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When they get to Egghead Sanji complains about the Hawaiian shirt, saying it's too boring in comparison with the other outfits. Then Usopp looks at him with a thumbs up and says "Looking good!! It's very you <3 Do you think that we could keep these things after this is over because I pers-" but Sanji isn't hearing shit anymore because he's having a moment™ and he feels hot all over and maybe he's going to faint, who knows.
#when a pretty boy says you look good so you have a gay crisis#zoro looks at him and smirks and says 'you alright?' knowing obviously what's going on#and sanji goes all 'SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP I AM FINE' on him but now every time he looks at usopp he's dying#he tries to like. be in front of him to show off#now that shirt is suddenly his favorite thing#as it should be because he looks extremely pretty with that#one piece#black leg sanji#usopp#sanuso#egghead
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Op!men with girlfriends that get excited about them being angry
paired with: Sanji, Zoro, Ace and Law.
content: kinda suggestive (nsfw)
Sanji
he would NEVER get angry at you, like NEVER
Sanji didn’t know about this weird side of yours but being the sharp genius that he is, sometimes there were clues he put together when you two were being intimate
Let’s just say you got a bit too excited when he grabbed your flesh tightly and when you hear him groan, at times when you teased him at the point when you think he’d snap at you… but he didn’t
He was torn apart between ‘do I give her what she wants so she’s satisfied’ and ‘but I would never wanna hurt or disrespect a woman’.
Despite the dilemma, he especially noticed your gaze on him when he was angry or whenever he was fighting an opponent
He’d think you’d have a more worrisome look on your face but no, you’re literally melting while watching his eyebrows furrowed and jaw clenched as he cusses some filthy words out of frustration
He brushes it off this time as well, thinking whether he should ask you about it.
However, when you thought that there was no way Sanji would ever get mad at you, there is a detail you ignored: he gets most angry when you’re in danger
So the day you voluntarily put yourself in harm’s way, that was the day you sat down and listened to him attentively as he ranted at your carelessness.
“You think going on your own against such a strong opponent is the right thing? You could have died if I didn’t come at the right time! What were you thinking?!”
His tone of voice is louder than usual, his eyes wide and not looking at anything else but you.
Sanji sighs and rubs his temple, closing his eyes to recollect himself.
Once he opens them and gazes at your direction, about to apologise for the way he got mad at you just now, he meets your blushing face and eyes that reflect a gaze much in awe.
Obviously you were in an effect other than what Sanji expected.
“Uhm, love? Are you alright, I’m sorry, I just… you have no idea how worried you got me and…”
You blink after a while, gulping as you cross your legs and giving a fake cough.
“No need to apologise. I acted selfishly.”
Sanji notices your flushed demeanour. Seeing you sat on that chair, legs crossed, a strong grip on the base and head lowered down as to hide your blush, it made him smirk a little bit as he approached slowly.
He presses his hands on your thighs as he parts your legs, his face only centimetres away from yours. He’s grinning, scanning your face and realising that he was right about his doubts:
“You like it when I’m mad at you, huh?”
Sanji asks and you avoid his gaze but he tilts his head to meet it nevertheless.
“You get excited by watching me so heated up, don’t you?”
Biting your lip, you finally meet his eyes and nod.
“You must be so frustrated then. It’s almost impossible to make me mad at you.”
You sigh: “Tell me about it.”
After you both chuckle, Sanji leans in and whispers in your ear:
“I can give a list of things you can do to make me mad, love. I also like it when my girl misbehaves sometimes.”
Zoro
“You’re an absolute freak you know that?”
“Oh come on Zoro, say it one more time for me…”
Your boyfriend is not known for his patience.
Zoro sighs, rolling his eyes with a hidden smile: “You’re impossible. How can you be into this kind of thing? Listen to me and just-“
You pout, averting your gaze and giving up on convincing him.
But your boyfriend is known for having a weak spot for you.
Zoro notices, grabbing your hand and guides you to somewhere.
You’re confused but follow him nonetheless.
He stops and gazes around then pushes you harshly against the wall, his arms surrounding you.
“Want me to get mad at you? That’d be easy giving how much you get on my nerves.”
Of course, you let out a soft moan, undeniably making the swordsman excited on his own accord as well.
“You always wanna get your way!”
He whispers aggressively, grabbing a hold of your hair, causing you to tilt your head.
“Why you never listen to me, huh?!”
Zoro’s voice becomes louder in a breathy way as he bites your ear, then drags his lips along your jaw.
“I listen to you, Zoro… I really do…”
You moan his name as your hands press against his chest, travelling up where you put them around his neck.
With this, Zoro pulls you closer as you arch your back, leaving bite marks on your neck.
“You won’t do this again, right? - Zoro asks. It receives no response other than your loud moaning. - Right?”
He asks again, grabbing your jaw and making you look at his gaze directly which is so firm, fierce and possessive.
“I won’t… I won’t…” - you whisper, gazing at his lips before he crashes his with yours, beginning one of the hottest make out sessions you ever had.
It’s not your fault he ends up doing what you want over and over again and that’s the key that makes him mad, and that’s how you know he likes it too.
Ace
“Fucking shit!” - Ace cusses, throwing his broken log pose in the sea.
When he does so, his body catches fire a little bit but he doesn’t seem to notice or mind.
You on the other hand, you do notice of course.
The way he brushes his hair backward as he sighs, placing his hands on his hips as he tilts his head back, gazing at the sky.
“Fuck it, that was the only way we could find our way to the island. Damn it!”
Whilst his back is in front of you, Ace does not notice you biting your lip and looking at him up and down.
“Don’t get so mad, babe. I’m sure we will figure it out.” - you state, getting up and hugging him from behind, hands resting on his chest which he grabs and lets you experience the warmth.
“Right. - he calms down, turning to face you. - Now, why are you looking at me like that?”
Ace is intrigued at the expression of your face. There was obvious excitement there and the way you’re now pressing your chest against his is making the guy visibly confused.
“Does it make you mad that I’m looking at you this way?” - you ask, giggling.
“Of course not, sweet thing. How can I be mad at you?” - he puts some strands behind your ear and notices now a bit of disappointment evidently shown in your face.
“Can you say that again for me?” - you ask, tracing his chest with your finger.
“Say what?”
“The way you cussed earlier… can you…”
Ace was catching on with what you meant, but still thought is was funny to hear you say it out loud.
“Tell me, - he grabs your chin a bit harshly. - what do you want me to say to you?”
You gulp, licking your lips before claiming:
“Get mad at me like that, say ‘damnit’ and ‘fuck’ to me.
“Ohhh, - Ace smirks, pulling your lower lip down with his thumb. - I have a better idea, how about I fuck you instead? Promise I’ll get angry at you as you ride me in an agonising slow pace and make me mad at my core, aight?”
Law
Your boyfriend acts nonchalant most of the time. It you know deep down this man is crazy for you.
He’s usually calm and collected and the few times you’ve seen him lose his marbles was around the time you traveled with the strawhats.
Now you wonder, how can you make him a bit mad, just a little bit to spice things up.
However all your efforts did not amount to anything. The way you achieved what you wanted was from a random man who approached you on the street while you were with Law.
“What a beauty! You’re free tonight, sweetheart? I’ll rock your world i prom-
Certainly he was drunk, but Law did not hesitate in teleporting that man away as you heard a scream from afar.
“Asshole.” - he cusses, grabbing your hand tightly as continuing walking.
Your heart is beating like crazy. You didn’t want to provoke him further but on the other hand…
“He said he was gonna rock my world.” - you claim, smiling at him as he turns his face to look at you, confused.
“So what? - Law asks, stoping his pace and pulling you by your hand into his arms. - You’re curious now?”
It’s hard to hide your blush as his eyes gaze into yours with a passion different from other times. His grip on your waist tightens as his hands travel up your body to your chest.
You let out a small moan: “maybe I’m curious, yes.” Trying to tease him backfire as he grins and whispers to you.
“You’re really making me mad here. - he gropes your tights aggressively. - You know damn well I can rock your world as well, don’t you?”
In attempt to keep him irritated, you say: “I might have forgotten about that.”
Man, the look in eyes is insane.
“Oh, really?” - law questions, shaking his head and clicking his jaw. - He teases your nipples with his fingers, making you suck in your teeth.
“Let me refresh your damn screwed memory then, love.”
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Hello! First, I wish you good luck with your blog. 😊 And I hope your blog will get more Recognized. And I love your headcanons.
Okay, can I request headcanons of Law, Sanji and Zoro have a crush on fem! S/O? How will they act around her? Will they flirt her, compliment her? Or just staring at her? (well for her feels like that they stare/glare at her soul.) And etc. So.... Yeah. That was my request. Take your time. ☺
Law, Sanji, Zoro With A Crush On F! S/O - HCs
A/N : My second requester! Thank you for requesting! I hope you enjoy this and thank you so much! :DD I’m really glad you enjoy these. It makes me really happy. 🤍
Warning Note : it’s a little random and all over the place.. I’m sorry. ;-;
Summary : What Law, Sanji and Zoro would do when they realize they have a crush on a female significant other.
Law
Law is the type to subtly flirt with you, but not so it’s obvious, y’know?
Law is quick to pick up on things, so he’ll immediately recognize that he has a crush on you, which won’t really affect how he sees you.
Though he does make an effort to be around you a little more than usual.
For example, even if it’s the smallest things, he’d be around and make excuses just to see you. Excuses like to check up on you, to make sure you’re feeling alright and if you’re eating.
“Oi, [Name]-ya, have you been eating? I’ll have to force-feed you myself if you aren’t.”
Law’s been with a few women, more than Zoro but not so much, since he’s often busy. So he does understand the common signs and understandings of romance and relationships.
I believe Law to be a teasing type of flirt. He’d mess with you and give you his signature little smirk at you when you pick up on his flirts and blush at them in response.
If he’s busy in his office doing paperwork and you come in with even the smallest gestures, such as bringing him some snacks so he doesn’t get hungry, he won’t show it, but his heart flutters every time and his love for you gradually grows.
When the crew stops at a new island, he’d take your hand so you’ll go with him and buy new medicine and other supplies.
He’ll notice you eyeing a couple of the displays in the windows and if questioned by him and you brush it off, he’ll keep it in mind and buy it for you before they take off.
His excuse would be that he didn’t want to eventually hear you complaining about not getting it or saying that the shop was giving it away anyways, or perhaps he’d compliment you, saying it looks nicer with/on you.
When Law finally confesses, it’s short and simple, yet it’s still sweet. It’d be during a check-up he does on you, as he checking your lungs and heartbeat, he’d casually say it with the faintest blush on his cheeks.
His idea of romance is cuddling, appreciate each other’s presence in the room, cuddling and sleeping on Bepo and just doing simple little things for each other, knowing you both care.
Like you giving him snacks while he’s working, or him making sure you’re eating well.
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Sanji
If it wasn’t obvious, Sanji is absolutely going to flirt with you.
I don’t think he’d be too quick to realize how much he actually likes you, since he likes all women. So it may take him just a bit to realize he truly is in love with you.
He’d be around you so much more and constantly check up on you to see if you’re alright or if you need anything.
If you’re talking with him and smiling about whatever, his cheeks would heat up as he swoons at how adorable you are.
As much as Sanji flirts and gushes over women, I believe he’s rather shy. He never expects any affection back from the women.
So if you’re genuinely paying him attention and talking with him about both of your interests or having deep conversations late at night, he’d give his small genuine smile and feeling his heart pound for you harder, falling even more in love with you.
He’d cook all of your favorite meals, and if you express an interest in cooking, his eyes would light up brightly and excitedly teach you everything he knows.
He’d let you taste his new dishes, ( after tasting it himself so he knows you won’t burn yourself or it isn’t accidentally poisonous ), and take note of your opinions and thoughts on it.
“Here, try this [Name]-chan!~ This is a new dessert I made with the ingredients we picked up from the last island. Does it taste good?”
He’s literally all smiles and would blush whenever you smile and talk with him.
Buys you everything he notices you like, saying that he thought you’d appreciate it.
He’s a naturally born flirt, so he’s charming to you. Though if you aren’t careful with how freely you smile and laugh, he might nose-bleed too.
Once he finally confesses, it’s over a candle-lit dinner late at night and it’s a genuine deep conversation between you two.
It’ll be late at night, so when you’re cold, he can play it smooth and wrap his jacket around your shoulders and pull you close to warm you up.
His idea of romance is cooking dates, and many dates where he takes you out to explore the island and try many of the delicacies they may have there, so he can learn them too.
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Zoro
Zoro will definitely avoid you as much as possible once he realizes he has a crush on you.
He’s focused on the goal of becoming the world’s strongest swordsman. I don’t think he’ll be very knowledgeable on his feelings towards the women.
I DO believe he’s been with a few women, but only 1 or 2, so he doesn’t quite know the basics of romance in the beginning. Later on though is another story— 😳
The days that he passes you on the Sunny, or is in the same room as you, he’d be staring at you with his eyes like a hawk.
His piercing eyes will make you shift in discomfort at how intense they are, as if he’s glaring at you but you don’t say a thing, thinking that you’re imagining it.
After endless days of constantly feeling shivers run up your spine at how intense you could feel his stares, you’d confront him about it.
Because obviously, before Zoro realized he had a crush on you, he’d be the teasing and goofy self like before, constantly talking and making jokes with you while he works out.
Once you confront him about it, his cheeks would flush red as he just yells and brushes you off, dismissing your thoughts.
“Zoro, are you okay? You’ve been really tense around me lately.. did I do something?”
“Tch, don’t be ridiculous. Nothing’s wrong so just go back to doing whatever you were just now.”
Is a lowkey Tsundere at first but eventually, when he confesses his feelings and gets used to being around you,
it’s abrupt and just at a sudden, random time too,
he’s a beast and a natural romancer, I just know it—
No, he’s not going to take you out to restaurants and such, unless you asked.
His idea of romance is just napping together and cuddling, training together or just enjoying each other’s presence in the same room.
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A/N : there’s literally like no pictures of only these three, none that I can find. 😤 and I’m so sorry this took longer than expected ;-; and if this isn’t what you were looking for, please let me know! I’ll make a new one right away.
Law is actually so hard for me because I want to make it accurate, but part of me isn’t even sure what’s accurate and true about him, so I start making it how I think Law is and UGH IM SORRY!
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Little Bits and Pieces of Heaven
THE EGG HUNT SHENANIGANS
One-shot #: 25
Disclaimer: One Piece (and its characters) belongs to Eiichiro Oda-sensei.
Reminder: I have no beta-reader. Any grammatical and spelling errors are solely mine.
Warning: OOC possible. One shot scribble.
Rating: T (Just light flirting stuff)
Note: Light teasing. PWP. And pure insanity I tell you. Just ending my quarantine with another one-shot. Because who knows when I can write and upload one again.
Summary: "Found the bunny."
With a cheerful and dazzling smile, Luffy—the captain of the infamous Straw Hat Pirates—held out his hands to show off the beautifully decorated basket to his crew members.
Sanji cocked an eyebrow at him. "Seriously?"
"Yes!” Luffy exclaimed. “We're gonna go hunt for eggs!" His already bright smile widened some more at the idea of an adventure.
This time it was Zoro’s turn to raise an eyebrow. "Wearing… that?" His lone eye scrutinized the rabbit costume the rubber man had on.
The younger boy nodded again, head bobbing up and down enthusiastically. “Usopp and Chopper are wearing the same!”
"Yes we are!" Usopp and Chopper yelled proudly, pumping their fists up in the air.
“…”
“What the hell is wrong with this island?" The cook muttered under his breath with a slight shake of his head.
“More like what the hell is wrong with them?” Zoro grunted, folding his arms across his chest as he nudged his head towards the three.
It was one of those rare days when he and the idiot swordsman weren’t snarling insults at each other because there is a more pressing and absurd matter to attend to...
…like Luffy, Usopp and Chopper in bunny suits, holding colorful baskets to join the island’s ‘egg hunt’.
“Fufufu…” Robin laughed softly from her deck chair where she was relaxing. “It’s the island’s tradition. They are celebrating what they call Easter.” She explained as she flipped a page of the book in her hand.
“By looking for eggs?” Zoro inquired with a frown as the three bunnies started singing a song about egg hunting.
“Yes,” Robin nodded. “We just so happen to arrive here right in time for that celebration.”
“Weird.”
“No it’s not!” Usopp retorted looking aggravated at Zoro’s comment. “I recalled visiting an island once where hunting for eggs is considered a manly man’s sport! The one who finds the most wins the title of the most manliest man alive.”
“Suge Usopp!” Chopper gasped.
“That is right,” the sniper crossed his arms over his chest haughtily. “And guess who won the title five years in a row?”
“You, of course.” Both Zoro and Sanji drawled, with the same expression on their faces that clearly says… they’re not buying Usopp’s obviously untrue and exaggerated story.
Robin stifled her giggles behind her hand as Usopp yelled his retorts at the two. Both Luffy and Chopper were looking at him with their eyes sparkling from amazement.
“Whoa you’re awesome Usopp!” Luffy commented.
“You really are strong!” The reindeer gushed.
“I know right!” Usopp answered with an approving grin and a thumbs up.
“But I will defeat you today!” The captain declared. “I will be the one to win the title of the most manliest man alive.”
“And you’d do that…” Sanji said in an almost bored tone. “By finding… a lot of eggs?”
“Yes!”
Sanji sighed as he pulled out a packet of cigarettes from his pants.
“And you really need to wear… those costumes to hunt for them?” Zoro asked, still doubtful why they need to be in that.
“Yes!”
“It’s tradition Zoro,” Usopp stated matter-of-factly. “You can’t find the eggs if you’re not in a bunny costume! You’re so ignorant.”
“Temee…”
“Hey! Why don’t you join us too Zoro?” Luffy invited and Zoro almost blanched at that.
Almost.
"Yeah!” Chopper chirped in. “Join us! The more the merrier!"
“Nope. I’m good.” Zoro answered almost instantly. Like hell he would don that stupid costume and then hunt for stupid eggs.
Best to just leave them to their crazy shit.
“Have fun.” He waved them off.
Sanji let out a ‘tch’ before taking a drag from his cigarette. Things seemed to get weirder and weirder these past few days. But somehow the idea that he'll be free of the usual food stock raiders for the day feels too good to pass. "Alright then, run along rabbits. Go scour the island for eggs.”
“We will!” The trio chorused.
Sanji nodded at them. “And don't you dare create any messes for us to clean you hear?"
“Eeeh…” a voice from behind them suddenly said. “Don’t worry about it Sanji-kun."
And just like that the cook immediately swiveled around to face the newcomer.
"Nami-swaaan! Don't you look dazzling in that ensemble, my sweet!" He crooned as his eyes automatically turned to hearts, kneeling down on one knee in front of the navigator.
“Thank you!” Nami beamed at him and winked. The chef instantly fell down the lawn deck in a swoon, blabbering about her beauty. She was wearing an outfit just like the one she had on when they went after him in Whole Cake Island. Only this time the corset skirt is frillier and more colorful as the layers sported different shades of pastel spring palette.
The puffed sleeves of her blouse are pulled down her shoulders, revealing them and she had put on a rabbit ears headband on top of her head.
Zoro glared at the prone figure of the blond before shifting his attention to Nami. “You going with them?”
Nami nodded with a scheming grin. “Heard something about money prizes.”
“Of course you wouldn’t let that pass,” the green-haired man smirked. His lone eye trailed up and down her form as he studied her. “And you're supposed to be what? A rabbit as well?"
"Yes."
He jerked a thumb towards the three doofuses in their onesie costumes. "Why not wear the same as them?"
Nami narrowed her eyes at him as Sanji barked threats from where he was still lying down. Something about shutting his trap if he can’t say something nice to his precious Nami-san.
Zoro ignored him. Even as he started shouting insults that he is being the usual, unfashionable stupid marimo that he is.
"Because that is not cute." The map maker huffed, placing her hands on her hips.
"Looks ok on them." The grin that Zoro send her way was nasty.
She flipped her hair over her shoulder snootily. "Say one more word about what I'm wearing Zoro and I'll make sure your next sentence is, “Please don't charge me”."
"Right. Don't charge me… greedy witch," he said monotonously, deliberately omitting the word please and adding an insult as well.
She gave him the evil eye.
“Now go and run along with your rabbit friends."
"You can kiss your next island allowance goodbye Zoro," Nami said in an overly sweet tone as she smiled evilly. "I'll be splurging them for expensive lingerie later."
"OI!"
"Byeeee!" Nami immediately pranced away from him to escape; pushing Usopp, Luffy and Chopper towards the ship’s ladder so that they could embark. Sanji was automatically back on his feet and on her side to assist her while nose bleeding about lingerie and the orange-haired woman.
"Damn it Nami! You come back here!" Zoro was yelling as he stomped to follow her.
“Have fun!” Robin called out to them, eyes never leaving her book and creating duplicates of her hand at the railing to wave at them.
