Hello everyone :) this is Harumi95 speaking… This is my first story so any review will be considered and appreciated greatly… Apologies for any mistakes.

Disclaimer: All the One Piece characters belong to Oda (I used to call him 'Oda-sensei' until he did something terrible with our (?) all time favourite character :'( )

The Thousand Sunny sailed peacefully across the azure ocean, the Strawhat's flag rippling proudly. The normally busy crew could be seen relaxing about on the decks; be it sleeping, sun-bathing, playing music, reading, or even telling a lie to an excited reindeer.

Nami shifted into a more comfortable position on the sun-bathing deck, sipping orange juice delicately. She sighed happily, breathing in the refreshing air and enjoying the rare moment of peace. The delicious desserts Sanji made for her and Robin added to her good mood, and deciding that she would compliment for his services, she turned around to face him, but found that he left to prepare breakfast for the crew.

Nami frowned, but shrugged and decided to look for the only other sane person on the ship excluding herself. She grabbed her drink and walked down to the library, looking around for her nakama. She soon found the archeologist perched on the sofa, reading intently. Nami carefully approached her, not wanting to disturb the women. She slowly sat down; studying the thick, heavy-set book the archeologist was poring over.

'Hello, navigator-san, what brings you down here?' Robin asked, not taking her eyes off her book.

'Hey, Robin-San,' Nami politely replied, 'I came down because I wanted to see what you were doing,' She eyed the big, leather-bound book perched on the top of Robin's lap, sipping her drink. 'May I ask what that book is about?'

Robin smiled, 'Well, Navigator-san, I'm just reading about the history of the island we are heading to,' She paused, closing the book with a light thud, 'It's very interesting actually, but many pages are extremely frayed, which is a pity seeing that I want to know more about an interesting side effect the book was talking about.'

'What kind of side effect?' Nami asked suspiciously, narrowing her eye instinctively.

'I cannot verify each detail, but it seems that the atmosphere affects the human body both physically and mentally… However, there are no clear references stating the exact symptoms.' She paused to study the navigator's pale face. 'Several reliable sources have revealed to me that the unique life forms on the island produce a special toxin which enhances the body and mind, all according to the person-'

'But these legends can't be true, right Robin-san??' Nami interrupted, her eyes wide-open.

The archeologist frowned slightly, 'I'm sorry to say Nami-san, I have plenty of other resources to back the claim up,' she carefully said, 'but I don't think there's any reason for you to worry, since many of the ancient texts specifically claims that the toxins only affect young children.'

The navigator sighed in relief, suddenly feeling tired, 'That's a relief Robin-san, I thought that we were going to land on even more trouble…' she threw the other women a guilty look, 'I'm sorry about the interruption, but with a crew like this to take care of,' Nami looked towards the frontier, hearing the sounds of a fight even below the deck, '… let's just say that everything needs a careful once-over.'

Robin gently smiled at the Navigator's antics. She was sometimes harsh, yes, but cared more for her nakama more than anyone can imagine.

Suddenly, the ship's bell rang loudly, signaling that the breakfast was ready.

'Ah,' Robin said with a smile, 'I think that if we do not hurry, Sanji-san will be forced to fight off the crew in order to leave us something to eat.'

Nami sighed, nodding resignedly, 'And if he is forced to fight, there won't be anything left of the kitchen to eat from anyway.'

The two women stood up, the archeologist carefully placing the ancient book on the table. They walked across the landing, and started to climb up towards the deck.

Even a good hundred yards away, Nami could hear the noise of crashing and shouting from the kitchen. She ground her teeth ferociously. 'I swear, if those idiots broke something valuable, I'll kill the-' her thought were suddenly interrupted by a loud thud, coming from the frontier. The two narrowed their eyes, body tensing for a battle. But automatically relaxed when they saw the familiar orange hat and the freckled, grinning face.

'Yo,' Ace smiled, 'how's it going?'

Nami smiled, and was about to reply when a sudden noise disturbed her, she dodged reflexively, narrowly missing the flying body of Zoro.

'Ha! shitty-swordsmen,' a voice boomed across the deck, 'that will teach you for insulting my delicious food!' Sanji grinned manically, before noticing his precious ladies, standing next to the furious swordsman. He immediately dropped down to his noodle-dancing state.

'Nami-chaaannn~ Robin-swaaaan~', he cried, running full-speed towards his ladies.

'Why you…' Zoro got on to his feet, a dark aura surrounding him, 'HOW DARE YOU KICK ME, CURLY-BROWS!' he shouted. The furious swordsman attacked - intent on killing the blonde male.

Sanji bristled at the insult, immediately blocking the attack. He lifted his leg to retaliate, and Zoro swung his three swords high up, ready for the fight.

A sudden lightening bolt hit the two men, leaving charred, smoking bodies in a heap. A vein throbbed on Nami's forehead as she swung her clima-tact to hit each of them on the head.

'Can't you two behave yourself a bit more? It's going to cost money to repair the damage you inflict you know!' she growled, making the two men cower.

The cook threw the navigator a hurt look, 'But… that shitty swordsman started it…'

'I don't care who started it! The next time you break something, YOU better pay for it - with double interest!'

Zoro glared, rubbing his head, 'Evil witch…' he grumbled, bending down to pick up his katana.

'WHAT DID YOU SAY?'

Ace chuckled, 'Wow, you guys didn't change at all.'

