Zolo cursed, why had Luffy decided taking in this marine would be such a good idea? He didn't understand the way the captain thought and he didn't think he ever would, but enough about that, your probably all wondering what this is all about, so I'll tell you what happened.
It had started like an ordinary day, Luffy eating insane amounts of food, Sanji yelling at him for it while also trying (unsuccessfully so far) to chat up Nami, Nami slapping him for flirting while Chopper attending to the other assortments of wounds Nami gave him for it, Robin calmly reading while occasionally sneaking a remorseful peek at the lovesick cook and Ussop (is that how you spell it?) did whatever he does on the ship (sorry to all Ussop fans).
And then Ussop spotted her, that marine girl also known as Tashigi, floating on a piece of whatever that was (Zolo wasn't really paying attention to what she was floating on) in the middle of the ocean, unconscious.
Luffy, being the likable idiot he is, pulled her aboard, BIG mistake in Zolo's eyes, but since Chopper was busy checking the marine's many wounds, he wasn't in a position to argue putting her back in.
These day been the unfortunate events of earlier in the day, day had turned to night, yet the girl had yet to awaken.
"Zolo, could you please keep an eye on her tonight to see if she wakes up?" Chopper asked.
"Why would I want to do that?" Zolo inquired sarcastically, crossing his arms and leaning lightly against the railing of the ship,
"Because if you don't, the money you owe my moves forward from having to be paid by Thursday to being owed by Monday AND the amount is doubled!" Nami answered, having spent an hour earlier on helping Chopper bandage her wounds.
Zolo grumbled in defeat and headed to the room she was sleeping in, regretting ever borrowing money from the red haired navigator.
As he opened the door and took a seat next to the bed, noticing the rhythmic rising and falling of the female presence lying in the bed, obviously sleeping off the events that got her on this ship. "She's beautiful when she asleep" Zolo realized what he just thought and looked away, blushing a deep red, "what am I thinking? She's a marine, I can't think a marine is beautiful!" Zolo shuddered, getting the mental image of smoker in a tank top and mini skirt.
Zolo looked back to the bed noticing she was sweating profusely, putting his hand to her forehead, she had a fever.
Tashigi's pov:
Tashigi hated being clumsy, it always came at the worst times, just like how she ended up falling off the ship.
Start flashbackIt was a particularly strong storm and they had to sail through it to get to were the straw hat crew was last spotted and it was rocking the ship quite hard and Tashigi was on the deck, giving out orders and helping tie things down.
Backing off from the latest thing she tied down, she lost her footing, grabbing a plank of wood that had come off earlier that day as she fell of the edge of the rail.
Unfortunately as she fell she was knocked out, rendered unable to climb back on the ship and in the mist of the storm, the crew were unable to spot her, so she was left there.
End flashbackLuckily she had felt her self being pulled aboard a few hours later, being laid down on a bed and the wounds she had gotten being attended to.
This had been a few hours ago; these people had left the room, leaving her to rest.
She felt a presence enter the room and sit on a near by chair, a few seconds later mumbling something along the lines of "that would be disturbing", why did that voice sound so familiar?
She felt quite uncomfortable actually, maybe she had a fever?
Apparently this person had the same thought, feeling a hand on her forehead.
She felt the heat rise to her cheeks, leaning in further to the hand, "so warm" she thought.
The hand pulled away ridding her of the comfortable warm feeling, her eyes flickered open to see were the source of warmth had gone.
General pov:
"You!" Tashigi exclaimed, quickly sitting up, pointing at Zolo.
"Ah!" Zolo let out as he fell off the chair, butt meeting the floor.
"Where am I?" Tashigi asked, cocking her head to the side.
"Well um…" Zolo trailed off
"Answer me!" she screeched.
Cringing, he answered, "on our ship, we found you floating unconscious in the water, it's a wonder your glasses stayed on!"
"Well thanks for the hospitality and all but I need to get off, I was thrown overboard and a need to find them, so just drop me at a marine base at the nearest island!" she exclaimed.
"Um there's a slight problem with that" Zolo said, scratching the back off his head and grinning sheepishly
"What is that?" she inquired
"The nearest island is 2 weeks away, and that's a pirate island" he replied.
"WHAT!" she screamed "I CAN'T STAY ON A PIRATE SHIP WITH SCUM FOR OVER 2 WEEKS!" she added
"For last time" he grounded out, "we are not SCUM!" he concluded.
"Hey what the hell is going on in here?" Nami asked, bursting into the room to see were the ruckus was coming from.
"I can't stay on this ship for over 2 weeks, I've got to get back to my ship!" Tashigi exclaimed.
Nami sighed "look, it's going to take a few days for your wounds to heal anyway and look at it this way, would you rather swim?" Nami explained
"Well…" Tashigi trailed off
"That's what I thought" Nami concluded
Robin entered the room "sit back and rest, you got a rather nasty blow to the back of your head, you need to sleep" she said
"Um, isn't she your enemy" Tashigi asked, confused
"After the whole crocodile she joined our crew" Zolo explained
"I wasn't talking to you!" Tashigi remarked
"Whatever" Zolo retorted
"If you two would stop flirting and let Tashigi get some rest then there would be some peace around here! You can flirt tomorrow," Nami said smirking.
"We weren't flirting!" they both said at the same time.
"Sure" Robin remarked sarcastically, both of them blushing.
"Whatever, I'll stay on the ship until my wounds are healed and we get to the nearest marine base." Tashigi said, sighing in defeat.
"Okay Tashigi get some rest, Chopper will tell you the extent of your wounds tomorrow, until then we all need some sleep, so off to your rooms" Nami said, as Zolo, Robin and herself left the room, leaving Tashigi alone in the room.
As Zolo made his way to his room he thought, "what on earth were Nami and Robin talking about? I don't flirt, I train and I wouldn't start now with that annoying marine!" he laid down and closed his eyes "oh well, enough of that, time for sleep" he thought as he drifted off to sleep.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the beginning of the story…
Next time: Tashigi tells the crew what happened, smoker finds that Tashigi is gone, trouble with Zolo.
Me: well there's the first chapter!
Zolo: why did you write that bit about smoker in a tank top and mini skirt?
Me: I thought it would by funny
Tashigi: your sense of humour is strange
Me: thank you!
Zolo: cough CRAZY cough
Me: (glares at Zolo)
Zolo: (sniggers)
Me: oh well, see that little blue button you use to review in the corner, press it and review.