#it’s okay zoro we’ll love you even with a baby face

[beanzbeanz001]

[bunni-bino]

Okay okay okay so hear me out, Ik ik there a lot of dad propmts out there but I have never ever ever seen a Luffy one. I need dad Luffy 🥺🥺🥺🥺 thank you so much for doing this request 😘😘😘😘

Monkey D. Luffy As A Dad

A/N : this was absolutely so adorable and I hope you liked it! Sorry for the delay, though. But thank you for requesting!

Both scenario + headcannons—

Summary : just a typical day of Luffy as a father.

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Luffy would be one chaotic father.

I believe Luffy would want his first child to be a boy. He wants him to be just like his father after all, and having a son would allow him to make him into a man!

When you tell him you’re pregnant, he’s a little confused because he’s not too smart on that. But then when you explain to him that you’re going to have his kid, hems ecstatic.

Immediately throws a huge feast in celebration and you receive many congratulatory words from your crewmates, and even other pirates that Luffy calls up to tell the news.

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“OI, TRAFFY, GUESS WHAT?!”

“CREST-HEAD, CABBAGE! DID YOU HEAR?!”

“HEY HANCOCK! IM HAVING A KID!”

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When you start showing more and becoming weaker, Luffy is extremely protective. He never leaves your side, no matter what.

He orders Usopp, Zoro and Sanji to bring in his food and keep careful on you as well when he can’t, and if you even move an inch and he hears the slightest sound of discomfort from you, he lectures you for not telling him if you want anything and forces you to stay still and in bed.

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When you’re in the middle of giving birth, Luffy wouldn’t quite know what to do. He’d be so unprepared and hearing your screams of agony and pain fills him with so much pain as well and he feels helpless. Almost as if he’s having an anxiety attack.

He wishes he can be there with you but he’s too worried now. But eventually he does make it there and sits by your side until you’re done, holding your hand tightly and just allows you to scream into his ear.

He wouldn’t know what to say but his presence is there enough for you, and his comforting and assuring grin to you is even better to help ease the process.

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When it finally happens, Luffy’s a bit emotional. After the waterworks go which is somewhat quick, he has an never ending wide grin on his face as he sees your tired form cradling his new born.

He becomes extremely soft and spends the whole day by your side, making sure your comforted and watches as you take care of his son closely, like treasure.

It’s one of his happiest days and memories, and he couldn’t contain his excitement as he tells everyone once more and just shows you and your son off to everyone they meet while on the seas.

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Luffy isn’t one to help out with the many chores that comes with having a kid, like changing the diapers and feeding them, but fortunately Nami and Robin are willing to help out. Even Chopper when he can.

But Luffy makes up for it by spending a ton of time with the baby while you rest. Which can be both good and bad.

It does take Luffy and LONG time to understand that the many things he used to do and play around with can be dangerous for [ Son Name ], and slowly learns to be much more slower and careful when he’s around.

It takes a couple rounds of ‘convincing’ from you, but you manage to get it into his head.

Luffy can be occasionally careless, or perhaps it because you were raising a child on the ocean, but with the support and help of the crew, you two managed and it was a pleasant experience. It was pretty fun.

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And Luffy was always full of smiles whenever he saw you and his son together, reminding him of just how you two met and honestly,

He couldn’t love you two more than he already did. Every time he saw you both, his heart was filled with so much warmth and love.

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“LUFFY, I SWEAR IF YOU HURT HIM, I-“

“Stop worrying so much and being so lame, [Name]! [ Son Name ] is perfectly- AH HE’S ON FIRE!”

“WHAT?!”

Sprinting into the kitchen, you slam the door open in a panicked state, just to find Luffy on the ground with Nami standing beside him with a fist out, and your son perfectly fine on the desk with Chopper and Brook watching him.

Heaving a heavy sigh of relief, flames suddenly bursted from you and a heavy dark aura enveloped you.

“Luffy..”

Clenching your jaw and fists tightly, you calmly and slowly made your way to the Captain, even Nami and Brook sweatdropping at your aura as you stopped in front of the collapsed male.

“Hey.. [Name]..” Luffy weakly mutters out and you glared daggers at him as you crouched down. “What. Did. I. Tell. You?”

Silence filled the air, other than Chopper’s soft pats on your son’s head and his little noises and giggles.

“Not to carry and take him to dangerous areas of the ship.” He responds, it a bit muffled due to the various bumps on his head from Nami.

“And what is included in those areas?”

“..Sanji’s kitchen..”

“And why?”

“.. because of fire.”

Like a child being reprimanded and lectured, Luffy slowly sat up and looked down at his lap quietly and you placed your hands on your hips, exhaling.

“That’s right. Yet, you still brought him into Sanji’s kitchen. And I specifically and literally just heard you yell, ‘AHH HE’S ON FIRE!’, just before I came in.” A very quiet and stifled laugh can be heard from him at the sound of your imitation of himself.

You scowl, raising your fists, ready to hit him once more before you heard cries, and your motherly instincts immediately kicked in.

Turning over to your son, you rush over to Chopper and picked him up, pulling him into your arms and smile softly, a complete 180 from earlier.

Kissing your son’s head, you sway softly back and forth, bringing the little toddler in your arms into a soothing quiet state.

Nami, Chopper and Brook smile at the sight.

“Yohohoho~ you really are indeed a great mother, [Name]-san!”

“How cute.~”

“Look how peaceful he looks!”

Luffy looks up from his lap and smiles softly to himself at the sight of his beautiful wife with his amazing child.

He then thought back to when you first gave birth. You were in so much pain, even Luffy started to tear up and he felt so bad because he didn’t know what to do nor help you.

Luckily, Robin and Nami were there to support the both of you when it happened and assured him that it was alright.

And after a couple years with your new son, and having to deal with Luffy’s crazy excitement and cheeriness of playing and spending time with his child, he couldn’t believe you were still able to handle and deal with him.

Much less, the two of them, since your 2 year old son seemed to be acquiring all of Luffy’s qualities.

Luffy stands up from the ground and dusts his pants before walking over to you. Going up behind you, Luffy places a hand on your shoulder and peers over, seeing the sleeping look of his own kid.

“Do you want me to take him in for you?”

Glancing at Luffy with a soft expression, you peck his cheek gently. “Sure, I have to clean up his mess here anyways.”

“No need. Already done.” Nami grins as she finishes wiping off the table whilst Brook and Chopper worked together to clean up the toys on the ground.

You smile at the three of them and chuckle. “Thank you, you guys.” You whisper, to not wake your son up and Nami gives a thumbs up.

“Go rest, you two. Sleep in. If you need anything, we’ll be here. We’ll keep the others down too.”

Nodding, you turn to Luffy and motion him to follow in which he does, heading over to the door first and opens it wide for you to exit.

And so, you both walk back to your bedroom in silence, allowing your son to sleep peacefully during this.

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Gently setting down your son into the center of your bed, you sit on the edge and tucked him in, making sure he was safe and secure.

Luffy closes the door and takes off his straw hat, placing it onto the nightstand beside the bed.

Smiling softly at you, he walks over to you and sits beside you, placing a hand onto your knee and watches you.

“He looks just like you.”

Both of you turn to each other and blink a bit before sharing a laugh.

“No, seriously. He has the looks of his handsome father.” You smile gently, pulling away from your son to let him sleep and lean into Luffy a bit. The said male only chuckles softly and leans in to peck your nose. 

“He has your cute eyes and smile though. He may take after me but his kindness sure comes from you.” He reaches to hold your hand and grips it tightly, intertwining your fingers with his.

“I’m lucky to have given birth to your child..” You murmur, laying on his shoulder and Luffy pulls you hand to his lips to kiss gently. “..I’m lucky to have met you.”

Even though Luffy was still the crazy, reckless and weird captain that you knew so well, Luffy certainly has also matured over the years. It still surprises you but you loved him regardless.

“Thank you for being in my life, Luffy.”

“Of course. I love you, [Name].”

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A/N: I apologize this took so long but I absolutely loved writing it! :DD thank you and hoped you enjoyed! I love dad! Luffy. 🥰🥺❤️

[zoros-bandana]

tw self h*rm

hi dove, i hope i can request some luffy fluff (or zoro if you cant write luffy) ive been clean for months but today i suddenly had the urge to c*t myself. so if its not too much, can you write a fluff with luffy?

you can delete if youre not comfortable with it <3

Hi angel of course. I hope you’re doing okay and please stay safe my love I know the urges are incredibly painful when they’re strong so I am sending you all my love. I love you. I’m also always here if you ever want a friend to talk to 💗💗💗

MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING FOR S3LF H4RM AND RELAPSE

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You crawled through the dark of the boys room, tiptoes around each bed. You could detect the bed of your lover, fast asleep and snoring inaudible mumbles to himself. You gently snuck into his bed, peeling the covers up to guide you in next to him. His mumbles stopped, alerting you he had woken from the current rustle next to him.

“Huh” he asked, half sitting up. His eyes flickered over to you; curled up next to him. “(Y/n)?” he questioned, brushing your hair back groggily. You sniffled, prompting him to lie back down and face you again.

“What’s wrong?”

You stayed silent, almost embarrassed why you were upset. It felt almost pathetic to even let him know but you had to tell someone; you had to get help.

“It’s happening again…”

He didn’t say much to that, wrapping you into his long arms, cuddling you close to him. You didn’t need to say more; he already knew what you meant. He knew what you needed.

“You know I love you, right? Nothing will change that. I am so proud of you for fighting this; for fighting off the darkness. It doesn’t matter to me if you have relapsed or not, what matters is you are safe and you are trying. These urges will come and go but I will always be here; and I don’t plan on changing that”.

You nodded, unable to say anything. You appreciated his words but that didn't change the sting under your skin from your urges; it never changed how you physically felt. You had to believe it would get better; that all the emotional pain you felt would ease again where you wouldn't feel like this. It had to. It always did.

Luffy placed a delicate kiss to your forehead, squeezing you tighter into his arms. “Cmon, we’ll head to the kitchen and grab an ice cube” he sat up, ushering you out of the bed.

He held your shaking frame as he walked you to the kitchen, peppering your temple in light kisses. Sitting you down at the bench he ran over to the freezer door, setting free an ice cube for you. He delivered it back to you, holding it out with a wonderfully chipper smile, reassuring you that you were in safe company. He sat down next to you as you grabbed the ice cube from him, tracing it on your skin. “Now, baby” he began “would you like to tell me what happened?”

You sat there telling him how you felt. Telling him about that hurt and the urges you felt as you traced the cold cube along your skin, distracting you from your impending urges to do more harm. Luffy sat there, listening to your every word, engrossed with what you had to say.

