This is the 32nd chapter. Alright, this chapter is where we focus on Zoro getting his two swords since his old ones were shattered into pieces by 'Hawkeye' Mihawk. Also where he met Sergeant Major Tashigi. Look, I'm not from in between the Navy, the Marine, or the Coast Guard so I don't know how the Ranks work. So, if you guys got any tips, it'll help and I appreciate it.

Anyway, I don't own the series of One Piece.

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Zoro's Two New Swords and Sergeant Major Tashigi!

Loguetown

After Smoker have left the bar since he knows where Luffy was heading, the execution platform, where the King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger, was executed and died 22 years ago. The Marines begin to inform their Captain that they'll send 100 men and the entire battalion afterwards, but Smoker refuses their help only because of his Devil Fruit powers as he then went on pursuit to find Luffy.

Meanwhile at the Main Street, Luffy begin to climb up the platform when the crowd were looking at the scene. They're worried about him which they knew that climb at the execution platform isn't safe when the rubber was about to fall, he manage to grab hold quickly as he sighed with relief.

"Hey!" Smoker called him, earned his attention. "You, kid."

"I'm kinda busy right now, can it wait a minute?" Luffy asks.

"You're him, the guy with the East Blue's biggest bounty?" Smoker counters with a question, scowling at him.

"Yeah that's me, Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy admits, slipping down a little.

"I'm Captain Smoker of the Marines and I'm in charge of keeping the peace of this town." Smoker told him. "You're under arrest."

"Huh? Arrest, forget that." Luffy stated with a grin. "See, I'm going to the Grand Line so that I can become King of the Pirates."

"'King of the Pirates.'" Smoker repeats with his eyes slightly widened.

"And I refuse to get arrested in this town." Luffy declared.

"Then you'll have to get through me." Smoker told him, cracking his knuckles. "You don't get to the Grand Line unless you're able to beat me first. That's the rule of this town, course, that's assuming you'll be stupid enough to fight me."

"So you're saying I can't get into the Grand Line unless I beat you first?" Luffy asks excitedly. "Well, I guess I'll have to beat you."

"Let's get started." Smoker said as Luffy then makes the first move.

"Gum-Gum:-"

However, Luffy was about to stretch his arm, but he accidentally grab hold of the structure with his legs and getting knocked out because of his stupidity, causing his body to stretch down.

"What's this? He's made out of rubber?" Smoker questions himself with confusion.

"No fair, my legs are all tangled up." Luffy complains.

"Hey! Come on! Get down from there!" Smoker yelled with annoyance.

"Not up her cuz' I want to be, I'm stuck!?" Luffy grunts as he tried to pry himself out of the structure, but he finally free himself. "I'm free! Gum-Gum: Pistol"

Luffy then stretch his arm, aiming at Smoker, but the Marine Captain dodge as he swiftly went behind him.

"Too slow." Smoker muttered as he retaliates by punching him in the face, sent him flying as he then went in front of him, using his upward kick to sent him flying again. 'He can't really be worth 30 million berries, I don't even need my Devil Fruit power, I can beat him with just my fists.'

Luffy manage to land at the structure of the execution platform when he about to punch him, but Smoker didn't give him the momentum as he punched him again, sent him flying as he crashed at the structure of the building while crashed down to the road. Smoker then lands as he spoke.

"22 years ago, I witness Gol D. Roger's death." Smoker told him, remembered the execution long ago. "His final moments were proud, worthy of the title 'King of the Pirates'. But you, the King of the Pirates, don't make me laugh. You can't even enter the Grand Line. Don't try to get up, there's no point."

Luffy then stood up as he turned to him with a smile on his face.

"Maybe, but I'll never know unless I try." Luffy told him, leaving him confused as he then readied his fighting stance. "Here goes! Gum-Gum: Whip"

Luffy then stretched his leg when he was about to kick Smoker, but he missed his target when his leg is spinning towards the water fountain, leaving him shocked and felt like he's in big trouble because of his stupidity as he sent himself flying.

"AWWWWW CRRRRAAP I MIIIIIIISSSED!"

