Shanks looked into Luffy's face, the face he hadn't seen in fourteen years. It was older and more mature, with some scars and a dark tan that hadn't been there before. Was this really Luffy? He really couldn't have changed this much, right? Shanks hung his head. "Luffy?" he asked.

"Yes?" Luffy answered innocently.

"So… How've you been?"

"Fine!"

There was silence for a few moments, then-

"EHHHH?! You're the Pirate King?!"

Luffy frowned. "You're just getting that now? Man, and I thought that you'd know that already."

Shanks sputtered. "I was gone! How did you get there anyway?"

"I beat them up!" He said simply.

"But you're only a kid!" Shanks wailed. "There's no way!"

Luffy sighed and rummaged in Mayor's bag. He pulled out a newspaper and handed it to Shanks. "There!" he exclaimed happily. "Proof."

Shanks scanned the paper thoroughly. As he looked up he leaned heavily on a chair. "P-pirate king." He muttered under his breath. "Anchor is Pirate King."

Luffy leaned in and frowned. "Why do you still call me that? You know I'm now the most powerful man in the world, right?"

Shanks seemed to get a bit of his old humor back. "Well," he said crisply. "No matter how powerful you are, you still can't ever swim!"

Luffy jumped up and down rapidly. "Nuh uh! I can make up for not swimming! Plus Zoro and Sanji always pick me up if I fall in!"

"Who're Zoro and Sanji, Luffy?" Shanks asked curiously.

"Zoro's my swordsman and Sanji's my cook." Luffy answered cheerfully. "They don't get along well at all!"

Shanks sighed and sat down in a chair. "I feel like I'm missing something. Why don't you tell me about your crew, Luffy? Are they better than mine?"

"You bet! There's Nami the Navigater-"

"Ooh! The pretty one with the kleptomaniac habit?'

"Yep! Usopp, our sniper-"

"Yasopp's son?! He's your sniper? What'd you do?"

"Beat up some pirates! Chopper, the doctor-"

"Isn't he a reindeer?"

"He's a reindeer and the doctor! Robin is the smart one-"

"The Ohara girl? Man, why do you have all the pretty ones, I only got Benn-"

"She's pretty?"

"…Never mind, kid."

"Oh, and Franky is a cyborg-"

"Isn't he the apprentice of the Fishman who built Captain Roger's ship?"

"Uh huh! He built my ship, too. Lastly, there's Brook, our musician-"

"I've never heard of him, what era does he belong to?"

"The one about sixty years ago! No wonder you haven't met him!"

"What? How old is he? Eighty?!"

"Ninety- two, actually. But you can't tell, since he's just a skeleton-"

"Eek! Why do you have a skeleton on your crew?"

"B'cause he can sing good!"

"I won't even-"

In the cornor, Mayor watched thoughtfully. They seemed to fit together rather well. Actually, they both seemed rather harmless. It was amazing that these two idiots were the some of the most wanted men in the world. In Luffy's case, really, he was the most wanted man. Watching them laugh, he decided one thing. Some pirates weren't all bad.

It was pure discomfiture over at the junkyard. Franky was looking curiously at Usopp, Usopp was looking uncomfortably at the ground, and the two pirates serving under Red-Haired Shanks were Enel'ing at Usopp.

It was Usopp that broke the silence. "Well!" he said cheerfully. "We're gonna go back to the ship! Right, Franky?"

He started to walk quickly away. Before he could go much further, Yasopp darted behind him and grabbed him around the waist. When Usopp started flailing, he threw him to the ground.

"Hey!" Usopp sputtered indignantly. "What was that for?" Yasopp leaned over, close to Usopp's face.

"That," he said chillingly, "Was because you didn't send me a letter. I could've known that you were on Luffy's ship and visited you much sooner. Finishing up that sentence, he pulled Usopp to his feet and gave him a hug.

The other two were standing off to the side looking on. Franky was bawling his eyes out and Benn was shaking his head.

"Those two," he said despairingly. "Will always be idiots."

