"We're going to have a drawing contest." Uta said.

"What does drawing have to do with being a pirate?" Luffy asks as he balances his pencils on his upper lip.

"See that?" Uta asks, pointing up.

"You mean the flag?" Luffy asks.

"Shanks and the crew have changed that flag many times and every flag we made was hand drawn by the crew." Uta explains. "If you wanna be a pirate, you need a cool flag."

The flag of Uta's crew was a skull and crossbones with three stripes going across the right eye socket.

"The flag of a pirate is made to show the world who you are." Uta explains further. "You can't just scribble some pictures. It had to have feeling, emotion, energy..."

"I'm done!"

"HUH?!"

Luffy shows Uta a crude drawing of the usual skull and crossbones design. However, the top of the skull is enlarged and lopsided with different sized eye sockets. The bones in the back weren't even aligned correctly and were of different lengths. Uta can barely look at it without scrunching her face.

"What's that?" Uta asks in disgust.

"My pirate flag." Luffy said. "Cool, right?"

Uta took Luffy's drawing and tore it to shreds.

"Oi! What was that for?!" Luffy asks angrily. "That was my flag!"

"Your flag has to be more unique." Uta lectures. "It should represent who you are."

Uta then scribbles in her paper and shows Luffy her finished drawing. Uta's drawing was her face with her hair serving as crossbones. Her face was a winking face with her tongue sticking out. She then writes her name on the forehead as a finishing touch.

"This is how a flag should look like." Uta said proudly.

"That's just your face." Luffy said unimpressed.

Uta grew angry at Luffy's inability to understand the importance of a pirate flag.

"Listen Luffy." Uta said sternly. "A pirate Jolly Roger is the lifeline of any pirate. It shows the importance of your crew and power."

Luffy nods in understanding and thinks a bit harder, putting Uta's mind at ease. While Luffy was thinking, Uta was making some casual drawings. All of the sudden, Luffy comes up with a spark of inspiration and begins to scribble on the paper before him.

"Done!" Luffy said proudly.

Uta looks at Luffy's new drawing and is perplexed. It was what looked like some sort of gourd. Uta can't tell what it is.

"What's that?" Uta asks.

"It's Shank's hat!" Luffy said. "Can't you tell?"

Uta was disgusted that Luffy even thought of that picture as a hat.

"Why did you draw that?" Uta asks.

"Shanks is strong and so I wanted to draw his hat as a reminder of how strong he is." Luffy said. "Cool, right?"

"How about your skull and crossbones?" Uta asks.

"Hm, maybe the skull can wear the hat." Luffy said thinking.

"No, let's not do that." Uta said. "We can try again another time."

"How about we make this as a symbol?" Luffy asks.

Uta raises her eyebrows curiously.

"For what?" Uta asks.

"You've always said you wanted to make a new era, so maybe this can be our pirate flag for a new era!" Luffy said excitedly.

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