the rest. She located an iron bench on the fringe of the marketplace and eased herself onto it with a contented sigh, then patted the space beside her.

“Come on, Zoro! You’ve worked hard. You’ve earned yourself a little treat, I’d say.”

His dark eyes were watchful while he lowered the crate at her feet and plopped onto the bench beside her. Using a small pocketknife that she carried around for miscellaneous purposes such as this, Nami carved into the rind. Sweet, bright orange juice burst from the seam to coat her fingers and leave them sticky. Nami ignored the sensation and continued to slice the peel around the circumference of the melon, then split the fruit in half. She carved a small piece out before holding it out to Zoro with a bright smile.

“Here!”

“You’re being awfully nice,” he huffed suspiciously, but took the cantaloupe square and popped it into his mouth anyway. He hummed appreciatively as he chewed on the fruit’s creamy flesh.

Nami cut herself a piece and nibbled at it. It was just firm enough and saturated in sweet juice, so it was no wonder that Zoro enjoyed it so much.

“You’re not going to charge me for this, are you?” he asked shiftily and tore himself another piece from the cantaloupe.

“No, this one’s on me,” she laughed. “I know there are things you would rather be doing than hauling around our groceries, so the least I could do was buy you a cantaloupe.” She bit into another chunk of the fruit and sighed contentedly. “Besides, it is absolutely delicious.”

“Who knew? You actually have a nice side.”

“Hey!” she protested and elbowed him in the ribs.

He hissed; she'd jabbed him right in his intercostals. Muttering unflattering curses, he rubbed his bruising side, but he also tossed her a playful smirk. Suddenly, he tore a sizeable chunk of the cantaloupe free with his fingers and shoved it right in her face. Nami squealed as the fruit squished against her cheek, splashing juice over her face and even into her nose. The mangled lump of fruit flopped down onto her thighs, spreading a puddle of the sticky liquid over the tanned skin, while she blew through her nose to force out little bits of cantaloupe.

“Zoro! That wasn’t funny!” she whined and wiped her face with the heels of her palms. Zoro found it quite funny, for he was cackling like a maniac.

“Take this!” Nami huffed while digging out some of the orange fruit with her bare hands.

“Oh shit!” he yelled when she slapped him in the forehead with it. He squeezed his eyes shut as the juice cascaded down. Nami had smacked him good; the front ends of his moss-green hair were slathered with the sunset color as they dripped the sweet droplets all down his face. 

“Nami, you little—!”

Nami shrieked delightedly when he grabbed her by the wrists and began wrestling with her. The half-eaten cantaloupe slid from her lap to fall atop the rest of the fruit in the crate. Though she slapped and pawed at him playfully, Zoro’s sizeable bulk allowed him to jostle her quite easily. He soon had her pinned down against the hard, black bottom of the bench, knees on either side of her hips and smirking in devilish glee as he hunched over her.

“Shame on you. You wasted the cantaloupe.”

“You’re the one who pushed it in my face first!” she pouted.

Zoro’s Cheshire cat grin widened, and something new began to sparkle in the dark pits of his eyes. Her pursed lips gradually flattened as she stared at him in wonder.

“Hey… Zoro, what’s that look for?”

He did not respond, only lightly pinched the end of her chin between his thumb and forefinger. His knees pushed inwards to hug snugly against her hips. The action sent a pleasurable tremble rocketing up her spine. Her eyelashes fluttered demurely once she realized his intentions, and her mouth curled into a challenging smirk.

“Oh? Now, this is new.”

“Do you think I would humbly commit to serving as a pack mule for just anyone?” he growled lowly. His pink tongue flashed across his canine, making Nami shudder again. His entire hand was cupping her cheek now. The juice rolling down her face pooled in the small space between their skin, making it feel like sugary sweet syrup tenderly embraced her face.

In response to his lascivious gesture, Nami licked some of the cantaloupe juice from the corner of her lip without breaking eye contact. 

“You’re a minx.”

“Says the man who pinned me to a bench and is ravishing me with his eyes.”

His broad chest rumbled with an approving purr. The tips of his first two fingers traced her jawline before pausing over her lips. Nami’s eyes bored into his as she lightly kissed his fingertips, watching with relish as the corner of his mouth inched up into a satisfied sneer.

“Are you going to make a lady infer, or are you going to say what’s on your mind?” she asked, leaning her head back so that his fingers dropped to the column of her throat.

“You’re devious.”

“That isn’t what you were thinking.”

He grinned domineeringly and slowly brought his face down to hover over hers. Nami could feel his hot breath ghosting over her face, carrying the scent of cantaloupe and the sake he had chugged with breakfast that morning.

“Fine,” he relented with a charming smile. “I was thinking that you’re gorgeous.”

“Even with cantaloupe all over my face?”

“Especially with cantaloupe all over your face.”

Nami snorted with laughter and wound her arms loosely around his neck. Her fingers threaded into the short hairs at the nape, feeling their stubbly stiffness.

“You are gorgeous,” he breathed reverently and traced the knuckle of his forefinger over her cheekbone. The smile that bloomed on his face was not one of momentary lust, but long-lasting affection.

Nami smiled sweetly and brought one of her hands around to cup his chiseled jaw.

“Then kiss me.”

Zoro didn’t waste any time acquiescing to her mewled request. His face dove down to envelop her mouth with his own in a searing kiss. Nami hummed into it, savoring the movement of his surprisingly soft lips against hers. He angled his head, kissing her more passionately, and the tip of his tongue traced the length of her bottom lip to lap up the cantaloupe juice. Nami complied with his silent appeal, parting her lips; his tongue greedily slipped through the gap to tangle with her own. The rich taste of cantaloupe burst on Nami’s tongue as they fervently devoured each other in hot, wet kisses. Her hands traveled the lengths of his arms, exploring every divot and rugged muscle, before springing to his back to splay her fingers over the corded flesh of his deltoid.

They sprang apart panting and pink-faced, but Nami still chased his leaving lips, desperate for continued contact. Zoro chuckled and pecked her cutely a few more times before sitting up on the bench and wiping at his face.

“Ugh. What a mess.”

“Yeah. It’s gonna take me hours to get all this cantaloupe juice out of my hair!” Nami pouted and tugged at her sodden strands of tangerine-colored locks.

Zoro smirked while he leisurely rose from the bench, stretching his arms above his head and then letting them flop to his sides. 

“We had better get back to the ship. It won’t do to have all this fruit in this heat,” she remarked as she also stood up. 

“Back to being the pack mule,” he snorted amusedly and leaned over to pick up the box of fruit. As he was rising, Nami pecked him on the cheek, and he paused halfway to shoot her a curious glance out of his peripheral vision. “What’s that about?”

“Nothing. Just had a bit of cantaloupe on your cheek.”

Grinning spiritedly, he rolled his eyes and bumped her with his hip.

“Hey, watch it!” she warned as the fruits at the top of the produce-laden box wobbled precariously and rolled over one another. “I paid good money for those.”

“Uh-huh," came his completely uninterested reply, but the broad grin stretching across his face told Nami everything that he did so just to heckle her, in true Zoro fashion. 

Nami stuck out her tongue at him and began sauntering along the cobblestone road. A smile graced her face as she pleasantly considered the exciting romantic development, and her lips tingled with the remnants of a cantaloupe kiss. It appeared that there were quite a few perks to recruiting a brawny swordsman as a pack mule. Nami definitely had no intentions of ever hiring anyone else to help with her fruit runs, now!

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Video calls in quarentine

Plot: The worst thing about not being able to leave the house was boredom and not seeing his friends or Law. Luckily there are video calls and until the quarantine ends, Luffy would talk to them through the camera.

From: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23424109

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Video calls in quarentine

Luffy opened the bowl of ramen as he sat at the desk in front of the computer. Ace hadn't felt like cooking that night and ordered delivery at Sanji’s restaurant, which was one of the few things that was still working. Also, they didn't have much food in the house anymore. The next day Sabo would go out with the car to buy food at the market that could last them for the whole next week.

His room was a mess. Ace forced him to clean every day, but he just swept up and let Sabo disinfect. His clothes and things were thrown everywhere, but he didn't care much. He crossed his legs over the chair and looked at the computer anxiously. He wanted it to be time for everyone to get online. He was terribly bored and fed up with being locked in his house without being able to leave, and talking to them was one of the few fun things he could still do. That if the internet didn't collapse with everyone using it at the same time.

"Luffy, are you eating already?" Ace asked, peering into his room.

"Yes, I just grabbed the ramen," he replied, turning his face to see him. He brought a mouthful of noodles to his mouth. "I added the meat you had made today at noon to make it better"

Ace laughed because he knew of his little brother's quirky taste for meat.

"We’re going to talk to Marco, Thatch, Koala and Hack by video call in the living room," he informed him, saying goodbye.

"Okay, I'm going to talk to the guys, too."

The ringing of the video call application turned his attention to the computer and he saw that Franky had started the chat. He accepted the invitation and eight boxes appeared on his screen. The faces of his friends appeared one by one.

"Hello guys!" Luffy yelled happily. He waved his hand effusively to greet them.

