Over the next few days, things on the Merry were quite lively. Karasu and Luffy kept things interesting by frequently challenging each other to mindless competitions. Zoro's relationship with Mikita was steadily growing, as was Sanji's relationship with Leona. Finally, they started to near another island. They were running low on supplies so Nami had made the choice to land on it.
"YAY!" Karasu exclaimed as she looked out at the beach. Mikita looked out at it and allowed the wind to blow through her hair freely as she observed the sights. "This seems like an interesting place." The Merry landed and the crew started to get off the ship. Karasu leaped off of the ship. "RACE YOU LUFFY!" Mikita walked off the ship alongside Zoro. Luffy's arms stretched to a log on the shore and snapped him over. "Okay!" He started running alongside Karasu.
Sanji was looking around with a large grin. "I wonder what recipes I could make with the stuff on this island..." Robin and Usopp were also getting off. "I wonder if I can find any ancient ruins here, maybe..." Usopp was also looking around. "I bet I could find some new ammunition here!" Nami smiled. "I think we should all meet back here in two hours. That should be enough time to get everything done." Leona nodded. "Okay." They all seemed to go their own ways, except Mikita stayed behind with Zoro. "So, where are you going to go?" Zoro shrugged. "I dunno. There's nothing I really want to do here." Mikita smiled and took him by the hand. "I'm sure we can figure out something. Let's go this way." She led him toward a mountain-like place that was near a waterfall.
Just a little ways off shore, a shadowed figure watched the Strawhats. It slowly started to follow Luffy and Karasu. Karasu looked back and sensed something strange. "Hey Luffy, I think someone's following us." She became aware and on guard as she stood there defensively and cautiously.
The shadowed figure then walked out of the shadows. A familiar face looked out at Luffy and the pirate started laughing hysterically. "Hey Ace!" Karasu let down her guard. "Oh. You know this guy Luffy?" Luffy grinned. "Of course! Ace is my brother!" The member of the whitebeard pirates waved at Luffy and Karasu. He, noticeably, wasn't wearing a shirt, so every detail of his body was noticeable. He had the tattoo of the Whitebeard pirates on his back.
"Ah I see," Karasu said as she studied Ace. "In that case…" She scurried over to him and stroked his abs. "Had to do it." She then smiled a big smile. Ace stared at Karasu. "Oh? Well, it's fi-" He suddenly broke off and shut his eyes, falling asleep standing up. Karasu looked at him surprised. "Wow! He's just like m-" She then fell asleep and flopped onto her side.
Mikita and Zoro found a forest-like area on the mountain that they were exploring. Mikita smirked and ran from Zoro playfully. Zoro ran behind her, grinning back at her.
Off in the forest, Sanji was busy picking fruits off trees, and asking Leona if she knew about them. Leona smiled and nodded as she handed him a mango.
Mikita continued to run and laugh, until she fell down a hillside that was hidden by leaves from trees. Zoro stood at the top of the hill, laughing a bit, and then following Mikita down.
Mikita was struck with awe as she observed the shady atmosphere that she had accidentally slid into. There was water running down a gentle stream on the hillside that surrounded most of the area around them. The sun shining through the leaves above them made a beautiful sight as Mikita took a look around her. "Wow… this is just too awesome." Zoro looked around, amazed as well. "Wow..." Mikita went over to the stream and squatted down near it, cupping her hands and getting some water in her hands. "Natural spring water," she said, then she took a drink of it and smiled. "Mmmm…" Zoro sweatdropped. "Let's just hope that this stuff isn't enchanted..." Mikita snickered. "It's not." She tried to get some of the water in her hands to hand it to him. "Here, have some…" It spilled out of her hands and she tried to get some more. "Okay here…" She dropped the water yet again and she was starting to get agitated as she got another scoop of water in her hands. She tossed it at Zoro's face. "HERE!" She then paused and laughed. "Oops… my bad. I slung it too hard. I always seem to do things like that."
