Two Weeks in Paradise

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"Talking"

Thoughts

Day 1

It was peaceful sailing underneath the ocean as the Thousand Sunny dived deeper towards their next destination of Fishermen Island. As the ship got deeper, a certain green haired pirate sat comfortably in the crow's nest of the ship as he rested awaiting the arrival of the next part of his journey. As he closed his eyes, he reminisced the two year training he had with the legendary pirate swordsman Hawkeye Mihawk. ". . . . someday . . . . I'll come back to challenge him".

"Oye Zoro! What have you been doing?"

Zoro opened his eyes to see his captain acting like he usually did with his compulsive and sometimes absurd antics. He gave an internal sigh to this, "well it doesn't seem two years has changed him much. But I bet he's much stronger now".

"Zoro! I heard you arrived two weeks before me! So what have you been doing during that time?" exclaimed Luffy as he tried to catch up with lost time with his crew.

However the green swordsmen simply closed his eyes making no effort to do anything. "It doesn't really matter just leave it be".

"Now you're making me really curious! Come on, tell me!"

Zoro sighed again. "Nothing too interesting, I just arrived on the island and waited".

"That's it" said Luffy disappointed. "Oh well, I'm going to ask Franky about his new upgrades" as his eyes twinkled in wonder. "Later Zoro" he yelled ecstatically as he jumped from the nest down to the deck below.

As he watched him leave, Zoro couldn't help but give one of his rare smiles as he recalled what had happened in the last two weeks during his time on the island.

~ Day 1 ~

"God, I can't believe I have to trouble myself with bringing you here" complained Perona, the user of the horo horo no mi. "You're just lucky I was in the giving mode to help you out".

"Whatever" sighed Zoro as they had now arrived on shore.

"Fine! This is where we part ways!"

The green samurai rolled his eyes at this. It wasn't out of kindness that Perona helped him out, but more so that his 'master' made her. Hell, spending two years with Hawkeye told him enough that he couldn't find his way out of a paper bag. So out of his 'masters' courtesy, he sent the Goth girl to guide him back to where he promised to meet his crew.

"Just try not to get lost moss head!" as Perona soon left to do whatever she wanted.

Zoro simply turned to leave as he was uncertain what to do now. For the most part, it was a promise amongst his crew that they would return to this island after spending two years building up their power to get stronger. "Hmm, I better check in with the Dark King". But obviously he should have known better. After walking about two hours, he was on the other side of the island. "How the hell did I end up here?"

Now he should have known better, but being the stubborn guy he was he refused to ask for directions let alone help for that matter. Seeing that the person he was seeking was infamous amongst the marines and hunters, the last thing he would want to do was invite trouble to his doorstep. So with a heavy sigh he'd figure he would continue to wonder around until he got lucky in either bumping into Rayleigh or his close friend and associate Shakky.

"Damn, I didn't think waiting around would be this troublesome. Well no point in complaining about it now" as he turned to leave "Oh sorry about that". Upon rushing to leave, he turned too hastily only to bump into a rather pale slender woman who appeared to be on the ground looking for something. Looking at her, she had bluish black medium length hair, a fair build, and wore very familiar style clothing.

"My glasses, my glasses, oh were did my glasses go?"

Zoro seeing what he had done spotted the square frames as he knelt down to pick it up. " . . . . This seems oddly familiar . . . ." As he lifted the glasses to her, "here". But then like déjà vu all those years ago he crushed the glasses as he realized who was in front of him.

Tashigi could only gape as not only was the wanted swordsman in front of her, but he also crushed her glasses again. ""How can you do that?"

"What the hell are you doing on this island?"

"That's not what you say to someone when you break their glasses!"

Zoro flinched as he quickly got back up. "Why can't you just leave me alone!"

Tashigi immediately went to grab her Shigure as she drew it out. "This is the day I capture you Pirate Hunter Zoro!"

