Greycie was woken up this morning by falling out of her hammock and crashing to the floor. She grunted and sat up rubbing her forehead which now smarted. She still hadn't opened her eyes so she had no idea what was going on. She heard thunderous footsteps and laughter.
"Luffy you idiot you knocked over Greycie" Nami yelled.

Greycie felt herself being scooped up and pressed against Nami's shoulder.

"You ok Greycie" Nami asked concernedly

"I want to go back to sleep" Greycie grumbled

Nami chuckled and laid her back in the hammock covering her with a blanket she had not seen before. She yawned and laid herself on the couch since it was her turn to take care of Greycie. It seemed she had barely closed her eyes when she heard light footsteps. She jolted off the couch to see Greycie rubbing her eyes. Nami's eyes went wide as she saw Greycie's hair. It was full of knots and Nami couldn't tell where the curls were at.

"Greycie what happen to your hair" Nami exclaimed.

Greycie used her hand to comb her hair and her expression matched Nami' tried to pry her hand out of the rats nest her hair had become.

"Nami help help" Greycie panicked

Nami bolted to her side and pried loose the hand. "You need a bath right now"

"Ok" Greycie grumbled

The two ventured to the ladies bathroom and Nami opened the faucet letting out hot water filled the gigantic bath. "I love this bath it's so big" Greycie squealed She was walking to the steps when her foot slipped and she fell in the bath. Nami thankfully grabbed Greycie's elbow and pulled her above the water but when she tried to pull her up she felt her foot slip too. The next thing Nami knew she was also in the bath. She and Greycie looked at each other still fully clothed in the bathtub.

Nami couldn't see Greycie because all her hair was in front of her. Nami couldn't hold her laughter and laughed at how funny Greycie looked. They both laughed until Nami remembered why she needed a bath. Sitting down on the steps she placed Greycie in her lap and began to work on untangling her hair. She used half of the conditioner because her hair was tangled up.
"OWW Nami" Greycie would complain every once in a while.

"We'll see what happens when you play with the boys" Nami replied. Finally after untangling her hair Nami took her to the showers. Greycie stripped off her wet clothes and ran inside the shower laughing. Nami had to laugh too at the child's happiness just by a shower.

"Hey Greycie Luffy was asking if you wanted to go to the beach with him and the boys."

"The beach" Greycie yelled excitedly.
"I'll take that as a yes" Nami laughed.

Nami now grabbed a towel and tightly wrapped Greycie and headed to the girls room. She quickly changed her into a bathing suit she had bought. Nami couldn't help but compliment herself. It was a blue two piece bathing suit with yellow polka dots and yellow ruffles on the top and bottom. Greycie just wanted to get into the water so she kept squirming as Nami braided her hair into two long braids.

"Greycie are you ever going to cut your hair" Nami asked as she saw the braids reached Greycie's midback. Greycie furiously shook her head causing the braids to move. "No all the ballerinas have really long hair. Like really long" Greycie answered. Nami laughed and turned to her so she can make one final inspection. Nami nodded and looked at the little girls beaming face.

She smiled back as a warm feeling spread throughout her. She wondered if this was how Bellamere felt whenever she saw her or Nojiko. Nami loved the warm feeling she got when thinking of her family. She knelt down and kissed the little girls cheek and smiled as Greycie mildly blushed. Pointing to the door she said she could go play with a playful pat on the butt. Greycie laughed and ran up to the deck.

Greycie ran to the deck and saw Usopp Chopper and Luffy already at the beach watching the waves.
"Guys Guys wait for me." She yelled.
Luffy stretched his arms and grabbed Greycie flinging her to them. Luffy's rubber chest softened the blow but Greycie was laughing at the unexpected ride. "Ahh guys we have to wait a while before we go inside the water. It's still too cold" Chopper said.

Luffy and Greycie groaned but Usopp coughed grabbing everyone's attention.
"Who would like to hear a fantastic story of Captain Usopp's adventures."

The trio cheered and everyone sat in a semi circle around Usopp. Usopp began his story and illustrated the many monsters he defeated by adding sound effects and making pictures in the sand. By the climax of the story the trio's eyes were wide in fear for Captain Usopp's life as he battled the 18 headed sea king. They cheered when he successfully defeated it with one hand tied behind his back. They all started crying when Captain Usopp married princess Kaya and lived happily ever after.