Franky turned to Benn. "But it's so heartwarming! C'mon man, give me hug!"

Benn's eyes widened and he ran back in the direction of the ship.

Shanks and Luffy walked side by side back to the ship. Birds were chirping and the salty sea breeze lifted their hair off of their shoulders. Both Shanks and Luffy reached up instinctively to keep their hat on their head. Shanks was surprised when his hand actually met worn straw, and Luffy's fingers closed on empty air. Shanks snuck a sly glance at the young Pirate King. Luffy's eyes were closed, and even though his aura suggested that he was sad, he was smiling. Shanks sighed and pulled that familiar hat off his head. He circled it with his hands and remembered all the happy memories attached to this hat. It was his Captain's, and that meant a lot to him. However, as he sifted through memories, he found that the one that stuck out the most was that of giving it to Luffy. He smiled as he remembered the kid's expression that day compared to the one it wore now. Luffy sure had grown up, hadn't he? Luffy opened one eye and peered at his quizzically.

"Whatcha doing?" he asked. "Is there something wrong with the hat?"

"Yep!" Shanks said.

Luffy's eyes widened. "What?"

Shanks laughed and threw the hat upwards. "It's not on your head, baka. How can you be the Captain of the Straw Hat pirates when you don't even have a straw hat?"

Luffy looked up at the hat as it drifted down out of the clouds. It wafted side to side as it floated down, landing gently on the crown of his head. His face split into another of his famous wide grins. "Thanks!" He bubbled happily.

Shanks snorted and sucker punched his on the face. "Seriously, though. You're one of the weirdest people I've ever met."

"Mmm."

"Hey… Luffy?"

"Yeah?"

"Was it okay to leave that mayor guy unconscious in the bar?"

Robin glanced up from her book as she saw two people book it past the library. She frowned. Wasn't one of those people Franky? She thought.

Yasopp and Usopp were walking slowly back to the Sunny, trading sniper stories and 'You'll never believe what my Captain did!" stories. Their steady walking was frequently interrupted by periodic bursts of laughter.

"…and that's how we got a pet squid named Surume!" Usopp finished. Yasopp clutched his sides in mirth.

"Luffy, what are you thinking?" He gasped out. "Man, he's gotten even more crazy over fourteen years!"

Usopp nodded solemnly. "He only has one setting; loudly violent."

Yasopp grinned. "I can't believe that little anchor is your Captain. And to top it off, you guys became the most wanted pirates when we were gone."

"Yeah," Usopp calmed down. "It's sort of hard to believe."

"You'll get used to it eventually," Yasopp said. "Pretty soon it will quiet down again. Then again, it hasn't been quiet for a long time, has it? It's been crazy on the seas since Roger's time."

Usopp hummed uncharacteristically in agreement.

Nami looked up from her shopping. "Sanji," she said urgently. "Let's go back to the ship."

"Anything for you, Nami-swan!" Sanji grabbed her in a bridal carry and sped away.

"Hey!" the shop keeper shouted. "Come back! You have to pay for that!"

Shanks and Luffy stopped at the Sunny, preparing to jump aboard.

"Hey, Luffy," Shanks said wonderingly. "This is actually pretty cool. Wait, why are you grabbing my arm- ahhghghgh!"

Shanks and Luffy both flew through the air; Luffy laughing, Shanks screeching confusedly.

With a whistle and a BOOM! Shanks and Luffy made their timely arrival on deck. Luffy bounced back up and laughed happily while Shanks slow stood up and dusted his arms off.

"Luffy," he said menacingly. "What was that?"

Luffy immediately shut up and gradually inched away. "Uhh… It was whatIusuallydotogetontheship?"

Shanks raked his eyes over Luffy's arm. "Really? Because that felt more like an attack."

Luffy shrank nervously into the deck. Shanks reach for his shoulder and plucked him up in the air. "THAT WAS REALLY COOL!"

"Huh?" Luffy asked.

"Seriously! That was awesome!"

