10- A Weirdo Man and Cannon Practice

"Leave!"

"Who's there?!" Luffy commanded.

"Leave!" The booming voice ordered again.

"Where's it coming from?!" Nami glanced around.

"I can find out!" I told her. I closed my eyes and stretched out my Neko senses. Who is also here with us? All I could feel was animal auras, nothing else. Is it really a god talking to us?

"Fools!" The voice thundered. "You'll never find me! Now, leave this island! I am this island's protective god! Leave this island at once if you value your lives!"

"Protective god?" Luffy asked. He's not affected by the authority in this guy's tone. Or he's just too stupid to realize it.

"You guys're pirates, aren't you?" It demanded.

"Yeah."

"Pirates, just as I thought..." Then why did you ask?

"Why would a god ask something like that?" Nami reiterated for me. Can she read minds?

"Listen!" It boomed. "Just try taking another step into the forest! The instant you do, you will receive my divine punishment and meet your doom?!"

I shrugged. "Okay." So I took another step in the direction we were heading. Before I could set my foot down, Nami and Usopp held me back.

"No, Mira!" Nami wailed.

"But he said to!" I whined. "Wait, he said it like a question..."

Luffy caught on too. "How should I know? Why are you asking me?"

"What's the deal?" Nami let me go and looked around.

"This guy seems kinda weird." Luffy stated.

"What did you say, straw hat boy?!" The voice echoed in the forest and shook the trees. There were then several different animal noises as they stepped out. Hybrids of every kind met us. I couldn't name them all.

"What are these things?" Usopp leaned in a bit to get a closer look.

"Humans I completely transformed when they came to look for treasure." The voice answered.

Usopp got down on his knees in a begging manor. "Then you really are a god?!"

"Look at all these weird things..." Luffy said in awe. The ones he was looking at were a rhino-roo and a zebra ostrich. He picked up a lion pig. "Is this a lion?"

"Are you sure it's not a pig?" Nami asked. By now, we were completely ignoring the voice.

The lion pig suddenly reached up and with razor sharp teeth grabbed ahold of Luffy's face. "Oww, oww, oww!" Luffy cried as he stretched his face to get the thing to let go. It let go and his face stretched back, him rubbing it. I noticed a tear drop in the corner of his eyes.

"W-what exactly are you?!" The voice was shocked.

"I'm a rubber person." He stretched his cheek out. "I ate a Devil Fruit."

"Devil Fruit?" There was a slight chuckle in his tone. "Don't be absurd! I heard rumors about them when I used to be a pirate, but-"

"Did you hear what he just said?" I pointed to the sky.

Nami narrowed her eyes. "When you were a pirate?"

He began to back track. "N-no! I'm not reminiscing about old times at all! No! I don't want to hear about old times!"

"What are you talking about?!" Luffy demanded. "You're the one who said it!"

"Are you really a god?!" Nami shouted.

I placed a finger to my chin. "My answer is, no."

"Shut up!" The voice boomed. "If you won't leave, then receive my divine punishment! I've already started with the one who makes the smart-ass comments!"

I pointed to myself. "Me?"

"Yes, you!" He yelled. "You're turning into an animal!"

I felt my ears. "Crap!"

"Yes! Be afraid!" He called out triumphantly.

"I forgot I didn't have my hat..." I hung my hands. "I didn't think I'd need a new one this soon, though... I thought the island was uninhabited."

"What are you talking about?! This is my punishment!"

"AH!" Luffy and Usopp screamed. "Mira's turning into a cat!"

"BAKA!" Nami and I hit them both upside the head. "I was like this before! Nice try, weirdo! I already knew I was a Neko! Been one my entire life!"

"Damn... Thought that would work..." He sounded defeated. "But no matter! I can still give you a different form of punishment!" Just then, boards flew up and threw pointed branches at us. We dodged them as best we could to avoid getting hit.

"Zoro!" I cried. The branches had missed him completely. "Never mind..." He was still asleep.

Rocks then fell from a basket in the trees and landed on Luffy's head. "Now you've done it, God!"

"H-how are you alright?!" I noticed a bush bouncing and pointed behind Luffy.

"There you are!" Luffy looked over his shoulder.

"Don't move!" The bush ordered. Luffy took a step toward him. "I told you not to move!" A gun shot went off and into Luffy, stretching where his heart should be. He cried out and Nami and Usopp screamed. Luffy flexed and shot the bullet from his body to somewhere else.

