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I don't own One Piece, but I do love making up fanfiction.

Well, it's been a little while since I updated so I might as well make an effort. I'm supposed to be writing my dissertation for Uni today, but for some reason I just can't get motivated. So here comes inspiration! I hope.

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False Identity: Chapter 6. Awkward Lovers Part 2

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Tashigi knocked his hand away before he could give her another reason to mistrust him. Weeks almost months ago now Tashigi had been planning on getting information out of Zoro about her past or about this girl Kuina's past, but the closer she came to Zoro the less she wanted to know about herself.

What if in real life I am a boring person, with a boring family, that had just got aboard the wrong ship at the wrong time. What if I am a terrible outlaw? And had to run away from the world government… Zoro is being so kind to me. Why is he even acting this way now? To begin with he was nothing like this. And why do I want him to continue liking me as I am now?

What am I thinking? This wasn't supposed to happen! Why do I feel so scared and thrilled to be near him? Come on! I need to stop fooling around. I need some personal information about Zoro. I need to find out more about myself.

Or do I? What if this was supposed to happen? What if I did something terrible and tried to kill myself and I ended up like this, a blank slate with no memory of problems and troubles.

"Oi! Did you hear me?" Zoro knocked her elbow to get her attention, and Tashigi felt a wave of sadness overwhelm her. He was doing it again. He was the only one of the Strawhats that never called her new name Kuina.

"Zoro, why don't you ever call me by name?"

His carefree smile suddenly vanished, and she regretted saying anything. "Um…" He ran his fingers through his short green hair and leaned back on the bed, his three katana knocking against one another still having not yet left his side.

How does someone like him look handsome when he's drunk? I must have drunk a little too much myself.

His dark eyes seemed to pierce hers again burrowing their way into her soul.

Ahhhh! Can he read what I'm thinking? Does he kn...?

"Can you … can we stop this?"

"What?" Tashigi exclaimed in shock. Stop what exactly? Does he want me to tell him everything? I don't even know anything…

"I don't want to keep calling you by the name of a dead person who has nothing to do with you."

Well, it shouldn't come as any sort of surprise. I was right. He doesn't care for me, and why should he? He just wanted to pretend I was his old girlfriend. And now he can't stand the guilt. It makes sense. Will he announce my phony existence to the rest of the crew? Damn it all, why am I shaking?

Should I just tell him everything? Will that do any good?

"Zoro, do you know … what it is like … not to have a name? Do you know what it is like … to feel worthless and empty?" She knew she was shaking a bit and probably looked terrible and ridiculous. She wasn't sure what to expect from Zoro, but when she looked up into his grey, green eyes all she saw there was a gentle concern. He took both of her hands into his own and pulled her closer towards him. She could hear her nervous heartbeat speeding up and looked away from this uncharacteristic Zoro.

Why is he acting so understandingly?

"I don't have any identity." She muttered, as Zoro continued to close the distance between them. "It's so strange, I feel like I know you though." feeling strangely light-headed and she laughed at her own bizarre awkwardness around Zoro.

Why am I feeling so attracted to him right now? This is just too stupid!

"I know…" Her heart almost stopped when he moved both her hands placing them on his chest he stroked the backs of them with his own rough palms. She gazed back into his eyes. Again captivated by their mysterious glow. "You want to choose a new one?"

"What… choose a new name?" She asked with surprise.

"Yeah."

"Okay." She shuffled further back onto the bed to allow Zoro some space to sit or lie down on. Her heart was beating more with every word he said.

"What sort of name do you think would suit me?" She asked, a blush spread across her face.

How could he just except something like that? I have lied to him and he still wants to…

Zoro, as if sensing the awkwardness rising smirked at her and patted her on the head. "Something like a warning sign perhaps… 'Distruxann' or 'Smashilous' or 'Catastropie'…"

Tashigi's hand reached for the pillow behind her and threw it at him knocking his unexpecting self over. "I mean a real name."

"Well, what do you want to be called?"

I don't know!

"I have no idea…, wait before you say anything else that is just ridiculous I don't want something that's too long and ridiculous, and I don't want you to come up with anything stupid or rude.

Zoro grinned at her seriousness. "Okay, how about … umm 'Leah'?"

"hummm."

"It suits you yuknow?"

"And why is that?"

"I met a Leah once and she was practically blind just like you, and then there's the meaning. I saw it somewhere, and I remember it because I found it funny at the time. Leah means short sighted I think."

"Well then that is a big NO." Her previous nervousness thrown to the ceiling she jabbed at Zoro aiming for the ribs.

