Chapter Twelve

Jewelry

Everyone was blinking and dumbfounded with what the butt-chested lady said. She was staring at Robin when she said that Alex was still "with her" and it couldn't have been Lassy since he's not a girl and he was away from Robin. Everyone was silent looking at Robin; no one could even say a word. The lady then realized what she had said was supposed to be a secret from their group.

"I meant her." She let out her hand and positioned it towards Lassy. "I was just mesmerized with the beauty of your raven-headed nakama, Nico Robin." She smiled at them. She knew that Lassy was one of Alex's nakama when he used to go at the island, since she always saw him at their ship.

"How did you know she's Robin?" Usopp asked.

"You're the infamous Strawhat pirates, right?" the lady asked.

"Ohh yeah! Well our Robin is really beautiful! Shishishishi!" Luffy commented and giggle.

"Oi, oi, oi…" Nami threatened as she stared at Luffy at the corner of her eyes.

"A-And so is our Nami!" he added with an anxious look.

Nami grunted as she crossed her arms under her chest and looked beside her to see Sanji's reaction. But to her surprise Sanji was already flirting with the beautiful doorkeeper which made her to facepalmed.

"Ahh! Baby-chan~! Are you attracted with the unstoppable beating of my heart for you~?" Sanji flirted as he held her hand and placed it on his left chest as his eyes turned into hearts.

"No thanks." The lady retrieved her hand and walked away from Sanji, towards the little man near the door.

"Waahh?" Sanji started to weep.

"Ohh. Sorry for how my wife, Sasha, acted. She doesn't like flirty boys too much." The shortie said and held the hand of Sasha which made them looked like sexy lady and little fat man.

"What the hell!?" Sanji and everyone's jaw dropped.

"Awww… You're the only guy who can flirt with me, my sweet Harry~!" Sasha nuzzles Harry's nose which made everyone to almost puke.

"Love is blind." Usopp muttered to Brook.

"My eyes almost popped out. Ahh! But I have no eyes to pop out. Yohohoho~" Brook laughed silently.

"I wonder what kind of drug he made her took." Chopper whispered to them.

"She overdosed." Luffy mumbled.

"Enough, enough! We just want to go inside!" Nami waved her hands, signalling no more.

"You should have said that from the start. How many pairs do we have? No loner, please." Sasha smiled and clasped her hands together.

"We have five pairs. Chopper and Brook, Luffy and Usopp, Sanji-kun and Lassy, Alex and Robin, and Zoro and Me." Nami showed her the pairings she made.

"Can we enter now?" Alex asked as he held Robin's wrist, not earning any emotion from her but only stare at their hands, making Zoro to notice it as well.

"Ohh, sweetie, there's been some changes with the rules of the island. Lady Caroline, the princess of Lava Ramata, asked the Queen if she could use her latest invention with everyone on the island. Lady Caroline is the most beautiful female in the island and she's very smart, although she's single. She invented gadgets which actually work." Sasha explained with a smile.

"As you can see, she invented these." Harry said as he just came back out of the door, holding five jewelries and wristwatches which made Nami's eyes to sparkle. "These are real jewelries with microchips attached to I don't know where the hell is, along with these wristwatches. These are used to test how much you feel for the person who wears the jewelry and vice versa; whether you know it or not. And also, so we can determine that you are tourists in our island." He gave it to Sasha, who was just staring at everyone as she received it.

"So there are really tourist spots here at the New World? What if the couple you met are bastards?" Nami asked.

"Oh we're not as weak as you thought. We're just nice because you're nice." Harry gave her a thumbs up.

Sasha started to distribute the jewelries and wristwatches to Zoro, Alex, Sanji, Luffy, and Brook. But before she gave Alex and Zoro their watches, she stopped for a while and stared at it before giving it to them. Alex got a diamond ring, Zoro got a teardrop sapphire necklace, Sanji got a heart-shaped ruby necklace, while Luffy and Brook got topaz and emerald bracelets.

"The jewelries you are holding now are the ones partnered with your watches. When you wear it, you will see the color of the heart on the watches change on how much your partner feels for you. Same for the girls, the only difference is that it depends how cold or hot are the stones in your jewelry." Harry said as the boys started to wear the wrist watches.

