-Introduction to Type Dynamics- (Continued...)

Type A Dynamic
Also referred to as Type A or simply A
Twenty-two percent probability

The function of one's gonads is the production of sperm, regardless of gender. They have a particular sense of smell and very rarely have a sexual drive outside of a Rut (See: ER Period). It is not unusual for one to have a territory and keep others out, whether they themselves are aware of it. Depending on the person, it could be a favourite chair, their home, a small village, etc. People of this Type may also have a harder time living together, as an overabundance of similar pheromones and closely timed Ruts will cause instinctual rivalry and potentially hostile actions.

It is a misconception that females with Type A have or had a penis. They do, however, lack a womb and are incapable of becoming pregnant.

Type B Dynamic
Also referred to as Type B or simply B
Fifty-six percent probability

There are two variations, but the key factor of Type B is the lack of both (P)heromones and (S)ensitivity (See: WISP Score). For males, the function of their gonads is the production of sperm. For females, they have a womb capable of carrying children and the function of their gonads is the production of eggs. Typically, there are no territory issues and have an easier time living with others regardless of Type.

Brunch was when the Straw-Hat crew; with the addition of Law, got together to discuss preparations. A few were still half sleep, but they were doing their best to at least pay attention. Nami and Franky were assigning tasks, while Sanji handed out servings.

The departure from Wano would be in about a week, earlier if possible. The storm they stirred up was far from over and last thing this freshly liberated country needed was more conflict. It was in the best interest of everyone that the pirates moved on, even if it was sad to see them go so soon.

"I've got a few, light modifications to tend to with Sunny," Franky informed Usopp. "but I should be done by the time you're about ready to load up the restock. I'll be there for the heavy lifting for sure though."

"That's fine, and if you're still busy, I'll do a double check to make sure we're not missing anything." Usopp offered and earned a thumbs-up from the cyborg.

"I could do with some heavy lifting." Zoro made an attempt to help and keep up his routine.

Chopper; who had been nodding off, suddenly snapped fully awake. "You could do with some rest!" He shouted and angrily shook his hoof at the swordsman. "How many times do I have to tell you!? You're not to do any strenuous activity! You so much as pop a stitch or pick at a bandage, I'll strap you to a stretcher for the duration of your recovery! You hear me!?"

Zoro gave a mild grimace, the tiny deer was hardly ever threatening. But as annoying as it was, Chopper almost always got his way.

"Robin," Nami began next, looking to the other woman of the group. "you okay with lending Chopper a hand?"

"Of course." She said with a smile and cast a glance at the swordsman, though Zoro could see the warning in her eyes. He scoffed under his breath and bitterly gave into silent defeat.

Chopper added in a word of thanks. But was innocently unaware of what truly transpired.

The doctor would have his hooves full for a good part of the week continuing with treatment. Along with all the other available doctors. So, he was preparing a list of supplies. Mainly herbs and different medical dressings. Having Robin being the one to take care of these things would be a huge help.

"Which leaves Brook and Jinbei," Franky then did some finger snapping back n' forth between the skeleton and fishman. Which was almost dance-like, as the pair sat across from each other. The action was likely done for that very purpose, given that Franky had the most energy this morning. "you bro's cool with running errands for Sanji?"

The mere thought that helping Sanji with shopping and gathering could possibly mean snacks, had Luffy jumping at the opportunity. "I want to go, too!" Raising his hand with great enthusiasm, but in the process also knocked over the man resting against him. "Ah, sorry, Torao."

"Ya, no." Sanji scoffed as he turned Luffy down, ignoring any sort of pout sent his way. "You already have your job, keeping the two of you fools out of trouble and focused on recovery."

Law grumbled in reply, batting away the younger captain's hand when they tried to help as he slowly sat back up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "That's what I get for," He began mumbling bitterly, but paused when Luffy carefully placed the spotted hat back on his head. "... thanks."

The rest of the crew carried on with their discussion, trailing off into casual chatter and enjoying their meal. Jinbei however, ate in silence and pretended to engaged with everyone else. Though, truth be told, he had been keeping an eye on the pair the moment they had entered the room. He wasn't sure if it was just curiosity or concern. The situation from early this morning and the addition of what was happening over brunch. It felt... off.