Smoker then look at Luffy flying very far up the sky which he missed his chance to arrest him.

"That was bizarre." Smoker muttered.

With that, he then begin to chase after Luffy since he knows the city better than anyone else.

Meanwhile, Sanji was trying to find the woman he's been looking for, but he made a mistake until he saw Ussop is finding some worthless items and Luffy flying which seeing him like that, it's new to him...sort of. Few minutes later, Luffy flied towards the park as he crashed there with a hard landing, causing the crowd yelping in surprised and fright. Luffy then sighed with relief as he spoke.

"Man, that was quite a flight." Luffy said to himself. "I flew far. Oh well, what should I do now?"

Luffy then begins to yawn which he's tried as he then takes a nap here in the streets. The crowd than look at Luffy, wondering if he's okay which they can hear him snoring.

Meanwhile, the woman was forcing Zoro to follow her which he's in big trouble as he spoke.

"Wait, hold on, excuse me. Where are we going?" Zoro protests.

"I still can't believe that you broke my glasses." She complains with a sigh.

"I told you, I'll pay you back, okay?" Zoro protests with annoyance, causing her to stop while turned to him.

"You'll pay me back. You don't look like you have any money, am I right?" She questions with a deep scowl.

"Well, that's true I am kinda broke." Zoro admits, causing her to walk towards him.

"I knew it!? I can tell by that look on you face that you're pretty desperate." She exclaims, leaving Zoro sweat in bullets. "What is it? You're sick mother needs medicine, or did your wife run away with another man and leave you all alone to raise a children by yourself."

"Hey, hold on-"

"Don't explain! Just come with me!" She demands as she head towards the Marine HQ.

"Ugh, Marines." Zoro grunts, looking at the Marine HQ.

When Zoro reluctantly went inside of the Marine HQ, she approaches him with a mop and a bucket of water since she went to the janitors closet, extends them to the swordsman.

"Here." She offered with a smile when Zoro grabs hold of them. "Lucky for you, our janitor quit this morning. Once you start working for the Marines, you'll never have to worry about money problems ever again. There will always be a job here for you."

"Not a chance in hell, I don't work for the Marines!?" Zoro refuses, extends them back to her.

"You can't leave now, I expect to be paid back for my glasses!?" She retorts with annoyance. "Maybe after you finish cleaning the floors, you can work on cleaning your attitude if this is the way you're going to repay my kindness!"

"Ah crap!" Zoro cursed with a grunt.

The Marine showed as he give her a salute.

"Sergeant Major! It's time for training."

"I'll be back to check on you." The Sergeant Major told him as they left, leaving Zoro alone.

"She's a Sergeant?" Zoro quietly muttered with shock.

Meanwhile, Nami hums happily which she's satisfied for the things she wanted while Anna have got some things she needed for the travels, but the navigator keeps insisting her that she needs to change some style. However, the former nun declines because she told her that looks isn't important during adventuring out in the sea which she knew that the ranger is right about it. Ventus however, ignoring the two since he doesn't want to be in the middle of their conversation. Even though, Nami did try and get him to wear some new clothes during time at the shop, but the young Dragoon just get those clothes, pay them, and leave which both Nami and Anna were really wanted to see him in those new clothes. However, what stop them is the wanted posters of Luffy were all over in Loguetown and they saw Zoro working as janitor which of course, he's not liking that job.

Back as the Marine HQ, Zoro throw some water out to the floor as he begin to use the broom to sweep it up.

"Aw crap, this is gonna take the whole damn day!" Zoro cursed with a grunt, come up with the idea. "Unless..."

When Zoro grab hold two mops, he then make his quick work by mopping the floors with his three mops which it worked quickly.

"Three-mop technique work like a charm." Zoro said with a smirk.

Until, he heard the Sergeant Major sparring her fellow Marines with swordsmanship training, leaving him observe the spar which she's beating the Marines one-by-one, parrying and counter their attacks as the other Marines went after her, but she didn't give them a moment to attack as she countered those attacks, knocking them out. Zoro then begin to notice that the woman is reminding him a certain Kuina he knew long ago. However, what got him snapped out of his thoughts was the Marines surrounding him.

