Hi everyone, hope you like the story :) This is chapter 1 of Fallen! Please review, give me feedback on how I can make it better etc. or any suggestions for the next chapter? I have an idea of what's going to happen throughout the whole story but some pointers can't hurt. Thanks for reading!

"LUFFY!" Zoro yelled as he jumped into the ocean after the said boy. It had been the third time that week that Luffy had fallen overboard and also the third time Zoro dived in after him. Zoro pulled the limp less boy onto the deck of Going Merry. He lay in his subconscious state on the timbre beneath him, dripping from head to toe with water. Head tilt to the side and chest barely moving up and down along with a ragged breath. Zoro knelt down beside the boy and brought his index finger and thumb to his forehead as he rubbed his temples.

"Zoro," Luffy looked up to his first mate. Zoro let out a sigh before making eye contact with the boy,
"You idiot, how many more times do you need to fall to learn to not hang from the rails?" Luffy frowned and looked away,
"I'm sorry."

"You bet your sorry ass you should be," Zoro stood and stomped off towards the stairs. Luffy followed his first mate with his eyes as he disappeared from his sight. Luffy propped himself up to lean on his elbow. He bit hard on his tongue before making his way to the kitchen.

"No Luffy, no food till' dinner," Sanji remarked as he saw the boy enter the room,
"Eh! What happened to you? Why you all wet? Oi! Hold up, no way you're allowed in here like that! Shoo get outa here!" Luffy pulled a face before explaining to the chef that he fell over the rails and into the ocean.

"Well that was pretty bright of you!" Sanji said sarcastically.
"Dinner will be ready in a few so get yourself cleaned up before then." Luffy nodded and exited the room just as Usopp walked past him. Usopp looked back when they past each other. Usopp frowned,

"What's up with him?" he asked when Luffy wasn't in earshot. Sanji shrugged,
"Who knows," he brought his cigarette from his mouth and exhaled.
"Anyway, do you know where Chopper is? I've looked all over the place!"
"He hasn't come by here as much as I know," the cook said as he placed the cigarette back in between his lips. Usopp nodded slowly and turned back to the door he came from,
"Ok thanks, tell me if you see him." Sanji grunted in response as the door was slammed shut.

Luffy sat on the fourth step of the stairs still in his drenched clothes. His palm supported his chin and his legs were crossed. The lids of his eyes began to close as he stared blankly into the setting sun. It wasn't often that he spent silent times like these, staring aimlessly at the middle of nowhere.
"You'll catch a cold if you continue in that state," Zoro commented as he sat beside the boy. The boy raised an eyebrow in question. Zoro gestured to his wet clothes and the boy nodded slowly.

"Dinner will be ready soon, you should clean up or else you'll receive a lashing from the cook." Zoro wasn't wearing his usual outfit, white shirt, green pants and green haramarki. Instead he wore a blue tank shirt and black pants.
Luffy stood and walked off in the direction of the bathroom. Zoro watched as the boy left his sight. "What's the matter with him?" he murmured under his breath.

"Nami ~Swaaan, Robin ~Chwaaan, dinner's ready! Oi idiots get your ass's over here," Sanji declared as he kicked open the door of the kitchen.
Zoro stood and headed off to look for Luffy to tell him that dinner was ready. As he headed to the bathroom he walked past Chopper and Usopp who were rushing to the kitchen. He stood at the door and took a breath before knocking on the door.

"Oii, Luffy, dinner's ready," Zoro said as he waited for a reply. No answer.
"Hello? Luffy? You in there?" Zoro knocked once again and twisted the knob.

"LUFFY!" Zoro ran to the boy's side. He was laying front side up in the bath tub which was filled to the top. His eyes were closed and his head was submerged deep into the tub. Zoro fell to his knees and grasped Luffy's head.

