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Dock One of Galley-La was bustling as always. The cooling breeze made the sweat cool on the skin of the hard working Shipwrights, the sounds of hammering and sawing mixed in with the calls of the seagulls. Rob Lucci, one of the respected Foremen, slammed his hammer against a nail on the haul of the ship he was working on; the wind blowing his hair from under his top hat.
The pigeon he was never seen without was sitting beside him eating his lunch that was a cocktail of seeds.
While Rob Lucci is a Foremen, but he wasn’t the friendliest of them. He is a very handsome man with his curly mane of black hair, his deep green eyes, and because of his job as a Shipwright he had enough muscles that would allow him to lift anyone up with ease. But, the perpetual sour look on his face was enough to scare some people away; the only ones it didn’t seem to scare were the other three Foremen of Dock One and the loved President of Galley-La and Mayor of Water 7, Iceberg.
LuLu, Tilestone, Kaku, and Paulie were always with him; Lucci was a loner but he did like his three other Foremen. They were nice and didn’t push him to talk, they also didn’t seem to mind about Hattori talking for him. In fact they loved it.
Everyday after work the four Foremen go to Blueno’s for a drink, which always turns into more. Without fail, Paulie is the one to get wasted first.
“I-I’m hic jealous, Hattori is so cute and he’s a-alw-ways with you. You’re hic also really cute.” The blonde held Lucci against him, not seeming to care about the flushed Lucci who’s trying to push away from him.
“Come now, pal. Let Lucci go.” Kaku’s old timey speech pattern was strange, but it was Kaku. The long nosed younger man tried taking the blonde man away from Lucci with a string of apologies for the uncomfortable Lucci.
The hours after work are always so fun, the best few hours of Lucci’s life. He found friends, family , at Water 7.
So why did this have to happen?!
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The Strawhats attempted to kill Iceberg and then had the fucking gaul to pretend they didn’t know what was going on before running away thanks to a distraction from Franky. That night all the Shipwrights of Galley-La swarmed the Galley-La office to protect their beloved Iceberg, the four Foremen sitting guard in front of the infirmary room where Iceberg was recovering.
“Paulie, Iceberg wishes to talk to you.” Kalifa smiled at the blonde Shipwright, who looked confused for a moment.
“What a weird time to want a one on one.” Kaku spoke from his chair,
“Don’t worry, Paulie. We can go over there so you can speak freely.” LuLu smiled before grabbing Kaku and Lucci up from their seats and pulled them away from the door, Tilestone was quiet for once as he followed the others to let Paulie go talk with Iceberg. When Paulie left the room he seemed off before telling them that he had something to do, leaving them all alone.
And then an explosion happened, Tilestone and LuLu ran off leaving Kaku and Rob Lucci by their lonesome.
“Look’s like its just me and you old friend.” Kaku smiled at Lucci, who just remained stone-faced as he looked forward.
“So it is, koo!” Usually, Kaku would have laughed at Hattori’s antics but he didn’t. The sound of fighting from below and outside made Lucci on edge. He tapped his finger against his upper arm anxiously. He didn’t want to let his friends and co-workers fight by themselves and die, but he had to stay here, he had to protect Iceberg.
The sound of the door behind them opening made Lucci look over his shoulder, “You shouldn’t be up right now, k-”
The man who opened the door wasn’t Iceberg, Lucci didn’t even know who the hell this man was because of the weird mask on his face. Lucci stood up from his chair so fast that it fell against the ground. The masked man’s attention was solely on Lucci, the silent man tried to attack the masked man but was grabbed by the throat and raised up high. Hattori flew off of Lucci’s shoulder and screeched in horror, the masked man raised the hand not holding Lucci and smacked the pigeon out of the air and into the ground.
“...Don’t play around.” Kaku’s voice was quiet, yet stern. The masked man hummed as he squeezed Lucci’s throat tighter, ignoring the hands scratching at his wrist to be let go.
Why was Kaku just sitting there?! Why wasn’t he helping!
“K-Kaku…”
“Sorry Lucci, it’s nothing personal. I promise.” Kaku stood from his chair and smiled softly and sadly at the struggling Shipwright, “I wish it could have been different.” That was the last thing Lucci heard before he felt the air rushing around him before he was slammed into the concrete flooring, feeling it break under him.
His world went black.
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When Lucci woke up, he was blinded by the bright lights of the infirmary, groaning he tried to sit up but the pain in his back made him whimper in pain. Moving his right hand to rub his forehead but was surprised when he felt something tug his arm down. Forcing his eyes open he saw a handcuff attaching his wrist to the barred headboard of the infirmary bed.
“W…what the hell…”
“Good morning, Lucci.” Kaku’s voice came from the right side of the bed, slowly looking towards the man he felt his heart lurch. The long nosed man, now wearing a full black suit was smiling at the chained up man. “Hattori is oaky, if you’re worried about that. He’s being fed by…a friend. How are you feeling?”
What. The. Hell.
“...Where am I.” Kaku’s smile went wider as he stood up from the chair.
“I’m surprised, your real voice is really calming. Anyway! Welcome to Enies Lobby, you’re currently in the infirmary of Cipher Pol’s headquarters.”
“Why didn’t you kill me.”
“We couldn’t kill you, you’re…important.” Kaku’s voice was quieter now.
“To your plan, right? Not to you.” Lucci growled, deep down he felt the leopard scream at him to rip the liars throat out with his teeth. Kaku crossed his arms and sat back down in his chair.
“Yes, and no. You’re important to us Lucci. You’re our friend, my friend. But you’re also important to our plan.”
…Betrayed by people he considered his family. Again.
“I’ll have the nurse bring you some medicine, and Hattori.” Kaku smiled at his friend, before once again standing up from his seat and walking to the door.
“You’re going to kill me, aren’t you. Put the blame on me for everything…” Kaku never heard someone so strong sound so…small. Sighing, the long nosed man didn’t look behind at his friend.
“...Yes.” Kaku opened the door to the infirmary, nodding to two other people in masks who stood guard at the outside of the door before slamming it shut behind him.
Rob Lucci was going to die, he was going to be killed by his once friends. Or maybe they’d give him to Iceberg after making it appear that he was the one who betrayed them and not Kaku. Why was it that everytime he found people who seemed to get him, who understood him, they betrayed him. Turning on his side, he curled up into a ball. The leopard sensed his thoughts as it started purring trying to calm his host down.
It didn’t work.
Tears threatened to fall, but he squeezed his eyes shut to stop them from falling. He’s going to die. What’s the point in crying?
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Lucci didn’t know how long he was asleep for, he just knows he woke up when a hand gently shook him awake. His eyes snapped open as he forced himself to sit up so fast his world spin, smacking the hand away from him.
