Hey everyone! So I feel kinda bad, but I needed a break from writing the cannon stuff and decided to make this little adventure! Oda sensei does it too, so I thought, why not- I might as well! Also, if you have noticed I deleted a chapter from my story and I think it kinda messed up the reviews and what not. Don't worry, I only deleted the AN of me (i think it was ch 9) so yea!
Also, I wanted to know your thought about making a chapter based on the One Piece movies. I was thinking either 5, 6, or 7 and def. Strong World and Film Z, but wanted your thoughts before I begin writing them! Also, side note... I watched the release of Film Z and I was sadly not impressed with it as much as I thought I was going to... Still think Strong World is my fav. One Piece movie!
So special shout-outs to Taiski, Totong, phoenix, Fanboy316, and DinoZilla for your kind reviews! I'm really glad you all liked Zombie-Kimi! There's a picture of Zombie-Kimi on my Deviantart account if you want to look her up! If you guys like it, I was thinking about making a special with Zombie-Kimi and Zombie-Zoro so let me know your thoughts! It would be just a silly and fun story... nothing to the plot or anything.
-yesiamweird
The oversized weights clanked against one another as the man working out grunted heavily with each stroke of his exercise. He had completed 19 sets of thrusts with only this final set being his last for the day.
The small beads of sweat didn't bother him but rather persuaded him to continue for some odd reason. Then again, he'd had always been pushing himself to the limit. Even as a child, Zoro pushed his body to incredible strengths normal humans wouldn't dare imaginable.
Well, maybe… He grinned after completing his last set with the 200 lb weight. After joining Luffy's crew and witnessing first-hand how un-normal a group of people could be, Zoro seemed to fit right in their gang.
He huffed deep from with-in his chest while wiping the top of his forehead with the back of his hand. "Good." He nodded to himself. He would mutter one-word compliments to himself after every workout. He mostly said, good or even there, sometimes even more… when he felt his training for the day wasn't acceptable.
A small giggle turned his focus from his own thoughts to the woman sitting on the bench that surrounded the crow's nest. He had gotten used to the scientists presence every other day during this time. Ever since she first arrived on the Merry – and now even on the Sunny – Kimiko would sit and observe him while writing incoherent notes about his strength.
He used to ask why in the beginning, but she always gave the same answer. "I've never seen anyone with as much raw strength! It's incredible!" She would say it every time he asked, so after a while, he stopped asking and let her go about her own business.
She was rather good company; she didn't talk unless spoken to and the natural aura of her presence seemed to calm him for some unexplained reason. Maybe it was her aura that always soothed him into sleeping on the deck whenever she was around.
He also noticed that one of Kimi's favorite spots on the Sunny was the tree swing on the deck. Of course, she wouldn't even bother to ask Luffy, Usopp, or Chopper to sit on it when they were out and about. But as soon as they left the area, Kimiko would place herself on the wooden seat and lightly push the swing.
She looked like a child, honestly, but her soft swinging motion hypnotized Zoro into a nap.
"What?" The green-haired man questioned after her giggle. There was nothing funny about the situation, nor did he speak to her.
Raising her eyes from her book to him with a startle, Kimi shrugged. "Oh, I'm sorry. I just noticed a funny comment in my father's journal. That's all." She placed the book in her lap, "Did I distract you?" She asked concerned.
Zoro turned his back to her while shaking his head. "No. I'm done…"
"Oh."
Her voice was soft. As if she was embarrassed. He only rolled his eyes as he placed his shirt back onto his body, "What did you discover?"
"Hmmm?" Kimi tilted her head as he turned back to face her. "Oh, the journal! Well, it's funny… my father scratched out his formula a few times and then wrote 'screw this' on the side and moved onto his next task. It just was funny…"
She closed her eyes in a smile. Sometimes she confused Zoro with the use of her glasses. Every once and a while she would wear them, and other times she wouldn't. At the current moment, her glasses were not on and as she opened her eyes back at him, he caught a glance at the deep blue usually hiding within her pupils.
