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De-Ji laughed when Zoro jumped after she had poked him from behind. He grumbled and rubbed where she had poked him. She smiled, as innocent as could be, and Zoro almost smiled back. She could tell that he was happy though. Sometimes she could read him like a book. He smirked, and she gasped. That can't be good she thought to herself, and Zoro proved her correct when he started tickling her. She squirmed and eventually started kicking and flailing her arms. Zoro laughed, then stopped tickling her. She was lying on her back, gasping for air.
"Don't... do.. that!" she managed to tell him. Then she sat up and said, "you made me laugh so hard that I have to go to the bathroom!" She walked up and left, accidentally knocking against Wadou. Zoro grabbed Wadou, and looked at it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a daisy, floating in a little current. He didn't see the daisy though; he saw memories of De-Ji. One was when she had slept against his shoulder, another was when she was blushing right after he had kissed her, and the others were when she had smiled at him. There were seven all together. He looked at Wadou again, and whispering to De-Ji in his head, he said, with this katana, I swear to always protect you. He sat and stared at Wadou until De-Ji came back, beaming as brightly as ever.
"I think I'll go too," Zoro told her, then handed Wadou to her. She looked at him incredulously, then grasped Wadou tightly to her chest to protect it. He walked off and out of sight. De-Ji sat, wondering what to do until he came back. She looked at Wadou, then unsheathed about 4 cm (around 2 1/2 inches) and Wadou reflected the sun, as well as happy memories. Like one of the few times he smiled at her, once when he was lifting weights, one time when he was snoozing away, like there wasn't a care in the world to worry about, and one more time, when he was smiling a little bit. She sighed and thought to him, I promise to always be at your side, to love and to hold. She heard Zoro's footsteps approaching, and snapped out of her little world inside of her head, and held out her arms to offer Wadou back to him, and smiled up at him.
"here ya go!" she said, He took Wadou, and sat down beside her again.