"Oii!" Zoro shook Luffy's head in his hands. When there was no reaction he quickly turned the boy's head to the side to let out the water. He brought the boy closer to his body as he pulled out the plug of the bath allowing the water to flow down the drain. Laying the boy back down he checked his pulse. Nothing. As the water left the tub he interlocked his fingers of both his hands and placed the heel of one to the lower half of Luffy's breastbone. He pressed down firmly and smoothly 30 times before tilting his head back and squeezing his nostrils close with his finger and thumb. He leant in and pressed his lips to Luffy's.

Suddenly the door of the bathroom was burst open to reveal a rather stunned Sanji. Zoro looked up from the intrusion and his eyes widened as he looked back down to see what he was doing.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Zoro quickly pulled back.
"It's not what it looks like," Zoro said waving his hands in defence. Zoro gasped and returned to the half dead boy. Lifting him up, he ignored the cook and continued the procedure.

Luffy gasped as the air returned to his chest. Zoro sighed and fell to sit on his bottom. Sanji stood bewildered and speechless from the situation and Luffy was just plain confused.
"What are you guys doing in here?" Zoro just stared at the teenager with a mixture of are you and idiot look and you've got to be kidding me.

Sanji shook his head before informing the two that dinner was ready. Luffy jumped with happiness and got up from the tub to get changed. Zoro remained seated. His heart was still pounding under his shirt. Sweat forming at the sides of his forehead and hands still a bit shaky. He almost lost his captain and in the end he wasn't even aware of all of it. Zoro didn't even want to begin imagining what he'd feel like if he ever did lose Luffy. In the moment all his thought were placed in saving his best friend, nothing more. But now as he looked back to the incident he can't help but feel a bit shaken and alone.

"Zoro," he looked up, Luffy had his back faced to him and his head turned to the side.
"You okay?"
"Ah yeah, yeah," Zoro stood up and shook his thoughts away.
"Sorry, just daydreaming," he stopped in his tracks.

"Luffy, what's that?" Zoro pointed to the upper right of Luffy's back. Luffy turned and tried to see what his first mate was talking about. He moved across the bathroom till' he was in front of the mirror that sat above the sink. He turned to look at his back through the mirror. There were two red dots lining his right shoulder blade. He turned to look at Zoro who was still standing at the same spot.

Zoro stood by the entrance of Chopper's room watching Luffy being examined by Chopper. The whole time Chopper held a serious and concerned look on his face while Luffy just yawned and sat impatiently. After the examination was over Chopper spoke.

"I've never seen this before but I've heard about it from Doctorine. I remember her telling me about a patient she once looked over and that he had two red dots lining his scapula or shoulder blade in simple terms. The effects include light headedness, decrease of strength and major mood swings. Those two marks are said to be the bite marks of a rare species of snakes. The symptoms can last up to a week or two at the very least. There is no major danger in this but what afraids me the most is Luffy's tendency in creating trouble. If he isn't careful from now on to when the effects wear off he could put his life in danger as well as others around him."

"How do you mean?" Zoro questioned.
"His strength is being sapped away from him leaving him nearly defenseless and light headedness will prove to be bad if he suddenly collapses anywhere anytime," Chopper explained. Zoro nodded.
"Not to mention mood swings," Zoro added. Luffy looked to his first mate questioningly but Zoro waved it off.

"So you're telling me we have to deal with Luffy and major mood swings for the next say two weeks? As well as that he won't have as much strength in him and he might collapse any moment?" Zoro nodded. Nami face palmed herself before continuing.
"Ok Zoro you're in charge of him, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." Everyone nodded and started making their way out of the dining room.
"Hey wait a minute, don't I have any say in this?" Everyone looked back at the swordsman.

"Hey Chopper want to see my new invention?" Usopp continued talking to Chopper as he walked out of the entrance of the room.
"Sorry Zoro, but out of all of us you're the most suited to the job. Plus you've known Luffy the longest and he listens to whatever you've got to say." Nami patted Zoro on the back and walked to Robin's side.

Zoro sighed. 'These are going to be two very long weeks.'

Yay there you go thanks for reading. Reviews will be very much appreciated :)