"So I'll say it again . . . WHAT THE HE- -? !" Nami screeched with her hands on her hips staring harshly accusingly at the two youths who sat on the ground, not being able to look anyone in the eye . . . expect the earth. "Not only have you guys have wasted the whole night away with your impish quarrelling but you two were actually going to MATE! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN! ?"
The look on Zoro's face was that of annoyance. He didn't want to talk to the witch of a Vampire, didn't have to in his mind. Who did she think she was in the first place? She was not his superior; he did NOT have to answer to her.
Luffy though looked rather unsettled. His eyes kept glancing from one patch of grass to the other while his hand rubbed his blood caked arm . . . he could use a good cleaning. Luffy though was brave enough to steal a glance at the pissed female Vampire and once he did he knew she was expecting an answer from him.
"Zoro started it," the New Fang said, his eyes casting towards the other direction the Werewolf be.
"WHAT? !" Zoro growled, this time turning to the New Fang who sat but a few feet from him, two at least. "And just HOW is it MY fault! ?"
"You tempted me!" Luffy complained stealing a glance at the angry pup, still afraid to look anyone dead in the eyes even though his eyes held most power over their races.
"Oh, psh, really?" Zoro scoffed. "Who's the one who took first bite? !"
Nami stayed silent as she watched the two argue in their defense, but still she kept her hard gaze on them wanting to know just what was up with those two and how they could even think about doing such a sin! Her burgundy eyes darted back and forth from the Blood Prince and then to the Wolf Prince . . . by the way things were going it looked like the two were about to attack each other again.
"I was starving!" Luffy protested, placing a hand on his belly as he turned towards the pup to stare heatedly at him. "The reason why I said that was the best food I've ever tasted was because I meant it was the best HUMAN food I've ever tasted! I was still wanting blood though . . . yours."
"Tch, you really are a gluten," Zoro grumbled as he crossed his arms and took his glare away from Luffy to stare out into the retreating night.
"You try having this craving inside you that can't be quenched!" Luffy spat. "You're a Werewolf, how could you ever understand? !"
"Oh, so just because we're from different races means we don't have the same problems? !" Zoro grumbled as he rolled his eyes back towards the Blood Prince. "If you knew half the problems Werewolves go through you wouldn't be saying such things!"
"Is mating one of them?" Luffy asked, lifting a brow.
Zoro's being instantly froze, but for a second. It wasn't long before his heated glare was upon Luffy. His face more red than tan.
"Sh-shut the he- - up New Fang!" Zoro snapped, trying to suppress the blush but failing miserably.
"Does Zoro need a girlfriend?" Luffy teased, loving the reactions he was getting out of his wolf friend.
"Either that or he was trying to dominate you Luffy," Nami said trying to think of something else than . . . that.
"No, I'm pretty sure he was trying to mate with me," Luffy said it as-a-matter-of-factly like it was completely obvious.
"Really, if you knew this genius then why weren't you trying to stop me?" Zoro growled, trying to make Luffy unsettled this time.
It worked too. All watched Luffy's form shift uncomfortably where he sat. They watched him lightly suck on his bottom lip a few times before quitting and stealing glances at the waiting pup.
"W-Well I don't know," Luffy said, his thin eyebrows knitting together at the frustration of him not really knowing what to say. "It's just . . . I don't know, I was . . . like being forced into submission or something."
"You're a Vampire not a Werewolf," Zoro stated with his arms crossed, his turn to raise the brow. "That kind of a rule doesn't apply to your kind. So why weren't you fighting back, hm?"
Nami watched closely the look of Luffy's face. By the looks of it Luffy was thinking hard for something, anything, to say. She watched as the boy's face grew redder and redder the more his brain worked overtime.
"I was . . . c-confused is all," Luffy said, his face now beat red. "I've never had anything like that happen to me so you'd be confused too!"
"That or you're just a Submissive," Zoro said with a nod already knowing himself to be a Dominant like his sire.
"A what?" Luffy asked wondering if the Werewolf had just insulted him.
