The fic that started Vamp down the path of ZoSan madness... The first One Piece fanfic she'd ever started, the epic that spanned over 28 written pages and helped see her through many a boring college class. XD ANYWAY, after much editing, she decided to share it. 'Cause being the first, it is very close to her heart.
One Piece ain't mine. Zoro x Sanji.
Stolen kisses, teeth nibbling on his bottom lip...
A hand tugging almost frantically at his belt...
Biting down on the shoulder of a certain blonde to keep from waking the crew with his cries as he came...
Zoro awoke with a gasp, sweat trickling down his face and noticeably aroused. Fuck. He drew a hand across his brow and attempted to calm his panting breath. The dreams were occurring more frequently now and with accelerating intensity. He tried to focus on swimming in the icy river of Drum Island and other very cold pursuits.
It was driving him fucking -crazy-.
It took a while, but he finally got the heat in his blood cooled enough to be able to operate rationally. With a slight groan, he stood to stretch the rest of the tension from his body and glance around the barely lightened ocean from his perch in the crow's nest. Thank whatever gods there may be that he was on watch; he couldn't imagine waking in that state in the bunkroom or somewhere more conspicuous.
What brought those dreams on, he had no idea. Something about that skinny cook had captured his mind's eye, and he found himself noticing things, thinking things, that he had no business doing. Like how Sanji's blonde hair looked so achingly touchable when it glowed in the warm sunlight. How wiry muscles slid fluidly under his skin as he fought. How his tight ass almost -begged- Zoro to reach out and caress it...
-Thunk- -Thunk- -Thunk- Zoro bounced his head repeatedly off of the mast. Having his thoughts travel in that direction was not going to help him... He paused and turned his head as something white flashed across his peripheral vision. Just over the horizon to the west rose a large white sail, the obnoxious blue seagull of the Marine emblem impossible to miss. It was the perfect distraction.
He grabbed the edge of the crow's nest and boosted himself out to descend the rigging. A good fight was one way to get his mind off of... other things. He strode across the deck to yell a warning down to the crews' quarters before positioning himself before the rail to observe the oncoming ship. Zoro grinned as settled and awaited the coming battle with anticipation.
Sanji was up and dressed in seconds, throwing a few mild kicks to his still dozing nakama before ascending the ladder to the main deck. The rest of the sluggards probably wouldn't rouse until cannon fire cut through their sleep-clouded thoughts.
He watched Zoro stare at the coming ship with a gleeful smirk, thumbing the blade of Wadou slightly from its scabbard with a distinctive shnick. Few things seemed to rouse the idiot like the prospect of a bloody battle.
"Oi, shitty-swordsman," Sanji grinned, "looks like I won't have time to kick your ass this morning."
"Che, like that would ever happen, asshole," Zoro sneered, only to become the recipient of a perfectly aimed kick to the back of his head.
"Dammit, ero-cook..."
"Oi, guys, what's going on?" A rumpled-looking Luffy emerged from the trapdoor to the men's quarters, hair on end and rubbing his eyes. Usopp and Chopper followed in similar state.
A match flared, releasing the distinctive smell of sulfur into the early morning air as Sanji lit his first cigarette and sent up a fragrant tendril of smoke. "Looks like breakfast is going to be late, Captain."
"...late?" Luffy whimpered. Slamming his hat over his raven mop, he leapt up onto the rail to scream at the oncoming Marine ship. "BASTARDS!"
Zoro couldn't help but chuckle at his captain's outburst; it would be a cold day in Hell before Luffy failed to think with his stomach. Zoro glanced back towards the billowing white sail and drew his swords.
"Bring it on."
A group of Marines ran howling towards one end of the ship only to be thrown back by the blow of a well-placed foot.
Sanji was having a blast. Sure, kicking the shit out of those pitiful Marines was a piece of cake. But it was so exhilarating to be fighting a fresh enemy, breaking the monotony of weeks spent at sea. He wouldn't admit it to that sword-fixated asshole, but it made their daily confrontations all the more enjoyable.
"Fuck off," he growled, sweeping out a powerful leg to take down another group of Marines attempting to rush him. Why the stupid seaweed-head was beginning to plague his thoughts he couldn't quite figure out, and it was annoying.
So focused was he on thrashing Marines and -not- thinking about the swordsman that he didn't notice the rifle taking aim at him from the other ship.
That fucking bastard was aiming a goddamn gun at Sanji.
Zoro felt his chest constrict suddenly, his breath catching in his throat. Steel sang as he sliced a path through several warm bodies almost absentmindedly as he tried to close the distance between them, to get the stupid cook out of the -fucking- way, but he just couldn't seem to move fast enough.
"Sanji!" He yelled, plowing through what seemed like an endless tide of sword fodder. He could see the cook start, and he turned towards Zoro with his ridiculous eyebrow distorted in an almost puzzled look. Shit, not far enough.
Without thought he flung himself at the cook a split-second before the gun's report thundered through his ears, followed by an explosion of pain as the bullet tore through the muscle and bone of his back. A cry was wrenched from his throat as he staggered and collapsed against his goal. He tried to pull himself off, but his limbs had turned to lead and Zoro struggled for air that wouldn't seem to come, vision clouding and the noises of battle fading from his ears.
He barely registered his name being wrung from Sanji's lips and the strong arms lowering him to the ground before the darkness took him. His last thought considered the irony of finally being in the cook's arms and not being able to enjoy it.
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