Law was back to resting his head on Luffy's shoulder as he began to doze off again. At which, Luffy smiled and then nudged Law's untouched plate towards him. Law simply stared at it with tired eyes for a moment before Luffy spoke up. "Common, eat." With a barely audible 'fine', Law begrudgingly picked up the utensil and gingerly ate.

Yesterday, Law had been unapproachable by anyone, unable to sit still and seemingly in a deep state of torment. Today, Luffy remained at his side, patient and accommodating everything with a smile. To say it was strange would be a vast understatement. Perhaps his captain had taken it too seriously or too literally when Jinbei had asked to make sure Law was alright.

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However, over the course of the next three days, Jinbei came to realize that none of the other Straw-Hats acted as though this was out of the ordinary. He didn't know how the Heart crew was taking it as they were all far too busy with their medical work and Law never left the building the Straw-Hats were staying in. Neither did Luffy for that matter. Which was a good thing, in a way, they both needed to rest and let their wounds heal.

Yet at any point that Jinbei saw them, they were always together. Curled up together for a nap. Having light conversations while they sat next to each other. Sharing meals. There didn't seem to be any building irritation or fights breaking out either. Jinbei doubted that any of this odd behaviour from either of them was even close to normal.

Though, what he was doing was pretty abnormal too. Here Jinbei was spying on his captain for no particular reason and he had to admit this had become ridiculous. An odd friendship, more than friends, forcibly stuck together? Whatever it might possibly be, he refused to question it any more. It is what it is, he accepted.

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It was hours before sunrise, before breakfast, but Brook had woken all the Straw-Hats up in song. With a fully amped electric guitar and timed pinch harmonics no less. Yes, the wake-up call had been requested, however not to that extent. While Luffy and Franky thought it was awesome, everyone else had mixed feelings of how to kill someone that was already dead. Though Jinbei just found it to be a very weird way to start the day.

The crew began to grab the last of their belongings and supplies to take to the ship. Those that were done sooner, went on ahead and slowly, quietly made their way out of the building. Outside was still dark and not a soul on street, surprisingly Brook hadn't disturbed anyone else. That. Or the town had gotten use to all the noise. Either way, it was the goal, to set out without an announcement or large gathering. Only a few people needed to know that they were leaving today and they had already given all their farewells yesterday.

First light of the twilight hour began just as some of the crew made the long walk from town to the shore. Upon arriving, Nami was quick to begin barking out preparations to Usopp, Brook, Zoro and Robin as they got the ship sail ready. Thirty minutes later the shipwright and helmsman arrive pulling an ox cart. Jinbei began helping Franky with the last-minute loading, tossing large crates from the dock up to the cyborg on deck.

While Luffy showed up not long after with Otama on his shoulders. Not unexpected, given her attachment to him. But nothing needed to be said to the captain, he wouldn't let her come along no matter how much she begged. He would, however, spend whatever time was left at the foot of the pier with her, sharing hugs and promises to see each other again someday.

Finally, the last of crew arrived at the docks. Chopper; approaching the ship with Sanji in tow, called out to the rest of the crew. "Anyone seen Zoro?"

"Ya, he's passed out on the deck!" Usopp shouted with annoyance from high atop the foremast.

"You sure its not a bump in the lawn." The cook remarked.

But, unexpectedly, there was one last person to show up. And it didn't seem like it was for a last minute goodbye.

"TO-NI-YA!" Law enunciated loudly, storming towards the dock with a sinister expression. The reindeer squeaked and quickly hid behind Sanji's legs in fear. Though it was useless as it only took one swift gesture to utilize his ability, "ROOM." and then forced Chopper to come to him with a simple Shambles.

Chopper flailed and screamed in horror as the man now held him up by the antlers. "We're going to have a nice, quick chat. Doctor to doctor. About exploiting your patients in high risk situations for therapeutic treatment!"

"Ah-uh!? Wha? I-I didn't–" The young doctor stammered and tried to figure out what or who Law was talking about.

