Here we are at the end. A fic that took 2 years to finally finish is over. I hope those who read it liked it. Anyways, I'll be posting a new story today to fill the spot of this one. Enjoy the last chapter~

Zoro was angry with Hancock for keeping him from Luffy, who she seemed to absolutely adore. He could see why, though. She healed her and was a cute and kind person. Hancock seemed very focused on the "cute" part. Zoro wanted to take Luffy away from her, even if he had to fight for her. He wanted to kiss her, hug her and adore her, but he had to put up with this for the next two weeks. Two weeks! It was going to be horrible, and he was gonna be a horny mess by the end.

He was able to keep himself in check by sheer willpower, forcing his mind to not wander to fantasies of he and Luffy in the Sunny's kitchen. He trained, as Luffy made him new weights. Whenever Luffy and Hancock were out on deck, Luffy watched him discreetly as he sweat and lifted the weights, and he smirked at it.

Zoro knew she was watching, and was probably having trouble with her own hormones, especially with being forced not to be able to touch Zoro in any way. She hated it here, and couldn't wait to get back to the Thousand Sunny, to go home.

The only time during this journey that Luffy was truly happy was at night when she escaped Hancock's room, dissolving the many locks that had been put in place to keep her there, and went to Zoro. it was the only time they had together, and both of them hated this. But, they did as they were supposed to. Neither could afford to jeopardize the chance to go home.

Zoro kept in contact with the others, while Luffy was busy with Hancock. Apparently, most of the super rookies had fled the island, but many had gotten their ships coated and were now heading to the New World. So, the crew would not have to go at the same time as them. The man who rescued Luffy, or at least tried to, was Shakky's husband and the coater, Rayleigh. He got along well with the others, apparently. He was still going to coat their ship. As for Law, his submarine ship had left to go to fishman Island. They probably wouldn't see him again for a while. And Zoro was fine with that though he'd always be grateful for his help. Even if he did see Luffy in her panties!

Luffy was mentally exhausted from putting up with Hancock by the time they reached the Sunny, meeting up at the side of the island that Shakky's bar was at. Luffy wrung her hands, thinking everyone would be mad at her still. Zoro stood next to her, hand on her shoulder, not saying anything.

Hancock was incredibly sad that Luffy was leaving, but didn't try to make her stay, which would have been too much for the nymph and she might have snapped. Luffy jumped off of the ship and ran into Chopper's arms, while Zoro ran to Robin. Franky picked up Luffy and Chopper in his huge arms in a giant hug.

"Super! Luffy and Zoro-bro are back!" he called, crying and insisting he wasn't crying. Nami had tears in her eyes and hugged Zoro. Sanji was watching Hancock on her ship with wide eyes, and Zoro walked to him.

"You flirt with her and she will kill you without a hesitation," he warned. "Though I wouldn't care if you died, Luffy would be sad," he added and walked to Usopp, to shake his hand. Brook was singing happily, even if he hadn't been with them long, he'd been with everyone when they were all worried about Luffy and Zoro.

After Luffy had hugged Nami, she slowly walked to Robin, who knelt down and took Luffy's shoulders into her hands. "I do not hate you, Luffy, nor am I going to harshly punish you. We are so happy you're alright and back with us," she said, her voice coking up before she embraced Luffy, who cried into her shoulder. "I'm sad you felt you had to fight on your own. But, the Celestial Dragons are no longer here, and the admiral and most of the marines have left after the supernovas left."

Luffy nodded. She turned back to the shore and made a huge poster. Thank you, Hancock! I will never forget you!

A squeal came from the ship before Hancock called, "You are always welcome back at Amazon Lily!"

Luffy waved, and punched Sanji in the crotch when she noticed he was about to say or do something the Snake Princess wouldn't appreciate. He fell forward, tears in his eyes as he held his crotch. Robin giggled while watching.

Luffy pat Sanji on the head in apology before getting up and running back to Sunny and climbing on, jumping and hugging the mast. She missed the Sunny so much. Zro was there and finally held her and kissed her roughly.

"God! She didn't even let me kiss you unless we were fucking sleeping!" Zoro raged, finally releasing his anger and irritation. Luffy nodded with a smile. We did a good job not getting mad. "You can say that again."

"What are you talking-"

"Don't ask! I never want to talk about our time on Amazon Lily again," Zoro snapped, and it silenced Usopp, while it just made everyone else curious. Luffy shrugged as a response to their confusion. She didn't want to talk about it either.

