Hi again sweeties! Sorry it took me longer to update this chapter. I've been struggling to get an appropriate ending and (phew) you couldn't believe how hard it was to spin the small events together to get a nice ending (despite it was being written for a crack fic). At least, it's hard for me since I'm not exactly good with words despite my love of telling stories.

I kinda like this ending and hopefully you all would enjoy this little fic. :)

I forgot to mention it earlier, but I'd like to use this opportunity to thank Grace121 for her wonderful fic that got me realised that tentacles are so damn sexy! XD


Pairing: SanxZo, OcxZo

Rating: M

Warnings: yaoi, violence, torture, tentacle rape, cracks, lots of swearing

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or make any profits from this fic. I'm poor.


Chapter 2

"I won't forgive you if you hurt my nakama! Did you hear that, old man?!" Luffy shouted towards the ceiling but there was no reply. They couldn't hear the man's or Zoro's voices any more.

"Looks like the communication line is turned off." Chopper said.

That filthy bastard!! I'll kill him if he dare harming the marimo! The cook gritted his teeth furiously.

"Let's go!" Luffy ran, leading the three of them through the only corridor from the first chamber that led them to four smaller corridors on its end.

"We need to split up. Any of us should go back and check the last corridor once finished looking at our first corridor. If you still find none, go to the other two corridors until we find Zoro, got it?" Sanji told the younger straw hats who nodded at him and quickly headed towards different corridors. The cook chose another corridor for himself and quickly rushed through it.

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"Goddammit!" The blonde cook grumbled as he ran his way back through the third corridor with still no result. Chopper and Luffy would probably had started fighting the octopus man in the last corridor and it made Sanji pissed to be the last. The main character usually was given the change to beat the crap out of the villain first for messing with his lover, damn it!

"What's wrong with this fucking fic?!!" He shouted frustratedly towards the ceiling which only answered him with stupid echoes. "fucking fic....fucking fic... ucking fic... ucking fic..."

Also, the hero would usually arrive before the bad guy got his hands on the hapless victim. But Zoro wasn't a hapless victim, he was strong as hell even though Sanji would never admit it out loud. The swordsman was usually the one who would show up to save his nakamas, just like the cook. They were both the top fighters of the crew after all, aside from the straw hat boy. But seeing how easy the alien took the green head away from them, he couldn't help but feel a bit worried. What if Zoro couldn't defend himself when the man tried to do something to him? And if the man turned out to be not as strong as he seemed, what if he cheated or tricked Zoro to get what he wanted?

The blonde could only pray Luffy or Chopper had arrived there before the octopus man did something terrible to the green head.

Please just be safe, Zoro...

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The swordsman woke up to find himself still inside the same weird ring of orbs. The nausea had subsided but he still felt unwell. He looked around and found that everything was still the same as before except the cloth he was wearing now. He frowned when he noticed his white shirt, black pants, and boots had been replaced by emerald green long sleeved robe with intricate silver lining on the front part. No pants or shoes.

"Oh, my love. You look so good in the wedding dress!" The octopus man appeared from one corner of the room and beamed, face blushing while his hand rushed to cover his bleeding nose. "even

though personally I prefer not to put anything on you!"

"You pervert!" Zoro growled, instinctively clasping his thighs together. The feeling of air travelling freely between his legs made him well aware of the pants' and underwear's absence and it made his face blushed involuntarily. "And I'm not your bride! We're not even of the same race. Don't you have another merman to chase?" He continued while trying to sit, but found that his body was still lacked of energy and settled to laid back momentarily.

"Merman? I'm from planet Zon-38 and so do you."

"The hell? I haven't even ever heard of it!"

"You didn't know? Every bride from our planet are sent to other planets for us to find when the time is right."

"What made you think I'm one of your so called brides?! First, I'm a fucking male, secondly, I'm a human, and third, I'm a male!" the swordsman growled heatedly. This guy was either crazy or retarded to mistook Zoro's physique as a female, most likely the latter, Zoro thought.

"It's your hair and now that I know it's your natural color... (he glanced at the small patch of green down there that made Zoro blushed deeper from anger and shame) I didn't have any more doubts to take this relationship to the next level."

"What relationship?! We just met a few minutes ago, you crazy perv!" Zoro finally managed to shift to sitting position after his fifth attempt, but he had to put great amount of energy while doing it since his body felt as heavy as lead.

"Oh please my love, don't be so angry with this revelation. I know it's too much to take it all at once but believe me, I'm your true love!"

"Shut up! What have you done to me, bastard?!"

"It's the Zolvanite orbs. Only Zonians are affected by its glow. Now you believe me that you're one of us?" The man asked.

