Nami awoke. Something was wrong.

She sat up and looked around. Everything seemed normal.

But, just in case, she decided to check it out.

After going through the whole house and finding nothing, Nami put it to a bad dream and went to the kitchen for a snack.

-x-x-x-

Chopper rolled over in his sleep. Suddenly he bolted upright, eyes wide, breathing hard. He had to tell Zoro.

-x-x-x-

Zoro stretched. He thought he had heard someone moving around outside his room. Suddenly, his stomach growled. He decided to check out the house and go down to the kitchen afterwards.

-x-x-x-

Chopper opened Zoro's door to find…nothing. Zoro wasn't there.

Chopper began to panic. But, knowing panicking didn't help in any situation, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. The only other place Zoro could be was the kitchen.

-x-x-x-

Nami looked through the cupboards, trying to find something she wanted. She finally decided on some crackers and put some on a plate.

She turned around and gave a little yelp of surprise. Zoro was standing there.

-x-x-x-

Zoro hadn't expected to find Nami in the kitchen.

When she turned around and saw him, she yelped.

Zoro frowned. Something was bothering her.

-x-x-x-

Chopper entered the kitchen to find Zoro and Nami sitting at the table. Both looked up as he entered, eyes wild, hat missing.

-x-x-x-

Zoro was surprised when Chopper, after finally finding him, ran up to him and climbed onto his lap.

-x-x-x-

Chopper climbed onto Zoro's lap and hugged him, burying his face in Zoro's chest.

"What's wrong?" Zoro asked.

"Luffy…"

Zoro looked at Nami, who finally realized why she had felt that something was wrong when she woke up. Luffy was in trouble.

-x-x-x-

"Why are we up this early?" Sanji whined. "It's only six A.M."

The whole crew, minus Luffy, obviously, was gathered in the kitchen.

"Yeah," Usopp said. "Why are we here so early?"

Chopper tried to calm himself down. There were tear stains on his face, and he was hyperventilating. He still hadn't managed to tell anyone what had happened to Luffy.

Nami was stressed, Chopper could tell, and he would have made her some tea if he had been up to it.

Zoro just sat there, Chopper in his lap, trying to calm him down. He really wanted to know what had happened to Luffy, but he would never know if Chopper didn't calm down.

Zoro picked Chopper up and held him in front of his face. Then, slowly, and deliberately, he slapped him. Again and again until Chopper was more preoccupied with rubbing his face than crying. It was how Zoro managed to calm down everyone on the crew. Well, only Luffy. But apparently it worked on Chopper, too.

Nami spoke. "It's Luffy…"

"He's in trouble?" Robin asked.

Nami nodded.

Zoro stood and placed Chopper on the table.

-x-x-x-

Chopper swallowed. But before he could say anything, he broke down again. "I NEVER WANTED THIS!" he wailed. "I NEVER WANTED TO HAVE THESE DREAMS!" he choked on a sob.

Zoro grabbed Chopper again and held him, rubbing his back forcefully.

Nami stood and motioned for Zoro to hand him Chopper.

She had to calm him down. He was no help to anyone in his delusional state.

Zoro handed Chopper to her and she sat back down. "Someone please make us some tea," she said.

While Sanji worked on that, Nami tried to calm Chopper down. "Chopper," she said. "Listen to me." She shook him lightly.

Chopper looked up at her.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Is Luffy in danger?"

Chopper nodded.

Nami swallowed, trying to hide her worry.

Suddenly, Usopp spoke up. "Chopper, you've never cried when any of us have been in danger before," he said. "So I think you're crying about something completely different."

Chopper nodded again.

Nami took over. "What is it?" she asked him softly, turning him so he couldn't see any of his crewmembers. "Tell me."

Chopper swallowed, still half-crying. "I…I WAS WRONG!" he said that forcefully.

Nami blinked. "What do you mean?" she said, still talking softly.

"I told Luffy Buggy would be there in a week, and that he had plenty of time to get there and back. But Buggy's there NOW!" he yelled, letting out another heart-wrenching sob.

Nami pulled Chopper into a hug. "Oh, Chopper," she said. "Everyone is wrong once in a while. It's normal."

Chopper's sobs slowly faded away.

Sanji walked around, handing everyone a cup of tea.

Chopper took a sip. "I know…but…now Luffy could die because of ME!" he hiccupped.

Zoro chuckled. "Luffy won't die," he said. "You do know him, right? He can take care of himself just fine."

Chopper took a deep breath. "I know he can," he said, "But it's not that that worries me. It's Buggy's new power. I don't even understand it."

"Do you know anything else about it?" Usopp asked.

"Only that his senses are extremely enhanced. I don't know if that means anything or not."

Zoro nodded slowly. "What did you see in the dream?"

Chopper hiccupped again. "I saw Luffy, going around the house getting the stuff like he was supposed to, and then I saw Buggy outside the front door, which was unlocked. And then Luffy was crouched in a corner. And after that…" he broke off.

"What?" Nami said, softly.

"There was this…I don't know…invisible force or something that Buggy used and it hit Luffy," he took a drink of tea, his hands shaking.

"Then you woke up?" Nami asked.

Chopper nodded.

Zoro sighed. "Whatever it is, did it do any damage to Luffy that you could see?"

Chopper thought for a moment, his brain function going back to normal. "I think."