"I assumed you both want some time to yourself," Robin said. Zoro nodded while Luffy shook her head, and jumped down, surprising Zoro. Luffy ran forward and hugged Chopper and Robin again

"I want to spend time with everyone. I thought I was gonna never see anyone again and then we were on that ship for a long time," Luffy said to Chopper.

"Luffy wants to spend time with everyone since she thought she was never gonna see any of us again." Franky was crying. Luffy hadn't seen him like this in awhile, so he must be really happy they were back.

"Why don't we have some smores?" Sanji offered. "We can set up the campfire and enjoy some smores together." He had a smile on, and Luffy beamed, nodding. Sanji went inside to get the campfire that was big enough for all of them to sit around, and Luffy searched the kitchen for the ingredients with Chopper.

Zoro pouted at the railing, though he couldn't blame Luffy for wanting to spend time with everyone. She went through a lot emotionally when she decided to try and save everyone else by sacrificing herself. Zoro could wait.

Luffy ran around to each person, handing them the metal stick and bags of marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate. She was soaking up the attention and their company. Sanji got the fire going and soon they were all talking and laughing as they ate smores. Usopp and Chopper fighting to see who could eat more. When they ran out, Luffy replenished their supply. She settled in Zoro's lap, roasting her marshmallows next to his. She sighed, finally relaxing, and he kissed the crown of her head.

They didn't get off on the island that day, spending their time on the ship and together, while Zoro got increasingly less patient to be alone with Luffy. It was finally after dinner when Zoro grabbed Luffy's hand and dragged her out of the room. She looked up at him in surprise. "I've waited long enough," he growled.

Luffy didn't particularly want to do anything dirty tonight, she just wanted to feel safe and loved. So, when they got to the bedroom, and Zoro locked the door, she looked a bit uncomfortable. She would never let Zoro pressure her into anything, even if it were unintentional, but he was really looking tense.

He noticed the look though, and immediately understood. If she didn't want to then he didn't either, though his body craved it. So, he just picked her up and laid down on the bed with her on his chest. He didn't say anything for a bit, and she relaxed against him, knowing he wasn't upset over her not being in the mood.

Zoro ran his hands up and down her back before slipping them under her dress so he could rub circles against her soft back. The dress was pulled higher and higher while he started doodling shapes with his fingers. "I love you," he said simply, and she kissed his collarbone in response. Eventually, Zoro got up to change into sleep clothes and Luffy just stayed in her dress, not that there was much difference between her day dress and nightgown. She crawled under the covers and he followed.

"We're finally back home. And can go on an adventure all together," Zoro whispered, and she smiled and nodded.

-x-

When the group went onto the island the next day, they headed to Shakky and Rayleigh to ask about getting the ship coated and for Luffy to thank Rayleigh, they were surprised that there was a huge group of people out on the lawn, so they couldn't get through. Everyone was surprised by just how many people there were, and how big some of them were.

How do we get to Shakky's? Do we fight?

"Fighting isn't the solution to everything, Luffy," Robin said pleasantly. She turned quiet when one of those sitting on the grass turned to look at them.

"Luffy?" he asked in curiosity. Zoro looked defensive while Luffy looked curious. The man was huge, with dark skin and balls on his head. "Hey, you're a nymph! Oi, someone go get Ace and Marco!"

Luffy's face lit up and she jumped up and down. She grabbed Zoro and shook him.

"Chopper, I get to see Ace! ACE! ACE! IT'S LUFFY!"

"Ace! Your lil' sis is here!" someone called in the crowd and soon everyone was calling Ace's name, and Luffy had tears in her eyes as Ace came flying at her, having been catapulted by someone.

"Luffy!" he shouted, and slammed right into her, rolling a few yards and coming to a stop. "Luffy, I missed you so much! Have you been having fun? Being a pirate is so fun!" Luffy hugged Ace tightly, laughing with him. He sat up and healed the bump on Luffy's head. "You gotta meet everyone! And see Pops! He's so big and cool! He can beat even me! Everyone is so strong, too. They were all impressed at your stunt in Enies Lobby," Ace gushed. Luffy grinned.

"A lot of stuff has happened since then. I wanna meet your captain, too! I just got back with Zoro from this place in the Calm Belt. I fought an admiral but I lost! I didn't think humans were that strong!" Luffy raged, suddenly angry. Ace hit her in the head.

"Don't fight humans like that! Pops said they're bad news," the male nymph said, though he wasn't angry at her too much. Luffy pouted at him, but lost it when she saw her brother's smiling face.

