I had actually planned on not uploading this chapter until Monday, but I decided to upload anyway. I guess I like spoiling you all or something.
Disclaimer: I don't own it.
"Hey, everyone." Usopp asked, after everyone was seated around the table. Everyone except for Luffy, of course. The Straw Hat captain was sitting on a rock close to Laboon's head, trying to paint some image onto it. Laboon didn't seem to mind, and was instead smiling widely with his eyes closed in content. The whale had decided that he liked Luffy and his strange little crew.
"What is it, Usopp?" Nami asked, putting her cheek into the palm of her hand and wearily glancing at him. The navigator was already tired, and. Their adventure had yet to begin. Moshi was also already feeling tired. He was, once again, seated in the middle of the table and staring at everyone around him.
"After we've all reached our goals...I mean IF we reach our goals..what do you guys plan on doing afterwards?" The sniper scratched his arm, gazing at each of his friends.
Zoro glanced at him in slight surprise. "I was expecting you to ask a stupid question. What brought this up?"
"I dunno." The long nosed male shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just bored."
"Well I know what I'm gonna do!" Sanji stated. "I'm going to marry either Nami-Swan, or a beautiful mermaid and we're gonna have children together and live happily ever after!" The love cook clasped his hands together in glee, his eyes turning to hearts as he gazed up at the sky lost in his fantasy world.
"Stupid love cook." Zoro commented, which caused said love cook to break out of his daydream and glare at him.
"Well what are you gonna do?!" Sanji retorted, crossing his arms and still glaring at the swordsman.
"How should I know?" Zoro shrugged. "I'll probably just continue to forever train so that I won't lose my status as the strongest swordsman in the world."
"That sounds so boring, Zoro!" Usopp deadpanned. "Is that really all you would do?"
"Yeah, well what would you do, oh great and powerful Usopp?" Zoro retorted, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well, I'd most likely return home to tell Kaya and everyone about my adventures, and I'll be bringing my fleet of 8,000 men with me!" Usopp stuck his nose up into the air with pride.
"Maybe you should stop dreaming.." Sanji let out a puff of smoke from his cigarette.
"You're one to talk, ya hypocrite." Usopp deadpanned and muttered in reply.
"Hey Nami, what about you?" Zoro asked, pointing a finger in her direction. "What are you gonna do?"
"Hmmm.." She tilted her head to the side in thought. "I'm probably going to.."
"Settle down and marry a rich guy and have kids?" Usopp suggested.
"Fall in love with me and live happily ever after?" Sanji suggested, his cheeks becoming a rosy red color.
"Continue being a witch?" Zoro asked.
"Continue stealing money from lousy idiots and live happily ever after with my money and mikans! And my world map!" The navigator concluded, and Sanji and Usopp fell over comically.
"So I was right!" Zoro nodded his head in content. "Continue being a witch!"
"Oi, old man!" Luffy ran over to them, his hands and part of his face covered in paint. "Got anymore yellow paint?"
"Yeah." Crocus nodded his head. "Check behind the lighthouse, in one the boxes.
"Hey Luffy, what about you?" Usopp and the rest of the pirates, including Moshi, stared at Luffy curiously. "What are you gonna do once you obtain the One Piece and become Pirate King?"
Luffy blinked, looking a bit taken aback by the question, but then he chuckled softly. "Hmm...isn't it obvious?"
"No! No it's really not." His crewmates stated in a deadpanned tone.
"Well, it should be obvious! Shishishi!" He smiled widely, gums and all. "We're gonna go on even more adventures, and face even newer challenges! Our adventure is never ending! And Moshi will be with us to record everything!"
Said snail smiled happily and bobbed his head. He couldn't help but feel happy whenever any of his friends were happy.
"Heh, that makes sense." Zoro nodded.
"And also...we'd buy all the meat in the world!" The straw hat captain's mouth watered at the very thought of having all the meat in the world to himself.
"Like hell we will!" His crewmates shouted.
Crocus snorted, resting his elbows onto the table. "You kids sure are something else. You remind me of another group of people..."
Gucha.
"Let's sing the Straw Hat song!" Usopp stated, picking up Moshi and grinning widely. He placed the snail onto his shoulder and began marching around.
"There's a group of pirates, who sail the wild seas! They eat lots of tasty meals, cooked by their cook Sanji!" He pointed at Sanji, who was cutting up the large fish that he had obtained from Lougetown. Sanji didn't reply, but instead smiled a small smile as he continued to chop up and cook for his friends.
"They have a trusty swordsman, he goes by Roro Zoro!" Usopp pointed at Zoro, who was knocked out by one of the rocks close to Laboon. He had a bubble protruding from his nose as well. Usopp shook his head. "He's also a bit of a moron.."