"What was that for?"

"For not taking this seriously."

Zoro rolled his eyes and stretched backwards onto the bed.

"Addie?"

"No."

"Kendra?"

"It sounds too serious."

"Hayley?"

"It sounds too cute and girly."

"Leila, Lena, Kyra…"

"Kyra sounds cool."

"Val, Zuzana, Vera?"

"Val is a bit too short."

Zoro stopped his listing off and just stared at her for a long time. "Um Zoro? What are you doing? Counting the marks on my face?" She lifted up a pillow and stuffed it into his face. "Stop staring at me. It's creapy!"

Zoro pulled the pillow away from his face and from her grip, putting it behind him. "I think Cara might suit you."

"Cara?"

"Hm."

"Is that mumbling noise supposed to be a form of acknowledgement?"

"Yeah." Zoro muttered.

Well, it does sound good, it has a nice ringing sound to it, and it's simple and clear. "Well, I quite like it."

"Good. So that's done." Zoro said while getting up and stretching again as if his body had reason to be stiff lying on such a smooth bed.

"Do you know what this one means too?" Tashigi asked.

"No. I just think it suits you." He smiled at her.

"Zoro? What exactly do you see when you look at me?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, I look like your friend right? What was she like?"

"It's not really any of your business what she looked like. Let's talk about something else."

"Yeah, but you said I looked like her, what was your relationship with her like?"

"It was rubbish. She hated me. You're not much like her at all really." Zoro got back off the bed. "So! You want some booze?"

"Zoro, I want to know."

"Well, Cara. I don't want to talk about it!"

"Why not?" she stood back up and walked across the room to him.

He turned his back to her. "It personal." he said gruffly.

"Zoro?" she took a hold of his shoulder and tried to turn him round.

"No!" Zoro shrugged her hands off him. "I don't talk about my past. What's done is done. It doesn't have anything to do with you."

"What the hell are you getting so angry about?! I was just asking you a few questions!"

"I wasn't getting angry! I just don't like people getting too involved in … me."

"So you think by pretending you don't have a past your life will become more interesting!" She felt herself getting angry. He still has a memory of the life he once had. "What did you leave someone behind? Have you done something you regretted?"

"No, not until now."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"Just, shut up woman!" He sat down in the seat at the table and crossed his hands behind his head partially covering his ears.

"Shut up!?"

"I don't want to talk about the past you idiot! I want to talk about you."

"What? And I'm convenient because I don't have a past!"

"No!" He yelled and then stood back up. His hands went to his weapons and for a brief moment Tashigi thought he might even be mad enough to kill her right then and there, but he pulled all three of his katana and their sheaths out of their places at his side and placed them on the table.

"No, that's not it at all." He let out what sounded like a life long weary sigh. "Does it really matter all that much if you don't have a past?"

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't done anything in my life that I have regretted, but there are things in my life that I at the time wished I had never witnessed. What is so bad about restarting your life the way you want it?"

"I don't want just any life. I want my own life back just something a small speck of truth so that I know who I really am. So … stop judging me, and looking down on me as if I don't know any better because you know what! I don't know any better myself, you idiot!"

Zoro grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him. "Do you really think I asked you to come here with me to criticize and threaten you?" His eyes were burning away her accusations and daring her to carry on with what she had been saying. "Or to listen to you badger me about my past? I don't want you for what you were or what you might be. I want you for who you are right now!" Zoro, suddenly realizing how that might have sounded, and blushed at his own boldness and seemed a little bit shocked at just how loose his tongue had become. He dropped her hands immediately and folded his arms across his chest.

Tashigi notice an annoyed blush spreading across his face and couldn't help but allow a smile across her face.

"You… you like me?"

"Yeah genius." Zoro muttered in a gruff voice.

Tashigi felt a gentle calmness come over her as his intentions became just as clear as she had hoped they would be.

"Why didn't you say that then?" Tashigi asked.

"I just did."

Tashigi felt embarrassed, and unsure of what she should be doing. "Well, I don't know h … I like you too, but … well I not sure whether you'll want me if I …"

Zoro didn't let her finish as he grabbed the front of her shirt and pulled her into a kiss. In her nervousness she had her hands clenched into fists. They were so tight she could feel her own pulsing heart beat running through the veins in them. For more balance she brought her hands up to grab a hold of his arms. His hands let go of her shirt, and he pulled away from her briefly.

"You're a dumb idiot." He muttered softly.

"Don't challenge me. I'm not the one who's getting lost in charted territory."

