Chapter 3
A/n: Hello again everyone. I'm back with a new chapter for those who want it ^_^
I don't own One Piece so don't sue me!
Got to run- enjoy!
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"Is it meat?" Luffy asked as he poked the basket once again and got a squeal from inside.
"It sounded human…" Usopp poked his long nose in towards the basket that was larger than his head. Quickly snapping it away from Luffy he nearly dropped it due to the weight.
"Wow it's heavy…" Usopp commented setting it down on the deck of the ship.
"It's a LOT of meat!" Luffy jumped up and down as Zoro and the ever-curious Sanji closed in to see what was inside the basket.
"Meat doesn't really make those kinds of sounds." Zoro said as he sat down to observe the others.
"Men." Nami muttered as she watched the crew slack off while she plotted course and checked the sails to make sure they were on course to this so called meat heaven Luffy just had to go to.
"Should we open it?" Luffy asked as he scratched his head.
"Well of course we open it…" Sanji said lighting another cigarette. He was curious to what exactly had been put in his care until they reached their destination. It was a lucky coincidence when Luffy had told them to set a course for Niku Island. "Well if you aren't going to open it, I will."
Sanji stepped in closer and quickly flicked his used cigarette butt away. Crouching down he too heard the muffled sounds that were coming from the oversized basket.
"There's a note attached." Usopp mentioned as Sanji opened the basket and found something that he wasn't expecting.
"What is it? What is it?" Luffy cried pushing Usopp out of the way incase there was actually meat in the basket.
"AH! It's horrible!" Usopp screamed and drew back.
Sanji just gaped in shock at bundle inside the basket. Nothing could ever have prepared the crew of the Going Merry for what they found.
Inside the basket, that coupled as a crib was a small baby looking up at them with a joyful smile on its face.
"What the hell is that?" Zoro asked as he looked at the child with the large black pooling eyes. As Zoro made eye contact with the nearly bald tot the baby began to squeal happily and reach out for the green haired man.
"What… what… does it want?" Zoro asked looking frightened of the child.
"Sanji?" Usopp looked at the still frozen cook. "Um… Sanji. Who is that?" His long nosed crewmate asked pointing at the baby. Sanji blinked once… twice… but the baby was still there. Snatching the note that accompanied the child in the basket he opened it as he stuffed another cigarette in his mouth.
It was looking like one of those days already, he thought as he exhaled the smoke. Another cigarette was gone in seconds, as Sanji looked down at the scribbles on the paper.
"Sanji Dear" The note began. The image of her hanging on him made the cook cringe. What was he thinking when he first met that woman? She was nothing compared to his Nami-san… Wait… Nami-san! She was still mad at him.
'What am I going to do?' He asked himself, but then was brought back to the present as the baby started to cry.
"Usopp, what did you do?" Sanji yelled as he saw Usopp making faces at the fussing child.
"What?" Usopp asked as he looked up at Sanji, his face still contorted with a horrifying expression. "I was trying to play with him."
"You're scaring it instead you baka." Zoro muttered holding his hands over his ears due to the loud screeches the baby let out. "Knock it off!"
"I know what the baby wants." Luffy said as he came running back towards the group of befuddled men. No one had noticed the captain's brief departure, but Sanji should have seen it coming.
"NO! You cannot feed a baby its age that!" Sanji said pulling the baby out of the basket quickly and away from the man with the straw hat and a handful of meat.
"Why? It makes me feel good after eating a good piece of meat." Luffy scratched his head again after downing the chunk of meat.
"You just can't!" Sanji ended up yelling at them, which only made the baby in Sanji's arm cry louder.
"How do you shut it off?" Usopp questioned as he came up behind Sanji's back and tried to poke the baby that was now not only crying, but kicking and thrashing as well.
"I don't know." Sanji said as he tried to recall any memory of a mother and what she would do in this situation.
He and the others tried to calm the child, but were not successful… unless one was counting the ability to spook the child more.
From inside the ship, Nami was trying to concentrate. But she wasn't getting very far, and now she had enough of all the yelling outside. She was inside the steering room and could only imagine the men being idiots and causing the great ruckus on deck.
'What are those idiots doing now?' She asked as she crumpled one of her map papers. 'Don't they realize I need quiet when I figure out detailed calculations like these?' her eyes gleamed as she balled her fist and prepared to let them all have it.
Throwing open the door, she stormed out and went up the stairs to where the men had congressed. She didn't know what the cause of all this noise was, but it was giving her a headache.
"Don't you guys ever be quiet? I need quiet so I can plot us through these dangerous currents!" She said putting her hands on her hips.
The faces of four helpless males turned at the sound of her voice.
"Yo Nami!" Luffy smiled like there was never a problem in the world.