In front of the bed was a man in a strange white bear mask, white and gray robes draped over his body. As if shocked that he was hit the man in the bear mask held his hands up in a placating manner. A bag of medicine in one hand.
“Calm down, Lucci. I just came to drop off your medicine and your bird.” He motioned his head to the side table. When Lucci looked down he was surprised to see Hattori sleeping in a little best, at first he was scared Hattori was killed but with the rise and fall of his little chest he felt relieved.
“See, no harm no foul.” The loud screeching of the chair being pulled closer to the bed was enough to make Lucci’s head hurt. “So, do you take your medicine with water or dry?”
“...”
“Come on dude, help me out here a little.”
“...I'm good. What's the point of medicine when you're just going to kill me anyway.” The bear masked man seemed genuinely surprised at Lucci's words.
“What…are you talking about? I'm not going to kill you.”
“Maybe not you, but I'm going to die somehow. Kaku made sure to tell me, tch. If that's even his real name.” Lucci leaned back into the head board before reaching over to gently pick up the sleeping Hattori with his unchained hand. “Are you going to kill Hattori too or are you just going to keep him chained up here.”
The masked man watched silently as Lucci put Hattori against his chest just so he could feel the softness of his feathers. A sad look in those pristine green eyes. “No, I'm not going to kill him. Tell me who you want to have him, and I'll take him to them.”
It must have been Lucci's imagination because the man seemed almost…sad. Whatever, this man's a friend of Kaku’s, Lucci isn't going to feel bad for someone like him. “...did anyone die protecting Iceberg?”
“No, we maimed but we didn't kill anyone.”
“I see…theres a Shipwright who's in like Icebergs son, his names Paulie…can you gift Hattori to him after I die. He always said he found Hattori cute…”
The unknown man squeezed his hand into a tight fist, blood trickling out of his palm. It was a miniscule amount but thanks to his devil fruit he was able to smell it.
“I’ll do that.”
“...Do I know you?”
“You do.”
Lucci just hummed, right. It seemed he was played by more than just Kaku. “Will you tell me who you are?”
“...No.”
“Right.”
Silence grew between them, neither wanting to break the silence. The masked man stared at the Shipwright, his hands clasped together, from beneath the mask Lucci felt the man’s eyes burning into him. A knock on the outside of the door caused the bear man to sigh before standing up. He didn’t say anything as he walked to the door and pulled it open, letting Kaku and two other masked people in. Kaku smiled at the chained up man.
“What’s going on.” The bear masked man demanded.
“We have some good news for you!” Kaku turned his smile towards the bear man, “Good for Rob Lucci too.”
For some reason, Lucci doesn’t believe that.
“And, what is it?”
The make-up masked person stepped forward, “We talked with Spandam, there’s been a change of plans. Rob Lucci will still have the blame put on him for the attempted killing of Iceberg, but we aren’t going to kill him.”
“Why not?” The bear masked man sounded mad that the plan was changed.
“Because.” The make-up masked woman raised her hands to her mask to pull it off her head, the man who attacked him at Galley-La headquarters did the same. Causing Lucci’s eyes to go wide when he saw Kalifa and Blueno under the masks.
“It’s on the house today.” Blueno smiled at Lucci.
“Whoa! Really? Thanks Blueno! Hahaha!” Paulie slammed his hands on the bartop in excitement, just for the lazy looking bartender to turn his head to Paulie with a scowl.
“Not for you, just for Lucci.”
“Whaaat! Why? Why only him?!”
“Because he has to deal with your ass constantly.”
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“Rob Lucci.” Kalifa pushed her glasses up with a smile, “Have you thought of working in the office instead of on the grounds?”
“No, koo.” Hattori answered for Lucci, causing the woman to pout a little.
“I see.”
“Why do you ask, koo?”
“Well-”
“Because she wants some eye candy!” Paulie threw his arm over Lucci’s shoulder laughing his ass off. Kalifa just growled at the blonde.
“...Fuck, really? First Kaku, now you guys?” Lucci glared at his once friends, tears threatening to fall but was held back by sheer anger.
“Like I said back in Water 7, it’s nothing personal. It was just business.” Kaku smiled at the chained up Shipwright. “But! We were able to convince our boss not to kill you.”
“Well thank you for that.” Sarcasm laced his voice which seemed to piss the traitors off a little, “So, what’s going to happen to me then. Torture? Locked away?”
“Nothing like that! We convinced our boss to let you join us. Though you’d have to go through rigorous training. But you’d be alive!” Kaku walked forward towards Lucci, “We can be friends again!”
“No thank you.”
“Come on Lucci, please.” Kalifa spoke this time.
“No, I’m not going to betray Iceberg like you all did. You can pin the blame on me all you want, but I’m not going to.” Lucci held Hattori closer to his chest. Kalifa looked to the three men, her eyes moving to the still masked man.
The bear masked man moved his head to look at Kalifa, “Hell no.” Irritation laced his muffled voice.
“Please?”
“Gaaah! Fuck.” The man looked to the infirmary bed, his hands moving to the mask to pull it off. Once Lucci saw who was behind the mask his eyes went wide, his heart stuttered in his chest.
“...P-Paulie…”
“Hey! Lucci! Come look at this!” Paulie raised up Hattori who was wearing a little tie. Lucci looked at his bird before looking at the grinning Paulie. “He’s super cute like this huh! Almost as cute as you.”
“Why are you like this, koo.” Hattori looked at Paulie before pecking his hand really hard before flying over to his owner, Paulie yelped in agony as he raised his hand up.
“Oww! What the hell! You were being so cute earlier!” Paulie looked at his throbbing hand before smiling and looking at Rob Lucci.
“Kiss it better won’t ya?” To the blondes' delight Lucci flushed bright red before turning around and storming away from his friend.
Everything was a lie.
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“Lucci-”
“Was that supposed to make me want to join you?” Lucci glared at the blonde man who just rolled his eyes, the Cipher Pol agents took off their robes. Paulie grabbed one of his cigars from his pocket, his cold eyes staring into Lucci’s anger filled ones.
“Come on pretty boy, we’re giving you an out, I guess. You want to die?”
“I don’t, but I’m not going to betray Iceberg for you. Not after you all lied to me for years.” Paulie rolled his eyes again as he lit his cigar.
“Fine. Die then, I don’t really care.” Paulie’s voice was colder than before, Lucci really hated that tone coming from Paulie.
“You monster ! We gave you a home, and you do this?!”
“Be a good boy for mommy and eat this fruit. You’ll be a good son won’t you?”
“Leave and never come back! Monster! Killer!”
“Die then, I don’t really care.”
The cold voice’s of everyone from his past mingled with one another, everyone who'd betrayed him becoming one.
Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath the Shipwright held Hattori closer to his chest. A faint smile on his face, his sharp hearing picking up faint screams and clashing of metal. His pupils turned feline as he turned his head up.
“The hell?” Paulie seemed shocked at seeing that. Lucci felt his body get bigger as the leopard print fur cover his body. Paulie and the other traitors stepped back in fear. The cuff shattered against his wrist. Rob Lucci’s shoulders shook with laughter.
Alarms started blaring from above them, “You have intruders.” Lucci stood up from the bed, his eyes never leaving his once friends. “Better go stop them.” The now leopard Lucci gave a fanged smile at them before holding Hattori closer to his chest before pushing himself full force off the bed and into the wall.
As soon as his back hit the wall he felt the pain from when Blueno slammed him into the floor, before he felt the wall give out. Free falling out of the infirmary he felt the breeze push his hair back and forth, the salty breeze of the sea invaded his senses.
Forcing his body to turn so he could land on the ground with his feet instead of his back, he heard the once friends break out of their stupor and yell after him. As soon as he landed on the ground he closed his eyes in pain, immediately transforming back before bolting in a random direction.
He needed to find a way out of Enies Lobby, he couldn’t go to Water 7 so he’ll have to find a new island. Which is more trouble than it’s worth but it’s something he’s used too.
“Lucci! Get back here!” Paulie yelled after him, he was chasing after the Shipwright running as fast as he could but couldn’t get close enough to grab him, “Lucci! It’s too dangerous for you to be out here right now! Stop!”
Yeah, like he’d care about him now.
As Rob Lucci ran he saw Strawhat Luffy fighting against some random man a head of him, the perpetually wide black eyes turned to him a flash of anger appeared in those eyes. Before the Shipwright could turn in a different direction he felt the rough rope that Paulie kept in his sleeves wrap around his throat before he was pulled back roughly. The rough movement woke Hattori from his nap who immediately flew away from Lucci’s hands, circling around him cooing in horror.
Lucci’s back met the broad chest of Paulie, his hand raised high above his head causing the rope to tighten against Lucci’s neck.
“I fucking told you to get back. I told you it’s too dangerous out here.” Paulie’s mouth was up against his ear, “You know, maybe I should talk to the boss to see if I can keep you. It’d be a waste to kill you, since you don’t want to work with us.” Paulie pulled the rope tighter, Lucci’s hands went to the rope to try and get it away from his throat. His fingers started to bleed with thanks to the coarse rope.
“Hey! Let him go!” Strawhat knocked his opponent out cold before sending a rubber fist flying at Paulie’s face before being caught by the rope. Paulie clicked his tongue in annoyance before dropping the rope letting Lucci to fall to his knees, his hands going to his throat as he coughed and gasped for air. Hattori flew to his shoulder in worry.
“You wanna go Strawhat? Then let’s go.” He cracked his knuckles with a smirk, “I’ll kick your ass in five seconds.”
“Oh yeah? Come on!!!” Luffy growled at Paulie, the anger in his eyes sending a shiver down Lucci’s spine. What was with this kid…?
“Stay put this time Lucci. Next time you run I’ll break your legs.” Paulie’s voice was cold and commanding. The blonde got into a fighting stance before jumping at the rubber teen.
The blonde government agent threw punch after punch but no matter how hard he punched the kid bounced back, though he was hurt after each punch Luffy got right back up. Ready to keep fighting, ready to fight for Nico Robin.
Rob Lucci wished someone would fight for him half as hard as Luffy fought for Robin.
With Paulie distracted with fighting Luffy, Lucci pushed himself up off the ground; his hand still rubbing at his bruised throat; this was his chance to leave. He had to leave, if he stayed here and waited for Paulie to kill Strawhat then he would never leave here alive(If at all). His legs were shaky but he was able to stay standing just for a few minutes, before rope came out of nowhere and wrapped around his legs; pulling him to the ground hard.
“What did I say, Lucci? Stay. Still.” Paulie growled out, still fighting against Luffy. A hint of sadistic joy in his voice as he glanced over his shoulder, “Do stay still this time, next time I really will break your legs.”
“Don’t take your eyes off me!” Luffy growled in pure annoyance, he spun his arm around before thrusting it into Paulie’s face sending him sliding back. The break of consciousness caused the ropes to let go of Lucci’s legs. “Quick bird guy! Get out of here!” Luffy wrapped his rubber arms around Paulie’s torso and pulled him closer to him so he could headbutt the agent.
Once again standing on shaky legs Rob Lucci pushed himself off the ground and ran. He stumbled a few times but was able to keep himself steady enough to run. Hattori was in his hands cooing angrily which made Lucci smile; he loved Hattori and his giant personality. “I know, I know. We’ll find a ship or even sneak into the sea train.”
“Lucci! Get back here!” Paulie’s angry voice came from behind him once again that was quickly followed by a very angry yell from Strawhat. Thank you Strawhat Luffy for stealing Paulie’s attention.
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Enies Lobby was destroyed.
CP9 was to blame.
It’s what they deserve.
Lucci stood away from the other people from Water 7, watching them fix everything from the storm and attack from CP9 before they ran to Enies Lobby.
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“What is he doing here?!” LuLu glared down at Lucci who took a step back, Luffy stood in front of Lucci with his arms crossed and a annoyed look on his face.
“Bird guy isn’t a bad guy!”
“What?” Lucci looked between the Galley-La workers and Luffy. Iceberg stepped forward, placing a calming hand on LuLu’s arm.
“Paulie told us that you revealed yourself as a CP9, that you stole the blueprints.”
“Yeah well Paulie’s the liar!” Luffy pouted angrily at Iceberg who just smiled sadly, it almost seemed like Iceberg hoped it was Lucci who was the traitor, not Paulie. And honestly, who could blame him?
Who’d want Lucci when they could have had the friendly Paulie?
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Rob Lucci could only watch the people of Water 7 rejoice and rebuild with a blank look. Paulie lied to everyone about Lucci, he knows the damage was done. They believed it, some still believes that Lucci was the traitor.
Water 7 was not his home anymore.
Moving his eyes from the construction he saw Luffy trying his hardest to get Franky to join his crew as the Shipwright. Seemingly to no avail.
“What are you going to do now Lucci?” Rob Lucci did not jump despite what will be said later, Iceberg leaned over a little with a soft smile, his voice barely above a whisper. The silent Shipwright didn’t say anything in response, he just looked away from the Strawhats ship to look at Hattori who was laying in his hands with his wings bandaged up.
He will never forgive Blueno for hurting Hattori, you can hurt Lucci and betray him all you want but you don’t hurt Hattori.
“...I’m taking the next sea train out of here.”