"Oi!" Sanji quickly came to his comrade's defence, stomping his foot in warning. "You ungrateful brat, don't think I won't kick your injured ass-!"

"Well, that's fine." Luffy said with indifference, cutting Sanji off as he stood up from the edge of the pier. Patting Otama's head as did so, and walked past Sanji to face the two doctors. "Don't take too long. Oh, and Torao since you'll be heading back to town, could you make sure that Tama arrives safely?"

"L-luffy! Help me!" Chopper reached out towards his captain.

"Hm, with what?" He paused, resting his hands behind his head as he turned towards them. "You two are just going to talk."

Sanji came up next to the shorter man and spoke with a heavy tone, like when he was reminding someone to be careful. "Luffy."

"It's fine." Luffy countered with a smile and reassured his crew-mate. "Torao probably just has questions about his first time."

Both Law and Sanji immediately flushed while they yelled at the top of their lungs. "DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT!"

To further humiliation and chaos, Franky wolf whistled from over the railing of Sunny. "Ow! Congratulations, man!" Everyone onboard; including Zoro whom had been sleeping, burst into a fit of laughter. Though, Luffy scowled at them in disapproval and their amusement eventually tittered off into soft chuckles.

As pissed off as he was, Law knew it was a losing battle, the shipwright was likely ready to perverse anything he could say clarify the conversation. So, he didn't bother and let it go. "Real fuckin' mature." He said with an irritated groan and flipped him off. "Just you wait, when our paths cross again, you'll be the first to die."

"Pift, ya right!" Franky shook his head. "We're allies remember?"

"That alliance ended when Kaido fell." Law smirked confidently.

"Pretty sure you've said that before," Franky insisted as he lifted his shades to give the doctor a wink. "then came back for more."

Law was visibly cringing, both in disgust from the perv's implication and irritation from the fact that he wasn't technically wrong. Dressrosa and Zou, he had tried to call it off so many times.

"Franky." Was all Luffy had to say as a light warning and the cyborg frowned before returning to his task. Addressing the fellow captain, Luffy was back to his cheerful self. "Sorry, Torao, everyone is so use to it they forget-"

"Doesn't matter." Law interrupted him sharply and turned to walk away.

"Law." Surprised from the use of his actual name, he looked back, locking eyes with the young man. "I'll see you later, take care, alright?"

"Ya." Was all he could say a first, till the tension finally left his shoulders. This was likely the last time they would see each other for a long time. It hadn't really sunk in till this moment. But, there was a part of him that came to realize that he was going to miss Mugiwara-ya, even if it was just a little bit. "Ya... you too, Luffy." Law blamed it all on his typing.

Then he turned his attention back to the tiny deer still in hand, making sure to convey how dead serious he was about making this quick. "Let's hope you have the capacity to be somewhat fucking professional, Dr. Tony. Let's start with what the hell is Hypo-Prism?"

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With the Sunny out of Wano's ocean boarders and sunrise brightening the sky, Nami gave an all clear for smooth weather. At least for the time being, it was the grand line after all. But not a moment later, Franky quickly stole the helmsman from his post. "Come on, I've already asked Brook to cover for ya!"

It was time to begin the promised tour from top to bottom. The living quarters was skip till the end and the two giants of the crew made their way down to the lawn deck. Franky pointed out their destination with a colossal hand. "We'll start at the stern, it will be a little bit of up and down, but we'll eventually make our way below deck."

"I am eager to see it all." Jinbei said with a smile.

When they made their way up the quarterdeck, the shipwright showed him the tank hatch on the starboard side. Out of all the others, this is the only one that had been modified and Franky opened it to showcase. "Made this one's access bigger in the end, never know what the guys will fish up. But you're still welcome to use it if ya want."

It was still strange to have tank on a ship, even more so with the sheer size of this one. From the hatch Jinbei could see fish swimming about and judging by the dark tint of the sand bottom, it was fairly deep too. "How big is the aquarium?"

"Mmm." Franky mussed and properly shut the panel. "About fifty-thousand gallons? Give or take a few quarters."