"That can't be!" The bush was really moving now.

"Hey, God, or whoever," Nami got out of her acting. "Pistols don't work on this guy!"

"But they surprise me, so I don't like them!" Luffy added as he put his hat back on.

"Monster!" The bush wailed. It dropped the gun and ran.

"Over there!" Usopp pointed. Luffy took off running after it.

"Here it is." Nami picked up the gun. "His pistol." We examined it then went to go find Luffy and the bush thing. Upon arriving to the scene, we saw the bush was in a small treasure chest.

"What is this?" Nami asked.

"This is a god?" Luffy didn't sound amused.

"I know!" I exclaimed. "It's a treasure bush!" It sweat dropped and took off running.

We gasped. "It's moving!" Nami cried. It ran into a tree and fell over, two little feet swinging out. It reminded me of a turtle. Just then, the clouds cleared away and we saw what it really was: A man stuck in a treasure chest.

"Stand me up, already!" He ordered. "I said stand me up!"

"He's a person!" Nami said in awe.

"Neat!" Luffy chuckled a bit. "Is he a scrub brush?"

"What's so god-like about you?" Usopp crossed his arms. "You thought you could trick us!"

"Shut up!" He said again. "Stand me up, I say!"

"Don't act so big after you've fallen over!" Usopp and Luffy helped him back to his feet.

"I'll get you go for today!" He said and ran off again.

"Wait!" Luffy grabbed his box and his arm stretched out. The box man struggled to get free with every step he took. Luffy grinned, knowing he had him, but his grip on this side failed. "Huh? Whah!" And he flew right at box man. The two went flying right over the edge of the cliff. I rushed to the edge and saw Luffy grab a branch and box man just inches from the water.

"Luffy!" "Hey, Luffy!" Usopp and Nami shouted at the same time. Luffy tugged and box man came sailing back up, but the momentum caused them both to go flying up into the air once again. They finally hit the ground again and box man was first. He had a huge lump on his head.

Nami patched it up. "There. You're all set." The lion pig and the rooster fox started licking him. "You're a pretty popular guy, God."

Usopp pointed at the animal hybrids. "So, you used these guys to scare off everyone who came to the island?" We were sitting around the box man as his animal friends sat around him in front of us.

"But I've never seen a person stuffed inside a treasure chest before!" Luffy said. "Are you a boxed and sheltered son?" He asked with a smile upon his face.

"Yeah." He answered. "I've been overly pampered since I was a little boy... Of course I'm not! I can't get out of this box!" He was sweating profusely as he showed us he was stuck. "I've been alone and in this box for the last twenty years now."

"Twenty years?!" Nami leaned in.

Usopp opened his little bag thing, pulled out a thermal, poured himself a cup, and sipped from it. "Ah." I sweat dropped. "So, you've been alone on this island for twenty years?" Can I smack him? Please?

"My hair and mustache are just as you can see." Huh? What does that have anything to do with it?! "Even my eyebrows got connected!"

"You're so weird!" I cried. "You don't make any sense right now!"

"Because I've been here so long, my hair has had time to grow since I can't take care of it myself!" He shouted. He cleared his throat. "It's also been twenty years since I conversed with anyone like this. Can you understand how painful this is?!"

"It seems ridiculous." Luffy stated.

"What did you say?!" Box man shouted.

Someone yawned and I turned and saw Lazy Zoro walk up to our group. "Oh, here you are..."

"You've been asleep this whole time?!" Nami yelled. "After all that happened?!"

He reached down and grabbed the cup Usopp was holding and sat down on a rock. He took a drink. "Ah." Then he saw box man. He jumped and fell off his seat. "W-who's this guy?!"

Nami sweat dropped. "Notice sooner..."

"He's a guy stuffed in a treasure chest!" Luffy introduced.

"Are you a box and sheltered son?!" Really?

"Yeah, I've been overly pampered since I was just a boy... Of course I'm not!" He repeated. "Don't do the same gag twice!" Luffy's hands were suddenly gripping his upper jaw.

"Zoro, gimme a hand!" Soon, the two idiots were tugging on the poor box man, but I couldn't help but laugh.

"Ouch!" He cried. "Stop! You're pulling my head off!"

Luffy got off him and wiped his head. "You're right. You can't get out!"