"I couldn't help it! I had to protect everyone. Cause I sorta punched an important human in the face. I was mad, cause someone interfered with one of my fights and I lost because of it!" Luffy raged, still angry at Law for interfering.

Ace laughed. "Of course you punched someone important. Anyways, let's go meet my captain," Ace said and took Luffy's hand before they both ran off, Ace bringing his sister to Whitebeard. "Ha, we're such disgraces, Lu. Both of us defected! And Marco, too."

Luffy beamed, so happy Ace got to be with Marco. "So how did it happen? How did you join the Whitebeard's and be with Marco? I'm so happy for you, Ace. I'm so glad you took your chance and are now so happy." Ace grinned at her, and rubbed his finger under his nose.

"It was kind of how you did it! I couldn't help but explore the giant ship, and I convinced Marco to come, too. He came cause he was worried about my safety - silly - but it is a much bigger crew than yours so people were awake on deck even in the middle of the night. They found us, and so we started running around trying to get away. Marco was freaked out, heh. But, we fought back. I was having a lot more fun than he was, but then we both got caught in two giant hands and found ourselves trapped in Pops'- Whitebeard's - hands!

"He was really entertained with us. I could tell he was strong, so I immediately challenged him to a fight. You made me really reckless." Luffy laughed rubbing the back of her head as the two tiny nymphs ran towards the shore and to meet Ace's new Pops. "He beat me easily, but he was interested in my powers. We all hit it off pretty well. Marco even started to like them, and they had tons of books about things we'd never seen. Marco fell in love with the books.

"We all got along really well and I told them about your recent defection, and they offered to take me and Marco, too! It was an easy choice, to be honest. I missed you a lot, and everyone was already mad at me for letting you go. Then, I sorta got caught kissing Marco and people started being cruel." He looked sad. "I felt really bad for getting Marco caught up in it, but he said he returned my feelings. So, we decided to set out on our own adventure. And Marco found a really cool fruit! So we're both devil fruit users now."

Luffy smiled at the story and jumped onto Ace's back so he was running while piggy backing her. "How are you and Zoro? Has he done anything I should be upset about?"

"We're really good! Our new ship has a room made for us, since the Merry passed away. I love him so much, and he loves me. He likes to make me all flustered a lot, though. I'm really happy here, though I missed you a lot in the beginning. I was so happy to get a letter from you." She hugged him tightly.

Ace laughed, glad Luffy was so happy and Zoro hadn't hurt her feelings or done anything detrimental. "How did your period go? Didn't it happen recently after joining?" Ace asked. "I was really worried about you, since I was usually the one to take care of you."

Luffy smiled. "Chopper and Zoro took good care of me. It was embarrassing and as bad as all the other times, but they took good care of me and didn't make me feel gross or stupid. It was a good test of trust I guess? Like, to know if Zoro would be okay with that. I couldn't exactly control it or make it go away, but still. I was happy to know he loved me enough to take care of me.

"Apparently, human women only have it once a month for a week and it's not even that painful! I mean, I'm glad it only happens once a year, but theirs isn't nearly as painful as ours." She pouted. Ace sighed. It really did suck that female nymphs went through that for a low chance at a successful birth in the first place. The universe was against them on that aspect.

They arrived at a huge ship that was being coated. Luffy was amazed by its size. She thought the Sunny was big and Ace was living on this? "Ace, how do you do things on this? It's so huge!"

Ace laughed. "It was hard to get used to, but there's so many places to hide and then attack when no one is ready! I do that a lot, surprise people by attacking them. They gotta stay on their toes. We can't go on it right now cause Rayleigh is coating it. But let's go meet Pops," the nymph said and carried Luffy up the hill a bit to a huge man sitting on a huge chair. Luffy's mouth opened at how huge he was.

She'd seen a lot of big humans since setting out, but he was by far the biggest. "This is Pops, the yonko captain Whitebeard!" Ace said proudly. He waved his hand to get his attention, and Whitebeard looked up from a smaller human standing next to him.

"Ace! Oh, is that your little sister you talk so much about?" Whitebeard asked in a gruff voice, though it sounded warm and kind as he talked to Ace. Luffy smiled. Ace talked about her a lot. Ace nodded his head and Luffy dropped down from his back, not that it was much of a drop compared to Zoro.

