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RUMBLE!

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© Oyasumi ©

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Dinner continued without any serious incident, thank goodness.

Luffy had ended up eating three plates of food, much to Sanji�s surprise. He hadn�t known what to expect exactly, but he was relieved that his captain�s appetite was still healthy despite the mishap that afternoon.

As Nami ate her salad, Luffy skipped up and merrily took off with the straw from her drink. Then he led Sanji through a half-hearted chase over the table to get it back.

The cook didn�t want to actually hurt the kid, and Robin seemed to find the whole thing so amusing that he let Luffy drag it on just a little longer than he normally would have. Then Nami said she was thirsty and the chase abruptly ended by Zoro beating Sanji to the straw and giving it back. He didn�t really care about the drink, but the chef didn�t think clearly when Nami was involved, and the swordsman wanted to forgo any of the ten accidents that he suddenly foresaw.

They spent about three hours talking and laughing and playing with Luffy. This whole Rumble thing was kinda tripping some of them out, and they couldn�t seem to help but find it a little funny when Luffy� did pretty much anything, actually.

It was the longest meal Luffy could ever remember having on the Merry Go, and while he greatly enjoyed them all being together and playing with him, he was REALLY starting to get tired. Everyone was taking forever to eat because they found him to be such a huge distraction. Or a really tiny one� whichever made more sense.

At long last, everyone finished and began to rise.

�Usopp. Dishes.� Sanji ordered, pointing at the sink.

Even though he knew it was his turn, Usopp looked positively scandalized. He considered what a true man would do in a situation such as this� and then he tried to pin it on someone else, �But it�s Luffy�s night!�

�Oops.

Too late. Everyone was staring at him. Luffy blinked. Zoro snorted. Sanji froze in mid-light. Chopper paused on his way out the door. Even Robin looked a bit perturbed.

Nami looked at him like he was nuts, �You�re kidding, right?�

�Urusei,� he mumbled back and began to collect the plates while everyone else continued on their way out the door.

Luffy walked over to Zoro, who had waited until they had gone to rise. �Are we going to bed, too?� he yawned.

Zoro smirked, �You tired?�

The tiny captain only nodded and reached up in that classic �carry me� position.

Zoro raised a speculative eyebrow. Usopp was banging dishes around and paying no attention to them, but the swordsman stooped down close to the table anyway. �I thought my hands were cold.�

Luffy shook his head and cupped his hands around his mouth so only Zoro could hear him (as if anyone else could have, anyway�) and answered, �Just colder than I was, but I was really hot. Now I�m cold, and you�re warm!�

Zoro shook his head, but encircled his hands around his captain and lifted him close to himself while rolling his eyes, �That�s convenient��

�Yep! Zoro�s hands can fix anything!� Luffy piped. Then he yawned again.

Zoro smiled fondly at his captain. �It�s really cold out there now, Luffy.�

�Kay,� Luffy huddled himself up.

Zoro was almost to the door when Luffy suddenly screamed, �Wait, we need to bring Boshi!� and began twisting around, trying to look for his hat on the bench. When he didn�t see it in the place it had been earlier, a level of panic that could only be expected by now arose. �Zoro, where�s Boshi! Boshi�s gone! Usopp!! Do you see Boshi?!�

�WHAT?� Usopp yelled, turning off the water. Honestly, he was so loud in the kitchen�

Zoro knew how quickly things would head down hill if he didn�t say something fast. �Luffy. Luffy� Luffy!� Once his captain�s tear-filled eyes were on him again, he continued, �It�s okay. Your hat�s fine. I took it to the bedroom earlier. Remember when I went to go do that thing?�

Luffy sniffled �You put it away?�

Zoro nodded.

�So long ago?� How had he missed that?

Zoro nodded again. Seriously, when Luffy sent someone on a guilt-trip he could make a two-by-four cry. Or maybe it was just that Zoro took it way too seriously -he still felt bad for leaving the boy with Sanji right after Luffy had expressed his obvious desire to stay with his swordsman. Either way, Zoro felt the need to make amends.

�I should have told you.� Zoro said in apology. �Kedo na� I have a surprise for you.�

�Surprise?� Luffy chippered right up. �Where? What is it? I want it!�

�You�ll see. We have to get downstairs first.�

Luffy giggled and snuggled back up to Zoro, who opened the door and stepped back outside.

