It was really cold here. That was all Luffy could think of. All he could see was cold, suffocating white, and all he could feel was snow. When he tried to move, the cold bit him harder than before. Gritting his teeth in anger, he struggled to escape from all the white.
"GRRAAHH! LET ME OUT OF THIS STUFF!" Luffy shouted, but all it did was earn him a mouthful of snow. Spitting it out angrily, he started to struggle again, but a sudden crushing weight made him cry out.
"KYAAH! THE SNOW SPOKE!" he heard Nami's voice above him. Figuring out what happened, he shoved Nami off of him. Nami turned around, eyes wide, until she saw Luffy's head peeking out of the agitated snow.
"Luffy?" she said softly.
"Nami-swaaan! I'll come to save you!" Sanji called from above, most likely on the Sunny.
"Wait, don't-" Nami started to say, but Sanji jumped down anyways. Straight on top of Luffy.
"Luffy!" Nami screeched. Sanji quirked a brow, not knowing why Nami would say 'Luffy' instead of 'Sanji'.
"Coming down!" Zoro called.
"Wait, seaweed head!" But Zoro hopped down on top of Sanji. Franky followed close behind, crushing the three people beneath him.
"F-Franky..." Zoro gasped out. "I'm... going to... kill you..."
"Sorry, Zoro-bro, Sanji-bro!" Franky apologized, getting off of them.
"What about Luffy? Is he okay?" Nami asked worriedly.
"Luffy? Why wouldn't he be okay? He's made of rubber," Sanji pointed out. Nami pointed a finger- or, maybe a hand since the mitten covered her hand- to under the two men. Sanji, looking down, spotted the pale yellow of their captain's beloved straw hat.
"Did we...? Oh, god..." Jumping up, Zoro started digging down under the snow, trying to unearth the boy they had unknowingly crushed deeper into the white powder. Sanji started helping, feeling slightly guilty for not listening to Nami when she told him to stop.
"Got 'em!" Zoro pulled out the black-haired boy, who was completely caked in snow.
"C-c-c-cold!" Luffy yelped, hugging himself to try to gain a little bit more warmth.
"Go back on the Sunny, Luffy," Nami sighed. "You were just buried under the snow. You could get sick or something."
"N-no! I wanna st-stay out here and e-explore!" Luffy huffed, even though he was shivering.
"Go! Or I swear I will just throw you on board!" Nami ordered, her eyes glinting dangerously.
"O-okay!" Luffy scrambled to get back on the ship, not wanting to be the object of Nami's anger. Zoro rubbed his head, slightly sheepish.
"Now I kinda feel bad. I mean, we practically crushed him," he muttered, just loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Yeah... If he gets sick, I'm blaming you, moss head," Sanji said unapologetically.
"Hey! You jumped on him, too!" Zoro growled.
"Zoro-bro! Sanji-bro! Stop fighting! We need to go and get some cola for the Sunny!" Franky crossed his arms angrily.
"Luffy-san! You look cold! Ah! But I have no eyes, so I cannot see! Yohoho~!" The four heard Brook's sing-song voice from the deck, and they felt slightly better even with his lame jokes.
"Gyah! Luffy! What happened!" Chopper screeched. "We need a docter!"
"I believe that's you, Chopper-san," Robin said calmly.
"Ah! You're right! Luffy, come with me!"
"B-but I'm fine! I j-just got buried in the snow!" Luffy protested weakly, but Chopper ignored him. Nami laughed lightly at the Straw Hat captain's attitude, then turned to the three men down on the island with her.
"Okay! Now, let's go lok for treasure- I mean, a town!" she said excitedly, her eyes glittering.
"She's got berries in her eyes..." Zoro mumbled under his breath.
"Okay, Nami-swaan!" Sanji cooed, hearts in his eyes.
"Supeer! Let's goo!" Franky went into his signature pose.
"Yeah!"
"Chopper! Stop p-poking me! I'm fine! Gyahahahahaaa!" Luffy let out a laugh as the reindeer accidentally poked a ticklish spot.
"Sorry, Luffy! But I have to make sure you really are fine!" Chopper apologized, resuming with his poking.
