Kaz

"Sorry if that was weird." He speaks up and I look at him. He's watching me carefully with those wonderful eyes of his.

"It just surprised me and all; it wasn't too weird." I say while lightly shaking my head. I see Zoro's eyes light up some and he gains some more red on his cheeks.

"If it wasn't too weird then... can I do it again?" Zoro asks and the last part drops to a whisper. I feel my cheeks heat up majorly and not trusting my voice I just nod. Zoro looks at me in surprise before moving his lips to mine in a passionate kiss. It didn't involve tongue and after sometime we break apart for air. I notice that sometime during the kiss Zoro had rolled over so I was now resting on his stomach and Zoro pulls me tightly against his stomach. "It scared the crap out of me when you disappeared half a year ago. I thought I'd never see you again and I was scared; the most scared I've ever been before. Right now I'm probably the happiest person alive though." Zoro whispers into my ear and I feel heat rush to my cheeks. When I get out of my shocked state a snore reaches my ears. I look down at Zoro and find him sound asleep.

"He says something like that and then falls asleep before I can even say anything back. Geez you but what you said made me really happy." I whisper and I give Zoro a quick kiss on the cheek before getting into a comfier position on his chest. I slowly drift off and I partially wake when someone walks out onto the balcony. When I feel Luffy's presence I fully drift awake since he'll probably do something stupid.

"I really hope one of them makes a move soon." I hear Luffy say and I can sense that he's looking at me and Zoro.

"Wait, so you've noticed that they like each other Luffy?" I hear Nami ask in surprise.

"It's kinda hard not to notice especially when it's me. I can tell when Kaz is using a fake smile or a genuine smile and Kaz's smiles around Zoro are always genuine. I wasn't one hundred percent sure if Zoro like her back but he seems more open with her than anyone else in the crew." Luffy says and I hear gasp from everyone else. I open one eye and look over at the others.

"Um by the way I've been wondering this for a while but is the girl who's lying on top of Zoro?" Sanji asks and everyone turns to look at him.

"That's Kaz." Luffy says and everyone else nods.

"Whaaaa? That pretty angel's Kaz?" Sanji says and I speak up.

"Well the cat's out of the bag now." I say and I roll off of Zoro.

"Well one cat." Zoro says and he sits up.

"When did you two wake up?" Nami asks and I shrug.

"I've been fully awake since Luffy walked out here with Jimbei." I say and Zoro just shrugs.

"Oh yeah Jimbei you said something about telling me what's been going on in the world for the past two years." Luffy says turning back to Jimbei who quickly explains it all with the help of Chopper in some spots.

"The winner of the fight was Akainu and now he's the new Fleet Admiral." Jimbei says with a serious face. Luffy and I both move our hands to the wounds from that day with pure anger running through our blood. Zoro sets his hand on my shoulder to comfort me and I look over at him.

"Kaz calm down. We don't need you doing anything rash and even though I know you can take him we aren't going to make a move for a while okay?" Luffy says without turning around and thanks to his words and Zoro's hand I manage to calm down.

"As long as that bastard pays one day, then I'm fine." I say and Jimbei finishes telling them about the changes in the world over these past two years.

"Hey Zoro, Sanji, is there a wild beast or something in this place?" Luffy asks.

"Now that you mention it, I do sense something." Sanji says and I speak up since I know who it is thanks to my curse.

"It's that guy you kept in the barrel on your way here from Shabondy, Caribou." I say and Luffy just nods before heading out with Sanji and Zoro. I slowly get up and follow after the others who are follow the other three. "I just want to sleep, that's it I'm sleeping here." I say after we get to Shell Tower. I flop down face first and feel someone pulling my leg. I lightly kick at the person but they keep dragging me.

"You can't lie here and we're moving." Usopp says and I hear him grunt. "Man are you heavy." He says and I smash him in the face with my foot.

"You're just pathetically weak." I say and I slowly stand up. "I'm going back to the ship and don't bug me." I give Usopp a deadly glare and I see a terrified look cover his face while he slowly nods his head. Seeing that I successfully scared the crap out of him I head back to the ship and entered my room. I flop down on my bed and quickly fall asleep.

"Hey Kaz get up it's time to say goodbye." I feel someone shake me awake and I just grumble. "Fine I'll just carry you to the deck." I feel some muscular arms pick me up and I let out an annoyed grumble. I hear a soft chuckle and soon I feel sun light on my eyelids. I open my eyes and blink a couple of times. Zoro sets me on my feet and we walk over to the railing. I lean against the railing and give a small wave to the few people I do know who return them while wishing me luck.

"Set sail;" Luffy calls and we start sailing away but Shirahoshi stops us.

"If I'm lucky enough to meet you again I promise that I won't be a crybaby anymore and I hope you can take me for a wonderful walk again." She says.