"Hey you, just what do you think you're doing!?"

Zoro then turn his head to them, making them realize who he is.

"It's Zoro, the pirate hunter! Why are you cleaning?"

"Intel says you teamed up with Monkey D. Luffy's crew."

Zoro then grunts with annoyance, didn't have time to fight them or given them answer.

"Drop the mop!"

With that, Zoro then made a quick work by knocking the two Marines out with those mops. He now knows that he won't stay here for long as he spoke.

"Well, guess I should leave." Zoro muttered as he then place the mops back in its place while putting the money on the top of the unconscious Marine so he can pay her for the glasses. The Marines have heard that sound as they head towards the source.

"What happened here!?" She exclaims when they saw the two Marines got knocked out.

"They appeared to have been attacked, but there's no sign of who's responsible."

The Sergeant Major of the Marines didn't like how that goes, but notice the money was on the top of the unconscious Marine as she grab hold it, reading the note which it was about the glasses.

"New glasses." She muttered as she then look for Zoro.

Apparently, Zoro have already made a quick getaway which he had something going on in his mind, it got something to do with the Sergeant Major.

'Man that was just to weird, she look just like Kuina. Not to mention she was a swordsman of all things. What a crazy world. Doubt I'll see her again.' Zoro mentally thought with a scowl on his face as he finally went to the weapon shop and enter.

When Zoro walk towards the owner of the shop, Ventus walks in the weapon shop while Nami and Anna were waiting for the young Dragoon but notice the swordsman was inside.

"Zoro." Ventus called him, earned his attention.

"Kid!?" Zoro exclaims with shock. "What the hell! Weren't you with Nami?"

"They're outside." Ventus points out, thrust his thumb behind him as the swordsman saw Nami, but he also seen Anna.

"Um, who's the girl?" Zoro inquires. "Our new crew?"

"That's Anna, she um...she's one of the nuns from Ishgard." Ventus told him, leaving Zoro widen his eyes as he realize of the young Dragoon's story.

"I see, but what was she doing here in Loguetown?" Zoro questions.

Ventus then start explaining why Anna is here as Zoro listens very carefully when he told him that she gave up her life as a nun is because she was looking for the young Dragoon ever since he give her and the other nuns a message that the dragons from Dravannia were looking for him. The swordsman have gotten the ideas about that but also was told that Anna have a promise to his mother that she'll look after him. When he finished his explanation, Zoro then spoke.

"I see, that explains why." Zoro said with his serious expression on his face. "Well, I guess she can come with us, but you know that Luffy is the Captain, right?"

"True, but do you think he's smart enough about it?" Ventus points out with his raised eyebrow.

Zoro was about to argue, but he didn't since he knew that the young Dragoon is right about Luffy.

"Anyway, we saw you at the Marine HQ, care to explain?" Ventus inquires seriously, making Zoro twitch his eyebrow with shock.

"You...you saw?" Zoro asks, earned a nod from him. "Okay, listen..."

Zoro then explains why he's in the Marine HQ which he didn't go there by choice since the Sergeant Major have forced him to work as a janitor because he broke her glasses.

"HAH!? Are you telling me you broke Tashigi's glasses!?" Ventus yelled.

"That was an accident, it's not like I broke them on purpose. I was only paying her back for her glasses." Zoro defends himself, waving his hand while Ventus sighed with exasperation.

"Remind you that you're flat broke and you can't afford to pay her back for her glasses and two new swords." Ventus reminded him.

"Yeah, but I was only borrowing money from Nami since I need two new swords." Zoro told him.

"You What!?" Ventus yelled with anger that both Nami and Anna can hear that noise.

'Uh oh, I'm in trouble.' Nami mentally thought with fright which she's right about it. Anna then went inside of the weapon shop to get the young Dragoon which it takes a few minutes to get him to calm down. When he calms down, he spoke.

"Okay, how much did you borrow from her?" Ventus questions calmly.

