Three months… and seven days later, the competitions that Karasu and Luffy held grew even more ridiculous… and scary. "Hey Luffy, I have a very important question to ask you…" She paused and then lifted up her shirt. "Am I getting bigger?" Leoko shielded his eyes as quickly as he could. "Must… resist… perverted impulse." Luffy poked her waist. "Yeah, you are getting fatter." Karasu smiled. "YAY! But I meant my boobs." She then jiggled them back and forth as she twisted her body from side to side. "Look! They move! I bet you can't do that!" Leoko now had a nosebleed. "Awww… Can't resist perverted impulse… even though I'm not even looking. Don't even have to see it. Hearing that is enough." Sanji came out. "Then come into the ki-" He broke off. "Karasu-chwan!"

Karasu turned to Sanji and blinked. "Oh hi Sanji! Do you think I'm getting bigger?" She was still holding up her shirt. Sanji made a hasty excuse about having to make lunch and ran into the kitchens for his own protection. Karasu started running after Sanji. "Wait! You didn't tell me-!" Leona stopped her and pulled her back before she finished her sentence. "Let it go Karasu. Just let it go." Karasu glared at her. "Well then you tell me! Am I getting bigger or not?" Leona blinked. "Well… a little. Not too much honestly, but a little." Karasu let her shirt fall back into place and glared again. "Oh yeah? Well at least I don't have such big boobs that I trip over them like you and 'Ribbon' over there!" There was no response and Karasu's statement was generally ignored.

"Ribbon over there is ignoring me. Well that's fine! She probably can't see me with those big ass boobs in the way!" Karasu yelled with a smirk. Leona just held back a chuckle as she walked away. Sanji walked out of the kitchen after awhile with lunch prepared. He had started to come out of the melancholy mood he'd been in, but he was still far from being the pervert they all knew. Leona still wasn't quite herself either, since she still couldn't release the grudge in her heart, along with the memories that were returned to her. She didn't want to lose them again. Though they brought back hurtful memories, they also helped her recall the good ones as well.

Karasu shrugged and walked over toward the bird's nest as she looked up at it. "BROTHER SQUISH! AM I GETTING BIGGER?" She raised her shirt up again. Zoro simply ignored Karasu. She just shrugged and let her shirt back down. "Fine! Be that way! You'd probably rather look at Luffy anyway you faggot!" Again, Zoro ignored the comment. Karasu smirked and continued to yell out insults toward him that weren't even true. "Yeah! I saw how you were all over him last night, because of that sex deprivation and all! DEPRESSING!" Zoro just rolled his eyes. Luffy blinked. "Huh? Zoro wasn't all over me. He was sleeping next to Mikita."

Mikita heard her name and woke up. She had grown much rounder in those months passing and she was now four months along. "Huh? What's going on?" Karasu looked at Luffy. "You're right. It wasn't you. It was…" She then paused as she smirked. "Be right back." She walked into the kitchens and went up to Sanji. "Hey Sanji. I didn't know you were gay." Sanji looked at her. "I'm not Karasu-chwan." Karasu paused for a moment. "Oh sorry. What's it like to be bi?" Sanji sighed. "I'm perfectly straight Karasu-chwan." Karasu looked at him in a sort of surprise. "Oh. Well I didn't know, especially with the things that Zoro's been saying about you two and all…"

Unfortunately for Karasu, her last comment was drowned out by a loud clanging noise as a pot boiled over and its' lid fell off. Sanji quickly ran to the pot and started stirring it, then put the lid back on. Karasu stood there and tapped her foot, waiting on him to get done. Sanji turned around. "Now, what were you saying Karasu-chwan?" Karasu smirked and proceeded to tell him the lies.

