Author's Note: I loved this week's chapter, it definitely was worth the wait; However, all through the chapter, it disturbed me that nobody called Luffy with his name. Everybody was calling him "Strawhat" – with quotation marks. So, here is a pointless and short one-shot about Strawhat's complaints about the issue.

Hope you like it!

Quotation Marks

Strawhat wondered, were pirates getting lazier? With the new age, the pirating activities were an all-time maximum and increasing; they were getting stronger, more ambitious and courageous everyday; their accomplishments getting bigger and bigger with every new adventure, it wasn't possible for them to get lazier as well, right?

Then, what was the deal with all these quotation marks?

Was it so hard to call Monkey D. Luffy, a.k.a. Strawhat Luffy, with his own nickname? What was the problem with all these people calling Strawhat's owner "Strawhat"? It was Strawhat's name, damn it, "it" didn't remember allowing any of them to use "it"s name!

Hah, and one would think that marines loved rules and so on. No way man, they didn't even call someone with the nick they gave to him.

Don't get "it" wrong, Strawhat loved "it"s owner and was more than happy that Luffy's nick originated from "it". Yeah, notice the usage of 'originate', meaning it was derived from Strawhat, not equal to "it".

So, repeating again, please call Monkey D. Luffy, "Strawhat Luffy", not "Strawhat".

Did everyone understand or did Strawhat have to repeat again?

It shouldn't be a hard concept, really. Please call people with their names, not other people – or personalized object –'s names. That is the whole point of a name, right? You have to call people with their names, not other people's names...

It was like calling Zoro "Sanji". Not that the relationship between Strawhat and "it"s owner were anything like theirs but still...just because you put quotation marks there doesn't change anything. You still have to use the person's name to call that person.

Hah, Strawhat wished "it" had powerful voice cords like "it"s owner so "it" could shout all these to the stupid people calling "it"s owner "Strawhat".

That was Strawhat's name, damn it!

Okay, calm down. Breathe in, out. Easy, "it"s owner was energetic enough for both of them; there was no need to get aggravated on an issue. Strawhat was bound to "it"s owner through a thin string; "it" had to concentrate on keeping it intact through all these battles.

But "it"s mind couldn't stop reminding "it" this issue. It sounded as if Strawhat was the one doing all these impressive feats and "it" was the famous one, not the captain himself. Sigh, putting quotation marks didn't change anything; it was Strawhat Luffy doing all these things, not his hat.

Really, "it" didn't understand; there weren't such problems with "it"s previous owner. Though Shanks' hair itself was distinctive enough that nobody paid any mind to his strawhat. Was Luffy's appearance too ordinary? Strawhat didn't think so; even when he was seven years old and "it" met with him for the first time, Luffy was a special-looking kid. Maybe it was his grin; Strawhat still loved his owner's grin. It was too large, too cheerful, too simple but still too influential and too contagious.

That wasn't related to the subject, ahem ahem, as "it" was saying, all these people should call "it"s owner with his names, like the way it should be, instead of using Strawhat's name.

And, no, using quotation marks didn't change anything!

Peh!!!