Kaz

"Hey guys I see a ship." Zoro says into the snail and then we head down to the deck. We gather on the right side and I spot the banged up ship from earlier. It's in pretty bad shape and it appears they don't have any sails.

"I've heard stories of a strange game between pirates called a Davy Back Fight where you can steal other people's crew or even their flag." Franky says and I take a closer look at the ship trying to determine if it was in a Davy Back Fight but it appears to be too banged up to be a Davy Back Fight.

"We know;" the whole crew says and I spot three guys who just started fishing off the side. At Luffy's orders we pull up beside them and Luffy calmly yells at them. The men start running around in panic until deciding to just surrender.

"We surrender; spare our lives." They call out and I just stare at them blankly. That's just weird I think as Luffy boards the other ship where he ends up inviting the men over for supper.

"Sanji food;" Luffy calls out and Sanji walks out of the kitchen.

"It'll be a while still so why don't you check them out for injuries Chopper?" Sanji asks Chopper and he nods.

"If there's anyone who's injured come with me." He calls out and the shortest one besides the kid starts to freak out about the pet speaking. "I'm not a pet, I'm a pirate. You got that I'm a pirate with a bounty of fifty beri." Chopper yells before getting really disheartened about his bounty and I slipped into the kitchen while the others are occupied.

"Luffy get out of here; the food isn't ready yet." Sanji says without even turning around. I just let out a sigh before speaking.

"You don't have to make me any food. I'm not hungry." I say while I grab a bottle of sake from the fridge and I make my way back to the kitchen door. I raise the hand with the sake and give Sanji a small wave before completely walking out of the kitchen. I quietly slip into the library and place my sake down on the table before pulling out the worn out journal. I get in a comfortable position before taking a swig of sake and flipping the journal open to a marked page. I sense Chopper moving over to the other ship and below the deck; I wonder what he's doing. What he does is his own business I think before returning to the journal.

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Zoro

I was sitting in the kitchen fighting to keep Luffy from stealing my food while gobbling down my food. I haven't had time to talk to Kaz about what I saw on that first day and every time I found myself even near Kaz we were never alone. I'd ask him about it then but I don't think he'd be too keen on explaining it to everyone. Hell I don't even know if he'll explain it to me but I'm going to force him too, especially if it'll endanger the crew. I finish off my plate and empty the rest of my mug of sake.

"Hey moss head since you're done take this to Kaz; I think he's in the library. Even though he said he wasn't hungry earlier I can tell he hasn't eaten in a while. Now take this and go" Sanji said and before I can object he places the plate in my hands. I just stare at him and Sanji lets out a sigh. "I'll give you a bottle of sake if you go and make sure he actually eats it." With that I was on my way to the library with the plate of food and I was a little bit grateful to the love cook since this gives me an opportunity to talk to Kaz alone but then again why'd he choose me of all people.

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Kaz

I close the journal when I hear footsteps outside and quickly I slide the journal inside another book before looking at the door. A second later Zoro pushes open the door with a plate of food in his hands which he sets down in front of me.

"This is from curly brow and you've gotta eat it." Zoro says before sitting across from me and I just kept glancing between Zoro and the plate.

"I'm ..." I start off but Zoro quickly cuts me off as my tummy lets out a quiet rumble.

"Don't say you're not hungry because I can tell you are and you're stomach just agreed with me." He said as my stomach let out another hungry growl this time louder. I let out a grumble and just shrug my shoulders.

"Well I'm not going to be eating any time soon so you might as well just leave." I say turning back to the book I stored the journal in.

"If you don't eat it then I don't get my sake." Zoro says and I just raise a brow as I turn to look back at him. "Curly brow told me that if I bring you food and make sure you eat it I get some sake." I let out a little sigh and toss him the bottle of sake that I had sitting beside me.

"Will this satisfy you?" I say and I turn back to my journal.

"Thanks but I'm not leaving 'til you eat it." Zoro says and he takes a swig of the sake.

"Stubborn aren't you?" I ask him and he lets out a little chuckle.

"Coming from the one who doesn't want to eat even though his stomach is telling him to;" he says and I let out an annoyed sigh before we slip into silence. I start reading the journal again but this time I kept an eye on Zoro so he wouldn't scare the crap out of me. Something in the journal catches my attention and it pulls my full attention into it. I reread it over and over to make sure I've read it correctly but it appears so.

"What're you looking at that's so interesting?" A voice whispers into my ear and I jump in shock.

