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---Chapter Eleven---

"GOD LUFFY!! For the last time, GET ouT!!" Sanji yelled while swiping at the exiting Luffy with a hissing spatula. Luffy yelped and ran, not without getting a smack from the well-aimed spatula.

"Hot hot hot!!" Luffy screamed. He held his shoulder and ran around on the deck.

"Idiot!! This is it!" Zoro snarled after Luffy ran on his face. He stood and Luffy scampered away. Zoro sighed exasperatedly.

"Screw it. I'm taking a nap down below," Zoro muttered. He climbed down the mast nimbly and landed on the bottom. Spotting the couch, he walked over to it. While he lay down, he felt cold for a moment.

"Damn Luffy. Running over my face…" Zoro growled. He laid down, fell asleep, and promptly woke up again with a chilly chest. He glanced down at it, and it suddenly felt better. He massaged the warmth back into it and felt a small bump. Zoro reached inside his shirt and took out the small set of panpipes, and then heard a slight gasp. He smirked.

"Reia…" Zoro whispered. He suddenly felt a pull on his hair and grimaced.

"Ow!" The pipes were snatched from his hands and they vanished. Zoro quickly recovered and ran to the ladder, drawing Ghost. He stopped and glanced at his hand oddly, then almost sheathed Ghost when something in his mind stopped him. This was the perfect opportunity to test Reia out, to see what she was made of. He shrugged off the feeling of doubt and waited, gripping the katana in his mouth.

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Reia gritted her teeth as she whirled away from Zoro's unsheathed swords. Her green pants rustled, and her black hair whipped the air. This wasn't right. What did Zoro have against her? Her thoughts scrambled.

I haven't learned anything yet! Or have I…

Those moves….she could recall them. She grinned as she glanced at Zoro. He was posed, ready for anything, his head cocked for any sound.

"Mr. Bushido…" Reia crooned softly in an unearthly voice. Zoro's head turned in her direction and he bolted to her spot, the three katana's out.

Reia gasped at his fighting style and barely managed to dodge his swords. What was happening to him?! The strokes fell and Reia kept evading them. She steeled herself and her eyebrows furrowed.

She stepped forward, moving away from the swords, and delivered unseen punches in Zoro's direction. She spun wildly when Ghostsliced past her ear. Zoro growled as one of Reia's random punches made contact with his body anda nearby hammock fell as a punch brought it down.

Reia's hair trailed behind her, and Zoro, spinning with katanas flashing, cut a lock of hair off. Reia gasped and was too late in dodging Ghost.

It nicked her face and her small "ow" came out as a faint moan. The pain spread and suddenly her surroundings warped. They disappeared, leaving only her dodging and Zoro blocking.

The lock of hair fluttered in the air, and reappeared on the ground, now visible. Many other pieces started appearing on the deck.

Reia made a frustrated noise. The charged-up energy let loose with a loud "whoom" after the two spun away from each other. Zoro blocked with his swords and gritted his teeth as he was pushed backwards. He grimaced.

The space in the room in the glasses became smaller as the minutes wore on. The large room became cramped as the pair spun, fought, and parried. The battle fluctuated, Reia becoming offensive, then Zoro gaining the upper hand. They continued the intense deadlock.

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"Dinner's ready!" Sanji said, and he moved aside as Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper stormed in. Nami followed at a slower pace and sat down. Sanji placed a plate in front of her.

"For you, Nami-san!!" he said with a silly grin on his face. He scowled at the others, who were brandishing forks and knives.

"Here," Sanji said shortly. He handed them their food and they ate with gusto. He rolled his eyes and turned around, turning back with two plates in his hands. He looked around in confusion.

"Nami-san?" She looked up.

"Where are Zoro and Reia?" Nami grinned and shook her head.

"Don't worry. They're all right."

Sanji shrugged.

Ten minutes later, Nami did begin to get worried. Everyone patted their stomachs in content, and they walked out to the deck. Silence greeted the Straw Hats.

Suddenly, Chopper's ear twitched, and he pointed to the men's quarters.

"They're there," Chopper said quietly. Usopp chuckled.

"I don't think we should intrude," he said, grinning. It was wiped off after he heard Chopper.

"Something is very wrong." Luffy was silent, then stretched his hands out and grabbed the entrance to the men's quarters. As he snapped forward, the rest of the Straw Hats ran ahead.

"ZORO!!" Luffy yelled. Usopp's jaw dropped and Chopper and Sanji watched, wide-eyed. Nami gasped in shock.

