One Piece: Luffy's Birthday Surprise


One Piece © Oda

Blizzard © Me


Summary- It's Luffy birthday, today, but when it seems that his crew forgot about it, he begins to feel hurt and unappreciated and is even thinking about running away. Did the crew really forget about his birthday?


Ch. 1- Forgotten…?

It was a sunny day on the Thousand Sunny, and today was also a very special day.

Today is the day a certain pirate was born.

Monkey D. Luffy sat up in his bunk bed, stretching his limbs and yawning. Then he gasped in delight as he put his hat upon his head and got down from his bed to look at the calendar. May 5th was circled in red marker.

"Yes!" Luffy cheered. "Today's the day! My birthday!"

At that moment, he heard a yawn from behind him. Looking back, Luffy saw his faithful wolf-dog, Blizzard, just starting to wake up.

"Hey, buddy!" Luffy greeted as he knelt down to pet him.

Blizzard wagged his tail and licked Luffy's face.

"You know what day it is today?" Luffy asked the wolf-dog.

Blizzard's eyes suddenly went wide, and then he pulled away from Luffy and headed outside via the dog door.

"Blizzard?" Luffy called to the wolf-dog, questioningly. His face suddenly turned worried. He didn't forget, did he? he thought to himself. "Nah, he couldn't have. Blizzard's my best friend!"

A pause came, but it was soon interrupted when Luffy's stomach let out a large rumble. His face soon lit up.

"Maybe Sanji made me a special birthday breakfast!" he said to himself before he got dressed in his best clothes (consisting of a red number 56 jersey and his usual blue shorts) and headed out the door.

As he was about to enter the galley, he was soon met with a leather shoe in his gut.

"Don't even think about it!" Sanji growled as he pushed Luffy out.

"But, Sanji," Luffy said, "don't you know what day it is?"

"Of course I know!" answered Sanji. "It's May 5th, and if you don't mind, I have breakfast to make and it won't be ready for a while, so GET OUT!"

With that being said, Sanji slammed the door in Luffy's face.

Luffy crossed his arms in a pout.

Did Sanji forget, too? he thought. Then he shook his head, trying to erase the thought. "Nah, he couldn't have!" he said to himself.

Just then, Chopper came walking by.

"Hey, Chopper!" Luffy called to the reindeer.

"Hi, Luffy," Chopper greeted his captain.

"Hey, Chopper," said Luffy, "you know what day it is, today?"

"What day?" Chopper repeated. "Umm…I believe it's May 5th, Luffy."

Luffy soon dropped his smile.

"Well, yeah, but-" he began, but Chopper cut him off.

"Luffy, I'd love to stay and talk," the little reindeer began, "but I'm very busy, today. Got a lot to get done, you know!"

"But Chopper-" Luffy said, but was once again cut off.

"See ya!" Chopper said before he headed to the sick bay.

Luffy looked on, feeling somewhat hurt.

Don't tell me he forgot my birthday, too, he thought.

XXX

A moment later, Luffy was playing with a soccer ball, dribbling it back and forth and kicking it up and down.

Just then, Zoro passed by him.

"Hey, Zoro!" Luffy called to the swordsman.

"Luffy, I can't talk, right now," Zoro said. "I've got training to get done."

"But, don't you know what day it is, today?" Luffy asked.

"Sure I do," answered Zoro. "It's May 5th."

Luffy dropped his jaw in disbelief as Zoro headed up the crow's nest.

Zoro, you too? he thought.

Luffy slumped on the deck, letting the soccer ball roll away. Now he started feeling even more hurt.

"Zoro's forgotten my birthday, too…?" he mumbled.

Suddenly, Franky and Usopp came out from the hatch in the deck. Luffy smiled once he saw them.

Maybe Usopp and Franky remember my birthday! he thought, hopefully before he approached them.

"Hey, guys!" he greeted.

"Hey, Luffy," Usopp greeted back.

"Yo, Straw Hat," said Franky.

"You guys know what day it is, today?" Luffy asked.

"Uh…May 5th," Usopp answered.

"That's right," Franky added. "May 5th."

Luffy's smile sagged in disappointment.

"Love to stay and chat, Straw Hat," said Franky, "but we're SUPER busy, today!"

"I see," Luffy said. "That's okay."

Usopp and Franky walked off, leaving their disappointed captain sitting on the deck, alone.

"What's going on?" Luffy asked himself. "How come no one remembers my birthday?"

Just then, Luffy heard the soft tune of a violin.

"Maybe Brook remembers!" said Luffy as he headed to the helm.

There was Brook, playing a small tune on his violin with Robin sitting beside him.

"Hey, Brook! Robin!" Luffy called.

"AH!" Brook yelped before he turned back to see Luffy. "Oh, Mister Luffy, it's only you! I thought my heart was about to burst right out of my chest! Wait…I have no heart. Yo-ho-ho-ho-ho!"

"Brook, Robin, do you know what day it is, today?" Luffy asked the skeleton.

"Hmm," Brook hummed. "I believe it is May 5th."

"Why do you ask?" asked Robin.

Luffy's smile immediately dropped, again. He huffed out a sigh before he turned to leave.

"No reason," he said as he headed back down to the deck.

Brook and Robin watched as Luffy walked away before they looked at each other and chuckled to themselves.

XXX

Luffy decided to do some fishing to help take his mind off things. However, it didn't appear to be helping.

I don't get it, Luffy thought. How could my own crew forget my birthday?

Just then, Luffy heard the familiar voice of his navigator humming a soft tune. He smiled and turned to see her tending to her tangerine trees.

Maybe not everyone! he thought. Nami probably remembers! …I hope.

Luffy walked up to Nami, just as she had finished trimming a few stray branches.

"Hey, Nami!" Luffy exclaimed in greeting.

"If you want a tangerine, you pay 10,000 Berries," Nami said.

"Actually, I wanted to ask you something," said Luffy. "You know what day it is, today…right?"

"Of course I do," Nami answered.

Luffy's face lit up.

I knew she didn't forget! he thought.

"It's May 5th, dummy," Nami said.

Luffy dropped his jaw for the second time.

Spoke too soon, he thought.

Luffy turned to leave.

"Is something wrong?" asked Nami.

"No," said Luffy. "I'm fine."

With that being said, Nami took a basket of tangerines and headed to the kitchen, leaving Luffy alone. The Straw Hat captain leaned on the railing, a single tear beginning to form in his eyes.

"I can't believe it," he said, somewhat tearfully. "Everyone's forgotten my birthday…!"


Just so you know, this is pre-timeskip.

I kind of decided that I wanted to do this at the last second. Takes place before Nami's birthday fic.

Review, please!