Nami sighed loudly and rubbed her temples, trying to clear her thoughts. She glanced over at the creature, that was tugging her shirt and frowned.
"Get it off me."
"But he thinks you're his mother!"
She glared at Chopper.
"If you value your life you will get this stupid thing off me."
Sanji passed by and quickly swiped the furry thing, grinning wildly.
"Hi there, you cute little thing!"
Amazingly, they had managed to kill a seaking, thus solving their food problem. Now the only problem was this strange creature. Well, according to Nami. Nobody else seemed upset by the sudden appearance of a strange, little, furry baby creature. Surprisingly, even "Daddy" Sanji was taking it pretty well. He was actually, well, happy. Luffy cocked his head to the side as he observed the creature, dressed in some of Chopper's clothes, that Sanji had placed on the table. It was about Chopper's size, or a bit smaller and covered in short, silky sky blue hair. It had indigo markings resembling a panda, except for it's head, where it was reversed, indigo being the main color and sky blue the markings. It sorta looked looked like a bear, but also somewhat like a dog. On top of its head, two huge ears, that resembled fox ears. Its eyes were sparkling purple.
"Can we eat it?"
Luffy was swiftly kicked off his seat, Jumping up, the rubber man crossed his arms.
"If we can't eat it, we should name him."
Nami was about to protest, but was cut short by Sanji, who happily yelled:
"Finally Luffy, you have a good idea!"
"I did?"
Robin smiled fondly.
"What should we call him "
"Steak."
Usopp smacked Luffy.
"I knew that was too good to last." he scoffed.
"Eh?"
Sanji turned to Nami, gleaming happily.
"What do you think, Nami-san?"
"I don't care, I don't even like the damn thing."
For the first time since the egg hatched, Sanji's grin faded away.
"But Nami-san..."
The girl got up and left. The chef sighed and returned to his seat, next to Luffy and the bear-dog thing.
Robin patted his back and smiled reassuringly.
"It fell from the sky right? Why not Sora?"
"I'm not naming him without Nami."
"Sanji-"
"Even if she doesn't care about him, he obviously cares about her." stubbornly said Sanji grabbing the creature and cradling him in his arms. Robin worryingly gazed at him.
"Very well, as you wish." she said, continuing to pat his back "But I'm afraid you'll get hurt."
"Nami will come around."
"If that 's what you believe-"
"I'm sure of it."
He got up and smiled insecurely.
"Franky, could you build me a cradle?"
"Wouldn't you prefer a dog house?"
"He isn't a dog!"
"Are you sure "
"I can't believe this."
Usopp scratched his head, awkwardly.
"Hey Sanji, we can't be sure he really is a sentient creature "
"What! Look, he always calls me "Dada" and Nami "Mama". That shows some kind of intelligence, right "
Zoro shrugged.
"Some animals have some kind of intelligence. That doesn't mean they can be considered people."
Sanji turned around.
"Great." whispered Usopp to Zoro "He's gonna kick your ass."
To everyone's surprise, he didn't. He just sobbed and left.
"Oh my..." muttered Robin.
Sanji silently walked onto the upper deck. Unsurprisingly, Nami was there taking care of her trees.
"Hi."
She calmly turned around. Noticing he was upset, she sighed.
"Sanji..."
"Robin suggested we named him Sora." he said, looking at the creature in his arms.
"Sounds good." she said, getting up and walking over to the cook "I've never seen you like this before, Sanji-kun."
"Why doesn't anyone believe me "
"It's a hard story to buy."
She sighed again. Usually she'd refrain from any physical contact with the cook, as to not give him any ideas. But he seemed really sad now. She stroked his hair.
"We should test it or something." she said, smiling.
"Uh "
"Let's see if he can learn more words!"
"Excellent idea, Nami-san, you're amazing!"
He quickly turned around and hurried off, to talk to the others. Nami sighed and followed.
"Parrots can learn words too, Sanji-kun." she dreadfully pondered as they made their way to the aquarium room.