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Franky fell off the barrel he had been sitting on.
Usopp and Chopper dropped their mugs.
Sanji dropped his jaw.
Nami spit her drink out.
"WHAT!?" shouted Franky, Usopp, Chopper, and Sanji.
"T-The one he loved was..!!" Franky exclaimed.
"He was talking about Nami!?" shouted Usopp.
"LUFFY!!" Sanji roared, grabbing his captain by the shirt and shaking him. "How dare you say that to Nami-san! She will never love you! And I love her ten thousand times more than you ever could!"
"OW!!" Luffy yelled.
"Sanji, what are you doing!?" hollered Chopper. "You're going to cause his wound to open up!"
"He just confessed to her...Right in front of us..!!" exclaimed Franky. "He..He's a real man!!"
"No, I don't think that's it.." said Usopp.
"O-OWWW!!" Luffy shouted again as Sanji continued to shake him. "What are you mad about!? You told me to say it!!"
"I didn't tell you to say it to Nami-san!!" the cook thundered.
"Stop shaking him!!" screamed Chopper, turning into his human form and grabbing Sanji.
"So all this time..He's been in love with nee-chan..??" asked Franky, struggling to grasp the concept.
"He never showed even the slightest hint of it..!" exclaimed Usopp.
Zoro, who was remaining silent, looked over at Nami.
She was backed up on her hands, a look of complete shock on her face.
She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
Luffy was in love with her!?
Since when!?
She sat up, brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes, and attempted to compose herself.
T-There was nothing to be surprised about!
Of course Luffy was in love with her.
Why wouldn't he be?
She was the first female aboard his crew, she was incredibly cute, and they were around each other all the time.
Obviously, he had been overwhelmed by her charm.
She closed her eyes, cleared her face of all emotion, and slowly stood up.
"Damn shitty gomu!" Sanji was yelling at Luffy as Chopper held him back in an arm lock.
"What did I do!?" shouted Luffy.
"S-So, what's going to happen next..?" asked Franky.
Usopp gulped. "I..I don't know.."
"Heh!" Nami suddenly exclaimed, gaining everyone's attention.
"Luffy," she began, tossing a strand of hair behind her ear and smiling, "you have good tastes."
The crew stared at her.
She sighed. "Ah..It's not easy being this cute..I guess men are just helpless when confronted with a beauty such as mine..I suppose it was inevitable that you'd eventually fall victim as well.."
Luffy tilted his head in confusion.
She continued, "..but now that it has happened, it can't be helped, so.." she covered her eyes with her hand and looked away. "..if it makes you feel better, you can just bring me lots and lots of treasures from now on..!"
Usopp, Franky, Chopper, and Zoro all gaped at her.
"That woman.." said Zoro.
"S-She doesn't care.." said Franky.
"Luffy's confession meant nothing to her.." said Usopp.
"Eh!?" shouted Chopper. "You mean she doesn't care that he loves her!?"
"I'll bring you lots and lots of treasures as well!!" exclaimed Sanji.
Luffy, having no idea what she was talking about, frowned and tilted his head in the other direction.
"Now then!" she exclaimed, taking her hand away from her face and grinning broadly, "The night has only begun! What are you guys all standing around for! We're supposed to be celebrating, right?"
"Ah!! That's right!!" shouted Luffy, forgetting his confusion. "SANJI! FOOD!!"
"I already told you, I'm not making anymore!"
"EH!? WHAT!?"
"Don't you listen!?"
"But how can we celebrate without food!?"
"Find a way!"
Nami sat back down next to Robin, who had been silently watching her. "Sanji-kun, could I have another glass of wine?"
"Of course!!"
Franky, Usopp, Chopper, and Zoro watched in slight astonishment as the subject they had been so vigorously discussing mere moments before was now completely changed.
"I guess..Luffy doesn't care.." said Usopp.
"How could he not care!?" exclaimed Franky. "Love isn't something that can so easily be forgotten! He must be masking his feelings!"
"I don't think Luffy's capable of that." said Usopp.
"That woman.." Zoro said again, cringing. "..she'll probably try to use him now.."
"He must be heart broken.." Franky said, sniffling. "..We should try to cheer him up later.."
"He looks pretty cheerful to me." remarked Usopp, watching Luffy shout at Sanji to make him food.
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Once Nami went to her room, Usopp, Franky, Chopper, and Zoro all gathered around Luffy.
"Are you alright, Luffy!?" shouted Chopper.
"Strawhat!!" Franky exclaimed, crying. "You must be so sad!!"
"You should just forget that wench." said Zoro.
"Eh?? What are you guys talking about??" asked Luffy, looking back and forth between his four crew mates.
"There's no need to hide it any longer!" sobbed Franky. "We know your sadness! You can cry now! It's alright!"
"Yeah!" yelled Chopper. "You can cry!!"
"Eh?? Eh??" Luffy had no idea what was going on. "Why should I cry??"
"You idiots!" shouted Zoro. "A man doesn't cry just because a woman turned him down!"
"Are you really alright?" asked Usopp, eyeing Luffy.
"Like I said!!" Luffy shouted. "What are you talking about!?"
"Nami rejected you!" Usopp exclaimed.
"What?" Luffy asked, confused.
"That means she doesn't love you!" Usopp elaborated.
"Oh, that's fine." said Luffy.
"IT'S FINE!?" bellowed Franky. "What about your feelings!? You love her, don't you!?"
"Yeah."
"Then don't you want her to love you!?"
"I never thought about it."
"How can you have never thought about it!?"
