The crew sat inside the kitchen with Sanji placing the dishes into the sink and everyone staring at Tsuki with amused interest, much to Zoro's chagrin. Zoro decided to introduce each one of his friends one by one to his mom.

Starting with the crazy captain.

"Okaa-san, this is Luffy, the captain."

"Really? I almost thought your blond boyfriend was the captain."

"HE IS NOT MY-Ow ow owww!"

Zoro rubs his sore ear and glares at Tsuki, who is unfazed by it while Sanji tries to ignore the little skip of a beat his heart had made..

"Don't you talk back to your mother!" She turns to Luffy and smiles. "I'm sorry if my son has been troublesome to you, Luffy."

"Shishishishi! Zoro is pretty funny and he isn't any trouble!"

"If anything, Luffy is the most troublesome." Zoro mutters under his breath but luckily, his mother ignores that comment. Tsuki smiles at the captain.

"I'm surprised to meet a Devil Fruit User. You ate the Gomu Gomu fruit, right?"

"Yep! You heard of it?"

"I get around a lot."

Zoro raises a brow. 'Around a lot' would be an understatement, considering she's been gone for a long time.

"But I'm surprised your parents would somehow got you eating them."

"I never knew my dad. He wasn't around to take care because of the revolution."

"Ah, yes. Your father was Dragon, wasn't it? Then what about your mother?"

To this, Luffy's eyes darken that Zoro almost notice the hint of…despair?

"I…don't want to talk about it."

"Oh." Tsuki seems surprised before concern flashes in her eyes. She changes the subject and clears her throat. "So I heard from my son you plan on becoming the Pirate King?"

Luffy returns to his usual self, grinning. "Yeah! And I will be one!"

Tsuki lets out a pleasing laugh. "I will be anticipating then. With my son on broad, your chances on becoming Pirate King must be good. Luck follows him wherever he goes. It's basically in our family blood. Did he tell you the history of it?"

Zoro flinches when he sees the crew all staring at his mom with gawking eyes.

"Wait…" Usopp begins. "What history?"

Tsuki raises a brow. "Didn't Zoro ever tell you?" When she's responded with shaking heads, she gives her son a look. "Zoro, why didn't you tell them?!"

"I don't want to talk about it." Zoro spoke quietly, squirming in his seat. He casts his eyes down to his lap.

"Dear heavens, then I'll tell them!"

Zoro's cheeks turn bright red. "Nonononononono! Please don't, Okaa-san!"

Sanji nearly dropped a precious, delicate plate. Please? Did Zoro used the word please?!

"Aw come on, Zoro! It can't be that bad." Zoro glares at the cat-smiling burglar. Nami turns to Tsuki and asks. "So what were you saying, Tsu-"

She stops mid-sentence when she sees the most frightening thing she has ever seen since her traumatic past. Tsuki is glaring at her right across the table, her gold eyes glaring right at her very spirit and her mint-green hair seems to glow ominously, like a demon summoning the darkness is answering to her call.

"…Who are you?"

Sanji, with his back facing the group and not noticing Tsuki's look of possible hatred, tought of this as a way to praise Nami's beauty. "You mean Nami-swannnn~? She's a beautiful angel sent down from heaven and-"

"I was not talking to you, Sanji." Tsuki intercepts, her voice laced with malice and anger that even Zoro is scared of. "I was talking to this…young vixen." The way she said 'vixen' makes you think she hates every living being with even a single fox attributes.

"Is something the matter, Tsuki-san?" Robin asks, her face impassive but her eyes curious and cautious.

Tsuki tilts her head to the right very slightly, her smile, once so friendly and motherly, has turn into a wicked, dark smile that made Zoro's own sadistic smile look child-like. Chopper and Usopp hug each other in terror, Sanji turns around, finally seeing the frightening image of a mother, Brook's jaw drop in shock (not literally, mind you), Franky drinks a bit of his cola to relieve the fear welling up inside, Robin's eyes hold slight surprise and Luffy blinks and tilts his head innocently and obliviously. As for Zoro…well, being the son of said mother, would you blame him for nearly shitting his pants off? "Nee*…Nami-san, you must have good eyes on jewellery. Girls like you must have seen a lot of things, right?"