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It was around lunch time when Nami entered the crow’s nest. The first thing her eyes landed upon was the figure of a sprawled Zoro, unsurprisingly asleep on the floor.
She approached the thunderously snoring swordsman and nudged his side with her foot.
“Hey,” she prodded him awake. “Hey Zoro, wake up!”
The snoring stopped. And there was a grunt. Then a tiger-like yawn, followed by another grunt.
Nami rolled her eyes at his response. “Zoro!”
“WHAT?!” Zoro answered irritably. He opened his eye and blinked up at her. “Hunt’s done?” He asked groggily before turning to his side so his back was now facing her, not even waiting for her answer.
A frown appeared on her lips. What a rude and lazy ass. She poked him on the back with her feet. He merely grunted again and ignored her.
“They’re still hunting,” she explained, looking down on his prone figure disapprovingly. She doubt if he was listening. Sometimes, you might as well talk to a rock than Roronoa Zoro.
“The game is happening on the whole island,” she continued. “I went back to get reinforcements. So wake up and come with me!”
“Will not. I’d rather sleep.”
Nami settled down on the nest’s floor just behind him. This time she was prodding him with her finger, making sure her nail was digging into his skin.
“Stop that.”
“I will not.”
“Why aren’t you looking as well?” He grumbled petulantly as she continued poking his back.
“That’s what my three rabbits are for! I’m just there to oversee and secure the money prize!”
“You can’t make me join you.”
And Nami leaned forward so her lips were almost touching his ear. “Really?”
“Whatever you’re planning. It won’t work.” He declared smugly, even as he kept his eye closed.
She laughed softly, letting her breath tickle his ear. “You’re no fun.” She shifted closer, bending over so she could drape her body on top of him.
“You know… I’m not planning anything.” She whispered, letting her lips lightly touch his ear. “I’m just here to offer a ten percent deduction to your current… debt amount.” She let her hand slide inside his t-shirt, past his haramaki to caress the well-defined muscles there.
“I already told you that’s not gonna work.” Zoro’s eye was now open and looking at her. A smirk was on his lips. “And I don’t recall borrowing money from you onna.”
“You don’t?” Nami gasped exaggeratedly. “What about that time in Vert Island? You owe me belis for the cottage rent.”
Zoro’s brow furrowed. “Thought that was your treat?”
She mock-pouted. “Oh Zoro. When are you gonna learn that there are no such things as free or treat when it comes to me?”
“You really are a wicked witch.” The green-haired man groused. “And after I made sure you thoroughly enjoyed your stay there.”
Nami snickered. Zoro noticed that the bunny ears on her head actually made her look more mischievous. “Nothing’s free nowadays Zoro,” she pointed out. “Favor for a favor. I pay; you work your ass off.”
He snorted. “Next time, I’m just lying down and letting you do all the work. Whether you pay or not.”
She threw back her head and laughed again. “Do the hunt and maybe I’ll humor you.” She bent over and placed teasing kisses along his jaw and neck.
“In your dreams.” He sneered and she felt his arm snaked around her, his hand squeezed the back of her thigh before it slid up to do the same on one plump cheek of her behind.
That made her bite her lip even as she complained. “Tch! You’re a hard man to bargain with.”
A shark-like grin appeared on Zoro’s face. “Yeah.” He playfully slapped her ass before giving it another squeeze. “Offer a better deal Nami.” He said teasingly against her ear this time before nipping at the skin below it as his hand continued caressing her backside.
“Mmm… well what do you—”
“WHAT THE HELL?”
They simultaneously turned their heads towards the voice.
Sanji was gaping at them from the nest’s entrance… his eyes wide as saucers. His face was so red. As red as the blood dripping down his nose as he took in the image of Nami's perfectly shaped-derriere and her lacy thong as her ridiculously short skirt and position put them on display….
… along with the shitty swordsman’s hand on it.
Silence reigned for a moment. Then…
“TAKE YOU GODDAMNED HANDS OFF HER AHO KENSHIN!”
“TAKE YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OFF HER ASS ERO COOK!”
“Temee…”
Both men growled the word at the same time as Nami disentangled herself from Zoro. She wasn’t even embarrassed at being caught. They weren’t actually keeping it from the crew after all.
But of course it would be better if Sanji was the last one to know.
Nami sighed heavily as she watched the two throwing death glares at each other.
It's the beginning of chaos.
The two attacked each other almost immediately. Sanji had leapt inside the crow’s nest, flaming legs and all as Zoro avoided him and made a grab for his swords.
And manage to hit the cook straight in the face with the sheathed end of his red katana.
Her mouth fell open as the Sanji collapsed down the steel floor. But she knew of course this was far from over.
In one swift move a grinning Zoro carted her towards the nest’s entrance. He enjoyed that, she knew. In a matter of seconds they were down the metal ladder while Sanji recovered, fumed and yelled expletives at his rival.
Using one arm to hold on to the ladder’s rung as his other was wrapped around her waist, Zoro swung slightly for leverage.
Nami’s eyes widened when she realized what he’s about to do.
“Zoro! NOOOOO!!!”
She screamed bloody murder when he let go and made the high jump down onto the Sunny’s deck.
Nami’s heart leaped to her throat. That was probably the reason why her scream stopped coming out of her mouth. Halfway down the long drop she could swear she felt her soul left her as her mind went blank.
She's going to kill Zoro! Mark her words!
Somewhere above Sanji was still yelling threats and curses.
The swordsman landed on the deck as if it was just a natural thing to do.
Oh dear heavens. Roronoa Zoro will be paying for this stupid stunt of his for the rest of his life until his next and next and next!
“Zorooo!” Luffy greeted when he spotted the former pirate hunter on the deck. “Heey!” He bounded towards him, showing his now-filled with eggs basket. Chopper and Usopp were nowhere to be seen as the three most likely got separated. “Look, look I found a lot! Shishishi! I can’t wait to show it to Usopp. Whatcha got there?” He peered at the figure tucked under Zoro’s arm.
"Found the bunny." Zoro answered nonchalantly.
"Oh that’s great! Shishishi!" Luffy chortled. He peered down again at the navigator who is still hanging motionlessly on Zoro's arm.
"Ne, Zoro?"
"Huh?”
"Uhm... the bunny looks mad.”
"..."
“THUNDERBOLT TEMPO!”
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So I seem to remember promising more Sora: Warrior Of The Sea Beach Episode. And by "seem to remember" I mean, it's in writing and thus hard to ignore. So despite the fact that none of you care, guess what? You're getting more of this ZoLaw AU.
First off, every member of the cast and crew understands the purpose of a beach episode: to waste time at the beach. Which means that everyone pulls up with swim trunks, blankets, grills and umbrellas. They are basically there to have a beach vacation.
I say everyone. Not Law. Law does not come prepared to party, he comes prepared to be pissy. But like everyone else (Yes, even Mihawk. Though technically only due to Shank's influence. Shanks forces him is what I'm saying. "Hey, even Beckmen is joining in the fun!" / "Benn always joins in these ridiculous games." / "What? My Beckmen? No! He's usually so mature and serious." / "He only seems that way compared to you. Because you are a child.")
The resulting shoot is pretty much pure chaos. Perona and Hancock are more interested in sunbathing than acting. Killer is kicking everyone's ass at volleyball. Franky and Ace are having a grill off to see who makes the better hamburgers and hot dogs (Sanji would totally win except that Pudding-Chan is right there and in a bikini and look, at some point it's difficult to care about things that aren't that.) Zoro and Luffy, meanwhile, are pretty much exactly the children you expect them to be, much to Robin's amusement. Look, she wrote a scene where Sora and Daichi "play wrestle" in the sea, but it has nothing on the actual thing. Because Zoro can often be oblivious and because, you know, Luffy she is sure they don't mean for it to look so homoerotic. It's just a shame Nami isn't here to capitalize on this. She could definitely sell Zoro pinning Luffy to the sand or Luffy wrapping around Zoro like he's made of rubber for more than a few quid.
Law is not enjoy this shoot.
Even when Benn finally gains enough control to start getting actual work done (you'd be surprised how authoritative Mihawk can be even in purple swim trunks) it soon becomes clear that this is going to be a longer than normal shoot. Not because the logistics, just people are not even trying. Ace will just start smiling in the middle of a scene where he shouldn't be smiling, and because Zoro really takes his cues on acting from Ace he'll immediately start smiling regardless of the line. Then Sanji will get angry with them both, which Pudding will think is adorable, thus leading to Sanji forgetting the script entirely to pay attention to her. Perona will tell Zoro off and get too close in his face, which will make Luffy jump in to "protect his virtue" (on order from Nami) which will make Boa jealous because how dare another woman be so close to her Luffy. Which will make Ace and Zoro annoyed which will make Robin giggle, which will distract Franky which will ultimately lead to the effects not working like they should, which will cause Shachi, Penguin, and Ikkaku to huddle up (definitely not them just laying on the sand and enjoying the day out) which of course gets Shanks and Mihawk's attention. Shanks tries to separate Perona and Luffy while Mihawk gives Zoro and Ace The Look which, despite his still authoritative aura is SLIGHTLY less effective when he's standing there in just swim trunks. Curse Shanks. So in the end, with a heavy sigh, he has to go train instruct Zoro in what he should actually be doing in the scene which somehow ends up with his hands at Zoro's bare waist as he goes through it all yet again.
Law HATES this. Fucking. Shoot.
Which is why he is so close to just leaving, as per Robin's suggestion. They don't need him there. Clearly. They can all get along quite well without him. It's obvious now that Law's real job is babysitting and at this particular location all attempts to be an adult are fruitless.
So Law is all set to leave but then Zoro gets out of the ocean, dripping wet, and heads towards his drink which Law happens to be standing beside. Not watching. Definitely. If anything, glaring. And he tries to keep glaring out at Luffy and Ace messing around as Zoro takes a nice long drink, eyes clearly focused on Law.
Which isn't distracting.
Zoro: Aren't you hot?
Law: *Takes a second to process what that actually means, covering by his continued glare* These are work appropriate clothes, Zoro-ya. Not all of us have forgotten why we're here.
Zoro: *Snorts* RIght. You can't be seen having fun, isn't that so Torao?
Law: *Turning his glare towards Zoro which is maybe a mistake because skin and water and mouth and eyes* I'm only being practical.
Zoro: That sounds boring *Reaching out to grab the end of Law's shirt* You should come have fun with us, Torao. You might even enjoy it. *Sideways smirk that is far too dangerous in nature, anyone with self preservation instincts would run*
Law: *Doesn't run* I… *Is older than Zoro and more experienced than Zoro and always the one to make suggestive comments to Zoro so how is it Zoro has currently got his hands wrapped in Law's shirt while Law seems unable to speak?* I didn't even bring-
Zoro: *Stepping closer, raising Law's shirt up a few inches to show his intent* It's just the crew, it's not like anyone will care.
Law: It wouldn't be very appropriate, Zoro-ya…. *Come on! He's half stripping you down! Be flirty or clever or mysterious or hell just step back and make him stop if you can't come off as at least competent. What the hell is wrong with you? Fuck, he's so close. And there's this trail of water falling from his hair to his lips. Fuck.*
Zoro: Look around. No one here is trying to be "appropriate" Torao. *Steps closer, feeling safe. Feeling cocky. Today has been all sword fights with Killer and sea fights with Luffy and Ace. Can you blame him for being in a good mood? And Law needs to join in, obviously. He's standing up here on the beach looking so miserable and serious. What he needs is to be dragged into the water and force to actually have some fun.* Unless…. *Cocks his head, looking Law over* You can swim, can't you?
Law: I - *It'd be nice if he could swallow right now because it definitely feels like he's going to start drooling. That damn water is curving up on the underside of Zoro's lower lip and he's so close. Law could lap that up for him. Could pin Zoro down and just….*
Zoro: *Beaming* It's alright. Luffy can barely swim, either. *Nods out to the water where currently Luffy is splashing around, riding on Ace's shoulders*
Law: *Eyes go to Luffy and Ace for once second and when he looks back Zoro seems so much closer.*
Zoro: *Still smiling even as he starts to peel off Law's shirt* Come on. *Tugging him by the arm, despite the fact he's still in his jeans and no wait he didn't agree to this!* We'll go together.
Law: *Manages to get Zoro to stop long enough to peel off his jeans so he's down to his boxers, which Zoro flushes at and isn't that what he meant? He can't be so inexperienced. Fuck, Law just wants to ruin this boy, he really does. But then Zoro is back to shoving him towards the sea, happily announcing to Ace and Luffy that he has a fourth and what does that even mean? What has Law gotten himself into?*
It turns out to be an overly competitive game of chicken (both Ace and Zoro really take it far too seriously while Luffy is clearly there for fun but also will break Law's nose if it comes down to it). Which means Law has his legs wrapped around Zoro, whose hands are curled up around his thighs and this could not get any worse.
He thinks.
Totally unaware that Robin has her phone out and is capturing this entire magical moment. And when Franky sits beside her asking why she's filming them fighting she just gets this smile that makes him want to unask because he knows Robin.
Mihawk has to eventually call the boys out to shoot a scene. He stands at the edge of the water with his typically displeased look. Law would feel so much more ashamed if Zoro hadn't chosen to just drop him slightly so Law's legs are wrapped around his waist, and carried him out of the water like that. Law tries to give his boss an apologetic look but it's difficult when he's so wrapped around Zoro, and Zoro's hands keep finding new places on his legs to hold him up. (And maybe Mihawk shouldn't look at actors who work for him that way. And maybe Mihawk should spend less time instructing Zoro. And maybe Mihawk can go to hell because Law has called dibs on this one. This one is his.)
(Also, thank you for this opportunity, Mihawk-san)
(Also, did Zoro really need to flash that smile at Mihawk? Did Mihawk's face just soften slightly? Isn't he like twice Zoro's age? He should really-)
Then Zoro drops him on the sand, and he's leaning over Law, practically on top of him. All other thoughts basically stop.
Zoro: *Beaming* See? Wasn't that better than just sitting around?
Law: *Forgets how breathing works for just a moment, and is way too out of breath by the time he recalls the process. So his mind goes into default Defensive Mode. He frowns* You just wanted a chance to beat Mugiwara-ya.
Zoro: Well… *Shrugs, like obviously. That isn't really the point, is it? Since he chose Law?* You did well Torao. For a beginner.
Law: *Crossing his arms across his chest, which is difficult with Zoro right there. Looks to the side, determined not to give a single inch* I don't like being used Zoro-ya.
Zoro: Right. *Frowns, pushing away from Law* It was Luffy's suggestion anyway.
Law: *Carefully glancing back* What was?
Zoro: *No longer looking at Law* To come get you. Tch. Like I would ever want to pair up with you, Torao. *Pushes off the sand, stalking off towards Mihawkk and the shoot*
Law: *Pushes himself up onto his elbows, watching Zoro go. Can't help feeling like he really messed up.*
Robin: Perhaps you should be more careful with our stuntman's feelings.I suggest next time you be more honest with him.
Law: *Doesn't jump at Robin's sudden appearance next to him. Totally.* There won't be a next time. This is a pointless waste of an episode and the studio will see that.
Law: *As an afterthought* And I was honest.
Robin: *Sets a hand on Law's shoulder in a quiet moment of commiseration*
Also Robin: I have it all on tape if you wish to watch it back. *Leaves*
Law: *Hates this fucking episode*
Law: ….. *Maybe wants to examine that tape.*
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Aurix Chapter Six
Of Success (And Losses)
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The silence in the arena was deafening.
Celeste walked over to her opponent with a confidence and ease she didn’t truly feel. The prickling feeling at the back of her neck reminded her that Riven was watching. As she came closer to Codatorta, bright red and deep green and blinding white hovered in the corner of her vision. The Rebels had shown up – they said that they wouldn’t get in trouble for skipping, but she hadn’t gotten her hopes up. She could hear Sirius, Loki and Sokka chanting her name, and a blush spread across her cheeks. They were a lot more than she was used to.
Professor Codatorta had seen them too. He glared in their direction and huffed as Sirius waved. “Seems we’ll be puttin’ on a show for the seniors,” he remarked quietly.
Her opponent smirked from Codatorta’s other side. It was his squad mate who had defeated her last week, and he was obviously expecting a similar result. “Wonderful. More people to watch me grind you into the dirt.”
“I want a nice, clean fight,” Professor Codatorta reminded him with a raised brow, before turning to look at her. “So don’t go knockin’ anyone’s head off today.”
They both nodded.
“Alright. Last fight of the session. Freshman Richard of Squad 1B against Freshman Apprentice Celeste. Fighters ready? Begin!”
At his shout, Celeste took a step back and fell into a defensive crouch, bokken at the ready. She locked eyes with her opponent…
Who was laughing at her.
“Let’s not finish this too quickly,” he chuckled, “We’ve got an audience after all!”
He held his bokken loosely in one hand before patting his side with the other. “Here, I’ll give you a free shot, baby. Maybe you can leave a mark.”
Celeste could practically sense Riven’s fury. She heard a yell and caught the flash of green as Zoro tried to stand, only to be held down by Allen. Good. She didn’t want to be distracted from this.
This being the most self-centred, egotistical, misogynistic bastard she’s had the displeasure of meeting. That firework coldness built up in her chest, but instead of going down through her arm, it travelled up her spine to sit behind her eyes. She smiled. Gave a mocking bow, as if to say thank you. And swung with all her strength at Richard’s unprotected side.
If he’s going to give me the opening, might as well use it.
At the last second, she withdrew a little. She didn’t want to seriously injure him, no matter how rude. There was still enough force to make an audible crunch when bokken and ribs collided.
Richard’s face went white. He took a slow, wheezing breath out. His free hand shook. He collapsed to his knees. There was a long silence before he breathed back in. The Rebels were cheering.
“Freshman, whadaya think you’re doin’?” Professor Codatorta had his arms crossed at the sidelines. Though his face was stern, the twitching of his moustache gave his mirth away. “You’re meant ta be puttin’ on a show!”
Richard scowled and struggled to his feet, one hand supporting his ribs. Celeste blinked innocently and held her bokken at the ready. That pressure still lingered behind her eyes. Liking that mark Richard? Despite the protection of the suit, she could tell by the way he held himself that she’d definitely bruised his ribs, if not cracked one. There was a tinge of sympathy for him in the back of her mind, a momentary shudder of ohgodsIhurthimIhurtsomeoneI’mgonnagetintroubleI’mgonnabesentawayIhurtsomeone but she brushed it aside. The time for that was later, after the fight, not now. Like Riven said – with copious amounts of support from the Rebels and surprisingly Helia – she only needs to worry about herself during the match. Everything else comes after.
A smile flickered across her face. Call me ‘baby’ like that again. I dare you.
She could see the moment Richard pushed aside the pain and decided to go on, trying to rush her with an overhead strike. Celeste angled her bokken into a guard that let the attack slide off to the side as she stepped in the opposite direction sticking out her foot to trip him as he overbalanced from the lack of resistance. He obviously wasn’t used to her more evasive fighting style – most men, no matter the skill level, tended to have the strength and body mass to take strikes, rather than avoid them.
To Richard’s credit, he recovered quickly and spun to strike at her off side. Celeste parried, ignoring the way the blow made her entire body shudder, and slid to the side again, this time flicking her bokken at the tip of his sword to send his next blow up and over her head harmlessly. Darting in, she tapped at the back of his knee. It buckled just enough for her to slide around his next desperate strike. She swung hard at his stomach, but he dropped his hit knee and swiped at her ankles. As Celeste fell backwards, she threw herself into a back handspring that made her mostly healed wound twinge. Scrambling backwards to get some distance, Celeste couldn’t help but smile. This is what she wanted. Not a victory handed to her – but a victory to fight for.
When Richard stepped forward to strike at her again, she spun to the side, twisting on her heel to build up her momentum and send his sword arm up with a two handed strike. Continuing her spin, standing in his space, Celeste struck back with her elbow – she smiled at his startled inhale. Richard kicked out, catching the back of Celeste’s knee and sending her down with a grunt, but she was quick to roll out of his range. As she got to her knees, one hand on her bokken, Richard swung down for a powerful overhead hit.
Celeste didn’t think – she reacted.
One hand held her sword by the hilt. The other, protected by her glove, held the sword at the tip. Richard’s blade hit the centre of hers with a clang. Her arms shook at the strain but held firm. There was a moment of stillness – Richard’s eyes were wide and his jaw dropped. Celeste sent him a wink (in the stands, Zoro closed his eyes and swore softly. Loki was rubbing off on her). With one twist, Celeste sent Richard’s blade sliding down toward the hilt of hers. With another, she trapped the blade between hilt and cross guard, flipping the bokken out of reach. Still holding her weapon by the tip, Celeste spun forward on her knees, twirling the bokken once to fix her grip, and slammed the hilt into Richard’s stomach.
The force of her hit made Richard fold down over the blade.
Somersaulting backwards out of the way and onto her feet, Celeste watched as he collapsed to his knees for the second time.
He coughed. “Yield. I yield.”