"Usopp that was an amazing story" Greycie exclaimed. They all cheered agreeing with the child.
Usopp merely bowed and stared at the child's eyes that were brimming with admiration. He was glad his stories could cause the child's happiness. The happiness in her eyes reminded him of Kaya and how he used to brighten her day with his stories. Usopp looked at the sky and hoped Kaya was doing okay.

The trio followed his gaze at the sun was fully out and the sand was becoming unbearable to sit on. Without saying a word they all ran to the ocean with cries of happiness. Since half of them were devil fruit users they could only go in till their knees which was fine because Usopp wouldn't go any further and their knees height was Greycie's and Chopper's chest. As the day wore on the waved got bigger. They all kept an eye on her just in case a wave got to Strong.

Greycie was busy looking for pretty shells when she saw something in the sand. She turned her back against the ocean and bent over to pick it up. She didn't see the wave that was heading her way. When she felt her hand grab the shell her feet were lifted off the sand and she was thrown like a doll in the mercy of the wave. She was about to panic when she felt arms around her pulling her up. She coughed a little but when she saw she was in Luffy's arm she calmed herself down. "Luffy look at this shell" Greycie said while holding the shell.

Luffy looked at the shell and began to laugh. The shell looked exactly like a flat straw-hat even with the red rim. They hurried out of the water and put it in Chopper's backpack. "Now me and you will have straw hats" Luffy said laughing. Greycie smiled and was happy she and Luffy had something in common now. The rest of the afternoon they played in the water until Luffy and Chopper collapsed on the sand. Usopp called Sanji for help and all of them walked back to ship.

"Che When is that shitty Marimo gonna get better" Sanji mumbled as he heaved Luffy up. Greycie pouted her lips, she never liked when Sanji would call Zoro mean words. Chopper saw this and threw one of his shells at Sanji to shut him up.
Before Sanji could understand the assault Greycie asked "Sanji do you not like the color marimo"

Sanji laughed and jokingly said "I think it's the most ugliest color in the worl-"

He didn't get to finish his sentence as Luffy deadlegged him. Sanji grunted and turned a furious eye at Luffy. Usopp trying to help by trying to charade a blanket but Sanji didn't get it. That was when he saw Greycie stomping her way back to the ship.
"What did I say" Sanji whispered

"She just got a blanket that the color marimo AND has a marimo on it." The trio said. Sanji face palmed himself. How the hell was he supposed to know that? He had night watch for the past two nights. After hauling the deadweight off, Sanji went to find Greycie. He found her with Franky who was drilling a small hole in a seashell and putting a string into it. He heard Greycie thank him and immediately donned the necklace. When she turned to see Sanji, Sanji prepped himself for the cold shoulder but instead Greycie called him.

"Sanji look at my necklace it looks like a straw-hat huh, now Luffy and I have something in common."

Sanji had noticed that today and yesterday everybody had promised lessons or spent quality time with the child except him. To prove his point Chopper came running to them and holding a replica of his signature blue backpack. The only difference was it had an "O" instead of the "X" Choppers had. When they were next to each other Sanji couldn't help but notice it looked like "Kissandhugs". Greycie was going crazy over it listing all the things she could put in it.

Sanji also wanted to give something to the child that could be essential to her. The second time today he face palmed himself. He was the cook! He had the most essential lesson he could pass to the child.

"Greycie do you want to learn how to cook" Sanji asked.

Greycie turned to Sanji and smiled nodding furiously. Greycie was now capable of staring Sanji in the face but she would look at him from the nose down. She would never go further than the nose for fear of the eyebrow. Chopper yelled after them that Sanji shouldn't smoke near Greycie. Sanji waved his hand and threw his cigarette he was smoking overboard.

Sanji led her to the kitchen and decided she could learn how to make cupcakes. Since Sanji had to make dinner soon he let Greycie make the batter. He prepped all the ingredients and all she had to do was pour it into the mixing bowl. He heated the oven and worked on dinner while keeping an ear out for Greycie.