"Screw you!!" the young swordsman gritted his teeth.

The octopus man ignored him and snatched a small vial from a table nearby then drank the bright green liquid in it in one go. Not a minute later, the swordsman could already began to see the effect. The bulky man slowly transformed into a monstrous shape standing on eight slimy tentacles instead of feet and his torso where his hands were had grown shorter. His body turned pale greenish with grey speckles all over his slimy skin surface. The eyes and mouth was still there but the nose had gone completely and the braided beard had turned into tiny tentacles that hanged on his now invisible chin. Overall, it was quite a disgusting sight to see.

"What the-" The swordsman couldn't stop staring in complete distaste.

"Shall we?" The creature chuckled a little and came closer towards Zoro. The annoying voice of the man was the only thing that was still exactly the same.

"Come any more closer and you'll be a dead octopus!" said the green haired teen.

"Ohoho I don't think so..." The sickening gleam in the creatures' dark eyes made Zoro tensed. Whatever things the disgusting creature might be thinking to do to him, it would happen soon and he wouldn't be able to stop it until somehow he found a way to get rid of those weird green orbs.

I must get out of this circle! The green haired teen told himself, forcing his body to get on his hands and knees to crawl out. It was much easier be said than done for it took all his might just to get on his hands and knees to support his body. Crawling forward was a whole different level of difficulty. His right hand and feet had to support the left parts, and the other way around in order to move forward while maintaining his balance. It was all about sufficient amount of strength and maintaining balance, things that his body was lacking at the moment under the interference of the orbs.

He could hear the creature slithered through the floor with his slimy tentacles while coming closer towards him. He didn't bother to turn his head to see since his vision wasn't dependable anymore. It would only made his nausea worse since he could see was blurry image of the green room, the dark veils, and the yellow-green blinding light all around him. He managed to crawl to the edge of the orb circle despite all that but once his hands touched something round, smooth, and cold, yellow-green lights blinded his vision and his body collapsed almost instantly. A sudden strange prickling sensation appeared through out his body as if he was being pricked by millions of tiny needles and he could feel in his every cells and muscles, that the small orb was robbing every warmth and energy his body possessed as it connected to his palm. Everything that occurred after was happened within seconds but it seemed to be played in slow motion to the swordsman while his body collapsed and crashed onto the cold floor. The deafening sound of his fall echoed in his skull as his vision went white and all he could hear next was the loud harsh breaths of his lungs and his heartbeat against the floor. All other sounds were lost at that short period of time.

Slimy cold tentacles wrapped around his mid section and turned him slowly around to face the ceiling. "There there. That's what you got for not being obedient." He shook his octopus head disapprovingly at the languid body. "I better get it started before you do other reckless thing."

The octopus man started by moving around the swordsman in small circles while mumbling a weird phrases as if performing some ritual dance. Once finished, he took off the green robe from the swordsman to paint foreign marks on his forehead, chin, down to his chest and lower abdomen with a glowing green liquid before he did the same to himself. He stopped briefly to admire the view and snickered like an idiot creature that made the swordsman wanted nothing more than to beat the hell out of that crazed octopus' face if only he wasn't so dizzy.

"B-bastard...!!" was the only word he could mutter. Clearly it wasn't enough to illustrate his frustration towards the man but damn, he really didn't have the energy to translate his whole anger into words right now.

"Where are you, damn alien?!" A voice called out.

"Ah, here comes one of your dear friend. Let's invite him in." Zyronophron went out of the orb circle and headed towards one side of the room where a kind of mechanical panel with small screen and strangely shaped glowing buttons stood on one side of the room. The man pressed some of the buttons then suddenly one side of the room's wall disappeared to show the corridor where Luffy was.

"Welcome, welcome!" Greeted the alien.

"Zoro!" The boy shouted once he saw Zoro lying on the floor behind see-through veils.

"What have you done to him?!!" The raven haired boy yelled angrily at the alien but soon realised his transformation. "Eh? Y-you can transform into an octopus?!!"

The alien swore he saw an awed expression on the boy's face for a moment before it was replaced by determination once more. The boy might look like a simpleton but apparently he wasn't as stupid as he looked. At least he knew when to act like an idiot and when not to.

"Octopus man, …..how do you poop in that form?" The alien's jaw instantly dropped to the floor at how serious the boy's face was. So he was an idiot after all! How the crew accepted the boy to be the captain was beyond him.

"Luffy?" A small voice called along with the approaching sound of running hooves.

"Chopper!" Said the rubber boy. "They're here!" He told Chopper who soon shifted his attention and followed the boy's finger that pointing towards the other room.