Professor Codatorta stepped forward with a clap. “Winner – Freshman Apprentice Celeste!”
“Whoooooooo!”
That was all the warning Celeste got before a red-haired bullet slammed into her. Arms wrapped around her waist. Suddenly, her feet weren’t touching the ground. She let out a shocked laugh as she was spun in a circle.
“You did it kid!” Loki squeezed her once more before Zoro plucked Celeste out of his arms.
“Let her breath pyro – she can’t exactly celebrate her win if you suffocate her!”
Allen caught her as she was tossed aside in favour of a brawl, stumbling from the sudden lack of support. “Well done Celeste!”
Her cheeks were hurting from how widely she was smiling. I won!
Two hands thumped against her back, and she looked up to see both Sirius and Sokka grinning down at her.
“Told ya you could do it!” Sirius said before groaning and rubbing the back of his head. “Good to know all those concussions I got were worth it!”
Sokka rolled his eyes. “Stop complaining. You could use a couple of good hits – might knock those brain cells down from wherever they’re hiding!”
Allen, ever the calm one, pulled Celeste towards the arena entrance. “Ignore them – they really are proud of you.” He gave her a quick hug before backing off. “I should get us all back to class before they really miss us, but we’ll talk to you more at lunch!” With a final wave, Allen jogged away.
A tap at her shoulder made her jump, and Celeste turned to see a smirking Riven.
“Look at what happens once you get out of your head,” he said with raised eyebrows. “Believe me now when I say that you’re not gonna be sent away?”
Celeste rolled her eyes even as she nodded. Yes, she believed him. He’d only said it every single time she hesitated during training over the last few days.
He cuffed her over the head before he began to lead her towards the dorms. “Don’t give me attitude. You were lucky that Richard has all the forward planning and grace of a rampaging bull, but don’t expect your next opponent to do the same. You’ve shocked them all now – they’ll be prepared. I’ve got to go to Codatorta to get your battle analysis, so I’ll meet you in the training room for the afternoon session. Until then, I believe you’ve got Politics homework.”
Riven, the cruel bastard, laughed even as Celeste scowled. Trying to memorise a hundred years’ worth of treaties was not what she wanted to do after a successful match.
“The sooner it’s done, the sooner you don’t have to deal with it.” After that helpful advice, Riven walked away to where she could see Professor Codatorta waiting. Huffing, Celeste headed towards the doors. At least she didn’t have to get started on her homework straight away. She could sit in the library for a little bit before picking up the books she needed.
Then she saw Squad 1B waiting in the courtyard just in front of the library entrance. Her opponent from last week, a rather tall boy called Celebrum, looked up and nudged the student closest to him. One by one they all met her eyes. They all had matching smiles. None of them looked friendly.
Celeste darted for the open space to her left, sprinting towards one of the outer courtyards. Behind her she could hear the first footsteps of pursuit. A light projectile flashed by her face. When it collided with a wall, it released a flash that left her blinking. Dark spots still obscured her vision as she sprinted through the trees as fast as she dared. If she could just get around the courtyard and under the cover of the outer corridor, she might be able to hide long enough to lose them… Her knee twinged from Richard’s hit earlier and she scowled.
“C’mon baby! We just wanna play a game!”
“We’ll be nice baby, we promise!”
Obviously, Richards’ squad mates had picked up on his nickname. As she spun around a tree, Celeste risked a glance back. Four students were chasing her – Celebrum with some kind of gun, a black-haired boy she vaguely remembered from Ventus with a large compound bow, and two other students she hadn’t really interacted with. One of them pulled out something that looked like a slingshot, about the length of his arm.
Celeste tripped over a root – the subsequent stumble was enough to send her into the path of another projectile. The light arrow slammed into her shoulder with enough force to bruise her under the uniform. She turned the force into a forward roll to keep the momentum, narrowly dodging another two shots. One of these hit the ground, sending up clods of dirt that stung her eyes.
Almost there!
The corridor she wanted was just ahead. Over the past weeks, Celeste had explored every inch of the campus. She knew that there was a small gap –not much bigger than her – where some of the wall panels in a corner hadn’t been secured properly. If she could disrupt their line of sight for just a moment…
She saw it. A squad of students – probably sophomores – was walking down the corridor. Celeste swung around the corner and straight into the middle of them. There were shouts. An elbow caught her in the head and for a moment she saw stars (not the good kind). Someone had very big feet, because her entire foot managed to get squashed beneath it. A cape whipped over her head. She body slammed someone else and almost fell over. Slipping around another student, she managed to slide into the gap.
Please don’t see me, please don’t see me… Celeste squeezed her eyes shut and focused. She didn’t know how this worked, only that it did. Something cold dripped over her head, sliding down her arms and chest, making her shiver. It reached her toes, and she had to resist the urge to move. It was like the opposite of that firework coldness – rather than being the firework before explosion, it was the sky afterwards, all afterimages and darkness. Opening her eyes and looking down, the shadows seemed deeper.
Celebrum ran straight past her. The bow-wielding student was fast on his heels. The other two students followed a moment later. All she could hear was the fading sound of footsteps and the disgruntled mumbling of the poor squad she’d run into. Relaxing her hold on that coldness and suddenly feeling warmer, Celeste stepped out of the gap. Now if I can just get on top of the corridor…
“Well, well, well. Baby’s good at hiding.”
Her stomach dropped to her ankles. The slingshot student was leaning against a pole. He smirked at her, weapon at the ready. “Now this is what I call target practise.”
He was too close for her to run around. He’d hit her in a moment. As the projectile left the cup, Celeste instinctively dropped and rolled, pressing her hands and shoulders into the ground before planting her feet in the other student’s stomach.
His face went white. His feet lifted off the ground. His slingshot clattered next to her face. Celeste was quick to swivel her legs to one side as he began to fold, dumping him onto the concrete before scrambling to her feet and running. Footsteps behind made her look back, and an arrow sliced her cheek. The shock made her tumble, and she was on the ground again.
Need to move need to move need to move need to move – Another arrow caught her cape. A second hit her in the forearm she raised to protect her head.
“Looks like we’ve caught us a baby!” Celebrum laughed with gun at the ready. “Or maybe it’s a bug, scramblin’ on the ground like that.” He shot her in the thigh at close range. The flash blinded her. Her stomach began to roll. Her leg cramped.
“Hmmm. Thought she’d be able to run faster than that.” The fourth student crouched beside her and began to poke. Something solid jabbed her in the ribs and thigh before Celeste had enough.
She rolled directly into his crouched legs, feeling him fall over her, and hit her cape clasp in the same movement. Grabbing the ends, Celeste quickly flung it over his head and pulled him in front of her like a shield, supressing a wince as an arrow hit him in the chest. Pushing him forward into Celebrum, who was still standing too close, Celeste scrambled to her feet.
Another arrow barely missed her foot and she was off, trying desperately not to limp. Now both of my legs are screwed. There was another door further down the corridor – it led towards the dining hall, but from there she could try and catch the elevator, or failing that, the stairs. Her hand just brushed the handle before a shot impacted with her spine, sending her to the ground with a strangled scream.
Her lungs wouldn’t expand. Celeste flopped a little on the ground before something else hit her in the side, shocking her chest into movement. Her head hurt even more. Something red was smeared across the concrete, and she gazed at it hazily. Red… red isn’t good…
“Little baby thought she was going to get away, huh?”
Gazing up, Celeste could see Celebrum with a sneer, something red running down his nose and over his lip. Behind him was the fourth student, holding her cape in a twist between both hands. The bow-student and sling-shot student were probably here too, Celeste thought sluggishly. Just wish my eyes would work properly so I could see…
“What should we do with the baby now?”
“Maybe we’ll show her why babies aren’t allowed at Red Fountain!”
“Should we leave a piece for Richard?”
“Maybe,” snarled a voice from behind, “You should step away from Celeste while you still have legs to do it with.”
Celeste let herself slump against the ground. “Riven’s here…” she sighed. I’m okay now…
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Riven hadn’t felt such burning rage in months, if not years. He saw the blood under Celeste’s head, and he went cold. Head wounds were dangerous.
The four students stared at him with such terrified faces that if it were any other situation, he’d be amused. One of them – the student who’d beaten Celeste last week – swallowed. “P-p-professor Riven, sir,” He started, before his mouth just began opening and closing without a sound.
“What,” Riven hissed, “Do you think you are doing to my student?”
“I would like to know that as well,” came a smooth voice from behind. Professor Saladin stepped up beside him, hands clasped.
“We – we were playing a game,” Another student started. Riven glared. His name was Harrier, a promising student from Ventus. A compound bow hung loosely in his hand. “It – it just got out of hand a – a little. We didn’t mean –”
“I know exactly what you meant.” Riven took a step forward and something dark in his chest revelled in the way they all stumbled back. Until one of them stepped on Celeste’s arm. “Get away from her!”
Riven didn’t wait for them to move, instead bodily shoving past to kneel beside his student. She was pale and limp – when he touched her shoulder, she didn’t move. “Celeste?” His voice was quiet. After a single, heart stopping moment, the girl made some kind of noise. He didn’t hear it, but he felt the vibration where his thumb was touching her neck. She shifted a little, hand sliding up towards her head. Riven was quick to stop her.
“You’re bleeding. Just stay still.”
“Riven,” Saladin said over his shoulder, “Take your student to the infirmary. I shall have Codatorta deal with Squad 1B.”
“As long as I get to supervise their punishment.” One of the students squeaked. There was the sound of rapid footsteps moving away, but he ignored it. Celeste was priority at the moment.
Slowly, carefully, Riven slid a hand under Celeste’s shoulders. Her head hung limply as he lifted before it rolled back to lean against his shoulder. Hazy purple eyes opened. Her mouth moved – it looked kinda like his name – before she tried to get her feet under her.
“Stay still,” Riven said as he moved his other arm around her waist.
Of course, the contrary girl didn’t listen and still tried to support herself, one hand slapping lightly at his.
“If I let go, you’re going to fall over.” He was able to stand with her mostly supported. “Can you put your arms around my neck?”
Celeste looked up at him for a long second. Her eyes weren’t any clearer. She went to nod, before her eyes bulged and she leaned sideways. Vomit barely missed his shoes and splattered the dining hall door.
“Yeah, you have a concussion,” Riven remarked once Celeste was only dry heaving. “C’mon, around my neck.” It took a bit of manoeuvring, but he soon got her supported largely against his chest, making it easier for him to lean down and catch her legs in the crook of one arm. Ignoring the pool of blood and sick – Saladin would send someone to clean it soon – Riven headed straight to the infirmary.
On the way, he saw Helia. His normally mild-tempered team member looked almost murderous. “What happened.” It wasn’t a question but a demand.
“One of the Freshmen squads. Celeste beat one of their leader in the arena today, and they decided to get even.” Riven ground out, not stopping. “I’m pretty sure she’s got a concussion, and who knows what kinds of other injuries.”
A tanned brown hand rested on Celeste’s leg and Riven jolted. A moan left the girl, and he winced. Looking up, he met hazel green eyes he hadn’t noticed before.
Flora.
The kind girl looked close to tears. “Who would do this?” She ran a soothing hand along Celeste’s hair, glowing bright green with magic. The girl sunk deeper into his arms, a small smile coming to her face. Her limbs went completely limp in his grip and Riven held her tighter.
The brunette stepped away. “That’s all I can do for her here. She’ll sleep without pain for a few hours, and it will lessen the chances of her falling into a coma. Your nurses should have her fixed up by then.”
“Thank you,” Riven said with a nod. When he walked into the elevator, Flora and Helia followed.
In the infirmary, the two nurses on duty clucked over Celeste’s unconscious form, directing Riven to put her onto a bed before shooing him out. “We need to get the poor girl out of her uniform so we can inspect the damage, and that’s not going to happen with you two still in here!”
Flora rested a hand on Helia’s arm. “I’m going to stay and give them a hand – would you mind bringing me my sachel? It has some potions that I think would help.”
After giving his assent, and gaining permission from the nurses, Riven and Helia were firmly ejected from the room. Outside, Helia was looking less murderous and more sad. “Flora had a couple of free days,” he began, “And I thought that she and Celeste would get along really well. I didn’t expect them to meet like this…”
Riven grunted before turning around.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to find out what Codatorta has planned for those shits and then I’m going to come back and wait.” Riven stormed down the hall. How could I let this happen?!
He had felt something wrong when he’d left Celeste at the arena. Squad 1B had already left – hadn’t even waited for their injured teammate, which was unusual. But he’d just brushed it off as team antics and being disappointed in their leader for losing to a girl. Turns out it had been disappointment, but a dangerous, vengeful kind.
Codatorta had been joined by Saladin, and that had thrown any thoughts about upset students out of his head.
“Celeste made an admirable showing Riven. You should be proud.”
Riven had crossed his arms with a huff. “She’s a decent fighter, when she gets out of her head.”
At the two professors questioning looks, he had explained, “Celeste worries about hurting her opponent, which was part of the reason she lost last time. Helia and the Rebels helped me knock some sense into her.” It had involved demonstrations of the suits defensive abilities with Sirius offering himself up as a practise dummy and Zoro being all too pleased to have an excuse to hit his most chaotic squad mate. Helia had been better at calming the girl down after she knocked Sirius’ breath out of him, much to Riven’s chagrin.
“Looks like you’ve been doin’ somethin’ right.” Codatorta had remarked. “She’s quick on ‘er feet.”
“Timmy’s new toy can be very useful.”
Codatorta had chuckled. “I can imagine. Now, Celeste did very well, considerin’ what happened last week. You might wanna see about trainin’ ‘er with a staff occasionally, but also try ta train that last little trick she used out of ‘er. If that happens in a proper fight with a real weapon, she’ll cut up her hands. You’ve got ‘er focusing on divertin’ strikes, which is good, but see if ya can’t beef her up a lil’. She gave Richard a decent hit on that first strike, but if she had a bit more strength behind it, he wouldn’t be gettin’ up.”
Riven had sighed deeply. “I’m pretty sure she pulled that blow a little.”
“Which I take it you’re workin’ on. Another thing to try is seein’ about a more flexible fightin’ style. That handspring move was good, but she needs to work on her landin’s. Look inta capoeira. It’s a dancy kinda hand-ta-hand fightin’ style, but I’m sure you and the girl can develop it inta something she can use with a weapon. An’ I was serious about that staff. I’ll have a trainin’ naginata sent up from the guard’s trainin’ room and see what she thinks o’ that.”
Riven had thought it over, even as he walked with Saladin towards the dining hall for an early shot at lunch. He had considered training Celeste in two handed weapons before, but more in the sense of dual swords or daggers. A naginata might traditionally have the one blade on a pole of similar length, but a dual naginata that could separate might work even better…
He had been discussing the logistics of training Celeste in specialised weaponry with Saladin when he saw it. Or, more correctly, heard it.
“… bunch of freshmen, running around like they own the place…”
“Yeah, but did you see that short one? With the black hair? I swear I wasn’t that small when I started.”
“Pretty sure that was the girl – y’know, Professor Riven’s apprentice?”
“Poor girl… no wonder she was running like he was chasing her…”
The sophomores had frozen when they saw him. Saladin chuckled.
“Professor Riven! Headmaster Saladin, sir, we – we didn’t mean anything by it sir – sirs. Just that – you can be very terrifying sir, if I can say so – in the most respectful way – you’re a terror in the classroom – I mean on the battlefield –”
Riven had just waved them off and kept going. Maybe he should have asked more questions, maybe he would have found them faster. Instead, he was met with the sight of his student, bleeding on the ground as four other students stood over her.
The things they were saying… even thinking about it made his blood boil.
Saladin had taken the squad to Codatorta’s office just off the arena, and he could hear the older man yelling as he approached.
“… what kinda lily-livered, dark-dimension dwellin’ slime go attackin’ a fellow student fer beatin’ their leader in a practise match!? Yer all Red Fountain students – which means unity, an’ teamwork, an’ not shootin’ someone when their back is turned! Ya gave the kid a concussion! Head wounds are dangerous! If she don’t wake up, you won’t be wakin’ up tomorrow! The only thing more hated than witches ‘round ‘ere are traitors, an’ that’s what you lot are at the moment – the wors’ kind a traitors. Traitors to ya school, to ya team, to ya fellow students.”
Codatorta paused for a breath when he saw Riven.
“Ah, Professor Riven. Saladin tol’ me that you wanted ta supervise their detentions.”
The four students had been pale faced and numb before he walked in, but now they looked like they were going to faint.
“I do. After all,” and here he gave them the thinnest, most terrifying smile he could, “They harmed my apprentice. If we were going by the old laws, it would be my right to give them identical wounds as recompense for their actions against my student, and thus against me.”
“Good thin’ we don’t follow those laws anymore, ey slime?” This prompted a round of nods that made them look like bobble heads. Riven supressed the urge to bat on of them and see if they’d keep bouncing.
“Well, Squad 1B – minus yer leader, depending on what he says to me later – will be reportin’ to the dragon stables for dung duty two hours before curfew fer the next month. Don’ be late, otherwise I’ll add another week onta yer punishment.”
Another round of nods.
“Now git!”
The students ran out of the room with impressive speed. In the corner of his eye, Riven could see a student he recognised as one of the more skilled sophomore students walking oh-so-casually away from the office – he wouldn’t be surprised if the whole school knew about the cowardly attack on one of their own before the afternoon session. And god help the freshmen when the Rebels caught up to them. They had practically adopted the girl as an honorary member of their squad and weren’t going to react well when they found out about the attack.
Codatorta must have had the same idea because he gave Riven a grin that unpleasantly reminded him of his first year and that one – and only – attempt to bully another student. He quickly learned what kind of bad idea that was.
“There’s always one student – or one squad – that like ta push things every year.” Codatorta said as he leaned back in his chair. “Unfortunate that it was yer student who felt the brunt of it.”
“Yeah.”
When Riven didn’t say anything more, Codatorta looked at him with concern. “How is she laddie?”
“Not sure. Came here as soon as I dropped her off at the infirmary. Flora’s with her,” he added as an afterthought, “She did some magic so that Celeste wouldn’t wake up or be in pain.
“Tha’s good. She’s a fighter, Riven. She’ll bounce back from this.”
“She shouldn’t have to.” His hands clenched. His knuckled turned white from the force.
“No, she shouldn’t. But she did. An’ yer gonna have to be there for ‘er while she recovers. So whataya still doin’ here?”
Riven was out of the room before he realised he was moving.
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There was something draped over the pyre. The circle was complete, and her voice (but not her voice) was chanting something in a language she didn’t recognise. The pyre flared up without any kind of assistance. Black smoke drifted into the sky, a shade of dusty black against the abyss of space. The thing – all long tail and thin spines and compact body – fell into the centre of the pyre even as fire as white as the moon hid it from sight.
Her fingers (skinny – not hers not hers) stroked a page that crumbled and cracked even under the light touch.
“It’s opening
#aurix#celeste#winx club#ao3#winx fanfiction#Riven#Flora#Helia#gratuitous hurt/comfort scene#but not much comfort yet#this is very very late#badass fight scene#I think?
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Servant
Reader . Dragon!Zoro
I travel around from city to city, searching for tales of creatures that are said to be extinct or mythical, and sometimes I even get to find one of them. It’s my passion to document these creatures lost to time. I want their stories, habits, and personalities to be remembered for the centuries to come. I want people to be able to open a book and be able to find any information they want about any creature. Chasing a new is what brought me to the Amthenia, a continent east of where I was originally from. I heard that there was a mountain spirit who wandered down to guard the city of Medd’wl Én; so I headed south from where I landed towards the Kingdom of E’tüm. A small but beautiful nation surrounded by forestry. In fact, the kingdom is so small that it has two big cities, the rest are just small villages spotting the forest surrounding it.
You may think that because it’s such a small kingdom it would’ve been invaded by an enemy by now, but no. What E’tüm lacks in size it makes up with strength and its research. It is the birthplace of all earth-based magic and weaponry. E’tüm stands its own against all other kingdoms, even rivaling Am’thi (the second biggest kingdom in this continent).
As impressive as their research is, it doesn’t compare to the hospitality the people of E’tüm hold. They’re welcoming to any that manage to go through the dense and vast forest surrounding the kingdom. Truly a feat not many can do. Anyone who decides to go through the forest usually ends up getting lost and die along the way. Though there is a path through the mountains, just a bit past Démal, a village just off of Medd’wl Én. which works out great for me, Medd’wl is exactly where I need to go.
It was long, but not a lonely walk through the mountains. I met a band of gypsies who were looking for a new life in E’tüm. We all told stories, danced, and made merry all through the path. They told me of a griffin they passed by on their journey to E’tüm. It nested west of Am’thi, and it’ll be my next destination after Medd’wl.
