"So . . . how'd you sleep?" Usopp asked Luffy casually. The crew was at breakfast and Luffy was already devouring as much food as she could get her mouth on.
"Pretty good," Luffy said cheerfully.
"Where'd you sleep?" Franky asked. "Floor?"
"Nah, Robin let me sleep next to her."
Everyone except Nami and Chopper turned their head to stare at Robin.
"What?"
"You—and Robin-chan—in the same bed?!" Sanji cried, gesturing to Luffy.
"Yeah," Luffy said. "What's wrong?"
Sanji turned away and covered his face. "Two beautiful ladies in the same bed," he mumbled to himself behind his hands. "Two beautiful ladies . . . sleeping together . . ."
"Pervert cook," Zoro muttered.
"What's up?" Franky asked, glancing up.
"Not you!" Usopp exclaimed.
Brook glanced at Luffy. "Luffy-san, may I see—?"
"No," Luffy said. "Stop asking."
Brook leaned back in disappointment.
"Robin, wasn't it—awkward?" Usopp asked awkwardly.
"No," Robin said bluntly.
"Why would it be awkward?" Chopper asked. "I mean . . . sometimes if I have a nightmare, I climb into Zoro's bed, and that's really comfy, not awkward."
Robin gestured to Chopper. "See? Don't be immature about this."
"Big brother Zoro," Nami whispered. Zoro gave her a one-eyed glare.
Robin glanced at Sanji. "Sanji, I was talking to you. Don't be immature about this."
Sanji turned back. "Robin-chan, I promise you, I am a very mature man!" he exclaimed. His face and hands were smeared with blood.
"Mm-hm," she murmured skeptically.
"In any case . . . would you like more food, Luffy-chan?" Sanji asked sweetly.
"You're so weak," Zoro muttered under his breath. Sanji was too focused on Luffy's ch—face to notice.
"Yeah, more food," Luffy demanded, and instantly Sanji produced a second helping and placed it lovingly in front of his captain. Luffy looked at him oddly, but shrugged.
"Thanks," she said cheerfully, and dug in happily.
"She thanked me again!" Sanji cried, throwing his hands up and spinning around. "O, 'tis the sweetest sound to reach mine ears!"
"Why're you talking like that?" Franky muttered.
"Luffy, can you come to my office after breakfast?" Chopper asked. "We're gonna start working on a reversal for this whole thing."
"Got it!" Luffy said.
Sanji quickly turned away and took a few deep breaths. "It's just Luffy, it's just Luffy," he muttered to himself.
"Stupid ero-cook," Zoro muttered, and Sanji turned on him with an angry look. They started fighting.
Luffy drummed her feet on the ground as Chopper, like yesterday, checked her temperature, pulse, and heartbeat.
"You had a stomachache the night before this happened, right?" Chopper said. "That might have been your internal organs changing and rearranging."
"Oh, yeah, this body probably has different inside parts," Luffy said thoughtfully.
"It does, but you'll only have to worry about that if you're like that for more than a few weeks," Chopper said. "Now, what did the fruit look like again?"
Luffy looked at the ceiling in thought. "It looked like an apple," he said, "but it was kind of purple, or something . . . and it smelled really sweet."
"Got it," Chopper murmured. "Luffy, I'm gonna need a blood sample from you, okay? It might help us figure out a solution."
Luffy nodded and stuck out her arm expectantly. Chopper carefully withdrew a small sample.
"Can you go get Robin?" he asked as he prepared his microscope.
Luffy gave him a thumbs-up and trotted out the door. Robin came in a minute later.
"You wanted me?"
"Yeah," Chopper said. He described the fruit to her as Luffy had. "Do you think you can search the library for anything like that?"
"I'll try," Robin said, and in a whirl of flower petals she was gone.
"Usopp, let's go fishing!"
"Luffy, I'm trying to fix this," Usopp protested without looking up from his mechanical doohickey. "Gimme about half an hour, okay?"
"That's too long," Luffy whined. She draped herself over Usopp's back, her head hanging over his shoulder.
"Please?" she whined.
Usopp stiffened when he felt her chest pressing into his shoulder blades. "Luffy, back away, just back away—"
"But fishing," she whined.
"Okay, okay, we'll go fishing," Usopp said, hastily setting down the toy.
Luffy jumped off of him and cheered. "Okay, I'll grab the rods!"
Usopp coughed. "Uh, yeah. I'll just—yeah. I'll be waiting."
Oblivious to his discomfort, Luffy ran to the storage room to grab the fishing poles.
"They just aren't biting," Luffy muttered in disappointment. She leaned over and yelled into the water, "HEY, FISH! TASTY BAIT RIGHT HERE!"
"Even if the fish could understand you, I don't think saying 'bait' is going to bring them here," Usopp remarked.
"Luffy-chan?"
Luffy glanced behind her. "Oh," she said flatly. "Hi, Sanji."
"Luffy-chan, please don't worry yourself with this task," Sanji said, trying to take the pole from her. "Leave the fishing to the men!"
"I am a man!" Luffy protested. She tugged on the pole. "Let go!"
Usopp stared at the tug-of-war battle. "Uh, Sanji, Luffy was the one who wanted to do this," he said quietly.
"Oh?" Sanji said, suddenly letting go of the pole. Unfortunately, the momentum caused Luffy to topple backwards into the sea. With a splash she was underwater.
"Luffy!" Usopp exclaimed as Sanji cried, "Luffy-chan!"
As one, they kicked off their footwear and dove into the water after Luffy. Both managed to grab an arm and swim her back up to the surface.
"Jeez, Sanji, don't let go of the pole like that," Usopp scolded. "Luffy, you okay?"
Luffy spat out a spout of water in answer.
"Luffy-chan, please forgive me, love, I didn't mean to!" Sanji cried, holding her tightly.
"Hey, can someone throw us a line?" Usopp called up. A moment later Zoro tossed down the rope ladder. Usopp and Sanji got Luffy onto the ladder and climbed up after her.
"Everything okay?" Zoro asked, bringing the ladder back in.
"Just fine," Usopp said. He reached for Luffy, about to push out any extra water, but hesitated.
"Oh, please," Zoro muttered. He knelt by Luffy and placed his hands, one on top of the other, on Luffy's sternum. With a few quick thrusts of the heel, the rest of the water was expelled.
Luffy sat up and coughed. "Okay, that's better," she said cheerfully. "Thanks, guys!"
Zoro and Usopp gave her a thumbs-up and a "No problem."
"Luffy-chan, I'm so sorry, can you forgive me?!" Sanji exclaimed, crawling forward and seizing her hand lovingly.
She yanked it back. "Sanji," she said dangerously. "Shut up."
Sanji meekly lowered his head, stood, and trudged back to the kitchen.
"Anyway, let's keep fishing," Luffy said to Usopp cheerfully as Zoro watched Sanji go with great amusement.
