Chapter 3 Zoro and the Cop(s), Pt.1
A/N: So sorry that it took me so long to get this out. I would have been quicker but I've been feeding into my sudden addiction of Beyblade yaoi. By the way, do any of you know any good Tala x Kai or BryanXRai fics out there? If you do let me know please, it be of great help(to feed the addiction of non visual yaoi!). Anyway, on with the fic!
Zoro reunited with Nami back at Victoria's Secret. She was toward the back of store, fingering a lacy night gown interestedly.
"Are you done!" Zoro growled, casting his eyes downward.
"Sure, sure. Don't get your panties in a bunch." Nami took the gown and a pile of things in a nearby chair, pulling numerous tags of them, Nami announced she was going to the car, while Zoro stopped at the counter. The sales women that was there earlier scooted back as Zoro stopped at the counter. Zoro sighed and reached into his pocket, pulling out a wad of cash tied with a rubber band, throwing it on the counter.
"Have a nice day." He mumbled as he departed the store. The green haired teen climbed into the car while Nami sprayed some perfume on herself.
"Up for lunch?" Zoro asked the girl. Nami nodded.
"Most defiantly, I am starving." Nami smiled. "Shopping really takes it out of ya." She looked through some bags.
"I hope you don't plan to wear any of that at the house." Zoro growled, praying that she wouldn't do so.
"Oh, I know you wouldn't mind." She spoke smoothly. "Anyway, how'd it go with that Raven person or another you told me about last night?" Zoro scoffed.
"Just barley anything. I got a place and some names, but otherwise, that trip went in the shitter big time." Nami laughed.
"You'll feel better once you get some food into you, trust me." Nami sparked an idea. "Turn right at the next light, I know a great place."
Luffy made his way to a slightly secluded table in the near back of Cafe Burger. As he sat down and pulled his coat off, a waitress with fire red hair and brown eyes came to the table, holding a menu.
"Hello, I'm Mo." The women smiled."Here's your menu." Luffy took it politely.
"How many different types of burgers do you have?" Luffy asked eagerly. The waitress smiled.
"Over 30." Luffy practically fainted. "May I take your drink order?"
"Umm, a root beer." Mo wrote in on a note pad in her apron.
"I'll be right back." Luffy smiled as she walked off and opened his menu, scanning it over and determining how much money he had, and how much he could weasel out of Sanji with his puppy dog face.
After a while, Luffy looked up from his menu and saw two people heading for the table in front of him. One was a red head wearing a leather skirt and a red shirt, the other was a tall green-haired man wearing a leather trench coat. Luffy thought nothing of it at the moment, looking back at the menu.
"Here's your drink sir." Mo came back, setting a mug down on the table. "Would you like me to take your order now?" Luffy shook his head.
"I'm waiting for some friends. Can you come back later?" Mo smiled.
"You're the nicest customer I've met in awhile. Of course I'll come back later." She walked off, leaving Luffy alone again.
I need a straw. Luffy thought spontaneously. He looked at what her called the 'silver spinny thing', finding there where no straws. The he hummed, moving over a bench so he was sitting with his back against the table of the two that came in earlier.
"Pssssssst." He whispered, not turning around. "Pssssssst." He repeated, turning around this time. The red head spun to look at him.
"Can I help you with something?" She asked, looking him over.
"Do you have a straw at your table, I don't have one." The red head smiled.
"You're the cutest thing in the world." She handed him a straw. "What's your name?"
"Officer Luffy." The black haired teen displayed his badge.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Luffy. I'm Nami." Then she pointed the the green haired teen sitting across from her, who was currently immersed in the menu. "And that's my friend Zoro." He looked over the menu, staring at Luffy, as if waiting for some kind of reaction. Luffy stared back, not really looking for anything, just wondering why he was being stared at.
"Hi." Luffy spoke, smiling brightly. Zoro's eyes seemed to gain a more human form(vs. the glaring!).
"Hi." Was the slight mumble he got in response. Nami awed.
"He's so cute! Can we keep him?" Zoro raised an eyebrow.
"No, we can't. If we take him in, you'll want every stray you see." Nami rolled her eyes.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Luffy."
"You too! I'm going to go drink my soda!" Luffy went back to his original bench, finally being able to drink his soda.
I wonder when Sanji'll get here? Luffy wondered. I'm starving!
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Zoro grumbled as he looked over the many choices of the menu the brunette waitress gave him. He was trying to make an decision, but his mind kept wandering to the excited, young... scratch that, very young police officer Luffy. If the kid was truly a cop as he claimed to be, how did he not know who Zoro was?
"So what do you want to order?" Nami asked, bringing Zoro out of his frequently occupied thoughts.
"I think a number 3." He answered simply. Nami hummed as the waitress made herself know again.
"Can I take your order now?" The waitress, Suzie as she claimed to be, asked politely, but boredly.
"Sure, can I have the number 7, with a strawberry milkshake." The waitress nodded, writing on her pad.
"And can I have a number 3." Zoro added.
"Do you want fries with that?" Suzie questioned, scribbling on the pad.
"Doesn't it come with the number?" Zoro questioned.
"Sure, but do you want fries with that?" Zoro twitched as the waitress looked at him.
