Wow! Just one day on the internet and I had reviews! This is better than expected. Little warning about this next fictet, it is not as comedic as the first one. This is a Sick!Luffy x Super fluff Nakamaship, although, there is implied LuNa, if you turn your head and squint.

Please be gentle.

Title: A Nervous Navigator and her Sick Captain

Summary: Luffy manages to catch a virus on the day of a terrible storm. His comrades are attempting to stay by his side, while trying to protect the ship.

[P.S. Time line is after Robin joins the crew, so no Franky or Brooks]

Nine in the morning was always quiet on the Merry-go. Most were still in bed around this time. Only Nami, the ship's navigator, and Sanji, the chef, were up doing their daily tasks.

For Nami, this day was like every other day on the Grand Line. The log post still pointed ahead, the seas were calm and blue. And extremely empty.

Nami found herself wishing for land, supplies were running low (especially her coffee).

Waiting in the navigational room wasn't going to change anything, she decided to head downstairs for a cup of her morning brew.

Down in the kitchen, Sanji had been noticing some peculiarities about his morning routine. There was no resetting the human-mouse trap in front of the fridge, there wasn't any grumbling to be made about lost food. Everything had been left in perfect order.

Just as he was about to be lost in his thoughts, he heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

"Nami-swan, here is your coffee!" The chef did a plié with her coffee mug in hand.

While giving him a bemused look, she thanked him.

"Breakfast is almost ready, do you mind waking up Ms. Robin and the others?"

"Sure, Sanji-kun" Nami left the galley and went to the barracks first.

"Oi, Lazy-asses, breakfast is ready!" The only way to wake up boys is to be vicious and to the point apparently, being polite never worked. Nami rapt on the door several times; listened to the moaning and groaning in the other room, before leaving to wake up Robin.

First one out of the barracks was Zoro, followed by Ussop and Chopper. Each waited several minutes for their captain to come out. By the time Robin and Nami were out on the deck, the boys became worried.

"Guys, where is Luffy?" none of the others knew.

Ussop spoke up, "I heard him wake up earlier, but he didn't come back to the room." Chopper also recalled Luffy getting out of his cot very early. To be honest, the reindeer found it hard to believe the captain could remain silent for the whole morning.

"I'll go look for our stupid captain, everyone else go to breakfast. Curly-brow would be pissed if the food got cold." Despite Zoro's cool exterior, he was becoming worried as hell. Last night, Luffy had been acting odd; he only had one plate for dinner, and stayed out of the night's festivities.

The others left for the kitchen, before Sanji killed them for wasting food.

"I'll go with you~" Nami hopped into step with Zoro.

"Whatever—" with a visible eye roll, he kept walking. Meanwhile, Robin with her growing concern used her Hana-hana-no- mi to locate her captain. He had passed out in the crow's nest; he did not look well at all. If she tried to use her powers to get him out of there, he would just fall.

"Zoro, Nami! He's up in the crow's nest!" Sighing, Zoro climbed up the ladder, 'this is way too early in the morning, dammit!'

Upon reaching the basket, he had confirmed something was wrong with his captain. He was too pale, Zoro shook the teen's shoulder. It was too warm…

"Oi. Luffy. Luffy! Wake up you idiot!" Luffy didn't respond, as far as the swordsman could tell, the captain was breathing, though a little harshly.

Hearing Zoro panic, Nami rushed up the rope ladder. "Zoro, what's wrong."

It was odd to see Luffy so weak, so it was easy to say they were both shell-shocked.

"Everything."

Eventually, Luffy came to, wincing as the bright sun burned his eyes. He began light struggling against the swordsman's grasp. Nami held Luffy's face, for some reason he relaxed slightly. She gasped at the heat coming off him. "Luffy…"

"Stop moving, you're sick, you idiot." He stated calmly. Holding Luffy up when a wave of vertigo came crashing down. Luffy didn't respond, his eyes rolled in to the back of his head, and he collapsed. Zoro and Nami both caught the captain before he tipped over the basket.