Zoro's face was dripping and he leered and Mikita. "I'll just... get my own." He bent down cupped some of the water in his hands and drank it. "Hey, this is pretty good." Mikita smiled. "Told you." She sat back against the rock behind her and went into deep thought. She remembered the conversation that she and Leona had the other night, the one that she wanted to avoid.
Flashback: Leona was talking to Mikita. "You love this guy right?" Mikita looked down and thought about it. "I think I do…" Leona looked at her waiting for a better answer. Mikita looked at her. "I guess I do…" Leona sighed. "You're getting there. Okay, well if you do, then don't you want him to stay with you forever?" Mikita just stared at Leona. "Am I supposed to know the answer to these questions?" Leona tapped her fingers. "Mikita I'm serious. You two have grown rather close…"
"So have you and Sanji," Mikita interrupted with a smirk. "Too close," she added. Leona glared at her and then sighed. "I know, and maybe I'm not the brightest person when it comes to relationships."
"Ya think?" Mikita stated rudely. Leona leered at her. "Mikita, this isn't about me. It's about you. I'm trying to help you." Mikita crossed her legs. "And all you're succeeding in is irritating me." She smirked and Leona was getting a little aggravated. "Mikita…" Mikita looked at her and stopped talking, allowing her to speak of her useless nonsense, as she had put it in her own mind. "Miki, I want you to be happy. You have a dream to fulfill, and I know you haven't given up on it." Mikita took in her words seriously this time as she thought about her dream to be like her mother. "Now, if you really want to harness your truest powers, and strengthen your bond with Zoro…" Mikita glared at her. "You think sex is the solution to everything don't you?"
"Mikita! Ugh! Just… shut up and listen to me!" Mikita shook her head. "Nah. I don't think I will." Mikita got up and walked over to a tree, unsheathing her Dragon Tail. Leona looked at her. "What are you doing?" Mikita extended her Dragon Tail. "Practicing." Leona sighed. "Okay. Have it your way, but one day you won't be able to hold back your feelings." Leona smiled and Mikita leered back at her. "You're a pervert." She then slashed at the tree, trying to ignore Leona.
Back from the long flashback, Mikita sat there in a daze and staring at the water. Zoro looked at Mikita. "You look like something's bothering you." Mikita snapped out of her train of thought and looked up at him. "Oh… It's nothing." She went back to staring at the water. Zoro shrugged and drank some more of the water. "You think we should take some of this back to the ship? It's pretty good and we don't want to run low on water." Mikita looked at him. "Sure. Sounds all right. As long as they don't drink too much of it at once. It tends to give you diarrhea." Mikita laughed a bit and then went back to her thoughts again. She couldn't seem to keep them away. She then had a memory of the day that she was little with her mother.
Another flashback: Mikita was only five years old, and this was the last year that she had seen her mother. Mikita held her mother's sword, while in its sheath, and swung it around lightly. "I'm going to grow up to be just like you mommy!" Mikita exclaimed with her tiny voice. Her mother laughed a little and held onto the sword, kneeling down in front of her daughter. "I know you will one day sweet heart. One day you will." Mikita smiled a big smile. "One day I'll be able to use your sword and I'll be just like you! I will make you proud mommy. I promise." She went back to swinging the sword around happily.
Now we exit this flashback to go into another one: Mikita was sitting with Leona near a campfire. "Hey Leona, did you ever know my mom?" Leona looked at her. "Yes actually. She was a wonderful person. She could wield the Dragon Tail with such grace and power because she had so much kindness in her heart." Mikita smiled. "Yeah…" Leona sat next to her sister. "There was one thing that she had always wanted though." Mikita looked at her questioningly. "What's that?"
"A trustworthy mate," Leona replied. She looked kind of sad as she spoke. "You see, your mother thought that she had found that in Tsuyoku, but she was soon deceived. He only wanted to seduce her into taking her power… plus he's just nasty, evil, and perverted." This saddened Mikita as she looked at Leona. "Did mother ever get to…?" Leona frowned. "No. Your mother was very powerful with the Dragon Tail, but having a mate to protect and hold onto would have strengthened her spiritual will and enable her a higher-class demon. It was always a wolf's tradition to mark the one that she wishes to spend her life with, and then allow him to love her. Of course Tsuyoku wouldn't allow this, so he kept her from marking him and ended up messing up her tribe's tradition. This was hard for your mother to deal with, but she never let it get to her. She had a kind heart and a strong will."
