A/N: Naughty Athie-san … XP This is gonna be fun! Sadly, this is the last chapter in this fanfic ... but a sequel is forthcoming!
Disclaimer: Since I have fun doing the disclaimers, I won't stop doing them. So here is my brand new, spiffy disclaimer.
Athenus, the Baka Baka fruit, the plot and the lurving is all mines. Get it? MINES! Muahahahaha!
Athenus: -backs away slowly-
Sanji: -runs-
Zoro: Cowards.
RR: Reviewers Response
Thanks everyone for helping me reach my goal of 25 reviews! Thanks to Hemlock, Thomas Drovin, Sanji-luver and Mr. Thumbsup for reviewing! The sad thing is this is the last 'chapter', the next thing to be posted shall be ... the Epilogue! But don't worry, one week later from the Epilogue shall appear Cursed Love! This one's packed with new stuff ... yeah, that's right - stuff.
I walked silently into the men's rooms. I don't think I was ready for the reality. It was a mess.
Strewn all over the floor were clothers. White shirts, pinstripe shirts, black shirts, you name it, there it was, on the floor. Also thrown on the floor were pants. A heap of black pants. And what's this I see?
I bent down to look at it. A pair of … underpants? With love hearts on them? Okay, if it were Sanji's I would understand … I grabbed a shoe that was lying on the floor to pick up the underpants. I saw a name written on it. Zoro.
I had another of those anime moments – staring at it for a few seconds, then laughing uncontrollably. Zoro had love heart underpants? I stopped self-consciously, before chucking the undergarment back in Zoro's clothing storage.
Right, then, I thought to myself. I'm going to clean this mess up.
(NAMI'S POV)
"Sanji-san," I muttered, slapping the sides of his face. "Sanji-san …"
"How did he faint?" Zoro asked Luffy.
"Well, I'd just asked him for more meat, and then he just … fainted."
"Just fainted," Zoro repeated, sarcasm evident in his voice.
I felt uneasy. If Zoro kept egging Luffy to tell the rest of the story, he was going to personally murder me and Athe-san.
"Yeah," I piped up, turning to look at him. "He was fainted when I got here."
Zoro looked at me suspiciously. "Then who yelled 'My Sanji-kun'?"
Great. "Um … I think that was Athe-san."
He raised an eyebrow. "And where is she?"
"Well …" Luffy started, and I gave him an evil eye. Zoro just didn't need to find out the trick we pulled.
"She went to the bathroom," I completed lamely, and a drop of sweat ran down the back of my head.
"Oh?" Zoro said sarcastically, letting on he knew there was something wrong.
"Yep."
"And when did she go?"
I squirmed. "When you came in."
"And that was?"
"Um … ten minutes ago."
"Precisely."
We heard a laugh from the rooms … which, coincidentally, the bathroom was at.
"See?" I said. "She's in the bathroom."
Zoro rolled his eyes. "I'm going to see, anyway."
Great.
(ZORO'S POV – WHEN HE REACHES THE MEN'S QUARTERS)
My first reaction was wow. It was clean. My second?
"What the hell are you doing in here?"
The guilty culprit, one Athenus-san, turned around with an innocent look on her face. "Cleaning."
"You didn't see them, did you …?"
Athenus broke out laughing. Mid way through the wheezes, she tried talking. "I … can't … believe … you …own love … heart … underpants!" she laughed.
I saw red. "Now you're really going to have it this time, Yuran-san," I growled.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" she asked, a mysterious smile on her face.
"Damn right, I'm sure."
The smile grew even larger, and it eerily reminded me of a vampire. "You asked for it. Baka Baka-"
"No, no, that's alright," I hastily interrupted, not wanting a repeat of the last incident, which had been an hour ago … only an hour?
"I thought it might be." Her face suddenly turned more serious, and the smile was wiped off her lightly tanned face. "Why, Roronoa Zoro-san? Why?" She then whispered something quietly that I didn't really tune into.
I didn't know why. I didn't know what possessed me to take those lengths. Actually, I did. It was love. But then I saw her with that ero-cook …
It's alright, Zoro-san. You'll still be my closest nakama.
Is that you, Athie-chwan?
The smile on Athenus' face suddenly returned, as big as ever. No, not Athie-chwan. Athe-chan. Zoro-san, I know it didn't work out. But no matter what, we are nakama. And that tie is closer than blood could ever be.
I gave a weak smile in response. I guess she had the right of it. No matter what had happened in the past with us, we were still nakama. And always will be, no matter what.
(SANJI'S POV)
The last thing I remembered was sweet Athie-chwan's voice reverberating in my head. The next thing? Nami-swan hitting my face repeatedly.
"My beloved Nami-swan!" I proclaimed. Almost immediately, Nami stopped hitting me.
"God, finally you're awake, Sanji-kun." Nami's voice was worried. No idea why, it just was.
"I didn't know you cared that much for me, beautiful flower of the heav-"
"I don't, you baka. But someone else does."
I knew exactly who she meant. And she knew that I knew who she meant.
"Help me sit up, Nami-chwan." As Nami rolled her eyes, I saw my Athie-swan enter with that marimo behind her. They were joking …? I didn't know they were on such good terms!
Hello again, my Sanji-kun.
My eye popped into a heart unconsciously. And also, my heart popped out unconsciously. I didn't really notice, but three people did. Roronoa Zoro, Athenus Yuran, and Nami. Athenus unleashed a merry laugh, Zoro cracked a smile, and Nami sighed with relief. The rift that had gone for so long unpatched was finally repaired by someone with a seductive smile, and no serious intentions. She was cleaning up the mess.
Please review! This is the (almost) end of the story, but don't worry there will be a sequel. But here are ten words/phrases that are major to the sequel, Cursed Love.
1. Kisses
2. Disclaimers
3. Love
4. Nakama
5. Cursed Fruit
6. Ero-ness
7. Anime
8. Bounty
9. Bet
10. Cleaning
All on Cursed Love next time … XD