Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece so don't bite me. I DO own Pyrate X, Mel, Katsu, Ryu, the Crossroads, and their swords. So don't take 'em. Or else I'll bite you. XD

Lazzzy Days

By: Mischievous Sin

Chapter 4 – Fighting on Turtlebacks

Morning had come, and the Straw Hat Pirates and the Samurai Pirate Crew were both placing bets on who would win the upcoming dual.

"Okay," Nami announced. "That makes five bets on Zoro, three bets on Katsu, not including myself."

"Katsu'll beat Zoro down to a pulp," PyrX stated.

"Nuh uh! Zoro will beat Katsu!" Luffy disagreed.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Wanna bet?"

"Yeah!"

"Umm," Ryu interrupted. "You already placed your bets…"

Everyone who was paying attention sweatdropped and went off to do their business before the dual started.

A moment later…

"EVERYONE," Usopp shouted. "LOOK IN THE WATER!"

Multiple shadows arose in the water in a unique pattern.

"Wh-what are they," Chopper asked, hiding behind Usopp's leg.

"Reinforcements," Usopp lied with a glint in his eye. "They're reinforcements for a mermen that I single-handedly defeated a while back."

"M-M-MERMEN!"

PyrX rolled her eyes and pointed to the shadows.

"Mermen my butt! Look closer!"

They all looked closer at the shadows and finally made out what they were.

"Giant turtles," Sanji declared. "They're giant turtles."

"AWWWWWWWWWWEEEESOOOOMMMMEEEEE!" Luffy shouted.

Meanwhile…

Mel walked up to the door of the boys' bedroom and peeked through the porthole. When she saw Zoro still sleeping, she decided to wake him up for the dual.

"Zoro," she said softly, opening the door.

No reply.

"Zoro," she said softly again, walking over to him.

No reply again.

"HEY SLEEPYHEAD, WAKE UP!"

She didn't necessarily get a reply, but she did manage to wake Zoro up… and make him roll off his hammock in shock and hit the ground with a very hard THUD!

"Well, it's about time," she sighed.

"Ugh," Zoro said, sitting upright. "Why'd you have to yell? And… where's my shirt?"

Mel's expression went blank when she realized that his shirt was gone. She had also taken the time to notice the huge scar down his chest that he got from Mihawk, but anyhow… Supposedly, during the night, he had subconsciously taken off his shirt and tossed it somewhere, or at least that's what she thought.

"Umm, yeah…" she said blankly, looking through the nearby drawer for a clean shirt. "I had to do that to wake you up. Did you already forget about the dual with your sister today?"

"Shit," Zoro mumbled, walking over to his katanas that were leaning against the wall. "I didn't even get to eat breakfast."

"Neither did your sister. She's still asleep."

Mel paused her search for a new shirt and stared long and hard at a pink-ish and magenta-ish shirt.

"Sanji's," Zoro said, noticing Mel's observation.

Mel folded the shirt and replaced it, also picking out a clean shirt white shirt and giving it to Zoro.

"Thanks," he said, putting it on. "By the way, what time is it?"

"It's 11:45," Mel replied, heading for the door. "I'll go wake Katsu, but before I leave, I have one more thing to tell you."

"Yeah? What?"

Mel tried to refrain herself from laughing as best she could.

"Your shirt's on backwards."

With that, she left leaving a somewhat embarrassed Zoro to redress himself.

A few minutes later at the "Crossroads"…

Mel knocked on the door of Katsu's room and peeked in to see a rather sleepy, but awake, Katsu.

"Ah, you're awake," Mel said, walking into the room.

"Yeah," Katsu yawned. "Why didn't you call me down for breakfast? I almost slept through the dual!"

"Don't worry. Zoro would've been still asleep too. I just woke him up."

"Ahh."

"Anyhow, you'd better hurry. It's almost noon."

"Right!"

As soon as Katsu finished tying her purple bandana that she had tied around her arm before to her head, they rushed outside to the Going Merry to meet up with Zoro and the others.

