Chapter 25

Zoro was in his former master bedroom, putting away the latest paper work onto the desk. He was glad that he didn't have to go out and kill anyone. In fact, Crocodile has yet gave any order to mobilize since they arrived. It was one way a good thing, but in another was making him anxious.

'What the hell is he waiting for?' He thought as he heard the door open and closed, and he knew who was in the room with him. "Evening bitch." He said as he quickly got the papers together.

"What's your hurry?"

"I have to look over these papers for Mr. Zero." He said as he got all the papers in his arm as he quickly walked pass the woman. "Excuse me." He reached for the door and turned the knob, only to freeze in horror that it was locked.

"Crocodile is busy with something at the moment…" She said with a purr. "It's just you and me in this room…"

His blood ran cold when he realized that he was stuck in the room. He took a deep breath as he was about to kick the door down, only to feel lightheaded.

"I see my scentless perfume is taking affect." She said as he dropped the papers and struggled to stand up. "I took the antidote earlier before applying it on, so only you will be affected by it." She continued as she watched him look at her as he used the closed door to support himself. She took out a small bottle with red liquid inside. "And this is the antidote for a quick recovery."

He glared as he tried to fight off whatever was causing paralysis to his muscles, and went at her, desperately, only to misjudge how affected he was and fell to the floor as she moved aside and laughed.

"Did I not say that your kind will break?" She teased as she placed the bottle on the table. "And because Mr. Zero will be busy for the next few hours…" She walked over to where the fallen man is, who crawled to one of the bed post legs and climbed up to get back to standing position. She giggled at the sight as she walked to where he was as he turned, pushed him onto the bed, and then crawled on top of him. "You shouldn't be able to move now." She sang as she saw the fear in his eyes. "Much better…" She purred as she started to undo the man's shirt. "Now the fun begins…"

Zoro knew he was in deep shit now. But what was worse that he found himself unable to say anything. 'Shit! Not only did she paralyze my limbs, but now I can't say anything. And Bon Clay is out somewhere, not like he can hear me. Damn it!' He thought as he felt cold air on his exposed chest, but he can feel her undoing his pants. 'Somebody stop this crazy bitch!'

"What's the matter? Aren't you enjoying yourself?" She said with a grin. "You're so quiet." She laughed. "You're so pathetic!" She stopped laughing as she slowly leaned forward. "It's kind of hot."

Back outside, Luffy managed to get to the mansion and used the jungle to cover himself as he went around to the back, jumped onto the wall like a panther onto one of the roof tiles. From there he climbed like a monkey to the top of the building, thinking that's where Crocodile was, only to see something, but was obscured by the curtains. He tried to open the doors, only to find that they were locked.

"Time to be rude." He said with a smile as he grabbed the roof's edge, went back and forth, and then launched himself to the door, busting through the glass doors at the same moment someone was just in front of them.

Moments before that, she was about to kiss him as she was trying to get the pants off.

Zoro closed his eyes, hoping that this was some nightmare and this will end quickly when he heard the sound of the jingling knob.

"The hell?" She said, just a couple centimeters from his lips as she got up and walked over to where the doors are, only for someone to bust through.

"Oops… You ok-" He was about to ask if the person was okay when he recognized the woman. "I remember you!" He then saw that she was out cold. "Oh well." He got up and looked around to see the man he was looking for on the bed. "Zoro!" He went over and stopped short when he saw the sight of the man. "Zoro?"

He crawled on top of the other, who opened his eyes and looked relieved. "Zoro, what's going on?" He asked as he saw the other looked the other way. He kept looking at the other as he flicked his eyes to a certain direction. He looked and saw a desk then back at the other. "Something on the desk?"

The man blinked as he looked sure.

He figured that meant 'yes' and got off to look to what he could find on the desk and saw the glass bottle with something red in it. He picked it up and went back over to the other, who had yet to move and showed the bottle to the man. "This?"

Zoro blinked twice again.

"What should I do with it?"

Zoro tried and managed to move his jaw to open his mouth.

Luffy got the message and opened the bottle, opened the mouth a bit more, and poured a little in. He watched the other scrunch his face, as if the taste was horrid but he continued to pour little by little until there was nothing left of the bottle. "Zoro? You okay?" He asked as the other panted, and at that moment was captivated by how the other looked.

He saw the other has a thin sheet of sweat on him, chest exposed, and the other's face looked with the mouth partly open as he panted. He then suddenly realized that his mouth was dry.

Zoro, in the meantime was trying to get his muscles working again as well as not overheat. 'Shit! I'm burning up!' He thought as he opened his eyes a little and looked at the other above him, only to be surprised to see the other was too close. "L-Luffy?" He managed to say as that seemed to snap the other back to reality and looked surprised.

"I'm sorry Zoro! I didn't mean to!"

"Be quiet you dumbass." He said as he managed to feel his fingers moving. "Good, I'm starting to get motion back."

"Eh?"

"That bitch had something that made me lose motion." He saw the other looked confused. "I wasn't able to move even if I wanted to."

"Oh! So that's why you were on the bed." Luffy said as he had a surprised look on his face. "Was she taking advantage of you then!"

"In a way…"

"Bitch!" He said as he got up and started to head over to the woman, who was regaining consciousness , and punched her, once again knocking her out cold. "That's for taking advantage of my Zoro!"

'My Zoro?' He thought as he was able to get up. 'Later…' He managed to move his arms and hands to do redo his pants and button his shirt. "You got great timing. Another second as she would've been all over me." He said as the other went up to him and kissed him. 'What the!'

Luffy, not realizing that the woman didn't do anything besides undoing some clothes, kissed the other, thinking that the woman did so to his beloved friend. He figured he would make up the bad experience if he got rid of it with his own kiss.

Zoro wasn't sure what the other was thinking, but he allowed the other do this, since there was no tongue involved and embraced the other, since he did miss the kid.

Once they parted, Luffy hugged his dearest friend and was relieved. "I missed you."

"I can tell." He said as he looked at the other. "What are you doing here?"

"Saving you of course, and taking down Crocodile."

He blinked and shook his head. "Your family nearly lost you once, I can't allow you to put yourself in harm's way."

"I'm helping you." Luffy said with a determined face. "You've done so much for me, and you've done things by yourself for a long time. You're here because of me, and it's my turn to save you. And I'm not leaving without you."

Zoro looked to see that the other was serious and smiled. "Looks like I have no choice. Partner."

Luffy smiled as he and the other got up. "So, where's that Crocodile bastard?" He said, fired up.

Okay! I have to work on the other ones at the moment, which you guys may not be able to see for the next... You know what I don't know! I got things going on and I got limited time, you know how it is, and where is my host? Oh well. Hope you guys enjoyed these chapters and have a great day!