Chapter Two: My heart belongs to another…

Bikki ended up spending her birthday with Hibiki and Nobu. It was good to have friends. Even if one of those friends was the elder prince of the netherworld and a bit of a weirdo, but who was she to talk? She was weird too.

Bikki was at the café that she and Taco liked to visit after going to the bookstore that Nobu coincidentally worked at of late. She was alone, reading a romance novel. Not the kind that had random chapters solely revolved around the two characters having sex. She was reminded of what she did with Zoro hours before he was sent back home. She felt a bit guilty.

"Now I know where I belong in the fictional world…" She sighed. "In trashy romance novels…"

"You're too sensible and sweet to be in a setting like that…" said a familiar voice. Bikki put down her book and glanced up to see Chazz gazing at her. It was like his eyes were stripping her naked in his mind, which resulted in him licking his lips.

"Please don't do that…you are not LL Cool J." Bikki commented and she went back to her book. Chazz sat down and continued to look at her lovingly.

"I could always try…" He said, in a lustrous voice. Bikki frowned. She was not in the mood to be hit on. Never in the mood if the flirtatious guy was Chazz.

"Please, don't…" She repeated. Her mind was still in the book, and Chazz was just a bad hallucination.

"What's with the sourpuss act?" He asked. Bikki groaned and stuck her nose back into her book.

"PMS…now go away…" She sneered. She was getting rather snippy. Not because it was that time of the month, but Bikki's heart belonged to someone else and she did NOT like Chazz one bit. He was still sitting across from her and he was still smiling and trying his best to flirt his way into her pants.

Bikki placed her bookmark into her book and closed it. No words of insult escaped her mouth. She stood up, grabbed her purse, and walked out of the café. Chazz sat in the same spot for about 20 seconds and then got up to follow her. He knew where her apartment was so it wasn't like she had a place to run to.

Bikki made a stop at the bookstore and greeted Nobu. He nodded and then immersed himself into a gossip magazine. Some hot girl was on the cover and he looked strangely interested.

"Nobu…" Bikki whispered as people searched through the shelves. Nobu peeked at her from behind his magazine.

"Yes?"

"I'm being followed by some pervert…can you help me out?" She asked.

"I'm not allowed to use magic…" He replied as he closed his magazine. The word pervert made him a tad bit worried.

"I know…but…" Bikki glared outside through the large windows. Chazz was pretending to be uninterested in the black haired girl, and he lit a cigarette. When he puffed some smoke through his nose, Bikki looked back to Nobu. "Please…he's so irritating! I need you to fend him off."

"Has he met Zoro?" Nobu asked as he glanced out at Chazz.

"Yes…"

"I wouldn't be as effective as a swordsman…you should just tell him you'll get Zoro to kick his ass…" Nobu said. He was wearing glasses and they slipped down a bit. He adjusted them, and took another glance at Chazz.

"…Fine…I'll tell him that…but if he doesn't leave me alone…I'm calling you…"

"Wouldn't it be easier to call the police?"

"Yeah, but it wouldn't feel right if I called the police…it's almost equivalent to black on black crime." Bikki protested. "As much as I dislike Chazz, I'm not going to put him through that kind of trouble…" Nobu raised a brow.

"Black on black crime?"

Bikki stepped outside the bookstore finally and sped off down the street. Chazz was taller than her, and in better shape so he didn't really have to sprint like she did. People stared but didn't try to help.

The concierge looked baffled as usual when Bikki flew into the elevator. She had lost sight of Chazz and was slightly relieved. When she got off the seventh floor, she saw him standing by her door. She was trapped now…

"Hey…I win!" He said jokingly as she approached her door. Bikki ignored him and turned to unlock the door. She felt his hand feel up her bottom. She blushed furiously and then spun around and made to smack the shit out of him. He grabbed her hand.

"Don't touch me…" She huffed. He smiled.