He loved you.

He wanted to keep you safe and supported, knowing how incredibly strong you were fighting this. He had never known anyone as brave as you. He wanted nothing but happiness and love for you and although he couldn’t guarantee endless happiness he could guarantee endless love and support. Not just from him, but from the whole crew. None of what you did was weak or destructive to them; they all found you the way Luffy did.

That’s what it meant to be a Strawhat.

To be one of them.

Unconditional love and support.

It was a place where even when your world would crumble they would be there to hold you and guide you to safety. While they didn’t always understand it, they never questioned or made you doubt your reason for urges or relapse. They were your guiding system; a hand to hold and not fix you because you didn’t need to be fixed.

You weren’t broken.

You were lost.

And if they could manage to guide the thickheaded swordsman, they could afford to guide their friend back on the path again. They didn’t care how long it would take to hold you. They cared about your security.

No matter how long or treacherous the road would be.

[op-law]

One Piece {Warlord Imagines} When You Kiss Them

Trafalgar Law

Since the Captain wasn't busy, I decided it would be a good idea to go bother him until he got annoyed with me. "Stop squirming around in my lap (Y/n)-ya. If you continue to move like that, we're going to have a big problem on our hands" I looked back at him though I wasn't sure what he had meant back that. "What does that mean Law?" When he didn't answer my question, I returned my focus to the coloring book in front of me.

After a few minutes, I became bored of coloring so turned around in Law's lap so I could look up at him. "I want a kiss Law~" Being that I was a rather needy partner I always asked the man for kisses and hugs on a regular basis. "If I give you one will you please go find someone else to bother until dinner?" When I nodded my head, his lips crashed against mine as we melted together. Though when he pulled away, I was set on the ground as he went back to his work. "Run along (Y/n)-ya"

"Okay! I'll see you later Law!"

Dracule Mihawk

"Mihawk are you done training yet? I want to go back to the castle. It's cold outside and I'm losing the feeling in my toes" Usually Mr. World's Greatest Swordsmen would train by himself but today I had decided to join him. Though that turned out to be a mistake since it was freezing outside today and I wasn't enjoying myself. "We've only been outside for 15 minutes (Y/n). How could you possibly be cold?"

"Don't question me Mihawk or else you can sleep on the couch with Zoro. Take me back inside right now I'm going to catch a cold out here" Now I knew the way back to the castle and could walk there but the island had many dangers that prevented me from going anywhere without Mihawk by my side. "As you wish (Y/n). Where is that boy anyway?"

"Probably lost somewhere on the island or he's still at home because he couldn't find the front door" When Mihawk sheathed his weapon he grabbed my hand before we started towards our home. "Would you like if I made you some soup (Y/n)?" Slowly I nodded my head before we continued walking towards the castle. Though when I saw Perona standing outside I knew she was probably going to complain about something.

"Mihawk there you are!? How dare you take (Y/n) outside in this weather, they are a delicate person and you need to remember that!" I sent a quick greeting to the girl but Mihawk didn't bother as he walked right through her. "Tell me again why we're allowing that ghost girl to stay here (Y/n)?" I could only shrug my shoulders as I removed my boots and slipped on my house slippers. "You need more friends Mihawk and I need a kiss right on the lips~"

"As you wish my love" When his lips pressed against mine, I felt as he picked me up in his arms and refused to break the kiss until we had made it into the dining room. "I love you (Y/n). Do you still want that soup?"

"Awe, I love you to Mihawk and yes I'd love some soup"

Bartholomew Kuma

Kuma had been gone most of the day now but I knew that he'd arrived within the next few minutes since he always showed up before six o'clock. Sometimes he was early though he never showed at late. "I can't wait to see him" Now since Kuma was a Pirate, he usually was gone a lot but I always made sure he gave me the affection I needed once he got home.

Sure, our size difference gave us some limitations though, for the most part, we looked past that. "(Y/n)-chan I'm home. Where are you?" Hearing my partner's voice ring out from the entranceway I closed my book before I went to greet him. "Kuma, I'm so glad your back! Pick me up so I can give you a kiss!" Like had I mentioned we had a noticeable height difference and Kuma was a giant compared to little me. "Alright (Y/n)-chan"

As I was lifted off the ground by the man, I gave him a few kisses on both of his cheeks before I gave him a little one on the lips. It might not have been the most noticeable kiss in the world but I always put my heart into it. "Shall I prepare dinner now (Y/n)-chan?"

"Yes, please"

Sir Crocodile

"(Y/n) why are you making all that noise? You're distracting me from my work again" Usually I would already be having my afternoon nap but today I just couldn't fall asleep. "I can't sleep Croco-chan and I don't know why" Now Crocodile wasn't the kindest of men but he did have his moments. "Come over here so I can give you a kiss. I never gave you one before you tried to fall asleep so maybe that's the problem"

"Hm, maybe you have a point there Croco-chan" I had almost forgotten about our special routine we had and I couldn't remember a time where he hasn't given me a kiss before my nap. Walking up to the man I climbed into his lap while he put out his cigar. Though after it was out, he wasted no time taking my chin within his fingers before softly pressing his lips against mine. It only lasted for ten or twenty seconds but Crocodile had this way of leaving me completely out of breath after he kissed me.

"Try and get some rest now (Y/n). I love you, my dear"

"I-I love you to Crocodile~ I'm just going to stay here cuddled up in your lap if you don't mind" He probably tried to deny my request but I was already asleep so there was nothing Crocodile could about it besides moving me to the couch if he really didn't want me there.

Donquixote Doflamingo

'Knock' 'Knock'

After I knocked on Doflamingo's office door I waited for him to reply as my hands tried to wipe away my tears that were pouring from my eyes. "Who is it?" I couldn't find my words so only knocked again before I brought my arms around myself. There was some movement inside the office and soon enough my husband opened the door. "Oh, (Y/n) it's yo- Why are you crying, did someone hurt you again!? Who was it I'll rip whoever it was into pieces!?"

When I didn't reply to him, I found myself being picked up as Doflamingo walked back into his office before he slammed the door shut. "It's alright my love~ I see that you're upset. You'll just have to stay with me for the rest of the day. I promise no one will bother you here. Come on give Doffy a smile~" Doflamingo usually found a way to make me feel better but today not even this man could make me smile. "Don't worry my love I'll find out the person responsible for causing so much pain. I love you, my baby~"

When Doflamingo kissed my lips, his tongue spilled inside to get a taste of me but when the man tasted the blood he immediately pulled away. "Are you bleeding (Y/n)? Open up... Your lips are slightly bruised as well. Did someone punch you?... Oh, my sweet (Y/n) it's alright let's go see the doctor" I knew he was worried about me so I allowed him to leave his office as he continued to pepper my skin with soft kisses trying to make me feel better. "No one hurts my love and lives to tell about it"

Boa Hancock

"My love is something wrong? You look unhappy" Today was just one of those days that made me want to crawl into bed and never come out but I knew Hancock would somehow blame herself for my unhappiness. "It's just one of those days where I want to stay in bed and do nothing. It's most likely because of the rain though" It was a reasonable response though Hancock did something surprising she sat right down beside me before bringing my head to rest on her breast.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner my love! There was just some much work to complete around Amazon Lily today that I forgot about my partner! Please accept my deepest apologies!" She really did beat her up too much about me but at least someone cared about me as she did. "Can I have a kiss, Hancock?" I knew it was a forbidden act since most of the time it caused the Snake Princess to faint though right now, I could really use one to lift my spirits. "Of course, you may my love"

"Thanks, Hancock I think it will definitely make me feel better" Taking both of my hands I cupped her cheeks until our lips meant though as she slipped from my hold, I had to catch her before she hit the cold stone flooring. "I love you Hancock~ Get some rest and when the rain stops, we'll go outside" Placing one last kiss on her cheek I then leaned her head against my shoulder as my eyes returned to watch the rainfall outside of my window.

Jinbei

"(Y/n) would you like to help me prepare dinner?" I was reading a book in the living room but when Jinbei walked in, I immediately closed the book before I stood up. "Oh, yes! What are we making today Jin?" Preparing dinner with Jinbei was always the most enjoyable part of my day and I never declined to help him. "We're going to be making a delicious rice dish today (Y/n) so you can rinse and start cooking the rice?"

"Yes, Sir! Are we just using white rice?" When he confirmed we were I started preparing that but once it was starting to simmer, I made my way over to where Jinbei was sitting. "I love you Jinbei~" Pulling a kiss on his large cheek I watched as his face began to turn purple. "I-I love you too (Y/n)" When he turned and kissed me on the lips, I couldn't help but let a small blush grace my cheeks. "Awe, you're so forward today Jinbei~ I like it"

"(Y/n) the rice is boiling over!"

[misc-headcanons]

Can you do a scenario for Law marrying his lover. But the world government wants her only dead, because of her demonic powers. Laws lover told him that she pregnant, but someone told the Marines/world government that Law is married to the girl they want dead and she also pregnant with his child. How would Law/crew/straw hats react to the news, also the marine/world government.

(This became a scenario/HC hybrid, so I hope that’s okay!)

“…I’m pregnant.”

Law’s eyes widened slightly as he stared at his lover. He wasn’t expecting her to say that first thing in the morning. “Are you…are you sure? Your period could just be late,” he replied.

____ shook her head. “I can sense it,” she said, placing a hand on her stomach underneath the covers of their shared bed. “There’s another presence here. Something that shares my blood, and yours.” She smiled gently at him, and the tips of her fangs peeked through her lips. “Ours.”

Law’s eyes drifted down to her stomach, and a dizzying array of emotions swirled through his head. He was excited, ecstatic even; he was going to be a father. Despite how happy he felt, he knew that his child’s life wouldn’t be easy. Law was constantly targeted by the World Government and after the events of Dressrosa, Kaido also had his eyes on the Surgeon of Death. ____ was also a target of the World Government, only wanted dead because of her demonic powers. If their child had any trace of her abilities, it would just be another reason to want them dead. How can the two of them take care of a child in a situation like that?

____ placed one of her hands on Law’s. “I know it’s a lot to take in,” she said softly. “I just felt it when I was sleeping, and to be honest, I’m still not sure how to feel.” Her hand squeezed Law’s, and he felt her fingernails graze the skin on his fingers. 

