One Piece (Love Story) [Part One]

Chapter Fifty Nine [Rewritten]

-Chapter Fifty-Nine-

"Hey, Vivi!" Chopper brightened.

"Daddy?!" Sanji shouted, his jaw falling slack as he now stared at the man in shock. "What? This guy's Vivi's dad!" he realized.

"Guess that makes you the king" Zoro concluded.

"Be kind of weird if he wasn't" I hummed.

"Yes, and I'd be a dead king if it weren't for the efforts of your brave young friend here" Cobra nodded as sat Luffy up against one of the nearby buildings. "Even though he came into contact with Crocodile's poison hook, he still managed to carry myself and another to safety—unbelievable strength he has" he praised.

"He was poisoned?" I worriedly questioned as I knitted my eyebrows together.

"Should we be worried about the poison? I mean, is he going to be alright?" Usopp asked.

"It's okay, it should be neutralized by now" Cobra assured us. "However, his injuries need to be treated—so do yours as well" he pointed out, motioning toward our banged-up and disheveled selves.

"We'll wait, you need to be somewhere else" Zoro shook his head as he leaned up against one of the nearby buildings before sliding down into a sitting position and closing his eyes. "Go back to the square, Vivi" he waved.

"He's right, Vivi" Usopp nodded. "Now that the war's over, it's only fitting for the king and princess to say a few words, you know—tell them what really happened" he encouraged.

"Yep, it's only fair that they know the truth" I hummed in agreement.

"Right, and I can tell them all about you guys too" the princess nodded.

"Vivi, dear, please don't" Sanji piped up, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it. "We're a band of notorious pirates, the last thing we need is our faces and names known" he reminded her with a smile.

"But what we do need is food" Chopper pointed out.

"Ain't that the truth" I nodded, resting a hand against my stomach as it started to lowly rumble at the mention of food. Ignoring the flaking of dried blood that came off at my touch as I rubbed it.

"And rest" Nami added. "We'd like to crash at the palace if that's okay" she sheepishly smiled as the king nodded in understanding before finally, he lead his daughter back toward the town square where their people now awaited them.

"I'm beat..." I tired sighed the second they were gone, plopping myself right down beside Zoro as I rested my head against his shoulder while the others fell over with groans of agreement—each of them instantly falling into a peaceful slumber as the events of today finally took its toll and sapped them of their strength.

"You alright?" Zoro softly murmured, peaking an eye open as his hand worked its way into mine and intertwined our fingers.

"Too tired to talk...I'll tell you in the morning..." I tiredly muttered, smiling as I heard his soft chuckle before he rested his head atop my own as we closed our eyes and fell right asleep.

-Three Days Later-

"You know, Chopper's going to be mad at you when he finds out" I hummed, lying flat on my stomach as I kicked my legs back and forth behind me.

"Hm" Zoro grunted, his eyes firmly shut as he balanced two large boulders on his arms and continued trying to focus on what he was doing. Clearly paying me very little mind.

"Well, I mean, he'll probably be mad at me as well since I'm letting you do this...and because I also kind of left the room when I should have been resting as well" I sighed, stretching my arms out in front of me as rolled onto my back. Taking a brief moment to enjoy the peaceful morning air as the sun brightly shone down on us from above as I ignored the way his eyebrows twitched the longer I talked. "Why did I even let you drag me out here in the first?" I suddenly whined.