Chapter Two: Stay With Us

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"W-WHAT!!" bellowed Usopp, Franky, and Zoro.

"L-LUFFY!?" shouted Usopp.

"Y-You and Strawhat were..!!" Franky exclaimed. "I..I had no idea!!"

"You mean THAT Luffy!?" yelled Zoro, pointing to his captain, who was staring at Nami, mouth agape.

"Uhhhhh..." Sanji muttered as he lay on his back, his soul leaving his body.

"Then the reason you weren't feeling well.." said Robin.

"I-It was morning sickness.." Chopper said hesitantly.

"But LUFFY!?" exclaimed Zoro.

Nami sighed heavily. She had known this wasn't going to be easy.

"My kid.." Luffy said slowly.

"..Luffy.." Sanji mumbled. "..Nami-san..with Luffy.."

"H-How long until it's born??" asked Usopp.

"I-It should be about s-six months.." Chopper replied.

Luffy lowered his head and started shaking. "..My kid.." he said again.

"You really slept with Luffy!?" shouted Zoro.

"Hey! That's rude!" exclaimed Franky.

Nami slapped her forehead and growled.

"But how could anyone sleep with Luffy!?" yelled Zoro.

"W-What's wrong with Luffy!?" defended Usopp.

"He's an idiot!" bellowed Zoro.

"What does that have to do with anything!?" shouted Franky. "If they're in love, nothing else matters!"

"You really believe Luffy could fall in love with someone!?" exclaimed Zoro. "Has that blue hair stained your brain!?"

"What was that!?" Franky howled. "Don't bring the hair into this! You're obviously too obsessed with those swords of yours to be able to understand human emotions!"

"You want to fight, bastard!?" Zoro roared, unsheating two of his swords.

"Fine with me!" Franky thundered, taking the fake skin off his metal hand.

"What just happened!?" exclaimed Usopp. "Why are you fighting!?"

Ignoring the others, Robin turned to Nami.

"What do you plan to do?" she asked.

"Well.." Nami began, "..I've been thinking that once we get to East Blue I'll-"

Luffy suddenly burst out laughing. "I HAVE A KID!!" he exclaimed, jumping into the air ecstatically. "Everyone!! I have a kid!!"

He leapt over to Nami.

"Nami!!" he shouted excitedly. "Is it a boy or a girl!? When can I see it!?"

"Uh..Uh.." Nami said, startled.

"It's here, right!?" Luffy shouted, squatting down to the level of her lower stomach.

Zoro swung his sword down at Franky, who dodged to the side.

"W-Watch where you're swinging that!" exclaimed Usopp, trying to get out of their way.

Franky threw a punch at Zoro's head.

"Your heart is as cold as your swords!!" the cyborg yelled. "You understand nothing about the feelings of others!"

Zoro ducked and lunged forward toward Franky.

"What was that!?"

Usopp jumped back to avoid being sandwiched and unintentionally stepped on Sanji's groin.

"AHHH!! SANJI!!" Usopp cried. "I'M SORRY!!"

Sanji started to cry.

"..Why..Nami-san.." he whimpered. "..First you crush my love..now you crush my manhood.."

"I want to see him now!" Luffy exclaimed cheerfully, latching onto Nami's lower back and rubbing his cheek against her stomach.

"LUFFY!" Nami yelled, grabbing his head and trying to push him off her. "Idiot! Stop that!!"

"I've seen the way you hold those swords when you sleep!" Franky shouted, hopping to the side to avoid being stabbed. "Those things are like your lovers, aren't they!?"

"Shut the hell up!!" Zoro roared, blocking Franky's steel fist. "I'll kill you!"

Zoro sliced through the air at Franky and nearly cut Chopper in the process.

"THAT'S DANGEROUS!!" Chopper shouted, running to the side and grabbing his hat.

"..AHHH!!" the reindeer screamed as his hooves ran over torn fabric. "ZORO!! YOU CUT MY HAT OPEN!!"

"SANJI!! I'M SORRY!!" Usopp bellowed. "Did I squish them!?"

"..Nami-san..it hurts.." the cook sobbed.

"Let go!" Nami snapped, pounding Luffy's head as he continued to bond with his unborn child.

"What should we name him!?" he exclaimed, still rubbing his head against her stomach. "And when can he eat!?"

"Have you ever felt affection towards anyone before in your life!?" Franky hollered as he parried one of Zoro's swords.

"That's none of your business!!" Zoro shouted while diving out of the way of another one of Franky's destructive punches.

"ZORO!!" Chopper howled as he jumped onto Zoro's neck and started bonking his head. "YOU CUT MY HAT!!"

"Sanji, you should have Chopper take a look at them!" Usopp yelled frantically, leaning over Sanji who still lay on his back, unmoving.

"..Nami-san...why..." cried the disheartened chef.

Robin, deciding it was best to wait until the chaos died down, headed back to the dining room.

"HAHAHAHA!! MY KID!!"

"Luffy, you idiot! Get off of me!"

"You need some emotions beat into you, sash man!"

"I'll kill you, bastard!"

"ZORO!! FIX MY HAT!!"

"SANJI!! THEY'RE STARTING TO BLEED!!"

"..Nami-san...why..."

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Thirty Minutes Later

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Seven of the eight Strawhats sat out on deck while Sanji lay in the medical room.

They were all gathered around Nami, who sat on a bench, sewing together Chopper's hat.

Robin sat next to Nami, patiently waiting for her to begin.

Luffy sat on the grass while Chopper examined his head, which had suffered a number of injuries from Nami's fist.