"You really are a good doctor, Chopper! Kch- KYAHAHAHAHA!" Another laugh escaped the rubber man when Chopper tickled him again.
"B-bastard! As if I would be happy you called me a good docter!" Chopper said rudely, but his happy face said otherwise.
"So, can I go now?" Luffy said hopefully. Chopper sighed.
"I guess you're fine. You don't sem to be getting sick..." His last words were lost on the raven-haired captain as he rushed out of the infirmary.
"Ah! Luffy-san! Are you okay?" Brook asked the second Luffy stepped out.
"Yup! Chopper gave me the okay!" Luffy grinned, buttoning the last button on his coat.
"That's great!" Brook said in his musical voice.
"Yup! Even snow can't defeat me!" Luffy said proudly, putting a hand on his upper arm as if showing off his muscles.
"I shall make a song about this! Yohoho~!" Brook set about making up a completely rediculous song.
"Yahoo! Sing it! Sing it!" Luffy chanted happily. Usopp joined him in his stupid dance and chant, too bored to do anything else. Brook grinned the best a skeleton could before strumming his guitar that just randomly appeared from nowhere.
"Do you think we'll need any medicine? Just in case?" Nami asked Zoro.
"How should I know?" Zoro grumped, disgruntled by the fact that Nami refused to let him take a walk on his own.
"Well, I guess I'll buy it. Just in case!" Nami grabbed the medicine bottle off of the counter. "Chopper said he had run out, anyways."
"Nami-saan!" Sanji came running into the small store that Zoro and Nami were currently occupying.
"What is it, Sanji-kun?" Nami asked, smiling at the blond-haired cook.
"It's the robot! He's freaking out because no store he looked at sells cola!" Sanji said quickly. Nami blinked before pointing to her bag.
"I already have cola in here." Sanji gained hearts in his eyes again.
"Nami-swaan! You always know what to buy~!" he swooned.
"Damn ero-cook. Shouldn't you go tell Franky?" Zoro grunted.
"What did you say, marimo brain?"
"I said, go tell Franky!"
"Sanji-kun! Please tell Franky for us!" Nami interrupted the budding fight.
"Anything for you, Nami-saan!" Sanji ran off to go and find the crew's shipwright. Nami sighed before going to pay the shopkeeper.
"Sorry about that, mister! Here's the money!" Nami stared at the parting money with sorrow.
"Thank you, missy!" the shopkeeper said, reaching to take the money. As he tried to take it, however, Nami wouldn't let go. "Er, miss? Might you let go?" the slightly-overweight man asked, a tense smile forming on his stubble-covered face.
"Nami! Let go already!" Zoro barked. Nami reluctantly let the shopkeeper take the money, then gathered her items.
"Alright! Let's get back to the ship!"
"Are they back yet?" Luffy whined for the upteenth time.
"Just the same as the last fifteen times you asked, no!" Usopp huffed, annoyed by the captain's behavior.
"Uugh..." Luffy moaned, laying on the Sunny's head. Picking his nose, he started to think of what it would be like to actually try and fight one of his crew members. Obviously, he'd never do that, but he was just wondering. Besides, he fought Usopp before, and it was horrible. He hated having to hurt his friends.
"Luffy-san! The snow's building up!" Brook called over to the motionless boy.
"Yeah..." Luffy answered blandly, not even listening.
"You're going to get buried, nimrod!" Usopp shouted, digging the snow out of the Sunny's deck.
"Yeah, okay..." Luffy blankly replied, still thinking. Now Usopp was getting worried, because he could see his captain's face getting flushed.
"LUFFY! SNAP OUT OF IT!" he screeched right next to the straw-hat-wearing boy. Luffy jumped about a foot in the air, then glanced at Usopp.
"Sorry, Usopp! I was just thinking!" Luffy rubbed the back of his head, laughing sheepishly.
"Thinking?! You were thinking?!" Luffy put a hand on the scar on his chest.
"Yeah... But I'm hungry, and now my head hurts!" He tried to act normal, but Usopp didn't miss the flash of pain that flew across his captain's eyes.
"Sanji should be back soon with Nami, Franky, and Zoro..." Usopp said, hand to his chin. "But Zoro might've gotten lost again..."
