Chapter 2

"Well breakfast is ready, I made some sausage and a few other things." Sanji told Luffy.

The black cat bolted for the kitchen as soon as he learned this. Well… Tried to bolt for the kitchen. But once again, he collapsed because he had no clue how to get around on his four paws.

He hissed in frustration, trying to get up again. This time he slowly placed one paw forward, and let some of his weight fall on to it. He did this with his next paw, and so on.

He was soon able to slowly but steadily move without having much trouble.

"Why does this have to be so hard?" He complained as he almost slipped.

Zoro had no plans on following him. He didn't want to even try moving, thinking he would hit the ground in a heartbeat.

"We could just pick you up and carry you…" Usopp suggested.

"Yeah great idea!" Luffy meowed, "Someone come pick me up!"

Usopp came forward and gently did so, putting him in a position in his arms that wouldn't hurt the captain.

"Hey, what about me!?" Zoro yelled, obviously hoping someone would do the same for him.

"Ok, I'll try!" Chopper said.

The reindeer observed how Usopp had done it, then copied it as best as he could.

They took the cats to the kitchen, placing them down on top of the table. Luffy scrambled towards a plate of food while Zoro tried to steady himself on his four paws.

"Hey! No animals on the table!" Sanji shouted at the pair.

"How else are we supposed to eat, dartboard brow!" Zoro growled at the cook, his back arching slightly.

Sanji harshly shoved the balls of fur off the table, and for the second time that day they fell in a pile. He placed two plates of food on the ground for them, and then sat himself at the table.

Zoro flicked his tail in anger, and Luffy yowled in surprise. They got up, and looking into each other's eye, they nodded their heads, knowing what they both wished to do.

They leaped at the same time, claws unsheathed, and dug them into the blonde's legs.

Sanji yelled at the sudden pain, standing up and trying to shake them off.

"Get off me!"

"Neffer!" Zoro growled through his clamped jaws.

"Dish esh fur shoofin us oft ta tible!" Luffy mumbled.

"You pests!" Sanji yelled as he grabbed them abruptly by their scruffs, yanking them into the air.

Their paws dangled helplessly, grasping at nothing.

"Oh Sanji don't do that… Let them eat on the table… Darn they're just too cute!" Nami was frustrated that she couldn't act like her normal self because they were just so adorable.

Sanji couldn't go against her wishes, so he put them back on the table. Luffy looked quite satisfied by this, and he bent down to the nearest plate and started to gobble down what was on it.

Zoro also bent down, but struggled to keep all of the food in his newly shaped mouth, with small bits falling out here and there.

…

"So what are we going to do with them now?" Sanji asked as he cleaned all of the dishes.

"Nothing, I'm going to take a nap." Zoro responded, jaws parting in a yawn.

"I don't want to sleep, I want to play a game!" Luffy bounced up and down.

"Ok, let's play tag!" Chopper suggested.

"Alright, I just need to go get my hat."

Robin stopped him before he could leave, "Your hat isn't going to fit on you anymore. You should leave it in your room so you don't lose it since it might fall off your head."

This made him rather sad, his tail drooping as he realized she was right. He hopped off the table and dragged his paws on the floor as he left.

"Aww… I can't stand seeing him so miserable…" Nami commented with both sweetness and anger in her voice.

Her actions towards those two idiots had completely changed just because they were cats.

…

"Wait, slow down Usopp!"

"Why would I slow down Luffy?! The point of the game is to not get tagged!"

"Yeah but it's no fair that my legs are so much shorter now…"

"Can't you just use your Devil Fruit powers?"

"Oh ya!"

The cat slowed his pace for a moment so that he could throw his paws backwards, stretching in the long nosed boy's direction, and then as he yelled, "Gum Gum Bazooka!" his paws whipped back to his front, heading for Usopp.

He expected it to hurt a lot, based on the times he had soon Luffy use this move on his opponents. But when his furry paws reached him it only felt like a sharp poke.

"Gotcha!" Luffy exclaimed as he raced away.

"That was a lot weaker than I expected it to be." Usopp commented as he followed closely behind the cat.

"You can't catch me Usopp!" Chopper claimed as he turned his head to smile.

All of a sudden, a green blur flew in front of his face, giving a surprised hiss.

He had stepped on the sleeping Zoro's tail, causing it to flair in pain.

The green cat glared at him, "Watch where you're going Chopper! That hurts a lot!"

"I'm really sorry Zoro! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going… Is your tail ok? Do you need medical attention?!"

"No… It's fine…"

He bent his head and licked at it a few times as the pain faded away.

Nami had watched as all of these things happened, and it left her deep in thought. Those two were now small and as Luffy had demonstrated just now, weaker. They probably didn't realize this themselves though, so if they tried to fight someone, they could end up getting seriously injured.

Because of their size, they could easily be stepped on by the rest of the crew as they did what was needed for the ship. Normal situations in which Luffy and Zoro would have been absolutely fine in before, they would have to be careful in. Everyone was would have to take extra care watching out for them.

She smiled, but maybe it would be worth it. They were so cute! She wondered if it would be ok to pet them.

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-Luffy Cat