He shook his head, not only at her comment but to also get the image of that rich sky-blue out of his mind. "Well, whatever then."
Kimiko nodded and stood with her books and supplies clutched in her arm and pressing to her chest. "I have something for you." She handed him a sheet of scribbled on paper. "I've made some rather interesting notes. I know how hard you work, and I wanted to inform you of the muscles in your body you are neglecting to work."
"Oi." Zoro scoffed looking at the paper. "You saying I'm not strong?"
She shook, "Quite the opposite actually. I'm only wanting you to know the parts that you do not consistently train." She wrapped her other arm around her supplies. "But honestly, I think I've gathered sufficient data on your skills. It's so amazing… I can only wait to see what you will discover as time passes."
The buff swordsman blinked. "So, you won't be watching anymore…?"
His question caused the scientist to blink twice in confusion. "Oh, yes. I'm sorry… I should probably examine the others as well. Not only have I been helping you, Zoro, but I have also been formulating a technique for myself. It will be beneficial if I observe everyone."
Her words struck the man like a knife. She wouldn't be visiting him now… instead she would be below his room/area and to make matters worse, she'd probably have to observe Crap Cook.
"Besides, now I won't annoy you during your training." She smiled.
"You don't annoy me."
"Huh?" Her smile faded into a raised eyebrow. "Oh…" She ducked her head down so the bangs on her forehead covered her face. Underneath her shadow, he imagined her blushing.
"Ah, well whatever…" Zoro shrugged trying not to think too much about her cute blushing or the endearing way she stood awkwardly in front of him. "I'll see you."
Kimi nodded still with her head to the floor, arms wrapped around her books, and knees knobbed inwards. "Okay…" She took a step towards the door that led to the stairs refusing to look at anything in particular.
The result, of course, forced the scientist to trip over her own two feet and land face first on the floor while her papers and books scattered around.
"Oi, oi, oi…" Zoro muttered standing above her with his hand placed on his hip in a demeaning manner. "You gotta be careful." He bent at his knees to pick up her fathers worn journal into his calloused hand.
"Ow…yea. You're right." Kimi pushed herself up to a sitting position with her hand rubbing her forehead. "Ouch…"
"Here." Zoro handed her the journal as well as her own and a few of the scattered papers.
They touched hands for a split second and then pulled away in a retreated frown. "Thanks…"
"Oh." Zoro pointed to her head. "You're bleeding…"
"Hm?" Kimi placed her belongings in her lap and touched the sore area on her head. "I guess I am…" She nodded after observing the red substance on her fingertips. She would go to Chopper right away. He would probably freak out over nothing as he usually did at first but it was better safe than sorry.
"Don't move." Zoro commanded standing and walking towards a small black box on one of the shelves. He pulled out a small bandage without an expression plastered on his face. Walking back down to her and kneeling, Zoro undid the wrapping and placed it on her scratch.
It was awkward both for him and the woman as their presence intertwined with one another. But Zoro was a man that always finished what he started and he-be-damned if he didn't finish taking care of her.
His medical care was much more harsher than that of the reindeer. But that was to be expected, Kimi thought wincing as he jammed the sticky bandage to her head. "Thanks." She grimaced for a moment and then stood as soon as he did. "You know Chopper will be mad if he ever finds out you took his supplies. He always wants us to get our injuries checked out from him. Even the littlest ones. "
Zoro smirked, "And sometimes even the biggest ones do not need attention. Besides… he's not going to know. Is he?"
The tone from his voice caused the woman to giggle once again. "No. He won't. No worries, Zoro… you're secrets are safe with me." She turned on her heel once again and then stopped just before opening the door. "I don't think Luffy or Sanji would stop tormenting you if they ever found out about the triplets on Water 7."
Zoro tensed quickly as she reminded him of the horrible demand of the foster mother and her children on the island.
She giggled again, "Like I said…" She motioned with her hand to lock her mouth and throw away the key, "Your secret is safe with me!"
Luffy glared at his scientist swinging slowly on the deck. "Oi! Kimi are you not coming with us?! Why not?! Do you have no sense of pirate adventure?!"
