Chapter 4

Ace's POV

I was sitting cross-legged next to Nico Robin on the deck of the Sunny Go when my eye twitched, personifying my annoyance. I couldn't take it anymore, I needed to know what was happening. What if my lil bro needed me to save him? What if Zoro was just holding back until I left? AHHH too many possiblities!

"Just tell me what's going on up there! Use your 'ojos fleur' thing for me, just so that I know that Zoro isn't tryin' to take my Luffy's innocence! I wouldn't forgive myself if something like that happened to Luffy..."

Robin laughed, and then replied smiling, "Hai, hai, Ace-san. '~ojos fleur~'"
After a short time, the dark-haired woman giggled, and then slowly uncrossed her arms to face a very worried Ace. "It appears that they are simply taking a nap together, hiken-san. Those two looked very peaceful."

"Hmmm... I don't believe you~ I'll go up there and see for myself!" I declared loudly, not realizing how childish I sounded.

Soon after that, I hurriedly climbed up to the Crow's Nest to make sure everything was as Robin had stated. And it was really true; the first-mate and captain were fast asleep next to each other. Luffy uttered some sort of non-english, and then rolled over. He snuggled up against Zoro's bare chest and was dreaming again in a matter of seconds. 'That swordsman sure is a lucky bastard,' I told myself as I started my descent back down.

My POV

"Minna~ Nami-swaaan~ Robin-chwaaan~ Lunch is ready, and it's Luffy's favorite!"

Mumbles and responses from crew-mates were audible, along with footsteps walking towards the kitchen of the Thousand Sunny. Something seemed a bit off, though. The excited chatter and laughter from the captain was missing. Along with the light scolding from the first-mate. Sanji noticed this peculiar silence first, seeing as he usually had to brace himself for food-theif Luffy. He became very suspicious. The blonde then re-counted the crew, 'Nami-san, Robin-chan, Brook, Franky, Chopper, Usopp, and myself.' Deep in thought, Sanji almost didn't see the flash of orange pass by him. He looked up and was slightly disturbed, "...And Ace, too.. apparently."

Upon hearing his name, Ace turned to Sanji and flashed him a peace-sign. "Yo!"

"Hmmm..." 'Why is he here? And plus, how long has he been here? But more importantly, where would Zoro and Luffy be?! Luffy wouldn't miss a meal even if the world was ending!' Sanji told himself.

Ace somehow knew exactly what the cook was thinking about, and simply said, "Crow's Nest," as he continued walking into the kitchen, whistling a happy tune.

Sanji's POV

It took a few seconds for my mind to process what exactly Ace had told me. I looked up at the Crow's Nest, or Zoro's 'training' room, and sighed. Duh. It makes perfect sense for that Marimo, but he usually wouldn't tolerate Luffy watching him.. but I might want to go see anyway. And why did Ace know? (XD) And with that thought in my head, I climbed my way up. I opened the latch on the door, and pushed it upwards. And once more, my brain took its sweet time processing the image.

Naked Zoro. Half-naked Luffy. Snuggling under a blanket..asleep. I shook my head and forgot what I had seen, making sure that I didn't lose my sense of sight, and shut the door. I then went back down to save some food for the shitty lovebirds. But mwahaha~ I can't wait to tell everyone what I found~