"Everyone, Chopper has awoken," Robin informed as she sat next to the unconscious little pup who was now opening his eyes and slowly lifting his head off the older Vampire's lap.
"Uuuuhhhhuuuu, what happened?" he questioned and looked around, his attention instantly taking to Luffy and Zoro and noticing the blood all over them. "AAAHHHH! ! Zoro! Luffy! Are you guys alright? !"
In a flash the young Werewolf doctor was to their side, taking a look at the horrid bite marks and caked blood all over their skin. But soon the memory of what he had found them doing upon his search for everyone else that wasn't asleep at the restaurant struck him like a bolt of lightning.
"AAHHAA! ! You two! Are you alright from trying to mate? I mean nothing happened right? !" Chopper was immediately to Luffy's side making Zoro grumble at the loss of his pup friend's attention. "Luffy are you well? Di-Did Zoro hurt you when he—?"
"NO!" Zoro spat, feeling his face heating up once more and wishing the doctor to stop his rambling before he got too 'personal' in detail. "Chopper, we didn't do anything alright. If you remember Nami stopped us before we could join."
"So Luffy, you're not sore?" Chopper asked.
"Why would I be?" Luffy asked so naively.
Zoro only face-palmed himself. He was glad the boy was rather clueless sometimes. He didn't know what he'd do if Luffy be like Sanji and hold this over him for the rest of his life.
Coming back to reality though both Luffy and Zoro were feeling the harsh pain of the wounds they had caused each other earlier. Nami, Robin, and Chopper watched as the two simultaneously placed their hands on the bite marks and hissed in pain.
"Here," Chopper said with a concerned look as he came up to the two to look at the wounds. "Let me see . . . ouch, the bites are deep—even your bite was deep Zoro."
"Neeehhh, it feels good when you first do it but afterwards it hurts sooo bad," Luffy moaned not realizing how 'suggesting' that phrase could be.
"Yeah," Zoro let out a chuckle as he Chopper came to look at his bite mark. "I bet you had a nice fat hard-on when I bit you like that."
"I could say the same for you!" Luffy 'hmphed' as he crossed his arms and stuck his nose in the air leaving Zoro . . . touchéd.
"Hhh, this is no time for bickering," Nami groaned. "It's nearly dawn and we Vampires can't stay out in the sun too long so we'd better get everyone else up and get out of this town."
"W-Wait," Luffy said as he grabbed Chopper who had nodded and was about ready to follow Nami and Robin. "Could you first clean us up?"
"What's wrong? Embarrassed of being bitten by a Werewolf?" Zoro asked with a teasing grumble.
"It's not that," Luffy said as he glanced down and bit his bottom lip. "Ace will kill us both if he finds out—we gotta hide the marks and wash off the blood."
Chopper looked up questionably at Nami wondering what they should do. Nami nodded as she let out a sigh.
"Yeah, Luffy's right. One bad thing about having protective older brothers. Get 'em washed up and bandaged Chopper."
"Right," Chopper said with a nod as he took the two and came to a fountain in the middle of the town to wash up in and apply their bandages.
"Guys, guys wake up!" came Nami's voice as she and the others attempted waking up their sleeping friends.
"Hm? What happened?" Ace asked as he lifted his face up from the cold plate of food he had made his instant pillow.
"We'll explain later, but first it's about dawn. We need to keep moving," Nami said, Ace agreeing with a nod.
Ace yawned and with a stretch opened his eyes to notice something off. He blinked a few times before noticing Luffy and Zoro's torsos, up to their very necks, were covered in bandages.
"What happened to you guys?" Ace asked questionably.
"Oh, this town was actually full of Hunters, isn't that right Zoro?" Luffy asked as he turned towards the Werewolf as if asking if that was the cover-up story he was supposed to use.
"Oh . . . so you finally realize that huh?" Zoro asked sarcastically, his right brow twitching.
"No, but that's what Nami said to tell Ace when he—uhn!" Luffy winced in pain as Zoro's boot came down hard on his bare sandaled foot to shut him up.