"F-fifty!?" He sputtered in shock and quickly did the math in his head. "That's like, five-hundred-thousand pounds! Having that much weight on the aft is cause for drag."

"Eh, probably more around fifty-one-hundred thou' with all the stuff in there. And just who do take me for?" Franky found the helmsman's concern to be more humorous than insulting and chuckled. "Sunny is perfectly balanced and can carry twice their weight before submersion would even be a problem."

Jinbei was already dreading the future situations where fifty-one-hundred-thousand pounds lighter might mean life or death. Being a carrack was already a disadvantage in speed and mobility to most ships, second to only a galleon. Not even touching the rare monstrosities that could hardly be called a sea vessel anymore. Mobile castles or islands was more like it. "Is it even necessary?"

"Of course it is! Now, were heading up from here." Leading the way around to the entrance of the observation tower and beyond the doorway was a ladder. It was a rather short climb to the hatch, which was given a light knock in warning to anyone that might be on the other side.

"The 'brains of the Sunny', as Nami likes to call it." Franky gestured to the circular library. "Everyone stores their books here. Well, everyone except for Luffy. So, feel free to do so as well if you ever pick up anything as we go."

As Jinbei was taking a moment to scan the room; noting the sea charts at the desk and the fair collection of numerous types of literature, Franky was opening the door. "This area is were some of the crew like to garden." Franky explained as they walked onto one of the upper decks. "Though, the only key thing to keep in mind here is the orange trees are Nami's territory."

"One too many people have tried to take the fruit in the past, I take it?"

Franky laughed and made his way back to the ladder. "They only try it once. Anyways, one more floor up and that will be all for the tower, then it's back down."

The tour of the bathhouse was very quick, though quite impressive for a ship to have such a land-based luxury. Though, it wasn't something that the fishman was going to partake much in. Fishfolk had other means of grooming and upkeep that didn't require unpleasant things like soap. Relaxing in hot water was about as sensible as humans; and other land races, got when it came to their torturous task they dubbed as 'bathing'.

Next; after returning to quarterdeck of the stern, they entered the infirmary. The doctor was working on a file when he turned and greeted them.

"This is obviously the Doc's workplace, a permanent territory free space." It was a tiny space with a desk, a few shelves and a sickbed, but felt even smaller with the two large men squished inside. With a quick look around, Franky then addressed Chopper. "Though, might have to see about remodelling to give you more room to work. This place is too small for even one of us big boys."

Chopper let out a relieved sigh as if he had been waiting for good news. "Please, do. If it's not too much trouble... One bed has been one too few for a long time."

"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Franky inquired with a frown.

"Um, well." Chopper hesitated as guilt weighed down on him. "I didn't want to sound ungrateful o-or insult all your hard work."

"Nonsense." He dismissed the others misplaced worry with a wave. "I'll get some drafts drawn up and talk more in detail later. Gotta finish the tour first."

"Oh! Okay, thank you, Franky!" Chopper was already becoming excited for the bigger infirmary. With how reckless most of the crew was and not to mention the tough battles to come, a more reasonable sized medical centre was going to be needed. Perhaps he could even consult Nami about a budget for additional equipment.

However, just as the two were crossing through the back door into the kitchen, Chopper remembered something important. "Jinbei?"

"Yes, Dr. Tony?" He replied as turned back to his tiny crewmate.

"When you're done, could you come find me? I'd like to build your medical file."

"Certainly."

Continuing on the dining room and kitchen, where the cook was finishing his prep work for breakfast. Franky began again. "So, pretty straight forward in here, not much to say other than Sanji's territory starts-"

"What the hell, Franky!?" Sanji jumped in, foregoing his original focus once the cyborg just started freely talking about sensitive information. "Why are you just calling me out like that!?"

"I'm just trying to be helpful, gez, why are you so mad about it? Everyone else knows."

"That's not the point-! Uhg, fuck it!" He growled and then glared at Jinbei. "Everywhere the tile touches, stay out unless I say so and we won't have any problems. Got it?"

