"You're back to normal?" Usopp cried, leaping up from where he'd been lazing on the lawn. "Oh my god, you're back to normal!"

Everyone crowded around Luffy, who simply grinned. "Yeah, I woke up like this," he announced cheerfully. "My stomach's better, too!"

Nami sighed. "Well, I'm happy for you, but . . . I did want to see what you would've looked like in a skirt."

"I could still wear one," Luffy offered. "Just not when Sanji's around."

Nami shrugged. "If you want."

"Luffy, let's go back to my office," Chopper ordered. "I want to check you over."

Luffy gave him a thumbs-up. "Okay! Let's go, I wanna be done before breakfast."

When they went inside, Brook sighed. "I suppose I'll never see Luffy-san's panties now . . ."

Nami backhanded him across the skull.

Luffy and Chopper joined the others for breakfast just in time. As Chopper explained that the fruit's effects had disappeared since the fruit had passed through Luffy's system, Sanji greeted Luffy with a tentative smile. Luffy just gave him a look and turned back to breakfast.

"Sanji," Usopp said, "if you loved Luffy when he had that body . . ."

Sanji stiffened.

". . . What if Zoro had eaten that fruit?"

Zoro and Sanji simultaneously started yelling at Usopp, drowning out each others' voices. Several curse words were audible. Usopp quickly ducked under the table until the two had yelled themselves out.

"Sanji, more," Luffy demanded, holding up his plate.

"Wait until . . ." Sanji hesitated. "Okay, coming right up."

Luffy grinned. "Thanks!"

The rest of breakfast went by normally. When Luffy was finally done eating, he jumped up, dumped his dishes in the sink, turned to Sanji, and abruptly uppercutted him to the chin.

"Usopp, let's go fishing," he called cheerfully as Sanji winced and felt his mouth. Usopp cast a worried glance at Sanji before following Luffy out the door.

"So, have you learned anything?" Franky asked casually as Sanji spat some blood into the sink.

"Hey, Luffy . . ."

"Hm?"

Luffy and Usopp sat on the railing with their lines cast, lazily waiting for the fish to bite.

"So . . ." Usopp hesitated. "If you say you're still a man, no matter what body you have . . ."

"Yeah?"

". . . Then what makes a man?"

"Yourself," Luffy said after a moment's thought. "If you say you're a man, then that's what you are."

Usopp nodded slowly. "D'you think it'd be the same for Nami and Robin?"

"Huh?"

"What if they'd eaten that fruit—I mean, assuming it works on girls—and their bodies changed? They'd still be women?"

"Well, yeah," Luffy said. His fishing pole twitched and he frowned, but it stilled.

"Alright," Usopp said slowly. "One more question."

"Yeah?"

"Did you have to hit Sanji?"

"Absolutely."

A cough from behind them made them turn around. Sanji stood there awkwardly. He'd cleaned up his mouth.

"Uh . . ." he mumbled. "Sorry, Luffy."

Luffy grinned. "No problem! Just never do it again!"

Sanji saluted and turned around to head back to the kitchen.

~Fin~

Story's done! Thanks for all your support, everyone!