Okay everyone, this is the last cohptohap! Just a quick epilogue and then we're done!

Fun fact: This story ends on chapter 23. In SBS volume 23, Odacchi attempted (at the request of a fan) to draw the Strawhats with his foot. He drew Luffy and then asked if he could stop there.

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Everyone sat around the kitchen table with their dinner in front of them. It was a day after they had set sail from that island. The whole crew was watching the door with bated breath.

A moment later the thumping sound of someone running came from outside and the kitchen door was knocked off its hinges.

"I'M BACK!"

Whoops, applause, and cheers met Luffy's exuberant arrival right before Franky and Usopp yelled at him for breaking the door.

"Sorry!" Luffy exclaimed cheerfully without the slightest trace of remorse. He leapt into his chair and promptly tore into his meal.

"Are you feeling okay, Luffy?" Chopper asked. He had given Luffy the all-clear not long before dinner began, but he was keeping a close eye on Luffy for any side effects from having been possessed and feverish.

"Yeah," Luffy replied with his mouth full. He swallowed, grinned, and said, "Thanks for taking care of me, guys! Usopp, Nami, Chopper, you guys helped out a lot, right?"

As Chopper started waving his arms and saying that Luffy didn't have to thank him and it was no big deal, bastard, Usopp asked, "So how much do you actually remember? You were kinda out of it."

Luffy paused in his chewing and looked up thoughtfully. "Hm . . . I felt really hot and I wasn't real hungry . . . I remember being in a bed, and having a bath . . . and I had a lot of really weird dreams." He shrugged. "That's it, I guess!"

Brook chuckled, sipping his tea. "We came to visit you, Luffy-san, but you didn't seem to know us."

Luffy frowned. "Really?"

"Let's not worry about that," Robin said reassuringly. "Just some harmless fever hallucinations."

"Harmless?" Usopp muttered.

"Oh yeah, Usopp," Luffy said, pointing to Usopp's side. "What happened there? I remember Chopper changed your bandages earlier . . ."

Usopp looked away. "It's nothing, don't worry about it."

"Well, okay, if you say so," Luffy said unconcernedly. "Hey, Sanji, I want more!"

Sanji rolled his eyes. "Hey, Chopper, is it okay for him to have seconds?"

Luffy turned on Chopper with pleading eyes.

"Yes, but only a little bit for now," Chopper said firmly. Luffy sighed but accepted his smaller portion.

"By the way, Luffy," Nami said, pointing her fork at him, "I'm letting you off the hook this time, but if you ever get possessed again, you owe me 100,000 beris."

"What!? But it's not my fault!"

"You caused us all way too much trouble!" Nami snapped.

Luffy hung his head. "Sorry."

"It's fine, Strawhat," Franky said. "Sis, come on, don't make him pay for something like that!"

"Say that again and you owe me 1,000 beris," Nami said calmly.

"Wh—hey!"

"Witch," Zoro muttered.

The sound of Nami trying to raise Zoro's debt was drowned out by the sound of Sanji kicking and yelling at Zoro for insulting her.

Luffy laughed, causing everyone to look at him. "Being sick was so boring!" He exclaimed. "I'm glad everything's back to normal!"

The crew exchanged smiles as their captain demanded more food.


~Fin~


Man, this was a fun story to write!

Story's done! Thank you for all your support, minna-sama~!