Chapter 9
Anybody's POV_XD ?
The next morning, Zoro awoke to find yet again, Luffy curled up next to him. And once again, he was only wearing his boxers. The swordsman didn't mind, though, and pulled captain closer to him to help keep him warm. Luffy had a very peaceful smile on his face as he danced around in dream-land. Zoro couldn't help but feel tempted by his pink lips as he leaned closer to the younger man. A hand then grabbed the first-mates shoulder tightly.
The green-haired man jumped a bit and turned around to see Ace holding his chest and laughing loudly. Zoro blushed in embarrassment but then remembered that Luffy was trying to sleep. To keep Ace quiet, he grabbed Fire-Fist's face and forced his lips against the others. The older's eyes widened with shock, not expecting any sort of kiss. He soon returned the kiss, holding the back of Zoro's head. This wasn't exactly planned in the Pirate Hunter's mind, but he didn't argue.
As those two were kissing and such, Luffy had woken up and was now watching their actions through one eye. It took almost everything he had in him not to laugh or giggle as he watched. After a short while, Ace glanced over and took notice of the little spy that was observing quietly.
"Luffy! You're awake!" Ace said as he pulled away from an even more embarrassed Zoro. The captain just nodded and let out all his laughs.
Zoro just scratched his face and then changed the topic, "Um, wanna go down and get breakfast, guys?"
"Sure," Ace said, but then remembered, "But wait... did Sanji...?"
All three facepalmed. "Great. We killed the damned cook," Zoro said, rolling his eyes.
"Well... I have a feeling he's on board and doing fine," Luffy said smiling a mischievous smile, "But I can't tell you how I know. It's a secret."
Ace and Zoro looked at each other, and then sighed. The three of them decided to head down and see if the cook actually did manage to survive somehow.
As they got down onto the main deck again, they noticed several of the Heart pirates wandering around the ship, obviously lost.
"Hey Zoro, look! They're clones of you!" Luffy said as Ace and him laughed. They both then wound up with bumps on their head from an angry first-mates version of the 'Fist of Love.' Zoro just smiled wickedly as he then followed the other two to the kitchen, where they smelled something cooking.
As they entered talking to each other, Sanji sensed the older D brother's presence and whirled around to nearly kick him in the face if it weren't for another flaming hand blocking the way. The cook shrunk back and lit his cigarette while he muttered something about Ace being a cheater.
The rest of the crew that sat in the kitchen watched confusedly as the three sat down beside them. Sanji reluctantly brought drinks over to them and Ace, being the gentleman that he is, thanked him. Meanwhile, Zoro looked down at the cup in disgust, and pushed it away.
"Usopp, do we have any saké left in our storage room?" The green-haired man asked bluntly. Usopp gave Zoro a strange look before responding in a confused tone.
"What do you mean 'left'? I checked our supplies yesterday and all of our barrels of saké were nearly full. I'll go recheck again if you want me to...' Usopp said.
Zoro then remembered last night's saké fest and sighed, "Oh, it's okay. I'll go get some, since I'd rather throw up then drink what the pervert made for me."
Franky looked up at Zoro. "Pervert?"
The whole crew then yelled at him, "Not you!" Franky shrugged and continued to read the newspaper.
Just as Zoro was getting up to begin the journey to find the storage room, Law stumbled into the kitchen, looking very worn out.
"Finally!" He said, "I found the kitchen!" Ace and Luffy looked at Law who leaned against the doorway, then at Zoro. Zoro nodded and ran at Law, picking him up and carrying him down below deck before putting him down.
Back in the kitchen, everyone blinked several times in confusion, then looked at Luffy and Ace who were looking far to the left and drinking their beverages quickly.
"Luffy. Ace. Who was that and why did they seem to act like they knew you?" Nami asked, a bit of annoyance evident in her tone. The brother's stumbled to find the right words when Zoro surprisingly walked back into the kitchen.
"A-Ah Zoro! Care to explain to your dear crewmates who that guest was?" Ace stuttered as he and Luffy were slowly sneaking their way towards the door to escape a certain beating. The first-mate turned around and grabbed the two by their arms and sat them down. The brother's looked embarrassed as they fidgeted and drew circles on the ground with their fingers.
"Sure. I will. As long as you two stay here with me," Zoro said as he glared down at the two with a look of death in his eyes. They nodded quickly at seeing this terrifying expression and stayed still.
Zoro sighed and started his story, "Last night after me and Luffy were pulled up from the ocean, a submarine surfaced next to our ship and we met the captain. Luffy and this captain became allies after several hours of drinking and story telling. We're now letting them stay aboard the ship for a while, any objections?" He finished with the same wide-eyed glare of death, and most of the crew nodded in silence, even though they all had objections.