After a few minutes, she walked out on the deck with a sneaky smile on her face. Leoko looked at her curiously. "What did you do?" Karasu smirked at him as she sat down and leaned back. "Just sit back and watch the entertainment." Before long, Sanji burst out of the kitchens as he ran toward the crow's nest yelling, "YOU SAID WHAT?" Zoro looked over the side of the bird's nest. "Whatever she told you is obviously a lie. You should realize that by now Ero-cook." Sanji paused in thought. "Fine then Marimo! But if I actually hear you saying that kind of stuff then you're dead!" He walked back into the kitchen. Zoro rolled his eyes. "Uh huh. Sure." Mikita chuckled. "I wonder where he would have gotten that idea from?" She smirked as her tone of voice carried on sarcasm. Zoro rolled his eyes. "That's why I'm ignoring her."

Karasu followed Sanji back into the kitchens. "Sanji, you shouldn't let cancer face lie to you like that. He-" There was a crashing noise as several pots and pans fell out of a nearby cupboard and hit the floor. Sanji hurried to pick them up. "Sorry Karasu-chwan! Keep talking!" Karasu sighed. "Anyway, I was trying to tell you that he-" There was another crashing noise as more pots fell and Sanji ran over to pick those up. Karasu groaned in aggravation as she glared at him and the falling pots. Sanji got back up. "So, Karasu-chwan. What were you just saying?" Karasu opened her mouth to say one thing, but ended up saying something different. "You know what? Never mind. Just forget it." She turned and walked out of the kitchens.

Mikita sat up in the crow's nest as she looked out at the waters. She had a neutral expression as she watched the waves go by, followed by Leoko's boomerang as he slung it around boredly. Sanji blinked and then went back to cooking. Robin gave a mischievous smirk as she saw Karasu leave and the hands that had appeared in the cupboard vanished. Karasu glared back out of the corner of her eye. Ribbon… Leona held back a laugh as she saw Karasu's aggravated expression. Zoro took in some enjoyment in it himself.

Karasu grumbled and went over to Leoko. "I'm bored…" Her expression then turned to its usual cheery smile. "Can I rub your abs?" Leoko blinked at her, but then shrugged. "Sure. Knock yourself out." Karasu raised an eyebrow. "You know I'm too hard-headed to be knocked out right?" Leoko chuckled. "You know what I mean." Karasu smiled wide as she tackled him on the deck and ripped his shirt off, clawing at his abs gently with a smile. Leoko blinked and his face was slightly red. "Whoa! Whoa! This does not look right. Karasu…" Karasu was too hypnotized by the clawing. She soon fell over twitching on top of him as her narcolepsy kicked in. Leoko's face went even redder, but then there was a sly grin on his face as he was about to slip an arm around her.

Usopp walked over. "Sorry. She gets like this." He then pulled her off of Leoko. Leoko stared. "I know that all too well. But hey, I didn't have any objections to it…" Leona smirked at him. "You're such a pervert at times." Leoko smirked back at her. "Damn straight." Usopp set Karasu down and walked off whistling to himself. Leoko watched him walk off and blinked. "Apparently he gets those thoughts too." Leona smirked at him. "Or maybe he was just whistling. Not all men are as perverted all the time… or at least they don't let it show." Leoko smirked back. "Hey. Don't be dissing us perverts now."

Zoro rolled his eyes. "It was a mistake to wake up." Mikita smirked. "I'll agree with you there… not that you have any room to talk. You're just as perverted as he is, if not more." He raised an eyebrow. "How so?" Mikita looked at him with a light, charming smirk. He blinked. "What?" Mikita just smiled as she rolled her eyes and looked aside, as if it were obvious to what she was meaning. Maybe not to him, but oh well. Zoro shrugged and got up. "I guess I'll train for a bit." Mikita nodded. "All right. I wish I could… Oh well, I'll get to eventually." She looked down at her stomach in disappointment and sighed.

