The reunion was the next week and Zoro brought Cari to it. "Zoro, who is this? A friend?" Nami asked confused "Yeah, she is a close friend." Zoro said "Oh, Zoro-bro, did you fall in love?" Franky asked with a wide smile "What, where did that come from?" Zoro asked a small blush over his cheeks. "Oh, and here I thought a man as hard headed as him would never find someone who would break past his heard skull and enter into his heart." Hancock said."They have been through a lot together recently, and she has become a close friend of swordsman-San." Robin said giggling . "Is she any strong?" Luffy asked "Yeah, taught her everything I know." Zoro told him "Awesome! She must be bad *** strong!" Luffy said excited. Sanji at the time was acting the way he normally did around girls, but stopped and began threatening Zoro saying "If you over did it and hurt her then I will-" Sanji was cut short by Cari who was saying over and over that he did no such thing and kept apologizing for worrying him. They then got to meet Marley, not that she told them a thing about her personality thing nor did Zoro, and they all threw a huge party and had a lot of fun.
When the meeting was all ove, and the party had died down Zoro took Cari and they went back to his home castle. "What are you going to do now? Now that you are human again you can't go back to your time, what do you plan to do?" Zoro asked Cari. "I was hopping I could stay with you for at least a while longer. Is that ok?" Cari asked with a blush across her cheeks spreading. "Of course, you took care of me when I had no place to turn to back when I had even went and hurt you. You can stay as long as you want." Zoro said smiling, Cari went to say that he never did hurt her but was stopped by a finger being placed on them before Zoro walked away to his room.
Soon Cari was practically part of the straw hat crew and was even given a bounty of her own almost equal to Zoro's and was given the title 'Bloody Cari' due to the fact that she had found a way to keep her powers by sacrificing some of her blood and chanting the same words she used when she was a vampire. At one point Cari was actually captured by the marines who took her to Impel Down. Zoro found himself going crazy and went to save her alone without telling anyone. Zoro was able to sneak in but was soon found out when he began wondering around looking for her and was seen by a surveillance den den moshi. He began running around, similar to how Luffy had years ago, while looking for Cari. He was able to get some idea of where she was from the prisoners, something about the higher the bounty the lower the level she will be on. He continued to run around till he finally got to the second level of accursed beasts. There he found her, she had escaped from her cage on level six leaving a illusion of her still sitting in the cage while she was running around disguised as guards, animals, or she simply turned invisible at points. They then left and escaped not even meeting Hannyabal or Magellan, or even any of the demon guards.
When they got back Cari told him of the fun she had tricking the guards and playing around in the jail. Zoro found himself wondering how he had ever lived without her in the past, as he laughed at the stupidity of the guards. Things went back to normal at Zoro's castle, as Cari and Zoro continued to live happy lives with one another. At one point Zoro had an unexpected visit from Luffy who had on his normal happy face as Zoro lead his captain to the foyer. "So how is Cari doing?" Luffy asked "Fine why?" Zoro asked confused. "Well as I was told by Hancock that she was took to Impel Down and was also busted out by someone. I just wanted to ask if she was fine." Luffy said with a knowing smile. "Ok, whatever." Zoro said as he grabbed a glass of shake and sat down. "Zoro, have you figured it out yet?" Luffy said in a serious tone he hardly ever used. "What?" Zoro asked confused "Have you come to understand your feelings? I know you have them, I can see it in your eyes every time I say her name." Luffy said "What are you talking about?" Zoro said as a barley noticeable blush came to Zoro's cheeks, but Luffy noticed it. "You love her, Zoro. I know that you haven't full come to terms with it but you do. You are just like I was when I found out I was in love with Hancock." Luffy said smiling slightly. Zoro at this point had a much larger blush that was still spreading across his face and he was unable to say a word against what Luffy said. "Just think about it Zoro, I am just happy one of my best friends was able to find love like I did." Luffy said as he left to go back home, leaving a stunned Zoro in the foyer blushing madly.
