Whoooo next chap! XD I'm trying my best to get these up faster! As a note for this one, the scene with Luffy and Nami was originally LuNa but I changed it slightly so it could be taken as LuNa or just friendship :)
Title: Great Minds Think Alike
Pairing: Zoro/Sanji
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece :( That would be Echiro Oda! But I do enjoy messing with the characters :D
Now read! :3
Within an infinite space which seemed to contain some type of fog or mist, Sanji stood directly across from the crew's first mate. The only thoughts that could cross the cook's mind was what exactly were they doing there, and where was the rest of their nakama? Sanji opened his mouth in attempt to speak, but for some unknown reason could not form any words. He stared at the man nearly twenty feet in front of him as in to look for an answer of some kind. As if on cue, the swordsman reached into his pocket and pulled out a small red stone that gave off a radiant glow. The stone itself was beautiful, but there was no time to admire it as Sanji was hit with realization. His face became slightly distort with fear. No... He weakly thought. He made a fast attempt to sprint towards Zoro, but unfortunately his whole body had become frozen. He could only watch as Zoro looked at the stone and remained absolutely silent. After the dreaded silence though, the chef heard a crackling noise. Soon, many crackling noises followed until the stone itself shattered, completely obliterated into hundreds of shards. Zoro, his face completely stoic, simply turned around and walked off into the mist. He had left the bewildered blonde standing in complete shock. Right then his legs gave out, and as Sanji fell, darkness enveloped him.
"Shit!" Sanji awoke and sat up in his bed startled.
He placed his hand to his head and ran his fingers through his lemon yellow hair. He felt a drop of sweat run down his right cheek and his breath was unsteady. After calming down and recollecting himself, Sanji fell back on the cushion. He had sprung back up as soon as he had fallen though because he had just realized he needed to make breakfast.
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"Usopp! Let's go Ice Fishing!" The boy with the straw hat yelled with excitement.
As a reply, Usopp slapped him upside the head while being careful as to not allow the paint from the brush he was currently holding get onto his canvas. inside Usopp's Workshop, Usopp sat on a stool in front of a large canvas that sat upon a wooden easel. Along his side on a small table lay multiple jars of a variety of paints. After slapping his overly hyper captain, he scolded him for his foolishness.
"You can't Ice Fish without any ice!"
"Aw why not? It's cold enough isn't it!"
The long nosed boy stared blankly at his idiot for a captain.
"You weren't very educated as a child were you?"
Then again, Usopp could still see him as a child. An overly grown one that is. He sighed and turned back to his work.
"We'll mess around some other time! The great Usopp sama is currently working on a masterpiece!"
The other end pouted and stomped his way out with his fists balled at his sides.
"Meh!" Luffy hung himself over the rail of the Thousand Sunny.
"Are we there yet?" He asked meekly to no one in particular.
"Bored?" another voice called.
Luffy stood up straight and looked next to him. There, Nami stood in her navy blue winter jacket. The blue had complimented her hair and as always she looked beautiful.
"We should be there within an hour, so don't worry." She said with a warm smile.
The other boy's face carried a tint of red, and he made a wide grin.
"Okay!"
It was not too often he got to be alone with his navigator like this. He loved these moments as did Nami herself. As cold as she most certainly seemed to most, Nami had developed a deep bond with her beloved captain. She ruffled his dark hair, flipping back the straw hat that lay on top, and walked away.
"Don't forget we've got an adventure!... and a fortune to find." Nami grinned as she went into the galley. Luffy watched her as she left and if it was anymore possible, his smile grew. He slammed his hands back on the rail and faced the ocean, wind blowing through his raven locks of hair.
"Yosh! Adventure!"
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"Hey..."
Sanji was wasing dishes after lunch and had his back turned to the table. Zoro was currently sitting at said table while drinking a bottle of booze he had gotten for his previous meal. He set the bottle down and looked towards the curly-brow chef.
"What Ero-cook?" Zoro replied.
Sanji disregarded that last comment. All he needed was to know whether Zoro had actually believed in the power of the treasure they were after.
"You really believe love can be found inside some gem?"
The swordsman raised a brow at this, and for a few seconds, thought about it before taking another swig of his alcohol.
"Who the hell knows." He began.