"What's the matter? I don't see your swordsman boyfriend around…" He laughed after saying this. He put his other hand on her waist. He caressed her gently. "Is he treating you right? Giving you enough lovin'?" Bikki struggled.

"I'm warning you…" She growled. Chazz leaned in to kiss her. She grimaced. There's no effin' way I'm letting him do this… Bikki kicked him as hard as she could right in the nuts. "You fuckin' jackass!" She opened the door to her apartment and slammed the door as he fell to the ground.

She leaned against the door and sighed. Her heart was racing and her chest heaving with every breath.

"That was close…"

What was with that guy? Why did he like her so damn much? I'm nothing special…I don't even know why Zoro's in love with me either…She thought sadly. Her heart didn't drop though. No matter how many times she wondered why Zoro even liked her, she wasn't disheartened.

She had been emo for a solid 12 months, well almost emo, and now her hopes were being brought back to life.

"Zoro…" She'd sigh as she daydreamed about him coming back. What exactly would they do first? More than likely argue about something stupid.

The afternoon sun blazed through the windows in the apartment. Bikki gazed outside, watching people walk by and pigeons fly by. She shuddered, despite the high degree in temperature outside.

"Chazz is so creepy…I hate perverts…" Bikki growled. Then her mind flew back remembering the first time she met Zoro. She thought he was some kind of pervert…There was a knock on the door. Bikki jumped. She went to the door and peeped through the hole. Her whole body went numb. Bikki opened the door and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"ZORO!!!!!"

He backed away from her a little bit. She was so loud. He thought his ear drums were going to burst.

"Geez, did you get louder?" He winced as she glomped him. Bikki kissed his face like a hundred times. Her eyes were spilling out tears of joy.

"I missed you so much…" She cried. Zoro got up, Bikki was entangled in her own limbs, but managed to cling to his body. "Why can't you guys find the One Piece so you can stay here forever?!" Zoro was smiling, but wearily.

"Well you tell those morons on the Grand Line to stay out of our way…and maybe we'll find it sooner." He said walking into the apartment. Bikki nuzzled against him like a kitten.

"You're already the greatest swordsman here, so why not stay…" She whined. Zoro sighed.

"I had a feeling you were going to be like this…" He said, still holding her. Her soft womanly body felt so good close up to him. He felt compelled to nuzzling against her, but he refrained. Zoro placed her on the couch and then sat next to her. The green goatee he was accumulating was gone now. She liked goatees, so he had kept it for a while.

"I can't help it…I missed you so damn much I thought I was going to explode…" Bikki meowed. Zoro sighed.

"Please…don't explode…" he begged. Bikki semi-glomped him.

"I won't…" She purred. Zoro had thought he would have become immune to Bikki. He thought he'd stop blushing and be normal around her. Nothing's normal when you're involved with Bikki or her friend Hibiki. His cheeks were getting awfully pink. The girl who's head was inconveniently laid on his lap perked up a bit.

"Nobu said he wasn't going to bring you back until tomorrow…" She said.

"He changed his mind…and mentioned something about a pervert…" Zoro explained as Bikki squirmed around and ended up lying her head on his shoulder.

"That ass Chazz followed me from the café near the bookstore, and beat me here to the apartment. I had to kick him in the nuts to get away…" She replied. For a moment, she thought Zoro was going to be proud she defended herself, but instead he was mad.

"I should have been here on your birthday, and Chazz wouldn't be alive right now…" He growled. "What did he do to you?"

"…"

Zoro glanced at Bikki who was playing with her fingers.

"He basically groped me…" She said in a squeaky voice. Zoro's countenance was dark.

"The next time I see that bastard…he's dead!" he growled. Bikki sighed.

"But I handled it…" She whined. Zoro shook his head. "Aw, c'mon I kicked him in the balls! He's not going to bother me anymore…"

"Yes he will, kicking him in the balls just lets him know you're more feisty than he thought…he's only going to like you more…"

"What normal man likes that?" Bikki queried. Zoro shook his head.

"Since when was Chazz classified as normal?"