"Two things I don't possess… and probably never will," Mikita replied. Leona smiled warmly at her. "You will. One day." Mikita looked at her. "That's what my mom used to tell me. She always said 'one day' this. 'One day' that, but did that one day ever happen for me?" Mikita got up and walked off. "Mikita…" Leona said as she watched her walk off, her mind full of memory and thought.
Now, back from all flashbacks, Mikita looked at the Dragon Tail and ran a hand across it in thought. Mom… Zoro looked at the Dragon tail, examining it for a moment. "That really is a good sword. How old is it?" Mikita looked at him. "I'm not sure how old it is, but it is a good sword. My mother's mother won a battle with a dragon that was terrorizing her tribe and she made a sword out of the dragon's tail, hence the name Dragon Tail." Zoro nodded. "I see..."
"Yeah, it was handed down to my mother so that she could carry on the tradition. She was very good at using the weapon, but she could have been more powerful if she had a…" Mikita stopped herself and didn't finish her sentence as she put the Dragon Tail away. Zoro looked at her. "Go on..." Mikita looked at him. "Okay… So, do you love me?" Zoro looked at her. "What?" He paused. "Yeah. I do." Mikita moved closer to him. "Do you want to be with me forever?"
Zoro looked at her. "...If I could." He suddenly was thinking about something. He was, as Karasu had pointed out, a human. No doubt Mikita would probably live a lot longer than he would. Maybe even three to four times as long.
Mikita smiled at him with a different sort of charm. "What if I told you that you can?" He looked at her. "Huh?" Mikita smiled and leaned closer to him. "But first, you have to prove it to me. Show me that you want to be with me forever." She moved so close to him that her lips were almost in contact with his. There was a passionate gleam in her eyes, something that she hardly ever acquired.
Zoro didn't hesitate to bring their lips together in a passionate kiss. Mikita reciprocated the kiss as she slid her hand up to his shoulder. She took her claws and used them to slide his shirt off of his shoulder. She traced her claw over his skin forming the wolf tribe's symbol on his shoulder near his neck. Mikita then leaned and licked the symbol that she had made on him, turning the red tracings light blue in color. She then looked into his eyes. "Now you can live as long as I do. That is no longer an issue here." Her lips moved closer to his, nearly reuniting their passion. She was so close to kissing him again, but she hesitated and moved away as she looked down. "But the tribe's traditions will once again have to be broken."
Zoro looked at her. "Huh? What do you mean by that?" Mikita looked up at him. "My tribe's tradition is that once you mark your mate, you have to allow him to love you… and I just can't bring myself to do that. Not now." Zoro looked at her and nodded. "Fine by me. Come on, we'll keep the others waiting." Mikita smiled and stood up. "I'm glad you understand. Maybe you're not as much of a perverted retard as I thought you were." She smirked.
Zoro sweatdropped. "Good to hear you're finally coming around." Mikita looked back at him with her sneaky smile, whacking him in the face with her tail. "You're still a perverted retard. Don't think that's going to change. I mean jeez! You're a man for crying out loud." She then proceeded up the hill to leave the spot that they had found. Zoro followed after her. "You can shut up about that anytime now..."
