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"Goodbye to a Dream" Part 3

Zoro's eyes shot open quickly, as he looked around to find himself on the deck. 'What the hell was that? A dream or a nightmare?' he thought as he collected himself, and then stood. It was night and he had fallen asleep during his watch, something he was always getting yelled at by the rest of the crew for doing. Yet none as bad as her…the one in his dream…the one who suffered so much in it. 'Why did I dream that? Is it because we are here in the Grand Line now?'

He thought as he looked out to the ocean, something he never thought he would see. The waters of the Grand Line, but this also meant that soon he would find the one who left that scar across his chest as a reminder to become stronger. 'Hawkeye Mihawk…' he thought as he placed a hand on his chest, but was soon interrupted by a familiar voice. "Hey! You're actually awake this time…and here I was thinking I was going to get to yell at you again tonight." His eyes widened as he quickly turned, "Nami…what are you doing up? I figured you would be asleep, dreaming up new ways to steal stuff."

He smirked, knowing that this would get to her and most likely start an argument between them. Something that even though it was irritating, at times it felt comforting in a sense to know that she would fight back with him. "Shut up, besides…I already got all I wanted…and then some." She smirked as she looked over Zoro once before walking out over to the main portion of the deck and looked out at the night sky. Zoro himself knew something was troubling her, especially for her to leave without giving her piece about his comment he made.

'Maybe she had the same dream? No…that's impossible…isn't it?' he thought as he walked over to her, noticing that as he got closer he could see that her facial expression was that of concern. "Is something wrong Nami?" he asked as he stood next to her, his back against the railing and his eyes focused directly on hers. "No…it's nothing Zoro…just can't believe we actually made it to the Grand Line…that's all." She spoke as she looked down, but then away from his eyes as if avoiding something. "Oh…look Nami…you can't hide anything, especially from me." Zoro spoke, as he gently turned her head to face him.

Yet at that moment she would do something that no form of training could have prepared him for, she moved towards him and wrapped her arms around him. Placing her face against his chest, "I'm scared Zoro…" "Scared? Scared of what?" he asked as he cautiously placed his arms around her as well. "I'm afraid that we getting here might mean that we will all separate…whether it is because we choose to…or worse." She was barely able to hold back the tears, but it could be heard in her voice that she was doing everything she could to do so. "Nami…" before Zoro could finish his sentence she would interrupt, "More Importantly I'm afraid of loosing you Zoro…"

Zoro's eyes widened as he heard her words, but he knew that now was the time. If she could tell him the truth, then he should do so as well "Nami…you won't loose me." She pulled back a little and looked up to him, "It could happen…you came here to face Hawkeye. I heard about what happened the first time…and…this time…you could…" she could barely finish her sentence as tears began to fall. Something that Zoro could never stand seeing; he believed that she of all of them should never have to cry.

Becoming overwhelmed with emotion he did the only thing his mind told him to do, and so he took her in his arms and kissed her. At first she was shocked by this, but did not deny it as she gave herself into the kiss. Wrapping her arms around his neck, the moonlight covering them in dim warmth as this moment seemed to freeze everything around them. Until finally they separated, both of them breathing heavily but it was Zoro who was the first to speak. "Nami…please don't cry…I will come back to you, no matter what I will come back to you because I would never leave you alone to cry…I would give up any title I could ever receive if that meant you would never have to cry, feel pain, or anything of that sort again."

Their eyes were locked together, both being able to see everything that each other meant to them. "Zoro…" Nami would speak, but this time she would be interrupted by him. "I love you Nami…" he would speak as he held her tight, "that is the reason why I know I will come back to you." Nami was speechless, not knowing what to say or do really but just rest there in his arms. Knowing that yes he meant everything he said, because she could see it in his eyes.

Yet she knew that like the tide…life was always unpredictable, so the only thing she could do was treasure this moment. For Nami, this was the greatest treasure she had found. For Zoro…this was a dream come true, something that he wished would never end…but for both of them, at this moment they had found one piece.

The End