This is my entry for the ZoNami Bang Bang event and I hope that you all enjoy it. I had a lot of fun doing this whole thing and I want to give a huge thank you to @shipfiend for doing an incredible job on the art. GUIDANCE The mood in the aquarium was something everyone in the room could feel. Law and Kin'emon didn't know the dynamics of the crew but Sanji knew better. Even Luffy stopped eating when the group informed him of who had arranged the meeting. While the group awaited the arrival of Zoro, Sanji took everyone's orders for drinks. Tea for Law, Sake for Kin'emon, Luffy was content with water, and the cook himself poured himself a fine wine. Knowing the moss head would be content with any alcoholic beverage he set the hardest alcohol the crew had on the counter. Zoro soon emerged through the aquatic room doors. Slowly making his way toward the men, grabbing his drink on the way and stopping at the foot of the table. Taking notice on how each man had positioned themselves with equal distance from each other. "Thank you everyone for meeting me here." The heavy tone Zoro was using caught the men's attention to the fullest. "I just want this meeting to be the moment where we all put our cards on the table." Luffy was the most confused out of everyone by the statement. True he didn't pay much attention to the crew’s conversation earlier but the bits he did catch everyone had been honest with their answers. Luffy's thoughts were interrupted by Sanji who was the first to speak after Zoro's blunt statement. "What are you getting at marimo?" The question was supported by the rest of the men who wanted more information as to why Zoro sounded like he was accusing them of lying. "Cut the crap cook," Zoro retaliated, "you know exactly what I'm talking about here." Sanji couldn't help but grit his teeth to hear the rest of what the swordsman needed to say. "Every question we asked Law was answered by short simple answers never longer than a couple of seconds." This only confused the people present even more. All asking themselves if Zoro was just not understanding of the plan. The sudden reply from Sanji didn't help either. "That does not mean they are hiding anything idiot!" Sanji angrily spat back at Zoro. "Oh really!?" Because to me it looks like Law was too prepared for our questions." Zoro was slowly explaining himself as he continued to rant. "It's as if Law had been planning this takedown of Doflamingo since birth! As a matter of fact, I bet he chose our crew specifically to do this with." The fact Zoro didn't start arguing then and there with Sanji over being called an idiot, but instead explained himself to everyone wasn't missed by Luffy. And just added more to the serious tone Zoro was emitting. But this time it was Law that brought Luffy back to the subject at hand. "This sounds like something that should have been brought up in our earlier conversation." Law’s monotone response bugged Zoro even more. "As to why our alliance is happening is of no concern now that your captain has agreed to it and how Doflamingo knows your crew was involved in the destruction of S.A.D." Zoro could not help but agree with Law on the final part. But Zoro still had a full set of questions that needed to be answered truthfully by the warlord. As Zoro went to ask the next question Kin'emon broke his silence on the matter. "If this is about Law-dono may I ask why I am here?" Kin'emon asked the question while at the same time staring down Zoro. "Because you have the biggest secret out of anyone here." Zoro didn't back down from the staring contest he was challenged to by the Samurai. "Your whole story makes no sense and my instincts tell me you have an ulterior motive that could cause us even more trouble." Kin'emon flinched by the blunt response. And this reaction was caught by everyone in the room. Kin'emon remained silent for a minute before he responded to Zoro's accusations. "All I can say on the matter is that Law-dono's plan will not just benefit the country of Dressrosa." Kin'emon folded his arms in defiance of saying anything else after he added one last bit of information. "Wano needs this plan to succeed." The last bit of information from the Samurai shook Law up the most. Going through every possible connection Doflamingo could have to Wano. As powerful as Doflamingo was, Wano was a country who fought off every attempt Doflamingo made to add them to his list of countries that were involved with his black-market dealings. Zoro on the other hand was finally relieved to hear the truth. And that the Samurai would not share