Nightfall arrived and Mikita was looking out at the waters below. Zoro was asleep up in the crow's nest and she had snuck away quietly to go down on deck. Leona walked out and saw her standing there. "Hey. What are you doing up?" Mikita looked at her. "Can't sleep." Leona nodded. "Me either. Too much on my mind." Mikita sighed. "Same here." Leona looked at Mikita's little bulge of a round belly and smiled. "You're getting a little bigger I see." Mikita growled lightly. "Yeah and I hate it." Leona chuckled. "It's okay. You won't be fat forever you know." Mikita lightly smiled. "I know. Still, I wish it never would have happened though…" Leona looked at her curiously. "Really?"

"Yeah. I mean… I don't want to be a mother… I'm just not ready and it's just not me, you know?" Mikita tapped her claws against the railing as if to fiddle around in aggravation. "Plus I know that my father's out there and scheming up some kind of chaos. I haven't been able to do any kind of training lately and it's annoying the hell outta me." Leona tilted her head curiously. "If you don't mind me asking, why did you rush such affections anyway if it's not what you wanted?" Mikita looked at her with a crafty smirk. "Power. What else?" Leona looked at her with a look of half surprise at her answer.

"Of course that's only how it was at first. I never thought I'd be the one to actually be in love with a man, but… here it all happened and I'm stuck with all of this shizzy." Leona gazed at her inquisitively. "Do you ever regret it?" Mikita looked out at the oceans with a neutral gaze, not answering for a bit. She eventually nodded. "Yes. Sometimes… but I wouldn't change what I have with him. Now I see why humans thrive on such a relationship. It's… fulfilling. Delightful, but it's not the only thing in a relationship." She looked at Leona. "For me, it was a test of my boundaries of trust. For him to get so close to me and have such a bond with me is just so… different from what I've always thought of myself."

Leona looked down at the ship's floor. "At least you two have that special bond. I don't suppose I ever will." She looked into her sister's eyes. "Mikita, you're so lucky to have what you have with Zoro. That means that a puzzle piece of my dream has been put together…" She paused and looked aside sadly. "Although the main piece of the puzzle is lost in another unknown world, never to be reached." Mikita looked at Leona with sympathy, but then she looked away. "Well you're lucky Leona. You don't have to worry about the risks of getting pregnant."

"But the thing is… I want to have a child. A baby that has a part of me… and a part of the one of which I am the number one." Leona looked up at the stars as they twinkled a reflection in her eyes. "I've always wanted such a thing, but that is impossible. That part of my dream will never come true." Mikita rolled her eyes. "Anyone could get pregnant. I don't see why they'd want to, but they could. I know that for a fact obviously."

Leona shook her head. "Not me." Mikita looked at her questioningly. Leona linked her hands together and sighed. "I can't get pregnant." Mikita seemed a bit surprised at this. "You can't? Well how come you never told me?" Leona still looked down at her hands. "I don't know. I guess I didn't really think you'd care… or I thought you'd just laugh at me or something." Mikita chuckled. "I probably would have… but now I have no room to be laughing. I mean, look at where this love shizzy got me. Jee, I wish I couldn't get pregnant." Leona smiled at her. "But you're lucky Mikita. When you look into that baby's eyes, you'll realize what love really is." She appeared a bit saddened again. "At least, that's what I've always heard…"

Mikita looked down at her stomach in thought before she looked over at Leona once more. "I'm sorry Leona. I didn't know. Now I see why you were so happy to announce it to everyone, when we got together, and even about the pregnancy." Leona grinned lightly as she stood up and hugged Mikita carefully. "It's okay." She then looked at her. "You don't have to regret anything Mikita. You have a good life and I'm proud of you." Mikita just avoided eye contact and nodded. Leona smiled lightly and walked toward the cabin, but she stopped and looked back at Mikita. "Well I'm going to go try and get some rest now. You probably should too Miki."

