When Luffy got up that morning to Nami yelling at Zoro and him to wake up Luffy felt light headed from sitting up too fast. He shook his head and jumped to the floor only to fall over when his legs gave out. "Luffy you ok?", Zoro asked worriedly, holding out a hand.

Luffy smiled and took his first mates hand, "Yea, I think I just stepped wrong is all."

Zoro pulled his captain up and smiled, "Well that's good, don't forget Shank's hat like you did yesterday."

"Good call Zoro, what would I do without you?", Luffy said running back into the room and grabbing his hat, while Zoro laughed on his way out. Before putting it on he smiled at it, 'Shank's I am really on my way, soon you will have you hat back and my promise to you will be done. There is so much to tell you.' Putting it on he ran up the stairs he stopped when he got to the top and knelt down holding his stomach, 'Uggg, that did feel right.'

"LUFFY GET YOUR STUPID RUBBER BUTT IN HERE!", Nami yelled from the dining room door.

Luffy smiled at her even thought he felt a pang in his chest, "Sorry, I got a little dizzy."

Nami huffed and stormed back inside saying, "You said that yesterday, come up with a better excuse, idiot."

Now that no one could see him Luffy dropped his smile and bit his lip, 'But I did feel dizzy, I have been for the last five days. Why won't she listen to me?' He got up and walked up the rest of the stairs to the dining room door where he froze again, 'Why is this happening to me? I never feel like this, maybe I should talk to Chopper when I finish eating.' Luffy walked into the dining room and barely held his reaction in, 'It is worse than yesterday, what is happening to me?'

"Is that anyway to look at food your cook just made you Luffy?", Sanji growled out.

Luffy held his hands up in surrender, "No, I was just thinking."

"Wow, Luffy thinking that is new.", Nami said from the counter where she sat with Vivi.

Vivi turned and smiled at him, "What were you thinking about?"

Luffy smiled at her, now distracted from the smell of food. "Oh you know how I am going to tell Shanks how I became the Pirate King. There are so many places to start and people to introduce to him. I can't wait to tell him or even see him for that matter."

Vivi smiled at how excited Luffy was while the others chuckled at their childish captain, "That is great, don't leave anything out."

Luffy shook his head, "Not a word, he needs to know everything." He took his first bite and took a deep breath, "It is good Sanji."

The cook smiled, "Of course it is good, I made it. How do my doves like their master pieces?"

Luffy laughed at Sanji's silliness and continued eating. He ate till felt he couldn't stand his stomach churning and he got up and left without a word. Zoro looked at his captain's plate and then at Chopper, when Chopper nodded and wrote something on the notebook on his lap Zoro glared at the dining room door in confusion. 'Again? He is eating less and less for the past five days, what is going on Luffy? What aren't you telling us?'

Chopper walked into his medical room and almost dropped his notebook when he saw Luffy asleep on the medical bed. "Luffy?", Chopper asked surprised. He ran over to their captain when he didn't respond and shook him gently, "Luffy, come on say something."

Luffy opened his eyes gingerly, "Chopper, I don't feel so good."

"I knew it, so that is why you aren't eating as much anymore. Can you tell…"

"There you are Luffy; Zoro needs help with the sail it got loose. You need to get out there and reattach it not being lazy.", Nami growled out in the doorway. "Stop bothering Chopper he has better things to do, Usopp got hurt trying."

"Nami Luffy isn't…"

"No it's ok, I will be ok. I just needed to catch my breath is all. Tend to Usopp, he needs you.", Luffy said walking out of the medical room.

When the captain wondered out of the room Chopper said, "But Luffy…"

"Don't worry about him, he probably just wanted to bother you.", Nami said walking out and looking at the compass. "We are way off course."

Luffy got the sail reattached and just stood there for a second however that second was all it took. Zoro looked up and quickly got up; he fell to a heap when he caught Luffy. "Luffy! Luffy! Open your eyes damn it.", Zoro said to the captain in his arms.

Breathing hard Luffy looked up at him, "Hey Zoro, I don't feel so good." This was all Luffy could say before he ran over to the side of the ship and threw up.

"Luffy.", said a surprised Vivi, holding her captains hat. "Are you ok?", she asked this rubbing his back.

Luffy shook his head, "No, I don't." He looked so miserable to her, "I feel queasy and light headed. I don't know what to do."

"What you need to do is…", Zoro started.

"What you need to do is stop lying to everyone. Did you tell everyone that you don't ever get sick?", Nami said.

"Maybe I am just dizzy, let me sit for a moment and I will help you guys in a moment.", the sickly captain said. The captain and the crew worked really hard all day to keep the ship together and were more than ready to go to bed. Luffy didn't eat dinner again, like he hasn't for the last three days, and went right to bed. The next morning he could barely move without making his self queasy so he slept the rest of the day, however for several days after that he was starting to get worse. He would get up and do some chores and go back to bed for several more hours before he came back out to help again. This continued for two more weeks before he didn't get out of bed to do anything, his fever was high and he was starting to have a hard time breathing. Everyone believed Nami when she said that he got himself this way except Zoro, Vivi, and Chopper. However what they didn't know was what had started it in the first place.