"Luffy!" Nami swatted the back of his head with a growl. "If Kimi doesn't want to go, then she doesn't have to go!"
"Awwwww. But since Sanji is sick he can stay and watch Sunny." The captain whined. "Come on Kimi! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!"
"Ow! Twin-san, come on, baby, yea!"
"Kimi! Please come with us!"
"Kimiko… allow the great captain Usopp to protect your fears of the unknown."
"Oi, didn't you have, I-can't-go-onto-this-island disease just a few minutes ago?"
The remarks of her crew forced the scientist to stand from her spot. "Gah, okay okay…" She nodded and gasped as Luffy's rubber arm coiled around her waist and forcing her onto the shore.
"Luffy, don't break Miss Scientist." Robin stated.
The captain laughed heartedly as Kimi stood from her collision on the ground. "Good thing Twin-san is SUPPPPPPPER awesome!"
The blue-haired woman only nodded once and then walked alongside the other two women towards the pier. When they could finally see pass the large sandbank, the crew was pleasantly surprised to see a rather large town.
But what really caught the attention of the crew were the balloons and tents stationed on the road. "Annual Town Fair?" Robin read the sign by the first tent.
"YAHHHHHOOOOO!" Luffy jumped up and down vigorously, "Sanji is sure going to regret being sick!"
"Baka!" Nami slapped him again, "It's not like he chose to get the stomach flu today!"
"But he should be much better by tomorrow!" Chopper spoke up, "For now though, let's go get Cotton Candy!" Both he and Usopp ran towards the road with Luffy catching the lead right after.
"I guess a fair visit wouldn't hurt?" Robin smile sweetly and then continued to follow with the others following her. The streets were filled with many treats and interesting foods. Some that even fascinated Kimiko to the point where Usopp had to drag her away so she wouldn't get separated from the others.
"COME ONE, COME ALL! ALL YOU LUCKY PLAYERS THAT THINK YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN 8 MILLION BELLI! GATHER IN TENT 6 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME!"
A voice on the loudspeaker den den mushi platform hollered. The words stabbed Nami like a knife. "E-Eight, m-m-mi-million?!"
"Oi, your eyes are weird." Usopp grunted.
"To tent 6!" The orange-haired woman shoved the crew to the right location. Miraculously, Zoro seemed to wander away from their pack. At the very last second of complete misplacement, Kimiko cloned herself to heard the stray man towards them once more.
As the group stood with the large crowd in the number 6 tent, a vibrantly dressed ring-man entered onto the stage with a cunning smirk underneath his mustache. "Welcome, welcome! Both locals and new faces! It's the moment you all have been waiting for! The Annual Fair's Main Event: The 25th Scavenger Hunt!"
The crowd cheered loudly while the Strawhats pondered at their excitement, well, all except Nami with the Belli signs still brightly shinning in her eyes.
"Yes, that's right! Now make a line for your team to sign in! Because of certain circumstances last year, we have limited the teams to couples! So grab a friend and sign up!"
"Couples?" Chopper frowned with his fluffy cotton candy stick still in his hand.
"Guess we will just have to divide ourselves into pairs." Usopp nodded in an attempt to hover their group for a team meeting. "Okay… how should we divide this?"
The pirates looked to each other with perplexed glances. They were all friends… so it really didn't matter who was with whom. Holding out a hand, Zoro motioned for the group to draw sticks. Their usual means of picking teams.
"Where did you even get those from?!" Usopp panicked, but pulled a stick nonetheless.
"What ever size matches the twin, that is the person you are paired with." Zoro nodded as everyone held a hand out in their circle.
"Oi Usopp and I are partners!" Luffy cheered and then ran with the marksmen to the sign-up line.
"Yay! Robin!" Nami cheered.
Chopper giggled in his ever-cheerful high-pitched voice, "Franky!"
"Ow!" The cyborg winked. "So that just leaves Twin-san and Zoro." The two mentioned only nodded and followed after the others.
"Congratulations teams! We have completed our registration and now we will proceed with our game! Listen carefully teams: for these are the items you will need to possess and if you do not remember correctly your shot at 8 million Belli is forged!"