"Hummm" He acknowledged her before kissing her again. She felt a smile growing on his lips as he kissed her. What in the blazing blue seas was he thinking about?

"I like your hair." He said running his fingers through it.

"Um, thanks… I like yours too." She was surprised when she felt his left hand get a fistful of her dark tresses.

He wrapped his right arm behind her to support her back. And then kissed her again gently at first and then after a few moments started teasing her by licking her lips briefly before sucking on the lower one.

Damn it, I think I'm shaking. I must be shaking. Blast it! I am shaking. What the h…. is he doing to me?

He carried on kissing her while pushing Tashigi backwards until her legs came in contact with the edge of the bed. It didn't take much to push her back onto it, and to continue his attack on her lips. The small part of Tashigi that had the thoughts that questioned whether conceding to your emotions was the wise thing to do, was shut off in an instant and she let her mind boggling feelings guide her irrational decisions.

Sitting precariously on the edge of the bed Tashigi stopped Zoro for a few seconds so she could shuffle further up the covers and leaned back onto the pillows. It was only when she had lain back did she realize what she must now look like to him.

There's no turning back now. I want this. He wants this. Who cares about the past anyway?

Zoro stood dazzed for just a few seconds, before he sat down on the edge of the bed and tugged his black boots and trousers off. Having done that he stood up on the bed fully aware of Tashigi's gaze and took off the rest of his clothes until he was only dressed in one piece of clothing. He crouched down onto the bed and crawled up it until he was above Tashigi.

"So tell me, Cara. What was it that you wanted to say to me?"

"I didn't imagine that you might look this."

"Don't lie. I know you've been watching me workout." Zoro briefly poked her stomach as he smirked down at her his left hand on the border behind her head.

"No…" Tashigi's voice sounded really quiet and pathetic in her own head. "that… wasn't what I meant… well what I mean to say is… that…" Tashigi's voice ran out as his lips came to hers.

"You don't need to. I can see it in your eyes." Zoro lowered himself down onto her body, allowing his hands to wonder, he began to feel her up again touching her breasts, her smooth stomach, her shoulders. "You want me as much as I want you right?"

"Umm…" Tashigi couldn't think what she wanted to say next. All she was aware of in that moment was the way Zoro's hands felt on her, and how much better they would feel on her bare skin.

Zoro's lips came down on her neck sending shocks down Tashigi's spine as he continued to kiss her there. Tashigi felt the shakiness of her legs dissipate as the pressure of Zoro's own weight stopped them from feeling that much altogether. His arms wrapped around her and pulled her closer. Tashigi wondered if feeling so much all at once was all that good for you.

She started feeling uncomfortable. Not because the bed was uncomfortable, but because her temperature was rising. She felt too hot, her trousers felt too stiff and …

"Zoro?"

"Um?"

"Legs." Tashigi nodded down breathlessly at their legs.

And as if he could read her mind Zoro was quickly sitting up and pulling off her own trousers, throwing them somewhere behind him. He then continued kissing her as if she had become his new addiction.

"Zoro."

"You don't need to worry." Zoro kissed her again. "I won't let you get hurt."

"No," she pushed him up off her again with a lot more strength than what Zoro had probably expected. "Come on already, take my vest and bra off."

Very eager to please her in this way Zoro did just that and then started attacking this newly revealed surface of her skin. Tashigi found her arms wrapping themselves around his marvellous torso. If this was what loving Zoro was like then she didn't want it to stop any time soon.

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It wasn't too long before they were both very naked. Tashigi was finding it hard to catch her breath, and Zoro hadn't even done anything like that yet.

"Are you sure you're going to fit?"

"What?" Zoro looked up from his focus point to see the worry in Tashigi's eyes.

"I mean it's like fitting a Falcion blade into a Katana's sheath. What if the sheath breaks?" Tashigi felt her legs shaking again as they rested on either side of his hips.

Zoro laughed a little from her bizarre comparison, and then took a hold of both her legs and gently stroked down both their smooth sides. "It will feel tight and uncomfortable probably at first." Zoro started, looking a little bit unsure as to what he should be saying. "But I can guaranty that I won't break you." When his eyes captured hers again they were glowing with an unfiltered compassion, care, excitement and desire all at once. "If you want to know…" Zoro continued licking his lips and grinning. "I think a woman's sheath is almost magical. She can own and take in any sword that she wants."

"So, what are you saying?" Tashigi's voice sounding breathless yet again. "You want me to own you?"