"Only about 200 thousand berries." Zoro answered, notice Anna next to him. "So, I take it you're Anna?"

"And you must be Roronoa Zoro." Anna counters. "I thank you for accepting Ventus and for taking care of him."

"Wouldn't say that, cuz' the kid can take care of himself by fighting against pirates." Zoro told her. "But after what he told us, the only thing we do is to help him find his uncles and have them brought to justice."

"And why would you do that?" Anna questions.

"Because the way they treat him like an outcast really disgusts me. And I was on the verge of a murder spree." Zoro growled with his dark tone. "Believe me, when I'm done with them, no one will ever find those two murderers."

Anna can understand since the young Dragoon told the Straw Hat pirates about his dark past which it was hard to forget after all those years and she never forgets about it, either.

"But the only way we could ever find them is to head to the Grand Line." Zoro told her with a scowl. "If we do, we'll let the kid and you decide on what to do with them."

"The only thing I've learn from the Church is that 'To err is human, forgiveness is divine'." Anna stated. "However, when they murder Merida, I'll make an exception."

Zoro then give her nod while Ventus then nods with an agreement as the swordsman then turn his head to the owner as he spoke.

"I like to pick up some swords." Zoro told the owner, making him woke up from his nap.

"Of course, of course, welcome. Have a look at anything you'd like." The owner said with a smile, rubbing his hands. "We have an extremely large variety to choose from."

Zoro then placed a 100 thousand berries next to the stand.

"I've got 100 thousand berries, for two swords. Can you do that?" Zoro told him seriously.

"2 for 100 thousand!?" The owner exclaims, turned to disappointed expression. 'Great, this guy is broke.'

The owner then placed his elbow on the stand as he spoke.

"For 50 thousand a piece, I can only give you 2 dull blades." He told him.

"I can make due with whatever, I just don't have the money right now." Zoro shrugs.

'You can't make due with whatever unless you're amateur, WAIT!? That sword! Could it be?!' The owner mentally thought when he saw the Wado Ichimonji with amaze and shock. "N-N-N-N-Now, now hold on a second, I just want to take a look at that sword you got there, is that okay with you, pal?"

"You okay there, buddy?" Zoro asks.

'He's looking at your sword, Zoro.' Ventus and Anna thought in unison with a deadpan expression.

"Let me see!" The owner demands.

"Yeah, whatever." Zoro said, given the katana to the owner.

When the owner then unsheathe the katana, he was completely shocked with amazement.

'This Is Really It!?' The owner mentally exclaims as he pants heavily while tried to calm down. 'Stay cool! Poker face, poker face, a complete amateur just walked in with a legendary sword, it's showtime.'

The owner then sheathe the katana as he then spoke.

"Well, that's a pretty nice sword you got. You want to sell it? I'll give you 200 thousand berries for it, what do you say?" The owner asks with a smirk, tried to make a deal with Zoro. "That will leave you with 300 thousand which you should buy pretty good steel, and a 100 thousand a piece there are bound to be swords you like here."

"What? Are you kidding me?" Zoro retorts with annoyance.

"Alright, I'll give you 250 thousand berries. No wait 300 thousand." The owner demands again. "Final offer, 500 thousand!"

"Just stop, I'm not selling. This sword is mine." Zoro refused.

"Tough guy! I'll buy it from you for 650 thousand berries!" The owner shouts, growled as he offer. "Okay fine, I give up! How does 800 thousand berries sound to you!"

Until, Tashigi rushed over at the weapon shop with a katana as she spoke.

"I'm back!" Tashigi shouts, earned their attention. "Did you finish polishing my Shigure?"

Tashigi then notice Zoro as she turn her head to him with a smile.

"You're okay, I was worried about you." Tashigi said with relief, causing Ventus to stifle his laugh. "See, some Marines were attacked earlier right by where you've been mopping the floors. You were gone though, so naturally, I just assume that you have been kidnapped."

'She's not very bright.' Zoro mentally thought with annoyance.