Ace hurried a few meters away, clearly knowing what Luffy wanted, and she coated her hands with metal and put them up in front of her. "Gurara! You told me she'd be like this, son. Very well, I'll fight you, squirt," Whitebeard said in a humorous voice. It was barely a fight. Everytime she came near him, even if she was much, much smaller than he was, he somehow knew what she was gonna do next.

"He's cheating, Ace!" Luffy shouted once she was smacked down the fourth time.

"It's something called haki. There's no way you'll win," he replied, grinning even as his sister lost. Luffy thought it was cheating anyway, and decided she'd play dirty, too. She formed a huge cuff of seastone, and Whitebeard clearly knew what it was, and batted her away and into the nearest tree.

"Luffy! No fighting dirty!" Ace shouted, running after her as she pulled herself out of the sticky tree. She grinned sheepishly.

"He was the one cheating first, using haki," she replied. They both heard booming laughter from the hill. Ace grinned, and helped Luffy out of the tree. She laughed. "He's strong. I fight really dirty if you think that was underhanded. I use seastone on devil fruit users to fluster them. It's fun, their faces go all pale! Hey, hey, do you think you could dissolve seastone even though you're a devil fruit user?" Ace looked curious.

"I don't know, let's try," he said and sat down while Luffy formed some. She put up the tiny rock in front of Ace and he touched it, dissolving it easily. "I'm invincible!" he declared, and laughed madly. Luffy pointed out that he couldn't swim and he bonked her head.

Luffy smiled, having missed Ace. it was like she was a kid again when she was with Ace. He didn't act like his age and neither did she. They just had fun as much as they could, trying to get rid of all responsibilities to get said fun. She hugged him and he spun her around. "Hey, we have new people on our crew, now. One is a cyborg and the other is a living skeleton. I'm not kidding, come meet them!" Luffy said, pulling Ace away. He wrote down a note, which Luffy read said, "Going to go play with Luffy. See you later!" and put it in a ball much like she had with her note to Tashigi and Smokey, and catapulted it to Whitebeard, who easily caught it.

"Have fun, son!" Whitebeard laughed, and turned around to go back to his chair and his other sons that had been watching in entertainment. Luffy ran with Ace to go meet Franky and Brook.

Zoro hadn't had someone out drink him like Jozu was. One of Ace's crew members, or brothers, as they said, was holding a huge tankard in one hand while he smirked down at Zoro. The Whitebeard pirate was much bigger than he was, and was guzzling faster than Zoro could. People cheered them on, and the swordsman guzzld as fast as he could be he knew when he was losing a fight.

Jozu finished his keg first, and Zoro sighed, but grinned. "Can all of you drink like this?"

"The Whitebeard pirates can drink anyone under the table. Hah, our captain is in his seventies and still drinks everyone under the table. Though Pops has not been weakened much by age," Jozu replied. Zoro grinned. He respected men who could hold their own against a keg of booze.

"So, has Ace been causing trouble for you?" Zoro asked. Some of the pirates around him laughed.

Zoro smiled when the reply was, "I think it's in his blood to cause trouble. And not because he's a nymph, since Marco seemed pretty normal. But, his powers are useful for necessities when we need them. He needs to get into some bigger trouble and get himself a bounty." Zoro laughed. Sounded like Luffy.

"Luffy causes as much trouble as she can, when she can. I guess it's just a sibling thing. I wouldn't know," Zoro replied.

Someone in the group felt sad for him. "Having siblings is the best thing in life. It's sad you missed out on that." The swordsman grinned.

"Guess it just gave me more focus to make myself strong. Not everyone is a Luffy or Ace," he replied smoothly. He looked up when he saw two little people - Ace and Luffy - dashing past all of the pirates, including him, and jumping onto the ship. Luffy looked overjoyed, and it made Zoro smile. He was so glad Luffy got to hang out with Ace, and was glad that Ace wasn't trapped back at the island, alone and miserable.

He got up, drinking the remainder of his tankard, and headed back to the ship to go talk to Ace. He wondered what Luffy had said. She was open with Ace, but was obviously not gonna share certain things, like Zoro blindfolding her and tying her to the bed. His face flushed at the thought and he sighed.

Luffy came running out of the galley, Ace bounding after her. When he saw Zoro standing there, he grinned and walked up, forming a board. Luffy was beaming, and pointed at Ace, making Zoro laugh. "Hey, Ace. I'm glad you're not miserable and alone back at the island."

Because YOU stole my sister.

"She stole me," Zoro said defensively, though he was smiling. Ace made an icky face at the cheesy comment. Luffy jumped onto Zoro's back and grinned. Ace looked awkward as Zoro assumed Luffy had said something. "Are you liking being a pirate, too?" he asked. Ace nodded.