"Zoro!!" He squeaked when he saw Zoro on the ground with an octopus monster close by. Not to mention the fact that his green haired friend was all bare under the somewhat see-through veils. Even though the details were vague under the dark veils, he could still saw the first mate's poor state of clothings.

"Now, now. Would you two calm down? You're in the middle of something sacred here." The alien started.

"Let him go, octopus man!" Luffy clenched his fists and glared at him.

"You're not invited here to talk, boy. You're here to witness our marriage." Came the reply.

"I don't care! I'm here to beat you up!" Said the rubber boy, "Gomu-gomu no Pistol!" He launched an attack and charging towards the enemy at the same time. Chopper turned his form to heavy point and followed his captain but suddenly Luffy's fist bounced back in mid air followed by his whole body and crashed to the wall behind them.

"Augh!!" He cried, but of course that didn't stop the stubborn rubber captain of the straw hats.

"Eh?!" Chopper stopped abruptly to watch for the second time Luffy bounced back in mid air as if there was an invisible barrier that preventing them from entering the room.

"It''s like he put some kind of wall to block us!" Said the reindeer.

"That's right. You don't think I will take any chances to let you mess up with the ceremony do you?" The alien smirked victoriously, "Even a hundred angry sea monsters won't be able to break it, so why don't you all just sit tight and be a good guests?"

"Thehhre you are! Whhere's- where's the damn fuckhher?!" Another person was running towards the two straw hats, he voice sounded like he was just been running like mad.

"Ah, another one arrives." The alien cooed.

"YHHOU!!! Whhere's your stupid master?!" The blonde hollered.

"What?" The alien blinked.

"Ah said, whhere's tha motherfucking greehhn basthhard master of yhours?!!" He repeated impatiently but the creature only blinked again at his question. A couple of good second passed in silence before the blonde realised something.

"Hhuh? Thhatshimh??!"

"Sanji! Take slow deep breaths and rest yourself a bit. You could choke to death!" Chopper who got into his doctor-mode squeaked in panic. Sanji rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to argue, but his tired lungs made him changed his mind and did as he was told.

"Do you feel better?" Chopper asked the blonde cook.

"Yes, thanks Chopper." He patted the small doctor gratefully.

"Don't thank me, you bastard!" The reindeer yelled but jumped and danced a little in obvious joy.

"Now if you don't mind gentlemen, we'll carry on with the wedding."The alien announced. He really didn't have time for this.

"Sanji, why did you think that's not him?" Luffy asked the blonde curiously.

"Well, he looked like a brainless animal, so I thought he's one of his pet or something."

"Really? he looks the same to me." Luffy retorted.

"You mean he already looks like an imbecile before?" The cook's comment made the alien's vein popped out on his forehead.

"Hey!! Listen when someone is talking to you!!!" The alien barked at the three straw hats who were currently sitting cross-legged on the alley way and chatting casually like they were waiting for the rain to subside on the street side or something.

"Shut up!!!" They shouted back in unison.

"Ok! you have two options, octopus man. Refuse to surrender our friend and got killed in five seconds or free him in five seconds before we eventually kill you!" The cook stood up and resumed his angry cook fighter-mode.

"Isn't that the same thing?" Luffy scratched his head in confusion, completely puzzled by Sanji's words.

"Actually there's a slight difference, but the result will be all the same for him." Chopper said.

"And why would I do such idiocy? There's an invisible wall in front of you and you would need an intelligence as high as mine to enter, which I reckon wouldn't happen in a million years." He chuckled mockingly at them.

"You think you're clever, bastard? Messing with us is proof enough to how low your intelligence level is." Sanji snapped back.

"Why, isn't this the lover boy in denial himself? Too bad you're a little bit late to correct it." The octopus man chuckled while touching the green head's cheek slightly with the tip of his tentacle. Zoro squinted slightly at the touch before turning his head away in distaste.

"Don't you dare touch him, you disgusting perv!!" The simple gesture was enough to send the blonde on edge. He charged towards the man despite the warning then as suspected, crashed onto the invisible wall and fell hard on his ass. But he quickly got up with renewed strength and determination. The sight of the green head lying motionless on the floor made him saw only red and he fact that he was completely naked wasn't helping either. Luffy soon started attacking the wall as well as Chopper but the door didn't seem to be affected at the slightest.

"What a stubborn friends you have... never mind them. Now where were we?" The alien asked, nonchalant, turning his attention back to the swordsman. His slimy tentacles caressed Zoro's face slowly down to his heaving chest then slid down to nudge slightly at his crotch.

