Disclaimer on chapter 1

Not long after posting up the first chapter, I began to realise there could have easily been similar moments before and after my fic so I decided to try my hand at those I already thought up.

This one here is set just after the Straw Hats met Bellamy & are now en route to meeting Ussop- I mean the descendant of the Liar.

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It was not hard to find Nami even if the Going Merry was confusing to him at times. All Zoro had to do was follow the loud irate sound of Nami's voice as she fumed over being laughed at back at the port town and he found her pacing her quarters she shared with Robin who was wisely reading a book outside so as to avoid being targeted by the angry navigator who rounded on the swordsman the moment his boot set foot on forbidden territory.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" She snarled at him clearly in no mood to put up with his geographically challenged stupidity. "Get out of here now before I increase your debt to me five-no, tenfold!"

While normally that would have flared up Zoro's temper despite usually complying with the mikan haired witch, this time he bravely, or perhaps foolishly, stood his ground against her merely folding his arms as he looked at her with a serious expression he rarely used unless necessary.

"You're still going on about it, huh?" He asked despite it being obvious to him.

"Well, seeing as you or Luffy didn't do anything to shut them up, what do you expect!?" Nami snapped. "You guys let them walk over you! Aren't you two supposed to be the strongest of the crew?!"

Zoro sighed in frustration. It was probably because she was a woman and not a fighter that she did not understand things like these. True, he wanted to take out that laughing hyena and his bunch of pansies after the guy knocked away his Captain, but that was until said Captain ordered him to do nothing against them.

While not properly understanding the reason as to why, the swordsman did know that Luffy clearly saw those guys as people who were beneath them and their poor excuse for attacks clearly told him that they were not worth his time. Heck, he reckoned either of them could have shut them all up with just single punch- in that sense, they had luck on their side today when Luffy gave him that order.

Unfortunately, Nami did not seem to see things the way they did and had now worked herself into such a state that not even that former Baroque Works officer or needle brow dared try to speak to her to say nothing of their marksman or doctor who he was here on the behalf of.

"Look, like you said: what's in the past is in the past. No point getting yourself wound up about it- you weren't even hurt, for crying out loud" Zoro told her.

In truth, those guys were lucky enough to have not hurt her physically. Just one scratch or bruise given to her and Zoro would have gone against the Captain's orders and tear them all a new one- then again, Luffy would have probably tried to beat him to the punch-literally!

"Don't go using what I said against me, baka!" Nami snapped as she crossed the room to stand in front of the swordsman and clasp the collar of his shirt. "They laughed at me! You should have hacked them all up there and then to defend my honor!"

"Okay, I get why you're angry at me and Luffy" Zoro began still keeping his cool despite the situation he was in. "But that doesn't mean you can lash out at the rest of the crew. I've already had to fish Chopper out of the water twice because you lashed out at him"

If anything, his words seemed to frustrate Nami even more despite being true.

"So…you'll come to Chopper's aid whenever he needs help…but with me it's different, is that what you're saying?!" Nami demanded pulling one arm back intent on slugging Zoro hard enough the she might be lucky enough to pound even a little sense of direction into his moss covered skull.

Her attack never landed. Easily catching her fist with one hand, Zoro wrapped his free arm around the navigator's waist and pulled her against him easily pinning her there with one arm. Opening her mouth to protest against whatever it was that he was doing, Nami found herself becoming speechless as Zoro kissed her hard robbing her of the strength to protest and even her anger as she found herself slowly sinking into bliss judging by the way her once wide eyes slid closed.

Feeling her literally melt into his kiss, Zoro eventually pulled away from Nami who pouted at him despite having a dreamy look on her features.

"Are you going to quiet down now?" He asked although it was a rather moot question seeing as Nami was only standing due to him holding her up.

"And if I don't?" Nami challenged despite her anger already having dissipated the moment he kissed her.

Unable to hold it in, Zoro chuckled as he let go of the navigator only for Nami to loop her arms around his neck before he could get away quick enough.

"Well?" She asked pulling him down to have easier access to his lips.

Deciding to humor her this time around, Zoro allowed Nami to recapture his lips as he gently scooped her up so that he did not have to bend his neck so much. Moaning into the kiss, Nami quickly wrapped her legs around the swordsman's waist not caring if doing so forced her miniskirt to bunch up above her hips.

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It was thirty minutes later before Zoro found himself walking into the store room situated at the fore of the Merry.

"You can come out now. She's calmed down" He called out to no one in particular.

"You're supposed to say 'potassium chloride'!" Chopper scolded as he poked his head out of the barrel he had been hiding in since Zoro had left to get Nami to calm down after the navigator had scared him into jumping overboard again.

"Sorry, I forgot" Zoro shrugged although in truth he never really heard the doctor say anything about passwords. "Never was good at remembering words smart folk like doctors know"

"D-Don't think praising me will cheer me up, baka!" Chopper yelled while doing his happy dance. "Those lies of yours have no effect on me"

"If you say so. Guess fooling you is impossible" Zoro replied unable to keep from smiling at the joyous mood the blue nosed reindeer was now in as he now began his happy-happy dance.

With his job done for the day, the swordsman figured he deserved a nice long nap and decided to go to one of his favourite napping spots until they reached the other side of Jaya. He had just gotten comfortable when the sounds of Chopper's footsteps could be heard approaching him.

"Hey, Zoro? How did you get Nami to calm down?" He asked of the swordsman curious as to how the man could have survived Nami's wrath and calm her down at the same time.

"I have my ways" Was all he got from the smirking swordsman.

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