Cheddar: hey there another chappie 4 ya pleasure! school starts tomorrow 4 me so this is as good as it get for the moment! enjoy R&R peeps plze!

Chapter 8

A few leagues away on a Navy ship a chore boy took out his spy glass to look at the weird bird. He put it up to his face and gasped.

An actual ANGEL, he thought, Wow! But what was she flying with? A fur ball?

The boy ran down stairs to get his captain. He ran up to the door out of breath and he knocked on it quietly.

"Come in." he heard from the other side. The boy opened the door quickly but did not slam it open for fear that he would be punished.

"SIR!" he said as he saluted him. "Sir there is an ANGEL out side! Please come quick! She might be gone now!" he said as he held up the spy glass. His captain stood up slowly and then strode past him. The boy followed him out side and he took him to the side where he first saw the angel.

"Give me that spy glass you have." His captain commanded. The boy handed it over. His captain put it up to his face and he too saw the angel. As he looked down with it he spotted something he'd been chasing after for a while. "Good job Malik. You've helped me a great deal." Malik looked confused as his captain gave him his spy glass back.

"Sir… what do you mean?" Malik asked as his captain strode away.

"I mean that when ever I have something I want I go chase after it!" he told the chore boy. Malik still looked confused.

"You want the Angel sir?" he asked. His captain chuckled.

"NO I want that pirate ship. And what ever captain Smoker sets his eyes on he never gives up on it!" he barked and then he yelled for every one.

"WE'RE GOING THAT WAY WE'VE SPOTTED THE STRAW HATS!" He shouted and his whole crew cheered. He turned back around to face Malik.

"You can take the next two days off." He grinned as he puffed at his cigars. Malik grinned as well and ran off to find his friend.

"WHEE!" Luffy cried as Chelsea came back with Chopper. "My turn! My turn!" he said happily as they touched down. Chelsea laughed.

"Okay Luffy just calm down!" she said as she took hold of her captain. She burst back up in the air. Sanji who'd been watching quickly walked over to where Chelsea had been standing and he looked up. Zolo saw this and asked him.

"Sanji what are you doing?" Sanji smiled and pointed upwards.

"Enjoying the view!" Zolo's eyes drifted upwards, he realized that Chelsea was still wearing her skirt.

"SANJI I'LL KILL YOU!" Zolo roared as he took out his swords. He looked around and Sanji wasn't there. He looked off to the side to see the love cook dashing away towards the kitchens.

"Aw I'll kill him later… maybe I'll poison his soup… or something…" Zolo grunted as he sheathed his swords. He leaned against the mast and thought about Chelsea and how she'd stayed with him while they were in the crows nest.

Maybe… he thought. Just maybe I'll tell her…tell her what I really feel and maybe since she seems to like hanging out with me she likes me too… Zolo thought on this subject very hard. He slammed his fist into his hand and went to go find someone, other than Sanji who knew about the bet, to talk too. His wanderings lead him to Choppers room. He knocked and then opened the door waiting for no reply. He found chopper sitting at his window gazing longingly at the sky. Chopper sighed. His nose perked up as he whirled around to find Zolo staring at him. The reindeer squeaked.

"Hello Mr. Zolo!" he smiled nervously. Zolo sighed.

"How many times do I have to tell you Chopper it's just Zolo!" The reindeer smiled to him self as he decided to play a little game with the green haired man.

"Okay Just Zolo what can I do for you?" he smiled as he hopped onto his bed. Zolo's anger rose for a bit but then dimmed when he knew the doctor was just messing with him.

"You're so lucky that you aren't Sanji right now other wise I'd kill you for a remark like that." Zolo grinned evilly as he too sat on Choppers bed. Chopper gulped. "But what do you know about love?" he asked.

"Is it a disease?" Chopper asked him innocently. Zolo laughed hard on that.

"No Chopper it's not a disease! It's a feeling you get when you really like someone!" Zolo informed the confused little reindeer.

"Oh! But why ask me when YOU know so much bout it?" he asked the swordsman. Zolo sighed.

"Because Chopper… I don't know how girls' minds work! I was hoping you could give me some insight on them." Chopper looked at him.

"Um… even thought I'm a doctor I'm not one who studies this sort of thing… you might want to ask another girl on this subject…" Zolo sighed and stood up.

"Okay Chopper thank you." Zolo said as he left. He stood in front of the only other woman's door on the whole ship. He never wanted to come down here just because it was Nami's room. HE hesitated and then knocked on the door.

"It's open." He heard from the other side. He slowly opened the door and found Nami looking up from her desk at him. "Zolo?" she said surprised. "Well it has been a while since you were last here eh? What can I do for you?" she said as she set her quill down. She rested her chin on her hands. Zolo looked around uncomfortably and found an empty chair and sat down in it back wards. He leaned against the back as he told her what he needed to know.

"You see there's this girl… and I like her and… well…erm… I … uh… wanted to tell her that I liked her and all but…" his cheeks were turning red as Nami watched him with that sly look she gives you when she knows something really good. "I wanted to tell her that I loved her but I don't know if she likes me back!" Zolo said as he clamped his eyes shut his face a bright crimson now.

"Ah ha I knew it would come to this. Zolo the big bad bounty hunter has a soft spot. Aw how sweet!" Nami teased. "Who?" she asked him. Zolo looked away.

"You don't need to know." He told the navigator. Nami smiled innocently at him.

"Please Zolo?" she asked in that sort of tone she'd use with Sanji to get what she wanted. Now Zolo knew what Sanji felt. How could he say no to a face like that?

"… Chelsea…" he said finally as he looked away his face bright red.

"AH HA!" Nami shouted "I knew it and now Usopp has to pay up! Just kidding! Okay so you don't know if she likes you or not hmm? Well take this hint. She talks non stop about you when you aren't around." Zolo blushed more.

"S—She does?" he asked her in disbelief. Nami giggled.

"I don't know I was just saying that to get a reaction!" she shrugged and Zolo got up angrily and stormed over to the door. "Oh Zolo!" Nami said as she smiled. "Your secret is safe with me." Nami winked and he left.

Chelsea and Luffy soared through the air for a long time. Chelsea twirled Luffy around when suddenly Luffy told her to stop.

"What's wrong Luffy?" She asked worriedly. Luffy pointed.

"Look! It's Smokers ship! He's been following us!" Luffy gasped. Chelsea looked confused.

"That's bad right?"

"YES IT'S BAD! GET ME BACK TO THE GROUND!" Luffy shouted as he struggled. He struggled a bit too much and Chelsea lost her grip of him. He fell, Chelsea Burst down after him and she caught him before he was any where close to the water. She flew him back to the ship. When they touched the ground Luffy went down stairs to tell every one what he'd seen. Chelsea sighed, and followed him. She passed Zolo who was walking rather quickly to his room. He saw Chelsea coming and tried to hide his bright red face.

"Hi there Zolo!" she said cheerfully. Zolo blushed more.

"H—Hey there… Chels." He said as he walked up to her. She looked at him in a funny way then her face broke out into a smile.

"Wow! You know my nickname that only my BEST of friends call me! You must be a good guy! I'm glad we're friends!" she smiled and then she hugged him. Zolo turned a bright red but then hugged her back. He let her go and she walked off, Zolo looked after her. He smiled.

Yeah… Chels…but I wanna be more than friends… he thought to himself. "I love you." He whispered.