Chapter 2:
Sanji was the first to awaken. He stretched and yawned. He sat there trying to keep his eyes open when he heard small sniffles. He turned to the couch to see Zoro squirming around under the covers, sniffling pitifully. He walked up to Zoro and looked over the baby. Tears forming in the ends of his closed eyes, his face slightly red.
"Oi, what's wrong with you?" asked Sanji as he picked up the baby.
Sanji sat down and layed Zoro in his lap, but Zoro wouldn't stop crying.
"Are you even awake?" asked Sanji as he gently shook the tot.
A moment later Zoro's eyes opened and he stopped moving. He sniffled a few times then wiped his eyes.
"Wud awe ya wook'n ad" grumbled Zoro.
"I'm simply try to keep a baby from crying." Sanji snorted.
"I wasthn't cwyin'!"
"suuure."
Zoro pouted and went to kick Sanji, but he stopped in the middle of raising his leg. He scrunched up his legs and grimaced.
Sanji took notice of this and picked Zoro up and climbed up the ladder.
He walked into the gallery. He picked up one of the bags that Nami had brought back from shopping and got a diaper and wipes from the bag and put them on the couch.
"Change yourself, i can smell you from here."
Zoro blushed.
"Baka! I can't sid up, wut makes you fink dat i can change mysewf!" screamed Zoro.
"Well im sure as hell not changing you!" said Sanji as he grabbed some meat and eggs from the fridge.
In the mist of their argument, the door opened, revealing Nami.
"Good morning Sanji-kun." yawned Nami.
"ah! It's more than a good morning when i see your beautiful face first thing in my day!" swooned Sanji.
Nami sweatdropped and turned to Zoro.
"What's wrong with you? did you have another accident...Well...I shouldn't call it and accident. It's normal for children your age to go to the bathroom like that, besides its not like you can walk up and sit on the toilet, your too small to walk or reach the toilet..." rambled Nami.
She undid Zoro's overalls and took off his shirt.
"Sanji-kun? Can you bring me Zoro's other outfit? It's in the bag." asked Nami as she unfolded the clean diaper.
"Hai! Nami-swan!" danced Sanji as he handed it to her.
"Sanji, when im not around, would it be okay if I trust you with Zoro?" asked Nami.
"Of course! Anything for you!"
"Do you know how to change a diaper?"
"eh...no Nami-swan i don't..."
"Would you mind learning how? I'm about to change Zoro so just watch."
Both Zoro and Sanji blushed madely as Nami taught Sanji how to change a diaper.
"Thank you Sanji-kun!" giggled Nami.
"No...problem..."
Zoro pouted.
Nami turned to Zoro and smiled.
"Let's get your new outfit on."
She picked up the outsit that Zoro could only explain as humiliating.
It was a green baby sleeper with a little light green bunny chewing on a carrot.
Zoro blushed but agreed to wear it.
'It's better than just a diaper...' thought Zoro.
"Aww, you're just adorable!" cooed Nami as she picked him up.
The calm atmosphere was all but safe.
"MEAT!" yelled Luffy as he came rushing inside, as Sanji set the table.
"LADY'S FIRST SHITTY GOMU!" yelled Sanji as he kicked him out of the gallery and invited Robin in.
Robin looked over to zoro and smiled.
"How cute..."
"Im nod cewt!" growled Zoro.
the girls laughed and continued to eat.
"Sanji-kun? Could you make Zoro a bottle please? They are in the bag." said Nami as she swallowed an egg.
"Hai!"
Sanji filled the bottle with milk and handed it to Nami.
"Open up Zoro." said the red head as she lowered the bottle to Zoro's mouth.
Zoro pushed the bottle away.
"No! I wefuse ta dink out ob a bottew!" pouted Zoro as he turned his head away.
Nami scowled, then looked to Robin with a smirk. Robin returned the smirk and nodded. She then used her powers to tickle Zoro. As he was about to yell at her, Nami popped the bottle into his mouth and smile a victorious smile. Zoro waved his arms and kicked his legs, trying to get away from the bottle. About half way through the bottle, Zoro gave up and tried to steady the bottle himself, and ate by himself.
"Good, see it's not as bad as you thought." said Nami as she finished her food.
Sanji cleared the table and called the boys in to eat.
"haha, so i guess Zoro has gotten the hang of being a baby." laughed Usopp.
Zoro glared and picked up Nami's spoon, then flung it at him. hitting him between the eyes.
Zoro smirked and then whole heartedly laughed. The crew laughed along with the baby as Usopp over reacted to the spoon.
"Well, are you done Zoro?" asked Nami as she lifted the bottle away.
Zoro nodded and burped. Nami stood up and grabbed Zoro's diaper bag, then turned to the crew.
"I'm going to talk to the merchant who sold me the poition. I'll be back later." said Nami as she waved bye.
Soon they got to the shop and walked inside.