"G-Get off!" Growled the swordsman. He slapped the tentacles off of him and tried to squirm away from the touches but easily being stopped by the the man's strong arms.

"But I'm just warming up, my dear bride."Whispered the alien teasingly. He straddled the young man, pinning his upper thighs with his weight. One of the alien's hand held the struggling arms above the swordsman's head while the other free hand roamed over the well toned torso under him. His hand then slipped lower to clutch the green head's crotch while one of his tentacles slid teasingly between the man's inner thighs and caressed lightly at his entrance.

"No!!" The swordsman could feel his face heated up in an instant, knowing exactly what was coming next. Unfamiliar feeling of mixed panic and disgust filled the green head's mind from the knowledge that he was going to be raped by the man-octopus abomination. He pulled and wrenched his trapped arms franticly, struggling to pry them from the vice-like grip when he felt a thick finger suddenly entered him and sent his back arching from the painful intrusion. "Argh!!"

"It won't be hurt that much if you don't struggle." The octopus man pushed his index finger deeper until it was fully buried to its base, ignoring the green head's cries of pain. He stopped briefly before pulling the finger out slightly and thrust it in again with faster pace. After repeating it several times, he added a second finger to the tight ring of muscle and then the third.

"Uuhn, fuck!!" Cried Zoro. He writhed and struggled to suppress throaty moans when the fingers made scissoring and thrusting moves alternately.

"Y-You BASTARD!!! I swear if you don't stop it right away I'll-" Sanji's enraged shout was heard between the loud noises of Luffy's and Chopper's furious attacks towards the wall.

"Damn it! Why won't it break?!! Gomu-gomu no Cannon!"

"Zoro! Kokutei Roseo!"

"Oh my, look at how worked up I made you." The alien licked his lips and pulled out his fingers from the swordsman's entrance to clasp at his erection. He tightened his grip while one of his tentacles slid in between Zoro's ass and thrust in forcefully.

"You sick basta-AARGHH!!"

"Why don't you relax and try enjoying it? Your body seems to love it." The man squeezed hard at his balls that caused a pained yelp escaped the green head's mouth then he clasped his big fingers around the erection again and pumping it in a fast pace. The tentacle thrust in sync with the pumping hand as it got faster and merciless that finally sent Zoro to his climax. The green head moaned painfully loud when his seeds spurted all over the big man's hands and his own lower abdomen.

His vision turned white in the afterglow while his chest rose and fell erratically from the exertion. Sweat covered all over his body that suddenly began to spasm as a result of breathing difficulty. The big man, realising his distress, pulled a small triangle-shaped medallion that was hidden under the tiny tentacles of his lower face then put its surface on the swordsman's chest. All of a sudden Zoro felt a warm relaxing sensation spread into his exhausted body. The fatigue and the pain was gone almost instantly and his breathing became even. He could hear himself humming soft and low in contentment as his muscles relaxed and his mind became clearer while warm flow of unknown energy flowed back to his body. Unfortunately, the alien quickly removed the medallion before his body could gain more strength. He didn't want the green head ruined the fun by fainting so soon.

"Clean it." The alien pushed his hand that was smeared with cum into the green head's lips. The swordsman turned his face to the side in reflex but Zyronophron quickly removed the hand he used to cuffed Zoro's wrists to grab at his jaw and kept his head still.

"Don't make me force you." He pushed the tentacle still sheathed inside the other man in warning and made him gasped inaudibly.

Seeing that he didn't have much choice, he finally obeyed and licked the fingers with short awkward stokes. The taste of the cum on his tongue made him frowned in disgust and he tried hard not to think where the fingers had been as he licked their sticky length.

"That's it... good boy...." The big man purred in approval.

He shoved his fingers deeper in silent demand for them to be sucked, almost choking the swordsman in the process. His eyes observed every movements of the man's facial features under him as he began sucking. Of how his cheeks became hollow as he sucked, of how his half lidded eyes watched the fingers while his warm wet lips closed in around them, and how the three golden earrings on his left ear chimed softly with every tilting movement of his head.

The alluring sight reminded Zyronophron of his temporarily forgotten urge that was now screaming for immediate release. He pulled back his hand and shifted his position to spread the green head's legs and held them around the part where his tentacles met his torso. Something that looked like another tentacle came out from between his front tentacles, a big dark red tentacle with blunt tip and size as big as a grown man's arm. It looked very hard and stiff, unlike the other tentacles and the green head's eyes almost bulged out in horror when he realised what it truly was. He was sure there was no way in hell that huge thing would fit in him without ripping his insides apart!