ICE COLD.

That was what instantly took precedence over Luffy�s entire being. His laughter died instantly and he pressed his face against Zoro�s shirt, already eager to be inside and out of the cold. Luffy hated this. He�d always loved to be outside, no matter what! There wasn�t even any wind. It just wasn�t fair!

Zoro tried to make the trip short, but half-way to the hatch, something occurred to him and he stopped. �Luffy, do you have to pee?�

Luffy hadn�t even thought about that, but now that Zoro mentioned it� Too cold to do much else, he nodded, and Zoro did an about face and headed for the storage room. The bathroom was in the back, and he marched across the girl�s ceiling to the restroom door.

At least having no pants had made one thing very simple, as Luffy soon learned. If only it hadn�t been so damn freezing.

He was shaking so bad by the time they actually got back to the hold-hatch that it was hard to breath. Zoro was inside with the hatch shut real quick, but Luffy couldn�t seem to stop. �Zoro�?�

Zoro moved both hands back around the shivering boy whispered, �What�s the matter, captain?�

Luffy began to sniffle. �I don�t like this anymore��

Zoro sighed. ��I know.� He continued across the room to the couch he had staked for the night and sat down. Chopper was asleep already (he�d been exhausted), but Zoro could make out Sanji watching them from his hammock.

Luffy held onto his swordsman without looking at anything for a while. He just clenched the fabric of his shirt and closed his eyes and trembled.

When he had settled and Luffy still hadn�t moved, Zoro began rubbing his captain�s back again. He really didn�t know what more he could do for the kid. The only thing that he was positive Luffy needed was affection. More than anything else, Luffy had always needed an abundance of love. The captain just had to know his nakama were there for him, and he would be able to make it through anything.

Zoro didn�t know how to give that. Love and affection weren�t really his thing, but he knew that if he really wanted to take care of Luffy to the extent that he felt he did, then he was going to have to start learning.

Luffy didn�t say anything while Zoro touched him, but he slowly began to relax under the contact. It was soothing, just being constantly touched like that. At least the Rumble Balls had made one thing feel nicer than it had before. But everything else was just terrible. Sometimes he would be distracted from his discomfort -and he was grateful for that- but the rest of the time he was all too aware of the sensations pressing in on him on all fronts, threatening to crush him. Sometimes they did. He had felt okay on the counter earlier. A little dizzy, but he was happy, and Zoro was there and they were both laughing and then BAM! Total power outage in Luffy city.

Now he understood why Chopper referred to them as �attacks�; there had been no warning whatsoever. One sensation had grown too strong so fast that it had crumpled him like a battering ram to an unsuspecting door. There was also no more wonder in Luffy�s mind as to why Chopper had said to stay nearby someone at all times. Luffy really wasn�t looking forward to being attacked again, but the thought of going through it alone was terrifying.

After a while, Luffy yawned and rubbed his eyes with his fist again. Then he suddenly remembered! �Zoro, where is it?� He began to bounce up and down against Zoro�s tummy, smiling broadly and once again totally distanced from thoughts about anything bad.

Zoro almost laughed, the turn around his captain did was so comical. Zoro was used to Luffy�s little eccentricities -he even enjoyed and looked forward to them. This kid could go from somber and forlorn to positively exuberantly radiant in a heartbeat. It was good to see that, even though he was obviously physically tired and emotionally overwhelmed, Luffy�s heart was going strong. That was the one part of his captain that would never be defeated. Luffy had a strong spirit.

Zoro decided to put and end to his captain�s suspense, �Okay, okay! Turn around, it�s right behind you. � ttaku yo�� he finished with a grumble and lifted his hands away as Luffy squirmed against him to see in behind himself in the dimly-lit room.

Luffy didn�t have time to register disappointment when Zoro took his hands away, because once he had about-faced, his eyes fell on something that was� a little odd. It took him a moment to figure out what it was.

It was his hat, obviously - laying brim-up - but now it was full of fluff and had bits of cloth inside of it and two funny lumps nearer to the top side of the inner-brim. It took only a second, and when it clicked, Luffy let out a cry of delight. �It�s a BED!�

And a bed it was. Luffy mini-rocketed himself to where Boshi sat on the table not a meter away, landing right in the middle of all the fluff with a wonderful *POOF* noise. He laughed heartily at the experience and began to explore the new little place that was all his. It hadn�t been before Luffy shrank, but it was now, and so that made it new and exciting and special-just-for-him. Plus, this meant that he could sleep with his boshi, and that -in his mind- made up for all the bad stuff today. �Except for the chocolate thing. THAT was something that he simply wasn�t able to forgive just yet. He just couldn�t believe that chocolate had done that to him.

