Another short drabble for the "onepiece_300" comm in livejournal. Enjoy! Also, reviews will be greatly appreciated and replied to. :)
Title: Hollows in Kuragaina Island
Rating: K+ (One curse word at the end... just to be safe)
Media: Fic
Character(s): Perona, Zoro and Mihawk
Word Count: 322
Prompt: Tactic
Summary: How do you get Mihawk to do the dishes? Negative hollow!
"Why do I have to do the dishes?" exclaimed the ghost princess, furious. "Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm your maid!"
"No, but you are an uninvited guest." Mihawk replied without flinching, drinking a sip of his wine and then leaving the empty cup aside.
"I didn't chooseto come here! And I don't even know how to wash dishes in the first place!"
Mihawk turned his attention to her, his hawk-like eyes locked in her for a moment, sending a shiver through her spine. Her first thought was that he was considering calling his new pupil, but then he just looked away, as if he had lost any interest in her.
"You'll learn."
That was it. Perona felt like she was going to burst. How could this guy be so... so... insensitive! She was a lady, and she demanded to be treated as such! She was going to make herself be respected, whether the shichibukai liked it or not! But how could she do such a thing...
And then she had it. Which tactic, which plan could she possibly use against one of the most powerful individual of the world? Against the world's best swordsman? Simple, how didn't she think of it earlier. If it had worked on Zoro, it would surely work on him...
"Negative hollow!"
Somehow, he was at the kitchen. Zoro kept thinking the castle was enchanted, he'd have swore it moved around him! It was when he reached the place that Perona's distinctive laugh caught his attention.
She was laughing her ghostly ass off, floating around the kitchen in company of two of her ghosts. Below her, a depressive-looking Mihawk was over the sink, washing dish after dish while he sadly commented things such as "why is life so miserable?" and "I wish I had been born as a towel". Zoro felt a little part of his soul just die right now. However, he decided to ignore the scene and leave. He wouldn't dare to damage another swordsman's pride.