anything else that would reveal his true intentions. Seeing how he could now focus on one subject Zoro returned his gaze to Law. Rounding his list of questions to just three. Law could sense the intense gaze and before Zoro could speak Law asked his own loaded question. “It seems that the only person who has a problem with Kin’emon and myself is you, Zoro-ya. So, let me ask you a question before you continue your interrogation. Why aren't the rest of your crew members here?” Law’s question was a valid one and Zoro was prepared to answer. Although the Santoryuu user never got the chance to answer as a shrill voice made its presence known. “That is exactly what I would like to know Zoro.” The one voice belonged to the one and only orange haired navigator of the Straw-Hat crew. Except it was not just Zoro that was shocked to hear her voice in the room. “Nami!!!???” The navigator’s name was shouted by the monster trio knowing all too well how this secret meeting would look like to her. Zoro especially did not want Nami specifically for one of his questions pertained to certain members of the Straw Hats. “Nami-swan my dear what are you doing up sooooo….” Sanji’s voice quickly declined at the sight of the orange haired woman. Instead of the annoying servant attitude that Zoro hated the cook was spewing blood by the pint. The reason as to why was soon answered by Nami walking out of the shadows and revealing what she was wearing. “I am waiting for your answer Zoro,” Nami walked passed Sanji clearly not caring about his blood ridden face, “it’s not like this is a secret meeting or anything, right?” Nami was inches away from the green haired male. Now it was the rowdy navigator challenging the swordsman to a staring contest. Instead of an answer, Nami was met with a red faced Zoro shoving his green jacket right in her face. Staring at the garment for a couple of seconds it dawned on the navigator that she was still wearing what she wore to bed. A simple white shirt that ended where her green panties started – all tied up with her hair in messy ponytail. Rapidly turning Zoro around and using him as a wall, Nami put the oversized jacket on. This action causing the Samurai at the table to curse Zoro under his breath. Finally, after a couple of seconds Zoro was turned around forcibly making him, once again, meet the eyes of a now embarrassed Nami. Seeing everyone finally on the same page again Zoro returned to the question thrown at him. “I was just getting to that,” an annoyed Zoro replied, “how the hell did you even get in here without us knowing?” But the answer to his question was simple – he knew exactly the level of her espionage skills. “Don’t change the subject and answer the question idiot!” Nami clearly wanted the answer as to why half of the members on board were having a meeting this late without anyone else present. What was even more suspicious was how serious Zoro seemed. Nami had only seen this serious attitude from the swordsman twice in their time with the crew. “I was just about to-” Zoro was cut off by an impatient Nami. “As a matter of fact, why don’t I just inform the rest of the crew about this ‘secret’ meeting that you men seem to be having.” At the end of the statement Nami turned and walked in the direction of the kitchen door. But was stopped by a pain in her right forearm. “DON’T YOU DARE!” Zoro’s right hand had a vice grip on the navigator. This action resulted in Sanji snapping out of his daze and sending a kick in the swordsman’s direction. The kick instantaneously blocked by Zoro’s sword. With the sudden conflict Zoro let go of Nami and brought down his sword, along with the cook’s kick. Instead of issuing an apology to Nami or continuing his fight with swirly brow, Zoro decided on asking the question he was about to ask Law before being interrupted. “What is the possibility of anything happening to our crew with your plan?” Zoro’s question was simple and complicated at the same time. Law could see that the only way to put an end to this was to tell the truth. “Only myself and Mugiwara should encounter any danger of facing Doflamingo in a one on one encounter. One team to quietly get information on the factory. Another to deal directly with Doflamingo. And the team guarding the boat should encounter absolutely no danger. But only if we stick with my plan AND no unforeseen circumstances arise.” Law made sure to hit the points that Zoro wanted to hear. This time Zoro believed in what Law was saying was the truth. Everyone in the room was frozen in place. This information was more in depth by saying that