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Chapter 3:

"Why the hell do I have to come with you?!" Zoro muttered, walking alongside Akane.

"Well it isn't my fault Luffy fell asleep! You would've been in an awkward position if you just stayed there anyway!"

"Ah? How?"
"Well Shanks purposely sent me out…. What do you think that means? He hasn't seen his wife in two years…" Akane smirked as she saw Zoro gulp and turn his head away from her in realizing what she meant. This made the girl laugh. "Well we should get to Sanji's restaurant and take our time then! Maybe eat something!"

"Sanji's restaurant? That guy owns a restaurant?!"

"No way! It's his…. 'old man' I guess you could say…. But he works as a cook there! And his food is top notch too! I'm going to ask him to make us something just so I can show you!" She giggled.

"Why would you want to show me?" He questioned confused.

"Well cause that place is like our crew's hanging place… we go there every weekend and get high class food for free~ it's amazing! And since you're going to be in our cre-"

"I told you I'm not going to be in your damn crew!" Zoro snapped.

"Yeah, yeah! Whatever you say Zoro-chan~" She chuckled and walked forward quickly.

"Ch-Chan?!" Zoro cursed- she must've heard about those idiot girls.

After a while of teasing Zoro, the two reached the restaurant and Zoro gaped at the sight before him. The restaurant was shaped as a fish/boat! "I-Is this a pirate ship or something?!"
"Nah~ but the owner- Sanji's 'old man' used to a pirate." Akane explained and then walked into the restaurant- Zoro quietly followed. As he got in he felt like he didn't belong here as well. It was full of high-class people that only seemed to stare at him.

"W-Why are they staring at me, and not you?!" He asked, annoyed at the stares.

"Oh probably cause all the people here know Sanji and our crew- but they don't recognize you I guess."

"T-The hell? How many times have you been here?"
"I don't know… to many times to count…" She grinned and then yelled really loudly, "SANJIIIII~" And at that moment the sound of running footsteps could be heard coming from the kitchen.

"AKANE-CHWAAAAN~" He swooned, dancing weirdly. Zoro raised his brow in disgust.

"Was he always like this?! He's just an ero-cook!"

"Hey Sanji~" Akane waved and then handed him a bag. "This is for Jii-jii! Shanks asked me to give it to him."

"Oh! Shanks is back!" Sanji exclaimed happily. "It's been awhile!"

"Yeah! I would take you to see him right now… but he's busy…" She giggled again and glanced at Zoro who gulped once again. "So-"

"What the hell is that Marimo doing here?" Sanji suddenly spat, glaring at Zoro. He obviously didn't like him.

"O-Oh he lives in my neighborhood and Luffy invited him for dinner… but like I said Shanks got busy so he kicked us out…. Luffy fell asleep after eating too so it's just me and him here." Akane sweat-dropped; she knew that Sanji didn't like Zoro just because of what he said- and since it pissed off Nami, it pissed him off too.

"What? You got a problem with it?! Ero-cook?!" Zoro snapped, he didn't like the way the cook was acting when he saw Aka- women…

"E-Ero cook?!" Akane burst out laughing while Sanji looked at her surprised.

"You bastard!" He went over and grabbed Zoro by the collar.

"Ah? You wanna fight?! I'll kick your ass!" Zoro smirked.

"I should be the one saying that, Marimo!"

"Oi, oi! Nobody's going to be fighting here!" A deep old voice called out and kicked Zoro and Sanji in the heads.

"Oh! Jii-jii!" Akane greeted the old man Zeff happily. "It's nice to see you again!"

"Oh, Akane." Zeff smirked and nodded his head.

"OI! You shitty geezer What the hell was that for?!" Sanji snapped, rubbing his head. Zoro stared at the old man and rubbed his head as well.

"That your old man?"

"Whaddya think!?" Sanji snapped.

"Hey you eggplant! You're 100 years too young to be arguing with me! Get back to work!"

"Tch." Sanji spat and then turned to Akane. "Ahh~ Akane-chwan~ I'll make you something so delicious that you would fall in love with me right away~" He swooned.

Akane chuckled, "we just ate Sanji so can you just make some dessert?"

"No problem~ and of course you'll get it for free~ though that marimo over the-"

"Oh I was wondering if he could get it for free too… you see he's broke."

"A-Ah?" Sanji blinked twice; he never would disobey a lady, especially if she was in the same crew as him. The cook glared at Zoro who was smirking and then scoffed. "Only because you say so Akane-chwan~" And then he walked away.

"That's pretty convenient there." The green head noted.

"Yep! Oh Jii-jii! I gave Sanji something from Shanks!"