“Are you sure? You can stay here as long as you like.”
“I appreciate it, Iceberg, I do. But I can’t stay here.”
The blue haired man nodded his head, “I see, where will you go then?”
“Don’t know.” Lucci bit his bottom lip, “Thank you for everything you did for me.”
Iceberg laughed and slammed his hand on Lucci’s back, “Don’t thank me for anything. Just know wherever you go you’ll have a home here okay? Hell, you gotta keep in contact with me okay? No matter where you are, make sure you call or write.”
“Of cour-” Rubber arms wrapped around Lucci’s torso before pulling him up and over everyone and onto the ship.
“You’re coming with us, bird guy! Shishishishsi!
“Luffy!!”
“You can’t bring a CP9 agent on board!”
“We already have a Shipwright!”
“Not super!”
Iceberg smiled as Lucci was being ‘Kidnapped’ by Strawhat Luffy. His mind replaying the talk he had with Luffy after they came back from Enies Lobby.
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“Luffy, I have a request for you.”
“Whatcha need Icepops?” Luffy smiled at Iceberg despite having a meat bone sticking out of his mouth.
“When you go, take Lucci with you.” Iceberg took a sip of his drink, hearing Luffy swallow the bone before he responded.
“Bird guy? Why?”
“Because, he’s going to leave Water 7 after everything's that’s happened. He doesn’t need to be alone.” Iceberg smiled to the younger man, hoping that he'll do what he asked.
Luffy tossed a full apple in his mouth, “Sure thing!”
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“Keep in touch, Lucci! Franky!” Iceberg smiled and waved, LuLu and Tilestone following suit.
“Don’t be strangers!”
“WE’LL MISS YOU! VISIT SOON!!” Tilestone yelled, tears falling down his face.
Luffy waved bye to everyone from Water 7, a giant smile on his face, one arm still wrapped around a struggling Lucci. Hattori woke up by all the jostling and was angrily cooing at everyone and everything. Lucci struggled more, the leopard screamed at him to fight back; to bite and scratch. But the evil glare he felt burning into his back made him not listen to the angry leopard. The rubber Captain kept a hold of the struggling Shipwright until they were far from Water 7, with the man-made island in the distance Luffy released the silent man who fell to the deck because of the lack of support; he winced in pain as his still bandaged head was jostled by the falling.
“Sanji! Food! I’m hungry!” Luffy laughed, bouncing off of the railing to beg the blonde cook about the food. Sanji just lit his cigarette, his eyes narrowed in suspicion at Rob Lucci before looking at his dear Captain.
“Sure, I’ll make you something to eat.”
“Yay!” Luffy laughed as he jumped up and down, Sanji’s eyes burned into Lucci’s green eyes before he turned his head to stare at Zoro before giving the swordsmen a nod and walking towards the kitchen.
The two didn’t say anything, but Lucci knew exactly what they meant. Watch him, kill him if he makes a move.
Hattori landed on Lucci’s shoulder, rubbing his tiny head against Lucci’s cheek. Pushing his body closer to the railing Lucci stared at the seven Strawhats remaining on the deck, who were also watching him.
“Bird guy!” Luffy smiled, bouncing over to him, “How are you feeling?”
“Luffy, get away from him! He’s a member of CP9!” Nami yelled out in horror, only causing Luffy to look at her with his wide creepy eyes.
“No he’s not.”
“But Paulie said-” Lucci felt his heart stutter at her words.
‘“Paulie’s a liar!” Luffy glared at his crew in annoyance, “Bird guy isn’t a bad guy! He’s not a member of those weird guys!”
“Luffy-”
“No! He’s not a bad guy! He tried to run from them!” Luffy’s eyes burned into Nami’s, who backed away with her arms thrown up. The Strawhats Captain looked to Lucci, “You’re not a member of CP9, right?”
The silent man shook his head, that was the only response he gave but it seemed to be good enough for Luffy who just wrapped his stretchy arms around Lucci’s torso to hug him, “See! He’s innocent!”
“Luffy, that’s not how you get information.” Robin smiled softly at her Captain (The one who fought against the government for her) who just looked back at her with a smile.
“Yeah! He could be lying to you!” Nami spoke up from her spot behind Robin, Luffy just laughed at his crews antics.
“It’s fiiiine! Bird guy isn’t a member of CP9! I promise! Shishishishi!” With that Luffy dragged Lucci away talking all about the fun things they’ll do with Lucci on the crew.
“Luffy!...Why is he like this?!” Nami threw her hands up in aspiration, Robin laughed a little while Franky just grumbled under his breath about the silent Shipwright being aboard the Thousand Sunny.
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Rob Lucci sat on the deck of the Thousand Sunny, his back against the railing, Hattori on his shoulder, both watching the Strawhats having their fun eating and drinking. It’s been three days since he was kidnapped by the Strawhat Captain and he was so damn tired. He’s tired of Luffy dragging him around. Tired of being glared at by everyone on the ship like he’s a monster.
Fight them! Show them our power! The leopard yelled, causing Lucci to wince, making sure to ignore the now irritated leopard. Hattori cooed as he tried to comfort his owner. Lucci turned his head to Hattori with a smile
“Hey.” The stagnant smell of smoke and food invaded Lucci’s senses, looking away from his only friend Rob Lucci saw the blonde cook standing in front of him with a tray of food in his hands. “You need to eat.”
Sanji held the tray closer to Lucci, who looked at the tray curiously before looking up at Sanji. “I’m okay, koo!” Hattori waved his wing in response.
“No you aren’t. You haven’t eaten anything since Luffy brought you onto the ship, and I won’t let anyone starve on the ship. My pride as a Chef will be ruined if I do so eat.” Sanji pushed the food tray to Lucci who reluctantly grabbed it. The curly haired Shipwright looked at the tray of food with blank eyes.
“...Thank you.”
A soft voice came from the Shipwright, not the pigeon, the Shipwright. Sanji stared at the curly haired man who started eating the food. Turning on his heel the cook walked away from the other man, his eyes wide at the realization that he heard the silent mans voice. Rob Lucci could actually talk? And he was nice?!
“Shishishi I told you he was nice!” Luffy smiled at his cook, his voice uncharacteristically quiet. Sanji looked over to his Captain, he nodded. Not saying a word, though he didn’t need to say anything.
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Chopper didn’t know what to say about the new additions to the crew. Franky was loud but really cool!
But Rob Lucci was kind of scary. He was so quiet, his face was constantly showing nothing but irritation. He seemed mean, seemed .
“Lucci is awesome! He protected me from mean humans when I was just a tiny chick!” The pigeon waved his wings up and down as he gushed about his owner and friend to the reindeer, “He feeds me seeds and pets me all the time to get me to sleep!”
