Chopper just stood there, his jaw touching the floor. "Why not?"

Luffy turned, his hat covering his eyes. "Because I don't want to."

"B-b-b-b-b-ut…"

Luffy grinned suddenly and moved his hat off of his face. "I was just kidding, buddy!" he said. "Of course I'll do it! It'll be like traveling back in time, kind of! Plus, I'll get to see my pretty car again!"

Chopper almost fainted with relief. "Thank goodness!" he said.

"So I'll be leaving in the morning, huh?" Luffy asked, completely ignoring Chopper's last comment.

"Yeah," he said. "You'll need to pack some food tonight so you'll be ready. You don't want Buggy to be there when you are."

Luffy, knowing the power of Buggy's devil fruit, nodded. "His devil fruit is powerful."

"Luffy…" Chopper paused.

"Yeah?"

"Well, here's the thing. Buggy doesn't exactly have his Chop-Chop power anymore, but seemed to have developed a new power in its place."

Luffy just stared. "You mean to tell me…that Buggy isn't a Chop-Chop man?"

"Not anymore, no," Chopper answered. "But don't underestimate him. He figured out where we are now by sniffing those few things I told you about."

Luffy nodded. "I understand," he said. "I'll be back in a jiffy." Then he opened the door and walked out.

It took Chopper a minute to fully understand what Luffy was doing. But when he did, he chased after Luffy like there was no tomorrow. "WAIT!"

Chopper finally caught Luffy downstairs in the kitchen, packing a bag. "You can't leave yet!" he exclaimed.

"Sure I can! I'm a rubber man!"

Chopper blinked. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"I don't need sleep!"

"Yeah you do! Remember your battle with Captain Kuro? You fell asleep afterwards." Chopper said.

Luffy thought for a moment. "Oh, yeah!" He finally said. "I guess I do need sleep…but I can sleep on the way."

Zoro walked into the kitchen. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Chopper's trying to stop me from leaving now," Luffy explained, momentarily forgetting the fact that Zoro had slammed a door in his face a few minutes earlier.

Zoro looked at Luffy, then at Chopper.

Zoro sighed. "I don't know why I'm saying this, but, Luffy, you can leave now if you want to. I'll watch over things while you're gone."

"Ha! I told you, Chopper!" Luffy danced in a circle.

Chopper's eye twitched.

"But not if you keep acting like that," Zoro continued.

Luffy immediately stopped dancing. "Sorry," he said.

Chopper sighed. "I guess I'll finish packing your bag," he said, annoyed.

-x-x-x-

Luffy shut the door behind him and stretched. He sighed. The fresh air felt so good.

He walked along the side of the road towards the train station. He had figured it would take less time to ride the train than to rocket himself back. Although…

"GOMU GOMU NO ROCKET!" Luffy yelled, grabbing on to two trees, one on each side of the road.

-x-x-x-

A second later, he landed behind the train station.

"Ha! It was faster to rocket to the train station!" he muttered, talking to himself.

Luffy walked around to the front of the building and walked in. The train was set to leave in ten minutes, and boarding had already started. If he hadn't rocketed himself to the train station when he did, he would've missed the train.

Luffy pulled his ticket out of his pack and swiped it through the slot before handing it to the ticket lady. She scanned it and punched a hole in it, then handed it back.

"Thanks," he said.

The lady nodded.

-x-x-x-

Luffy walked up the stairs and into the train. Since the only bag he had was a carry-on, he hadn't needed to get his luggage checked.

He sat in one of the plush seats and sighed happily. In less than a minute, he was asleep.

-x-x-x-

Eight hours later, the train arrived.

Luffy awoke and stretched. That annoying lady was on the loudspeaker again.

"Train B-6 has arrived at its destination. Train B-6 has arrived at its destination."

Luffy growled. "Shut…up…"

Deciding he needed some fresh air, now, before he exploded, he stood and got off the train.

A minute later, Luffy had a thought. "MY CAR!" he screamed, attracting the attention of the other people who had been on the train.

He found his car a few seconds later, exactly where he had left it.

He got in and started the engine. Luckily Chopper had remembered to pack his key.

He grinned and turned up the radio. This was going to be a fun drive back.

-x-x-x-

Two hours later, he arrived at the beach house. The sun was just beginning to rise, reflecting off of the ocean.

He walked up to the door and turned the doorknob. It was locked.

Luckily, there was an emergency window where people could get in if they didn't have a key.

Once Luffy climbed through the window, he closed it again and locked it. He wanted to make it as hard as possible for Buggy to get in. Then he went to the front of the house and unlocked the door for when he had to leave.

Opening his bag, he found a list of the things he needed to get.

Luffy walked around the house, grabbing those things along with anything else that was a personal possession to anyone, and put them in his bag.

Then he took out the disinfectant wipes and disinfected every sniffable surface so Buggy would have no idea where they were.

Luffy yawned. He was tired from all that driving and he really hadn't gotten that much sleep on the train. Only eight hours out of his usual eleven.

However, he knew he couldn't sleep in his bed or even on the couch, because that would leave D.N.A. where Buggy could see it.

He sighed. He would have to drive and find a hotel to stay in.

He was about to leave when he heard a noise. Someone was prowling around on the front porch, and that was the door that was unlocked.

Luffy's heart started pounding faster. He swallowed and crouched down, hoping whoever it was would just go away.

He thought that the person had left, and was about to get up when the doorknob started to turn.

The door swung open slowly, letting a shaft of light into the dim house.

Luffy held his breath. Was it Buggy?

Luffy shook his head slightly. No, it couldn't be. Buggy wasn't supposed to come for six more days.

And yet...what if Chopper was wrong?

So? Is it Buggy? Or is it someone else?

Was Chopper wrong? Why am I asking all these questions?

Why are you reading this?

Heh heh. Rainbow flavored muffin-cakes...

Stupid me.

Anyway, this story is getting good...never thought that Buggy would lose his powers, now did you? And now he has a new one!

Stay tuned...!

Chapter 11 is gonna be good! *evil laugh*