"Nope," Mikita replied with a smirk as she walked on. "How dare you forget about your hourly insults." Sanji finally noticed the two of them coming out of the forest. Zoro looked over until he noticed a new, but familiar figure. "What's Ace doing here?" The other pirate shrugged. "Looking around. I thought I might be able to pick up some clues on Blackbeard here but..." Karasu randomly glomped Ace. "He found me! Now I get to sleep in the middle of both him and Luffy! YAY!" Leona laughed. "You're a strange one to cheat on your boyfriend." Karasu raised an eyebrow. "Boyfriend? I don't have a boyfriend. Come on boys!" She took Luffy and Ace by the arm as they walked on toward the Merry. Mikita sweatdropped. "He's not in our crew silly…"
Ace sweatdropped along with Luffy. Zoro and Sanji stared, and then turned to face each other. "Has everyone on this ship gone insane?" They said in perfect unison. Leona laughed a little. "I guess Karasu's stupidity is contagious." Leona looked at Zoro and noticed that his shirt was hanging lower on his shoulder, which revealed the light blue marking that Mikita had made on his shoulder. She grinned largely and creepily as she got up in Mikita's face. "Miki! I can't believe you did it!" Mikita raised her eyebrow and pushed Leona away. "Did what? And would you stop smiling like that? It's psychotic!" Leona simply smiled and whispered, "You mated Zoro." Mikita's eyes widened. "Wait what? NO! Not yet!" Everyone was staring at her, so she moved Leona away to talk to her privately.
"Leona… keep it quiet will ya?" Mikita said as she stared her sister in the eye. Leona jumped excitedly. "I can't help it! I might be an aunt!" Mikita shook her head. "That… didn't happen." Leona looked at her surprised and shocked. "What do you mean? He's marked, so he is your mate. What about the tradition?" Mikita shrugged. "What about it? I wasn't ready for that, so I just… delayed the tradition. That's all." Leona sighed. "You're hopeless Mikita. Well at least he's officially your mate now… I think." Mikita just stared at her. " Whatever."
Karasu pops in with Ace and Luffy. "What are you talking about?" Mikita stared flatly at Karasu. "That is none of your concern." Karasu grinned. "Yes it is. I just read your mind." Mikita glared. "I hate that." Karasu screamed, "I'M NOT A 'THAT'!" She leaned and cried on Ace. "SHE CALLED ME A 'THAT'! HIT HER! BEAT HER UP!" Mikita pointed to Leona. "She did it." She then casually walked off and Karasu actually believed her. "HOW COULD YOU LEONA?" Leona looked at her in shock. "WHAT?"
Ace looked at Karasu. "I would but-" He broke off as he fell asleep again, causing all the Strawhats to anime faceplant. Karasu looked at Ace. "But what?" She didn't get a response. "But what?" She repeated her question, but still no answer. "BUT WHAT?" She yelled high-pitched at him, but still he didn't budge. "FINE! I'm not sleeping with you tonight! Come on Luffy." Karasu took Luffy by the arm and walked off with him. Leona sighed. "Still doesn't sound right."
Mikita walked over to Zoro. "By the way, I think I stretched out your shirt a little when I marked you… my bad." Zoro shrugged. "Eh, it's fine. I've got others." Mikita sighed. "Yeah but because of that I had to deal with miss big mouth over there," she pointed at Leona, who was chasing a bird around. "HEY! GUESS WHAT? MIKI HAS A MATE!" She was looking up while running and she tripped over Ace. She got back up and paused. "HEY YOU! GUESS WHAT?" Mikita sweatdropped.
Ace spontaneously woke up. "I don't need to punch her." Leona raised an eyebrow. "…MIKI HAS A MATE! IT'S ZORO!" Mikita's eyes widened. "Uhh Zoro… we should get in the Merry and hide… now." She started slowly walking toward the Merry. Zoro nodded. "Right..." He jumped up and ran into the cabin, Mikita following right behind him before they shut the door. Ace looked around. "Anyways, since Blackbeard's not here, I guess I'd better get going. Take care of Luffy for me." Luffy laughed. "I look after them!" Nami smashed him over the head. "IF THAT WERE THE CASE WE'D ALL BE DEAD!"
