Holy crud, I just found out that there's a ZoLu week and it's now so I'm writing a thing! Hope you all like it and I actually get to write one for everyday and post it. Each chapter act as a stand alone fic so there's no plot linking the chapters. Plus, there was no prior planning so I just pulled this out of my ass at butt-crack o'clock. PS every Zoro in here is Fem!Zoro cause I have problems.

Obligatory Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece

Bonus! July 19 - Scars

The black haired captain rocked on his heels outside of Nami's room, practically vibrating with anxiety. Zoro had gotten seriously hurt in her battle with Mihawk, it was a miracle that she survived at all, let alone able to go and look for Nami after she took the Going Merry back to her hometown to deal with that fishman Arlong. It was safe to say that the swordswoman was in serious need of some medical attention. Nami had taken the still bleeding warrior into her room on the Merry along with the first aid kit and kicked everybody else out so she could treat their friend in peace.

Sanji had stopped lamenting through the door about how caring and lovely Nami is for taking care of the barbaric swordswomen to go and start preparing a 'wonderful meal for his wonderful Nami-schwan'. The first time the cook saw the green haired warrior in his restaurant he had mistaken her for a man, which is understandable for the fact the Zoro dresses like a man and had a tendency to act like one as well. His natural disdain for men had carried over even after the blonde was corrected about Zoro's gender and they continued to have a fierce rivalry. Usopp had attempted to draw the captain away to go get out some new invention of his but had failed and had run off to tinker with something around the ship.

This left the captain to wait outside the navigator's room, anxiously waiting for Nami to give him the go ahead to see his first mate. Waiting was never one of Luffy's strong points, and it was even worse when one of his friends were hurt.

The sun had started to set by the time that Nami had left the room looking tired and frustrated.

"NAMI!" The rubber man launched himself at his navigator only to be smacked by her with surprising strength.

"Shut it Luffy!" She grunted, huffing as she pushed her hair back behind her ear. "You're way too loud."

"How's Zoro?!" The rubber man questioned as he picked himself off the floor.

"Just fine Luffy." The green haired warrior reassured her captain, walking out of the navigators room while buttoning up her shirt, concealing the wrapping of bandages that held her wound closed with a cocky smirk on her face.

"ZORO!" Luffy threw himself at his first mate only to be thrown to the ground again by the red headed map maker. "OW! Damn it Nami! Stop doing that!" He said with a light glare at the fiery female.

"Whatever." Turning again to the green haired fighter. "Be careful to not overexert yourself, be sure to change the bandages regularly and you should be fine." She said with a tired smile and a gentle hand on Zoro's shoulder and received a nod in thanks. "I'm going down for dinner." And with that Nami left towards the kitchens.

Luffy stuck his tongue out after the retreating figure of his friend before picking himself off of the floor again. There was a light chuckle from the green haired girl to the right of the captain.

It wasn't a soft and bell like laugh like Nami's or most of the other women that Luffy knew, instead it was hearty and true coming from deep in the swordswoman's chest. It was good for Luffy to hear his first mate laugh, it reassured him that his friend was going to be alright.

Grinning at his first mate Luffy grabbed her hand. "DINNER! Let's go Zoro!" And with his overabundant exuberance he pulled his first mate down the hall, almost not noticing the small flinch that Zoro tried to hide.

Stopping in his tracks Luffy stared at his green haired friend. "It still hurts." A statement, not a question.

Zoro paused before answering, running a hand through her cropped green hair. "Not really, just a bit sore."

"Really?"

Nodding the swordsman smiled reassuringly down at her captain. "Yea. It's fine." The smiled turned into something lighter and confident. "Something as small as this couldn't keep me down!" Another laugh. "I just got a lot of training to do before I can become the greatest swordsmen!" Excitement and confidence radiated off of the female, hands clenched into fists. "There's nothing that's going to stop me from beating Mihawk."

"Yea! And I'm not gonna stop 'til I'm King of the Pirates!" Luffy cheered, fist pumped high in the air.

The two friends laughed and cheered, arms slung over the other's shoulders as they continued their way to the kitchens where hot, delicious food was waiting for them. The walking was a lot slower then before, both talking and laughing about the future and dreams.

Approaching the door leading to the kitchen the two disconnected, both sobering up before entering but before actually making it into the room the black haired captain wrapped his arms around Zoro, holding her close.

"Luff?" Zoro questioned, startled slightly by her captain's unusual behavior.

"I hope it scars." He mumbled into his first mates bandaged chest.

"What?"

"I hope it scars." Luffy said more clearly, looking straight into Zoro's black eyes. "It shows how strong you are. It's like a badge of honor." He hugged the first mate close, careful of her wounds and rested his head on his shoulder. "You fought the best swordsman and came back. And that made me happy." He smiled into her strong shoulder, feeling the muscles under the shirt move and relax as she returned her captains hug with one of her own.

"And I'll keep coming back, stronger and stronger until I beat him." She said with a chuckle. "'Cause what kind of Pirate King would have anything less then the world's greatest swordsmen for his first mate?"

"Exactly!" Luffy grinned.