"So you're asking me if I want more fries with the ones that already come with the order?" Suzie rolled her pink eyes
"Whatever, it's a yes or no question." Zoro growled.
"Umm... Suzie, I think he means no." Nami answered quickly, seeing Zoro fuming.
"Ok, that's all he had to say." Nami covered her face as Zoro's breathing became louder. "Now, how do you want your burger?"
"The menu says it comes fully cooked with everything on it."
"Yea, so you don't want anything on it?" Zoro twitched once again.
"Someone's going to get hurt." Nami whispered, placing her head in one of her hands.
"Listen, I just want my order how it says on the menu." Zoro tried explaining camely.
"So you don't want onions?"
"Listen Suzie, I just want my burger." He half cried. Suzie nodded.
"Yea, but with what?" Zoro let out a loud cry of defeat, letting his head fall to the table.
"Suzie, basically he wants the number 3, plain and simple." Suzie wrote on her pad.
"That's all he had to say." Zoro growled, and made it look like he was about to choke Suzie, until a voice stopped his hands in mid-air.
"Well, if it isn't the great Zoro losing his calm." Zoro looked to see sanji standing beside the waitress. Suzie scooted off, saying that she'd be back to give them their food.
"Well, if it isn't Sanji." Zoro smirked, leaning back in his bench. "Is that all I get, or do I get a polite hello from a old... very close friend."
Luffy looked up as he saw his friend Sanji talking with the Zoro person he 'met' earlier. He then quietly pondered what Zoro meant when he called Sanji an 'old, very close friend'. As he watched Zoro and Nami get up from the table, Sanji came over, sitting across from him.
"Sorry I'm late. I had to answer a quick call." He smiled, taking off his hat, and grabbing the menu from Luffy.
"How do you know that Zoro dude?" Luffy asked curiously, peering at Sanji. He looked up from the menu.
"Luf, how do you not know who Zoro is? You're a cop! Every cop knows who Zoro is." Luffy continued looking at the blonde, searching for further explanation. Sanji sighed. "Listen up. Zoro doesn't seem like much to someone who's looking at him from a investigators POV. He doesn't have a record, reported to have done volunteer community service since he was seven, and also to go to some-type of religious service once a week."
"So what's the police's issue with him?" Luffy wondered aloud.
"Because somehow, most of our informant's report talking to Zoro, and it seems a few of their deaths can be led to Zoro. But he can't go to jail, since we have no solid evidence. Not even a hit of evidence in our possession, so Zoro can walk free. But people know about him, fear him because of his constant calm state, the fact that he always carries a gun, the fact that he can kill in cold blood without blinking or flinching. He's made the cover of countless papers, saying how he's a killer, and possibly a drug lord, and simply walking free.
"We bring Zoro in at least once a month of questioning, but he doesn't tell anything. I mean, he tells us everything from the day he left interrogation last to that very moment in time, but nothing we want to hear. And he claims he's nothing but honest, but all of us have reasons to doubt that. We've also tried to bring in Nami, but Zoro says if we bring her in, we'll have a killer. So we've lived with what we can get." Luffy shrugged.
"Maybe he is telling the truth, that he is a good person. He didn't seem that bad to me at all, just a bit quiet."
"Trust me Luf, looks can be deceiving. I've know him and Nami since I was 12." Luffy made a face, and made to ask a question, until he saw Usopp and Raina come towards him and Sanji.
"Hi guys!" Luffy waved. The two waved back, making their way to the table.
"Didi we miss the order?" Raina asked, slim, light brown fingers reaching to pull off her coat. Sanji shook his head.
"Nope, you're just in time. But I don't think this restaurant can live up to my cooking." Raina sat beside Sanji while Usopp made a place for himself beside Luffy.
"I agree with that." Usopp said, making Sanji smile. "But I'm still dying for something to eat." Luffy smiled, then frowned suddenly.
"But why did Zoro call you his 'old, very close friend'?" he asked suddenly. Sanji sighed as Usopp and Raina looked at him, knowing who Zoro was, and most likely wanting to know the answer to the question too.
"Me and Zoro... we used to date."
A/N: Hahahahaha! Aren't I evil for ending it there? Of course! But Pt.2 is mainly a flashback, and I wanted to give it it's own chapter. And I would like to thank all my reviewers so far, they've been a big help in the 'not suddenly stopping this fic' area of my mind.
Hiumi1013: Short, but sweet. Still my first reviewer.
Motoko: Thanks for the compliment on the first chap. I thought it was too short.
Mystiquelylez : I'll try my damnedest to understand the first part of the your review, I swear.
Lil'mi1: I guess it is a Luffy/Zoro. It's the main paring, at least.
Tea: Well, am I suppose to do something about Nami and Zoro's friendship? Do you want me to do something. Letting you know I'm not a very good hent writer. But otherwise, thanks for the compliment on the friendship writing.
Abyssinian Rose: Err... Sanji/Zoro is a past paring, but it's mainly a Luffy/Zoro. But I promise a lot of past sanji/zoro yaoi/shonen-ai goodness! But only past. Remember that. Nothing will be happening in their present. Or will it?... Stick around and find out!