"Hello, how may i help you?" asked the clerk.
"ah...Where is the clerk from yesterday? He was working late lastnight." said Nami.
"You didn't buy anything from him did you!" gasped the clerk.
"Y-Yes, I bought an age -defying potion...but it was more powerful than i thought..." said Nami.
"I'm so sorry! That Clerk was fired and arrested for tampering with our products."
Nami gasped.
"Well, long story short, some of the potion fell on him an now he is a baby! Is there anyway to turn him back?" said Nami as she pointed to zoro.
"I'm very sorry miss, but we know nothing about his works or exactly what he did to our inventory. Since it is no longer the safe potion we know we have no idea when the effects will wear off. Our usuall potion wears off in about a day." explained the clerk.
Zoro layed on Nami's shoulder and sniffled. This did not go unnoticed, by the navigator. She adjusted him in her arms and rocked him. The clerk watched Nami try to settle him down. He sctrached the back of his head and sighed.
"If it helps I'll give you all the supplies you need for him." said the clerk.
Nami's eyes lit up an her lips formed a smile.
"Free?"
"Y-yes ma'am."
"Thanks you!" squealed Nami as she ran into the baby department.
She grabbed a near by cart, and layed Zoro in the seat.
Zoro looked around at all of the colorful items and wipped his eyes.
Nami began hastily picking out random outfits that she had wanted to get before.
She picked up more diapers, a pacifier, more bottles, a convertable play pin. She then talked to the manager about having someone deliver a basinet.
Afterwards she carried Zoro and the smaller bags of items to the ship.
"You're really quite today...are you feeling all right...?" asked the worried red head.
"I wnna be nowmow..." whined Zoro.
"You'll be fine in no time, im sure it will wear off soon." chirped Nami as she walked into the galley.
"I'm back!"
"eh? Why is zoro still a baby?" asked Luffy.
"Yeah, I thought you were going to get him an antidote or something."
Nami sighed and sat down, then began to explain. The crew sat there for a moment, their eyes directed to the young swordsman.
"Well, in the meanwhile, i would like to take a look at Zoro, so i can determine his current age, so we can monitor his health." said Chopper. "Can you bring him to my office?"
"sure."
And with that, chopper and Nami went to the medical room with Zoro in tow.
Nami walked in and layed Zoro on the bed.
"Can you please take his clothes off? I need to listen to his heart beat."
"Okay...sorry Zoro."
Zoro layed there on the cold cott, while Nami stripped him of his pajamas. There he layed in a diaper. He shivered slightly as Chopper pressed the cold medical instrument against his warm skin.
Moments later they returned to the galley.
"Well, Zoro is about 6 months old. He doesn't have any teeth yet, so don't try to feed him foods that are too hard, if he eats any solids they need to be mushed. If he stays like this for a long while, he should be up and starting to walk in a few months." stated Chopper.
the crew nodded and sighed.
The slince was interupted by a shout.
"oi! We're here to deliver your items!"
"Be right there! Here, can you hold him for a moment?" asked Nami to robin.
"Okay."
Robin looked down at the baby and smiled. His eyes were a soft dark green and his cheeks were chubby and pink. She propped him up in her arms and ran her fingers through his unruly hair. He looked up at her, then watched as the crew tried to carry the basinet down to the boy's room. He laughed a time or two when Sanji hit his head or stubbed a toe.
They returned moments later, sweating. Zoro watched as Sanji went to grab a glass of water for everyone. Zoro watched them drink and frowned. As Robin grabbed for her glass of water, Zoro raised his hands for it. Robin smiled and sat Zoro up, then gently placed the glass on his lip and tilted the glass slowly. As he drank water spilled out of the corners of his mouth. She chuckled and wiped his face with a napkin. He kicked his legs but remained quite except for an ocasional grunt.
Zoro turned to watch the crew talk. The longer they talked the sleepier he became. Soon his eyes shut and small snores and drool were pouring out of his mouth. Robin chuckled and watched him sleep. The crew continued to talk until their captian started giggling. They turned to see the reason why. Zoro was snoring with his mouth slightly open, he cheek pushing agains't Robin's arm, and his arms resting on his chest. They laughed and watched as he occasionaly, turned or mumbled something in his sleep.
"So...what are we going to do with him until he becomes normal again?" asked the curious cook.
"Well, the log pose sets tomorrow so no matter what we have to leave unless we want to stay here for another year. I'm planning on stalking up on more baby supplies, just incase he doesn't turn back when we are sailing." said Nami.
They nodded.
"We will all have to take turns taking care of Zoro...and someone will have to help Luffy watch him." the crew nodded again.
"And the last thing, is that we need to split up his chores..." the crew groaned but nodded.
"Now, who doesn't know how to change a diaper?" asked Nami.
Luffy, Usopp, and chopper raised their hands. Nami sighed.