The loud noises and angry curses from his three crew mates while trying to break through was still heard but from the sound of it, none of them were going to succeed breaking in any time soon and he in his current state wouldn't have any chance against the alien either. Unless.... if he managed to steal the strange medallion from the big man. If the green orbs around them was the cause of his weakened state and if the alien came from the same planet just like he did, it should affect him too. He must be using something to block the effect and the dark medallion was the only logical explanation. With the hope that his guess was true, Zoro had to brace himself if he was going to set the plan into motion. He knew the alien had the ability moving in impossible speed so he needed to create a distraction long and close enough for him to snatch the small object from the man's neck. As much as he loathed the idea, it was the only way he thought could be working. If this was his only chance, he wouldn't let anything get in the way, even if that meant he would have to suffer both physically and mentally. He let himself being pulled closer by the waist towards the alien and kept his breaths even as much as he could for what was about to come next.

The swordsman could barely feel the intruding tentacle sliding out before something blunt and impossibly hard poking on his entrance and pushed in without warning. It shoved deeper than the green head could've imagined it possible, forcing open his inside to the point of impossibility and made his head jerked violently backwards while a pained groan escaped his tightly clenched teeth. His entire muscles tensed achingly and his hands clenched so hard until the blunt nails dug deep into the skin. It was unbearable. He couldn't even feel hot tears flowed down his flushed cheeks or his whole body trembling as his tight ring of muscle was brutally forced to fit around the width and the length of the intruding cock. Yet he refused succumbing to the pain and let out a single tiny scream from his mouth. Thin line of warm blood trailed down his severely bitten lips. He shut his eyes tight and concentrating on his breathing while waiting his body to adjust. It was a miracle he didn't pass out but he was sure as hell he's bleeding in the inside.

The alien growled low in pleasure as he pushed his cock in until it was completely sheathed. The tightness around him made him see stars but it was hard to move so he stopped briefly to let the swordsman's body adjusted to his size. The young man's gorgeous body trembled visibly, his sculpted neck and torso was glistening with sweat and his chest heaved up and down, causing the alien's cock pulsed painfully in need. Somehow he managed to restrain himself a little longer until he felt he could move easier inside the green head. He began to move back and forth slowly. His front tentacles wrapped around the green head's mid section while another tentacle helped his hand securing Zoro's thighs around his waist. He fastened his pace and soon he was pounding at the body under him with increased force, sensing that he was close to climax, making the swordsman let out muffled groans from his throat. With a couple of final deep thrusts, the octopus man finally came forcefully inside the swordsman, letting out a long contented moan before collapsing partly on top of the man. The room's air was thick with sweat and cum.

Both men were still panting from exertion when Zoro grabbed the big man by his facial tentacles and pulled it slightly. Their eyes met and locked for a moment, glint of disgust and loathe flashed in the young man's dark green eyes for a split second but his face remained unreadable. Then he lifted his head and pulled the octopus man's face closer into a kiss. It was a short hesitant kiss at first but soon the octopus man return the kiss eagerly and began pushing his tongue between Zoro's lips, requesting an entrance. The swordsman cringed at the idea but let the keen tongue slipped in and explored his mouth cavern. It took a lot of concentration to ignore the small slimy tentacles that caressed and poked at his cheeks and neck, or the broad hand that roamed his chest and teased at his left nipple, or the slight thrust of the man's hip while his cock that was still buried deep inside him began to pulse back into hardness. The green head focused his attention solely on his hand while it carefully made its way towards where the medallion were. Once he felt the cold metal between his fingers, he snatched it with as much power and speed as his arm could muster then threw it away as far as he could onto one side of the room. The alien's mind seemed to be too clouded with lust and failed to react until it was too late. His body had already began to be sluggish under the influence of the orbs around them. He tried to pull away from Zoro but the green head refused to let go and slowed him down with his entire weight, preventing him from getting out of the orb circle before he became as weakened as the swordsman.

Meanwhile, the three straw hats had stopped their fierce attacks towards the invisible wall to catch their breaths. They're bruised and exhausted from attacking the wall they couldn't even see but still the wall didn't show even the tiniest sign of cracking.

"Damned wall!! It's like fighting an invisible daruma wall!" Luffy laid on the floor, his tongue out while he panted like a defeated dog.

"The more we attack the stronger it bounces us back." Chopper said, his condition as miserable as the rubber boy.

The exhausted cook only stood in complete silence and slowly reached at his jacket pocket for cigarette but then remembered that he had just finished the whole pack a while ago. Watching his lover being raped by the octopus man while he couldn't do anything about it made him smoke like a speeding locomotive. His brain had shut down and his emotion took over his judgement since he saw Zoro cried in pain for the first time. All the other things that happened after that was hard to remember besides his own shouting while he blindly kicking and punching at the wall until his injured body screamed to be allowed to rest. At that point when the extreme fatigue had forced him to stop and his physical strength had reached its limit, his logic came flying back to him.