Her touch snapped him back to reality a little bit, and he absentmindedly squeezed her hand back. He blinked once and slowly removed his hand to wrap his arms around her, cradling the back of her head with his palm. “I…” He didn’t know what to say. It was rare for him to be speechless, but there were so many things he wanted to say and do at the same time. He wanted to kiss ____, hold her in his arms, and never let her go. He wanted to run through the Polar Tang and shout that he’s going to be a father. He wanted to abandon his quest for the One Piece to give his family a quiet life free of danger. He wanted to find the One Piece and use his freedom as the Pirate King to provide everything his family needed. He wanted to make a plan. He wanted to do something impulsive and spontaneous, without regard for the consequences. 

“Will you marry me?”

____ looked up at Law. “What?”

“I love you,” Law said. He caressed the back of her head as he held her. “You’re the mother of my child. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Not just as lovers, not just as parents, but something more.” 

____ was taken aback by his proposal. She loved Law more than anything in the world, but…she was the Demon Queen; holy matrimony wasn’t exactly something that people seek out with a demonic being, a monster like her. She smiled at Law and cupped Law’s cheek. Then again, Law wasn’t like most people. She moved up to kiss Law and when she pulled away, her eyes were practically shining. “Yes, yes” she replied breathlessly, her face flushed as she beamed at her lover–no, her fiance. “Of course I’ll marry you!”

Despite his best efforts to keep their upcoming nuptials a secret outside of the crew, word eventually reached Marineford after Trafalgar Law’s crew had bought a few curious items at the town they were last spotted in: white-and-silver cloth and a veil from a dressmaker’s shop, a small ring with a dark red gem from a jewelry store, and a bridal bouquet from a florist. His navigator had also been reported to have bought a small stuffed toy from a children’s store (a small stuffed snow leopard with a matching spotted baby blanket). Once the report had made it to Marine HQ, it quickly made its way to Grand Admiral Akainu’s desk and he called a meeting with Kizaru.

“Ohh, so they’re tying the knot?” Kizaru smirked at the report, and Akainu’s dour expression. “How sweet…Hey, maybe we could send them a wedding gift!”

Akainu glowered at his colleague. “Like a pair of Sea Stone handcuffs,” he replied gruffly. “I’m more concerned about what the navigator bought.” His eyes drifted down to the sentence describing the toy and blanket that Bepo had bought. “The marriage is inconsequential, but if she’s pregnant with his child…”

Kizaru leaned back on the couch he was lounging on. “Maybe this is a good thing,” he replied breezily. “If he’s got a wife and a bun in the oven, Law might be hesitant to do anything rash for a while. He’d have to lay low, and he’d be out of our hair for a short time.” 

Akainu shook his head. “And what about the child? It’ll be born with the Will of D, and it’s likely got that witch’s demonic powers.” He stared down at the report on his desk. 

“We could always give the kid their own wanted poster,” Kizaru said with a sarcastic lilt. “Though we’d have to wait a bit until we get a photo of them. Maybe if we ask nicely, Law could send us a copy of the ultrasound.”

Akainu stood up and walked out of his office. “We’ll just raise their bounties for now,” he said firmly. “If they aren’t captured or killed by the time their spawn is born, then we’ll give it an individual wanted poster.”

Kizaru raised an eyebrow as Akainu as he left and called out to him from the couch. “I was joking!”

Once their bounties were raised, rumors spread quickly throughout the seas that The Surgeon of Death and the Demon Queen were expecting. Law received a few packages from various News Coos congratulating the new couple. Rebecca, Viola, and Mansherry each sent him gifts; since he was integral to Dressrosa’s liberation, and because he was a “friend” of Straw Hat Luffy, they were more than happy to send him and his future wife a kind message and a few presents for their baby! Rebecca cut a piece of her gladiator’s cape and lined it with fur to create a soft, warm blanket. Viola sent a silver bath basin and a luxurious child-sized robe, as well as a few silk napkins to wipe up any spit-up. Mansherry sent a hand-made baby mobile made of multiple intertwined flowers (that strangely didn’t seem to ever dry out), as well as a small crystal vial containing some of her Healing Liquid in case the baby was ever hurt and needed it to heal them.

Some of the other Supernovas also sent various notes and small gifts; even if they were all rivals, it was a tradition to congratulate a fellow pirate if they were about to have a child and celebrate a new generation of piracy being brought into the world. Kid sent him a letter of congratulations, saying that even though babies were “fuckin gross squishy goblins,” he knew that Law would be able to protect his kid. (He also said that just because Law was a dad, it didn’t mean that he’d hold back when they inevitably fought again). Bonney sent him a letter demanding to know when the wedding was so she could have some wedding cake; she sent him two boxes of dark chocolates, saying that they were both for his wife in case she had cravings for something sweet. Urouge sent a necklace of wooden prayer beads, meant to bless the new child from “the dark forces that will conspire to harm them.” Apoo sent a “super sick bedtime mixtape”, and the music on it was actually very soothing. Hawkins was actually the first person to send a gift, and determined through a card reading what was happening before the rumors began to spread; he sent a small doll made out of straw, as well as a colored sketch of the cards he’d pulled when doing his reading (The Empress, the Lovers, and the Star, all upright).

Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats wanted to bring their gifts in-person, and by sheer luck they managed to crash the wedding at the exact island the Heart Pirates were holding it on right before the wedding was about to start. Bonney and her crew were also there since she knew there’d be cake, and Apoo’s crew was there since he’d offered to be the DJ (and refused to take no for an answer). Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi almost killed each other when they had argued who should be Law’s best man, so the three of them were splitting the responsibilities throughout the wedding.  ____ casually asked Robin to be her bridesmaid; she didn’t have many friends, but she felt a bit of kinship with the Devil Child and Robin happily accepted. Every time Sanji got heart eyes and gushed about how beautiful the bride looked, Law would roll his eyes and Shamble him to the other side of the reception.

The ceremony itself was very quiet and intimate. Nami managed to clap a hand over Luffy’s mouth (he kept cheering for Law and would not stop supporting his friend…very loudly), and Bepo proudly officiated the wedding by reading the vows on the back of his paw so he wouldn’t forget what to say. When they finally kissed, Franky was so moved that he launched an array of fireworks from his arms into the sky while sobbing over what a SUPER couple they were.

The reception was loud and raucous as the food and drinks kept flowing. Zoro, Bonney, Brook, and Usopp were drunkenly singing wedding and love songs; Apoo was playing a bomb-ass setlist of wedding songs; Zoro and Sanji got into a dance contest…that they both lost (Franky and Chopper entered the fray and absolutely obliterated them). 

Law and ____ shared their first dance together on the beach while everyone else was distracted by Zoro and Sanji on the actual dance floor. Truth be told, Law preferred it this way. He had a content, lovestruck smile on his face as they swayed together in the moonlight; now, it was just the two of them. Well…the three of them.

[neverwatchedonepiece]

623-624: "Time for Tearful Goodbyes! Departure from Punk Hazard!" and "G5 Destroyed! Doflamingo's Raid!"

DOFLAMINGO, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, PLEASE. D:

Those veins will blow any second! 

You need to relax. Subscribe to Headspace. Take a yoga class. Kill some innocent Marines--- oh...

Oda has knocked it out of the park yet again. Now Doflamingo has entered the game, the implications of the wider criminal network of New World pirates has come to the fore. This, of course, means Law’s plan to take down Kaidou is not only super ambitious but also fraught with peril.

Considering I go on and on about peril like a broken record, this is a good thing.

And sorry about that last mini hiatus, by the way. Blame it on full rewrites and Resident Evil 2.

“Watcha thinkin’ bout, Luffy?”  “Chikkin.”

“And thus the Strawhat crew spent some time intoxicated during their celebrations.”

Eloquently summed up by the Narrator, I feel. xD  Totally love how the Strawhats can switch from party mode to sober and ready to sail within minutes. Guess that’s part of the pirate job description. Things change on a whim out there in the New World. Sobering up fast is a vital survival skill.

There was a mini recap of the terms of Law’s alliance with Luffy. Smoker wanted to know what was going on. “There’s no way you believed I’d keep a promise to a pirate like you. If you really wanted to silence me, you had plenty of chances to kill me. What are you planning to use Strawhat for?”

At first I was like, what the hell, Smoker? Stop being arsey with all the Marines vs Pirates crap. You only escaped Punk Hazard alive because you teamed up with Law. Everyone’s on the same page right now. What happens on Punk Hazard stays on Punk Hazard. None of your men will rat on you for chatting to Law. Later, of course, I changed my opinion on this.

The recap of the Law/Luffy alliance chat revealed a bit more information about Kaidou. According to Law, Kaidou the Beast is known as the most powerful creature in the world. Creature, I think, being the operative word here because he might not actually be human?

One of those hype-building silhouette stills showed up, with Big Mom, Blackbeard, Kaidou, Shanks and Whitebeard. Couldn’t make out much of Kaidou, so I’m still none the wiser on the appearance front. Maybe he’ll be hairy, with that whole beast thing he’s got going on.

Back in the present, Law was characteristically cagey about the chat with Smoker. He told Smoker there was no real reason he let him live, but turned round and spilled that he was “planning on heading to Green Bit.”

I’m still confused about the Green Bit scene. Mainly because I have no clue where/what it is. Is is a code name for Dressrosa? Is it another island completely? Is it a town somewhere in the New World? Or is Law trying to throw Smoker off the scent because he doesn’t want his favourite smokey Marine to be endangered again?

Whatever the case, Law had some final business to attend to before waving goodbye to Punk Hazard. Caesar, Baby 5 and Buffalo were chained up in a corner and drew the filthiest looks when he walked over. (Well, Baby 5 and Buffalo did. Caesar was still unconscious.) They really are acting as if Law has betrayed them somehow.

Doflamingo also keeps calling Law a brat. Vergo was also riding the brat train hard. Can’t help but think Law was affiliated with Doflamingo when he was a kid. Maybe he resented it all these years and this is overdue payback.

We hate love hate love you JUST GO BEFORE WE CRY!

At the harbour, the Strawhats continued to be absolute diamonds. Apparently, Nami and Chopper refused to sail until they knew the kids would be okay. The good news is that Vegapunk himself offered to help cure the kids of Caesar’s meth candy! Wonder what Vegapunk is thinking right now. He used to work with Caesar. Probably, “Always knew that guy was an asshole.”

As Luffy couldn’t be bothered waiting for another Marine ship to arrive, he told Smoker to just take the SAD tanker and send the kids home on it. Good decision, given a feathery menace was approaching at speed.

The scene with the G5 pretending to hate the Strawhats - erecting a protective banner so the kids wouldn’t be able to thank the dirty, cheating pirates - made me mad at first. I thought, damn, was that ungrateful or what? The Strawhats were the reason they escaped Caesar’s lab with their lives. If the Strawhats hadn’t been there, they would be locked up in cells and the last thing they’d ever hear would be a hiss of gas and a soft, “Shurorororororororo....”