Weeks went by and Zoro continued to think about what Luffy had told him. "Hay, can we go on an adventure? Please? Come on, it will be fun!" Cari ran into the foyer yelling on day. Zoro stopped what he was doing sighing slightly and a smile came to his face as he nodded and then they both got ready to go. Zoro thought of some places they could visit but never got to chose because Cari just simply took control of the ship and left. She took them out of the Grand Line and back to a place Zoro had been to in the past called Roguetown. When they got there they wondered around till they found a place called Gold Rodger, it was a bar that was at the time full of many wanted criminals and reminded Zoro of the first time they went to a bar together.
They sat down at the bar and got two bottles of Shake each and started having a party. The bartender, an old man, seemed to like their enthusiasm and made sure that their glasses were always full till they eventually passed out. When they woke up they walked out of the bar still drunk slightly and began sight seeing. Eventually they left the island and Cari took them to another island that was uninhabited this time. They had a party together again after setting up camp and getting food. They then settled down and went to sleep in a tent together. When Zoro woke up Cari had her arms around his waist hugging him, and her head was on his chest. The way everything was positioned made Zoro very nervous and brought a blush out that covered his entire body. Not long after Zoro woke up so did Cari who raised her head up and accidently locked lips with Zoro again when they broke apart she then saw the awkward position they were in and also had a full body blush cover her.
They then got out of the tent an found they were no longer alone. The marines had come and were now surrounding them both as they stood there without there weapons. They knew it was not going to be an easy fight but they still fought against them. They went with the plan divide and conquer and separated and began fighting separate battles alone. It had been a while and Zoro was doing well fighting off the marines till he heard a scream. Then out of the corner of his eyes he saw a vice admiral holding a loaded gun to Cari's head while she was knocked out. "Surrender and you can both live to see another day, in prison, but alive." the man said, Zoro didn't even give it a second thought as he held his hands out and let them take him in.
They were then taken to the brig, and were put in the same cell. They then waited till they got to Impel Down, and Cari got to have her fun again. This time she made duplicates of both of them that would eventually fade and they remained invisible as they waited just outside the cell for them to land on an island. Cari was confused as to how Zoro had been taken down but couldn't ask while they were on the marine ship, so not even tem minuets after they were in the clear Cari asked him. Zoro told her what happened but didn't tell her much detail really, and dropped the subject entirely. I will tell her, when the time is right Zoro thought.
Months went by and it was now the reunion again and Zoro was bringing Cari again. This time for sure. Zoro thought as they landed on the island to see everyone waiting for them. Everything went normally but Zoro could tell Luffy, Hancock, Ussop, and Kya were watching him closely, never taking their eyes off him for more than a few seconds. Towards the end of the day, with the sun setting, Zoro took Cari out to a quiet place and got down on one knee. Cari stared down at him surprised "Cari, will you marry me?" Zoro asked nervously, Zoro has never felt so scared in his life and never had he thought that he would be feeling this fear over a girl. His arms shook slightly as he brought out a small jewelry box with a ring inside, Cari began to cry in joy as she looked at the ring. Zoro mistook her tear of joy and began to panic in his head as to what he had done wrong or that maybe she didn't feel the same. All his fears were extinguished at the simple word 'Yes'.
Zoro was over joyed by the word and after slipping the ring on her finger scooped her up into his arms and spun her around. "Moss head! If you ever do anything to hurt her I will kill you!" Sanji yelled getting their attention to see everyone had gathered and saw the whole thing, "This was just so beautiful man. Dang it, I'm not crying!" Franky said on the ground crying tears of joy for the two. "This will make for an interesting couple." Robin said smiling "He finally asked huh. It is about time." Nami said also smiling "Congratulations Zoro!" Luffy yelled "So the man finally noticed his own feelings did he. Well, seeing as he is a friend of Luffy's, I am happy for him." Hancock said with a small smile. "Hope you two are happy together." Kya said standing next to Ussop "Dang it, you made us feel like you were never going to propose." Ussop said whipping his nose with a finger. "Zoro-San, congratulations on winning the heart of such a lovely lady. Ah, Cari-San, may I see you panties?" Brook said before Nami gave him a round house kick to the head. "I am so happy for you two, now don't go breaking each others hearts those are the only things I can't heal you know." Chopper joked. "Thanks guys, for your support. It means a lot to us." Cari said, then Zoro tilted her head up and, for the first time on purpose, kissed her.
Four hundred years later Zoro woke up hungry and met a girl named Cari.