Hearing the ringmaster's words caused the scientist to pull out her small writing pad and pen from her pants pocket. Luckily, she had placed the items just before leaving the Sunny.
"The first item is a change in fortune!"
Kimi scribbled the item down, though she was quite confused by the name of it.
"Next is a binding of knowledge. Followed by a way to speak and receive! The next item is a riddle: it is something so thin yet cleans so much in the right size."
Kimi continued to write, despite being completely confused by the complexity of these riddles of the items needed to be found.
"Next is a golden drink that changes personality. And the final item is included in the periodic table element that floats!"
Kimi smirked at that item. It was the only obvious answer the scientist could figure out. After all, she had the entire table of elements completely memorized.
"ADVENTURE SEEKERS! ARE YOU READY?!" The ring-man yelled which in turn caused the crowd to scream in excitement. "REMEMBER, THE FIRST ONE BACK HERE BEFORE 2 O'CLOCK IS DECLARED THE WINNER! AFTER 2, THE PRIZE DROPS TO ONLY 2 MILLION BELLI!"
"Whaaaaaaa!?" Nami fumed after the comment. No one had told her they only had an hour and a half to find the riddle of items on an island they had never been in.
"GOOOOOOOO!"
The crowd bolted from the tent and separated on instant. Meanwhile, the Strawhat's managed to force their bubbling captain to hold his horses.
"Twin-san, read the list out one more time…" Franky nodded.
"A change in fortune, a binding of knowledge, a way to speak and receive, something so thin yet cleans so much in the right size, a golden drink that changes personality, and the periodic table element that floats."
"Too much thinking! Not enough doing!" Luffy protested until Nami slapped his head. "Be quiet! We need to think about these items before we spilt and search this town! That way, if we all know what the answers are then one of us is sure to win the prize!"
Kimi nodded, "Well the last question is the easiest… It's helium. Just bring back a floating balloon."
Nami and Robin nodded, it was obvious the women were the brains of the operation. "A binding of knowledge could be a dictionary… or an encyclopedia…" Robin offered.
"Something so thin and cleans just the right size could be a towel, or a napkin…?" Chopper offered.
"Good idea, these clues are meant to trick us so if each of us divide up what we bring back than sure enough one of us should win. And it doesn't matter who wins because it'll all be going to the same place!" Nami winked. The girls and Usopp all agreed.
"Blah blah blah! Let's get to it already Usopp! We are already behind!" The captain whined.
Kimi handed each team a separate copy of the list and what the possible answers could be. The answers, of course, were divided up so that the possibility of winning would be greater. "Okay! Meet back soon! BYE!" Luffy waved his hand frantically and then charged into town.
Nami sighed, "Well there goes one team." She turned back to the rest of the pirates with a glare, "Don't you guys let me down or else… I'll never forgive you for letting 8 million Belli slip away from my grasp!"
Kimi only giggled and continued to follow suit of Luffy and Usopp. "No worries Nami-san, one of us is sure to win!"
The crew separated with only an hour to be the victors.
"So… we have a dictionary, a den den mushi, a napkin, and a balloon…" Zoro muttered as he and the scientist walked down the cobbled road alongside one another. She had her nose practically buried in the binding of her notebook while Zoro held onto the string of their red balloon. The rest of the supplies stuffed in his pockets.
"Yes, we need to find a change in fortune and a golden drink that changes personality…" She looked up from her journal with a determined glare. "I have a few hypothesis… but I'm not really sure-"
"Oi, just tell 'em to me… we only got thirty minutes left."
Kimi blushed and stopped walking. "Oh… I lost track of time… heh." She sweatdropped while facing the swordsman. "Well… the only things I can think of for a change in fortune could be a fortune cookie?"
Zoro thought about the answer for a moment and nodded. "That could work." He placed a finger under his chin. "What about the other one? The golden drink?"
"Heh… yea… still don't know that-"
"I know it."
Kimiko blinked. "What? You do?"
