Cheddar: Sez Thanks to y'all who actually said who you liked better... i'll aim for that ending until i get more answers!

PS. ZOLO IS SO MUCH HOTTER THAN SANJI! GO GREEN HAIRED SAMURI!

Chapter 7

Hikari went up on to the upper deck and looked out at the ocean. This was her view and she loved looking out at it. Suddenly she couldn't see and a voice behind her whispered.

"Guess who?" Hikari smiled weakly.

"Hi Zolo." She said. Zolo took his hands off her eyes. He went over beside her and grinned.

"Hey!" he looked at her. "What's wrong?" He asked. Hikari turned her face away from him.

"Nothing." She muttered one small tear ran down her face. Zolo came around and looked at her face. She quickly wiped away the tear. Zolo held her face.

"What's wrong?" he asked more softly and he leaned closer to her. "You're crying."

"I-it's n-n-nothing." She faltered as Zolo's face came closer. She shut her eyes. "I---!"

"HIKARI!" Luffy called from below. Hikari turned away from Zolo.

"YES?" she called back.

"GET YOU'RE STUFF READY 'CAUSE WE'RE LANDING IN AN HOUR AT ANOTHER ISLAND!" Luffy yelled.

"OKAY!" She called back.

"Sorry…" Zolo muttered as he turned his back to her. 'Dang it Luffy! Couldn't you have told her later!' Zolo thought angrily. 'That was probably my only chance and it's ruined!' He gnashed his teeth a little.

'Zolo tried to kiss me!' Hikari thought as she panicked 'I know I want to kiss him but still he doesn't like gypsies like that!' she told her self in her mind. She shook her head. 'Then why bother trying to kiss me?'

Later

"Okay crew! We're here!" Nami cried out happily. She walked down on to the docks and stretched out. Hikari and Sanji went down together and Zolo watched in disgust as Sanji took her arm and escorted her in to the tiny city. There were shops every where and Hikari went ballistic looking at every thing she could, from jewelry to hats she tried them all on. Zolo followed behind them but in the crowed streets they were hard to follow. Hikari passed an antique shop and inside she found a wooden flute that had a green bird on it. Its eyes held little emeralds. Her eyes sparkled as she showed it to Sanji. He grinned.

"Oh I bet I can play you a song on this!" she giggled and she put the instrument to her lips and blew and a beautiful sound cam out. People who were in the shop gathered around and listened to her song. When she was done the whole store burst into applause. She smiled big and set it back on the rack.

"That was beautiful!" Sanji told her as they walked out. "But why didn't you get it?" he asked. Hikari smiled weakly

"I don't have that much money… and I save what I can for cooking supplies." She looked down at the ground. Sanji laughed.

"You must love cooking more than any thing else!" he said and out of the corner of his eye he saw Zolo dart out of the antique shop with a small parcel the size of a flute. Sanji stocked up on cigarettes and then they went back to the ship and waited for every one else to come back.

While they were alone Hikari talked to Sanji.

"Um, Sanji?" she asked him. He puffed out some smoke.

"Yeah?" he asked her as he looked at her.

"Zolo… tried to kiss me but then Luffy called and …" she said all in one breathe. Sanji looked at her funny.

"What? Speak slower." He said as he smiled a little. Hikari sighed and told him.

"HE TRIED TO WHAT!" Sanji exclaimed loudly. He grabbed Hikari and hugged her tightly. "I promise that I won't let him hurt you!" Sanji told her. Hikari blushed and two small tears came to her eyes.

'Sanji…' she thought.

Later Zolo and the others came back on bored and they shoved off again. Before dinner Sanji confronted Zolo.

"What did you do to Hikari." Sanji growled as he walked over to Zolo.

"Huh?" Zolo asked confused. "I didn't do any thing to her."

"Oh yeah?" Sanji asked "Is that so? Well she tells me that you tried to kiss her!" Zolo looked at Sanij's serious face and laughed.

"Yeah. So?" he asked as he laughed some more. Sanji grabbed Zolo by the collar of his shirt.

"You stay away from her and I might spare your poor soul from intense misery!" Sanji hissed as he jerked Zolo's collar. Sanji released him and then Zolo grabbed Sanji by his collar.

"Listen pretty boy I don't know what you're going on about but I love Hikari end of story! Now YOU leave her alone!" Zolo growled. Sanji removed Zolo's hands from his suit. He straitened up his collar and his tie.

"I'll do as I please thank you." Sanji said as he walked away. Zolo was furious he took out his swords and charged at the cook. Sanji moved out of the way and kicked Zolo in the back. Zolo stumbled forwards.

"Darn pretty boy cook!" Zolo growled as Sanji walked past him and into the kitchen. Zolo stood up and stormed off to his room. He slammed open the door and flopped onto his bed angrily.

'Why is he trying to make my life miserable?' Zolo thought angrily. He didn't feel like lifting weights. He sat up and went over to his dresser and he took out the package he had purchased. He gently unwrapped it and two emerald green eyes peeked out at him. He smiled lightly. 'I'm going to give this to her. Right now and then I'm going to say that I love her!' He thought determinedly. He wrapped it back up and tied it tightly, and made his way to the kitchens.

Sanji had come in and found Hikari sitting on the floor crying. He kneeled down and asked.

"What's wrong?" Hikari looked up at him tears still streaming down her face.

"I love Zolo but he doesn't love me!" She cried and she out her hands over he eyes. "I love him so much but he doesn't love me!" She sobbed.

"He doesn't." Sanji said. "But I do." Sanji leaned in and kissed her.