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It was the sound of Zeff and his older cousins breaking through the bush that began pulling Sanji out of the trance he held, staring at the other side of the creek. Hounds howled in greeting at seeing the person they were tracking standing before them, and soon after the crashing of paws in water, he felt a group of familiar wet noses pushing against his legs. He distractedly knelt down to greet the overjoyed dogs, knowing their names from his family's kennel. He flinched when Zeff's voice boomed behind him.
"OI! Little Eggplant--where the hell is your shirt?!"
Sanji had completely forgotten his shirt. Well, that definitely made things more awkward. At least there was less blood to explain.
The blond slowly turned to face his father, who stood on the other side of the stream with a party of other hunter's, mostly from his family but also with hunters from the rest of the village intermingling in. They held muskets raised to the sky, obviously glad to see that a search had only taken so little time. He glanced around for Usopp--it wasn't too hard. He was right behind Zeff, waving sheepishly his gun at Sanji. His older brother glared at him. He 'eeped', then with watery eyes mouthed, 'I'm so, so, SO sorry!'
You better believe you are.
Zeff grabbed Sanji's attention again. "Ey? Where's the deer--oi, Usopp! Didn't you say Sanji was out here with a big buck, too big too carry? Why the hell did we all come out here if there's no buck!?"
All Usopp could do was stare at the ground, stuttering between 'um' and 'well, I'. Sanji could have facepalmed. Damn--he had told Usopp to come up with a GOOD lie. Oh, but ofcourse he would instead make up some enormous tall-tale. Great--now he had to come up with a lie for himself. And quick.
He said the first thing that came to mind. "Pops, a Satyr took it."
All eyes were instantly on him. None had belief in them. Zeff scrutinized him hard--Usopp seemed to be making a silent scream. 'We're doomed,' he mouthed.
"What was that?" Zeff's eyes narrowed. "A Satyr?"
Sanji nodded, looking straight at 'pops'. He wasn't going to back down--though he was totally making up s**t as he went along. "Yea, um...I was cleaning it, trying to, ah...cut it into smaller pieces to bring back--then some Satyr came outta nowhere and grabbed it from me. And, ya know...I can't fight back. So...what could I do?"
There was a long pause of silence.
Finally Zeff's broke through it. "Is that so...?"
"You don't believe me, geezer?"
"Does any of that have to do with why you're in the middle of a creek?"
"Yea," he snapped, not thinking.
"Oh? Do tell."
It took a second for Sanji to dig up something for that. "I uh...I went after him."
"Really?"
"Yup."
Zeff stroked his chin. "Hmm...even though you couldn't...do anything?"
s**t! Sanji backtracked. "Um...negotiations?"
At that, the men and Zeff began snickering. Sanji negotiating with anything was a farfetched idea. Sanji flushed, balling up his fist. "Well," he said lamely. "It was good shitty meat!"
"Ha ha, I'm not saying it wasn't. So...why don't you have a shirt?"
Sanji growled, embarrassed at his poor lying skills. "It got wet," he muttered. "Didn't want to catch a cold..?"
The men flat out guffawed at that. Some grabbed thier guts, while others pointed and plainly laughed in Sanji's face. None was louder than the huge blond man that was Sanji's pops. Sanji flushed with anger, and stomped out of the creek and past the men.
"If we're done," he grumbled. "Then I'm going home. Usopp--brotherly meeting right now."
Usopp hesitated for a second, til he finally followed behind his older brother. Jeez...he was going to get such a beating for this. And more blackmail.
Great.
(//\)
Chopper, in half human form, galloped beside Zoro, who from the waist down was deer, but the other half his tan human form. He stared up at his brother, who was lost in thought as they patrolled the forest.
"Um...Zoro?"
"Hmm?"
"Um..." Chopper fidgeted, a light blush on his cheeks. He knew he had to say something, but had no idea how to say it. After a few minutes of silence, in which Zoro didn't try to interupt, he finally piped up, "Um...from my hiding place, I um...couldn't help seeing you with the human. And...And I, ah...."
Zoro looked down at the little kid, seeming unashamed at what he had been caught doing. "Yea? Something wrong?"
"Ah...well..." Chopper fidgeted faster and faster. Finally, he looked back up and exclaimed nervously, "Um, ah, does this mean...you found your mate?"
At the word 'mate', Chopper turned his head and blushed, muttering a 'nevermind' while Zoro just walked beside him, his eyes wide.
He rubbed his chin, thinking. Finally, his face split in a grin, lustful and devlish. "Well," he said slowly, knowing Chopper was listening still. "I dunno...b*****d's kinda a piece of crap. But...well, maybe."
Maybe if I get a hold of that pale skin again, and that blond hair. Zoro licked his lips apprehensively, remembering the taste of the hunter while Chopper exclaimed happily at his new 'brother-sister'.
Yea, that b*****d was a definite maybe. But that wouldn't keep Zoro from taking a trip to the village at night to look for him...