Easter Zoro-Bunny

Luffy lifted his head as a shadow passed the porthole window. It was large, it was white, it was…probably Sanji out for a smoke. He laid his head back on his pillow. In the bunk below him, Sanji's eyes followed the large white figure as it passed the porthole window. He felt the odd sensation as Luffy's saliva leaked through his hammock and dripped onto his left cheek. His leg flew upwards. "LUFFY! YOU GROTTY FREAK!"

Luffy hit the ceiling with a thud and fell back onto the floor. "SANJI!" He moaned. In the corner of his eyes, the large white figure passed the porthole window again. He bolted to his feet. "Sanji," he whispered excitedly, "it's the Easter Bunny!" He zoomed to the door and flew down the hall. Sanji raced after him.

Zoro heard the door open on the deck. There came a clack-clack of wooden thongs slapping on the floorboards. Behind the clack-clacking came a tap-tap. Zoro grabbed an egg before turning to face the threat.

"RABBIT!" Luffy squealed, crashing into Zoro's fluffy white suit. "LOOK SANJI! THE BUNNY IS REAL! THE EASTER BUNNY IS TRUE!" He squeezed the Zoro-bunny again.

Zoro, guided by Nami's firm words of threat, mechanically hugged Luffy back, ignoring the glares of Sanji. Luffy was easy to fool, but Zoro prayed that Usopp's art skills were as good as that he boasted about. And in those moments, he thanked Nami for bleaching his hair for five hours – but then he remembered that she was the one who put him in this position so he cursed her.

After Luffy got his years worth of hugging the Zoro-bunny, Sanji stepped forward. His eye scanned the white; pink nosed, round chin, no forehead and white hair, fluffy figure. Zoro waited in anguish to see whether Sanji too, had been fooled.

"EEK!" Sanji cried.

It's Zoro! Finished the first mate in horror. Just let the pain be over…some nice person shoot me.

"I KNEW YOU EXISTED TOO!" Zoro blinked in shock as Sanji ploughed into his chest and got a year worth of hugs out of him too. Hugging Luffy was…expected, he was so immature and child-like that he would hug anything fluffy. Sanji hugging the bunny, believing in the Easter Bunny was plain and out right wrong. Zoro wished some nicer person would shoot the chef.

Finally, he was free from the captain and chef's wrath. "Err…why aren't you in bed?" Zoro said, denying his vocal chords to take on a more deep and manly tone. His false high-pitched voice was record scratching, but the other two were in complete awe of him and to them, his voice was like an angel.

"I wanted to come see you," gushed Luffy. Sanji nodded dumbly at his side.

"Well," continued Zoro-bunny, "I…want you two to spin around."

The two spun around. Zoro sniggered deep in his throat; he was all-powerful in this suit.

"Now, make pigs sounds!" Luffy made the most convincing pig noises but Sanji was a clear winner. Zoro almost fell out of character. "Okay, now go to bed and don't get up again. Alright Luffy?" He handed the captain and chef an egg. "Go suck on this."

They both went off, sucking on their chocolate eggs. He watched them go with relief. Weirdness was a value highly respected on this ship, but tonight, weirdness was taken to a new height…and he wanted to free his skin and reclaim his poor katana. Tipping the basket upside-down on the deck, he headed for Nami's room.

Luffy waited until he could hear Sanji's usual ranting of Nami in his sleep before climbing out of his hammock and making his way down the halls. Suddenly, the Easter Bunny walked past. Luffy hid into the shadows and watched.

Zoro fumbled with his paws on the doorknob, finally, his fingers, getting a sense of co-ordination, opened the door and he stepped in.

Nami looked up from her maps. "How was it?"

Zoro began unzipping the suit. "Luffy showed up…"

"As predicted," said Nami casually.

"…but, you wouldn't believe who else on this ship believes in the Easter Rabbit."

"Who?" Zoro raised his pale eyebrows. Nami giggled. "Not Sanji!"

Trying not to look at Nami's dresses, Zoro hung the white suit at the back of her wardrobe. "Yep, dart-brow thought I was the Easter Bunny, hugged me and everything. What a complete idiot! Almost seemed worth doing this to know that!" He grinned, which sent a crack through the drying make-up. "URGH! NAMI! GET THIS OFF ME!"

Luffy waited all night for the Easter Bunny to emerge form Nami's room, but he didn't and that was weird. "Sanji," he entered the kitchen where the chef was preparing breakfast. "The Easter Bunny went into Nami's room last night."

Sanji spun around. "Really?" He growled.

"Yeah, and he hasn't come out…uh? Zoro?" Luffy watched as his first mate walked past.

"What?" He snapped.

"Why do you have your bandana on? I thought you only put it on when you're fighting."

"Latest fashion, Luffy and…" his face darkened. "I'm fighting the navigator."

Sanji's face darkened too. "Fighting beloved Nami with what, exactly?"

"Doggedness," he replied icily, before storming out of the kitchen.

"Something's up with Zoro and Nami…Anyway," said Luffy, forgetting the entire encounter with his first mate. "The Easter Bunny didn't come out!"

Sanji threw a tea towel over his shoulder. "Well," he said sternly, "I'm going to stand guard over Nami tonight!"

That night….

Nami opened the port window to let the swordsman in. "I can't believe you let Luffy see you come in last night!"

The first mate wriggled his way through the small gap. "Sorry…" he fell to the floor. "Sorry, I know, almost blew it, okay I get it. Very funny, moving on." He stood up. "Hurry up and get this over and done with."

After half an hour of getting make-up prepared and the suite back on, Zoro squeezed back through the window and made his merry way, scattering Easter eggs through out the Going Merry. It wasn't long before he heard the same clap-clapping of sandals on the wooden deck.

"Luffy!" He spun around, straining his voice box to obtain the high pitch. "Why aren't you in bed?"

Luffy blinked innocently. "I wanted to see if you REALLY REALLY existed!"

"I do Luffy," Zoro squeaked painfully, "Now, please, go back to bed."

"Easter Bunny?"

"Err…yes?"

"Can I have another egg tonight?"

Zoro sighed inwardly as he reached into his basket and retrieved a tinsel wrapped chocolate egg. "Here you go, but straight to bed. No hanging around like last night."

"You knew? How come you went into Nami's room?"

The Zoro-bunny stumbled on the words. "Well…there's…umm…portal?"

Luffy's face broke out into a high beam. "Really!?"

"Err…yeah…its in Nami's room…which is why I went in…there?"

The captain obviously accepted those facts as he skipped back to bed. Zoro sighed and upturned the basket.