59Me:*sulking in a corner*
ASL:*looking at me and sweat dropping*
Luffy:*looks at Ace* What's wrong with her, Ace-kun?
Ace:*blushes brightly at the '-kun' part* I-I'm not s-sure, Lu. *turns to Sabo and points at me* Go ask her what's wrong!
Sabo: WHAT?! why me?!
Ace: because I said so.
Sabo:*grumbles and walks up to me and clears his throat* What's the matter, Phonenix-san?
Me: this is the last chapter, and I can't choose between the many story ideas that I have.
Sabo:*gulps* that is a serious problem. what are the ideas you have in mind?
Me:*whispers into his ear*
Sabo:*nods* ah. I see why you're having such a hard time now.
Me:*nods* yeah. *groans* I guess this means i'll have to set up yet another poll.
Sabo:*laughs* that's your best bet.
Me:*groans again and falls to the floor* great! more work!
ASL:*laughs at my misfortune and misery*
It has now been two weeks since Luffy finally woke up and two weeks since Ace confessed. The two are very happy to be together now.
Sanji and the other Straw Hats had apologized and thanked Luffy profusely for protecting them from harmful stuff in the food. Luffy's response was: "It's my job to protect you guys! So there's no need to thank me." this was followed by all of them acting like Chopper for a few moments.
Ace, Luffy, and Sabo were currently engaged in a game of Poker. And, much to the shock of the whole crew, and annoyance of Ace and Sabo, Luffy was kicking their asses, to put it mildly. The two eldest brothers were grumbling and muttering while glaring at the cards in their hands.
Ace looked up at Luffy with pleading eyes. "come on, luffy! Can't you go a little easier on me? I mean, since I am your boyfriend and everything."
Now it was Sabo's turn to look up, only it was to glare at Ace. "Hey! that's cheating, you bastard!"
Luffy laughed at them before looking at Ace. "Sabo's right, Ace. that would be cheating if I went easy on you just because we're a couple now."
Ace just huffed and pouted slightly in response.
It was at this point that Chopper remembered that he wanted to ask his captain a question. So he walked up to them and cleared his throat, effectively gaining their attention, which made him a little nervous.
"um, I wanted t-to ask you a q-question, l-luffy."
Luffy smiled kindly at him. "sure. what is it, Chopper?"
Chopper looked at the ground for a good minute before swallowing and looking back up with a serious face.
"Ace and Sabo said that you were really good at debating. Is that true?"
Luffy turned to glare at his brothers, who were looking away and whistling innocently.
"How many times do I have to tell you guys. I don't want anyone knowing about that!"
Ace and Sabo cringe and hung their heads in shame. "we're so sorry, Luffy."
Luffy sighed before turning to Chopper.
"yes, I can debate. And, yeah. I'm pretty good at it."
The others had taken this chance to gather around them.
Nami looked like she didn't believe a word of that claim.
She looked at her captain challengingly. "Prove it."
The others, not including Ace, Sabo, and Luffy, nodded, wanting to see this so called "fact" for themselves. Even Robin had her doubts about this.
Luffy looked up at Nami and blinked a few times. "Sure. just give me a subject or a question."
Nami paused and tapped her chin as she tried to come up with something before snapping her fingers.
"I got one!"
She looked at Luffy with a big smirk and put one hand on her hip and used the other one to point at him.
"why is it that you still hold the position as captain? Why not let someone else take the reigns? and you can't say its because you're gonna be King of the Pirates, or that you're the one who personally recruited us."
She thought she had him beat with that question. or, so she thought.
Luffy smirked in return and stood up, putting both hands on his hips. "too easy. I guess I'll have to go easy on since, since there're my Nakama and all." he thought
Ace and Sabo paled and sweated nervously, looking from the navigator to the captain.
"uh oh! that's the one question you should never ask him. I hope he'll go easy on her." they both thought in unison
"well, Nami, those questions are fairly simple. You see, not only am I the strongest one out of the whole crew, I'm the only one that almost all of you will call Captain."
Nami raised an eyebrow, prompting him to continue.
Luffy smirked even more and narrowed his eyes dangerously. All three brothers thought "you shouldn't have done that, Nami"
"you don't see it?" she shook her head "Then I'll spell it out for you. Zoro would never follow another person and call him or her captain, since I not only saved him, but blackmailed him as well. He also has the most respect for me, being the first-mate and all"
Every ones eyes widened at this new information, while Zoro nodded in agreement, and Ace and Sabo. the two of them expected as much from their little brother.
Luffy chuckled at every ones faces before continuing. "Then theirs Usopp" said man turned to look at him, curious as to what he would say. Luffy just chuckled while he closed his eyes and shook his head. "sorry to say this, but Usopp would be one of the worst captains ever."
Everyone could only gape at him. They didn't know he would even think of that about his friends and crewmates, let alone actually saying it.
Ace and Sabo just shook their heads and sighed. "So much for thinking he would go easy on them"
Luffy looked at them and held his hands up in surrender. "Hey, its true. if you don't believe me, I'll explain. The only things he would do if he were to be captain, are to avoid any place that even feels dangerous, hide from even the smallest group of marines, and he would suck at recruiting members."
They all seemed to accept this answer, even Usopp had to admit that he was right with everything that he said.
Luffy, seeing that they all accepted his answer, so far, continued.
"Now, with Sanji" said man turned to him with full attention. Luffy could only sigh and shake his head. "First of all, I doubt that anyone of you could have gotten him to leave the Baratie. I doubt that even Nami and Robin could get him to leave." He looked up to see that everyone except Sanji gave him looks of disbelief. He raised an eyebrow.