But when the foghorn blasted and the ship set sail, Oda revealed some of the G5 guys’ inner thoughts. Sanji lead them out. Zoro and Tashigi teamed up. Law and Smoker fought together. Usopp guided the Minions to safety. Chopper and Nami helped the kids. Then I saw the sweat drops and the oddly tight jawlines.

Yup. They were fronting.

When Tashigi called them out on their rudeness, they even admitted it. “But Tashigi-chan, if we don’t stop insulting them, we’ll end up actually liking these outlaws.”

Ha. It is way too late for that, G5. You love the Strawhats. No one can escape the roaring event horizon of their charm.

Luffy was totally oblivious to it all. He just laughed and, “What weird Marines.” I mean, come on, G5. Don’t you realise by now that Luffy does not do subtlety?

As they walked to the ship, Zoro suddenly realised Law was tagging along. Usopp whispered in his ear, “Oh yeah, you don’t know. Luffy’s making trouble again.” Poor Zoro. Always the last one to know. xD

A brief flashback of all the major moments in the arc finished it up nicely. Luffy taking that DDM distress call, the fiery dragon, finding Kinemon, discovering Caesar had been drugging innocent kids, Smiley, Luffy declaring he would “kick Caesar’s ass and kidnap him” (best), saving Mocha, Caesar gloating about how well connected and protected he was before the final grizzly magnum smacked him out of the action.

A standard, uplifting ending with dramatic fanfare and Luffy shouting, “SET SAIL!”

But not quite.

For Doflamingo drew nigh...

Law Didn’t Spend Seven Years In Med School To Be Called Traff

The scene when Law chatted to Doflamingo over DDM was probably my favourite across 623-624. It ramped up the stakes and reset the peril level to red alert. Only one might be tied with it.

Doflamingo bounded across the “sky path” (what is that?”) He bemoaned the fact it cut short. “You brats seem to have the devil’s luck.” He spied something floating on a raft below. He found Buffalo and Baby 5′s disembodied heads chained to it. He jumped down for a chat.

It was weird seeing Baby 5 and Buffalo so contrite. They kept declaring how ashamed they were. “I wanna apologise with my death. I was needed and couldn’t help,” etc. Doflamingo didn’t want to kill them. He needed answers.

What Doflamingo didn’t spy was a video DDM. Law’s voice spoke through it.

“What a surprise. I didn’t think the boss would come out himself.”

“Is that you, Law? Long time no see. Couldn’t you have stayed so I could talk to you in person?” At the point, Doflamingo was still supremely confident.

“If you’re looking for Caesar, he’s with me.”

To hammer home the point, Caesar’s wheedling voice cried, “JOKERRRRRR, PLEASE SAVE ME!” (Lol, oh Caesar.)

“Where are Baby 5 and Buffalo’s bodies?”

“That’s not what we’re talking about,” Law said, taking back control of the conversation. “Let’s make a deal.”

“Don’t try to be so tough,” Doflamingo laughed. “A brat shouldn’t try to act like an adult.” (There’s that calling Law a brat again. Plus, Doflamingo tried to take back control of the situation by ignoring Law and pressing his own agenda.) “Where are you right now? You shouldn’t anger me?”

“Anger? Your most important trading partner is Kaidou the Beast. You’re the one who shouldn’t anger him. What do you think would happen if he found out you couldn’t make SMILEs anymore? He’s not a man you can negotiate with. There would be a brutal battle. You would be killed.”

For the first time, the slasher smile was wiped off Doflamingo’s face. Forehead veins began to throb. That had obviously hit a nerve.

“You’re taking this joke too far, Law. What do I have to do for you to give back Caesar? What are your demands?”

And there it was. It definitely hit a nerve because Doflamingo has deigned to negotiate with the brat. Kaidou really must be something if he can intimidate Doflamingo. 

Law’s demand was kind of weird. It must mean something, but I have no idea what yet.

“Give up your Shichibukai post. Throw away everything you have gained these past ten years and return to being a normal pirate. Of course, if you do that, the Admirals will hunt you down. You have until tomorrow morning’s news. If I see you’ve retired from the Shichibukai, I’ll contact you again. If I see nothing, negotiations are over.”

I have no idea why Doflamingo *needs* the Shichibukai position so badly (other than being able to live on Dressrosa, I guess) but Law threatening to take it from him in exchange for Caesar made him M. A. D.

Multiple veins popped.

It was not pretty.

I guess Doflamingo is now on a deadline. Here’s hoping he does not catch up with the Strawhats before they reach Dressrosa. For that is their canon confirmed next destination! They are sailing to meet Doflamingo on his home turf. Foolhardy? Of course! It wouldn’t be the Strawhats otherwise, right?

Meanwhile... Back On Sunny

This was so funny. Chopper fixing up Caesar so he can beat him all over again. Even Sanji said, “What kind of doctor are you?” But Caesar, though. Imagine bitching and moaning, “Oweeee, it hurts!” when you gleefully killed tons of people without a flicker of remorse. You deserve it, Caesar. Suck it up and take the L.

Franky also told the story of how he retrieved Mini Merry Mark II eight times (Franky’s long, luscious hair in bunches was excellent, btw).

While Sunny descended a Sea Slope (dat Oda creativity again), the team gathered round to discuss The Plan.  Zoro, now aware the plan was to take down a Yonkou, was suddenly and enthusiastically on board. Luffy asked if anyone objected and Brook replied, “Does objecting do anything?” (Lol, Brook.)

Sanji reminded Law again with a whisper in his ear that Luffy’s idea of an alliance is different from his. I think this might mean something later, so I am recording every instance of this warning as it’s come up twice now.

Then Sanji called Caesar a weird sheep and smacked him when Caesar said, “You’re all fools. You think you’ll get away with this? You’ve landed yourselves on some major big shots’ wanted lists. I hope you realise your foolishness before you die.”

And Chopper was like, “Oi. No kicking until after I’m done treating him.” xD

Law updated the Strawhats on the situation. Most of the Big Name Pirates of the New World have turf on this sea. This has created a massive criminal syndicate. Everyone is linked with everyone else. The scale of operations is on a completely different scale than the Strawhats have been used to. Deals and trades are done in secret so the don’t attract Marine attention. Law also updated them on Doflamingo’s trading relationship with Kaidou.

I’m not sure but I get the feeling Law is enjoying the prospect of taking down Doflamingo even more than Kaidou. There is history between these two and I cannot wait to find out what it is.

Ahem...

And the scene that is tied with Law threatening Doflamingo over DDM?

Why it’s the scene when Aokiji Showed Up Out Of Nowhere To Kick Doflamingo’s Ass, of course!

While Smoker and his G5 guys stayed behind to rescue any petrified survivors (still a bit salty about that, but I’ll get over it), Doflamingo landed on Punk Hazard like a bomb going off. A single, loose pink feather falling to earth was all the warning they had. Then he hit them with Conqueror’s Haki.

The veins. Oh, the veins. Veins galore criss-crossed that forehead. I counted approximately twenty.

I thought, this guy is out for blood. But he had questions that needed answered first. Doflamingo is not a reckless guy.

“Are they all gone? The tanker’s not here, either. I believe a group of pirates were just here until a minute ago. Where did they go?”

Maybe if he hadn’t opened with Conqueror’s Haki, he would have got some answers. G5 resented the fact he’d attacked them. There was an attempt to fight Doflamingo. An attempt.

With a few twitches of his fingers, Doflamingo took control of their bodies.

“Law could be a problem but Strawhat is just a pirate. Where did you let them run off to?” He turned the G5 against each other, forced friendly-fire massacre style. His pointy shoe stomped a random G5′s chest. “ANSWER ME. What direction did those brats go?”

When the G5 couldn’t answer, they had outlived their usefulness. “Then die.”

Luckily, Smoker smoked into the fray and saved their asses. There was a brief stare off. Doflamingo had a Scary Shiny Glasses moment.

“Smoker, tell me where those brats are.”

This is when Smoker really came through for me. He knew Doflamingo was a corrupt betrayer of the Marines. He played dumb, but could not resist getting a jab in at Doflamingo.

“Who knows? I sure don’t, Joker. They must’ve slipped through our fingers. How can I explain this to our Base Commander, Vergo?”

Smoker made two mistakes. He revealed to Doflamingo that he knows his underworld nickname and hinted he was aware of Vergo’s true allegiance.

Doflamingo’s voice went eerily quiet (I like his VA). “He’s dead, right? It sounds like you know too much.” His hands twitched and he leapt at Smoker.

Does Doflamingo have telekinesis, or something like that? A power that lets him control the movement of others? I’m still not sure what it is. It looked great in the fight, though. Smoker kept getting cut by slashes out of nowhere.

Then, just as Doflamingo sat on Smoker, about to end his existence, a Presence drew up behind him.

“Oh, my. Sorry, little boy. Could you move, please? He’s my friend.”

Holy hype machine, Batman.

You could have knocked me down with a feather. Aokiji, fresh from quitting the Marines, is back in business!

Doflamingo is not having a good day. 

Usopp has become oddly genre-savvy.

[plume8now]

Lost

Fandom: One Piece

Ship: ZoSan for @marimocookweek Day 8: Free Day/Soulmate AU but in universe actually.

Summary: Luffy pouted. “If Sanji goes who's gonna cook? Chopper can find Zoro by his smell!” “That does make sense,” Nami said. “Chopper...?” “I can't smell him right now, but I can try to go back and start from there.” “I think...” Sanji looked on the left. “He went this way.” Everyone stared at him. “You saw him leave?” The cook scratched his head. “No. I just have a feeling.”

Warning: Soulmate AU, more or less, thriller bark spoilers, sabaody spoilers, zosan week, Humor, Angst, Canon Facts, don't expect anything from them they're both dorks, i'm so done with their shit honestly, also there's Pain, sabaody return, 2 years gap

A/N:  XxX is for Sanji's pov, xXx is for Zoro's, but if you don't remember it's okay you should still figure out who's talking. This OS was written for the ZoSan week, and I would like to thank my beta @blueflamebird for correcting me very quickly and @timeclockdraws who motivated me to write it. Also, he drew something for it in collaboration and he's very talented so you should totally check his art out! Enjoy, and please please please, leave a comment to tell me what you liked or didn't like! Authors never cease to improve.

[Find it on AO3]

“Aah,” The Straw Hat Captain sang, “I can't wait to be back to the Sunny to eat!”

