One Piece: Watch Duty

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard and Slick Von Rupert © Me

Summary- The Misfit Trio is left to watch the ship while the rest of the Straw Hats are away, and when a thief attempts to sneak onboard, hilarity ensues. Contains Luffy/Nami, Zoro/Robin, and slapstick! Thank you, yellowpikmin88 from deviantART, for the help. Truly appreciated.

It is a beautiful morning on the Thousand Sunny, home to the Straw Hat Pirate Crew. The crew of pirates have recently arrived at Gold Amber Island, an island known for its beautiful amber caves and amber merchandise, like mosquitoes and other insects fossilized in said tree resin. Everyone, even pirates, are welcome here. It is here that our takes place.

The Straw Hats were running low on supplies and other such things, but luckily, they happened to stop here. However, there was a bit of an important matter to discuss: who would watch the ship while the others were gone?

It was Luffy, the captain, who ended up taking the job. Now normally, Luffy would not be one to stay cooped up on the Sunny all day, as much as he loved her, complaining that he would miss all the possible "adventures" on the island, but of course, Nami sweet-talked him into staying put, saying that she would give him a little…reward later tonight.

Luffy couldn't resist. However, the others knew very well that when left alone, Luffy is a ticking time bomb of trouble. The last time they left Luffy on guard duty, he had somehow gotten a hold of Robin's coffee and well…let's just say that it was not a pretty sight to behold when the crew returned. Therefore, Luffy had to have two, as Nami would put it, "captain-sitters" to watch him.

Tony-Tony Chopper and Blizzard were the ones to volunteer, since Luffy said they were more fun than Zoro and Sanji.

Thus, the Misfit Trio is left to watch the ship.

"Now, Luffy," Nami said as she handed her secret fiancé a piece of paper, "just because you're watching the ship doesn't mean you can do whatever you please. Here's a list of chores for you, Blizzard, and Chopper to do, and I expect you to do finish every last one of them. You hear me?"

"Yes, Nami," Luffy replied.

"Chopper, are you sure that you and Blizzard can handle keeping an eye on Luffy?" Usopp asked. "You know how he is."

"Don't worry about it!" Chopper said. "We can handle it!"

Blizzard nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then," Usopp said. "If you say so."

"Are we gonna get this show on the road or what?" Zoro asked, impatiently.

"Yes, yes, Zoro," said Robin, her signature sweet smile on her face. "We're leaving."

"Be good, honey, okay?" Nami asked Luffy before she gave him a peck on the lips.

"Yes, Nami," Luffy answered before he returned the kiss.

"That goes for you boys, too," Nami said to Blizzard and Chopper. "Keep a close eye on Luffy and make sure he doesn't get into any trouble, you hear?"

"You can count on us, Nami!" Chopper declared, flashing a thumbs-up (well…hooves-up in his case).

RUFF! RUFF! Blizzard barked.

"All right, then," Nami said.

"Good luck, guys!" Franky exclaimed.

"And if you get hungry, I left you a snack," Sanji said.

With that, the Straw Hats headed off into town, leading the Misfit Trio on the ship, alone.

However, they weren't truly alone, for nearby, watching from the corners of a dark alley is a skinny, crooked-looking man with a dark gray hooded cloak, brown boots, and red suit. He has a coiled-up mustache and spiky black hair, a red pointy nose, and he is wearing a malicious, toothy grin on his lips.

"Hehehehehehe!" the man snickered. "The Straw Hat Pirates are here on Gold Amber Island! I've waited a very long time for this chance! Their captain's bounty may be huge, but I'm not stupid enough to try and challenge a brute that's much too powerful for me, so I always go for the next best thing: their treasure, and no treasure can elude I, the great Slick Von Rupert!"

With that, Slick slinked away into the shadows, concocting his plan to rob the Straw Hats of whatever treasures that they had stowed away on their ship. However, he was about to find out that it was easier said than done.

