"The Adventures of Lost Zoros", Part One

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

Under no circumstances should I be encouraged for this.  There are definitely not eight parts in total to this idiocy.  I am in no way stealing this idea almost entirely from the doujinshi "Butter" and you should not go to dizzy right now to check it out (it is not third to last on the 8th page).  Absolutely not.

Title:  Let Sleeping Tigers Lie
Part:  1/8
Series:  The Adventures of Lost Zoros
Word Count:  533
Pairing(s):  Zoro/Sanji, Zoro/Sanji 
Rating: PG
Disclaimer:  The crack belongs to me but everything else does not.  Damn.

As soon as Zoro woke up from his post-lunch nap, he knew that something was very wrong.  He glared down at the group of strangers and growled furiously as the weird tree he’d woken up in shook slightly again.  The squeaky, grinning man continued to shove on the tree despite Zoro’s hissed warnings.

 

“Hey, come down, Zoro-kitty!”  The teeth-man was baring even more of his blunt fangs.  It infuriated Zoro.  How dare that human challenge him?

 

Of course his obnoxious human grinned as well, although never so wide, and it didn’t always mean a challenge. 

 

Zoro considered this and the stranger’s cheerful tone of voice.  Slowly he relaxed in the tree, releasing the smooth wood under his claws and sinking down into the flattened hollow of the tree until he couldn’t see the strangers anymore.  There was a hole in the hollow and a ladder was stuck in it, nicer than any the scores of humans that had shipwrecked on his island ever built.  Zoro pushed at the ladder until it fell and then leaned his back against the wall of the hollow, vaguely aware that both the shaking and shouting had ceased.

 

The strangers were mostly human, two males and two females.  He assumed the toothy man was their leader from his strength alone.  The other male stank of fear and wasn’t worth his attention.  The tall female hadn’t spoken but the flame-haired one was shrill and loud.  He disliked them both on principle.

 

A reindeer completed the group, built like a tiny human with hooves.  Zoro’s mouth watered.  It had been a long time since he’d had reindeer to feast on.

 

Zoro frowned, his tail flicking in irritation.  Where the hell was he?

 

He’d been taking a nap in the sun, on the ground for the benefit of his human, contentedly smelling the earthy warmth of his mate’s pink, smooth skin.  Then he’d woken up in the air, surrounded by water and wide-eyed fools.  He was not happy.

 

“Hey, what’s going on?”

 

The familiar, husky voice made Zoro’s ears swivel back and he poked his head out of the hollow once more.

 

And there was his idiot-human-mate, ridiculously clothed in layers of dark material and fingering one of those disgusting smoky sticks he’d loved so much at the beginning.  Zoro had been very relieved when he’d run out of the things, even if his mate had been extra annoying for weeks afterward.

 

Zoro leaped out of the tree and landed before the tall blonde.  Ignoring the jabber of the creatures around him, Zoro circled his mate slowly, taking in his scent as though it were the first time all over again.

 

An irritating musky scent lay on top of a sweet odor but under all that Zoro could smell the rich, unique scent he’d come to know so well.  Zoro stopped in front of him, still on all fours, and finally relaxed completely.

 

“Sanji,” he muttered contentedly and curled in on himself on the wooden ground.

 

This was either a weird dream or an ill-conceived hunting party, but if Sanji was here too it would right itself soon enough.

 

He fell back to sleep, visions of reindeer marinating in his dreams.

Comments

[mettathron.livejournal.com]

... I still want to see the other seven parts.

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

Well, I want to make sweet, sweet love to Adam West's voice. Only one of our combined wishes will come true! God, I hope that it's mine.

Nah, that'll never happen. I'll post more later. I hope. *Looks down worriedly*

[fenm.livejournal.com]

Please be aware that this is a drabble group, so even at 500 words for one part you're pushing it (we prefer stories that afe about 300 words or fewer). However, you can post this to onepieceyaoi, which is a comm for longer OP yaoi stories.

