"Yeah, so what can you do anyway?" Luffy enquired.
"Swordfight, kick ass, and that is about it really." She responded leaving out that she could sing.
"Oh Glory, A Female Zoro. Does she sleep too? Does she be a pain in the ass like Zoro?" Nami said.
She went unanswered.
"No we don't, she left out a certain detail." Zoro said which gained the attention of the rest of the crew "She can…mhphm!" Zoro couldn't finish what he was going to say because Kuina had put her hand over his nose and mouth to prevent him from saying anything else.
"Say it and DIE", Kuina said with so much venom that even the Devil would run and hide at the sound of her voice. Zoro nodded vigorously because she was begging to suffocate him.
" I have a better idea, a duel... if I win I tell them, and if I don't, then I won't" Zoro spoke mischievously that no one but Kuina had heard before.
"Deal", Kuina replied without hesitation.
They gathered outside on the main deck in their fighting stances.
"Ready?" Zoro asked with a smug grin on his face.
"As ready as I will ever be." She replied also with a smirk.
"Get ready to get your ass kicked hard!" Kuina said with excitement.
Nobody said go, so it was a mutual decision. Zoro was as normal on the offensive side while Kuina was on a slightly defensive side. Kuina then made a terrible mistake, which caused an opening for Zoro. He used this opening to his advantage, which caused the duel to finish.
"I…lost," Kuina whispered slightly surprised. "I have never lost to you."
"I won", Zoro also spoke surprised. "I never beat you."
"ZORO!" Luffy whined, "Tell us her secret."
"Well, I cant back out of our agreements, so go ahead." Kuina spoke with a worried tone.
"Well Luffy, you know that you have been wanting a musician for a long time," Zoro waited until Luffy had nodded his head then carried on. "Well, Kuina has a beautiful singing voice." At this everyone gasped not because Luffy finally had his musician, but because a swordsman could SING.
"Well... it is true I guess", Kuina agreed. "But I don't think that I have a beautiful singing voice, just a good one."
"Great! I Have a temporary musician! Sing A Song!" Luffy asked.
"Sure". Zoro agreed. "And I think I know which one as well". Zoro said, then whispered the song into Kuina's ear.
"All right," Kuina agreed to do the song. "I Hate IT, but I'll do it..." She then sung "A Pirate's Life for Me."
"We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho! We
kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho! Yo
Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate's life for me. We extort, we pilfer, we filch and
sack. Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho! Maraude and embezzle and even hijack!
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho! A Pirates Life for Me."
"WOW", was all Nami, Usopp, Chopper and Luffy could say.
" That was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard." Sanji complimented with tears in his eyes.
"I thought you were good as a kid," Zoro exclaimed shocked. "But that was amazing."
The rest of the crew agreed and listened to Kuina sing for the rest of the night until it was just she and Zoro.
"So.", Kuina wanted to ask if he had fought against Mihawk yet because she noticed that he had two different swords, "What happened to your other swords?"
"Broke 'Em." Zoro plainly stated.
"How?" She asked rather surprised that both of his swords had broken, but her's hadn't.
"Mihawk." Zoro said rather upset that he broke TWO swords AND LOST to Mihawk.
"You faced against Mihawk and LIVED?" Kuina practically screamed that he had faced against Mihawk and lived.
"Yeah, got a nasty scar from him too.", Zoro said while wincing when he thought back to what had happened and how much it had hurt.
"Can I see it?", Kuina asked and was received with a blantant look. "Your scar I mean."
"Oh yeah, if you want." She nodded and he started to take his shirt off. When she saw his scar her eyes went so wide Zoro was amazed that they didn't pop out of her head. She found that his scar went from his right shoulder to his left hip. She thought that he had been cut in half. She was also amazed by all of the other scars he had.
"Wow, I thought that a normal person would have died from a wound like that." She whispered when she had found her voice again, but Kuina was still astonished.
"Yeah, well I'm not no normal human!", Zoro explained then trailed the scar with his index finger while saying. "And this one was bleeding like mad and the pain was so immense that I thought that I would die. "As they talked there was a sudden explosion that rocked the ship furiously.
"What the HELL was that?" Kuina asked rather shocked.
"Guns and canon fire!" Zoro shouted while running to the top deck. He soon saw what had made the noise; The Marines were attacking the ship. They were on the docks and the sea, firing guns and canons at them, and he knew who were leading them... Captain Smoker who was always smoking a cigar or two. There was also Major Tashigi who looked just like Kuina.
"OH SHIT!" Zoro screamed then bellowed even louder: "NAVY!" The rest of the crew ran up onto the main deck including Kuina who had gone below deck to receive her sword. When Kuina saw Tashigi she was gob-smacked and when Tashigi saw Kuina she was just as gob-smacked as Kuina was.
"Oh Great." Zoro suddenly said when he saw Kuina and Tashigi staring at each other.
"Now, I know if you asked if I had a twin" Tashigi half stated half whispered at Zoro.
"Yes!", Zoro then gave an evil smirk. "And now I know that Kuina isn't dead…" Zoro trailed off as he got his swords out: "I can fight you properly!"
"EXCELLENT", Tashigi screamed when she pulled her sword out. "I can finally beat you and take Wadou Ichimonji away from you evil grasp." When Tashigi finished her speech Kuina burst out laughing.
