The Fruit of Your Dreams Chapter 3
A/N: And the next chapter...
Disclaimer: Nope don't own One Piece. I'm not made of awesomeness (not sure if that's a word…) like Eichiro Oda
Warnings: Nope, not that I can think of…
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Sanji yawned as he slowly blinked himself awake. He sat up, looked around, and saw that it was almost dawn.
Great, even though I'm a freaking spider I'm still waking up before dawn? I don't even have to cook breakfast anymore… Sanji only depressed himself further when he thought of the fact that he wasn't able to cook in this form. So… what to do now? He looked around again in boredom and saw that Zoro had sat up when he was thinking to himself. Zoro's up? Sanji thought in bewilderment. But he never wakes up! Usually, even if something eats him, he doesn't even stir. (This actually happened before…)
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Zoro yawned and blinked wearily. He stood up and looked at Spider Sanji; noticing that Sanji seemed to have his eyes concentrated on him so he picked up the jar and headed to the galley. When they reached the galley, Zoro put the jar down on the dinner table and sat in the chair in front of the jar. "There." Zoro said quietly so as to not wake up the rest of the crew. "I thought you would feel better in here."
Sanji immediately felt a sense of calm and peace radiate through him, because the Galley was considered his 'domain', he felt more in control here.
Unlike this whole damn situation. Thought Sanji but nevertheless, he still silently thanked Zoro for being so considerate.
They sat in companionable silence for a while before Zoro started nodding off again. He fell asleep sitting up and Sanji just sat in the jar, staring at Zoro.
Robin found them in that exact position when she walked in the galley an hour later. She secretly smiled at the cute scene (Even though Sanji is a spider.) and walked in; slightly disappointed that she would have to disrupt them.
"Ahem." Robin made a sound so as to not startle them with her sudden appearance but she didn't quite succeed since Zoro jolted awake and reached for his swords, before relaxing when he saw it was Robin.
"Robin." Zoro said simply in a weary tone. He woke up early today and was very tried as well as cranky.
Robin just nodded and sat across from Zoro as they both waited for the crew to file in. Not soon after, Luffy burst in demanding meat from Sanji only to remember that Sanji was a spider. The rest of the crew filed in after the outburst and sat in their respective seats. They focused their attention on Robin who had stood up and seemed like she had something to say.
Robin cleared her throat and said "After investigating the label on the bag the whole night, I have managed to decipher it and what it says is…just a tad bit…troublesome." She looked around at the whole crew and when she saw the confusion on their faces, she continued. "Cook-san, all I can say is that you ate one troublesome fruit." Robin sighed causing everyone to get worried. The crew all had the same thought: Robin was usually calm and collected, which means that anything that can disturb her…must be pretty bad.
"So…is Sanji-bro going to be okay?" asked Franky as he pushed his sunglasses up and raised one eyebrow.
Robin smiled that mysterious smile of hers and replied "I would rather just read what is on the label and then explain it to the rest of you."
They nodded in agreement and waited for Robin to start. She took out the bag from a pocket in her pants and started reading it.
"To the person who bought these fruits, this is a warning to you about the power of the fruits. This particular fruit is not exactly a real fruit. It grows on a small island that has nothing but these fruits; well, more like the buds of these fruits. The buds do not bloom and grow unless a person anywhere in the world has a very good dream. The dream's essence then transports to the island and a new fruit is made; thus giving it the name Dream Fruits. Though this may sound like a harmless little fruit, many people who tried this and survived gave reports that it is highly addictive. That is why, if you eat these fruits, then only eat one a day. You have been warned."
Robin stopped when she reached the end of the label.
"Wait…that's it?" asked Nami, as puzzled as the rest. "That doesn't help our situation at all!"
Sanji felt himself losing hope when he heard the words that Robin said. Though knowing the origin of the fruits is good and all, it doesn't really help him turn back human.
Robin chuckled and said "I didn't say that was all. Apparently there are some more inscriptions on the back of the label." Robin then reached two fingers to the edge of the label and peeled it off, showing more weird symbols on the back of it. The crew visibly cheered, knowing that Sanji might just be saved yet.