the crew would have to split up once they arrived on the island. Zoro promptly asked his next question seeing everyone paying attention. “These unforeseen circumstances,” Zoro continued, seemingly tying this next question to the previous answer, “if we do meet any, exactly who in this crew, will you need to leave the island safely?” Again, the question had a series of meanings behind it. The answer being thoroughly thought out by Law. “Doflamingo has a close circle of powerful allies that will give their lives for him in an instant. With Monet, Vergo, and the two we left on a raft at Punk Hazard there are only eleven left. Every single one of them having a Devil Fruit ability. With three of them being his personal bodyguards. And if he resigns from the Warlords then he will no longer have any connections to the government. If he does not we make a new plan of attack.” Law easily explained Doflamingo’s forces. “In any case only the strongest of this crew will be able to compete against Doflamingo’s minions.” Law was blunt. However, Zoro believed every word this time. Zoro turned towards Nami and his expression told everyone in the room the purpose to the previous questions. “The reason for this meeting was so that I could get the truth out of our two new members on board,” Zoro’s tone changed when talking to Nami. “Sometimes the truth is going to hurt more to those that don’t want to hear it.” His tone was calm and collected highlighting his serious expression. Shock was a far cry from the emotions the ship’s navigator was feeling at the sound of the swordsman’s explanation. It was more in the realm of fury, rage, HATRED. *SLAP* “FUCK YOU!” Those two words followed Nami’s hand as it found Zoro’s face. But unlike previous strikes that were received by Zoro from Nami, this time the man did not move an inch nor felt physical pain. Looking at everyone faces, Nami ran out the door. “Nami-swan wait…” Sanji pleaded for the navigator to stay but it was too late. Reflexes took over the cook and a powerful kick was sent towards the swordsman who did not bother to stop the navigator a second time. This time the strike was not blocked and had sent the swordsman flying towards the wall, hard. “See what your stupidity got us,” Sanji scolded. The cook could not help but go after a fuming Nami. As Sanji’s hand reached for the handle a voice interrupted his departure. “I’m not done.” Zoro had declared he still had more to say as he lifted himself up from the floor. “I have one more question for Law before anyone else leaves.” Law was not surprised. The swordsman had shown his determination and loyalty to his crew. Saying what needed to be said and only thinking about his crew. The Warlord had started admiring the swordsman somewhere in between the meeting. “Fine, I’ll tell you whatever you want to hear.” Everyone was on pins and needles to hear the final question. Kin’emon had let his guard down and leaned on the round counter preparing to listen. Sanji had even leaned back on the wall lighting himself a cigarette. And the ever quite captain remained attentive. Not saying anything about the previous event. “Is this fight personal?” The words filled the room. Zoro thought carefully about the final question and was something that he needed to know. And again, all eyes fell on Law. Literal minutes went by as the Warlord was caught off guard by the question. He was ready to answer any question about the plan not about his grudge. Finally deciding to speak Law kept his promise. “Yes.” Was all Law shared until meeting Zoro’s gaze telling him to share more. “I made a promise to a man I owe my life to.” With those final words Zoro nodded his head in understanding. Now Zoro’s eyes met his captains. “I know he saved you, Luffy, but give me one good reason why our friends should risk their lives for his personal goal, since we already did our part by helping him at Punk Hazard.” Zoro asked as he now walked over to face his captain. Luffy stood up and faced his longest crewmate. The rest of the men remained seated. All knowing this was a challenge of authority between captain and his right hand. All were prepared to stay out of anything that were to arise between the two. “Why does it matter what we do?” Luffy had answered with his own question. Both men inches apart from one another. “Because I didn’t spend these last two years honing my skills to follow someone else’s orders and I’m sure Nami nor the cook did either...” Zoro spoke his truth. And everyone finally saw that this was the biggest chip on the bounty hunter’s shoulder. Again, the