Daruma, huh?..... the stronger we resist the more powerful it resists back. Thought the cook.

.What if.... what if we don't resist at all?

What would happen?

He lifted his hand to touch the invisible wall absent mindedly and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw his hand easily passed through it. He took a few steps forward to make sure it was real then suddenly he was already on the other side of the room. Chopper and Luffy blinked at their nakama for a couple of good seconds before realising what had happened.

"Sanji, you're genius!!!" His two younger crew mates cheered with eyes gleaming wide in amusement. But the blonde's attention wasn't on them at the moment, he turned and rushed towards the two struggling figures inside the circle of hanging veils and small glowing orbs.

"You really ruined the fun, little demon. Now why don't you keep still for a while so I could finish the bond?" Zyronophron snarled at the swordsman. One of his hands held an opened silver cuff-like necklace while the other hand half-strangled the young man. He settled to finish the ceremony first before getting back the medallion from the corner of the room by sealing the silver necklace around Zoro's neck and claimed him as his mate. Though weakened, he still got the advantages since Zoro had been inside the orbs circle much longer than him.

The green head barred his teeth at the call name. "Not in a lifetime, asshole!!" He managed to spit between strangled coughs. Struggling in vain, his hands were clawing frantically at the big man's arm that threatened to block his pipe hole from sucking air.

The alien laughed a crazed laugh as a clicking sound of the necklace around the green head's neck was heard. "Haha! You're now bounded as my wif-Aauughh!!!" A very powerful blow was sent to the side of his skull, followed by a loud cracking sound of his skeleton that caused the big man fainted before he even collapsed to the side. The necklace were instantly snatched open, as his hand that was still had its fingers around the silver metal followed the body's fall to the ground.

"I object!!!" Growled a very angry blond cook.

"Bastard." Was the only curse that managed to get out from the blonde's tightly clenched teeth. He had the strong urge to pounce at the big man and kill him right then and there but cancelled it when he saw the octopus man's tentacles and Zoro's lower limbs were still tangled at each other. The cook hurriedly kneeled beside the green head, lifting his head and cupped his cheeks tenderly with the same hand that punched the alien to the world of unconsciousness.

"Zoro! you alright?" The swordsman was still concious but he looked pale and his eyes unfocused.

"Zoro...?" Sanji lowered his worried face to mere inches apart from Zoro, drawing the pair of green orbs to slowly look at his blue ones but no words came out from the green head's lips.

"Zoro, can you hear me?!" he repeated.

No respond. Say something damnit! Please say something! The blonde screamed inwardly. It felt like he had been waiting forever until the green head nodded his head slightly. The cook exhaled a sharp relieved breath and quickly grabbed his head and shoulders into a tight embrace.

"Thank God! I thought you were-" Sanji pulled apart briefly only to hug the green head again. "Damn it, don't scare me like that!"

"Zoro, I'm so sorry. I-I couldn't get here in time.... I'm-this is all my fault, I'm sorry...." The blonde tightened his embrace and pressed his face tightly against Zoro's cheek, wetting it with the warm tears he hardly even noticed pouring down from his eyes. Or Maybe it was Zoro's tears that wetted his cheeks, it's pretty hard to tell when there wasn't enough lighting on a room. Probably they were both crying. It was a pretty emotional situation anyway, so it wouldn't be very surprising.

"S-Sanji,"

"If only I spoke the truth, none of this should've happened-if only I wasn't so cowardly- C-can you forgive me?" The blonde kept babbling between silent sobs.

"Stop,"

"I know sorry is not enough, but please don't tell me to stop until-" He would understand if Zoro wasn't ready to accept his apology but he wasn't going to stop now.

"No, s-stop pulling ....'s hurt..." Said the frowned swordsman. Sanji lowered his gaze to the alien's tentacles that were still tangled around Zoro's abdomen. The cook gently put the green head down to untangle the tentacles. He removed all of them except one that looked a bit different from the others. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that it was inside Zoro. The size of it made him cringed and boiled in anger realising how much pain the perverted alien had put his marimo through. He looked up at Zoro, waiting for his direction.

"J-just take it out!" The green head avoided Sanji's gaze and his face flushed red.

Sanji tightened his grip and did what he was told carefully. He cringed in horror to see the length of the thing that went inside the green head and quickly let go when he realised that it wasn't a tentacle at all as it was still dripping something dark yellow and sticky from its blunt tip. He kicked the alien's body away from Zoro (deliberately a lot harder than necessary), then quickly covered the swordsman's lower half with his black jacket.