Once we reached Démal we had to part ways. They were going west from Démal to Mā. (Another village, known for their strong culture and good music.) Alone, I traveled the short distance between Démal and Medd’wl. About a day’s walk if I won’t take any detours along the way, or at least it should have been. When I reached the outskirts of Medd’wl I saw the oddest thing. A shirtless man, strong build, with a scar running down his left shoulder to his right hip and another blinding his left eye. That wasn’t what was strange about the man; it was the green hair. I couldn’t help but approach the man. He seemed to be observing the city from the safety of the trees. Could he be the Mountain spirit I heard about?
Tentatively, I called out to him, “Hello, I mean no harm. I just want some directions.” The man didn’t seem surprised by my presence, almost like he’d known I was here before I even saw him. “My name is Y/n. Could you help me get a bit more acquainted with the area?” the man stood rigid as he examined me. Was he trying to see if I really meant no harm as I said? “Can’t help you,” he said curtly as he turned to walk away from me. “‘W-wait,” I followed behind him, “you must know about the city. I mean, you do live here, right?” He only grunted in response. Were mountain spirits always this rude?
“Please, I’ll make it worth your while,” I reached into my tote for my bag of coin. “I don’t need your money.” He deadpanned, still refusing to even consider helping me. “There must be something you want.” I didn’t mean to say the words, it was mainly my exasperation to his uncooperativeness mixed in with my tiredness from my journey. I didn’t quite regret phrasing it as I did until much later, but it did get him to turn and listen to me. “You’re quite desperate, to be offering anything like that.”
Blood rushed to my face, “I-i didn’t mean it like that!” The man smirked, continuing to walk the way he was heading. “Okay, I’ll help you. But you’ll have to do one thing for me.” He made it sound so ominous that I wasn’t sure I wanted to take him up on the offer.
I guess help from a mountain spirit doesn’t come free…. I wonder if he charges the city for their protection too. “A-alright, name your price.” He threw a glance over his shoulder before nodding towards the city. “I’ll take you to a pub where you can find any information you may be looking for. Be it a person, a place to stay, or just where to get a bite to eat,” the man stopped in his place, “in return, when you are done with your… errand or settled into a place, you come back out here to the forest.”
“Why?” There had to be a reason why he wanted me to come back. If he was the mountain spirit, he wouldn’t want to do any harm to me; and if he wasn’t I doubt he planned to ambush me. He said he didn’t want money AND even if he wanted to, he could do it right now without much of a struggle from me. He was, obviously, much stronger than me.
“Don’t worry about it. When you get here, I’ll find you. Until then, just wait.” That’s not calming my nerves. On one hand, I could go and find the pub he was talking about on my own. On the other, if he was the mountain spirit, I would have set up a meetup and ask him more about himself in person then document it. It’s a risky dice roll, but hey, times can’t move forward without a little risk. “Deal.”
He wasn’t comfortable drawing attention to himself, I could tell by how he took out a bandana to conceal his unnatural hair before we began our journey to the pub. Him being a man of little words was only helping the image of a recluse. I tried coaxing any words out of him, but all I could drag out was his name. Zoro, not a common name but it is ancient and full of E’tüm history.
“Y/n, do me a favor and shut up.” Zoro was condemning me to silence because he wasn’t social. I pouted at him as he started to speed up his pace. I bet he can’t wait to get rid of me. Zoro practically bounded down the streets, I even almost lost him among the throng of people bustling around. With a bit of shoving and cursing from me or the people I pushed aside, I managed to stay behind him. Though, all of my efforts to keep him in sight were in vain because Immediately after we reached the pub he disappeared. I’d turned away for just a second and he was gone. It almost made me think that maybe I had made all of this up, but it’s not time to dwell on it. I’ll have a chance to find out if Zoro was real or not later. For now, I’ll go into the pub and ask around to see if anyone knows of the mountain spirit.
It was a small joint. A handful of friendly tables scattered around and an impressive bar lined with just about every alcohol you could get in Amthenia. The people heartily talked with each other, clashing their tankards together and spilling the ale onto every surface they were close to.
Just who I was looking for. A barmaid bustled around cleaning tables and serving the unruly customers. I followed her over to where she was busing tables. “Rowdy bunch, aren’t they.” She looked up from the plates she was sticking and gave me a smile. “You get used to it. This is a fast-paced city, everyone is always restless.” She handed me a pile of plates, nudging towards the bar. “Help me take these over there and I’ll help you get settled.” She winked at me, taking up her own pile of plates and walking it over.
She hands it over to a silver-haired man sitting at the bar. “Can you take these to the back, ray?” The man agreed, taking your pile with him as well. “That’s Rayleigh, my husband,” she serves me a tankard of ale, “here, first one’s on the house.”
“Thanks….uh…”
“You can call me Shakky,” she fills in for me. “Right, Shakky. I was wondering if I could get some information on the mountain spirit.” Her eyes widened in surprise, “I guess you could call him that. He’s more of a dragon, though.” A dragon? Like the big lizard that flies? “Hahaha don’t look so shocked,” Shakky fills a glass with rum, handing it to Rayleigh as he comes back. “Thanks, Shakky. You always know what I want.” The man gives me a once over, “you aren’t from around here, are you?” I look down at myself, trying to see what gave it away. “It’s not your clothes,” Ray takes a swig of his rum, “Not many people outside of E’tüm know that the ‘mountain spirit’ is actually a dragon.”
Of course they wouldn’t! Dragons are elusive and…. extinct, have been for six centuries. I am practically jumping off my seat with excitement. “A dragon! How awesome!” Both of them laugh at my enthusiasm, but I can’t help it. I am going to find the dragon and study him.
“Whoa there, before you go off on your own. You should know that the dragon doesn’t like to be bothered,” Ray said, with Shakky adding that not many people have seen it, save from when he comes out to rescue the city from malicious predators. I assure them that nothing will stop me from finding him. I need to document him, no matter the cost.
The rest of my stay here they told me about Medd’wl. It’s people, resources, urban legends, even the best spots to visit as a tourist. Rayleigh and Shakky were great hosts to me, but when the night came crawling its way out, I had to bid them well. They told me a nice inn where I could take residence. Giving me directions, we shared a last farewell, then I was off.
The night was cold, a thick fog laid around the buildings of Medd’wl. I could barely see in front of me, it was a miracle I even made it to the inn. A spike of paranoia weaved its tendrils around my gut. I feel like I’m being watched. No, it’s more than that, it feels predatory. I speed up as I try to convince myself it was just my imagination.
The city is safe. The dragon is keeping it safe. Nothing would dare go into its territory… right?
Now, thinking back to it, if a dragon was keeping the city safe then who was I talking to in the forest? More so, what is Zoro? With all my excitement over the dragon, I forgot to ask Shakky and Rayleigh about him. I’m feeling a bit more skittish about my meetup with Zoro tomorrow. Even so, there is something that hasn’t changed. Zoro isn’t human and I will find out what he is.
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E’tüm’s hospitality shoved himself once again in the morning. The aroma of breakfast wafted through the lodge, rousing everyone from their sound slumber. I arose to my room to find the other guest flocked over a table full of food. “They serve breakfast here?” My question wasn’t aimed at anyone in particular, but it was answered nonetheless. “Yes, sweetheart. Only breakfast though. You should grab yourself a plate before it’s all gone, there won’t be a second batch.” The owner of the inn informed me. She was a kind and gentle woman who took me in late last night. She didn’t have to let me check-in. I’d found the inn way past closing, but she is a gracious woman. “Thank you, ma’am. I won’t pass up your generosity.” I wandered over to the table that held the food. They ranged from simple bacon and eggs to more ethnic foods like E’tüm’s famous ettercap dishes.
Ettercap is a forest-dwelling monster that is native to this side of the world. They are big lumbering beast who ca grow up to six feet tall and usually weighed 200 pounds. They resemble a hunched, muddy-purple like humanoid with spider-like faces; they also have two sharp claws instead of fingers and toes. They’re very cowardly creatures who much more prefer to set traps than to hunt, but that is as far as their intelligence usually goes. It’s a primal instinct that drives them. Ettercaps do have one attack, though. They can inject paralytic venom with a bit into their prey. Their venom is only strong enough to deter their food long enough for them to use their claws to kill them.
However, the people of E’tüm found a way to remove its weak toxins to be able to safely eat the beast’s meat. (They even found a way to use the ettecap’s feeble venom as a spice!) I’ve been dying to try one of these dishes; especially the spanakopita, it’s a delicacy that isn’t made anywhere else other than E’tüm. Spanakopita is served more as a dessert, but with how fast it seems to be going I should hurry up and grab a piece.
After getting my own slice, I move over to a table far off from the crowd. Everyone here seems to be excited about the madam’s breakfast cooking; no wonder she only makes breakfast. If it was like this every mealtime the place would always be trashed.
Everyone in E’tüm seems to be very lively at all hours of the day. There never seems to be a slow day in this town, and I’ve just arrived! Their fast-paced lifestyle gives me the energy to go out and accomplish everything that I set out to do today. Who knows, maybe I’ll finish my journey faster than I thought and can head out to look for the griffin next!
I take a big bite out of my spanakopita, ready to head out as soon as I finish. Wow! It tastes better than I could have imagined! The saltiness of the aged feta cheese mixed in with the creaminess of the spinach, only adds on and contrasts the sweet honey wheat bread. Oh god, and the tender meat of the ettercap that leaves a small sting of venom on your tongue. If this was the last thing I ate before dying, I’d be okay with that. It didn’t even come as a surprise when there was none left when I went to get seconds. The savory pastry was the most popular food item on the table!
I don’t really want to have anything else this morning, the pastry has ruined me. I huff in satisfied displacement as I made my to my room so I could change. Today seems like it’s gonna be nice out, I note as I look out my window. I kinda wish I’d pack more clothes other than the clothes on my back and some extra pants. I’ll go shopping for shorts some other time, it’s time I keep my end of the deal and go meet Zoro in the forset as we agreed.
I stood on the outskirts of the forest wondering how he’d find me. Zoro said he would, but there was no way he could. I don’t even remember where we came out from when he led me out of the forest yesterday. If I go look for him, I’m sure it’ll be faster than just waiting… right?
I went into the forest, straying from any path that I saw. If I remember correctly, when I first saw him, he wasn’t near any path. Just a bit fairways from the town. I don’t need to go too far. Just a bit……... aaaand I’m lost.
I don’t know in which direction I came from! You got to be kidding me! I didn’t make that many turns! Okay. okay. Calm down. Caaalm down. There’s no reason t- …
Did I just step in…. Crap
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“YOU SONOFABISH!” And here I thought today was gonna be a nice day….
I walked over to a tree to try and rub most of the feces off my shoe when a sudden wind nearly knocked me over, luckily I grabbed onto the tree before I could. “What the fuuu” I trailed off as I looked around to see what could be causing the unrelenting gusts.
I could hear a flapping noise with a sharp scraping of metal coming from all around me. It sounded like a chainmail catching wind over and over- shit. Today really isn’t my day. I look above me to see a giant dragon with scales shifted from dusty emerald green to a reflective silvery grey. The dragon’s chest plate covered it like a shield, long feather-like blades lapped over each other to make its wings. Horns protruded from its head, spiking out to crown his head, in what could have been mistaken for short hair if it wasn’t for the fact that it looked like they could end my life with one headbutt.
As carefully as I could, I backed up, hoping that it wouldn’t notice me. But, as today’s luck would have it, the dragon dropped himself directly in front of me. I hid behind a tree, but it was too late. Its eyes were already trained on me. He reached out with one of its clawed hands and ripped the tree right from the ground.
I am completely exposed to it now. No amount of running or hiding could save me now. I know I said I wanted to find it, but not like this.
I close my eyes as I start making my last testament in my head. No one will hear this, but If I do become a restless spirit and end up haunting this forest, at the very least, I can try and remember what I wanted from life.
A hand pushes at my crouched form. “Get up.”
I look up to find none other than the green-haired man I was looking for. “W-what? The drag-” I looked behind him to find nothing there. “It was there I swear!” I spring up, looking for an answer on the spot where the bast had last stood. It couldn’t have taken off. It made too-
“I don’t have time for this,” Zoro interrupted my thoughts, “you’re coming with me.” I turn to face him, “going whe-” I’m left speechless as he morphed into the beast I cowered from before. W- how?! “Your the- AH!” Zoro swiped me up with his claw.
My body dangled from his lose hold on me. “Put me down! I don’t want to fall!” I yelled at him, but the wind ate up all noise before it could even make it past my lips. The cold air whizzed past me, chilling me to my bones. I’m gonna get frostbite from this if he doesn’t just drop me. My nails try to dig into his scales, but they all are deflected and left bloody. There’s no way I can hold on to him. Oh god. I’m gonna die. I screw my eyes shut as I prepare for the worst possible case scenario.
Eventually, Zoro starts to descend. Tossing me ahead from him onto the porch of a quaint chalet. My hip snaps and my arm breaks as I scrape my way to a full stop. I howl In agonizing pain, intensifying as I notice the white bone poking out from my skin, blood oozing in rivers out of me.
“Don’t worry, I can fix that,” Zoro says, walking over to pick me up.
“You prick,” I push myself away from him, only to have him pull me back and practically crush my already broken hip. “You remember when you said you’d do anything,” He carried me inside. “You’ll be staying with me from now on.”
“I hope you’ve finished your errand.”
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King And Queen Of The Pirates
Chapter Two, Enter The Great Swordsman! Roronoa Zoro!
"What a day! It's gorgeous!" Exclaimed Luffy. He, Aya, and Coby have been sailing for some time and the weather was steady and clear. Coby nodded his head in agreement.
"Yeah. As long as the weather goes this good and we take this path, we'll be at the Marine base in no time," He said. Luffy turned to him with his eyes sparkling with excitement.
"You mean it? Hot dog! You're the best, Coby! How do you even know?" asked Luffy.
"I know this stuff because all sailors must know their ways of the seas," Said Coby. Luffy turned back to the ocean and laughed.
"That's what I've always been telling him, but my big brother always rush into things with thinking. By the way, how are we going to get into a Marine base without getting caught, Luffy? We're pirates, remember?" Said Aya. Luffy didn't answer. "Anndd, he's not listening..."
"I don't see what's to be so perky right now, Luffy. Besides...at the Marine base," Coby said with a frightened look on his face. "They're holding the great pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro. This is the man who diced up his bounties like an animal bent on carnage. A blood thirsty beast. He's been called nothing less than a living breathing demon in human form. Like he was sent straight from hell."
"All of the more reason to check him out." Said Aya.
"Alright! We're here! The Marine Base City!" Yelled Luffy, excitedly as the boat pulled up to the port to a small island with many buildings . They docked it and Coby tied up the boat to a post. He, Luffy, and Aya walked around, exploring the city. Luffy's head started darting around wildly at all the booths and people. Aya was looking around, keeping a look out, while Coby looked uncomfortable.
"Luffy, seriously! You two are out of your mind if you think this guy is gonna want to join your crew," Said Coby.
"I haven't made up my mind yet. I first gotta see if he's a good guy," Luffy said as he walked ahead.
"Plus, we need to see how tough he is," Aya added.
"He's imprisoned because he's obviously not!" Coby shouted as Luffy bought a pear and took at bite out of it.
"Hey, is that pirate hunter Zoro around here?" He asked the shop keeper. The lady who was selling the fruits and some other people jumped back in shock. They stared at Luffy with wide eyes as their bodies shook in fear, leaving the three, confused by what happened. Luffy blinked. Aya walked by him and whispered in Luffy's ear. "Yeah, we shouldn't probably go around announcing out loud that we're looking for him." She said. Then she smacked Luffy on his head. "Idiot."
"Maybe we shouldn't mention the name Zoro around here." Coby whispered, suggestively. Luffy shrugged and the three began walking again. Aya felt like she was being watched. She saw some people giving her suspicious looks. Aya heard two men were whispering to each other.
"Do you think she's a witch?" asked one of the men.
"What are you whispering about?!" shouted Aya, angrily. The two men jumped and trembled in fear. They ran away from her. "RUN! SHE'LL PUT A CURSE ON US!" Shouted one of the men as they ran. Aya rolled her eyes, following after Luffy and Coby.
"Let's head to the base. You said you wanted to be a Marine, right?" Luffy asked.
"I do, Luffy, I'm just not that sure if I'm ready. From what I've heard, the man who runs the base is someone called Captain Morgan." Said Coby. Once again, the people jumped back when Coby mentioned Morgan's name. Coby and Luffy blinked. The three of them continued walking. Aya looked over her shoulder seeing the people still shaking in fear.
"Strange town," She mumbled under her breath.
"Ha-ha! This this town is such a weird place!" Luffy laughed as the three continued walking. Coby was lost in thought.
"That was strange. I understand why they're afraid of Zoro, him being a killer and all, but why did they get scared when I said the Marine captain's name?" He asked.
"Maybe they did it for the fun of it." Suggested Luffy.
"How does that make any sense?" Asked Coby.
"He's probably corrupted," Aya added.
Coby stopped in his tracks and glared at Aya. "You take that back!" He shouted.
"What? All I'm saying is that he's probably abusing his power," said Aya.
"The Marines don't do that!" Coby shouted.
Aya smirked then leaned in toward Coby's face then flicked her finger on his forehead. "Face reality, kid, some people do that," She said. "Especially the higher ups."
"You shut your mouth right now!" Growled Coby.
"Why, you wanna fight me? How cute!" Aya laughed.
"D-Don't you touch me!" Coby shouted. Aya took a step closer to him and he backed away.
"Why? Scared that I'll get my evil pirate cooties all over you?" Aya taunted.
"Shut up!" Growled Coby.
Luffy let out a whistle. "Wow, this must be the place!" He said. The two stopped and looked to see a huge gate in front of them. It was the Marine's base. Coby looked like he was going to cry.
"I...made it...thank you so much, Luffy, Aya. I-I can't believe we're going to have to go our own ways even though I find you as my best frie-"
"Where's the foothold or something?" Asked Luffy as he tried to climb over the stone wall.
"Get off of there, Luffy! Or they'll see you and you'll get arrested!" Yelled Coby.
Aya sighed. "What an idiot..."
Luffy blocked the sunlight with his hand as he scoured "Ok, so where's that demon?"
"They're probably hiding him in an underground prison cell or something. They wouldn't just show him out and the-"
"FOUND HIM!" Exclaimed Luffy. Coby and Aya managed to climb up the wall and looked over to see a man far off in the distance, tied to a post. He was wearing a black bandanna on his head, a white shirt and dark green pants and black boots.
"That's him, right, Coby?" Asked Luffy. Coby trembled in fear.
"If we untie those ropes, he could just walk away, right?" Asked Luffy.
"No way! If we do that, he'll just kill us all with one strike!" Shouted Coby. Luffy grinned.
"Don't worry, me and my sis are really strong, so there's nothing to be afraid of." He said.
"You both have lost your marbles!" Shouted Coby.
"Hey, you three," They hear a voice call out to them, roughly. Coby flinched. "You're eyesores. Get lost." Muttered Zoro. Coby yelped and grabbed Luffy's arm.
"Come on! Let's just go, Luffy! There's no way a criminal like him would want to be on your crew!" He yelled. Then, a ladder landed near Luffy and Aya looked and saw a little girl climbing up it. The little girl turned to the three and shushed them. Then she climbed over the wall, holding a small package in her hands.
"We gotta save her or else she'll be killed by the Marines or the demon himself!" Yelled Coby.
Neither, Luffy or Aya made a move. They watched as the little girl run over to Zoro and smiled at him. "What do you want?" Zoro asked. The little girl smiled.
"I thought you'd be getting hungry now. So I made you some rice balls." She said, unwrapping the package.
"You gotta death wish, kid? Get lost." Said Zoro. The girl held out two rice balls to him.
"But, you haven't eaten in a long time. So here. I made them myself. It's my first try though." She said.
"Listen, kid. You're really starting to bug the living hell out of me. So why don't you just scram." Zoro threatened.
"But-!"
"Do not make me kick your ass, little girl! Get lost!" Yelled Zoro.
"Now, now, no one likes a bully," a loud annoying voice called out. Zoro glared as a man with two Marine soldiers walked up. "Roronoa Zoro, you seem to be handling the situation well, aren't you?" asked the man.
"Who's the other weird guy?" Asked Luffy. Coby sighed in relief.
"Thank god. He looks like he's with the Marines. At least we know the little girl will be safe." He said. Aya frowned as she stared at the man. She didn't like him. Not one bit.
"I'm not so sure about that," Said Aya.
"What do you mean?" Asked Coby.
"I don't like the looks of this guy." Said Aya. The man took a rice ball from the girl.
"Yum. Some tasty rice balls." He said. "That's not for you!" Cried the little girl. The man took a bite out of it. His face twisted with disgust. He spat out the rice ball and threw it to the ground along with the second one and stomped on it.
"No! Stop that! Please!" Cried the little girl.
"You imbecile! You filled this rice ball with sugar! It's supposed to be salt!" Yelled the man as he stomped one last time, destroying the rice balls.
"But-but-" The little girl was about to cry. "I worked so hard to make those."