rubber captain answered with another question. Using a similar and very rare tone that the swordsman was using. But the question was not only directed at Zoro but at Sanji as well, “Did both of you get strong enough to protect our crew from anything that will come our way?” After spending a few seconds in shock. The captain was met with firm nods by both men. Luffy’s serious expression went away and was replaced by his infectious smile. “Then it shouldn't matter what we do or where we go, right?” Luffy’s answer quickly made his fellow men smile. Both remembering the similar talk he gave at the beginning of the Grand Line. “Heh, well if we’re done here I believe it’s time to call it a night.” Law had finally stood up along with Kin’emon. “Hai, we will have quite a day tomorrow.” Kin’emon had finally let go of his tough demeanor after seeing the turn around the conversation took between captain and crew. Everyone quietly left the room one by one until it was just Luffy and Zoro. “Sorry Luffy, I just wanted to make sure we were doing this on your orders and not on someone else's’.” Zoro’s tune change to an apologetical one. “It’s not me you should be saying sorry to,” with that Luffy smiled at his longtime friend and left for the men's quarters. ------------------------- Luffy was right. Zoro left the aquarium and made his way to find Nami. But on leaving the room Zoro didn’t have a single clue as to the cat burglar’s whereabouts. Left standing in the middle of the boat - the swordsman was left no choice but to use haki. He quickly found the aura with the most malicious feeling. And without getting lost Zoro made it to the ship’s library. He knew this ability was an invasion of privacy but he wanted to smooth things over with Nami before tomorrow. While walking towards the kitchen Zoro could see Sanji standing outside. Seemingly waiting for Zoro, Sanji continued to stand guard. Both men looked passed each other once standing next to the other. Only Sanji spoke. “Fix this.” Zoro only nodded. --------------------------- Zoro quietly knocked on the hatch waiting for a response. When he heard none he just assumed Nami didn’t want to talk to anybody. Lucky for him he was just as stubborn as her and entered the room regardless of the consequences. “HEY! You can’t just come in here!” Nami shouted behind her. The navigator clearly wiping away at her face. Zoro could see that she was wiping away tears and it nearly broke his usual stoic demeanor. “I-I, uh, just came to say I was sorry for what I made you listen to down there.” Zoro was being genuine but his stutter came in after seeing the mess that Nami had made on her desk. Broken quills, ripped maps, and ink splattered all over the wooden table. “Ha, and here I thought you just came here to gloat more about how you’re soo much stronger than me,” Nami was using sarcasm to try and distract from her messy appearance, “nice nipples by the way.” The remark got a smirk out of the navigator who saw the irony in the swordsman forgetting HIS appearance. Zoro took quick notice but unlike Nami’s freak out earlier, he just stuck his hand out waiting for Nami to return his jacket that she was still wearing. Nami had forgotten how she was still wearing the idiot’s clothes. Before she handed him what rightfully belonged to him she saw the opportunity to tease the swordsman and make it awkward for him. “Don’t you care that I’m only wearing a shirt and panties under this?” “No. No I don’t.” Zoro’s answer threw Nami for a loop as it wasn’t the reaction she was hoping for from him. “I only gave you my jacket to make that idiot cook and samurai pay attention to what I had to say and not your half naked figure.” Nami huffed in frustration and got up to take of the jacket, but before taking it off she thought of one last way to make the swordsman uncomfortable. Nami slowly walked across the table and stopped in front of the swordsman only to turn her back to him. The whole act only made Zoro confused. Confusion turned to frustration as the navigator took the jacket off in a seductive matter. Dropping the clothing on the floor Nami walked back to her desk making sure she rocked her hips back and forth to insinuate her assets. Zoro had enough when Nami bent over to pick up mapping utensils that she had thrown on the floor. Zoro yanked his jacket off the floor and began to make his opinion known. “STOP IT! Nami I don’t care about your body!” Zoro’s voice was rising the longer he went. “I care about you crying just a few minutes ago. I care about how it was me who did that to you!” Zoro pointed towards