"Usopp, wake up," Chopper said, shaking the pup who had fallen asleep at a table, but somehow managed to fall to the ground clinging to his chair.
"Mr. Cook, wake up, it is time to leave," Robin said gently as she shook the blonde Blood Warrior just hard enough to wake him.
"Huuuh?" Sanji sighed out as he opened his eye and peered up at the beauty above him.
Then with another sigh he sat up and smiled.
"Haaa, I was dreaming I was kissing this fair maiden . . . and it was wonderful!" he said, a heart instantly replacing his eyes as steam flew from his nostrils from remembering that passionate dream.
"Uuuhh, uuuhh," Usopp moaned as he sat up and held his aching head, soon his fingers falling on his mouth that seemed to ach just as much as his head. "Uuuhh, why do my lips feel so swollen?"
In an instant Sanji was out of his dream state staring at the pup with a wide eye. It was then it donned on him that Usopp had been sitting right next to him at the table while Sanji held the women on his side and Usopp told the ones sitting next to him stories. It couldn't be! No! Not a Werewolf! Not Usopp!
Usopp jumped once he heard a loud 'thump!' come from behind him. He turned and curiously gazed at the young Blood Warrior who was now laid out flat on the table—his mood—utterly depressing.
"What's wrong with him?" Usopp asked the older Vampire who only smiled and gave off a light lying shrug.
"I dreamt of kissing a fair maiden when in fact it was only that puppy Usopp—what a cruel world I live in!" he moaned out, wishing death to take him now . . . after all! . . . that was his freakin' first kiss whom he was saving for Nami-swan!
"W-W-W-What? !" Usopp gasped all but a screech as he covered his mouth—the devil had stolen his first kiss! While dreaming! Talk about rude.
"Um, hello! Guys, let's go!" Nami snapped, surprising everyone as to why she was in such a hurry in the first place.
Of course using the sun for an excuse was a good way to get everyone moving.
"Well, looks like we're getting close to Alabasta," Nami noted as she held her hand up to block the sun from her face.
"Hm, how can you tell?" Usopp asked.
"The sun's getting hotter and land drier," Nami said, pointing upwards.
"Wait, what? We're going into a desert?" Usopp asked with a confused blink.
"That's the kind of land Alabasta is," Robin spoke up, the effects of the bright sun quickly taking its toll on the dark woman. "It's an oasis for the Vampires in the country—a place to rest and revive their senses."
"Huh, that's strange," Usopp said as he placed his fists on his hips. "I'd think a desert would be the last place a Vampire Clan would be established."
"So did the Head Blood in the time when it was created," Nami said with a smile as she looked at the dark pup. "Over a 1,000 years ago."
"That old huh?" Usopp noted.
"Yep, but of course there are older Clans around," Nami said with a nod. "The Head Clan's the oldest of course."
"So is the Head Pack," Usopp said. "Us Werewolves aren't as different from you Vampires as we thought."
"Seems that way, huh?" Ace spoke up with a kind smile before slumping over and letting his tongue drop from his mouth. "Ugh, this sun is killing me—literally. We'd better find some good clothes to travel in before we head out into the sands."
"I agree," Nami said with a nod. "Can't have you passing out on us Ace—you're, after all, one of the best Blood Warrior's here that can keep us the most safe if we run into any trouble."
"Oh but Nami dear what about me? !" Sanji suddenly spoke up. "I too am a Blood Warrior."
"Seriously Sanji, you've only been a Blood Warrior for a year," Nami said with a displeased look. "Hardly one I say, but Ace here has been one since he was 160, he's got 40 years of experience behind him. That and he's a Blood Prince, that's all the protection we need."
"I heard Blood Princes are strong," Usopp spoke up. "Are they as strong as our Wolf Princes?"
"Nah, we're stronger," Ace let out a cocky chuckle to the heavens.
Usopp narrowed his eyes and puckered his lips. This Blood Prince liked to flaunt things—but Luffy was a different story. He seemed to not care as much.