"Navigator-san, i think now would be a good time to teach them how to change a dirty diaper. Swordsman-san is asleep and in need of one." said Robin as she handed Zoro over to Nami.
"Thank you Robin."
Nami walked over and got the supplies and walked back over to the table. She softly set Zoro down and took off his sleeper. She peeled off the dirty diaper and wiped him. Zoro stirred in his sleep but remained snoring. She powedered him and then put a new diaper on him. Nami picked out another outfit and changed him into it. The outfit consisted of a white longsleeve shirt, with dark green pants and booties to match. As Nami was putting the botties on, Zoro had awoken from his sleep. He looked around and yawned.
"Wad awe you doin?" asked Zoro as he stretched.
"Changing you."
Zoro's eyes popped open and he blushed.
"In font ob da cew!" rawred Zoro.
"Go back to bed, if you're going to be grumpy." huffed Sanji.
"Sud ub! Ewo coo!" shrieked Zoro as he kicked his feet.
Nami picked Zoro up and sat him on her knee, then started bouncing him.
Zoro eyes widened in wonder and started giggling.
Suddenly he stopped giggling started chewing on his fingers.
"Hmm? Why are you chewing on your fingers?" asked Nami as she sat him in her lap.
"Hungy..." muttered Zoro.
"But it's not lunch time yet..." said Sanji.
"Well, it's normal for babies to eat every few hours." said Chopper.
"Sugoi! Chopper, you're really smart!" complimented Luffy.
"SHUT UP! I DON'T NEED YOU'RE COMPLIMENT!" yelled Chopper as he danced.
"Hungy..." grumbled Zoro, as he bounced on Nami's knee.
"Hai,hai... Sanji-kun?" asked Nami, sporting a cute pout.
His eyes turned to hearts and he jumped up to make the bottle, singing mellorine.
He returned moments later and handed off the bottle. Zoro grabbed for the bottle and immediatly started eating (drinking?...whatever .). The crew watched as Zoro drank greedily from the bottle, milk coming out of the corners of his mouth. Soon the bottle was 3/4 way empty and he put it down. Nami raised him up and put him on her shoulder, and burped him. He let out a few small burps.
Zoro yawned as he was lifted from Nami's shoulder into a small bed. It was what someone would call, an undersized crib, that would usually stay by the parents bed. He sat and stared at the ceiling, his eyes glazed over and half closed. He closed his eyes, and began to drift into a peaceful slumber.
"Zoro's acting different, isn't he...?" asked Usopp.
"hmmm...Maybe his body is reverting his behaviour?"
"i don't know...but i miss old grumpy, Zoro." pouted Luffy.
They nodded.
The crew talked for a while then ate lunch.
Hours passed and Zoro was still asleep.
"Is it health for babies to sleep that long?" asked Sanji as he finished cleaning one of Zoro's bottles.
"Babies usually only sleep for a little while when then nap, but they sleep most of the night. This is Zoro we're talking abo-" Chopper said.
"ehhhhh..." whined a small voice.
Luffy was the first to walk over. He peered in and looked at Zoro. His hair was unruly and he was sucking on his fingers.
"You were sleeping for a really long time!" pouted Luffy.
Zoro looked up at luffy and started crying.
"p-pe..*sniffle* tang...meh...*sniffled*...peese..." whined the baby.
Luffy shrunk back...
"Nami...I think Zoro needs changed..."
"Then change him! You know how." huffed Nami.
Luffy sighed and got a clean diaper, powder, and wipes.
Zoro watched cautiously as luffy took off his diaper and wiped him. Luffy powedered Zoro and put him into a new diaper. He picked out a pair of pants and a t-shirt for Zoro to wear. He continued to suck on his fist as luffy brought him to Nami and threw away the dirty diaper. Zoro looked up at Nami and kicked his legs. She smiled and stood up. she handed him to Sanji and went to the counter to make him a bottle. Sanji looked at Zoro, with a blank face. Zoro stared up at Sanji and laughed. He took his hand out of his mouth and touched Sanji's eye brow. Sanji growled, but refrained from yelling.
Nami returned a moment later and gave Sanji the bottle, so he could feed Zoro. Sanji sighed and layed Zoro in his lap, and put the bottle in his mouth. Zoro drank greedily until the bottle was gone.
Sanji sat him up and held him up with one hand, while he patted Zoro's back with the other. Zoro let out a few burps and looked up at Sanji. Zoro turned in Sanji's lap, facing him. He grabbed Sanji's jacket and brought himself to his feet. He let one hand go of the jacket and grabbed Sanji's hair. Zoro giggled and wobbled, then fell down, but unfortunatly, forgot to let go of Sanji's hair, and pulled it down with him.
"Hey!" yelped Sanji as he tried to free his hair.
Zoro simply sat and laughed.
Sanji knew this was going to be a loooong experiance.
