I'll be breaking the story into chapters instead of one big chapter. I think it's less overwhelming that way.

Anyway please enjoy. I didn't really edit much during this first part.

I don't own One Piece.


Idiots Don't Get Sick

The first thing Monkey D. Luffy noticed when he woke up that morning was that he was hot; unbearably and uncomfortably hot. Frowning in confusion, he tried untangling his body from his sheets. His attempts to escape only served to further his confusion as he quickly began to realize that he was actually losing to his bed sheets. Confusion turned to irritation, which lead to him falling from his bunk onto the floor in a tangled mess. A minute of angry grunts and struggled movements passed by before he began to notice that he was sweating profusely and that he was taking in ragged breaths of air. After what seemed like hours, he was able to untangle his body from his sheets; after which he collapsed on top of them in an effort to catch his breath.

Shakily, he used his arms to push his upper body up in an attempt to grab onto the nearest bunk. Smiling in success, he used the bunk to push himself onto his feet. That was when Monkey D. Luffy noticed the third thing that morning; he was alone in the room and the beds were made. His hand shakily drifted down to the mattress of the bed he was currently leaning against, only to discover that it was cold. Just how long had he been asleep?

Since the beds were cold, that could only mean that the crew was called for breakfast a while ago and he missed it.

He missed breakfast!

Grabbing his hat, he sprinted out of the room in horror and new found energy.

Luffy made a beeline for the kitchen in a frenzied panic. How could he of all people miss breakfast, and more importantly how could his nakama not wake him up? They were the worst, the absolute worst.

Upon reaching kitchen's door, Luffy's foggy mind noticed that it was still raining out, no surprise given the torrential downpour that had been happening for the past few days. A sigh escaped his dry throat at the thought of having to deal with more rain, although now that he thought about it, the rain did feel awesome against his skin. Maybe he would take his weekly shower earlier than he had originally planned. The cool water seemed to be doing wonders for his sweaty body.

By the time he snapped out of his thoughts, he realized that the rain water had left him wetter than the sweat from his previous struggle. Shaking his head for getting distracted, he returned to the more pressing matter at hand and opened the door, hoarsely screaming the word "food" as he made his entrance into the kitchen.


Sanji sighed as his captain barged into his kitchen. He had just cleaned up the dirty dishes. Oh well, at least he wouldn't have to worry about the leftovers on the table anymore. Pulling out a cigarette, he casually walked over to where the boy had decided to sit down. Staring in amusement, he watched his captain as he cleared the remaining platters of food clean for a few seconds, until he got bored and then decided to speak.

"Well, look who finally decided to get up. And why did you have to drag so much water in with you? Honestly, if you had just woken up when we had called you the first time, you would have missed the rain, it actually stopped for an hour or so." No response, other than the noise of his captain's eating.

"Hey, At least look at me when I'm talking to you!" Still no response.

Giving up, Sanji simply inhaled a large breath of his smoke, muttered something along the lines of "I'm going to see if Nami-san and Robin-chan want a snack before lunch. You better not make a mess while I'm gone," and with that he took his leave, leaving the boy alone to finish what was left of breakfast.

The food had tasted kind of funny, Luffy noted as he continued to inhale what was left.

He wondered briefly if it was because it was cold, but he dismissed the thought. Sanji's cooking was the best, regardless of what temperature it was at. It was something else. But he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He had eaten this food multiple times before at breakfast. It had been fine all of those other times. Maybe it was because he was alone? Food always tasted better in the company of friends, after all. That must be the reason.


Luffy made his way back to the men's quarters clutching his bulging stomach.

It was going to be that kind of day, he mused. A day where the weather wasn't bad enough to make it so the whole crew needed to be on deck, but bad enough to confine the crew to their usual places when they weren't outside. Not that he minded the idea of alone time right now. He was still tired from staying up half the night on watch anyway, and that whole week for that matter.

The weather had been hectic for the last few days, to the point where the crew had to be on deck for a majority the time just to make sure they didn't capsize. The fact that it was only raining out now was a welcome relief. Especially since he took a record number of "dips" in the ocean in the past three days than he normally did in a month; thus, earning himself with more scolding's from the crew in a day than he was used to, which slightly irritated him. It wasn't his fault the weather was out to get him, and Zoro and Sanji usually fished him out in under a minute, so he didn't get what the big deal was.

