Chapter 5: Demons (Part 2)
Last night was eye opening for me. I never would have guess that Zoro was never human to begin with. He's more normal than I am!(Minus the green hair)
I thought the whole thing was just a dream until I woke up in Zoro's bed. He was sleeping next to me as well. He even slept normal, though he was a loud snorer. I wanted to wake him up but instead I slipped out of bed and went to explore his house. I knew it was kind of wrong of me, but my curiosity got the best of me.
I traveled down the hall and up another set of stairs to the third floor. When I rounded a corner I bumped into someone. I stumble backwards and looked up to see Sanji.
"Luffy, that you? What are you doing here?" he asked me in mild confusion. Sanji was wearing casual clothing. I've never really seen him in anything other than a suit.
"Oh, hey Sanji! I spent the night here." I told him happily.
"Really?" he continued to walk in the direction he was walking. I followed him. "Might I ask why?"
"I…well," I didn't really know how to start. Should I tell him that I know their secret? "I know what you guys are." I explained quickly. Sanji stopped walking and turned to me. He gave me a suspicious look.
"What do you mean?"
"I know that you and your family are demons." I smiled calmly. Sanji frowned.
"Who told you?"
"No one told me anything. We were attacked." I told him all about what happened last night and what Zoro and Mihawk told me.
Sanji growled. "Damn! Those parasites are back? I thought we got rid of those things for good! You better not tell the whole world or else you and the rest of us will be in hot water!" He continued to walk furiously and I continued to follow.
"You don't have to worry Sanji, I won't tell anyone! I already promised Zoro I wouldn't." I said as I followed him into his room. I guessed it was his room because the door had a blue cursive 'S' on it. Sanji's room looked totally different than Zoro's. The walls were painted a light blue and his queen sized bed was pushed sideways against the wall. His flat screen was on the wall over his dresser. He also had a window patio where I'm guessing he uses to go and smoke. His room seemed neater than Zoro's in a way.
"Well I guess you aren't the first to know. But just so you know. If you do break that promise, we'll have no choice but to kill you, ya know." He said casually.
"Sounds understandable, but I'll prove to you that I won't tell anyone!" I stated. "I think it's really cool though…"
As I rambled on Sanji went up to his closet and went through it. I wondered what he was doing.
"What are you doing?" I finally asked him. He looked back at me and rubbed the back of his head.
"I need to get something nice for the fall dance tomorrow." He said. "I've already worn every thing else-"
"Wait, what did you say? The fall dance is tomorrow?" I asked clearly very stunned.
"Yeah, where were you? The whole school's been talking about it for weeks." Sanji said. I thought back to the past few weeks. Everyone was talking about it but I didn't really pay attention even when people were talking to me about it. I'm so stupid.
"Oh yeah…, who are you going with?" I asked him. He visibly blushed and turned away.
"I'm not going with anyone. I decided to go alone." He said coyly.
"What? You? Without a date? Who are you and what have you done with Sanji?" I accused.
"I know, I know. I'm just going with Usopp. As friends! I mean, you know." He tried to say.
"Oh I get it. You have a thing for Usopp!" I pointed at him. His face turned bright red.
"W-what! Where did that come from! I don't like Usopp! He's my best friend! How could you even think-!"
"It's ok Sanji, I wont tell, you big teddy bear." I tackled him playfully on the bed. I used to do this a lot with Ace when we were little.
Sanji was taken by surprise. We wrestled around the bed for a while until he pinned me down. "Don't randomly tackle people ya weirdo!" he snapped.
I just laughed mischievously at him.
Suddenly the door sung open. It was Zoro, and he looked pissed. At first I didn't understand why he was so mad until I realized what an awkward position Sanji and I are in.
"Zoro, it's not what it looks like-!" I tried.
"What have I told you about bursting through my door?" Sanji said. I cringed at what Sanji said were the wrong words.
"Get off him you pervert!" Zoro yelled. Zoro took quick steps towards us. I got up just enough time to hold Zoro back.
"Who are you calling pervert, Grass Head." Sanji retorted as he stood up straight.
"Zoro, we were just wrestling! Sanji wouldn't try anything perverted!"
"Yeah right, don't believe anything he says." Zoro growled with his eyes still on Sanji. Sanji stared back not showing a single of fear. I was the only barrier in between these two keeping them from fighting.
"Let's just go Zoro," I placed my hands on his chest to calm him down. After a few moments of tension Zoro and I walked out the door.
"See you later, Sanji." I said as we left. Zoro and I didn't talk until we got back to his room.
"What's your problem Zoro? We were just-!" Zoro shut me up by kissing me angrily. I melted within that instant. I was bought so easily by him.
