Part two is here, I actually had a lot of fun writing these two chapters. In the next chapter, I promise that the game will officially begin.

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Chapter Eight: Life aboard the Sunny (Part Two)

As everyone sat around the table for dinner, the Straw Hats told Team Avatar about Gol D. Roger, which was something Luffy was very excited about; his eyes lit up as he talked about the infamous pirate. They told them about the influence that he had, about One Piece, and about the goals that they were striving towards.

"Wait," Sokka asked, "If you both are pirate captains, and you both are aiming for this One Piece thing, doesn't that mean your two crews will have to fight over who gets to claim it?"

"Hm…" Luffy said thoughtfully. "Well, me and Tra-guy are friends! But we're rivals too. When we reach One Piece, I want him to fight just as hard as I will! Isn't that right, Tra-guy? Shi, shi, shi!"

"Yes, I suppose." Law replied. "You better not disappoint me, Straw Hat-ya."

There was an unspoken respect between the two Pirate Captains that didn't go unnoticed by Aang and the others. Is this what it meant to be a pirate in this world?


Momo was loved by Nami, Robin, Momonosuke, and Chopper. The humans of the group thought that he was extremely cute, and Chopper had very many interesting conversations with the flying lemur. But there was another particular person who had an unspoken fascination with the lemur, and it wasn't exactly something he wanted to be known. Straw Hat-ya and the others would likely never let Law live it down.

Law liked fuzzy and cute things, something he would never openly admit to. Sure, his crew knew that he and Bepo shared a friendship that no one else in the Heart Pirates crew had. But anyone outside of the Heart Pirate crew did not know of this personal fascination he had, nor would they ever find out.

Late one evening, the lemur was curled up asleep on the deck. Zoro was snoozing as well, leaning against the base of the crow's nest. Law carefully and quietly walked, making sure not to disturb the sleeping swordsman as he approached Momo.

When Law approached the lemur, its ear twitched and it woke up and looked at him with its big, round, green eyes. Momo chirped, eyeing him curiously. Pulling a peach that he had swiped from the kitchen out of his pocket, Law offered it to the lemur. Momo hesitantly took the fruit from Law, as if he wasn't sure if the man was going to try and make a grab for him.

Momo swiftly grabbed the fruit, and settled back down in his spot, watching Law carefully. Momo took a few small bites of the fruit before finishing the rest quickly, swallowing the pit as well. Momo eyed the man again, and ever so swiftly and quietly jumped onto the man's shoulder to see if he had anything else to eat.

Law reached up, and scratched the lemur on the cheek, and the creature leaned into his fingers and closed its eyes, enjoying the attention. Law pulled another piece of fruit out of his pocket, this time it being an apple. Momo gratefully took the fruit, and ate that as well.

Momo sat on the man's shoulder for a few minutes longer, chirping quietly. Law began to scratch Momo's cheek again, and this time Momo moved his head around so that Law could do the top of his head. Momo made purring sounds, expressing his enjoyment.

The lemur's ears suddenly twitched, hearing some far away sound. There were voices, and Law quickly stopped petting Momo and secretly hoped that the lemur would hurry and leave his shoulder before those voices reached the deck. Thankfully, the lemur flew away towards the owners of those voices. Law quickly and casually acted as if he had been leaning against the railing all along as Avatar-ya and his friends came out on deck.

When they saw him, one of the girls called out to him, "Goodnight, Mr. Law!"

He only looked at the waterbender girl over his shoulder. "Sure, goodnight,"

Seeming to take the fact that he had spoken to the waterbender girl as some sort of permission, the rest of the group bade Law goodnight as well before going their separate ways for bed.

The next morning at breakfast, Momo came in riding on Aang's shoulder. A few minutes after Aang had sat down, the lemur leapt from his shoulder, to Law's, looking at Law expectantly, cocking his head and chirping.

"Oh, hey," Aang said, smiling. "I think he likes you. You know it's strange; he usually doesn't take so well to strangers."

Being unsure of what to do for a moment, Law took a piece of fruit and handed it to Momo, who happily took it and settled on Law's shoulder to eat.

"Super cute!" Franky said, grinning.

"You'd look good with a pet on your shoulder," Robin said with a smile.

Law thought that he could hide it, but judging by the expressions of the people around him, they were chuckling, and he was sure that his expression gave away the fact that he was in a position of discomfort and slight embarrassment. It was like the Chopper-hat all over again. He decided to just go along with it, and replied, "If the lemur wishes to sit on my shoulder and eat, I don't mind either way."

(He really didn't).


