Well I figured I'd add a prologue for Idiots Don't Get Sick. And then I figured I'd change a few things around while I was at it. I hope you all like it.

I've always loved reading stories where the main character falls sick. It makes them feel more human and less like teenagers with magical powers, if you get what I mean. And since I can't seem to find any more "Luffy gets sick" stories, I figured I'd try my hand at writing my own. I discovered that it's harder than it looks.

I ran into some problems when writing this story. For starters, it was only supposed to be a short 2000 word piece that dealt with how the Straw Hat's would react to their captain if he was sick. But then I figured out that their demeanor probably wouldn't change much. If anything there would be the initial shock that their captain was sick, but then they would get over it pretty quickly. I guess it's that "nothing can phase me" attitude they have. And it was incredibly hard for me to keep up with; I found myself having to delete a bunch of stuffy simply because it didn't sound like something they would say or do.

As I mentioned before this was only supposed to be about 2000 words, but as I started writing this, I ran into my second problem. That was the idea of Luffy getting sick normally just wouldn't happen and that I simply had to create a logical excuse for this situation. Now you're entitled to your own opinions but from what I've seen, Luffy's immune system is fantastic. Not to mention that a simple cold couldn't possibly keep him down for long. So a long story short, I had to think up a logical reason as to why Luffy of all people would get sick.

The characters may seem a little OC. But then again if I knew what they would really say or how they would really act, then I would be Oda himself.

I also want to give a warning to those of you with weak stomachs. There are points where Luffy throws up in this story, but don't worry I didn't go into a detailed description of it.

Finally, I want to apologize for any mistakes you come across. I've read this thing over like three times, but I just know I overlooked somethings…

Oh and before I forget to say it, I do not own One Piece.

Prologue: Idiots Don't Get Sick

His tongue ran over his dry lips and he swallowed some saliva. A grin of anticipation graced his face and he started to quicken his pace at the sight of the large sign in the distance. The Sundown Pub. He felt his stomach growl again.

"Nah Zoro! Hurry up, hurry up! I'm hungry!" He sang tilting his head back to get a better look at his first mate. The man trudged behind his captain slowly.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." He called back dismissively, his attention was elsewhere and his gaze wandered around the area they were in.

Luffy's cheeks puffed out in mild annoyance as he realized just how far ahead he was from the swordsman. He stood in the center of the street, arms crossed over his chest and a pout on his face, to wait for the older man to catch up.

Zoro could be so slow sometimes.

Zoro was happy to learn that the place his captain wanted to eat at had been a simple looking Pub. He had been slightly nervous about where they were going to eat exactly, this was a rich town after all and he knew from experience that Luffy probably wasn't going to pay; that meant that he would have to talk to Nami later about his depleted funds, the witch was going to raise his debt. Again.

But now that he finally got a good look at their destination, Zoro couldn't help but sigh in relief. The Pub had seemed out of place in such a rich little town, surely this was a spot where even the poorest person in this place could go to get wasted.

The Pub was moderately crowded given the time of day it was, but then again, there was supposed to be a storm later that night. Zoro figured that the people were only here now so they would beat the rain. Drunk people could care less about torrential downpour, he supposed.

Luffy slammed the doors open and scanned the room for an open table.

Zoro watched as his captain bounced to the seat at the bar, excitedly demanding various foods, with mild amusement. He took the seat next to him, ordering saki.

Zoro couldn't help but snort in amusement at the look on the waiters face. He had seen that look countless times before, on the faces that had previously tried filling his captain's bottomless pit of a stomach for the first time. The man was getting ready to tell Luffy that they had either run out of food or that he needed to leave. Either way, Luffy was going to be upset.

"I-I-I'm sorry sir, but-but we simply have no more food left to serve you." The waiter squeaked out.

Predictably, the straw hatted boy began to whine and complain. Zoro placed a firm hand on his shoulder, urging him to calm down.

"It can't be helped." He said.

Zoro felt eyes beginning to burn into the back of his head. They were beginning to make a scene and Nami explicitly told them not to.

"Oh well, since when did we listen to her anyway?" He thought.

The boy turned to him in disbelief. How could Zoro not side with him? It wasn't fair! Sanji would never tell him that they ran out of food when he was only on his sixth plate.

Luffy opened his mouth to argue, only to let out a surprised yelp when the swordsman roughly swung him over his shoulder, slammed some money on the counter and proceeded to exit the Pub.

He squirmed and flailed in the swordsman's grasp.

"Zoro, I'm still hungry!"

"The love-cook will make you something back at the ship, its dinnertime soon anyway."

"Really!" He twisted and broke free of the older man's grasp with ease at the news. He darted for the exit, at full force.

"Oi!" Zoro called in warning.

"Zoro, hurry-" He grunted as he ran into one of the two stocky men blocking the exit. Luffy recoiled backwards slightly in to Zoro.

"Honestly, watch where you're going Luffy." He scolded.

"Hahaha, well brother, it looks like you were right! It is the Straw Hat Pirates."

"Ahahah, of course I am." The other said, putting a Baby Den Den Mushi away. It had the mark of the Marines on it, Zoro noted bitterly.

The green haired swordsman gripped the hilt of Wado Ichimonji, these guys were trouble. And they apparently brought trouble with them.