Karasu looked at Ace sadly as he left. "Aww, I never got to sleep with him. Oh well. Let's go Luffy! Let's have a contest to see who's cuter! I wanna ask Miki first!" She ran into the ship and saw Mikita sitting in Zoro's lap. Karasu struck a pose. "Miki, am I cuter than Luffy?" Mikita shrugged. "Sure why not?" Karasu smiled. "YAY! That's one point for me, zero points for Luffy!" Luffy looked around. "Hey! Chopper! Am I cute?" Chopper looked at Luffy. "Cute? Umm... I don't know. Yes?" Luffy did a victory pump. "One point for me!" Karasu looked at Luffy for a second before yelling out, "SANJI!" She then took off to find him.
Mikita watched them run off and shook her head. "They are so weird." She leaned back on Zoro and yawned. Luffy then ran over to Leona. "Hey! Leona? Am I cute?" Karasu ran over to Luffy and slapped him in the back of the head. "Don't cheat! You are supposed to say 'am I cuter than Karasu?' you retard!" Leona just stared. Nami sighed. "This is going to go on for awhile..."
After a while of competing, Karasu smirked at Luffy. "So that's one thousand and ninety nine votes for me, and ONE VOTE FOR YOU!" She wiggled her booty in triumph. "I'm too cute." Leona gave her a flat look. "That's because you asked every ant and flea you could find." Karasu glared at Leona. "I could read their minds! And did you know that insects are extremely perverted? One even tried to crawl up my shirt!" Leona looked at her strangely. "Some bugs do that…"
"Yeah because they're perverts," Karasu replied. Leona just laughed. "Okay. Whatever you say." Luffy stared at Karasu. "Really? There are over a thousand people on this island? Where are they?" He started looking around and lifting up rocks as if he could find them. Nami sighed. "Anyways, we've accomplished everything, so we may as well set sail." Leona nodded. "Okay." Karasu laughed and pulled Luffy back to the ship with her once again. "Come on loser!" Luffy grinned. "I bet I've got a higher bounty than you!" Karasu looked at him. "I don't even have a bounty on me and I've killed many. I get away with stealing because I'm too cute."
Leona walked in to the ship and noticed that Mikita was asleep snuggled up to Zoro. Leona smiled wide and pointed at them. "LOOK! HOW CUTE! SHE'S SLEEPING IN HIS LAP!" Mikita suddenly woke up, half startled and pissed as she directed a glare at Leona. "Will you shut the hell up? JEEZ!" She laid her head back on Zoro and closed her eyes. Leona paused for a second and then smiled again, walking away and giggling. In the kitchen, you could hear her yelling, "GUESS WHAT SANJI?" Zoro sighed, pretending to be asleep. Mikita growled lowly and tried to ignore Leona's irritating voice, but then she heard, "MIKITA'S SLEEPING WITH ZORO! RIGHT NOW! GO LOOK AT THE CUTENESS!" Mikita's eyes shot open. "Oh shit…" Zoro growled. "Should we throw her over again?" Mikita smirked and nodded.
Before long, Leona was out in the water swimming rapidly away from the sharks. "I JUST WANTED TO SPREAD THE NEWS! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU! OW!" Mikita just watched in amusement as Leona dashed toward the ship. Zoro glared at her. "Well don't!" Mikita looked at Zoro and laughed. "I'm just surprised that Sanji didn't come tripping out of the kitchens to see what was going on." At the exact moment that Mikita finished her sentence, Zoro was sent flying to the other side of the ship by Sanji's 'Mutton Shot'. Mikita scratched Sanji across the face. "DON'T TOUCH HIM!" Off in the distance you could hear Leona screaming.
Sanji looked sullen for a moment. Then... "I'll save you Leona-swan!" He dived off the ship into the water and started swimming towards Leona. Leona swam toward Sanji frantically. "Jellyfish! AAAHHHHH! I'm allergic to jelly!" Mikita sighed and turned to Zoro. "Shall we go back to sleep now?" She yawned and stretched. "The idiots can handle themselves." Sanji swam over to Leona. "Hold onto me Leona-swan! I'll get you back!" Zoro stared. "No, let's wait a bit. This could get entertaining." Mikita laughed and nodded as she watched Leona scramble on top of Sanji's head, submerging his head under the water in panic. "It'll spit jelly on me!" The cook flailed around a bit, trying to signal to Leona in some way. Leona saw the jellyfish moving closer to her and she took off for the ship, getting there rather quickly. That left Sanji out in the water close to the jellyfish. Sanji stared at the jellyfish for a moment. "I bet I could use you for something good!" He smashed the jellyfish hard with a kick. Leona yelled, "Don't you dare hand me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!"