"Luffy!" Chopper appeared in one of the upper boxes and Luffy watched him. "How's everybody?"

"Eating,"  he laughed, showing him his bowl of ramen.

"Ace didn't cook today?" Sanji interjected, under Chopper.

"We don't have much food left, tomorrow Sabo is going to buy. I hope he brings a lot of meat"

"He doesn’t need to go outside, Luffy," said Nami, next to Chopper. "He can buy online and have it delivered to the house"

"I didn't know that," Chopper replied in amazement. "However here at home they go out every day, so they buy outside"

"Do your parents have a lot of work, Chopper?" Robin asked, sitting next to Franky in their living room. Their camera appeared below Sanji.

"Yes, they are both in the emergency department at the hospital, so they attended many suspicious cases that ended up negative, and several that were confirmed"

Chopper's parents were a pair of doctors, Kureha and Hiluluk. Chopper was a student, but he still didn't work or practice in hospitals, so he had to stay home during quarantine.

"What about you?" Nami asked Franky and Robin. "Classes were suspended, do you have to go to college, Robin?"

"I went the first week just because the teachers had to go, but since the mandatory quarantine was decreted we also stayed at home. And Franky opens the workshop less hours"

Franky's workshop was installed next to their house and he didn't have to go out to work. In addition, hardware stores and workshops were exempt from quarantine because citizens may need home repairs.

"At least there are some things to do," Franky said." Otherwise it would be suuuper boring"

Luffy laughed as he shoved a large bite of noodles and meat into his mouth. Knowing that he wasn't the only one who was bored to death during those days made him feel very accompanied.

"What about you, Sanji?" Robin asked. "The other day I passed near the restaurant when I was returning from shopping and I saw it closed, how are you doing?"

Sanji was sitting in a chair by the open window of his room, smoking. He looked at the computer, which appeared to be leaning against his bed since the camera focused him from beneath.

"Zeff decided to close the shop to eat there, but the delivery is still open" he answered taking a drag on the cigarette.

"Today we ordered the ramen there, it’s delicious!" Luffy added, his eyes bright with excitement.

"I didn't work today, who brought you the food?"

"Paty came, it looked like they had a lot of work," Luffy replied.

"With the quarantine, people in the neighborhood are asking for more food there whenever they don't want to cook. We are cooking a lot even though we closed the restaurant"

The box next to Sanji was black and suddenly Zoro appeared.

"Finally!" Usopp shouted when he saw him appear. "Why did you take so long? Don't tell me you got lost ..."

Everyone laughed at the absurd joke and Zoro shouted some things at him that no one heard. The video call was more chaotic than their meetings, although they were naturally messy already.

"I was sleeping," he said to apologize.

"How strange of you, sleeping," Sanji murmured to annoy him.

"What are you saying, perverted cook ?!" He yelled annoyed.

"Brook didn't show up yet, either," Chopper added. His box, next to Robin’s and Franky's, underneath it all, was still black.

"I'm sure he's sleeping, surely he's going to show up anytime soon," Robin replied, smiling.

"Hey, Zoro!" Luffy called out to him. "How’s everything over there? Did you close the dojo?"

Zoro's father, Mihawk, was a well-known martial artist from the area and had a kendo dojo in which Zoro gave some classes and trained. They lived in the house behind the dojo, in an area far from the city, surrounded by some valleys.

Zoro said he used to get lost when everyone got together because he lived further away than the others. Sanji believed it was because he had a lousy sense of direction. And that always led to absurd and fun fights.

"It's closed, but we train every day," Zoro commented, settling into bed with the computer on his legs. "Although it's boring not being able to get out of here"

"I get you," Luffy gasped with a weary expression. "I'm sick of being locked up at home! I go out to the yard and I have nothing to do. Sabo won't even let me go do the groceries!

"He knows you're going to run away if you go out," Usopp said, and Nami nodded.

"It's just for a few days Luffy, we don't want you to get sick!" She exclaimed to reaffirm the point.

"I know, but it's sooo boring!" Luffy dropped his head on the desk table and his friends laughed, understanding his sentiment, because they were all mortally bored from being locked up. "If the virus doesn't kill me, boredom will"

"I go out to the yard every day to practice my marksmanship, at least I have my equipment at home," Usopp said. "I brought it from the club before quarantine"

He practiced shooting and arrow and various other aiming sports, but he was lucky because in Usopp's house there was a big yard where he could spend the day if he was tired of being indoors.

"At home we don't know what else to do," Nami said, rolling her eyes. "Being locked up in an apartment is much worse. Yesterday we walked the dog with Nojiko and took a few more laps"

"See! I'm not the only one!" Luffy yelled at the screen.

"Nami, don't do that please!" Chopper interjected. "It is better to take him out to pee and nothing else, even if you want to walk a little. It is dangerous to expose yourself"

"I know, I'm sorry… today we purchased some clothes online! They will send them home, so at least that was fun.

Underneath them all, Brook's black box formed into an image. The man was lying on the couch at home drinking tea and the computer seemed to be on his legs.

"Hello Brook!" Usopp greeted him, waving his hand effusively.

Brook saluted even though he wasn't looking at the camera.

"On the top of the notebook, Brook!" He indicated, laughing. Usopp gave him some classes to use the computer a few years ago and now he knew much better how it worked but he had never made video calls with it yet.

"Oh, there you are," said the older man, and he started laughing when he saw them all. "How are you guys?"

"Hello, Brook," Robin said with her kind smile. "We are fine, you?"

"Suuuuper bored over here," Franky added.

"I am grand," Brook replied, drinking his tea. "I am an average retiree, this was already my lifestyle"

Everyone laughed at his joke and Luffy saw behind Brook his guitar.

"Have you been practicing with the guitar?" He asked excitedly.

"Today I wanted to play something for you guys, if you let me."

"Yes!" Luffy yelled excitedly.

Brook was the older of the group, and therefore the most vulnerable to the disease, so he was confined to his home. Usopp lived close enough and did the groceries for him. He couldn't stay long, so he left the food at the door, greeted each other and left.

"By the way, thank you for today’s groceries, Usopp-san," he said with a smile and picked up his guitar.

The man might be old, but he was rocking like no other. In his youth he had been part of a band that became fairly well known. Franky had been a huge fan in his teens and had the entire Roringustonzu discography. Sabo also liked them so Luffy knew some songs, but Brook had done others that no one else knew.

He played the song everyone liked best, Bink’s Sake, an ode to the adventures they had created after a movie night at Franky’s and Robin's. They had seen Pirates of the Caribbean and fantasized about being pirates until the wee hours. Their version ended up being much better than the movie.

Everyone applauded when he finished playing. They had sung in chorus, which with the delay came late to all the computers and made a mess of sound that made the moment even more delirious and fun. Brook bowed and laughed with them.

"Hey, Brook!" Sanji called out as he smoked. "How’s Laboom?"

Brook got up from his seat and took the computer to the fish tank in a corner of the house, where the little goldfish he had had for years danced to the tune he had just finished.

"Here he is, his food comes by online delivery, so he is kept fed," he replied.

Luffy greeted Laboom as if the fish could hear or recognize him, but everyone else did too.

"What about your dog, Luffy?" Chopper asked, poking his nose very close to the screen.

"Get a little further from the computer, Chopper," Zoro warned him. The boy pushed away the computer.

"Sorry, my books had fallen and I was arranging them."

Luffy lifted his pet off the ground and brought it closer to the screen.

"Say hello, Shushu." The dog barked at the camera and everyone interpreted it as a greeting. "I think he is the only one who has a good time because nobody leaves the house"

"Same thing happens to me," Nami said with a smile.

The noise of a door was heard but they could not identify which camera it came from, until Perona appeared in Zoro's camera, behind everything, peeking out of the frame of the room.

"Food’s ready!" She yelled in her bossy tone. Sanji straightened up and began to greet her effusively.

"Hello, Perona-chan!" He shouted with bright eyes and Zoro glanced at him with a murderous face. "Do you want me to send you free food from the restaurant?"

Nami covered her face with shame. Luckily Sanji had understood, at least, that he couldn't flirt with her and Robin, because they were his friends, but that didn't stop him from going after Zoro's sister.

"That would be great!" Perona cried contentedly in her high-pitched voice, and Zoro shoved her out of her room.

"I'll go, now get out," he snapped annoyed.

Luffy laughed because the antics of his two friends always made him laugh. In the corner of his computer, a WhatsApp Web sign popped out. It was a message from Law.

[3/28 8:46 p. m.] Torao: Hello Luffy-ya

are you free?

"Torao wrote to me!" Luffy shouted happily with the cell phone in his hand and showed them to his friends.

"Send him greetings!" Nami shouted.

"Tell him to call me later," Chopper added. "I have a bunch of things to ask him"

Law was Chopper's tutor at the university, but when classes were suspended, so were face-to-face meetings with tutors and study sessions in the library. Everything had turned towards virtual meetings. However, in a complicated pandemic situation like this, and Law as a doctor, he had a lot of work in the hospital and could not pay as much attention to his little student.

