This is actually my 4th story, I wrote from my previous profile, stories such as: Ask Zoro & Luffy, The Book Club and Curse of Death. I decided that I never really have time for such long stories, it would take me too long to update so I thought I'd go into strictly short stories from now on about 1000words a chapter. This story happens right after the two year time skip in the original story of One Piece so if you haven't seen up until there then this story might contain spoilers. If you read my previous stories then you should know I'm a dialog/script type of writer so my descriptive stories pretty much suck. I'll be working on doujinshi in the near future so when I'm done I'll post the link on my profile.
This story is based on One Piece and it's happenings is not real. I do not own One Piece. This is a fan fiction made by me. One Piece(c)Eiichiro Oda
No explanation...
Chapter 1 - Fever
There I sit and fidget about and it's ironic because I'm acting exactly like Luffy normally would. The entire crew is eating outside together on the front deck and the atmosphere is as joyful as ever since it is the first celebration we are having after the two year separation. Usopp, Chopper and Luffy dancing about, Nami sharing a drink with Robin on the one side, Franky stretching out his arms all over the deck, Sanji serving strictly the ladies, Brook playing us some new songs he wrote and I am sitting on the deck closest to the fire holding my mug up high every time somebody makes a toast, making a nervous smile at every joke.
The night was perfect, you could see the moon grow smaller as we went further into the depths and the music echoed the ocean as we sailed beneath the water towards Fishman Island. Though the atmosphere was as if we never split at all since everyone easily carried on where they last left off. I didn't feel at ease and I did a bad job of hiding my discomfort.
"Oi, Zoro... What's wrong?" asked Luffy
I got a rather big surprise that he would asked and I started to sweat as he started to walk closer. "Nah, Luffy. I just haven't been sailing for a while." I replied calmly
"I see" he said simply and took a seat next to me and poured himself more sake. I sensed that he wasn't fooled by my words and that he was going to stay by my side until he knew I was fine. So I too filed my mug and toasted with him. I've actually lost count on the amount sake I've had so far but I thought it would make me feel more at ease.
"Zoro, it looks like I'm catching up with you with all these scars I have." he said cheerfully and laughed
I stared at his chest and spaced out for a short while. He brought himself closer to me with a very curious look upon his face. He was staring into my eyes and his face was only a inch apart from mine."Zoro?" he said in a concerned tone
"I don't think you can catch up that easily. I still have the other half of the Grand Line to gain even more." I said quickly as I positioned myself further from Luffy. I tried to give my usual confident grin and then buried my face in my mug to hide my flushed face.
"Ah, I was afraid you've grown all soft on me." said Luffy
"All soft on me..." Echoed my mind and then I started zoning out again. Luckily I snapped out of it when Sanji walked past and complained about all the mugs that I left about. "Shitty Marimo head! Who do you think is going to pick this all up?" I easily jumped back up to comment on his criticism. "I'll clean up once I'm done and I'm not done yet dart brow!" I sneered at him as he walked back to the kitchen taking the ladies glasses back.
The crew laughed at the incident between me and the cook. "You two are the same as ever!" said Luffy as he got up.
"I'm feeling supuuur tired so I think I'm calling it a night. Great seeing you guys again hey..." Said Franky and he waved and walked off to his cabin.
"Night, Franky!" Said the crew in unison
"Well, I'm going to leave the rest of the partying to you guys. Robin shall we be off then?" said Nami
Robin nodded and the two of them also walked off following Franky to their respective quarters.
"Eh, Zoro hope you're not going to drink anymore?" asked Usopp nervously
"Try and stop me..." I said as I gave him a glare, he easily stepped back and walked off to the back of Luffy.
"J J J Just looking out for your well being." stuttered Usopp
"We are pirates, we do whatever the hell we want!" said Luffy as he laughed
"Except when I give you guys orders..." said Luffy seriously
"Aiy Aiy, Captain." Said Zoro happily
"Gee, never thought it was possible for you to smile." commented Usopp
A evil aura started to appear around Zoro as he turned his head slowly toward Usopp who grabbed chopper to use him as a shield and ran towards the back of the ship. Luffy was laughing through the entire ordeal and pounding the ground. He got up and walked to the front of the ship and peered over the railing.
I looked around to see if there was anyone still around and I saw that even Brook wasn't playing guitar anymore and that he left as well. I decided to grab myself another drink and walk towards Luffy. This is the first time I've let myself become overwhelmed by drink and I still felt that it wasn't enough. I stood next to him gazing at the vast ocean with him.
"Aaaah, this is good." said Luffy as he stared into the ocean and let out a huff
I watched him as he was looking at the ocean and I thought to myself that he has changed a lot over the two years. I was curious to know how much stronger he has become and I also thought about his past two year experiences, how they must of been.
Luffy was older now, more matured but luckily not enough to change him completely because his abnormality has grown on all of us and we wouldn't know our captain any other way.
"This should be enough..." I said as I finished yet another mug of sake
I picked up Luffy and threw him over my shoulder and walked towards Crow's Nest. He didn't really protest but I could of imagined the confused impression on his face.
"Uhm... Zoro where you taking me?" asked Luffy
I didn't know how to answer that question so I just continued to walk and made my grip on him tighter.
He relaxed his muscles, hang lifelessly over my shoulder and let out a pant indicating that he gave up on wondering what I was up to. Which made me relieved because I didn't even know what I wanted to do in the first place since I only reacted on my intuition.
As I entered Crow's Nest I locked the door behind me and threw down Luffy on the bunk beside the window. He lay down, patiently watching me close the curtains and he didn't even move from the position he landed, from been dropped on the bunk.
I walked up to him, swung my one leg over him and grabbed both sides of his shirt with each hand and brought him slightly forward with my clenched fists. Even though it was dark in the room I could see the surprised expression on his face which meant could see how flushed I was. "Idiot..." I whispered as I collapsed forward on top of my captain.
Luffy laid there beneath me with wide wondering eyes, looking towards the ceiling and he didn't flinch or say a word. I on the other hand was short of breath and my temperature felt like it kept rising. I could hear his heart beat with mine and that was enough to put me sleep.
Well just the way I want to end it on a cliff-hanger... Hate me I don't care, I'll make the wait for the next update worth the wait. Luckily its short so I'll probably finish by the end of this week. PLEASE... If you read the story review, even if it's just to say Hi. You can also pop a question if you don't quite understand anything. Hope you enjoyed. And sorry again about my grammar, English isn't my first language.