A/N: Another Straw Hats moment. Enjoy and review! :)
Sanji looked at the scrap of clothing in awe.
"Really?" he whispered. "Nami-san's panties?"
"Yohohoho," Brook chuckled. "I was finally successful. The beautiful Nami gave into my request and provided me with this magnificent artifact."
Chopper looked at them quizzically.
"I still don't get what's so special about them," he said. "They're actually kinda gross and scary."
"Ignore them, Chopper," Zoro called. "They're lovesick idiots."
Zoro looked up lazily as Sanji whirled around to glare at him.
"These are precious," he informed him pointedly. "A brute like you could never understand the volumes of love in these panties."
"And an idiot love cook like you will probably make love to those panties," Zoro drawled. "Come on, Chopper, let's do something worthwhile."
Sanji chose not to come up with a retort, instead watching Zoro and Chopper walk away.
"They don't understand us," he murmured.
"Of course, nobody understands this sort of exquisite thing," Brook agreed.
They stood in reverent silence for a few moments, until they were interrupted again.
"What do you have here?" Robin asked smoothly, examining the panties with a raised eyebrow.
Sanji laughed nervously and Brook tipped his hat to Robin.
"This is the fruit of my labors," Brook replied, nodding seriously.
"You know, there's an ancient superstition that if a man wears a woman's panties, she will fall in love with him," Robin told them. "I've–"
She wasn't allowed to complete her sentence because Sanji and Brook dove for the underwear at the same time. Robin quickly moved out of the way and went to join Chopper and Zoro on the other side of the deck.
"You set that up," Zoro grunted.
Robin smiled and turned to look at him.
"There may be a belief like that somewhere," she shrugged. "But never one that I've heard of."
Zoro smirked as Robin watched their friends fight over Nami's panties. Chopper looked apprehensively at one, then the other, and finally settled down and watched along with Robin, shaking his head in disapproval.
"She gave them to me," Brook insisted.
"My love for her is true!" Sanji declared. "How can a skeleton satisfy Nami-san's needs? Don't be ridiculous."
"Now, now, let's not fight," Usopp interrupted, as he walked onto the deck. "We can settle this in a manly way."
Brook and Sanji looked at each other and nodded before moving aside to let Usopp gaze upon the panties.
"WE BURN THE EVIL OBJECT!" Usopp shouted, whipping out a pack of matches. "We should not let it pollute the atmosphere like this. You know, back when I was the Captain of the Evil Object Burning Pirates, we used to do this all the time…"
"No!" Sanji and Brook exclaimed simultaneously. "Don't do it, Usopp!"
A blue haired man managed to grab the panties before they caught on fire.
"You guys are SUPA!" Franky whooped gleefully.
"What are you doing with those panties?" Sanji asked, angry.
Franky shook his head.
"This is my original speedo," he explained. "Oh yes, this is my most reliable one. You can imagine how devastated I was when I woke up and found that it was gone."
Robin's giggles were delicate and feminine but Zoro's roars of laughter were anything but polite. Chopper was rolling on the ground after a few seconds, his legs wildly kicking at the air. Brook and Sanji looked as if a giant wave had just crashed down on them.
"Your original speedo?" Sanji asked in disbelief. "I was pledging my utter devotion to your original speedo?"
"Yohohoho, at least we didn't put them on," Brook pointed out. "Then Franky would have fallen in love with us."
"I already love you guys," Franky sobbed, hugging them happily. "You would do such a thing for me… You are true friends."
Sanji and Brook could do nothing but sigh in disappointment.
