My captain is a moron. The final competition was a roller-skating match and Luffy signed up to go twice when he doesn't know how to skate. As soon as he got onto the track, he landed right on his rubber face. The only thing scarier than thinking that we might lose because of our idiot captain was seeing Nami go off on him. I love Nami like a sister, but she can be a demon when you make her mad I thought, sending a shiver down my spine. When I thought about it, we were all like a big family. Nami, Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp were like my younger siblings, while Robin and Sanji were my older siblings. The only exception was Zoro, who in my mind was my possible soul mate, but I'm not going to go running around yelling that.

I snapped back to reality as I heard the announcement of our loss. There were five rounds and we already lost the first one. We managed to win the second and fourth round, making the last round the tie-breaker. Luckily, Zoro had taken it upon himself to teach Luffy how to skate without digging his face into the pavement. Of course, when I say that Zoro volunteered, I actually mean that Nami flipped out on me, Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy and said that one of us needed to teach him how to skate. Sanji was captain, so he couldn't focus on that right now. I would have volunteered if it hadn't been for the fact that I needed to make sure whoever was skating didn't get hurt... this was a very jacked up race along with the rest of the games.

Miraculously, Luffy managed to beat his opponent, a cheetah devil fruit user. In a way, the victory, along with the return of our nakama, was because of Zoro and Sanji. By using his amazing sense for foods, Sanji found the cheetah's weakness... a fruit that grew on one of the tall trees just outside of the arena. Being as amazing as he is, Zoro got on Cherry (the horse from earlier) and rode off to get some fruit. Being the dork that he is, he cut down the whole tree, sending it crashing down right through the arena, stopping the cheetah right before he crossed the finish line. Now that we are done with the competition, we can set the sails and leave these weird pirates behind and start a new adventure...

I say it once again... MY CAPTAIN IS A MORON! That stupid idiot agreed to another competition. We not only lost Chopper again, but Robin as well. Hearing the final event made my tail stand on end. Both captains are going to have a battle. That I was fine with, I have complete trust in Luffy's fighting skills. What I didn't like was that instead of losing another nakama, which ever captain loses gives up their crew along with their ship. So now here we are, waiting for the battle to end, my tail still on end.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Zoro, making a blush appear on my face. "He'll be ok." he said simply as I looked back to the battle field. Honestly, I was also really pissed off. They "randomly" chose where the battle would take place and it landed right on their ship. Random my tail! My blush brightened when Zoro continued, "Even if we Luffy does lose, there is no way I'm letting them force you to be a part of their crew. I'm going to make sure you don't have to do anything you don't want to."

I looked back at the swordsman and gave him a smile as I replied, "I'll be fine! It's true that I will be sad if we can't be the straw hat pirates anymore, but as long as your here then I won't mind". My face officially turned a bright shade of red as I went over what I just said in my mind. Wait, is that a blush? I thought as what really was a blush appeared on the swordsman's face. Zoro started laughing, making me a bit confused. "Your face is all red, you look like a strawberry!" he laughed. After calming down a bit, he said, "That'll be my nickname for you, Strawberry".

I pretended to think, placing a finger on my chin as I stared off at a random cloud. "hhhmmm", I said, making Zoro have his turn at being confused. Then I snapped and shouted, "I've got it!".
"What?" Zoro asked, curiosity still on his face, although a glimmer of a smile was beginning to appear.
"Your nickname! I'll let you call me strawberry, but I get to call you-"
"I can't be marimo!"
"I wasn't going to say that anyways! I'm going to call you bear."

"Bear?"
"Yes, bear."
"Why?"
"Because your tall, your handsome, you'll run straight into a fight without thinking..."
"Hey!"
"...and because you can be surprisingly sweet. Just like a bear, you have great spirit. That's why I'm going to call you bear." I said with a dorky smile.

Zoro thought about it for a while until he finally said, "Great spirit huh? I like the sound of that. Bear and strawberry." I felt a lot more relaxed now that I was talking to Zoro. It took my mind away from all of the bad problems and replaced them with a warm fuzzy feeling that I loved. That is, I was happy about being so close to the one that I love. That fuzzy feeling shattered before my eyes as the two captains came back up to the deck of the Foxy ship. There was smoke everywhere, bringing fear and curiosity into my brain.

I heard Nami yell something when I saw Luffy emerge...HE WON! I couldn't help but scream. I didn't need any words, I just needed to let out all of my built up energy. I turned to Zoro and said, "promise you'll catch me?" He looked confused but nodded in agreement. I turned and jumped off of the stands, landing in the cold water, sending ice into my veins. I felt a familiar pair of arms circle my waist and was soon at the surface with Zoro.

"Luna,"

"Yeah?" I said turning to look at him, our faces closer than I expected. i could feel a blush form for the millionth time on my face as I saw one form on the swordsman's face as well.
"Don't ever change."
I nodded as I gazed into his beautiful silver-gray eyes as he stared back into mine. Then I remembered that he was keeping me from drowning and quickly said, "We should get to shore and find Luffy so we can get out of here." Mental smack in the face. I sighed as we got closer to shore. At least we can go on to our next adventure. I just hope nothing bad happens that could cause us to lose our nakama again.

It has been a little over a month since we left the Foxy Pirates. It's been even longer since I realized my feeling for Zoro, which have been growing more and more since that day. We are heading for this cool place called Water Seven. Nami's already planning to go with Luffy and Usopp to turn in the gold we got from Upper Yard to turn into cash. I can't wait to go, but I have too stay behind on the ship and be watchdog. Sanji is going to go and stock up on food, Zoro is going to sight see, and Chopper is going with Robin to check out any interesting books they might have.

I sighed as I sat down in the crows nest as we entered through the gates of an Island that looked like a massive fountain. It was amazing. I watched as Luffy jumped down and started to run off, Nami and Usopp running to catch up. Sanji soon followed with Robin and Chopper. The last to leave was Zoro, who turned and looked at me. Trying not to show how disappointed I was, I forced a smile and waved at him. I shouted as he started to turn "HAVE FUN YA DORKY BEAR! DON'T GET LOST!" I saw him shake slightly from laughing as he walked away.

When I couldn't see him anymore, I sat back down and thought about how great my life has been since I joined the crew. Then my brain turned against me and I was reminded on how we end up in a lot of life and death situations. I almost lost my nakama just last month because of a stupid game. I had to admit I was scared that I would lose them. That's when I thought that I might lose Zoro. I'll have to tell him how I feel before it's too late.

I formed a plan on how I would tell him. When he got back, I would ask him to watch the moon with me and I'd tell him. Just like that. I stood up when I noticed that the sun was going down. They should be back soon I thought. That's when I saw four figures running to the ship. I jumped down from the crows nest and hurdled the side of the ship just as Chopper, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro ran up.
"Luna, they got Usopp!" Luffy said, an angry look on his face.
"What?! Who?" I asked, unconsciously turning into my half-point.
"Earlier I stopped by a shipyard and took a nap. These weird guys said that they were bounty hunters and something about the Franky family. I easily beat them so I didn't think that they were much of a threat, but they kidnapped Usopp while Nami and Luffy were finding a shipwright to check out the ship."

"Here, we found this. Usopp put up a fight and managed to rip off a part of there clothes. We were hoping that you and Chopper would be able to track them." Luffy said as he handed me the piece of fabric. A growl escaped me as I turned full wolf, ready to beat the crap out of anyone who hurt Usopp. We ran along the coast until we found a jacked up looking building labeled that I assumed was the Franky house. I turned into my half-point again as we started walking up to the building, fire in our eyes. Whoever did this was going to regret it big time.