The fabric of the covers was soft and warm and folded into a thick double-layer. Luffy knew it had probably been part of a much larger blanket once-upon-a-time-this-afternoon. The �mattress� underneath that consisted of cotton balls from Chopper�s medical supplies in the storage room/doctor�s office, with padding from Nami�s kit that could probably stuff a teddy bear nicely underneath as a base. All this softness was covered with a tiny bit of purple velvet -of all materials. The captain pressed his hands against its� softness and pondered and mulled this around for a moment, but the only place he knew of that Zoro could have gotten this royal purple velvet from� was that ridiculously flamboyant and effeminate suit of Sanji�s that the swordsman hated so much. Luffy stroked his fingers over the velvet for another moment or so� and then turned his attention to the pillows made from the same folded material. Altogether, there was plenty of heat insulation, and it looked very cozy. Plus, it was inside his hat, and that made it wonderful!

Zoro watched the smile on his captain�s face grow larger with each passing moment. He likes it� Zoro was relieved. He knew that no matter what, Luffy would have appreciated the gesture, but he had been a little concerned that the boy would want his hat to be like normal so that he could have that one familiar object to touch and feel calm around�

That concern had been dashed at the wonder made evident in each of Luffy�s movements. As expected, the little one had flown into the cushy softness with a small but significant *PUFF*, which was why Zoro had laid books of various sizes -pilfered (with permission) from Robin�s supply- all around the hat so that it wouldn�t go sliding off the tabletop when the little acrobatic was performed. It was propped slightly at an angle at which Zoro would be able to see the tiny inhabitant from his couch without having to actually lean over if he heard something that sounded off.

Zoro noticed when he came in, though, one additional item on the table that he hadn�t put there. Usopp�s bear was sitting against one side of the hat, almost like a symbolic big ribbon. The sniper must have put it there himself when he came in to put his new invention (which was sitting across the room right now) away before dinner. Zoro didn�t mind that Usopp wanted to be part of the experience. It was pretty nice, really, because he�d managed to add a touch to Luffy�s surprise without ruining it.

He watched Luffy�s hands follow and feel everything they could as the boy�s little eyes seemed to try to take in everything at once. Luffy paused when he felt over the velvet, and Zoro wondered if he�d been discovered so soon� but Luffy didn�t say anything, instead reaching up to feel the inner rim of his hat. The smile came back full force then.

Apparently satisfied with this exploration, Luffy suddenly squeaked and rolled himself up in his blankets, snuggling deeply into the bedding and curling into a tiny ball.

Zoro smiled at the sight. �Like it?�

Luffy�s head popped back up and he shot Zoro a beaming smile, �Like it! Arigatou, Zoro!�

Zoro laughed.

Luffy laughed, too, but it was abruptly cut off by a huge yawn that actually left his eyes watering. His boshi-bed was so cozy!

�Hey, shitheads. Why don�t you put out that light and sleep already? Some of us have to cook early in the morning.�

This had Luffy twisting about in bed. �Yeah! And me too! Right Sanji?�

The smile was audible, �We�ll see Luffy. Depends on what we have.�

Now on his front, Luffy pushed himself to his elbows. �You don�t know?�

Sanji frowned. �I�ll have to revise the menu a little. It�s no big deal.�

Zoro cut off the stream of Luffy-questions that a statement like THAT would no doubt bring. �Can you two talk about breakfast at breakfast time? � ttaku!�

Sanji smirked at the swordsman�s obvious irritation, but decided enough was enough. �Night, Sencho.�

Luffy rolled back over and smiled. � J Night, Sanji J �

Asshole cook� Zoro finally laid back, grabbing his blanket from where it was draped over the arm of the couch and slinging it over himself.

Usopp would take first watch because he was the last one up, and that was often the way the cookie crumbled on the Merry Go. Seeing no need to keep the light on, Zoro addressed his captain as he leaned to blow the candle out. �You�re tired. Sleep.�

Luffy nodded, � �kay.�

It went dark.

It went really dark.

