So guys... HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Even though this chapter has little romance... haha. My other fanfiction 'Bakachan' is up. The LawxLu yaoi one... That one has romance in it. OMG, I walked around with a fake cigarette in my mouth and my friend asked if I was Sanji. xD It made my day! Anyways guys, I present to you: Another Chapter! ^_^

Z:
"NOOOOOO!" I screamed with all my might to the bear to stop killing my nakama. Its large paws easily knocked them all around the lifeless dirt of Thriller Bark. The damn bastard turned into a monster after after he promised me he would leave my crew alone. Watching was painful, but I couldn't move my body; It was as if I was bound by something.

"Zoro!" Her sweet voice called to me. In her cry, I recognized fear, sadness, and fury. I wanted to tell her everything would be okay, but I couldn't move, and the bear just kept tearing everyone apart. I wanted to comfort her so her voice would never sound so painful ever again. Why did she have to remain alive to watch everyone die terribly? Why was she suffering like me? It should never happen. No one should be dying.

The scene faded into darkness before my eyes opened to bright sunshine and a face looking down at me and smiling.

"Sleep well, marimo?"

"What the fuck, ero-cook?!"

"You're still dreaming, though."

"Why are you here again?" I asked her, knowing that she was just my mental projection, but I had to know. Her feet were on my chest as she got up from her squatting position. Goddamn her for laughing at me.

"It looks like you're marimo-brained as well," she teased, getting off of my chest and stepping onto what I now noticed was grass. It definitely had to be a dream or nightmare or whatever. I got up and looked at Sanji, noticing all her features. She had so many good ones, I had to admit. This made me realize maybe I was getting perverted from lack of having a girl, and I was just currently finding Sanji as sexy.

"Don't tell me I'm becoming a pervert like you, ero-cook," I snarled at her, only earning another laugh.

"Not quite, shitty-swordsman. Even though you are a healthy young man who hasn't even kissed a woman." Sanji walked over to me with a mischevious grin, putting her arms around my neck and pressing her body against mine. "Although, I could give you that kind of dream."

Was that a stream of blood running down my nose? Is my face really getting hot? She was acting too damn sexy! Pressing her chest against mine, wraping her delicate arms around my neck, looking at me with lustful and half-closed blue eyes... Why did I find this dream to be so fucking sexy? What the hell? Weren't my nakama just scattered across the ground at Thriller Bark? So why the fuck was I just casually dreaming this damn perverted dream? I couldn't resist the desires of my body, and kissed her passionately, but then everything faded away.

I was running as fast as I could, I had to catch up with my nakama before they were gone forever. They were about to be swallowed by a darkness that seems to wipe everything clean. I grabbed Chopper and Robin when I saw them, and told them to run back to the Sunny. As I caught up with the others, I told them to head back because the darkness was closing in on us. When I caught up with Sanji, she was killing everthing with bloodlust in her eyes. This was not Sanji. Am I too late? Has the darkness already claimed her? The look in her eyes confirmed my fears: she was taken by the darkness. She was no longer a human, but a monster seeking to devour everything. This place was so confusing; I just wanted to wake up for real and see that my nakama are alright. Something brushed my hand, and I looked down to see a single flower. It was comforting, so I picked it up and everything morphed into the Sunny's infirmary. The flower was no longer in my hand, instead it was Sanji's hand. She turned to look at me, concern on her face. I didn't want to see that on her face. I squeezed her hand, noticing how I barely had any strength to do so, and her eyes widened as she looked me in the eye. Then it all faded away.

S:
"I need a damn cigarette!" I yelled, about to lose it. We have been travelling for a few days and Chopper and Usopp thought it would be a good idea to hide my cigarettes. "Get me my cigarettes otherwise this crew will have reindeer and longnose for dinner!" That seemed to work. Within an instant Usopp appeared with my cigarettes in his arms.

"Don't eat me! I have the I-taste-bad disease!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Me too!" Chopper shouted as he appeared with the other half of my cigarette supplies. I told them to put them in my drawer in the girl's room and forbade them from ever even thinking about hiding my cigarettes again. Yeah, sure, they are cancer sticks, but I need them. I pulled one out and stuck it in my mouth to light it up. It felt so good to breathe in the smoke and taste the tobacco once again. This was the only time I was able to think clearly, so I decided to gather up my thoughts about what to do. We've had calm weather in our forecast for quite a while, no ships of any sort nearby, and a heavily wounded marimo that nearly died for us. Shitty swordsman. Did he think we wouldn't be affected if he died? Well, I'm just happy he's alive. I had to get things cooking anyways because I could feel a pressure that said a storm by the name of Luffy was coming.

"SANJIIIIIII! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" Yep. There it was.

"Just wait a few minutes and I'll have something ready," I told the excited and very hungry captain. I walked to the kitchen (aka my home) to pull out meat from the fridge, since our captain preferred red over green. It was relaxing now. Each sea monster or sea king Luffy managed to catch had it's own unique flavor and texture, providing me with something to think about at sea. If there was anything I loved more than bishounen, it was finding new ways of cooking delicious fish. For this one, I found that it's best to cut the fillets like pita, stuff the vegetables and some of Nami's tangerines inside, and 'seal' it back up with the stringy parts of the fins (they were very strong, but very tasty). It had an incredible taste, and the meat was very close to steak once cooked. Cooking in the Grand Line was always interesting. "Oi! Everyone! Food's ready!"

