❛ YOU LOOK GOOD, PRINCESS. ❜
₊˚៹ . ❪ episode : TELL NO TALES ❫
˖ ₊˚.⋆࿐┊ CH. 11┊🏴‍☠️🌊👒

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Now the four of them had been lead inside of the never ending mansion that looked even bigger inside, with three out of the four of them currently in one of the dressing rooms full of clothes, and Nami was trying to pick her clothes, along with (Y/N)'s secretly.

"Why would anyone even need this many clothes?" Luffy asked out loud to the two around him, looking up at the ceilling that had clothes hanging from coat hangers, and was laying on his sisters legs before he sat back up.

"It's not even about need with these people. It's about want." Nami explained busy in a pile of clothes, and glanced at the siblings briefly centered in the middle of the large room.

(Y/N) hummed a bit in acknowledgement, kicking her feet against the table they were sitting on mindlessly and fiddled with a piece of her hair, "What are we even supposed to wear?" She wondered a bit overwhelmed at all the clothes around hanging up, "There's so many!"

"Anything you want. When are you ever going to get the opportunity to wear things this nice?" Nami comes out from behind a changing wall, now in a flowy purple, short sleeve dress that went up to her knees, and shows it off to them, "Well? What do you think?"

Luffy raised his eyebrows not seeing the difference, shrugging his shoulders in confusion, while his sisters peeks over to Nami, and grinned brightly praising, "You look very pretty in it."

Nami's cheeks felt a bit warm at her sudden approval, twirling around the edges stuttering a response, before rushing back into the changing area, leaving very confused siblings staring after her disappeared figure.

Zoro was walking past the doorway they were in now in a robe freshly out of the shower, and just paused his movements spotting them all inside of the clothes room, as he carried his three swords like usual and went inside.

(Y/N)'s head perked up hearing his familiar swords clinging, turning her body towards him quickly and didn't expect the sight before her. Seeing him in that robe made her freak out, grabbing the edges of her hat to hide the upper half of her face, and squeaked, "Zoro, what are you gonna wear?"

His dark eyes scanned over the many selections of clothes for them to pick on, stopping in the red doorway for a second, and moved his attention to her rasping, "Something black."

"How edgy." Nami sarcastically commented rolling her eyes at the stoic male, grazing over a matching aphrodite dress that hanged up next to a black suit, and her expressions turns into a mischievous one now thinking of a plan for a certain duo.

"Hey, does that butler seem familiar to you guys?" Zoro spoke up again in question, going up to the flustered (H/C) haired girl on the chair standing in front of her, and gentle hit the hilt of his white sword on her head to gain her attention.

This made her lift her head up a bit from hiding under the straw hat brim, a slow dopey grin making its way across her face seeing him there, as Nami goes to answer instead from still in the changing wall, "Yeah, I think he was at the last dinner party I attended."

"I swear I've seen him somewhere." He mumbled furrowing his brows deeply, placing his swords down next to him, and he went to sit himself in a chair in the corner now.

Nami came back from around the wall with another outfit it on, wearing a black dress with a sparkly sliver and black jacket, "How's this?" She placed her hands on her hips, and presented the dress for the siblings.

"Still Nami." Luffy commented innocently shaking his head not getting it, while his sister was to busy now picking at the material of her baggy pants, easily distracted like always.

"I said I'm wearing black." Zoro grunted out crossing his arms over his chest, and narrowed his gaze down on the thief, as he adjusted himself by shuffling his hips up.

Nami deadpanned at the males' lame answers, glancing at the other girl for another praise but still saw her in her own little world, "I hate you guys." Nami sighed out, and went to the clothing rack looking for another outfit.

"I feel kind of bad for Kaya. All this stuff. All this space." Luffy stood up to trail around the room slowly, and stopped in the middle of it frowning sadly, "It's gotta make a person feel... lonely."

"Rich people don't have the same emotions we do." Nami retorted bluntly holding the dress she saw before under her left arm, and flicked through the rest of the outfits, "This stuff doesn't make her feel lonely. It makes her feel important."