Zoro turned around and blinked, 'Firefist Ace? Why are you in this part of the grand line?'

'Oh, I just had some… business to take care of,' Ace grinned when the swords man shot him a suspicious look. 'Besides, I wanted to see how Luffy was doing. Has he caused you a lot of trouble?'

'If jumping off the ship continuously with the complete lack of the ability to swim is 'trouble', then, yes, he is a lot of trouble.' Sanji rolled his eyes and sighed, even momentarily forgetting to noodle-dance for his ladies.

'He's jumping off board?' Ace narrowed his eyes, 'I'll have to talk to him about that one.'

'He won't listen, besides I don't think he does it on purpose. More like… a complete lack of brain cells.' Zoro said, scratching his head.

'Hmm… well, we'll see about that… Anyway,' he turned to Sanji, 'have you got any provisions for me to take with me? Something leftover maybe? Pops told me not to hang around too long around-' Ace stopped, noticing the sudden drop in temperature.

Both Sanji's eyes were shaded, and were surrounded by a dangerous aura. 'You're asking me for something LEFT OVER?'

Ace sweat dropped, slowly edging towards his boat, 'It would be appreciated, and I can pay for it… anything will do…' he trailed off, sensing that he said the wrong thing.

To say that the cook was furious would have been a huge understatement. Sanji suddenly grew bigger, dark clouds gathering behind him, 'No-one, and I mean NO-ONE, will eat LEFT OVERS AND PAY FOR IT while they are in MY CARE!!! I don't care if Whitebeard himself said that you can't stay for long!!' he said, gritting his teeth. 'In the kitchen… NOW!'

Ace suddenly found himself being dragged to the kitchen by the extremely angry cook. He blinked, not quite understanding hat happened.

'Well, it's your fault.' Zoro said casually, walking besides him, 'you shouldn't have touched the subject… the shitty cook is too sensitive about it… but I wonder why he was so annoyed about it…' The swordsman added thoughtfully.

Ace blinked again and then chuckled, 'Ah, I'm fine with it,' he patted his toned stomach, 'it was about time I had a proper meal anyway.'

Zoro laughed, it was funny sometimes to see the rare similarities the D brothers shared.

Sanji opened the kitchen door and groaned as he took in the empty plates, all but licked clean on the table. He felt a vein threatening to pop.

Chopper, Ussop, Brook and Franky startled, and shot guilty looks towards the cook.

An awkward silence followed the entrance, everyone's attention fixed on the furious cook.

Brooke felt obliged to break the silence, since he was one of the people who had eaten everything after all, 'Yo ho ho! It seems like we have a guest… I do love meeting new people! My heart would burst in joy, but I don't have one because… I'm a skeleton!!!' Brooke laughed loudly and belched, spraying bits of food everywhere.

The tension instantly broke, everyone chuckling and visibly relaxing as the cook sighed and moved over to the stove to make more breakfast.

Franky happily relaxed against his chair, 'So… the incident done and over with…' he turned to Ace, 'who are you, bro?' he asked curiously.

'Ah, Nice to meet you, I'm Ace, Luffy's older brother.' Ace grinned, walking towards the table and taking a chair. 'May I?' he asked amusedly to Chopper, who was gawking at him shamelessly, mouth hanging wide open.

'S, s, s, s, s, s, sure!' the doctor stammered, hurrying to make room for the captain's brother.

'So, you came here to see your brother?' Franky asked, standing up on the table and striking a pose. 'Ohh! Brotherly love is such a touching thing… SUPER!'

Ace chuckled, 'Yeah, I'm here to check on Luffy… But speaking of which,' he looked around carefully, 'Where is he?'

Everyone froze, panic rushing in. Each of them hit themselves mentally for not realizing sooner. They asked themselves the same question: Where is Luffy and why is he late for a meal?

Robin calculated the situation; either sencho-san has really overslept, which was very unlikely, or he was in trouble – Again. The last time Luffy didn't turn up for breakfast… she shuddered at the memory.

'Okay… well, I'll check up on him… just in case.' Nami said, barely concealing the worry. But before she got up from her chair, soft thuds were heard approaching the kitchen.

'Luffy?' Chopper asked cautiously.

An affirmative 'hai' was heard behind the door, and the crew let out a sigh of relief. Ussop and Franky shuffled to make space for the captain, expecting him to burst through the door any moment.

'What? Again?' an unexpected sigh was heard from behind the door, 'Nami's going to kill me… GOMU GOMU NO PISTOL!'

Everyone blinked, surely he won't… The door exploded with impact, showering everyone in debris.

'LUFFY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!' Nami shouted angrily. She stomped to the front, fully intent on hitting the captain. But before she could, she froze at the sight of him. The Soft black hair, rubbery skin, and the trademark straw hat and grin – it WAS definitely the captain… Only… he seemed to have halved in size.

Luffy laughed, scratching his head awkwardly, 'Sorry I'm late,' he looked towards his nakama, 'I couldn't reach the door handles for the men's cabin, so I had to smash that one too!'

His crew was now gaping at him in shock. He blinked twice, 'What, is there anything wrong?'

'LUFFY???!!!!'

OMG… this fic is really bad compared to all the amazing ones I've been reading… :'( I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to mention IDs but:

Na-chan00, Clarobell, AllHeroesWearHats, roo17, and Kitsune123 – I LOVE ALL YOUR FICS :D hehe…