Cheddar: THANKS GUYS FOR THE REVIEWS! I LOVE ZOLO!

Chapter 5

Zolo awoke to the smell of potato soup; he yawned and stretched out his muscles. He got up and went into the dining area and saw Hikari setting the table.

"Hey!" Zolo smiled as he entered. Hikari looked up and giggled.

"Enjoy your massage?" she asked him as she winked.

"It was wonderful, and I was –erm- wondering if I could get another maybe later after I worked out 'cause I get all tired and stuff and-" Hikari interrupted him.

"Of course Zolo!" She smiled "Any time you just tell me okay?" He smiled too, and nodded. Sanji was in the kitchen listening quietly.

'That punk! Trying to take my sweet angel away!' Sanji thought furiously. He looked over at Zolo's bowl of soup, an idea struck him. He went over to his spices rack and took out his most powerful hot sauce.

"Dragon's Breath!" He breathed. He chuckled as he emptied its contents into Zolo's potato soup. Hikari came in and grabbed Nami and Luffy's bowls and asked if Sanji could get hers and Zolo's. Sanji readily agreed and he carried it out and set it down before Zolo.

"Enjoy." Sanji said as he walked around behind him and over next to Nami and Hikari's seats. Hikari came back with Sanji and Usopp's plates and the chowed down. Zolo stuck his spoon in and the concave part disinigrated. He looked over at Sanji.

"Okay Sanji what did you do to my soup this time?" Zolo asked as he rested his chin on his hand. Sanji looked appalled.

"You think I did something to your soup?" Sanji said out raged, "I'm insulted!" He said as he glared at Zolo.

"I cooked it let me try." Hikari said as she dipped her spoon in Zolo's soup. Her spoon dissolved as well. "Oh my!" She said and she picked up the bowl and drank from it. Sanji jumped up.

"Hikari!" He cried as she put the bowl down. She let out a tiny sigh.

"I'm sorry Zolo! Looks like I added a dab too much of Dragon's Breath. Let me get you some more." She said as she took his bowl and went back into the kitchen. Sanji followed her.

"Hikari!" Sanji cried as they went into the small kitchen, she stopped.

"I don't know why you did that, nor do I want to know I just don't want you to do that to him okay?" She asked not facing him. Sanji looked at her.

"I just didn't want him to take my angel away!" He said as he went up behind her and hugged her.

"I'm not your angel." She said as she ladled soup into Zolo's bowl. Sanji let her go and he turned her around, and kissed her forehead. Hikari dropped Zolo's bowl.

"Sanji!" She cried when she broke away from him.

"I only want what's best for you okay?" He said as he stroked her face lightly. She sighed.

"I don't like you like that yet." She said as she bent down and picked up Zolo's bowl.

"Yet?" Sanji asked hopefully, "You mean you might like me?"

"Maybe." Hikari said as she played hard to get. She got Zolo another bowl and took it back in. The rest of the crew was in waiting for them. Hikari sat Zolo's bowl down and started to eat.

After lunch Zolo went down to his room and furiously lifted his weights.

"Sanji is a no good dirty rotten cook!" Zolo fumed as he started with the bench press. He continued weight lifting until sun set. Zolo set the bench press back on the rack and breathed heavily.

"4,692." He huffed. "I've never been this worked up before…" he sighed. His shirt was sticking to his skin he took it off and still didn't feel better. So he went out on deck and found Hikari doing Yoga on the upper deck. She was stretching her legs.

"Hey." Zolo said as he went over to her.

"H-hey!" she said a little shocked to see him with out his shirt on.

"Could I get that massage after you're done?" he asked as she stretched her back. She stood up and went into a full back bend.

"Sure!" she said "I just finished my yoga and I'm actually really bored." She kicked her self over and sat down behind him. She looked at his perfectly toned body, she considered her self lucky since he had asked her to massage him and not any one else. She rubbed his strong shoulders, and he sighed.

"Man that feels good…" he said. Hikari smiled to her self.

"If you lie down on your stomach I can get your lower back easier." She told Zolo and with out a complaint got down. She worked on his back rubbing it firm enough to feel good but soft enough not to hurt. She lightly pushed at his ribs to make them pop, and then she gently ran her fingers down his side. He chuckled a little. She did it again, but more so. He laughed.

"S-stop that!" He said as he chuckled some more.

"The great Pirate Hunter… is ticklish!" Hikari cried as she tickled him more.

"HEY—ha-ha-STOP-heh heh –IT!" Zolo cried as he turned over and tried to grab Hikari. She tickled him harder and he had to put his arms on his side and he was laughing really hard. He grabbed her arms and took them off.

"Ha ha ha whoa…" He said as he finally got a chance to breath. He looked at Hikari. When he had taken her hands off of him she had lost her balance and fell forwards on to his chest.

"Sorry!" Zolo said quickly and he let go of her. She sat up quickly and blushed lightly.

"That's okay." She said and she sat him back up again and lightly rubbed his shoulders. She shut her eyes and hoped he was enjoying this as much as she was. Sanji stood behind the mast and watched them talk. Sanji wished Hikari would like him over that muscular idiot Zolo. Sanji puffed out a puff of smoke, sighed and went back under to his room.

"Oh!" Hikari exclaimed.

"What?" Zolo asked quickly.

"I don't have a bed!" She laughed. She looked up at the semi- starry sky. "I want that to be my view." She said softly as she leaned back on her hands. Zolo turned and faced her. "I know! The crow's nest!" she said excitedly and she stood up. Hikari climbed on to the rail, and jumped up high. She reached out and grabbed the bottom of it and she swung her self over. Zolo looked up and started to laugh.

"You're just the little acrobat now aren't you?" He asked as he walked over to the rope ladder that led up. As he climbed Hikari smiled down at him her skirt bellowing out behind her. When Zolo reached the top Hikari was looking out over the water that reflected the starry sky.

"Isn't this beautiful?" She asked him.

"Sure is…" he replied dreamily as he looked at her. They sat down, and Hikari sighed and she leaned against Zolo's shoulder. Zolo blushed lightly.

"You're nice and warm…" she said as she drifted off. "Nice…and… warm…" Zolo wrapped his arm around her and scooted her closer to him and he whispered in her ear.

"Hikari… I love you…"