�Zoro?�

He heard a shuffling sound and then his swordsman�s voice, �What is it, Luffy?�

The little one smiled, � © Oyasumi © �

Zoro grunted through the darkness. �Hm. Oyasumi.�

That done, Luffy cuddled deep into his boshi-bed again, and now that he was snuggled into it, Luffy was able to really partake of his surprise.

One of the most interesting things about it was the way it smelled. Luffy could detect and recognize select scents pretty darn good now, and everything in the bed held the lingering scent of one of his nakama. The velvet was Sanji�s -no more question there. The cotton smelled a little of the sterile materials that Chopper sometimes smelled like when he was working with his supplies. The padding smelled strongly of Nami and Robin�s room -which, in turn, smelled like Nami and Robin. That was a really nice smell. His new double-layered blankey had been cut from Zoro�s own blanket so now Luffy could curl that scent right up around himself. And then there was Usopp�s teddy.

As Luffy put all these connections together, he felt� so loved. Just the feel of being surrounded by all of them, knowing how they wanted to protect him now� Luffy had always been the protector. It didn�t matter if they knew it or not, or even if they hadn�t willingly allowed these parts of themselves to be integrated into his new snuggle-place. Luffy knew they would be here for him, and this constant form of reminder would be here until he got better. One Piece had nothing on this. No treasure in the world held value that could even compare.

Luffy quickly fell into a peaceful sleep, enveloped in the love of his nakama.