"Don't be crazy!" Boxy shouted at him, his hair a mess. "Because of my lack of exercise over the years, this treasure chest fits together with my body now!"

"Like a turtle and his shell!" I exclaimed.

"Right!" He agreed. "And if you try to break it, my body will get destroyed too!"

Zoro crossed his arms. "He's a strangely annoying guy."

"But who are you guys?" He finally asked who we are! Doesn't anyone know it's rude to not introduce yourself when you first meet?! "You're nothing like any of the other pirates who came here."

Luffy sat on a rock. "I'm Luffy. The man who's going to be King of the Pirates!" He said proudly.

"W-what?"

"I'm gonna be King of the Pirates and get the One Piece!" He elaborated.

"The One Piece?!" Boxy exclaimed. "Don't tell me you're seriously thinking of entering the Grande Line?!"

"We even have a chart of the Grande Line!" He held it up for Boxy to see.

"Don't take it so lightly!" He shouted as he pointed at Luffy. "That place is Hell, or a graveyard!"

I huffed. "He's serious, Boxy."

"Boxy?!"

"He's gonna get One Piece one way or another. There is no way to make him stray from his path." I leaned back a little.

"I once saw pirates who'd managed to escape from the Grande Line!" He explained. "They looked almost like people who had died and lost their souls! Something incredibly horrific must have happened, or they must've run into monsters or something. Not even a single one tried to speak!" We leaned in to hear more.

"Not only that," he continued. "Rumors about the One Piece spawn even more rumors, so there's no telling what's true or not!" Like that's really going to stop Luffy. "Some twenty-odd years since the start of the Great Pirate Era, the One Piece is a dream within a dream beyond a legend!"

Luffy showed him the map. "So, which is the Grande Line?"

"I don't know." Luffy said. "Don't you know old scrub brush guy?"

"I can't read sea charts one bit."

"Hopeless!" I shouted.

"Then we're the same." Luffy and Boxy started laughing at each other and their inability to read maps.

"That's not a pirate conversation..." Nami scolded. "Anyways, even if we do enter the Grande Line, earning as much money as we can, then escaping, is the best idea." Chicken. She's afraid of the stories. I've seen people from the Grande Line land on our island and tell stories of what they saw, and they were fine.

"I will find One Piece!" Luffy said proudly. "I have good luck!"

"Where does all that confidence of yours come from?!" She asked.

"I will get it! You'll see!" Boxy was staring at Luffy intently with awe in his eyes.

"Whatever you say..." Nami gave up in arguing.

"You're the same," Boxy suddenly said. We turned to him. "You're just like me; you even look like me, like we're twins!" How is that possible! Luffy's pale and you're dark skinned with green bush hair!

Nami ran up right in front of him. "How in the world does he look like you?!"

"I understand!" He yelled at the sky. "Achieving your dreams someday! We used to think the same way!"

"We?" Luffy questioned.

"We were willing to put our lives on the line to search for treasure!" He explained. "It was that zeal that changed my entire life!"

"W-wait," Nami interrupted. "What do you mean?"

"It was twenty years ago," Nami shrugged. "My fellow pirates and I landed on this island." Oh, joy. A flashback. I pulled out my katana and sharpening stone; anything to not listen to a flashback.

"How rude!" I heard Nami screech. "Even I know what's appropriate and what's not!"

"So, what're we doing?" I asked.

Nami dead panned. "We're going to get Gaimon's treasure."

"Who's Gaimon?"

"Me!" Boxy shouted.

"Oh..."

"You weren't paying attention again, were you?" Nami asked.

I grinned. "Nope!"

Gaimon called one of his animal friends and we were soon heading out to the spot where he saw the treasure. We were on a giant turtle cow thing that moved pretty fast for its size. Soon, we got off and gazed up at the steep wall of rock.

Something told me not to get my hopes up.

"Here?" Luffy asked.

"I haven't been here a while myself." He said just barely above a whisper. "Today is a great day! The time has finally come! I'm counting on you, Straw hat!"

Luffy readied his arm. "Alright! Gomu Gomu no..." He launched his arm up and grabbed the ledge. "Rocket!" And he was flying up the large cliff to the top to toss down the chests.

"Yes." Usopp shielded his eyes from the sun.

"Well?!" Gaimon called up. "Is it there?!"

"What's he doing?" Zoro wondered. I bowed my head. Could it be?

