23th chapter! I know the idea of Sara joining the crew is weird but don't worry, I have a plan which will be revealed in this chapter :P Poor Sanji, getting his wound inflected :/
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Sara tried to avoid the fact that she didn't like most of the members on board. The skeleton was a pervert, the long-nosed man and the cyborg were not polite enough to help a lady and that swordman was annoying as hell. She only thought that it would be enough for her to spend time with Sanji.
Sara saw the Strawhat's captain sitting on top of the lion's head and she headed to that direction. She tried to gain more courage on her way there and feel more confident about herself. She was repeating to herself something like "I am totally worth of being taken into this crew."
She stepped closer to the rubbery man and tapped his shoulder. "Ah, Sara! Do you want to play tag?!" Luffy asked, grinning widely as usual.
"I wanted to ask if I could join your crew," Sara asked directly and Luffy's facial impression changed.
"No way," Luffy said strictly, staring at the young woman seriously.
"What- - " Sara staggered. "Why?" Sara insisted a proper answer. She wasn't going to give up so easily.
"You are not interesting, that's all," Luffy explained but it wasn't enough for Sara.
"But I could be of use!" Sara tried to reason with the idiotic captain."I can cook, I can clean, I can fix your clothes!"
"I am not interested in what you can do!" Luffy hissed. He was getting a little bit annoyed by the stubborn woman. Well, as if he wasn't stubborn himself, too."I never pick my people because of their talents!"
Their conversation had gotten everyone's attention and they were trying to listen to what they were talking about.
"But - - " Sara tried to say something clever but Luffy interrupted her.
"You are our friend and that's fine!" Luffy said and smirked at the woman." But you are not suitable to join a pirate crew!"
Sara didn't know what to say. She had been too sure that the idiotic captain would not refuse her suggestion. She had just wanted to hold onto Sanji and keep sailing with him.
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Everyone tried to act as if nothing had happened between their captain and Sara. Well, Luffy was acting as usual but Sara was acting a little bit gloomy. She gave glares at Luffy and turned her head away as soon as felt someone staring at her. She was acting like an angered school-girl who had been rejected.
She avoided everyone and didn't volunteer to do the kitchen work for Sanji who was still under the effect of anesthetic. She just rushed away whenever someone tried to approach her.
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Franky almost cursed out aloud when he had to fix the infirmary door. The woman had destroyed the hinges pretty well and he had to re-make them fully. The door itself was okay.
"Why are all the women like this..." Franky sighed by himself.
"They are difficult, indeed," Zoro joined Franky and sighed deeply. "Men are much more simple...Women are bothersome..."
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Sanji woke up around the sunset. He was feeling a little dizzy because of the anesthetic and painkillers but he didn't complain. The puncture wound was itching slightly but it was a good sort of itching,telling him that the wound had been cleaned properly.
He tried to get out of the bed but found out soon that his legs couldn't carry him.
Curse my luck...Should I shout for Chopper? No, he would get worried and rush in here as if I was about to die...
He was surprised to see a smiling face on the infirmary door's window and the door opening slowly. "Sanji-kun!" Nami greeted the man."How are you feeling?"
"I am fine thanks, Nami-swan!" Sanji swooned and Nami smiled.
"Would you like to get something to eat? There is some soup left in the fridge," she inquired and Sanji nodded when his stomach grumbled. Nami smirked at him and headed towards the kitchen but Sanji stopped him.
"But I can't possibly expect you to bring it to me!" Sanji said and tried to stand up but couldn't.
"Don't worry about it, Sanji-kun!" Nami reassured the chef."It's not much of a trouble,really! You can barely sit straight!"
Sanji admitted his destiny but then he realised that it was Nami to whom he was talking to."Are you going to ask for money?"
Nami blinked at the guestion."Don't worry! Even though I love money, I can't try to take profit of you when you are injured!"
Sanji smiled at the navigator gently and the woman stepped out of the infirmary to grab the food for their chef.
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"WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY KITCHEN?!" was the first thing everyone heard in the morning. Everyone rushed into the kitchen but the quilty one was trying to hide behind Nami's back.
"Sorry, Sanji-san! I forgot to lock the fridge!" Nami apologiced.
"I won't blame you, my dear Nami-san!" Sanji reassured the woman."But whoever did this is gonna have his guts spilled and I have got a pretty good guess of who it was!"
Sanji gently pulled Nami out of the way and looked at their rubbery captain who tried to act all innocent. "Luffy..." Sanji said in a threatening voice.
"I did nothing really!" Luffy lied. He was a lot worse liar than Usopp.
"Oh! How did the raw meat taste?" Sanji asked and smiled at their captain who was too easy to fool.
"It was DELICIOUS!" Luffy praised and got a kick to his stomach.
"Don't worry, Nami-san! I will make sure this idiot will sit all day catching fish if he has to!" Sanji vowed.
"But we can't leave captain-san close to water without someone watching his back," Robin noted.
"Why is that?" Sara inquired and Usopp put his hands around her in a friendly way.
"Luffy is an idiot. If he sees something interesting in the water, he will jump in and forget he can't swim!" Usopp explained and Sara blinked.
"He can't swim?" Sara asked, dumbfounded."Is he an idiot or something?"
"All the devil fruit user's are hammers," Brook noted and Sara blinked again.
"Does that mean that...I can't swim too?!" Sara panicked. She had never swam but she had always dreamed of swimming into the sunset.
"Of course it includes you too!" Franky stated and Sara's shoulders fell.
"Back to the topic, everyone!" Nami hissed."Who is going to watch after Luffy? No, Chopper and Brook are not allowed since we don't want to end up saving three hammers from the water!"
Sanji poked Zoro's side just slightly but strongly enough for the other man to notice it. "What do you want? Don't tell me you expect me to - - " he asked in a quiet voice.
"- - who else is there?" Sanji asked."Besides, you would only nap all day long!"
"What are you two whispering in there?" Usopp inquired and Sanji kicked Zoro's foot hard.
"Ah! This idiot volunteered to watch after Luffy!" Sanji announced.
"HEY!" Zoro hissed."I said nothing of sort of!"
"Thank you Zoro! We will count on you!" Nami said with a big smile on her face.
"You can't decide for me!" Zoro whined but felt Nami staring at him with the usual, devil look.
"Fine! I will raise your debt a little bit more..." Nami said and smirked wildly.
"FINE! I VOLUNTEER!" Zoro interrupted the woman who smiled like a winner. He turned to leave the kitchen but before he did, he pulled Sanji closer and whispered to his ear."You are gonna pay for this, trust me!"
Sanji smirked and whispered back."I would love to see you try."
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