WARNINGS: Cross-Dressing, YOAI (boyXboy) Shanks X Luffy, and wide age differences between people in a relationship.
Don't like, don't read. You've been warned.
'…' what they are thinking
"…" what they are saying
Disclaimer: Oda owns One Piece and all it's characters.
Being a Girl
Chapter 1: Chance Meeting
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------On the Straw Hat Pirate Ship----
"Ok, listen Luffy," said Nami as she looked her captain in the eye, dead serious, "You need to dress up as a girl."
"Eh?"
"The island that we'll be at in an hour has a marine base on it, and I don't want them to recognize you like last time." Nami stated, remembering the last time someone recognized Luffy.
"..."
"It'll be fun." The girl smirked.
"Err… ok." Luffy said sealing his fate. "If it'll be fun."
"Oh, it'll be VERY fun."
-----57 minutes later-----
As they were three minutes from the island Nami and Robin came out of the girls cabin. All the crew was gathered around. "I present to you," Nami said gesturing toward the open door where you could see the shadowy figure of a person standing, "Rully!"
Everyone's jaws dropped as Luffy walked out. Sanji had to force his eye not to turn into a heart. Before them stood what looked to be the most beautiful girl in the world. Tom-boyish looking, but beautiful all the same.
Everyone in the crew shared the same thoughts, even Sanji and Zoro: 'She doesn't look anything like Luffy.' The scar under his eye seemed to have disappeared. 'Must have been some really good cover-up.' He had a wig on: wavy, waist length, blond hair. 'Wonder where they got that from.' A small bust. 'Actually looks like the real thing.' And tight jeans with a long sleeved, button up, loose red shirt. 'Probably to cover up his non-girlish frame… and dang! Luffy's legs were thin.'
"It was quite a challenge," Nami said wiping some imaginary sweat from her forehead. "What do you guys think?"
All the men standing around could do was gawk at the fact that this person if front of them was Luffy. "I believe they like it." Robin stated chuckling.
"These pants are soooo tight," Luffy complained poking the jean material. "Can I take them off?"
Nami glared at him, "No Luffy, it took us twenty minutes to get them on, I'm NOT going though that again."
"You saw Luffy naked?" someone questioned.
"Oh course not! He had his boxers on," She retorted blushing slightly. "Anyway, we'll be at the island in a minute, but it'll take a few days for the log pose to set. Until then, stock up on provisions; it might be a while till the next island." Nami said holding onto the back of Luffy's shirt so he didn't rush off. "And Luffy," she turned him around so he was looking her directly in the eye, "Don't forget all that I told you. I don't want to be chassed out by a bunch of marines again."
-----15 minutes later-----
"Isn't this a cute dress Robin?" Nami said as they walked though a shop.
Robin chuckled, "It is Navigator-san, but I've been wondering; why did you want to make Captain-san look like a girl when you could have just covered up his scar and hid his hat?"
"It's more fun," Nami said laughing evilly, scrunching up the shirt she was holding in her hands as her eyes sparkled. "And now no one will even be close to recognizing him!" She picked out a few more clothes to try on and stacked them onto an even larger pile... which Sanji was holding, his eyes in hearts. "Oh, and Robin, that was a great idea you had; putting Luffy's hat into a bag which he could sling over his shoulder and carry around. He'd never leave without it otherwise."
"Thank you Navigator-san."
-----In a bar-----
"Check out that blond-haired chick!" One drunken pirate said to his fellow drunk. "Those ar' some nice legs she got."
"They just skinny, she got no curves, an' there ar' some sharp edges there. Women shoul' be more... curvy an' smooth, hic." The second replied, his words slurring slightly more then the first man.
Luffy sat at the bar eating, wondering why everyone was staring at him.
"Hey sexy!" A man from behind Luffy said in what he thought was a alluring voice. Luffy didn't even turn around. It wasn't because he didn't hear him, it's just that Luffy forgot (in a way) that he was dressed up as a girl. "Hey! Don't ignore me bitch!" The man yelled, turning slightly red from anger, and maybe from the liquor he drank earlier. Everyone in the bar stopped what they were doing to watch. The man grabbed Luffy by the shoulder and spun him around so they were face to face.
"Huh?" Luffy said looking up at the beet-faced man. 'He smells really bad' Luffy thought. And since Luffy was Luffy he said what he thought directly to the man, "Old man, you smell."
The red faced man turned even redder. A few people in the bar chuckled, but most didn't because they knew this man was a pirate, and that comment was going to cost the girl.
"Why you wench!" The man lifted up a fist to strike the girl who to his surprised looked calm, and even spectacle. 'Thinks just because she's a girl she gonna get it easy. I'll teach her a lesson.' The man put down his fist, and just as a few people in the bar wondered why he wasn't going to smack her, the man pulled out his gun and shot strait at Luffy.
But the bullet never reached it's target, it was stopped by a sword, to which a red-haired man with one arm was holding.
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Author's Note: And that's the end of Chapter 1! I hope you enjoyed it.