"They have a sniper no one can top, he's the powerful Captain Usopp!" Usopp pointed at himself and smiled cheekily, flicking his nose. "Pirates tremble under my might, I barely have to put up a fight!"
"That's a lie." Sanji stated, walking past Usopp with a large pot in his hands.
"Moving on!" Usopp stuck his tongue out at Sanji's back. "The next one's as pretty as Aphrodite, her lovely name is Nami!" He pointed at Nami, who was sitting beside Crocus and was examining something on the table. When she heard her name she looked up and grinned.
"Don't forget that I like money and mikans!" She said. "Usopp, add that in your song!"
"No." The sniper deadpanned before marching away. "And finally our captain,he's very goofy, he loves to eat meat his name is Luffy!"
Luffy grinned at the camcorder, sitting atop Laboon's head covered in paint. He was still trying to paint something onto Laboon. "Oi, Laboon! Say hi to Shanks and everyone!"
The whale opened it's mouth just a bit and wailed loudly, though it was a happy wail. Luffy laughed, but stopped when he felt the shoes of Nami, Zoro, and Sanji hit him in the face along with them shouting "Be quiet!".
"Honestly, you're so noisy.." Nami deadpanned, shaking her head.
Usopp placed Moshi back down onto the table and grinned. "And there's also Moshi!" He concluded, before reaching over and turning off the camcorder.
Gucha.
Zoro smirked, holding up Moshi and giving the camcorder a wink. He turned so that Moshi could get a good look at Nami- the female was leaning back in her chair asleep, but the chair was standing on only two legs. She had her own legs crossed and placed on top of the table and her arms were crossed behind her head.
"This is round two." Zoro told the camcorder, putting his fingers to his lips in a hush motion.
He slowly crept towards her, knowing that she was a light sleeper but also knowing that her senses weren't as good as his.
He took a deep breath before bellowing "THERE'S TREASURE BEHIND THE LIGHTHOUSE! LOTS AND LOTS OF GOLD! NAMI, THERE'S TREASURE!"
The female was snapped awake in an instant, but in her scramble to get up her chair fell over taking her with it. She rubbed her head, pushing the chair off of her before glaring at Zoro. Her fists clenched and red flames seemed to flicker around her comically. "Zoro..." She growled.
Zoro took off running with the navigator behind him, hot on his trail. "Damn she runs fast...but no regrets.." Zoro smirked at Moshi once more before turning off the camcorder.
Gucha.
"Red hair!" Luffy zoomed in on Nami's red hair, only to receive a smack to the head.
"Green hair!" Luffy zoomed in on Zoro's unique green hair and the swordsman continued to snore away, a large bubble being protruded from his left nostril.
"Blonde hair!" Luffy zoomed in on Sanji's blonde locks of hair, only to be kicked out because the male was cooking and didn't want to be bothered while he was cooking.
"Curly hair!" Luffy zoomed in on Usopp's curly black locks. The sniper was boredly watching Sanji cook, so he didn't really mind when his captain zoomed in on his curly hair.
"And black hair!" Luffy pointed Moshi at himself and laughed loudly. "What a strange pirate crew we are!"
"You're the strangest one of all." Sanji and Usopp stated in unison, waving one hand to the side.
Gucha.
"Hey, I wonder if Moshi can take pictures..." Luffy muttered, curiously staring at the small snail. He had washed up, well Sanji had forced him to, and was currently taking a break from painting Laboon's head. He tilted his head to the side in thought, opening up Moshi's shell and gazing at two buttons. Usually, the crew clicked on the blue button when they were recording anything and left the green button alone. But Luffy was very curious and he, being the usual dorky Luffy, pushed the green button.
Instantly a flash of white light could be seen, and from his mouth Moshi produced a picture of Luffy- one of him with a curious look on his face. The Straw Hat captain took the paper and grinned. "Wow, you're amazing Moshi! You really can take pictures!"
Moshi already knew that he could take pictures, but didn't know how to tell that to the Straw Hat boy since none of them could understand him anyway.
And so Luffy stood there, taking pictures of himself while making very goofy faces until Usopp and Zoro walked over towards him.
"What are you doing, Luffy?" Zoro asked, tilting his head to the side.
"Moshi can take pictures, so I've been trying to take as many as I can!" He replied, putting his hands into his mouth and stretching his rubber gums.
"Let us get in there!" Usopp stated, standing beside Luffy in an instant.