The night passed without incident. It seemed that these attacks had backed down for now. Zoro woke only once -when Usopp came in to trade watch with Sanji- to check on Luffy, and the kid was out cold, cuddled deep into his bed.

~~~ *** ~~~

Morning came. Down in the hold, most of the boys were still sleeping. Only Sanji was absent from the ensemble.

Luffy slowly came to awareness with a shiver, but was still too disoriented to register the temperature any way other than physically. He slowly opened his eyes, before slamming them closed again with a groan. It sure was bright. How odd. It usually wasn�t this bright in his bedroom unless the hatch was open, and if the hatch had been open, he would be hearing the ocean right now.

He shifted in his blankets a little and rubbed his face in the nice pillow that was in his nice� soft bed? Luffy abruptly shifted out of his half-dream state and propped himself on his forearms as he looked around. Where the heck�?

Zoro had awoken a few minutes before his captain, but hadn�t felt the slightest bit inclined to actually move, so he�d just laid there. Upon hearing a tiny groan from the direction of the table, he now opened his eyes to see Luffy rubbing his face in his little pillow. The little thing had slept like a rock, much to Zoro�s surprise. There had been no complaints about sounds all night, and Zoro had not only been expecting them; he�d stayed awake, specifically waiting for them, until a little after the boy had been asleep for a little while.

The swordsman continued to watch through one eye as Luffy kind of froze in bed� and then lifted his head abruptly and began to look around him with an obvious amount of confusion and even a hint of panic� which just as suddenly disappeared to be replaced with a frown of annoyance.

Zoro withheld his smile. Forgot, huh?

He watched as the captain went limp, dropping his face back into his pillow again with a �Merrf� sound to lay there for a few seconds. Then Zoro closed his open eye just as Luffy twisted onto his back to see that his first mate was still where he�d left him. The boy didn�t actually rise, but again rested comfortably in his boshi, his eyes on his first mate. After a moment of this, though, his head tilted to one side and his eyes closed again.

Zoro reopened his eye when he sensed that his captain�s were no longer on him (because as a great swordsman, he could do that, of course), and looked at the boy who seemed to be asleep again ¾
or at least would be soon. The (much) larger man was now very surprised. Luffy� waking up and then going back to sleep? In the daytime? After he�d had� probably at least nine hours of solid rest already? Hmmm�

But Zoro knew he was supposed to expect the unexpected after all. And this was hardly a bad thing. In fact, this was great! A sleepy Luffy meant that Zoro might be able to have a lazier-than-expected morning. Lucky him!

�Zoro, I know you�re awake.�

Urk! The addressee opened his eyes to look down at his captain again, only to find that the tiny boy had not yet moved.

Only once Luffy had heard the movement of acknowledgment did he open his eyes and smirk, �I heard your breathing change.�

�Dammit. Zoro frowned at his own clumsiness, deciding that he�d have to get better about that in order to be stronger. In any case, this probably meant that Luffy was ready to get up now. He sat up a bit. �Ohayo,� he mumbled tiredly.

Luffy sat up and then yawned through his attempted reply, �Oha~~~yo,� before rubbing his eyes, and finally looking up to give the swordsman his very rare and adorable �I�m-still-sleepy� morning smile that few people had ever been on the receiving end of� And suddenly Zoro didn�t mind anymore.

The older man didn�t know if he would have been able to actually sleep now that he was up, anyway -even though it had never been a problem before. He knew that, frankly, there could only be so much time before something bad happened to Luffy again, and if Zoro went to sleep, his captain might wake up again and decide to wander up to the kitchen -thus crossing the deck all by himself- and that would probably cause that next �bad thing� that happened.

Over in his hammock, Usopp snored loudly.

Zoro stood and stretched. �Ready for breakfast?�

Luffy jumped up, �Yeah, breakfast. I get to help with it!�

Zoro paused in his stretch. It was pretty late already� if breakfast wasn�t already underway, Zoro would be surprised. Sanji had taken last watch, after all, and he typically started cooking early on those days. The swordsman lowered his arms, leaning closer to Boshi. �Well, come on then.�

Luffy climbed out of this covers and adjusted his hanky as he tried to figure out how to get out of bed without messing it up or tipping it over. His new little bed felt good to snuggle in and the captain liked it how it was, so when Zoro�s hand lowered in front of him, he climbed on.

Luffy noticed right away that his skin felt more sensitive than it had yesterday; Zoro�s hands felt more rough. He didn�t want to draw a lot of worry to himself so early, but it was weird. Luffy tucked his legs up into his hanky once Zoro had lifted him up to himself, and then took the ride up the ladder in silence, prepping himself for the cold he knew was coming.

The sun was bright and the morning air chill, and even though there was little wind, these two things alone were enough to draw a groan of discomfort from the boy.

Zoro put the hatch back and then held Luffy with both hands. The weather felt nice to the first mate. The fresh air and clear sky made for perfect napping conditions� that he would not be able to partake of. Probably. But poor Luffy� Zoro felt his captain shivering against him, and hastened his trip to the kitchen.

They arrived in the galley just as Sanji was setting the table. Nami was drinking tea and reading a paper at said table, and Robin was drinking her own cup of coffee.

The archaeologist had taken some of her allowance at the last island and had purchased a more �modern� coffee-maker. It was very different from what the crew was used to seeing, but it did make coffee much more quickly than their old-fashioned three-piece contraption in the storage room. Robin enjoyed it, Usopp had marveled at it�s design, and Sanji had appreciated it�s efficiency.

Luffy knew that Robin liked her morning cup of coffee especially, but the moment, he didn�t much appreciate it�s smell. He would never bring it up, however, because it would be a selfish thing to mention. He wanted Robin to be happy first, because she was his nakama and really smart. She was the best archeologist ever!

