Title : Paradise

Series: One Piece

Type: Humor/ Romance

Pairing : Multiple.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece but this plot do.

Warning: OOC

Chapter 2 Armistice

They looked at each other. He looked at her with his normal eyes, actually a bit of drunkard eyes but still calm could be seen in those eyes. Compared to hers, it was almost opposite, showed something that mix among emotions. She stood there staring at him; her body trembled by those emotion.

"Hi there" said Zoro

"Eh?" his greeting snapped her out of those emotions. Now it's looked like she had nothing in her head at all, she just stood there emotionless.

"I said hi there" repeated Zoro

Still nothing in her head, heard that she responded automatically "H..H..Hi"

"Come on, come sit here and drink with us will you, Tashigi chan" said Braham offered her a glass of liquor. She accepted and sat down near them. She held a glass using both of her hand and sipped it liked sipping tea. Saw that she still lost her sense he turned to asked Zoro "You know each other?"

Zoro nodded "Yes, we know each other. You see I'm pirate and she's from marine..so you know" said Zoro as he drank more beer. "How she get up here?" asked Zoro as he was surprise to see her here even he did not show it when he met her moment ago.

"Ah, about that, we fou." before he could finished his answer, the glass fled from no where hit his face and he passed out on an instant. Zoro looked at the place where the glass fled from. He saw her sitting there. "Why did you do that?"

"No..Nothing, it slipped out of my hand" amended female marine.

He half-closed his eyes, showing disbelieve in his eyes "Don't be stupid, how such thing happ?" again, the sentence cut out by another Shandian, Genbou who just appeared at Zoro's back. "Wow, you knocked Braham down this fast" said the Shandian as he thought that Zoro out drunk Braham right after he just beat Kamakiri.

"Ah, it's not li" he was cut again. "Yes, Yes, Braham san just fell down seconds ago" it was Tashigi who wanted to be out of how-you-up-here question. "Hey! Don't change the sub.." and again he was cut by the sound of the barrel that was banged down by another Shandian.

"Well then, how about you compete with me, swordsman" said the strongest Shandian, Wiper.

He kept looking at her for moment and turned to face Wiper "Challenge accepted" he smirked, so did Wiper. She sighed in relieve.

"And you, marine. Tell me how you were up here if I win, will you?"

"What the, why the hell I have to tell you about that?" said Tashigi a bit anger was in her tone.

Shrugged Zoro as he leaned close to her, smirked. "You have two options. One, accepts this bet and if I lose, I'll never ask about it again and I'll not ask from others also. Two, you don't accept this and I'll find out by asking other later. Which one you'd prefer?" said Zoro, grinned went wider.

Heard that, she gnashed her teeth tightly, her face went red from anger, stared at Zoro, she accepted the first one.

The duel became a highlight of the party as everyone gathered around the two drunkards shouting their name and those included Luffy and his comrades. All of them came to the front row of the crowd to see a familiar face.

"Hmmm?" exclaimed Franky and scratched his chin.

"You see what I see?" said the captain.

"Is that her?" asked Usop

"Yeah, I think she is" answered Nami

"Why is she up here?" asked Chopper

"Who knows, but this should be interesting" said Robin

"Why is that fungus head got her to pour his drink" said Sanji pissed by seeing Tashigi pouring another glass of beer handed to Zoro to compete with Wiper.

The battle continued as the crowd shouted their name, glass by glass, barrel by barrel; they kept drinking as the two were the type who hate lost in any battle, now both pass the twenty second. Both head turned red from alcohol consumption, Zoro pointed the glass to Wiper "Yu..You sure are drunk now…(hiccup)…didn't you, better admit defeat now…(hiccup)…you'll eembarraaass yourself to your comrade. Said Zoro and he gulped down that glass of beer he's holding. Once he finished his glass the crowd cheered.

He took a glass poured by Laki and pointed back to Zoro. "Who do ye think you're…(hiccup)…talking to, it's you who have to withdraw your…(hiccup)…self out, ye have no chance of…(hiccup)…beating me" and he finished his glass and the crowd cheered.

Seeing those drunkard, Tashigi and Laki thought "Both of you, idiots!"

At the thirty fifth, Zoro drank down slowly but he managed to finished it, left Wiper no choice but to drink also. Seeing Zoro smirked at him he smirked back and dropped the glass on the ground. "You giving up…(belch)?"

The Shandian slowly stood up, his legs shook a bit and walked to the barrel. He turned to smirk at Zoro. "The glasses…(hiccup)….we drank were…(belch)…nothing, I'll shhoow yoou…(hiccup)…how we Shandian mean drinking" The crowd exclaimed cheered as they saw Wiper trying to lift the barrel up, then he lift it over his mouth, rush down to his mouth but that only last seconds as the barrel fell down on the ground, so did Wiper.

"So the winner issssssss Roronoaaaaa….Zoroooooo" announced Genbou as he lifted Zoro left arm as the sign of the winner and the crowd shouting his name. In the midst of the crowd and shouting, Tashigi sat there thought about what she had agreed earlier she shivered. "Hey!" the called snapped her out of her thought, she looked up to see Zoro stood there, looking at her, smirked.