"YAYYYYY, FOOOOOOOOOD!" Almost before I finished shouting, he burst through the door.

"Smells good Sanji!" Nami complimented. Everyone was inside and managed to grab their plates before our captain could take it all. With that, I decided to pay a certain shitty swordsman a visit. Everyone was too busy trying to protect their meals from Luffy to say anything, so I quickly headed to the infirmary. Maybe he'd wake up, I don't know. Maybe he's just taking advantage of this time he gets to sleep. He would. When I stepped inside he still was sleeping the same way when we brought him in a week ago. His face showed an expression of pain, sadness, and... fear? He was probably having nightmares. I sat down next to him and grabbed his hand. It was large and masculine, but there was no strength in it. I sighed. It only felt right to grab his hand in hopes that he might be comforted in all his nightmares. So much for thinking he was just catching extra z's.

His steady breathing started becoming slightly hitched and uneven, causing me to look at his bandaged chest that was marked with scars. He pushed himself too hard; maybe this was his body's way of catching up with all those battles and scars. I felt his hand tighten around mine and quickly looked to his face. It was relaxed as opposed to his earlier expression, and his eyes were looking straight- He was awake! His lips curved up ever so slightly to smile at me before he slowly drifted off again. He was close to being fully healed! I realized just how tense and worried I was when suddenly all my worries and concerns were replaced by a small hope and joy. That fucking marimo was going to wake up soon, and I was happy about that. Certain times of the day became boring without the shitty swordsman fighting with me. We can relax soon. I left the infirmary to go check up on the rest of the crew and probably end up yelling at them to clean their mess.

"CHOPPER AND USOPP YOU HAVE DISH DUTY TODAY AS PAYMENT FOR STEALING MY BELOVED CIGARETTES!" That should take care of it. As expected, the fearful doctor and sniper hung their heads and made their way to the sink, Usopp washing and Chopper drying. After taking care of cleanup, I decided to relax on the deck and sunbathe.

"Fufufu, aren't you relaxed? Mind if I join?"

"I don't mind. That Marimo woke up for a little bit when I went to check on him. He knocked right back out, but that means he'll wake soon. So I need to do everything relaxing that I can before he wakes and picks fights."

"Hahaha, that's just like him! Waking up, then sleeping again! I should get in some relax time, too," Nami said as she joined us sunbathing. The sun felt nice on my skin, warming me up and inducing a blissful drowsiness. No wonder marimo is so tan and falls asleep on the deck all the time.

"We haven't gotten much closer to fishman island. This log post's angle downwards has been practically the same. It feels like we're getting close to another island, though. The weather's been steady all night and day so far," Nami aaid, preventing me from losing conciousness to the nice heat the sun was giving my skin.

"Maybe the Grand Line is just fond of all types of wierd weather, including a good amount of calm weather every once in a while," Robin speculated. It could be true, since the Grand Line was so unpredictable, but we still had to be prepared for anything, including boring (but oh, so nice!) weather.

"Maybe." After that, we all fell silent and just watched the sky. There were a few puffy white clouds in various shapes here or there. One was shaped like a giant dragon with tiny wings. Another was shaped like a bowl of udon noodles with chopsticks. So many shapes. Another was shaped like... What the fuck is our shitty swordsman doing out here?!

"Zoro!" Nami shouted in surprise.

"I'm hungry as hell. Oi, Ero-cook make me something."

"Baka! You wake up and decide to order me around?! Where are your bandages?" I realized he wasn't wearing bandages, reavealing his tanned and scarred chest.

"They were restricting my movements, so I took them off," he shrugged.

"Ehhh?! Baka! Those were left on for the purpose of restricting your movements! You're not fully healed!" Chopper ran in with the remaining members of the crew. "I leave you alone for one moment, and you've already escaped the infirmary!"

"You were taking to long to tell Sanji to make me food, so I came here myself."

"I was telling everyone that you woke up! You were supposed to stay inside."

"Zooorrooooooooooo!" Luffy shouted to greet his first mate.

"Yohoho! This is good! You've finally woken up!"

"Finally! A SUPA hello for you!"

"Why are you here, skeleton?" Zoro looked confused.

"Hahaha! He's apart of our crew now. You were out for a whole week."

"Which is why I'm very hungry, shit-cook." Oh, he was so not going to get food if he calls me shit-cook when he just woke up.

"Who you callin' shit-cook, baka Marimo!" I snarled at him looks like things were going to be okay and normal again. Well, normal for us.

Guys, I love Robin's laugh. I started laughing like 'fufufu' in real life. By the way: Doflamingo's laugh is very similar, except his goes "fuffuffu". Same difference to English speakers, huh? Anyways, please REVIEW! Thanks for those who've read, reviewed, followed, and favorited this! I love you for that!