The smirk on the swordsman revealed how much he was confident in his answer. "A golden drink that changes personality… that's definitely a bottle of sake."
The scientist pondered the object for a few seconds and then smiled, "I think you're absolutely correct, Zoro!"
"Baka, of course I am! I just wish I would have thought about it sooner so we'd be done by now!" The comment made the blue-haired woman giggle. "We should probably go back to the market… I think it was this way-" Zoro started to wonder off when his shirt collar pulled him back.
"It's this way, silly." She giggled as her clone proceed to drag the disoriented man alongside of her. As the two made their way back to the market place, the scientist looked over to the man, "How much money do we have left?"
"Uh, 50 Belli." Zoro responded.
"Okay, I'll take 10 and you go and buy a bottle of Sake- DON'T drink it!" She pointed a finger while taking her amount of money. The command caused the swordsman to grunt and glare at her. "Go inside of that drink shope and wait right by the front. Don't go anywhere else! I'll be right back after I buy the fortune cookie from the market place."
"Oi, you are worse than Nami."
Kimiko only continued to glare at the slightly taller man. Despite his reputation, she knew that he wouldn't harm a hair on his Nakama's heads. "Understood? Don't move from the shope, and don't drink the bottle!"
"What if I have enough money for two?"
"Zoro…"
The swordsman grunted once again and turned on his heels. "Fine fine. I'll wait for ya…" The two parted ways with Zoro entering the small wine shop in the middle of the market place. The door offered a slight 'ping' of a bell to announce he had entered.
"Why hello there, what can I do for you!?" A rather older woman smiled from behind the counter.
"Golden sake. Two cheep bottles for 40 Belli." The swordsman was going to drink one now, and save one for the scientist. She wasn't a drinker, so it wouldn't be that she would know what good liquor cost. Plus, they were just buying this stuff to give away in a contest? So why did it have to be of super quality. He, for one, didn't care about quality. He only wanted to drink.
"Okay, sonny!" The woman with greying hair smiled forcing the wrinkles in her face to deepen. "Golden Sake… I've been getting a lot of requests for this today…" She laughed heartedly. Yet, the swordsman continued to stare with his emotionless face. "There you are… two bottles of that will cost you 40 Belli even!"
Zoro slapped the money on the countertop and then lifted the necks of the green bottles in his hands. "I'm going to drink one now inside of here… that okay?"
The woman blinked. And then proceeded to laugh hysterically. "Well of course, you didn't tell me that or I would have gotten you a chilled bottle!" She wiped the tears from off the side of her cheek. "I like you sonny! Come, I'll give you a chilled bottle to drink for free!" She waved the swordsman over to the back of the room.
The smile on Zoro's face light up with gratitude. Not only was he going to get a free bottle to drink, but also have another cheep bottle for later on tonight when he was at watch duty.
"You must be a samurai." The woman chuckled while pouring the chilled bottle from her fridge. She poured him a chilled glass and herself one. They toasted briefly and proceeded to gulp their drinks.
Zoro only sighed feeling the heavenly relief the alcohol brought to his muscles. "You could say I'm a samurai. But I like to think of myself as a swordsman instead. The greatest one alive."
The woman belted into a fit of laughter. "You are too rich. You know that!" She and the green-haired man finished the rest of their drinks in the blissful silence. "Well," The old woman began to say, "You are Roronoa Zoro ain't ya? Of the Strawhat pirates?"
Zoro only nodded, wiping his mouth clean. "Yup. Sure am."
She smiled. "Heh, I like you guys… I used to be a pirate a long long long time ago…"
"I bet."
The rudeness of the swordsman forced the old woman to smack the top of his green head. "Boy… you better watch that tongue of yours. I may be old, but I'm still a lady. A lady that can out drink you!"
"Ha! I'd like to see you try!" The swordsman continued to hold onto the top of his bulging head. "Oh, but I can't… I have to meet my crewmate right outside."
"Oh do you mean the pretty blue-haired girl?"
Zoro only nodded.