She began reading the inscriptions again. "If you have not heeded my warnings, then this is to help you. Like I said before, these fruits are highly addictive, and when you eat too much of them, it will turn into the Nightmare Fruit. The Dream Fruits give you a feeling of bliss because you are experiencing other people's pleasurable dreams, but when all those many dreams mix together, it will cause a nightmare to happen. Literally. I know this because I have experienced it before first hand and survived. The fruits will turn you into the thing you hate the most, thus the name, Nightmare Fruit. But depending on the thing you turned into, the solution may be different. From my research on this dreadful fruit, I have come to several solutions:
If you turned into an object then you need to make someone close to you believe it is you. Simple enough, right?
If you turned into an animal then you need to mate with the person you love. From what I know, every three nights since the transformation, the person will return to his/her original form and you can do it then.
If you turned into the person you hate then you have to let go of the hate and forgive them. I find this one the hardest one.
That is all I have managed to find. Good luck because you will need a lot of it."
When Robin stopped, everyone in the crew was gaping at Sanji who seemed a bit shaken at what he had to do. This is the fruit of your dreams…Literally! Thought Sanji, who was very annoyed with the situation.
"Uhhh…so…Sanji has to 'mate' with someone he likes?" asked Usopp in distaste. "But who DOES he like?"
Zoro crossed his arms, annoyed at the situation. Since Sanji is such a lady's man, I bet it's either Nami or Robin. He thought bitterly, though he felt a pang of hurt go through his heart. He didn't know what to think about this. He only knew that he didn't want Sanji to have sex with someone else but it was the only way to turn him back to normal. Besides, Zoro continued with an aura of acceptance, I can't help him since he will never love me…
Sanji sat there dumb-founded. Of all the things to do he had to… He sighed and turned to Chopper indicating he wanted to speak; luckily Chopper noticed this and went over to Sanji.
Please tell Zoro that I love him and not Nami or Robin. I know he probably doesn't like me but it's the truth. If he doesn't want to do this then I am fine with it.
When Sanji finished, Chopper faced the crew who were waiting expectantly for Chopper to translate. "Well, Sanji said that the person, wait, people he love are Nami and Robin and not Zoro." Everyone raised an eyebrow at the weird way Sanji worded it.
Zoro felt hurt at Sanji's words. Why couldn't it be me? growled Zoro and then he stood up to go to the crow's nest; anything to get away from Sanji and the feelings of hurt and jealousy that seem to accompany him.
Sanji noticed this and started panicking. No, Zoro! Chopper said it wrong, I really love you not- But Sanji's thoughts were cut off when Zoro banged the galley door shut. Franky cringed at this and got up to inspect if the door was alright.
"Well, that was awkward." said Usopp, very frightened by Zoro's outburst.
Chopper stammered nervously, "I-I'm very sorry Sanji but I can't really translate it right…"
Sanji sighed in annoyance, It's okay, Chopper. Besides, he should have listened to Robin's translation of what you said before getting angry like that.
Chopper nodded and smiled at being forgiven since he understood most of what Sanji said.
"So…" started Robin with that mysterious smile on her face. "You like swordsman-san do you?"
Sanji decided that there was no point in denying it anymore and just nodded in agreement.
"Today is the second night." continued Robin. "That means that tomorrow night you and swordsman-san, that is to say that he agrees to this, must mate."
Yeah, but he would never agree to this… Sanji thought bitterly. I need someone to talk to Zoro for me.
Chopper translated this without mistakes to the crew since it was a short sentence.
"Errr…I do not want to explain about the depth of your love and man sex to Zoro." stated Usopp firmly as a shudder racked his body.
The rest of the crew nodded in agreement and only Luffy raised his hand enthusiastically and said "I want to! I want to! Let me do it!"
Robin raised an eyebrow at this and replied "I would agree since there seems to be no one else that wants to do this…But do you even know what we are talking about?"
Robin and the rest of the crew seriously doubted that Luffy knew anything at all about mating, much less guy mating.
"Well yes, I just have to tell Zoro that Sanji likes him right?" Luffy scratched his head in confusion at what the crew was trying to imply.
"I guess that is good enough." said Robin, smiling at her captain's naiveté.
"Yosh!" said Luffy as he readied himself to blast out of the room and into the crow's nest. "By the time I'm back, Sanji will have his mate." Chuckled Luffy and then flew off.
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Zoro sat on the floor legs crossed with his swords on his lap. He was meditating. Or at least he was trying to, but certain thoughts of a certain spider cook were invading his mind and he
was currently very annoyed.