"Don't you?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

Tashigi responded by wrapping her legs around Zoro and leaning back trying to get prepared for this unexperienced, but well-known form of exercise. Zoro lifted her hips up to his as he gently started inching himself into her.

This isn't so bad. I can hardly even… "UHHH!"

"Sorry, I can't seem to get the right angle." Zoro blushed a bit embarrassed with himself and unwrapped her legs from around him. He spread her legs wider apart and again closed in, positioning himself at her entrance.

"Okay." He said. "ready?"

"Yes."

Okay then second try, it still doesn't feel so bad. Just a little bit weird, and… Her mind went blank as Zoro pushed his way through something really small. She felt a shock as her inner, unused muscles stressed as to what was invading their space, spreading them out, and stretching them apart. She felt a spasm rake through her lower regions as if they didn't know what to do about the invasion.

"Hey?" Zoro voice sounded near her ear. She opened her eyes. "You alright?" He looked worried.

"It's fine. I'm just not used to feeling like this." She took a few deep breaths and then tried to relax back again on the bed.

"You can carry on." She whispered.

Zoro continued pushing himself in slowly and steadily until his hips made a sudden jerking movement and pushed himself all the way in. Tashigi was breathless as she felt him inside her. Although she held no memory of her past, she was sure that at this moment Zoro had reached a point in herself that she was sure no one had gotten to before. She was sure every muscle in her entire body had ceased up.

Just before her body could readjust to this new feeling of having him inside her he started pulling back out slowly, and before she could ask why he couldn't wait for just a few more moments he pushed back into her again. Her eyes were temporarily made useless, as the brain seemed to shut them off in favour of focusing on the feeling of having sex that the body had never experienced before.

"Zoro." She whispered his name. Her hands reached out to touch his solid, muscular chest, wanting to hold onto something other than the bed sheets.

She felt Zoro let go of her legs as his hands travelled up her body and found her breasts again. Squeezing them in his hands he unleashed something she didn't know she had been holding back. She felt as though her legs were suddenly jelly and heard a low and loud moan pass through her lips.

What the hell is he doing to me? How does he know what to do?

After a few more slow thrusts into her Zoro began to pick up the pace. At first Tashigi didn't like it, but when she caught glimpses of him looking down at her in adoration and she was transfixed. If he liked it so much then why shouldn't she? And she began pushing up her body to meet his thrusts.

He carried on at a fast thumping pace for a few minutes as Tashigi felt her inner muscles coil up and release almost twice before she saw Zoro experience his release. He looked like he was in a difficult battle one moment and the next, as she felt her muscles clench around him, he seemed to experience a seventh heaven.

Once he had finished shaking from his high he rolled off her and lay by her side trying to catch his breath.

"Wow." Tashigi muttered to no one in particular.

"I know. That was good." Zoro said propping himself up on his elbows. "You're really … nice … hot looking, lying naked like this." Zoro said his right hand coming to rest on her breasts as his eyes travelled down her body to her hips and then back up again. He leaned in close and kissed her neck. "You want to do it again?" He whispered.

"Zoro that was amazing." She did feel like she was on one massive high, but at the same time her private parts felt tender and a bit … damaged? A little bit worried she sat back up looking down at the bed sheets beneath her noticing just how wet she still was. She put her hand between her legs, and lifted it up again.

No blood. That's good, I suppose. I felt certain he knocked something out of me.

"Hey?... Cara. What are you doing? Are you okay?" Zoro asked.

"Just checking." She lay back down beside him and he embraced her giving out a peaceful sigh when she kissed his collarbone.

"What?" Zoro muttered into her hair.

"Just stuff."

"I like your stuff."

"I like your stuff too."

"Yeah, but I liked you first."

Tashigi felt a massive grin spread across her face at such a stupid and somewhat childish debate. "I'm glad you did. I owe you my life after all."

She kissed his chest again enjoying how interesting it looked in the dim light and how warm it was.

So does Zoro want to continue or does he just want to hold me?

"Do you want the light on or off?" She asked, but he was already asleep. "Gosh, well I guess someone else hasn't been working out much in that particular area either."

She pulled out of his reach long enough to turn the light off and then managed to pull the covers out from underneath Zoro to cover them both. As she snuggled in closer to the pirate she felt an overwhelming sense of belonging and security that she couldn't ever remember feeling before.

Is this what it feels like to love someone?

She shrugged her worries and cares off. She didn't care who or what she had been anymore. If Zoro could love her exactly how she was then and there having no history and memory then why should she care what anyone else thought of her?

And she went to sleep in the arms of her honest rescuer.

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End of Chapter 6!

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