On the Sunny, the Misfit Trio is sitting on the main deck, pondering on what they should do, and soon they got their answer in the form of a loud rumble coming from within Luffy's stomach.

"Oops!" Luffy said with a bit of a giggle. "There goes my hungry alarm, again!"

"Why does that not surprise me?" Blizzard asked.

"I'm a bit hungry, too," said Chopper.

"Didn't Sanji say that he left a snack for us?" Blizzard asked.

"Oh, yeah!" Luffy said. "Let's go!"

With that, the trio headed into the kitchen to fill their empty bellies, but once they got there, boy, were they in for the surprise of their lives: what Sanji called a "snack" looked more like a regular buffet to them! It had a various assortment of fruit, meat, appetizers, and other treats!

"Wow~!" Luffy and Chopper cried with twinkling eyes and watering mouths.

"Okay," said Blizzard. "If this is a snack, I'm a yappy little Chihuahua!"

"Let's eat!" Luffy cheered, and soon, the three gluttons began their gorging.

Outside, Slick had boarded the Sunny, having seen the three pirates head into the kitchen to eat their fill. He snickered as he crept along the deck.

"So far, so good," he muttered. "Now all I have to do is find out where they horde their treasure."

As Slick ventured further unto the deck, he didn't notice that in the middle of his snacking, Luffy had haphazardly tossed a banana peel outside. By the time Slick realized it, however, it was too late. He stepped on said fruit rind and end up sliding across the grassy deck, right over the railing, and into the water below with a scream and a SPLASH!

Blizzard suddenly threw his head up and looked outside.

"Uh…guys?" he called to Luffy and Chopper. "Did you hear something?"

"Uh-uh," Chopper replied.

"Not me," Luffy answered.

"Huh," Blizzard muttered. "I guess it must've been my imagination. Oh, well."

With that, the Misfit Trio continued to eat.

Outside, Slick had managed to climb back up onto the docks, sopping wet and coughing up water.

"That was only…a minor setback," he said to himself.

XXX

"Ugh…I'm SO stuffed."

"Me, too."

"Me, three."

About maybe 15 minutes later, Luffy, Blizzard, and Chopper had finished their gorging and are now sprawled out on the floor with swollen bellies as big and around as balloons.

"Man, I haven't eaten that much since I had some of Hachi's octopus balls," said Blizzard.

"That was so good," said Chopper.

"You're telling me," said Luffy as he got to his feet, using the sofa to support his now bulging frame.

"So now what do we do?" the bloated captain asked, lightly patting his stomach.

"Didn't Nami say we had to chores to do?" Chopper asked.

Upon remembering that, Luffy reached into his pocket and pulled out the list of chores that Nami had given.

"Number 1," Luffy read. "After you eat, make sure you clean up the mess in the kitchen."

The trio looked around and saw the pile of dirty dishes they left on the table, as well as the scraps of food left on the floor.

"Well, uh…we better get to cleaning then, huh?" Chopper asked.

"Yeah," Luffy answered.

With that, they got to work on cleaning the kitchen. They did do a rather bad job of it, though. Luffy kept breaking the dishes, Blizzard kept getting the soap in his mouth and nose since he couldn't use his paws to pick the dishes up, and Chopper had trouble gathering up the trash. It would pile up in his arms and he wasn't able to see where he was going.

Meanwhile, Slick is trying to get back on board the ship again by climbing up the hull using suction cups on his hands and feet.

"I'm not one to give up so easily," he said as he climbed up the hull.

However, as Slick continued to sneak his way on board, Chopper came out with a pile of garbage he had gathered in his hooves. He had tried to find the trash bin, but he ended up getting lost since so much of it was in his face. Suddenly, the little reindeer tripped, causing him to drop all the garbage in the sea.

"Oopsie," Chopper said. "Well…maybe no one will notice."

With that, Chopper returned to help Luffy and Blizzard clean up the mess in the kitchen, but little did he realize that not only did he dump the trash into the sea, but he also dumped it on Slick, too.