"Okay, I think he wants to make a video call with me."

"Don't let things get too heated, Luffy!" Nami raised her eyebrows and started laughing out loud. Robin covered her mouth, giggling.

"Be careful, you live with your brothers!" Franky said very seriously.

Luffy felt his face going red because of his friends’ teasing, but he looked at the cell phone hoping that Law would write to him again. He had told him that he was there and that if he wanted to talk, his computer was on.

Instead of an answer, a video call notification came through.

"He’s calling me!" He announced happily. "Okay, guys, we’ll chat later, okay?"

His friends greeted him and said goodbye to him. Luffy closed that session and opened Law's video call. The screen showed the doctor in a huge box. He was in his apartment, surely he had just returned from work, although due to his clothes, he had already changed.

"Torao!" Luffy yelled happily. They hadn't seen each other in person in weeks. Law worked a lot in the hospital and even before the quarantine began he didn't want Luffy to see him in case he could infect him.

"How are you Luffy-ya?" He asked with a smile. That kind of sideways, very soft smile that Law only gave when he was relaxed and calm.

"Fine, bored, but I just talked to the guys and it was fun seeing them," he replied with a smile. "How about you? Have you just arrived from work?"

"Yes, I showered and left the clothes on the balcony with disinfectant. Today was a long day at the hospital."

"Why? Many new cases?" He asked curiously. "I hope you are taking care of yourself!"

Law laughed and the sound of his deep voice was refreshing. There were days when he was so stuffed with work that they couldn't even call each other. Luffy missed him very much.

“We confirmed five cases at North Blue"

Luffy saw him move around the house, it seemed that he had called him from his cell phone. Law sat at the kitchen counter and began to drink coffee.

"Shachi took care of two and I saw only one," he continued informing him. All of Law's friends were from the hospital, so he got to see them often.

Luffy envied that, at least a little.

"The ones we took care of are young and have no previous illnesses, so they will be fine. I investigated the other two cases and they are more complicated, but my prognosis is not bad. They were taken to Dressrosa’s hospital, which was built for patients with the virus specifically."

Luffy liked to hear Law speak, even though he didn't understand half the things he was saying. He knew that Law was a fairly prestigious doctor and that he was running for the position of North Blue’s director . Luffy wasn't sure if he wanted Law to have such an important position, because it would mean even less time than what he already had, but it would also get him out of that front line in which he was so exposed to the virus at the moment.

But he knew that, in the end, Law would do whatever he wanted and considered best. Luffy would do the same in his position.

"Do you wear the facial mask and the gloves?"

"We always wear them, Luffy-ya."

He laughed at his answer, because it was true. However, he was surprised to see his face so red around the eyes and with some injuries and irritated areas.

"Why are you so hurt?" He asked with a frown. He focused his eyes better.

Law touched his face and looked into his camera.

"Because of the use of the equipment," he replied, massaging his face. "The masks are tight and cover the entire face. In addition we have the face masks and the whole suit. Using them so much irritates the skin"

Luffy clicked his tongue, because he didn't like seeing him hurt, but he understood that it was needed to take care of himself too.

"Does it hurt much?"

Law shook his head and took a sip of his coffee.

"No, it just burns a little. I'll put on some moisturizer later. Don't worry, it's nothing"

He had seen Law many times when he was working, before the pandemic. Luffy liked to pick him up at the hospital and go eat somewhere. Sometimes he passed Law's friends and greeted each other. Luffy liked them very much.

He missed that.

"Don't be sad," he heard him say. He raised his head to see the screen. Law was really good at reading him, mainly because he knew him very well. Just as Luffy had managed to break him apart and know all of his reactions. "I am not the most optimistic of all, you know that, but I am confident that we will get out of this situation. The isolation is temporary, remember it"

Luffy complained as always, jaded just like a whimsical child.

"I'm very tired of being home", he groaned. " I wanna see my friends, go play soccer, see you. It's not fair"

Law looked at him with a warmer smile. It wasn't a common sight, but Luffy liked when he got to see it, though it usually meant that he was sad and Law did it to cheer him up.

"No, it isn't," he agreed. "It isn't, especially, for those who get sick or for those who cannot see their loved ones who are sick"

Law always helped him get everything in perspective. If he thought it that way, Law was right. He didn't know what he would do if any of his friends, brothers or Law became ill.

"I know, you're right, but Sabo won't even let me go get the groceries!" He protested.

"He knows you would go too far if he let you out," he replied, laughing.

"Why can't I stay with you during the quarantine?" He said with a whimsical pout.

"Because I work and I already put myself at risk, I don't want to risk you too."

He knew it. It made sense. But it was difficult to stay still locked up in his house when his nature was so free and adventurous.

"I miss you too, Luffy-ya," he said quietly, looking directly at him on camera. "I don't work early tomorrow so we can talk till late. Want to see a movie?"

He felt like a child when Law spoke to him like that, but he also liked him thinking of things to do with him.

"Okay, we can use Netflix Party," Luffy added. "It’s the extension that I told you about the other day, to watch Netflix at the same time. We used it with the guys the other day to watch the last movie of Pirates of the Caribbean."

"Okay, I’ll install it, what do you want to watch?""

"Not Grey's Anatomy, please," Luffy asked, rolling his eyes. "I don’t understand anything..."

"Okay, not series. A movie? An anime?"

Luffy went through the Netflix catalog looking at what they could see. Action movies, some interesting series, and anime.

"Zoro recommended Kingdom, the South Korean series. Usopp is watching Dr. Stone, maybe you like that, he's a scientist like you, Torao!"

Law laughed from the other side of the camera and put on the headphones to hear Luffy better.

"We can also see Kimetsu no Yaiba…"

"Shachi told me it's not that good," Law said.

Luffy looked back at the camera and saw his boyfriend on the couch with headphones and a blanket. He really wanted to be there, in that same tiny space. Cuddling.

"Kingdom sounds fine to me, but it's a series, doesn't bother you?" " Law asked.

Luffy wasn’t a series lover because he didn't have much perseverance to watch them. If he got bored in a chapter, he generally didn't watch more or forgot to follow it. But Zoro told him that ‘Kingdom’ had a lot of action and that he would surely like it.

"We’ll give it a try and see if we like it."

"Okay," Law replied. "I already have the extension, so we can see it whenever you want."

Luffy looked in his closet for a snack bag that he kept there for these moments and moved to bed with the computer.

"You look good like that, Torao," he praised him with an insinuating smile and Law felt a little nervous.

He wasn't used to Luffy's advances on him, no matter how much he always did it. He coughed and settled into the couch.

"If you go stray, we're not going to watch the series ..." he warned when his voice returned.

Luffy laughed as if he had made a prank. He opened the app and the series to play at the same time and put on the headphones.

"What's wrong with it?" He asked innocently. "You said we could stay up late."

Law put play before Luffy made him feel more embarrassed and started the series.

That night they went to bed at three in the morning. It was customary for Luffy to fall asleep late and more in quarantine when he had nothing to do. He made Law promise that they would speak the next day when he returned. Now that he couldn't see him, like his friends, he wanted to make a video call even more often with him.

When the pandemic passes, Luffy will take care of filling his schedule visiting all his friends, playing soccer and sleeping a lot with Torao on his couch; where they were tight and uncomfortable, but very close. So that it never occurs to any fucking virus to want to separate them.

[laxuscouldnever]

Roronoa Zoro x Child!Reader

“How much longer until we get there?” Y/N asked, a slight whine in his voice. “Not too much longer. I think I can see an island from here,” Nami said. Y/N sighed. He had joined the Strawhats about a month ago and immediately seemed to fit in. Y/N got along with everyone but really connected with Zoro. Both of them were swordsman, although Y/N wasn’t very good at handling a sword. Still, he enjoyed it. 

Y/N walked over to Zoro, who was sleeping on the ship deck. Y/N stared at the man before his eyes finally landed on the three swords on Zoro’s belt. He looked down at his own sword. Zoro had been training him here and there. Zoro wasn’t the best teacher, he had little patience with the boy a lot. Zoro would never admit that he felt a sense of pride when Y/N finally learned how to do a technique. He saw the kid as a younger brother, just like the rest of the crew. 

“Ok, everyone! We should be coming onto shore soon!” Nami yelled, making sure that all of the crew members heard the announcement. Everyone gathered to the deck as the ship slowly came closer to the island’s harbor. “Finally!” Y/N yelled, startling Zoro out of his sleep, instinctually grabbing his swords. “Don’t yell when you’re standing next to someone who’s sleeping,” Zoro scolded. “Sorry, Zoro,” Y/N gave the man a smile before turning around and following the others off of the ship. 

“Make sure you’re all back here in three hours! We have to be more careful with how long we spend on islands,” Sanji announced. He and Zoro agreed to stay and watch the ship. Everyone yelled responses of understanding and went their separate ways. Sanji stopped Y/N as he was getting off the ship. “Be careful, okay? Make sure you’re aware of your surroundings and that you know where you’re going,” he said. “Understood, Sanji!” Y/N gave him a small salute and hurried away from the ship. “I hate that he just goes off by himself. Makes me worried that someone might hurt him or something,” Sanji said, turning to face the green-haired swordsman. “I wouldn’t worry. He’s getting better with his sword, he can take care of himself,” Zoro said, sitting back down and falling back asleep. Sanji sighed and walked to the kitchen to prepare a meal for everyone when they get back.