Luffy giggled, pleased. "Isn't it cool?"

Shanks nodded vehemently. "And here I thought that being a rubber man was a stupid power for fourteen whole years!"

"I know, right! …Wait… Hey!"

Shanks rolled his eyes as he leisurely walked around the ship's deck. Was that a lion or a sunflower on the masthead? Knowing Luffy, it was both.

"Hey!" a shout came from the distance. "Luffy!"

Shanks turned to Luffy, who was following him around like he was waiting for his reactions to everything. "One of yours, I assume?"

Luffy jumped to the edge and looked over. "Oh! Hi Usopp! Who you'd you find?!"

"You don't recognize me, Anchor?!" a voice shouted up from the person next to the long-nosed sniper.

Luffy's eyes widened. "Yasopp!"

Yasopp laughed. "Well? I'm gonna come up there and show you what you get for recruiting my son onto your silly crew!"

"Nuh uh!" Luffy protested. "They're not that silly!"

On the ground, Usopp was trying to get his father's attention. "Don't mention anything to Luffy about getting on the ship!" He whispered urgently.

"What-"

"Shh! We're taking the ladder!"

Shanks and Luffy met at the ladder on the deck. Shanks and Usopp shook hands, and Luffy and Yasopp exchanged hugs.

"It's nice to finally meet you, Usopp," he said. "I've, uh, heard a lot about you."

Usopp rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. He talks to much about me when he-" Yasopp slapped a hand over his mouth.

"They get it." He said sullenly.

They all laughed, minus Yasopp.

"So," Yasopp asked. "What're the numbers on the side of the ship for?"

Shanks looked around curiously. "There are numbers on the side of the ship?"

Luffy nodded. "Go look!"

Shanks walked unhurriedly to the edge of the deck. He leaned over and tried to see the side. However, an obviously angry voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey! Who are you?!"

Shanks peered uninterestedly over the side of Luffy's ship. Was it another crewmate? His gaze zeroed in on a bird, then a rock, and then a statue covered in moss- Wait a minute! That was one ugly statue. The poor man who made it had an obvious lack of inspiration, he thought. He shuddered. Ugh, who would make something as strange as that? But then the statue moved. Shanks' hands slipped off of the deck rail and he almost toppled over. He grabbed his sword, trying to disguise the fact that he almost took a tumble into the ocean. He glanced nervously behind him before examining the so called "statue" again.

Oops. That is definitely not a statue. If it was, it had changed expressions from angry to irritated suspiciously fast.

"Hey!" the statue-man called out. "I said, 'What are you doing on our ship?"

"Oh!" Shanks brightened. "You're one of Luffy's crewmates?"

Statue-man raised a single green eyebrow. "My name is Roronoa Zoro."

"Ahh. The somewhat narcoleptic swordsman!"

Zoro rested his face in his hand with great annoyance. "Ok, you're one of Luffy's weird friends."

Shanks started chuckling. "You're one to talk, green hair!"

Zoro looked up disbelievingly. "You're kidding, right? You've got- oh."

Shanks watched the swordsman smugly. "Mmm-hmm."

Zoro shrugged. "I guess that means more booze tonight." With that he grabbed onto a rope dangling from the hastily upswept sails and swung over.

Shanks gawked. No respect for their elders, youngsters these days!

When Zoro's feet hit the deck Luffy glanced over. "Zoro!" he shrieked excitedly. "Look who's here!"

Zoro situated himself comfortably against the main mast. "Yep. Guests."

"Not just any guests! Shanks is here!"

One frequently irritated eye opened. "I guessed that by the red hair, Luffy."

"Oh." Luffy looked somewhat put-out. All of a sudden he straightened up. "How did you get here anyway? I thought that you were out with Brook."

Zoro shrugged nonchalantly. "Yeah, I thought so, too. But I was walking behind him, and the next time I looked around, Brook wasn't with me and I was back at the ship."

Luffy laughed as Yasopp, Usopp, and Shanks all hit the deck in shock. Horrible sense of direction! They thought.