"Just another…minor setback," he said.

Suddenly, Luffy came outside with a bucket of dirty soapy water he used to mop up the kitchen floor. He went over to the railing, and then poured the water right on Slick, who screamed in pain since the soapy fluid got into eyes. Not just that, but it was so slippery, it caused his suction cups to slip off and fall off the hull, and Slick soon fell back into the water, once again with a big SPLASH!

Luffy looked down, but he saw nothing, so he just assumed it was only his imagination and resumed cleaning the kitchen.

Luckily, the seawater rinsed out the soap in his eyes and he grumpily managed to pull himself up on the pier before saying, "Another minor setback!"

XXX

"Okay! Here it comes, guys!"

Chopper tossed a soccer ball over to Luffy, who kicked it over to Blizzard, who bumped it back to Chopper with his nose, and the whole process repeated over and over.

After they completed their chores, the Misfit Trio decided to play a game of Hot Potato to pass the time.

However, as the trio continued to play their little game, they didn't notice Slim once again pulling himself up over the railing.

"Those fools won't stop me," he said. "They're playing dumb, I know they are. They're trying to keep me from finding their treasure!"

As Slick made his way onboard, once more…

"Heads up!" Luffy cried before he suddenly kicked the ball…a bit too hard, for he sent it flying over Chopper's head. BAP! The ball ended up hitting Slick smack in the face, and both he and the ball ended up hitting the water, once again, with a big SPLASH!

"Oh, no!" Chopper cried.

"Nice job, Luffy!" Blizzard barked. "That was our only soccer ball!"

"Oh, calm down, I'll get it back!" Luffy said before he went to fish the ball out of the water by stretching his arm down and grabbing it.

"By the way," Luffy said. "Did you guys hear screaming or something?"

"Not me," Chopper answered.

"Not that I know of," Blizzard replied.

Luffy just shrugged and went back to playing the game, and at that moment, Slick pulled himself back onto the pier, his face bruised from getting hit with the ball.

"Yet…another…minor setback," he panted.

XXX

About an hour later, the boys got tired of playing Hot Potato, so they looked for something else to play with. They searched Luffy's toy chest, but couldn't find much to play with. That's when Luffy suggested that they go to the Usopp Factory to see if the sniper had anything to play around with, and they happened to come across his fireworks collection.

"Sweet~!" Luffy exclaimed. "Hey! Go get Sanji's matches and we'll light up a few!"

"Way ahead of you, Luffy!" Chopper said as he held up a matchbox.

Blizzard held up a rocket in his mouth, and Luffy lit the fuse with a match, and he and Chopper began the countdown.

"10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1! BLAST OFF!" they exclaimed.

FWOOOSH! The rocket went off and zoomed around on the ship, ricocheting off the walls and almost hitting the Misfit Trio, had they not ducked down in time. However, when they came back, Luffy somehow ended up with Chopper's hat on his head and Chopper ended up with Luffy's hat.

In the midst of all the commotion, they didn't realize that Slick had made his way on board, once again.

"This time," said Slick. "This time…for sure!"

Suddenly, BOOM! The rocket explodes, and the resulting colorful explosion sent Slick flying back down into the water.

"Ooh~! Ahh~!" the Misfit Trio moaned at the display of lights.

XXX

Meanwhile, in town, Nami and the others were still on their way from their shopping trip when suddenly, they saw the blast coming from the docks.

"Are those fireworks?" asked Nami.

"In the middle of the day?" Brook asked.

"Oh, god, don't tell me that Luffy found my fireworks collection, again," Usopp grumbled. "He nearly burned the Going Merry down the last time he played with them!"

"Uh…I think it's time we head back," Nami said. "I don't think Blizzard and Chopper are doing a very good job at watching Luffy, but first, we gotta find Zoro…again."

Everyone except Robin groaned.