“That's gonna take some time though, Luffy,” Sanji replied. “That fish is delicate seafood.”

“But I'm hungry-” he said as he touched his stomach. “And I'm gonna be boreeed...”

“I'm sure you can figure something out to busy yourself, Luffy-kun,” Robin smiled.

The boy was about to answer but suddenly stopped, as if he'd realized something.

“Wait, where's Zoro?”

Oh, so he did realize something.

Robin and Nami exchanged a look, and Sanji sighed. He should have noticed the shitty marimo wasn't around to bother him.

“Don't tell me-”

“I'm sorry!” Chopper's voice rose. “I didn't notice when he left...”

“You don't have to apologize,” Nami grunted. “That dumbass shouldn't need a baby-sitter to watch him in the first place.”

“Still, I should have...”

“Sanji-kun, could you go find him please?” Robin asked softly. “You always find him quickly.”

“Why don't we just leave him where he lost himself already,” Sanji whispered under his breath.

Luffy pouted. “If Sanji goes who's gonna cook? Chopper can find Zoro by his smell!”

“That does make sense,” Nami said. “Chopper...?”

“I can't smell him right now, but I can try to go back and start from there.”

“I think...” Sanji looked on the left. “He went this way.”

Everyone stared at him.

“You saw him leave?”

The cook scratched his head.

“No. I just have a feeling.”

“We should just ask Usopp or Franky to give him a GPS or put a tracker thing on him already,” Nami sighed.

“Alright I'm going,” Chopper declared. “I'll be back as soon as possible.”

The doctor adopted his reindeer form and left right away. Sanji looked at him as he was running to find Zoro, frowning. He had the sense that it would take more time, somehow.

XXX

“I heard something about soulmates existing in this world,” Usopp said on a boring day on the ocean, trying to get a discussion. “Like something about true love always finding the other soulmate?”

“I wish I could always find a way to meat,” Luffy replied, lying on the deck next to Chopper, looking like a starving kid under the heat. “It's too hot today dammit.”

“Have you been listening to what I said Luffy?” Usopp asked. “It's not about food, it's about soulmates!”

“Meh, if that's not edible...”

The sniper sighed. “You're hopeless.”

“I read a few things about it,” Robin said. “There are a few symptoms describing the feeling that you met your soulmate, but it differs according to people. It can be pretty strong, or weak. Some soulmates never notice they are actually soulmates.”

“Really? What are the common symptoms then?” Nami asked.

“As I said, it depends on the people. Most commonly, this is about being able to find the other without rational explanation. There's a connection between the minds which enables them to find each other without any problem. There isn't a logical answer for this. The reactions can be also physical at some point, but that's for the strongest relationships.”

“Can't that be a bother?”

“Soulmates are legendary, dear sniper. There aren't a lot of work left on this because people stopped believing in those ideas – and my knowledge extends to what I have read so far.”

“You seem to have done some research on this,” Usopp said half-amazed half-surprised.

“Not really,” Robin smiled. “I just happened to see a few things about it.”

“Have you met soulmates before?” Usopp inquired curiously.

“I might. Who knows?” she chuckled.

Usopp slightly frowned, not sure what he was missing – and if he did miss something.

XxX

Zoro was nowhere to be seen, again. That wasn't surprising. What was surprising though, was that the swordsman didn't get lost in the last two islands they visited.

“Who's going?” Usopp asked.

“Chopper's not here, so I'm going!” Luffy happily said.

“Oi,” Sanji snapped. “That's not a game. You're just gonna get lost, too. And that's the last thing we need. I'm going.”

“But-”

“No buts. I'm gonna kick his ass back to this ship, get ready for our return,” Sanji said, more tired than anything else.

“Fine,” Luffy pouted. “But hurry, ok?”

“That's up to the marimo.”

Sanji left them, but instead of going back to their steps, took a different path on the right.

“Sanji...” Usopp stopped him, “This is not where we come from... Don't tell me your orientation is as bad as Zoro's...”

“Urg,” the cook snorted, “Don't compare me to that idiot. I'm just taking a shortcut, don't worry.”

Once Sanji gone, Usopp stared at his Captain.

“We've never been this way...” and he whispered “I think we'll never see them again.”

xXx

The Straw Hat's first mate sat down and checked his swords. He sighed as he cleaned the blood from the blades. He'd ran into some marines who didn't realize today wasn't their lucky day, and realized too late who he was. He couldn't blame them for trying, though. He'd have done the same. Never turn your back from a fight if you want to get stronger.

He put his swords back where they belonged, and stood up, about to look for his way back to the ship again when his body froze. Something electrified his whole body for a second but the shock was so moving his eyes widened. He didn't notice he held his breath until he heard a voice he knew a bit too well.

“Oi, shitty moss-head. You were supposed to be on the boat by now.”

He took a few seconds before turning to the cook, smirking, and ignoring what just happened. That wasn't the first time those symptoms actually appeared. It could just randomly come when he was alone and- wait a minute.

That always happened when Sanji was looking for him.

His annoyance for him must have grown a lot if he could feel his presence like this.

“Shut up,” he glanced at him. “Not my fault if you guys keep losing yourselves.”

Sanji made a face to his words.

“Are you actually fucking kidding me? No nevermind, I don't wanna hear it. Just- let's go back to Sunny alright? And follow me, don't go running around like a stupid baby after a butterfly.”

“The fuck did you just say?”

“You heard me, shitty marimo.”

“I will cut you in half ero-cook,” Zoro grunted as he unsheathed his swords.

Sanji smiled.

“Bring it on.”

XxX

That time, they were looking for Sanji. The cook didn't actually get geographically lost, but did lose track of time as he was choosing new ingredients for the recipe he's been working on. And Zoro found him. In his entire life, Sanji had felt insulted a lot of times, but that one was almost like a joke.

“Bring your ass back to the ship, shitty cook,” Zoro grumbled.

Sanji looked at the swordsman as if he was seeing him for the first time.

“What are you doing here?”

“Been looking for you, the witch is getting mad and I hate to be around her when she's acting like that. So just come back already or she's gonna be unbearable.”

“Wait- what? You- they let you leave to look for me? You?” he articulated.

Zoro frowned.

“No, I left right away to bring your lost ass back, she was pissing me off. Why, what's the matter with that?”

Sanji took a deep breath.

“First of all, you don't freaking call our cute, amazing navigator a witch. Second, I was going to come back, it just took a little bit more time. And I certainly wasn't lost. If there's someone who gets lost here, that's not me.”

His nakama laughed.

“Are you saying I'm getting lost? Man, you guys are always losing your way, and somehow, I always end up finding you.”

“What the fuck? I have always been the one finding you! Not the other way around, don't think too high of yourself marimo, you're gonna be crushed when reality strikes.”

“Reality?”

“You have no idea how to find your way back to the ship. The only reason you do is because you find someone else coming back on your way.”

“Yeah sure, if you want to make up stories to feel better.”

How come the swordsman always managed to piss him off so bad he wanted to smash his face with his feet?

XxX

Sanji started to ask himself questions when it happened for the hundredth time.

That feeling.

He started noticing something was off in Water Seven, and ever since, it got stronger. Little episodes proved him right so far, and he hated that. Somehow, his nakama ended up always asking him to look for Zoro when he was lost now. That became a routine. The shitty marimo wasn't back? Let's send Sanji, what a great idea. Let's send the guy he's always fighting with, because that makes sense. Let's send the guy who's supposed to cook so they will have to wait more for their meal.

But things started to click when even Luffy said something about Sanji always finding a way to bring Zoro back quickly. It was like there was a piece of the puzzle he was missing out. But he was pretty sure this was important.

And, lately? He'd been feeling weird. He'd been feeling weird, but he had no idea how to describe it, and if it was related to what's been happening.

That surely wasn't. He was just mixing everything up. He might have been overthinking again, like he used to.

But still, he couldn't get over this idea.

Something was off. The electrifying shocks running down his spine was happening a bit too much lately. Maybe he'd talk about it to Chopper, if it didn't stop.

xXx

Zoro would probably never forget this moment.

The moment Sanji decided to give up his life for Luffy. The moment Sanji decided Zoro's life was worth more than his own. The moment the shitty cook walked with determination to Kuma, his whole body shivering, barely able to stand up.

The situation was so intense his body reacted in pain. It shivered a bit, too. He could hear the cook's breath – it was bad. And he was panting, too.

He heard him say things he would never have thought hearing from the cook's mouth.

“Kill me and get out of here.”

That wasn't about dying. That was about surviving.

Zoro wanted to sacrifice himself so his nakama could survive, while Sanji was clearly ready to die. It wasn't the same kind of sacrifice at all. And god be his witness even if he wasn't a believer, he wouldn't let the shitty cook do that. Over his dead body, ironically.

“I'm just as ready to sacrifice myself as he is,” he stated.

No you're not. This is a lie. This is a call for death.

“I've fed people my whole life, and now I'll feed the worms.”

What the fuck was he talking about? He lowered his voice, and told Zoro to tell everyone goodbye for him. The swordsman felt angry more than anything else. That was just cruel. That was not how things worked.

“You'll have to find a new cook.”

As if.

The hardest thing to do wasn't to hit him. It didn't even feel like hitting him. It felt like the right thing to do. He kept his nakama from doing something stupid. He saved his life.

No, the hardest thing was to feel his grip on his shoulder after he got hit, and his hand slowly falling on his arm, like a painful caress.

As soon as Sanji lost consciousness, he lost a certain weight of pressure, and smiled. That was for the best.

XxX

He was suffocating. There was an overwhelming feeling – a pressure he couldn't get rid of – and he couldn't breathe. He couldn't seem to breathe. His whole body seemed dumb, and he wondered how come he could still stand up and walk. When he woke up, his first thought went for the marimo.

He'd hit him from behind. He'd betrayed him.

If he wasn't being devoured by worry and that freaking pressure, he would come to him and scream at him.

Because he had no right to do that. He had no fucking right to hit him, to make him pass out like he could decide and do anything he wanted. Roronoa freaking Zoro.

Sanji stumbled on the ruins of rocks that fell and broke during the fights. Those had been huge battles. Luffy had given everything he could against Oz. And then- the Shikibukai. He stood up for what he believed was right and- god fucking dammit.

He couldn't breathe. He fell on his knees and tried to focus on his breathing. Getting those flashbacks wasn't a great idea. His mind was going crazy.

He'd never panicked so much before.

He realized Luffy was awake a bit late, as if his brain was starting to open to the outside world. His laugh and the other's talks sounded unreal.

