Huge Revolution: Gathering Wishes

Drabble 1: Gearspring Spirit

After Thriller Bark, before reaching the Sabaody Archipelago...

In any other pirate ship, the captain would be more responsible for the ship's upkeep. The captain would be minding the books, managing duties, and discussing safe courses with the navigator. The same logic should have been applied to nearly all ships to ensure smooth upkeep, but the pirate ship Thousand Sunny was, if anything, an exception to that rule for the simple reason of self-preservation. Duties aboard the pirate ship Thousand Sunny were therefore decided by drawing straws. Barely ten seconds after, Franky switched lots with Yusei, and hence the current scene where the new handyman was tugging at the captain's arms.

"Luffy-san...!" Yusei huffed. "A bath is necessary for your personal hygiene, even if not for the ship's health!"

"Don't wanna!" Luffy yelled, scrabbling at the grassy floor of the Sunny's deck, trying to reach the foremast. Flies gathered around his body and clothes. "Once a week is good enough for anyone!"

"Yusei, you got the Luffy's bath lot already?" Usopp commented on the upper deck, a wrench hanging from one hand. "Give up already."

"But, Nami-san said that he needed it..." Yusei pondered, taking off his gloves to tuck them into his belt for another ineffective tug.

"You're not at the level to handle Luffy yet," Usopp complained. "This rubber man isn't going to give up that easily. You'll have better luck back on Thriller Bark than with throwing Luffy into the bathroom."

"Rubber man... stay, Luffy-san," Yusei turned around, walking into the kitchen and the rear deck.

"What's that guy doing?" Franky drawled. "He gave up?"

"Because you gave him the most difficult duty on the ship!" Usopp complained. "We're going to lose a reliable guy as soon as this ship drops-"

"Shh!" Franky shushed. "We're going to take over now. Enough hazing."

"Ah," Usopp turned to look down as Yusei returned. "He's back-"

"Yusei, what are you doing?" Luffy began to sweat as Yusei reached the foremast. "What's that?"

"Silicone grease, Luffy-san." Squirt.

"Oh, so that's it- what's that do?" Luffy really started as Yusei grabbed his left ankle and wrapped it around his own arm. His fingers scrabbled, sliding and slipping with the rubber lubricant on his fingers tracing the foremast as he attempted to struggle his way to freedom. "Yusei, what did you do?! Let me go-! Captain's orders!"

"Nami-san specifically said that this imperative places Zoro-san in temporary command," Yusei primly replied, even as Luffy's shouts echoed throughout the Sunny in horror.

Usopp sank to his knees. "Franky... did that guy just turn our hazing on us?"

"No... I think we just underestimated that guy's intelligence," Franky muttered, half in awe and half in shame. "He's one of the Sunny's Engineer Musketeers, he won't go down that easily. Still... he's awesome."

"You actually managed to haul Luffy to take a bath?!" Nami echoed the same sentiment later when the crew gathered for dinner. "Yusei, I knew I could count on you!"

"Yusei, I hate you..." Luffy moaned at the head of the table. "My skin feels like it's crawling."

"Well, seeing as rubber is essentially a waterproof material I can see why you hate baths," Yusei commented, setting down his spoon into the Sea King soup. "But you have to scrub down properly, Luffy-san."

Usopp leant over to Franky. "So it wasn't technically a bath?"

"Idiots," Sanji shot from the sidelines. "Anything that can get Luffy to step into the bath's an improvement. We can also save water. The real miracle is that Luffy didn't try to fight the guy out-"

"As promised," Yusei held out the Sea King steak.

"Oh, right."

"He did that by bribing the Captain?!" Usopp and Sanji yelled.

"Well, it's a valid strategy..." Robin smiled as Luffy attacked the steak like a shark would its prey. "But, Handyman-san, won't you be hungry?"

"Just call me Yusei, Robin-san," Yusei replied. "And I did promise him meat. If a skeleton can walk around without muscles, I can survive with less meat."

"Yohoho, I feel rather left out, Yusei-kun... though you are right, I don't have muscles..."

"Don't regret it," Sanji warned. "You still have to maintain the locks, alright?"

"Oi, Yusei," Luffy perked up. "You can pick locks, right?"

"Yes, Luffy-san." Yusei blinked. "I worked as a locksmith once upon a time. Why?"

"Can you pick the fridge lock?"

"NO!" Nami and Sanji assaulted the captain, ending all thoughts of captain-led expeditions to the fridge.

"That's not good, Luffy-san," Yusei smiled with his enigmatic poker face. "Did you scrub under your fingernails...:)?"

"I'll be good... please don't make me take a bath tomorrow..."

"What's your secret, Yusei?" Chopper asked the handyman. "Is there a monster for that?"

"Stand in the room with him," Yusei blandly replied.

"...Yusei," Nami finally broke the silence. "Is there a more feasible solution?"

"Well, he fell asleep in the bath. I was worried he would drown, so I stayed until he scrubbed down."

"Oh." the navigator reflected. "Well, good job."

"Thank you."

Zoro leant over to her. "That was a hazing, right?"

"No... it was a real task," Nami nodded. "If we didn't beat God, I'd think that Yusei was an angel sent from heaven to give us a break."

"So, Yusei," Luffy slurped up the last of Yusei's steak. "What are you doing now? Another mystery project?"

"Would you explain if I were to explain it to you, Luffy-san?"

"No. Shishishishi!" Luffy grinned, still sparkling.

"I'll be in the library, researching." Yusei relented.

"Boring."

"Only you," Nami teased. "If only you can teach this guy to read, Yusei."

I wrote this out of boredom and seeking inspiration to continue with Huge Revolution...

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