Well, the person who was typing this quit... so, I had to magic up some time in order to do so, which I have very little of, might I warn you... (I'm sorry for making you guys wait so long! ;-; ) Anyways, I finally powered through and got all finished up~ :)

Disclaimer- I do not happen to own One Piece.

ONWARDS!

Chapter 2

Luffy yawned loudly, stretching his rubber arms up above his head. He wandered out of his cabin, yawning and dressed in his usual pyjamas. Sanji, as unlucky as the womanizer is - or might it be lucky? - saw a rather generous portion of his captain's exposed breasts. "Curlybrows" was quick to cover his nose and ran to the safety of the kitchen. Nami quickly ran to her captain, blushing a bit at the sight. It was hard for even a normal woman to be exposed to such indecency.

"Luffy! You need to get dressed. Right now," Nami ordered him, dragging Luffy along into her own cabin.

"But- I wanna eat first!" Luffy protested miserably, rubbing his stomach with his free hand. Nami proceeded to shake her head at his unbelievable amount of naivete.

"I heard you were rescued by someone yesterday. You should dress yourself up a bit and then go and thank him," Nami changed the subject. Nami cheerfully pulled out a dress that she'd bought for Luffy only the day before. It was a red cheongsam that was embroidered with golden dragons.

"WHAT!?" Luffy cried in utter mortification, "I'm not wearing that! It's too short and girly!" He began to fight against Nami's grip, wanting more than anything to escape the fate that awaited him. Nami was quick to reprimand him with the aid of her climate baton. Next thing the poor, ex-boy captain knew, he was on the ground.

"Namiii! That hurt!" Luffy wailed tearfully. Nami sighed loudly, folding her arms across her chest.

"So, shall we continue this way or will you wear the dress?" she asked him with a raised eyebrow. Nami's eyes had a demonic glint in them. Luffy squirmed nervously for a mere second.

"I'll wear it!" he cried, his will shattering. It seemed that his pain receptors had been amplified when he transformed. Nami smiled brightly and helped Luffy put it on. She brushed his messy hair and redecorated the straw hat to look more natural with the immaculate dress. When Luffy finally escaped Nami's room, he was pouting. Robin saw Luffy and stifled a small laugh. Nami had really dressed him up.

"So you're all dressed up to see a certain man?" Robin inquired with an amused smirk. Luffy's eyebrows furrowed.

"You told her, didn't you?" he cried in accusation.

"I merely hinted, Captain," Robin replied, her lips twitching a bit. Luffy made a frustrated expression and stormed off to the kitchen.

"SANJI! I'm hungry!" Luffy roared, sounding a bit frustrated. He had kicked the door to the kitchen open. Sanji turned around so quickly that he almost got a panty shot, and thus proceeded to have yet another nosebleed. He did, however, have a full view of Luffy's terribly feminine legs that had obviously been shaved as well. Sanji was on quite the emotional roller coaster. He almost wished that he wasn't so attracted to beautiful women.

"Here," he grunted, holding a dish towel to his spurting nose and repeating a soul protecting mantra: not a girl. He is not a girl. Not a girl. Not a- After Luffy finished shoving his face, he bounced off into town.

"I have to go thank Shanks, but I have no idea-" Luffy fell out of his thoughts when he ran face first into someone else. He fell on his butt rather painfully.

"Ow..." he muttered, pursing his lips a bit. He looked up to see a hand extended to him.

"Are you alright?" the owner of this hand asked.

"Yeah," Luffy replied, feeling his cheeks warm up a bit. And then he was embarrassed. He placed his hand into the rougher and calloused one. Luffy was quickly raised back up to his feet, and he finally had the courage to look up into the person's face. Red hair... three scars... SHANKS! Luffy let out a gasp of surprise.

"So we meet again," Shanks smiled at Luffy. Luffy frowned a bit, making a perplexed expression. Now I just have to thank him...

!

"Now just do as I do," Nami instructed Luffy. She grasped her hands and held them between her large breasts. Then she tilted her body to make it where she was looking up at Luffy. She made an expression that was a mixture of nervousness and modesty.

"Thank you so much for saving me yesterday. I just don't know what I would've done without you," Nami said with a ultra sweet voice. It was so impressive that Luffy was embarrassed.

"I can't do that! It's too embarrassing!" he cried. He could never act that shameless in front of Shanks.

"You have to!" Nami frowned. Her hand moved toward the climate baton, willing to scare Luffy into doing it. Luffy gulped.

!

Luffy started to blush as he clasped his hands at his chest. One of his shoes dug into the dirt a bit. Luckily for him, he was already shorter than Shanks.

"Uh- umm... Thank you for saving me yesterday," Luffy began in a soft voice, "I don't know what would've happened if you hadn't shown up." Shanks face turned a light shade of pink, and he scratched his stumble, trying to appear nonchalant. Luffy was being way too cute for him to not react as any decent man might.

"You're welcome," Shanks replied, looking away from the girl before him. Luffy suddenly smiled widely.

"Shishi~" he giggled a little.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself to you, have I?" Shanks realized suddenly. Luffy blinked slowly, but Shanks continued, "My name is Shanks." He held his hand out to Luffy instinctively. Luffy stared at it for a moment before grasping Shank's hand tightly.