"Luffy!" Nami called up. I listened above us and heard six chests open.

"Hey Luffy!" Usopp yelled.

"What the heck is going on?!" Nami asked. He suddenly appeared at the edge of the cliff with a chest in his arms.

"I found them!" He called down. "Six chests!"

"Well done!" Gaimon looked about to cry. "I finally got it! The treasure! The treasure!" He began to laugh hysterically. "Toss my treasure down here! Hurry! Hurry!"

Luffy looked down at us and smirked. "No."

"What?!" Gaimon cried. I knew it. Something was up.

"No! I don't wanna toss it down!" Luffy said again.

"What nonsense is this?!" Nami scolded. "Quit fooling around!" They were getting pissed at Luffy's actions.

"Yeah!" Usopp agreed. "That treasure belongs to Gaimon-san! Toss it all down!" Luffy didn't answer as the breeze blew through his hair.

"Quit clowning around, you fool!" Nami tried again.

"It's alright..." Gaimon said sadly. "It doesn't matter anymore."

"Of course it does!" Nami argued.

"You've guarded that treasure for twenty years, Gaimon-san!" Usopp tried to reason.

"Straw hat. You're..." He looked up to Luffy with tears in his eyes. "You're a great guy!"

"What do you mean?" Nami asked.

"I had a slight inkling that might be the case..." Gaimon sniffed. I knew it; they're empty. "I tried to avoid thinking about it, but," Luffy sat down cross legged. "They're empty, aren't they?" He really began to cry now. Nami and Usopp gasped.

"Yeah," Luffy said. "They're all empty."

"That's terrible," Nami said softly. "The treasure he guarded for twenty years was just empty boxes..."

"It happens all the time with treasures that have treasure maps." He said around his hands. "You go to look, but someone's already stolen it!" He sniffed. "That's how much of an ordeal treasure hunting is for pirates!" Usopp and Nami seemed to feel sorry for Gaimon the Box Man. "You can wait all your life, or lose your life, and never touch the treasure. There are more pirates like that than you can count!"

I jumped when Luffy burst out in a fit of laughter. "Don't be so upset, old guy! It's a good thing we came after twenty years! Thirty years later and you might've been dead!"

"Straw Hat..." He gazed up at Luffy, tears still streaming down his eyes.

"You've made this much of a fool of yourself!" He called down. That's mean... But so true. "All you got left now is the One Piece!" He isn't thinking of... "Come be a pirate with us!" He is... What can Boxy do in his situation besides shoot?! I'm not being mean or anything, but I'm worried about his safety!

"You're... Inviting me?!" Snot and tears were running down his face. "No one had tried to talk to me before when they saw me!" He pinched his eyes shut to stop the flow of tears. "How many years it's been since I trusted someone!" Usopp had tears in his eyes. "Thank you..."

We were back at where we docked and the sun was starting to go down. Gaimon had declined Luffy's offer. "You're really going to stay on this island, old guy?"

"Yeah, Straw Hat." He said. "Even if there is no treasure, there's something else I want to protect."

"What?" I asked.

The strange hybrid animals suddenly surrounded him. "I've shared hard times and happy times with these guys for twenty years. I can't leave them now." They began licking him. "Now that I know there is no treasure, I somehow finally feel free. I think I can really live a life I want now. Plus, I've actually grown quite fond of being in this box!"

"Weirdo..." I whispered.

"What was that?!" He shouted.

"Oh!" Luffy stated. "That's too bad, then. You're a neat old guy!

"So the weird creatures are your true friends..." Zoro said.

"He's the weirdest creature of them all, though!"

"Say what?!" He shouted at Luffy. We laughed at the little name calling, enjoying our time we have left with him. He soon joined in.

We soon sailed off. "See ya!" Luffy waved. "Take care!"

"Bye!" Nami called.

I leaned over the railing and cupped my hands around my mouth. "See ya, weirdo freak!"

"Don't call me that!" He shouted from shore.

"Mira," I turned to Nami. "Don't you think you should be a little nicer?"

I put my hands behind my head. "He knows it's a joke." I chuckled. "Besides, it's a little payback for saying I was becoming one of his minions."

"Huh?" Zoro questioned.

"I don't wanna be a hybrid freak!" I teased. I walked down to the main deck and heard someone following me. I stopped before the center mass. "Can I help you?" I asked the person following me.

