The Dog in the Nighttime [One Piece]
Fandom: One Piece
Pairing(s): Zoro x Sanji
Rating: PG
Words: 550
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of its characters. One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichiro-sensei. This is a non-profit fanfiction written by a fan, for the enjoyment of other fans.
This was meant to be an entry for onepieceyaoi100, a One Piece drabble community just introduced to me by coil today. Unfortunately... this could hardly be called a drabble... (sniffs) How do you write drabbles?? My writings somehow just end up dragging. T_T
Inspired by the week's theme, "Sanji's Left Eye". I've to say, this is a rather weird idea. Beware, OOC-ness ahead. And yes, the title is a reference to a Sherlock Holmes story. :P
Edited with advice from coil. Thanks~!
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"The assailant..." Usopp declared dramatically. "...is among us!" 1
Lightning flashed accordingly, and thunder rolled across the heavens, adding to the drama and tension in the atmosphere.
Chopper stared up at Usopp in wide-eyed awe, pausing his treatment of the fallen body.
Zoro looked grim as he sat leaning against the mast.
Robin watched with her slight, mysterious smile, seeming to know something no one else did. (As usual.)
Sanji removed the cigarette from his lips, exhaling a languid stream of smoke.
Nami calmly sat in her chair, looking around at her nakama with evaluative eyes.
"YEA!" Luffy agreed with much gusto, taking a break from poking the unmoving body of his brother. He received a knock on his head from the ship's navigator.
"I think that's a given, considering that we are on a ship in the middle of the sea," Nami pointed out.
Usopp, hand stretched out, one finger pointing skyward, deflated.
Sanji's eye kept darting to the galley where the dinner's dishes remained unwashed.
Zoro dug his ears, bored.
Chopper continued bandaging.
Luffy stared intensely at Chopper's busy hooves.
Nami suggested that they returned to whatever they were doing. She too was busy that night. It had been a good night to work on her maps, till this happened; "this" - Ace being found face-down on the deck, blood streaming down the side of his head.
Zoro moved off lethargically.
Robin and Sanji stood at the same time. The sound behind him made Sanji twist his head back briefly - meeting Robin's eyes - before turning back, heading towards the galley.
Luffy jumped to his feet and trailed after Sanji.
Chopper nodded, suggesting that Ace be moved in after he was done with the bandages.
Nami agreed, and then moved off.
Luffy was sent flying out of the galley.
Usopp lingered, watching Chopper at work for a while, before he too disappeared into the cabin.
Robin was already in their room when Nami entered.
Nami's eyes flicked to the dark-haired lady momentarily, before returning to the desk where she had set out her papers and ink.
"You know who the assailant is, don't you? Robin-nee," Nami spoke lightly as she settled at the desk.
"It's Cook-san," Robin responded without any hint of disturbance in her voice.
"Sanji-kun?!" Nami turned around in her chair to look at Robin, surprised.
She found Robin looking straight at her.
"It's elementary, Navigator-san. The crux of the matter lies with Cook-san's left eye."
"But Sanji does nothing with his left eye!" He could hardly use it with all the hair falling over it. 2
"Exactly. From the position of the body, we can imagine how Portgas-san was standing when he was hit. A person using both eyes wouldn't have struck at such a spot as for the point of injury that we observed."
Nami fell silent as she mulled over the logic of the statements. Robin turned back to selecting a book.
After a long moment, Nami asked, "But why?"
Robin's slight smile returned as she looked up from her book. "Navigator-san was in here all evening after dinner?"
Nami nodded, shrewdly questioning, "Did something happen on the deck?"
"Portgas-san was hitting on Swordsman-san."
"Aa." A similar knowing smile spread on Nami's lips as she turned back to her maps. "Those boys are always so immature."
Date started: 6 February 2006, 00:54
Date completed: 6 February 2006, 02:13
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Footnotes:
1. A common line from Kindachi Shounen no Jikenbo.
2. An attempt of sorts of parody of a part in a Sherlock Holmes story, Silver Blaze. It's quite a famous bit, if you're a Sherlock Holmes fan.
spoilers for Silver Blaze At one point in the case - in which a horse trainer (I think) was murdered one night and the horse was missing from the stables, suspected to be stolen - Watson asked Holmes if there was anything to note. (Something like that... I'm speaking purely from memory, so pardon inaccuracies. And quotes aren't really confirmed to be quotes...) Holmes drew his attention to the "curious incident of the dog in the nighttime". (There was a dog in the stable.) And Watson went "But the dog did nothing in the nighttime." To which Holmes responded, "That was the curious incident."
i.e. wasn't it strange that the dog hadn't made a ruckus if someone had entered to steal the horse? It turned out that the "thief" was actually the horse trainer who died. He had merely taken the horse out at night, wanting to put a nick in his leg that would handicap him for the next race. The horse had in fear, kicked him and ran away. And something happened with the kick - the guy fell on something or other perhaps - that caused his death.
The "It's elementary" line was also meant to be a twist of Holmes' famous "Elementary, my dear Watson". (I hardly thought that Robin would go "Elementary, my dear Nami" (sweatdrops), and thus, twisted it.)