"Too bad, brat. Dispose of her immediately or my father will have your heads." The man commanded. Aya growled as her hands gripped the scaffolding in anger. She was about to move, but Luffy grabbed her shoulder so she wouldn't jump over the wall. One of the soldiers hesitantly grabbed the little girl.
"I'm sorry. Just curl into a ball, okay?" asked the man as he threw the girl. The little girl cried as she was thrown over the wall.
"Luffy! Catch her!" shouted Aya. Luffy quickly stretched his arms out and grabbed the little girl. The two landed on the ground roughly. Luffy's hat fell off as well.
"Thanks, mister!" said the little girl. Luffy blinked before smiling.
"No problem." He said. Coby and Aya ran over to the two.
"Luffy! Are you guys, okay? God, how can that man be so cruel?" asked Coby as he checked over the little girl to see any signs of injury.
"I said it once, kid," said Aya. "Corruption."
"You shut up! You don't know what you're talking about!" Growled Coby.
"Man, you're stubborn!" shouted Aya. "What's it going to take for you to get it through your thick head!?" Luffy picked his hat up as he stood up, ignoring the two who were scrabbling with each other.
"Damn you." Muttered Zoro under his breath. He glared at the snickering man.
"Trying to keep your composer, Roronoa? My, you really wanna get out of here, don't you?" asked the man.
"That's right. I'll make through the month. Just you watch." Muttered Zoro. The man began snorting as he howled in laughter.
"Yeah, right! Keep dreaming, Roronoa!" snorted the man as he and his men walked away.
Coby sighed in relief seeing that the girl was unharmed. "Okay, you look fine. How can that man be so heartless?" Coby asked himself. He and Aya looked around and saw that Luffy was nowhere to be seen. " What the?! Now where'd he go?" He asked.
Zoro sighed as he closed his eyes, trying to gather up his thoughts. For some reason, he felt like he was being watched. He opened his eyes and saw a boy wearing a straw hat standing in front of him. Zoro blinked. Luffy looked at him with a calm look on his face. "So...I hear you're a bad guy," He said.
"You're still here?" asked Zoro, bored.
"You're tied up here for the whole world to see and for what? Nothing. Are you sure as strong as they say?" asked Luffy.
"Mind your own business, kid," Muttered Zoro. Luffy sighed and walked closer to Zoro.
"If I were you, I'd probably starve in three days," Luffy joked. Zoro smirked.
"Heh, I have more spirit than you know. Which is how I'll survive this ordeal. This, I swear." He said, confidently. Luffy grinned.
"Ha! You're such a weirdo!" He joked as he began to walk away.
"Wait, hold on." Zoro called out. Luffy stopped. Zoro looked down at his feet. "Could you...pick that up for me?" He asked, seeing the dirty mud covered rice ball on the ground. Luffy blinked and picked it up.
"You wanna eat this? But, it looks ruined already and mostly a ball of mud-"
"Shut up and give it to me, kid!" yelled Zoro. Shrugging, Luffy walked up to Zoro, and tossed the rice ball into the swordsman's mouth. It tasted horrible but at least it was better than starving to death. Zoro coughed as he felt some dirt in his mouth. Luffy giggled.
"You should've listened to me!" said Luffy in a giggling tone.
"No, it was good. Tell that kid that I said thanks." Muttered Zoro. Luffy walked away, tilting his straw hat.
Luffy, Aya and Coby walked with the little girl, which they discovered that her name was Rika. "You mean it?! He said that?!" asked the little girl.
"Yep. And ate it all up." said Luffy, smiling. Rika beamed as she smiled happily. Coby placed a finger on his chin, thinking.
"Huh, I'm starting wonder if Roronoa Zoro is as bad as everyone says." He said. Rika shook her head.
"No way! Big brother Zoro is a good guy! After all..." The little girl looked to the ground. "He saved this town." She whispered.
"What do you mean?" asked Aya. Rika twiddled her thumbs.
"It's all Helmeppo's fault. He's the son of Captain Morgan. Three weeks ago, he brought a vicious wolf into town and it terrified the living daylights out of everyone. But, then, Zoro came and he nearly finished off Helmeppo. That big meanie threatened to kill me and my mom. But, he said that if Zoro could survive being tied up to that big post for a month, then he could be let go. But, Helmeppo keeps cheating by trying to break Zoro's spirit. It's...it's not fair!" cried Rika as she began to sob.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash that came from the little girl's family restaurant. The four ran towards the building. It was Helmeppo. He was throwing orders and terrorizing and giving death threats to everyone. Luffy and Aya clenched their fists as they watched in anger. Aya gritted her teeth as she glared at the man.
"I am incredibly bored now and I'm trying to find something fun to do. I suppose I can just have Zoro executed. Oh, wouldn't that be hysterical!" snorted the blond as he threw his head back and laughed.
Suddenly, a fist shot out and cracked Helmeppo right in the jaw as Aya punched him and his face slammed into a wall. Coby's mouth dropped in horror while Luffy stared in silence at his sister. Helmeppo slumped on the floor as he glared up at Aya. She was breathing heavily and gritted her teeth as she seethed in rage, looking down at this disgusting excuse for a human being. "H-How dare you?! Y-You hit me!" exclaimed Helmeppo as his men tried to help him up. He gaped at her in shock, staring at her sea foam green eyes. "Y-You witch!"
"No, how dare you call yourself a Marine. You disgusting piece of trash," said Aya as she glared at him. She raised her fist getting ready to punch him again but Coby grabbed her arm, holding Aya back.
"Aya! Stop it! What's wrong with you?!" asked Coby.
"I'm teaching this scum a lesson," said Aya. "This guy is a no-good, piece of shit!"
"You little brat! Do you know who I am!" demanded Helmeppo.
"I don't give a rat's ass who you are!" Shouted Aya.
"YOU'LL GIVE A DAMN WHEN YOUR HEAD HANGS FROM THE GALLOWS!" yelled Helmeppo.
"I'd like to see you try, punk!" Shouted Aya.
"Aya! Stop it! Why are you trying to pick a fight with this guy?!" Shouted Coby.
"Well, I guess that settles it," said Luffy. Coby turns to look at him, while holding Aya back. "I've made up my mind, Coby. Today, Zoro joins my crew." said Luffy.
"You're weak, Zoro. Nothing ever changes."
Zoro's eyes shot open as bullets of sweat ran down his face. Zoro took calm breaths trying to steady his heart.
"I... can't die here. I made... a promise," thought the swordsman. Then a shadow stood over him. Zoro looked up to see Luffy again.
"You again. Don't you have things to do?" asked Zoro, irritated.
"I'll untie you. As long as you promise to join my crew." said Luffy as he took a step towards the swordsman.
"Your what?" Asked Zoro.
"Me and my sister are running a pirate crew and we need people to join," said Luffy. Zoro smirked.
"No way. As if I'd stoop to that level. Joining a pirate crew is the most stupidest thing I've ever heard. Screw that business." He said, turning his head away.
"What's wrong with being a pirate?" asked Luffy.
"They're lowlifes. Joining them is the last thing I'd ever do." said Zoro. Luffy smiled.
"Come on. Everyone knows that your some kind of killer with a crave of bloodlust," He said.
"People could say what they want to say, but there is not a single thing in my life I regret. I'll make through this month and I'll accomplish what I desire." Said Zoro
Luffy blinked. "That's cool. But I still decided that your joining my crew," He said, grinning.
"What?! You can't do that!" Zoro yelled. Luffy grinned.
"I've heard that you're one of the best swordsman out there," He said.
"I am! It's just that Hel-whatever that bastard's name is took my katana." Said Zoro. Luffy winked.
"Well, I guess I'm gonna have to go get it then," He said.
"What?" Asked Zoro
"If I get your katana back, then you're joining my crew." Said Luffy.
"You're really starting to piss me off, kid!" yelled Zoro. Luffy giggled as he ran off. "Hey, genius. You're going the wrong way." Said Zoro. Luffy paused.
"Gum-Gum Rocket!" Yelled Luffy as he flinged himself past Zoro. Zoro stared in disbelief.
"What the-what the hell is this guy?" He asked himself.
Luffy hunched over, panting. "Sheesh, where is that idiot, that stole Zoro's swords?" He asked himself. Then he heard several voices above him. "Huh, wonder what's going on up there? Might as well check it out." Said Luffy. He stretched his arms to the roof edge of the Marine base.
"Gum-Gum Rocket!" He yelled as he flew up. But, he was gaining too much speed. "Too far! Too far! Too far!" yelled Luffy as he flew higher. The soldiers on the roof looked up and saw Luffy as he grabbed on to the rope they were using to pull a statue. He breaks off a piece of the statue as he landed on the roof. The soldiers gaped in horror, gasping at Luffy. Luffy looked at the men, scratching his head. "Whoops! Sorry about that!" He said, sheepishly.
A man glared at him furiously. He was huge and had blond hair and one of his hand was an axe. "Seize him at once! I want to kill him myself!" ordered the man.
"Sir, yes, sir!" Shouted the Marine soldiers.
"That's him! He's friends with the witch who hit me!" Yelled Helmeppo.
"There you are! I've been looking for you everywhere!" Yelled Luffy. He grabbed Helmeppo in a choke hold, dragging him off inside the Marine base.
"After him!" Shouted the Marine captain. The Marine soldiers chased after the Straw hat pirate. Inside the base, Luffy dragged Helmeppo down the hallways. Helmeppo was crying in terror as he did.
"Hey, dude. Tell me where you're keeping Zoro's katana." Said Luffy.
"Ok! Ok! I'll tell you!" Cried Helmeppo. Luffy stopped, listening.
"Ok, so where is it?" He asked. Helmeppo pointed in a direction.
"In my room. We just passed it." He whimpered. Luffy sighed.
"Really? Dang, I guess we're gonna have to go back then." He said.
"Halt! Release Helmeppo at once!" Luffy turned to see three Marine soldiers aiming their rifles at him. "No way. But, you could shoot me if you want." Said Luffy. He held Helmeppo in front of him like a shield. Helmeppo screamed. Luffy ran forward ramming into the soldiers with Helmeppo.
Zoro felt the ropes that were binding him being tugged. He looked to see "Luffy." "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to get my katana back," asked Zoro, confused. Then he realized his mistake. It wasn't Luffy, instead, it was a girl. Sea foam green eyes stared back into his. Zoro blushed. He hate to admit it, but he thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. "Aw, hell! There's two of you?!" shouted Zoro, shocked. Aya giggled as she continued to try to untie the ropes.��"That was my brother," said Aya. "I'm here to get you out of here. Coby, get your ass over here, now!" Coby ran over and started to help with the ropes.
"Great, just what I needed," Zoro muttered under his breath. "Another brat."
Aya stopped what she was doing. She narrowed her eyes at Zoro. "Don't ever compare me to my brother," said Aya, coldly. "I'm nothing like him." Zoro froze.
"You have to get out of here, Zoro," Said Coby as he got a knot undone.
"Listen, you two. That manic will kill you when he finds you both helping me," said Zoro.
"I don't care. I just can't see the Marine's name being treated like this. The Marines should be honorable." Said Coby.
"I can take care of myself. But, thank you for caring." Said Aya as she smiled. Zoro blushed then he shook his head. "Look, I can't leave! I'll be out in ten days and-"
"Actually, they were planning on killing you tomorrow." Aya interrupted. Zoro paused.
"What?" asked Zoro in disbelief.
"Helmeppo was not planning on holding his promise to you. He planned on killing you from the start. Which made Aya and Luffy really angry. Aya even hit him for it." Coby explained as he got a few of the knots undone.
"Yeah, and now the Marines are dead serious on catching the two. Don't worry, I'm not asking you to be a pirate. I just hope you help them. You three are incredibly strong. And you can save each other from a tragic fate." Said Coby. Zoro was silent.
"End of the line!" Shouted a voice. Coby and Aya froze then turned to see a tall, heavyset man with a huge axe for a hand with ten Marines soldiers. "For the crime of treason against me, I sentence the three of you to execution." Said the large man as his men readied their rifles. Coby, Aya, and Zoro froze.
"Luffy, where are you?!" thought Aya.
Luffy entered a room and looked around. The room was pink, like a tornado barfed all over the place. "Yep, this looks like yours." He said. His eyes spotted three katanas resting by the . Two of the swords had black sheathes, another sword stood out from the rest. It had a white sheathe instead.
"Wait, there's three of them. Hey, weirdo, which one's Zoro's?" asked Luffy. Helmeppo was out like a light. "Huh, must've fell asleep." said Luffy. He looked out the window and saw Coby, Aya and Zoro being targeted with rifles by the Marines. Luffy gasped and quickly grabbed the three katanas. He ran over towards the window and opened it. Luffy clutched the window sill and walked back, his arms stretching as he did. "Gum-Gum Rocket!" Shouted Luffy as he launched himself out of the window.
"FIRE!"
The sound of gunshot echoed as they fired. Luffy landed in front of the three. Everyone watched as the bullets made contact with his body.
"LUFFY, NOOO!" shouted Coby.
"STRAW HAT!" shouted Zoro.
Their eyes widen as they saw the bullets pulling back Luffy's skin as it stretched. Grinning, Luffy stretched his body and the bullets rebounded back. "See ya!" yelled Luffy as a bullet nearly missed the Marine captain's head. Luffy threw his head back and laughed. "That won't work on me! I told you I was strong!" laughed Luffy while everyone, except Aya, stared at him with disbelief.
"Nice of you to show up at the last minute," said Aya as she tried to steady her heart beat. She stood up and walked over to Luffy and hit him on the back of the head. "What the hell were you doing?! What took you so long?!" She shouted.
"Ouch! Why'd you hit me?!" shouted Luffy as he hold his head in pain.
"For being a dumbass!" Aya shouted back.
"Who the-who the hell are you?" asked Zoro. Luffy turned to him and winked.
"My name's Monkey D. Luffy. And I'm gonna be King of the Pirates." He said, confidently. The shock fell from Zoro's face, and he rolled his eyes.
"King of the Pirates? Yeah right. Do you have any idea what that means?" He asked.
"King of the Pirates means it sounds like. How can someone not know what it means? Besides, she has the same dream as mine. Aya's going to become Queen." Luffy asked. Coby nodded his head, grinning.
"Yeah! It sounds really nuts and impossible but it really looks like they're serious. They have every intention on becoming the King and Queen of the Pirates. They have their mind set on obtaining the One Piece." said Coby. Zoro raised his eyebrow.
Luffy held out the three swords to Zoro. "Here you go, just like I promised. I didn't know which one was yours so, I brought all of them." said Luffy.
"They're all mine, kid. I am a user of the three-sword style." said Zoro. Luffy shrugged, still holding out the swords.
"Just take them already. Just know that if you fight with me, you'll become a government defying villian. It's either that or you're left here, killed by the Marines, execution style." He said. Zoro smirked.
"What are you? The son of the devil? It doesn't matter. Because if I don't choose your side, I'll end up dead on the sticks. So let's see what you got." He said. Luffy pumped his fist in the air.
"Alright! You're finally joining my crew! This is the best day ever!" He cheered.
"Would you quit fooling around and get these ropes off me?!" Shouted Zoro, annoyed.
The entire time, the Marines stood in shock at what they had just witnessed. Nobody should have been able to survive that. "Straw hat's different from the rest of us. He must have eaten of the those legendary devil fruit we've heard about." said Captain Morgan. The Marines gasped. "Yes. The very fruit that gives the one who consumes it other-worldly powers. The power to breath fire. The power to cause Tsunamis. Little is known about them. And, it seems that straw hat has just shown the power of his devil fruit. Well," Captain Morgan held his axe into the air. "If we cant' shoot them, charge!" He yelled as he and his men charged at the four. Clang! The sound of swords clashing, were heard.
The Marines stood frozen in fear as they saw that Zoro was released from his binds. He was now standing before them with two swords in his hands and one in his mouth. "Make one move and you die." Said Zoro as he glared at the soldiers. The soldiers froze in terror not moving an inch.
"Today I'll officially become a criminal. Having fought the Marines. I'll become a pirate, that I can promise you. But I tell you this now,...being a pirate won't stop me from fulfilling my ambition." said Zoro.
"What's that?" asked Aya.
"To be nothing less than the world's greatest swordsman. If something along the way stops me, then I'm making the two of you take full responsibility. After which you have to apologize to me," He said. Luffy smiled. "The world's greatest swordsman. Sounds pretty cool. The King and Queen of the Pirates would have nothing less." said Luffy. Zoro nodded.
"Big talk coming from you. From this point on, whether I'm a criminal or not, I will let the name Zoro be known throughout the world." He said.
"Kill them at once!" Yelled Captain Morgan. The soldiers charged again.
"Better duck." said Luffy. Zoro quickly ducks down. "Gum-Gum Rocket!" yelled Luffy. He knocked down the soldiers in one sweep. Zoro gasped. "Just what are you? " He asked. Luffy smiled.
"I'm the guy who ate the Gum-Gum fruit!" He said.
Luffy rushed forward towards Captain Morgan. "Bring those Marines right down to their knees!" Shouted Coby. Luffy threw his arm back punched Captain Morgan but hit his axe instead.
" You brat! You have no right to defy my superiority. I am the Marine Captain, S. M Morgan!" Shouted Morgan.
"I'm Luffy. Nice to meet ya," said Luffy.
Captain Morgan swung at him but Luffy jumped out of the way and into the air. The Captain's axe slammed into the ground. Coby's eyes widen in shock as his mouth dropped. While in the air, Luffy slammed his feet into Morgan's face, knocking the captain down. Luffy landed on his feet as Morgan started to get back up. The Marines watched in shock.
"You brat!" Growled Morgan."DIE!"
Luffy rushed towards him and dodged out off the way as the captain swung at him. He kicked him in the face, knocking Morgan down to the ground. The soldiers froze. Luffy grabbed the captains shirt and threw backs his fist. "You're going to pay for crushing Coby's dream!" Shouted Luffy as he punched Morgan.
"Hey! Stop!" Shouted Helmeppo . Luffy ignored him and continued punching Morgan. "Hey, you idiot! I said stop!" Shouted Morgan.
"Oi, Straw hat." Zoro called out. Luffy stopped and turned. Helmeppo had a gun pointed at Aya's head. Coby didn't move a muscle.
"If you care about her life, don't move! I'll shoot if you do anything else!" Yelled Helmeppo. Aya glared at him. Luffy smiled.
"You really shouldn't have done that." Luffy giggled. "She's not afraid to die."
Helmeppo's eyes widen in shock. Suddenly, a hand gripped his wrist tightly and twisted it painfully. Helmeppo cried out in pain as he dropped the gun and it fell to the ground. Aya kneed the man behind his leg knocking him down.
Coby watched in amazement. Zoro stood impressed. Luffy grinned.
"You witch!" Helmeppo shouted in pain clutching his broken wrist. "I'll see you hanged for this!"
"Shut up." Said Aya. She threw back her fist and punched Helmeppo in the face. He fell to the ground, knocked out.
Suddenly, Captain Morgan appeared behind Luffy, raising his axe.
"Luffy! Behind you!" Warned Coby.
Captain Morgan was about to hit Luffy on the head. But, Zoro rushed forward and sliced his swords straight through the captain. Captain Morgan let out a gasp then he fell on his knees to the ground. Zoro landed behind him on his feet, perfectly. The Captain didn't move at all. He was dead. The Marines cheered.
"That weird. They seem pretty happy that he's dead." said Coby. Luffy shrugged and smiled at Zoro.
"Thanks for the help," He said.
"Yeah, thanks." Aya said.
Zoro smirked and nodded. "Just doing my job, captain," He said. Luffy smiled and laughed. Zoro's smirk turned into a smile. Suddenly, his eyes began to close then he fell backwards collapsing on the ground.
"Zoro! Are you ok?" asked Coby, panicking. Zoro opened his eyes and groaned.
"Yeah. I'm just...hungry." He said. Luffy blinked before throwing his head back, laughing.
Everyone went back to Rika's family restaurant. Their were people in their who were chattering very loudly and celebrating. "Man! I can't remember I had a last good meal like that. I was ready to eat my own bootstrap if I didn't get anything to eat." said Zoro in a joking tone. His bandanna was now tied around his shoulder, revealing short sea-green hair. Coby, Rika and Rika's mother were laughing while Luffy was wolfing and gobbling down the food.
"You finished already? There's a shock." said Rika's mother.
"How could you have a bigger appetite than a guy who hasn't eaten in three weeks?" asked Zoro. Luffy shrugged.
"My brother's always been like that, it's like his secret power or something." said Aya in a joking tone.
"I'm just enjoying the food. Right, Coby?" Luffy said. Coby laughed.
"Yeah, thanks for fixing this up for us by the way," said Coby. Rika's mother smiled.
"My pleasure. After all you did save the town." She said.
"You two are the coolest people I've ever met." Said Rika to Luffy and Aya. Luffy grinned.
"Heck yeah we are! And we'll be even cooler when we're King and Queen of the Pirates and get the One Piece. Oh yeah, when we get the strongest crew in the seas." He said.