"The fact that you're here means you must've been run away. Sad you really must have no idea how to accept love when it comes your way, do you?" Tashigi inquires, causing Ventus to release a few snorts which he knew that she's right as Sergeant Major give the money back to him. "So here's you stupid money back, I don't need it. I can't accept money from a heartless ingrate."

Ventus couldn't take it anymore as he then burst with a laugh while flopping down to the floor and clutching his sides with both of his hands, earned their attention when they saw him laughing.

"AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING AT, YOU DAMN BRAT!?" Zoro yelled with his white eyes and shark-like teeth.

"It's true...It's true...He doesn't know how..." Ventus said, tears streaming down his face from laughing so hard. Anna joins in with a laughter, leaving Zoro growled with a tick mark on his head and the owner then joins with a laugh, thinking that it's hysterical.

"Hey! That's not...nice." Tashigi tried to scold him, but she was trying not to laugh. She never realize that it was in fact for him, it's hilarious.

"Are...You...Kidding...?" Ventus wheezed. "You killed my head."

The young Dragoon then burst out laughing again, kicking his legs through the air. Tashigi was biting her lower lip, trying not to laugh.

"WHEN I GET MY NEW SWORDS, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!?" Zoro yelled with annoyance and anger.

Ventus then laugh some more, thinking that it's funny. Anna then approaches him, tried to get him to calm down from the laughter. Few seconds later, Ventus was able to calm down while Tashigi got her spare glasses on, notice the young Dragoon take a few breathes while calming down from his laugh.

"Ha...Ha...Phew...Couldn't remember when was the last time I laugh?" Ventus muttered with a smile. "I really needed that."

"Take it this is your first time laughing?" Tashigi asks, earned a nod from him. "You need to smile more often, it suits you."

"And you need to get a man of your life, Tashigi." Ventus retorts with a sly smile, causing her to blush a bit. "That man is right next to you by the way."

"I-It's not like that!" Tashigi shouts with embarrassment. "I just found him having money issues!?"

"Calm down, I was only joking." Ventus assures her. "But seriously, you need to try and date someone."

Tashigi wants to argue with him, but knew that he's right, decided to drop the subject as she then turned her head to the owner. However, she notice the katana as she spoke.

"That sword looks just like the Wado Ichimonji." Tashigi said with amazement, grab hold of that sword. "Is this really the sword?"

'Wado?' Zoro mentally repeats with his raised eyebrow.

'Stop talking, stop talking...' The owner thought, protests her to stop talking as she unsheathe the sword.

"That's beautiful. This has to be one of the 21 O Wazamono swords." Tashigi said with awe as she go through the book. "See? Look at this, it said that this sword is worth no less than 10 million berries. But you're broke, how do you have this legendary sword."

The owner couldn't take it anymore as he then slam the stand and spoke.

"Damn! You just had to keep talking, didn't you?! I'm gonna sue your ass for obstruction of business!?" The owner yelled with anger.

'Says the owner who tried to take his sword.' Ventus and Anna mentally thought in unison with a sweat drop, but decided not to say it.

"Obstruction of business? I'm sorry, I don't know what I did, but please forgive me." Tashigi apologize, but the owner didn't accept.

"Here! I finish polishing your precious Shigure for you! Now just take it and get out! I don't want to see you in my store again!" The owner yelled at her, tossed the katana to her.

Shigure has an appearance of a normal katana with a green handle, green guard with a four-petal design, but the blade is normal. The sheathe is elaborate with the first half with a green and bumpy design while the second half is white and smooth. There are circular designs embedded on the entire sheath.

When Tashigi manage to grab hold of her katana, she then begin to trip, causing Ventus to grab hold her, but collapse down to the floor with her. Both Zoro and Anna winced when they saw the two collided down to the floor, but the ranger then blushed when she the young Dragoon accidentally grab her breasts.

"Hey, you aren't hurt are you?" Ventus asks with a groan.

"I'm fine, but Ventus...would you...remove your hand from my..." Tashigi was about to ask, but moaned when he groped her breasts as he gasp with a blush.

"Aw crap! I didn't mean to-"

Zoro then burst with a laugh at the scene which it's funny.