"Sanji, how is he?" Luffy's worried voice was heard. He and Chopper had came in not long after the cook. Luffy was about to stomp in and beat the octopus man senseless but Chopper stopped him, saying he wasn't a threat anymore. He told Luffy that Sanji needed some time alone with the first mate so they remained outside the veils until Sanji called them. The rubber boy agreed since he knew the reindeer doctor was more eager to run towards their nakama himself. It was his first instinct as a doctor to worry about his crew's well being after all. It felt so wrong to deny it and his small hooves were fidgeting nervously, but still he restrain himself from jumping inside.

"He's okay. Come in and check him, Chopper." Sanji replied while hurriedly wiped his wet cheeks.

"No, get me out of here." Zoro grabbed the cook's wrist. Sanji nodded, for the first time obeying the green head without a word. He usually wouldn't grand any requests from the first mate, even when the marimo asked very politely (which he never did!) except, of course, when the word 'sex' and 'Zoro' were involved. But this time it's different. The swordsman could ask anything and he would do it right away. He'd probably even kicked a lady if Zoro asked him to. ...Well, not really but you know what he meant!

The cook scooped him up gently. He might looked quite muscular and strong for his young age, but Zoro was not as heavy as the cook had thought, in fact, Sanji could carry him without a lot of troubles. The swordsman looked awkward and shifted uncomfortably for several times on the blonde's arms but soon decided to not think about it. Sanji carried him bridal style was definitely not good for his image but there were times when you're too tired to actually care of other people's thoughts. Besides, his rear probably couldn't make it if the cook carried him on his shoulder or carried him piggyback style.

"Wait, get the medallion before we go." Zoro suddenly remembered.

"What medallion?" Chopper enquired.

"A triangle medallion. It's his source of energy. I threw it near the wall in the room." The green head explained.

"Ok. we'll get it!" Luffy said and then went back to the room with Chopper. A short moment later the two younger straw hats came out with the small object.

"What about the octopus man?" Chopper asked the cook and the swordsman.

"Let him rots!!!" They said grudgingly.

They got out from the alien's submarine-octopus and found out that the animal had woken up from its slumber. They stared at each other for a couple of minutes, daring their opponent to go forth but once Luffy jumped while screaming 'Takoyaki' and prepared to sent an attack with his devil fruit ability, the big octopus visibly squinted and swam away as fast as he could. It turned out that it was as cowardice and timid as Usopp despite its intimidating size. Luffy tried to stretch his arms to catch it, but the green octopus was already propelled itself deep underwater before the captain could lay a finger on it. Chopper had to turned back to his guard point to drag the rubber boy into the Shark Submerge since he was having a momentary mental break down, lamenting over his escaped meal and refused to move forward. Once everybody got into the little submerge, they headed back toward the Sunny. Thanks to Chopper's tiny form, they could fit Zoro who was instantly fell asleep on the back of the Shark Submerge's passenger seat.

The rest of the straw hats came running to greet their friends with smiles and relieved sighs knowing that everyone was safe. Chopper, as usual rushed the most wounded patient to be carried to the infirmary for immediate treatments.

"Oi, you don't have to handle me like a freakin' glass." The green head said to the cook who was clearly trying to move as gentle as he could while he took him to the infirmary. It nudged his swordsman's pride a little bit but secretly he was thankful to the blonde since a tiny shake was enough to make him winced. He squeezed his palm on the cook's shoulder lovingly, a gesture he often used to show his lover his appreciation. The blonde flashed a smile but didn't say anything.

"What's wrong?"

"Um... nothing."

"What? Tell me."

"...well, I was wondering that maybe.... you-I-uh-we-uh.... nevermind."

"Just say it, cook!" The first mate snapped, but they were quickly being interrupted by the little doctor of the ship.

"You can leave now, Sanji. I need some more room to treat him." Chopper shooed the blonde by pushing him slightly to the door.

"Zoro, uhm... I-uh, will you... uhm, willyoumarryme?" The blonde finally dared to speak out.

"....WHAT?!!" The straw hats who were all gathered near the infirmary shouted their shock.

"Hadn't you heard it? Sanji just asked Zoro to marry him." Luffy's loud voice was heard soon after.

"We know that, Luffy!" Everyone yelled back.