The green swordsmen winced at the statement as he started to run off anywhere he could.

"Get back here and fight me Roanoa!"yelled the marine swordswomen giving chase with blade in hand.

As Zoro ran, he ran like his life depended on it. Looking around, he tried to make sure that wherever he was going was far away for her. Even after all this time, he refused to fight to her. Now it wasn't because she was a woman, but if he defeated her it would be an insult to Kuina's memory and that was something he would not tolerate.

Meanwhile Tashigi was close behind him, but deciding to show the fruits of her training began to pick up speed. But then a moment later she lost track of him only to find him again moving right past her. "You won't get away from me Zoro!"

As the two ran, for anyone that was watching one would see how funny it was. In those who were paying attention, Zoro and Tashigi seemed to have been running in circles as the green swordsmen didn't seem to know where he was going as the marine swordswomen seemed to have been chasing any sliver of green she saw. In this matter, it didn't help much when the person who was trying to escape had no sense of direction and the person who was giving chase was practically blind.

For those who didn't know who they were, assumed they must have been in some sort of relationship quarrel to which the guy did something wrong to which the girl was now angry about.

"Hey do you think that guy is going to get away?"

"I don't know he seems pretty stupid, my money is on the blind chick".

"Really? She doesn't seem to know where she is going".

"Well better then that guy".

In looking now at Tashigi, "Zoro! I got you now".

"Let go of me crazy person!"

Then looking at Zoro, "Damn, where the hell am I now?"

"Twenty beri on the blind chick!"

"Thirty beri on the directionally challenged guy!"

"Hey! Does anyone want to be bet if she kills him or not?"

And so the betting went as a crowd formed to see if Zoro would escape or Tashigi would catch him.

After about twenty more minutes of running, "I've got you now Zoro!" as the marine swordswomen was back on track again.

"Just leave me alone!"

Just as she was about to pick up the speed, her foot got hooked onto something as she promptly fell face first onto the ground as her sword slipped from her hand.

Zoro stopped running to look back at the fallen marine, and at seeing the opportunity to run . . . . he could not. He then gave a deep sigh as he soon walked back.

Tashigi lifted herself up as she began to rub her face. "Oww, that really hurt". Then a sharp cutting sound was made as her Shigure was stabbed into the ground in front of her. She then looked up with a growl at how things turned out. Not only was she defenseless, but now at the mercy of this barbarian. At seeing his hand reach out towards her she shut her eyes out of impulse to brace herself of what was to come next. But then was surprised to feel it gently wrap around her arm as he pulled her up. Zoro then pulled Shigure from the ground as he handed it back to her. "Why are you doing this?" she said warily.

". . . . Just felt like it". Simply it was pathetic to see the kind of state she was in. Without her glasses she was practically going to run into god knows how much trouble. Seeing as she just loved to preach to people about justice and the monetary worth of swords she was bound to attract unwanted attention. Plus the fact this place was swarming with pirates who hated marines, not to mention the potential fact that the younger son of the Tenryubito could be around. God only knows what would happen if he had an eye on her. "Come on" he said begrudgingly, "I'll take you to a doctor to get you some new glasses".

"I can take care of myself! I don't need your help!"

"Well if you're confident in fighting blind surrounded by pirates then fine! I'll just leave you here to deal with this yourself!"

Tashigi winced at the statement as it did hold great truth. So in rather slow manner as her face showed how embarrassed she was she reached out grabbing the end of his red waist sash, "once I get my glasses we go back to how things were".

"Whatever . . . ." he replied as they soon left the area.

For those who were watching weren't able hear what they were talking about. At seeing them leave together some of the women cooed at how love managed to patch the wound between them as some of the men enjoyed the spectacle they were witness too.

As the group disbanded, "so who won the bet actually?"

To be continued . . . .

Author's notes: This will be a pilot chapter to see if I continue or not.

So thank you for reading and I further extend my gratitude if you can review it as well.