"Shit you scared me to death there." I say holding my hand over my heart and glaring at the swordsman who was still looking over my shoulder. "It's none of your business;" I say while quickly closing the book and journal.

"I guess and anyway I have something I want to ask you." Zoro says and I hum to indicate for him to go on. "On the first day you were awake. I saw you on top of the crow's nest with tears in your eyes." Zoro asks and I freeze up before looking at him in surprise. "What was that about and why did you gain more tears when you pulled out this old journal?" Zoro asks holding up the journal I was just looking at.

"How'd you get that?" I ask after looking in the book I just thought I hide the journal in and I send him a glare when I find it's not there.

"I just grabbed it when you jumped to the roof and answer me; also eat your food." Zoro says while still holding the journal. I send him a glare before devouring the food on the plate which was surprisingly still warm. "Good now answer my earlier questions." Zoro says sitting down across from me again.

"Fine, I was asleep before you saw me and an old memory surfaced in my dreams. It was a sad memory that's tied to that book." I say pointing at the book in his hand before holding my hand out for him to give me back my book.

"I want some more information." He says and I looked at him annoyed.

"If you're worried about me endangering this crew then don't. I'm not going to do anything to destroy Luffy's crew and if you absolutely must know I remembered my mother's death now may I have the journal back." I growled out and felt tears prick at the corners of my eyes. I blink a couple of times in hopes of pushing back the tears but they just seem to not want to disappear and I see shock cover Zoro's face. I turn my head away and cover my eyes with my hands while pressing my palms into my eyes in hopes of pushing back the tears.

"Not now you stupid tears; sorry can you just leave me alone." I say while willing my voice not to break but it decides not to obey and my voice breaks a couple times in that single sentence.

"I'm sorry; I shouldn't have pried." Zoro said and I feel him pull me up before wrapping his arms around me. "I'm only doing this once since I caused this so don't go expecting this ever again." Zoro says and I freeze up in shock before gently relaxing into the hug.

"No it's okay, you didn't know I'd react this way and you were worried about the safety of the crew. It's understandable and I'm fine now." I say before slipping out of Zoro's grasp and stealing back my journal. I sit down and gently wipe my eyes trying to rid my face of any evidence that I was crying. "If you tell anyone that I was crying you're dead." I send a warning glare at Zoro and I see him nod before running out of the room in fear with the plate.

I turn my attention back to the journal but I find that my mind kept wondering back to earlier and how Zoro acted. I close the journal and slip it in a safe place on me before staring out of the window. Why would Zoro act that way? Even though I ended up crying because of him I didn't peg him as someone who would hug too often. I rub my forehead in annoyance and decide to get some fresh air. I slip out the door to find Franky, Robin, and Sanji confronting the other group about who they really are. Three of them rush at Sanji, Robin, and Franky but the leader, I think his name was Stonsen, stopped them by smashing the one guy's face into the deck.

"RETREAT;" Stonsen yells and they rush over to the edge of the ship. They all jump over board and retreat to their ship.

"Leave them Franky. We have more important things to worry about than them, I can't find Chopper anywhere." Nami says while stopping Franky from shooting them. I slip away when the others weren't looking and jumped overboard using my curse to silence the sound of the splash I created. I silently swim through the water towards the other ship and pull myself up onto the deck outta view of the others. I take a couple of sniffs and follow Chopper's scent trail which leads me deeper and deeper into the ship. I have stronger senses which can really come in handy sometimes. I enter into a small room and see Chopper, the kid from before, and a horribly injured man with red hair.

"Whoa, help me hold him down Jiro." Chopper tells the kid, Jiro, when the ship starts moving all of a sudden.

"Just let me handle this." I sit down beside the bed and concentrate. I create an area around the man which absorbs all the vibrations and prevents his wounds from reopening.

"Who are you and how did you find this place?" Jiro grabs a broom that's nearby and points it at me.

"Jiro calm down, he's a friend." Chopper pushes the broom handle down and then turns to me. "How did you find us?"

"I just followed your scent. I've got a strong sense of smell." I tap my nose and shift so my backs resting in the corner where the bed meets the wall. "Any way the others think these guys kidnapped you since they can't find you and we know these guys lied earlier."

"Huh? I have to stay here and treat this man though." Chopper looks at me for help.

"When they show up just tell Luffy about this guy. Luffy will understand now I'm going to sleep. Don't worry this thing will stay up until I take it down. Even if I lose consciousness it won't go down." I put my arms behind my head and drift off into another uneasy sleep.