“Whoa really? He seems mean though?”
“Of course he seems mean! But he’s not! He only makes himself look mean because he wants to keep himself safe.”
“Whoa. So, he’s really not a me-”
“No! He’s not a member of CP9! They betrayed us and hurt Lucci!” Hattori huffed angrily at the audacity of the reindeer who just raised his arms trying to calm the angry bird down.
“Okay! I’m sorry.”
“You better be! Lucci is the best and most kind human I’ve seen. He doesn’t deserve to be labeled one of them!”
“Chopper? What are you doing?” Nami smiled at the youngest of the crew who jumped a little.
“Nami! Uh, I wasn’t doing anything! Just talking with Hattori.” Chopper smiled, Hattori waved his wing at her in a greeting.
“I see, well. I have some good news for you, there’s an island not far from here that we’re going to be stopping at in a few hours. Want to come with me for some shopping?”
“Really? Sure!”
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“Nami, take Lucci with you and Chopper!” Luffy smiled at his crewmate who just stared at him with wide chocolate brown eyes, Chopper bounced up in excitement as he looked towards Rob Lucci who was looking at them with hidden shock.
The reindeer was so excited to get to know first hand about how cool Rob Lucci was. The Navigator on the other hand looked horrified.
“Luffy! You can’t have her go with him! Are you insane!” Usopp looked at his friend with a matching horror look to Nami.
“I don’t want to go with him! You can’t make me!”
“What? Why Nami? He’s a nice guy! Trust me!” Luffy laughed as he bounced over to Lucci and threw an arm over Lucci’s shoulders causing Hattori to chirp angrily and flew up to Rob Lucci’s top hat, “Look at his face! He won’t hurt you!”
“Luffy!”
For some reason, seeing the fear on Nami’s face made his heart squeeze.
“I’m leaving when we get to the island, koo!” Hattori cheered from Lucci’s top hat, Luffy pulled his arm away from the Shipwright.
“What? Why?”
“Really?! Yay!” Nami and Usopp put their palms against one another and they did a little dance. Chopper looked a little sad but quickly pushed the thought away from his mind.
“Because! I planned on leaving Water 7 alone, so I’m leaving now, koo.” Lucci turned to walk away from the Strawhats, going to the corner of the basement that he claimed as his spot, leaving the gaping Captain and his cheering crew. Before the black haired man could leave the deck a familiar rubbery arm wrapped around his waist, pulling him back so fast his hat went flying off of his head and a yelp escaped his lips.
“You’re not leaving! You’re one of my crew now!” Luffy huffed in annoyance and just held the struggling man tighter looking at everyone over Lucci’s head, “Stop being mean to Lucci! Or I’m going to be mad!”
“Let go of me, koo!”
“Nope! Not until you promise to stay a part of my crew!”
“Fine, koo! Just let go of me!” An obvious lie.
“Okay!” Luffy released his second Shipwright with a giant smile, “Nami, you’ll take Lucci with you? Right?”
“...S-Sure hahaha…”
“Yay! Take good care of our new crewmate okay! Shishishishishishi!”
“....Will do…” Nami deflated just a little, causing Lucci’s heart to clench again.
Once the Thousand Sunny docked on the closet island and the gangplank was laid down Luffy all but forced the three off the deck, “Make sure you get everything on the list!”
The merchant area was loud and full of people shoving their goods under everyone’s noses. Nami and Chopper seemed to be in love with whatever they were seeing in the windows of the shops. Lucci’s eyes were trained on both the younger people, a faint smile on his face at seeing them act like kids.
A dress in a boutique window caught Nami’s eyes which quickly turned into excitement. The dress was a short pastel pink with two red hearts on the hips, it had ruffles on the bottom of the dress and a low cut neckline.
“Chopper! Look at this dress!” Nami squealed in excitement.
“Nami, we have to do the list first!” Chopper’s voice was kind of sad as he spoke, he was looking at a bookstore that was selling some medical books. Lucci watched as Nami’s shoulders slumped.
“Yeah.” The three walked around the marketplace collecting everything on the list that Sanji gave them slowly but surely.
“Okay, we have meat, some alcohol, cola. We should stop by a blacksmiths to get some stuff for Usopp, since he used a lot of his balls at Enies Lobby.”
Lucci flinched a little bit at the mention of Enies Lobby, but forced himself to focus at the topic on hand. Nami and Chopper were talking with one another, he had a chance to leave. A chance to sneak away without the Strawhats knowing. As if sensing his decision, Hattori quietly rubbed his head against Lucci’s cheek.
Lucci quietly backed away from the two Strawhats, it was a cowardly act but he wouldn’t have another chance like this for a long time if ever honestly. As he walked away from the teens the leopard cheered at finally being away from the Strawhats and was now demanding he go back to the ship and fight them which he definitely isn’t going to do.
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“Okay, so you can go the bookstore to get you and Robin some books while Lucci will go wit-” Nami looked over her shoulder to look at the silent man, but he wasn’t there. “...Chopper…wheres Lucci?”
Chopper looked behind them and screamed, the Shipwright is gone?! He left them!
Luffy is going to kill them.
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Chapter 3
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After discovering that Rob Lucci gave them the slip, Nami tasked Chopper to take the bought items to the Sunny as well as telling Luffy what happened with Lucci while Nami goes looking for him.
Not that she wants to, it's just that she'd rather find the silent man than telling Luffy they lost his new friend.
“Lucci! Where are you?! Luffy's going to be so mad at us!” The orange haired teen ran around the marketplace like a chicken with its head cut off. Skidding to a stop in front of a stall owner Nami gave him a worried look.
“Hi there, have you seen a man yay tall with curly black hair and a top hat? He has a pigeon either on his shoulder or on the hat?” Nami spoke in one breath, her voice gaspy as she tried to catch her breath as well. The stall owner, a older man with long graying hair, put a finger under his chin thinking about the description the navigator gave him.
“Does he have tattoos on his arms?”
“Yes!”
“Then I did see him, he went that way.” The stall owner pointed towards the forest, “My guess is he was going to the next town over to get a ship outta here, I don't recom-”
“Thank you!” Nami didn't let the man finish as she ran towards the forest, realistically she knew that she should have waited for Luffy and the others to meet up with her but she just wants to find Lucci and not deal with the sad puppy eyes Luffy would give her.
“...” The stall owner shook his head and hummed in disappointment. She should have listened to him, the bandits that live in that forest are worse than pirates.
The navigator rushed through the people on the streets to the entrance of the lush green forest. “Lucci! Come on! I don't wanna get yelled at by Luffy!”
The deeper she went the more unease she felt.
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Lucci looked around at the tranquil scenery around him, Hattori cooed on the top of his hat also enjoying the tranquility.