"I've seen more than my fair share of weird things in this world." He finished off his booze to the very last drop before making a disappointed face at the loss.
'Where did that question come from?" The moss-head asked suddenly.
"Nowhere really..." The blonde lied.
"Just wondering is all." He ended.
Zoro gave the mugiwara chef a suspicious look. He's been acting weird... Of course, the golden eyed swordsman wouldn't complain. As much as he loved pissing the other off, he never minded moments of peace with no fighting or insulting. However, how he felt about their situation was another story. From outside, Luffy's over enthusiastic voice could be heard.
"LAND!" He shouted vigorously.
Everyone came outside as well and indeed, a shadow of an island could be seen in the far distance of the middle of the grand sea. After pulling straws, it was decided who would stay and guard the ship while the others went on their little adventure. To Chopper and Usopp's dismay, they were not given this opportunity. Instead, the two chosen to stay was Robin and Brook. Although trusting a perverted skeleton with a gorgeous lady seemed like a terrible idea, the crew knew that the woman could be very intimidating, so everything would be just fine. Nami was a little disappointed at this, but regardless did not dwell on it. She always had Luffy there so she couldn't really complain. After the decision had been made the crew resumed what they were previously doing. Sanji only thought three words out loud as he walked inside.
"Here we go..."
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"A temple?" A pair of twins asked the captain of the Mugiwara crew. Their voices instantly became filled with worry.
"You don't mean... that temple do you?" The twin with the short brown hair questioned.
"Why on earth would you want to go there? Don't you know that place is haunted!" The twin with the long blonde hair added.
Luffy place his hand under his chin and thought about there words. After a moment, along with a hum, he simply asked.
"So?"
His nakama who stood behind all face palmed at once. Moron! They thought in unison.
"So!" The pair of twins yelled together.
"Listen..." Luffy's voice had suddenly became a lot more serious.
His head was low with his hat covering his face casting a shadow.
"For the sake of the treasure... an epic adventure..."
His head immediately shot up as he spoke his last words with determination clearly heard in his voice.
"And the promised feast from my trusting navigator!..." Okay... so the term 'serious' would hardly apply to that situation.
Trusting? Zoro thought, mentally slapping his idiot captain.
She promised him a freaking feast? Sanji thought in return. Now don't get him wrong, the chef was more than willing to make a special dinner for his crew. It was just his bottomless pit for a captain that made things somewhat difficult. Luffy continued his extremely short speech... If it could even be called a speech that is.
"We need to find this temple place so we can find this necklace thing!" He concluded.
If it was not for the fact that Luffy was their captain, Sanji would have gave him a nice hard kick to the back of his head. As if he doesn't already have enough brain damage. The blonde thought annoyed. The twins stood and glanced at each other and then back to the most odd pirate crew the had ever seen. Nervously, the two pointed in the same direction.
"Thanks!" The raven haired boy grinned.
"Those ladies were gorgeous." Sanji muttered out loud.
"And twins! I should have done the talking dammit..." He pouted.
Zoro looked behind his shoulder at the sulking cook.
"Don't worry..." The swordsman said, his voice filled with compassion... wait what?
Sanji looked up at him. Was that marimo actually being... nice? Suddenly the chef had that feeling of having butterflies flutter around in one's gut. This had become something that had actually happened more often than he would like. Unfortunately that feeling had immediately sunk.
"You probably would've gotten rejected anyways!" Zoro finished with a cocky laugh. He threw his head back a bit as he did so. Of course it was too good to be true. Damn him! Sanji cursed to himself.
"You wanna say that to my face bastard!" The irritated chef flipped the swordsman off with his teeth bared, a cancer stick crushed between them.
"Knock it off you two or I'll place you both in debt for life!" Nami intervened.
At first he hesitated, but Sanji complied with her demand. The crew continued walking for some time.
"Ugh... captain bro make it stop!" The cyborg couldn't help it. Someone, ANYONE, had to make the horrendous voice surrounding them come to an end.
"My voice is beautiful!" Luffy snapped.
"Brook would be ashamed..." Nami hung her head.
"The islands in the south are warm~!... Their heads get really hot~!... And they're all idiots~!..."*
Sanji most certainly did not need this right now. He brought his free hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose. The blonde couldn't help but keep thinking back to the previous night, and how shaky he had felt afterwords. He was pretty sure he had no gift to see into the future, but if he did he would probably be screwed.
