A/N: I respect Oda –Sama and the choices he makes for this amazing series. Nor do I own anything but my OC's in this piece of work. Also if you don't like this don't read it. I will answer questions should anyone asks them.

Now Let's began.

Chapter one-=-=-=-=-=-

Sun-rise island-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Twelve years after prologue -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Alice sat in a tavern in the lower west side of Sun Down city, Located near the port on the island of Sun-rise. It was a marvel-less island well balanced and always in the path of the sun. The island had a variety of people like all places but was at war against the city across the island. The king that governed the island did nothing particularly about it. The glutinous bastard thought it was best to let them fight it out enjoying the life of luxury. The pirate captain didn't take kindly to this. De-throwing the man was easy having Assad to assassinate him then added the island to her fast growing empire.

The bartender set another bottle of whisky in front of Alice. Catching the pirate captain's attention, she enjoyed the fact that the small tavern had a verity of alcohol to choose from. The added benefit of it was small and well hidden in the streets helped make it a perfect place to unwind and wait.

"I trust this is what you wanted?" the bartender with a refresher tone most would find rude or sarcastic.

Alice's finger traced the curve of the bottle's neck, circling the dark rim before her hands wrapped tightly around the bottle neck. "Yes. It's perfect." Alice said simply a soft but still noticeable insane edge lined her voice.

The Bartender nodded slightly backing away from the captain. Alice smirked sitting up straight, brought the bottle to her lips, and downed half the bottle. The burning liquid soothed her boredom to a degree keeping her distracted. Alice crossed her left leg over her right. The blue jeans she ware were faded with time. Alice's unoccupied hand began to play with the gold and red crowned demon skull that hung from the sea stone chain. Marking her position as the captain of the demon crew. The necklace could be seen easily by the low dip of her royal purple tank top.

Alice thought back to the young male from her last vision. He was slowly taking up the capacity of every thought she had. His short green hair, dark green eyes, his method using three swords to fight was fascinating, with three gold tear drop earrings in his left ear. This young male peaked her curiosity, her vision didn't reveal her relationship with him. It just showed that he would be present in this tavern at sun set.

"Fucking visions" Alice growled out before downing the rest of the whisky, then slammed the empty glass bottle down on the bar watching it shatter upon impact with the wood. "Get me some Saki!"

The bar tender nodded disappearing for a moment before coming back with the strongest bottle of Saki he had. He knew from the few weeks Alice had come to his tavern that the strongest alcohol would please her. Alice took the bottle by the neck and pressed the glass lip to her own then downed the whole bottle without hesitation. She might regret this in the morning but didn't really care at the moment.

The tavern's swinging door opened and closed making everyone look at the newcomer. Alice only glanced out of the corner of her eye catching the new comers gaze. She turned slightly to get a better look at him threw her violet glasses. It was the male from her vision, the green eyes were a dead giveaway along with the green hair. Alice tore her eyes away quickly and patted the seat next to her. The young teen took the jester and came straight to the bar passing the completely full poker table and joined her at the bar.

Zoro glanced at the female as he sat down. She had golden brown hair that was pulled back in a flat braid that hung freely half down the bar stool. He glanced at her brown eyes with a look of wisdom, determination and an under tone of demonic destruction to them. She was about his age maybe a year or two older with red lips similar to blood formed in a smile that brought a smirk to his face. She was a beauty with a vicious side.

"What can I get for you?" the Bartender asked catching Zoro's attention then and there, making him tear his eyes from the female next to him.

"Saki and leave the bottle." Zoro grunted, glancing at the female once more. Judging by her stature she was 5"3, but well built. The katana at her hip and the larger straight edge sword and round shielded blade with sharp edges on her back seemed to glow unnaturally catching his attention and interest.

Alice noticed the look the male gave her. She glanced at him as the bartender disappeared and came back with two bottles of Saki. He placed one in front of her and the other in front of him. Her vision was right; he was young but well-built the smirk was there and she couldn't help but smile.

"Are you not a bit young to be drinking?" Alice asked. Tone somewhat flat but still had an amusing ring to it, teasing the green haired teen with a chuckle.

Zoro glanced at the female for a moment before picking up the bottle and downed a good portion of the battle. Slamming the thing down, he gave a pointed halfhearted glare at the female. He knew that height didn't play a part in a swordsmanship but that did not stop him from teasing her. "Aren't you a little short to be a swordsman?"

The bottle in Alice's hand shattered underneath the captain's strength. Her eyes flashed a burning gold before she burst out in laughter catching everyone's attention.

