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Reminder: I have no beta-reader. Any grammatical and spelling errors are solely mine.

Warning: OOC possible. One shot scribble.

Rating: T

Note: Somehow, I had fun writing this.

Summary: A kiss won't make your heart skip or stop.


Points of No Return

2: Myth Debunked


"Ok get this," Usopp suddenly spoke slapping a hand on top of the book that he was reading. "Did you know that when you sneeze your heart actually stops?"

Nami stopped trimming her mikan trees and glanced at him with a skeptic look. "Don't you think it's more like it skips a beat?"

"Nuh-uh."

"So it's like you die when you sneeze?"

"Uh…"

"Well…" Chopper decided to join the conversation. He stopped grinding the herbs for the medicine he was making. "That's a misconception. The heart doesn't actually stop or skip a beat. What happens is –"

"Wait! Hold up!" Usopp raised a hand to stop him. "None of that medical stuff that I can't really wrap around my head."

"Eh? But—"

A loud yawn interrupted them and they shifted their gazes to where their swordsman was lounging under the shade of Nami's trees. "Sneezing are for wusses," Zoro lazily announced before yawning again.

"Nobody asked you!" Nami scowled and kicked his leg.

"Sneezing means sick Nami," Zoro scoffed at her. "Only wusses gets sick."

"Sneezing is a normal body reflex Zoro," Chopper's voice cut through their conversation. "It doesn't automatically mean that you are sick when you sneeze." He inwardly sighed. Maybe he should really start making a medicine for idiots…

"So Robin's story has no merit huh?" Usopp pursed his lips thoughtfully.

"What do you mean?" The doctor asked.

"Is that where this is coming from Usopp?" Nami was grinning like a Cheshire cat. "Robin's tall tales of quixotism?"

"Oh you mean those romantic shits Usopp absolutely likes?" Zoro questioned with a smirk.

"Shut up! They're sweet and you're a brute!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"I refused to be judged like I'm the only one who adores her stories! I can see all of you listening to it!"

"I don't listen, I sleep." Zoro corrected him. "I have no interest in those kind of stories."

"You have 206 bones in your body and not one of them is romantic?" Usopp muttered sarcastically. "Gee, what did you do to deserve that?"

"Shut up!"

"So…" Chopper looked thoughtful. "What does sneezing have to do with Robin's story?"

"Usopp is trying to find out the possible moments that can make the heart stop or skip a beat." Nami explained, stepping over Zoro's leg as he frowned at her.

"Oh, I see." Chopper tilted his head slightly. "Are you referring to story she told us last night? About the two adventurers who fell in love?"

"That."

"Hnn… So Robin finally ran out of creepy tales to tell?" Zoro snickered.

"Not really. It's just for variety's sake she says," Nami answered. "Well the thing is Usopp seems to be hooked with the kissing scene."

"I'm not!" Usopp slapped a hand on his knee. "I'm just curious! Are you not? Are you even listening to her stories?"

"I don't even know why I'm listening to all of this," Zoro sighed. He definitely chose the wrong place to nap.

"The hero and heroine of the story kissed and their hearts stopped and skipped a beat. Heck, even the whole world stops while they are doing it!"

"And you are bothered because…?" Nami prompted.

"Not bothered. Curious!"

"About?"

"He is curious if a kiss can really have that effect." Zoro was grinning wickedly at him.

Usopp turned red at that.

"Oh," Chopper blushed when he realized where they are getting at.

"Usopp," Nami intoned. "You are way over your head."

"That's more of an idiom than anything else Usopp," Chopper explained. "There is no way it's medically possible for a heart to skip a beat. Stop, yes. But that'll only happen when you are dead."

"Way to debunk it Chopper," Usopp said sullenly.

"Well maybe you'll just have to wait and find out for yourself Usopp," Nami winked at him. "You know try to kiss a girl or something?"

This time Usopp turned a deeper shade of red. "I… I… don't…"

"That's stupid Usopp," Zoro said with a huff. "A kiss won't make your heart skip or stop."

"So says the swordsman with no romantic bone in his body," Nami rolled her eyes at Zoro. "Maybe we should give it a try?"

She suddenly leaned towards him and promptly kissed his lips.

Usopp and Chopper squeaked, gawked and blushed at the display.

Nami pulled away with a triumphant grin on her face. "But yeah you are right Zoro. No skip or stop."

The swordsman was staring at her in shock, not moving at all.

Usopp cleared his throat. "I beg to differ. I think his heart stopped."

"Kyaaah!" Chopper suddenly shouted. "Somebody call a doctor!"

The sniper eyed Nami warily.

"Debunked," Nami mouthed cheekily at him.

Chopper was still shouting for a doctor and Zoro was still not moving.

"Quick Nami just zap him with lightning!"


- The End –


R and R please.