Brook was whistling cheerfully to himself. "We're almost there, Zoro-san!" Receiving no answer, he turned around in confusion. "EHH? ZORO- SAN IS NOT HERE? This shocks me right down to my bones!"

"It is quite easy to do, actually, since I have no skin! Yohohoho! Skull Joke!"

The Sunny rocked gently in the waves of the blue ocean. Somewhere on the deck, there was a very excited boy. "Shanks!" Luffy yelled. "Where is everyone else?"

"They're all on the ship, Luffy." Shanks answered.

"Oh. Where is the ship, Shanks?"

"Calm down, Luffy. I'm sure that they'll all find their way here eventually."

There a slight moment of silence before, "WHERE IS BENN?"

Yasopp frowned, rubbing his chin with his hand. "Last time I saw him he was running from a crying cyborg."

Shanks leaned back and blinked rapidly. "…This… isn't like the flying monkeys, right?"

Yasopp glared at him and pushed his sleeve up. "No, it isn't! They exist, and if you mention them one more time-"

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" A voice shouted in the distance. All the men rushed to the side of the ship and took in the sight before them.

Benn was running screaming from a very, very large man who looked like he was either going to kill him or hug him.

Shanks hesitantly patted Yasopp on the back. "Sorry."

Yasopp sent him a scathing glance and Shanks removed his hand.

"I'll just mention the big metal elephant in the room, then." Shanks said quietly. "Why is Benn being chased by a crying cyborg?"

He glanced questioningly over at Usopp and Luffy, ignoring Zoro, who'd fallen asleep, only to reveal that Luffy was snickering into the deck boards and Usopp had placed his head in his hands.

"Why, Franky?" He complained.

"Oh! This is another crew member, then."

Luffy pounding the floor with is fist in agreement, trying to catch his breath.

"He's…uh, really interesting, Luffy."

Usopp looked with what looked like a little bit of shame at the wailing cyborg. "He could be a bit more discrete about it, though."

"Somebody help me!" Benn shouted from across the beach.

"C'mere, man! Gimme a hug! It's just so heartwarming!" Franky howled.

Darting across the shifty sand, Benn didn't notice the two people walking toward the colorful ship. He stopped just in time for them to fly up in the air, and to miss a foot narrowly miss clocking him in the face.

"Watch where you're going, old man!" The blonde stranger shouted at Benn.

Benn stopped, aghast. "I'm not that old!" There was a short pause, and then he hesitantly asked, "Am I?"

Blondie rolled his eyes and adjusted the orange-haired lady in his arms. "You almost hit Nami- swan!"

"Well, I- Are you flying?!"

The young man smirked, and was prepared to say something, when an excited, "Sanji! Nami! Franky!" Came from the ship.

Benn looked at the ship in annoyance. Who was- Wait. That was Yasopp and his son, and the man to his right must be Captain, so who was that short bouncing guy next to him?

Oh. Short bouncing guy. That could only fit one person that he knew of. Actually, it could fit a lot of people, but the way that this guy bounced was particularly bouncy, to say the least. Was he the last one? Yasopp was never going to let him live this one down-

A foot came crashing down, not missing this time.

"Oi! Old man! I'm talking to you, you know!"

Shanks watched in horror as the flying blonde man aimed a kick at his first mate's head. Who was he, and why was he carrying a screaming orange-haired girl on his back? Actually, he thought rather detachedly, that kick looks like it's going to connect any second now. And connect it did.

Benn felt tremors run through his entire body in response to the extremely powerful, Haki-filled kick aimed at his head, blocked with his arm. When he looked up, he noticed that the strange man's eyes were narrowed.

"Che," blondie said. "Do I know you?"

Benn was perplexed. "Don't think so. Why would you think that?"

The man gently floated down before smirking. "You might be one of the many people I've beaten coming back for a pointless rematch."

Benn's face glowed red. "Why- you!"

