Original characters (c) Eiichiro Oda. Creative story (c) shipfiend. Cover art (c) gg-xx.

Hey, all- quick break from the story. I haven't been posting much because life has been getting busy…and scary. I do not know where my readers are from but just…pray for America. I am a big believer in prayer, and as an Indian-American Christian Feminist, the actions I have seen in the past few weeks scream of hate and ignorance. Our "leader" is a Cheeto-faced child who has allowed the rhetoric of abuse and racism to be fashionable and open to the public. Damn free speech, because if your speech is built on and supports the abuses of others then- goodbye. It's scary to think that in 2017, we still need to protest people who hate so much and so openly. If any of my readers agree with such viewpoints, please leave. I won't back down because KKK/white supremacist/Neo-Nazis/fascist/white nationalist ideology is not welcomed by me and especially under the blanket of "they are also good" or "not all blah blah blah". I'm not sorry I lost you…and I just felt like this needed to be said. I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I will keep writing. This is fun for me…a distraction, but I encourage you to use your voice/social media/friends/whatever you have to just call out the villains you see every day. – especially if you have the privilege and power others don't. Seriously, if white people don't call out their own white people then why would hater mongers listen to those they actively want to oppress and hate? Stories are always based on some sense of truth, and I'd hate to see a world where the villains win. That's not a story I want to write, not one I want to read, and not one I want to live in.

Okay, thanks for reading (and supporting). Now, back to your regularly scheduled program!

"Sooooo, how's the trip?" Nojiko cooed into the phone receiver and Nami bit her nails nervously.

"Fine," she mumbled as she tried her best to control her voice.

Nojiko let silence overwhelm them before she snickered, "Oh my goodness. I can't believe this."

Nami had picked up the phone in the middle of one the classic Zoro and Nami tête-à-tête, meaning their inability to keep off each other. Eating food, putting on clothes, yelling about the tv remote…all of it suddenly became "a private conversation between two people" that consisted completely of breathy exhales and clutched hair. Zoro had watched her look over her work when he came behind her, and Nami did not exactly stop him. He had picked her up and put her on the table, as he moved aside her panties for his favorite treat. But then the phone rang, and in a very vindictive way, Zoro heard her say Nojiko's name and dove in without a single hesitation.

"Nami?" the male voice sounded concerned as the phone clicked on signifying another caller on the line, and Nami suddenly despised her family's habit of conference calling everyone over simple hellos.

"Y-yeah?" Nami said. Her voice rose as Zoro continued to do his favorite thing which involved his tongue and resided between her legs.

Law asked again, "Nami? Are you okay? You sound ill."

"Ill?" Another voice screeched, and then with a fumble, a clutter resounded and the three other callers groaned.

"Dad. Please," Law begged to no one as everyone was in separate rooms and countries, but Nami was too busy trying to stop herself from screaming out in pleasure as her mother picked up the dropped line.

"Sorry, guys, you know how your father gets. Cora, please."

Regardless, she stifled a laugh, because Bell-mère simply could not stop herself from laughing with her husband's clumsy antics. The phone exchanged hands and a weepy voice broke through, "Nami, my precious baby, where are you?"

Nami tried her best to keep her calm, but she was quite literally at her limit. "I'm-I'm-"

Nojiko quickly jumped in, "She's, uh, in South Africa, now, Dad."

Another wail and then Bell-mère laughed, "I'm sorry, guys…he's still taking it kinda hard that he didn't get a chance to say goodbye."

Nami caught the tears in her eyes and without thought, she exclaimed, "Shit! I'm coming!" She slammed the phone down onto the table as Zoro rose from his chair and grinned. He wiped his mouth with a smug expression and headed to the bathroom.

His voice was wet, heavy with the work of his actions, so he turned and shouted, "You should call her back!"

Nami panted as she laid on the desk and stretched her weary muscles that were tightened while Zoro decided to push her to her limits. She reached for the phone and then went rigid as a cold tone reached her ears, "Nami. What the hell just happened?"

Law was not one to be teased; he despised it in fact, which was why Nojiko and Nami had such fun with him. However, Nami knew her brother's limits and perhaps having sex while she talked to her family in what felt like weeks was not the best idea.