"So, how many other crew members do you have besides me and her?" Zoro asked.
Luffy took a sip from his orange juice. "Just you." He said. Zoro's smile fell. He pointed to himself.
"Me? You know, that doesn't amount to a good enough crew." He said. Luffy shrugged.
"So? We're pretty strong." He said.
"Well, do you at least have a boat?" asked Zoro. Luffy pointed out the window to a small boat that was tied and docked to a post. Zoro fell off of his seat.
"How did I get myself suckered into this?" He asked himself. "You two have got to be the worst pirates ever in history."
"Hey, watch it." growled Aya.
"Come on. It'll be loads of fun." said Luffy smiling. Zoro rolled his eyes.
"Say Luffy? Where are you guys planning on going after you leave here?" asked Rika. Luffy grinned.
"The Grand Line, of course." He said. Coby coughed as he nearly choked on his juice.
"No way! That's too dangerous!" He shouted. Luffy tilted his head.
"Why?" He asked.
Coby looked down. "As you probably know, that place is so dangerous, that only one man was able to pass it. And that was the King of the Pirates himself. Gol D. Roger. It is said that the Pirate King had placed his most valuable treasure, the One Piece, at this location. Many countless men had tried to obtain this treasure, but...it lead them all to the same terrible fate. There's a reason why that place is called a Pirate's Graveyard. No one had ever made it out there alive." said Coby as he began to tremble. Luffy leaned back in his chair.
"Eh, I'm not afraid. We're still going there anyway." He said.
"I guess we have to live with it." said Aya. Coby stood up from his chair.
"No! You can't!" He yelled. Zoro raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you care? You're not planning on coming with us, are you?" He asked.
Coby shook his head. "No. But, I still find Luffy and Aya as great friends. Even though we haven't known each other for long. Right, guys?" asked Coby. Luffy grinned. Aya smiled.
"Of course. Even though we have to part ways, we'll always be friends." He said. Coby smiled sadly.
"When I was just a little kid, I never had any friends. None that would fight on my behalf either. So I always tried my hardest to never fight for anything. But the three of you have taught me a lesson I could never learn on my own. You taught me how to fight for what I believe in. So I decided to make my dream a reality. I'm gonna join the Marines." He said, confidently.
"Good for you," said Aya. "I'm glad your sticking up for yourself. You follow your dream." Coby blushed.
Suddenly, the doors of the restaurant opened and some Marines walked in. Everyone froze in silence.
"Hey, you." said one of the men, walking over. "We heard that you are pirates, correct?" asked the man. Luffy nodded.
"Uh, no." said Aya. "We're not pirates."
"Yep. You heard right." said Luffy.
"Luffy!" Aya gritted her teeth with anger. The soldier fixed his cap.
"As we are grateful that you saved our town from that tyrant, we can not allow to go freely. There for, your crew must leave town, immediately. We will not arrest you." He said. Aya stared at the Marine soldier in shock.
"Come on! They saved our town! You're really going to kick them out!?" The townspeople argued. The Marines were silent as they had their heads down, while the people continued and began to throw insults at them.
Luffy shrugged and got up.
"Guess it's time to go. Thanks for the food." He said, bowing his head to Rika's mother.
"Yeah, thank you." said Aya.
"Hey, wait a second. You're leaving already?" asked Rika. Luffy nodded.
"Yeah." He said, lifting a bag of food the Rika's mother had prepared for the journey. He flinged it over his shoulder and started to walk out of the restaurant, with Aya following. Zoro followed after them with his katanas.
"And what about this guy? He with you too?" asked the Marine, pointing to Coby. Luffy stopped. He smirked.
"What I can tell you is what he's been doing up to this point," He said. Coby's eyes widen.
"Luffy...you wouldn't!" He thought.
"Yep. He used to be some fat lady's cabin boy for two years. He's such a dork and a complete loser. He's the weakest person I've ever-"
"Damn you!" yelled Coby as he punched Luffy. Everyone gasped while Zoro smirked. Luffy smirked and threw his fist back and began to punch Coby repeatedly. Zoro grabbed Luffy by his vest, stopping him. Coby collapsed on the floor.
"That's enough, Luffy. Just let him fall. Let's go." He said. Luffy smirked again and nodded, following after Zoro and Aya.
"Luffy...that was on purpose. He did it so it wouldn't look like I was a pirate. It's not fair! Again and again, I have always relied on Luffy for help! Well no more!" Thought Coby as he stood up. "Sir! I'd like to be a Marine! I'll do whatever you want me to do! Just allow me to join!" yelled Coby. The Marine soldier gave him a questionable look.
"You don't know how many of my men have died in the hands of pirates. However,...permission to join, granted." He said.
"Sir!" Coby yelled.
"That was some act you pulled back there. I wouldn't be surprised if they saw right through it, though." said Zoro as he, Luffy and Aya made their way to the docks.
"But, did you have to be so hard on him?" Aya laughed.
"Coby, could handle the rest himself. I have faith in him." Luffy said. Zoro shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, it's a real fitting way to leave this town with everyone hating us. Very pirate-like." He said. He, Luffy, and Aya climbed into the boat. Luffy giggled.
"Yeah." He said as he began to untie the boat.
"Luffy! Aya!" The two twins turned to see Coby, Rika, and her mother. Coby saluted. "Thank you! You have done more for me than anyone else in this world has." He said. Zoro smirked.
"That's new. I've never heard of a Marine thanking a pirate before. That's one for the history books." He said. Luffy grinned and the three started to sail off. From the boat, Luffy waved.
"Bye! Hope to see you all soon!" He called.
"Bye, Luffy," said Coby. Rika waved back as well.
"Bye, Big bro Luffy! Bye, Big sis Aya! Bye, Big brother, Zoro!" She shouted.
"SAALLLL-LLLUUTEEE!"
Coby turned to see the entire Marines from the base saluting to the pirates. "See ya!" called Luffy. The ship began to sail further and further away.
"You have good friends." said the Marine leader. Coby felt his eyes burn as tears began to appear. But, he wiped them away. No more. He was not going to be a wimp anymore! Coby smiled. "Yes. They are. And I know that somewhere, someday, somehow, we'll meet each other again. I can feel it."
Luffy smiled as the sun began to set. "Alright. The adventure's finally coming to a beginning." He said. Zoro nodded.
"Yeah, and we'll probably face more of them pretty soon." He said. Luffy giggled, agreeing.
"Got that right." He said. Then Zoro frowned as a thought came to his mind.
"Say is there any reason why you two want to be King and Queen of the Pirates?" He asked. Luffy turned to him. Zoro saw the seriousness in his eyes.
Luffy and Aya looked at each other then back towards Zoro. "We made a promise to someone a long time ago. That we would gather a crew and become King and Queen of the Pirates. And I, for one, always make sure to keep my promises." said Luffy. Zoro smiled softly. Luffy turned back to the sunset.
"Me too." Added Aya. "I want to leave my mark on the world before I die."
Zoro gave her a confused look. Then he saw Aya softly make a sad smile behind Luffy's back while her brother wasn't looking. He frowned in confusion wondering what she had meant by that.
"Ok. It's time to start the real fun. Let's head our course. To the Grand line!" Shouted Luffy as he stared over the horizon with excitement.
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Promises
LawLu fic for @humblingbumble‘s ask based on this sentence:
58: “I’d die for you. Of course, I’d haunt you in the afterlife but really, it’s the thought that counts.”
On AO3
“Say, Torao…”
Law let out a groan. What did Luffy-ya want this time?
“Toraooo…”
The Heart Pirate shook his head. There was no way he could ignore the other Captain, was there? He’d known this from the very start, and yet here he was, still trying to ignore him.
Well, sometimes, that was actually fun. Driving the “Future Pirate King” mad. Somehow, getting his attention was very important for Luffy.
His face appeared just in front of him, hidding the book he was holding in his hands from his sight. Of course, he was pouting now.
“Don’t ignore me like this,” he said like a spoiled kid would.
Law stared at him. There was still a possibility to use his ability, and read that book elsewhere. Wouldn’t be the first time it happened. Wouldn’t be the last.
“Huhu, no,” Luffy said as he kept staring at him.
And before he knew it, Luffy’s hands and feet were all around his body, making sure he wouldn’t try to escape or something like this.
“So that’s it, hu” Law sighed, smiling despite himself.
He heard Luffy’s light laugh on his shoulder, and his smile widened.
“What do you want, Luffy-ya?”
His laugh stopped, and he remained silent on his back for a few seconds. His arms and legs went back to normal, and Law relaxed a bit. Dating a rubber man was alright, but he still wasn’t at ease with that kind of excessive touch. Anyone could understand that.
“We’re gonna separate again soon,” he heard, “and we don’t know when we’ll see each other again.”
Law couldn’t help but smirk.
“What, are you gonna miss me?”
Luffy frowned. “What do you think? Of course.”
The former Shichibukai opened his mouth for a second but finally closed it. Damnit, he did know his boyfriend was straightforward, yet again that would always shock him. After all, he hadn’t really had a great experience of trust and honesty as a child.
“Just promise me you won’t let yourself get hurt or anything.”
Oh.
That’s what it was all about.
He knew Luffy knew how little Law valued his life back in Dressrosa, and even though he assured him he was fine now, that it was over, Luffy would always come back as if he needed to check on him to be sure.
Maybe he wasn’t wrong, maybe that was the thing to do. Maybe that helped Law remember he was important. That someone cared. Not that he needed anyone to care, he had his own crew, and he also cared about them. But that was a sort of reminder.
Don’t die.
Why?
I care about you.
Why?
‘Cause I love you, Torao!
Hah.
I love you, too.
“Promise me.”
“We already talked about this hundreds of time, Mugiwara-ya…”
“No. We didn’t.”
Law frowned, but realized- he was right. They never said it outloud.
He sighed.
“I’m not gonna let anything happen to me, Luffy-ya. I know what I’m doing.”
“Ace knew what he was doing too.”
That statement took him aback and he found nothing good to reply. He couldn’t.
“I can’t promise not to die. No one can do that. If they did, that’d be uncounscious.”
“So?”
“So we’re gonna make a deal.”
“A deal?”
“Yeah.”
“Is there…”
Law’s head slightly leaned on the side. Luffy seemed a bit anxious suddenly. What about…?
“… food involved?”
“Hu,” he let out, somewhat relieved. “No. No food involved.”
“Good,” the Straw Hats Captain sighed as if that was the question of the century.
“We’re still enemies, remember?”
“We’re nakamas,” Luffy replied.
That was Law’s time to sigh.
“We’re only temporary allies, Luffy-ya.”
Luffy shook his head.
“Nakamas.”
Obviously. There was a sort of contradiction in this. They weren’t nakamas, they weren’t friends, they were just allies, they were rivals, enemies, and they were dating.
“No one will die until one of us reaches his goal, alright?”
“What do you mean?”
“There can only be one Pirate King.”
“That’d be me!”
Law smiled.
“That’s what I thought.”
The other Captain chuckled, hugging him softly. Law raised his hand to touch Luffy’s arm and relaxed.
* * *
Later on, the crew finally reunited to eat in Sanji’s kitchen, and the subject had somehow ended up on family and friends relationships. Everyone shared a bit of their experiences with someone they loved; Usopp couldn’t stop talking about Kaya and their stories together, Chopper narrated a few moments he had with Dr. Hiluluk he regarded as a father figure… even Robin shared a bit of her history. How everything began, how it kept going, how – if it did – it ended. Luffy’s stories were pretty much about everyone, starting with Ace and Sabo – no surprise there. When it came to Law’s turn, Luffy just repeated what he’d say all day to anyone who wanted to hear him.
“Torao looked so cool! When we fought the marines, he just cut the Marines like that, and they’d still be alive! How cool was this? And then, you saved me back in Marineford, took care of me, kept my hat safe. When we met again in Punk Hazard, I was overjoyed! When you offered the alliance, it seemed like my heart was imploding.”
Chopper leaned on. “So that’s when you knew it?”
His Captain blinked. “Nah. I don’t know when. I just love Torao.”
Usopp shrugged. Of course, everything had to be both so simple and complicated with Luffy…
Nami looked at Law and couldn’t help her curiosity – she asked:
“What about you? How did you know how you felt about Luffy?”
Law stared at his plate. He didn’t talk much, and his boyfriend kept rambling about anything and everything for so long, obviously he couldn’t escape his moment.
The Heart Pirate turned to his ally and stared at him with a very serious expression.
“When I thought that I was ready to put my life in line for you. That I’d die for you. Of course, I’d haunt you in the afterlife but really, it’s the thought that counts,” Law stated, twitching a smile, clearly amused by the look on Luffy’s face as he heard those words.
“Torao! You promised!”
Law’s smile turned into a not-so-innocent smirk. “Promised?”
“No one will die until one of us reaches his goal!”
“Yohoho?” Brook hummered. “Could it be your goal to die for Luffy?”
Law opened his mouth but no sound came out. He realized he was taken aback by what the first mate’s words meant, and how things turned.
“He did say he’d die along with you though,” Robin puffed.
“Wha-”
“He can’t,” Luffy pouted. “He won’t do that. He knows that losing one of my nakamas would be worst than death to me. I’d never allow that.”
At this sentence, everyone just peered at Luffy, astonished.
Of course, they all knew their Captain was devoted to them as much as they were to him. But never once they discussed this. It was normal, they were all ready to die for one another. But- hearing this.
That was still- huge.
Zoro laughed, and the short but brutal silence that had invaded the room broke in a second. “That means you’re also breaking that promise and are ready to die for him, Luffy.”
“What? No! I-”
“What if- what if you just all stopped talking about death and sacrifice and just enjoy your life at the moment?” Franky offered.
“Yeah, that’s- that’s sad!” Chopper cried.
“That’s just how they say 'I love you’ to each other , can’t be cured I’m afraid,” Sanji said.
“It’s not-” Law started.
While everyone seemed pretty busy thinking about this, Luffy’s attention didn’t last much longer and…
“Oi Luffy what d'you think you’re doing?!” Usopp’s voice screamed, changing subject all of a sudden. “That’s my meat!”
“Shishishi, too late!”
“What the fuck! Give it back!”
That was supposed to be a damn joke. He was teasing him- but of course, he never usually joked. So obviously no one got it. Well, maybe joking about death wasn’t such a good idea to start with.
Or maybe, deep down, he knew.
He knew he wasn’t joking.
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Hey I saw a writing prompt thingy and you're not gonna reblog this without me asking for something sorry. So number 10 pls? With ZoSan? :D
10. If I could, I’d do it over again
Making me do work u.u xD
Pairing: Zosan
rating: G
Sanji sat in the chair of the infirmary, unlit cigarette between his teeth.
Chopper would catch a fit if he caught him smoking, in the infirmary no less with an injured patient. And as much as he needed a cigarette, Sanji didn’t want to leave. He didn’t want to get up and have something happen to Zoro, so he sat in place.
Stupid marimo. Who the hell did he think he was, taking a hit that was intended for Sanji himself? Did he think Sanji was some kind of weak damsel in distress? Sanji would show him. He was going to kick the green haired algae’s teeth in…
When he woke up, at least.
Sanji bit down on the cigarette, once again resisting the urge to light it up. This idiot…who the hell did he think he was getting hurt, making his nakama worry? It should be Sanji laying there, not the stupid marimo.
Taking a deep breath, Sanji cut the thoughts right there. Because Sanji knew if he had seen the Marine aim at Zoro, he would have jumped in front of the Marimo too, no hesitation.
They were nakama after all, they had to protect each other.
Sanji let his eye wander over Zoro’s chest. The tanned skin that usually was a sight to see, even with the scar going from hip bone to collar bone, was completely wrapped in bandages. Chopper had managed to stop the bleeding, and the once red shirt and haramaki were removed, leaving Zoro with just his pants and the bandages.
Zoro was breathing steadily, quietly, a contrast to his usual loud and annoying snores.
It worried Sanji.
How long has it been since he’s been out? A few hours? Sanji wasn’t sure. He had prepared simple meals while Chopper was bandaging Zoro, enough that would last until tomorrow, when Zoro would hopefully be awake.
Robin had insisted that Sanji rest, saying that she was more than capable of handling dinner time. Sanji felt bad, making his precious Robin-chwan do his job for him, but his hands wouldn’t stop shaking, and he was cooking in an attempt to keep his worry off Zoro.
After Robin all but pushed him out of the kitchen, Sanji took a much needed bath and changed into fresh clothes. He had water and a few sandwiches with him incase Zoro woke up, but so far nothing.
Chopper had left a while ago, taking a sandwich as payment for a job well done and leaving to freshen up himself and recount his medical supplies.
Now, he just had to wait.
As he waited, Sanji found himself replaying the scene over and over again. What should have been a simple Navy encounter turned for the worst. It happened so fast. One minute he and Zoro were back to back, kicking and slicing Marines. Next thing he knew, Zoro had cried out to him and pushed him down.
There was so much blood.
Zoro normally bled a lot, but this was always during fights with tougher opponents. This was just a common Marine, who managed to get a few lucky shots on their first mate.
Even then, with the tougher opponents, Zoro was always on top. Ever since they spent the two years training, Zoro didn’t go down easily. He had gotten much stronger. If Sanji had just been paying attention…
The cook’s attention was brought back to reality when Zoro let out a quiet grunt. Sanji stood from his spot, eyes wide as Zoro blinked his own awake.
“S-shit cook?”
Yep, he was fine.
Sanji pulled the cigarette out of his lips, pocketing it and giving Zoro his full heated glare. “You fucking shit head. You stupid Marimo! How dare you go and get yourself hurt for my sake!”
Zoro scoffed, and Sanji didn’t miss the wince that Zoro tried to hide. Instead, the Marimo made a move to sit up, only for Sanji to push him back down, none too gently, onto the bed. The resulting hiss Zoro made felt good. It was all his fault anyway, taking a bullet for Sanji like that.
Zoro grumbled about Sanji’s “bad attitude to the one who saved his life” but complied, one eye glaring at the wall as if it would help him heal faster. Sanji brought the cup of water to Zoro’s face.
“Drink.”
With a little help from Sanji, Zoro quietly complied again, his pout now dimmed to annoyance.
Sanji knew he should call Chopper, just to double check Zoro was ok, but he wanted to be selfish just a little more. He and Zoro didn’t really get much time to themselves, after all. Besides the obvious signs of discomfort and annoyance, Zoro looked fine. None of his bandages were bleeding and he could obviously move, even if Sanji wasn’t letting him. Chopper certainly was a fine doctor.
Zoro’s eye moved so he was side-eying Sanji. Sanji quietly seethed, knowing exactly what Zoro was about to ask.
“Are you alright-”
“Of course I’m ok, asshole! A certain stupid Marimo took the hit I was supposed to get. Now he gets to be the one stuck in bed with Chopper fussing over him! And no booze!”
Zoro growled, moving to sit up. Sanji didn’t stop him this time. “Of course you would be angry at the one who possibly saved your life! Shit cook!”
“Saved my life?! More like unnecessarily got himself hurt! I would have been fine! Marimo head!”
“What’s your problem, curly? Can’t stand being in debt to me? It’s not like I’d hold it over you, Pirate A.”
Sanji growled, leg twitching with the need to kick the green haired idiot’s face in. “Because I should be the one in that bed! Not you! I’m not some kind of damsel in distress! Protecting the crew means protecting you too!”
Zoro was quiet, a rare look of contemplation on his face. Sanji knew that even if Zoro was simple minded at times, and had the worst sense of direction, he was anything but stupid.
Finally, Zoro spoke again, much calmer this time. “I can’t say I’m sorry, Sanji. You’re apart of the crew. I trust you and I trust your strength, but if I could, I would do it over again. And if I had to take the bullet for you again, I would.”
And…how could Sanji yell at him for that? With a defeated sigh, Sanji slumped into his chair. “I know you would. But don’t think for a second I would ever let you. If you get hurt again for my sake, I really will kick your ass, Zoro.”
Zoro smirked, eye filling with mirth and fondness. And Sanji couldn’t help but breathe just a little bit easier with that look. “Then don’t get hurt again, shit cook.”
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Stillwater - Chapter 10
Stillwater [Archive of Our Own, FanFiction.Net, Mibba]
Characters: Original Female Character, Monkey D. Luffy, Rorona Zoro, Vinsmoke Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Tony Tony Chopper, Nefeltari Vivi
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"We build as only children know to build
We made a way where there's a will
No slowing down or standing still
Innocent and reckless
"How did we get so old and never notice
How did we gain the world and lose the moment
Rise and fall, the tide surrounds us
And drowns us all"
-Hands Like Houses
***
“Get back here!” I yelled at Luffy, running out onto the deck after him, his coat in my hand. “I don’t care if you don’t like it! Put your damn coat on, and real shoes!” I barked. I knew it was ridiculous. One, to be yelling at my captain, and two, because he wasn’t going to listen. I couldn’t help it. It was a habit, one deeply ingrained into my personality by years of chasing children around with nearly every article of clothing imaginable.
