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'Thinking'

"talking"

"Memories/Dreams"

"LUFFY!"

Splash

Luffy shoots up in the hammock in a cold sweat, shaking. Luffy raises his trembling hand to his forehead then runs it through his hair in a futile attempt to calm himself. He looks around the room to make sure he didn't wake up anyone; he then stands up on uneasy legs and slowly makes his way to the kitchen.

Luffy opens the door to the deck as quietly as possible and takes a deep breath of salty sea air. He leans against the closed door taking a few deep breaths before quickly and quietly making his way to the upper deck.

He peeked through the window of the door before entering.

He goes to the sink and turns the water on. Luffy cups his hands under the running water and begins to lift his hands to his face but stops and lets the water run through his fingers. 'Shit…' Luffy leans on his hands and stares at the running water in a daze…

"LUFFY!"

"DAMMIT!" Luffy slams his hands down on the counter. He takes in an uneasy breath before turning off the water. He continues to stare at the sink with glazed over eyes.

"Luffy!"

"Luffy! Look!"

"Luffy?"

A small child giggles, "Luffy!"

"L-Luffy?"

Sigh, "Luffy…."

"LUFFY!"

A tear stream down Luffy's cheek and drips onto the floor before he begins to sniffle and cry. He sinks down to the floor in front of the sink. 'Why…'

Hot, wet tears streak down Luffy's cheeks and he attempts to stifle his sobs.

"Suck it up and stop your whining. Don't be such a cry baby!"

He let out a dry chuckle, but turns to uncontrollable sobbing. The memory did nothing to help.

After what seemed like an eternity he cleared his head, ''She' would be ashamed.' Calming himself down, he picks himself up off the floor and brings himself back to the men's sleeping quarters. He reluctantly climbs back into his hammock, 'I'm sorry…,' and drifts off into an uneasy sleep.

A young girl's voice is heard through a haze, "Luffy!"

"Luffy!"

"Lu-ffy!"

"OI! WAKE UP, BAKA!"

Luffy's eyes suddenly snap open startling Usopp. "Geez Luffy, you startled me. *sigh*" Luffy just stares blankly at the wall. "Luffy?"

Hearing Usopp brings Luffy out of his stupor. "Usopp?" Usopp gives an exasperated sigh, "Sanji told-" 'more like made' thought Usopp angrily, "me to tell you that breakfast is ready and if you want any to get your lazy ass on deck." "….. Thank you…." "Luffy are you alright?" "I-I'm fine…" Luffy puts on a clearly fake grin but it was enough to fool Usopp. "I'm fine. Now, what were you saying?" "There's Foo-""FOOD!" Usopp closes his eyes from the amount of wind Luffy creates when he runs to the deck. 'What's up with him?'

Luffy sits on his favorite spot, on top of the ram head, but something's…. different. He isn't smiling like an idiot; he isn't humming a cheery tune…or at least isn't humming happily…. His legs are crossed in the Indian style and not flailing about. And… he looks… sad. No. Not sad. Depressed maybe?

Nami stares at Luffy from her lounge chair. 'Something's wrong… Maybe I should talk to him…' She stands up and starts walking over to Luffy but stops mid-step and instead goes to the kitchen. "Sanji-kun…" "HAI, NAMI-SAN!" yells Sanji, giving Nami his undivided attention." "I think something's wrong with Luffy…" worry leaks into her voice. "Hm… You know Luffy. He's probably just sad that he can't have a second helping of lunch…"

"I don't think so. He normally bounces back really quick but… he's just sitting there… it's not normal…well, for Luffy, at least." Sanji sighs, "I'm sure he'll be over it by the end of the day." Nami gives a worried glance at Luffy. She looks unconvinced but nods in agreement with Sanji.

"Luffy!" Yells an excited voice.

After that 'dream' Luffy can't get his thoughts off of 'her'. 'Why… Why did I have to remember "That."' Luffy lets out a tired sigh.

A child's giggling is heard.

Luffy frowns and runs his fingers through his hair with a sigh.

THE NEXT DAY

'Looks like he's back to normal,' thinks Nami as Luffy scarfs down food in his normal sloppy fashion. 'I'm glad that he's over whatever was making him depressed.' O-how wrong she is….

"Oi, Luffy, help me put the tables away!" Luffy looks at Sanji and whines a little before picking up one end of a table and helping Sanji fold it up to put it away.

Once all the tables are put away, Luffy enthusiastically runs to sit on the head of the ram.

Usopp's loud yelling is heard throughout the entire ship, "LAND-HO!" Luffy jumps up, "REALLY!" "YA!"

Nami casually emerges from below the deck looking at a map. "Hmmm…. that's the Island of Krampaka." Luffy looks over at her in interest. "They are known for their many musicians. Music is their main attraction after all." Luffy perks up after hearing that, "MAYBE WE CAN GET A MUSICIAN!" Luffy lets a wide grin spread across his face.