He licked my lips, but didn't wait for me to open my mouth. He forced his tongue in wrestling with mine. My back pressed against the door as all this was happening.
The whole time I tried to get a word out but they all came out in tiny sounds. He finally pulled away so I could catch my breath. My face burned as I stared at him.
"I'm sorry." He sighed. "It's just that it burned me so much seeing him with you."
"It's ok Zoro. I knew you meant well." I said. Then I remembered something. "Hey Zoro, do you want to go to the dance?" I asked hopefully.
"You know dances aren't my thing." He said.
"Please? For me?" I batted my eyelashes. He frowned in defeat. I also knew that he couldn't say no to me no matter how hard he tried.
"Ok, but you owe me."
"Do you have something in mind?" I gave him a lustful look. Zoro's face reddened. "Maybe I can do you a favor." My hands roamed his chest.
"Ok, how about I get to drink as much as I want, then I want an open mouth kiss no matter how drunk I am." He said.
"Deal! You never get drunk anyway." I laughed. There was then a knock at the door.
He opened the door. It was a girl I haven't seen before. She had pink hair that were pulled back into curly pig tails and wore a fake crown on her head. She had on a white shirt with a black heart on it with a short frilly poncho over it. She also wore a short skirt with black and white striped leggings.
"What do you want Perona?" Zoro sighed roughly.
"Mihawk told me everything. Can I see him? Is he cute?" she pushed Zoro aside to get a good like at me. I started to blush because of all the attention. She squealed.
"He's adorable!" she hugged the air out of me.
"Luffy this is Perona. She's my younger sister." He told me.
"Nice to meet you." I rasped as she continued to squeeze.
"Come on Luffy-chan, come and meet the family!" she dragged me out the door.
I never imagined that Zoro's family would be so…colorful. They were a family of seven: Zoro, Sanji, Mihawk, Perona, Johnny, Yasoku, and Brook. I liked them all, they were so fun!
Johnny and Yasoku hung around each other as if they were twins, but they were only cousins. They also respected Zoro a lot. They seemed to also call everyone 'aniki'.
Brook was really fun to be around. He looked older slightly older than Mihawk but he had the personality of a kid like me! He'd break out into song and play his violin and I'd sing right along with him. His jokes were hysterical I didn't know why no one else thought his jokes were funny.
Perona was the only girl of the family. She made that very clear nearly all the time. She was into a lot of cute things and say that I was the only cute one in the room besides her.
I was so surprised when they told me that Ms. Nico is a demon as well, but she prefers to live by herself. She promised that she'd stay close by though.
Zoro, Sanji, and Mihawk were probably the only normal ones. Well not counting Sanji when he sees a pretty girl. Then he acts like a bumbling idiot.
"So you're telling me that you all are the only ones remaining of your kind?" I asked.
"That's correct." Mihawk answered. "We are last remaining Purebloods. There were many of us until we were killed off by our own kind."
"Huh? Why would they do that?"
"There was one demon. He was a Pureblood just like us. But he went insane. He believed that demons shouldn't exist in the first place. He gained the trust of the kiseichu and turned on us." He explained.
"The man was a religious nut." Zoro added. "He talked as if he was god. He was more like a freak. I couldn't believe people actually followed that guy."
"He got mad with power and decided to act upon his belief and attempted to mass murder all of us."
"Where were the humans when all this was happening?" I asked.
"The humans don't know we exist, therefore they didn't even know this was going on. The only thing they knew was that people were getting killed. Not murdered. They thought animals were the culprits. No human could do what a pack of kiseichu could do."
I cringed as I pictured the mangled remains of a demon.
"Luckily we survived that. It's hard to believe that all that happened a hundred and ten years ago." Sanji said.
"Yeah I can imagine- wait! Did you say a hundred and ten years?" I sputtered.
"Oh did we not mention." Mihawk grinned. "Zoro?" he looked towards the green haired man.
"I was going to tell him when I was ready ok, don't judge me." He grumbled crossing his arms over his chest.
"How old are you all then?" I asked timidly.
"I'm…a…lets see." Zoro struggled to remember his age. "I dunno, I think I somewhere around two hundred and twenty nine, I think." He said casually "I don't really keep track."
I gaped. I couldn't believe that Zoro was this old. I couldn't imagine how old the rest of them are.
"That won't be a problem, will it Monkey-san?" Mihawk asked. I shook my head. Why should I care that Zoro's two centuries older than I am. I love him for him.
"Of course I don't mind." I said confidently. "Anyway," I changed the subject. "What happened to that rouge demon guy?"
"He disappeared after we escaped. But now that the kiseichu are back, he might be looking for us." Mihawk said.
"That's just perfect! What are we going to do now?" Sanji said.
"I guess we might have to prepare ourselves for war."