Zuko stared at the drink in front of him, unsure if he should be drinking alcoholic beverages in the first place. The Straw Hats said that they should party in celebration of new nakama, and so Sanji prepared a huge feast for everyone, the sake was pulled out, and currently Luffy and Chopper were dancing with chopsticks shoved up their noses. Brook was playing a song on the piano, singing a song that went,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!

Following the sea breeze! Riding on the waves!

Far across the salty depths! The merry evening sun!

The birds sing as they draw circles in the sky!

The crew sang along and laughed, and Zuko had to admit he enjoyed it. He had to release a bit of a chuckle when Law glared at Luffy, who was trying to encourage the fellow captain to dance with chopsticks in his nose.

"Don't let it go to waste," Zoro said, bringing Zuko's thoughts back to the situation at hand.

"I, um, never had a drink before…" Zuko started, but Zoro interrupted him saying,

"Well, it's never too late to start," he then took a gulp out of his own tankard.

A little bit wouldn't hurt, right? Zuko took a small sip, and it went down bitter at first. It wasn't so bad. He took another sip, this time willing more of the liquid into his mouth. He knew that Zoro would drink this stuff all the time. The guy didn't seem to drink anything else other than alcohol, and he was fine.

***Barely half a tankard later***

"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Way to go Zuko!" Luffy said, clapping his hands "See Tra-guy? Flame-guy can have fun, too."

"Farewell to the harbor, To my old hometown

Let's all sing out with a Don! As the ship sets sail

Waves of gold and silver dissolve to salty spray

As we all set sail to the ends of the sea

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!

We are pirates sailing through the Sea!

The waves are our pillows, The ship our roost

Flying the proud skull on our flags and our sails"

Zuko didn't know any of the words, but he slurred along and made up the words as he danced with Usopp and Chopper, complete with chopsticks up his nose. This party was great.

Zuko woke up in the men's quarters with a pounding headache. Everything was too bright… What happened last night? Zuko tried to recall, but head pangs prevented him from remembering anything. A sense of nausea came over him, and he tried standing up quickly in order to run to the bathroom, but that just made everything worse. The room was spinning, and Zuko became even more worried that he would risk losing whatever he had eaten or drank the night before. Drank… "Don't let it go to waste," Zoro said. "Well, it's never too late to start,"

Zuko ran for the bathroom, and barely just made it in time. Once he was done, Zuko sort of just sat there on the floor and groaned. He tried to remember what happened again, but more pangs accompanied by flashes of light this time deterred Zuko from trying to recall anything more.

He cleaned up the bit of a mess that he had made when he missed the toilet, got cleaned up himself, and headed out onto the deck, where there were voices. Why was everything so loud? "Hey! Flame-guy!" Luffy waved at him, a big smile on his face. He frowned after a moment, "Hey, uh, are you alright, Flame-Guy?"

"So loud…" Zuko said, another bout of sickness starting.

"Good morning, Zuko." Katara said, her voice sounding as if she was trying to hold back a laugh. "Did you sleep well?"

"That was some party last night," Toph said with a mocking grin very evident on her face.

"What did I do?" Zuko asked, after the sickness had gone away for the moment.

"Oh, you know;" Sokka said, "just party things, like dancing badly, singing badly, drinking, and maybe a little bit of stripping."

"I did what?!" Zuko asked, completely horrified.

"I'm just kidding, at least about the stripping part. Somewhat." Sokka said, holding back a laugh.

"Well, you did take off your shirt, and started talking about your scars…" Aang said. "But nobody could understand what you were saying. Although, we could understand one part a little bit when you started bragging or something to Zoro that your scars were better than his."

"Yeah," Toph said, "afterwards, you started giving a speech about being Fire Lord, and then you passed out."

The four of them burst out laughing, and were imitating how Zuko had said some of the things that he had done. Zuko wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear. Zuko felt a tug on his pants, and Chopper was holding a cup filled with some kind of gray liquid out to him.

"Drink this, Zuko-kun." Chopper said, "It'll help with the headaches and nausea."

The stuff tasted worse than it smelled, but Zuko complied and drank the whole thing. Robin smiled at him, and asked, "Are you feeling alright, Flame-kun?"

"Pretty good, but I think after last night, I'm going to stick with drinking tea and water."


So, what do you think of Law loving a certain winged lemur and Zuko getting drunk?

A/N: One of the rules I was taught as I wrote papers for school was "write as if you'r explaining it to a person who has never heard it before". Well, while that's good advice and all, and it's a great rule to use when you have a paper that needs X-amount of words that number in the thousands. It's not a very good rule when it comes to fanfic writing, because obviously the people reading already know who these people are. It's a habit that I'm trying to break out of, and so a thank you goes out to Painterofemotions for pointing out a habit I didn't even realize I had.

Thank you for reading, much love!