"Was it bad?" Nami asked.

"It didn't kill him or make him pass out, that's for sure, but I don't really know what it did."

Zoro nodded. "So I guess we just wait for him to come back."

"What if he doesn't come back?" Usopp said, teeth chattering with fright.

"He will," Zoro said. "I believe in him, as does Nami."

Nami nodded, although a faint blush crossed her features.

-x-x-x-

Luffy held completely still. He didn't want whoever it was to see him.

But whoever it was stepped into the house, creating a shadow on the wall from the sun.

It was Buggy.

-x-x-x-

Chopper detached himself from Nami and slipped down onto the floor.

Everyone else had taken a seat at the kitchen table, eating the crackers Nami had forgotten about and drinking the tea.

"I'm going to go wash my face," Chopper said, walking out of the kitchen and going upstairs.

-x-x-x-

Buggy took another step into the house and looked around.

Luckily, Luffy was hiding around the corner in the kitchen, so Buggy couldn't see him. He let out his breath slowly and silently before taking another one.

Unfortunately, Buggy was walking towards the kitchen, where, if Luffy remembered correctly, Zoro's pen had been.

Now it was time to change the future.

He sprang out in front of Buggy, shouting, hoping that the element of surprise would work.

"GOMU GOMU NO GATLING GUN!" a barrage of fists shot out at Buggy.

Buggy concentrated, and an invisible barrier swept the fists away.

Luffy stood there, shell-shocked. He didn't even have time to get out of the way before another wave shot out, hitting him.

He gasped and fell to the floor, writhing as invisible hands grabbed him and held him down.

Buggy cackled. "I gave up my Chop-Chop power to disguise myself," he said, "And I thought I would be powerless forever. Then a man came up to me and told me to follow him, so I did. He offered me this power in exchange for evidence that you had lived here."

"Well, you're not gonna get it!" Luffy said, still fighting off the invisible hands.

"Oh, I think you're evidence enough," Buggy said, rubbing his hands together.

Luffy stopped fighting, realizing what Buggy was saying. He was going to be kidnapped.

He resumed struggling, harder than before, and Buggy winced. The hands disappeared.

"Although, there is one problem with this power," Buggy said as Luffy got up.

"And what's that?"

"Since I'm going to kidnap you, I guess there's no harm in telling…whenever the invisible things are hit or wounded, I feel the same amount of pain."

Luffy thought about that for a minute. "So…your hands hurt now."

"Yes. And soon, you will be hurting as well!" Another invisible wave shot out, but Luffy knew it was coming and jumped up into the air, hanging on to the chandelier.

Luffy stuck out his tongue as the wave missed him, crashing into the wall.

"AAH! MY FOOT!" Buggy yelled, hopping up and down.

Luffy laughed, dropping back down onto the floor. "GOMU GOMU NO BAZOOKA!" he cackled, stretching his arms back as far as they could go.

Buggy stood there. "Not again!" he said as Luffy's palms hurtled towards him.

They hit him with a loud smack and sent Buggy flying into the wall with a boom, leaving a dent.

"That's gonna hurt in the morning!" Luffy said, dusting his hands together.

Buggy groaned, picking himself up off the floor. "You're gonna pay for this!"

"Not yet! GOMU GUMO NO TSUCHI!" he spun his arms around and grabbed Buggy.

Buggy spun around and around before landing on his butt in the middle of the floor, head spinning.

Luffy walked over to Buggy with some rope he found to tie him up. But right when he bent over to slip the rope on him, Luffy felt a pain in his left shoulder. He looked and saw that Buggy had pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into his shoulder.

Luffy gritted his teeth against the pain and finished tying Buggy up. Then he picked him up with his right hand and took him to the car.

On the way out, he grabbed his bag with his left hand, wincing as he did so, and locked the door behind him. Then he went down to the car and shoved Buggy into the back seat, which resulted in Buggy getting a seat belt in his mouth, effectively gagging him. Then Luffy closed the door and climbed in the front seat. He started the engine and drove away.

-x-x-x-

A few minutes later, Luffy arrived at the police station. He opened the backseat and grabbed Buggy with his right hand, closing the door with the other.

It was only seven in the morning, so the town wasn't very busy.

Luffy opened the door and stepped inside, Buggy in tow.

When the officer on duty saw who Luffy had brought in, he gasped and called for his commander.

"Well, well," the commander said. "Looks like you caught yourself a pirate, kiddo."

Luffy refrained from mentioning that he too was a pirate, and instead handed Buggy over to the commander.

After receiving Buggy, the commander noticed Luffy's shoulder. "Are you okay?" he asked. "You're hurt."

"I'm fine," he said, even though it hurt really bad. He would need to have Chopper look at it when he got back.

Then he turned and walked out the door. "Don't forget to give him to the marines," Luffy called as an afterthought.

He sighed and got in the car. He had a long drive ahead of him.


Note: Gomu gomu no tsuchi was used to defeat Buggy originally, in the real episodes. That's why Buggy said, "Not again," before he was hit.

Now my opinion has changed. My new favorite chapter is this one. :)

And, before you ask, yes Chopper had a mental breakdown. He's never wrong...about doctor stuff anyway. He was really upset with himself.

Aw yeah! And no, the story isn't almost over. I don't think it is, anyway. Just because Buggy was caught doesn't mean he's gone forever...*evil grin*