Carols
The entire kitchen had been cleaned by Luffy alone, making him and Sanji happy. He was happy from own self accomplishment, and Sanji for not having to clean it himself. The boy put the rag he used away and went outside to see the mast turned into something resembling a chimney. Nami even allowed her mikan tree to be moved by the mast to have more of a Christmas feel to it. Luffy jumped from the upper deck, thrilled about the overall Christmas sprit of his crew. He looked at the mast and Christmas mikan tree admiringly and grinned his trademark grin, everyone unable to resist smiling as well.
"Thanks everyone!" he yelled and gave everyone a hug, even the guys. Zoro patted him on the head with an annoyed expression with a blush on his cheeks while everyone else happily hugged him back. Sanji smiled and observed while leaning against the railing until Luffy caught sight of him. Before any voice of objection could be heard, Luffy embraced him and hugged tightly.
"Hey, I can't breathe," he said, half jokingly and half serious. The boy loosened his grip as Sanji hugged him back. He snuggled into the cook's jacket one time before letting go and began singing at the top of his lungs.
"Jingle bells, jingle bells! Jingle all the way!" Usopp and Chopper joined in on the next line.
"Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh!" The three linked arms and began dancing together as they continued the rest of the song.
"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh!" They three went into a fit of laughter while Nami continued the song correctly.
"Dashing through the snow, on a one horse open sleigh," she sang as Robin joined in next, "O'er the hills we go, laughing all the way!" Everyone gave a laugh to go along with the song. "Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright, what fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight!" Everyone, but Sanji, joined in as the chorus was sung again.
"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh!" Everyone started laughing as the song finished and Luffy was smiling his biggest. As soon as he caught back his breathe, he started another up-beat Christmas song with the crew singing with him as well.
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly!
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
'tis the season to be jolly!
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Don we now our gay apparel!
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la!
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol!
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la la-la!''
Everyone fell into a lapse of merry laughter again before they could continue the song. Luffy fell into the snow and was laughing so hard his hat was bobbing up and down in his head. Sanji had a hand on his stomach and the other in his knee to keep himself from falling over as he laughed. He was enjoying the carols a lot more than when he was at the Baratie. He used to dread singing these songs year after year for people, but now he could enjoy them for himself though he still didn't enjoy the singing part, so he just left out on that.
"Let's sing the one about a reindeer!" yelled Luffy as he grabbed onto Chopper while smiling. He tried to get away, but was too tired from laughing.
"Chopper the blue nose reindeer
had a very shiny nose!
And if you every saw him,
You would even say it glows!
All of the other pirates,
Used to point and call him names!
They never let poor Chopper,
Play in any pirate games!
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Luffy came and said,
"Chopper with your nose so bright,
won't you join my crew tonight?
Then all the pirates loved him,
And they shouted out with glee,
"Chopper the blue-nosed reindeer,
you'll go down in history!"
Chopper laughed at the lyrics Luffy had made up and said, "My nose isn't shiny!" Luffy shrugged, and the two waltzed about the ship while everyone laughed together. The sun crawled across the sky as the crew sang song after song of holiday cheer. Soon, everyone was exhausted, but happy, while lying on the cold deck, waiting for the Christmas dinner to come. Luffy looked around the deck to find that Sanji wasn't to be seen. He hopped up and snuck over to the kitchen, quietly getting in and sitting on a chair while eavesdropping on Sanji. His face brightened up as he heard Sanji quietly singing a carol.
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
in the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
we're happy tonight,
walking in a winter wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird,
here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
as we go along,
walking in a winter wonderland."
Luffy bobbed his head happily as Sanji continued on with the song.
"Later on, we'll conspire,
as we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
the plans that we've made,
walking in a winter wonderland."
Smiling, the captain decided to sneak up on his cook as he hummed the tune for a while. He stood just a few paces behind Sanji when the man began the lyrics again.
"In the meadow we can build a snowman,
and pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
until the other kiddies knock him down."
Right then, Luffy jumped up and clung onto Sanji's shoulders, wrapping his legs around the cook's waist. He was shaken at first, and was about to yell when he saw Luffy's smiling face. He smiled and continued on with his work, finishing up the song with Luffy joining him with humming.
"When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
walking in a winter wonderland.
Walking in a winter wonderland,
walking in a winter wonderland."
"Sanji, you sing so good! That was the best carol I've heard all day," he complimented, nuzzling his head against Sanji's. He rested his head on the man's shoulder and relaxed as his eyelids drooped in content. Sanji smirked, and asked, "The best, huh?" Luffy nodded tiredly, and silently fell asleep as Sanji began humming again.
Sanji is an awsome singer, really! The "Chopper the Blue-Nosed Reindeer" thing was made up by me! It doesn't make a whole lotta sense, but it was made up by Luffy in the story so... Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter, and now on with the next one!