Hey everybody. So this is one of those stories that just went with the flow. I came into this with a basic outline of a plot, well it took a turn then another turn and i ended up with this. There will be multiple chapters as i wanted to leave this exciting at the end. Heavy yaoi will come in later chapters. Please enjoy!

It had been three days.

Three days since even the slightest breeze. The ship was unmoving, floating in the middle of the open sea. Supplies were running low and everyone aboard the Going Merry was on edge. Patiance was running low. Luffy rolled around the deck whining about being board, Usopp and Chopper were playing cards and Nami was starring down at her idiotic captain geting angryer by the minute. Robin was reading a book in the kitchen while Sanji was making lunch. Zoro sat out on the deck snoring away the time.

Nami tapped her finger on the railing trying to think but everytime her thoughts were drawn back to Luffy's whining.

"Luffy! Would you be quiet!" Nami yelled at her captain.

"But Namiiiiiiiiiiiiii! I'm Soooooooooooo board!" He whined looking up at the navigator.

She clentched her fist trying to stay calm. "If you have time to complain then why dont you catch some fish before we run out of food!"

Luffy jumped up with a grin on his face and made a run for the storage where his fishing pole was. Nami sighed and walked into the kitchen to work on some maps.

A couple hours went by with no luck on catching a fish. Luffy sighed and tiped his body from side to side on the railing. He stared down at the deep blue water, his eyes growing heavy. His eyes closed and his head tiped forward. His eyes shot open when he realized he was falling forward but it was too late and his body hit the cold sea water.

SPLOOSH!

Zoro awoke from a dead sleep and before anybody could move he was running for the railing where luffy had been sitting. Usopp and chopper made a run for the side of the ship calling for the rest of the crew. Zoro dove over the railing and down into the water where luffy had fallen. The cold hit him like a brick but he forced his body to move down. Farther, farther into the depths. He frantically looked around trying to see his captain in the darkness. THERE! He could see luffy falling deeper and something else just below him. Something huge.

The crew had gathered at the railing trying to see in the water, looking for any indication of the two coming to surface. There was nothing but calm clear water.

Zoro was running out of air. He swam like hell to reach luffy before whatever that was under him did. Luffy was sinking fast but zoro had managed to grab his arm now kicking his legs as fast as he could to reach the surface. Almost there, just a little further. Zoro was out of air now and turning as blue as the ocean. The surface was right there. With a few more kicks their heads shot through the water. Zoro used the momentum to launch luffy up on deck. He gasped for air, filling his lungs full while still keeping himself afloat.

"Zoro are you alright!" Chopper called out to him.

"Yeah I'm fine, just take of luffy!"

Usopp turned from looking at luffy back down to zoro. His eyes got wide with fear and he trembled.

"GET OUT OF THE WATER!" Usopp screamed.

The crew excluding luffy and chopper ran back to the railing. Their eyes grew wide as a mamouth of shadow crept up from depths just below zoro.

"Oi marimo!" Sanji threw the rope ladder over the side. "Swim you shitty swordsman!"

Zoro could feel something huge below him getting closer. He paddled his arms frantically toward the ladder. The water below him shook almost like an earthquake. He was alomost there, almost to the ladder.

Water shot up in the air just behind the swordsman. Out the water a huge tentical flailed about and slamed back into the water on top of zoro.

"ZORO!" Nami screamed almost falling over the railing. Usopp grabbed her and pulled her back. Sanji's coat and shoes were discarded behind him. In an instant he was diving into the water, swimming straight down. He could see zoro, the tip of the tentical was wraped around his waist and pullin ghim down deeper. Sanji's leg muscules were incredible and made him very fast in the water. He shot down to the swordsmans depth with ease and grabbed a hold of the tentical. He tried wrenching it off of zoro but when he yanked he could see the pain twist on the swordsmans face. Blood trickled around as they were pulled deeper into the water. Sanji tried to look closer and could see a spike on the tentical was stabbed straight into zoro's abdomen. He grabbed at that trying to pull it out, zoro pushing upward on the tentical trying to get free. Sanji could feel sharp pain on his hands. He looked down closer at the spike and could see even smaller spikes all over the large one he was trying to pull at.

It was getting darker, they had been pulled down quite a ways. Sanji's sight was getting blurry and his lungs burned for air but still he despratly tried to remove the spike and pull zoro away.

Zoro could see the frantic look on sanji's face. He could feel himself burning for air and the pain of the spike peircing his stomache. He could see the cook's grip growing weaker as each second passed.

"He can't die here. Not like this." Zoro thought to himself.

The swordman stopped fighting to push himself up. The pain and lack of air was to much. He grabbed the cooks shirt and pulled him close forcing sanji to look at him. Zoro's eyes read 'leave me' but sanji couldn't except that. He reached for the spike again but zoro stopped him, pulling him even closer.

Sanji's eyes widened, his body trembled. Zoro pulled sanji in and kissed him as hard as he could. Zoro closed his eyes and felt the heat of sanji's lips, the closness of his body. Sanji relaxed into the kiss and put his bleeding hands up to zoro cheeks. It was only a few seconds of a kiss but it felt like hours had gone by when zoro pulled his lips away. With the very last bit of strength zoro had in his body he heaved sanji up toward the surface. Sanji's eyes were wide with horror as he saw the swordsman close his eyes, his arms still hanging upward and a gental smile across his lips. He was pulled down into the darkness out of sanji's sight.

Sanji was frozen. When he had stopped floating up from the force of zoro's thrust it was like everything had stopped. He was in shock but in the back of his had he could hear zoro saying, "Move you shit cook!"

Subconsciously his legs started kicking pushing him upward toward the surface. His head broke through, into the sunlight and air that his body so badly needed but he still wasen't breathing. Usopp was already in the water and grabbed his arm before sanji could sink.

"Get him up here now!" Chopper shouted yanking at the rope ladder.

Sanji was still conscious but just barley. He was pulled up on deck and chopper started chest compressions.

Nami and usopp looked over the railing searching for zoro. There was nothing. Luffy leaned over sanji's forhead calling out to him.

"Sanji! Where is zoro! Sanji!" The captain shouted.

"Luffy stop!" Chopper pushed him away.

Water spilled out the side of sanji's mouth. He coughed hard and sucked in air, precious air. He took long deep breaths feeling the blood rush back through his body. He coughed again and after a few minutes he was able to sit up. His whole body was shaking and he tried to hold his head up. He felt hands grab the front of his shirt. Memories fired through his brain remembering everything that has just happened.

Luffy yanked him upright so he could his face. "Sanji! Where is Zoro!" He shouted into the cooks face. Tears welled in his eyes and poured out down his cheeks. Sanji sobbed grabbing onto luffys hands. It was then chopper noticed through tear filled eyes that sanji's hands were bleeding.

"Luffy i... i couldn't..." Sanji choked back a sob.

"No!" Nami whispered with her hand over he mouth.

Usopp was sobbing into his arm unable to say anything. Robin leaned againsted the wall, tears streaking her cheeks. Luffy stared at sanji blankly, his knuckles turning white from the grip on the cooks shirt.

"I dont... ... dont understand..." Luffy said quietly, unable to register what was happening.

Sanji pushed luffy hands away and scrambled to his feet. "I couldn't save him luffy!" Sanji shouted and sobbed at the same time. He put his bleeding hands over his eyes and just cried.

Tears welled up in luffy's eyes. He threw his head back and whailed. "ZORO!" He screamed, tears flooding his cheeks. "ZORO!" He repeated over and over until his throat was hourse.

That was it. There was nothing more they could do.

Zoro was dead.

End Chapter One.