Bended down Zoro "Now…it's time… to…tellll…meee" said Zoro as he moved closer to her face. The distance got closer and closer, now made her a bit anxious and her face turn a bit red.

"Wait, wait, what're you do.." she was cut as Zoro fell on her "HEY! What you think you're doing Roronoa, GET OUT" shouted Tashigi, she tried to push him back.

"ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz!!!" that was only voice from the swordsman.

Heard that, she slowly pushed the swordsman out so he fell on the ground, snoring loudly. Saw that he fell into a deep sleep, she sighed in relieve. "What an idiot drunkard" thought Tashigi still she let a tiny smile out. She stood up and about to leave Zoro there then she faced the rest of the Straw-hat pirates. All of them looked at her in the way that she couldn't figure out what is it.

"How you got up here?" asked Luffy

She ran away.

The part went on until it almost dawn, most of them slept on site but some had returned to their home. About Luffy's crew it was Nami and Robin who returned to Conis' place to sleep. Others slept on site include Zoro who passed out since the battle against Wiper.

Zoro woke up in the sunlight, he sat up looked around and saw many still lay on the ground, some snored, and some slept quietly. He noticed Sanji laid among the Shandian murmured "Calm down ladies, there's enough Sanji for everyone" with pervert eyes.

"Still be a pervert even in his own dream, ehh?" thought Zoro.

"………" speechless Zoro as he saw Nola laid supine, jaw wide opened with Chopper, Franky and Usop slept on its tongue. "I hope they all swallowed"

He strolled around, he reached the beach, there were children playing swordsman. Coming to swords play, he couldn't help but sat against the coconut three and enjoyed the scene. The children were also enjoying themselves not noticed that one of the greatest swordsman on the blue sea down there was watching them.

"Good morning, Robin" greeted Nami as she walked down the stair met Robin who sat casually on en easy chair. Robin turned to smile at her, said calmly "It's noon already"

"Oh…where is Sanji kun, he never missed waking me up for breakfast before?"

"Maybe he's still sleeping there"

"I see"

"……Or maybe he's flirting girls in town" said Robin expected some respond from her navigator.

"…………Maybe" was only her answered before she left Robin for the kitchen asked Conis for some food.

Robin watched Nami left, smiled, before returned to enjoy sea breeze.

"Those kids sure have some skill" thought Zoro.

As they kept playing, the sound of wooden swords crushed remind him of the early day when he start practicing swords, yet practicing wooden swords remind him of his childhood friend, Kuina and Tashigi who was like a resemble of her. Remembered that he let quite loud sighed out and that got attention from the kids.

They came to him, looked at him and his swords. "Are you Mr. Swordsman that Braham niisan told us?" one kid asked.

"You stupid, you see he has three swords, so he must be him, right Zoro niisan?" another kid said.

"Well, yeah that's me" said Zoro scratched his head.

"Wooww!" exclaimed all the kids. After that he was bombarded by tons of questions and requests like to teach them swords skill, his way of practice, things like those. Finally he was begged to show the blow that he used against Braham. Normally he would refuse to do that but this time was different, he decided to show them once.

He told the children to back off as he turned his face toward the open sea. Ready in position, he took a deep breath, focused and released his blow "Itoryu; San-Jyuu-Roku Pondou Hou" the blow created the wave that cut the sea for distance.

"WOOOWWW!!" exclaimed the kids as they ran toward Zoro.

"Cool!!"

"Awesome!!"

"No doubt why Braham niisan lost to him" this caused Braham shivered in his sleep.

"Why didn't Tashigi neesan teach us something like this too?" one of the kids said.

"No wonder why these kids knew how to swing swords" thought Zoro

"Zoro niisan, who is better between you and Tashigi neesan?" asked one of the kids. Heard that he looked at the sea, smirked evilly.

"Do you know that I know her too?"

"Really? Are you friends" asked kids, sparkling eyes.

"Well not really, but we used to fight sometimes" said Zoro smirked.

"And who won, who?" asked kids, eyes still sparkling.

"Well, let say she's good but to me she wouldn't stand a.." "Really?" cut by a familiar voice from behind, he turned to see her stood there, trembling, in her hand was her swords.

"Hi there…what the!!" swords crashed as Zoro blocked her attack with his swords. "What're you doing?"

She didn't answer but kept attacked him. Zoro who didn't thought about serious fight just blocked and dodged her attacked, talking about swords skill Zoro still better than her quite much but noticed from her attack right now, he sure wondered she had become a lot stronger compare to their last encounter.

"You sure improved a lot" praised Zoro

"Shut up!" scowled Tashigi as she attacked more seriously.

"Arggggg!!!!" exclaimed Genbou as he woke up, felt hurt like his arm was bitten by something. He lifted up his right hand to see Luffy bit his arm and he's still sleeping.

"Arrr, eat ip e ore eat" slept talking Luffy still had Genbou arm in his mouth.

Frowned Genbou slowly removed Luffy off his arm and threw him away, surprisingly that didn't wake Luffy up, and so he laid down for another slept. Soon after that he heard another scream from somewhere.