"Shanks, huh? That's a nice name," Luffy hummed cheerfully. Shanks nodded his head in agreement, probably not sure of how he was supposed to even respond. She did have quite the grip for such a delicate looking girl though. His hand actually hurt a bit, not that he'd ever admit that aloud. Luffy smiled suddenly, his eyes wandering elsewhere.

"Ice cream!" he cheered excitedly, rushing off to the stand like he was some sort of small child. Shanks's composure relaxed a bit at the sight of the girl's childishness. It reminded him of the purity that normal girls had. A rarity, this sort of girl was though.

"That'll be 10 beri," the vendor said as Shanks walked up. He quickly fished the proper amount of money out of his pocket before Luffy could pay.

"I could've paid for it!" Luffy told Shanks indignantly.

"It seems that it is too late now," Shanks replied. Luffy began eating his ice cream rather happily, no longer caring that Shanks had paid for it. At first he ate it like most people might, but he eventually lost patience and ended up basically taking it all out with two messy mouthfuls. Ice cream surrounded his soft, pink lips.

"You remind me of someone," Shanks said suddenly.

"Who's that?" Luffy asked, his tongue snaking out to capture the remaining ice cream.

"Never mind," Shanks replied, blushing a bit. It was almost as if she was trying to make him want her at times.

"Now I want to know though! Tell me!" Luffy complained unhappily. He was jumping up and down in frustration. He was amazingly childish the other half of the time.

"Er... It's a boy..." Shanks replied, rubbing the back of his head. Luffy pondered on this for a moment.

"Shanks! That's mean! I'm a girl!" he whined in a displeased voice. Shanks frowned a bit, feeling guilty.

"Yeah... Sorry," he apologized in a low voice. Luffy smiled and hugged Shanks's arm.

"Good!" he smiled. Shanks stared at Luffy, blushing. He could feel her soft, feminine form pressed against him. Luffy moved to wrap his arms around Shanks's torso. Shanks subconsciously moved his single arm around Luffy. Luffy snuggled into the hug, knowing full well that he wasn't going to get another one like it. This is nice... I don't want to let go, ever. Shanks felt Luffy's grip tighten slightly and blushed in reply. She was just too cute. But Shanks was at least ten years older than Luffy. Luffy pulled out of the hug, shaking his head a bit in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry!" Luffy blurted out, covering his flaming cheeks with his cool hands. Shanks didn't say anything and was actually looking away, trying to hide his own, matching blush. He felt like a pedophile. Luffy only felt worse because of this. This is bad... very, very bad... The new found girl in me is... is... Oh, who even knows what the hell it's doing! Luffy stared at Shanks through his fingers, nervous as a doe. Shanks was looking away still. Luffy felt like Shanks didn't care at all, and his heart was a little pained by this assumption.

"Umm... It's getting a bit late, so I'll be heading home now," Luffy said, running off to find the Thousand Sunny. His mind was swamped with troubled thoughts. I've got to figure out what this feeling is... Maybe Nami will know! I hope it isn't bad...

Luffy swung up onto the Thousand Sunny, narrowly missing the railing this time. His blush had remained innocently on his face. Nami giggled excitedly when she saw him. She could guess at why he was blushing, knowing full well who spurred this into action.

"Oh! Lucy, you're back so soon?" Nami called from the upper deck of the Thousand Sunny. Their Jolly Roger danced in cool, summer night's wind from atop the ship's towering mast.

"I want to talk to you about something..." Luffy replied, staring at his fidgeting hands. Nami's eyes widened before donning a smirk.

"Okay, follow me," she gestured to Luffy. Luffy nodded and followed the ship's navigator to her room.

"So, what's up?" Nami inquired, looking vastly intrigued by Luffy. She perched on the edge of her hammock, using it like a chair. Luffy remained standing as if he might be in trouble at any moment.

"Well... um... I feel something toward the guy who saved me, and I'm not sure what it is... It makes me feel all nervous and self conscious, and it's annoying!" Luffy complained with a pout

"Good thing you didn't go to Zoro or Chopper..." Nami sighed in relief, "You're in love, Cap'n. You're in love with your savior."

"Wha-!? I can't! I may be a girl in appearance, but I am still a man! And I won't be a girl forever either!" Luffy cried, his hands curled into tight fists. Nami shrugged.

"Don't worry. It's because you're a girl that you feel this way, Lucy. When you're Luffy again, you won't love him like that anymore. It'll be a faint recollection," Nami assured him, and muttered, "Unless you're gay..." He's just like any other girl now. The longer he stays like this, the more he acts like a girl...

"Oh, good," Luffy sighed in relief, not hearing Nami's input at the end, "So it's nothing..."

"No way! You should definitely kiss him when you get the chance!" Nami was quick to encourage.

"Ehhhhhh!? I never said I wanted to do THAT with him!" Luffy cried, turning as red as his cheongsam. Nami fell into a fit of laughter.

"Oh, but you do~ You just won't admit it!" Nami teased him. Luffy was almost like a younger, terribly innocent sister.

"No! I don't!" he insisted, tears in his eyes.

"But I have just the outfit for the occasion~"

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