"A walk? You want to visit you're mom's grave again?" Luffy says.

"No I want to see a real forest." Shirahoshi says.

"Next time we meet I'll take you to see one. " Luffy says lightly laughing.

"Promise?" Shirahoshi extends her pinky finger towards us and Luffy wraps his around it.

"Promise;" Luffy says and soon Nami, Sanji, Brook, Robin, Chopper, and Usopp have their pinkies touching Shirashoshi's. Zoro, Franky, and I are standing off to the side with smiles on our faces. With that we head out and start heading to the surface using Kuuigos Wood.

"What's up Luffy?" Zoro asks noticing that Luffy's just been staring towards the surface since we left Fishman Island.

"Once we reach the surface we'll be in the same sea as Shanks. I can't wait to meet him again." Luffy says enthusiastically.

"I've got a couple of words to exchange with him as well." I say taking a quick look up towards the surface.

"No fighting him;" Luffy says and I just laugh.

"I know I just gotta talk to him and I don't feel like fighting him again even though it was really fun. Anyways we're on our way to the New World." I say and Luffy gains another grin.

"Full speed ahead to the New World men;" Luffy yells and we reply with a huge yeah. After a bit and with smooth sailing ahead Nami walks over to me.

"Hey Kaz let's go take a shower." Nami says and before I can even say anything she's pulling me by the wrist to the bathroom.

"I don't need to take a shower though." I said but Nami just ignored me and continued to drag me along. I gave up and decided to humour her.

"Hey Robin you wanna come too?" Nami yelled at Robin but she shook her head.

"No that's okay." Robin says and Nami continues to drag me along. Nami shrugs and continues to drag me off. A couple seconds later we're in the bathroom and I'm in the tub while Nami's using her shower tempo. I slipped into the tub while Nami was still undressing so she didn't see my wound or scars that I had on my torso. Chopper walks into the bathroom holding a small container and Nami looks over at him.

"You wanna try my shower tempo Chopper?" Nami asks but Chopper shakes his head.

"No I'm here for other reasons but that cloud looks so fluffy and delicious." Chopper says and I sense Sanji and Brook outside the door. Nami creates a small black cloud and sends it out the door to where those two were.

"Chopper stay away from that cloud okay?" Nami says and I hear those two scream.

"I think I'd better not eat it after all." Chopper says and I chuckle.

"That would be wise." I say and Chopper walks over to me with the container from earlier.

"Kaz are you done with your bath yet?" Chopper asks and I nod.

"Yeah I'm just sitting in here because I don't want to get out yet." I say and Chopper nods.

"Well can you get out so I can apply the antibiotic cream." Chopper says and I sigh before climbing out of the tub.

"Yeah go right ahead." I say and Chopper starts applying the cream to the wound.

"Holy Shit what happened to you Kaz?" Nami asks as she takes a good look at my torso.

"Um fights." I say shrugging and Chopper finishes rewrapping the wound since he finished applying the cream. "Thanks Chopper."

"Meet me in the infirmary in a bit and I'll stitch it up." Chopper says and I nod.

"Okay I'll see you in a bit then." I say as I get dressed and I head out of the bathroom after that. When I come out I spot a White Storm and it appears that a fish someone caught is being sucked into it. I settle down on a railing and sit there calmly as we're slowly pulled towards the White Storm.

"Could it possibly be the White Storm?" Robin says and she starts explaining the details. Nami comes rushing out a second later and asks the same thing Robin had before she started explaining. I calmly watch the fish get sucked into the White Storm and it was now a couple feet in. There's no possible way for us to pull away from the White Storm anymore.

"You know we're getting pulled into it and it's too late to try and stop it." I say and the others look at me before following my line of sight to the fish that was now half way into the White Storm.

"Crap grab a hold of something." Nami yells and we all grab onto something. Zoro grabs a hold of my waist and the railing that I was currently sitting on. I look up and am about to ask him why he's holding onto me when the ship gets sucked into the White Storm. We fly in every which direction until we bump into a pod of Island Whales and everyone falls back onto the deck. I land on top of Zoro and I feel his arms slowly let go of my waist. I stand up and offer him a hand which he accepts.

"You good?" He asks once we're standing.

"I should be asking you that since I landed on you and according to someone I'm heavy." I shoot a glare at Usopp and I see him shiver.

"You aren't heavy and you haven't answered my question." Zoro sends a quick glare at Usopp as well and I see Usopp just about pass out.

"I'm fine; one hundred percent fine." I say giving Zoro a big smile and he smiles back before we walk over to the rest of the crew that was standing in front of a black wall. I poke Chopper and when he looks back at me I glance at the infirmary before looking back at him to see if he understood. Chopper nods his head and I head over their first while everyone was distracted by the wall which I know is an Island Whale not a wall. I settle down on the bed and pull off my shirt before Chopper walks in.