"Have you ever run into a Wolf Prince Ace?" Usopp asked, wondering if he truly knew what they were like.
"Hmmmm, yeah actually," Ace said with a nod. "Two as a matter of fact."
"Hm, who?" Usopp asked with a blink.
"That Rob guy," Ace said with a nod. "And Dracule."
"You ran into Lucci AND Mihawk? !" Usopp asked with wide eyes not believing that Ace was still able to breathe today knowing the ferocity of the two Wolf Princes. "Just how are you alive to tell the tale? ! Those two don't mess around when they hunt!"
"Well that Lucci guy was a little scary to be around," Ace said with a nod. "He's got the coldest eyes I've ever seen, but I hear many of the Wolf Princes have fierce eyes, especially that Mihawk guy! Man! And here I thought most Werewolves were afraid to look a Vampire in the eyes—not that one."
"But how are you alive to tell us today?" Usopp asked. "Back home I know, as a matter of fact, that Lucci is one of the most meanest Wolf Princes in history! And Mihawk! . . . well . . ."
"I'd think the reason being is that that Lucci guy was with the Head Alpha Whitebeard," Ace said. "I was with a buddy of mine as well once we stumbled onto their little group, but the sun was about to rise and so no fight broke out. I hear Rob is the youngest member of the Werewolf Royalty right?"
"If you mean youngest as in his line is lastly known then yes," Usopp said with a nod. "'Cause right now Zoro is considered the youngest of the Werewolf Royal Family."
"Oh—that pup?" Ace asked as he turned back to see Zoro at the very back of the group with his arms crossed, strangely eyeing everyone closely. "Yeah, I kinda figured that when I saw him some decades back."
"Huh, when did you see Zoro?" Usopp asked. "When he was younger his Sire never let him out of the house, much less any Vampire look at him."
"Well, I was a new Blood Warrior alright," Ace said as he scratched the back of his head. "You know—kids think they can take on the world with such a title given them. I was young and managed to somehow come across the Head Pack's forest territory. I was all alone so no one told me I was in restricted territory—and it wasn't like I could smell you guys or anything 'cause no Werewolf blood was in the air. I managed to, say, run across the Head Pack's territory, well at least the outskirts of your homes, but I believe that's where that Dracule guy lives right?"
"Yeah," Usopp said with a nod. "No one knows why really, but he likes to keep to himself and take residence near the edges of our Pack's territory, while the rest of the Wolf Royalty live in the middle with the Head Alpha. That being one of the reasons why Zoro was hardly seen by us pups until he was older."
"I see," Ace said with a nod. "Well then I happened upon the wrong home. I had noticed it was a Werewolf once at saw the pup come out of the home. He was not really that much younger than me, but I could tell he was still just a pup. I was actually considering taking his life now that I think back on it—thought, hey, it'd be an easy kill right? Not like I wanted a pup to grow into a Wolf Warrior one day and start killing off my pals."
"I saw things the same way when I became a Blood Warrior," Sanji said with a nod as he exhaled some smoke.
"So wait—you were gonna kill me so I couldn't grow up and become a Wolf Warrior? !" Usopp gasped as he looked at the blonde cook.
"No," Sanji said with an easy sigh. "I knew there was no way someone like you'd make it as a Wolf Warrior—you're Full Moon Opponent will just have it easy."
"HEY!" Usopp growled, totally insulted.
"Well most Blood Warriors are taught that," Ace said with a sure nod as he placed his fists on his hips. "So just like any animal pack, the little one that strays from it's parents will get eaten by the predators lurking around."
"How cruel you Vampires are," Usopp said with a slump of his shoulders and a sniff. "Us Werewolves aren't ever like that."
"Yeah, but the reason being is because our Blood Lords, or the Head Blood always stays at the Clan's mansion to guard the children," Sanji said as he pointed his index finger at the pup like a teacher would their adolescent student. "Unlike you dogs we stay and guard our future. Yours is just survival of the fittest."