“This island is nice.” Lucci turned his head to face the sun, closing his eyes to take more of the warm sun. A familiar rumbling coming up from his chest which surprised him a little because he hasn’t purred in a long time. A shame he couldn’t stay on this island for a little longer, not with the Strawhats here. Shaking himself out of the tranquility, Lucci started walking again. He had to get to the other side of the island to get a ship out of here.
Before he could take more than two steps he heard a twig snap from behind him. Turning around with his eyes narrowed he was quickly hit in the face with a metal staff. Staggering backwards a little his right hand immediately shot up to press against his hurt and bleeding nose.
Standing in front of him with her weapon pointed right at him was a very annoyed Nami. “You son of a bitch! Why did you just leave us! Do you know how mad Luffy is going to be when Chopper tells him all about you just leaving! What were you thinking!” Nami used her Climatact to push against Lucci’s face. “Tell me! You dummy! You wanted us to get scolded didn’t you!”
“...” Lucci looked away from the angry face of the orange haired teen, who didn’t seem to take that good. She just started poking his face a little harder with her Climatact.
“Don’t you look away from me!”
“...sorry.”
“....YOU CAN TALK?!” Nami took several steps away from the black haired man who looked at her in surprise.
“Of course I can.”
“Since when?!”
“Since I learned to talk? Just because I don’t like to talk doesn’t mean I can’t.” Lucci just shrugged at the angry teens response. Hattori flew around Lucci and Nami cooing happily.
“Well come on! We gotta go back to the Sunny.” Nami went to grab Lucci’s wrist but it was quickly pulled away from her.
“I’m not going back with you, Nami.”
Okay, Nami didn’t think the curly haired man knew her name, “Why not? Luffy wants you on the ship so come on!”
“No, I won’t. You’re crew hates me, besides your Captain. I’m not putting myself in that situation again. So, have a nice life Nami.” Smiling at the younger woman Lucci raised a hand to ruffle her hair. The orange haired teen took a step back and just stared at him.
Rob Lucci looked so serene with a soft smile, something deep in her wanted to make him smile more often.
“Sanji likes you! A-And so do I!” Nami took a step forward, her hands clenched around her Climatact.
A deep rumbling laugh came from the man in front of her, “No you don’t.” Lucci smiled sadly at her, “You’re scared of me, I’ve seen it, no need to lie to me.” Hattori cooed in agreement, Nami felt her heart clench at the expression the stoic man had on his face.
“Strawhat won’t be mad at you for long, trust me. You’re his family, he’ll forgive you and Chopper for me leaving.”
Nami rolled her eyes as she put a hand on her hip, “You don’t know Luffy. He’ll be mad at us and he will go after you, once you become Luffy’s friend there’s no getting away. Trust me.”
Rob Lucci stared at the teenager who seemed way more serious then he’s seen her before, he was going to respond but the leopard started screaming at him about danger. Immediately he shot out his left hand to grab Nami’s shoulder and quickly pulled her towards his chest. Nami let out a loud shocked scream at the force he used. The two stumbled back almost losing their footing, a loud thump caused both to look at where Nami was standing before.
A large cat was on all fours growling at the two, Nami let out a loud yelp before jumping behind Lucci; who just stared the cat down. His eyes flickering into cat-like eyes before a smirk eases on his face. “Nami, stay perfectly still.”
“W-What?”
“Stay. Still. Don’t try to run away or help me.” Lucci slowly reached up to remove his hat, before handing it behind him towards the teeager; Hattori jumped from Lucci’s shoulder to Nami.
“Lucci-” Nami was cut off as she watched Rob Lucci’s body grown in size, fur starting appearing in tufts across his skin. “What the fuck! You had a devil fruit!!” The teenager watched the giant leopard huff in humor at her response.
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“I can’t believe you let Nami go with the Government agent!” Zoro huffed with his arms across his chest as he, Luffy, and Sanji walked down the crowded market in search of Nami and Rob Lucci.
“I didn’t think he’d run away! He said he wouldn’t leave us if I let him go!” Luffy looked at his First Mate with a very visible pout on his face, “I can’t believe he lied to me!”
“Well what did you expect from a man who lied to the dock workers for ye-”
“He’s NOT a spy!” Luffy jumped in front of his swordsmen with a deep glare, “Stop being mean to him! He doesn’t deserve you being mean to him!” Huffing more in anger the Captain turned on his heel to storm off away from the cook and swordsmen.
“Luffy! Don’t run off!” Zoro tried to run after the rubber teen but his wrist was grabbed by the swirly eyebrowed cook, “What the hell swirly brows?!”
Sanji let go of the green haired mans wrist, so he could pull the cigarette from his lips. “You pissed him off, best to just let him blow off steam.”
Zoro didn’t say anything, just recrossed his arms and huffed. The two walked in silence, Sanji looking for both Nami and Lucci while Zoro just looked for Nami.
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“...Where the hell am I…” Zoro looked around the forest, annoyance all over his face. How the hell did he get lost this badly?! Walking around the forest Zoro kept looking around, “Nami! Where the hell are you?!”
“You had a devil fruit?!”
Nami’s shrill voice filled the forest causing Zoro to perk up.
“Fucking hell, that woman is so loud!” Zoro groaned, turning his body towards where the voice came from before running. He really hoped nothing bad happened to her dammit.
Pushing through the foliage the swordsmen closed in on where Nami’s voice came from. The sound of fighting causes Zoro to pick up speed. Something was fighting near Nami or even fighting her; as he got closer to the sound of fighting he put his hand on one of his katanas and prepared to jump into the fight.
With Wado Ichimonji almost pulled out he skidded to a stop, “What the hell?!”
Nami, who was holding her arms to her chest looking terrified, her eyes moved towards Zoro. A blinding smile on her face, “Zoro!” The navigator tried to jump behind her crewmate but stopped when the giant clothed Leopard growled out to her.
Its hands holding back a giant lynx looking cat, the bipedal cat looked over its shoulder to look at Nami, “I told you to stay where you were!”
The giant cat the Leopard was fighting lowered it’s head to bit into his side causing the Leopard to let out a pained scream.
“Lucci!”
Zoro looked between Nami and the Leopard, “Lucci? That’s Lucci?!”
“Yes! Help him Zoro!” Nami looked over to the green haired swordsman, her eyes wide with fear. Zoro looked back over to where the Leopard (Fucking Rob Lucci) was pushing back the big wild cat, he could only see the side of the felines face but Zoro could indeed see a pained grimace. With how deep that bit was Zoro had a feeling that Chopper will be going insane.
Putting his hand back on Wado Ichimonji he bent down at the waist, his eyes narrowed at the large wild cat. Bending his knees he quickly pushed himself forward he pulled his trusty katana out of it’s sheath and swiped.