Six Marines entered the Pub and formed a semi-circle around the two pirates, with guns and swords raised. The remaining customers began to run to the far corner in an attempt to stay out of the way, or to hide. Zoro mused at the sight, before drawing his attention back to the fight; the Marines and the two men had finally finished giving their "surrender now" speech. It got harder and to listen to it each time.

"Shishishi." Luffy laughed and charged at the men.

That was the only initiative he needed. Zoro followed his lead.

Zoro growled as he ran around in circles in this stupid town. Where was the damn ship? They had defiantly come this way before, defiantly.

"Franky must have moved the ship or something." He grumbled as he scanned the area.

"Oi, what the hell happened to you?"

The swordsman spun around quickly, earning a loud groan from his captain at the movement. He mentally kicked himself, he had to be gentler with the injured boy.

"Didn't you hear what I said, marimo? I said what the hell happened?" The cook called out to him again.

"Marines." He grunted back and continued to run once the cook caught up.

"Of course you would run into them right as we're about to leave. You're just lucky that Nami-sawn cares so much about you two to not leave you here!"

"So she sent you to come and find us."

"Someone had to find you lost idiots."

"Oi, we weren't lost! We-"

"-Didn't know that the ship is in the other direction."

Zoro glared hard at the cook, he had a stupid smirk on him as they spun around.

"I was leading them away from the ship…"

"Sure you were. So what happened to him?"

"A seastone bullet is logged in his shoulder."

The cook's eye widened than narrowed slightly at the news.

"So we're dealing with Marines with toys, how annoying." He huffed out.

Sanji cursed their luck, they would run into the reinforcements just as the Sunny came into insight. The growing battle cries made them sprinted faster.

The shitty swordsman wasn't too injured, but Luffy was practically passed out. Maneuvering those swords of his without having Luffy fall off would be too time consuming to try. They would have to Coup De Burst out of here to get away. Or they would have to fight once they got Luffy to Chopper.

Sanji cursed their luck again, not only would Franky be mad at them for bringing trouble to the ship, but Nami-san would be mad at him for not finding them before they caused trouble.

He shuddered at the thought of her disappointed gaze being directed at him. He was really unlucky.

"LUFFY… ZORO? QUICK, SOMEONE GET A DOCTOR!"

"That's you Chopper-san."

"Oh, right…"

Chopper fussed for a minute, inspecting the injuries the two acquired before having them both moved to the sickbay so he could patch them up.

The remaining members stood on deck listening to Sanji's quick summary of what happened. The voices of the Marines were becoming alarmingly loud and Franky wasn't sure he could get the Coup De Burst ready in time before they reached the ship.

Franky rushed to the supply room to grab their new stock of cola. The others moved to the railings, staring down at the approaching mob of soldiers.

"Honestly, why do we always have to leave an island this way?"

He woke up to the world shaking and trembling. He jolted upright, slight panicky, and tried to gain his bearings; he was in the sickbay, on the ship. That was odd, hadn't he and Zoro been fighting Marines. Speaking of Zoro, where was he?

The room finally stopped shaking and Luffy attempted to push himself off the bed, only to discover that his left shoulder had been heavily bandaged.

He bit his lip at the flash of pain that spread throughout his body, but quickly dismissed it. He had to find his nakama.

Predictably they were on the deck. Through, they were too busy preparing for what looked like a fast approaching storm to notice his unusually quiet entrance.

"Zoro, tie up those sails faster!" Nami shrieked.

Oh so that's where he went. Luffy grinned and pulled his right arm back and aimed for the top of the mast.

"Shishishi, Zoro!" He screamed as he launched his arm. A sense of dread hit Zoro and he turned around quickly in fear.

"He wouldn't."

The boy successfully rammed into the swordsman sending him flying of the mast.

Zoro went hurling towards Sanji at an incredible speed. The cook froze in fear. He wouldn't be able to doge fast enough.

Luffy quickly adjusted himself and reached out for his swordsman's ankle, managing to pull him back over to the mast before he crashed into Sanji.

Zoro dangled in his captain's grip, slightly stunted at what just happened.

"Hahahaha, Zoro looks funny!"

He was going to kill that boy one day.

Zoro willed his body to stop swaying and he took the opportunity to fop himself onto the mast.

"I'm going to kill you." He hissed.

"Sorry- sorry Zoro."

Sanji sighed in relief. That had been too close. If the swordsman had actually hit him- he shuddered at the thought. Their faces had been so close, just like that one time with that noro-noro bastard.

"Luffy, you shouldn't be moving around yet!" Chopper screamed at the boy as they ate dinner.

"But Chopper, I'm fine. See?"

"Just because you can move it doesn't mean that it's still not hurt and-"

"-Will you guys give it a rest? Chopper, I know he's hurt, but we need him until this storm passes! Now eat faster, we have to get back out there soon. Otherwise the ship will capsize!" Nami said. She was holding her plate in one hand as she used her other to keep her balance against the rocking ship. She remained close to the door's window, checking outside as she chewed her food.

Thunder roared out side, making the little reindeer jump. He turned back to his meal and ate it quickly.

"Don't worry so much Nami-sis, Sunny can take care of herself!

"That's great, remind me that when we're out of this storm."

~Done

I finally made a prologue!

I'm going to edit the rest of the story while I'm at it so it should be back up in a day or so.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you for reading!

I hope you have a wonderful day/night. Bye~