Author's Notes: Thank you very much to all those who are reading and reviewing these short drabbles!!!

Blizzardrake: Thank you!!! And yes, Sanji is HOT!!! LOL!!! (Sanji: "Thank you, Blizzardrake-swan!!!" (looking at Zoro and laughing), Zoro: (the eye twitch is back))

Zo-zemonkeySan: Thank you!!! LOL!!! (Sanji: (looking at Zoro) "Zo-zemonkey-swan? Him? YUCK!", Zoro: "Hentai!")

Lady Geuna: Thank you!!! LOL! Yes, he does have his talents!!! (Sanji and Zoro: (going out to track down Usopp))

I debated whether I should place this in the Mature, or T rated, site...eventually, I thought this one might be better off here...even though it's very tame.

I don't own any of the One Piece characters (they are owned by the one and only Eiichiro Oda!), and I don't own the song Take Me or Leave Me (which was composed by the fabulous Jonathan Larson, for the play/movie RENT).

And now...

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Why Zoro Doesn't RENT!

Glaring from his seat at one of the tavern tables, the green-haired swordsman watched as the blonde-haired cook flirted with a dark-haired beauty at the bar.

Laughing, while he pulled the woman into an embrace, the cook seemed to be oblivious to the angry twitch that was pulling at the swordsman's right-eye.

Finally, the swordsman rose up from his seat and stormed over to the cook, grabbing the blonde by the lapels and dragging him to his feet.

"What the hell are you doing?" Barked the swordsman.

"What do you mean?" Throwing the swordsman his most innocent expression, the blonde batted his eyelashes and pouted.

"I mean, 'What the hell are you doing, flirting with HER?!?'" Yelled the swordsman, pointing at the black-haired woman who was now shooting daggers from her eyes at the green-haired man.

"Oh, that?" Replied the cook, throwing the woman an inconsequential wave, "Just some harmless fun."

"What?!" Hissed the woman before she stood up and left in a huff.

Shaking his head in disgust, the green-haired swordsman angrily turned away from the cook, only to have the blonde grab his arm and try to turn him around.

The cook starts to sing...

"Every single day, I walk down the street.
I hear people say, 'Baby's so sweet!'
Ever since puberty, everybody stares at me.
Boys. Girls. I can't help it, Baby.
So, be kind, and don't lose your mind,
just remember that I'm your baby..."

Pulling the unwilling swordsman into his arms, as the blonde pouts.

"Take me for what I am.
Who I was meant to be.
And, if you give a damn,
take me, Baby, or leave me.
Take me, Baby..."

Pushing the swordsman away.

"...or leave me."

Hops up on the bar, as the swordsman still watches him in anger and embarrassment--because now the whole tavern is watching them.

"A tiger in a cage can never see the sun.
This Love Cook needs his stage. Baby, let's have fun.
You are the one I choose, folks would kill to fill your shoes.
You love the lime light too, now, Baby..."

As Zoro turns and starts storming off for the exit, Sanji jumps off the bar and hurries over to block his escape. Once there, he starts to imitate the swordsman.

"So, be mine, and don't waste my time,
crying, 'Oh, honey bear are you still, my, my, my baby?'"

"Don't you dare!" The swordsman growls in anger.

Tilting his head, the blonde looked at the swordsman once more with his best pouting, innocent expression, as he continues...

"Take me for what I am.
Who I was meant to be.
And, if you give a damn,
take me, Baby, or leave me."

Grabbing the swordsman and hugging him.

"No way can I be what I'm not..."

Rubbing up against said swordsman.

"But hey, don't you want your boy hot?"

Getting on his knees, while pouting and looking up the swordsman.

"Don't fight, don't lose your head,
'cause every night who's in your bed?
Who? Who's in your bed?"

Batting eyelids while begging up at the swordsman.

"Kiss, Pookie..."

Pushing the cook onto his butt, the swordsman starts to walk away as the blonde scrambles to his feet to catch up with him.

Now, the swordsman angrily sings...

"It won't work, I look before I leap.
I love margins and discipline.
I make lists in my sleep, Baby.
What's my sin?
Never quit, I follow through."

Taking the blonde's face in his hands.

"I hate mess, but I love you.
What to do with my impromptu baby?"

Rubbing up against the cook.

"So, be wise 'cause this boy satisfies."

Pushing the blonde roughly away.

"You got a prize, so don't compromise.
You're one lucky baby."

Walking away from the blonde.

"Take me for what I am."

"A control freak," quips the cook as he lights a cigarette and follows the swordsman.

"Who I was meant to be."

"A snob yet over attentive," another puff, another quip from the blonde. As the swordsman grows more furious.

"And if you give a damn."

"A lovable droll geek," still another puff, and another insulting remark.

"Take me, Baby. Or, leave me."

"An anal retentive!" Laughing, the cook makes one joke too many, and the swordsman turns on him, swords drawn.

"That's it!" Both men shout at the same time.

"The straw that breaks my back!" Shouts the swordsman.

"I quit!" Both men yell as they take attack stances a few feet from one another.

"Unless you take it back!" Growls the swordsman.

"Pirates..." Both sing.

"What is it about them?" Continues Sanji.

Both singing together...

"Can't live with them, or without them.
Take me for what I am."

"Who I was meant to be," Zoro starts singing.

"Who I was meant to be,
and if you give a damn...," Sanji sings.

"And if you give a damn,
you better take me, Baby, or leave me..," sings Zoro.

"Oh, take me, Baby...Take me, ah-ah-ah-ah or le-e-e-eave me," replies Sanji.

Finishing the song, singing together...

"Take me, Baby...or leave me...
Guess I'm leaving. I'm gone!"

oooooo

Waking up with a jolt, the green-haired swordsman glanced over at the blonde who was resting next to him on the futon, on the floor of the men's quarters.

Yanking his arm away, he let the cook's head land with a soft thump on the futon.

Muttering a curse, the blonde turned his face into the futon and continued sleeping.

"Kuso-Kokku," growled the swordsman as he glared at the sleeping man, "that's the last time I ever go to see a play that you pick!"

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Author's Note: Thank you for reading!!! And if you review...thank you for reviewing!!! Mahalo and Aloha!