"Cool watches!" Luffy was amazed with his watch because it was his first time to be wearing something awesome.

"Hmmmm… I think I've exchange the green-haired man's watch with Alex-kun." Sasha uttered as she rethought it deeply if she did exchange the watches while she placed her forefinger on her lips.

Nami heard what Sasha said and quickly ran towards Alex, squeaking "Kyaaaah! Switch with Zoro's necklace! I want that diamond ring! And Sasha said she exchanged your watches!"

"Fine, fine." Alex gave her the ring

"Wear this to me." She giggled.

"Why am I the one who's supposed to wear it to you?" he arched an eyebrow.

"Because there won't be a drama if I'm the one to wear it myself! Now wear it to me, hurry!" she squealed as she gave him the ring.

"You have your partner, right?"

"You know if you wore it already on me, it would have been finished already." She stuck her tongue out.

"Fine, fine." He rolled his eyes.

"Yay! Zoro!" Nami shouted.

"What!?" Zoro asked as he walked towards them.

"You wear your necklace to Robin, I'll wear this diamond ring! Sasha said she exchanged your watches with Alex." Nami said as she couldn't take her eyes off the ring.

"Why is he the one who will wear the necklace on Robin?" Alex raised his eyebrow.

"Got a problem?" she arched an eyebrow while placing her hands on both sides of her waist.

"None." Alex commented. He felt regret of not standing up on his ground because he wanted to wear the ring or, at least, the necklace to Robin but somehow, he can't say no to her.

"Whatever." Zoro shrugged and walked towards Robin. He saw her with Chopper, complimenting how cute the bracelet looked on his furry wrists. Somehow he felt his hands getting cold and his forehead to moisten as he walked closer to her. He was feeling nervous but he didn't know why. "Oi, Robin."

"Hmm?" Robin shifted her attention towards him and smiled.

"Alex and I switched jewelries because Sasha said she accidentally exchanged our watches. So this necklace is yours." Zoro said as he showed the necklace to her.

"Alright, but may I ask a favor?"

"What?"

"Will you wear this on me, it's hard to wear it on my own." She smiled.

"Okay. Turn around."

"Thank you." Robin smiled and turned her back to him. She was actually feeling pleased because it was Zoro who was going to wear the necklace around her instead of Alex and also because Zoro agreed to do so.

Zoro lifted the necklace over her head and down to level the pendant just beneath her collar bone. He had a hard time locking the necklace in place for he was tensed but he managed to do it after a while. He then pulled her hair up gently to fix the necklace in place, having a quick view of her silky neck, before letting her hair fall softly. Zoro walked towards in front of her and saw how beautiful the necklace looked on her. The tear-dropped sapphire pendant matched her eyes which made her beauty to standout. As he stared at her, he noticed a faint blush that started to spread upon her cheeks, making her to look at her necklace for she felt a little embarrassed with him staring at her.

"It looks perfect on you." Zoro said as he broke his stare on her, scratching the back of his neck.

"Thank you." she smiled and shifted her attention towards her partner who just finished wearing the ring on Nami, who was so happy about it.

"It's so beautiful!" Nami squealed as her eyes sparkles with the diamond ring around her finger.

"Wow, she's really happy." Lassy said as she played with the heart-shaped pendant of the necklace Sanji wore on him.

"That's our navigator." Usopp said as he shook his topaz bracelet.

"Oi, how does this thing works?" Sanji asked Harry who was smiling as Nami enjoyed her jewelry.

"Hahaha! I don't know how to turn this thing on." Luffy kept looking at his watch.

"Just press the button at the side of the watch." Harry signalled where it was supposed to be pushed. "Dark blue for hatred, blue for enemies, aquamarine for uncaring, green for friends, pink for crush, and red for love. Same goes for the jewelries, coldest hatred, cold for uncaring, neutral for friends, warm for crush, and when you feel it hot, it is love."

The boys who had the watches turned it on and everyone was contented with the results except for one person whose eyes just grew after the activation of the gadgets.

"What the!?" Zoro was dumbfounded.

To be continued…


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