"Well, Usopp likes her." (Y/N) now joined in on the conversation, huffing as she stood up from the chair to skip up to her brother, and wrapped her arm around his forearm, "And she invited us to dinner. I'm sure we can work out a way to get that ship."

"No way. Rich people don't stay rich by giving away things."

This had the siblings both raising their eyebrows at Nami's brush off, looking to each other briefly with a knowing look, as Luffy went to playfully questioned, "You want to bet?"

Nami instantly lifted her gaze up from the suits in front of her, interests now perked a lot more than they already were, "What are the terms?" She asked smirking widely.

(Y/N) swiftly moved from her brothers side to walk up towards Nami, and stood in front of her leaning her weight on one foot, "I bet me and Lu can convince Kaya to give us that ship."

"And when you two can't?"

Her (E/C) eyes flickered over Nami's figure slowly before meeting her ones, as a cheeky grin makes it across her face chuckling, and lifted her shoulders up, "We go with your plan. Steal one and move on."

Nami returned her grin with a sly one of her own, raising a hand for hers to take in the middle to which the latter does gentle, "You're on." She declared confidently, and shaking their hands together strongly.

Once their holds on each other slip Nami placed the black dress she had in her other hand, and closed (Y/N)'s fist around it. This made her face shift into a confused expression, but Nami just winked playfully and pushed her gently towards the table with her brother for now.

The orange haired girl then goes to flick through some more of the suits hanging on the rack, before spotting the one that she saw before, and threw it towards Zoro.

He caught it in one hand not even looking as he was to busy watching his captain, with the dress that she wouldn't hold up, and he glanced down at the black suit, "Nice." He whispered ruffling the clothing out smirking.

.......

After getting dressed in their new fancy outfits for the dinner, the group wait in Kaya's main lobby of the mansion, as the servants were walking around with plates of food for the guests.

Luffy took one of the d'oeuvre off a plater from the servant, and stuffed it into his mouth, "These are so good." He praised talking through a mouth full of food, earing a scolding look from his sister next to Usopp.

(Y/N) was now wearing a sweeping full, black stain aphrodite dress, with a flattering cowl-neckline, and delicate tie shoulders. There was also a small slit on the left side of the dress, followed by her straw hat now hanging down her shoulders as her hair was neatly done, and bracelets were still shown on her wrists.

"I know, right?" Usopp agreed with his mouth also stuffed, and used his hands to emphasise what he was telling the two beside him, "Reminds me of that one time I slayed a dragon, cooked it over an open flame, ate the whole thing myself. You ever had dragon?"

She raised her eyebrows up at him curiously, swishing around the drink in between her hands, and shakes her head answering for them both, "No, we have not."

"Do you have dragon?" Luffy goes to innocently question Sham, who came up with another set of d'oeuvre's dressed in a formal suit and white bowtie.

"Afraid we're fresh out." She bluntly answered rolling her eyes annoyed at his words, and walked away towards the other guests, as (Y/N) made a funny face behind her back gaining laughs from the other two.

Her (E/C) eyes than land on Zoro in a black suit that was matching with hers, making her breath hitch in realisation at what Nami had done now, "H-hey, Zoe. I think you should try what Luffy is eating." She stumbles out going up to him, and looks up at him nervously.

Luffy and Usopp both watch the pair interact from their section behind them, eating the snacks they were given and shared matching amused grins seeing the duos outfits.

Zoro didn't turn his head straight away hearing her voice now, as he picked up a glass filled with a bubbling drink, "I've got all I need right here." He motioned to the 'drink now staring down at her, and scanned her figure slowly with his heated eyes rasping, "You look good, princess."

She smiled a bit wobbly up to him grateful for the praise, squirming in her spot feeling flustered under his gaze, "Y-yeah thanks, you look pretty too-" Her eyes widen embarrassed hearing her mess up, as he smirks lopsided while drinking from the glass to hide it, "I mean- You look good!"