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

I thought that you could post other, longer stories here but they just wouldn't count for the weekly contest. Isn't that on the user info page?

Short stories over 300 words, drabbles without yaoi theme and drabbles that don't match the week's topic are welcome but will not be considered for winning the theme.

I mean, I'll erase if this is too long for the community but the other parts are mostly shorter than this one so it seemed a little shortish to go on OPY.

[fenm.livejournal.com]

The operative term is "short stories". If this is really the first of 8 parts, and they're all about 500 words, that's 2000 words, which isn't really short...
And, again, there is a comm for stories of this type.

[ptps.livejournal.com]

So 500 words is considered to be a "long" story?

And also in this case, alita_b's Marimo/Johnny/Yosaku dork!porn (http://community.livejournal.com/onepieceyaoi100/392712.html), which was well over 3000 words if I recall correctly, would have been deleted from this comm, which it wasn't, and I think that's fine. Also we have stuff like three-parters that are technically 900 words broken into three and shouldn't really be counted, but still here posted here.

imho 500 words isn't pushing the limit. But eh, if the mod wants it off, then okay. Just saying. :/

[ptps.livejournal.com]

Also lol drabbles were originally 100 words long, so at 300 we're all overshooting it, 200 more words aren't really that much. ...I'm not making sense I should shut up.

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

Waaaaaay off the thread here, but I can't believe there are actually drabble communities that enforce that 100 words rule. I mean, how the hell can people make stories every week with that?

Although people have done that here before in spades, so I guess it's possible. Just...damn! That's some talent there.

[(Anonymous)]

So 500 words is considered to be a "long" story?

By itself, no, but it's part 1 of 8. 500 x 8 = 4000 words.

Also we have stuff like three-parters that are technically 900 words broken into three

I'm not too fond of those, either, frankly.
I mean, it's one thing if you write a story, it does well, and you write a sequel or two; but if you start out writing a long story, why are you posting it to a drabble group?
Also, with some of the multi-parters, each part can stand on its own, and can be arguably considered a drabble in and of itself. But there are "drabbles" that you can't understand unless you read the other parts, which, again, kinda makes them not drabbles anymore.

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

I don't know, maybe it's because I just got off work but the whole math thing is scaring me right now. Too many numbers! My brain is too dead for that. Plus I smell like cucumbers and bleach and it's messing with my mind, I swear.

I see where you're coming from and that's cool place, but I'm going to leave this up to the mods. If they want it gone, I'll kick its ass to the curb. If they don't, it'll stay here. Fair?

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

My denial is in no way a reflection of how human!Zoro will act during this set. No way.

Things will get more smutty towards the end but probably nothing as hardcore as the doujinshi. Damn, but tiger!Zoro had a huge wang in that. I mean, ridiculously huge, right? It was kind of scary.

[shymagical.livejournal.com]

Heheh ^.^

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

Oh, cute icon! I think it's the ears that really sell the look for me. I just want to pull on them.

[shymagical.livejournal.com]

Well, if a story is brought up by the "Butter" doujinshi of course I have take out the icon I made from it a long while ago...(it's too bad I lost the other ones >.< I had one where he was tackling Sanji waiting to be colored...

[yuki-kokoro.livejournal.com]

The POV here was awesome, as was Zoro-kitty's thoughts on the crew in general and "his mate" in particular. Really makes you realize just how cat-like Zoro is in general. ^_^

Wherever you end up posting this I will definitely be keeping an eye out for the next parts! (Under no circumstances should that be construed as encouragement or anticipation. =P )

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

Really makes you realize just how cat-like Zoro is in general. ^_^

He really is! He sleeps all the time and tends to be a little possessive and seems to have disdain for most people that aren't him. He's a big, old, cranky tomcat.

Thank you for your lack of encouragement!

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

XD This was just too fun! Definitely will watch for more bits of this...

[morriwritestuff.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was hoping it wasn't too stupid. I do like the stupid generally but it's hard to tell if other people will.