The pups ran around on the deck while the crew discussed inside. They were all going one way or another with their short attention span.
A blond puppy, with a small scar around his left eye, yipped at the closed down. This was Sabo.
A brown pup, with black spots going down its face, fought with the runt of the trio. This was Ace.
And the runt of the trio was a black pup with white spots on his back. Much like the blonde puppy, he had a round scar around his left eye as well. This was Luffy.
Sabo yipped even louder until a complaint inside halted him. "Shut that damn mutt up or I'm slicing it." The pup gulped and scattered away from the closed door.
"You scared him!" another voice followed. Within moments, a lady of blue hair opened the door and the three puppies gathered around her.
"Those mutts," Sanji muttered under his breath. He was sharpening his blades as he glared at them. As if daring them to make a wrong move.
"What was that?" Nami questioned as she glanced back.
"Nothing, Nami-san~!"
"Guess we have no choice, but to keep them until they turn back," Vivi uttered as she patted the pups' heads. Her duck came up behind her and frowned at her interaction with animals other than himself. "Don't worry, Carue, I haven't forgotten about you." She dug into her pocket and pulled out some duck nip. He grinned and raced away with his jar of food.
The puppies chased him.
He dropped the jar and ran for his life.
"Oh no!" she squealed.
But it was quickly over, as Carue hopped onto the staircase. The puppies gathered in front of it and started yapping once again. Sabo tried climbing, but his small body barely reached the top step. Carue smiled and mocked them with his quarks.
Sanji was already out of the door with his knives. "What happened? Who to kill?!" he growled, but he saw no one. He glanced back at his Vivi-chan, "What's wrong, Vivi-chuan?"
"I-It's nothing now," she stated.
Usopp, done with his meal, passed Vivi and came onto the deck. He grinned as the dogs noticed his presence. "You're not going to hurt me now! Now I've Usopp's Super Awesome Boots!" He gestured down at his shiny pair of boots that ended at his knee.
Ace bit his finger.
"OUCH!" he pulled back, but Ace stayed hooked onto his flesh. "Get off! Ouch! That hurts!" Usopp uttered. He tried shaking the puppy off.
"Don't do that!" Vivi ordered.
"Do what?!"
"Shake him."
"Oh..." Usopp started, but Ace bite down. The pain swelled up and he screamed. The other two were having fun destroying his new shoes. And finally, Ace came off once Usopp pulled his mouth open. "I hate you."
Ace barked with his tongue sticking out.
"Looks like he feels the same," Zoro uttered. The green-haired leaned against the railings, and quickly he fell asleep. Usopp, who wanted revenge, took the puppy and laid it on Zoro's chest.
Ace fell asleep.
"What?!#!" Usopp squealed. "You were supposed to attack him! Don't sleep!"
Vivi couldn't help herself and giggle in Usopp's misery. She leaned down and picked up the closest puppy, Luffy. The puppy started licking her chin and she giggled even more. The blue-haired held the puppy out, to stop him from tickling her with his tongue. "So cute!" She held him close against her breast and brushed his fine fur. He struggled under her hands.
"You want to go down?" she questioned and the puppy yapped. She took that as a yes and gently placed him back on the ground.
Carue stepped down to the last step and bent his head over Sabo. The pup grinned and yipped. The duck was moments away from escaping once more, but he stayed. Sabo ended up going up the staircase and licking Carue's foot. In which, the duck cried out in laughter- that was his tickle spot, and he fell onto the ground.
Luffy wiggled away from them and went to the figurehead. He tried jumping, but he ended up crashing onto the wooden post. He yipped and hopped up. "Looks like he wants up."
"But he'll fall into the ocean."
"That never stopped him before."
Luffy tried one more time getting on the figure heard, but he ended up jumping through the wooden posts and off the ship. "Luffy!" Vivi shouted.
Zoro, on instinct, jumped up, Ace was thrown off and followed Luffy down into the ocean. The puppy was so small, but Zoro quickly found it in the water.
Once they were back on the ship, Luffy was huddled close to Zoro as he shook and shivered. "Go get a towel or something," Zoro commanded, and Nami quickly went and got them each a towel. Zoro took off his shirt instead of using the towel and covered Luffy in the dry material. He rubbed it quickly over the pup's head.
Ace and Sabo stood around Zoro as he held onto Luffy. The pup was still shivering in his grasp.
With much force, Luffy was finally dried and the puppy licked Zoro. "Here, take him before I kill him."
Nami took Luffy from Zoro's hands and stared at the pup. "This is Luffy."