While Jinbei was bewildered over what the fuss was about, he knew it was unwise to question the cook further on the matter. So, he just nodded his head politely and agreed to the terms with no problems. "I understand, Sanji."

"Good, now, leave me alone so I can cook in peace." He bitterly said as he jutted a thumb towards the door, the tour in here was over. "I'll call when food is ready."

Exiting the kitchen, the door was slammed behind them. "Tch, touchy today and it ain't even that time of the month." Franky grumbled and made his way back to the main deck, suppressing the urge to kick the grass in spite. First Luffy pulling the alpha card on him and now Sanji was already acting like his rank was threatened. Though... to be fair, Franky knew he was in the wrong with all the teasing he gave Law about his time with Luffy.

"If it's not stepping over any bounds." Jinbei spoke up, still confused by what happened. Enough that he dared to ask. "Why was Sanji so bothered about his area being discussed?"

"Eh. I don't really get it either." Franky paused, looking up at the sails as he spoke. "I mean, I get it, I wouldn't be happy if I found someone in my workshop without permission. But Sanji; and I guess mostly everyone else, is on a different level about it. Maybe it's because I don't care if others talk about me and all my preferences, that I don't fully understand the desire to keep it to myself?" He then sighed and shook his head. "I don't know how to explain it, man. But, I figured I was saving everyone the fuss by telling you where anyone has an area claimed. Ya know, being a good packmate an' all that, rather than letting it get to them and explode on you later."

Particularities amongst the crew; even if seemed to be about something of little importance, that was something Jinbei could understand. He was familiar with the Sun crew and some of theirs. "Well, know that I appreciate it." Though his expression retained his usual seriousness, his voice softened to show his gratitude. "I certainly wouldn't want to cause any problems as I get acquainted with the crew."

That helped him to perk back up. "Then, if anyone asks, you figured it out on your own. Deal?"

"Deal."

And they shook on it. However, re-experiencing the strength in the fishman's handshake made the cyborg remember something he wanted to try. Keeping his grip on the other's hand, Franky was fully pumped back up. "Can we arm-wrestle!?"

Taken back by the sheer randomness, Jinbei awkwardly leaned away. Unsure of how to remove his hand without coming off as rude. "Uh, shouldn't we finish the tour?"

Quickly letting go and giving a snap of finger-guns, "Oh, right! We'll do that later then." Franky got back on track.

Before Jinbei could say anything more on the matter, the human was back to providing information about the Sunny. Resuming with the sails. Including little details like the exact size of each sail, which was automated and what was manual. Having a ship with parts that responded to a control system was fascinating. And honestly, Jinbei liked that he had more precise control over the Sunny.

For the bar, it was a very quick showing. Since the tank had already been discussed, there wasn't really anything that Jinbei felt like he needed to keep in mind. It was mostly a place to relax and drink.

Climbing up main mast to the crow's nest and to find that it was also a training room was very, very unexpected. While Jinbei didn't voice it, he believed that it would be a better fit if it was swapped with the library. After all, having a place to tidy up next door after training would rather nice.

Now, going below deck, this is where Franky bombarded the helmsman with information on the whole Soldier Dock System. Clearly the cyborg's pride and joy, as he was quite passionate about all the additional vessels that he had built for both weaponry and to make certain tasks easier for the whole crew. Jinbei spent a fair amount of time listening quietly, but intently, even though he didn't have any use for these mechanical contraptions.

Eventually, Franky had them move on. Going over the storage room, where and what supplies they had. It was still bizarre to know that the man had somehow managed to power everything; including his own body, with cola. The energy room that gave the Sunny its incredible powerful blasts was no different.

The workshop area and territory is split between Franky and Usopp. Pretty easy to tell which side is who's. Franky had grinned as he jutted his thumb at the sniper's sign on the wall.

With only the bow left, Franky got a strange grin as he led the way back up on deck. "Now, it's time for the surprise."

Surprise? Most of the Sunny had been a surprise, what could the shipwright have planned?

Upon entering the first level of the bow, Jinbei realized it was the men's sleeping quarters. But he didn't get a moment to completely take in the room as his guide took off.