So you couldn't exactly blame him when he tried to chop the captain into pieces because he flew through the window and into Zoro's face.
After a fight that was more of a game of tag, Zoro and Luffy sat across from each other on the floor.
"So…" said Zoro as he tried to think of what to say; Luffy usually never came into the crow's nest unless it was for something important. Or he was bored and just wanted to annoy Zoro.
"Zoro, Sanji likes you." Luffy said matter-of-factly. "You have to have sex with him tomorrow night and I won't take no for an answer because I know you like him too." Luffy crossed his arms stubbornly at this and stared at Zoro, waiting for an answer.
Meanwhile, Zoro was currently having problems with closing his mouth because his jaw had dropped all the way through the floorboards. It was a shock to hear the word sex come out of the captain's mouth, Zoro thought that he would never hear Luffy say that but he just did, and it was a great shock.
After a few moments to put his jaw back in place, Zoro cleared his throat and said "Didn't you hear Sanji? He said that he likes Nami and Robin. Not me."
"No you baka. That was Chopper that said it. You didn't listen to Robin's translation yet!"
Oh…oops Thought Zoro sheepishly as he realized that he had gotten angry at the cook for no reason. Zoro brightened up and hopefully asked "So…he likes me?"
"Yes." replied Luffy smiling. "He likes you. More than you think he does." With this said Luffy got up and left, but not before hearing a whispered "Thank you." from Zoro.
When Luffy returned to the galley he explained the situation to everyone and they, knowing that Sanji was going to be alright now, all went to do their respective jobs on the ship. While Nami told everyone that she would cook for them for the rest of the day (Though not without a price). They left Sanji on the kitchen counter because he requested it saying that he was most comfortable there.
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It was getting late and everyone retired for the night. Chopper put Sanji in the infirmary while Zoro stayed in the crow's nest because he was on watch duty that night.
So, Thought Sanji as he slowly fell asleep. Tomorrow's the night, I can't wait…
Little did he know that Zoro was thinking the exact same thing except with an evil smirk on his face as he thought about all the fantasies he has had of Sanji and now, he was going to make all of them come true…
TBC
Disclaimer: Nope don't own One Piece. I'm not made of awesomeness (not sure if that's a word…) like Eichiro Oda
Warnings: Nope, not that I can think of…
xxxxxx
Sanji yawned as he slowly blinked himself awake. He sat up, looked around, and saw that it was almost dawn.
Great, even though I'm a freaking spider I'm still waking up before dawn? I don't even have to cook breakfast anymore… Sanji only depressed himself further when he thought of the fact that he wasn't able to cook in this form. So… what to do now? He looked around again in boredom and saw that Zoro had sat up when he was thinking to himself. Zoro's up? Sanji thought in bewilderment. But he never wakes up! Usually, even if something eats him, he doesn't even stir. (This actually happened before…)
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Zoro yawned and blinked wearily. He stood up and looked at Spider Sanji; noticing that Sanji seemed to have his eyes concentrated on him so he picked up the jar and headed to the galley. When they reached the galley, Zoro put the jar down on the dinner table and sat in the chair in front of the jar. "There." Zoro said quietly so as to not wake up the rest of the crew. "I thought you would feel better in here."
Sanji immediately felt a sense of calm and peace radiate through him, because the Galley was considered his 'domain', he felt more in control here.
Unlike this whole damn situation. Thought Sanji but nevertheless, he still silently thanked Zoro for being so considerate.
They sat in companionable silence for a while before Zoro started nodding off again. He fell asleep sitting up and Sanji just sat in the jar, staring at Zoro.
Robin found them in that exact position when she walked in the galley an hour later. She secretly smiled at the cute scene (Even though Sanji is a spider.) and walked in; slightly disappointed that she would have to disrupt them.
"Ahem." Robin made a sound so as to not startle them with her sudden appearance but she didn't quite succeed since Zoro jolted awake and reached for his swords, before relaxing when he saw it was Robin.
"Robin." Zoro said simply in a weary tone. He woke up early today and was very tried as well as cranky.
Robin just nodded and sat across from Zoro as they both waited for the crew to file in. Not soon after, Luffy burst in demanding meat from Sanji only to remember that Sanji was a spider. The rest of the crew filed in after the outburst and sat in their respective seats. They focused their attention on Robin who had stood up and seemed like she had something to say.
