The Mark of the Straw Hats

5|The Dive

     While Sanji was cooking and everyone had settled down, Luffy went back to his usual spot - the Going Merry's head. Nami was trying with all her might to erase her soulmate mark, and Chopper was jumping around, clearly happy with his soulmate.

     "I see land!" Luffy suddenly shouted, pointing into the distance, "Oohh, there might be a dining place that serves meat!"

     "I'm already making you food, ungrateful hog!" Sanji yelled back at him, "Can't you wait for five minutes without thinking about food?"

     Either ignoring the question or not hearing it, Luffy stood up and was about to yell something when the Going Merry bumped into a small rock for a quick second - and Luffy fell off.

     "Luffy!" Nami yelled, running over there and grabbing his arm, "Oh, why is it stretching, now of all times?!"

     It was true. Instead of like a normal human being, Luffy's arm didn't bring him back up, instead, it stretched, and it stretched, and he fell into the ocean with his arm outstretched, one end in Nami's hand, the other end under water. Hearing the commotion, Chopper and Zoro ran over to see what was happening.

     "Oh no!" Chopper exclaimed, changing into his "human" form and grabbing Luffy's arm and pulling, "How did this happen?"

     "Well," Nami explained while Zoro helped pull, "this doofus decided it was a good idea to stand on the Going Merry's head instead of sitting on it, and then he fell off!"

     By the time they had pulled Luffy out of the water and back onto the ship, his arm was 7 feet long and was wrapped in a pile.

     "Phew, I thought I was a goner!" Luffy exclaimed, spitting out water and spraying it all over Zoro, "Thanks, guys!"

     "Be more careful next time!" Nami shouted, hitting him on the head, "Or else there wont' be a next time!"

     "Thorry," Luffy said, his tongue puffed up and bruises all over his head, "Thi'll be more thareful next thime."

     "Food's ready!" Sanji exclaimed, causing all signs of bruises to magically disappear from Luffy's head, and he exclaimed, "FOOD!"

     As the crew was eating dinner (mostly meaning Luffy was stealing everyone's food) Nami sighed and looked out the window and at the island they were approaching.

     "What's wrong, Nami-san?" Sanji swooned, floating over while bringing her a cup of tea, "You can always tell me!"

     "It's.... nothing," Nami sighed, then turned around and started eating, or at least eating what was left on her plate.