The Sneaky Cat-Burglar Nami

Chapter 16

The next morning Luffy woke up to the smell of freshly cooked bacon and eggs.

He sat up from his futon, and stretched upward, breathing in the scent of their breakfast.

"Ahhhh~ that sure smells good!" Luffy exclaimed, drooling.

"Good morning, Luffy!" Chopper greeted as he peeked from the kitchen.

"Ah~ wonderful morning, Luffy-san" Daichi also greeted.

"Morning, Chopper, Daichi-ossan!" Luffy replied gleefully, wiping off his drool with the back of his hand.

"Breakfast will be ready soon, you should wash up." Chopper announced.

Voicing out an "Alright!", Luffy stood up and headed for the bathroom to wash up, greeting Anika a "Good morning, Anika-san" along the way.

Before entering the bathroom, Luffy took a peek at Mika's room but there was no sight of Mika nor Nami.

"Oiii~ Chopper! Where's Nami?" Luffy yelled from the hallway in front of Mika's room.

"Nami-san is running errands with Mika in the market." Daichi replied, "I do hope you don't mind that I asked her to accompany Mika for a bit, do you?"

"Oh~ no worries." Luffy replied. "What time did they leave?"

"Hmmm~ now that you asked, they are taking quite a while. It shouldn't be taking them this long." Daichi voiced, worried.

"I'll go check on them." Luffy offered, as he ran towards the door.

"Thank you, Luffy-san." Daichi said, as Luffy was just about to close the door behind him.

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"Oi! Shitty swordsman! Hurry the hell up!" Sanji yelled from the deck of the Thousand Sunny, Usopp waiting patiently beside him.

"Yeah~ yeah! Jeez! Can't a guy get some sleep on this ship!" Zoro complained, stepping out of their shared quarters, yawning.

"YOU DO NOTHING BUT SLEEP, YOU DAMN MOSSHEAD!" Sanji and Usopp retorted simultaneously, earning a giggle from the rest of the crew who were scattered about the deck doing their own thing.

"Why do I have to accompany you anyway?" Zoro whined, scratching the back of his head as he let out another yawn.

"Cause' it's our turn to help pick up food supplies, remember? I told you that last night." Usopp said as a matter of fact.

"Oh? You did?" Zoro answered, trying to recall their conversation.

"Forget it, Usopp. All that shitty mosshead thinks about is training, sleeping, and booze." Sanji said, taking a whiff from his cigarette. "Let's go, else, we're going to miss out on the fresh produce in the market."

"We're going now, everyone!" Usopp exclaimed at the crew, receiving a variety of responses back:

"Have a safe trip!" From Jinbei

"SUPPPERRRRRR see ya later, you three!" From Franky

"Keep an eye out for Zoro-san! He might get lost again! Unlike me, I don't have eyes! YOHOHOHOHOHO!" From Brook, earning an annoyed "OI!" from Zoro.

"Make sure not to cause any trouble!" From Robin.

Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp waved at the crew behind them as they walked down the Sunny's ramp, and made their way towards the town.

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Even if it was still early in the morning, the market was already filled with people going from stall to stall, trying to purchase the best and freshest produce of the day, may it be for their businesses, or just for personal home use, the latter being the case for Nami, Mika, and Kin - who also tagged along, his tail wagging happily as he walked beside them.