One Piece:

Christmas Things

'Twas the night of exchange…

And all through the boat, the only sound heard was the cry of a goat. Or the laugh of Luffy. He was exceedingly happy it was time to open gifts, so he was even more hyper then usual. He was acting like an optimistic drunk…a little bit different from his regular self. Anyway, the rest of the crew ignored him as well as possible and finished up their Christmas dinner. Sanji had bought dinner for Nami in town, but ended up having to share it with everyone else, since it was a fifteen pound turkey. This also worried Zoro. 'If he bought dinner with his money, I can already guess what my gift is!' A giant 'X' appeared in his mind, the sound of a buzzer ringing through his ears.

"Can we open presents now?" Luffy asked Sanji impatiently, snapping Zoro out of his trance.

"NO, you dumb bum! We have to wait for Nami-san to finish eati--…"

"Wow! That was so good, Sanji! I'm so full, I don't think I'll ever eat again!" Nami complimented teasingly.

"Oh, anything for you, Nami-san." Sanji chirped with heart-y eyes.

"…Now?" Luffy begged.

"Yes, now you can." Sanji answered.

Suddenly, everyone realized his mistake at once.

'Oh no!'

'He allowed it!'

'That means…'

'He's gonna…'

"Wa-HOO-MPH!" Luffy was unable to cheer this time as Usopp, Zoro and Sanji body-checked him to the ground and covered his mouth as well as they could. After ten minutes of struggling and a few bitten and bleeding fingers, Luffy calmed down. They all formed a circle on the floor, holding their gifts. They sat in a certain order of giving gifts, so Luffy could go first.

"OKAY! Who got for ME?" he asked excitedly.

"…I did, Luffy." Chopper answered.

"ALLRIGHT! Hand it over, buddy!" Luffy stretched his open hands out toward his reindeer friend.
Chopper pulled something out from behind his back. The others sweat-dropped at the look of his gift. It was bloated and in the shape of a…

! TEAR, RIP, TOSS !

"AWSOME! A TURKEY! THANKS, CHOPPER!" Luffy jumped over to his friend like a frog and gave him a gigantic hug. Zoro subconsciously turned to look at Nami again, to find her smiling at her reindeer friend. He smiled again at her happiness, though the reason was unknown to his mind, but not to his heart.

"Tony-baby," Nami hummed through a giggle, "I thought I saw you go into a motel yesterday. How did you get a turkey?"

"Well, a lot of people go away for Christmas with their families, so motels are full. Plus, they enjoy eating turkey as Christmas dinner. So, I went to the head chef and paid him double the berries of one turkey."

"WHAT? Baby, haven't I taught you anything?" Nami shook her head, "You could have asked me to come. I would've gotten you a deal." She finished with a wink and thumbs up.

"NAMI-SAN!" Sanji stomped up from his seat, "I will NOT have you parading around, trying to get free food from men! It's not fair, Nami!" he finished whining.

Anyone with a functional brain on the ship sweat-dropped.

…Although the non-curly-eyebrow men on the ship agreed that doing something like that was wrong.

"Oh, I'm sorry I made you mad, Sanji-kins," Nami purred as her eyes started to fill with tears and she bowed her head slightly. She started to bite her bottom lip as she brought her hand to her mouth, "I didn't mean to hurt you, honey. You must think I'm some sort of…sex-bunny girl,"

"I believe the term is sex-buddy…"

"Please, don't try to comfort me, handsome. I know what I've done is wrong. I only hope one day, you will look at me differently…and forgive my sins." A few tears now escaped her caramel-fudge colored eyes.

"NAMI-SAN! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you cry!"

Once again, every non-blonde man sweat-dropped.

Sanji bent down and hugged the red-head close, which for some reason made Zoro's blood boil, "I don't think you're a sex-bunny or buddy. I think you're a talented girl with the mind and body of a goddess."

'Great! Steal my line!…WHOA! Where did that come from?' Zoro thought.

Nami gasped and looked up at him. "…R-really?" She didn't sound playful anymore.

"Yes, I mean every word." Sanji replied, looking into her eyes with no smile on his face. He was serious.

And so was Zoro. He was seriously going to murder this guy tonight! That would be his Christmas gift to the world!

"…S-sanji…cou-could you go make me some coffee? This whole holiday has worn me out." She asked with a small smile on her face.

"Of course." Sanji smiled and raced off to the stove.

Zoro just stared at the blonde with a hateful passion.

"…Okay, um, who's next?" Usopp asked as he rubbed his temple with a handkerchief.

"NAMI GOES NEXT!" Sanji echoed through the night.

"…Um, okay…Who has Nami's name?" Usopp asked as he shook slightly from the echo.

Zoro gulped and shuffled his position a bit. Everyone looked at him.

"Oh, Zoro," Nami sang with a grin plastered on her face, "Do you have something for darling me?"

"…I'unno." He lied with a shrug.

"Are you teasing me, sexy?" She giggled.

"N-n-NO!" He shouted as he handed her his gift.

"Aw, thanks, sexy." She knew calling him that bothered him in some indescribable way.

He turned away to blush as she opened her gift and gasped.

"…Z-Zoro, it's…amazing!" She squealed as she jumped up in excitement.

Zoro turned around to see her modeling the orange diamond necklace. "Now, don't go pawning it on me. That necklace is very important and very valuable…it means a lot to me, okay?"

"…W-why Zoro?" Nami asked, intrigued.

"…Well, I didn't know what to get you, so…I got you that…and something else. Look." Zoro pointed to a piece of paper in the wrapping paper.

Nami bent down and grabbed the piece of paper he was referring to read it in her mind. Then looked up, smiled, gave him a thumbs up and winked at him. He smiled and gave her a thumbs up in return.