Yasopp came running up from behind him. "Calm down, Benn! This is one of Luffy's crewmates!"

Both Benn and Sanji looked at each other critically.

"You're one of Luffy's friends?" Benn asked skeptically.

"Yep. You know Luffy?" Sanji asked, just as so.

Benn straightened up calmly. "I happen to have known him since he was seven," he replied. "How long have you known him?"

Sanji rolled his eyes. Was this guy serious? "I'm Sanji, the cook on his crew. I haven't known him quite as long as you have, but I was one of the original crewmates from the East Blue."

Benn thought, and decided that he would just ignore this 'Sanji' person.

"Hmph! Let's go to the ship." Trying diligently to maintain his dignity, he turned on his heel and walked towards the colorful ship.

Sanji glanced disbelievingly at Yasopp. "Is he… always like this?"

Yasopp nodded sadly. "You get used to it eventually."

"So…" Sanji asked, trying to make small talk. "You look like Usopp. Are you Yasopp?"

While Yasopp nodded, Sanji felt a small tap on his back. He looked over his shoulder and saw Nami's glaring face. He hurriedly put her down and smoothed out her shirt.

"Are you ok, Nami- swan?" He asked hesitantly.

"Sanji."

"Yes?"

"I advise you to run far out of the range of my clima tact."

Sanji's face paled almost imperceptibly, and he bolted toward the ship after Benn, with a "You're so beautiful when you're homicidal, Nami dearest!"

Shanks groaned in shame as he watched Benn walk back to the ship. Had he no shame? He turned jerkily back to Luffy.

"Sorry, kiddo," he said apologetically. "You know how proud he can be."

Luffy didn't stop laughing. "They haven't changed at all! And don't worry, Shanks. We're all a bunch of buffoons!"

Shanks raised his eyebrow for what felt like the hundredth time. "Uh, buffoons?"

Usopp banged his head on the deck, hands over his head. "Luffy! Do you know what that even means?"

Luffy blinked innocently. "Doesn't it mean nice people?"

"NO!" the all shouted collectively. "Who told you that?"

Luffy crinkled his eyebrows. "I think it was Akainu. 'Cause I told him that I wouldn't mess with him when we beat him."

Shanks sighed and folded his hands. "Someone help this poor old pirate."

Luffy grinned. "Shishishi! You should've seen his face, Shanks! He was so surprised!"

"I wish I could've been there. It sounded like a pretty major showdown. Who all showed up?"

Just as the young captain was about to answer, Benn jumped on the deck, followed by Yasopp, Sanji, and lastly, an irate Nami.

Nami ignored her twitching brow as she wiped her hands on her shorts. "I assume that you're Shanks," she stated. "These idiots must be yours. I'm Nami, the navigator."

Shanks grinned slyly at her. "It's always nice to meet a beautiful lady. It's a pleasure, sweetheart."

Nami stared at him, somewhat freaked out. "You're… like, Luffy's father figure." She stated slowly. "Don't hit on me."

Shanks sighed dejectedly. "Shame."

She glared at Benn and Yasopp, as if she was daring them to say something.

Yasopp raised his hands in the air. "Taken!"

Benn looked at her, bored. "You're half my age. As much as I'm tempted, that's a little too young for me."

Nami sighed and lowered her clima tact.

Wait, when did she take that out? Usopp whispered, but nobody heard him.

She tossed her long hair over her shoulder. "It's nice to see that Luffy has at least a few more responsible friends."

Shanks straightened up proudly, but Nami shot him a look. "I didn't mean you, baka."

Shanks deflated. "Too bad."

Sanji glared at him. "Just try something with me here."

Nami walked over to her irresponsible captain. "Are the others here yet?"

As if they had been summoned, the crew abruptly started popping onto the ship. Franky had sobered up and climbed from the shore, Robin flew on with Chopper in her arms, and Brook came running over the water towards the ship. Both Yasopp and Benn's eyes looked as if they would pop out of their heads.

"What are you so freaked out about, guys?" Shanks asked casually. "It's just a reanimated skeleton."