"Exactly," Ace said with a nod. "One law that separates us Vampires from you Werewolves."
Usopp bowed his head and knew they were right. Lucci had stated it plainly to them that one day when he had almost dominated Zoro. He believed such things, but Usopp had to remember how fierce their Sires and Dams were if their pup was in any sort of danger.
"But wait!" Usopp spoke up. "That may be true, but you forget that our parents are very protective over us pups. It's not easy for a predator to get us even if we did stray from our Pack."
"That's also true," Ace said with a nod and smile. "And that is exactly how I met the famed Dracule Mihawk."
"Ooohh, got too close to his pup I see," Sanji said with a nod.
"Yep," Ace said with a nod that seemed a little unnerved. "Scared the crap outta me though—first BIG mistake I made as a Blood Warrior."
"Even a novice would have known better," Usopp muttered with slanted eyes, eyeing the eldest Blood Prince like he was an idiot.
"Like he- - I knew he was his pup!" Ace spat, a little frustrated at that mistake—everyone seemed to get on him after that and they just wouldn't—let—it—GO! "Y-You would have made the same mistake!"
"No I wouldn't," Usopp said with crossed arms. "I'm a Werewolf, I would have smelled it."
"Hhh, whatever," Ace muttered with slumped shoulders. "But hey, look on the bright side. I'm still alive aren't I?"
"Still don't get how you managed that?" Usopp said with a raised brow. "From what Zoro's told me, any Vampire, Hunter, or Werewolf from any other Pack that's run into him with a bad intent always been put to the claws."
"Yeah, I know," Ace said, nervously scratching the side of his cheek. "Luckily that wasn't me. He seemed in a nice mood that day . . . if you ever want to call that guy nice. He just came out of nowhere and scared the shi- outta me! Who does that anyways? ! Plus wasn't he supposed to be hunting like the other Wolf Warriors? ! Sheesh, I didn't know."
"Learned the hard way did ya?" Sanji asked with a chuckle, leaving Ace to murmur.
"Well the stupid pup was outside training, he was technically free game alright!" Ace said.
"Actually no, he wasn't technically free game," Usopp noted. "He was still within the Pack's territory. You were the one overstepping your boundaries."
"Alright, alright, rub it in why don't ya!" Ace groaned. "As I said before I was young and didn't know any better."
"So he came and didn't kill you why?" Usopp asked.
"Said something about me being a Blood Prince," Ace said recalling it.
"So he didn't kill you just because you were a Blood Prince?" Usopp asked. "That hardly seems fair to his other victims."
"He said he knew another Blood Prince besides me and said he had no quarrel with the Vampire Royal Family," Ace said. "That and he said I was a naive New Fang who didn't know his boundaries."
"That's all?" Usopp asked, hardly believing Mihawk would just let the Vampire go unscratched. "He didn't hurt you—or anything? !"
"He just let me off with a warning that if I ever stumbled upon his 'precious puppy' again he'd feed me to the Head Alpha with a silver spoon . . . ugh, how sadistic."
"Wow . . . and you said it all with a smile," Usopp said wondering why this Blood Prince was so carefree—perhaps they were all like it.
"Well—two Blood Princes and a Wolf Prince—I'd say our little group is good to go," Sanji said as he exhaled another puff of smoke. "Though I'm not sure how strong our Wolf Prince is here—he looks like a pansy to me."
At that Sanji glanced back at the pup in the back who continued to wear that scowl on his face, but that remark seemed to offend the younger pup some as he huffed and puffed and shouted—
"Hey! Zoro is just as strong as any Blood Prince any day!" Usopp was so sure of his bold words. "You guys don't know him so s-shut up!"
"Easy there puppy," Ace said as he waved him to calm down. "Sanji was just being—Sanji."
"I know that!" Usopp bit back knowing how that stupid Vampire acted, but what he said—he just didn't understand his friend. "But . . . you just don't know him. He's stronger than he looks—a lot stronger."