Karasu was watching Sanji in the water and she soon grabbed onto Luffy's arms. "Come on! Let's go help the pervert!" She pulled Luffy into the water with her, forgetting that he was incapable of swimming. Mikita sweatdropped. "KARASU! YOU IDIOT! …Damn it! She's already under water!" Luffy's eyes suddenly widened as he tried to hold his breath, unable to move. Sanji kept on beating up the jellyfish then started dragging it back as he swam for the ship. Karasu noticed that Luffy wasn't moving while they were underwater and she tried to slap him. The water resistance made it a really slow progress and once her hand reached his cheek, it didn't do any more than a touch. Karasu shrugged and went up to the surface of the water, looking down at Luffy under the water. "Hey! Can you breathe? STOP IGNORING ME! AND STOP SINKING DOWN THERE WHILE I'M TALKING TO YOU!" She dove back under to get Luffy as she brought him back up above water. Luffy glared at Karasu. "When I'm in the water, I swim about as well as a brick..." Karasu then started strangling him. "WHY DID YOU IGNORE ME?"
Mikita was watching the entire thing as she laughed. "You're right. This is interesting." Sanji climbed on board the Merry and dropped the jellyfish on deck. Luffy sweatdropped. "You're not going to let go... right?" Karasu looked at him strangely. "You want me to let go? Well okay, whatever you say." She let go of Luffy and he began to sink again. Luffy's eyes widened. "No! I didn't say-" Then he was underwater again, and sinking fast. Karasu watched him. "Didn't say what…? DIDN'T SAY WHAT? WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT IGNORING ME?" She dove under and brought him up to the surface of the water to smack him. "I couldn't do that under the water, so THERE!" She then smiled. "You need to learn how to swim… and I'm going to teach you!" Mikita laughed. "This ought to be good."
Leona was backing away from the jellyfish. "No jelly on me! AWAY WITH JELLY!" She had her fingers in a cross as she backed away from it. Luffy pouted. "I can't swim because I ate the Gomu Gomu fruit. Anyone who eats the fruit can never swim again." Sanji stood in front of Leona. "It's alright, the jelly won't hurt you as long as I'm here." Zoro yelled at him. "Oh, get a room!" Mikita just smirked at Zoro. "Does that irritate you?" Zoro looked at her. "What?" Mikita shook her head. "Dunce."
Karasu was still in the water holding onto Luffy. "Okay. On the count of three I'm letting go. One…" She went ahead and dropped him on 'one'. "…Sorry I dazed out. Luffy? DAMN IT! STOP IGNORING ME!" She went back under and retrieved him again. Luffy spat out seawater. "Karasu! I just can't swim. The Devil Fruit won't allow me to!" Karasu shook him. "If you try hard enough, you can!" She shoved him under the water. "Now SWIM!" Mikita sweatdropped. "Should someone go get Luffy now? Karasu will not listen to logic…" Zoro looked at Mikita. "There's nothing 'logical' about the Devil fruit." Luffy was starting to drown again. Karasu was looking down at him in the water. "KICK YOUR LEGS DUMB ASS!" Mikita rolled her eyes and shoved Zoro into the water. "Just go get him before Karasu kills him!"
Zoro swam in the opposite direction of Karasu. Luffy started kicking his legs but still sank. Mikita looked down at Zoro and yelled, "You direction-impaired dumb ass! GO THE OTHER WAY!" Mikita then sighed and shoved Sanji into the water. "YOU go get him!" Zoro nodded. "Got it!" He then started swimming sideways. Sanji started swimming for Luffy, who was kicking as much as he could but sinking just as fast. Mikita growled. "I'm surrounded by even more retards." She looked over at Leona, who was poking the jellyfish with a stick. "Just my luck."
