It had been almost eight days since Yuki arrived, five hours since the sun had set, and two hours since the Straw Hats had fallen asleep, exhausted from all the arguing they did. It was a starless sky, and there was no moon. Yuki sat against the cabin's wall on the upper deck, feeling the wind in his face. He loved the sea. To him, it was a sign of adventure and excitement.

Unconsciously, he fingered his dark, shaggy hair, Yuki's crystal eyes fixed on the sky. He had grown nervous, and disturbed, when the blonde cook guy had said he was cute, but thankfully the subject was dropped quickly. He pulled off the navy blue and black bandanna covering practically his whole forehead and front part of his hair and sighed.

"I knew I would find you up here!," another voice cried triumphantly, and Yuki shouted in surprise, dropping the bandanna. His eye twitched when he realized it was the green-haired swordsman, who had a 'You're such a idiot' written all over his face. Yuki scowled, picking up the bandanna and avoiding Zoro's eyes.

"What do you want?"

He shrugged. "You were always the one who stayed up at night, sleeping all during the day unless there was treasure, a fight, or a new island to explore. It was almost like you had a built-in alarm." Zoro snickered, and the younger boy glared at him.

"Leave me alone." Yuki scowled, re-tying the bandanna, and Zoro chuckled.

"Acting girly, like always. You really need to get over all those stupid fears of yours." He looked over at Yuki, then his eyes grew wide. "God, that's a huge spider!"

Yuki shrieked in an impossible high-pitched way that only he could manage, and dashed behind Zoro. Only when Zoro began snickering again did Yuki realize that he had duped him. Yet again. His face turned dark red from embarrassment, and he straightened his posture, forcing himself to cough.

"I knew there was no spider there!," he lied. "Besides, what's so scary about those stupid-er-cool, eight-legged, bug-things?"

Zoro blinked, and pointed to Yuki's sleeve. "Erm, there's a spider on your shirt sleeve," he commented, holding back a laugh and knowing that his fellow swordsman wouldn't believe him. He was right, and Yuki shot a look at him.

"Nice try, Pirate Hunter," Yuki said, ginning cockily. But, just to make sure he glanced at his sleeve. Sweat began dripping down his face. There, on his sleeve was a small, black spider. Eight legs and all.

"Told you," Zoro retorted, but his words fell on deaf ears.

Yuki's eyes were wide. "S-S-S-Sp...."

Zoro, being his own dense self, grew confused. "Sp-what?"

"SPIDER!!!!!!" Yuki ran back and forth across the deck, his arms stretched out in front of him and tears spilling out from the corner of his eyes. "IT'S A SPIDER!! GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF!!!!!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!," Zoro laughed, tears flying out of his own eyes. He was holding his ribs, and was running out of breath from laughing so hard. "Oh god stop! I can't take it!! Damn, that's funny!!"

After about a minute, Yuki ran face-first into the cabin's wall and fell flat on his back, in shock and unable to move.

Still laughing a little, Zoro bent down a plucked the spider off Yuki's shirt and threw it somewhere. "You can be such a girl sometimes!," he chuckled as Yuki sat up, trembling a little.

"Sh-Shut up!"

Zoro shrugged. "Hey, don't blame me for your faults, I was only telling you that there was a spider-"

Yuki glared at Zoro. "I hate you," he grumbled, standing up and looking for the bandanna.

Zoro grinned, somehow looking angry at the same time. "I try!" He then noticed something at his feet and picked up the item. It was Yuki's bandanna. "Oi! Here's your bandanna thing!!"

Yuki whipped his head around, and walked toward the swordsman with a sheepish look on his face. He took the bandanna without looking Zoro in the eye. "Thanks," he mumbled, embarrassed that he himself couldn't find it, and his pride was already bruised enough.

"By the way, how did that ship get so beat up?"

Yuki finished tying the bandanna and smirked. "Well," he began. "I was captured by Marines who were mad that I was beating up all those pirates, turning them in for bounties, then they would suddenly escape without a trace with the guards knocked out. They thought that we were actually working together and I was breaking them out. No matter what I told them, they wouldn't believe sweet, innocent me." He sighed dramatically, like it was a big deal and Zoro rolled his eyes.

I don't think that's too off the mark..., Zoro thought to himself, amused. Yuki had a really bad habit of swindling everyone he saw. I guess he hasn't grown out of it yet....

"Then I escaped with my awesome magic powers, and got caught snoozing in a pirate's storage room. I don't how many there was, but it must have been a million of em'! I woke up right when the door opened, and they all came down at once. I don't know how many I took down either, it must have been almost half!! It was then the captain decided to see what was going on. I was so surprised to see him. He was even more rugged than Gold Roger himself!! Then he said I was a decent fighter, and asked if I could join his crew. I said no, but he persisted and asked if I could cook. I said yes, and cooked their dinner. They were all about to dig in when we were attacked by the exact same Marines that had captured me earlier on!! They all fought hard, but, as you can see, only I survived." Yuki shook his head as if it was horrible to think about it and Zoro rolled his eyes.

"I doubt there was that many people on one ship, idiot," he commented harshly, and Yuki shot a glare at him. "And they would have died anyway if they had tasted that horrible cooking of yours!"

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!," Yuki screeched, brandishing his sword and swinging it at Zoro, who jumped back quickly, the edge tearing his shirt a little. His face showed suprise, then he growled.

"COME AT ME!!" He pulled out two of his swords just as Yuki brought down his own on him. The quiet, peaceful night was filled with the clash of metal and a bunch of insults being tossed back and forth.

"GIRLY BOY!!!"

"GREEN-HAIRED SHARK!!!"