The cook stood up again, and he had no idea how long it took for him to get back on his feet. Maybe too long. His sight was a bit blurry. He'd been through a lot, too. After all, a giant zombie did smash him several times in a row.

He did a few steps – not a lot, but the effort made was so great, it seemed to take forever – before seeing Zoro's swords. Zoro's swords- something Zoro would never leave behind. And then- he ran. His muscles didn't care about pain – and if he was in pain, he didn't feel anything at the moment. His body just moved on its own. His heart was racing as if it was trying to get out of his chest.

He didn't really care where he was going – he knew where Zoro was. He had no idea how, but he knew where to find him. His breathing was still heavy, but if he focused – he could ignore it, and actually get better.

The electricity came back, again. He froze, and looked on his left.

Here he was. Standing there, among the ruins, crossed arms, proud. And him-? All he felt at this very moment was relief. The pressure seemed to leave a bit, and he joined the swordsman. He started talking- because that felt like denying everything that happened. That felt like nothing changed. Sanji didn't want anything to change- and he wanted to chase away that feeling he'd kept inside – fear.

But then, he saw it. Zoro's state. He saw the blood on his body. He saw the blood on the ground. He opened his mouth but nothing came, at first.

He panicked again. He screamed his name. His voice broke in the first syllable, and he had to do it again to hear himself say it right. Because that mattered.

“What the fuck is all this blood?!” he heard himself yell at his nakama. Was he still alive? He was still standing, so he was alive, right? He couldn't be dead, not Zoro. He couldn't just die like that. He had no fucking right to die after doing that to him, he had no right, he couldn't.

He was getting hysterical. The pressure was getting a lot stronger now. His brain was boiling. His breathing was harsh. Zoro's eyes were red with blood. His voice was broken when he replied to his last question: What happened?

“Absolutely nothing.”

Bullshit.

Bullshit bullshit bullshit.

He'd been standing up next to him, for him, for Luffy, for his nakama. He refused to let Zoro sacrifice himself – he had dreams, those dreams that made him so strong, those dreams that made Sanji join the crew. Zoro's conviction meant something to Sanji. He wasn't going to let him throw it away. And yet – and yet he did as usual, he just did whatever he wanted to do.

He'd stood up in front of the Shikibukai, or – no he'd stood up between the shikibukai and Zoro, Zoro who was sitting on the floor, when he was standing up for his resolutions. He remembers his body was shivering, but his mind was set up. His life wasn't worth that much, anyway.

What on earth had this idiot been doing?

...

He hated this man so much.

XxX

The pressure never left since Thriller Bark. It was somewhere in his head, and Sanji couldn't get rid of it. So he just adapted. He got used to it.

It became something normal. Sometimes, it would get weaker, and rarely stronger. He noticed after a while that it actually grew weaker and weaker time after time. He guessed that was something good.

He didn't really talk to Chopper about it. He didn't really know why either. That didn't feel like something important, and he could handle it anyway.

xXx

The pain came back so quickly. Only one push. He felt so weak. Just avoiding Kuma's laser beams were painful. That was not supposed to go this way.

This Kuma looked so different.

He was the first mate, for fuck's sake. He had to protect his nakama.

The swordsman moved forward, and heard Luffy and Sanji screaming his name. But no one gave him enough time to attack – first Chopper, then Franky, Brook and Usopp. After Luffy beat Kuma – or rather PX-4 – they barely had time to rest before Sentoumaru and another Kuma appeared. PX-1 seemed to be like PX-4, exploding things around.

“He doesn't have pads,” Sanji noticed. “I didn't want to think about it, but that makes him the third! What's going on?!”

“Rather than wondering about that, it'd be safer to run away right now,” Zoro replied.

Because he knew they – he – couldn't fight the way they were right now. It wouldn't end well. He underlined it to the shitty cook.

“If we get into another fight now, someone will definitely die! Let's run before we meet another admiral...!”

Luffy's approval froze both Sanji and Zoro's hearts. Running away from a fight didn't sound like him. Zoro knew they had to, but hearing his captain approval – that was striking. The situation was bad – oh, so bad. They had to split up.

“The three of us should split!”

“Sure,” the shitty cook approved. “Are you gonna be alright?” he asked Zoro.

“Shut up,” he replied angrily. He wasn't hurt enough to allow the damn cook worry about him.

Sanji left to protect Nami with Franky, which didn't surprise Zoro one bit. Usopp jumped on him as PX-1 attacked them, and he had to admit he was wounded for the sniper to let go of him.

“Do not worry,” Brook said, “I shall cover for you. Your injuries still haven't healed, right? To tell the truth, I saw your act of self-sacrifice back on Thriller Bark!”

Nothing went right.

Everything seemed unreal. Like a huge nightmare.

It happened so fast – of course, it made sense later, Kizaru was a light man because of the Pika Pika devil fruit's powers. A beam went through his body, and he heard himself scream in inhuman pain.

The admiral was talking, but he could barely focus on his own breathing. He heard Usopp's screams. He couldn't move – he couldn't move at all. He had to, but it was so hard, so freaking hard – how did standing up become so hard to do? He used to do it all the time. He saw more light, and he knew.

He knew he wouldn't make it, this time. Somewhere, Luffy yelled.

Everything was so noisy and distant. He wasn't sure he heard Chopper crying.

Hands made him move, and the pain rose. He could feel his mind slipping to unconsciousness. Kizaru's foot hit him and his face ate the ground. The hands kept trying to make him escape, hopelessly.

Somehow, he heard perfectly well those words.

“It's useless. You'll die now.”

He guessed his nakama were screaming, and he almost passed out when he clearly heard Sanji's scream, which was way more distinct than the others, as if he was screaming inside his head.

XxX

Never in his entire life had Sanji felt like this. Not even during his childhood.

That terror.

He'd seen PX-1 running after Usopp – Usopp carrying Zoro, half-dead. He knew he was alive, he knew it, but his whole body couldn't stop shivering – he was in a state of over-reaction. He hit him – but his leg reacted oddly and he fell. He immediately recognized the symptoms – just like in Thriller Bark. He could barely breathe. It wasn't as bad, but he'd forgotten how striking it was.

The Fake Kuma walked towards Usopp and Zoro. Usopp was alright – but he'd dropped the first mate, who wasn't even moving. His instinct kept telling him he was alive, and he held onto this conviction. He grabbed PX-1's foot out of despair, his body moving on its own.

“Wait, you damn bastard-”

PX-1 dragged him in his steps as if he'd been nothing but a bug he didn't even care about enough to take out. And then, it did. It – it wasn't human – did care. Sanji felt his body leaving the ground, and his heart raced. He wondered how his body could handle so much stress and tension. The pressure, so much stronger when Kizaru appeared, was now weakening and for some reason, he was scared it would disappear.

The beam hit him without even an inch of distance. It hit him in the very same hand that was holding him.

A few minutes later which seemed to be an eternity, when he forced himself to look up again, another Kuma was here. That Kuma had pads.

He couldn't feel the swordsman's presence anymore.

Zoro had vanished.

Along with the pressure.

XxX

That would sound masochist, but Sanji was so happy when the pressure came back. It was a bit weak, but it came back. It didn't hurt him. After a while, it did, like a headache. But he knew that was a good thing.

In a gap of two years, it was finally time to find everyone back again. When he reached the island, he somehow felt like fishing, and took the directions an old lady had given him – a shop on the beach at Grove 42. Once he got there, he met the owner – a man who really seemed shocked, staring at the sea.

“What's the matter?”

“He's gone!” the man said. “The green-haired man!”

The old man narrated his story, and Sanji sighed. He hadn't changed one bit, had he?

“Green hair, three swords and a belly warmer?”

“Yeah, and he has a deep scar on his eye. Do you know him?”

That last statement surprised Sanji, so he showed him a poster of Zoro he had on him.

“Oh yeah! This is the guy! Is he your friend?”

“Well, I only know him a little,” the cook lied, smiling.

And then he carried on his story.

That damn marimo.

He managed to confuse two boats, one being a tiny simple fisher boat, and the other being a huge ass pirate ship. The worst part in this was that it was normal.

And so he'd left for the Fishmen Island.

He was already tired of the damn swordsman's shit.

“That idiot! I thought it was unlike him to show up first, I knew he'd do something like this.”

He was already preparing his speech to Luffy, telling everyone to try and find Zoro underwater, in the freaking Fishmen Island- when the sea started bubbling, and something came up- it looked like pieces of a boat.

“You bastard! How dare you ruin our dream to go to the New World!?” screamed someone – surely the captain of the ship.

A shadow, sat on the mast, holding a sword, replied in a deep voice.

“It's a quirk of fate. You should blame your own fate that brought a plague onto your ship.”

Sanji wanted to facepalm. How could he say such things when he was to blame for inviting himself on their ship?

“Oh, he's back,” he simply said instead. “I couldn't care less about him,” he added, lying again.

XxX

“Oi, moss-head, you gotta stay with me! I don't want you getting lost,” Sanji smirked.

“Huh? Who do you think you're talking to, moustache eyebrow?”

That was low.

“What did you just say?! Oh- that smells good,” he said as he approached something which was being cooked, completely losing sight of the swordsman.

Whatever. He'd find him again later. They always ended up finding each other, even if they didn't want to.

And he did find him later. Only to fight more with him.

“I wanna go to sea. I wanna fish.”

What was he, five?

“No, you can't, shithead!”

“Why can't I? Why should I listen to you?!”

“Do you think I'm walking with you because I want to?!”

It was half a lie. He missed that. Those little useless fights. Two years felt like a very long time.

“Dammit,” Zoro sighed. “How could No. 7 talk bossily to No. 1?”

Urgh, no he just didn't-

“Why are you ranking us in the order of our arrival?! You got here first by chance, don't get carried away!”

“Okay, I'm sorry... No. 7.”

He regretted everything. Just take that idiot away from him now. That jerk hadn't changed one bit and he was already sick of his behavior. As rude as before. As stupid as before.

“I will fight you...!” Sanji yelled.

And Zoro smiled before he took out his swords.

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[inaweofdiana]

would you mind 68. (awkward hug) for Marco&Sabo or 26. (a kiss on the temple) for Makino & Luffy?