"Ha, I thought she was your girlfriend. The two of you looked so close." The comment from the old lady caused the man to blush a vivid red. "Oh, but it looks like she is already waiting for you out on the side of the street."
Zoro then changed his blush into a groan. That meant his impromptu free drinking date with this old woman was being cut short. As much as the woman creeped him out, he didn't mind her free booze.
"Oh goodness, and she seems to be talking to Lock and Shock."
"Who?" Zoro's defense started to gear up. He turned his head slightly so he could see out the window. Indeed, there was Kimi engaged into a conversation around two older looking men. They weren't as old as the woman from the shop, but they were definitely older than Kimi and him.
"Lock and Shock are what you would call the town outcasts. They are usually cruel to women. If she were your friend, Sonny, I'd go out there and flash one of those swords around to them." The woman nodded while finishing the last of her sake.
"That so…" Zoro finished his drink as well and smiled gently to the woman, "Thanks for your hospitality, and the free booze." He took the two bottles he paid for in his hands once again.
"Anytime, Sonny. It's not like you get to have a drink with the greatest swordsman, huh?!" She flashed her yellowed smile to him. "Go, save your girl."
Zoro tensed at the words, "She's NOT my girl!"
The old lady only laughed and waved him forwards. "Sure sure…"
Exiting the door, Zoro heard the strained conversation coming from Kimi and the two men. They seemed to be asking her about her likes – of both science and sexual innuendos that she obviously didn't understand. It wasn't until one of the men asked her a specific innuendo question did Zoro feel his blood boil.
"So, sweetheart… tell us… do the drapes match the carpet?"
Kimi blinked in complete confusion. "What? Carpet? What carpet?" Her innocent response caused the men to snicker even more. "Where? What? I'm really confused…" The scientist blushed while tapping her two pointer fingers at one another in an innocent stance.
The whole situation made the swordsman scowl. Of course, the two men had been completely unaware to his presence as they laughed from the reaction of the woman. "Well, sweetheart…" one of the men wrapped an arm around her back forcing her chest to connect with his own. "I'd be happy to show you in person-"
A tanned-skinned hand pushed the man's chest away from the woman's forcefully, "I would step back if I were you." Zoro glared between the man and Kimiko.
"Oh," She gasped feeling her body released by the man, "Zoro!"
"Gah!" The other man cried in a shriek. "Lock! T-tha-that's Pirate Hunter Rororona Zoro!"
"Eeeeeeeh!?" Lock shrieked as Zoro pushed the man to the ground behind him. "P-Pirate- H-H-Hunter?!
"Zoro?" Kimi only questioned innocently just as before. "What's wrong?"
The swordsman only looked to her with his eyes, "Are you hurt?"
"No." She responded softly with a shake in her head.
"Fine then. Consider yourselves lucky…" The green-haired man merely ridiculed while clutching Kimi's wrist and pulling her behind him forcefully as the two passed the men and continued down the road in silence.
"Zoro?"
The man growled. He was completely irritated both by what those men had asked Kimiko and by the comments of the older woman from the store. In his other hand he held a stern grip on his two bottles of sake.
"Can I have my hand back?" Kimi asked sweetly causing the swordsman to blush from her question. He hadn't let go of her for a solid five minutes now of them walking back to the fair at the outskirts of the city. "Yea. Whatever." He grunted not daring to look back at her.
"Are you okay?" She questioned. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No." Zoro only shook his head. "You did nothing wrong…"
"Oh. They did, didn't they?" She put two-in-two together understanding the man's frustration. "I may not understand the full extent of their question that riddled you up so much…" She admitted with a blush on her cheeks. Not that Zoro could see her, he refused to turn his head to look at the woman due to the large vivid blush on his cheeks as well, "But thanks for stepping in and having my back. I appreciate it."
He only grunted and the two refused to talk to one another until they made their way back at the Scavenger Tent with fifteen minutes to spare. "Oi! Twin-san and Zoro!" Franky waved to the two, "Did you guys get everything? Chopper and I tried to collect our belongings but they said we were wrong."