Nami looked up as Zoro crossed the room to set their bitty little captain on the table. �Ohayo, you two. Did you sleep okay, Luffy?�

�Aa, it was good!� the boy answered her without actually turning to look at her. His focus was on the breakfast food already on the counter. �Sanji? �Why?�

Sanji truly looked apologetic. �Sorry, Sencho. I didn�t promise you because I wasn�t sure. I know you wanted to help, but when you didn�t wake up early on your own, I didn�t want to interrupt your sleep. You could probably use it, you know.�

Luffy was quietly disappointed. Bowing his head, he began to absently fiddle with his red string again.

Sanji sighed and picked up a towel off the counter to wipe his hands. �Luffy, the other reason I let you sleep while I cooked breakfast was because it�s something that had to be cooked on the stove. I made some miso soup and rice with a few sakana, and since these are all made over the stove in tall pots over the fires, or in the oven, there wasn�t anything I needed help for. These are all sort of one-person jobs as far as cooking goes.�

On the table, the little one didn�t raise his head, but he did understand. Sanji had said maybe, after all. And Luffy was still pretty lethargic, so waking early only to feel useless and not help wouldn�t have been enjoyable at all.

Sanji continued, �I thought ahead, though, and I�ve already decided what I would make for lunch, and I could definitely use some help on that, if you�re still interested?�

Feeling a little mollified at this, Luffy looked up with a small smile. �Yeah. I want to help. It�s fun to help with cooking!�

Sanji smiled and turned back to the counter again to continue ladling miso soup into bowls. �Well, what I have planned isn�t exactly cooking, but it�s something that I think you�ll like much better. I planned it especially so that we could have some fun.�

Luffy�s previous excitement returned from the night before. �REALLY? What is it? What are we going to do?�

�You�ll see.�

Luffy started bouncing up and down in anticipation. �And you promise I can help this time?�

�Yep.�

�YAYAYAY!� the mini-pirate cheered and ran over to a napkin and to do a mini-powwow on top of it, dancing in circles to his own beat. He rocketed to the counter top to watch Sanji up close, making sure to keep a little distance from all the hot food.

Sanji took on a very faint scolding tone. �I�m about to move them to the table.�

Through his responding laughter, Luffy clearly heard Nami whisper to Zoro, �How did he do last night? Was he really okay? Because Chopper was saying some things on the deck before dinner��

He then heard Zoro grunt in affirmation, speaking softly but quite freely. �He was fine. Slept all night, no problems. I checked on him.�

Luffy felt comforted upon hearing this. The knowledge that Zoro was watching out for him gave him strength again, as it had so many times already. At the same time, he hoped they wouldn�t get paranoid.

Luffy turned his attention to the new coffee-maker-thing on the other side of the sink. When they had first brought it on board, Luffy had planned on fascinating himself for an afternoon by learning what other kinds of hot drinks it could make. Sanji had stopped him at every previous attempt, but the captain�s curiosity about it hadn�t exactly shrunk with his size. Now that it was out in the galley, and Luffy�s new size made it easier to sneak by without notice (he hoped), then there might be an opportunity here that couldn�t be missed. He decided he should wait for the right time.

But in the meantime� He shot back over to the table and pitter-pattered over to Nami�s teacup to warm his hands in the steam. While he did this, he asked Nami something he was a bit curious about. �What did Chopper tell you last night?�

Nami�s hand paused on its way to her cup when Luffy�s beat her to it. She watched him make little designs in the steam with his fingers and answered softly, �Not too much. Just that we should talk quieter because we sound a lot louder to someone small enough to fit in our palm. Ummm, he said you got cold easier, too�� she lifted her cup away and took a few sips. When Luffy shivered form the loss of the heat, she set it back down beside him, ��which is obvious.�

Luffy smiled as the teacup came back, and he continued to play in the steam. �Is that all?� He was trying to make Whitebeard�s mark, but was finding steam to be a very difficult thing to draw in, so all anyone could see was their captain making tiny, repeated swastikas in the air in front of himself.

Robin smiled at him, �Sen-san told me that I should try not to make coffee when you�re in the room with the machine, and he told Nagahana-kun not to come into the kitchen with grease all over himself. So I assumed that you�re sense of smell and possibly taste were heightened by the change. Chigaimasu ka?�

�No, you�re not wrong.� Luffy answered without pausing in his attempted doodling. �I had some chocolate yesterday, and it was the grossest thing in the world. I couldn�t believe it.�

Everyone started laughing, much to Luffy�s dismay. He began to fume. �I�m glad you all think it�s so funny!�

Robin�s smile didn�t fade, but she made an attempt at sympathy. �Gomen ne, Sencho-san. That sounds horrible.�

Luffy nodded decisively, and continued his steam-doodles while answering in a very serious voice, �It was. It was horrible.�

�I�ll bet. Chopper didn�t say anything about that,� Nami followed up, �Has anything else changed, Luffy?�

�Not much,� Luffy failed to elaborate, �Sanji probably remembers more than I do. Ask him later.�

Sanji seemed to appreciate the recommendation. �Hai! Please ask anything you wish of me in your divine beauty and I will answer you in any way you desire!� he sang, clasping his hands above his head to dance like the noodley-puppet he was.

Luffy pouted. The doodling wasn�t going to his advantage at all, and he was finally growing frustrated with it. But that was okay, because Sanji had stopped dancing and was setting the food out on the table!

Luffy skittered across to his self-proclaimed �spot� near Zoro, and the swordsman pulled an extra bowl of rice over. Luffy smiled, �Ittadakimasu!� and dug right in, stuffing several grains the size of his hand into his mouth at once.

Usopp and Chopper came stumbling through the door at that point and grabbed their seats, and with everyone assembled the cacophony of mealtime noise commenced.
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