"Don't think I forgot about what you said on the Marine Base Island." Zoro said.

I turned to face him. "I've said a lot of things there. You might have to jog my memory."

"When you were about to be shot by Morgan's men. You said you had used my katana as a toothpick." He explained.

I thought back on that. "Oh, yeah, I did say that, didn't I?"

"Why did you do it?" He asked, trying to sound threatening.

"Well, it wasn't the one that was important to you." I said to defend myself. "It was one of the other ones."

He crossed his arms. "Which one?" He nearly growled.

I pointed to them. "One of the ones with the black hilt!" I shouted. "God! Just leave me alone! I know my boundaries and what I can and can't touch!" I stormed off below deck and found my room. I laid on my cot and stared at the ceiling. What's so great about his swords anyways? He only told me that he had to fulfill a vow he made to someone, but I never got the full details about it.

Hopefully, he'll be calm enough to speak to me without getting pissed tomorrow.

~~~~~~

There was a loud bang above me and I sat up. "Morning already?" I groaned. I got out of bed and went to see what all the noise was about. Once on the main deck, I saw Luffy talking about a cannon and how he wanted to shoot it.

"Then just leave it to me!" Usopp said. "I believe it was when I was three when I jumped on a cannon ball..." He said as he relived his fake memory.

I sighed. "Do you even know how to fire a cannon?"

"Oh! Mira!" Luffy turned around. "Good morning!" Luffy then started to ignore Usopp. "Hey, Zoro! Do you know how to work it?!"

I sighed. "I guess you don't." I glanced over at Zoro. He was calm, alright; fast asleep. "He's asleep."

"He's been asleep all this time." Nami said. "He just came right up to the upper deck and laid down once he got up."

"Lazy ass..." I mumbled. I clapped my hands. "Alright, I know the basics of firing a cannon. Do you have a bucket of water?"

"Huh?" Luffy questioned. "Water?"

I rolled my eyes. "Yes, water. You need it so the cannon doesn't over heat."

"Hn!" I looked over at Usopp. "I know how to fire a cannon without it over heating!"

"Baka!" I shouted. "All cannons over heat, no matter how many times you fire them without cooling them off! If they get too over heated, they'll explode!" Usopp cringed back. "Now, there was a man who came to our island who taught us about cannon safety."

"Geez, Mira," I glanced over at Nami. "For someone who was hated by her own island, you sure saw a lot of neat things!"

"Oh, I was hated." I said. "They just never saw me watching. Now, I was a fair distance away from the crowd since he was in the middle of the Main Square, but I caught the gist of it. You put in some gun powder," I put in about a cup of powder. "Then your ball," I slid the ball into place. "Stuff it down in there with the pole," I pushed a bottle brush type pole onto the ball to pack it in tight. "Then aim and fire!" I aimed off at something, but saw open water.

"Er, of course, it would be better to shoot at something!" I sighed. "We'll have to wait until we find something to shoot at. Sorry, guys."

"Aw..." Luffy complained. "Can you at least tell us why we need water and how to cool the cannon down?"

"Yeah, I can do that." I nodded. "Get me a bucket of water." Luffy ran off to get one. I found a swab cleaning stick in the store room. Luffy and I were back at the same time. "Okay, so let's say we fired this thing about ten times, alright?" They nodded. "First, you take your swab-stick-thing and dip it in the water, like so." I put it in the water. "Then, you stick it in the cannon and make sure you get all the way in the back to clean out all the powder and sparks. Wait for about a half an hour then fire again. But make sure to wait about five minutes before you launch the next ball, to give the powder some time to stop sparking."

"Ooh!" Luffy breathed. "Nice. Hey, look! There's something to shoot at!"

I looked over to where he was pointing and gauged the distance. "Too far, even if the cannon is at its highest firing point."

"Then we'll have to get closer!" Luffy called. "Usopp! Towards that rock there!" Usopp turned the ship and we headed for it to get a better shot.

"Alright, this should be fine!" I said after a while.

"Yes!" Luffy aimed the cannon and lit the fuse. "Here we go!" I covered my ears and it fired. It was way off. "Huh? That was way off!" Luffy held his hand above his eyes to stare out after it.

"What are you guys doing?" I looked up and saw Zoro staring at us.

