[Zoro-centric]

7. Art

It's not his fault.

But the crew seems adamant that he fixes it. The cook even promised to throw a feast with lots of booze if he could do it. And what's so hard about it anyway?

Zoro carefully placed his swords in a corner and picked up three paintbrushes. One on his left hand, one on the right and one in his mouth. All three dipped in different colors. The task was to replace the painting of the current greatest swordsman in the world, Dracule Mihawk.

He's seen the man a couple of times, heck, he trained with him for a couple of years. Remembering his face was a piece of cake. But just for the record it wasn't his fault for slicing the painting in half. It was the stupid pirate who used it as a shield. And they were all pestering him to just capture the bastard.

So he sliced the painting in half and captured the guy, just like they wanted him to. Except, they didn't want him to slice the painting. What's so special about a bunch of lines made with paint? Anyone can do it.

Which led to his current situation now.

10 million berries. That's how much the painting was worth. How the fuck does a painting even cost so much?

He obviously can't pay for it, and the witch most definitely won't lend him the money. But he's a pirate for goodness sake. Can't they just run away?

Oh right, captain's order. Because the damn cook bribed Luffy with meat to see him suffer. Zoro huffed and stared at the empty canvas. They'll see. They'll ALL see. Roronoa Zoro, the man who'll become the greatest swordsman in the world will also become the greatest painter in the world!

The Straw hats were currently on the run from an angry crowd accusing them of mocking the saviour of their island, namely Mihawk.

"Well… I tried," Zoro shrugged as they jumped aboard the Sunny.

"And you failed," Sanji added. "Miserably. Just like the marimo you are."

Another fight broke out on board the Sunny as they soared through the clouds, courtesy of Franky's Coup d Burst. Never again, Zoro thinks. He's never felt his pride so shattered. Just do muscle training and meditation and leave the artsy stuff to Ussop. Never again.

A/N: The thought came to me while I was in painting class... "What if one of the Mugiwaras (except Ussop) were an artist?" Then my friend suggested that Zoro be the artist and I'm just. Zoro... *pfft*