Luffy beamed and giggled. "You're only so calm 'cause I already told you about him."

The two Red-Haired pirates glared daggers at their captain, who shrugged unashamedly.

Brook hopped happily onto the ship. "Yohohoho! Who are the new ones?"

Introductions were made, and soon the three old pirates were well acquainted with Brook, the skeleton musician of Luffy's crew.

Shanks peered over the motley crew of pirates. How in the world did they work so well together?" All of a sudden, an idea popped into his head. "Hey!" He chirped. All eyes turned expectantly toward him. "Why don't we make a line judging bounty size?" he said devilishly.

Luffy lowered his head and looked him in the eye. "Why not? Just to let you know, being last might not suit you so well."

Shanks grinned. "Was that a challenge?"

"You bet!"

Shanks whistled happily, pulling out bunches of bounty posters out of the deep sleeves of his coat. Usopp watched in horrified fascination.

"Do you- just, carry those things around, or something?" he asked, somewhat impressed.

Shanks laughed, continuing what he'd been doing. "I thought that I'd be meeting you all some time or other. I keep Luffy's around with me, but the ones from your entire crew are new. That would be strange, don't you think?" He threw all of them down in one pile on the ground.

"All right-"

"Hey!" shouted a voice.

All heads turned to see who this new person was. Shanks squinted. Wasn't that-? Oh.

"Roux!"

All heads turned to Shanks and co., who looked very excited. "Where've you been?" shouted Yasopp.

Roux huffed and puffed his way toward the Sunny along the beach. "You left me on the ship, remember? 'Ooh, watch the ship, Roux. We wouldn't want anything to happen to it.' No, you just ditched me!"

The trio didn't even have the decency to look guilty. Roux jumped heavily aboard the ship and swept his eyes quizzically around. When his eyes landed on the young Captain, a wide grin broke out across his face. Before Luffy could move, he bounded across the deck and held the young man in a tight headlock. "Oi! It's Luffy!" he shouted.

Luffy giggled and stretched his neck until he was grotesquely twisted, his head facing Roux. "Hi Roux!" he said happily.

Roux jerked away and dropped Luffy, letting his body bounce on the deck twice before his head connected back to his body with a 'SNAP'!

Roux shuddered, wiping his hands on his pants. "I forgot he could do that…" he mumbled under his breath.

The pirates laughed and welcomed the man into the circle around the bounty posters.

It was silent for a few seconds, until Nami said, "I bet that Luffy has the highest bounty!"

All the pirates glared at each other before diving into the stack of worn papers. There was a scuffle and a few "Watch it!" "That's not my wrist! And "That's MY poster!"s were heard, until all sat in a half hearted ring on the deck, each holding their own poster. Nami walked around them menacingly. "All right!" she shouted. "Is there anyone under one hundred million beri?" No one spoke up.

"Alright!" she said triumphantly. "I didn't expect anybody to be. Two hundred million? Three hundred million?" Four?"

When no one answered she sighed. "I guess that's me, then. I have a bounty of exactly 300,000,000."

Roux waggled his eyebrows at her. "Ooh, she's pretty and dangerous!"

Benn and Yasopp slapped him on the back of his head while Shanks watched, shaking his head. "Don't even try." Roux grumbled about the suspicious lack of available women as he sat down.

"A-actually," Chopper stuttered. "My bounty isn't much higher than yours, Nami. It's 350,000,000."

"EHHH?" Roux shouted. "The tanuki has a higher bounty than the scary lady?!"

"I'm a reindeer, idiot!"

Shanks patted Chopper's hat proudly. "I'm sure that you must be very strong to get such a high bounty for a little guy."

"Shut up! Your complimenting me doesn't make me happy or anything!"

The four men sweat dropped. He looks pretty happy to me… they all thought.

"Let's go!" Nami shouted. "Under five hundred million beri, you're up!"

Three hands raised hesitantly into the air. "475,000,000 doesn't seem very SUPER." Franky said desolately.