"Oh thank heaven! Nami-san!" Sanji said helplessly trying to keep a firm, yet gentle grip on the baby in his arms.
"You've gotta help us!" Usopp cried as he also put his hands to his ears.
"Ya! Make it stop!" Zoro added looking at Nami like she should know what she was doing when it came to situations like these.
"Where did that come from? Who's is it? Why is it on board?" She questioned the still dumbfounded crew. But no one said anything. Sanji looked at her with puppy dog eyes pleading for her help.
"How am I supposed to know what to do with a baby?" She asked as suddenly the baby found it's way to her arms instead.
"You're a woman- they're suppose to know these things… instinct or something…" Zoro muttered as he quickly got up and went to the farthest place away from the baby on the ship to try and drown out the sound.
"Thank you Nami-san!" Sanji smiled as he picked up the basket that Luffy was once again poking at. "Give me that!"
"Na?"
As Sanji scanned the other contents of the basket he remembered the note. Looking over to a still confused Nami, he was assured that the baby was in good hands as she finally broke down and began to rock the little guy in her arms.
"What does it say?" Luffy asked as he watched Sanji read the note.
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'Sanji dear.
I'm so glad we ran into each other once again. And I'm so happy you were able to bring little Yukio to his relatives on Niku Island. He's been so looking forward to seeing his daddy for the first time. I'm glad you could be a part of his life.
All my Love
Mondai.'
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Sanji almost choked on those words, he had to read it over and over. 'His daddy…part of his life…' That was it- he needed another cigarette, but to his horror he found his coat pocket empty… 'No- not now…why of all times now?' He thought to himself as he checked each pocket. This had never happened before- ever.
It was then he noticed that the baby was not crying as loudly as before. Turning around he saw a sight that made his heart thump faster.
On the steps leading down towards the front of the ship the red haired navigator sat with the child resting up against her shoulder. Her hand petted the baby's back as she swayed a little. Behind her was Luffy, making funny faces at the baby. This time the faces were amusing to the child, and not a frightening thing like Usopp's attempts earlier.
"Yo Sanji! It stopped!" Luffy called triumphantly.
From the front of the ship grumbling could be heard. Nami and the rest took that as a 'thank you' from the normally quiet swordsman. Usopp too was grateful that the high-pitched screams had stopped.
No one on the ship spoke for a time. The only sounds were that of the ocean's waves sloshing up against the ship and the breeze as it filled their sails.
"Is someone going to explain any of this?" Nami's voice was low, as to not upset the baby that had now decided it wanted a nap. Turning, she glared at Sanji as he tried to look innocent. But the sight of Nami being so… so… motherly made his eyes go heart shaped.
"Ya, what's going on?" Usopp chimed in. "What did the note say?"
"His name… his name is Yukio." Sanji said simply returning to his search for a cigarette.
"And?" Nami demanded.
"We only need to take him to Niku Island." Sanji added, almost pleading that they'd help him with this responsibility.
"What? Can't we just bring it back to it's mother?" Usopp questioned, his ears still ringing from the first incident. He wasn't the only one who posed objections to their newest temporary crewmember.
"What if it goes off again?" Zoro added into the conversation from his spot near the front of the ship.
"Nami knows what to do!" Luffy chimed in happily.
"What? Who said I know anything about kids?" Nami quickly interjected. "I don't know the first things about children! No way!"
"With this wind, wouldn't it be hard to turn around?" Usopp asked looking up at the sails and then back in the direction they had come. The tiny island port they had stopped at was no longer even in sight. The wind and currents were taking them along nicely. And to only add to her headache Nami knew it was nearly impossible.
"I never said anything about turning around- I just…I just don't know how to handle kids." She said in a rather unusual tone. Nami hardly ever quietly stated anything especially if it was something she didn't want to do.
"So who's kid is it?" Usopp inquired sticking his nose back up near the baby giving it a poke before Nami could stop him. This of course instantly startled the little Yukio and woke him up.
"Damn it Usopp!" Nami yelled as she held the baby in one arm and hit the man in the head. "Don't do that! He was sleeping!" She fumed as she continued to rock the baby.
"So what do we do?" Luffy asked blinking dumbly. His large eyes looked void of all thought at the moment.
"I don't know but I have coarse bearings to plot right now. I can't be expected to look after some tacky dressing woman's fatherless kid." Nami grumbled remembering the woman's insults of earlier.
"Well according to his he's not really fatherless." Usopp stated as he read the note over Sanji's back with out the cook knowing it.
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A/n: Hopefully I kept them, for the most part in character… it's kind of hard to write Luffy ^_^; I luv that guy- but seriously… you never know what he's going to do… Anyway drop me a note on what you think-
I'll see you next time!
Ja Ne.
