A new challenger

A welcome surprise

It was early morning when Nami woke up, and to say she was happy would have been an understatement. She glided down the stairs humming to herself and exited to watch the last couple of fights of her "prize", as her family and robin liked to call him.

"Morning darling", Bellmere called "morning mum, what's for breakfast?" Nami asked after greeting her mother. "Someone's happy. Let me guess did your prize decide to visit you in your dreams" Nojiko teased.

all Nami could do was blush in embarrassment, but she also couldn't help but give a small smile. "Nojiko, what have I told you about teasing your sister" her mother scolded ", and we're having pancakes for breakfast, Nami." Nami gave a small cheer. She has always loved her mom's pancakes ever since she was little.

After they all sat down for breakfast, Belmere couldn't help but ask, "so Nami, what were you and Robin watching yesterday? It sounded like you were about to come through the ceiling because of either happiness or sadness?" After Belmere asks that, Nami goes into a spiral of telling her family about Luffy's underground fights and informing them that Robin is coming over so they can watch the rest of them. After that, breakfast continued as usual, and Nami got changed so she could do her chores on the farm before Robin arrived.

Not too soon after Nami had finished her chores and changed into some new clothes, the doorbell rang. But before Robin could even say hello, Nami opened the door and dragged her up the stairs with an excited look in her eyes and way too happy to notice her sister's teasing comments and her mother's surprised cries after they nearly crashed into her. Come on, Robin, as soon as we've finished these, we can go to the bathhouse together to freshen ourselves up. Robin could only chuckle and agree, knowing that Nami was not going to calm down until after they went to the spare, and she couldn't wait to tell Nami about the moving vans she saw heading for Windmill Hill last Night.

Meanwhile, on Windmill Hill, the last of the moving vans had finally left. Thanks to the help of Franky and his colleagues, luffy and his team finished unloading and unpacking the house and having it completed and ready for shanks and Makino when they arrived tomorrow. after they had finished telling their friends and family their new contact information and address, as well as spending the night together since it was their date night; the only reason the couple didn't have it there is that Raleigh thought that the team might not have finished unpacking everything in time for them to have it without Shanks and Makino being too tired to enjoy themselves, something that luffy agreed with and encouraged them to accept the offer, which they both accepted and thanked their son and his trainer.

"Nothing like a good morning workout, right guys,"luffy cheered. Tho, it was clear only his trainer Raleigh, his karate instructor Jinbe, his S&C coach Zoro and his recently acquired sparing partner Wyper agreed with him. "Easy for you to say you guys are monsters compared to the rest of us." groaned Ussop luffy, yoga instructor. Something luffy nodded to and apologised for putting them through as well as thanking Franky and his team for helping him out something they all waved off since they believed it was the least they could do for the man who saved their business from trouble when he scared of the cp9 gang when he defeated their strongest fighter and threatened to hunt them down if they tried anything like that again with Frank's business.

"We should rest and have breakfast. Then we can begin your usual 4-hour training schedule, starting with a warm-up, then body conditioning with Zoro, then a couple of sessions with Jinbe to improve your technique and then four rounds of sparing, with each round being 2 minutes long. After that, you can then go for your cardio training as well as get a decent look around the area with a lap around the town." Rayleigh ordered, getting a yosh from the team and a nod from luffy, who was excited to finally get to explore the place he would be calling home.

Sanji's breakfast for Luffy was Oats with eggs and sauteed green leafy vegetables. Something luffy grew to love since it always packed him with enough energy for his training "hey Luffy, while you're out on your run, could you ask around and find out where the freshest eggs are sold because we are starting to run low on them?" Sanji requested, "sure, and I'll take my phone, so I can take a picture of the place so you know where you can get them" Luffy agreed. "Hey, shitty cook, isn't it meant to be your job to get the food? What is it? Is the baby too tired to do a simple task" Zoro sneered "shut it, moss head, I would do, but I'm too busy preparing the meals for everyone else because, unlike you, I help around instead of sleeping all day like you" Sanji fired back which escalated things into the usual routine between the chef and the S&C coach.

After Sanji and Zoro were calmed down thanks to a blow to their heads thanks to Rayleigh, the day continued as usual, with luffy warming up with a couple of stretches and some pad work and then going to do his S&C with Zoro. Zoro always made luffy do a circuit that consisted of doing five reps of Side-to-Side Kettlebell Swings, Alternating Single Leg Burpees, Alternating Abs Bicycle Kicks, Plyo Push Up Burpees, Zercher Forward Lunges, Dumbbell Burpees, Barbell High Pulls, Speed Climber Burpees, Dumbbell Punches and Burpees, Luffy always had to do this circuit 5 times. After doing his S&C, Luffy had a small 2-minute rest before going to Jinbe and learning how to defend against inevitable grapples that Jinbe saw Arlong do regularly, as well as how to counter them; after another 2-minute break, Luffy steeped in the ring and practised the counters as well as some new kicks and techniques he wanted to strengthen and after the final round ended Luffy went to the shower's and had his regular check-up with his doctor Chopper to make sure he hadn't suffered an injury during the training after Chopper cleared him. Luffy then put on his running gear did a couple of stretches and headed out taking his bottle of water, wallet in case he came across some a place that sold some eggs and his phone so he could message Sanji about any other shops he hears about before going for his run.

It was a pleasant run since it was still relatively early for everyone. Still, those that were out were kind and helpful in telling him about certain stores that sold different types of food that might be helpful to him. Since he thought Sanji would be interested, luffy sent a message about the store's name for when he goes shopping tomorrow during his run. He came across a fisherman named Genzo who happily bragged and even escorted him to the best farm in the city called "Bellmeres Farm" during the walk, Luffy and Genzo got along well, especially since luffy heard about how Arlong was he didn't have much power, but he had enough money to be able to buy of cops as well as past opponents something that rubbed Luffy the wrong way since it always angered him when pros put less effort into the sport than those in the underground. But eventually, Luffy arrived at the farm and said his goodbyes to Genzo. After he left, he turned around and knocked on the orange door of the farmer's house.

The door was answered, and Luffy was greeted by a pink-haired woman who spoke in a warm and welcoming voice. "Morning, young man, how can I help you" " I was wondering if I could buy some eggs from here since I heard you sold them here", Luffy responded with a warm, friendly voice. "Well, you came to the right place. How about coming in and taking a seat? The name Bellmear," she gestured with a warm smile, "thank you, and the name Luffy" Luffy called back with a slight grin on his face but unknown to Luffy, Bellmere had a look of both shock and glee, already imagining how her daughter is going to react.