"LUFFY, WHY IS THE SHIP FULL OF DOGS?" The occupants of the Thousand Sunny emerged from various parts of the ship to see an enraged Nami pointing at their Captain, who indeed was currently surrounded by a large group of dogs. "We do NOT have room for NINE dogs!"
Luffy pouted, "But Namiiiiii, this island is full of stray dogs. We need a ship pet, but it wouldn't be fair to only have one. So I got one for everyone." Captain logic, right there. He promptly began to introduce the canine pack.
"Those two," he pointed a finger at a long-legged tricolor Borzoi and cream Irish Wolfhound that were howling their heads off, somewhat in tune, not really, "are Franky and Brook."
Oh no….Nami groaned. They had names. And they were named after their crewmates.
"Then, there's Usopp, Robin, and Chopper." He swiveled towards a Basenji that was making lots of odd yodeling sounds that clashed with the two howling dogs, but sounded more like talking. A solid black Saluki was keeping an eye on the Basenji, while peering around with mild interest. The tan and white Corgi; however, had his full attention focused on the yodeler.
"Is there any way to make them less noisy?" Zoro called from across the ship, where he had been snoring peacefully. Of course he had slept through the racket so far…
"Meh, they're just talking. That one's yours," Luffy addressed Nami, pointing to a ginger Shiba Inu, who was barking angrily at another pair of dogs, who were currently growling and wrestling across the deck. "Quieter than you though," he added thoughtfully. Nami bopped him on the head. Still, the Shiba was kinda cute…
"And those two hooligans?" she asked, though she was pretty sure she knew the answer already.
"The fluffy one is Sanji and the other is Zoro," he affirmed her mental guess. A white collie with a couple light brown patches on his face had stopped at the Shiba's barking, though the brindle German Shepherd was looking rather sulky at this fact.
"Wait…where's yours," Nami had counted eight.
"Oh…" Luffy peered around before rushing off towards a black Golden Retriever yelling, "Hey, that's my spot!" The canine in question had meandered off and was currently sitting on the lion's head of the ship, though he stood abruptly, tail wagging as Luffy approached.
"We don't have room for all these dogs!" Nami yelled, repeating herself from earlier.
"Ehhh, technically there's enough space on the ship," Franky gave her a sideways glance, scratching the Borzoi's head with his robot hand, which had stopped howling and was now panting with a lopsided dog-grin.
"They are quite beautiful and intelligent animals," Robin said thoughtfully, gazing wistfully at the Saluki. Damn it, her crewmates were ganging up against her! She looked hopefully towards the most stubborn of their group for help.
"I'd cook for them Nami-swaaan," Sanji beamed at her, "It would be no trouble at all feeding them at low cost if I fiddled with our daily meals." Extra damn it. The Collie promptly strode over to Sanji and rubbed against his legs imperiously. The German Shepherd snorted and gently tugged the Collie's tail in his mouth.
"We'd have to change their names though," Zoro looked pointedly at Sanji, "Like Curly-brow."
"Marimo," Sanji muttered without missing a beat. The German Shepherd looked at Sanji. Then rose on his hind legs, forelegs stiff, and shoved the cook overboard. Zoro looked like he was dying laughing and even Nami couldn't help a giggle at Sanji's sputtering and squalling while the Collie angrily chased the German Shepherd about the ship, barking angrily.
"So…we can keep them?" Chopper patted at Nami's leg, looking hopefully up at her with puppy dog eyes. It didn't help when the little Corgi joined, sitting and wagging its stub tail.
"Fine…" she sighed. Looks like she was overruled.
"Yohohoho, more crew mates!" Brook sang happily.
"I guess they won't be so bad after all," Nami fondly looked at her crewmates, interacting with their new canine pals. A soft head nuzzled against her hand, and she looked down, petting the Shiba that had settled herself quietly by her side. "Mikan," she decided.
In the end, the Thousand Sunny gained nine new crew members consisting of Nami's Mikan, Brook's Bones, Zoro's Inu (occasionally nicknamed Shithead2 by Sanji and screw him for naming a dog- dog), Bleu (Zoro teases Sanji, questioning why the fuck would he call a white and yellow dog Blue, why not Piss, to which Sanji kicked Zoro in the head), Franky's Cola, Usopp's Sogeki, Chopper's Candy, Robin's Fleur, and Luffy's Roger.