A/n: Hello again everyone. I'm back with a new chapter for those who want it ^_^
I don't own One Piece so don't sue me!
Got to run- enjoy!
-
"Is it meat?" Luffy asked as he poked the basket once again and got a squeal from inside.
"It sounded human…" Usopp poked his long nose in towards the basket that was larger than his head. Quickly snapping it away from Luffy he nearly dropped it due to the weight.
"Wow it's heavy…" Usopp commented setting it down on the deck of the ship.
"It's a LOT of meat!" Luffy jumped up and down as Zoro and the ever-curious Sanji closed in to see what was inside the basket.
"Meat doesn't really make those kinds of sounds." Zoro said as he sat down to observe the others.
"Men." Nami muttered as she watched the crew slack off while she plotted course and checked the sails to make sure they were on course to this so called meat heaven Luffy just had to go to.
"Should we open it?" Luffy asked as he scratched his head.
"Well of course we open it…" Sanji said lighting another cigarette. He was curious to what exactly had been put in his care until they reached their destination. It was a lucky coincidence when Luffy had told them to set a course for Niku Island. "Well if you aren't going to open it, I will."
Sanji stepped in closer and quickly flicked his used cigarette butt away. Crouching down he too heard the muffled sounds that were coming from the oversized basket.
"There's a note attached." Usopp mentioned as Sanji opened the basket and found something that he wasn't expecting.
"What is it? What is it?" Luffy cried pushing Usopp out of the way incase there was actually meat in the basket.
"AH! It's horrible!" Usopp screamed and drew back.
Sanji just gaped in shock at bundle inside the basket. Nothing could ever have prepared the crew of the Going Merry for what they found.
Inside the basket, that coupled as a crib was a small baby looking up at them with a joyful smile on its face.
"What the hell is that?" Zoro asked as he looked at the child with the large black pooling eyes. As Zoro made eye contact with the nearly bald tot the baby began to squeal happily and reach out for the green haired man.
"What… what… does it want?" Zoro asked looking frightened of the child.
"Sanji?" Usopp looked at the still frozen cook. "Um… Sanji. Who is that?" His long nosed crewmate asked pointing at the baby. Sanji blinked once… twice… but the baby was still there. Snatching the note that accompanied the child in the basket he opened it as he stuffed another cigarette in his mouth.
It was looking like one of those days already, he thought as he exhaled the smoke. Another cigarette was gone in seconds, as Sanji looked down at the scribbles on the paper.
"Sanji Dear" The note began. The image of her hanging on him made the cook cringe. What was he thinking when he first met that woman? She was nothing compared to his Nami-san… Wait… Nami-san! She was still mad at him.
'What am I going to do?' He asked himself, but then was brought back to the present as the baby started to cry.
"Usopp, what did you do?" Sanji yelled as he saw Usopp making faces at the fussing child.
"What?" Usopp asked as he looked up at Sanji, his face still contorted with a horrifying expression. "I was trying to play with him."
"You're scaring it instead you baka." Zoro muttered holding his hands over his ears due to the loud screeches the baby let out. "Knock it off!"
"I know what the baby wants." Luffy said as he came running back towards the group of befuddled men. No one had noticed the captain's brief departure, but Sanji should have seen it coming.
"NO! You cannot feed a baby its age that!" Sanji said pulling the baby out of the basket quickly and away from the man with the straw hat and a handful of meat.
"Why? It makes me feel good after eating a good piece of meat." Luffy scratched his head again after downing the chunk of meat.
"You just can't!" Sanji ended up yelling at them, which only made the baby in Sanji's arm cry louder.
"How do you shut it off?" Usopp questioned as he came up behind Sanji's back and tried to poke the baby that was now not only crying, but kicking and thrashing as well.
"I don't know." Sanji said as he tried to recall any memory of a mother and what she would do in this situation.
He and the others tried to calm the child, but were not successful… unless one was counting the ability to spook the child more.
From inside the ship, Nami was trying to concentrate. But she wasn't getting very far, and now she had enough of all the yelling outside. She was inside the steering room and could only imagine the men being idiots and causing the great ruckus on deck.
'What are those idiots doing now?' She asked as she crumpled one of her map papers. 'Don't they realize I need quiet when I figure out detailed calculations like these?' her eyes gleamed as she balled her fist and prepared to let them all have it.
Throwing open the door, she stormed out and went up the stairs to where the men had congressed. She didn't know what the cause of all this noise was, but it was giving her a headache.
"Don't you guys ever be quiet? I need quiet so I can plot us through these dangerous currents!" She said putting her hands on her hips.
The faces of four helpless males turned at the sound of her voice.
"Yo Nami!" Luffy smiled like there was never a problem in the world.