"She is like me, but a little different." Kuina laughed
"Oh yeah?" Tashigi screamed. "How?"
"Oh, that's easy!" Kuina said in a happy tone "I'm faster, smarter, stronger, and less clumsy than you!"
"Yeah and WHAT makes you think that I'M CLUMSY?" Tashigi spat out.
"Zoro told me about you." Kuina answered Tashigis' question as funny as possible. " He said that YOU beat TWO guys TWICE YOUR size THEN you TRIPPED as you went to retrieve YOUR package YOU dropped."
"ENOUGH!" Tashigi shouted thoroughly embarrassed. "I Challenged RORONOA!"
"Oh, but let's have a practice." Kuina said mockingly. "If you can beat me, you can face Zoro. Yes?"
"FINE!", as Tashigi said that Zoro went over to help Nami who was surrounded by Navy Officers.
"Need some help?" Zoro asked.
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO DAMN LONG! OF COURSE I NEED HELP!" Nami screeched in his ear.
"Okay! No need to screech." Zoro said while covering his ears. He quickly finished off the Marines as Luffy and Sanji had done, the only people left fighting were Kuina and Tashigi.
"COME ON KUINA! RAP THIS UP ALREADY!" Zoro bellowed at Kuina.
"OKAY!" Kuina replied but then suddenly grabbed her head in pain.
"Ahhh! Damn It!" Kuina kneeled in pain, then dropped to the ground.
"KUINA!" Zoro bellowed at the top of his lungs and rushed to her side. He inspected her head as soon as he got there, to find that it was bleeding. Flash backs came through his mind of when he was a kid and he saw her at the bottom of the stairs, with a pool of blood around her head.
"Damn It! Damn. DAMN! DON'T YOU DIE ON ME! DO NOT DIE, KUINA, DO NOT DIE!" Zoro yelled as he yelled for Chopper.
"Chopper, Kuina needs help fast!"
"I'm on the way!" Chopper yelled as He and Sanji carried Kuina's body away safely.
As got up, his eyes had gone blood red and he was facing Tashigi with a sick
grin. He brought all three swords out. "You just made the FUCKING biggest mistake of
your life, now prepare to DIE!", Zoro screamed the last word.
When he passed Sanji though he whispered, "Stop Zoro, he will kill her, all the navy then go on an even bigger killing spree."
"Okay." He whispered back to Luffy. Sanji had ran straight in front of Zoro
who had gotten into his fighting stance and did a spinning kick to his face, gut
and stomach. Zoro on the other hand ignored him and ran straight for
Tashigi.
"RUN!" Sanji roared at her, she looked bewildered at him then nodded and took
off running down the street away from the fight. Zoro on the other hand ran
straight for Tashigi with his Oni Giri attack. Sanji ran after him with a kick
ready for his head. Zoro knew it was coming and ducked out of instinct. When he
was in attacking distance he went straight for the kill, but Sanji was quicker
and knocked him unconscious.
In the cabin below, Chopper had bandaged Kuina's head and gave her some
anaesthetic and a fever reducer.
Zoro had been dragged back to the ship. Sanji had dragged him downstairs to
the cabin for Chopper to mend the wounds he got while fighting the Naval
officers.
Chopper was still taking care of Kuina. She was breathing fine, but he was
afraid that she would die.
"Let me look after her while you look after Zoro. But keep him under heavy
sedation.", Sanji spoke while moving towards Kuina's bedside. Chopper gave him a
funny look, but followed orders. When Sanji saw Chopper's blank face, he began to
explain. "If you let him wake up, he will try and hunt down that marine girl that
looks like Kuina.", he said while pointing to Kuina. "Then, if she died or was still
unconscious, he would kill everyone in sight, but I don't know why he screamed as
he trailed off. Chopper knew that he was serious and went
straight for his anaesthetic.
Zoro was starting to come to the world of consciousness.
"Nggghhhh." Zoro moaned at the world and the stench of blood that hit his
senses.
"CHOPPER! HURRY! HE IS STARTING TO WAKE UP!" Sanji screamed at Chopper as Zoro started to move.
"I'M COMING!",Chopper screamed back as he found his supply and injected it
straight into Zoro.
Zoro had started to come to his senses more,but when the anaesthetic been shot up
his arm, he normally would fight it as much as possible but he was to weak with
his mind racing with different thoughts and his body aching so much from the
battle and his wounds stinging with pain when he moved, so as soon as the
anaesthetic had run some of its course he was out like a light.
While Zoro was out, Chopper quickly cleaned and dressed his wounds and went
back to see if Kuina was doing any better. She was doing exceptionally well her
pulse rate was speeding up to about normal and her color was coming back as
well.
"I think that Zoro can stay off of the anaesthetic now because she will make
a full recovery.
But the only thing is that if she hits her head again, it could
be fatal." Chopper explained to Sanji.
"I would like you to tell the rest of the
crew,but I want you to make sure that the rest of the crew know that if they
whack her in the head she could die alright?"
"You can count on me!" Sanji said while mock saluting to Chopper
"Great!" Chopper yelled while doing his happy dance.
Everything was right... for now.
KUINA'S ALIVE/END 4 (DOUBLE CHAPTER (2ND HALF OF CH.3 AND CH.4 OF TGG VERSION)
NEXT TIME!
Kuina recovers from her injuries, and Zoro returns to where he lived as a child.
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