"Okay, now they're psychic! Well, then, you two, tell me who's next to go?" Usopp asked.

"Sure, how about…"

"Sanji!" Nami cheered.

'…Way to ruin our mood, Nami-san!' Zoro mocked displeasingly.

"Yes, sweetums?" Sanji hummed to the navigator.

"You get to give your gift next!" She announced.

"Alright then. Oh, here's your coffee. I made it creamy, like your complexion." Sanji flirted.

Zoro gagged.

Sanji sat down next to 'his' girl and pulled an envelope out of his inside chest pocket. He handed to Zoro without looking at him. He grabbed it from the horny chef, not looking too thankful. He opened the envelope, which wasn't even labeled, and looked cross-eyed at his supposed 'gift'.

"…What…the hell is this? Some sort of joke?" Zoro barked.

"I just thought you needed some love, even if imaginary, so I got you that gift card," he informed as he took a puff from his cigar, "No need to thank m--…"

"Who on earth WOU--…"

"OH NO!" Usopp cried, breaking Zoro's anger spell for the insensitive jerk.

"What now?" Zoro groaned.

"I got the same thing for Sanji!" Usopp explained through tears.

"REALLY? DO NOT FRET, MY GOOD, GOOD FRIEND! I AM ETERNALLY GREATFUL!" Sanji danced with his arm around Usopp.

Nami, coming from no where, came up and snatched Zoro's 'gift' out of his hands and examined it. She glared despisingly at it instantaneously. It was a coupon for a free breakfast buffet at that resturant Sanji went to the day previous. The one with the good-looking waitress that's super nice, if you catch my drift.

Nami clenched it in her fist tightly before returning it to Zoro. He took it uncaringly and just flicked on the floor.

The rest of the night went smoothly, I guess. Usopp got a bunch of rocks that had been sharpened for his sling-shot from Luffy. And Nami gave Chopper a book called, "To Be With You". It was about a girl who had been locked up from society as some queen's head assisstant. But one day, she dropped some laundry from her balcony and went to retrieve it, meaning she got to leave the house for the first time. When she did, she bumped into a hunter and they fell in love…The story goes on and on. It took place in the modern times (for them) and Chopper found anything outside snow interesting. He was happy.

After that, Zoro went straight to bed. He felt so stupid for going along with this whole Christmas idea, he just wanted to go to sleep for the rest of his life. However, the calm sea caught his attention. He looked out at the still night water and he found his mind slip away. Hmm…maybe he could go on night duty? Yeah, why not? Who else would, anyway? They're all busy…

He sat down against the males' cabin wall and just stared into the starry night sky. He felt so peaceful, like he was just a soul floating in the wind. For the first time in as far back as he could remember, he felt good. He felt…safe and…fine.

"Zoro…" someone called from around the cabin corner.

He sat up straight and turned in the sound's direction, only to find Nami's head sticking out from the side, holding onto the wall crease, like she was afraid to approach him. She looked drowsy, but also nervous, something that was rare for Nami.

"Uh, yeah?" he answered.

"Can I…sit—talk with you for a moment?" she asked, trying to sound as normal as possible.

"Sure." He replied by patting the spot beside him.

She smiled at him throught he night's darkness and made her way over to him. She hopped around the corner, revealing her bright diamond necklace in the bright starry sky light. He couldn't help but smile.

She sat down with her arms wrapped around her knees. She closed her eyes for a moment, letting the breeze consume her as she smiled at its presence. She looked so relaxed now. He felt good. After a moment, she opened her eyes and looked at him, trying to let him hear her giggle.

"You ike your gift?" She managed to say.

He grunted in response, the smile fading.

"I thought you might say that. And I guess it was obvious this was going to happen, huh?"

"What's that suppose to mean, huh?" Zoro spat.

"I mean, we don't really know much about you. We know you like swords and your hot, but that's about it." She whispered her last bit with a chuckle, the sight of his blush made her do so.

"Aw, leave me alone. What exactly did you come here for anyway? Was that it?"

"No. I have something for you." She went straight to the point, no Nami-teasing style.

He looked her in the eyes, shock evident on his face.

"…R-really? But, you didn't get my name." Zoro said the only thing that came to his mind.

"I know. But I figured something like this would happen. I knew Sanji got your name because I wrote down everyone's name on the slips of paper. I did something to each slip so I'd know who got who. Like your's, I bent the top right corner backward. I can't believe no one noticed." She admitted.

Boy, did he feel stupid.

"So, where is this gift of yours?" He asked.

"Oh, you can't have it now. Meet me tomorrow i--…"

"NO." he responded.

"Why not?" she questionned, sounding sad.

He looked at her with a fire in his eyes, "This is just some trick. You're just trying to make get my hopes up, then your going to--…"

"Zoro, think about it. Have I ever gotten you a gift before?"

"…No."

"Have I ever lied and said I've gotten you a gift before?"

"No."

"Have I ever even mentioned the word gift when referring to someone other than myself?"

"No."

"Then what have you got to lose? Besides, if I am,you can forget that 'I.O.U.' slip of paper you gave to me today. You'll be debt free, okay?"

Zoro was surprised. This obviously meant she was serious.

"…Okay."

"Good. Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," she poked his arm at that, "meet me up in the Crow's Nest tomorrow morning. I promise you, its something worth your time." She teased him with her infamous wink and jumped up to leave. She raced around the corner and headed back intot he kitchen. He waited for the sound of the door closing before he let his breath go.

"…Something worth my time, huh?" he mumbled, un-audioble, "Well, any puzzle is worth my time."

…He's not good at flirtateous lines…
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