Y/N was happily running through the town, smiling at all the locals and peering into stores that caught his eye. He was having a good time until a leg stuck out in front of him and he fell flat on his face. “Hey, what was that for?” Y/N sat up and rubbed his face. He looked at the three men who stood in front of him. “Look at this kid. He looks like a street rat.” the one in the middle said, which caused his two friends to laugh. “I’m not a street rat! I’m a pirate!” Y/N yelled at them, standing up and getting into a fighting position. 

The three me looked at each other and then laughed. “You? A pirate? Yeah, as if anyone would have a runt like you in their crew,” the men laughed again. “Hey, look. He’s got a sword,” one of the backup men said. Y/N reached down and grabbed the handle. “Yeah, and I know how to use it,” he said. The bigger man in the middle reached down and grabbed it out of his hands. “Hey! Give it back!” Y/N yelled as he tried to grab the sword out of the bigger man’s grasp. The man punched Y/N in the face, sending him to the ground. The man’s friends began kicking Y/N, not giving him a chance to fight back. The men laughed one final time and walked away, leaving Y/N in the dirt. Blood and tears covered the boy’s face as he laid there, almost numb from the pain. 

“Where the hell is he? He should've been here an hour ago,” Sanji complained. Y/N had to show up back to the ship and everyone was waiting for him. “Maybe we should go look-” Robin was cut off as a small silhouette appeared on the trail by the harbor. Y/N was slowly limping towards the ship, sniffles and whimpers barely audible. “Oh my god! Are you okay?” the entire crew climbed off the ship and circled the little boy. Zoro knelt down in front of him, holding his face. “What the hell happened to you? And where’s your sword?” he asked, trying to estimate just how bad these wounds were. “S-Some guys t-took it a-and beat m-me up,” Y/N said between cries. “Grown ass men did this to you?” Sanji growled. Y/N nodded and fell forward into Zoro’s chest. “E-Everything hurts, Zoro,” he cried in pain.

Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro stood from their crouched positions. “Will you show us who they are?” Luffy asked. Y/N nodded. Zoro lifted the boy into his arms and began walking into to town, Sanji and Luffy right behind him. Y/N buried his head into Zoro’s neck, trying to ignore the aches in his body. “Don’t worry. We’ll make them pay for hurting you,” Zoro reassured, smoothing out the boy’s hair.

Y/N lifted his head at the sound of a familiar laugh. He looked around and saw the men from earlier standing outside a bar. “Yeah, we got it off some kid,” the man with the sword bragged to another man, one Y/N didn’t recognize. “Is that them?” Sanji asked, his voice calm as to not startle the boy. “Yeah,” Y/N said, his voice quiet. Zoro walked over to a nearby tree. “Sit here while we take care of them,” he said and walked to join Sanji and Luffy.

“Hey! Where’d you get that sword?” Luffy yelled at the man. “Some kid. We kicked his ass, too,” he said, his buddies laughing along with him. “You think beating up a kid is funny? Shameful. I guess we’ll have to show you what happens when you mess with one of our crew mates,” Sanji throws his cigarette on the ground and prepares for a fight. “What? That kid really is part of a pirate crew?” the man asked. “Yeah, and as his captain, I’m going to put your face in the dirt,” Luffy threatened and threw a quick punch into the man’s face, sending him flying threw the bar window.

Y/N watched as his crew mates attacked the men unmercifully. His body hurt, a lot. Once the men were successfully beaten close to death, Zoro walked back over to Y/N and carefully lifted him into his arms. “Wait! We forgot something!” Luffy yelled. Zoro and Sanji turned around. “Here ya go,” Luffy smiled and handed Y/N his sword. Y/N returned the smile and grabbed the sword out of Luffy’s hand. “Thank you,” he pushed out.

Back at the ship, the rest of the crew waited impatiently for the boys to return. “We have to leave immediately. They probably have the Marines on their way after what those three did,” Nami commented. “Yeah. They probably killed those guys,” Robin added. Brook, Franky, and Usopp all made sounds of agreement. “I have everything ready so that when Y/N gets back, I can check him out,” Chopper said as he walks onto the ship deck.

“Hey! I think I see them!” Robin said, pointing to the path. Sure enough, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were walking towards the ship. Y/N looked ready to fall asleep right there in Zoro’s arms. “You need to stay awake, just until Chopper checks you out,” Zoro said softly. “Zoro?” Zoro looked down at the little boy, his heart cringing at the sight of his badly beaten face. “Thank you,” Y/N whispered. “Thank you for protecting me, you’re really nice. Can we train tomorrow?” Zoro looked at the boy in bewilderment. “I don’t think so, you need to heal up. When you’re all better, then we can train,” Zoro said. Y/N nodded.

“Bring him in here,” Chopper commanded. Zoro followed him into a room and laid Y/N down on a bed. “Can you tell me where it hurts the most?” Chopper asked. “M-My sides. And my face,” Zoro felt so bad hearing the boy’s pained voice. Such a sweet, happy kid, all beaten.

Chopper gently pulled up Y/N’s shirt, revealing a bruise the size of a man’s foot. Chopper and Zoro made sounds of surprise. “What’s wrong? Is it bad? Am I gonna die?” Y/N asked, panicking. “No, it’s just...a big bruise,” Chopper said. “Don’t worry! I’ll make sure you get better real soon!” Chopper went to work on putting bandages on Y/N’s body and face, making sure every injury was well taken care of.

After an hour of patching the boy up, Chopper was finally finished. “There you are!” he exclaimed. “Thanks, Chopper,” Zoro said. “No problem!” Chopper said and left the two alone. “Does it hurt real bad?” Zoro asked, sitting next to the boy on the bed. “Kind of, but it’s better than before,” Y/N said. “What kind of men beat up a kid?” Zoro said, more to himself. “I-I tried to fight back, but I wasn’t strong enough...” Y/N mumbled. “It’s okay. They’re three times your size. It’s not your fault,” Zoro ran his fingers through the boy’s hair. “Can we get food now? I’m hungry.” Zoro lifted him up and carried him to the kitchen

Everyone was sat at the table while Sanji was finishing up dinner. When Zoro and Y/N walked into the room, everyone turned to face the pair. “Hey, Y/N. How are you feeling?” Sanji asked. “Okay. Is dinner ready?” Y/N said. Sanji chuckled. “Yeah, just about,” he said. Zoro sat Y/N in an empty chair, then sat in the one next to it. “You must be really tough to get beat up and already be out of bed,” Nami said, trying to make the boy feel a little better. “R-Really?” Y/N asked. “Yeah, I don’t think I could do that. You’re really strong,” Usopp said. “Thank you,” Y/N smiled brightly at his crew mates. “Foods done!”

After dinner, the crew sat outside, watching the stars as their ship slowly sailed by. Y/N and Zoro were leaned against the side of the ship. Slowly, Y/N felt his body start to grow tired. He leaned his head against Zoro’s side and let his eyes close, letting himself be devoured by sleep.

Zoro looked down at the sudden feeling of someone touching him. His face softened at the sight of the little boy fast asleep against his side. “I’m gonna put him to bed,” Zoro announced, picking up the boy and carrying him to the dorms. Zoro gently laid in one of the hammocks and pulled Y/N onto his chest. After a while, he let himself be pulled into a slumber.

[weirdofrustratedmakata]

20 Things I Love About One Piece

Hey ya’ll! First entry on my ”revived” Tumblr blog is of course about One Piece. Just a quick background, I’m a One Piece fan since of young age (currently 24) and it has been my #1 Manga/Anime ever since. Most posts you’ll be seeing here will probably be about One Piece (+ other Manga/Anime I’m currently reading/watching, I’ve read/watched, Will read/watch +random thoughts +random creative writing of mine. So hope you’ll like what you’ll be seeing lol

Actually... Blog came from my Amino account hahaha (3yrs. ago lol)

Just going to repost it here for starters lol add me on Amino :D

https://aminoapps.com/c/one-piece/page/blog/20-things-i-love-about-one-piece/dv6d_DXsbu1klM4vGpeeWq1dMZN75vRZRYIP

Yo! For the 20th Anniversary of my favorite Manga/Anime, I've decided to create a list of the 20 Things I Love About One Piece

Of course, it is not in particular order and incomplete 'cause meeeeen words won't be enough to describe how much I (and we) love One Piece hahahaha

Sooooo... let us begin!

20. Art

I like the art of One Piece. The color balance and the style of Oda-sama doesn't hurt my eyes. This is one of the first things I look at in a manga I'll read or an anime I'll watch. If I don't like the art, I usually don't continue reading or watching it.

19. Storyline

Nuff said. The image says it all. I really salute Oda-sama's imagination. There's never been a dull moment in One Piece in my opinion (no bias). The story really progresses and continues in depth.