As Leona went inside, Mikita sighed and looked back out at the waters. Maybe this will be a good thing after all. Just maybe… She looked up at the crow's nest where Zoro was as she smiled, one hand on her stomach. She then looked down at her belly and stroked it gently. "Perhaps I should get some sleep…" As she started to walk off, she felt a strange feeling in her and she flinched, holding onto her stomach with both arms. It was pain, pain in her stomach. Her instincts told her that she wanted to be somewhere secluded and alone.

Mikita went down below deck, holding her stomach and making sounds of discomfort. It was a wonder that she had gotten down there before collapsing into a sitting position. She began to breathe rapidly as she doubled over while sitting there. She tightly shut her eyes and clenched her teeth, moaning in pain. She shouted out loudly, and that shout morphed into a hurtful howl as it sounded all around the ship. The howl knocked Zoro right out of his sleep. He leapt up to his feet and hurled himself over the edge of the nest. "Mikita?" The others were coming out now too. Zoro looked around frantically. "MIKITA?"

The howl faded out and faint whimpers were all that were heard now. Karasu went over to Zoro. "She's below deck! It's too soon! Something happened! I can hear it in her thoughts!" Leona looked at them. "I can hear her whimpering. She's in pain…" Zoro took off towards the door that led below deck, dragging a very unhappy reindeer doctor by the antler with him.

The whimpering ended and there was a sudden silence. It was dark down there where Mikita was. There was a small hint of light and there she was, barely visible. A dark puddle surrounded her and her back was turned from them. She was looking at something in front of her that was no larger than both of her fists combined. Her body was lightly shaking, as could be seen from behind. Zoro dropped Chopper and stepped towards her tentatively. "Mikita...?" She didn't respond or turn around as she kept her sight focused on the form in front of her. She reached a shaky hand out toward it, but she stopped and pulled her hand back to her chest. On her face was a neutral, yet deeply horrified expression.

Zoro stepped forwards again. "Mikita? What's wro-" His words stopped right there and his hand went up to his mouth. Chopper ran forward and had a similar reaction, only his actually involved vomiting. Leona walked over and saw this as she gasped and looked upon this with her hand over her mouth in shock and sadness. There in front of Mikita lay the miscarried baby covered in blood of the surrounding puddle. It hadn't even had time to completely develop yet, for it lacked certain features. "Miki…" Leona finally made herself brave enough to approach Mikita. "Come on. It's going to be okay." Leona helped the terrified, shocked Mikita to her feet as she walked her toward the door. "We're going to get you cleaned off. It'll be all right." Mikita still had that same horrified, yet neutral expression since she was in shock and fear about what had just happened. Leona helped her walk up toward the deck. Zoro was right with her and helping her. There was utmost silence.

They were docked on an island at this time, so they were able to take Mikita out to the river to bathe and clean off. Leona helped her undress and get into the water. "I'll go get you some clean clothes Miki. Zoro will be right here with you. I'll be back as soon as I can." Leona took Mikita's bloody clothes and walked back toward the ship. Mikita sat in the water, ignoring the chilly temperature of it entirely, as she stared ahead of her silently. Her facial expression hadn't changed all that much. Zoro looked at her. "Are you alright?" Mikita slowly nodded with the same expression. Zoro stepped up to her and hugged her tightly. "It's alright Mikita... it's alright..."

Mikita was still silent and she couldn't lift her arms to hug him back, so she leaned against him. "I'm sorry," she said in a whisper. He murmured back to her. "It's not your fault. Don't worry about it. What's done is done." His words didn't seem to betray the terrible grief ripping at his own heart. Mikita was curious of his tone of voice, but her thoughts and focus were interrupted with more pain as she groaned and clenched her teeth. She closed her eyes tightly and tried to bear it. Zoro then gently kissed her on the lips. "It's going to be fine Mikita."

She hugged him back as she leaned her head on his shoulder, but the pain returned to her again and she accidentally squished him tighter in the embrace due to her pain. "It won't stop… hurting," she whispered before she held her breath due to the intense aches in her stomach. Zoro nodded. "I'm sure it's going to hurt for a while yet. But it'll go away eventually." Mikita began to whimper, but then she lightly growled at herself. Zoro looked into her eyes. "Mikita..."

