A/N : eeep! A nice chapter with some ZOSAN moments for all of you 3. So I was going to make them kiss, but I changed my mind thinking it would be moving too quickly. And remember that the ARCS are going to be quite different as I will be adding my own taste to them.

The banquet had been going for hours, and sadly Nami spoke up, alerting us it was time to depart from Fishman Island. As everyone began picking themselves up, and as Luffy stole himself a large piece of meat for the night; I also tried to raise myself up but failed and felt myself tipping over. I felt a rough hand grab hold of my arm to steady me.

"What's wrong cook? Can't handle your sake anymore?"

I couldn't quite make out who was speaking, as my hearing and vision were both disoriented from standing up so quickly.

"Damn it, that's why I told her to slow down!" That was definitely Chopper, him as his bossy tone were hard to mistake. "Being changed into a women has messed up her alcohol tolerance."

Next thing I heard a bit of grumbling, before reluctant hands lifted me off my feet and held me bridal style. I could recognize those muscles anywhere - Zoro was being forced to carry me to the ship. I noticed he was following closely behind the rest of the crew, and so I let myself relax in his arms. It was a relatively short walk, and I opened my eyes to see Zoro slamming open the door of the infirmary. We didn't have another bed in the girls room, and Nami refused to let me sleep in the boy's, so I was staying in here. Before Zoro was able to place me down, I leaned up in his arms and nibbled on his dangling earrings.

"Che. Let go you shitty cook," Zoro grumbled and moved his hand up to swat me away, and I could tell his face was slightly crimson; although he tried to hide it. I finally gave in and released it from my mouth, and he lay me down on the bed. I frowned, thinking he had left; but then I noticed he had returned with a thin blanket to cover me with. "I need my coat back," he stated before handing me the sheet.

I pouted, the drinks affecting my speech. "You're going to have to take it off me," I slurred with a smirk. Zoro, never one to back down from a challenge reach to tug off the coat, taking my arms out of each side. His hands really were rough, but his touch was surprisingly gentle. Before he could completely remove it, I tugged him down to my side with as much force as I could muster. Thankfully, he gave in and lay down on the bed next to me.

"Cuddle me, Zoro-kun," I whined, trying to wrap my arms around his waist.

"No way."

"If you don't I'll go walk around on deck and fall and possibly injure myself, which will get Chopper angry at you," I mumbled back, probably barely making any sense but it had the desired affect - since Zoro huffed and seemed to stop struggling against my touch.

He tugged on the blanket, clearly wanting some. "Just so you know, I'm not cuddling with you - I'm just staying here until you pass out." He gruffly stated.


I squinted as my eyes tried to adjust to the light. Surprisingly, most of the night's events began to come back to me, even moreso when I tilted my head and saw Zoro sprawled out next to me, snoring quietly. I got an evil idea, and gently tucked my arm underneath his, and tugged his other arm so that it wrapped around my waist. Next, I squeezed my eyes close and nudged him to wake him up - before pretending I was asleep once more.

The effect was instantaneous. Zoro jumped up with a yelp and he rubbed his eyes to get a better look.

"What the hell, Shitty Cook?" He cried out. I groaned and moved slightly, before creaking one eye open.

"What's wrong?" I purred.

Zoro seemed confused for a moment, but then he sighed. "That's right…"

I surpassed a smile, it takes him a long time to remember things. "Mind telling me why you're sleeping next to me?" I asked, trying to sound unimpressed.

"You got yourself too drunk and blackmailed me into sleeping here!" Zoro retorted angrily.

I frowned, "you didn't try to take advantage of an intoxicated girl, did you Marimo-kun?" I cooed.

At this, a vein popped on his forehead. "You idiot! Why would I ever - you're -"

I had to grin, teasing him was just too much fun. I never realized how much of a softie the swordsman really was, even though he put on such a tough front. Ignoring his growls and insults, I headed out onto deck and noticed we had submerged and were no longer under the sea.

"Sanji! You're awake!" Luffy cried out excitedly, and he made his way over to me. "Can you make some breakfast?" He questioned, obviously very hungry.

"Are you feeling okay, Sanji?" a timid voice asked, and I knew it was Chopper.

I turned to smile at the small reindeer, "I'm fine Chopper, what would you two like for breakfast?" I replied sweetly, walking towards the kitchen.

At this, Luffy threw his hands into the air, "pancakes with chocolate syrup!" he called out and followed me.

The pancakes were nearly ready, and Luffy was watching me from the counter impatiently; occasionally trying to steal pieces of food thinking I did not notice.

"Sanji," a soft voice said and Nami walked in. "Me and Robin have some clothes that you can have, ones that we no longer want or don't fit us," she stated and took a seat next to Luffy. "How about coming to get them before we start eating?"

I nodded, "it's all pretty much ready," I respond. "Luffy why don't you go call everyone and then you can dig in."

The excited boy raced out onto deck, shouting out the names of our crew as I followed Nami into her & Robin's room. There was a pile of clothes on the end of one bed, and Robin was sitting on the other bed, reading calmly.

"So these are for you," Nami spoke. "You look to be the same size as me, so they should all fit," she continued and pulled out a sea blue dress from the folded clothes. "How about you wear this today?"

I stepped back, "oh.. I don't really do dresses.." I muttered, but to no avail. Robin had already used her devil fruit to pull the dress over my hips, as I was still just wearing my bikini from the other day. It fit snugly, and Nami looked on with glee.