XXX

Later, after they managed to clean up the embers from the fireworks, the Misfit Trio decided to take a bit of a nap on the deck to recharge.

When Slick saw this, he knew it was the perfect opportunity to sneak onboard and find where the treasure was stowed away…or so he thought.

Slick snickered as he crept across the deck, but as he did, he didn't realize he was dangerously to stepping on the sleeping Blizzard's tail…until it was too late.

CRUNCH! Slick stepped on Blizzard's tail so hard, the wolf-dog woke up, yowling in pain and jumping around like a bucking bronco before POW! He kicked Slick in the face with his hind-paws, sending him flying into the water with a SPLASH, once more.

Upon hearing Blizzard's pained howls, Luffy and Chopper immediately awoke.

"Huh?!" Luffy muttered. "What's going on?!"

"Blizzard, are you okay?!" asked Chopper.

"Huh?" Blizzard questioned. "Oh! Y-yeah, I'm okay, it's just…I dreamt someone stepped on my tail and when I woke, my tail really hurt!"

"Let me see," said Chopper before he held his older brother's tail and felt around it. When he touched the spot where Slick stepped on it, he heard Blizzard make a small yelp.

"Yeah," Blizzard said. "Right there. That's where it hurts."

"It's not broken, thank goodness," said Chopper. "I'll just wrap it right up."

"What would I do without you, Chopper?" Blizzard asked with a smile, and the little reindeer smiled back at him.

On the pier, Slick once again pulled himself out of the water, panting.

"Minor…setback…" he grumbled.

XXX

A while later, after Chopper bandaged up Blizzard's tail, Luffy woke up from his nap, again, only to find that Blizzard and Chopper are still asleep.

To pass the time, the captain decided that he should do a bit of training, for Rayleigh had advised him to do so on Rusukaina. So, he headed up to the crow's nest and found Zoro's weight lifting set.

"I hope Zoro doesn't mind if I use one of these," Luffy commented as he looked around. He spotted a rather large looking dumbbell, at least a ton.

"I wonder…," Luffy mused before he grabbed the bar of the dumbbell and attempted to lift it up. However, the weight proved to be a bit too much, even for Luffy, for he started to stumble backwards.

"Whoa!" Luffy cried. "W-w-whoa! Whoa! WHOA!"

KRASH! The dumbbell ended up crashing right through the window, carrying Luffy with it!

"WHOOOOOOOOAAAH!" Luffy screamed as he fell to the deck.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Slick had finally snuck aboard, once again. One had to admit, this man was surely determined. Perhaps a bit crazy, as well, for continuing to board this particular pirate ship.

"So far, so good," said Slick. "Maybe now, I can finally make some progress-"

He was soon interrupted by the sound of Luffy's screams, and when he looked up, he soon wished he didn't once he saw the dumbbell headed right for him.

"Oh…no…!" Slick whimpered.

BAM! KERSPLASH! The dumbbell ended up slamming right into Slick, causing him to, once again, fall right into the ocean!

"Luffy?!"

Luffy looked up and saw Chopper and Blizzard approaching him.

"What's wrong, are you okay?!" Blizzard asked.

"Oh, yeah!" Luffy answered. "I'm okay!"

Blizzard spotted the dumbbell that Luffy was holding, as well as the large hole in the deck that it made, and sighed in exasperation.

"Luffy, are you serious?" the wolf-dog asked. "I mean, look at what you just did, man! How the hell are we gonna explain this to Franky when he gets back?! He'll have our freaking skins!"

"I'll just say sorry," said Luffy. "Besides, it was pretty much an accident."

"Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that, pal," Blizzard asked.

Back on the pier, Slick had pulled himself out of the water, once again, and this time…he had had it.

"That's it…" he hissed. "I've had enough of their tomfoolery! Screw taking their treasure!"

SHEEN! From the hood of his cloak, he pulls out a crooked dagger.

"If I can't take their treasure," said Slick with an evil, toothy smirk, "then I'll take their HEADS instead."

