Chapter 10

Fall Break

Sanji walked into the Baratie carrying several bags. He went straight to the back and entered the kitchen. He put them on the center counter, and looked around at all the busy chefs. Sanji leaned on the counter and an old man with a tall hat and a braided mustache walked over. He looked in the bags and asked, "Are these vegetables fresh?"

"Sure are chef Zeff, and they are freshly watered. It just stooped raining a minute ago," Sanji said casually, while looking around at the other chefs.

Zeff began to sort the vegetables, and without looking up, pointed at Sanji and demanded, "Now, go put that out. You know there is no smoking in the kitchen. Once you've done that come help me make the vegetable soup."

Sanji smiled and did as he was told, and began to cook alongside the head chef.

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Usopp finished putting on his shoes, and walked towards the front door. As he reached for the handle, someone from the next room said, "Going to visit your girlfriend, Usopp." Usopp sighed and turned to his grinning father, who was sitting at the kitchen table.

Usopp's dad, Yasopp, took a bite out of his sandwich and Usopp told him, "Actually I told some of the local kids I would play with them."

Yasopp stared at his son for a minute, and then said, "Well that's no fun. How am I supposed to tease you for that?"

"You're not supposed to tease me at all," Usopp shouted with his hand raised like he was going to chop his dad's head. Yasopp began to laugh.

He smiled at Usopp and said, "Yes I am. It's what dad's do; it's in the dad handbook." He continued to laugh, and Usopp just stared at his dad for a minute.

Then, Usopp smiled, turned, and walked out the door, leaving his dad to his sandwich.

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Kaya sighed and looked up from her book, and then looked out the window and smiled. From their she could see Usopp entertaining three of the local boys with his wild tales of adventure.

Kaya watched, but then turned towards the door as it opened. Mary, her longtime servant/friend, walked in. He smiled at her as he sat a cup of tea on the end table next to her chair. "Thank you Mary," Kaya said politely.

He smiled and looked out the window with her and said, "They really do enjoy his company, don't they Miss Kaya?" She smiled and nodded.

Once Mary left, Kaya glanced out the window one last time before returning to her book.

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Chopper sat in his room, reading a large book. Suddenly, someone called, "Chopper! Chopper! Where are you?"

Chopper hollered back, "I'm in my room, Doctrine." His door flew open and an old woman dressed young walked in.

She looked at him and said, "You better ne finishing your homework, kid." Chopper froze and she walked over to him. Doctrine picked up the book, and Chopper was about to explain. But she continued, "Reading another medical book, huh?"

Chopper began, "W-well… I-I was… um…" She looked at him and he froze again. She raised the book up, and slammed it down on Chopper's head.

"How many times do I have to tell you?!" she shouted, "You have to finish school before you can start becoming a doctor!" She calmed down a bit and said, "Now, finish your homework, so that you can come downstairs and help me in the clinic."

Doctrine left, and Chopper smiled as he finished his homework.

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Vivi walked into her father's office and said, "Father I'm going out for a bit." Her father, Cobra, put down his newspaper.

He smiled at her and said, "Ok, just be careful, Vivi." She nodded and hugged him before hurrying out the door.

She ran to the park near her house, and ran down a concrete path that led down to a small lake in the park. Then, she saw a familiar figure standing next to a tree. She ran towards the figure. "Kohza!" she shouted as she jumped on the figures back.

He turned his head and smiled. "Vivi," he began, "you surprised me. I didn't know you were back." She smiled and giggled.

While hopping off of Kohza's back, Vivi said, "Sorry, I was just excited to see you. Anyway, what are you doing here? Where is everyone else?"

Kohza answered, "They're on their way. Once everyone gets here we're heading down to the lake. Do you want to join?" She smiled and nodded.

Vivi and Kohza stood by the tree and waited for their friends to arrive.

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Nojiko picked a ripe tangerine off the tree. "Nami, catch," she said as she tossed it to her sister. Nami caught it and put it in a basket filled with tangerines. The sisters and their mother were harvesting from their small tangerine orchid.

Their mother asked her youngest, "So Nami, how do you like Kingston?"

Nami looked at her and said, "It's great, Bellemere. I honestly wish I had gone their sooner." Bellemere smiled at her daughter's enthusiasm.

"Are you sure it's the school you've fallen in love with, Nami?" Nojiko snickered as she began to tease her little sister.

"What do you mean Nojiko?" Bellemere questioned, while raising an eyebrow. Nami froze and began to blush, and her mother looked at her skeptically.

Nojiko began to grin and, while watching Nami out of the corner of her eye, answered, "Well it seems that our little Nami has fallen for one of the guys in her grade." At this Nami shot a look at her sister to shut up.

Catching this, Bellemere smirked, "Oh really… And what is this boy like?" Nami's blush began to spread.

Nojiko answered, "His name is Luffy. He can be pretty dense, but he's got a few good points, and he is kind of cute."

"He sounds like a real winner," Bellemere teased, "You should go for it Nami." Both women were grinning at Nami now.

Nami turned to them and her face was completely red. She responded, "Will the two of you just shut up!" She turned quickly back to the tangerines and began picking again. The other two burst out laughing.

After that they went back to harvesting, and the family continued to pick tangerines.

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It was raining, and Luffy and Zoro were sitting on the back porch of Luffy's house. Luffy was sitting against a wooden pole, sleeping with his hat covering his eyes. Meanwhile, Zoro sat on the edge of the porch with his feet on the ground, and watched the rain come down.

He heard footsteps behind him, heading in their direction, but Zoro didn't look because he knew perfectly well who it was. Then, as he expected, he felt the wait of someone sit on his upper back.

"Hey, will you…" Zoro began as his face went from blank to annoyed, and shouted, "get the hell off me!?" He glanced back at the woman sitting on him, she had long black hair, pulled into a ponytail.

The woman looked down at him and smirked. She answered with a grin, "No."

Zoro sighed in defeat, and said, "You know what? Forget it. I don't even mess with you anymore. I've given up on dealing with you."

The woman smiled as she lightly punched the top of Zoro's head, and stated, "Zoro, you're an ass."

He smirked, "I still don't care what you call me." Luffy watched the two with one eye open. He closed it again and smiled. At least something's never change, he thought happily before falling back asleep.

While Luffy slept, the other two continued to watch the rain come down.

So this is just a little look into everyone's lives at home. Anyway, sad story: I go back to school tomorrow. Result of sad story: I won't be able to update as frequently any more. However, I will try to update as frequently as possible, but it most likely won't be daily anymore. Until then I hope you enjoy, and look forward to next chapter when they go back to school, not sure when that will be. Anyway, Thank you everyone for the reviews, follows, favorites, and of course reading, I will try my best to be quick with updates.