"Not so fun to be in the other way around, huh kid?" Zoro mocks with a smirk. "Sanji would love to hear about this."

That got Ventus shot him with a glare as he quickly stood up while getting Tashigi off of him and approaches the swordsman.

"You wouldn't dare tell him about this?!" Ventus growled.

"Well, I would wonder what the cook would say when he saw you grope her?" Zoro hummed in thought with a sly smile. "He might try and give you tips."

"Says an idiot who had no girl in your life?!"

"What was that?!"

"You heard me!"

"That's it, kid! You're dead!?"

With that, both Zoro and Ventus then duke it out each other for no reason, leaving Tashigi and the owner sweat dropped while Anna sighed as she decides to intervene by bonking both their heads, leaving a big bumps on their head. Anna give those two a good scold since she's old enough to become a mother, but she's still strict to the young Dragoon since long ago. Ventus then stood silent while looking through a barrel that was full of variety of spears and lances which he learned that they only have 50 thousand berries a piece.

Zoro then stood up while looking a barrel full of swords as he then look through it which these katanas were only 50 thousand berries a piece. Tashigi then walk towards the swordsman as she spoke.

"You must've lose a lot of swords if you think you have to carry three of them around. Unless of course, you're like that famous pirate hunter." Tashigi stated.

"'Pirate hunter', yeah." Zoro admits with a smirk.

"He's quite the legend, his name is Roronoa." Tashigi told her.

"Oh yeah him." Zoro said. "Let me ask you something, how did you know about the kid?"

"You mean Ventus?" Tashigi asks, earned a nod from him. "Oh well, the Marines informed me a month ago that Ventus is staying on the island for some time. I went there and saw him training with his lance, didn't think that a 14 year old boy would get a body that strong. Then again, I thought he's an adult, but he told me that he's in his teens."

"Which I also told her that I got that through rigorous training and my dragon heritage." Ventus added, leaving Anna giggled a bit. "Also, I have to save her sorry keister from the group of pirates. Her swordsmanship is a real deal, but she's a bit of a klutz."

That got Tashigi blushed with embarrassment which he's right about the Sergeant Major. She then cleared her throat as she spoke while changing the subject.

"Anyway, Zoro is known throughout the East Blue for his amazing sword skill, but he's not a good person. A swordsman who is just a bounty hunter has no honorable swordsman at all." Tashigi explains with a scowl. "Everything's backwards, it's really too bad for real swordsman. Pirates and bounty hunters as sword masters, it's just doesn't make any sense. They have most of the worlds legendary swords too, it's a real tragedy."

'If only you really knew what it's like to live something cruel.' Ventus mentally thought with a sad expression on his face, causing Anna to place her hand on his shoulder with reassurance.

"I don't know, it's kinda thing you have to look at it on case-by-case basis, I guess. You never know what people are capable of." Zoro told her with a smirk while looking through the barrel of swords.

"This is my Shigure. I'm going to work as hard as I can to perfect my skills and then one day, I'll take back all legendary swords because the filthy hands that hold them now have no right to wield them." Tashigi declared. "Yes, the 21 top O Wazamono, the 21 O Wazamono's, as well as the Ryo Wazamono's, I'll find them all!"

"And this one? My sword, the Wado Ichimonji?" Zoro asks, showing the katana.

"I'm not trying to get the legendary swords back for my sake, I just don't want criminals to have them." Tashigi told him with a fright.

When Zoro went back to go through the barrel of swords, he manage to grab hold of the katana which something was off about that weapon.

'This sword is...'

Zoro then pulled it out, reveal a scabbard that is deep red and continues the design of the hilt, having two golden clasps in short succession around its middle, the kojiri end cap is also golden, the tsuba is golden and shaped like a rounded cross pattee; the hilt is wrapped reddish-brown with golden clasp around its middle and a golden kashira pommel.

"I think that's, let's see." Tashigi hummed as she look through the book. "Just as I thought, Kitetsu, Kitetsu III. It's predecessor, Kitetsu II is an O Wazamono sword and Kitetsu I before that is listed as a top O Wazamono sword."

