Title: Luffy Hears Meat

Characters/Pairing(s): Straw Hats

(Pre/Post) Time Skip: Post Time Skip

"You can do it, Luffy!" Chopper cheered.

"Do your best!" encouraged Brook. Luffy thought long and hard as he stared at the two large boxes that laid before him on the table, his face turning a bright red from over thinking. Beads of sweat fell from his head as the heat got to him.

"I.. I can't do it!" said Luffy.

"Don't be a baby!"

Just then, Nami entered the kitchen, surprised to see everyone here. They crowded around the table where Luffy sat.

"Aa! Nami-san!" Sanji twirled over, placing a hand on her back and gesturing her to the crowd.

"What's going on?" Nami asked.

"That idiot thinks meat talks to him," said Sanji.

"So, Sanji placed some meat inside one box, and some vegetables in another," Robin finished.

"And you actually believed him," Nami said nonchalantly. "How long has this been going?"

"Ten minutes."

"Wait!" yelled Luffy. "I can hear it! I can hear it!"

Beads of sweat fell from Nami's head. "Is he serious?"

"Either way, he said if he chooses the wrong box, he agreed to eat vegetables for the rest of the week," said Sanji.

"He'd actually go through with that?"

Sanji shrugged.

"In other words, he'll be crying 'meat, meat' in his sleep," said Zoro. "If that does happen, I'm sleeping in the crow's nest."

"I'll take my factory," Usopp sulked.

Luffy reached for the box on his right with pure hesitation. Chopper and Brook inched closer. Luffy then reached for the opposite box.

"What's wrong, Luffy?" said Nami, who placed her hands on her hips. "Looks like meat doesn't really-"

Luffy cut her off by raising the box to his right, revealing a well prepared plate of meat. Nami's shoulders dropped.

"Yahoo!" Luffy raised his fists in victory. "What'd I tell ya! I can hear meat!"

"It took you ten minutes," Sanji said bluntly.

"It takes time! And I was right!"

"I always knew you had it in you, Luffy!" Usopp cried.

"Liar," said Franky.

"Well, that was stupid," said Nami.

"You're not one to talk," Zoro countered.

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"So, Luffy hears meat, but you can hear the sound of money anywhere. You guys are more alike than you think."

Nami blushed.

"Th-That doesn't mean anything!"

Seeing the new Zoro in action in tonight's episode *¬*