After a long ride with a hyper Luffy they FINALLY arrive at the docks of Krampaka.

"YATA!" Luffy hops over the railing of the deck. "Oi, Luffy, COME BACK!" yells Usopp but it was too late. Luffy was already out of sight. Nami just sighs at her captain's childish actions.

"Were getting low on food, so I'm going to the market," Sanji states plainly, looking at the sky, deep in thought. "I wonder if they'll have…" Sanji trails off.

Nami trails behind Zoro, trying to lend him money. "But you don't have any money, sooooo…" "No, keep your damn money." Zoro picks up the pace leaving an annoyed Nami in his wake.

With Luffy

Luffy bobs and weaves through the crowd with one goal in mind, find a musician and get them to join his crew. Luffy's stopped running and let a grin slip across his face at the sight of a stage.

"Oi, you." Luffy looks around for the person the voice belongs to, "I swore I heard something.." "Oi, you, in the straw hat." Luffy turns his head in the direction of the voice. He spots a chubby man sitting at a desk. On impulse, Luffy walks over to the man. "Hey! What's going on here?" The man replies simply, "A music festival."

"If you want to join, here's a sign-up sheet but you gotta turn it in by tomorrow." The man holds out his hand with a sign-up sheet.

"Ano-san, Ano-san, I can't play music…," Luffy gives a nervous chuckle. "The man examines Luffy and retracts his hand. He looks back down at his papers then gives an annoyed glance at Luffy "The music festival starts tomorrow at 9am and ends officially at 9pm but the festivities usually don't end until midnight."

Luffy smiles at the man, "Arigato!" and runs off in a random direction to find a musician willing to join his crew.

WITH ZORO

Zoro lets out a sigh, "How hard is it to find a damn smith…." Zoro, with his horrible sense of direction, ended up getting lost.

Zoro nears a fruit stand "Ano… can you tell me where I can find a decent smith?" The old man running the stand makes no indication he had heard Zoro. "Ano, jiji…," still no reaction. Tick marks appear on Zoro's forhead, "Oi-JIJI!" The old man suddenly jolts awake (apparently he had been sleeping). "O-how may I help you young man?" "I was wondering if you could tell me where a decent smith would be located."

"A-yes a smith…. Nope!" The old man cackles at Zoro's misfortune as he trudges off. Grumbling under his breath Zoro makes his way out of the market.

After a few more hours of aimless walking he glances up at the sky, 'I better head back…' (Good luck with that Zoro).

WITH SANJI

Sanji examines some fresh tomatoes, 'These are the best they have to offer?' Sanji looks over to some cabbages on a different cart and abandons all thoughts on tomatoes. Smirking, Sanji walks over to the cart and picks up the biggest and best cabbage. 'I'm sure Nami-Chwan would enjoy fresh salad!' "Oi-Jiji. How much for the cabbages?" An old man in green attire and grey hair replies, "150 Belly per cabbage." Sanji picks out two more healthy looking cabbages and hands the 450 Belly to the man.

Sanji walks away from the stand in his own little fantasy world about Nami and doesn't notice a scary looking man as he bumps into him. "Oi-watch were you're going!" the large scruffy man spews in a gravely tone. "A-I apologize. I wasn't paying atten-," Sanji's apology was cut short by a fist attempting to connect with his face. This was dodged by a simple side-step then countered with a kick that sent the man into the cabbage cart.

Sanji walks away without looking back….until he hears the old man yell, "MY CABBAGES!" He looks back and gives the man an apologetic smile.

"Oi, Sanji, we should head back…" says Usopp, glancing to the sky. "Hm, I guess it is getting a little late…"

"Sanji…" Sanji looks back at Usopp "HELP ME PULL THIS DAMN CART!" Usopp is pulling a rope connected to a large cart filled with food. Sanji puts the cabbages on the cart and takes the other rope to help with the cart.

WITH LUFFY

Luffy asked all of the musicians he saw to join his crew but all refused… one even threatened to call over some marine soldiers nearby…

Luffy sighed. After all this searching no one was willing to join their crew. Luffy was brought out of his depressing thoughts by his stomach. Luffy grinned and sprinted back to the ship (or at least where he thought the ship was) 'meat, meat, mea-,' Luffy's thoughts were interrupted by a lock of golden hair. Luffy stopped dead in his tracks and made a noise of disbelief. Luffy searched franticly where he saw the beautiful locks but the search was fruitless. 'Baka, it couldn't have been her… she's…' Luffy silently scolded himself. He stared forward as people walked passed him.

Luffy shook his head before he could continue on that thought train. He didn't want to worry his friends…so he silently walked back to the ship thinking about happy things, things that make him happy, to try and improve his mood.