Nami gasped and covered her mouth with one hand, Hattori cooed anxiously on her shoulder. Zoro stopped behind the large cat with his sword out and proud. Everything was silent for a moment before the large wild cat dropped to the ground when Lucci stepped away.
Lucci watched solemnly at the dead cat, he just wanted to scare it off (Show it that he was the strongest of the two) not kill it. Feeling his body shrink the man staggered back, moving his head to look at Nami he looked her over before falling backwards.
Zoro looked behind him, quickly sheathing his katana he ran over to where the two other Strawhats, “Shit, is he dead?” The bite on Lucci’s side was worse than it looked when he was in his Leopard form. Bending down he pulled the black haired man up into his arms hearing a pained groan, “We gotta go back to the Sunny.”
“Right!”
Zoro rushed out of the clearing, Nami quickly followed after him; Hattori held to her chest.
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Robin sat on her chair smiling as she looked over at Chopper sitting on the deck drinking one of Sanji’s sweet concoctions. Usopp was just a bit away from Chopper and Robin tinkering with one of his projects, and Franky? Well Franky was pacing back and forth by the railing murmuring about something Robin didn’t know.
Loud and rushed footsteps were heard by the remaining Strawhats onboard, in a matter of seconds Zoro ran up the gangplank. The book in Robin’s hands fell to the floor. Lucci was in his arms, bleeding profusely from his side. He was so pale, his head was in the crook of Zoro’s shoulder and neck, his top hat was missing.
“What happened?!”
“Chopper! We need help!”
“Take him to the infirmary! Quick!” Chopper was on his feet in seconds running deeper into the Sunny, followed by Zoro and Lucci. Robin looked towards where they disappeared too.
“...What happened…” Usopp looked horrified at what they saw, Franky was silent. The sound of heels hitting the deck moved everyone's attention towards the gangplank. Nami was standing in front of it, her shoulders shaking. What caught Robin’s attention was moved towards what was i her hands.
Rob Lucci’s top hat had a few splatters of dirt and blood.
Hattori was on her shoulder, sadly rubbing his head against her cheek.
“Nami…what happened?”
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“Saaaaannnjiiii!” The blonde haired cook looked over his shoulder at his Captain who ran to him with an excited look on his face, “Guess what! I found someone who knows where Nami and Lucci went! Shishishishi!”
“Oh yeah, where?” Sanji couldn’t help but smile at the excited and hopeful look.
“He said he saw Lucci go into the forest and Nami followed him! So come on! Let’s go!” Luffy grabbed Sanji’s arm and went to start running towards the forest behind the town, before they took a step forward a loud yell for them came ringing out from the docks.
“ Sanji! Luffy! Come back to the Sunny! Lucci’s hurt really bad! ”
Luffy’s eyes went wide, he let go of Sanji’s wrist before running off; leaving Sanji alone in the crowd.
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4! Just in time for Lucci's birthday! Enjoy!
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When Luffy got to the Sunny his eyes immediately went to a trail of blood going up the gangplank; he felt his heart drop into his stomach. There was so much blood. Shaking his head so hard his precious strawhat almost flew off his head, he snapped out of his little stupor. He had to see Lucci. Had to make sure he didn’t die, that he wouldn't die.
Jumping completely over the gangplank They’ll have to either clean it or spend the Beri to get a whole new one the Captain landed on the deck, where more blood trails lead towards the underbelly of the Thousand Sunny. On the deck he saw Franky talking off to the side with Usopp, a megaphone was clutched to the snipers chest so hard it was turning his fingers white. Chopper and Zoro weren’t on the deck; it made Luffy both worried and happy about that, Rob Lucci wasn’t alone when he needed someone the most.
By the door to the belly of the Sunny, on one of the sun chairs, was Robin and Nami. The older woman was hugging the orange haired navigator to her chest while Nami cried. On the navigators lap was Hattori, who was pushing his body into a small hand coming from Nami’s leg for comfort. Beside the pigeon and in between Nami and Robin was Lucci’s top hat, splatters of blood were on the edges of the hat.
Robin was comforting two crew members, what a good crewmate.
Walking closer to the two women Luffy made sure to even his voice out, “Nami…what happened?”
Nami moved away from Robin’s chest to look at her Captain, tears falling freely down her face. “I-I’m so sorry, Luffy! T-There was a giant wild cat a-and Lucci tried to hold it back! H-He told me to stay behind him and be quiet while he took care of it b-but I didn’t listen! I got him hurt! It’s my fault!” The orange haired navigator jumped into Luffy’s arms and just cried harder.
She’s seen death before, she’s seen her crew mates get hurt before, she’s killed before . So why the hell did seeing Lucci get hurt by that cat mess her up so bad?!
Luffy wrapped his arms around Nami’s shoulders, one hand going to her hair, “It’s okay, Nami. Chopper’s fixing him. Zoro’s with him. He’ll be fine, he’s a Strawhat.”
Franky watched from over Usopp at his Captain holding the navigator as she cried. He never really liked the stoic man, he always felt that something was off with Lucci. But, seeing Zoro bring up a way too pale and to quiet Rob Lucci made his heart stutter. Iceburg liked Lucci, he wanted to hear all about the Strawhat’s adventures as well as talk about how Lucci is holding up.
When he calls Iceburg tonight, he has a feeling that the other man will be so mad at him for not making sure the younger Shipwright was safe.
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Zoro watched as Chopper finished stitching up the bite wound on his side.
“He doesn’t deserve you being mean to him!”
The swordsman narrowed his eyes staring off into nothing he felt regret eat away at him. While he was doubting the silent man he was protecting Nami. He was too slow and because of that Lucci got hurt.
Rob Lucci is a member of the Strawhats, rather Zoro likes it or not. He can’t keep going around acting like a damn child! He’s the First Mate of the Starwhats, he has to take care of his crew.
“Zoro.”
The green haired man snapped out of his thoughts, “Y-Yeah?”
Chopper was looking at him with a shy and nervous smile, “Lucci is all stitched up, shall I go tell Nami and the others now?” The youngest crew member entwined his hooves in nervousness.
“...Yeah go ahead.”
Chopper nodded as he quickly left the infirmary, the green haired man watched Chopper leave before moving to look at the sleeping man. He looked kind of serene, almost like he was just sleeping and not having been pumped full of drugs to keep him out cold while Chopper stitched him up.
“...Thank you for protecting Nami when I couldn’t, I’m sorry I acted like a child.” Bowing his head slightly, Zoro turned on his heels and left the infirmary and up to the deck. He had to apologize to Luffy, but first he wanted to make sure Nami was okay. With every step Zoro took he felt his heart sink more and more.