SO ive been trying to think of one for the first request since I got this and ONLY JUST realized it says Marco n Sabo, not Sabo and Ace like i thought it did bc im a dumbass who doesn’t know how to read SO LIKE THAT ONES COMING i already have a little fic fragment i was working on the other day that’ll work for it but ayooo have some temple kisses (n forehead kissed) from Makino and Luffy

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“The locals say that the hurricane on the next island lets up once a year for a week and that the log pose only takes a day to set.” Nami entered the library where everyone was gathered with a sigh. “And that window’s not for another five months.”“So what’ll we do in the meantime?” Franky kicked back in his chair.“We could take a damn vacation for once where we’re not trying to escape being eaten for two years straight.” Sanji grumbled.Zoro snorted. “If anyone here was in danger of being eaten, it was me. You were just on crossdresser island.” He dismissed.Sanji looked pained. “They wanted to eat me one way or another.”Robin and Jinbe laughed. “You’re too cute not to eat.” Robin comforted, sending Sanji into spinning delight. They all looked at Luffy, one at a time. He was thinking, face screwed up. “We should go back and visit everyone!” He finally cheered. “We can start at my hometown and then work our way back here! It didn’t take us that long to get here the first time, if you don’t count all the butt-kicking we did on the way here! Right Nami?”She was already scribbling in her notebook. “With Sunny’s speed, travel time will be reduced, letting us spend more time at everyone’s islands. So Foosha village, Syrup town, Cocoyashi village, and the Baratie back in the East Blue, then we can hit Reverse Mountain before we hit Drum island. If we have time between Drum and Water 7, we can stop by Alabasta and Skypea. We can also probably spend some time in Sabaody before we head down to Fishman island. Do we need to stop by anywhere else? I can work on a timetable tonight.”“I’d like to stop by one of the revolutionary bases.” Robin chimes in. “It’s in East Blue, so it’s not very far out of our way.”“I’ll pencil it in if you can get me exact coordinates.” Nami agreed. “We should visit Hammock too!” Luffy added. “But we gotta visit Foosha first! And make sure Shanks isn’t there!”“You got it, your majesty.” She grinned.Luffy tipped his head back and laughed. “Let’s set sail then!”-“So this is where you grew up?” Chopper asked as they approached the calm looking island.“Yup! That’s Goa kingdom over there, they’re total assholes! Then over that way is Foosha! Brook! Further south!” He called. After a moment, the Sunny tilted slightly to their new course.“And this is where Dragon brought you?” Robin asked.“Nah, he gave me to Gramps. Gramps brought me and Ace here when we were little to live with the mountain bandits.”“Mountain bandits, Marines, Pirates, and Revolutionaries��� You know everyone!” Chopper marveled.Luffy looked surprised as he processed but then laughed. “I guess I do! I’d never thought about that before!”“Don’t forget bounty hunters.” Zoro joined them at the rail. “Only the fun ones!” Luffy threw himself at Zoro, utterly confident that Zoro would catch him.Zoro didn’t disappoint, catching him with one hand and offering him one of Sanji’s smoothies with the other. “If you wanted one, you could ask.” He pointed out.Luffy grinned. “That’s not as much fun.”They landed shortly and disembarked, Luffy leading the way up through the village, pointing out “That’s where Shanks and I used to fish!” or “One time I beat up a tiger over there!” before they reached the tavern.“Are you even old enough to be in here?” Jinbe asked, concerned.“I’m 19.” Luffy pouted up at him. There was a gasp from behind the bar before a woman was rushing around it. “Luffy! Is that really you!”Luffy’s face lit up. “Makino!” He grabbed her in a monster hug, wrapping his arms around her several times over before spinning her. “I missed you!”“Luffy, I can’t believe you’re here, back on Foosha, after everything!” She beamed back. “We came to visit!” Luffy released her to turn and introduce his crew, chattering away.Makino seemed genuinely enthused to meet everyone, Robin reflected. People like that were rare in this world, she’d found. She was glad Luffy had her.Once word got around that Luffy was in town, the bar was packed and he was surrounded by well-wishers. The rest of the crew was surrounded by their share of fans as well, everyone wanting to know about them or asking them for more stories about Luffy. They ended up staying the rest of the day and well into the night, the pub throwing a huge party for them. Around nine o’clock, a huge red-haired woman burst into the building, yelling.Zoro had his hand on his swords in a heartbeat, and up on the impromptu stage, Robin had her hands crossed. She dashed across the room to try to deliver a flying kick at Luffy but he ducked under her leg with a grin and an excited laugh, wrapping her up in much the same way he’d hugged Makino. She struggled and kicked and yelled but she looked secretly pleased around the corners of her eyes and at the twist of her mouth. Makino and the Major were laughing at the spectacle like they’d seen it before, so Zoro and Robin and the rest of them stepped down.The party died down around two or three in the morning. Brook was up on the stage playing a quiet melody on the piano. Dadan and Jinbe were drinking by the fireplace. Zoro was leaning up against Jinbe and snoring while Robin was sitting on the other half of the piano bench with Brook. Nami was drinking against Sanji and Usopp, while simultaneously teaching Chopper the proper way to take a shot. Franky was elbow deep in the stove, making improvements after his seventh bottle of Soda. Luffy was sitting on the bar, talking to Makino, just as energetic and excited as he had been earlier. Makino looked a little frazzled around the edges, but equally happy.“We’ve got your poster here, see? I was going to show you earlier, but then everyone got here and wanted to talk.” Makino gestured to the wall where a blown up copy of his poster was hung with care.“So cool! Can I sign it?” Luffy bounced on the counter.��Of course!” She handed him a marker. “We have Shanks’ too, but we made yours bigger because we love you more.” She winked.Luffy grinned widely, jumping off the counter. “Well duh! I’m gonna be king of the pirates and he’s just an emperor!” Makino laughed. “You’ve been saying that all these years, and now you might actually make it.” She watched him scrawl his loopy signature across the bottom of his photo. She giggled when he added a scrunched sketch of his Jolly Roger. “Of course I will.” Luffy replied when he was done, having been biting his tongue in concentration. Makino cupped his face gently, smoothing back his bangs to look at his face.Luffy stood still and let her examine his entire face in the yellowed lighting of the bar.“You’ve gotten so old.” Makino murmured. “I can’t believe one of my boys is the pirate king.” She shook her head with misty eyes before pressing a kiss to his forehead.Luffy slung an arm around her neck with a softer smile. “I’m not the pirate king yet, Makino! Don’t tell me you’re getting sea-bile in your old age!”“Senile.” She corrected with a laugh. “Huh, that makes more sense, huh?” Luffy rubbed at his chin. After another hour or so, they left to go sleep on the ship. Jinbe was carrying a snoring Zoro like one would carry a baby, and Franky was carrying Sanji slung over one shoulder, Robin perched on his other shoulder.“Let’s put them in the same bed together, bro! It’ll be super funny!” Luffy could hear Franky laughing with Jinbe. Nami laughed with him, carrying a tipsy Chopper. Robin was laughing as well. Usopp was laughing and avoiding Brook’s grabs to try to carry him back to the ship as well.“You just want to see my panties!” Usopp was cackling.Brook groaned. “You never use the hamper! I don’t want to see them!”Makino laughed at the antics of her patrons and Luffy grinned at the sight. “We’ll be back tomorrow.” He informed her. “I’ll probably take them up to Dadan’s tomorrow though!”Makino giggled. “Dadan is asleep in my bed right now, give her ‘til about noon at least.”“Oh, okay! We’ll probably have a late night anyway!” Luffy slid off the counter. He noticed that he was finally taller than Makino, now that she’d taken off her tall shoes. He wrapped his arms around her in one last hug for the night and pressed a kiss to her temple. “But either way, see you tomorrow!” He stretched out an arm to grab Usopp by the back of his overalls and yanked him over. “Want a piggyback?” He asked brightly.“Luffy’s the best captain!” Usopp declared. “Free piggybacks for life!” He screamed to the ceiling.Makino laughed out of her moment of surprise. “I’ll see you boys tomorrow then!” She waved and watched Luffy lead a mad dash down towards the docks. That boy never did anything slowly, she reflected as the rest of the crew broke into a run to follow, laughing all the way. She was glad he’d found people to run with him.

[zonamievents]

Family Fun

Word Count: 2,354 words

Rating: G (fun for the whole family!)

Summary: Kuzan had gifted five tickets to the Roronoa family so that they could visit his winter wonderland theme park. AU

Note: I posted a map of the island that this AU takes place on, seen here. Check it out if it’ll help!

Nami had a bit of difficulty manoeuvring the stroller over a few uneven bricks, but her years of experience as a mother of two daughters had strengthened her for moments such as these. She knew how to avoid jostling the carriage too much so as not to disturb Marshall while he slept, especially since she knew that disturbing his mid-afternoon slumber would put a sour note on their Christmas Eve adventure. The weather was thankfully favourable, everyone was bundled to her parental preference – including the stubborn man-child she had married – and they had apparently arrived at Kuzan’s theme park, Camel’s Tundra.

“But isn’t that confusing?” Asked the ever curious Keri, her mitten-covered hands combing through her daddy’s hair as she sat on his shoulders. “A camel isn’t a winter aminal.”

Zoro ignored her quirky way of pronouncing the word and replied thoughtfully, “Maybe this camel is.”

“The water in its back-bump will freeze!” Giggled their eldest daughter. Her breath was frosty as it came out in puffs as she laughed, a precious sight that Nami adored.

However, she was once again impatient Zoro, a facet of their relationship that seemed to stick with them despite the five years they had been together. “Tell her that Camel is the name of the penguin, already!”

“It’d be dumb if it was a camel.” Came the gentle voice of Cameila from her mother’s side. Nami peeked down at the green-haired girl, her little curls making her look so adorable in her swing coat. Her expression was calm and cool like her father’s and her tongue could cut like any of his precious blades, yet her style was totally her mother’s.

Keri glared down at her sister in a way that was similar to Nami’s in ferocity. “But he called it Camel! What else am I supposed to think it is?” The grey sheen to her eyes could not betray her passion, regardless of the lack of color there was.

Zoro’s desire for his kids to get along was only half as obvious. “How about we all get a toy Camel on our way out, all right?”

“The penguin or a real camel?” Keri teased and returned to her snickering ways.

Nami rolled her eyes at her family’s antics and was about to delegate a plan on how they should handle the theme parks’ attractions, but little Cameila had a question first. “Mommy? Where’s my juice cup?”

“Huh? You were carrying it the whole way here.” She remembered with panic in her tone, the possibly neglectful mother.

Cameila’s lips slowly but surely began to puff out in protest. “I don’t have it now.”

“Yeah, but baby, you had it just—”

“I got it.” Coming to her rescue yet again, Roronoa Zoro turned around and revealed that he had made sure to grab his daughter’s sippy cup in order to guarantee that there’d be no melt downs on their outing. Their middle child had their biggest shared quality – a love to drink.

