Chapter 8-Rescued
"Luffy…" said De-Ji, holding back the start of tears. Luffy made a confused strangled noise, and looked at De-Ji. He smiled so big, that it seemed it wouldn't fit his face. He laughed a little, and sat down. De-Ji looked around, and saw that everyone had left. They were scared out of their wits, seeing their boss beaten. She looked around the beaten people laying on the floor, looking for Zoro.
"Hey," she heard behind her. She turned around and saw Zoro right behind her. She looked up at him, and tried to hold back the tears that were starting to build up in her eyes. As she continued to look at Zoro, she felt a single tear slip down her cheek. "Zoro…" she started, not knowing what else to say. He blinked slowly. "yes?" he inquired. He looked down at her, and saw the tear slide down her left cheek. Slowly, almost unsurely, he lifted his arm, and gently wiped the tear from her chin, where it rested. Even more slowly, he brought the arm around to behind her head, and moved his head down, and let his lips meet hers. De-Ji was surprised at first, but then closed her eyes. As the kiss lasted a little longer, De-Ji slowly put her arms up around his shoulders.
"Zoro, what are you doing?" asked the captain, with his head tilted sideways. The swordsman looked back up, and blushed as he noticed the rest of his nakama staring at him and De-Ji. Quickly, he moved his arms back to his side, and turned around. To his dismay, he found Chopper checking some of the wounded. Chopper looked up, and saw him blushing. "Zoro are you okay? Do you have a fever?" Chopper asked as he walked up to his taller crewmate. He turned into his heavy point so he could reach Zoro's forehead. "No, you're not sick…" Chopper said, wondering why his face was so red. Zoro turned back around, to see the rest of the mugiwaras were still looking at them. Nami started giggling, while Sanji was looking like he was going to cry. Robin looked actually happy for him. Luffy and Chopper still looked a little confused. Usopp started blushing, even though he wasn't the one doing the kissing. He looked down at De-Ji again, who was blushing, and looking down at her sandals. "Let's go," he whispered softly to De-Ji. De-Ji looked up, and smiled. They left together, headed toward the crow's nest.
"well that was weird. Let's party! With meat!" Luffy laughed as he forgot the whole thing, and headed off toward the ship. Nami and the others sighed, and followed their captain. Zoro headed off into the wrong direction, and De-Ji gently pushed him in the right direction. As the others passed them, walking faster than they were, they heard a few sorrys, but everyone continued walking. When everyone had passed the two, Zoro "accidentally" brushed his hand against hers, and De-Ji saw the hint, and slipped his hand into hers. Slowly, they continued to walk back to the ship. When they got there, the party was already started. De-Ji looked at all the food hungrily, and looked up at Zoro. "Okay, I get it, go have some fun." He said, as he started to reach for some grog. De-Ji saw what he was reaching for, and gave a dissapproving look to him. He saw it, and sighed. "I won't drink too much, promise." He said. De-Ji still looked a little dissappointed at him, and he finally put his arm back by his side. They let go of each others hands, and headed off into different directions according to different tastes. During the madness, they occassionally bumped into each other, and smiled. De-Ji got tired of the party after the first five hours, and headed up toward the crow's nest for some peace and quiet. Zoro saw her, and followed her up. And together, they slept and read.
The End.
Author's Note: last chappie! happy? sad? pls review!