Thank you everyone for your continued interest! As I said before, I'm obsessed with One Piece. None of my friends watch/read it so I can't talk to anyone about the latest episodes or anything. I'm really happy to be getting such great responses from you all.

My main concern with the story at this point is whether or not I'm staying true to the characters' personalities. It's never been my strong point, so please let me know if anything seems off.

Without further ado, here is Chapter 3!

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of One Piece. The characters and story belong to Eiichiro Oda and Toei.

"What?!" a voice cried from outside the bar.

Makino looked at the door, wondering why the mayor sounded so upset. She shared a look with the one customer in her bar, before they both proceeded to run outside. They saw the mayor holding a newspaper, clenching it tightly with an angry look on his face. Makino could see that people all over Foosha Village were peeking out of their windows to see what was happening. Makino ran over to the mayor and asked what was wrong.

"It's… it's ridiculous! This can't be true. Garp… he… why would he let this happen?" he said, mostly to himself.

At the mention of Garp, Makino's heart dropped a little. She already knew that Ace had been captured; the News Coo had delivered that news a while ago. Had his sentence been decided? She walked behind the mayor in order to read over his shoulder.

STRAW HAT LUFFY CAPTURED

Vice Admiral Garp captured the infamous criminal last week. The pirate was caught while he and his crew were attempting to bring down yet another Warlord. Vice Admiral Garp stopped the attack and subdued the pirates. The Straw Hat captain was arrested and sent to Impel Down, and the world is awaiting a sentence from the World Government. Monkey D. Luffy, the pirate who …

The newspaper went on to describe the various accounts on which Luffy would be charged. Makino, reading this, just stared in disbelief. The mayor crumpled the paper in his hand and threw it on the ground, stomping off in the direction of the post office, presumably to call Garp with the long-distance Den Den Mushi. Makino's gaze shifted to the crumpled picture of Luffy on the front page. It was a picture she had hanging in her bar; his Wanted poster picture. He looked so happy. It couldn't be true. He was supposed to be out on his adventure, fulfilling his promise to Shanks.

When Ace had been captured, Makino felt so alone. The village had no idea why she had been so depressed about the news. She had spent several days in the mountains with Dadan. The mayor had tried several times to bring her back to town, but she claimed that she needed to be with Dadan to keep the woman calm. She hadn't been lying: Dadan was enraged. She wanted to storm into the town and steal a ship, sailing it to Headquarters and yell at and beat up Garp. Makino calmed her down, saying that he had only been captured and nothing had even been decided yet. But Makino was using Dadan's rage to mask her own feelings as well: she may not have known Ace as long as Luffy, but he was like a younger brother to her. She had eventually returned to the village, taking her own advice and not jumping to conclusions.

But this… it was Luffy. Why anyone would want to harm or capture him boggled her mind. She knew he was classified as a criminal, but Luffy was not a bad person. He helped more people than he hurt. Having both Ace and Luffy in the Marine's prison was weighing heavily on her heart and mind. She barely noticed when the rest of the village picked up the paper and passed it around, exclaiming at the news. They called it outrageous, and began lining up at the Den Den Mushi. Makino mechanically made it back to her bar, wondering at the reactions of peoples across the world. She didn't know the adventures Luffy had been on and the people he had met, but there was no doubt in her mind that there were people out there just as angry and worried as her. Shanks, she thought. He… he will be furious. I wonder what he'll do? Take action? No. He'll pretend it's no big deal and stay in the area, just in case. After all, he knew the risks of being a pirate when giving Luffy that hat…

Her thoughts continued as tears streamed down her face. She reminded herself to wait until he had been sentenced before worrying. Luffy would be upset to see how little faith in him she was showing.

Kaya stared at the newspaper, rereading the description for the hundredth time. There was no mention of Usopp's name. Or Sogeking, his alter ego. Surely they would have said if another pirate was captured. It was upsetting that Luffy had been taken, but Kaya was mostly just relieved that Usopp hadn't been. She stared out her window to the tree where Usopp would often sit and tell his stories. She missed him, and now she was worried with the new knowledge that he had tried to take down a Warlord. What kind of danger was he putting himself in? She sighed, turning back to her studies. If he needed her help, she would be there for him.

"Get back to work, you worthless dogs!" yelled Zeff. "I'll not have you burning and wasting food on account of some stupid article!" To make his point, he took the article in question and ripped it to pieces before throwing it in the garbage.

"But, boss, we're just thinking that if Straw Hat was captured…" started one of the Baratie cooks.