She stopped growling and looked into his eyes questioningly. He now at least knew he had her attention. "It's going to be fine. If we let this overcome us, it will give an opening for your father." Another painful ache throbbed in her stomach as she looked down at it and growled. Her growl turned to a sorrowful stare as her eyes narrowed. Something was bothering her more inside, more than just physical pain.

Leona walked into the cabin and Karasu ran up to her. "Leona! You won't believe the weirdness going on right now. The baby and the blood… it's all gone!" Leona looked at her strangely, and then proceeded to go see it herself. Sure enough, it was gone. "Who cleaned it all up so fast?" Karasu looked at her. "I don't know, but it wasn't anyone on the ship…" Leona looked down at the ground in confusion and thought, but this was soon interrupted by the sound of Mikita's mournful howl.

Mikita was howling up at the moon in her sorrow, but it soon trailed off as her vision blurred and she nearly lost consciousness against Zoro. He winced. "Ah, Mikita do you have to do that when you're right next to me?" He looked down at her and gently lifted her up to carry her back to the ship. Mikita was only on the borderline of consciousness as she wearily opened her eyes to look at him. "Yes... I had to. It's instinct… a wolf's loss… and the mistake carries on," she replied lightly as she flinched again with the aches. Leona ran over to them and threw a blanket over Mikita as she remained in Zoro's arms. Leona looked down at the ground in surprise to see that Mikita was still losing blood. That's not normal. It should have stopped by now…

Zoro gently stroked Mikita's hair and kissed her one more time. He nodded at Leona entrusting Mikita to her and Chopper. Leona laid Mikita down in the bed with several towels to absorb any escaping blood remaining. Mikita curled over on her side and growled as Leona looked at her curiously. "Why are you still losing blood and hurting so much? It isn't supposed to be this bad." Mikita looked at her. "It's the pain of my many mistakes. It will not cease until the length of time it is meant for is ended." This only served to confuse Leona even more.

Zoro sat in the birds nest, staring up at the stars. Leoko looked up at him. "Whatcha doin'?" Zoro shrugged. "Thinking." Leoko nodded. "Ah." He looked out at the island, not bothering to ask another question. It was a dull night. Nobody was talking very much. Leona walked out of the cabin and she seemed to be thinking a lot as well. Sanji walked up to her. "This has turned out to be one shitty night." Leona nodded. "Yes it has. Poor Miki. She whined for a long time before she could tolerate the pain enough to finally fall asleep." Leona seemed to be able to stand having normal conversations with Sanji now. Though she still hadn't let it go from her heart, she was too worried for her sister.

Sanji looked downcast. "Why did this happen?" Leona looked down as well. "I don't know. There are just too many peculiar things about this. It's just not as normal." Sanji sighed, tossing a cigarette into the sea. "I don't know about this kind of thing. So I can't help anymore than simply praying."

Occasional whines were heard from where Mikita was trying to rest. She was still curled up and hugging her knees as she whimpered. Sanji looked at Leona sadly. "I'll see you in the morning, Leona-swan." Leona nodded as she looked downward to the side. Karasu walked out of the cabin with a sad appearance. Leona noticed this and asked, "What is it? I know that you know what's wrong with Mikita." Karasu nodded. "I do know… but I can't tell you. At least not yet." Leona sighed. "Why not?" Karasu looked at her. "Because Mikita needs to be able to explain the situation herself, especially to Zoro since he's all stressed about it." She looked up at him as she referred to him.

Zoro had fallen into a restless sleep. Mikita on the other hand could not sleep. She was too aggravated with her mistakes and her pain. She forced herself to stand up and walk off of the ship. She was gritting her teeth the entire time with the pain, but she walked onto the island and into the forest. Once she reached a certain point and couldn't walk any farther, she yelled up at the sky. "Why did you do this to me? Show yourself Kachi! You good for nothing show offy goddess!" She winced again with another throbbing ache as she doubled over.