"Mornin'," Zoro greeted, wearing his bandana and his shirt correctly.

"Good morning," she greeted.

"Hey guys! I just got a great idea! (A/N: "But Luffy-sama, creating great ideas takes a brain…") You should fight on the turtles!" Luffy suggested.

"The what?" The siblings asked in unison.

Katsu and Zoro looked over the side and saw the group of turtles swimming next to the ships.

"AWESOME!"

Katsu and Zoro jumped down and landed on different turtles and began unsheathing their swords. Nami was standing on the top of the Going Merry in the Crow's Nest.

"Okay," she began announcing. "The dual of Roronoa Zoro and Roronoa Katsu is about to begin!"

"Are you ready to lose, Onii-chan?" Katsu smirked.

"There's no way that I'd ever lose to you," he replied, just as intimidating.

"Fighters ready?" Nami announced again. "Annnnnnd…. BEGIN!"

The fight began with a fierce clash of 5 blades, 2 of which were on fire, but that didn't back down the fighters. Zoro began jumping from turtle to turtle towards Katsu at full speed, but just as he was about to attack, one of the turtles that he was about to jump on had moved. He would've fallen in if it weren't for Katsu coming at him in midair and attacking him. He blocked the blazing attack and was knocked safely back onto another turtle, but when they broke off, Katsu was sent backwards to where there weren't any turtle. With two quick slashes, she used her fireblades in an "X" movement to push herself away from the water and safely onto another turtle. A few seconds later, they were slashing away, using the turtles to their advantage in the process.

By the end of the day, the two Roronoas were on a single turtle, both lying on their backs, panting heavily.

"Y-you fight well," Zoro said in between pants.

"S-same to you, O-onii-chan," Katsu sighed.

"Sorry I have to do this, but it's the only way to win this dual."

"What are you talking ab—WAHHHHH!"

SPLAAAAAAAASH

Zoro sat up on the turtle, began cracking up and laughing his head off, and looked in the water to see his very wet and pissed sister. What had happened was that while they had stopped the furious fighting, Zoro pushed Katsu off the turtle and into the water.

"THAT'S IT FOLKS," Nami announced. "The winner of the dual is… Roronoa Zoro! Now, all you losers who bet on Katsu, pay up!"

Mel, Ryu, and PyrX groaned and handed Nami, who was very VERY pleased, the money. Zoro helped Katsu out of the water and they both boarded the ships.

"HA!" Luffy bragged. "I tooooold you that Zoro would win!"

"But that was a cheap move!"

"We're pirates though! And besides, she could've done the same thing!"

"True. Very true…"

Before anybody had anything else to say, Ryu came rushing to the crews with bad news.

"Guys! Marine Scout ships! TONS OF THEM!"

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Sin: Yay! I got more than 3 reviews this time! –does happy review dance- Sorry, I'm easily amused.

PyrX: We know…

Sin: -tapes PyrX's mouth- REVIEW TIME!

Mirathin: COOKIE! PIE! REVIEW! IT'S CHRISTMAS IN MAY! (it'd sound better if it was Christmas in July, but whatever) So, who'd you think was gonna win? I'm curious if you got it right or not. I hope you liked this chapter:D

Drop Dead Fred Is My Invisible Friend: Yayz! POTC! I LOVE POTC! Where's the rum? Hmm. I'm craving rumcake now… Hope you liked the chapter!

OfftheWalls33: I'm not so sure if this was soon, but I did manga to update. I kinda had a project. Otherwise, I would've updated sooner. Hope you like this chapter!

Marina Mihawk: YAY! ANOTHER REVIEWER! Uniqueness is the key to… something, but I'm not the right person to tell ya. XD Hope you liked that chapter!

Sin: YAY! FOUR REVIEWERS! COUNT 'EM! Even though it's not much, I am still very proud. But anyhow… -grabs a shotgun- REVIEW OR EAT –pie pops out of nowhere- Pie! I'm not that mean. –screams of horror in background- Aheheh…