Pairing(s): Zoro x Sanji
Rating: PG
Words: 550
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of its characters. One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichiro-sensei. This is a non-profit fanfiction written by a fan, for the enjoyment of other fans.
This was meant to be an entry for onepieceyaoi100, a One Piece drabble community just introduced to me by coil today. Unfortunately... this could hardly be called a drabble... (sniffs) How do you write drabbles?? My writings somehow just end up dragging. T_T
Inspired by the week's theme, "Sanji's Left Eye". I've to say, this is a rather weird idea. Beware, OOC-ness ahead. And yes, the title is a reference to a Sherlock Holmes story. :P
Edited with advice from coil. Thanks~!
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"The assailant..." Usopp declared dramatically. "...is among us!" 1
Lightning flashed accordingly, and thunder rolled across the heavens, adding to the drama and tension in the atmosphere.
Chopper stared up at Usopp in wide-eyed awe, pausing his treatment of the fallen body.
Zoro looked grim as he sat leaning against the mast.
Robin watched with her slight, mysterious smile, seeming to know something no one else did. (As usual.)
Sanji removed the cigarette from his lips, exhaling a languid stream of smoke.
Nami calmly sat in her chair, looking around at her nakama with evaluative eyes.
"YEA!" Luffy agreed with much gusto, taking a break from poking the unmoving body of his brother. He received a knock on his head from the ship's navigator.
"I think that's a given, considering that we are on a ship in the middle of the sea," Nami pointed out.
Usopp, hand stretched out, one finger pointing skyward, deflated.
Sanji's eye kept darting to the galley where the dinner's dishes remained unwashed.
Zoro dug his ears, bored.
Chopper continued bandaging.
Luffy stared intensely at Chopper's busy hooves.
Nami suggested that they returned to whatever they were doing. She too was busy that night. It had been a good night to work on her maps, till this happened; "this" - Ace being found face-down on the deck, blood streaming down the side of his head.
Zoro moved off lethargically.
Robin and Sanji stood at the same time. The sound behind him made Sanji twist his head back briefly - meeting Robin's eyes - before turning back, heading towards the galley.
Luffy jumped to his feet and trailed after Sanji.
Chopper nodded, suggesting that Ace be moved in after he was done with the bandages.
Nami agreed, and then moved off.
Luffy was sent flying out of the galley.
Usopp lingered, watching Chopper at work for a while, before he too disappeared into the cabin.
Robin was already in their room when Nami entered.
Nami's eyes flicked to the dark-haired lady momentarily, before returning to the desk where she had set out her papers and ink.
"You know who the assailant is, don't you? Robin-nee," Nami spoke lightly as she settled at the desk.
"It's Cook-san," Robin responded without any hint of disturbance in her voice.
"Sanji-kun?!" Nami turned around in her chair to look at Robin, surprised.
She found Robin looking straight at her.
"It's elementary, Navigator-san. The crux of the matter lies with Cook-san's left eye."
"But Sanji does nothing with his left eye!" He could hardly use it with all the hair falling over it. 2
"Exactly. From the position of the body, we can imagine how Portgas-san was standing when he was hit. A person using both eyes wouldn't have struck at such a spot as for the point of injury that we observed."
Nami fell silent as she mulled over the logic of the statements. Robin turned back to selecting a book.
After a long moment, Nami asked, "But why?"
Robin's slight smile returned as she looked up from her book. "Navigator-san was in here all evening after dinner?"
Nami nodded, shrewdly questioning, "Did something happen on the deck?"
"Portgas-san was hitting on Swordsman-san."
"Aa." A similar knowing smile spread on Nami's lips as she turned back to her maps. "Those boys are always so immature."
Date started: 6 February 2006, 00:54
Date completed: 6 February 2006, 02:13
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Footnotes:
1. A common line from Kindachi Shounen no Jikenbo.
2. An attempt of sorts of parody of a part in a Sherlock Holmes story, Silver Blaze. It's quite a famous bit, if you're a Sherlock Holmes fan.
spoilers for Silver Blaze At one point in the case - in which a horse trainer (I think) was murdered one night and the horse was missing from the stables, suspected to be stolen - Watson asked Holmes if there was anything to note. (Something like that... I'm speaking purely from memory, so pardon inaccuracies. And quotes aren't really confirmed to be quotes...) Holmes drew his attention to the "curious incident of the dog in the nighttime". (There was a dog in the stable.) And Watson went "But the dog did nothing in the nighttime." To which Holmes responded, "That was the curious incident."
i.e. wasn't it strange that the dog hadn't made a ruckus if someone had entered to steal the horse? It turned out that the "thief" was actually the horse trainer who died. He had merely taken the horse out at night, wanting to put a nick in his leg that would handicap him for the next race. The horse had in fear, kicked him and ran away. And something happened with the kick - the guy fell on something or other perhaps - that caused his death.
The "It's elementary" line was also meant to be a twist of Holmes' famous "Elementary, my dear Watson". (I hardly thought that Robin would go "Elementary, my dear Nami" (sweatdrops), and thus, twisted it.)