"I call top!" Franky said with great child-like excitement and swiftly hoisted himself up onto a very large wooden, naval cot. He then posed like he had been waiting for the other to arrive. "I finally had a reason to make a set for big boys."

Jinbei observed that this bunk was indeed far larger than the other four sets. Though, with how small they were, he wondered if Franky even slept in here before this. Or just crashed on the floor. Well, even if it worked out in the man's favour, Jinbei was still grateful for the accommodation.

"The bottom suits me fine." Having to climb into bed felt inconvenient and Jinbei honestly didn't see the appeal of sleeping so high up.

"Sweet," Then as he hopped back down, he had a mischievous grin. "so, ready to see the ladies' quarters?"

"I doubt that is necessary." Jinbei replied uninterested and then took a moment to inspect his new living situation. Left to the large bunks was a sunken table, the crew's wanted posters scattered over the wall and lockers to the back. Some more worn than others; rough, repeated use left the door littered with scrapes. Upon closer inspection he noticed that instead of names, there was simple images scratched into the metal surface. A swirl, music note, slingshot, sword, straw-hat, an X, hammer and a handwheel.

"You... alright, bro?" Franky broke the silence that had settled between them.

The fishman turned to the human. "Pardon?"

"Are you normally this serious or is it because you have yet to settle in?" To be fair they hadn't really had a casual conversation since the night of the festival. Then everyone became busy with preparations. But the man didn't take the bait when Franky brought up the girls' room. Jinbei didn't get flustered or disgusted by the idea, heck he didn't even bat an eye at it.

"I'm afraid that I don't follow. If this is in correlation to the tour, I only spoke if I had questions as I was focused on learning what you had to show me."

"Hm." Perhaps he's a bit like Robin? Franky thought, but let it go. "Eh, don't worry about it. If you have any questions later on, let me know. And don't worry about gettn' back to the helm right away, get settled in, unpack."

"That can wait till later." Not that he had brought much with him to Wano to being with. "I wouldn't want to trouble Brook with my duties."

From the other side of the ship, they heard Sanji call everyone in. It was perfect timing and Franky adjusted his sunglasses before rushing out the door. "Fight 's on!" He cheered.

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The den-den-mushi was already on its sixth ring and the reindeer's stress was climbing by the second. Chopper decided that waiting for him to pick up was much, much worse than dialing the number that was meant for emergencies. And it hadn't been easy getting the contact information either.

Just as Chopper was about ready to give up on the idea and hang up, then the sail's eyes popped open. Only for the snail's expression quickly sour into a scowl, he gave a small yelp and nearly dropped the mic. "I-uh... T-this is Ch-"

"It hasn't even been half a day, Tony-ya!" Law snapped and then growled with annoyance. "Mugiwara-ya better be dead."

"Ah, ya, I know." Chopper said in defeat, unable to look at the snail. "I'm sorry and everyone is fine, I just wanted to ask-"

"I'm hanging up, now," Law cut him off. "and don't expect this number to work next time."

Doing a full one-eighty from timid to bold, he yells into the mic. "Would you just let me finish!? No, it's not an emergency, but it is still very important!"

"What is it." He demanded, if it wasn't worth the call, there would be hell to pay.

"How much do you know about fishfolk medical practices?"

The snail's expression relaxed a bit into one of surprise and perhaps curiosity. The edge even faded from Law's tone. "What happened?"

"Nothing. Well, nothing yet." Chopper explained as he flipped open the file he had put together with Jinbei. "Some of the information Jinbei provided during a consultation, I don't know of its importance and it made me realize that I don't know anything about fishfolk other than blood compatibility. Like, he said he has gill type four?"

"I'm afraid that I don't know any more than you."

That was quite the shock to the small doctor. "Eh? But didn't you perform surgery on him?"

"The injury from Akainu?" Honestly, Jinbei's size had been his saving grace. Despite the devil fruit powers tunnelling through his body, it was Luffy that had the most life threatening wounds from the attack. Jinbei would have likely recovered even without surgery, with only minor loss in quality of life. "He was lucky that the damage was mostly done to his liver and lung. At least that was practically identical to a human's." Well, the bottom half of the lung was, going up things started to look alien.

