Chapter 3! Onto the mishaps of the Strawhat Crew!!!

Chapter 3

Luffy was lying on the deck of his ship, watching the clouds go by. He really couldn't believe that he was the Pirate King. The whole world was his now. And yet, something was missing. Ever since that sunset two years ago, he had felt like something was missing. He sighed and sat up. Luffy glanced around the deck for someone to talk to. The only person in sight was the sleeping Zoro. Luffy got up and walked over to him. "Oi, Zoro! Wake up!" he said as he poked him.

Zoro yawned and stretched out his arms. "What is it Luffy?" he asked.

"Can I talk to you about something?" Luffy said.

"Sure." Zoro said. He had a surprised expression on his face. This wasn't something Luffy normally did.

"I have this feeling that won't go away. What do I do about it?" Luffy asked.

Zoro looked a bit confused. "Are you sure you aren't just hungry Luffy?" he replied.

"No! This feeling, it won't go away even when I do eat. It's been there for two years. Ever since we left Phantom Island." Luffy explained.

"Ah, I see." Zoro said with a grin. "Have you ever felt this before Luffy? Like when you are around Nami or Robin?" he asked.

"Huh?" Luffy looked confused. "What does that have to do with anything?"

Zoro just smiled.

"What?" Luffy asked.

"Oh nothing." Zoro said.

"Tell me!" Luffy begged.

"Fine." Zoro said. "There's a time in everyone's life that they find a person that makes them get an odd feeling. And the more time they spend with each other, the closer they get. It's a thing called love. It's when two people want to be more then friends. Luffy, that girl back on Phantom Island, do you feel that way about her?"

"Well...yeah, I guess." he replied.

"Then that's what that feeling is. And I hate to break it to you, but it won't go away until you're with her again." Zoro said.

Luffy thought about this for a minute. "I promised her I would come back for her after I got my dream. Now I guess it's time to carry out that promise." He sat there staring at nothing. After awhile he looked at Zoro, who had almost gone back to sleep, and asked, "Hey Zoro. Have you ever felt that way about a girl?"

Zoro, who was half asleep, answered," Tashi-" Then, realizing what he was saying, jumped up and yelled, "Wait! I didn't...what I meant was...I...umm...no!"

"Whatever!" Luffy said while laughing uncontrollably.

"Hey! That was a dirty trick!!!" Zoro yelled.

"That's that lady swordsman, right?" Luffy asked while still laughing.

"Cut it out!" Zoro yelled as he poked Luffy with the hilt of his katana.

"Okay, okay." he chuckled a bit. "I"m hungry!" he announced. And with that he headed off to the kitchen. He paused and looked back at Zoro who still looked pretty mad. Then he started humming "Zoro and Tashigi sittin in a tree" as he walked off.

"Not funny Luffy!" Zoro yelled after him.

Luffy just laughed. He was still laughing when he entered the kitchen.

"What put you in such a good mood?" Sanji asked as he was chopping vegetables to cook with the fish on the stove.

For an answer Luffy just laughed.

"Hm." Sanji said. "If you're done bothering me, go away and let me cook in peace. Go play with Usopp or something."

"But Sanji, I'm hungry!" Luffy complained, suddenly serious. He was really trying to keep his mind off of what Zoro had said about this thing called love.

"Get out of here Luffy. You just ate an hour ago. You'll have to wait until dinner like everyone else." Sanji said.

"Hmph." Luffy grumbled. Then when Sanji turned his back to dump the vegetables in the fish, Luffy stretched over and grabbed a carrot that Sanji hadn't cut up yet.

"Hey! I saw that! Give that back Luffy!" Sanji called.

"See ya!" Luffy called and dashed out of the kitchen.

"Heh. Same old Luffy." Sanji said with a grin after Luffy had left.

Luffy escaped and ran to his favorite spot, on top of Sunny's head. He stared out at the ocean while he shoved the whole carrot in his mouth. Just after he swallowed it he felt someone grab him from behind and try to throw him over board. He yelled in surprise.

"Why weren't you keeping watch!" Nami yelled. "Now we're off course and I have no idea where we are!"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Luffy yelled. He was barely able to hold on as Nami tried to push him into the ocean.

"You better be!!!" she yelled. "I left you and Zoro over there to look out and I come on deck to find that he's asleep and you were in the kitchen swiping food again!!!"

"I know! I'm sorry! Can you please let me go?! You know I can't swim! Cut it out!!!" he yelled.

Nami released him and then turned away. "Hmph. You better keep watch this time or next time I'll let go. It's important to-"

"Um Nami?" Luffy interupted.

"Not now Luffy. As I was saying it's-" Nami contiued but was once again interupted by Luffy.

"Nami!" he said more urgently this time.

"Not now Luffy!" she said.

"But Nami! It's important!" Luffy said.

"What is it Luffy?" she said with a sigh.

"We're about to-" but he didn't get to finish his sentence. They had been beached. "Umm...land?" Luffy said weakly.

Nami turned around with a look that was the most cruel one Luffy had ever seen.

"Uh oh." Luffy said quietly.

Nami took a step toward him. "Don't even think of trying to run away." she said under her breath.

The calmness of her voice freaked Luffy out. He started to back up but he forgot that he was still on Sunny's head. He fell onto the sandy beach with a thud. He stood up and spit sand out of his mouth and dusted his clothes off.

"Come back here Luffy!!!" Nami yelled from the ship.

Luffy looked at her and then at the mysterious island jungle. He quickly decided to take his chances with the jungle. He began running and didn't stop running until he thought he was safe. He finally looked around at his surrondings and realized he was lost. Still, it was better then taking his chances with Nami. He sat down with a small sigh. Zoro's words about love echoed in his head. No matter what he did, he couldn't help but think that just maybe Zoro was right. Whatever this love thing was, he knew that's what this feeling was. It was time to carry out his promise. There was a slight problem with that though. He was lost in the middle of an unknown jungle and even if he was back on the ship, it was beached. So far, things were not going as planned.

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