"If you keep blaspheming me, your suffering will cease to relent," a female voice replied to Mikita. Before her stood the form of a silver haired woman with the appearance of a motherly and holy nature. Mikita growled at her. "I will never forgive you for this Kachi." The woman referred to as Kachi simply stared solemnly at her. "You will learn your lesson pup," she replied.

"I AM NOT A DAMNED PUP!" Mikita snapped. Kachi still remained calm. "One day, you will see why I have done this Miki. I had no intention to hurt you. You have brought this upon yourself." Mikita snarled and bore her fangs at her. Kachi simply nodded. "I must leave you for now to think on your troubles. You will realize my duties one day pup." With that said, Kachi disappeared in a flash of light. Mikita's fangs lengthened. "I AM NOT A PUP DAMN IT!" She then made a sound of pain and discomfort as she doubled over and sat down on the ground.

Zoro heard Mikita and woke up, jumping down and going over to her. "Mikita?" Mikita was angered and she accidentally replied rudely. "What?" She was glaring at the ground as she said it. Zoro was a bit taken aback by her response. He then sighed and took a step towards her. Mikita gritted her teeth with the pain and before she knew it, she was throwing up. If the pain is severe enough and it prolongs, it can sometimes prompt this to happen. She coughed and spit out what was in her mouth, and then she growled as she dug her claws into the ground. "This is all my fault…" Zoro shook his head. "No it isn't Mikita..."

Mikita looked up at him with her jaw and body shaking as it usually did at these times. "Yes… it is." She was still hurting, so she lay down and curled up right there on the ground as she looked ahead of her. "You see… a few years ago, long before I knew you, I was on this murder spree…"

Flashback: Blood of many villagers in agony were shed as they shouted out in pain. Mikita mostly preferred to slit their throats and watch them suffer. She also committed other tortures such as ripping out their tongues or killing them with the curse of the worst migraine imaginable. "That will teach you to attack me when I'm hungry you fools." She then took the sack of food and ran off with it.

She looked back and smirked at the dying villagers and the burning homes, but then she smacked right into a barrier as she fell back and dropped the sack. "What the hell?" She heard something behind her, and as she turned around, she was pinned down to the ground by a large white paw. "Mikita Shikaku. I have once again to deal with your wrongdoings. I had a feeling that you were the one behind all of this." Mikita smirked. "When I'm hungry and bored, the world has to watch out you know?" She was looking up at a large dog-like creature with dragon wings and a horn on her forehead.

"Do not think that you are getting away with this Mikita. I am Kachi Hakubi, the dog goddess of heaven and earth. I will not allow you to kill innocents like this." The goddess let Mikita up and Mikita rose to her feet, dusting herself off. "Yeah. Yeah. Whatever." Kachi was in her truest dog goddess form at the time as she looked down at Mikita and bore her fangs. "You shouldn't be so careless Mikita, for I know your future." Mikita shrugged. "So does Leona, but do I give a shit?"

Kachi growled. "Fine. For what you've done, I curse your firstborn child. It will live no longer than six-score days once it is begun." Mikita scoffed and snickered carelessly. "Pssh! Whatever. It won't matter to me because I'm never having children, let alone getting with a man. Your curse means absolutely nothing to me." Kachi shrugged. "All right then, but I must warn you: For each innocent that dies by your claws from this point on, the longer your suffering will be prolonged. I tried to convince you Miki… and for this I am sorry pup." Mikita turned away and laughed. "Funny. You act as if I should care. And if you ever call me 'pup' again, that will only darken my hatred of you." As Mikita disappeared, a tear rolled down Kachi's face as she took off in flight.

