Secrets of Blood

The Secret is Out!

This one is a major turning point in the story and is very important. I tried my best to keep everyone in character and I think I did ok, I hope everyone else thinks that, too. And thanks for the positive reviews. It really helps me because this is my first fanfic so I was nervous it would suck. This is a longer one, anyways, enjoy ~

Luffy had been drinking from Zoro once a week, and not even that much blood. He found out he was temporarily able to be in the sun, but only at the beginning of the week, the two days after feeding. He was able to be on deck for around 3 minutes before feeling his body tell him to get out of the sunlight. After being in the sun for any amount of time, he'd go to the library and take a nap. The crew just chalked it up to Luffy being weird. The human food tasted good again, not as great as before he was turned, but better than it had been. He was also starting to like how Zoro's blood tasted but he was in complete control of his hunger, which the human food curbed for a bit.

Those who didn't know what had been going on started to feel less concerned about their captain's behavior, even though he was still a monster about the whole chocolate thing, which Robin still couldn't figure out the cause of. Robin was a huge help with the whole ordeal Luffy was going through. She had made excuses for Luffy not going on the island they stopped at, which the crew believed. She stayed with Luffy on the ship, reading everything related to vampirism to him (since he hated reading himself). This was the only time they wouldn't be worried about others hearing, because they were still curious about why the three had been hanging out so much together.

Robin had also been with Luffy during his three or four one hour long naps everyday. Robin and Zoro were his emotional support and best friends. He also had been able to dodge Chopper's check ups. It would be bad for Chopper to notice Luffy's heart no longer beat; he would undoubtedly think Luffy was a zombie or an imposter of some sort..

Luffy tried to get Nami to reverse their course back to the island that made Luffy the "bloodsucker" he was. He hadn't forgotten the word Zoro had used and it hurt to even think about. He was trying very hard at all times to convince himself he wasn't evil or a monster. Now he knew how Chopper felt about feeling like a monster.

Nami refused because she didn't know the real reason why he was begging for them to go back. It was captain's order but she had explained that she had never reversed the log pose before, and was nervous to do it. So the Sunny got further and further away from the island. Luffy was beginning to lose hope. What if they could never get back to that wretched place and solve this problem?

Luffy was watching from the doorway one day as Franky set up a new invention. It was some sort of scooter that latched onto the railing and slid around the ship. It had been 5 days since he drank from Zoro, so even being this close to the sunlight made him uncomfortable, but he wanted to see the new invention. All hell broke loose when Franky picked Luffy up to come see the scooter on the railing, ignoring Luffy's screams of protest about going outside, just thinking the kid needed some sun since he had gotten paler lately.

As soon as Luffy was bathed in sunlight he started to scream and burn, thrashing around on the cyborg's shoulder. Franky didn't know what was going on and dropped him, and Luffy couldn't bring himself to stand. His skin continued to burn and smoke as he kept screaming and writhing on the ground in pain.

Zoro woke up to his captain's screaming and ran to him instantly, dragging him back inside the shade of the kitchen. Luffy was panting and gasping for air. Zoro shouted for Robin, who came running in and locked the door behind her, keeping the others out. If they were going to explain this, which there was no doubt they would need to now, they wanted Luffy conscious and not in agony for it.

So the two waited for Luffy to heal, which took about twenty minutes. The two looked at each other, worried about Luffy, but even more worried about how the crew would react to Luffy's condition, and how they would feel about Zoro and Robin lying to them all this time. They knew Luffy would be fine physically, but emotionally, they had no idea.