"Oh, he's back already? Been a while…. Tell him I said thanks."

"Ok! But I think you can come over tomorrow! It's been two years, and everyone's excited to see him."

"I see. I'll just come along with that eggplant over there then."

"Okie-Doke~" Akane smiled and then walked over to a table for two; she motioned Zoro to come over.

"So… does everyone in your crew know who that guy is?" Zoro asked as he sat down.

"That guy? You mean Shanks? Yeah of course! He's the one who inspired Luffy to become a pirate after all! And me, of course…. And Ace…."

"Ace? Who the hell is that?"
"Oh that's Luffy's older brother! He's not here right now though, but he's really cool! I can't wait for you to meet him too!"

"Why the hell would I want to meet another pirate?" Zoro muttered to himself.

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After eating a delicious full chocolate cake, Akane and Zoro were on the way home with leftovers. "So where's your house?" She asked, entering their neighborhood.

"I don't know… I had been looking for it, but then that captain of yours called me."

"Oh, do you know the address?" She questioned.

"Ah? Yeah." Zoro shoved his hand into his pockets and searched for a piece of crumbled paper. Taking it out a few minutes later he showed it to Akane. She slightly smiled as she saw the address.

"Oi, Zoro! This is the house right across from ours!"

"Ah? Really?" He asked surprised.

"Yeah! Here, I'll lead you to it!" She smiled, already guessing his bad sense of direction. Grabbing him by the wrist the girl dragged him to the house right across from hers.

"Oh. This is it." He nodded his head.

"Of course it is! How'd you not know that? The address is right there…" She gave him a teasing smile. "Wow, on top of being afraid of pirates, you're also stupid!"

"Shut up!" He snapped, embarrassed and then walked into his house, slamming his door.

"And he has a short temper too~" She chuckled and then turned to go to her own house- but something stopped her. Her eyes widened as she saw just who was behind her, an enemy to her crew: Eustass Kidd.

"Yo~ been a while ah?" The red-haired captain's purple lips stretched to a cruel smile.

"Whaddya want?" She demanded- her crew had been in a huge fight with Kidd and his crew a while back and it was so hard that the fight became a draw- though right now she didn't wasn't even in the best condition.

"What do I want? I want revenge. Especially from that captain of yours, though since you're out here I wouldn't mind planning my revenge on you either; you pissed me off enough last time." That's right, she did piss him off, before Luffy had gotten to Kidd (he was busy fighting others) Akane was the one who was fighting him- and even though she isn't stronger than Luffy she did do some damage to Kidd.

"Shit…" She cursed to herself. Her house was just across the street for pete's sake! "You mind me going to my house really quickly?" She asked teasingly.

"Why? You wanna drag out your boyfriend?"
"Luffy's not my boyfriend damnit!" Akane cursed. "He's my BEST FRIEND. Nothing else!"

Kidd cackled an evil laugh and crossed his arms. "So you wanna drag out your best friend then?"

"W-wait a second… how do you we live togeth-"

"A 'lil birdy told me." He said mockingly.

"Bastard… you sent a spy on us?!"
"Oh~ quite smart, are we? Yeah I did. And you guys were stupid enough not to notice- though Killer is a master of going to places without getting noticed." He complimented his subordinate.

"Tch." Akane scoffed and then an idea popped in her head. "Wait a minute! Shanks is home! I could ask-" She then shook her head. This was a business between rival crews- she wasn't going to get her 'father' involved. Talk about pride.

"What's wrong? You want someone to save you?" Kidd laughed and then walked towards Akane- getting close to her face.

"Of course not. I'm perfectly capable of fighting you."

"Oh really? Even with the condition you're in right now?"

Akane gulped- just how did he know?! "Did you send your subordinate to figure that out too?" She choked out.

"Of course~" He began to laugh once again. "You're really interesting! To think you're body is so weak that even after a few months it's still not back to normal! Just because I stabbed you a few times!"
"You bastard…" She narrowed her eyes. Akane's body was always weak ever since she was little- probably because of the beatings she would suffer through when she was little.

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Zoro cursed as he looked for his phone. "Damn, I left it at that idiot's house…." He shoved his hands in his pockets in frustration. "I just snapped at that person…. Though she didn't seem like she cared…" He sighed and then went to the front of his house. Opening the door he stood there, shocked. In front of him he saw Akane's back turned to him and a guy in front of her… "Ki-Kissing?!" He stepped back in surprise. "Th-The fuck?! She had a boyfriend this whole time?!" Zoro then narrowed his eyes, noticing something was wrong- he saw blood coming out of Akane's stomach.

To be continued~ Hehehehehehe until next time~ Please R&R!