She calmed down her breathing and responded, "Uh, oh, I just tripped?"

"Are you unsure of yourself or are you just a really bad liar?" Law seemed to know more than he let on, and Nami cursed the green-haired man who liked to toy with her life in ways she did not think was possible as friends with benefits.

Nojiko chirped in, "Whatever! Hey, Nami! Did you get us souvenirs?"

"I would like to know more about the nice boy you're traveling with. Nojiko said he's a good friend of Luffy's and he's handsome."

Her mother's question and the statement were averted as Rosinante took the phone, "Yes, I would also like to know about this man. Law tells me much."

"Ugh, Law. Shut up! You don't know anything!" Nami cried out, embarrassed that she felt like her brother had told their parents some secret. Nami hated being babied by everyone, even though she was the baby of the family.

"Oh, really, Nami?" Law asked in a mocking tone, "Do you want me to tell them what-"

"Law, shut up!" Nojiko was always playing the peacemaker between the two, and Nami fumed at Law's inability to get over himself.

"Yeah, Law, shut up!" Nami joined in with her sister, as their parents wondered why they were suddenly acting like they did when they first met years ago.

"Girls, stop being mean to your brother. My God, I didn't think I'd have to say this to my grown children," Bell-mère said with frustration.

The phone exchanged hands again and Rosinante grew serious, "Stop upsetting your mother, guys. You know we gave up smoking… Besides, I still want to know more about Roronoa Zoro. Age 21. 5'11½. A net worth of 3.2 million. Japanese by birth, lived in Brazil from the age of 19. Which is where he met the infamous Luffy, Law's boyfriend."

Zoro peeked his head out of the bathroom with a frown, "What the hell?"

Nami rose from the table and turned her back to Zoro, but the volume on her phone was high. Zoro heard snippets from the conversation, but upon hearing so much information about him spoken so casually, his interest was piqued again. He crawled up behind her to listen. She tried to shoo him away, but it was to no avail. Nami pinched the bridge of her nose, "Did you look into Zoro?"

Rosinante laughed, "What? No! This is what I found off Google." Nami and Zoro sighed but Law cleared his throat and Rosinante continued, "But I can find out his medical history along with past lovers. Not to mention his bank records and whatever else I may need to find about the man who seems to be traveling with my precious youngest daughter." He paused, his voice low and thick, "You heard all that, Zoro? I can kill you."

"Oh, geez!" Bell-mère took the phone and everyone imagined the much shorter woman pinching her husband's ear. "Rosi, stop scaring her. And Nami, I expect a picture one of these days…and Nojiko, I don't know why you're laughing so hard but I feel like I am missing something and I don't like it."

"No, Mom-" Nami started but her mother cut her off.

"And if you swear while talking to me again, little lady, I will fly over to wherever you are and scrub your mouth with soap. You understand?"

Everyone nodded but vocalized a unified "yes, ma'am" while Zoro witnessed the Marine-style parenting in action.

"And Zoro?" Zoro glanced at the phone in fear and wondered how everyone seemed to think he was right in the room with Nami. "I expect you to address me next time I call. You're traveling with my daughter for months at a time, after all. I would like to know just the kind of man you are."

Zoro cleared his throat and spoke shakenly, "Uh…uh, sure."

Law fumed, "He was here this whole time? You don't have separate rooms?"

Nojiko laughed again, "Oh wow, how dense are you? Heart surgeon that needs brain surgery?"

"Ugh, shut up, Nojiko! Just tell me what happened," Law pleaded angrily.

"Don't you say a freaking word, Nojiko. I swear-" Nami spoke up.

"Mmmhm, fine. Whatever. Look I have to go take care of an actual baby, so goodbye childish family!"

Rosinante seemed to snatch the phone, and everyone heard Bell-mère fight him. "Oh! Oh! Tell Umi that Cora-san says hello!"

Law groaned, "I can't believe you make her call you that."