Robin cleared her throat and said "After investigating the label on the bag the whole night, I have managed to decipher it and what it says is…just a tad bit…troublesome." She looked around at the whole crew and when she saw the confusion on their faces, she continued. "Cook-san, all I can say is that you ate one troublesome fruit." Robin sighed causing everyone to get worried. The crew all had the same thought: Robin was usually calm and collected, which means that anything that can disturb her…must be pretty bad.
"So…is Sanji-bro going to be okay?" asked Franky as he pushed his sunglasses up and raised one eyebrow.
Robin smiled that mysterious smile of hers and replied "I would rather just read what is on the label and then explain it to the rest of you."
They nodded in agreement and waited for Robin to start. She took out the bag from a pocket in her pants and started reading it.
"To the person who bought these fruits, this is a warning to you about the power of the fruits. This particular fruit is not exactly a real fruit. It grows on a small island that has nothing but these fruits; well, more like the buds of these fruits. The buds do not bloom and grow unless a person anywhere in the world has a very good dream. The dream's essence then transports to the island and a new fruit is made; thus giving it the name Dream Fruits. Though this may sound like a harmless little fruit, many people who tried this and survived gave reports that it is highly addictive. That is why, if you eat these fruits, then only eat one a day. You have been warned."
Robin stopped when she reached the end of the label.
"Wait…that's it?" asked Nami, as puzzled as the rest. "That doesn't help our situation at all!"
Sanji felt himself losing hope when he heard the words that Robin said. Though knowing the origin of the fruits is good and all, it doesn't really help him turn back human.
Robin chuckled and said "I didn't say that was all. Apparently there are some more inscriptions on the back of the label." Robin then reached two fingers to the edge of the label and peeled it off, showing more weird symbols on the back of it. The crew visibly cheered, knowing that Sanji might just be saved yet.
She began reading the inscriptions again. "If you have not heeded my warnings, then this is to help you. Like I said before, these fruits are highly addictive, and when you eat too much of them, it will turn into the Nightmare Fruit. The Dream Fruits give you a feeling of bliss because you are experiencing other people's pleasurable dreams, but when all those many dreams mix together, it will cause a nightmare to happen. Literally. I know this because I have experienced it before first hand and survived. The fruits will turn you into the thing you hate the most, thus the name, Nightmare Fruit. But depending on the thing you turned into, the solution may be different. From my research on this dreadful fruit, I have come to several solutions:
If you turned into an object then you need to make someone close to you believe it is you. Simple enough, right?
If you turned into an animal then you need to mate with the person you love. From what I know, every three nights since the transformation, the person will return to his/her original form and you can do it then.
If you turned into the person you hate then you have to let go of the hate and forgive them. I find this one the hardest one.
That is all I have managed to find. Good luck because you will need a lot of it."
When Robin stopped, everyone in the crew was gaping at Sanji who seemed a bit shaken at what he had to do. This is the fruit of your dreams…Literally! Thought Sanji, who was very annoyed with the situation.
"Uhhh…so…Sanji has to 'mate' with someone he likes?" asked Usopp in distaste. "But who DOES he like?"
Zoro crossed his arms, annoyed at the situation. Since Sanji is such a lady's man, I bet it's either Nami or Robin. He thought bitterly, though he felt a pang of hurt go through his heart. He didn't know what to think about this. He only knew that he didn't want Sanji to have sex with someone else but it was the only way to turn him back to normal. Besides, Zoro continued with an aura of acceptance, I can't help him since he will never love me…
Sanji sat there dumb-founded. Of all the things to do he had to… He sighed and turned to Chopper indicating he wanted to speak; luckily Chopper noticed this and went over to Sanji.
Please tell Zoro that I love him and not Nami or Robin. I know he probably doesn't like me but it's the truth. If he doesn't want to do this then I am fine with it.
When Sanji finished, Chopper faced the crew who were waiting expectantly for Chopper to translate. "Well, Sanji said that the person, wait, people he love are Nami and Robin and not Zoro." Everyone raised an eyebrow at the weird way Sanji worded it.
Zoro felt hurt at Sanji's words. Why couldn't it be me? growled Zoro and then he stood up to go to the crow's nest; anything to get away from Sanji and the feelings of hurt and jealousy that seem to accompany him.