"Nami, get Chopper. I'll drop the idiot captain in the infirmary." Zoro, still holding on to Luffy, shifted him so he was being carried piggy-back.

Nami only said "Don't drop him." Before rushing inside

Now that Nami and Robin rushed inside to get Chopper, Zoro finally acknowledged his worry. "This is so wrong." Feeling the hot breath burn his shoulder, Luffy's sweat made Zoro's shirt stick to his back. If Zoro's words meant something to some higher being, he prayed that his nakama would get better.

~NR~

"Oh no…" Nami held her head tightly, air pressure was dropping rapidly; it was a cyclone. Why now?

"Chopper, Zoro needs your help in infirmary. Everybody else a cyclone is coming, get your asses on deck NOW!" Nami now had a new reason to wish for land. Despite the chaos that ensued, Nami managed to bark out orders quickly and effectively, she stationed herself at the helm, steering the ship into safer waters.

The rest of the crew felt the wind picking up as waves started rocking the ship. The already wrecked mast creaked and groaned from stress. Ussop moved quickly to stabilize it. Then the rain started, beginning as a trickle turning into a mass downpour. Sanji ran about, raising the sails and manning the rudder. Robin secured as much as she could to the deck, arms sprouted from posts, rails, and flooring gripped onto anything within its reach. She rushed inside to avoid being swept out to sea.

In the infirmary, Chopper saw pure anxiety in Zoro's eyes. Luffy was shaking in the midst of a pain attack. It was obvious he was biting back a scream. His eyes rolled around in his head, in the heart of a nightmare

"Help him up, Zoro!" Chopper morphed into his man form in order to help the frazzled swordsman.

"How long?"

"'Bout a minute" his voice was high and tense.

Chopper began his examination of the patient. Visually, Luffy was so pale he was yellow-blue, unlike his usual tan. He is showing signs on anemia, shortness of breath, pain, delirum. This is a text book case of Malaria.

*Slight flash back to Luffy slapping his arm back at the uninhabited Jungle island a week ago*

"I need to check his temperature." If his guestimate was right, Luffy has been feeling sick a longer time than he was letting on; that made Chopper mad. Mad at Luffy for not trusting him to not come to him for treatment earlier. And mad at himself for not noticing his captain was suffering.

"43⁰C, last time I checked that is way too high. Zoro, please get an ice bath ready." In the meantime, Chopper first priority was to get Luffy hydrated. 'Dumbass captain.' Once that was done, Chopper loaded a syringe with Chloriquine. He honestly thought he would never have to use this medicine ever, it is apparently good to be over prepared.

'That should help.' "Zoro, is that bath ready yet?" Zoro came out of the bathroom dripping wet and shivering, "Yes, doctor."

Frowning and blushing at the name, the reindeer loaded Luffy into his arms and went to the bathroom.

As Luffy stopped moaning, the boat started to balance out. The storm had passed.

~Later~

"He is still not out of the woods yet." Chopper said as the Ice bath had melted into lukewarm water. "He'll need a lot of rest; I think it would be best if we got to an island soon." Nami had run from the helm sopping wet to see if her captain had made it through the storm. Ussop had come in with another broken nose. How? No one will ever know.

"Sensei, Is he okay!" To her surprise, everyone decided to join her. Sanji had burst into the room shirt torn, and slightly bruised from passing debris.

"Luffy will be fine. As long he gets his rest, and if that means strap him to the bed, so be it." Robin and Nami blushed at the implications.

"Understood." Shouted the crew, happy to still have their captain.

~Two days Later~

"Land-HO!" Sanji cried from the crow's nest. Luffy was somewhat up and about, due to Chopper firm convictions as a doctor, some of the practices of the Doctorine were revived. For now, it was strict bed rest.

And for the last two days Nami had gone without coffee, Zoro without sake, Sanji without cigarettes. It was about due time for a good supply run.

Did I mention there's this quaint little bar run by this kind old man…?

Fin