The Straw Hats watched on in horror as Zoro fought and parried and invisible force. He grunted as something whammed his torso. Sweat dotted his forehead. Pieces of dark hair lay here and there on the floor, and their owner was nowhere to be seen.

"REIA!!" Nami screamed. A small spray of blood appeared in the air, and it colored Zoro's katana red. Nami turned to Luffy urgently.

"Luffy, do something! They're going to KILL each other!!" Luffy stretched out his arm in reply and pulled Zoro up, switching spots. Chopper and Sanji grabbed Zoro and Sanji knocked Zoro out with a well-aimed kick to his green head. Nami looked on worriedly, and then gasped again at what she witnessed.

Luffy stood his ground and endured the pain. He grunted as Reia punched his stomach, then side-swiped his face. As Luffy spun in the air, his arm stretched out and made contact with something. He landed with a thud. As he rose shakily, another thud sounded. Reia's limp form lay amid bits of hair. Luffy took Reia and held her in his arms as he scrambled up to the deck.

"CHOPPER!" Luffy yelled. Chopper rushed from Zoro's side to Reia's. Chopper looked over her.

"Bring them to the lounge, now! Hurry," Chopper ordered. As Sanji and Luffy rushed them both up the stairs, Usopp shook his head slowly.

"What happened? Why were they fighting?!" Usopp asked. Nami also shook her orange head.

"If it was an argument, this is too extreme. I'll have to ask her when she's better."

Usopp chuckled softly.

"Not even a day since she joined us, and look at this!" He gestured at the mess. Nami laughed weakly, and the both went to the lounge.

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Zoro woke up to see the looming antlers at his left. He tried to sit up, but strangely, he couldn't move.

"Chopper!" Zoro burst out.

"I injected your body with anesthesia. You had lots of bruises and internal bleeding yesterday."

"Yesterday?!" Zoro's face turned into a scowl and he tilted his head. He inhaled involuntarily when he saw Reia's face a foot away from his. Her eyes were closed and a strand of hair flew up and down as she breathed. Suddenly, the events of yesterday flashed rapidly before his eyes.

…How he had managed to fight an invisible Reia…The feeling of losing control…faint burning all over his body. Why did he lose control, anyways?! He looked thoughtfully upon Reia's face. He started when he noticed her features. Her slightly full persimmon lips, an upturned nose. Her cheeks, pale. Her hair had hid her arched eyebrows.

Zoro glanced up at Nami, who crouched next to Reia.

"Reia…" Nami whispered. She saw Zoro.

"And what are you staring at?"

"Reia."

Zoro blinked and closed his eyes. He opened them and looked squarely at Nami. She raised an eyebrow and gently brushed away the strand of hair. Reia's nose twitched and she furrowed her eyebrows. Nami looked back at Zoro.

"Sooo, what happened yesterday?" Zoro turned his head back, grateful that she had ignored his comment. He tried to remember.

"I went down below to sleep, 'cos Luffy ran over me." Nami giggled and he scowled.

"I woke up with a chilly chest." Nami looked at him incredulously. He tried to shrug.

"Then I took Reia's pipes from my shirt---"

"From?!"

"Yeah. I heard a gasp and guessed it was Reia. Then she took the pipes." Zoro paused for a few moments.

"And then?"

"…I…it's all hazy. I just remember feelings." Nami sat down and looked out the window.

"…I remember one feeling especially well, though." Nami looked back at him and waited.

"I felt like I was losing control, kind of being controlled. Drawing Ghost seemed a bit extreme, but I did it anyways, strangely," he said slowly. Then he grinned.

"That was one helluva fight though. I don't regret it one bit." Chopper snorted.

"Losing the ability to walk straight for a few days will make you." He started putting new bandages on Reia's wounds.

Reia stirred. Zoro quieted and he looked with Nami at Reia. She started to murmur softly.

"…Zoro….pipes…" She frowned. "... my book…" Nami quickly took the red book from the lounge and sat next to Reia. Nami suddenly gasped in terror as she stared at the cover.

"What?" Zoro asked. Nami turned the cover with shaking handsso he could see, and his mouth dropped in shock.

The glass circle, was clear, now clouded, showed him at the bottom of the mast down below and Reia behind him a far ways off. Strange…She was silhouetted with a faint blue glow.

"How come we see her?" Zoro asked in bewilderment. Nami laughed weakly as she heard Reia in the glass utter the insult. They both watched on as Zoro charged at Reia.