He chuckles a bit amused finding it endearing how she acted around him, the noise being muffled by the glass, as he lowered his head to meet her wide gaze, "I know what you mean. I'll be holding that against you now."

"That's so not funny. I'm supposed to be your captain, aren't I?" She grumbled through a pout, crossing her free arm over her chest and leant her side against the table where the drinks were beside them.

"No, it is funny actually." He corrected in his normal monotone voice, but it was a octave softer now talking to her as he runs a finger along the glass top smirking smugly revealing his teeth a bit.

She scrunched up her nose at him now groaning embarrassed, lifting up the glass in her hand to drink from it which made his eyes gaze narrow a bit on it, and opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Klahadore.

"May I present... Miss Kaya." He lifted up his gloved hand for her to take while everyone turned their attention to them, and Klahadore lead her down the stairs where Merry met her halfway.

(Y/N) was now leaning against the green lounge chair Zoro was slouching a bit on, her butt sitting on the edge of the arm rest, as his arm was loosely around the bit she was on, not even noticing or didn't bother to move it.

"Kaya, you look absolutely radiant." Merry complemented the girl who was smiling softly in greeting at the Monkey D. girl, and turned back to Merry when he took her hand this time down the rest of the stairs.

"Merry, I'm so glad you could make it."

"This is a milestone I wouldn't miss for the world." He smiled fondly at her, patting her hand lopped with his forearm, and lead them both to the end of the stairs, "Your parents would be so proud."

Finally making it down the stairs to where the others were waiting, Kaya goes up to Nami standing in a beatufil red dress, "Nami, I love that dress on you."

"Thanks." She smiled sheepishly glancing down at the material on her body, enjoying the praise that she didn't receive from her actual captains and crewmate, but yet was still grateful for (Y/N)'s attempt at it.

"It belonged to my mother, just like the one (Y/N) has on." Kaya tells her taking a brief glance to the side girl smiling, before back to Nami gently running her fingers over the dress materiel, "It was one of her favorites."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I-"

She shakes her head softly at Nami's stuttering words, "Not at all. I'm sure she would agree it suits you both splendidly." Her kind words made a small smile come to the girls lips, and stepped back to let Kaya through.

Zoro grazes a tap against the exposed part of (Y/N)'s thigh of her dress, gaining her attention straightaway as her ears felt warm, and saw him nodding his head towards the table with grapefruit drinks, knowing his captain would probably want more of that now.

Her face shifts into an excited one following where he gestured to, almost tripping over her own feet as she scattered up off the couch, and rushed over to the table, eyes wide in glee at all the yummy looking substances.

His moved his head to watch over her figure from cross him to keep an eye on her, but that once soft gaze turned dark seeing Klahadore looming right near her, making his jaw clench tightly, and get up to walk over.

She glanced up mid drink with stuffed cheeks as she saw Zoro's back right in front of her, making her eyebrows furrowed confused, and shrugged a bit not bothered by it to go back to trying all the sweet drinks supplied.

"Have we meet before?" He eventually rasped out in a dangerously low tone, keeping his body in between her and the other to shield his captain, as he placed down an empty cup in his hands, "You look familiar."

The butler moved his sharped gaze from the quietly talking (Y/N) behind Zoro's broad figure, and saw the green head's warning glare being thrown on him, as he responded shortly, "Highly doubtful, sir."

"Funky Bar? Mirror Ball Island?"

"Funky Bar?" Klahadore repeated Zoro's words in a fake disbelieving tone, and turned his head back to gaze in front of him, to pull at his black suit coat, "Well, I can assure you I've never patronised in that type of establishment."

"Kaya, I wonder If I might have your ear?" Merry interrupted the said girls conversation with Nami, which made them both turn to him now, and a few others in the room, "There are matters concerning the transfer of ownership of the shipyard we need to discuss."

