The Fire Dragon In Strawhat Crew
Chapter 22's

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"Thank anchor!" Luffy ordered as Zoro tied the anchor to the ship.

"Set the screen." Natsu and Sanji are on the screen running to the crow's nest after repairing it. They went down as Luffy gave more orders. Nami and Nojiko walked out.

"Hello Nami Nojiko." Sanji said walking past them inside with a red hue on his face.

"Hello Sanji." They welcomed. Nami looked at Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro and smiled.

"Come on Zoro let's play tag." Luffy said to Zoro,

"No." Zoro said clearly finishing tying the rope that held the anchor down.

"Oh, come on, it'll be fun." Usopp said as he walked closer. "No, I'm late for a nap." Zoro said as he walked away while holding his neck.

"You're just afraid of losing." Usopp said with a grin as Zoro stopped and got a tick.

"It's not because it's a jerk." Said Zoro looking at them furiously.

"Then why are you angry." Usopp tease.

"I'm not angry!" Zoro shouted and started chasing them around the deck. Nami chuckled to see them acting like children. Nojiko asked in cold sweat.

"You have to admit that it's not boring." Nami said with a smile. Natsu walked with his hands in his pocket.

"Yes, you're right." He said with a smile. Nami looked at Natsu and noticed his necklace.

"Hey Natsu?" He asked her. Natsu gave him his full attention.

"What's with that necklace?" Natsu pulled his necklace up.

"It belongs to my father." He explained, "It looks expensive." Nojiko said with a thoughtful look.

"If I sell it, I can buy three mountains with gold mines in them." everyone's eyes widened even the eyes of Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro. Nami got Berrie's mark on her eyes.

"Wow Natsu is more than them?" He asked, 'em,

"No." Natsu said plainly, "As far as I know this is one of its kind, and something I will never sell." She said with a small smile letting her necklace fall back into place. "It's like Luffy and his hat." Nami sighed.

"It's a pity I wish we'd found another gem like that." He said expectantly.

"Nami-chan, Nojiko-chan the food is ready." Sanji said sweetly as he came out while drying his hands with a towel.

"Yo, the idiot's lunch is ready." He shouted at others a little louder.

"You can feel the love from her, right?" Natsu asked with a flat expression. Nojiko sighed.

"He's not that bad as Natsu-kun." He said beside Natsu. Natsu grunting.

"Yes to the female population probably." She said walk inside with Nojiko. Sanji turned his head towards Nami and saw her expression.

"Well, what's up Nami-chan?" She asked. Nami looked at him and shook her head,

"It's okay, let's eat." He said while going inside.

"I used to." Luffy exclaimed running inside past Sanji Usopp running past him as Zoro calmly walked in. Luffy said while looking at his food.

"You know Luffy." Nami said while sitting at the table.

"I wonder what happened to Buggy?" He asked as Luffy looked up from eating.

"Buggy the clown?" Natsu asked from the end of the table. Nami nodded as she replied,

"Yes, when I first met Luffy, I stole the map from Buggy."

“Oh, really?" Natsy asked while nodding,

"He may be dead." Luffy said with a mouth full of food.

“I won't be too sure about that." Zoro said from his place while sipping his cup.

"Pirates are a bunch of stubborn ones." He finished biting his food.

"This is Nami-chan, Nojiko-chan." The word Sanji lays some desert for Nami, and Nijoko.

"Thank you Sanji." Nami, and Nojiko said while biting their desert and feeding Natsu. Natsu blushed.

"Noji-chan is a shame." Nojiko smiled.

"Oh come on Natsu-kun, for me." He pouted with puppy eyes. Natsu took a breath.

"Ok whatever for you Noji-chan." He said while opening his mouth. Nojiko smiled triumphantly and fed him. Nami laughed, though,

"You two are so compatible." He said in his laughter. Sanji glared at Natsu.

"I've said it once, I'll say it again." He said while looking at Sanji.

"I'm great, you're not." He continued with a naughty grin. He finished pointing at himself as Sanji got the tick and tried to kick it but Natsu blocked it with his hand.

"It's good to try Sanji." Natsu said let go of Sanji's leg and stood up.

"I'll take a nap wake me up if anything happens." Natsu walked out of the kitchen with his hands in his pocket.

Later.

"Hey, look, hermit crab." Luffy said during a break from his cleaning to look at the hermit crabs on the fence.

"Nami, Nojiko, do you think it's from your village?" Luffy asked Nami, and Nojiko who was caring for their tangerines with Natsu held a basket for them to enter the tangerine.

"Maybe." Nami said as she turned towards Luffy.

"Or it could be from Usopp." He finished Usopp looking up from cleaning the cannon.

"If it's a long trip." replied Usopp. Suddenly something skyrocketed past them in the sky.

"Huh, did you say something Nami?" Luffy asked Nami. Nami turned to look at Luffy.

"No." He replied as Luffy looked at Nojiko, Natsu, and Usopp who were all shaking their heads.

"Luffy is back at work." Sanji shouted from the other end of the deck.

"All right, all right." Luffy said back sweeping. Smiling Natsu.

"Enough crew?" Natsu asks like Nojiko, and Nami giggles.

"Yes, you're right." They answer.

Nightly.

"They even argue even when they're sleeping." Nami said she heard people from another room arguing. Natsu grinned from his chair, hugging Nojiko while groping her chest that was sitting on his lap.

"Yes they're quite characters aren't they?" He asked while letting Nojiko go and stand up.

"Well, I think I'll go so you two can sleep." Natsu gives Nojiko a kiss good night and leaves the room.

"Good night, Nami." Nojiko said as she climbed onto her bed.

"Night Nojiko." Nami said while turning off the lights.

Meanwhile Natsu is outside looking at the stars from the fence. He turned his head and looked at the hermit crab from earlier.

"Hey, little buddy." He said while picking up the crab.

"It's dangerous for you there, come on, I'll put you in something until we get to Loguetown." Natsu said as he walked in. While putting the crab into a small box, he heard den-den mushi ringing.

"Purapurapura." Natsu walked over and replied, "Hello." He said, "Legs?" The man across asked,

"Hei Baa-chan" Natsu said with a smile,

"Why are you calling so late?" He asked Porlyusca.

"Some Marines were here early to stockpile their ships, I had to wait until they left." He said while breathing.

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" Natsu asked him, though,

"Just check on you." Porlyusca said,

"I'm fine, hey as long as I have you, I want to ask you something." Natsu said as he sat down.

"What's that?." Porlyusca said,

"Luffy, the Captain I told you about has a hat that's said to belong to a pirate named Shanks." He said, "Is that the same Shanks you told me about?" Porlyusca was silent for a moment.

"Maybe there's only one pirate named Shanks who has a straw hat that I know." He said while thinking.

"He told me the last time he was here that he gave it to a boy." He finish.

"Huh? how about that." Natsu said with his hand on his chin.

"Well, keep an eye on you and stay in touch" Porlyusca said as Natu chuckled.

"Okay, okay I'll have a good night Baa-chan." He said,

"Good night Natsu-kun." Porlyusca said while closing den-den mushi's eyes. Natsu went to bed on the couch.

"It's better to listen to the man's snoring." Natsu is asleep.