"Say, how did you two become friends with him in the first place?" Ace asked, trying to lighten the mood with the offended pup. "You say he was rarely seen, even in his own Pack—how did you and your little pup friend run into him?"
"Oh that?" Chopper asked as he turned to the conversing ones. "I sometimes find it hard to believe too—it really happened by accident."
"Really?" Ace said with a blink.
"Yeah, me and Chopper were already the outcasts," Usopp said. "Me for my strange nose and Chopper for whatever reasons I really don't know—but the other pups just didn't like us."
"Yes, they were awfully mean to us," Chopper said with a pout. "But on a day when we thought they'd surely beat us to a pulp Zoro came!"
"Some hero huh?" Ace chuckled slightly at seeing the youngest pup's eyes gleaming with admiration for the Wolf Prince.
"Yeah," Usopp said with a nod as he looked at the road ahead of them as the group continued their journey. "He came out of nowhere and scared the rest of the pups off. I think he was actually looking for a sparring partner and happened to scare them away from us."
"Probably did," Chopper said as he fiddled his fingers together. "But all in all he saved us! He was even nice enough to ask us if we were okay."
"Yeah and then immediately his Sire came and took him back home, which he had escaped from," Usopp said with narrowed eyes remembering how upset Mihawk was that Zoro had left his home AGAIN when he was constantly told NOT to venture out. "Now that I think about it, it was a little funny seeing Zoro get dragged back by the ear—it's a rare sight to see Mihawk touch him."
"That spoiled?" Ace let out a chuckle and grin knowing most Royalties were—heck even him and Luffy were spoiled to some degree.
"Oh no!" Chopper gasped, waving his arms. "That's what everyone thought, but it's not true!"
"Yeah, in a way, we were actually more spoiled than him," Usopp said with a small chuckle. "We didn't have to train 24/7 with our Sires and lose all the time. Nope, once Zoro shed some light on his life we knew we had it easy. Didn't we Chopper?"
"That's right," Chopper said with a nod. "My Sire died when I was only 90, but still I didn't have as hard a life as Zoro."
"That's strange," Ace said, glancing back at the pup in the back who still continued to eye the group. "By looking at him you'd think that wasn't the case."
"Don't get us wrong, Mihawk was very nice when we knew him," Usopp said. "I think he was somewhat glad Zoro had some friends—but also somewhat mad because he made friends with us by sneaking out of his home. Mihawk was just so strict with Zoro it was crazy! My Sire would never lock me up in our home."
"I'm sure there were reasons he did it," Ace said with a nod.
"When he was older he was allowed out," Chopper said. "But in his younger years most people didn't even know he existed."
"Well, we did," Usopp spoke up. "But it was more like we were scared of him—everyone always spoke of Zoro like he was some terrifying monster who only came out once in a blue moon to eat newborn pups. Of course it was all lies—though he does have a scary demeanor."
"I see," Ace said. "Seems like your Royal Family is different than ours. When a Blood Prince, or Princess, is born we are taken to each Clan and shown to let all our Race know who we are. Yours I take it just stays in the Head Pack."
"Yeah, something like that," Usopp said with a shrug. "I'm not a Wolf Prince so I wouldn't know too much on that matter."
"Well now that we're on the subject concerning Blood Princes and Wolf Princes—what is the deal with those two?" Ace asked as he pointed back to Luffy and Zoro who were strangely quiet as of late. "They've been acting strange ever since we left that Hunter town some ways back."
"You know, I've been wondering the same thing," Usopp said as he glanced back at the two.
The three hadn't noticed how Chopper had tensed up and glanced nervously back at them. They hadn't noticed Robin turn to look at the two as well, thinking her own thoughts about them. They hadn't even noticed the quickening in Nami's pace as she too became tensed about the subject.
"Hey guys, I think I see that town ahead!" She said with a nervous laugh as she pointed ahead. "Let's hurry up and get there!"
"Yes Nami dear!" Sanji swooned over beside her, but Usopp and Ace were still curious about the two and still had their eyes suspiciously on them.