18. Action

What else are you looking for in a shonen manga/anime but action. Those awesome fight scenes and power upgrades. The different devil fruits maaaaaan what more can I say? Marines vs. Pirates fighting for glory satisfies me.

17. Drama

Aside from all the action and fighting, of course there's a reason behind them (those fights). The backstories and flashbacks bring tears to my eyes. (T_T)

16. Humor

This completes and balances the emotions. Who doesn't care for a good laugh aye?

15. History

I love how Oda-sama actually uses real pirates' names and real places for the characters and their backstories. There's research and context behind the characters and the story as a whole. History is incorporated and I like that. We like that, don't we?

14. Plot Twists

Everybody loves plot twists! Damn all those mysteries. These things give you the "ugh", "wtf", "da hell" kinds of emotions. And I can't get enough of all the plot twists One Piece offered and is yet to offer.

One of the best plot twists: SABO IS ALIVE MEN I KNEW IT!!!

13. Government

This really affects me. My friends asked me before why I like One Piece and I answered "It's because of the government vs. rebels kind of thing, the core that the gov't hides, and the heroes mistaken as foes, people's justice that is injusticed". And they tell me "WTF, you dig that deep? meanwhile me, just looking after the fight scenes". Maybe I'm a deep person or because this is what really happens in reality 'elite vs. masses' LOL

Ugh hate those tenryuubitos

12. Marines

I'm a girl but I'm a reservist in the army and ever since I've been a fan of military shizz. That is why I love the concept of the Marines and the ranks ooooh I love talking about ranks and even memorizing their insignias LOL

11. Cool antagonists

I have a love-hate relationship with all of One Piece's antagonists. What can I say? Doffy is cool. I hate Akainu but I think he is cool no he's not cool I take it back 'cause he's magma baby MAGMA FREAKING HOT MAGMA LOL and even if I reallyyyy hate Teach he's still cool with the way he talked to Luffy 'bout pirates' dreams.

10. Cool protagonists

What more can I say? Where can you ever find a protagonist whose power is rubber? What a foolish powerless character righttttttt *wink wink*

09. Awesome characters

All in all everyone's just awesome (well there are some 'ewww' characters like Wapol tho XD). I just don't know anymore. I really bow down to Oda-sama's imagination. Every character has an identity and a unique one at that. The different races. Amazing. All those different species too, men.

08. Nakama

True friends. True loyalty. True respect. Will never let you down. Will never leave you behind. Will always be there for you. Hands down.

07. Generation, Family, and Bloodlines

Man, how amazed I am thinking about Rayleigh-Luffy, Mihawk-Zoro, Zeff-Sanji, Yasopp-Usopp, Hiluluk-Chopper, Tom-Franky, Belmere-Nami, Olvia-Robin... Brook? Laboon-Brook... ugh The Donquixote family, now the Vinsmokes family and the Charlotte family?!!

06. ASL Brotherhood

This will forever be engraved in my heart

05. Portgas D. Ace

Sorry guys, no matter what you say I love Ace forever. Some say he's dumb for dying (and I respect everyone's opinion) but damn I like him still. He's freaking hot men, literally and figuratively. HE'S FIRE BAAABY FIIIIREE

04. Dreams

One Piece taught me a lot and one of them is to never stop dreaming... cliche but yeah, DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!!!

03. Fighting

And so... Fight for your dreams... and Fight for what you believe in... conviction and virtue men awww suuuuuper

02. The Strawhats

MAN I LOVE THEM ALL

The question is will there be an addition to the crew? Mehehehe HYPE!!!

01. ONE PIECE

What the hell is One Piece anyway? Or maybe who? or where? The most intriguing part of it all. HAHAHA damn I LOVE ONE PIECE FOREVER!!!

tldr; sorry for the long post XD

The bottomline is I LOVE ONE PIECE

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY ONE PIECE!!!

[brainyxbat]

Chapter 17: Alubarna Grieves! The Fierce Captain Karoo

(episode 113)

"Vivi-chan is in danger!" Sanji realized. "Usopp, you go help Chopper."

"Chopper?"

"Get to the southeast gate!" He began running down the road. Usopp weakly tried to walk, but fell back down.

"Usopp-kun!" Venus knelt down to him in concern.

"Vivi-chan, hang in there a little longer, until I get there!" He jumped away from an onslaught of arrows that seemingly came out of nowhere.

They turned out to be from the royal army. "It's a rebel soldier! They're here!"

Sanji hid behind a crate. "Rebel soldier? Me?"

At his other side, the rebel army approached. "Ah, it's a royal soldier! Shoot him!"

He really was mad now. "Hey now, I'm neither rebel army, or royal army!" When they shot, he kicked their guns into the sky. "I'm on the side of the ladies!"

Meanwhile, at the southeast gate, Chopper stood on the sand, now in muscle point. "They've disappeared, all too quickly." He glanced around cautiously. "Where are Mr. 4, and Ms. Merry Christmas?" Suddenly, something began tunneling towards him, so he leaped away. But sinkholes appeared in the sand, prompting him to dodge each one. "W-what is this?" He panted. "Just who are these guys?"

A woman's taunting laughter rang from one of the holes. "Who are you? You talk as though you know everything. Let me introduce you to our number-4 batter." From another hole, a round man in green with short, blond hair rose up, wielding a baseball bat that appeared to be made of iron.

"Number-four... batter?" The man swung his bat around threateningly. 'Whatever I can do... right now, I should just do whatever I can do. I am... I am a pirate!'

"Die!" Ms. Merry Christmas suddenly burst out in front of him. She was a portly woman with a white shirt, a necktie resembling a Christmas tree, purple-lensed sunglasses, and an afro of burgundy curls.

-

"Stop!!" Vivi screamed over Karoo's battle cry, as he was reaching his limit.

"Now!" On Venus' command, the two ducks knocked Bon Clay back with a kick to the noggin, and a headbutt to his stomach. "Yes!" She cheered.

"Y-you guys," Vivi stammered in surprise.

"Nice work, Captain Karoo," Sanji praised, "You're the man." He quacked weakly in response.

"Sanji-san! Venus-san!"

"You guys can stand down too." They saluted. "You have a rebellion to stop, right, Vivi-chan?" She smiled at that, as he adjusted his necktie. "I'll take care of him." He turned to their opponent. "Are you the ridiculous transforming man?"

"That's him, all right," Venus glared ahead.

"You stay out of my way. Who are you?!"

"Go on."

"Hey, I remember you, girlie!" Bon Clay taunted Venus.

"I'm flattered," She deadpanned, "Now give those goggles back!"

He laughed, and stood on his toes, to keep them out of the short girl's reach. "Just try it, little Swanny!" She growled with fury.

Vivi nodded, and turned to the ducks. "Look after Karoo." They saluted, and carried him away.

"Venus-chan, go with Vivi-chan."

"Fat chance. I'm not a weakling like Nami; I have a Devil Fruit, remember?" She manifested an energy ball for emphasis. "She'll be fine."

Bon Clay yelled out in anger, as Vivi ran off. "She's getting away! You gotta be kidding me! You two get to die!"

"Just try it," Venus glared, quoting him.

"Why don't I start by having you return our sharpshooter's..." He held his leg back with his own. "Prized goggles to me?"

"What?"

"I won't be done in like he was."

"You're in league with Straw Hat? Well then, are you the fabled Mr. Prince?"

"Nope." He let his shades drop to the ground. "My name is Sanji. I'm a first-class cook of the sea."

"A cook?" Bon Clay quirked his brow. "I happen to be a super-first-class one myself. Cooks shouldn't defy underworld organizations!"

"That underworld organization bit goes for both of us," Sanji retorted, "I'm a cook, and a pirate."

Bon Clay scoffed, and smirked. "An eye for an eye, is that it?"

Sanji confidently puffed some smoke. "That's what it is. You keep your hands off of this country."

-

Meanwhile, at the west block, Zoro was having a stare-down with two other agents; a dark-skinned muscular man, and a tall woman with puffy, dark blue curls. "Go! Go! Zoro!" Nami urged, with their ducks close by. "What are you waiting for?! Hurry up, and pound them!"

"You guys shut up, and go hide somewhere!" Zoro ordered, before smirking at his adversaries. "Would you guys make this fun for me?" He prepared to draw a sword, as the two approached him.

"Go, Zoro! This is the only virtue you've got, right?!" Strangely, they walked right past him. "Hurry up, and finish off... those..." Nami trailed off nervously. "Ugly-looking..."

Zoro turned back. "What do you think you're doing? Huh?!"

"First rule of the guide to killing: Eliminate the weaker targets first."

"Let us show you how a pro works," The woman smirked.

Nami glanced around in a panic, before pointing to herself. "M-me? J-just a minute!" She held her hands up. "There's no meaning in getting rid of me. My face and style might be outstanding, but I've got no skills. I'm a non-combatant."

"Didn't we just say so?" The woman retorted. "Starting by getting rid of such is the fastest way to work."

Nami nervously patted her head. "Well, sure! Of course, you're right. I'd do the same myself."