Only, she had a constant craving for juice.

With eager hands and a quick couple of words of, “Thanks, daddy.” Cameila was a happy little girl once again.

“Oh hey, you guys made it!” Came a chill voice from off to their right.

Everyone excluding the sleeping boy in the carriage turned their attention to the man who had called out to them – it was none other than Kuzan himself. “I was worried you’d miss out, since it’s already the middle of the afternoon.”

Nami offered him a smile right away. “You try dressing three little ones and big boy in a timely manner.”

Zoro glared at his wife, certainly, but Kuzan’s boisterous chuckle managed to hold their focus. “I’ll take your word for it. At least you made it in time for the last show; Camel and I have one last performance before we close up shop for the holidays.”

“Camel is your penguin, right? Why’s that his name?” Keri meant to ask something simple, but her accusatory finger made her intentions seem much more sinister.

Scratching the back of his head, their host showed her a very yankee-like expression. “Huh? That’s just the name he came with when I met him. What’s your name, girlie?”

“I’m Keri! I was the one who packed the backpacks so we could get here faster.” Proudly did she grin as she recounted her helpfulness. Her father smiled in the exact same fashion.

Visibly amused, Kuzan nodded. “Well good for you. Tell you what Keri, I’m leaving you in charge of getting your whole family onto that big Ferris Wheel over there by seven o’clock. That’s when we’re going to do our fireworks show and it’s going to look the best from the top of that ride. Okay?”

She didn’t mean to assault her father’s head, but Keri was just so excited that she began thrashing on Zoro’s shoulders. Her hand smacked down on his head as she cheered, “Okay! Leave it to me!”

“Great. I’ll see you all at the show – it’s just beyond the gift shop, our arena.” With that, he waved at the lot of them and sauntered off in the direction he had just motioned to.

“Mommy!” Exclaimed Keri at once, looking as if she was out of breath due to her own level of excitement. The way she turned her fur cap-donning head looked as if it should have hurt just as badly as it would have hurt Zoro to have her slap his bare forehead again.

Nami adored her eldest’s enthusiasm, and those she never addressed it directly, she knew that she had a weakness to her charming vibrancy. “Of course we can go see them. We’ll put your curiosity about Camel to rest.”

Whispering to herself, Cameila tacked on, “And maybe see the seals.” She had caught the sight of the plush versions of the animal in the gift shop window, possibly deciding on her souvenir then and there.

“Maybe we will,” Nami acknowledged as she turned Marshall’s stroller towards the arena. “We just got to watch the clock for seven, right? We all want to see those fireworks.”

Acting as the captain of their own little crew, Keri hailed, “Then let’s go, let’s go!”

“So,” Nami huffed as she sat a giddy Marshall up on her lap, cradling him as best as she could when the Ferris Wheel’s car began to sway. “what was everyone’s favourite part?”

After a long day at Camel’s Tundra, poor Keri was exhausted. She had brought everyone to the ride like Kuzan had asked her to, and yet she was beginning to behave like her father as she searched for a place to lie down. Fighting off her need to sleep, she was still first to answer, “I loved Camel’s show.”

“Huh!? But you made your daddy and Cameila go on ten other rides with you, and your favourite part was the very first thing we did?” Her daughter’s vivaciousness still managed to surprise her, even after five years.

The dozing child decided to take up the entire bench on the opposite side of the car so that she could rest before the fireworks. “But that was the best part.” She whined at her argumentative mother.

Sighing in defeat, Nami decided to let her nap for the minute or two they had before the show started and focus on the rest of her family. “What about you guys?”

It was obvious that Zoro was giving Cameila the chance to answer first, but when she seemed much too focused on unbuckling her coat while sitting between her parents, he decided to take the opportunity to answer next. After a quick yawn of course. “That hammer game was fun.” It wasn’t a surprise that Zoro enjoyed the test of strength they found in the park, not one bit, though it did bring up the very same question that was just posed to Keri.

Ten rides – from roller coasters that replicated a snowy mountain hike to bumper penguins to the toboggan slides – couldn’t compare to a stationary display of amusement?

“Yeah,” Cameila chose that moment to pipe up and join the conversation, “I liked that part too. The toy sea king daddy won me is my favorite.”

“Oh yeah? You don’t want your toy seal anymore?” Her own father joked with her about the very thing she had been hoping to get her hands on since they arrived. He smiled down at her to indicate that he was only teasing, the love for his daughter hidden in the edges of his lips.

She paused to think for a moment, then confirmed, “A sea king is better at guarding me at night.”

“Yeah, it is.” Although he was lost on her logic, her peaceable father agreed easily enough.

However, his smile faded rather quickly when his son started to act up. Marshall, the quiet baby up until they go on the Ferris Wheel as a family, had begun to grow fussy now that he was free from his stroller. Sitting on his mother’s lap – one of his favourite places to be, as everyone knew – he began to imitate his sister and undress himself.

And he decided to rip off the toque on his head in order to reveal the blond hair beneath it.

Nami did her best not to groan, growl, or scream at him when he scowled. She knew that Zoro loved all of his children with all of his heart, but the blond mess of curls on Marshall’s head ticked him off ever so slightly ever since the rest of the crew (and a few of their so-called friends) liked to tease him and say that the boy was probably Sanji’s lovechild with Nami! Never mind the fact that Sanji himself was desperately in love with one of her best friends, and that Zoro had married her shortly after she had Keri – people loved to get under his skin because he made it too easy sometimes.

No matter how many times she told him that orange hair could start off blond for babies and change over time, she never could appease his discomfort for long.

It probably didn’t help that he had her big brown eyes and his rival’s hair colour.

Usually, she took to ignoring him until they were out of ear shot of their children. “Marshall? Did you have a favourite part too? Even though you slept most of the chilly day away? Huh?” It was impossible for her to speak to her youngest and not cuddle him, bounce him in her lap, or adorn his chubby face with kisses. She opted to bounce him in her lap this time, given that he was already wiggling about.

A responsive child, Marshall always looked at Nami when she spoke to him. It wasn’t something he gifted to everyone, his attention, but he was a true momma’s boy from the moment she went to labour and was the least painful birth of her three kids. Thankfully, he didn’t notice his father’s strange distance from him and lived his life as a happy child.

Which might have been why he smiled wide when he answered Nami’s questions by swinging down his arms in the same motion Zoro would have done if he swung his sword, or an amusement park hammer.

“Yeah? You like when daddy won you that…weird…osfish toy?” She lifted her brow when she looked to her husband, waiting to see how he’d respond to that.

His heart on his sleeve, Zoro was caught off guard by his son’s apparent admiration for his prize-winning skill. The cat’s kitten had his tongue and it was thoroughly amusing to her. “Well maybe daddy can hold you then while mommy takes out her phone?” She phrased it as a question, nevertheless, she handed off her son like he weighed no more than her purse.

“W-Whoa! Nami!” Zoro barked back – much to Cameila’s apparent amusement – while he clamored to reach for Marshall. He scooped up his son expertly despite the quick toss off, his little bum finding a comfy seat in his father’s lap easily. If only she could have grabbed her phone fast enough to capture that very first moment the two most important men in her life had such a tender moment. However, a family picture would be good enough.

“Keri, the first firework is about to go off.” Nami warned once she saw the time on her phone. She was too busy setting up her camera to notice if her daughter heard her, but the scamper of little feet on the bottom of the Ferris Wheel car told her that she was safe. As did the sudden feeling of a slightly bigger bum than her baby boy’s dropping onto her thighs.

“Here!” Sang the once very tired little girl.

“Oof, okay!” Nami recognized her sudden appearance just as, like she had predicted, the first burst of colours went off in the night sky. A loud sound preceded the flash, then their car stopped shortly after. They weren’t at the top of the wheel but they were at the perfect spot to see the bright lights and the amusement park beneath them. It was the perfect backdrop, she couldn’t help but think, for her family photo. “All right everyone, push in together! Let’s take a picture.”

“Can we send it to Auntie Robin and Uncle Robot?” Asked Cameila from the middle of their crowded seat bench.

“We’ll send it to everyone and show them how much fun we had today.” Nami promised.

A very immature, “Good.” came from the spiteful Zoro, whose dark mood only kept an ignorant Marshall smiling.

“Okay, I’ll count down!” Keri decreed. “Three…two—”

“What do we say when you finish counting!?” Nami blurted out.

Keri’s mouth hung open while she was paused, the bright white sparkler in the sky highlighting her panic over deciding on what they all should say! But then, when the next firework went off, with its red and green light illuminating them all, the vibrant little girl proclaimed, “It’s obvious, mommy! We say ‘Merry Christmas’! Three! Two! One!”

“MERRY CHRISTMAS!”

(A/N: Sooo the thing about running an event is that you can post whenever you’re able to, right? …That’s totally how it works, right? …Ha ha, anyway! This was my prize for @madebyprincy, who requested a family adventure in a winter wonderland~ I did tone down the story since I don’t appreciate stories where there is a bunch of scene cutting – like from going from ride to ride – but I hope it still felt fun and cheery to read! Now, to explain my ideas for their kids:

Keri – oldest, born August 3rd. She has her mother’s hair and father’s eyes, dad’s skin tone and mom’s aura. She is an adventurer like the both of them but she naps like the one and only Roronoa Zoro! Her name is the Japanese word for a grey-headed lapwing bird, which follows the tradition in One Piece for female characters like Robin and Nojiko to be named after birds

Cameila – the middle child who shares my birthday, October 7th! She inherited her dad’s hair color, but it highlights her amber eyes really nicely. Her complexion is like her mother’s, but Zoro’s distant and laid back aura is shared with his second daughter. She can be blunt, especially when it comes to getting her juice. Her name stems from an orange flower with green leaves that is actually an ingredient in the oil used to clean swords

Marshall – baby of the family, he was born a day after his mom! His hair will turn red eventually but for now, it’s blond, much to Zoro’s displeasure. He also has chocolate brown eyes like Nami, even though they are shaped like his father’s. His skin is closer to Zoro’s as well, but the aura is his mother’s without a doubt. Even though he adores his mom, when Zoro isn’t looking, he’ll mimic his mannerisms a lot. Marshall is named after the greatest knight who ever lived in Medieval times, emulating his father’s desire to be the world’s greatest swordsman!

I hope you enjoyed it enough that it was worth some of the wait! And I hope everyone enjoys these little munchkins that I made! I don’t normally design kids for characters, but I gave it a shot for our lovely prize winner who wanted to see ZoNa with three kids~ Anyway, Merry belated Christmas everyone!)