"You have spirit young one. Teasing someone who could burn you alive here and now. Tell me; what is your name?" Zoro gave the female an odd look before answering the female's question.

"Roronoa Zoro" he said simply enjoying the way her eyes glistened with joy and her laugh rang out.

Alice took a deep breath. Calming her laughter to just a small smile. "Zoro, the pirate hunter nice to finally meet you." Alice held out her hand to Zoro "well pirate hunter I am Erikson D. Alice."

Zoro took Alice's hand in a firm grip. An electrical shock passed through the two as brown eyes clashed with dark green ones. The warmth of the aftershock kept both firmly in place as two beast rose to the surface, taking the place of both teen. They were sizing each other up and trying to find a weakness, an opening for pain. The beasts; a demon and a reaper found none within each other and deemed each other as equals until a weakness could be found.

The two broke apart soon after and settled for staring at each other in disbelief. Zoro didn't know what happened but he felt at piece when he made contact with Alice. It was strange but it peaked his interest. Alice broke into an even bigger smile, Zoro was in fact one of her soul mates. Downing the new bottle of Saki that was placed in front of her before motioning for another one.

"A three sword style user." Alice commented glancing at the three katanas on Zoro's hip. "Never seen someone or something use three swords in my long life. Two, four, six, eight, and twenty yes. But never three."

Zoro's hand came to rest on Wado Ichimonji's white hilt. His eyes focused in on Alice a question popping into his head. "How old are you really?"

Alice chuckled this soul mate was a serious one. Thinking someone such as herself as a threat; he had good instincts even if she would never hurt him. "It's inappropriate to ask a woman's age but, I'll humor you and your curiosity for the moment. I lost count of my age after my 386th birthday over six thousand years ago."

"Now I have a question for you; what do you plan to do with your three swords?" Alice asked before downing the newest Saki bottle that appeared in her hand.

Zoro looked down at Wado Ichimonji before looking back at Alice. Her brown eyes staring at him with a fondness that he wasn't use to. But didn't dwell on the look and instead answered her question. "I will become the best swordsman in the world and I'll kill anyone who gets in my way."

Alice caught the sparks of determination in Zoro's eyes making them glow a bit brighter. There was blood-lust in those eyes though, deep within those dark green orbs that reminded her of a beast. It was obvious in Alice's eyes that Zoro was a monster in human skin built for battle he wouldn't turn his back on friend or fight and that one day will get him killed.

"That will be a hard accomplishment to reach; taking into consideration who holds the title now. I know from experience Roronoa-san, that Dracule Mihawk is not a man to be messed with." Alice turned her full attention to Zoro giving him a pointed look that became serious. "I don't doubt your skills. No far from it, but that does not mean you can beat him. That is why I'm going to make you an offer."

"What kind of offer can you make?" Zoro asked suspicion rising in his voice. His instincts told him to take up whatever she had to offer. No matter what it was she had to offer though?

"In order beat Mihawk you need to learn to use everything at your disposal. Haki and the six powers is along with that knowledge experience will also help. Mihawk has fought against the best and won, he is an excellent master of Haki, his eyes are sharp and he knows what move you're going to make before you do. This is where my offer comes in. I will train you in all that I can so you have a chance to stand against natural skill and power. All I want in return is your company until you have learned all that I can teach you." Alice's voice became a slight growl towards the end of her small speech before it turned back to a serious tone. She wasn't going to add the fact that she had once fought the world's greatest swords man or that they were evenly matched in the way of the sword.

Zoro feeling the effects of his 5th bottle of Saki, the thought of being trained by this female made him wonder what it would be like to fight her or maybe even fuck her. To make her scream In pleasure or pain or maybe both. "I accept. When do we start?"

Alice smirked. A look of pure joy appeared on her face. She was determined to keep this soul mate with her as long as possible. She would help him achieve his dream. Alice knew she would deliver Zoro to their youngest soul mate then set out to find the other. She wanted to find them quickly before marines got in her way.

"We start tomorrow, but for now we celebrate!" Alice said joyfully deciding that tonight was not the time to dwell on the future but the present and what it had to offer.

I know I put a big time skip between chapter one and the prologue but it is for a good reason. Yes I introduced Zoro in this chapter and dropped the subjects of soul mates in this chapter. I'll explain more as the chapters come. Also Zoro is around 17 during this chapter. Update will come on the 15th of December.

Thank you for reading everyone!

- The Thing Light Fears