"Merry, dear friend, it's always business with you." Klahadore states coming over to where they were behind, and it made Merry sigh a bit not knowing what his fate was later on, "Tonight is about celebration. Shall we all move to the dinging room?" He directed this question at everyone, and placed his hand out.

Luffy raised his arms up in the air from next to his sister now, a giant excited grin across his face, "Yes! Oh! Oh, I'm so ready for this-" He cheers while (Y/N) was wiping off the food on his face with a tissue she found, sighing tiredly at her brother's usual messy ways.

Everyone made their way into the massive lit up dinning room now also, and took their seats at the long table, as the two workers were bringing out the dishes for them.

"Keep this coming." Zoro ordered Sham holding out an empty sake glass bottle, him being sat directly across and in front of (Y/N) around the table, as she was beside Luffy and closest to Merry at the end near the door.

Sham gives a deadpanning reaction taking the bottle from his hands, and walked down the table towards where Kaya was, "I'd love to try the fish tonight." She sweetly stated to Sham, pointing to the plate on the table in her hands.

"I'm sorry, Miss Kaya, but that is not possible." Her main butler denies in a strict, yet calm tone with his gloved hands folded together and came up beside her.

"Maybe just a small piece?"

"Now, you know that certain foods can affect your constitution." He remined gently making her face fall into a frown, and the chef Buchi placed a bowl of foamy blue soup in front of the girl, "Here, Buchi has prepared your special soup."

"Kaya, it's your birthday." Nami speaks up in defence spotting the girls sad expression, and so did (Y/N) from all the way down the table as she fiddles with a pink bracelet she owned, "You should be able to eat what you want."

"Miss Kaya's medical condition necessitates that I closely monitor her dietary needs."

She scowled at Klahadore leaning her elbows on the table, and sneered while sending daggers in a furious glare, "Does it mean you also speak for her?"

"I'll take her fish." Luffy chirped raising his arm in the air not realising the issue occurring, causing his sister to send her boot into his foot under the table and it made him quietly wince giving her a questioning look.

Usopp gulps sensing the growing tension, looking to the (H/C) haired girl who sent him a small grin of reassurance, and he goes to ask trying to get them away from the fish situation, "(Y/N), Luffy, isn't there something you wanted to talk to Kaya about?"

"Oh, yes! Usopp told us that you own the whole shipyard." The siblings both perked up now remembering the very reason they were here, and talked in sync causing Kaya to smile a little fondly, finding it cute how identical they were with each other.

"Well, actually my parents founded the shipyard, and Merry's been running the business since..." She paused to look down with a bittersweet expression, as Merry raised his glass at the siblings staring at him, "well, since they passed. But all of that's about to change. Tonight, at midnight, I will become the sole owner."

"Ah. Well, that's great, because we want to buy a ship from you." Luffy tells her grinning with his teeth, holding up his drink being shared with his sister, and took a sip of the bitter juice drink.

"I see. Usopp mentioned that you're sailors."

(Y/N) stifled an amused giggle behind her palm covering her mouth, leaning her chin into the same one as she placed her elbow against the table looking at Kaya, "Nah ah, not sailors." She chirped in a cheeky tone, "We're pirates."

This made Usopp spluttered out his wine into his glass at her blunt confession, as Nami sent her a deadpanning look and sighed knowingly. Zoro raised his glass up to his lips, hiding his amused smirk behind it, and muttered lowly, "This ought to be good."

Kaya released a exhale of disbelief glancing between her, and Usopp in both shock but also was very curious of the so called pirate girl, and did want to hear more nevertheless, "Pirates?"

"Yep. We haven't sailed together for long," Luffy started off now raising his drinking glass up, as his sibling nods her head rapidly with his words in agreement, "but we have already defeated an evil clown, raided a Marine base, and taken down a captain with an axe for a hand."

"These sound a lot like your adventures, Usopp." She pointed out smiling at her best friend, who laughed nervously while shuffling in his chair, "Yeah, that's... that's crazy."