"you don't believe me?" most of them just shook their heads. Luffy sighed "And I thought that Zoro, Nami, and usopp were smart."
"think about it. Sanji is obsessed with girls, no? Well, don't you think that he would've left a while ago to follow a pretty girl?" the ones from the East Blue gasped, except Sanji, of course, as realization hit them. He was absolutely right.
Luffy just chuckled at them and looked at Nami. "so, do I need to continue on, Nami?" said girl just shook her head.
Robin decided to speak up at this point with a question. "so, captain-san, which one of you is the best?"
Ace and Sabo sulked and, while grumbling, pointed at Luffy, who smiled innocently.
Robin just smiled mysteriously. "So, how does an argument between the three of you look?" This got everyone else curious as well, so they looked to the three of them, with Luffy having sat back down.
The three of them blushed and looked to the ground in shame. Sabo was the one to answer
"We can get... how should I put this... well, when the discussion gets really heated, we have been known to scream at each other, and we have also beaten the crap out of anyone who dares to intervene. And after-wards, neither one of us spoke to one another for two whole weeks." Nami was thinking that she would be able to stop them, since she could break up Zoro and Sanji's fiercest fights.
Ace saw this and sighed. "I don't think even you could stop us, Nami." this had everyone, except Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Robin paling and breaking into a nervous sweat. Well, Nami just scoffed.
"I bet I could. And besides that, Sanji would protect me, and luffy would never hit a crew member."
The three brothers just gave her a look that said 'okay, its your funeral'.
Ace then smirked. "alright, if you're so sure, lets make it a bet. 500 berries says you can't do it."
Nami's eyes immediately turned into berries, so of course she agreed to it.
Ace's smirk turned into a feral grin and his eyes gained a dangerous glint to them, and his other brother and current-boyfriend gained the same look.
All three spoke in complete unison "give us a subject"
All the crew members turned to Robin, knowing that she would pick a good topic that could easily turn into a heated argument. Robin had a thoughtful expression. After several minutes, she had one and stepped forward.
"Which one of you has collected the most treasure over the years?"
The three of them blinked. that was a good question. "ME!" they all said at once before looking at each other with a tick-mark over their eye.
And so, the battle/argument/debate had begun.
"Luffy, you know that me and Ace collected treasure ever since we became friends!" said sabo, "so, obviously this should only be between us!" Ace nodded. Luffy growled, tick-mark still present. "shut up, Sabo! You know that I easily matched that amount when we were out pick-pocketing people!"
They went on like this for a little less than a minute before they started to seriously start yelling at each other. Then, they started to infuse their voices with Haki.
"THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN PROVE I STOPPED PICKING PEOPLES POCKETS! EVEN IF NAMI IS IN CHARGE OF OUR MONEY AND COLLECTS IT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE GETS EVERY BERRIE!"
"YEAH, WELL IT'S THE SAME WITH ME, YOU BRAT!"
"HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT I ACTUALLY GET PAYED FOR EVERY MISSION I GO ON THE R.A?!"
Nami had, at this point, gotten extremely mad and annoyed at the three of them and decided that now was a good time to stop them. So, with an angry tick-mark of her own, which had yet to go away on the three men arguing, she marched up to them, and raised a fist to hit them.
Well, she would have beaten them up, had they not paused in their argument, which had taken a dangerous turn by now, and given the scariest glare ever seen.
But, she had, unfortunately for her, mustered up the courage to get closure. this had, of course, resulted in her getting punched by all three of them, and she flew straight out to the ocean.
While Franky went out to get her, Sanji had tried to punish them for hitting a lady. Well, needless to say, Franky arrived with two 'passengers', whom Chopper looked at and declared that they were only going to have a dark bruise.
The crew determined that they were holding back tremendously.
After about two hours, the entire ship was completely silent. Now, some members of the crew would find this quite pleasurable, but this wasn't the good kind of silence. No. Instead, this silence was filled with a suffocating tension. It was so thick that you needed one of Zoro's swords to cut it.
The crew just watched, completely helpless, as the ASL trio sat in different spots on the grassy deck, as far away from each other as possible and sporting large scowls. Luffy was at the front, right next to the figure head, but he didn't sit on it, which shocked most of the crew, Ace was at the far left, sitting in front of the railing on the left side, while Sabo was at the opposite end. They were scowling at the sea and refused to turn around and face each other.
The Straw Hats tried to go about their daily business and ignore the thicker-than-should-be-humanly-possible tension. Well, the key word here was tried.
After about a week and a half, Ace and Luffy finally made up, kissed each other, well, Ace kissed Luffy several times, before they both went over to Sabo, and they quickly forgave each other and quickly came to the agreement that they were at a tie with money.
Good thing they made up when they did, cause the crew was going to come up with a ridiculous plan to get them to make-up.
And so, Ace and Sabo decided to join the crew, they all partied, and then went on their way to their next adventure with a healthy captain, a very happy fire-fist, since he can be with Luffy and do, um, well, he can finally get it on with him, and a satisfied Revolutionary.
Me:*comes out wobbling before collapsing on the ground* I FINISHED MY FIRST STORY EVER~! YEEEEEESSSSSSS!
Robin: fufufufufufufufu~! indeed, author-san.
Me:*gets up and tackles Robin in a hug* yeah! now, I just need to set up my poll so that my lovely fans can decide which story idea I should do first, since I still can't decide T-T it sucks, really.
Everyone:*waves* until next time!