The blonde felt the strong urge to just fled to the galley as he felt everyone's eyes on him. He couldn't believe he had chosen the most awkward timing, not to mention that he was standing on the doorway when he decided to say it. Could he be more idiotic than that? Marriage proposal supposed to be done in the most romantic way a romantic soul of a cook could think of but there he was, blurted it out under the sick bay door while the doctor was chasing him away. He kinda expected that the first mate would yelled his rejection the moment he heard it and kicked the blonde out of the room himself. Hell, he himself wasn't even know that he would be ready with that kind of serious commitment. But he just had to say it. He had thought he lost the marimo in that short period of time and suddenly he realised he didn't know what to do if he really lost him.

"Is he having a post-traumatic stress or something?" The first mate suddenly turned to Chopper and asked with a flat face, making a vein popped out on the cook's head.

"I don't think so. You're more likely to suffer from it, not him." The reindeer replied as a matter of factly.

"Well he got it from me then." the swordsman said simply and made the reindeer and the rest of the straw hats sweat dropped (minus Luffy).

"It's not infectious, you idiot." Luffy popped his head inside the small room. "Unless you pee in the same toilet." he continued seriously.

"Where the hell did you hear that from?! That's even more idiotic!!" Everyone bellowed.

"Hey! We're supposed to talk about me!" The cook interrupted, totally loosing his patient.

"Yeah! Bros, stop interrupting and let cook-bro gets his answer!" Franky raised his big hand in such a dramatic move, stopping everyone from continuing their pointless argument and draw their attention back to the cook and the swordsman. The blue haired man signalled the slightly nervous cook to continue.

He took a slow hesitant step forward and stopped briefly. All pair of eyes was on him, urging him to go on with their silent stare and adding unwanted pressures to the already nervous cook. It was too late to take that back though. With several deep breaths, the cook pulled himself together and advancing towards the swordsman who was lying awkwardly on the sick bed. He could see that the green head was as nervous as he was. He took the young man's hand into his own and cleared his throat. Here goes...

"...Will you... Will you marry me, Zoro?" He looked intensely at the swordsman who only stared back. Mixed of unknown emotions appears on his eyes.

One minute passed... everyone fixed their eyes on the swordsman and held their breaths, waiting for an answer...

two minutes... the crew still held their breaths and stayed still on the door way...

two and a half... They still waited tensely... something flickered on Zoro's face, but he kept silent... could it be?

three.... Luffy and Usopp began twitching and had to inhale some air...

Three and a ha- "ARE YOU FUCKING NUTS??!!!" The green head roared.

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three and a half months later....

"Nami-swaaannn, Robin-chwaaann!!" Sanji twirled his way towards the girls who was lounging comfortably on the upper deck as usual. The shade from the mikan trees spared them from the bright sun and the breeze helped cooled down the temperature around them. The girls only giggled and thanked him as he served them with their third refreshment that afternoon.

"It looked good on you, Sanji-kun." Robin praised the beautiful silver ring on the blonde's finger. It has simple clean carvings that complimented the tiny tourmaline stone placed on its top. It glowed the same clear dark green color as the swordsman's eyes. Zoro had the exact same ring on his tanned finger, only the stone was a clear aquamarine that constantly reminded him of the cook's beautiful ocean blue eyes.

"Why, thank you Robin-chan! Nami-swan's exceptionally fine taste in jewellery really is astounding!" The blonde sang happily, causing a wide grin on the navigator's face. She had helped Zoro picked the design when he asked her to lend him some money to buy engagement rings a week ago at the small town on the last port they were stopping. At first, the green head didn't tell her what it was for, but after a long series of pushing and blackmailing, it was revealed that Zoro decided to propose their cook into an engagement after a long contemplation following the event three and a half months before. She also had actually let him borrowed the money with the lowest interest she had ever charged anyone before (or at least that's what she claimed she had), which was still insanely high according to Zoro but he supposed it was the most generous offer he could get from the highly money-driven navigator. She kindly accompanied him to the finest jewellery store in town too. Last night the swordsman finally man up and proposed the blonde in the galley (not very romantic, but he couldn't lure the cook without him being suspicious to the front deck, under the blanket of stars as he had planned a week before).

That was the main reason of Sanji's particularly good mood today and everyone on the ship knew what caused it right away once they saw the ring on the two love birds' fingers. Almost everyone at least. Shortly after a festive lunch in the galley, a terrified scream could be heard coming from the galley and reached the crow's nest where Zoro was having a comfortable nap. The first mate cracked one eye open at the crashing noises that followed Luffy's screams. The rubber boy must've tried stealing something expensive from Sanji's kitchen that the cook made him screamed like that. With a long lazy yawn, the swordsman quickly fell back to sleep again.

End


Hmm, it turned out slightly longer than I had expected and way more explicit too...

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