Nami was silently crying in the corner behind the cyborg with Robin and Chopper there to comfort her. "We lost too…"
"So did we…" Luffy cried just as much as the greedy navigator did. The scientist handed Zoro her object from her pocket. "Well, better see if we won!" She smiled sweetly.
The two of them entered the winner's circle and spread their items on the table. Zoro made sure to hide his extra bottle of Sake from the judges and Kimi, just incase. "We've brought: a bottle of sake, a dictionary, a den den mushi, a napkin, a fortune cookie and a balloon as our prizes…" Kimiko revealed each one with a smile.
The judge gasped at the two with an glare. "That can't be… you… you can't be… the-"
The gasp in his voice caused both contestants to frown in confusion.
"…the winners?"
"CONGRATULATIONS FOLKS! WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! TEAM 34 NICKNAMED BRAINS AND MUSCLE! YOU HAVE COMPLETED OUR 25TH ANNUAL SCAVENGER HUNT!"
The Strawhat pirates cheered for their winning team, and even Kimi and Zoro managed to smile and high-five one another despite their awkward situation with one another earlier.
"THE EIGHT MILLION BELLI IS YOURS!" the announcer handed the winning prize to Kimi and then proceeded in crowning both winners. Despite not wanting the crown on, the ringmaster forced the golden crown on top of Zoro's green head for the picture finishing moment.
"YAHOOOOO!" Luffy and Nami cheered when the group made their way back to the shore and to the Sunny. "Well, this has been the best day of my life!" Nami giggled holding onto the bags of cash.
"Let's buy lots and lots of meat with it!" Luffy declared.
"Baka! We should save the money just incase-" Usopp tried to reason until Nami hit him across the face. "If anyone gives orders about the money, it's me!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Kimiko laughed heartedly until they arrived on the deck of their ship. As soon as they did, like usual the crew parted ways. Except for the scientist.
As everyone separated, Kimi stayed on the deck and positioned herself onto the swing of the lone tree sprouting from the grassy deck. It was probably her favorite spot in the entire Sunny, well despite her own room of course.
The sun was beginning to set, and with Sanji being sick for the day, this meant that the crew was going to have to find their own food for the night. Kimi wasn't hungry, however, and instead found herself reminiscing of the words those men had said to her earlier in the middle of the market place.
Even now, she still couldn't understand what they meant by 'Drapes matching the Carpet.' But it had obviously pissed off Zoro to a point where she thought he would slice the both of their heads off.
Before long, the swinging motion calmed the rambled thought scientist into a trance. By the time the crew had already headed off to bed, she was just realizing that it was nighttime and she would need to start to head off to her room to get ready for sleep.
But still, that drapes and carpet comment bugged Kimiko to no end. With a determined growl, she headed off to Zoro's workout room. "Hello?" She knocked on the trap floor door and pushed it aside, "Zoro?"
Her head poked from out of the floorboards and she smiled when her focused connected with swordsman. "What? Shouldn't you be in bed? It's not your watch tonight."
Kimi only giggled, "I know, but I'm not tired after our win!" She took a seat next to him. His scent of iron and sweat rolled off of his body as if he had just finished working out. That manly aroma seemed to calm Kimiko's nerves surprisingly. "I came here to ask you something…"
"What's that?"
"Could you please tell me what those two men meant by drapes and carpet?"
The comment forced a bright a vivid blush onto the cheeks of the swordsman. Lucky for him, the darkness of the night sky faded Kimi's view of his embarrassment.
"No."
His answer caused the scientist to frown. "But-"
"But no." He stood up standing from his position. "The only way I'll tell you…" He smirked devising a scheme in his mischievous head, "Is if you drink this extra bottle of Sake with me."
It was Kimi's turn to glare. "I thought I said to only buy one bottle, Zoro!"
"Heh, I couldn't help myself." He uncorked the bottle and poured to hefty glasses. "Whada say?" He handed the woman a glass with a smirk. He'd seen her get drunk off of one glass of wine. No way would she outlast him on an entire bottle of Sake.
With a sigh, the woman brushed a stray hair of her bangs from out of her face. "Fine… I guess…"
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