Back from the flashback: Mikita was lying there on the ground as she glared angrily and sadly. "I've always laughed at the ones that told me such things… about me having a mate and a child, but now I see my mistakes…" She paused to flinch with her pain, "I will never forgive her for this… nor will I forgive myself." Zoro clenched his teeth. "Then I swear I'll do to that bitch what she's done to you."

Mikita didn't reply as she winced in her pain, her eyes tapered with her sadness. She whimpered a bit as she stood up and began to walk back to the Merry. She approached Zoro by his side and took hold of his hand, though she didn't look into his eyes. "Stay with me… Forgive me…" She kept her face covered with her hair. He nodded. "Of course I will." He smirked. "Besides, you said it'll worsen each time you take an innocent life, but I'm free of that."

Mikita didn't say anything in return to that comment as she kept hold of his hand as she walked on, still not showing him her face. She was too ashamed of her wrongs to let anyone see her. Zoro looked at her. "You look like you're in thought. It's not normal for you to be this quiet." Still there was no answer from her as she walked onto the ship with him. She finally turned to face him and looked up at him, soon enclosing him in a tight hug. "Have I let you down Zoro? I never meant to. I didn't know you then…" Zoro shook his head. "No." She parted from the embrace and looked up at him. "Several sleepless nights will result from this, but I deserved it." She sighed and held her stomach as she walked on toward the crow's nest. "Let's go."

Zoro climbed up to the crow's nest. "I love you Mikita." She made a tiny smile as she cuddled up beside him, her back against his warm stomach. She seemed to try and let out a soft purr as she replied, "I love you too Zoro." She shut her eyes tightly with more pain, so she didn't purr for very long. Zoro slipped his arms gently around her to do his best to help her through the pain.

For a few hours, Mikita remained lying there with him, though she held back the whimpers due to her throbbing aches and pains. They were dulling for her just a little, but she still had many troubles with them. They kept her awake and her eyes were very droopy. Each time she felt a more severe ache, she would dig her claws into the crow's nest, gripping it tightly. Her breathing pattern was also thrown off, as it was different and noticeable. Zoro hadn't fallen asleep yet. His main concern was to help Mikita through this. Mikita yawned so hard that her eyes watered up. She was so sleepy, but she knew that she wouldn't be getting any sleep with the pain she was putting up with, although she was slowly tolerating it a bit better. Feeling Zoro there with her made her feel more comfortable and content.

Zoro looked at her. "I'll stay up all night if I have to." Mikita managed to lightly smile. "No. You don't have to. I'm kind of getting used to it…" She winced again right after she said that. "You need to sleep. Don't worry too much about me." She took in a quick breath and paused with it for a moment before she let it out and clamped her teeth together. All the hurting was making her mad. He smirked. "Don't worry about you? I'll stop worrying about you on the day you kiss your father on the lips."

This statement confused her as she smirked, holding back a laugh that she wouldn't have been able to force out anyway. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Zoro smirked. "You're denser than Luffy." Mikita smirked. "Sometimes." She yawned again and tried to ignore the pain. She seemed to be doing a better job at ignoring it while staying in conversation with Zoro. "So… what would you have felt if the child had been born at the right time?" Zoro smiled. "Probably what's normal for a parent." Mikita sighed. "I know that I wasn't prepared for such a responsibility. I should have been smarter that day, but I was just like all the other foolish females that couldn't say 'no'." She then smiled. "At least I will have better judgment from now on. Plus, I'll be able to train again sooner than I had first expected." She felt more pain as she winced. "Although it may take me a while to get over this damned curse."

Zoro smirked. "Don't worry, we'll wreak our own fair share of revenge on the one who did this to you." Mikita nodded. "Indeed." She was now getting rather sleepy and despite the pains, she was slowly drifting into sleep. Zoro smiled and started to fall asleep himself.

Kachi Hakubi © to kachihakubicreator1000. I have a lot of buddies in the story. lol