"Look who finally woke up..." I said under my breath.

"Cannon practice!" Luffy told him. "But they sure don't fly good."

"I'm telling you, let me try!" Usopp said confidently.

I sighed and stepped aside. "By all means, please do!"

He huffed at my sarcasm and set the cannon back up. "Judging from the last flying distance," He set it at a higher degree. "This should do it." He lit the fuse. "Fire!"

The ball sailed through the air and hit the rock formation. "Awesome!" Luffy cried out. "You hit it on your first try!"

"I really hit it..." Usopp said under his breath. That told me he's never fired a cannon before. Baka... "Whadya think?!" He quickly changed personalities. "I'm awesome when it comes to aiming! Impressed?"

"Yeah! Yeah!" Luffy agreed and I shook my head. "It's settled! You're our sniper!" I gazed up at Zoro to find him smiling at the pair and ignoring me.

"What?! I don't get to be captain?!"

"I'm the captain!" Luffy shouted. I heard Zoro chuckle at them. His gaze locked with mine and his smile fell. I held his stare evenly and didn't break. He was the first to move as we made our way to the kitchen area.

"Well, whatever!" Usopp was saying to Luffy. "I'll humor you for now. But if you do anything too cowardly, then I'm taking over immediately!"

I sat at the table with Luffy, Usopp, and Nami. Zoro sat in a corner and closed his eyes.

"Yeah, that's fine." Luffy agreed. "But anyways, I was thinking, there's one other position we need to fill before we enter the Grande Line."

I sat up. "Oh my gosh! Luffy's gonna be smart!"

"Yeah!" Nami said excitedly. "We can have a fancy kitchen, too! If you pay me, I can do it!"

"An important necessity for long trips, right?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah! All pirate ships need one, huh?!" I knew Luffy was going to say we need a cook, now! "A musician!" I could literally hear the world cracking to pieces.

"Are you an idiot?!" Zoro screamed.

"What do you see voyages as?!" Nami added in.

"Just when it seemed you were going to sat something smart..." Usopp sounded disappointed.

"Hey, what's wrong with Mira?" Luffy asked.

"Hn!" Nami huffed. "You're stupidity killed her. She's as pale as a ghost now."

"AH! Mira! I'm sorry!"

But I didn't really hear him. My ears pricked up as someone got onto the boat. Right on cue, the sound of someone kicking barrels across the deck reached our ears. "Come out, you damn pirates!" I snapped back to reality and stood with the rest of the crew.

Luffy opened the door to head outside to the deck. "What the... What the... Who are you?!" I peeked over his shoulder to see a fairly tan man in a purple shirt, light blue hoodie, and white cut-offs. His left cheek had a tattoo that said "Sea". His shades were tinted a dark blue and were held into place.

"Shut up!" He shouted. "Who I am doesn't amount to crap!" He charged and swung at the railing in front of Luffy. He jumped to dodge it. That's a huge sword!!!

Nami pulled me back in and shut the door. Her's and Usopp's faces were plastered to the window. "How many are there?" Zoro asked.

"One..." Nami answered. "I think?"

"Then leave it to him." So noble of you, Zoro. Note the sarcasm.

I carefully pushed them aside and stepped out to watch better. "We've taken the heads of many a pirate!" We? "Are you nameless pirate wannabes trying to kill my partner?!" So, he's a bounty hunter? He swung again and Luffy leaped out of the way as the sword crashed into the main deck.

"What do you mean, 'partner'?!" Luffy shouted. "I dunno what's going on, but stop breaking our ship!" He stretched his hands out and grabbed the side of his head, swinging the guy up and over his head and sent him smashing into the wall.

"L-lost by a hair..." He managed to choke out as he fell.

"What's going on?" Luffy asked as he stood back up.

"Hey!" I looked up towards the door of the dining room. "Is that you, Johnny?" Zoro was standing there with his hands laying on the hilts of his swords.

Said Johnny lifted his head. "Who's saying my name all familiar-like?!" He growled. Then he saw Zoro. He sat up bolt straight. "B-big Brother Zoro?!"

"It is you, Johnny!" Zoro said happily. I looked over to Luffy to see he had the exact same confused look I did.

"What are you doing here, Big Bro?!" Johnny asked.

"Where's Yosaku?!" Zoro asked, avoiding the question. "Isn't he with you?"

"What now?" Luffy asked, not being able to hold in his confusion anymore. "What now? You guys know each other?!"

I'm with you on that one, Luffy. What the hell is going on?!