Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, only Kat and Zano.

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Come Hell Or High Water

Chapter 4 - "Anger Issues"

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"Zano!" Kat screamed into his ear, "How could you not get off this stupid ship!"

He was cringed at the word 'not' but otherwise was emotionless and remained to stare at the wall.

"And Zano?!"

He turned his head to look up at you, because he was sitting down, "Yeah, Kat?" He said while blinking his hawk like eyes in thought.

"Thank you." Kat sat down cross legged. She looked at him with her brown eyes, that were crying on the inside, but of course her smiled told a different thing.

Zano curled his arms around her body and hugged her, he nestled his face into her neck and treasured the moment, his feelings were confusing him lately. He didn't know if he loved her like a friend or a crush. But those questions would have to be put on hold because, the lady was talking.

She let go of the hug and started to explain the situation to him, " Well I made a deal with the algea head, Zolo, do you know who I'm talking about?"

He nodded and put a hand to his chin, listening.

"Well, he was about to - um he ah," she pushed her index fingers together uncomfortably.

Zano's temper was boiling slowly, he narrowed his sharp golden eyes, "He what?"

Kat's face started to turn red, she looked up to the ceiling. "He umm, pinned me on the deck remember?"

An impatient nod.

"And so you left, and I offered up a deal saying that I would either answer questions for him, only a few, or I would be his 'servent' for three days."

"And what did he say?" He hoped that he chose questions because Kat would of course tell lies. He grimiced. "... Earth to Kat?" He waved in her face, he disliked it when she was on cloud 9.

She snapped her fingers and then gave him a cat like smile, one that the two could use to there advantage. "He didn't choose all he said was, ' Deal.' "

"So..?" Zano said for her to go on, he was like any boy right now. He needed straight answers not sly questions that was the basis of his life. He had plenty of questions but this one shouldn't be added to the list.

Kat put on a blank face when he didn't get 'it', she hit her face with her hand and brought it down. "I mean that because he hasn't choosen is why we can get to the next island without getting into to, too much trouble."

He nodded in agreement, "Just enough that we can put on a silver dish."

"Correct! Now..." She accepted the hand for Zano to get her on her feet.

They were both smiling. Until she finished her sentence in an angry fury.

"How do we get out of this stupid prison cell?!"

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Robin was sitting on the her beach chair attempting to catch up on her reading, she turned the page of the her favorite book on, 'The Alabastan Revolution with Kelly McCain', which the straw hats were a part of. But sadly, of course, the author was not there at the time so they wrote the history in there own point of view.

And Robin could tell from the author describing a pair of theives that had initially led to the start of the war.

Robin, a historian, prior to being a crew member to Luffy used to work with Mr. Crocodile and he had never informed her of the theives who gave them that hint of a revolution.

But she could be wrong, she only worked for Baroque for a few years. Robin breathed out She turned the page to where the book started to describe one of the massacres used to fuel the rebel's anger.

'Page 87

On the inside my body was goo, and on the outside a hard sweat was evident. I cowardly hid behind a rock while my bodyguards were being used as rag dolls by the intruder. I heard something sharp unsheasth and I peeked above the rocks to see the toture.

I saw my bodyguard, my friend, Malfoy be killed. His executioner wore a tattered cloak whose face I couldn't see from the shield of shadows guarding his features. The murderer , or assasin, I couldn't chose caught my eyes as Malfoy's head rolled down to my feet.

A salty tear ran down my face as he realized he could be next. A glass-like sword looked him up in the face a raspy voice spoke, "Do you want to die next?" A gold eye twinkled in the moonlight, even the shadows couldn't hide that trait.

He shook his head, no. He begged for mercy and offered information on anything, anybody. He would give them anything to save his life.

Kelly closed his eyes preparing to feel the sharp blade on his neck.

He waited.

There was no blade.

Kelly lifted his head up when he heard the strong desert wind flinging his door astray. He opened his clear eyes and scanned the room.

The attackers were gone. But like any party crashers they left a good-bye note.

The body of his dead friend, clutching a letter that read, - '

"ROBIN-darling! Assistance would be helpful!"

And that was the cue to put down her book and help the infamous band of idiots. Robin side and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and left her book aside on her chair. There would be time later...

"Coming," she said in an exasperated voice.