"Oh thank heaven! Nami-san!" Sanji said helplessly trying to keep a firm, yet gentle grip on the baby in his arms.
"You've gotta help us!" Usopp cried as he also put his hands to his ears.
"Ya! Make it stop!" Zoro added looking at Nami like she should know what she was doing when it came to situations like these.
"Where did that come from? Who's is it? Why is it on board?" She questioned the still dumbfounded crew. But no one said anything. Sanji looked at her with puppy dog eyes pleading for her help.
"How am I supposed to know what to do with a baby?" She asked as suddenly the baby found it's way to her arms instead.
"You're a woman- they're suppose to know these things… instinct or something…" Zoro muttered as he quickly got up and went to the farthest place away from the baby on the ship to try and drown out the sound.
"Thank you Nami-san!" Sanji smiled as he picked up the basket that Luffy was once again poking at. "Give me that!"
"Na?"
As Sanji scanned the other contents of the basket he remembered the note. Looking over to a still confused Nami, he was assured that the baby was in good hands as she finally broke down and began to rock the little guy in her arms.
"What does it say?" Luffy asked as he watched Sanji read the note.
--
'Sanji dear.
I'm so glad we ran into each other once again. And I'm so happy you were able to bring little Yukio to his relatives on Niku Island. He's been so looking forward to seeing his daddy for the first time. I'm glad you could be a part of his life.
All my Love
Mondai.'
--
Sanji almost choked on those words, he had to read it over and over. 'His daddy…part of his life…' That was it- he needed another cigarette, but to his horror he found his coat pocket empty… 'No- not now…why of all times now?' He thought to himself as he checked each pocket. This had never happened before- ever.
It was then he noticed that the baby was not crying as loudly as before. Turning around he saw a sight that made his heart thump faster.
On the steps leading down towards the front of the ship the red haired navigator sat with the child resting up against her shoulder. Her hand petted the baby's back as she swayed a little. Behind her was Luffy, making funny faces at the baby. This time the faces were amusing to the child, and not a frightening thing like Usopp's attempts earlier.
"Yo Sanji! It stopped!" Luffy called triumphantly.
From the front of the ship grumbling could be heard. Nami and the rest took that as a 'thank you' from the normally quiet swordsman. Usopp too was grateful that the high-pitched screams had stopped.
No one on the ship spoke for a time. The only sounds were that of the ocean's waves sloshing up against the ship and the breeze as it filled their sails.
"Is someone going to explain any of this?" Nami's voice was low, as to not upset the baby that had now decided it wanted a nap. Turning, she glared at Sanji as he tried to look innocent. But the sight of Nami being so… so… motherly made his eyes go heart shaped.
"Ya, what's going on?" Usopp chimed in. "What did the note say?"
"His name… his name is Yukio." Sanji said simply returning to his search for a cigarette.
"And?" Nami demanded.
"We only need to take him to Niku Island." Sanji added, almost pleading that they'd help him with this responsibility.
"What? Can't we just bring it back to it's mother?" Usopp questioned, his ears still ringing from the first incident. He wasn't the only one who posed objections to their newest temporary crewmember.
"What if it goes off again?" Zoro added into the conversation from his spot near the front of the ship.
"Nami knows what to do!" Luffy chimed in happily.
"What? Who said I know anything about kids?" Nami quickly interjected. "I don't know the first things about children! No way!"
"With this wind, wouldn't it be hard to turn around?" Usopp asked looking up at the sails and then back in the direction they had come. The tiny island port they had stopped at was no longer even in sight. The wind and currents were taking them along nicely. And to only add to her headache Nami knew it was nearly impossible.
"I never said anything about turning around- I just…I just don't know how to handle kids." She said in a rather unusual tone. Nami hardly ever quietly stated anything especially if it was something she didn't want to do.
"So who's kid is it?" Usopp inquired sticking his nose back up near the baby giving it a poke before Nami could stop him. This of course instantly startled the little Yukio and woke him up.
"Damn it Usopp!" Nami yelled as she held the baby in one arm and hit the man in the head. "Don't do that! He was sleeping!" She fumed as she continued to rock the baby.
"So what do we do?" Luffy asked blinking dumbly. His large eyes looked void of all thought at the moment.
"I don't know but I have coarse bearings to plot right now. I can't be expected to look after some tacky dressing woman's fatherless kid." Nami grumbled remembering the woman's insults of earlier.
"Well according to his he's not really fatherless." Usopp stated as he read the note over Sanji's back with out the cook knowing it.
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A/n: Hopefully I kept them, for the most part in character… it's kind of hard to write Luffy ^_^; I luv that guy- but seriously… you never know what he's going to do… Anyway drop me a note on what you think-
I'll see you next time!
Ja Ne.