Believing
Zoro stood deck of the Going Merry, he leaned on the railing as he watched as the golden sun slowly dipped into the sea. The color of the sky was a wild mixture of red fading to orange. It's reflection was blurred and distorted in the deep blue sea. No matter how many times he watched the sunset at sea he always secretly thought it was beautiful. As the swordsman watched the sunset he was joined by the rubber Captain. They stood in silence as they watched the sunset.
Luffy was the one that broke the silence. "Zoro? Can I ask you something?" Luffy asked as he watched the rose colored sky.
"What is it Luffy?" Zoro asked as he stared at his Captain.
Luffy faced the swordsman and smiled brightly. "Do you believe in Santa Clause?"
"Santa Clause?" The swordsman stared at Luffy in a confused daze.
"You know the Jolly fat guy in the red suit! He has a white beard and he goes ho ho ho! He's suppose to give you presents if your good and coal if your bad! Every Christmas he rides a sleigh guided by reindeer! Reindeer, you know like Chopper!" Luffy exclaimed to Zoro.
"Well do you believe in the Easter Bunny?" Luffy asked as he stared wide-eyed at Zoro.
"The Easter Bunny?" This time confusion was replaced with a taunting smile.
"You know the white bunny at Easter that hops around and gives children chocolate eggs!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Well do you believe in the Tooth fairy?" The rubber captain seemed in shock that Zoro didn't believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
"The tooth fairy?" Zoro chuckled to himself, amused by the silly questions Luffy was asking. It was true that Luffy was often childish and believed in childish things, but that was part of the reason that Zoro liked Luffy. He loved Luffy because of his carefree nature and the way he didn't care what other thought of his beliefs.
"You know the fairy that gives you money. If you ever lose a tooth you put it under your pillow at night and the next morning it's money!" The rubber boy exclaimed in disbelief.
"Luffy, I don't believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and especially not the tooth fairy. I mean those are all silly things." Zoro exclaimed with a laugh.
"Yeah...well you gotta believe in something...Do you believe in soul mates?" Luffy asked as he looked into the swordsman's eyes.
"Soul mates? " The smile on Zoro's face was replaced with bewilderment.
"Yeah, Soul mates people who are bounded by fate. You know fate, the thing that predetermines the way things are suppose to go. Soul mates are two people that meet because of fate. Then those two people are suppose to be together forever because their soul mates." Luffy explained to the swordsman.
The expression of confusion on Zoro's face was replaced with a warm smile as he stared at the rubber captain. " I think I do believe in soul mates." With that the green haired swordsman reached for his soul mate's hand and together they finished watching the sunset.