It was true Zoro had been eyeing the group closely and keeping his distance. He still watched over his pup friends, but he still made sure to keep a fair distance from the younger of the Blood Princes—and perhaps the older as well, for he knew if he found out he would more or likely be dead in a heartbeat.
Zoro glanced at Luffy who was strangely quiet, though he couldn't blame him. It was rather awkward now . . . between the two of them at least and both had probably wondered how anything could be normal concerning the two again. With a heavy inward sigh both knew this was something that wasn't going to be easily forgotten—no—not easy at all.
Zoro decided it was best right now to keep to himself. The Blood Prince seemed to agree with his thoughts as well seeing how he was keeping to himself as well—no doubt adding to the awkwardness. He had noticed the younger of the Blood Princes always eyeing his older brother nervously and rubbing his arm at times. He almost looked as if he was going to tell him, but knew he wasn't because why would he want his brother to know in the first place? He looked more ashamed than ever, Zoro didn't think Luffy would want anyone to know really as to what happened that crazed night.
By chance the two had met a short gaze. Zoro hadn't meant to look his way but he did. Luffy hadn't meant to look Zoro's way but he did and once their gazes met they quickly averted them. Zoro didn't know why it was so hard to look at the boy anymore—it could be the embarrassment, sure he was going to blame most of his thoughts and actions on that—he was sure Luffy was the same way—perhaps.
As they glanced away from one another Zoro dared another glance and had noticed a slight heat appear on Luffy's face. The boy was blushing. It seemed like a chain reaction because soon Zoro felt his own face begin to heat. Was it because of embarrassment though—or something else?
Still though, Zoro couldn't help the fact that he remembered most of what 'happened'. He hadn't known what came over him really. It was like his body was acting on its own—wanting to fulfill its own desires. With that thought in mind Zoro blushed—desires? Did his body really desire that scrawny New Fang?
Brave enough again Zoro glanced at Luffy, though it only be his back. He still scanned him over. Hm, he was hardly worth considering for a mate in the first place so why the he- - would his body want—that?
Zoro gulped down hard once he felt a slight strain in his pants. He couldn't believe it! He was getting turned on just by looking at the New Fang . . . how wrong was this! Zoro inhaled deeply and tried to calm his thoughts but all that ever came to mind was the New Fang . . . on his hands and knees with him over him, pressing his chest into the Vampire's slim back.
Zoro let out another shiver, but this shiver wasn't that of disgust—which absolutely disgusted him. He shivered from arousal. How could he? Luffy was a Blood Prince, a Vampire, a New Fang, his Full Moon Opponent! How could he think of him in such a manner? ! What was happening to him? To his body?
Never before had Zoro ever been attracted, if he dare say, to ANYTHING! No Werewolf, Wolf Warrior, pup, Hunter, human, Vampire, Blood Warrior, OR New Fang! So what the he- - was going on with him now? !
Zoro gritted his teeth trying to think what was wrong with him. Soon a thought came to his mind. He glanced up and looked at the sun, no he couldn't tell until it was night and the moon was out. He wondered now . . . if that time of month was coming.
Shi-! Zoro thought to himself as he gazed at the sun, wishing it to be the moon so he could understand more on what was happening to his body. Hurry the he- - up and turn into the moon already! I need to know! Da- - it I need to know if that da- -ed New Moon is coming!
It was the only explanation Zoro could get at. He knew what powers the New Moon had over his kind, but he also knew it didn't affect pups like him—though does he still count himself as a pup? He was done shedding and though he hadn't defeated his Full Moon Opponent and ate him and not considered a Wolf his body was telling him differently.
This can't be happening to me now, Zoro thought to himself now feeling the aches of his arousal. Da- - it it's too early!
Zoro's breathing soon began to labor and soon he was forced to stop next to a tree to lean on. Luckily it was there for him knowing that this open field hardly harbored any such thing.
There's only two things a Werewolf'll do on the night of the New Moon, Zoro reminded himself. Only two godda- - things!
