Chapter 6

Seems like Xylia is really not human after all. The wound that most people need at least a month to heal is gone in three days, leaving without any mark that it was ever been there.

Xylia turn to her servant for these few days, "Zoro, can you carry me out? I want to get some fresh air."

Zoro didn't answer but he got up and carried her princess style and head towards the door.

It's not like Xylia cannot walk, just that the entire crew agreed that Zoro should remain as her servant for the rest of the month as punishment and Xylia agreed.

"Ahhhhhhhhh, the wind feels so nice today." Xylia signaled Zoro to put her down and she began to walk around the deck, admiring the view.

"Ohaiyo Xylia-chan~~ Would you like some snack? We have crepe today."

"Yes please Sanji-kun."

"Wait here for awhile, I will go get it."

Xylia continue her stroll, stretching her limbs that got numb from lying down these few days. She was yawning midway when she reach the back of the ship. There it was blocking her way, a strange big rock, hidden by the mikan trees.

"What is this?"

"It's the seastone from Tomtom tummy. Nami wanted to make something out of it but it is unbreakable..." Answered Zoro that had been following her, remembering the day where his sword did not manage to slice through a rock for the first time. "She plan to sell it the next time we land."

"Seastone…..unbreakable…." Xylia mumbled unconsciously as she run her fingers around the stone. "Found it! Zoro go fetch my bag. The leather one."

Zoro cursed under his breath but obediently went to fetch her bag.

"Here." Zoro throw the bag to her. Xylia caught it in midair and start to fumble to find the tools she is looking for.

She took out something that look like an extra big size nail and a hammer. What is she trying to do? Zoro thought while sitting in the distance crossed-arms. She put the nail at the spot where her hands previously at and she hit the nail with the hammer real hard.

"BANG!"

"Give up, you won't be able to break it like this. An unpolished Seastone is incredibly strong that even my blade can't slice through it. Even the marines need giants to split it open. Not to mention you are tiny…." Zoro lost his voice when the Seastone scattered into pieces in front of him.

"Hehehe don't look down on me. I have my pride as a sword smith. There is no stone that I can't handle." Xylia replied with a smug face.

"Xylia-chan are you alright? What was that noise? What …..what ….what happen?" Sanji almost drop the plate of crepe when he see the seastone in pieces.

"I broke it." Xylia replied with a huge grin on her face.

"But how?" Nami that abandon her navigation the moment she heard that the seastone been broken.

"By aiming for the vital point of course."

"What is a vital point?" Asked Robin.

" Hmmmmmm how should I put it? Every object is covered in a net, however every net have a hole. As long you attack the hole, the entire net will collapse."

"Every net have a hole?" Asked Robin again.

"Yes, every. A person can make the hole smaller but it is always there."

"Sugoi~~ How to see the net?" Asked Luffy while shaking Xylia until she start to see stars. "Ouch! Why you hit me Chopper?"

"What you think you are doing to my patient?"

"Ehehehe sorry." Luffy apologized and let go of Xylia.

"The net is not something you can see but a feeling, something like instinct. It is hard to grasp it unless you possess a hell lot amount of talent and hardwork."

"Can you teach me?" asked Luffy.

"I can try but bear in mind not everybody can perfect this skill."

"I want to learn it too. "

"Me too."

In the end, all the crews agreed except Zoro. All the crews turn and stare at him.

"What?"

"You don't want to learn it? With this skill you can easily become the strongest swordman in the world."

"…"

Xylia seeing her servant unwillingness decided to help him out by changing the topic. "Frankie, do you use a boiler for this ship?"

"Yes. Why?"

"I have a plan to modify the boiler a bit so that I can use it as a blacksmith's forge. Here I did a simple sketch on the plans, what do you think?"

Frankie replied after looking at it, "This plan might work but you have to modify here a bit. Make it smaller because our boiler is…..never mind just follow me the engine room."

Zoro stood there seeing her disappearing below the deck. He himself also don't know why he didn't agree. Like Luffy said, with that skill he could easily be the greatest swordman but why do he don't like the idea of her teaching him? Maybe unconsciously, Zoro had seen Kuina in her. A rival. A friend. And….love.

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Hello mina-san, I actually wrote the ending already but the episodes towards the ending not really. Do you want a sneak peek? Please comment.