Usopp sat next to Luffy, making worried glances at the medical room.

Franky and Zoro were glaring at each other.

Nami took a deep breath.

"..I'm planning.." she finally said, "..to stay at my hometown, Kokoyashi village, for the next few years."

"...That makes sense." said Franky. "You can't raise a baby on a pirate ship.."

"What??" said Luffy. "Why not??"

"It's obviously too dangerous!" exclaimed Usopp. "If we get attacked by marines or pirates, he could be killed!"

"We'll just protect him then!" declared Luffy.

"The Grand Line is too dangerous for a baby." said Nami.

Luffy stared at her for a moment.

"Then we won't go to the Grand Line." he said simply.

"W-What!?" shouted Nami. "You can't stay here just for me!"

Luffy looked at her strangely. "But we can't go anywhere without a navigator."

Everyone suddenly realized what he just said.

"T-That's..That's true.." said Franky.

"We really can't go anywhere without Nami.." said Usopp.

"Nami should stay with us!" exclaimed Chopper.

"Ofcourse she should!" yelled Luffy.

"I'm actually not against the idea." said Zoro. "We've done everything we set out to do in the Grand Line. And we don't have to worry about the marines anymore. Plus, there's no one stronger than us in the whole world. There are three other seas none of us have been to, so I don't see any problem here."

"Y-You're not serious..?" said Nami.

"Now that you mention it...Zoro has a point.." remarked Usopp. "As long as we stay out of the Grand Line, there aren't that many dangers we have to face.."

"That means Nami can stay with us!!" shouted Chopper gleefully.

Nami stared at her crew with wide eyes. "W-Wait, everyone..! You can't do all that just for my sake!"

"Why not?" asked Robin.

"Why should we have to separate ourselves from a crew mate when there's no good reason for doing so?" asked Zoro.

"Y-You guys..!" Nami exclaimed.

"Hehehe!" Luffy laughed. "Then it's decided! Nami stays with us!"

"YES!!" Chopper shouted.

"This is great!" exclaimed Usopp.

"Damn right!!" yelled Franky.

"Hehehe." Robin chuckled.

Nami gawked at everyone.

A few seconds passed.

"You..You guys.."

She started to cry.

Luffy looked at her surprised. "Eh?? Nami??"

Nami put her face in her hands.

"G-Guys.." she said, "...Thank you.."

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It was decided that Nami would stay in Kokoyashi village for half a year until the baby was born. During that time, the crew would use her island like a base. After she gave birth, she would rejoin the crew with the baby.

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Later that day

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Zoro was in a particularly good mood as he sat against the side of the dining room cabin.

Since the time he defeated Mihawk, he had felt like a huge burden had been lifted from him.

He looked forward to returning to Koshiro's Dojo. There, he could finally stand over Kuina's grave and tell her that he had fulfilled his promise to her.

All was finally well in his life.

He noticed Chopper walk out of the medical room, where Sanji was being tended to.

It was then that Zoro realized there was still one obstacle in the way of his good mood.

He stood up, yawned, then walked into the medical room.

Sanji was lying on a bed on his back, staring up at the ceiling through half-lidded eyes.

"What do you want?" he asked the swordsman gloomily.

Zoro sighed and crossed his arms.

"The crew decided that I should be the one to tell you." he said, a grim tone in his voice.

"What." said Sanji, feeling like nothing could possibly make his life any worse.

"They were utterly destroyed."

Sanji looked at him and his eyes widened.

"I'll tell you straight out." the swordsman informed him.

"You will never be able to have children."

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Nami was lying on a couch in the aquarium, smiling while she rubbed her stomach.

Robin was up on deck, playing cards with Franky and Usopp.

Chopper was heading to the dining room to get a snack.

Luffy was in his cabin, drawing up plans for the adventures he would go on with his son or daughter.

Everyone was in a good mood.

Everyone except...

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

"What!? What!?" exclaimed Nami as she jumped off the couch.

"HUH!?" shouted Franky as he threw his royal flush into Robin's face out of surprise.

"Eh!?" hollered Chopper, falling on the ground. "S-Sanji!?"

"AHHH!!" yelled Luffy as he broke his pencil on his latest "plans," ripping the paper apart.

Within seconds, Nami, Robin, Franky, Usopp, Chopper, and Luffy were all on deck, rushing to the medical room.

They saw Zoro casually walk out of it.

"What happened!?" shouted Usopp.

Zoro yawned. "I don't know. The guy just suddenly started yelling. He must have finally lost it."

As the other six Strawhats ran into the medical room, Zoro lazily returned to his spot in the shade of the dining room cabin.

His perfect world now complete, he sat down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

The crew entered the medical room to find Sanji on his hands and knees, bawling.

"Sanji-kun! What's wrong!?" shouted Nami.

"What happened!?" bellowed Usopp.

"My plans.." whined Luffy, holding the two ripped pieces of paper he had been scribbling on.

"Leave me alone..!!" Sanji sobbed. "I've lost everything now!! My life no longer has a purpose!"

"What happened!?" yelled chopper.

"Just tell us what's going on!" exclaimed Franky.

"Forget it!!" Sanji bawled, standing up and running out of the room. "..Just leave me to wallow in my endless misery!!"

"What's wrong with him??" asked Franky.

"He must be having a really hard time.." said Robin.

"My plans.." Luffy pouted.

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Sanji spent the next few days in the men's sleeping quarters.

He refused to tell anyone what was wrong, so no one could help him.

In exchange for payment, Nami agreed to make the meals until Sanji felt better.

The crew anxiously awaited their arrival into East Blue.