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onepieceyaoi100Title: Any Other Reason
Rating: PG
Pairing: Very, very vague hints at Zoro/Luffy
Word Count: 375
This is my entry. It's a bit longer than expected, I know. *cringe* That doesn't matter, does it? I had to mangle this so badly to get it under 503 words. >.> Perhaps I will post the non-mangly version elsewhere. <-- Whee, look at me, talking in sentence fragments because I'm posting at 4:22am!
Any Other Reason
Simple reasons are best when explaining Luffy. Sense is optional. Heart is mandatory.
by Alena
May 9th, 2004
"Don't you ever think about it?" the barmaid asked suddenly. Zoro blinked and turned to look at her, his reaction time sluggish due to the alcohol.
"Think about what?" he replied, completely nonplussed. The heavyset woman stared at him incredulously.
"The fact that you -- a pirate hunter -- are the first mate on a pirate ship?" her voice was quick, clipped, as if she expected him to suddenly jump up, go nuts, and destroy half the bar. Being feared had its perks; that was probably the reason for the prompt service.
"Never really thought about it," he said unworriedly. The barmaid, Edna, raised a bushy eyebrow.
"How can you not think about it?"
Zoro shrugged, trying to follow the conversation despite his intoxication. "I asked Luffy once, an' he said something about how it would look bad if he had anyone else." He shrugged again. "You just don't argue with Luffy. It's painful, an' you won't win."
Edna refilled his mug, which was doomed to be swiftly emptied again.
"Is he really that dangerous?" she asked in a hushed voice. Zoro snorted.
"Only if you get him mad." He glanced over at her, and realized faintly that she looked nervous.
"If he's that bad, then why do you stay with him?" Her imagination was already working at hyperspeed -- Lord, that scar! Had his captain done that? -- and she could see all the abuse... Really, Zoro seemed humane; maybe the captain was holding his family hostage and forcing him to be on the ship...!
Zoro eyed his now-empty mug distastefully. "I'm a man of my word--"
She knew it!
"--but it's'not jus' that. Luffy's... Luffy. I go where he goes, an' I stay with him no matter what, an' that's how it's always gonna be. Pirate hunter or not, I don't need any other reason than that."
Edna blinked, sensing something deeper than drunken words.
"But... how did you end up on his ship in the first place?"
"Well, tha' involved a lot a' men an' force an'..."--he searched for a word--"bondage, I guess. An'--"
Edna squeaked and ran off to serve elsewhere. Zoro blinked, not realizing that he'd probably scarred her for life.
All in a day's work for a pirate.
Rating: PG
Pairing: Very, very vague hints at Zoro/Luffy
Word Count: 375
This is my entry. It's a bit longer than expected, I know. *cringe* That doesn't matter, does it? I had to mangle this so badly to get it under 503 words. >.> Perhaps I will post the non-mangly version elsewhere. <-- Whee, look at me, talking in sentence fragments because I'm posting at 4:22am!
Simple reasons are best when explaining Luffy. Sense is optional. Heart is mandatory.
by Alena
May 9th, 2004
"Don't you ever think about it?" the barmaid asked suddenly. Zoro blinked and turned to look at her, his reaction time sluggish due to the alcohol.
"Think about what?" he replied, completely nonplussed. The heavyset woman stared at him incredulously.
"The fact that you -- a pirate hunter -- are the first mate on a pirate ship?" her voice was quick, clipped, as if she expected him to suddenly jump up, go nuts, and destroy half the bar. Being feared had its perks; that was probably the reason for the prompt service.
"Never really thought about it," he said unworriedly. The barmaid, Edna, raised a bushy eyebrow.
"How can you not think about it?"
Zoro shrugged, trying to follow the conversation despite his intoxication. "I asked Luffy once, an' he said something about how it would look bad if he had anyone else." He shrugged again. "You just don't argue with Luffy. It's painful, an' you won't win."
Edna refilled his mug, which was doomed to be swiftly emptied again.
"Is he really that dangerous?" she asked in a hushed voice. Zoro snorted.
"Only if you get him mad." He glanced over at her, and realized faintly that she looked nervous.
"If he's that bad, then why do you stay with him?" Her imagination was already working at hyperspeed -- Lord, that scar! Had his captain done that? -- and she could see all the abuse... Really, Zoro seemed humane; maybe the captain was holding his family hostage and forcing him to be on the ship...!
Zoro eyed his now-empty mug distastefully. "I'm a man of my word--"
She knew it!
"--but it's'not jus' that. Luffy's... Luffy. I go where he goes, an' I stay with him no matter what, an' that's how it's always gonna be. Pirate hunter or not, I don't need any other reason than that."
Edna blinked, sensing something deeper than drunken words.
"But... how did you end up on his ship in the first place?"
"Well, tha' involved a lot a' men an' force an'..."--he searched for a word--"bondage, I guess. An'--"
Edna squeaked and ran off to serve elsewhere. Zoro blinked, not realizing that he'd probably scarred her for life.
All in a day's work for a pirate.
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