Sanji face palmed himself the third time today as he forgot to bring out the eggs.
"Hey Greycie can you bring out three eggs and crack them."
"Yeah sure" Greycie said happily

She opened the fridge that was thankfully unlocked and grabbed three eggs. She smelled them and scrunched her nose as she found out they had funky smell.
"Sanji these eggs smell funny"

Sanji who was behind schedule already said, "They were probably by some food and got the scent on it."
Greycie thought that was a good enough reason and quickly cracked the eggs. She had some difficulty at first but she made sure no shell got in the batter. Sanji saw she was done and quickly mixed the batter in a matter of seconds and threw it in the oven.

He told Greycie he would call her when they were ready. Greycie nodded her approval and ran outside. She was still in her bathing suit which he heard Nami telling her to go change or else she might catch a cold. He heard her padded steps go in the direction of the stairs when they stopped.

He wondered why she had stopped until he heard a scream of Zoro. The shitty swordsman was finally better and able to come out of the infirmary. He heard Greycie fill in Zoro of the past two days events. All he heard was a grunt for a reply from the swordsman. Damn Shitty swordsman how the hell did Greycie bond with that Marimo. He was defiantly not the father type especially to a little girl. . Nowadays Greycie was so close to the swordsman. He was going to think further when he smelled something burning.

He turned to see smoke fuming out of the oven and cursed at himself. He pulled out the cupcakes and stared at the dozen ruined cupcakes. He hated wasting food but someone could get sick by eating the burnt ones. One looked still edible and he carefully pulled the survivor out of the pan. He heard Greycie telling Zoro about the cupcakes and for the fourth time facepalmed himself. He heard Greycie heading to the kitchen and prepped himself for the tears. Greycie ran in the kitchen smiling but when she smelled the smoke her smile fell. She looked at the burnt cupcakes in the trash and sighed.
"Did you get burned Sanji you look sad" Greycie asked

Sanji smile and shook his head. "Hey Greycie one cupcake survived. So if you want to give it to someone"
Greycie smile and ran to the cupcake and running outside Sanji knew who she was going to give it to. Trying to make it up to Greycie Sanji started a whole new batch of cupcakes. When he reached for the eggs he smelled the unique smell Greycie had told him. Suspicion rising he cracked the egg and felt his stomach drop. THE EGGS HAD GONE BAD. He hurried outside to stop Marimo from eating the cupcake.

"Zoro, Sanji burned all the cupcakes but look one made it out. This is my first ever cupcake and I want you to have it" She finished her speech by holding out the cupcake to Zoro.

Zoro looked at the cupcake and forced a grin. He wasn't really a sweet eater and his stomach was still kind of sensitive. Greycie looked at him with big wide eyes and Zoro knew he was screwed. He got the cupcake with a nod to her and took a bite. Zoro felt his entire jaw tighten as the taste hit his tongue. He closed his eyes and forced himself to swallow the piece. He looked at the small bite he had taken and couldn't believe anything could taste so disgusting than this cupcake.

He looked at Greycie who was watching his every move. Zoro felt like he couldn't even open his mouth to talk so he forced a small smile and nodded. Greycie smiled back and waited for him to take another bite. Zoro looked at the cupcake then at the girl. He was screwed, so with an intake of breath Zoro ate the rest of the cupcake in one bite and hurriedly swallowed before the horrible taste could spread. He heard Greycie talking but all he could focus on was the horrible taste in his mouth.

Zoro tried to calm himself but then he felt the cupcake and everything else he ate was beginning to come back up. He bolted over to the other side of the ship leaving a very confused Greycie.

Sanji bolted out of the kitchen yelling for Greycie. His sudden outburst caused the crew to stop what they were doing and see what was going on. Sanji ran to Greycie and asked where was the cupcake. She smiled and said Zoro ate it all in two bites. Sanji's face fell and he hurriedly asked where was the shitty swordsman. His question was answered when they heard violent gags and someone throwing up. Sanji for the fifth time that day facepalmed himself while Chopper hurried to Zoro. Sanji repeatedly apologized to Greycie saying it wasn't her fault but all Greycie could do was cry because she had made Zoro sick.

And that is how Zoro had food poisoning for another three days.

ahh I'm so horrible lol So next chapter will have the dynamic duo but it will be a little bit short. Well I hope you enjoyed and please review.