Now that he thought about it, it was the Marines fault they had to leave the last island early.

Nami had said that there was a storm approaching, and thanks to them, they had to Coup De Burst right into it.

Grumbling slightly at the memory, Luffy let out a frustrated sigh.

Marines mess everything up.

Upon reaching the men's quarters, Luffy quickly made his way over to his closet to change out of his damp clothes and into his back-up attire. He peeled the dripping clothes of his body and threw them into the hamper.

"There, now I'm all dry! "He thought.

"Now, what to do?"

He made his way to the door sluggishly, his "new found energy" left him about half-way through breakfast, and it made him feel lethargic. Luffy continued his trek until he saw and remembered the messy bundle of sheets laying forgotten next to his shared bunk. He supposed he should make his bed before Sanji realized he made a mess of the room, and kicked him for it. He really didn't feel like getting kicked today.

Bending over proved to be more of a challenge then he remembered, his stomach had begun to feel funny after breakfast and being in the squatting position was not helping it. Maybe he didn't eat enough, because now he felt like didn't have enough energy to even pull himself up.

"Yep it was defiantly the lack of food," he thought as he reached out for the bed. Groaning, he used his arms to pull himself up into the standing position and a triumphant smile graced his parted lips. The smile quickly turned into a frown when he realized he had to climb up to the top bunk to make his bed.

With some difficulty, he didn't want to make his stomach even madder at him, Luffy finally managed to make the bed.

He stood on the top of the ladder for a few minutes debating on what to do next. His nakama were probably busy and they would be mad at him if he disturbed them. Well, he did feel kind of tired, maybe he should laydown until lunch was ready.


Luffy groggily opened his eyes, letting out a soft whine in discomfort as he twitched for the umpteenth time underneath the covers of his bed. Ever since he decided to laydown, he felt really cold for some reason. It was really annoying.

"That doesn't make sense, Nami said the next island they were heading to was a summer one. It should be really hot because we're close to it..." He thought slowly as he tried to readjust the sheets to wrap around him. A few moments passed before he realized that he would have to get up in order to get the sheets in a more convenient position. Taking a deep breath in frustration, he willed his body to sit up, only to have it crash back onto the bed a few seconds later.

Bringing his hands to his face, Luffy began to rub his eyes in an effort to clear his vision and to make the room stop spinning.

"Ow..."

"-Oi, you guys, time for lunch!" His thoughts were interrupted by his cook's shouts.

"Wait, it was already lunch time?" Honestly, how long had he been trying to get comfortable?

With a groan, Luffy tried mustering up his strength to sit-up again, this time as slowly as possible. His headache got slightly worst and his vision blurred slightly, but he was eventually able to pull himself together and sit-up.

"Now to actually get to the dining room... "He sighed. His eyes squinted slightly as he tried to focus his eyes on the distant door.

He brought his hands to his face once again in an attempt to clear his vision and sooth his acing head.

He no longer heard the shuffling sounds of his crew's feet on the deck, signaling that they were all in there eating. Just how much time had passed?

He brought his head down to the pillow again slowly leaving the sheets bunched up around his waist.

Using his fingers, he massaged the sides of his temples in an effort to make the headache go away; it was really beginning to hurt.

He tried to sit back up again once the headache dulled a little, only to have it return at full force once he was fully sitting.

"At this rate, I might as well just skip lunch-" He thought in annoyance."-Wait, what am I thinking?"

His crew would think something was wrong with him if they knew what he just thought. He wasn't weak, he was strong damn it! So he was feeling weird and his head felt funny, big deal, he's dealt with much worse and had still came out on top! He could beat these- these... mystery feelings! Yes, that's what they were. And now that he knew what he was dealing with, they wouldn't be able to keep him down any longer. Getting rid of them would be as simple as ignoring his wounds in battle.

Taking a big breath, Luffy locked his eyes on where he thought the door was and adjusted his hat; with new found determination and new found resolve, he made a mad dash towards it. He may have had a weird beginning of the day, but if he could just stay focused on feeling normal and ignore whatever these mystery feelings were, than nothing could stop him; he decided it.


~Done

Like I said before I didn't change much and the other chapters should be up soon.

Again thank you for reading. I hope you have a wonderful day/night. Bye~