Jinbe closed his eyes and let himself relax for a few minutes. The last days he helped out when help was needed. It felt right to help. After all, Luffy and he were unannounced guests and he didn't want to bother them more as they had to set up a room for him and a bed for Luffy and also provided them with food until the others would be able to pick them up.
It would still be a bit until that was happening. Jinbe talked with Nami on the first day and they decided (with asking Whitebeard for his permission) to wait until it was clear when Ace would be back from his mission to decided when and where they would come by. The rest of Straw Hats would decide on the island where they would hold the party and started to prepare little things like chairs and tables and also buy the food and other things.
He was a bit happy that he didn't have to help there. It could be quite a chaos if they all had to go shopping together. It was better that way it was now.
Jinbe turned his head to his captain. Luffy sat next to Whitebeard and listen to a story about the old pirate era with Gol D. Roger. Good thing, these kinda stories were keeping Luffy from getting into trouble if he got bored.
This was also a reason why Jinbe helped a lot. It decreased his thoughts about what kind of chaos his captain would make. Luckily the commanders and Whitebeard liked the boy enough to keep him safe to their best abilities. Therefore they probably relied on Ace's stories about his little brother. It was a well-known thing on the Moby Dick that the second division commander likes to rant about Luffy and didn't know how to stop, even after a narcoleptic attack.
The Fishman looked up at the sky where Marco flew circles. That the blonde was on main duty to keep Luffy out of trouble was a bonus. Jinbe didn't know a better person for that job. From his perspective, Marco had a lot of experience through Thatch and Haruta, the most famous pranksters on the Moby Dick.
A grin ghosted over Jinbe's face as he remembered Thatch's reaction to be pranked for the first time a few days ago. He heard the cook cursing about paperwork like he didn't hear him before. The reason for the cursing was simple. Haruta and Luffy had taken some paperwork from the other commander's and gave them to Thatch through Izo. It was quite a funny scene to see the cook cursing.
The good atmosphere of the prank had only lasted until they had to prepare for a storm and later the search for Luffy and Haruta, who got caught in the storm. Fortunately, both were found quickly (Haruta faster than Luffy).
It was quite a sight to see his captain, who normally couldn't stay still, wrapped up in blankets so that he couldn't move. Marco even had to feed him the meatless soup, which made Luffy whine a lot because of the missing meat.
Thinking about this sight made Jinbe remember something that he saw. A few days after the incident, the Fishman wasn't really sure what he had seen. He was on his way back from the little village and saw Marco and Luffy leave the ship. The blonde carried a basket and their hands were linked.
Jinbe blinked. Why would Marco carry a basket around with him? The linked hands didn't make him wonder, as this was possibly the best way to make sure that Luffy didn't run off. Perhaps his captain wanted to explore the island by night and the basket was a pirate lunch box. That would be logical. But wouldn't a backpack be better than a picnic basket?
He had just shrugged it off at the moment. But there had to be a simple reason.
„Ship sighted, Oyaji, yoi." Jinbe was interrupted in his thoughts and looked to Whitebeard and Marco, who had landed. „It is the Red Force, yoi."
„Seems like Akagami wants to drink with you again", Izo said and grinned a bit. The rest of the division commanders, who assembled, also started to grin. Whitebeard started to laugh.