the bruise mark on Nami’s wrist. “I care about you knowing that I didn’t mean what you thought I meant with the conversation down there!” Nami stood there crossing her arms waiting for an explanation. Her frustration was growing with every passing second. Zoro huffed in frustration, trying to collect himself. “Tell me,” his voice was level, “what happened with Monet?” Nami stood her ground. She replied with her honest thoughts of what had happened in Punk Hazard, “She had a devil fruit that we didn’t expect. And it wasn’t just us, Zoro, we were all ill prepared for the events that unfolded on that island.” With eyes closed her male counterpart responded back two-fold, “True, but most of us didn’t run away from our fights.” “There you go again with how strong you men are,” Nami’s anger levels were returning to their high, “YOU KNOW IT’S NOT NORMAL FOR A HUMAN TO HAVE THE STRENGTH YOU IDIOTS HAVE RIGHT?!” “I’m not attacking the level of strength you have Nami!” “Plus, you’re forgetting how we had our hands tied with the whole children fiasco.” That was the breaking point for the swordsman. It was time for him to give her a piece of his mind. No censor to cushion the words for the, already, cracking spirit of the navigator. “STOP MAKING EXCUSES!” the male’s temper was long gone. “I hate how you blame everything that went wrong for you on someone else!” His sudden outburst Nami’s frame retreating within itself little by little and decided to level his tone down. After all he was here to make amends. “I don’t want to make you feel like you’re weak Nami,” Zoro’s voice now with more compassion “every decision we have made since arriving to the New World shows the world how we’ve grown. Robin was the only one who was fighting back against the snow woman but was in desperate need of your help. And Chopper was incapacitated due to him using his ultimate form.” “WHY are you making excuses for THEM?!” Nami’s voice was cracking. “Because they at least trusted their skills to fight back Nami!” Zoro didn’t want to yell but it was something that he had to make sure the navigator understood. “They believed that they had grown enough to fight back against someone who they weren’t sure they would be able to defeat. Chopper used his ability because you took on the children’s burden.” “DON’T YOU DARE BRING THE CHILDREN INTO THIS!” Nami had certain triggers and children was one of them. “What were we supposed to do, leave them there. Let them keep getting tested on, poisoned, and who knows what other experiments were done on them!” Nami had a list of priorities. More like a code, and Zoro respected it. He made sure to let her know that with his next argument. “You know I never agree with that stupid love cook but I fully sided with his argument to let the children fall into the Navy’s hands an-“ “That’s what I did!” “Not until the end Nami!” Zoro tried to keep calm but Nami kept testing him by not letting him finish. “You’re almost as bad as Luffy,” he could see her about to lose it, “but you have real reasons as to why you help people.” Nami kept shut, waiting for more of an explanation. And the bounty hunter continued his efforts to explain himself. “It’s one of the reason I respect you. You bond so much with the people you want to help that you feel their pain, you suffer with them, and you put their burdens on your shoulders. And when you can’t do it by yourself you know that you will always have me to help you carry it.” Nami was barely keeping it together and to see how Zoro understood her was not helping. Especially since she was being so stubborn. “But you have to understand that you can’t accept such a delicate matter when we not only have strong opponents facing us but also a gas that we have no way of countering. You, Chopper, and Robin put so much effort into protecting the children that the rest of us had to keep an eye on you.” Nami was one more push away from completely breaking down. “To make matters worse I didn’t even think you needed my help to take care of that snow woman,” Zoro started to walk towards Nami, “if it weren’t for the children I believe you yourself would have been enough to take care of her. But you were too we-“ “WEAK!? There it is again! You think you’re so superior to me that I could never catch up to you in strength! Well go one on one with me on navigation skills! You lead us through these seas! You make sure we have the money to buy the supplies we need! You make sure w-“ It was Nami’s turn to be interrupted by the other this time. “Will you let me finish woman!” the swordsman. “If you listened