She walked opened the door to go to the voice, where unfortunately was at the infimery, where an angry Nami would be awaiting her.

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Nami's Point of View-

I tightly gripped my staff in my hand and faced my opponents, Chopper and Ussoupglared at them as they blocked my exit. I needed to get out of here to get Luffy from eating my orange tree. As I knew he would but Ussoup continued to try to dissuade me saying that Sanji wouldn't let him get it.

But of course I had an ulterior motive, I had to get back at the boys for seeing me with only my bra on. And that included the two people who attempted to raid our ship, or whatever they wanted to do.

So persistently I clutched my staff and warned them, "Get out of my way or I'll-."

BAM! Zolo cam crashing through the door and landed on top of the two, "bodyguards". Zolo wipped his face with the back of his arm and got up. "What do you think that throwing me through a wall will stop me? Pff." He walked out of the infirnery making sure that he didn't step over his crew mates bodies.

I could feel sweat on the back of my head, how could he act so calm. Hell. How can I act so calm?

And then Zolo was on the run chasing two prisoners that decided that the prison cell wasn't just working with there style.

Well being held captive isn't my style either, and so I watched Zolo chase the masked man and his partner Kyle down the hall.

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Kat's Point of View

"Yeah great job of a smooth escape, x-lax!" Zano called up to Kat. He was running to the stairs, following in the footsteps of his partner, Kat.

"Hey you were the one who suggested that way!," she retorted back. Strands of her brown hair flowed out of her cap. Besides it wasn't a negotiation it was an arguement. Kat quickly made her way up the stairs with Zano behind her.

"Look out!" Zolo called to Robin, he was in hot pursuit of the escapees.

Robin looked up, "For what?"

"For me." Zolo finished. He moved himself off of her, his cheeks were slightly pink.

Robin couldn't guess if it was from the running or that he had fell on her mangos. Her expression was blank.

"Sorry." He got up and uneasily ran up the stairs. "Come back!" He ran onto the deck and saw the one with cloak untying the nootes to the spare boat with his hands. "Hey!" He pointed to the boy with the mask with the tip of his sword.

And Zano didn't give him a second glance. He continued to untie the ropes.

Zolo furrowed his eyebrows. He knew that there had been to prisoners on this ship. Where was the one with the hat? He looked to the left, right, and behind him then finally..

"Above! You dimwit!" Kat jumped on him and slammed him to the ground, doing the same he had done to her, "Now guess who's pinned?" Kat raised an eyebrow, it's only purpose in life was to annoy.

Zano would give the eyebrow a job well done, if he could but it was only an eyebrow. So after she was done with beating up the swordsmen he would give a hug.

Yeah an he would...

A piece of would flung at his face leaving a red mark that wasn't visible because of his clothing. A vein popped out of his head, he scolded Kat for her lack of organization, "K-kyle! Finish him quickly!"

While Zolo struggled to free himself of her iron grip, Zano was starting to boil. Similar to the way his eyes dialated earlier, the effect of anger was tearing his composure apart.

It was jealousy, or something in relation that cause Zano to feel like he wanted to tear out Zolo's stomach. We could do it quite easily. A voice seemed to whisper in his ear. Just imagine the satisfaction. It was a temptation he had heard many times in his ears but often chose to ignore. Though he had a feeling if he stayed here any longer his outer crust would fall.

"Kyle! Hurry up!" Zano pleaded/ordered. "We need to leave now!"

"Hang on!" Kat quickly released him of her grip and snatched a piece of parchment from Zolo's pocket, in which she stuffed in her pants. She waved to Zano and jumped off the deck to see that the life boat was already in the water. " See ya later!"

Zano uncorked a bottle that he had been holding while he was waiting on Kat. They each drank a sip, and like lightning there energy was restored.

And so the duo litterally skipped across the sea.

Zolo grimaced at that strange sight before Nami's voice entered his head, "Zolo do you have the map?"

"Map?" Zolo searched his pockets. There was no map; well not in his possession at least. That shrimp Kyle nicked the map! A vein was visible on his head as he was now faced with the burden to tell Nami that the map was nicked.

Jesus, for one day couldn't it just be normal?

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(A/N) For all of those who are still reading this thank you. And I would like to thank Naruto4eva for being my editor and my only reviewer.

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