This is a fanfic for bleachfan170's contest; check it out if you enjoy writing about One Piece!
Anyway, this is my first One Piece fanfic, I'll try to keep all the characters acting like themselves ^. ^
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. That honor belongs to Eiichiro Oda- sensei.
This first chapter is just a short intro, the other chapters will be longer (hopefully, I have a tendency to write short chapters. I'll do my best though!)
Things in single quotes '…' are characters thoughts. Double quotes "…" are speech
"LUFFYYYY!" the navigator's anguished scream echoed around the harbor. "WHERE DID ALL THE BERI GO?"
The captain in question gave his trademark idiotic grin, gesturing excitedly behind him. The object he was gesticulating towards glinted in the sunlight, causing the scowl on Nami's face to deepen. "You spent all our money…." she said with menacing quiet, " on a stupid STATUE?" The false calm in her voice vanished, blistering Luffy with the force of her anger.
The navigator's fist connected painfully with Luffy's head, leaving a steaming lump. The captain's eye watered, and he grabbed his head in pain. "Namiii, that hurt!" he complained indignantly.
"Be glad I only hit you once," said Nami through gritted teeth. "Because of your idiocy, we have no money. No money means no food, no medicine, and no mapping equipment. How are you ever going to make up for this?" Her eyes glinted evilly. "You better think fast Luffy, because we need provisions before we set out. If you don't find a way to repay me, you'll never leave this harbor, which means someone else will become the Pirate King before you!"
Luffy froze in horror, unable to say anything as Nami stormed away. 'The expression on his face was quite comical,' thought Nami, but she was still furious about him wasting all their money.
Luffy remained where he was on the deck until Usopp came by, singing the Sogeking song softly under his breath. "Usopp!" called Luffy. "What's the best way to earn money?"
Usopp adopted a heroic stance, arms crossed proudly. "If you perform heroic acts, the townspeople are sure to reward you! The great Captain Usopp-" His rant was cut off abruptly as Zoro accidentally whacked him with a bundle of planks. His current job was to repair the ship, and he had a bad habit of not looking around before turning.
Usopp spluttered indignantly. "ZORO! Look where you're going!"
Zoro looked over, a bored expression on his face. "My bad," he said calmly, before turning away to continue repairing the ship. The planks collided painfully with Usopp's head once again, knocking the sharpshooter out cold.
Luffy crouched down, poking Usopp in an attempt to wake him up. A slight gurgling groan rose from Usopp, but nothing else.
"USOPP!" a high pitched voice rang out, and the small, furry form of Chopper came hurrying across the deck. "He's covered in wounds! Call a doctor!" Chopper cried in panic, then paused. "Wait! I'm a doctor! Hang in there, Usopp!" Chopper quickly patched up Usopp, while Luffy wandered off to find an idea of how to pay Nami back.
"Oi, Sanji!" called Luffy, meandering into the kitchen. "I'm hungry. Make me food!" The cook turned around slowly, and Luffy could see annoyance in his one visible eye, just before Sanji's fook slammed into Luffy.
"Dumbass, there's no supplies left to make you food," replied the grumpy cook. "And you made Nami-san mad, so I wouldn't make you food anyways." Sanji tossed Luffy a fishing pole. "Go fish if you want food, but stay out of my kitchen!" Sanji shoved Luffy out of the kitchen and slammed the door. He glanced out the porthole at the dejected captain, then shrugged and returned to his cooking. This time, Nami-san would praise him for his cooking; he would prepare a dessert that would make even her fall for him.
Luffy traipsed off to the side of the ship and cast the line, sitting down with a depressed expression. If he couldn't think of a way to pay back Nami, he couldn't be the Pirate King! He pouted for a moment, his lip nearly touching his chin.
Nami walked up to him. "If you're going to be so depressed, I guess I could give you a hint just this once. Put up flyers advertising your ability to work, and take jobs from the townspeople. You'll have to go in disguise though, which could be troublesome." She sighed. "Aho-sencho! Get to work." She walked away.
Yayy! First chapter done! This fanfic is going surprisingly quickly, hopefully I'll have another chapter out soon.
Review please I always love feedback!
This chapter was a bit slow, I know, but it'll get funnier. I just wanted to introduce the characters and get a bit of plot set up first. Next chapter: Luffy gets his first job! It could be more dangerous than he ever imagined. Stay tuned! (I sound like a bad commercial, don't I?)