Zoro watched with a sweatdrop, as she ran off with a scream of terror. "I told you to shut up, and hide somewhere."

-

Down southeast, Usopp peeked over some ruins on the sand for signs of Chopper, or any Baroque Works agents. "This is the southeast gate that Sanji meant, right? It looks like the fight is over. Where is Chopper?" He saw a familiar, furry body laying face-up ahead. "Chopper!" He ran over, and began nudging him. "Hey, Chopper! Wake up! Hey! Come on!"

His eyes squinted open. "Usopp, thank goodness you're all right."

"Don't be silly! Are you all right?"

Chopper sat himself up. "It's nothing serious."

"So..." Usopp glanced around the sinkhole-littered area, "This is what remains after the Mr. 4 pair left, is it? And here, I came to help you out! That's too bad. I, the champion of the seas, the world's greatest hero, Captain Usopp-sama, wanted to show off my fighting prowess!"

"They're still around here, somewhere. Be careful."

"What?!" Usopp ducked down behind him. "Tell me that part first!" They looked around the area cautiously, before the ruins were totaled by a mysterious, exploding force. "What on Earth is that?! Nobody's even there!"

"They're under the ground," Chopper clarified, "Ms. Merry Christmas is a mole-woman, thanks to the Mole-Mole Fruit."

"A mole-woman?"

"The other one, Mr. 4, is a 4th-batter, together with his dog."

"Huh? That doesn't make any sense at all. What do you mean?"

Chopper whipped around at a loud sneeze. "Here it comes! Look out!" He leaped away from a baseball, with Usopp following. Another narrowly missed the latter, before exploding away from them like the first. Chopper coughed from the cloud of dust. "Are you okay, Usopp?"

He cautiously pushed himself up. "That was close! You saved me! Thanks. What exactly was that, just now?"

"Like I said, Mr. 4 is a 4th-batter, together with his dog."

"And I said, that doesn't make any sense at all."

"Ah, it's him!"

Usopp turned, and saw an ashen yellow dog standing before them, appearing to be ailed by a cold. "A dog?" Strangely, other than its head and legs, it was shaped like a gun! "What is that?!"

Chopper tensed up when it was about to sneeze again. "O-oh no!"

"W-what?!" The dog released another baseball from its mouth. "What?!"

"Here it comes!"

"Again?!"

They leaped away, but Mr. 4 popped out of the nearest hole, and whacked it with his bat; and it was heading for Usopp! "You have to run far away, Usopp!" He ducked down in a panic, but wound up getting hit! "Usopp!" He ran to the injured sniper. "Are you all right, Usopp?!" He used one hand to prop his head up.

"Like I said, what exactly was that?"

"It's a time bomb. It explodes, even if it doesn't hit anything. They can calculate the time it will take, and then hit them. Or to put it the other way, they don't explode until their time is up, so I thought I could catch the bomb up, and throw it back at them, but that ball is as heavy as a wrecking ball, and isn't the sort of thing you can catch. To be able to hit it with a bat, especially at the speed that he does, Mr. 4's strength is extraordinary."

Mr. 4 stood by the bottom half of a wall, and laid his bat against it, sending the portion crumbling in seconds. "Huh...?" Usopp gawked.

"Lassoo!" He called for the dog in a slow-sounding voice.

"Just how many tons is that bat he swings around?" Usopp shuddered.

"La-!"

"Hey, Mr. 4! Mr. 4!" Ms. Merry Christmas whacked his head with a wooden plank. "You bastard, you! You 'tard, you! What are you just standing around for?! Let them have it, already!" Opposite of her partner, her speech rate was much faster, and more energetic. "Come on, and let them have it! Get on with it, and let them have it! Go on, and let them have it! Let them have it! Come on, get on, get on! Have it, you... you... "Ba!" You, "Ba!""

"There she is!" Chopper pointed out. "The mole-woman!"

"She's a mole!"

"I haven't even transformed yet, "ba"! You "ba"!"

A fearful Usopp let himself fall limp in the doctor's hand. "Chopper, you'll have to take it from here. Bury my body at sea when I'm gone, would you?"

"You just got done saying you came to help me, you dumb jerk!"

Usopp pressed his nose to Chopper's. "Now, look, what is that dog-looking thing over there?! You expect me to fight against a mysterious life form as inexplicable as that thing?! I'm a human! Get it?!"

"I'm a human too!"

"Fool! You're a monster!"

"What about you, with that long nose?!"

"You shut up, bluenose!"

"Now you've said it, long nose!"

"Is this any situation for you to be arguing like that? Eh?" Ms. Merry Christmas scolded.

They turned, and panicked like they were caught in trouble by their parent, before jumping to their feet, and bowing respectfully. "Sorry about that."

"His name is Lassoo. He's a gun that ate a dachshund model of the mutt-mutt fruit."

"A gun?!" Chopper exclaimed. "Are you saying that a gun ate a Devil Fruit?"

"It's a new technique in the Grand Line. Even things are able to eat Devil Fruit."

"Ha! Don't be ridiculous!" A skeptical Usopp retorted. "If he was originally a gun, how could he move? A Devil Fruit doesn't have a will of its own! And how does a gun eat something in the first place?!"

"Shut up! What good will it do for you to learn that, if you're going to die here anyway?! Something can't help it if it moves, you know, you "ba"! "Ba"! "Ba"! Isn't that right, Mr. 4?" He nodded in response, while petting Lassoo. "Listen up. You guys can't escape this place anymore. Not that you've entered our territory. You'll enjoy this; the territory's name is "Molehill, Block 4.""

Usopp tensed up when her hands turned into clawed paws, and her face grew a snout. "S-she's turning into a mole-woman!" When the transformation was complete, everyone was silent for a moment. "A penguin?"

"I'm a mole, I tell you! You "ba"!"

She dove down, and began tunneling under their feet. "She went underground!" Usopp exclaimed, before he and Chopper cautiously looked around the area. "All right, now's my chance!" When she didn't pop up, he ran for his life.

"Wait!"

"You can take it from here!"

Chopper panicked when Lassoo emerged, and shot a bomb at Usopp. "Watch out!" He turned, and froze dead in his tracks, letting the ball fly right past him. "It missed!"

"A curveball?!"

Mr. 4 surfaced, and hit it back to him, though it narrowly missed again, flying into the air. "No! It's above you, Usopp! Fly ball!"

"Ha, no big deal!" He tried to play it off. "I guess their cleanup batter can't even hit .100, huh?" He jogged for the stairs. "I can avoid this one with my eyes closed!"

Chopper watched the ball land, then start spinning in place. "Spin!" It flew off again, straight towards Usopp! "Look out behind you!"

"If he was just 4th up, he wouldn't be called Mr. 4!"

Usopp turned, but it was too late for him to dodge; he was hit straight on!

[whirlybirdwhat]

Its been awhile since I Rambled so guess what y'all are getting tonight!

Today’s topic is going to be Family; specifically, the family dynamics/examples in One Piece.

In the first two ‘arcs’, Shells Town and Orange Town, there isn’t a single mention of family beyond ChouChou (a good doggy) and his owner, and even that is less familial and more Pet-owner friendship, obviously. Instead, the arcs focus on introducing characters (Luffy, Zoro, Nami) and establishing world building and themes of the story - This is what the One Piece is, This what the series is all about, dreams and chasing them forever.

It isn’t until Syrup we get a mention of family, and even then its just Usopp’s lack of one, as he has a dead mother, and a faraway father. The most important aspect of this is that Usopp doesn’t really know his father beyond a role model.

It isn’t until the Baratie and Cocoyasi Arcs that we see any importance placed on ‘family,’ which is little over 40 chapters into the series. 

And so BOOM - another major theme is introduced into the series, subtly tying into the main theme (Dreams and chasing them) and etc. 

I personally however like how it was introduced behind everything else because you eventually become completely blindsided to how important family is in One Piece. And not just any family - the family you choose which is simply awesome!

So lets start looking at these family’s shall we?

All of these families are really diverse in their dynamics, so lets start with the easiest example - Usopp, who has none.

As previously stated, Usopp’s mother is dead, and for all we love Yasopp he pretty much ditched the kid. So - an example of a lack of family and how that influenced Usopp, without him turning into a ‘woe is me, I hate my dad’ character which can be common trope in fiction. Pretty interesting if you ask me.

Zoro can also be seen to have no family, and unlike Usopp, he never appears to have had any in the first place (Wano Arc may explain), and, yet again, doesn’t fall into a common trope for this.

Moving on, the next family relationship seen in One Piece is Sanji and Zeff, which is incredibly heart warming to me. Classic Single Dad trying to get his son to move out trope lol. More seriously, this is another family dynamic that we see - 

and very different from the next person, Name, who has no parent at all and when she did, she had a single mother. Bell-mere is an amazing example of a mom struggling to feed her kids and literally willing to do anything for these two girls she found in the wreckage of a battle. Bell-mere is also one of the few examples of some kick-ass moms we see in the series.

While One Piece follows the ‘kill the moms/absent mom’ trope they do make them awesome characters who definitely did not lie down and take their deaths nicely.