Getting into trouble is fun. Though I haven't enough to get a bounty. The Whitebeards don't generally go around destroying places and people.

"Then you must not be having much fun," Zoro replied. Luffy formed a board like Ace's and wrote, Where are Franky and Brook? "I don't know. They may have gone into town, but no one is on the ship anymore." Luffy pouted, and jumped down, latching onto Ace's back, and pointed forward before they went running off of the ship and into town. Zoro turned and watched with amused eyes.

The two ran around the island and got distracted from finding Franky and Brook, and instead reverting to their old ways and stealing treasures from people without them knowing it. Luffy stuffed all of it into a bag she'd created, and both of them had fun. They raced along the rooftops, climbed the trees, bounced on the bubbles, just acting like children.

It was wonderful being with Ace again, she'd missed him. Eventually they'd stopped running around and were just sitting on the bubbles of the mangrove trees. "Do you know what the New World is like?"

"Dangerous, very dangerous. The stories they told me are concerning, to be honest. The only thing not having me worried is the fact that I'm surrounded by veteran New World pirates." He looked at her pointedly, and Luffy told him to spit it out. "I don't think your crew is ready for the New World."

"Why?!" Luffy said angrily, offended.

"Do any of them know haki?"

"Well, no, but why does that matter? Does everyone in the New World know haki?" Ace shook his head, and said only the strongest knew it. But that was not it. He told Luffy about the powerful pirates, all of them, that Whitebeard had told him.

"But… what would we do instead? Just go back the way we came?"

Ace thought for a moment. "There are other paths in the Grand Line. Maybe if you guys went through all of them, you'd be strong enough," he suggested. "There are tons of adventures waiting for you all if you continue along Paradise."

Luffy pouted, irritated with her brother's lack of confidence in them. But he'd never sin and tell Luffy she wasn't strong enough if he didn't believe it fully. But… they weren't in a huge hurry to get the New World. They really looked forward to it, but Luffy didn't want them to get hurt.

Then the whole Kizaru incident came to her thoughts, and she frowned deeply. She lost completely, got riddled so fast and then got sent somewhere else in an instant. She knew her crew would have been decimated by that. "What's wrong?" Ace asked in concern.

"I just don't want anyone to get hurt like I did. Not everyone can heal themselves like I can, y'know?" Luffy said sadly. "Zoro and Sanji will be so offended. But I'm not the captain. It's not my decision, I have to talk to Robin. Let's go find her," Luffy said. The two jumped down from the tree, landing nimbly.

The twins looked around for any of the crew, Luffy suggesting they go to the shops. And there Nami was. Robin was close behind her. They'd left before talking to Rayleigh or Shakky about the coating. She and Ace went up to Robin, and Luffy tapped her. "Hello Luffy, Ace." Then she saw Luffy's somber expression. "What is it?"

Ace said that we're not ready for the New World, she wrote. Ace was frowning, uncomfortable. When Robin asked why that was, Luffy wrote what Ace had told her. "Well, let's talk to the whole crew. I have no problem with exploring more of Paradise. We're in no hurry." She smiled down at Luffy and the nymph nodded, glad she wasn't upset.

The crew gathered at the ship, Ace sticking with Luffy and waiting. "Everyone, we need to have a conversation inside." They all looked confused, but they went to the galley, including Ace, to talk. "Ace has said we're not ready for the New World. I was thinking of all of us talking to Whitebeard about this."

Sanji and Zoro, predictably, grew angry. Robin put her hand up to stop them before they started yelling. "We will talk to a professional. Since Ace is Luffy's sister and our friend, I doubt this yonko will do anything to hurt us." Chopper and Usopp didn't look happy about it, meeting someone so powerful. But it was still day time, and Ace said everyone would still be outside, probably drinking still.

The nine of them plus Ace headed back to where the giant man was in his huge chair. "Ace, is this Luffy's crew?" Ace nodded. Robin introduced everyone, and Usopp, Chopper and Nami were visibly nervous, no doubt feeling the power radiating off of the weathered pirate. Ace sat with Luffy next to him, knowing it would be a long conversation.

"Ace has said we're not ready for the New World, and I wanted to talk to you about it since you've lived in the New World for so long," Robin explained respectfully. Luffy was impressed with her stable voice despite who she was talking to.

