Disclaimer: One Piece was created by the brilliant Eiichiro Oda. I am writing purely for the entertainment of myself and (hopefully) others.

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Nami had realized what he was going to say as soon as he placed his foot on the table - and panicked. She had heard Bellemere complain about pirates enough to know that she probably wouldn't find his comment amusing. Just this once, she would save him from the redhead.

"I'm Luffy, 6 years old! Please take care of me, because one day I'm going to be the Pir-omphf!"

The little boy had the air knocked out of him before he could finish - courtesy of one little girl jumping across the table and pulling him to the floor. He started up at her with wide eyes, gasping in air, while she started down at him and placed her finger to her lips, signaling him to not say another word - her eyes suggesting pain.

Nami sat up suddenly, yelling out nervously, "Luffy! Don't we don't put our feet on the table!" She gulped when a presence appeared behind them, lifting the two up by the back of their shirts.

"You seemed to have forgotten some of your manners as well - we don't tackle our guests during a meal, either." Bellemere calmly stated, eyes shadowed. The woman turned, showing them the mess made on the table. Bowls were overturned, spilling the left overs in the bottom across the wood surface, and silverware had been kicked to the ground.

"Both of you, clean this up. Now!"

"But Nami did it-" Luffy started to whine, but the flames that erupted behind the red haired woman had him nodding vigorously. She dropped her hold, replacing her cigarette between her lips and going outside to smoke.

Nojiko wiped her face with a napkin, vowing next time to sit on the other end of the table. She sighed, getting up and starting to collect the dirty dishes to place in the sink. Once that was finished, she nodded to her sister. "I'll go calm her down."

Nami puffed her cheeks, grabbing some rags to clean up with. She handed one to Luffy, telling him to start on the floor while she wiped down the table. After a while, the orange haired girl noticed how silent it was. She might have only known the young boy for half a day but she could already tell that it wasn't normal for him.

Maybe he was mad at her? She felt a little guilty then - she was only trying to help him…

"Luffy," She began, bending down to look under the table. "I-"

Snore.

Nami paused, staring at Luffy blankly. He was passed out, lying on the rag as if it were a pillow.

Sleeping?!

Her eyebrow twitched, and she clenched her own rag in her fist. Stupid boy! She mumbled under her breath every once in awhile, shooting him a glare as she continued cleaning up the floor as well.

Just as she finished, the front door opened again - causing her to jab a finger into the boy's side to wake him up. He flew forward, looking around in confusion for a moment. "Eh...? Oh, hi Nami!"

Bellemere crouched down, surveying the two. "Good job! I hope you learned your lesson." She clapped her hands together.

"Come along kiddies, we're heading into town!"

A quick stop at the clinic was much longer than anticipated when Luffy refused to let Dr. Nako check him over - claiming he wasn't sick. It took a bribe of candy and Bellemere's scariest glare to keep him still. After that ordeal the family stopped at Genzo's, where Bellemere proudly told the story of Nami's good deed - much to her embarrassment.

The older man was proud as well. "

Luffy snapped out of staring at the pinwheel on his hat. "Huh? Oh, yeah! I woke up and couldn't breath, but I think that's because Nami was covering my mouth with hers!" He tilted his head, scratching his cheek,

Nojiko perked up at that, smiling devilishly. "You guys kissed-?!"

"No that's not- I was- " Nami waved her hands, slapping them over her sisters mouth.

Genzo's jaw dropped, and he started dumbly for a moment, before turning to the little boy. "Y-You… scoundrel!" He managed to get out, giving him a sour look, but Luffy merely pulled down his eyelid and stuck his tongue out at the man, irritating him further.

"Easy there, ya mother hen! They are just kids - it wasn't like that." Bellemere laughed heartily, slapping Genzo on the back - hard. He sputtered, cheeks red. "Right, Luffy? You don't want to catch the icky girl cooties, do you?"

"C-Cooties?" Luffy repeated fearfully, looking up at her with wide eyes.

"Bellemere don't say things like that - he's the type to believe them!" Nojiko sighed, looking at the boy. "I don't have cooties... but who knows about her." She stage whispered, pointing at her sister.

"What? I do not, you big jerk!" Nami yelled, glaring at the smirking blue haired girl.

"I don't care if you have those... you're still my friend Nami!" Luffy burst out, though he still looked at her like she was going to start growing extra limbs or turn a different color.

"S-Shut up!" She huffed, stomping out of the room - her family's laughter following her out.

Patting the clueless boy's head, Bellemere gestured for him and Nojiko to go on ahead. She hung back, leaning against the window. "I'll go to Goza tomorrow, just to make sure the kids family hasn't washed up here too."

"Bellemere… it's already hard enough with two children, adding a third would be..." Genzo hesitated, scratching his head. "Leave him with me, I'll take care of the kid until we can figure out where he's from."

"Hell no." She huffed, waving her hand.

The look on his face caused her to burst out laughing. "Sorry~ I know you want to help, but I can't do that." Bellemere turned to look out the window, and he followed her gaze.

Outside, Nami was backing away from Luffy as he held out a bugger covered finger, Nojiko giggling as she shouted something, making him move even closer to the other girl.

"The girls hardly every play with anyone else - I think this will be good for them."

Now, Nami was the one laughing, following after Luffy as he chased Nojiko - waving a bug in his hand.

The redhead straightened, rolling her shoulders. "Besides, if I can handle both those girls, how much harder can one boy be?"

Genzo sweatdropped, watching as Bellemere appeared outside and swiped all three children up, taking the screaming pack home.

"Alright girls, Luffy is going to be staying with us until we can figure out where to send him home." Bellemere explained, pushing the coffee table against the wall opposite of the couch so she could lay down the futons. The sisters, ready for bed, followed by bringing out the blankets and pillows.

Nami fell onto the futon, wondering how a normal day could have ended in such a surprising way. After a moment of silence, she replied, "I helped him in the first place, I have to finish the job!"

"Well of course, isn't that what you do when you bring home a stray animal-" Nojiko shrank back as Bellemere leveled her with a glare. "Just kidding! I wanna help him too."

"I have such good children!" The redhead wailed, pulling them into her arms and hugging them tightly - though they squirmed and struggled in her hold.

"Let go!"

"Don't mock us!"

A door opened and soon Luffy appeared, taking in the scene before grinning and jumping on the three of them - knocking Bellemere on her back. "I wanna wrestle too!".

"Get off, you're squishing me!" Nojiko and Nami yelled, pushing their way free.

Nojiko suddenly snorted, slapping a hand over her mouth. She nudged Nami, who followed her gaze. Bellemere wouldn't let Luffy sleep in his clothes, so she had let him borrow some.

They just happened to be Nami's favorite pair of pajamas.

"Hey!"

"Play time's over!" The woman stated, dropping Luffy on the futon. "We have to get up early to work-"

"But those are my-"

"I said sleep!"

Luffy pouted. "It's too early to sleep! I'm not even tired...snore"

The boy was out like a light as soon as his head hit the pillow, leaving the other three shaking their heads.

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