Jade: Yeah, yeah, I don't own One Piece
Luffy: You don't, but one day I will!


It seemed like they were running for ages, Zoro's clothes were started to dry and form a crust, it was very uncomfortable. They eventually stopped at a large lake where a huge waterfall ran down into the clear water. Luffy said something about getting some clothes and ran off. Zoro was amazed at the sight of the lake, he had never stepped foot outside the castle grounds. Stripping off the filthy torn clothes, he made his way into the water. It was really warm; he swum around in it for ages, the water was practically crystal clear.

"OI! Where's your stuff? I can't find anything but these clothes!" yelled a female voice from the muddy bank.

Zoro swam over to where the young lady was standing and was about to get out when he realised he had no clothes on. He blushed and sat back so the water came up to his neck then placed his hands instinctively in front of the area that he thought would most offend a lady's eyes. (gee that was hard to put nicely)

"Come on! You're a prince, surely you have something of value with you" she looked around on the ground to make sure she didn't miss anything.

"How do you know that I'm a prince?" asked Zoro, trying to get a look under the hood of her cloak as to see her face.

She raised an eyebrow like the answer was only too obvious, "You are the only person in this kingdom with that type of green hair, well, the only one with green hair full stop. But that doesn't matter, tell me where your stuff is and I'll let you live."

Zoro laughed, "I don't have anything with me."

"Then, ummm, uh, oh! Give me those earrings!" she said pointing to the three earrings on Zoro's left ear.

"No! They're mine!" but he had to notice, she had keen eyes to spot them.

She sat down on a log, she didn't seem too happy.

"I thought I had a good catch to! How often do you see a prince alone in the middle of a forest?" she huffed.

Zoro thought she was rather amusing, "what's your name?" he asked.

"Oh shutup" she said.

Just then Luffy came running through the trees with some spare clothes in his hand.

"Luffy!" said both the stranger and Zoro in unison.

"I wasn't expecting you to be here Nami" said Luffy.

Zoro raised an eyebrow; the girl lowered her hood and greeted Luffy with a hug. It took awhile for Luffy to remember that Zoro was there.

"Here you go" Luffy said while holding out the spare clothes.

Zoro made eye contact with Nami who rolled her eyes then faced away from him. Stepping onto the muddy bank, he took the clothes and put on the baggy pants. He liked them; they weren't itchy like his other clothes. He felt the hem of the dark brown pants; the hem conveniently came down to his ankles.

"Don't worry, they look fine on you" said Nami with a laugh.

Zoro blushed then hurriedly put on the white singlet and black boots.

"Do I still look like a prince?" asked Zoro who was trying to avoid being noticed as much because of his royalty.

"Ummm…" Luffy and Nami looked at each other, then back at Zoro.

"Here" said Nami, pulling out a bandana from her cloak pocket, "hope green's okay."

Zoro took the bandana gratefully, it was a dark green, and it covered up enough of his hair to make the pale green hair-colour much less noticeable. He looked up to see Nami fold up her cloak and place it in small leather backpack. While she was busy with her backpack Zoro took a chance to get a good look at her. She had black pants with cuffs that came down to her shins, and blue and white striped socks that were pulled up above her brown shoes. She wore a blue baggy shirt with sleeves that came to her elbows, a red sash tied around her waist and black wristbands. And her hair, wow, her hair was the most beautiful type of orange he had ever seen.

"She's really pretty…" Zoro said to himself.

"No shit Sherlock" Luffy said, playfully punching Zoro's back from behind.

Zoro snapped back into the real world, then looked around at Luffy.

"I'm going for a swim" Luffy said to no one in particular.

Luffy stripped off and splashed into the water. He wasn't the most skilled swimmer but he still made his way without drowning. Nami laughed, she didn't hear what Zoro said about her, and at the moment she was rather amused by Luffy's goofy swimming style. Zoro listened intently to Nami's laughter; he had never heard a laugh like it before. He blinked and looked away from her; he couldn't be falling for a thief could he? That was beneath his stature.

Suddenly Nami stopped laughing, Zoro opened his mouth to say something but she held up a hand for silence.

"I can hear a carriage" she said, quickly pulling out her cloak again, she looked up at Zoro and smiled, "here, Luffy won't be coming this time, wear his" she pulled out a second cloak and tossed it to Zoro, "go on, put it on so they don't see who you are."


Jade: Sorry about any OOCness, oh yeah, and the excessive amount of description of Nami.
Sanji: There can NEVER be too much description of Nami.
Jade: If anyone noticed, the clothes that Nami is wearing is the pirate gear she wears at some stage during the show.
Nami: I noticed!
Ussop: Show? O.O
Jade: Nevermind!

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