With Yubushiri's fixing, Zoro encounters a girl who turns his life upside-down only to leave him with a spell. The spell turns Zoro into one of 3 spirits depending on which sword he has. Beware of the implicated OOC like actions… but that's the point.
A Spell for Three
Snore…Snore. Pop… How long had he been asleep? Zoro looked at the sun for the time.
"Bright" he growled then turned his head away. They really needed a sundial. Better yet, a clock… YAWN! Wiping the water from his eyes he stood up to find that the Mugiwara's are docked and have gone to explore the town…How in the 7 hells was he supposed to find them. Jumping from the Sunny to find the now missing crew, he figured he might check out the town first. The town was a beer hub filled with pirates and was a major partying town. There were pick pockets, vendors, and brothels everywhere he turned. Luckily…he was stark broke. He figured he's look for a restaurant so the rest of the crew conjoined could pay for his alcohol. Every place he went, no Luffy, no Luffy, NO LUFFY! He finally hit the edge of town where the shops and businesses looked relatively normal. It was getting darker and he didn't really want to be in the big crowd when everyone finally found a place to settle. Each of the little shops looked like several people had been in and out of them throughout the day. Then he saw it, something worth while!!! A small shop with a small open sign that sat in the window attracted his attention. Inside all sorts of swords hung on the walls and neatly in barrels.
"Can I help you?" A small girl with black hair asked him.
"No, I'm just looking," he didn't look at her, "I have no money"
"That's okay!" She smiled, "Their awful nice though aren't they mister. What are the names of yours?"
"Okay kiddo, time for bed." A girl taller then her apparent little sister came from behind the curtain that blocked a doorway.
"But Miyu! I'm talking to a customer" The older one smiled.
"No you're not Abi because I just heard him say he had no money, therefore he is not a customer, just a passer-by. And that means its bed time." Abi yawned.
"Fine, night" She hobbled up the stairs in a tired and grumpy fashion.
"I love you too!" The elder sister yelled up sarcastically. "Can I help you with anything, really or have you come to rob us pirate?"
"There is something but I still don't have any money. I can get it though"
"Okay… I'm Miyu by the way"
"Roronoa Zoro" He still didn't look at her but nodded.
"Don't you have 120 million on your head?" He sighed and nodded again. "So, what do you want me to do?"
"I have a sword that is in desperate need of repair." He handed her the hilt of Yubashiri.
"Repair is right…You want me to recast it? That'll cost a big chunk of change" She looked at him, worried, but he refuse to look at her.
"I can get it. But you have to trust me"
"I can't trust you, I can't trust anybody, and I'd need collateral or something. With my sister around I just can't trust pirates" Zoro finally looked up and into her eyes. A whimsical grey-blue he got lost in them before remembering who he was again.
"Here, take them, loose them and I'll kill you, but that's collateral until I get the money okay?" She looked at his collateral.
"Both of your useable swords? What if you get into a fight?"
"I'll win, and I'll come get them"
"Okay, it'll be finished by tomorrow morning" She turned around, set the swords down then turned back around, he was gone. Zoro ran as fast as he could through town to find the crew. He only found one.
"Sanji!" The blonde was surrounded by three topless girls who worked at the brothel across the street, "I need to borrow some money"
"What for marimo?" Zoro couldn't believe he was asking Sanji.
"There's a girl and she's-" Zoro was cut off.
"A girl, huh? Gimme the circumstances and I might help." The girls left him and he crossed his legs.
"It's not like that Sanji, yeah she's pretty but she's casting Yubashiri and she has all my swords as collateral and I need to pay her by tomorrow."
"She pretty…did you just say, she was pretty." Sanji was rather confused.
"Yeah, can I borrow the money?" he spoke slowly so as not to confuse the blonde any further.
"Introduce me" His sly answer came no surprise for Zoro.
"I'm not going to let you sleep with her!"
"Cause you want her"
"No! Because my entire life is shaped upon whether or not I get the money to her tomorrow morning before we leave!!!"
"Ask Nami for the money"
"Are you seriously considering that I go to the evil bitch from hell itself to ask for money I'm gunna have to pay back 10 fold?!"
"You make a point…she's horny"
"Now, are you suggesting I sleep with NAMI for MONEY!!?"
"Fine, but you still have to introduce me."
"Let's go…do you actually have the money?"
"Got about 2,500 beli, will that be enough?"
"No, I need about 500 more"
"Hold on" Sanji ran into the brothel and was in there a total of 1 hour. He came out holding 6,000 beli under Zoro's nose.
"Do I want to know how you got that?"
"No" Zoro lead the way to the calmer side of town. By that time it was morning and the sun was rising overhead. When the two pirates made it to the little shop Zoro saw Abi cleaning the place and Miyu pointing at things that needed to be fixed while polishing the two collateral swords. He pushed the door open and the two looked up.
"MR. RORONOA!" Abi flung herself against his leg and hugged it.
"Friends a' yours?" Sanji looked at the small girl completely in love with Zoro's oversized thigh.
"I've got your swords here if you have the money." Miyu showed him all three swords.
"How much is it?" He looked at Sanji who nodded.
"Umm… for a recasting, 2,075."
"But I saw you cleaning my swords"
"Doesn't matter, it's still 2,075"
"It's because she likes you Zoro" Miyu blushed.
"How do you know my name?"
"Miyu has your wanted poster hanging in her room!"
"Shut up Abi!" She pulled the small one off of Zoro's leg took the money from Sanji and shooed Abi up the stairs. Handing Zoro each sword one by one, Zoro noticed she let their hands touch without saying anything. He pulled Yubashiri out of its sheath, it was like new. Exactly the same as the day he'd gotten it, perhaps, even better. The Sanji cleared his throat.
"Right, this is Sanji, and Sanji, Miyu." He went back to examining Yubashiri's work.
"Hello gorgeous!" He turned all wiggly and came up to her with all his normal lines.
"What's wrong with Yubashiri?!" Zoro turned on Miyu, blade first.
"Nothing! Why?"
"It has an aura of its own."
"I didn't do that!" Miyu pushed the sword away from her neck. "I haven't done anything to a sword like that. I almost got killed three times by that sword!" She pointed at Sandai Kitetsu, "and I was just cleaning it!"
"That happens" He looked down, for some reason, he believed her. "Hey, thanks" She looked up. By the time,
"Your Welcome" came out of her mouth, he was gone.