"I told you he was alright." said Usopp.
"I won't believe it!" Franky shouted.
"Just pipe down already." said Zoro. "Hey, Luffy, you should just forget about her. She'll only try to use you like that cook."
"You're insensitive!" yelled Franky. "There's no way he can just forget about the woman he loves!"
"How can he forget about Nami when she's a part of his crew?" asked Usopp.
"That's not what I meant." said Zoro. "I'm saying there's no point in loving some one like that. She's got good looks, but she's the devil. The only thing she could ever care about is money."
"I-Isn't that a little harsh?" asked Franky.
"There's no mistake about it." said Zoro.
Usopp looked at Luffy, who was clearly oblivious to what his crewmates were trying to tell him. "Hey, Luffy, what made you fall for Nami in the first place?"
Luffy paused for a moment.
"I don't know."
"That's often how it works." said Franky, closing his eyes and nodding. "Love doesn't need a reason to exist."
"Why are you talking like you know so much about it?" asked Zoro.
"Everyone knows about love!" Franky exclaimed. "It's a beautiful thing we all have the potential for!!"
"Well if we all have the potential for it," Zoro began, "then it's all of our jobs to help Luffy when he falls in love with the wrong person."
"WHAT!?" Franky hollered. "How could you say something so terrible!? As if there's such a thing as falling in love with the wrong person!"
"That orange haired devil is clearly the wrong person." Zoro insisted.
"And you've clearly never been in love before!" Franky shouted.
"Anyway!" Zoro growled, "Luffy, why don't you just forget about Nami and fall in love with someone else."
Luffy put his hand on his chin and stared at the ground for a few seconds.
"Hmm...Nope, can't do it." he declared.
"Well of course you can't!" exclaimed Franky.
"You didn't try hard enough." said Zoro.
"It doesn't matter how hard he tries!" Franky bellowed.
"This is boring. I'm going to sleep." Luffy announced.
The captain trotted off to the men's sleeping quarters.
"No matter how you look at it, he seems completely fine." said Usopp.
"He just needs some sleep to get over that woman." Zoro declared.
"Both of you don't understand anything!" shouted Franky.
"Isn't Luffy sad?" Chopper asked, confused.
"That's right!" Franky exclaimed. "At least one of you understands!"
Zoro sighed. "Just what is the good in getting all hyped up like this? You aren't helping Luffy by crying and yelling."
"AH!! THAT'S IT!!" shouted Franky. "We need to help Strawhat! We were the ones who convinced him to confess his feelings to nee-chan! We told him it would all work out! It's our responsibility to try to get them together now!"
"Eh?? REALLY!?" Chopper yelled.
"It WAS us who insisted that he tell her.." muttered Usopp.
"No way!" Zoro shouted. "First of all, he should just get over her! And secondly, there's no way in hell I'm playing matchmaker!"
"If I'm not mistaken," began Franky, "it was you who started this whole thing by asking Strawhat if he had ever been in love! And then you supported him along with all of us in confessing to her! So are you saying that you're just going to back off and leave him to suffer since things didn't go right!? Are you going to take no responsibility at all and just act like you had no part in this!? Don't you think you owe it to him to at least attempt to make things work!? Or are you the kind of man that only helps his friends when it's convenient for him!?"
"T-That's right!" exclaimed Usopp. "We owe it to Luffy! Not just for this time, but for all the times he's been there for us! Didn't he almost get killed today protecting us from one of the 'Four Emperors'!? Hasn't he always fought for us, no matter how dangerous or difficult it was!?"
"He has!! HE HAS!!" Chopper shouted.
"Luffy's never asked us for anything!" Usopp continued. "So if he's in love and the person he's in love with is right here, can we really sit back and do nothing!? And on the same day that he nearly died to save all of our lives!?"
"We can't!!" exclaimed Chopper. "We have to help him!!"
"That's right!!" yelled Franky.
All three of them turned to look at Zoro, expectantly.
"Eh..well..I..." Zoro grit his teeth. "...F-Fine! I'll help you!"
"SUPER!!" bellowed Franky.
"So what are we going to do?" asked Usopp.
Franky composed himself. "Well, we need to make nee-chan fall in love with Strawhat."
"How do we do that?" Usopp questioned.
"I already told you guys, that woman is incapable of love." said Zoro. "It's impossible."
"It's not impossible!" Franky declared. "There is no such thing as a person incapable of love! She just has to look into her heart and then her feelings will bloom!"
"That's also impossible." said Zoro. "She doesn't have a heart."
"Will you stop being so negative!?" shouted Franky. "Listen! We have to get Strawhat to be more forward with his feelings! Then we'll create the right atmosphere between the two! And then love will inevitably bloom!"
"Hmm..But getting Luffy to do anything he doesn't want to do can be really difficult.." said Usopp.
"Maybe that's true under normal conditions," said Franky, "but he's in love! I'm sure if we do things right, this will all work out!"
"Then what exactly are we going to do?" asked Zoro.
"Well, we'll need to try a number of things." Franky continued. "For starters, let's try to get the two of them alone together tomorrow morning. It's possible that nee-chan just needs to be alone with Strawhat in order for her feelings to awaken."
"But we're not going to reach land for another few days." said Usopp. "How is it possible to get two people alone on this ship?"
"Heh! You're insulting my carpentry work." Franky said, smirking. "I built this ship with over ten separate rooms. We just need to get them into one of them. So here's my plan.."
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It took me way longer to finish this chapter then I had expected. This is probably the most difficult fanfic I've ever written.