The only thing I don't get is... he thought, then unconsciously said in a low voice.
"What does it mean?"
He could already feel a headache coming on from the much abusive thought. That along with the obnoxious singing that is. Speaking of which, that singing seemed to have faded.
"I'm pretty sure my back can't talk back to you dart-brow."
The sudden voice snapped Sanji from his thoughts. He glared daggers at the one responsible for it. His cheeks flushed slightly from embarrassment. How could he have been careless and gotten lost in his own thoughts again?
"Sh- shut up." Was all the blonde stammered.
"We'd probably be further with them if it wasn't for your dragging."
Sanji's face became puzzled for a moment before realizing that they had in fact fallen behind quite a bit. Luffy's 'beautiful' voice could be heard though, so the rival pair could not have been that far behind. The cook picked up the pace, as did Zoro.
"No one asked you to wait" Sanji muttered.
He didn't say it with much aggression though because he knew it made him a bit happy that the other man stayed behind, but he could not help but wonder why. Suddenly, the man in front of him slowed down again, but continued walking nonetheless.
"Ya' know..." The green head began.
"You've seemed pretty out of it lately."
Sanji discarded his crushed cigarette and reached into his pant pocket for a new one.
"Please..." The chain smoker said uncaring.
"That's ridiculous. Why do you even ca-agh!"
Before he could finish that sentence, he ungracefully slipped on a thick large patch of ice. Thankfully, he had been caught before the impact could be dealt by none other than Zoro, who clearly had a good sense of balance on slick surfaces. If only his sense of direction was that good... The thinner man thought briefly before regaining his composure. Unfortunately his face was now fully flushed.
"Dammit..." He cursed to himself.
How could he have been so careless? Again! And for that moss-head to be right on top of it!
"I can say the same to you!" The chef let out in defense.
As a reply, Sanji had not received one. Instead, Zoro just stood there and said no word. Not only that, but the stronger man still had his grip on the cook. Sanji became quite bewildered at the action, especially when he noticed the other man's face remained stoic.
"Yeah..." Was the only audible word that retreated the swordsman's lips. Lips which, by the way, looked extremely soft. Sanji mentally shook his head and dismissed further thought of it before separating himself and Zoro.
"Er... we should catch up." Was the only thing the chef could manage to say in attempt to get out of the suddenly awkward situation.
It did not take much longer to once again be in the group of the Mugiwara pirates. Too many thoughts raced through Sanji's mind like an endless figure eight speed track. Constantly, that feeling of being held by him relayed over and over. The center of the chef's thoughts simply continued walking as if nothing even happened. The nerve of him! The only thing that made the situation seem brighter was the cease of their captain's tune.
"Yahoo!" Luffy cheered and raised his arms in the air.
"We're here! We're here!"
"Yes Luffy we're here." The navigator said with less enthusiasm.
"This place gives me the creeps!" Usopp shivered.
"Ya' think?" Replied Franky.
Indeed, the temple could have given any normal person the creeps. Here they were, hiking through woods filled with virtually nothing but snow and ice, and are now standing on dry grounds that surrounded the temple!what was even more peculiar was the light that emitted from the entrance of the structure. It was a reddish light that could be seen. That must have been from the stone! Nami cupped her chin.
"Hmm... something seems wrong."
"Yosh! Treasure!" The captain beamed. He dashed up the temple steps.
"Wait a minute Luffy!" Nami yelled and reached her hand out.
"Ugh that idiot." Zoro said in frustration as he sprinted after the shorter boy.
Everyone followed directly after. By the time they found Luffy, he was already at a pedestal, and before they could stop him, he nabbed the gem off it... Nothing happened.
"Heh heh!" The raven hair boy grinned.
The others came to a halt as they had noticed that indeed, nothing weird had happened.
"Yeah! That was easy!" Luffy said while giving the small stone a toss.
Unfortunately for him his victory was cut rather short a small area of flooring beneath him immediately gave out via a trap door. This caused him to fall straight through.
"LUFFY!" The crew shouted.
Author's note: *Heh yes that would be Luffy's beautiful Baka Song he was singing xD