Nojiko snickered, "It was my fault for letting him babysit so much, now Umi only wants to play with her Cora-san. Why she calls you 'heart' in Spanish, I will never know but now she knows better Spanish than me, so good job in giving her an edge in school, Dad."

The phone seemed to fumble again and Bell-mère's voice rose with a snicker, "Okay, kids. Your father just twirled out of joy it seems...but slipped on the kitchen floor, so I think I have a bruise to bandage. I will talk to guys later, and Nojiko, I guess we'll see you later?"

"Yup, see you later, Mom! Bye, Nami. Bye, Law!" Nojiko hung up.

Law spoke up finally, "Alright, this was weird and I don't like that Zoro was here this entire time, but fine. I'll see you soon, Nami. Bye, guys."

"Law?" Bell-mère said inquisitively.

Law sighed and whispered quickly, "Bye, Mom... te amo."

The phone clicked and Bell-mère chuckled, "Okay, Nami. I'll talk to you later. Hopefully, you will be back for the holidays. It's weird not seeing you around the house."

"Mom, I moved out when I graduated college," Nami said with annoyance but the smile on her face gave away how much she cared.

"Yeah, but…" her mother whispered, "We miss you around here. Anyway, your father says goodbye…he's still um, sobbing on the floor now."

Nami chuckled, "Uh, haha. Okay, bye guys."

Before Nami could hang up, Bell-mère called out again, "Goodbye, Zoro!"

It caught him off guard as he continued to hover behind Nami and so he shouted quickly, "Uh, bye, Mom!" Nami froze and turned around to look at a blushing Zoro. "I mean…Mrs.-"

But Bell-mère's laugh rose from the phone and Nami hung up promptly to look at the embarrassed man. "Mom?" She asked incredulously, "Really, dude? That was the first thing that came to your mind?"

Zoro tried to distract himself with buttoning his shirt, "Well, whatever. You kept saying it so…"

"Yeah, cause she's my mom!"

"Well, I didn't know what to say! Whatever. It was an accident. No big deal."

Nami leaned forward and helped him with his buttons, "Really? You not planning to marry me and join my crazy family?"

Zoro stopped his fumbling and looked down, and at the silence, Nami looked up quickly and laughed, "It's a joke, Zoro. Relax."

He looked away and tried to hide his blush, "Yeah, whatever."

Nami playful slapped his chest, "You know this is all your fault."

"What?" Zoro preferred it when they fought. He could look her in the eyes then.

"You just had to go and-"

Zoro leaned down and brushed Nami's lips with his thumb, "Oh? You weren't complaining then."

Nami smirked and bit his thumb. As she released him, she whispered, "I wasn't. But that wasn't cool. My parents could have heard you. Worse- Law could have heard you."

Zoro rolled his eye, "I'm not afraid of Law."

Nami turned and swung her hips away, "I never said you were. Anyway, we need to get going on this shoot. You're losing precious light."

Zoro rushed towards her and smacked her butt as he headed for the door, "Then let's go, slowpoke."

Nami stopped and held in her voice. If he kept this up, she would inevitably give away her secret kink, and then…she knew he would not let her sit down comfortable ever again. She looked at the wide grin on his smug and angular face and thought that she could not possibly give him anything more to smile about.

Nami fixed herself in the mirror and walked out in front of him, "Keep teasing me, and I'll make you pay dearly for it."

Zoro closed the door behind them and chuckled, "Just add it to my debt, witch."

Ohhhh, aren't they nasty little nasties? Haha. This was pretty PG-13. But OMG, I saw a picture by artsycrapfromsai on Tumblr. The title of the work is "Corabelle Week Day 7: AU/Free Day" and let me just say, I LOVE Corazon/Rosinante & Bell-mère/Belle-mère. Both Marines. Both adopted kids. Both adorable precious people who would have been such great parents. GUYS/ I legit did math for this so listen up:

Law states Cora died 13 years ago. Law is currently 26, Nami is 20, Nojiko 22. Cora died at 26. So that means Law was 13 when Cora died, making Nami 7, Nojiko 9. Now, Nami was but a baby so I would say she was not even 1 when Nojiko at 2 met Bell, who is estimated to be 28 at the time. If she died at 30 when Law at 10 met Cora at 23, Nami would be 4 and Nojiko 6. SO, that means currently with Law (26), Nojiko (22), and Nami (20), Cora/Rosi is 39 and Bell is 46 making them 7 years apart. P.S. Smoker is currently 36, and Rosi joined the marines at 8 under Sengoku, Bell would be 15 and Smoker would be 5. So I think they definitely could have crossed paths or known one another. More importantly, yasss Bell get it gurl. Ugh. Thank you and goodnight- cause this is why I could only do one chapter...I was doing math.