Nami’s arc is also the first time we see a sibling and also the first time we see the sibling get wounded in front of another hi ace , and begins to add value to the found family theme.

Because Nojiko chose to be Nami’s sister. Bell-mere chose to be Nami’s mother. Further back, Zeff chose to be Sanji’s father.

And then we meet (rip) Ace, who appears to be a blood relative of Luffy’s, adding importance not only the family we choose but the family we have. Of course, this is debunked later, but it definitely reinforces the ‘I love my family’ thing we have going on (Hey have you seen my baby brother - that's my kid brother - don’t hurt my brother - have I said Luffy’s my brother yet - Ace, Alabasta, pre death)

Oh! And we can’t forget about Chopper’s lovely parents who love him despite the fact that he’s not even human, (I salute you old medical people) and Vivi’s father who clearly adores his daughter and is very proud and supportive of her?

Alright.

And then there were four. 

Robin and Franky’s backstories happen at the same time and are vastly different yet incredibly similar.

Robin’s story is about losing family, even the family you had for but a few days (Saul) and eventually reclaiming a family for yourself. She is also one of the few characters who have a biological relative.

Franky’s story is about the continuous gain and loss of the same family. He started out with nothing - his parents threw him overboard for gods sake - but then he gained Tom, Icebarg, and Kokoro, and the frog (I forget how to spell his name oops) and formed a relationship with them... only to lose them again when Tom died and then gained them again along with the Franky Family.

His story is also very cool because, unlike the others, he was the leader of his family and not the one relying on the others. Also unlike the others, he lost his family when he was an adult. 

Now - what are the similarities between the two, you may ask? Well, for one, they both inadvertently caused the death of a loved one (Robin, Saul and Franky, Tom). Their biological family was either abusive (Robins Aunt, Franky Parents for throwing him overboard) or absent (Robin’s parents as explorers, Franky’s for abandoning him), yet their ‘first’ found family was people who were part of their career - the shipwrights for Franky and the archeologists for Robin!

Essentially, the message here is your work, your job, your coworkers can be your family too - it doesn’t have to be someone who fills a familial role specifically!

Lastly we have Brook, the Sanji situation and Luffy - Jimbei’s will come at a later date once I get the hang of his backstory and character. 

Brook first - he lost it all as an adult. Thats essentially all I have to say, as we know very little of his childhood. But as an adult he lost the family he created, the Rumbar pirates, and Laboon, proving that not only can adults make their own families but they can lose it too - different from the rest of the then teenage straw hats.

His family is also similar to Chopper’s as species doesn’t matter to Brook - he loves Laboon as if he were a dear human friend. 

Which is just sweet yknow?

The opposite of Sanji’s biological family, who are assholes. This is great family dynamic because it proves that only the people who you think of as family, are family, and not every family is kind and loving. Which sucks, but is an important thing to realize, as it contrasts all the other messages we have had so far from One Piece!

Then we have Luffy. He is one of the few characters with living biological family - and one of the few who just doesn’t care. Luffy hits the mark of every box in a way - he’s lost family (Ace, Sabo), he has absent parental figures (his mom, whoever she it, and Dragon) actual parental figures (Dadan, if you want, Makino, and Shanks at least as a role model) family by choice (His brothers) abusive yet weirdly loving family (Gramps) and self sacrificing family (Rip Ace)

Whats important though is how it effects him - specifically in Marineford.

He does all of that for family, feels like he would die if he didn’t, and built his own family out of the Strawhats. With Marineford, the theme of family, chosen family, was emphasized and finally hammered in.

tl;dr The Straw Hat Pirate crew and One Piece in general has a wide array of characters with diverse families, all who influence the characters by their absence, presence and actions one way or another, and help bolster the subtle theme of ‘found family is important’ in One Piece, especially with the Marineford arc (Rip Ace). It is also important to note that most of the characters. gave up the family they had to be with their family in the Strawhats, which wow, my heart.

Anyway, that's it, this is long so I'm not checking it for errors, have fun!!! I just needed to say something about how how I love those family dynamics in one piece

[neverwatchedonepiece]

511-513: "Unexpected Relanding! Luffy, to Marineford!", "With Hopes It Will Reach My Friends! Big News Spreading Fast!" and "Pirates Get On the Move! Astounding New World!"

Lafitte showing off his soft skills.

Now these three episodes were worth every minute! This is, hand on heart, my favourite part of any arc epilogue: when the seeds of new plots are sown and you get to see what everyone else is up to.

And there was a lot of that in 511-513.

I’m still messing with the format. I’ll stick with the three days a week posts but watching six episodes at a time was too much. The post ended up way too long and I couldn’t get into much speculation (which is the most fun part). Three at a time might be a better balance. :)

Luffy’s Message

This was the Main Event for me. It was why I was so keen to watch the next lot of episodes. That cliffhanger drawn out over so many episodes! What could have caused the Strawhats to react so spectacularly? What the hell was Rayleigh up to? Why all the secrecy?

And most of all...

Why the hell would Luffy go back to Marineford?

The answer? He wanted to send a message. And Rayleigh had crafted his plan so skillfully that this message would be different depending on which side a character was on.

The build up was great. 511 opened with a Marine debriefing meeting. Marines were getting the hairdryer treatment because Monkey D. Luffy, the notorious rookie pirate, had not only escaped their grasp but had the audacity to return to the scene of the crime with the Traitor Jimbei and The Dark King Rayleigh.

This was not good PR. And we all know the Marines are all about PR.

What happened was this: a lone Marine ship sailed right into the bay without clearance and fired a blank. Then three figures were spotted on board: Luffy, Rayleigh and Jimbei. Of course, they were fired on. The ship caught fire and sunk, but Luffy leapt ashore with Rayleigh and Jimbei and set about... doing some really weird stuff.

He rung the Ox Lloyd’s Bell (a Marine tradition, apparently. It’s rung at New Year: eight times to salute the passing year and another eight to welcome the new). Okay, I thought. I have no idea what this means. Let’s see where this goes.

It became a bit clearer when Luffy walked through the dumbstruck crowd, laid flowers into the chasm and removed his hat in a gesture of respect. Okay, I thought, this is funeral stuff. He’s returning to Marineford to pay his respects to Ace. This was to give Luffy closure so he could continue to live his life without being crippled by guilt and depression.

Except it was bigger than that, but I didn’t realise it until Luffy, Rayleigh and Jimbei exited via getaway whale sharks and the action returned to the debriefing meeting. The Marine in charge was Oda’s mouthpiece. Ringing the Ox Lloyd’s bell was a challenge. Luffy rang out the old Pirate Era and rang in the new one. That Rayleigh (symbol of the Old Era) was at his side was Significant. The Marines believe that Rayleigh has backed Luffy to be Roger’s successor. (This might be true. It was Rayleigh’s plan, after all. He knows all about pirate symbolism and how to make a statement. He was on Roger’s crew.)

Annoyingly, I didn’t realise the Return to Marineford would also be like the bat signal to the Strawhats until Vivi picked up the newspaper and I saw that photo of Luffy (I’m still salty she didn’t join the crew).

And I noticed something interesting. Those tattoos Vivi mentioned. 3D2Y. I have seen that combination of numbers and letters before on the CR arc list. Does this mean Luffy will only reunite with the Strawhats in 3D2Y (whatever that is)? According to the arc list, I have Fishman Island to go first.

I also have no idea what 3D2Y could mean. Maybe it’s a calendar thing? 3D is crossed out (the old pirate era) and 2Y is the new pirate era? Maybe it’s a new model of Star Wars droid. I have no clue.

But I can’t wait to find out! :D

The Strawhats

Of course, the Strawhats picked up on it right away. (Vivi did too, which is why you should have joined the crew, Vivi, why do you have to be such a good and dutiful noble?)

Zoro’s and Chopper’s reactions to the Marineford Return were most in-depth, so I’ll talk about them here just now. I’m assuming from the 514 preview that we’ll get Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Robin, Franky and Brook later.

They didn’t give us much of Zoro here. It was a short scene but his reaction was the most interesting. While the other Strawhats said: “Awesome, Luffy. Got the message!” Zoro was actually suspicious.

“Luffy doesn’t do sneaky, clever stuff like that!” he said to Perona. “This must be Rayleigh’s plan.”

Clearly, Zoro knows Luffy so well at this point that he can tell Luffy’s style of planning. I liked that.

And Chopper...

I still have that major soft spot for Chopper. I still cannot watch the flashbacks of his past without tearing up. Every time Chopper cries, I kind of want to take him aside and say, “Shhh, Chopper. I can’t handle your little reindeer tears.”

It was when Chopper returned to Birdie Kingdom that the penny dropped. The Strawhats wouldn’t reunite yet. They all have to go through training. Now everything from the last few episodes made sense. Maybe the Strawhats I thought would get away without training will have to do it after all.

And Chopper definitely got a good deal here. That library! I was as shocked as Chopper (but at least I didn’t say it out loud, haha, that was funny).