The longer she kept attacking the more pressure Zoro could felt "She really a lot stronger than I expected" thought Zoro as he reached his free hand to another sword. "I'll go for Nitoryu now"

"Need two swords now, I heard you said that I had no chance beating you, didn't you?" smirked Tashigi.

"Ah! I remembered beating you using Nitoryu, but as you know my specialty is Santoryu, if you know what I mean" countered Zoro.

"I'll make you use it then" replied Tashigi

"Can you see that?" one of the kids asked

"How can I" the rest answered.

"I wish I could be like that someday, they looked really having fun" said one kid as they saw Zoro and Tashigi both smiling.

"You'd better use Santoryu now, or else" said Tashigi.

"Actually if you want to see it that bad, I'll allow you to see it, you better keep focus now, marine" said Zoro and he jumped back for some distance, put the Wadoichimonji in his mouth. "You ready?"

"Santoryu; Sanzen Sekai!!" the blow hit her sword, the impact cause her to slide back quiet distance but still, she stood there, not even a scratch on her body and her sword still in her hand but, he could noticed that her hand were shaking caused by the impacted of his move. Saw that he smirked, and put his swords in the sheaths. He walked to her, smirked "See, what I mean" and his smirk never looked so annoying.

"Damn you" said Tashigi gave him anger glared before she slowly put her sword back into its sheath.

The kids ran to them said that they're so great they couldn't see their move and other impress things and said them they want to be like them. Tashigi sat on the beach told them not to be like Zoro. "You know he's pirate down there, he's a very bad one, he stole, he kill thousands of people, he rape women" and gave him the same glared moments ago.

"Hey hey hey, I've never did those" protest, sweated Zoro.

"Shut up! Pirate"

"Come on, we're here for a vacation, not to start a fight with you, marine" said Zoro sighed then something popped up in his mind he looked at her, smirk appeared on his face again. "What now?" asked Tashigi a bit nervous.

"You owe me one answer, How you got up here?" swords clashed as she cut him with the sheath, he blocked with his.

"Ha ha ha alright, alright" laughed Zoro, put his sword back to its place.

"Let's go, just leave the moron alone" said Tashigi and she lead the kids away.

Zoro stood there, looked at them walked away, as he was about to go back to the party place, he looked at his left, right and then left.

"……"

"……"

"……"

"……Where am I?" thought Zoro.

Fast as his thought, he ran to the direction that they went, later he caught them up. "Hey, wait"

Turned to face Zoro, she still wore angry mask on her face. "What you want?" asked coldly

Scratched his head, didn't know how to start. "You see, well…err I…I need some help…from you"

Looked at his face, she knew what he want. "You lost?"

"No, err I mean…yes" admitted Zoro, looked away from her, to the opened white sea. "This is embarrassing" thought Zoro.

"No, find your own way" said Tashigi as she started to walk away. On her face that couldn't be seen by Zoro evil smirk appeared on her face. But before she could get away, she felt her hand was grabbed by his and she heard the word she never thought it came from his mouth. "Please"

Frown Tashigi she told the children to go back home. She turned to face him, folded her arms across her chest. "Alright, but no more mocking" he nodded.

They walked together on the beach, quietly; they seem to have their own thought but not long after that, Tashigi broke it. "I've never had an idea of meeting you up here"

"……Me too"

"You said that you were here for vacation, didn't you?"

"Yeah"

"Why?"

"Dunno, it's Luffy's idea to take a break"

"……can't believe that was from energetic pirate like him"

"…Sort of"

"……Why are you here?"

"…………"

"…Alright alright, I won't ask again, stop hitting me already"

"……"

"Hey!"

"What?"

"…How about an armistice?"

"Why do I need that?"

"You know I'm here to take a break, not to have a fight here"

"So the great pirate hunter Zoro afraid to have a fight with marine, I see"

"Don't forget that I beat you just minutes ago"

"Hey! I wasn't beaten, I was able to block it"

"Yeah yeah, whatever"

"……"

"……"

"……So, what do you think?"

"…Sounds fine with me"

"So, do we have a deal?"

"…Deal!"

"…Good"

"……"

"When will you go back?"

"Dunno, ask captain for me will you?"

"……"

"How about other marines, where are they?"

"Ouch!! Alright, alright"

They reached the site where the party was held, still there the Shandians and his namaka, sleeping. The only different was Nola who now lying prone, mouth shut. He looked around Chopper, Franky and Usop couldn't be seen. He shrugged.

"So, you're here now. I guess I'll leave then" said Tashigi and she turned around and walked away.

"Hey!" called Zoro looked the marine who was now facing him. "Thank you"

She turned around and walked away, smiled, so did Zoro.

TBC…

Soooo sorry to make you wait this long, my excuse is I'm busy and one more thing, I spend two month on the first two line of this chapter. It's not better than anything that on my mind earlier but I can't continue the story using other word for opening. I don't know why but the words do not come out. Pity me.

Yeah and about review about name using in this fic, I've decide to use name from wiki so if you have problem, blame them (kidding).

Anyway hope you enjoy the chapter, review will be appreciate. Hope I can finish next chapter soon. Until then, bye.