Sanji managed to get to Luffy underwater and pulled him up to the surface to get some air. "Geez, Luffy you should stop getting into these situations." Karasu glared at Sanji. "He was learning to swim! He almost had it and you messed him up!" Sanji sighed. "Karasu-chwan... it would be easier to teach a rock how to swim. He's simply unable to. He never will be able to swim. Once you've eaten a Devil Fruit you lose the ability to swim forever." Karasu stared at Sanji. "If he tries hard enough he can! Don't you listen to me at all? YOU THINK I'M STUPID!" She then swam for the ship, screaming high-pitched in aggravation and sadness. Sanji swam next to her. "No. He can't. No matter how hard someone tries, the Devil Fruit will prevent them from swimming." Karasu looked at Sanji. "Hey, where's Luffy?" Sanji gestured to an arm he was holding. An arm that stretched a long way back, as Luffy had ended up getting snagged on a high rock.
Mikita looked down at Zoro. "What in the hell are you doing?" Zoro climbed back onto the ship. "I was trying to find Luffy." Mikita laughed. "Well you were doing a horrible job at it." Zoro shrugged. "I have a bad sense of direction. So what?" Sanji was busy pulling Luffy up on deck. Mikita smirked at Zoro. "You're probably so direction-impaired that you can't even find the air." Zoro looked at her. "Well, I'm still alive aren't I?" Mikita smiled sneakily. "Alive and stupid." Zoro shrugged. "If I'm stupid then I shudder to think of what you must be considered." Mikita stared him in the eye. "Your mind can't comprehend your face!" She had no idea what she meant by that remark, but it was funny in her mind.
Zoro stared. "Great... I'm in love with an idiot who can't come up with good insults..." Mikita glared. "Your face is an insult!" She was trying her best not to bust out laughing at her own stupidity. Zoro sighed. "Whatever... I'm going back inside." He walked around, going into the cabin.
Mikita couldn't contain her laughter as she followed him. "I couldn't help myself. You know I have to insult you. I actually got those lines of nonsense from Karasu. She uses them against me all the time. They sure make no sense and confuse a person, but they're funny." She jumped in front of him and smiled. "Yes I know I'm an idiot, but do you know why?" Zoro narrowed his eyes. "It'll have something to do with me I'm sure." Mikita smirked. "You know me all too well. Of course you're always going to be the one to blame. Females always blame things on their mates." Zoro sighed. "I can hardly wait." He commented sarcastically.
"Wait on what? This?" She leaned in and kissed him. Zoro gently kissed her back. "Well, this, I don't mind." Mikita smiled. "Of course you don't mind it. You're a perverted retard." She laughed a bit and walked on. "Come on. I'm sleepy. Let's stay away from the losers and try to get some more rest." Zoro smirked. "I am not a retard." He left himself open purposely knowing Mikita would enjoy taunting him, whereas he didn't really care. Mikita shrugged and walked on to the crow's nest, lying down in it. "Sure you are. With all the years that you've known yourself, you don't believe me when I tell you that?" Zoro came in beside her. "My intelligence is just fine. After all, I have them to compare my mind to." He pointed at Luffy and Karasu.
"You are indeed a retard because you seemed to have left out a little factor…" Mikita replied with a sneaky smile. "And you thought I didn't notice it." Zoro smirked. "Who said I forgot about it?" Mikita smiled. "So you are a pervert. I told you Sanji was rubbing off on you." Zoro shrugged. "Thank god he hasn't done it that much. I can probably blame you too." Mikita looked at him. "I can't help it if I've had to put up with Leona all my life." Zoro sweatdropped. "Why are the idiots that surround us rubbing off on us?" Mikita shrugged. "We're just that lucky. Are you going to join me or not because my eyes are not going to remain open much longer to argue with your insulting face!" She smiled and tried not to laugh. Zoro smiled and lay down next to her. "Yeah, yeah, alright." Mikita purred and cuddled up to him. "That's what I thought," she taunted one last time before closing her eyes with a slight smile.
