Hiya! This is is gonna be a series of ficlet thingamajigies (I never know what to call the short ones) from the point of view of each of the crewmates, and how they view the ones who came before them. With everyone else, it's going to be about the bond/relationship between the ones who came before them, but the only one who was before Zoro was Luffy, and all Luffy has is his hat... maybe I should've written it about that. *ponders* Yeah, that would've been better for what I'm trying to do, but I like this one. Maybe I'll rework it and put it up as another chapter.
Roronoa Zoro would never fully understand.
Yeah, Luffy wanted to be the Pirate King. He got that. Luffy was Luffy—he was GOING to be the next Pirate King, and that was all there was to it. It didn't matter what got in his way, or who he faced, or what happened. He was going to do it.
Zoro understood that much, at least.
What he couldn't understand was how his idiot captain had managed to survive before they had met. The swordsman had been forced to rescue the rubber man from drowning three times that morning, and judging by the sun, it wasn't even noon yet.
The first time was kind of his fault. Sort of. Actually, it was all Luffy's fault—how could the idiot have not seen him even before his mad dash across the boat? It wasn't even that big!
Fortunately, Zoro had been close enough to catch him as he was falling over the side. Neither of them even got wet.
The second time was for a bird they had seen flying overhead. Of course Luffy had wanted to eat it, but at the last second the creature had managed to dodge his "Pistol." The surprise had set Luffy off balance, and into the water he went.
This time, Zoro had to lunge to prevent him from becoming literal seafood, and although he managed to keep himself dry, Luffy didn't fare as well.
The third time was probably the most moronic. Luffy decided to go fishing with his bare hands, and, well, let's just say that Zoro had to do some fishing of his own if he didn't want to see his new captain sink like a stone.
Come to think of it, two out of three of those incidents involved Luffy's obsession with food—another thing Zoro couldn't understand. Yeah, food was great and all, but with Luffy you'd think it was just as important as air. A true warrior could go over a month without eating!
His stomach rumbled. Ok—so yeah, food may not be as important as air, but it's still pretty damn important.
Settling down to sleep, he decided to just let it go. Thinking required consciousness, and at the moment, all his thoughts were being directed to his aching belly. Sleep would make him forget, if only for a while.
Besides—there were some things that some people just couldn't understand.
~Omake~
He was awakened by a crash and a yell. Why was his captain so loud, dammit? He was trying to get some sleep here!
I actually have another chapter (if you can call it that-none of these are more than a page) written, but... it just feels wrong to post two at a time, somehow. Maybe it's from visiting and ... (both of which are quite a bit smaller than this site, but usually have better quality fanfics because of moderation requirements, just fyi.) At any rate, I just wanted to get this out there. Please tell me if you like it! I read, enjoy, and treasure every review, favorite, and hit, even if it's years after I've posted the fic itself. ^_^