Chopper’s loyalty to Luffy and the Strawhats has upped a few levels post-Sabaody. He said something really interesting (and kind of worrying). Remembering his past, when he was reviled as a monster - outcast from human and reindeer society - he never wanted to go through something like Sabaody again and is now willing to “become a real monster for Luffy.”

Wow... Chopper’s about to get an upgrade. I mean, he’s always had so much potential. Monster Point, anyone? Those Rumble Balls? And he’s a great medic? Hopefully, Oda has good things planned for Chopper.

And speaking of plans... not all is well in the World Government hierarchy! I wouldn’t like to say they deserve it, but... they deserve it.

The Gorosei?

I think that’s who these guys are. I counted five in the shot and they are all old guys in suits, so I’ll go with it for now. There was no confirmation in the episode. Neither were names given, so I’ve made some up. I feel like I need to distinguish them because they all seem to have a different take on the post-Marineford situation.

Ringlets was worried about Luffy. He is a controversial figure. Of course, Luffy is Garp’s grandson, so that is a given.

Saruman was concerned about smoke rising from Mount Doom... Nah, kidding. He’s worried how Luffy knows Rayleigh. He thinks Rayleigh won’t return to centre stage but implies that maybe Rayleigh will support Luffy from the shadows.

Handlebar was salty about Jimbei. Was annoyed he finally turned against them as he was a symbol of intertribal peace. (The ‘finally’ implies they always suspected Jimbei would snap one day.)

Baldy was concerned about the imbalance of power in pirate society. There is a vacant Yonkou seat and THREE to fill in the shichibukai. How to fill those vacancies? Is there anyone qualified left? Glasses was also annoyed that the D. names were receiving so much PR lately and making the WG look bad.

Blonde has his eye on the New World. The power structure imbalance there now Whitebeard is gone is troublesome. They will have to choose the strongest to be Shichibukai. He also gave us an update on Blackbeard, which was nice. Wasn’t expecting to hear from Teach for ages!

Apparently, Teach has already made waves in the New World. He has an advantage over others who want that Yonkou seat because he knows everything there is to know about Whitebeard’s territory.  No one has ever eaten two Devil Fruits in history except for him. Only another Yonkou or Marco and the remaining Whitebeards could take him out. Is that a statement on Blackbeard’s new power level? Is he training too, so he’ll be an effective adversary for Luffy by the time they inevitably clash again the New World?

I have my fingers crossed for it.

And there’s something else the Gorosei should be worried about...

Human Resources Will Be Snowed Under Right Now

I forgot who Kong-san is, but I bet he has his work cut out for him right now.

There are a lot of changes afoot at WG and Marine HQ. The biggest shocker is that SENGOKU HAS RESIGNED!

I am so happy about this. Now, all he has to do is join the Revolutionary Army and I’m all set.

Garp continues to exasperate. He has “virtually resigned” but lacks whatever he needs to be truly brave and take that final step. He has kept the Vice Admiral title and is now tutoring younger Marines. I suppose it’s good he’s still around to keep whippersnappers like Akainu in check, especially now Sengoku did not recommend Akainu to succeed him.

Aokiji, the mystery wrapped in an enigma, will be Fleet-Admiral.

I... it’s weird. I can’t see it yet, but it’s definitely a better choice than Akainu. Maybe he would’ve been better with Kizaru. Oh well, it’s Sengoku’s choice. I trust him. He’s a wise man. “Old soldiers shouldn’t cling to power,” he said. “Justice is based on values and those change every generation.”

He ain’t wrong.

And I’m guessing now Garp is training young Marines that Coby, WHO HAS AWAKENED HAKI, will be first on the list. Here’s another one who will go through training to become a worthy opponent of Luffy.

Smoker also went to see Aokiji and requested a transfer to G5 branch. Aokiji had doubts. “That’s not a place you go voluntarily.” Apparently, G5 means Grand Line, 5th Branch. It’s in the New World. Smoker wants a New World placement.

I cannot handle this much awesome.

To Top It All Off, The Pink One Is Also Causing Trouble

How can he sit like that? Surely that is not in any way comfortable?

Remember when he ambushed Moria at Marineford? Turns out he didn’t quite get the job done (phew!) I should stick to my No Corpse, No Death rule more often.

In the words of Doflamingo.... “Poof!”

Moria disappeared just before Doflamingo landed the final blow. He insisted Moria was dying, so even if he did get away, he wouldn’t go far. Unless he came back as a zombie. (You joke, Doflamingo, but I would not put that past Moria for one reason: Hogback!)

The WG official accused him of sloppy work. Then Doflamingo lost his cool. I’ve never seen him act like that before, so it was interesting. “Who do you think you’re talking to? When did you become my boss? When I lose interest in doing business with you guys, I’ll quit being a Shichibukai at any time.”

I guess this really highlights the tenuous relationship the Marines have with these guys. Plus, Doflamingo seems like he’s Mr Chaotic Evil (or at least Mr Neutral Evil) incarnate, so maybe not the best guy to rely on?

Especially when the New World has descended into utter chaos.

So Who’s All Enjoying The New World?

Everyone who is anyone will head there eventually. Crocodile and Daz Bones will have another crack at it. Law has plans but is content to wait for his time (smart). The Strawhats, obviously, are a Work in Progress.

Buggy has reunited with his old crew (I forgot about Richie the Lion. How dare I?) and also has a massive bunch of Impel Down followers. Maybe he’ll have a crack at it too, now he has Alvida and Galdino to be the strategists? Plus, he just got that letter from the WG. Maybe he’ll end up on the run.

The rest of the Rookies have ventured out.

As for the Supernovas (sans Law and Luffy) I have predictions.

Who Will Make It:

The most obvious candidate is Kidd. He’s made for the cruelty of the New World, has already crushed another crew and has declared himself an enemy of Luffy. Sweet. Battle points.

Hawkins is another one who has crushed a crew. Again, battle points.

Apoo isn’t dumb. He’ll run if he has to. Smart points.

The Jury’s Out:

Urouge has stumbled across The Thunder Plains (from Final Fantasy X) and met some weird old ladies who look like they’ve just stepped out of Macbeth.

Who’s Probably Not Okay:

Gang Bege’s ship is in fragments. X-Drake has just clashed with Kaido’s crew. I don’t see them lasting much longer.

And Jewelry Bonney...

When Your Fave Is Problematic

Hard pass, Teach. A very hard pass.

I loved how the intro caption to this scene was: “Some Burning Island”. Then I saw the Blackbeards and thought, “Praise Oda! My villainous faves have returned in style!”

I thought the only news I would get on them was from the Gorosei. This was a nice bonus.

Of course, they were bickering. The Blackbeards always bicker and snipe at each other. There was a definite tone change here, though, as though Oda wants to step their villainy up a gear.

Take their argument over the ship they sailed in on. Teach said, “We should have stolen a Marine ship. The Raft wasn’t great.” Shiryu’s retort was tolerated: “You guys don’t prepare for anything.” But Avalo Pizarro’s (I finally know his name!) joke, “Want me to be captain, Teach?” earned him this response from Lafitte: “Shut up or I’ll kill you. We are Blackbeard Pirates.”

Teach is gaining more authority and loyalty from his crew. The ones who have always been with him are fiercely loyal and the newer ones have yet to learn the ropes. Lafitte (is he the first mate?) is also flexing. Do I sense tension between the established and newer members of the crew? Maybe, but they seem to get along well enough.

Among the new ones, I already have the ones I like (Shiryu and Catalina) vs the ones I’m not keen on (Avalo, San Juan and Vasco. Their personalities haven’t really emerged yet, so there’s time).

While the island burned, the Blackbeards stuck around necking Jacky D (haha!) because they were waiting for the Marines.

Why? Were they about to do another deal?

Yeah... but not one I was expecting.

They had crushed Bonney’s crew, chained her up and were about to trade her in for a ship.

That was shocking. I hadn’t expected Bonney to catch up to Teach so quickly and be defeated, but the outcome wasn’t surprising. Of course Teach would do that. He’d done it to Ace before and it worked. Sasuga Teach, I guess. What he did next stepped up his villainy a few notches.

He turned on lech mode, which I didn’t know was in his repertoire.

“I can’t believe they gave you a hundred million bounty! The New World is the sea for the chosen strong ones. You can all the way from South Blue. But you’ll go no further. You’re too weak to join my crew, but you can come with me, if you become my girl.”

Her response was excellent. “SCREW YOU, YOU BEARDED PIG!”

Honestly, Teach. You deserved that. And you were shocked at the rejection? You were going to get the Hard Pass. Apart from being a traitorous, murdering scumbag, you’re also a rubbish flirt. I mean, expecting her to go out with you after you beat up her crew, called her weak and laid her out as bait for the Marines? Not a great sell, Teach. Work on your people skills, like Lafitte.

Their plan went awry when Van Augr spotted Akainu on the approaching ship. Obviously, he would not do any deal (and I bet he’s steaming mad Aokiji will be Fleet Admiral before him). So they scarpered.

I’m worried for Bonney, though. Akainu picking her up? That’s the worst luck... :(

TEAM SELFIE AFTER A HARD DAY’S PILLAGING! #blackbeards #nofilter #okayonefilter