Before Zoro's thoughts finished he felt someone tap him on the shoulder. He suddenly looked up to see Usopp.
"Hey, we've reached the village," the pup said pointing behind them towards the town only some yards off. "Are you coming Zoro?"
Zoro had then noticed that everyone had stopped to stare at him. All of them staring curiously at the halted elder pup who looked like he was having a hard time breathing. Zoro blinked a few times as he looked at everyone's faces—some of which looked as if they knew what was happening to him—Ace being one of them.
Zoro even found Luffy looking at him curiously, but shyly. The New Fang would only glance at him shortly before averting his eyes to the ground. Luffy, in his own thoughts, was actually wondering if it was his fault Zoro was in such a strange state.
"Hhh, okay, I'm coming," Zoro said with a nod as he pushed off the tree and started towards the group who only eyed him.
Once he had passed by the elder of the Blood Princes he felt a firm hand on his shoulder, instantly catching his attention.
"You alright?" Ace asked in a low tone, not even needing to look at the pup to ask him this.
"Yeah—just fine," Zoro lied.
"You know that New Moon is coming up soon," Ace said knowing exactly what was affecting Zoro.
Zoro didn't say anything though. This Blood Warrior had been around enough Werewolves for long enough to know the effects of the New Moon. He wasn't as naive as most.
Zoro only shrugged Ace's hand off his shoulder and continued his way. He didn't want to talk to him—or anyone about it. What do Vampires know about it anyways? Sure it would help if he had someone like Franky there with him to help him go through it if in fact this was going to be his first time, but all he had right now was two younger pups than him who were nowhere close to being able to be affected by the New Moon.
Even his trainings with his Sire hadn't prepared him for something like this. He guessed that his Sire had thought he'd still be with him when he started to get affected by the moon. What a shame really—he could hurt so many people if he wasn't careful on that night . . . but where could he go to avoid this? What could he do? No one was there to help him—no, he was all on his own.
Crap, Zoro thought to himself as he placed his hand over his stomach feeling an aching burn that signaled his body was getting ready for a night of change. I know next to nothing about this . . . what the he- - am I going to do?
Ace watched the pup walk in the lead towards the town. He had wondered why the pup was acting so strange and now he knew. Though he was a little surprised that he was being affected this early on. Surely a Werewolf pup wasn't affected by the New Moon's night until some months after they had beaten and eaten their Full Moon Opponent, Zoro had done neither and now the Moon god was declaring he be ready for that? What a sad fate for the pup.
"Is . . . is Zoro okay Ace?" Luffy suddenly spoke, catching Ace out o his thoughts.
Ace looked at his little brother and saw how nervous Luffy was about asking about the pup and how concerned he was. There was something up with Luffy as well, but it was nothing like an excuse concerning the New Moon, no—they weren't affected by such.
"Of course Luffy," Ace said with a grin as he ruffled the New Fang's raven hair, trying his hardest not to worry him. "Let's get to that town and change okay?"
"O-Okay," Luffy said with a timid smile and nod as he turned and left with the others.
Ace let out a hard sigh. He didn't know what he was going to do if he was still with this little group when the New Moon came. Zoro wasn't going to be Zoro when that time comes and he wondered if the group could handle him without him there.
I'm going to have to leave them to take Vivi back to the Head Clan's mansion when we find her, Ace thought to himself. Should I do that? Could the group handle a maturing Werewolf? Hhh, shi- this is too soon for that poor pup.
Hot Shot's girl: Sorry I haven't updated! TT TT I've been super busy with a comic I've begun to start, well it's still in thought like the characters and what they look like and all but drawing takes up my time and researching things for it as well. It wasn't until long that I noticed I hadn't updated this week . . . AT ALL! TT TT so sorry! so I whiped this up really quick, one reason why it's kinda short. Sorry but the next chp should be longer, hopefully, though I don't know when I'll get it up next :/ Well I hope you guys enjoyed and hmmm, gee, I wonder what's up with that New Moon? ;D You'll have to find out later ;D
Until next chp bye! :D