"That what? Sanji was, too? Did any of you see his name even mentioned? No! Stop worrying. The only ones you need to worry about are those damn Marines that Sanji will beat up. They'll have that Straw boy back in no time. So get back to work!" Zeff shouted. He was tired of the depressing attitude over that last day since the newspaper had arrived. He went upstairs to his room, weary of dealing with the cooks. He closed the door behind him, sighing and rubbing his stump of a leg. Straw Hat would be fine, he thought as he smiled to himself. That boy has something about him that gave him no doubts several people would fight to free him.

Nojiko was bringing a bag of tangerines into town when she heard Genzo shouting once more. She sighed, hauling the bag into the room, expecting to find him upset about something stupid. Once she saw he was holding a newspaper and yelling into a Den Den Mushi, her heart lightened. More news on Nami? Another suggestive picture, maybe? she thought, excited about hearing about her sister once more. Before she could take the paper from him, she stopped in her tracks, listening to what he was yelling about.

"Where is she?! The newspaper just mentions his name! What about Nami? She wasn't caught, too, was she?!" He seemed frantic. "What?! No! I won't be talked to like that. The nerve – ! Did you just hang up on me!?" He yelled, his voice getting even louder. Nojiko, so happy seconds ago, felt her heart drop. Captured? she thought.

Genzo huffed into the receiver and caught sight of Nojiko in the doorway as he was about to call again. He froze, looking between the bag of tangerines, Nojiko's worried features, the Den Den Mushi, and the newspaper. His face fell, immediately calmer, as he put the receiver back and hid the paper behind his back. But he knew it was already too late, she wasn't stupid. She had obviously heard enough of his words to know who he was talking about. He watched as she stretched out her hand, silently demanding the newspaper. He wordlessly brought it back in front of him and handed it over. Her features remained surprisingly impassive as she read the article.

"What did they tell you?" she asked him.

"Nothing. They refused to release information related to it," he told her.

"Well, why worry? Nami isn't even mentioned. I'm pretty sure they would flaunt it if they had captured another of the elusive Straw Hats. Here are your tangerines," she said, surprisingly level-headed. "See you later!" she called as she headed back outside, leaving Genzo staring after her.

She walked back to the house she, Nami, and Bellemere had shared. She meant what she had told Genzo; why worry? Nami was incredibly clever and sly. Nojiko was honestly more worried about this Garp man who had taken the young boy that saved Nami from Arlong. In another few days, they'd be receiving a newspaper about the miraculous escape of Straw Hat Luffy.

The woman grabbed the paper Dalton handed to her. As she scanned the news, her immediate reaction was amusement. She laughed, causing Dalton to raise an eyebrow.

"They list all of this boy's crimes, but they don't even know the half of it, I expect. There isn't a single mention of his time here. They even gave Chopper such a low bounty. Really, the Marines are clueless. I imagine it wasn't even this Garp person who captured him; probably another pirate or even the Warlord himself. I wouldn't worry too much. Now the Marines have two big-name criminals on their hands. They don't have the ability to deal with all the flack they'll be getting. Chopper will find a way to get him out," she explained herself, laughing again.

She left Dalton soon after. On her way back to the castle, Doctor Kureha chuckled to herself, realizing once again how naïve and over their heads the Marines were. She had seen Straw Hat Luffy climb to the top of a mountain, carrying two people and wearing nothing to block the cold. His determination was not something to sneeze at. His crew had no doubt taken much of his personality into themselves, and would stop at nothing to take back their captain. She knew the Marines had picked the wrong crew to mess with this time.

Iceberg pounded away at the ship-building yard. All day, the atmosphere among the employees was downtrodden. He had lectured them all earlier about being professional and providing the customer service that was required. Straw Hat Luffy and his crew were the ones who had gotten Franky to finally admit his wish to himself. They were all sure that this young man would become Pirate King one day. So, naturally, it came as a shock to them when they heard he had been captured. But Iceberg was unconcerned: Franky wouldn't let anyone but Straw Hat sail on his ship. His crew were very reliable and had already declared war on the government; he couldn't imagine that breaking into a prison would make them hesitate. He was confident his friend would find a way to help his captain.

Thank you all for the reviews! This chapter is longer than the previous ones. I was going to add a few more reactions, but the three I have left to do are going to be pretty long. I decided to split them up and make another chapter dedicated to their reactions. I'm also on the fence about two other reactions so I needed a little more time to plan it out. The next chapter will see more action than this. Sorry for the sappy chapter, but one of my favorite parts is seeing what old characters are up to.

Please continue to review and read! I hope you enjoy the story.