Whitebeard appraised them quietly. "I can tell you are not ready. It is not an insult, but the New World doesn't go easy on anybody. It has claimed the lives of many of my men, so I will not speak lightly of it." And he explained all of the dangers of the New World. Zoro and Sanji were deflating at all of the information.

Everyone now knew they would not make it as they were now. "The benchmark for arriving at the New World is the understanding of haki and being able to mentally bear the stress of what comes with the most dangerous sea."

"So, if we learn haki and are mentally ready to face everything, then we'd be fine to go?" Sanji asked. He was obviously irritated, but not stupid enough to piss off the yonko.

Whitebeard nodded. "I would say three of you could survive, but it would be very difficult. Luffy, and you two might make it, but the rest cannot." Sanji and Zoro smiled proudly and Luffy chuckled silently. "But haki would help you three greatly. I have been across Paradise many times, in many different routes. They are not boring or anything of the sort, but the more you sail in Paradise, the stronger you get, both physically and mentally."

Franky asked, "How do we learn haki, then?"

The older captain took a long drink of his sake before saying, "Many unlock it under stress. I could see many of you accidentally learning it, but would need to work at it for awhile." Robin was nodding along with his words, clearly agreeing with what he was saying. And he wasn't just some pirates telling them they were weak, he knew what he was talking about.

"Then we will not go to the New World yet," Robin decided. Nobody was upset at the decision, and accepted it. Ace looked apologetic to Luffy, but she made sure he knew she was grateful for the advice. Perhaps the life saving advice. "We'll have plenty of new adventures in this sea."

The whole crew was in agreement. They were in no hurry. What about all of the rookies that left the other day?

"Many of those rookies will not make it without casualties. The only way they could survive if they aren't ready is to ally themselves under a yonko. When you make it to the New World, we'll ally our crews together. Ace cares deeply for Luffy, and in turn so do I."

Robin bowed. "Thank you, it means a lot to us." The others nodded in agreement. "We will stay on Sabaody before heading to the nearest island we haven't visited."

The crew all agreed, and were invited to a party that night with Ace's crew. Sanji, Luffy and Zoro were the only ones to agree immediately. Everyone else was afraid. But no one said anything of it.

They waded through the Whitebeard pirates before arriving at Shakky's bar. When she greeted them again, Robin got straight to the point. "We no longer need Rayleigh-san to coat our ship. We've decided to put a hold on going to the New World for now and will continue sailing in Paradise."

Shakky nodded, saying that was the safest thing to do. Ace had left to go with his crew, going to see them again later. Luffy was on Zoro's back, feeling sad. He could tell, of course. "We'll get stronger, don't worry. And we'll still have fun and many adventures," he said encouragingly. Luffy pouted but nodded in agreement. "And," he whispered. "If we're not battered by storms constantly, we can be alone in the kitchen at night."

Luffy gave him a deadpanned look and shook her head. Zoro's fantasy would not come true, sadly for him. He scowled and looked forward, making Luffy laugh. We have plenty of fun in our bedroom, don't we?

"Yeah," Zoro said, though he was still grumpy. He just wanted to spite Sanji, but she didn't want to do it so they wouldn't. They dispersed and went to explore before the party started in a few hours, even though the Whitebeards were already chugging down alcohol like it was their last day alive.

Zoro and Luffy wandered around for a bit before heading back to the ship. They were both bummed about being told they were too weak to move on, but we're thankful for the yonko's honesty and tact. He seemed like a good man. Well, obviously he was or Ace wouldn't adore him so much.

Luffy was so happy for Marco and Ace. They were living their dream together. Well, both living Ace's dream, but still together. Leaving their home island had been good for everyone. Zoro and Luffy sat in the aquarium, watching their mistake swim around and eat everything else. They'd caught a huge fish, but didn't know it could eat everything else. All of their fish was gone now. Oh well.

I love you.

"Love you, too. We'll have fun with more adventures. Maybe we could be one of the rare crews that have gone to each island in Paradise, you never know," Zoro replied. "I'm so glad I met you. Well, I'm glad you assaulted me and took my precious swords."

That would sound funny to anyone else. Zoro laughed but agreed.

"We'll sail the seas together forever." Luffy nodded in agreement, and planted a kiss on his lips. "And have fun in the kitchen."

No we won't! What is with you and that fantasy?! He just laughed at it and tilted her head up to kiss her more deeply. Luffy was so happy she'd defected. She made true friends and found someone she secretly believed was her soul mate. They'd never said it, but Zoro felt that way as well. They'd have fun together no matter which sea they sailed in.