"Oh and..." he continued as he turned around quickly to Ace and Luffy who were attempting to crawl back towards the door again. Zoro picked them both by an arm once again and walked back to the rest of the crew. "Me and these two are going to be very close from now on," he said with a serious expression as he then kissed them both on their cheek. Brook's classic laugh could be heard along with a growl of anger from Sanji and gasps from the others.
"H-hey Zoro-ya, where's the bathroom?" Law said from outside the kitchen, looking like he might pee his pants.
"Geez, you again," the first-mate said in annoyance, then dropping Ace and Luffy, he picked up Law again and ran off to find the bathroom. Once again, blank faces could be seen on everyone else's faces, including the two who were now sitting on the floor again. Luffy burst into laughter as soon as Zoro was out of view.
"Ahaha.. oh gosh, bad idea. Lemme go get Law from Zoro so I can actually get him to the bathroom in time," Luffy managed to say in between his laughs as he ran out of the kitchen after the two. Ace blinked in agreement as he now sat alone on the ground in the kitchen. He turned around slowly to see a fuming cook standing over him. Fire-fist clenched his teeth as he dove behind the kitchen wall on deck, out of the reach of Sanji's kicks. Robin just laughed and was glad that she had managed to save the cook from his death at sea while spying on them. She saw that Luffy had noticed her spying, but he gave her a quick thumbs up and everything was good.
"How dare you cheat on me!" Sanji screamed while throwing a horizontal kick to the other's gut.
"I kissed you for a few minutes and you call that a relationship?!" Ace replied as he gracefully jumped over the cook's leg.
"K-KISSED?!" Nami, Usopp and Chopper sang out in unison. Nami then snuck up next to Sanji and put her arms around his chest with stars in her eyes.
"Sanji-kunnn~ Could you perform that kiss for meee~?" He stopped moving and looked at Nami with hearts in his eyes. He then ran towards his opponent while yelling out his answer.
"HAIII NAMI-SWANNN~!" Sanji jumped into the air at Ace with lips puckered. Ace stepped to the side. Sanji fell on his face.
The cook then sprang up and caught Ace off guard, tackling him, and reached up to put his lips against the others. Nami screamed in happiness while Usopp fainted into Brook's arms. Franky struck his pose and yelled "Suuupper~!" Robin laughed at this while Chopper just sighed.
Zoro and Luffy were walking back with a now relieved Law as they saw Ace get tackled and kissed by Sanji. Law's eyes widened as he frowned, but didn't say anything. Captain and first-mate stared at each other, then Ace, then Law. They burst out laughing at Law's expression but then ran over to Sanji. They both kicked the cook clean off of Ace and helped Fire-fist up. They were both kissed by a very thankful Ace and laughed at Sanji who had once again broken through the handrail of the ship and off into the water below.
Luffy then walked over and stretched a hand down to pull Sanji back aboard, coughing up water.
"Hey Chopper, go check to see if the love cook's still sane, will ya?" Zoro said with a grin. Chopper sighed again and pumped all the water out of Sanji then brought him back to his office to let him rest for a while before he went back to challenge Fire-Fist.
Law's POV
Meanwhile, Luffy and Ace tracked down the rest of my crew, and I introduced myself and them to the rest of the Straw Hat crew. We all sat down and talked to each other, getting along really well and were a happy bunch. I'm glad Luffy had decided to become allies with me. To Ace and Zoro's dismay, Luffy had decided to sit very close to me: almost too close. He's gay, right...? He, and Zoro, and Ace did kiss... ah, weird. He must be fine with incest too. Ace being his brother, and all.
I could feel the young captain's eyes on me for what seemed like a very long time before I finally turned towards Luffy. But Luffy had been so close to me that I almost kissed his lips as I turned my head. I froze in place as the he just grinned happily .
"Luffy-ya.. What are you doing?" I asked, blushing just the tiniest bit. Ugh. Why's he doing this..
"I'm just looking at your eyes," he said to me, sounding somewhat creepy, "They're such a pretty, mysterious color.."
I let out a nervous laugh and quickly turned away as I noticed Ace and Zoro glaring at me from behind Luffy. I took off my hat and scratched my head, then I put my hat back on once again. This could be interesting...
"Nami-ya? When will we reach the next island? I think we might part ways once we get there," I said, still glancing at Luffy every few moments.
"If everything goes as planned, we'll arrive in about 4 or 5 days," she responded.
"Thank you." Let's hope 4 or 5 days pass by quickly without me getting too attached to Luffy..
+ Woooo did you like this chapter? . I was a bit worried about it, but idk. it's hard for the author to judge his own work. (at least for me :P) +
+ ~Ace~ +