"You've got a good body!" she squealed, seeming very happy that the dress fit.

I didn't have time to argue, and they both led me back into the kitchen - not listening to any of my attempted protests on the way.

"Guys, doesn't Sanji look great?" Nami asked, and all the crew's heads turned to face me.

Everyone seemed to like my new look, and from the corner of my eye I saw Zoro looking on, almost approvingly. I would have enjoyed it, but I wasn't feeling very comfortable in this dress - in fact I wanted to get out of it ASAP and I planned to do just that after breakfast and a smoke.

As I leaned against the edge of the ship, I blew out a puff of smoke and held the cigarette at my lips. A loud noise turned my attention to the grassy deck, and Luffy was busy playing a form of tag with Usopp and Chopper. Another noise alerted me that the shitty swordsman was making his way up into the crows nest, most likely to train all day - that guy needs to chill sometimes. Nami and Robin were sunbathing on the balcony, both inversed in conversation with Brook playing the violin and catering for their every need…like I used to do. Suddenly, a wave of unwanted emotions flushed over me (god damn women hormones) and I felt immensely left out, it was like I didn't have my place anymore. Trying to ignore my feelings, I headed back into the kitchen to do some washing up and hopefully forget about all this.

The day winded to a close and I managed to busy myself with basic activities until it was time to eat the beautiful steaks I had prepared for dinner. As everyone sat down and began digging in, I noticed a certain swordsman was missing - most likely training through dinner again - and so I whisked up a plate of steak before Luffy could mercilessly eat everything in sight. That bastard better thank me for this.

"We should arrive at the next island by noon tomorrow," Nami stated as she delicately ate.

Luffy's eyes beamed, "really? I'm so excited!" he said whilst shoving more meat into his mouth.

I stood up, wanting to get Zoro's food to him now so I could do all of the washing up later.

"Are you giving that to Zoro?" Nami asked, and I nodded. "Could you let him know that he's on watch tonight, please."

I nodded again, and was soon making my own way up the ladder to the crows nest.

"What do you want, Swirly Eyebrow?" Zoro asked as soon as I poked my head up.

"Wow," I mused. "Your observation Haki isn't bad."

He grunted in response, and I moved over to him, placing the dish of meat down. "Eat now, so I can do the washing up after. Also, Nami said you have watch tonight."

"Sure."

Of course the swordsman never thanks anyone, this wasn't news to me but for some reason it pissed me off. Probably because I was already in an agitated mood from before.

"You could at least say thank you," I said, annoyed. Zoro simply turned back to lifting his weights, not even touching the food yet.

What's up with him?


My eyes stared into the ceiling. I was still having to sleep in the infirmary, and fuck did it reek of medicine. Grudgingly, I rolled out of bed and stumbled towards the door. Chopper had made me promise that I wouldn't smoke in here, in case it messed with any of his mixtures and medicine, which I regret doing at this ungodly hour of the night. As I walked onto deck, the cold chill and place of the moon made me assume it would be around three in the morning, if not later. The lights in the crows nest were still on, so I assumed Zoro was doing his watch duties from up there - like always.

As I lit a cigarette, I absently made my way into the kitchen and fumbled around, putting things away and cleaning up. As I was drying my hands the door creaked open and I screamed, not expecting anyone to come in.

"Pipe down," Zoro snarled at me.

God damn, couldn't he have knocked or something? "Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" I ask in a hushed whisper.

"Chill, I just came to wash this," Zoro replied and waved the dish in my face.

I crossed my arms, somewhat surprised that Zoro was actually considering washing up. "Put it down, I'll do it," I said. He shrugged and handed the dish to me.

There was a moment of silence, and I thought he might have left before he spoke up again, "what are you doing up anyway?" Zoro asked, his tone uninterested.

"Couldn't sleep," I replied honestly. "Got some shit on my mind I guess."

"Hm," Zoro muttered back, but he still hadn't moved to leave. It was quite strange, out of everyone in the crew Zoro was the one having the most trouble accepting the fact that I was really a women, it was like he didn't want to believe it and I couldn't figure out what the big deal was, I'm still the same person after all.

Hearing the end of a sentence made me turn to face him, "what?" I asked. "Sorry I wasn't paying attention."

"You really do have something on your mind," he mused. "What is it?"

Huh. Zoro is actually trying to make conversation with me and it isn't a rude one?

"Uh, it's just kind of annoying," I said, not wanting to let this chance go.

"You're going to have to be a little more specific," he urged me on sarcastically.

I swatted his arm playfully before continuing. "Just it feels more different than I thought it would, being back with everyone," I said quietly. "I dunno what to do anymore. I used to fawn over Nami and Robin, but now it's like I have nothing to do and…" I took a deep breath, "I just feel really left out," I said with a deep blush and wondered why I was telling the swordsman of all people this.

As to be expected, he burst out laughing. "You're such a girl!" he exclaimed after he calmed down.

Of course, why did I even bother telling him anything, next time I should just keep my mouth shut. I turned around, prepared to walk out of the door when Zoro grabbed my hand.

"Come train with me," he said.

"What?"

He sighed, "did you get dumber too? I said come train with me. You need to up your physical strength after all, right?"

"Well, I guess.." I responded, the anger fading away.

It didn't sound like a bad idea at all - getting to train with Zoro would definitely make me stronger and plus I'd get to see him shirtless more often.

"Sure. When do you train?"

"Everyday at noon," he replied.

Fuck, what have I gotten myself into?

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