XXX

A while later, Luffy got hungry again, so he went to go and find another snack to eat. To make sure that he didn't get his hands on any candy from Usopp's secret stash and risk getting a stomachache, Blizzard decided to let him eat the remaining apples from one of the storage rooms.

Since Chopper was still a bit tired, he decided to snooze just a bit longer.

At that moment, Slick appeared, standing on the roof of the crow's nest and snickering malevolently as he eyed little Chopper like a hawk, the blade of his dagger pointing dangerously downward, as if aimed right for the little reindeer's heart.

"I'll start with the pet, first, since his bounty is so low," Slick commented. "Then I'll go after White Wolf's head, and finally, Straw Hat's…I better knock those last two out first, though."

With that, Slick leapt down, prepared to plunge the knife in Chopper's heart, but then, just as the thief neared the littler doctor…

"Ah…ah…!" Chopper suddenly yelped in his sleep. "No! No! Stay away! Stay back! G…g…GUARD POINT!"

FWOOF! Chopper unwittingly shifted in Guard Point in his sleep, and Slick, clearly not expecting it just ended up bouncing off the giant ball of a fur with a BOING! Once more, the hapless thief was sent flying into the sea for probably the last time.

"Chopper?!"

Chopper, having gone back into his Brain Point form, awoke and saw Luffy and Blizzard approaching him.

"What happened?!" Luffy asked.

"We heard you scream!" Blizzard said, worriedly. "You okay?!"

"Y-yeah," Chopper said. "I just had a bit of a bad dream, that's all."

"You sure?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah," Chopper answered. "I'm okay, now. Honest."

"Yoo-hoo~! We're back~!"

Luffy gasped in delight.

"Nami's back!" he exclaimed before he ran to the gangplank to greet his girlfriend with Blizzard and Chopper following behind.

Sure enough, there was Nami and the rest of the Straw Hats, and the moment Luffy saw the former, he threw his arms around her in a loving embrace of greeting. Nami could giggle as she hugged her boyfriend back.

"I missed you, too, sweetie," the navigator said before she turned to Chopper and Blizzard.

"So, how'd it go, guys?" asked Usopp.

"Well…Luffy did cause a bit of a mess a couple of times," said Chopper, "but other than that, everything was okay!"

"Really?" Nami asked. "Well, in that case I-"

"WAIT JUST A MINUTE, YOU FOOLS!"

Everyone looked up and saw a sopping wet Slick pulling himself out of the water and onto the pier.

"You…you damn pirates!" he cursed. "How dare you just go about like nothing ever happened?! Do you even any idea who I am?! I am the greatest thief who ever lived: Slick Von Rupert, and all day, you, Straw Hat Luffy, have put me through HELL! Well, I've had enough of it, do you hear me?! Screw taking your treasure! I'll take your heads and collect the price on your pathetic heads!" He then leered at Nami, who backed away a bit at the sight of him.

"And I think I'll start with Cat Burglar over there," said Slick as he began to advance toward the navigator, but unfortunately, he couldn't get so much as an inch towards her because then, KABAM! He was soon met with a fist to his face, and once more, he was sent flying right into the sea…and way too far from the pier this time.

The Straw Hats stared, dumbfounded at the event before they looked to their captain, who nonchalantly dusted his hands off before he turned to look at his crew?

"What?" Luffy asked. "He was asking for it!"

Nami hugged Luffy again, causing him to blush a bit.

"My hero," she said before she kissed her captain on the cheek, causing him to blush a bit harder.

"O…kay," Sanji muttered. "Who the hell was that guy?"

The Misfit Trio could only shrug, and the crew decided that they would hurry about it over dinner. For now, they were just happy that things were in one piece when they returned…until Sanji saw that there was still a big mess left in the kitchen, and the last the words the Misfit Trio heard before their whole world went black was, "HELL MEMORIES!"

THE END

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