Luffy was bored. It wasn't unusual, but it was never good. Almost everyone was off-ship except for Usopp, Nami and Sanji. So, he decided to seek out Usopp to find something to do. "Usoooopppp..." He whined, hanging over his friend's shoulder. "I'm bored. Do you have anything for me to do?"

Usopp thought for a moment. He got a smirk as he thought of something.

"Up for a trip to the galley?"

::~~::

Shortly, they were ready. Luffy burst into the galley, demanding meat. Sanji, who was in the middle of cooking dinner, yelled at him, trying to get him out. Meanwhile, unseen, Usopp left a small "present" for Sanji on the counter before making a stealthy escape. Soon after, Sanji managed to kick Luffy out of the galley, yelling at him the whole time. Sanji turned back to his food preparation, hardly paying attention to what he was doing as his hands moved of their own accord, putting in spices, cutting up meat, or putting in vegetables. He paused as his hand brushed an unfamiliar object. He turned to face the intruding object.

He came face to face with a gigantic, hairy spider.

The cook fell backwards as he screamed in fear, whacking his head on the counter and dropping the container of spice he had been holding. He scrambled back as far as he could, holding his arms in front of him to block out the sight of the hated thing on his counter. Tears came unbidden to his eyes as the fear took over. He bit his lip in an effort to avoid screaming again. He realized he was shaking.

"Sanji-kun?"

He vaguely heard that someone was calling his name.

"Sanji-kun, are you okay?"

It was his Nami-san, he realized.

He looked up at her, his fear still evident in his eye.

His voice shook as he asked her one thing.

"G-get rid of it. Please!"

Nami put together her Clima-Tact and poked the spider. It didn't move at all. She picked it up on the end of her Clima-Tact and launched it out of the galley door. "It was just plastic, Sanji-kun."

Sanji just sat on the floor, shaking, with his head in his hands. Nami gave him a gentle hug, motherly instincts kicking in. "Shh." Nami urged him. Sanji gave a shaky laugh. "N-Nami-san is so nice to me."

Slowly but surely, the cook calmed down.

"I'm sorry, Nami-san. I ended up taking a lot of your time." He told her apologetically.

Nami looked at him seriously. "Sanji-kun, I heard you scream. How in the world could I not come running?"

She glanced at the window. "By the way, I know two people who should not get any dinner."

::~~::

As Nami suggested, Luffy and Usopp went without dinner that night.

Later, Sanji was standing on the deck, watching the waves and smoking. Chopper had come back and checked his head where he had banged it, and the little doctor had decided to bandage it up, just in case. Despite having been lost in thought, he noticed Nami coming up behind him. "Yes, Nami-swan? Do you want me to make you something?"

She shook her head. "I was just wondering..." She hesitated.

"Ask away, my darling. I'll tell you anything."

"Why did you have such a bad reaction to the spider? I mean, I don't like them, but I've never seen anyone react quite like that..."

Sanji took a long drag of his cigarette before he answered her.

"I'm actually arachnophobic. Have been for as long as I can remember." He told her bluntly. "Normally, I can control myself if I'm not taken totally by surprise. That one startled me pretty badly, and I lost it."

Nami hesitated before her next sentence. "Maybe you should tell Usopp and Luffy that. I'm sure that if they had known, they wouldn't have pulled that on you."

Sanji sighed. "I suppose I should."

Almost as if summoned, Luffy appeared on deck. He looked like a kicked puppy. Usopp was right behind him.

"We're sorry, Sanji."Luffy said. "We didn't know you hated spiders so much."

Usopp nodded.

Sanji sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"It's partially my fault." The cook admitted. "I should have mentioned that I was arachnophobic before."

Luffy scrunched up his face in confusion. "What's arkanaphoric mean?"

Sanji smiled slightly.

"Arachnophobic, Luffy. It means that I'm really, really afraid of spiders."

"Oh."

Luffy looked sad. Sanji couldn't take it anymore. He walked over to his captain. Usopp hid.

"It's okay."

Luffy brightened.

"But if there's a next time, I am going to kick you back to East Blue."

Luffy laughed. "Don't worry! I won't"

Sanji ruffled the younger boy's hair and headed back to the galley to clean up. If there is a single spider in there... Sanji thought fiercely. I am going to go Diable Jambe on its sorry little face.

::~~::

A/N:

Due to popular request, I'm lengthening this into a series. It's going to be interesting... But there's Sanji.

Oh, Luffy. Your inability to pronounce long words is entertaining to me... xD I wonder how he's going to manage to pronounce his fear... I sure can't. xP

Anyways, Let me know who you want to see next. I'll either write this or work on Workdays next. Also, I do have each of their phobias picked out, but I'm very open to suggestions. :3