"I'll say," Usopp muttered. "Just 400,000,000 isn't a very high bounty in the New World, either."

"Yohohoho! It seems that I have the average bounty among the three of us, with 450,000,000 beri to my head. Or, just my skull, since I really don't have much of a head!"

Franky and Usopp groaned. Yasopp patted Usopp's back. "It's still high. If you went back to the East Blue alone you'd have the highest bounty in the entire sea!"

Usopp perked up a bit. "I bet Kaya's seen my poster!"

"Wait, who's Kaya?!"

Nami rolled her eyes. "You're all idiots."

Sanji laughed. "I agree with you there, Nami-swan."

"Next! Under six hundred million beri!"

Robin stood up and politely lowered her head to Roux. "I believe that we have the same bounty, Lucky Roux."

Roux jumped up. "Hey! No way! Why does the pretty little lady have such a high bounty?!"

Robin smiled. All of a sudden, two arms emerged from Roux's back and clapped over his mouth."

Zoro looked flatly at Roux's panicked face. "That's why." he said.

"What is your bounty, Nico Robin?" Shanks asked curiously.

"Five hundred million," she said with a quiet smile.

He grinned at her. "Nice."

Nami sighed and said, "I really wish that we would stop getting so off topic! Let's see, you was next? Ah, that's right. Under seven hundred million, you're up!"

"Six hundred fifty million," Yasopp hollered from the back of the group.

"What're you doing?" Usopp asked curiously.

"Nothing." Yasopp said guiltily, hiding the offending telescope behind his back.

"Hey! You were trying to see Luffy's poster!"

Luffy giggled and tucked the little piece of paper into his jacket. "Nuh uh, Yasopp! You can't look yet!"

Yasopp sighed. "I was so close!"

Next time, sniper," Benn plotted. "We'll find out soon enough…"

"Ugh! You have no manners! How about under eight hundred million?!"

Sanji stood up elegantly and took a small bow towards Nami. "I have a current bounty of 750,000,000 million, Nami dearest."

Benn groaned. "That's me, too. My bounty is 775,000,000, miss."

Both of the men looked expectantly towards Zoro. Zoro cracked open a lazy eye and glared at them. "What?"

Sanji snorted. "She said less than eight hundred million, baka. Shouldn't you be standing up or something?" He said the last sentence with a hint of hope. Sadly, it was not to be.

"Nope." Zoro said nonchalantly. "My bounty is exactly that."

"What?!" The men cried.

"I've been beaten by the marimo!" Sanji howled, shocked.

Suddenly, a small sniffing noise became audible. All heads turned to look at the source of the new noise. What they saw was Shanks moaning in horror. "My first mate has a smaller bounty than Luffy's first mate," he complained. "How is this possible?"

Nami shook her head, ignoring the poor man bemoaning his fate. "That just leaves you and Shanks, Luffy!" she said.

Shanks' snuffles stopped, and Luffy pulled his poster out. "I've got the highest bounty!" he shouted.

Shanks shook his head. "That's not possible, Luffy. I'm twenty years older than you, so my bounty must be bigger."

"Umm…" Usopp said quietly, watching with a sweat drop. "I don't think it works that way…" Sadly, no one heard his protests.

Nami laughed at the strange rivalry. "I've got an idea! On the count of three slam your posters on the table, without looking. "I'll read them aloud, and then you can see them."

The crews nodded in unanimous agreement. Nami grabbed an ear off of each pirate captain. "Get ready, idiots, and don't try anything!" She growled. She straightened up and her demeanor changed rapidly. She smiled at Chopper. "Would you count down for me?"

Chopper beamed. "I would love to!"

"Any time you're ready, then."

"Ok!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"Go!"

With a grin and a laugh, both of the Captain's slammed their monetary value numbers on the table. Nami took immediate charge of the situation and shoved them back to their respective crews. They all watched with bated breath as the Straw-Hat navigator examined the posters and wrinkled her brow.