What if Rob Lucci dies? Would Luffy blame him or Nami? Would he be hated by his best friend because of some guy?!
…Would he blame himself if he died? He should have gotten there faster, should have saved them quicker. But he didn’t. He wasn’t fast enough to get to Lucci like he wasn’t fast enough to save Robin from Enel.
Pushing the door to the deck open Zoro prepared himself to get yelled at by Luffy.
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Floating.
He was floating weightless in a void, nothing but shades of black surrounded him. Where was he? What happened?
…
…..Oh yeah. He was trying to show dominance to the wild cat, he tried to protect Nami…and then Zoro appeared. He got distracted…he got hurt because of that.
He now knows the why, but he doesn’t know the how or where.
Coldness started eating its way into his bones, it was so cold here. He wants to go home. Go back to Hattori wants to go back to the arms of his mother why can’t he go back.
‘ Rob Lucci.’ A voice he knows all to well came from everywhere around him, when he felt something wrap around him he opened his eyes.
“...Leopard.” The leopard curled around him, a soft pur coming from the devil fruit creature.
‘ You did good. Protected her, that'll show them all that you are worthy to be pack.’ Lucci chuckled at the earnest voice from the leopard.
“Yeah…I hope she’s okay.”
‘ She will be. You will be too, I will protect you while you rest.’
Lucci laughed, moving himself to get closer to the leopard the human felt himself falling asleep.
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It’s been two days. Two. God. Damn. Days. Since Rob Lucci’s been in his coma, and Luffy hasn’t left his bedside since. Nami has come in here and there just to sit with her Captain and the second Shipwright, Robin would sit in the corner with Chopper when the Doctor came to check on their comatose crewmate. Sanji and Zoro haven’t stepped foot in the infirmary, why no one knows.
Franky and Usopp would come in here and there to tinker around with something, they were very adamant it be kept a secret.
Despite everyone coming and going; Luffy stayed, with his arms crossed on the single chair by the medbay bed, his strawhat placed gently on the center of Lucci’s chest.The Captains wide black eyes were staring deeply at the strawhat as if to see if it would keep moving with every breath the Shipwright took. Making sure he was still alive .
The sound of the door being pushed open filled the room, Luffy never taking his eyes off of Rob Lucci. “What do you want?”
“...Why don’t you come outside and get some fresh air.” Zoro walked into the room until he was standing beside his Captain.
“Not until he wakes up, I have to stay with him.”
The swordsmen sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. “Luffy, you can’t just stay here all day everyday.”
“I have too!” Luffy looked at Zoro, “I have to make sure he’s okay. I’m his Capt-”
“No you aren’t. Despite you wanting it, he isn’t a member of our crew, he hasn't agreed to join us, yet. ” The last word was added when he saw the angry look on the younger's face.
“He is! He’s our second-” The sound of a groan made both of them freeze, Luffy immediately turned to look at the comatose crewmate. Lucci had his eyes squeezed tight, a pained look on his face. “Zoro, go get Chopper!”
Zoro ran out of the room in search of the ships Doctor, Luffy could only watch with not so hidden horror as he watched as Lucci moved in agony. When Zoro came back just a few moments later he didn’t just have Chopper with him, he also had a very anxious looking Nami; Lucci’s little pigeon found home on Chopper's hat.
As soon as the reindeer was in the room he was at the bed side in second, his hooves checking over Lucci’s wound.
“Chopper! It’s okay!” Hattori tweeted loudly as he flew down to rest on the strawhat. Chopper stopped moving his hooves, much to Luffy’s horror.
“Chopper, why'd you stop! Lucci needs help!”
Hattori tweeted once more as he hopped around on the hat, Chopper had his full attention on the tie wearing bird.
“Chopper!”
The reindeer nodded to the bird once more before looking to his Captain, “Hattori says that Rob Lucci does this often, he has night terrors almost nightly.”
“So, he’s not in pain?”
“Nope. I’ll keep an eye on him for now. Why don’t you go get some food, Sanji made breakfast.” Chopper smiled at his Captain who looked like he was going to say something in opposition before he was grabbed by Nami(Whos eyes never left the bed ridden Lucci).
“...Come eat Luffy. Chopper will keep a good eye on him.” Nami moved her eyes from Rob Lucci to Luffy who reluctantly nodded.
“...Fine.”
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“Moma! It hurts!” A young boy with black hair curled in on himself as he shook in pain, tears in his green eyes. His eyes staring right at his mother, a tall woman with the same curly black hair. His mother stared at him coldly but with a falsely kind smile.
“Oh Robbie, it’s okay. Don’t try to force anything back darling. The fruit you ate for mommy just needs to do somethings and then everything will be fine.” The woman knelt down and ran a hand through her sons hair.
“I-I’ll be okay?”
“Of course you will dear. You’ll be okay and you will be able to make mommy live the life she deserves, isn’t that good?”
“...Y-Yes, I-I’m glad I c-could help you.”
He’s mother lied, she didn’t love him. She wanted to use him! A young Rob Lucci ran through the cold night covered streets, a tiny bird cradled in his hands. She was going to sell him to the government! Angry tears fell down the chubby face and blurring his vision, he couldn’t wipe them away because of the small bird.
“Child!”
Fear raced down Rob Lucci’s spine, behind him he heard the men his mother tried to sell him to run after him; it only caused the child to run faster. He had to get away from here! Has to leave!
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“...no…no…”
Chopper watched as Rob Lucci twisted in agony, his face scrunched up and sweat soaking the sheets, a cold rag on his forehead to calm him down.
“I hope he wakes up soon, Hattori. He doesn’t deserve to be trapped in a nightmare…”
“He’ll wake up…I know he will.” The little pigeon was sitting on Chopper’s shoulder, watching as his owner suffered in his nightmare. Almost an hour of Lucci’s pained moans, his green cat-like eyes slowly opened. His face pale and sweat soaked.
“...Where…”
“Lucci! You’re awake! How are you feeling?” Chopper was at Lucci’s side in a matter of second checking him over. The once sleeping man couldn’t help but smile at the antics of the young doctor.
“I’m okay, how’s Nami?” Trying to sit up Lucci felt something slide down his chest, looking down he was surprised to see the strawhat that Luffy refused to take off, “...What…?”
“She’s okay, she’s been worried about you…Luffy has been too. I just got him to leave the medbay today, he’s been sleeping in here too…Oh! I should probably go tell him you’re awake!” Chopper turned and ran out of the room leaving a surprised Rob Lucci.
“...hahahaha, even after this, they're a lively bunch. Aren’t they?” Lucci smiled to himself, Hattori was rubbing his small head against the human's chin. “...Maybe they aren’t so bad…”
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