Zoro stood on his left, giving the camera a smirk with his eyes closed while Usopp stood to his right and had his long nose in the air proudly. And Luffy was just smiling widely. The three continued to make funny faces at the camera, before a certain red haired female appeared from out of nowhere and pushed all three of them aside. She gave the camera a big, pretty smile.
"You guys are the worst! Taking photos without me? I'm actually hurt!" The navigator complained, crossing her arms and pouting much like Luffy when Sanji tells him he can't have anymore meat. "I should make you pay me money just for that!"
"Witch.." Zoro muttered (and only he and Moshi could hear it...because Nami was scary and Zoro didn't feel like suffering from another beating )
"Nami!" Luffy put his arm around her shoulder. "Okay, let's take photos together!"
Nami stuck out her tongue playfully at Moshi, while Zoro crossed his eyes and held up two fingers. Luffy pulled at his mouth, while Usopp crossed his eyes and stuck out his tongue. They continued to take silly pictures together, until a certain cook entered the picture.
"Hey, hey!" Sanji frowned, getting rid of one of his cigarettes. "You guys are having fun without me? How rude. I thought we were supposed to be friends."
Zoro snorted. "Love cook..."
"What did you say, marimo?!" Sanji replied, glaring at him. The two men pressed their faces against each other's and growled- not realizing that Usopp, Nami, and Luffy had gotten behind Moshi.
"Say cheese!" Nami stated cheerfully.
"Eh?" Both men blinked as a bright white light hit their faces. Nami, Usopp, and Luffy were laughing as a picture of the men looking at the camera with stupid faces protruded from Moshi's mouth.
"H-Hey, delete that! I don't want my face to be seen in case the marines want to hack into Moshi's camcorder!" Sanji hastily stated.
"Don't worry Sanji, we know you're camera shy so we'll just delete it after we're done!" Luffy stated, grinned widely.
"Heh...alright." Sanji shrugged and shook his head.
"With that being said..." Luffy stood in front of Moshi. "Group photo!"
Luffy stood in the middle of the group, smiling widely. Nami stood to his right, sticking out her tongue and holding up two fingers while winking. Sanji stood beside her, signature cigarette in his mouth and grinning. Zoro stood to Luffy's left, giving Moshi a normal smirk. And Usopp stood beside Zoro, giving Moshi a regular smile with one finger on his nose.
The crew continued taking pictures, both silly and serious, until Usopp suddenly said "Why don't we include Laboon and even Crocus in one of our pictures?"
"Great idea, Usopp!" Luffy nodded, before turning around and shouting "Hey! Old man! Laboon! Come hereeeeee!"
"What is it?" Crocus warily asked, approaching the Straw Hats with his arms crossed.
"Where's Laboon?" Nami wondered aloud, noticing that the whale was missing.
"Take a picture with us! Come on, please?" Luffy gave him the puppy dog eyes- Makino could never say no to his puppy dog eyes so Crocus couldn't be any different, right?
"Crazy kids.." Crocus shook his head, and held back a smirk- he had a little suspicion about where Laboon was. "Let's take it close to the sea."
And so the Straw Hats and Crocus stood on the rocks, right next to the sea each with different poses. Luffy was in the middle of course, his arms crossed over his chest and grinning. Zoro and Sanji were on his left, glaring at each other. Nami was on his right, her arms behind her back and smiling happily. Usopp was beside her, a hand on his hip and a finger pointing at his chest with a smirk on his face. Crocus stood beside Usopp, looking bored.
"Ready Moshi? Everyone?" Luffy grinned.
"One..."
The water began to slosh around a bit wildly behind them.
"Two..."
The water grew even more wild, but no one paid it any mind.
"Three!"
Moshi was able to click the button himself, but the problem was what happened next- Laboon had sprung up from out of the ocean, shooting water everywhere- including onto the pirates and Crocus.
Luffy laughed at the water being thrown around him, even though he was a devil fruit user and just might drown, while Zoro and Sanji seemed to be choking each other while slipping around in the water being rained down upon them comically. Nami was covering her head with her arms and was looking down, while Usopp was on his back with his nose in the air spitting out water.
And then there was Crocus, who had somehow managed to get onto Laboon's head and was laughing at the pirates.
Gucha.
I thought that was a good enough ending, and those were the best five ideas I had for this chapter. This chapter is supposed to be a goofy chapter- just the Straw Hats bonding with each other before the real drama happens. Do any of you have any good suggestions for any funny moments I should do? Please give me ideas.
The commentary will come in due time, to answer most of your questions. I want the commentary to be spread apart, and when it comes it will be good (I think)
I'm nervous about what everyone thinks of the pirate song- I just wrote the first thing that came to mind and tried to make it rhyme with each of their names. I tried guys.
Please review!