"From wherever he was right now, Luffy was giving her life a meaning."
Airi and Luffy shared the same hometown, from the day they met, they immediately got along as they shared the very same dream as well. Growing up together, tragic events brought...
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It was a lovely day on the Grand Line, and the Straw Hats were taking a well deserved rest day to relax and play around the Thousand Sunny. Sanji after delivering some parfaits to the girls, declared his intention to make octopus for dinner, and tasked Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper with rounding some up from the Sunny's fish tank. It was hard going given Chopper's short arms, Luffy's stupidity, and Usopp's bad luck, but after an incident where Usopp almost drowned and got beaten up by Luffy's well-meaning attempt at rescuing him, they were ultimately able to round up some octopodes and have fun while doing so. Zoro was woken up from his nap in the crow's nest, but his initial annoyance at his crewmates antics was stopped when he spotted something drifting on the water towards the ship.
The crew headed to the deck and spotted the object; it was a barrel with a flag on it, Usopp spotting the word "treasure" written on it. Thinking they had strucked paydirt, the Straw Hats pulled the barrel in and put it on deck, only to be disappointed when they saw the reality; Nami explained the flag read "Gift to the God of the Sea", a traditional offering sailors would make for safe passage by stuffing a barrel full of food and drink for the gods. While bummed they didn't get any treasure, the prospect of drink was a welcome one and Luffy opened the barrel to see what was inside. No sooner had he opened it that a flare shot out of the barrel and exploded over the Sunny; the crew was stumped by this, with Robin wondering if this was all some elaborate prank. They didn't get any time to think on this before Nami alerted them that a storm was rolling in and would hit the Sunny in five minutes. The crew did their best to secure the Sunny, but the storm was incredibly strong and threatened to capsize the ship. No matter- Franky activated Channel Zero on the Sunny's Soldier Dock System, turning it into a paddle steamer that easily powered through the storm.
Now that they were out of the storm, the crew looked around and noted that the sky was far too dark from what should be a sunny afternoon, and that they seemed to be surrounded by a thick layer of fog. Luffy concluded that they must be in the Florian Triangle that Granny Kokoro had mentioned back at Water 7, with Usopp and Airi, who weren't present during that talk, asking what exactly that meant. The others filled in Usopp and Airi about the Florian Triangle, a "cursed" section of sea where hundreds of ships disappeared every year and was supposedly filled with ghosts and zombies, which freaked the cowardly sniper out to no end, but which intrigued Airi on the other hand. Just then, the crew heard a haunting tune drifting over the air, right before a massive abandoned galleon came drifting out of the fog. The Straw Hats maneuvered the Sunny out of the way as the galleon passed by, and from their spot they could see the source of the singing; a afro-wearing skeleton dressed in a nice suit and drinking a cup of tea, who watched the now panicking Straw Hats as the ship sailed past.
Luffy was, naturally, thrilled at the idea of a singing skeleton, and so intended to board the galleon to talk with it. He was held back by Sanji, who wanted to keep Luffy on a tight leash before he did something stupid. Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were all happy to leave the ship and keep sailing, but Zoro informed them that was unlikely- once Luffy had got his mind set on something, there was no reining him in, and the best they could do was send two people along to be his minders before he got into trouble. He proposed drawing straws, and Sanji and Nami pulled the short straw to join Luffy on the galleon, despite the fact that Airi didn't pulled a straw, she decided to join them anyway. Onboard, the skeleton happily greeted them and apologized for his cold behavior- he was so shocked to see living, breathing humans that he had panicked and frozen up. He initially offered to take them inside for some refreshments, but stopped upon seeing Airi and Nami. The skeleton straightened out his clothes and dusted off his shoes before approaching the girls... and asking to see their panties; Nami's terror turned to rage and she kicked the skeleton in the head, leaving a sizeable welt. Sanji demanded to know how a skeleton was still alive and acting like a normal human, but Luffy had a more important question- would the skeleton like to join his crew? The skeleton quickly agreed, to Nami and Sanji's outrage and to Airi's amusement, and the five headed back to the Sunny.