"I see." Chopper slouched into his chair, this turned out to be more worrisome than anticipated. Now he had no backup should something serious happen to the fishman in the future. It wasn't likely that he would just find textbooks on the surface either. "You wouldn't happen to still have that in your records, would you?"

There was silence for a moment and Chopper was beginning to wonder if the connection was breaking up. "I'll find a way to get the file to you. But that might take some time."

"That's fine. Thank you, Torao." He said in genuine gratitude.

"And since," Law sighed and spoke begrudgingly. "since you've allowed a partnership with your work. I guess the least I could do is pass on anything I get my hands on for fishfolk."

Chopper beamed with utter delight. "Really!? Thank you, that would be amazing!"

"I'll contact you later, so don't call again unless there is an emergency." And then Law hung up before anything else was said.

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It was wishful thinking that they would get a break and get to relax on the first day finally back to sea.

Luffy was most certainly back to his normal self and being the newest addition to the crew, Jinbei was not familiar with his captain's tactics with stealing food. Franky hadn't been kidding about there being a fight. A fight to block Luffy's greedy little fingers from touching his plate. But despite this annoyance, everyone else was so use to it that they talked and joked like usual.

However, not even ten minutes after this rowdy breakfast, Nami warned the crew that they had thirty seconds to ready for a flash storm. And they handled it well, even if full bellies made Chopper and Usopp nauseous from the rough rocking of the storm's waves that lasted for two hours. Good ol' grand line keeping them on their toes. You can only be graced with so much good luck, that you're bound to get some bad.

The afternoon also had its fair share of chaos.

The sudden, large explosion on the upper deck of the stern had Jinbei turning away from the helm and readying for a fight. But Nami shouting warnings to the sniper changed the situation to something else. "What the hell, Usopp!? I swear if you've damaged Bellmère's tangerines again, I'll cut your hair off!"

"Don't threaten my hair! The trees are fine!" He yelled back before emerging from the black cloud and hung himself over the railing to escape the thick smoke. He coughed a few times before wheezing. "And I'm okay, too, thanks for asking."

"Hey, bro! Whatcha makin'!?" Franky asked with great excitement as he hurried to join him.

"A new type of cannon ammo." Usopp groaned in reply, ignoring Nami's fuming rage and calling him a liar. Sanji quickly join in to back up the lady as well.

Jinbei stopped paying attention at that point. He sighed and returned to his post, trying to relax in the seat at the helm. "Is it going to be like this every day?"

"Nah, this is just one of those calm days. Don't worry though, we'll have days that will be even crazier and loads more fun!" Luffy reassured with an enthusiastic grin. Given the Straw-Hat pirates history, Jinbei had no doubt about crazy. Though being at the heart of it all from here on out. Perhaps he truly had no idea what he signed up for.

"So soon it will be like you're all right back at home, then?" His reply came casually, continuing the small talk and disregards his worries for the time being. He looked to where the captain was lounging against the lion's mane. All happy and full of energy, without a care in the world. Not a trace of the oddities Jinbei had witnessed over the course of the past couple days he had spent with Law. It was good to see Luffy this way once again.

"Oh, that's right. I almost forgot!" He scurried to his feet, ran over and quickly placed the straw hat atop his helmsman's head. Surprised, all Jinbei could do was stare as Luffy rushed over to the railing to shout at the rest of the crew. "Everyone, listen up! Jinbei's part of the pack now!"

There was a mix of responses, ranging from celebratory to indifference. Even when finding his voice, Jinbei didn't know what to say and just echoed in question. "Part of the pack?"

"Ya!" Luffy laughed and spun back around. "So, welcome home, Jinbei!"

Jinbei gave a huff of amusement before chuckling softly at Luffy's antics. That doesn't sound too bad. Not bad at all.

AN: no measurement or comparison is given for much of the ships. I'm guessing and just going with it, it's not important enough to make statistics of fictional ships. I don't know shit about sailing either. So it's just whatever sounds good and if I have to look something up, I will. But not a concern if I'm wrong.