It would have been a day like any other on the Thousand Sunny. Afloat on the vastness of the seas. Seagulls drifting through an azure sky above. Waves gently rocking against the ship's hull. Not a disturbance to be found aside from the odd fish splash. Most of the straw hats were going about their business… Until they weren't. Yes, it would have been absolutely unremarkable… If one Cat Burglar Nami hadn't set off an inevitable chain reaction on that day that would change the nature of the group's interactions for the rest of time…

The red haired woman marched, pulling on Usopp's ear as he wailed.

Franky, Robin, Chopper, Luffy and Brook walked a few meters after them.

"Wait! Stop! NO!"

She spun and grabbed his arm firmly on account of his hopping out of her prior grip.

"I just caught a bad case of the –Can't-confront-swordsman-itis-I'll go get a doctor's notice!"

"Chopper!" He exclaimed.

She clutched and pulled his overall mercilessly.

"…CHOPPaA-A_a-Ahha ahah!"

A tiny sweet voice responded. "Usopp? Is everything okay?" The sniper held onto the hall entrance for dear life as Nami pulled on him. The others blankly watched the display.

"He's fine! Besides, you all agreed to this during our meeting earlier!"

Usopp's fingers slipped off the doorframe one by one. "True as that may be…" He fell to the wooden floor.

Brushed himself off and was standing upright again.

"I DIDN'T THINK THE DAY WOULD COME SO SOON!"

He tried one last time to sprint away, but Robin blocked the way with a swarm of Hana Hana hands.

She attempted to comfort the man whose escape she had just foiled. "Nami's right, the sooner we execute this… The less extreme the aftermath."

"I DON'T NEED YOU USING THE WORD EXECUTE RIGHT NOW!"

Robin snickered.

"YOU KNOW IT'S THREE VERY DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE."

"Ahahahah." She smiled sweetly. "I'm flattered, but remember. I'll keep you from harm, Sniper-san. Besides, it's unlikely you'll be caught in the crossfire. This confrontation will most likely, only lead to violence between Sanji and Zoro."

"That's the whole problem." He mumbled in defeat and began sluggishly walking with the other Mugiwara members. "You know the amount of collateral damage that could mean."

Franky adjusted his sunglasses. "Don't worry about the ship. When I said I was making a vessel fit for the future pirate king... It wasn't just a figure of speech."

He added: "Even if she takes massive damage. I've got several emergency strategies for saving her."

Brook contributed additionally: "Usopp... Might I add that while Sanji and Zoro may be tempermental, they've little interest in damaging their own ship. Assuming they can control themselves enough to only target one another, the rest of us should be okay."

Nami glared at Usopp. "If we don't handle this today it's not ONLY going to drive me crazy with stress!" She raised her voice further. "IT'LL PROBABLY SURFACE AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIME POSSIBLE! Like in the middle of an important mission. Jeopardizing everybody's safety and success!"

"What the hell are you yelling in here for?" A gruff and irritated voice shouted from the aquarium area.

"AHAHA. ZORO!" Didn't see you there. Usopp wheezed.

"You need a rag for that cold sweat?" He responded blankly. The one-eyed man rested with one leg crossed over the other. Leaning back against his own arms folded behind his head. The blue tank water reflecting across his face gently.

As the entourage followed Nami and Usopp into the room he followed up his rhetorical question with genuine curiosity.

"Why is everybody in here?"

Before Nami could utter her rehearsed introduction Brook cut her off. "Zoro. As badly as I want to ask about her panties right now, we have, nearly all of us… Become aware of the nature of your current relationship to our beautiful archeologist. We've been wanting to have a talk with you."

The usually stoic man's face contorted in a pale shock that was promptly followed by bright red flush.

Before he could say anything Robin pushed her way in between Brook and Nami, looking at him gently. "It was bound to happen eventually." The others tried to figure out exactly what her ambiguous remark meant.

Robin proceeded by sitting down next to him decisively in solidarity.

The moment of silence was broken by a Franky adding."Whatever freaky stuff you guys get down to doing in your freetime, is suuUuUPERRRRR PO-RRRAI-VE-TO. Although, let me know if you want additional company. OW!"

Robin chuckled.

"Secrets don't last long around here, do they?" the crimson faced green-clad man uttered.

"Robin! Zoro! I'M SO HAPPY!" Chopper screamed with tears gushing down his face as he contemplated the idea of two people he looked up to immensely, spending the rest of their lives together.

Luffy was laughing hysterically.

He leaned against Chopper and yelled. "I've never seen Zoro this red before!"

Zoro shot up and grabbed him by the collar. "Oi…"

Nami interjected once more: "It's great that you and Robin are so close, but we didn't just come down here to gossip about intimate relations. We need a careful plan of action, because I assume you both know what this means when Sanji-kun hears about th—"

"When I hear about what? Nami-san?"

There was a thud as Zoro dropped Luffy to the ground. Followed by dead silence.

Sanji's back-lit silhouette waited curiously in the room entrance.