We were definitely near a winter island. The slight chill from previous night had turned into a deep freeze by morning. Snow was steadily falling from the sky, the thick heavy stuff perfect for packing.
Vivi and I had taken turns keeps watch over Nami, checking her temperature, placing cool compresses on her head. Seeing as I could lift her with ease, I had carried out navigator out on the deck a few times, using the natural cold to help cool her down. Vivi was down in our room now, so I had headed up to check on everyone else. Zorro had taken Sanji’s place up in the crow’s nest, while Sanji had gone to rest up for a bit. I had taken care of breakfast and lunch. Usopp and Luffy kept each other entertained. While they were inside, I had sat there and sewed one of the spare blankets into a makeshift cloak for myself. It was nice to sew something other than flesh for a change. Luffy ignored me heading straight to the bow of the ship.
I rolled my eyes and followed him, slinging my makeshift cloak over my shoulders.
“Hey,” Zoro called from the crow’s nest.
I looked up and realized that he too was without his jacket. I rolled my eyes. ‘Bunch of idiots,’ I thought. ‘At least he has a coat.’ “It’s all fun and games until people start losing toes,” I muttered.
“Hey, Zoro, do you see any doctors yet?” Luffy asked.
“Luffy, you can’t be serious.”
“Guys? You think… people… can stand on top of the ocean?”
I furrowed my brows. I could think of a few, and if was any of them, we were in for some shit. In one of the scenarios I had conjured up in my head, it was a devil fruit user, which likely meant a fight, and a fight against someone, who could avoid water, put us at a disadvantage. Even worse was the scenario in which they hadn’t eaten a devil fruit, like my father and that certainly meant a fight. The last scenario was that Zoro was losing it. He had been up there for a while and it was cold. It was likely that it was getting to him, especially since he didn’t have a damn coat.
“What? Do I think it’s possible?” Luffy asked.
“What kind of question is that? It’s impossible of course.”
“It’s possible,” I corrected Usopp. “But not likely. What do you see?”
“That,” Zoro pointed ahead of us.
We followed his finger out over the ocean, where sure enough there was a man standing. He was wrapped up in pastel colored furs, a bow and quiver of arrows on his back.
“Hello. Sure is chilly today,” he greeted.
The others all pulled faces, confused and somewhat shocked. You’d think that would’ve worn off some after the giants, but apparently not.
“Yeah. It is,” I responded, easily. He seemed nice enough. I was on my guard still, but I’d rather exchange pleasantries and move on that pick a fight.
“Definitely,” Usopp agreed. “In fact, I would say it’s freezing.”
“Really?” the guy on the water said.
His response seemed to startle Luffy and Usopp and Zoro. This guy was there, standing on the water, holding a conversation with us.
I didn’t think he was like me. I couldn’t sense anything from him. At the same time, I still hadn’t started training that sense again. Kitetsu III could almost knock me on my ass, I was sure that anything stronger than that most definitely would.
I didn’t have time to dwell on that, needing to quickly take hold of the railing in to keep from tumbling down the deck, as the Merry was thrown back from the waves produced by a large medal dome bursting out of the ocean.
“What is that thing? A watermelon?” Luffy asked.
“The metal walls of the dome retracted, revealing a deck and sails. I had never ever seen a ship like this one before.
“Oh crap! It’s a pirate ship!” Usopp yelled.
“It’s huge!”
I narrowed my eyes at it. The deck was lined with men.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! Don’t tell me that our underwater raid-ship the Tin Tyrant surprised you?!”
It was practically instantaneous. We were all surrounded on all side by men in the same get up as those on the other ship, each of them with guns pointed at us.
I knew that friendly chit chat wasn’t going to get us through this without a fight deep inside, but I couldn’t help, but feel a bit disappointed.
Sanji came bursting outside, stopping, when he realized he was surrounded, and pulling out a cigarette and his matches. “So what’s going on?” he asked.
“Well, we’re under attack, and it’s still snowing,” Luffy answered.
“Well yeah. The guns pointed in my face kind of gave that away. What next?”
“You guys consider yourself a band of pirates? How amusing. I only count four of you,” said a man draped in a hippopotamus themed fur, eating meat off is his sword.
‘Disgusting,’ I thought. He was standing there, chewing with his mouth open like some kind of animal or Luffy. He finished his meat and then in a move that surprised all of us, chomped down on his sword.
“Sort of strange that your group would have so few members,” he commented.
“Kay that’s just weird. What kind of guy likes to eat knives?” Luffy asked.
“My gums are bleeding just watching!”
“Alright. I’ll keep this simple. See my men and I here wish to travel to Drum Kingdom. You wouldn’t happen to have an eternal pose or a log pose would ya?”
“Nope. Can’t help. Sorry, but I’ve never heard of this Drum Kingdom.”
“Now that we have that all settled, can you guys just leave already? We’re in a hurry. We don’t have time to deal with all this.”
“You’ll never enjoy life if you’re always in a rush, but if you have neither pose, what can be done? I guess I’ll have to settle for your treasure and this ship. But first thing’s first. I’m feeling a bit hungry.”
The man bit down on part of the Merry, biting the wood, tearing a section off and chewing it.
“He’s a ship eating monster!” Usopp yelled.
“Hey! Our ship isn’t your lunch!” Luffy yelled.
“He’s a devil fruit eater,” I corrected. ‘Scenario number one.’
“Be quiet. Wapol doesn’t like to be disturbed when he’s eating,” one of the guys with guns said.
Luffy smack two of them over the head. “Shut up!”
“We’re under attack. Shoot him!” they commanded, firing at Luffy.
I smirked. Might as well make the best of the situation. This was a good chance to blow off some steam, release some of the tension that Nami’s illness had created. “You should be happy we’re in a rush. We’re going to make this quick.”
One of the men fired at me. I dodged the bullet, charging at him, knocking the weapon out of his hand and swinging him by his arm into another of the men, tossing them both overboard. The goons were entirely too easy to take care of. They couldn’t shoot worth a damn, their hand to hand was terrible, and their swordsman ship was amateur at best. I didn’t even have to throw a hit. Their attacks were all sloppy that all I had to do was dodge and redirect and they took out each other.
Sanji and Zoro were making quick work of them as well, Sanji seemed to be having a little bit of fun. Zoro was just bored.
Wapol seemed too focused on eating the Merry to notice his men’s distress, or the livid Luffy raging towards him.
“Hey, Wapol, we need help,” one of them called.
“YOU STILL EATING?! HEY YOU!”
Wapol finally turned around.
“You fool! You’re no match for Wapol!” one of his men yelled at Luffy.
“Now you’re going to be eaten by the power of the munch munch fruit.”
Shut up,” I barked, spinning around and kicking one of them. I grabbed another, twisting his wrist, and wedged my foot under his chin, before falling back on the deck, the impact causing his neck to snap.
Wapol bit down on Luffy, but it was too late. He didn’t stand a chance. Luffy had already thrown his arms back, stretching them far out over the ocean.
Zoro pulled me to my feet, while Sanji greeted, Vivi, who had run out onto the deck, probably alarmed by the sound of a fight.
���I normally prefer someone less chewy,” Wapol griped.
“I SAID LEAVE!” Luffy yelled, muffled by Wapol’s mouth.
Luffy hit him with a gum gum bazooka, sending the jackass flying.
I grinned, watching as the enemy crew freaked out, realizing not only that we were way more powerful than they thought, but that their beloved Wapol was probably going to drown unless he got lucky and landed on another ship or an island.
They rushed back to their own ship, screaming at us about blood and vengeance and blah blah blah.
“Wow. Crazy. Those guys were really upset. What were they calling that old garbage can? Wapol?” Usopp asked.
“Who cares about what his name was. Forget about it. The guy was obviously a moron. Best to just forget about him.”
“I know him,” Vivi said quietly. “But from where?”
I shook my head. “Look at this mess, and I just cleaned the deck in Little Garden too.”
Everything returned to business as usual after that. I took over Nami watch until I had to take a nap, so that I could stay awake for my watch that night. When I woke up, Luffy and Zoro were apparently on Nami watch, Luffy sitting in the chair, while Zoro sat on the floor, leaning back against the bed.
I smiled at the sight. Zoro was nodding off, and Luffy was trying everything he could think of to wake Nami up.
“No change?” I asked.
“No,” Luffy said, sadly.
I got up and walked over checking her temperature and replacing the compress on her head. “Still feverish,” I said, frowning. “She needs food and water, but I can’t get that into her right now, and there’s no guarantee that she’ll be able to keep it down.”
“I was thinking about that too,” Vivi said, entering the room. “Sanji made some broth in case she wakes up. He sent me down to tell you guys that dinner’s ready.”
I nodded, stretching. “I’ll be up in a minute,” I said.
I went to the bathroom and cleaned up a bit, before grabbing my makeshift cloak and going upstairs. I tossed it on the bench and took my seat at the table. Dinner was its usual affair, though much quieter without Nami yelling at Luffy. None of us were fit to navigate through the night, so we were going to anchor and sail in the morning.
I did the dishes and checked on Nami one last time, before grabbing my cloak and blanket and starting for the deck. I made a stop at the boys’ room, where Zoro was laying in his hammock, having a post dinner snooze.
“Zoro?”
“Yeah?” he responded, cracking an eye open to look at me.
“Mind if I borrow, Kitetsu for a while?”
He furrowed his brows in confusion. “Why do you want Kitetsu?”
“Cause, the curse on that blade nearly knocked me on my ass. I think we need a moment to bond, work out some sort of agreement, so that doesn’t happen.”
“I’ve been wondering why it affects you so much more than me,” he said, lifting the sword from, where it was resting against the wall. He ran his hand along the length of its scabbard, before, unsheathing the blade.
“I’m curious how you noticed it,” I returned. “Kitetsu has a pretty heavy curse on it, but most people can’t feel it. They feel afraid, but that’s only because of the stories that come with it. You have to have strong spiritual capabilities, but you don’t seem like the type hone those.”
“Meditation.” He said nothing else, but he didn’t have to. Meditation was a great way to focus, to calm yourself and build you mental fortitude. It was necessary for a swordsman, especially one of Zoro’s caliber.
I nodded. “You used meditation to build up your mental dexterity and found some semblance of spirituality. I found spirituality and then strengthened myself mentally. That is why the curse affects me so much more than you. You think about it and then feel it. I feel it and then think about it.”
Zoro sheathed Kitetsu, and tossed the scabbard towards me. I caught it easily, feeling put off by the object in my hand.
“I’ll bring it back safe and sound.”
“I’m more concerned about you than Kitetsu,” Zoro teased.
“Look at you, finally getting a rib in. It only took you how long now?”
“Yeah yeah,” he grumbled. “Just go take your watch already.”
I left the boys room and headed back up to the helm and out onto the deck.
“Wait,” Sanji stopped me, before I went outside. I turned to look at him. I hadn’t seen much of Sanji outside of the fight and dinner, having spent most of my time staying with Nami. He had seemed quieter than usual, which I attributed to his concern for Nami at first, but then I realized that he wasn’t distracted like I had initially thought. He was focused… on me. He was studying me, discretely looking for something.
Despite the tightness in my chest, I remained composed. This time I was better prepared. I wasn’t immediately put on the spot like I had been the other times. I didn’t need to come up with a quick lie. I had promised I wouldn’t.
“Yes?”
“Here.” He held his jacket open for me to slide into. Even with the suspicions, I was sure were swirling in his mind right now, he was still a perfect gentleman.
“And what are-“
“I’ll be fine,” he said. “I’m gonna stay inside anyways.”
I nodded.
“I’ll bring you a snack and a beverage later during your watch. Any requests, my dearest Mira?”
“Actually, if you could bring me up a cup of tea later, that would be much appreciated,” I said, sweetly. I lowered my voice as to not attract the attention on Usopp and Luffy, who were looking at some gizmo that the former had made. “We’ll talk later. Remember to grab someone else’s coat.”
“Of course,” he said, as I zipped up the jacket.
I stepped on to the deck and deeply inhaled the chilly air. I liked the cold. There was something about it that felt fresh, sort of like the air after a rainy day, but without the petrichor. It helped me relax. I looked at the dark sea, the moon was obscured by the clouds. I shook my head and went up to the crow’s nest. I sat down and rested my head back against the wood, staring up at the sky. “Fuck.”
Rather than worry about Sanji, I decided to focus my attention on something else. I glanced at the sword and decided that I might as well get as much use out of Kitetsu, while I still could. I didn’t unsheathe the blade. I wasn’t out to feed its desperate need for blood.
I still kept my eyes peeled for any threats, but I also focused on the aura that Kitetsu gave off. I resisted the urge to pull back to close myself off so that I could avoid the horrible feelings that blade was exuding. I had to get past that. I couldn’t let it overwhelm me. It was going to take some time. I had to open my mind little by little increasing the exposure slowly, so that the sword didn’t overwhelm me. As I got used to it, it would be easier and easier to do.
By the time Sanji came up, I had decided I was done with Kitetsu for the day. I was simply gazing out over the ocean, self-evaluating my progress for the day.
Sanji entered the crow’s nest, eyes immediately going to the blade perched beside me.
“That thing’s evil,” I said, nodding towards it.
Sanji scoffed. “Look, who wields it.”
My lips pulled up into a small smile.
Maybe I’d get lucky, and this would go well. I wasn’t counting on it, but considering how well everything had gone with Luffy, I allowed myself to be a little optimistic.
“Black tea, and traditional tea cakes,” he said, sitting next to me and pulling out a thermos and a small container. He poured the tea into cup/lid of the thermos, and held the box for me to take a tea cake.
I dunked the tea cake into the tea and popped it into my mouth. I let out a content hum. Sanji was extraordinary.
“Amazing,” I said.
“Why thank you, Mira.”
Sanji lit a cigarette and took a long drag, staring up at the sky. He didn’t say anything. Neither did I. I was gonna let him break the silence.
“I over heard your conversation with Luffy,” he admitted after about five minutes.
I nodded. “I assumed you figured out something.”
“Well at first, I noticed the chimney, so I waited a few minutes and then came down. Figured I’d warm up and keep, whoever company for a bit.”
“What was the first thing you heard?”
“Luffy telling you that you’re a good person.”
So almost the whole damn thing. I sighed. “So… What’s the verdict? Crazy? Evil? Unnatural? All of the above? None of the above?”
“I have some questions.”
“Okay. I might have answers.”
“You were being 100% serious?”
“One-hundred percent.”
“Your father is really the sea devil?”
“Yep.”
“How is that even possible?”
“My father isn’t some massive horned fish beast or anything like you’re probably imagining. He looks the same as any human. As much as I hate to give him any type of compliment, he’s a handsome man, and according to Cal, he’s a charmer.”
“Cal?”
“She’s one of the people that raised me.”
“Why did you join the crew?” The tone of his voice gave away the fact that this was the question really on his mind.
“Because my island came under siege years ago, and I thought it was hopeless, but I was lucky. We had a visitor on the island then. He saved us all. Luffy reminds me of him. He’s got something special.”
Sanji nodded, seeming to accept that.
“Any more questions?”
“Nope.”
“Not gonna tear into me for lying and all that?”
“Mira, my dearest, I would never treat a lady with such hostility. It’s unbecoming of a gentleman. I won’t lie and say that I understand what’s going on, but it doesn’t really matter. We all have our secrets, and our reasons for keeping them.”
There was something in his voice and his eyes. He was miles away from the crow’s nest.
“Plus, Luffy’s already decided your staying, it’s not like anyone can changed his mind.”
“Yeah, you’re right about that.”
“Not that I would want to, my angel! Your gorgeous face and sparkling personality are some of the highlights of my day!”
Heart eyes.
I laughed, his declaration, causing a huge weight to lift.
“Thank you, Sanji,” I said, carefully hugging to chef as to not spill the tea I was still drinking.
He let out a weird high-pitched noise somewhere between a yell and a whine. “You’re welcome, my beautiful princess!”
I let Sanji go. “Sanji?”
“Yes?”
“What’s the best combination of bread and wine to serve with lobster.”
Sanji came back down almost immediately. “Well it depends on how the lobster is cooked. If I…”
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Notes: Hey hey hey, so I'm dropping you a little something something the weekend before what is basically my finals week, cause fuck my responsibilities. I'm not real happy with how this turned out, but it is what it is. I'm fucking with the timing here a bit, extending the amount of time between the actual Kestia bite and when they get to Drum Island. I'm just adding a few more days, so that we can get some of these moments in. Also don't worry. Not everyone is just going to be okay with Mira's secret. There will be some conflict.Only semi related. I wanted to get the first chapter of my Shanks fic up, so that I could link you guys to it, but it's ending up longer than I had anticipated and it's one of those, that I'm constantly rewriting as I add more and more stuff, so it's not even like I can post the first few chapters and then just update as I go.
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Zonami Bang Bang submission!