And so, kiddos…match made in heaven (literally cause they are dead in canon). But I've always thought Law was the perfect brother to Nami, also his actual deceased sister's name was LAMI. WHAT. Come on, Oda. I'm rolling on the floor laugh…not at the death but at that inconspicuous naming.

Anyway, I want to definitely explore Rosi and Bell's relationship cause Rosi (as I think Bell and the kids would call him) is freaking 9'7½"! He is a GIANT (I'm into tall guys with tats so yassss) and Bell's height is not specified but I'd think she'd be around Nami's height of 5'7½"…so UGH, guys, I am all about the smol wifey and tall hubby life. I am. It's adorable (ichiruki…still salty).

And I liked to think that with his clumsy habit and silly attitude, his love for Law (and eventually the girls), he would make Bell laugh so hard all the time…and she loves that. And Bell is FYI a sexy lady. Marine. Tough. Kind. Sexy. Did I say sexy twice? Yeah, Rosi was freaking in love. And is. And they are adorable…but anyway, that is just me voicing all my love that I may not be able to show in this story cause it is still very ZoNa focused.

But yeah, that's where my head is and if anyone knows any good Rosi/CoraBell fanfic, please send them my way. They are precious and I just…ugh, wish One Piece did not sacrifice mother/father figures like they are some footnote. Also, I guess if all the characters had stable family lives…maybe they wouldn't be pirates? Ha-ha.

Anyway, real quick- answering some questions:

Nami knows French, Spanish, and Swedish. Swedish because Oda said she's from Sweden (though I think Holland/Ireland would have been more appropriate cause windmills/alcohol – ha-ha). French comes from Bell-mèr, which is legit the French word for "stepmother" – ha-ha! Donquixote Rosinante is clearly Hispanic (meaning from Spain), cause Don Quixote is a Spanish story. Also, real talk, The Donquixote Family is a notorious Spanish Mafia Family (aka let's meet Uncle Doffy and his boyfriend, Crocodile) HAHAHA. Yes.

Law is from Spain, or so Oda says. Luffy is Brazilian, again, from Oda. BUT did you know the largest population of Japanese outside of Japan is in Brazil? YEAH! So, I think it is highly probable that Zoro, Japanese (per Oda) would have found his way to Brazil and met his best friend, Luffy.

P.S.S. Brazilians speak Portuguese, which is SIMILAR to Spanish but not the same. I don't think Zoro would learn Portuguese, but as everyone speaks in English in the story (cause yo gurl wishes she could write fanfics in every language but isn't at that level…yet), Zoro (in my story) is only fluent in Japanese and English.

Also also, "Corazon" is Spanish for "heart" and that was Rosi's cover in Doffy's crew, BUT I think he'd teach Umi ("sea" in Japanese…i.e. Johnny's tattoo) Spanish words and cause she's a baby with adorable lisp, would start calling her Abuelo (Grandpa) "Cora-zon" or more accurately to OP, "Cora-san". Ha-ha. Everything fits. UGH. I love it.

Okay, rant over. Let me just tell you…this is like a handbook of sexy times that I will save and send to my future husband once I get over the embarrassment of having written all my sexual fantasies down. HA-HA. Please be kind…but also review honestly. Next, Law smacks food away from Luffy cause he let his baby sister room with a demon! Oh no!?

UPDATE: I changed Zoro's net worth to 3.2 million cause technically his 1 beli is approximately $100, so 320,000,000 is 3,200,000 USD which is probably more reasonable. HAHA. #facts

Okay, long rant finally over!

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