to me for once you would know that that’s not what I was going to say nor what I meant!” “Then what did you mean?! Huh?!” Nami heard enough. Her hands grabbed everything and anything that was near them. In an instant, the swordsman was the target to a barrage of cartography items. Zoro expertly maneuvered passed everything being thrown at him. Making his way towards Nami who only tried to enlarge the space in between them only to run out of space by hitting the bookshelf behind her. In a second Zoro blocked of Nami by pressing his body to hers. “That’s not what I meant,” Zoro whispered into her ear. Zoro had embraced the navigator delicately. Nami’s dam had broken with that one act. The man that was the target of her fury was not even mad. His voice offered another emotion all together. “Then what did you mean,” was all Zoro could make out from the emotional woman. Zoro took a second before raising a hand to adjust Nami’s head so that she was now looking at him. “I was going to say that you were weak-,” Nami’s eyes furrowed, “spirited. You don’t give yourself enough credit when the chips are down. You are SO much stronger than you believe Nami.” Zoro’s voice had something that she had never heard it have when talking about her. Pride. “You’re right, I can’t navigate us worth a beri nor could I keep track of what we need. But YOU can. Because you believe in your skills of navigation and money hoarding.” Zoro chuckled a little. “You know if you had the skills in your fighting ability that you had in your navigation skills you could honestly give that shitty cook a run for his money.” Nami couldn’t believe what she had just heard. The toughest man on the crew just told her that she could take on a member of their Monster Trio. Causing her to hide her face in his chest once more. “How?” Zoro had captivated the navigator’s attention. “Easy,” the smile he gave her was encouraging. “With how smart you are and your clima-tact expertise, you could come up with a plan to incapacitate the idiot in seconds.” “Wad abod yu?” Nami’s question now completely muffled with her face being buried fully in Zoro’s chest now. “Heh. Maybe.” Zoro could feel Nami’s quivering lips turn into a small smile. “You know Nami,” Zoro continued, “the time I felt the proudest of you was back in Alabasta. Where, once again, you decided to take someone else’s problems personally.” Nami knew exactly what the swordsman was referring to but didn’t want to interrupt and see where he was going. “Your fight with that woman, the one that was with Daz. When you defeated her even though you had no idea what her powers were - you went head to head with her. Knowing that your friend’s country was on the line if we didn’t win. You put it all on the line with a weapon you had never even used before and ended up winning. Why?” Nami froze solid. This was the answer she wanted to know the most. “Because you believed in yourself. You stood your ground. And when Monet called you weak back in Punk Hazard, I saw it in your eyes, the determination to prove her wrong. And you did. You used your knowledge and hurt her with a simple attack.” Zoro said all of this with confidence. “Never be afraid to put it all on the line because somebody from the crew will always be there to back you up when you need it, especially me.” What followed was the shocker of the night for Nami. “Leave being scared to the idiot love cook. Leave it to Luffy and myself. The ones who you all put your faith in to beat the crap out anyone who dares oppose the Straw Hats.” The final part was barely heard by Nami. “As a matter of fact, I’m already scared.” --------------------------------- “What did you say?” Nami finally looked up at the swordsman “I said that I was afraid,” Zoro began, “afraid that I wouldn’t be able to protect you. Or the rest of the crew.” Nami kept her eyes on the swordsman as the words had left his mouth. Tears markers long gone now. What replaced them was a look of awe. “I trained everyday these last two years,” continued Zoro, “yet Punk Hazard showed me how the smallest of mistakes could cost us our lives in the New World. I just wanted to make sure that we didn’t take any unnecessary risks on Dressrosa.” Nami was now making sense of all of what happened in the meeting and why Zoro had held it in the first place. With the last couple of minutes of conversation Nami decided it was time to break free of the swordsman hold on her. Taking Zoro by surprise. He only hoped he hadn’t made her uncomfortable by sharing too much. Zoro stood watch as the Nami walked back towards her desk and