Yohohohoho came a families laugh through the trapdoor of the crows nest as it swiftly swung open only to close milliseconds later. "My oh my what a storm! I'm soaked to the bone!" Said the elderly skeleton. Usopp looked to him in confusion: "That doesn't make any-" just then he realised his hands were digging into the muscle filled leg of Roronoa Zoro. He looked up to see Zoro glaring down at him then to Zoro's other leg to see Nami also holding on to the swordsman but staring at him in a way that said. 'Its best if you let go now Long nose.' Usopp jumped back with a "Sorry Zoro! Anyway...Brook did you see the island?" Brook was unbuttoning his damp shirt but paused to think. "Hmm not really! I saw its outline but that's it! Right now all I can see is darkness and that giant moon. The rain doesn't make it any easier." He removed the shirt and ringed out the liquid. "Usopp-san I've got the bentos from Sanji-san!" He said pulling five bentos out of his pants. As he removed them as well so he was walking around in his orange boxer shorts. "Why in your pants!!!" Usopp screamed! "I didn't want the rain to ruin them." It was probably the worst storm they had encountered in a while. Each drop felt like a blade! By the holes in what was left of Brook's outfit, it had not let up from when it began. Zoro sat down and rest his head on Nami's shoulder. It was so nice just the two of them why did needle rain summon Usopp and now Brook. Usopp and Brook soon after fell asleep once they were finished eating and playing crazy eights. Their breathing was noisy almost as if they were snoring like Luffy, but not nearly as loud. The rain pattered on the roof in an intense symphony, but was slowing down. "You asleep?" Nami muttered as she turned up to Zoro. "Nah" he surprisingly replied slowly opening his eye. "Wanna do something fun?" He asked. "Not with them here." she replied but smirked at the idea. "The rains slowing down.. Wanna do something fun tomorrow?" Nami's eyes light up at this question. "Of course I wanna have fun with you I got an idea." Zoro's heart started to race in anticipation. Hell yeah tomorrow would be great. "Is this really what you meant by fun!" Zoro mumbled as Nami tightened an empty yet oversize backpack onto him. "Of course it is! We haven't gotten supplies together in some time now!" She said putting a slightly oversize but not nearly as big as Zoro's backpack on as well. Just then they watched as Franky entered the Sunny's aquarium lounge. "OW this islands intense you two! Perfect for adventure." Nami looked over to him. "Franky are you going with Robin?" Franky took of his sunglasses and replied "Her Usopp and Luffy. There's a bunch of weird shops that are perfect for those two. The island is also really dark so you know Robin likes that sort of stuff so we'll be going there after Luffy's bath is done." "Sounds good." Nami replied "We'll meet back up when the suns about to set." Franky looked at Zoro and turned his head. "She joking? This island doesn't have a sun!." "He wasn't kidding!" Zoro said as Nami grabbed hold of his hand, her other one swiftly wrapped around his arm. "It's kind of creepy," she stated. "but don't worry I'm here to protect you!" He grinned at her. "Soprano stone giant!" Nami grin turned mischievous "I'm scarier than him any day. Fire haired biscuit man." Zoro scoffed..."Moron needed eight swords!" He returned her affection although kept it cool as he usually did. Nami looked over to all the shops slightly dissatisfied with this "cool" town Franky was so excited about. It was all machine parts, and creepy books, not to mention all the churches. What was up with this creepy place. Just then an old wrinkly blob of flesh appeared right in front of them. Its stench filled the air like iron and mold. Hair fell like mud on a rainy hill, eyes peered like blazing metal being ignighted. Nami screamed at the sudden notion while Zoro backed up from the surprise bargain deal he almost embraced on accident. "Hey buy this thing!" The old human cried out. "I saw the eerie last night so make sure you two take care SO BUY THUS OR DIE." They said holding up a twisted looking peace of glass. "It will catch you in its long figures and brink your blood!!" Zoro once again scoffed "Please I've sliced through so many beasts, and have been sliced and stabbed so many times my blood is poisoned." "Be nice!" Nami hollered at Zoro... "Um how much?" she asked not really wanting to buy it, but still not to sure about being rude to the old one. "562593169364 beli!" The hag exclaimed extending a hand as if to say "gimmie!" "HELL NO!" NAMI screamed at such an absurd price that honestly needed to be rounded up. "Thin I hope you die!" The wrinkled said storming off at such stinginess from a life or death situation. Nami let out a huge sigh, "Why do I have such bad luck at finding old people with no sense of accounting!" Zoro pulled her close to him. "Maybe the old bag wants a fashion lesson." Nami smiled and took one last look around. "I don't think there's anything here for us, wanna head back to Sunny Go?" Zoro shook his head. "Nah I want alone time and if were there then ero cook wont leave you be...how about a walk, Maybe we'll find the Eerie!" He said gesturing to the woods at the edge of the town. Your bad Nami teased. "You better have sharpen your swords if something tries to get me." Nami teased. "The only thing getting you will be me." Zoro said with a beastly grin. Nami's eyes flashed with excitement "Lets go!" "Don't you think its kind of a mood killer?" Nami asked practically cradled in Zoro's arms. Much like a cartoon dog would with its green shirted owner. Zoro was annoyed. For one he wanted alone time that he was getting, but not in a way he was hoping. And second he was lost. Despite having a navigator literally in the palms of his hands. "Damn this Forest" he muttered to himself when suddenly everything started shaking. Followed by spinning. Everything was wrong. Nami at this point had passed out from the complete shock caused by her quivering anxiety. Zoro looked around as everything started to bleed. Suddenly as the face of none other than Nami appeared from inside the vortex wailing: "Why do you always fail to protect me...always rushing to fight....now you've killed me finally!" On her last word her teeth began to grow long and crooked stabbing into his flesh and began pulling him into the vortex that eventually lead him to collapse unconscious. Nami's eye flew open. Only to be met by a guy with no face. Or it seemed so at first But before her eyes about two sets of eyes and noses, and the flesh formed a long jagged mouth hooking on each end. It grinned with what seemed like two sets of teeth like a shark, as more faces appeared all over the body. Nami shrieked which in return woke up Zoro. "What's up with yo...." He said groggy from his forced nap. Looking at the strange thing. "What the hell is this mess?" the faces began laughing. "You two have high bounties right?" Zoro turned his head in confusion . "Yeah but why does that matter.? Are they high" Nami's turned as well. "Um yeah but..." "Then I'm gonna give you to the Navy for money!!" The face fiend blurted out. Nami interrupted "Hey before that! Why do you have so many faces!" She asked the creepy guy. Zoro spoke up "Yeah now that she mentioned it your kinda creepy looking." Nami became agitated, "That's not what I said I just asked why there are so many!" "So you don't think he's creepy, that's not like you." "Of course he's creepy but if he hears that he'll kill us" "Yeah right as if he could do that!" "SHUT It!!" The mouth guy exclaimed with all 8 or the mouths surrounding his large but lanky body some of which were hidden by clothing while others plain as day with his loose shredded clothes. "My name is Bunder! I ate the Shoki Shoki no me I can eat people and their faces form on my body, and I get their thoughts and memories." Zoro sighed "Damn your lame." he muttered. Bunder frowned "Hey that was rude." Nami let out a wine "How come every one who kidnaps us are pathetic." Bunder cried out in disbelief: "That was uncalled for!" Suddenly both Zoro and Bunder fell silent. "What's going on?" Nami asked looking around. "Crap she's here!" Bunder groaned. "Crap more freaks!" Zoro groaned. "Bunder you suck how come you have to always take my victims!" Suddenly a young small almost skeletal woman with Spruce hair and orange lederhosen and was smiling oddly pleasantly came from underground. Nami's eyes closed and she angrily wailed. "Now there are Zombies I HATE THIS STUPID ISLAND!" The ground woman tuned tho Bunder smacking him on all the visible faces "I hate you! You always take my catches!!" Bunder backed up, "Toppan I was just keeping em safe from you." Toppan backed up with a cheery smile that was now still cute yet sinister. "Alright then!" Zoro and Nami both got upset by this and screamed out. "HE'S OBVIOUSLY LYING!" Toppan held out her hand in front of the two. Her hand curled together and it morphed into a small ball that grew into a face, that broke off her arm as her hand regrew behind it after a second Nami realised that the small thing was a jack o lantern. "Is this a Devil fruit power too?" Nami asked? "Yeah!" the girl shrugged "The Pampu Pampu no mi! I can only make so many at a time but they release sleeping gas that causes hallucinations when they are within five feet of body heat I just got to set them so!" She informed. "It even works on her dumbass!" Bunder boasted with a hearty laugh. Toopan blushed still smiling, "You shouldn't blurt stuff out like that or you'll get in trouble with-." "That's why everything started bleeding!" Zoro interrupted. "Wah that's scary!" Toopan said her eyes widening but of course keeping her smile. "How many of you are there?" Nami asked. Bunder laughed "About fifty!" Nami tune to Zoro. "I hope all of them are this stupid. They tricked us earlier, but that was before we knew their powers." Bunder started saying names Me, Toopan, Jefdam, Pogo...." "NO!" Zoro yelled out breaking his chains and helicoptering Bunder in the faces shutting him up and knocking him out in a second. Toppan glanced at Bunder you would notice that she kept smiling. Then quickly sunk into the ground. Zoro took out one of his swords from Bunder's satchel. Cutting Nami's chains he sets a hand on her shoulder. "Ya aight?" He asked with concern. "If you could get free the whole time WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT EARLIER! She said punching him in the gut. "Oof" Zoro cried out at the sudden surprise knuckle sandwich. "We could have died!" Nami screamed trying to be tough as well as trying to hold in tears. "Wait a sec-" Zoro started but, "WE COULD HAVE DIED!" She repeated finally letting out geysers of tears. Zoro rushed to her in the speed of light. Embracing the crying orange haired woman in his huge gorilla arms. "I wouldn't of let them hurt you." He whispered. "Then why not break out from the start.' "I was sure there were more, this way we have information." "She's calling her friends now!" "There's only fifty" "Fifty trained killers" "Fifty stupid bounty hunters, you saw those two." "But Luffy's stupid and if there are fifty of him we won't win." "Believe me. I don't think they're pirate king material." He kissed her on her head calming her shaking down with an assuring hold. "I have a plan!" Toppan skipped gleefully in the front of 48 living nightmares. Each armed to the teeth some literally armed with their teeth. Snarling, giggling, scrapping large rusted axes on the ground, or scratching their heads with glistening knives. They all had the intent to horribly maim fresh skin if not simply kill the owner. Savages they all were and Zoro watched them approach with a straight face. "Nami...do you remember the first rule of assassination?" Zoro asked to the open air. "Go for the easy targets." Nami's voice echoed from several different locations. So they say Zoro stated followed by "Santoriyu Kokujo: O Tatsumaki." Suddenly gusts of wind were caused by the waving of his swords formed a giant tornado devouring the trees around it as it formed and like a spinning top rolled out of control in the opposite direction of which it was created. Spinning like a bowling ball it was full of weather eggs each popping to form a lightning powered death cyclone to the crowd of psychopathic bounty hunters that were now either leaping out of its way turning to run or just standing paralysed in fear for what terrible fate was in store for them. The storm slurped up a good percentage of them hurling them into a cyclone of pain. Some passed out on point, others weren't so lucky and were launched out slamming painfully into trees. Few of the bounty hunters remained watching in either horror or anger as their comrades flew away with the massive storm. Zoro groaned. "Man I thought this group wold have more survive." Go ahead he called out as Nami waved her climate tact suddenly ten copies of Zoro stood in front of the remaining few bounty hunters. "GUST SWORD" Nami called out behind the clones knocking out several of the hunters. "GUST SWORD GUST SWORD GUST SWORD!" Nami called out over and over sending shrieking small tornados in cylinders at the hunters. Some of which tried to avoid but were met with flying slash attacks from Zoro. Three fell eight fell one by one the bounty hunters lay. All but one. Toppan stood there knowing better not to run but waiting her inevitable ass kicking because she was practically responsible for the whole ordeal. Both Zoro and Nami dashed at her she could only defend summoning pumpkins around her the light shone but the duo were two fast both sucker punched her into a tree causing her to pass out the smile still on her face. Both Nami and Zoro stood victorious yet panting. "Told you no bid deal," Zoro said looking at her assuring. She returned his glance, "Next time let's just stay in the sunny if the island is creepy." My submission to @zonamievents ZoNa bang bang event! This was a great idea and I enjoyed working with @psycho-nas
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I don’t need your opinion
Fandom: One Piece
Ship: ZoSan
Prompt: “I called the wrong number and started talking about my life and you only interrupted me after a few a few minutes of me revealing some pretty personal stuff and now youre invested in my life troubles” AU.
OR
When Sanji thinks he’s calling Usopp (… but we all know it’s not Usopp.)
Warning: AU, Humor, Romance, Relationship Troubles, Rivalry, Stupidity, Dealing with different pictures of love, Bored!Zoro, Sanji being Sanji, Ero-cook, Mention of Sanji/Conis, Bet, Foolish behaviors, They are children seriously.
Chapter 2/3 - chapter 1
A/N: You can also find it on AO3 or ff! Thank you @blueflamebird for correcting me :D This chapter is from Zoro’s pov.
“Deal.”
Zoro smirked. That man was going to eat his pride so bad, he had no idea what he just had gotten himself into. At least, someone was having a good time out of it. He wasn't usually interested in the business of others, especially when it was about love stories, but this time, it was different.
First, he was bored. He hadn't found anyone to fight with in a long time, and his training classes were off for the holidays. Nothing was entertaining. Nothing new, or interesting.
But this phone call- it changed things a bit. Now he could bother someone, and he was already starting to like it way too much to stop.
“You look happy, Zoro,” his roommate said, slightly leaning his head on the side. “What's going on?”
“Nothing,” he replied. “Just got a phone call.”
“A phone call?”
“Yeah. Anyways, what's up with you and these... clothes?”
The young man was indeed wearing some sort of... what, a giant hamburger? Was that really something you would be willing to wear those days?
“Yeah! I'm going to a costume party on Saturday! There'll be meat! Remember I talked about it-”
“For months, yeah.”
“Come oooon... you should really come!”
“Don't wanna,” Zoro sighed.
The other crossed his arms.
“Why not?”
“Not feeling like going, that's all.”
Did he always have to justify why?
“But you're always complaining about being bored!”
“Yeah and so?”
“So do something to kill it!”
“Hrm.”
“So you'll come?”
He stared at his roommate. He was so stubborn.
“No.”
“What? Why!”
“Because.”
He just did not feel like it?
“That is not an answer!”
“Huh, that is.”
“You're not funny, Zoro.”
The swordsman shrugged. They stared at each other for twenty-five seconds before a new argument came:
“I'll do the chores for three days.”
… Oh. This was becoming interesting.
“One week.”
“One week!”
Zoro smiled. That was worth it.
“Okay.”
Luffy let out a scream of victory.
There were times when nothing was happening in your life. Like, literally, nothing. Zoro felt like he was at one of those moments. And he was dying for something exciting to happen.
A new fight, new trainings, a new opponent. Or even an old one. Not obviously something new. Just- something. To kill his boredom.
“God”, he whispered under his breath. “Holidays are so boring.”
He could understand how Luffy felt, all those times when he kept bothering him, whining about how boring he was, and how much he needed entertainment. How did he manage to kill it? How did he succeed in making it go away?
Everything was boring. And Zoro was tired of that feeling.
That's why, when his roommate came back with a penguin – don’t ask why – he didn't mind. After all, why not? Penguins could be good company, and no one ever said it was strictly forbidden to have a penguin as a pet at home. Unless... said penguin was from a Zoo – Zoo which was supposed to not let go of the animals it was keeping and taking care of.
Maybe, the idea wasn't that good. Maybe, yeah, maybe, they should put it back where it belonged before anyone noticed it had disappeared – and before they get into trouble. Besides, it had been a while since they got trouble. Who complained? Not him. Though being bored didn't mean he was okay with having problems to be kept busy...
But instead, he said:
“What's its name?”
“Bird!”
Zoro frowned and turned to the young man.
“Bird?”
“Yeah! Bird!”
“Bird like... flying bird?”
Luffy made a face, looking at him as if he was staring at an idiot. He wasn't the idiot!
“Dude that's a penguin.”
“I know very well the fact he's a penguin! But he told me he decided to fly like birds. So he wants to be called Bird.”
That's insane.
“Why’d you take him here?”
That's what he should have asked first.
“Bird wants to learn how to fly.”
He laughed. Yeah, he got that part.
“And so you're gonna teach him?”
“Well yeah! Why not?”
Zoro sighed. He knew, he knew he shouldn't have made a joke on this. He knew how serious Luffy could be – and stubborn – about stuff like these. Especially if it included “someone's” dream.
“Just bring him back.”
“No,” he said in a very serious tone. “Unless he tells me to.”
The swordsman took a look at the penguin. It looked dumb, and like it had no idea where it was. It also looked like it wanted to swim in the living room. Which he was not approving at all.
“You wouldn't want me to cut it in half by misfortune while I train, would you?”
“Are you threatening Mr. Bird?”
So it was Mr. Bird now??
He quickly thought how to handle this without pissing Luffy off. Just because his roommate had the mind and the imagination of a child, didn't mean he was completely a child.
“I think it wants to get back to its family. I believe it thought you were taking it on a walk but look how confused it is now.”
“I'm pretty sure-”
“Luffy, what about you bring it back and if it does go back to its place, you'll leave it there?”
He shrugged. That was surely supposed to mean “yes”, then.
“How is it going on with your girlfriend, ero-cook?”
Zoro stared at his screen. His thumb pressed “send”.
It's been three days now, and no news from the shitty cook. He wondered if the man would keep his promises – one being his new decisions concerning that 'Conis-chan' girl, and the other their bet. Was he the kind of person too proud to face complications? Was he going to pretend the phone call never happened?
He didn't care, but he would be a bit disappointed – though he would never admit it. Zoro didn't get any answer until late in the evening, which was only composed of two words:
“Good, obviously.”
“Really?”
No need to meet the guy to be 99% sure he was lying.
“Yeah.”
He smirked. That was all?
“That's it?”
“What do you want, to laugh once again at me?”
“Maybe.”
“Shut up.”
“So I'll just believe you and admit I lost.”
“Really?”
“No. Of course not. What do you think I am?”
“A bored asshole fucking around, arrogant and so very full of himself.”
Now this was fun.
“And yet you're still talking to that asshole.”
“I'm not enjoying this.”
“Oh yeah? How come are you still talking to me?”
“I made a bet. I don't break promises. Why are you talking to me? Nothing better to do?”
“I made a bet, too.”
“That's an answer way too easy.”
“You replied that too.”
“No, I replied that first!”
“Oh that's alright then.”
“Oh my god, just stop talking.”
“We're texting.”
“Right. See ya.”
Zoro paused, looking at the last message, and scrolled through the conversation. The guy was clearly not willing to talk about it, confirming his thoughts. Though at first that bet seemed to be a nice entertainment, now he felt bothered by it. There was a real relationship at stake, and he didn't like to be included in relationship issues or people's problems. Especially if it was a perfectly random guy's. That’s so not like him.
He lied down and closed his eyes.
Who cared? He wasn't doing anything, no one owed anything to anyone. They were both free men.
“We talked.”
It's been two days since their last conversation, and Zoro replied two hours later, busytrying to free Luffy from the Zoo in which he'd stolen the penguin. The Zoo's security was for sure to be changed, but they eventually got to Luffy. That had been a long, long day.
“That's a big first step in a relationship. Did she reply to your 'hello'?”
“Ahah. Very funny.”
“You almost begged for it.”
“I didn't.”
“You did.”
“No I didn't.”
“You sure did.”
“I. Didn't.”
This man was such a kid.
“Okay shut up and tell me what happened now.”
“So you wanna know?”
Oh, come on man.
“So you wanna tell me?”
“This conversation is nonsense.”
'You are the nonsense', he thought. But instead, he texted:
“Agreed.”
“We discussed, like you said when we talked on the phone.”
“Oh so you admit being a superficial guy?”
“Don't push it.”
“Alright, ero-cook, what happened”
“We had a “cigarette” debate.”
What now?
“She smokes?”
“No. I do.”
“Oh. Aren't you supposed to be a cook?”
“Those are two very different things.”
“Are they?”
“Yes.”
“If you say so.”
“Anyway, we talked about ourselves. I opened up. Somehow we ended up on the smoking question.”
“Oh so you did listen to me...”
“Shut up.”
“You know that answer has a limited amount of use.”
“Shut up.”
“Apparently you don't.”
“She asked me why I was smoking, I replied, like a lot of people, that it was helping me handle the tension and stress. But she said it wasn't the solution, and I should quit. I know she's right, but I can't promise that.”
“Why not?”
“Did you ever try smoking?”
“Nope.”
“Anything else?”
“I enjoy good drinks.”
“Great, an alcoholic.”
“Hey what?!”
“Imagine being forced to stop drinking.”
“Yeah, nah.”
“I know she's right. I hate to go against her.”
“What happened?”
“She said she didn't dare say it before, but she couldn't handle the smell.”
“That's basically a “me or the cigarette” situation.”
“Yeah.”
“You chose the cigarette?”
“I didn't choose anything yet.”
“No, you already did.”
“What?”
“You chose you.”
“Me?”
“Smoking sucks, I'm not saying I approve, but you obviously can't stop right now.”
“... I chose something else over a woman?”
“That's progress.”
“Not really??”
“Well, your sentence clearly says “over a woman” dude. She's Conis. Not “a woman”. Objectifying her again?”
“Stop doing that.”
“You stop doing that.”
“Shut up.”
“Here it is again.”
“I will kick you!”
“Try me.”
Oh why, he was enjoying teasing him so much right now.
“You have a weird face.”
Zoro looked up.
“Come again?”
Luffy slightly tilted his head on his left.
“You have a weird face.”
The swordsman frowned.
“That's my normal face.”
His roommate frowned back, staring at him for some ten seconds, before he shrugged:
“I guess it is!”
His phone vibrated in the middle of the night, and Zoro groaned in his pillow as his hand looked for said phone. Who was the dumbass texting him while he was sleeping? (Something that was actually often happening).
“I don't know a thing about you.”
Damn ero-cook.
He didn't need to know anything about him, because there was nothing to know. It was not like they were friends or anything, now... Was it? He put down his phone, thinking that maybe, just maybe he'll consider replying this text positively or not on the next day.
...
Five minutes later, he texted back.
“You look awful,” Luffy said when he saw Zoro leaving his room, half awaken, dragging himself to the kitchen with half of his bed with him. He'd rarely seen his roommate in such a state, he'd usually stay in bed all day, or leave it completely, but never in-between.
“Is there someone out there paying you to compliment me every day?” Zoro mumbled.
“What?”
“Yesterday, weird face, today, awful,” he yawned.
“Shishishi, no, but I wish! I'd buy tons of meats with it.”
“Of course you would.”
He sat in front of him, and looked around before asking:
“What's for breakfast?”
Luffy's eyes widely opened.
“You think I'm making breakfast?”
No one was making breakfast here. They've been roommates for years, and not even once did they prepare breakfast. They'd just take anything around, and eat it.
“Right.”
“What's wrong with you?” Luffy curiously asked.
“Texted all night, I guess.”
“Texted?”
The older man took a look at his friend. He could understand the questions behind his eyes. That was unlike him to miss a good night of sleep, if there wasn't alcohol or a fight included.
“With that ero-cook.”
“Oh,” Luffy grinned. “So you like him, huh?”
“N-no, I don't,” he frowned, “it has nothing to do with it.”
“Then why do you keep talking?”
“We have a bet.”
“How will it end?”
“What?”
“Are you guys going to meet?”
“I... I don't know.”
“Did you talk about it?”
“Yeah, on the phone, the first time?”
“There was another time??”
“No,” Zoro whispered not knowing why.
“So when do you meet?”
“I just told you I wasn't even sure!”
Luffy pouted, super-disappointed. Seriously, why was he even roommate with such a kid, already? Oh, right. He had a very mature side surprisingly popping up, sometimes.
“Don't do that face to me, won't work.”
“I don't know what you're talking about.”
“Yeah, right.”
Someone knocked on the door after those words, and before Zoro even thought about moving to open, Luffy had left his seat and already on it.
“Who's that?” he asked.
The door opened on two men he never saw before. Luffy greeted them before turning to Zoro.
“You forgot? We have our party tonight!”
Damn, yes. He forgot.
He stood up and came to meet the guys. One of them was slightly higher than Luffy, curly black hair, without doubt with African origin. The other, about Zoro's height, had a weird eyebrow, blond hair eating half of his face, dressed in a nice suit.
“Remember those guys I told you about? Well, here's Sanji, and Usopp, whom I met yesterday!”
I hope you liked it, as usual, please leave a comment (or like and share!) because I do need an opinion *wink wink* - or you can also send me a message if you want!
Reminder: they never told each other their names :D
#zosan#sanzo#roronoa zoro#sanji vinsmoke#one piece#op#fanfiction#plume8now#i don't need your opinion#chapter 2#zoro's pov#au#humor
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