Sanji noticed this and started panicking. No, Zoro! Chopper said it wrong, I really love you not- But Sanji's thoughts were cut off when Zoro banged the galley door shut. Franky cringed at this and got up to inspect if the door was alright.
"Well, that was awkward." said Usopp, very frightened by Zoro's outburst.
Chopper stammered nervously, "I-I'm very sorry Sanji but I can't really translate it right…"
Sanji sighed in annoyance, It's okay, Chopper. Besides, he should have listened to Robin's translation of what you said before getting angry like that.
Chopper nodded and smiled at being forgiven since he understood most of what Sanji said.
"So…" started Robin with that mysterious smile on her face. "You like swordsman-san do you?"
Sanji decided that there was no point in denying it anymore and just nodded in agreement.
"Today is the second night." continued Robin. "That means that tomorrow night you and swordsman-san, that is to say that he agrees to this, must mate."
Yeah, but he would never agree to this… Sanji thought bitterly. I need someone to talk to Zoro for me.
Chopper translated this without mistakes to the crew since it was a short sentence.
"Errr…I do not want to explain about the depth of your love and man sex to Zoro." stated Usopp firmly as a shudder racked his body.
The rest of the crew nodded in agreement and only Luffy raised his hand enthusiastically and said "I want to! I want to! Let me do it!"
Robin raised an eyebrow at this and replied "I would agree since there seems to be no one else that wants to do this…But do you even know what we are talking about?"
Robin and the rest of the crew seriously doubted that Luffy knew anything at all about mating, much less guy mating.
"Well yes, I just have to tell Zoro that Sanji likes him right?" Luffy scratched his head in confusion at what the crew was trying to imply.
"I guess that is good enough." said Robin, smiling at her captain's naiveté.
"Yosh!" said Luffy as he readied himself to blast out of the room and into the crow's nest. "By the time I'm back, Sanji will have his mate." Chuckled Luffy and then flew off.
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Zoro sat on the floor legs crossed with his swords on his lap. He was meditating. Or at least he was trying to, but certain thoughts of a certain spider cook were invading his mind and he
was currently very annoyed.
So you couldn't exactly blame him when he tried to chop the captain into pieces because he flew through the window and into Zoro's face.
After a fight that was more of a game of tag, Zoro and Luffy sat across from each other on the floor.
"So…" said Zoro as he tried to think of what to say; Luffy usually never came into the crow's nest unless it was for something important. Or he was bored and just wanted to annoy Zoro.
"Zoro, Sanji likes you." Luffy said matter-of-factly. "You have to have sex with him tomorrow night and I won't take no for an answer because I know you like him too." Luffy crossed his arms stubbornly at this and stared at Zoro, waiting for an answer.
Meanwhile, Zoro was currently having problems with closing his mouth because his jaw had dropped all the way through the floorboards. It was a shock to hear the word sex come out of the captain's mouth, Zoro thought that he would never hear Luffy say that but he just did, and it was a great shock.
After a few moments to put his jaw back in place, Zoro cleared his throat and said "Didn't you hear Sanji? He said that he likes Nami and Robin. Not me."
"No you baka. That was Chopper that said it. You didn't listen to Robin's translation yet!"
Oh…oops Thought Zoro sheepishly as he realized that he had gotten angry at the cook for no reason. Zoro brightened up and hopefully asked "So…he likes me?"
"Yes." replied Luffy smiling. "He likes you. More than you think he does." With this said Luffy got up and left, but not before hearing a whispered "Thank you." from Zoro.
When Luffy returned to the galley he explained the situation to everyone and they, knowing that Sanji was going to be alright now, all went to do their respective jobs on the ship. While Nami told everyone that she would cook for them for the rest of the day (Though not without a price). They left Sanji on the kitchen counter because he requested it saying that he was most comfortable there.
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It was getting late and everyone retired for the night. Chopper put Sanji in the infirmary while Zoro stayed in the crow's nest because he was on watch duty that night.
So, Thought Sanji as he slowly fell asleep. Tomorrow's the night, I can't wait…
Little did he know that Zoro was thinking the exact same thing except with an evil smirk on his face as he thought about all the fantasies he has had of Sanji and now, he was going to make all of them come true…
TBC