"Oh yeah, indeed. And we're just getting started." (Y/N) flips her straw hat back on not bothered to look presentable anymore, swiftly getting out of her chair to stand on it with one foot on the table. This gained surprised and scolding looks from everyone around, expect for her brother who was standing up on the floor grinning with encouragement, and proudly.

"What are you two doing? Get down from there at once!" Khaladore exclaimed angrily seeing the girl being unladylike in a dress, and went to stop her but Luffy slipped in front of her with his arms crossed in warning.

She was lucky her dress had another undergarment with the way she was standing, and picks up the edges of it to stand fully on her chair now, as she was already tall enough right now in the boots, "Being a great pirates has been a shared dream of mine with my brother for as long as I can remember. And I'm finally making it a reality."

While she was busy declaring this to everyone, she was very unaware of Zoro's in awe, soft gaze on her. His mouth softly parted slightly from drinking the alcohol, himself never experiencing what he was feeling in that moment, as he was being mesmerised by her, and only her.

He didn't understand what his heart was feeling, and why it was now suddenly beating faster then usual admiring at her, but he knew, he very well knew he wanted to experience it more whatever it was.

"We're heading out to the Grand Line, where even more adventures await us." She grabs Luffy's hand to help her down off the table, as they both make their way towards where Kaya was watching them amazed, "And at the end of the journey, me and Lu are gonna find the ultimate treasure, the One Piece and become, Kings of the Pirates."

She looked up at the pair chugging the juices in their glasses, and blinked owlishly in surprise as shes never met two people so determined about a dream before, "You're serious?"

Luffy holds out the two cups that he grabbed from his sister, and passed them towards Klahadore who was glaring a bit dangerously at (Y/N), and groaned taking the cups from his hand relcunently.

Crouching a bit down to her level now Luffy placed his hands softly on her shoulders, while his siblings stood next to him beaming brightly, "Kaya, you have a beautiful ship out there. A caravel with a sheep figurehead. It spoke to me and (N/N). That's the ship we need to follow our dreams. I promise you, we'll take care of it. Maintain it. Treat it like any other member of our crew, because a ship is also a home."

The girl looked up between them with shining eyes, wanting to say something but her butler was quick to cut through their little conversation, "That will be quite enough! I should've known Usopp would bring riffraff to our doorstep."

"Klahadore, it's okay. I-" Kaya stopped mid way breaking into a fit of coughs, placing her fist up to her mouth and covered the coughs into it, as this caused the siblings to frown a bit worriedly for her health.

"Now look what you've done. You've upset Miss Kaya." He exclaimed motioning to the said girl, which had (Y/N) narrowing her gaze on him from under her hats brim, knowing he was blaming them for something they didn't cause, "All of you, out of this house at once!"

"No." Kaya tried to croak out through her coughs, clearing her throat as she shakes her head in protest, "It's late. Let them stay the night." She stated earing grins from the siblings, who shared a small fist bump.

Klahadore helped up the girl by the hands gentle, "As you wish, Miss Kaya, but they are out first thing in the morning." He says strictly, and leads her out of the room towards where her bedroom was to leave everyone else.

Once the door closed behind them, (Y/N) pushed the brim of her hat back to reveal her cheeky expression, and stares at the other four around her with Luffy, "That went pretty well. Don't you think, guys?"

.......

Night had set fast around the village surrounding the mansion, with everyone now doing their own thing or trying to sleep. (Y/N) was stalking through the quiet halls of the mansion dressed in her outfit when arriving here, as she and Luffy split ways to find the kitchen quicker. Which wasn't the best idea, because know she was completely lost and alone within the many hallways.

She fiddles with her bag strap around her shoulders peeking into an open room to revel a bedroom, making her quickly back away and walk more down the hall she was currently looking through.

Pausing in the middle of the carpet path under her boots, she span her body around to glance all around her for anything that looked familiar, but all of the old paintings, and nick-nacks all looked different now.

When her back faced the opposite way of where she once stood, something or rather someone suddenly collied with her figure, which made both parities freak out and jump back a bit.

