Can a shadow really love?

By: MacchiNightmares

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters in One Piece… okay? Okay.

Legend:

/thoughts/

"talking"


::Don't worry, I'll always be here for you::

:You promise??:

::Of course!::

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::...Run!! Please! Just Run!!!::

:No! I won't leave you!!:

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:::Silly little girl... you should have ran with the other villagers:::

::No!! Leave Rin alone!! I'm the one you want!!::

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::Goodbye, Rin...::

:NO!! HIKARU!!!!:

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I shot up from my bed; sweat drops falling from my forehead and breathing heavily. Another one… it had been another nightmare, the same one, the one that haunted me for years. I sighed deeply once I caught my breath, and ran my hand over my forehead, to wipe off the sweat. I lied back down, trying to fall asleep again, but I couldn't. The nightmare was still vivid in my mind. With a heavy sigh, I sat back up and looked around. It was still dark, I could tell that much by looking around and hearing no outside noise. I looked out the small window next to my bed and could see the sun creeping up in the horizon.

/Sunrise… well, needed to wake up hours later, but I guess I can use this time to train…/

I stood up and stretched for a little while, so I could wake up slightly more. After I finished stretching, I quickly changed into some black loose-fitting pants and a black long sleeve shirt with a design on it. I combed my black hair into a loose bun and took my katana so I could walk out the door, and headdown stairs. When I walked out the tavern door and looked around, no one was out, they probably weren't even awake. I walked to the back of the village, since there was a forest and that area seemed the most isolated. I entered the forest and kept walking until I reached a clearing, I walked to the middle and then took out my katana. I began to train intensely, looking as if I were fighting an invisible enemy, never noticing the pair of eyes looking at me though the trees.

:Hours Later:

.:Someone's POV:.

We were walking down the street, the five of us since Chopper and Usopp decided to stay on the ship.

"Hey guys… I'm hungry…" whined Luffy.

"WE JUST ATE!!!" Nami yelled at him, annoyed. I looked over at Robin and Sanji, they both were shaking their heads. I simply sighed and continued walking. Soon we came across people gathered around something; I couldn't tell because the crowd covered whatever they were looking at.

"Ohh! I wanna go see too!" Luffy said while running towards the crowd.

"Come on guys, we'd better go too…" Nami stated before walking towards the crowd.

Robin sighed, "Well, we should go. So we could make sure Luffy doesn't get in trouble." She then walked to the crowd as well, with Sanji and I following behind. As soon as we were a few feet away, I could hear music, specifically a guitar.

"I think we have an emergency. I think we have an emergency. If you thought I'd leave, then you were wrong, 'cause I won't stop holding on…"

A girl started to sing, and whoever she was, she had a great singing voice.

"She sings like an angel!" Sanji dreamily said.

"Oh can it, Sanji! For all you know she could look horrible!" I yelled at him, annoyed at how quickly he would fall for a girl.

Sanji glared at me, "Shut up, Zoro! With that voice, she must be beautiful!" He then made his way though the crowd, so he could see who was singing. As soon as he reached the front, he stopped dead in his tracks. I immediately smirked, guessing I was right.

"Guess I was right, eh, Cook?" I asked. Sanji just kept quiet, and I got ticked off. I was about to yell at him when I caught a glimpse of who was singing…And I was damn wrong about her being ugly, she was far from it.


MacchiNightmares: okay! That's a wrap!!

Luffy: awww… but we were just getting started…

M.N.: uhhhh…. Sorry Luffy… n.n';;