open a secret compartment underneath it. Pulling out what looked like an expensive bottle of sake the navigator only had two words to say. “Let’s drink.” Nami walked towards the room’s cushioned wall bench motioning for the swordsman to join her. Only to wait for Zoro to sit down before she decided to lay down and rest her head on his lap. The two remained like that for an hour, passing the bottle back and forth, before the silence was broken. “The great Bounty Hunter Zoro...scared…about me...” Nami trailed off before returning to her thoughts. Zoro looked down at her now peaceful expression and taking in the sight. Taking notice Nami couldn’t help but tease the swordsman a little more. “Is the great Zoro checking me out?” “Can you blame me?” “Creep.” “Witch.” Both smiled at each other knowing that their usual pattern of conversing with one another was back. The fact of the matter was they were both intoxicated one more than the other. “You know I’m going to *hic* have to charge you for *hic* everything that you put me through tonight.” Nami was cursing the old geezers for not being able to handle their alcohol. Drinking alone wasn’t fun and she missed the challenge of having someone to out drink her. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Zoro was also cursing the drought of alcohol that Mihawk had caused him to have. What he was feeling wasn’t much but the buzz was still there. Both members thinking the same thing. ‘This is some strong stuff.’ Nami and Zoro were on the same track the rest of the night and only enjoyed the company of each other. Both lost in their thoughts not knowing what to do after such a serious fight. Zoro knew he would never be able to forgive himself for what he did to Nami on this night. Mentally making a promise to never make her cry again. Beginning to space out the swordsman decided to tell Nami his true feelings as to why he was afraid. “My biggest fear is not being able to protect the dreams of the people on this crew, Nami,” mentally blaming the alcohol for the excessive sharing, “my dream holds a promise I made but everyone else has a purpose with their dream. Especially you Nami, a map of the whole world, it’s something worth protecting along wi-” Zoro was cut off by looking down and seeing Nami had dozed off. Smiling Zoro moved cautiously as he got up to take Nami in his arms. He would never be able to understand how light she was. Carrying her in his arms he walked to the women’s quarters. On the way sharing one last item of information. “I’m scared that I’m not strong enough.” Zoro finding his way to the ship’s deck. Nami had made herself comfortable in his arms and nuzzled her face deeper into his chest. Walking up the stairs Zoro made sure not to wake her. Finally reaching the women's quarters door. As he knocked on the door a small voice caught his attention. “You’re plenty strong.” Zoro was taken off guard but the door opened seconds later revealing Robin in the entrance. Cutting his response to the apparently awake navigator. “Oh, looks like someone had too much to drink.” ‘How does she know we were drinking’ Zoro swore the archeologist knew everything that happened on the ship. It wouldn’t surprise him if she knew about what happened at the aquarium. His thoughts were soon interrupted by Robin taking the bottle of sake from the navigator’s hands. Revealing on how the raven-haired woman knew about the drinking. Robin motioned to Zoro on where to put Nami on the bed. He knew that the navigator was awake but by the way she was clinging on he knew she wanted him to carry her to bed. After placing her right next to Momonosuke he felt a sting of jealousy. Quickly brushing it away he covered Nami up and walked back towards the door. “No kiss good night?” “Bite me.” The archeologist watched the interaction smiling at the silly antics that both had said. “Rough night?” Robin asking as if she already knew the answer to her own question. “You could say,” Zoro replied as he laid Nami on the mattress, “just receiving some very much needed guidance.” “Well I trust that whatever happened at the meeting tonight was smoothed out by the two of you.” Robin’s quick comment didn’t go without a rebuttal. “And I trust that the little meeting you and Franky had just a while ago went well too?” Robin could only help but chuckle seeing as how this was the first time she couldn’t think of anything to say back. With finally getting one over the archeologist Zoro decided it was time for him to hit the hay as well. Leaving the now fully awake Nami itching for some details on Robin’s night.