Her (E/C) eyes go wide spotting a startled Zoro standing before her now, face slowly breaking out into a bright and happy one, as she goes exclaim his name loudly, "Hey, Zoro-!"

He was quick to slam his palm over her mouth stopping her from talking, as he backed her up to make her land against a pillar behind them, "Shh! Not so loud right now!" He whispered yelled down at her, his chest touching hers as their faces were a few inches a part.

Her eyes got even wider if it was possible at their close contact, and how he was caging her in his arms once again. Her hands rested just barely near his waist, mouth still being covered by his hand, as his other was placed on the pillar near her head, and his left boot was just in between her ones.

She made some muffled jumbled out words against his palm, tryin her hardest not to freak out and embrassse herself even more than she already as in front of him, and hits his waist to signal let go.

His darkened gaze flickered over her close features now, seeing how pretty her eyes actual were, and the few freckles on her cheeks. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he pulls back from holding her and focused on glancing down the hallways incase anyone had heard them,

"Did you really have to do that?" She breathed out through a pant, the back of her hand wiping across her mouth feeling flustered at how warm his skin felt and brushed her hat back to regain her confidence now.

He just flicked her forehead with his pointer and thumb having a stoic expression, making her yelp placing her fingers up to sore spot, and pouted up at him huffing, "Why that as well?!"

Instead of giving a verbal response he turned around to walk down the hallway again, reaching out to grasp her wrist which took her by complete surprised, and let herself by gently tugged along by him.

"Zoe, do you always carry those swords with you?" (Y/N) now spoke up in question after a few seconds of silence, stumbling her way up beside him as he had let her go, and she placed her hands behind her back.

He shot her an unamused look hearing that nickname again, but didn't bother to correct or getting angry over it, "Wherever I go, the Wado Ichimonji goes." He simply answered in his deep voice, hand now resting on the hilts of the swords on his waist.

"Wodo Ichi- what?" She stuttered out the word that wasn't in her vocabulary, making a funny face when she couldn't pronounce it properly, and grumbled out annoyed, "Where are you going anyways?"

"I'm looking for a drink." He grunted coming to a stop at the end of the hallway, which caused her to slam into his back with a yelp, not watching where she was going and rubbed her sore nose whining, "This place is a maze. How about you?" His eyes moved to her as she wasn't looking at him, instead holding her nose beside him.

"Trying to find a midnight snack with Luffy." Her voice came out a bit funny because of her fingers holding her nose, and grinned goofily up at him, "Why else would I be out here, Zoe?"

He scoffed a bit amused expecting that from his captain, rolling his eyes a bit playfully as his arm grazed up against hers, "Of course you are, princess." He husked a muse going to step forward, but her hand slammed down onto his shoulder making him stop automatically.

"I'm not a princess, Zoro. So stop calling me that!" She exclaimed a bit loudly again tugging on his shirt, earning a deadpanning expression from him, and it made her grin at him sweetly instead, "Come on. I'm sure we'll find the kitchen if we keep walking straight."

(Y/N) patted his shoulder smiling at him brightly, before twisting in her spot to turn around marching down the hallway excitedly, leaving Zoro to sigh heavily and follow on after his captain. Something tells him things are going to be like this often now.

─►☆ AUTHOR'S NOTE :
got a lotttt of zoro moments this chap that im
very happy with and it means more progression
for these two before sanji comes in and mixes things up EHEEE gonna be great guys just you wait 🤭

the next chap might be a mix of this ep and the next one since its probably gonna be a bit short so my
bad for that guys cause than the format looks
so weird at the beginning of the chaps 😭

im also bringing back my actual one piece anime fanfic that i have in my drafts and it hasnt seen the light of day for years so expect that out soon
and omg DID YOU GUYS HEAR S2 WAS ANNONCED FOR THE OPLA YEYEYSSSHEGWEEW SCREAMING OMG

i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and
pleaseeee don't be silent readers guys
lmk whatcha think 🫶