Chapter 2

Luffy was already too stressed out from the commotion that had happened when they reacted to seeing her face. She didn't need Sanji and Zoro to fight right now.

She choked out the words slowly, not feeling like herself trying to stop a fight between them, "Please don't… Don't fight…"

The two paused from their staring match and turned to Luffy.

Robin had started to observe Luffy carefully, wondering what could have cause this. She decided to ask her about it.

"Luffy, do you have any idea of how this happened?"

She shook her head, her straw hat shifting on her short, black hair. She was trying to think though, was there something she knew of that could have done this to her? She thought and thought until it hurt, but nothing.

Deep into her thinking, Luffy hadn't noticed that her crew was remaining silent, each pair of their eyes burning into her skin, making her more and more uncomfortable than she already was. She wanted to run away from their stares. The captain of the Going Merry, the future king of the Pirates, she couldn't be viewed like this, a girl! She gasped as she went back to the thought of becoming the pirate King, could she not become the Pirate King if she was a girl? This was just another thing she had to add on to the list of things making her feel terrible inside. She couldn't take it anymore.

She lept up from her seat, startling everyone, and ran for the open door. But a hand stretched out from the walls and grabbed her, it was Robin's hand. Luffy shook it loose from her arm and once again tried to make a break for it, but it was too late, with more and more hands coming forth and keeping her in place.

"Robin! Let me go!" Luffy screamed in her high pitched voice for the second time that day.

But Robin refused to do so, and soon all of the crew members were up in a circle surrounding Luffy. They all had faces full of concern for her.

"You need to be around people Luffy, not by yourself. We can all help you." Robin spoke soothingly, trying to make her calm down.

Chopper also looked up into Luffy's face trying to help comfort her, "come on Luffy you can talk to all of us. We're your friends. Your always there for us, and so we're here for you now!"

Luffy finally realized that he needed them. They were right, it wouldn't get any better if she just sat in a room by herself, she needed them to help her through this. But for some reason she still felt really uncomfortable with talking to all of them. Her gaze fell towards the ground as her head bubbled with confusing thoughts.

Nami soon recognized the fact that Luffy still couldn't talk to all of them. So she quickly decided to make the number of people surrounding her smaller, maybe it would help.

"Alright Luffy, Robin and I are taking you to our room. The less people freaking you out by staring at you, the better."

Robin nodded her head in agreement, and before anyone, including Luffy, could argue they each grabbed one of her wrists, and took off to their quarters.

"I hope Luffy is going to be okay." Usopp said quietly, casting a worried glance out the door from which the girls had just disappeared.

Zoro was also staring at the same place, "I hope so too… And I hope he will be fine being with those two girls."

...

Luffy sat on the third and only bed that was not being used by someone in the girls' room. Robin had sat down beside her, hoping she and Nami would be successful in keeping Luffy calm.

"Ok Luffy! Now that all those annoying boys are gone, you can tell us what's on your mind."

Luffy was immediately offended, "Hey I'm one of those boys too! So you're insulting me too!"

Nami's expression looked a little awkward as she responded, "well if I may point out Luffy, you're not really a boy any more, so…"

Luffy remembered this, his heart sinking thinking that he technically didn't count as one of the boys on the ship anymore. His mood suddenly switched from sad, to angry.

"I hate this!" She yelled, "why did this happen to me?! I don't want to be a stupid girl! It's making me feel like I'm not me! I never act like this! What's wrong with me?!"

The tears couldn't be stopped from coming down again. This was no way for a man to act, men did not cry like this!

Robin hugged her, trying to comfort her once again. Luffy accepted the hug as she tried to stop the flow of water down her face. They just sat there for a long time, Nami staring at her, and Robin hugging her. Luffy lost any sense of time, and her crying finally stopped.

She needed to control herself, act like a man. She let out a deep sigh. Then all of a sudden she felt exhausted, the weight of the short day falling upon her. Her eyes started to droop, and Robin got up to lay her down on the bed, pulling the blanket over her. Luffy closed her eyes and immediately welcomed the sleep that came.

Note: Sorry if Luffy is a little out of character... But he is a she now so there are gonna be some differences...

and in response to Riz5415 it is set around the time after Albasta, but far enough after that Robin isn't really new anymore... possibly after Skypiea. So Brook and Franky will not be in this story. Sorry if you had wanted them in it...