Chapter 7: Daring Interferance

Jyabura chuckled, weakly, too weak to talk…his vision blurred as he sighed, fainting. "Can't we just throw him back in the ocean…?" Sanji growled, when he saw the looks of his crew, he added: "He's really weak compared to Lucci…and he's a liar!"

"So is Usopp…" Luffy stated, pointing to a shocked Usopp.

"Hey! Don't compare me to…him!" Usopp retorted, pointing to Jyabura, who glared at him. Usopp withdrew his finger and cringed. Jyabura relaxed and laid down. Usopp sighed.

Sanji glared at Jyabura.

'I don't like the fact that Jyabura is on this ship, to begin with…though…' Sanji turned to Luffy, still thinking. 'It's all up to-"

"Yeah…let him stay!" Luffy blurted out, Sanji's eyes bulged and he sucked his lips into an X shape as he turned blue, shaking and hissing. The crew stared at him and Luffy laughed. "I've never seen that face before!" Sanji bared his teeth and whistled steam, he deflated gradually and a smile curved around his face. He returned to his normal pigmentation and sighed, he nodded and walked past Luffy.

"Is he okay?" Zoro asked Nami, who just shrugged. They looked at the door of Chopper's office as Lucci walked in, his neutral expression failed to change as he looked at Jyabura, he then tensed his muscles as he looked towards the crew.

"What have you decided?" He asked, glaring at them with golden eyes.

"Decided about what?" Nami asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Will you let him stay or throw him in the deep to die?"

"I want him to stay!" Luffy exclaimed, laughing. Lucci visibly relaxed and nodded, his face still neutral.

"Luffy…why do you want him to stay-I'm not questioning you, I just want to know…" Zoro explained, waiting for an answer. Luffy turned to him and grinned goofily.

"I wanna see him howl!" Luffy explained, still grinning. Zoro and Nami fell back in shock.

"That's the one reason? You just want him to act like a wolf when a full moon is out?!" Nami asked, angry. "Can't you come up with a much better reason?"
Luffy scratched the back of his head and laughed.

"Nope! That's the one reason…" Luffy laughed, running up the stairs as Nami chased him, fuming and arguing. Chopper sighed. "Oh…Captain."

"I agree with Luffy, we should let Jyabura stay." Zoro stated.

"You want to see him howl, too?" Chopper asked. Zoro looked away. "Maaaaaaaybee~?"

"Well…wolves are nocturnal, so they usually don't howl that much at night-because they are asleep." Chopper explained.

"Hey, Since Jyabura is a human who can turn into a wolf, would that mean that he would be nocturnal?" Zoro asked.

"I dunno…but I honestly think that his sleep cycle would be insanely wrong if he changes sleep patters with each transformation. But, he's still the same person, so he shouldn't just change completely from a transformation. He most likely…just looks wolf-like…and is still human."

"Stop talking about wolves!" Jyabura barked, wincing at the pain of screaming. Chopper gasped and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry~Got a little carried away, I guess." He began to clean and bandage Jyabura's wounds as Zoro left the room.

Nami had finally found Robin, alone, this time…she was looking at the horizon and Nami rushed in on this golden opportunity.

"Robin…" Nami began. Robin turned around and looked towards Nami, she smiled and looked at how Nami's hands were behind her back.

"Robin…may I show you something?" Nami asked. "It's about…Zoro."

Robin nodded. "Sure…what is it, is he alright?"

"Yeah, he's fine…but, uhm…I know you and Lucci seem to be getting along much better…(Nami looked away. "Despite how terrible this story is paced~")…and well, you may have an admirer, so I want you to evaluate-."

"Zoro?" Robin gasped, a look of disgust on her face, Nami went cold, her heart froze for a second by the look.

"Uh…yeah, Zoro…he wrote a letter, meant…for…you?" Nami showed Robin the letter, as she read it, her face softened, yet she looked more in shock than joy. She shook her head. "Wow…I had…no idea…that he felt this…way." Nami sighed in relief.

"Yep, he loves you~"

"Oh…that's so…sweet. I…uh…I dunno, though." Robin's smile faded. "I'm with Lucci, now…he is really sweet-."

"Lucci or Zoro?" Nami asked, confused.

"Well…in all honesty, both are."

"So…you are saying no to Zoro?"

"Nami…what kind of woman would I look like with two men at the same time?" Nami nodded.

"Alright, Robin…I understand." Robin passed Nami the letter and she walked away.

"Oh…well, Zoro…I tried…gonna have to try again." Nami whispered to herself, she was so fixated on the letter, that she didn't even notice Zoro in earshot.

"You tried what?" Zoro asked, looking at Nami, he was about to go into the training area and had stopped all things to know what Nami meant. Nami gulped.

"Oh…I tried to…become a swordsman-."

"Yeah, right…you know that women can't become swordsman, it is the status quo. You're not worthy to become one, you're just a navigator."

"Well…rude, much?"

"Look, Nami…if you were formidable, I honestly wouldn't care and don't care about women trying to become Swordsmen…but you are far from strong."

"I think my heart just broke…" Nami winced.

"What do you have there?" Zoro asked, pointing to the letter, he walked over, and grabbed it, Nami held on tightly.

"It's my letter, my own letter!" Nami lied.

"Then why is it in my handwriting?" Zoro asked. Nami felt herself go cold again, she gulped. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"This…this-!" Zoro snatched the letter away. "This is in…my…" Zoro's voice trailed off as he noticed.

His chest heaved as he read the letter, he glared at Nami.

"How…how dare you, take this letter-What did you do?"

"Nothing-!"

"Liar! Tell me, what were you doing with this letter?"

"Nothing-!" Zoro unsheathed his sword, partially and glared at Nami.

"Tell…me…" Zoro hissed. Nami looked down at her feet.

"I…I showed…Robin-"

"Why?"

"I…I…" Nami looked away. "I'm sorry…I…I wanted Robin to evaluate all of her options and make sure that she really…wanted Lucci."

"So…you wanted to intervene with a relationship…and hurt people."

"No, that's not what I wanted, Zoro-and you know it, I would never want to hurt Robin, I only wanted to help." Zoro lowered his head as he closed his eyes, he took in a deep breath and crumbled up the note, as he walked back to his own room, he threw it in the ocean. Nami swallowed down tears. "I didn't…want this to…happen." Nami gasped.

"SHE SAID IT WAS CUTE~!" She yelled to Zoro, who turned back blushing. He rushed off into the training area, without saying a word. Nami relaxed.

"Well…problem solved." She giggled.