Sometime in the very early morning, Nami, Sanji, and Usopp came up and tried to yell some sense into the two because they couldn't sleep with all the noise, but to no avail, so they just stayed up and watched. Pretty soon, the sun rose, and Zoro and Yuki were still fighting as energetically and idiotically as they were earlier that night, but signs of exhausted showing with the bags under their eyes.

Sanji stood up, stretched, and yawned. "Nami-swan, I'm going to make breakfast. The bottomless pit is going to wake up soon," he said, sleep deprived and his sanity on edge. Nami followed the chain and yawned herself, nodding. "Uh-huh, sure, fine with me..." She looked over at Yuki and Zoro. "Hey!!," she yelled suddenly, but they didn't hear her. She narrowed her eyes and took a huge breath. "HEY!!," she hollered, and the two stopped in mid-swing, and fell on their faces. Yuki looked up, dazed, and Zoro rolled over and blinked his eyes in confusion.

"Eh?," he said, yawning as well. "What is it?! I was having such a nice nap..." He tried to stand up, and winced. "Man, it feels like I just left a hard battle that never stopped!"

Groaning, Yuki laid down flat on his back, a pained expression on his face. "You said it, Sharky." He turned his head, and saw his sword on the ground, along with two of Zoro's own swords. Enraged, he quickly sat up, ignoring the pain, and put the katana in its sheath, Zoro mimicking the movements.

"WHO TOUCHED OUR SWORDS!!," they yelled angrily, and Nami's jaw dropped. Yeah, they were sure acting strange, as if they had no idea they were fighting each other, but this?! This was completely uncalled for! Were... were they actually fighting and yelling at each other in their sleep!!

Nami shook her head quickly. "I sure didn't!!," she defended. "It was you guys! Zoro, Yuki, you both were fighting each other in your sleep?"

"Really?," Zoro said, believing her and a smirk growing on his face. "Who won?"

Yuki scoffed. "It was definitely me! You're the wimp!"

Zoro glared at the young boy. "I'm sorry, I missed what you said. the only thing I heard was some sort of buzzing coming from your mouth..."

"I'M GONNA-"

"SHUT UP!!!," Nami yelled angrily, and the two instantly quieted themselves. "It doesn't matter! Just stop fighting in the middle of the so we can get some sleep-"

"I SMELL FOOOOOOOD!!!!," Luffy shouted from the cabin, and rushed into the galley as Nami, Yuki, and Zoro stared. The younger boy sighed and stood up.

"Whatever, it doesn't matter anymore," he stated, irritated. "I'm gonna go eat."

Zoro smirked, following him. "That means I win by default! HA!"

"But I still get food first!!" Yuki dashed to the galley, let Nami get through, then shut the door on Zoro's nose. "Haha, you're still a fool Zoro!"

Enraged, Zoro punched the door open, freaking out Usopp and Sanji, grabbed Yuki's shirt, and tossed him over the edge of the boat. "YOU'VE EATEN A DEVIL'S FRUIT, RIGHT!?," he shouted angrily. "THEN HAVE A NICE SWIM!!"

There was a splash, but it wasn't loud or big enough for a whole person's body. Everyone except Luffy and Zoro grew confused.

"Did he hit the water?," Nami asked, and Zoro slapped his forehead in exasperation.

"Man, I forgot! Yuki can-"

"Fly?," Yuki finished, floating up into the air and grinning smugly. A white aura gathered around his feet, and it looked like he was standing on solid ground, except there was nothing really... there. Nami's, Usopp's, and Sanji's jaws dropped. Yuki chuckled. "Sorry for the scare, but I don't really like the water... I'm a terrible swimmer."

He walked down out of the sky onto the ship's deck, like he was walking down a stairway. It was obvious he had almost fallen entirely into the water, for he was wet from the waist down. Zoro swore, wishing that his former companion drowned. Yuki walked over to Nami, his face a little bit red.

"I'm sorry for asking you about this Nami...," He asked sheepishly, his pride bruised. As he talked, Yuki avoided Nami's eyes."But we're about the same height, and I have nothing else to wear, and Sharky's and Sanji's clothes are too long to fit me. Do you have any spare pants that'll be comfortable for a guy?"

Nami giggled. "Sure thing, but it'll cost you!"

"I just want to get out of the sopping clothes!"

"There you go, acting like a girl again," Zoro teased, and Yuki scowled.

"Sh-Shut up!"

Yuki followed Nami to the cabin, and waited for her to get some pants. But, she not only came back with pants, but she also came back with a baggy shirt that she didn't seem to want.

"Here, this'll match better with the pair of pants I got. Besides, I got this for Zoro when the winter came, but he never wears it..."

The redhead grinned, and took the clothes gratefully. "Thank you very much Nami. Please pardon my rudeness back there, it's just that that green-haired freak is so much of an idiot I can't stand him."

Nami responded with a blank look and sarcasm. "If you're trying to not pay beli for these clothes, it's not working."

Yuki laughed, and shrugged, walking off to change. "Well, it was worth a try!"

Nami walked back up to the deck and confronted Zoro. "Was that ability to fly what you meant that Yuki wasn't what he seemed to be!?"

Zoro blinked, then nodded. "Yeah," the swordsman explained."He can fly for almost twelve hours at once, but no longer than that. It's because the fruit gave him the ability to manipulate air in whatever way he wants. But, he doesn't like to use his ability unless he really needs to. Yuki loves the way of the sword, and would give up his devil's fruit any day if he could be the best swordsman." Zoro yawned. "We've been at each others' throats for a long time, ever since we hunted pirates together. Well, he was just in it for the bounty. Once we turned in the pirates, he would always sneak back to the jail and set them free. Yuki hated helping the military, and didn't live by anybody else's rules except his own."

Nami nodded her head at Zoro's words. Even as he spoke, she couldn't help but feel something was off about Yuki.