"Luffy-san! Look at this!" Brook interrupted. Sniper and captain looked over at him curiously.
"Look at what?" they asked together. Brook pointed a bony hand at something beside the Sunny. The two black-haired crewmates looked in the direction he was pointing.
"GYAAH! IT'S THE MARINES!" Usopp panicked, running around in a small circle.
"The Marines? Really?" Luffy looked closer, and indeed, the ship bobbing next to theirs had a Marine flag waving at the top of the mast.
"Sanji-san and the others better hurry!" Brook commented.
"Why? We can easily take them out!" Usopp said steadily, but his unsteady grin and his shaking knees betrayed his voice.
"Because we don't want to leave them behind if we need to make a quick escape," Brook explained. Luffy grinned, forming a plan in his mind.
"Guys! I have a plan!"
"You do?!"
"Stay here! I'll take care of them!" Luffy ordered. "Gum Gum Rocket!" Flinging himself over to the larger ship, Luffy cackled with joy.
"Don't worry, Luffy! I got your back!" Usopp called unsteadily. But Luffy didn't hear him, as he was already aboard the ship next door.
"Are we ready to go, Nami-sis?" Franky asked, impatiently tapping his foot.
"Yeah! Just gimme a second..." Nami struggled to drag the heavy bag over to the three men. "You could help me, you know!"
"Yes, Nami-san!" Sanji immediately picked up the shopping bag.
"Thak you, Sanji-kun!" Nami said sweetly, giving him a smile.
"Let's go already." Zoro started walking away in the direction he thought the Sunny was in.
"It's this way, Zoro." Nami laughed as Zoro turned around and headed in the direction Nami had pointed.
"I knew that.
"We're back, Luffy!" Nami called, climbing up the rope ladder.
"Ah! Brook! Chopper! Nami's back with the guys!" Usopp called, rushing forward to check if they had brought any food back.
"Yup! Where's Luffy?" A loud crash answered Sanji's question.
"I'm guessing that was him," Nami guessed, rolling her eyes.
"Well, he's kind of fighting the Marines right now..." Usopp murmured, digging through a bag with the food in it.
"The Marines?! When did they get here?!" Nami panicked.
"Chill out! It was just a small ship, Luffy's got this!" Zoro tried to calm down the orange-haired navigator. Succeeding, Nami took a breath before turning to the door. Brook immediately walked up to Nami.
"Excuse me but may I see your-"
"NO WAY!" A kick to the face stopped his request.
"Did you bring the medicine like I asked?" Chopper asked, hopping out from the inside.
"Yup! Here you go!" Nami handed the reindeer a small bottle filled with the fever and cold medicine.
"Thank you!" Chopper said huriedly, running back inside the ship.
"What's with him?" Zoro noticed that the doctor was in a hurry.
"Oh, he's reorganizing his office," Usopp answered, satisfied by whatever he had found.
"HEY! YOU STUPID FUZZY GUY! LET ME KICK YOUR ASS!"
"Seems like Luffy is having a good time," Sanji commented.
"WHY WOULD I LET YOU DO THAT?! YOU ATTACKED US FIRST! I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING ON GOING NEAR YOU!" came an unfamiliar rough voice. The Marine ship went quiet, unnerving the Straw Hat crew. Until they heard the familiar 'Gum Gum Rocket', and saw their captain hop onto the Sunny.
"Yo! I'm back!" Luffy greeted. "Oh! Nami and Sanji are back, too!" He grinned wide when he saw them.
"You idiot! What were you doing over there?! Did you finish them off?!" Sanji asked rapidly. Luffy blinked.
"Nope! They're all fine! Just a little... purple?" he said confusedly. "Anyways, I had to stop fighting them. The guy promised he would leave us alone."
"Don't trust the Marines, moron!" Sanji scolded, smacking Luffy upside the head. Luffy, being rubber, didn't react to the hit.
"But he promised. He can't break his promise, or I would kisk his ass," Luffy said, his tone clashing with his violent words.
"He probably will! You know how Marines are!" Usopp chimed in.
"But... I know that guy. He would never break a promise."
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"WHAAATTT?!"