Zoro then unsheathe the sword, revealed a moderately curved katana with white edge and a distinct blue hamon that has the appearance of flames.

"Hey, are you really only selling this one for 50 thousand berries?" Tashigi questions the owner.

"Yeah." The owner admits nervously, but scared of that katana.

"Unbelievable, that's an authentic Wazamono." Tashigi stated with amazement. "Wow, you have to buy that sword! It's worth at least a million berries or more. You can't pass it up, it's too valuable."

"Dammit! I can't sell it!" The owner refuses.

"I didn't think so, I knew there must've been some mistake. This is the legendary sword-"

"It's not what you think!?" The owner shouts when Zoro look at the edge, swung down when he realize something about that sword.

"This sword is cursed." Zoro stated seriously.

"How did you know?" The owner questions.

"Just do..." Zoro said simply.

"The Kitetsu swords are superior and all respects, but they've been cursed since the beginning, you have to believe me." The owner warned him as he explains. "There are stories from all over of master swordsman who have met their death after taking up a Kitetsu sword. Nobody is stupid enough to even touch them these days and you'll fall to its curse as well if you decide to take it. I'm scared to let your buy it, I'm afraid it'll curse me too, just leave it alone."

It got Anna and Tashigi shocked when they heard the legend of the Kitetsu swords, but Ventus wasn't surprised of that cursed weapon.

"How horrible, I'm sorry I even brought it up." Tashigi apologize with sincere. "It will be death to take that sword."

However, it didn't stopped him as Zoro lifts it up with a smirk and interest as he spoke.

"Sounds great, think I'll take it." Zoro told him, leaving them shocked.

"I can't sell it, you fool! Cuz' if something happens to you with that sword, the curse could come back to me-UGH!?"

"Now don't be an idiot, let him buy that sword, you old fool." The owner's wife scolds with a glare.

"Don't hit me!?" The owner shouts back.

"Well, we'll see. How about we find out which one is stronger?" Zoro challenged. "The swords curse or my good luck?"

It got their attention as Zoro then tossed the cursed sword up in mid-air and extends his arm. Both Tashigi and the owner pleads him not to do it, but Zoro ignores them as he closed eyes while the cursed sword falls down to his arm, missed it as the cursed sword goes down to the wooden floors which his luck have won.

"I'll take it." Zoro said with a smirk.

The owner and Tashigi collapse down to the wooden floor, completely stunned while Anna and Ventus maintain their composure, but shocked. Zoro then grab hold of the cursed sword as he spoke.

"Hey, pick out another. You've got a good eye on you." Zoro said to her seriously.

"Okay." Tashigi accepts, still stunned while adjusting her glasses.

"You, wait here!" The owner shouts as he rush inside to get something.

Zoro is still looking through some swords while Ventus have manage to grab hold of the spear. The spear tip is made out of iron while the shaft is made out of wood with the leather strap and metal rings for the strap and the metal pommel. The owner came back inside of the shop with a cloaked sword stand as he pulled it out.

The katana is long and very light with a black handle. It had a cross-shaped guard and a black lacquered sheathe. The blade itself was normal in appearance and its pattern was midareba or irregular pattern. The sheathe and the handle both had thin yet elaborate gold designs on them.

"It is covered in a black lack of finish. With an uneven temper pattern." The owner said, drew out his katana. "My shop is small, but this is the finest sword I have, it is named a real Wazamono, Yubashiri."

"I told you, I'm flat broke. It's too much." Zoro told him seriously.

"No matter, I'll give it to you free of charge if you take it. You're welcome to the Kitetsu as well, you deserve it." The owner told him with a smirk. "Haven't run across a real swordsman in a while. I'm sorry I tried to cheat you before, you must have some damn good luck, friend."

With that, Zoro accepts the two new swords while Ventus have got himself a spear and Anna have bought herself some quiver of arrows. However, the young Dragoon have given Nami an earful while paying 200 thousand berries for her to cover a debt for the swordsman which Zoro appreciates it. They then went separate ways while try to find the rest of the Straw Hat crew.

That's it for the 32nd chapter.