Nami looks pale and scared but she flashes a weak smile. "W-Why yes. I made sure the treasure isn't fake so-"

"I see." Tsuki's instant reply stops Nami from speaking more. Tsuki's smile becomes bigger but more wicked. "Then it would be such bad luck if those pretty little eyes just suddenly…lose their touch?"

The room darkens when Tsuki utters the last three words and Nami sits stiffly in her seat, her body shaking from the intense terror creeping up her spine. She looks at Tsuki's gold eyes and they glow like a cat's eyes. And just when she almost thinks it's real gold…

"Okaa-san!" Zoro's voice snaps Nami's trance and the room seems less hostile. Tsuki turns to Zoro with a look that seems unreadable.

"Yes, Zoro?"

Zoro frowns but he places a hand on her shoulder. "Okaa-san, Nami isn't like that…Sure, she's a bit of a witch-"

"Stop saying bullshit Marimo!" Sanji retorts but Zoro sent him a fleeting glare before looking back at his mother.

"-But she isn't…her."

The room becomes slightly darker but much less than the previous one when Zoro said the last word. He continues.

"Okaa-san, do you need to take a nap? You seem tired…Come on, I'll show you the way to the women's quarter."

"No, no. It's alright." Tsuki stands up and for a moment, everyone got the impression of Zoro helping out a grandma version of a mother instead of a young one. "I'll go sleep in the Crow's nest, as your crew call it…I'm sorry, Zo-kun."

"It's fine, Okaa-san…" He gives her a reassuring pat. "Just get some sleep."

Tsuki gives him a motherly smile. "Thank you…" She turns to the crew and hesitates for a moment. She mutters quietly. "Good night…It's good to meet the people taking care of my son…"

"I'll meet you there later, Okaa-san…"

Without a respond, she left the kitchen, her light footsteps slowly grow further and further away.

Zoro sits across his teammates, rubbing his face with one of his hands. No one said a word. They wait for Zoro to speak. Luckily, he did.

"Nami, did you expect my mom's eyes to be real gold?"

Nami blinks at the question. She didn't expect Zoro to talk to her first. "Um…Yeah. Why?"

Zoro lets out a sigh. Not tiredness nor frustrated. Just…worry. He pinches the bridge of his nose. "She almost made you think they were. If you had stare any longer or my mom holds you in that trance, she would have made your eyes 'lost its touch'. Meaning, you wouldn't be able to tell if the treasure is real or not. Heck, I doubt you would be able to tell a gem from a rock."

"Are you saying your mom has the ability to change a person's vision?"

"I can't tell you that." Zoro answers Franky's question and removes his hand from his face. He faces his crewmates with hesitated eyes. "I promise Okaa-san I won't tell anyone. Only she can decide whether to tell you all about her ability or not. But let me say, on her behalf, that she doesn't hate you all. In fact, she cares for you all quite well for a first meeting."

"Then why the hostility on Nami?" Chopper asks, giving Nami a worry glance. Zoro pauses and looks at the table as if there's a movie playing there.

"…My mom hates Nami type of girls."

Everyone gawks at that ridiculous reason. But Zoro continues.

"She didn't at first. It's just…" Zoro sighs and runs a hand through his hair. "Nami, to my mom, you're the type of woman who can woo men into giving you whatever you want."

"What?! I am not that type!"

"You did something like that once, Nami."

"Shut up, Usopp."

"Ahem." Zoro clears his throat to get their attention and continues. "Anyways, those type of women are what my mom hates the most."

"Why, Zoro-san?"

Zoro didn't answer Brook's question instantly. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. After anticipating moments, he replies with a voice full of betrayal and hate as well as malice and eyes burning with fury.

"Because they took my dad away from her."

Yeah, not much, eh? But I hope you enjoy it! X3

Kuro and Mii-kun: Please read and review because Lu-chan is too lazy to write this bold shit side.

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