Sunday, September 17, 2006

   Continued story!
ok....here is another section to my story!......it's to early in the day for me to say what i'll be doing today...so here ya go!

That night, Michiyo woke up breathing heavily and sweating. “Just a dream. Just a dream…” she told herself over and over. She stood up and quietly went up stairs to the deck. When she opened the door, a gust of salty air blew in and soothed her. The moon was still in the sky, but the sun would soon rise. She shut the door, and stood at the bow of the ship; letting herself go for a moment. But just when she started to relax, she remembered her dream. Tears started to roll down her face. She jumped slightly when she felt a hand rest on her shoulder. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. Are you ok?” Zoro stared at her intently. She wiped her tears away. “Just…a bad dream.” She stared off into the distance. “Wanna talk about it?” he said casually. Michiyo took a deep breath as Zoro leaned back on the railing. “I don’t wanna bore you. It was just a silly dream.” She said looking down “Talking might help you to deal with it.” Zoro offered. She sighed. “It’s more of a memory really.” She began. “When I was little, my parents and I lived in a small house in the forest. There had been warnings about a ravage, rouge wolf in the area, but it was supposedly living in another part of the woods. Anyway, it was a normal day. Mom had started dinner on the stove and had asked me to wash the blueberries for desert. It looked like it was going to rain, so my dad went to bring in some fire wood. Mom went to help him and told me to stay put. I continued on unaware that the door was left open.” She took a deep breath. “I kept working until I heard a strange sound. I heard my mom and dad screaming. I sat still, not knowing what to do. I just stared at the open door way. Suddenly, after one more scream, I saw my dad. He fell right in the door way…dead.” By now her voice started to crack and a few tear drops slid down her face. “My…my mom ran in; her arm was covered in blood. She picked me up and stuffed me into a small cabinet. I heard a loud barking sound, followed by growling. My mom screamed. There was the sound of a struggle. Then…” she stifled a sob and continued on “Silence. I waited several minutes, not moving a muscle. When I finally got enough courage to open the door…it was waiting. It was all white, blood red eyes. It had blood on its paws, and around its mouth. It just stared at me for the longest time. Finally, I decided to run. It…he chased me. It was starting to rain which made the ground slippery. I ran and screamed but it seemed like I was going to die anyway. I slipped on some mud. That wolf attacked me. I rolled up into a ball, but that didn’t help too much. Finally, after much growling and much pain, I heard a gunshot. The wolf whimpered and ran away. Some stranger who had docked at our island had heard someone screaming. They got me to a doctor immediately. It was too late for my parents.” She stopped and tried to hide her tears. “I’m sorry.” She said wiping a few tears away. “For what? I can understand why you would still dream about something like that. At least you’re all right.” he tried to comfort her. “No, I’m not.” She replied. She lifted up her sleeve to show him her arm. A large gruesome scar ran up and down her (upper) arm. She then pulled down her collar, revealing a larger scar on her chest and neck area. “They said it was a miracle I didn’t bleed to death.” A few more tears came down. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t hide her tears. Zoro then did something that surprised even him. He lifted her chin and wiped away a few tears. Instinctively, Michiyo leaned into him, crying into his shoulder. He put his hand on her head to try and comfort her. For the longest time, they stood there like that. Michiyo then pulled away to look him in the eye. She was slightly smiling. Zoro returned her gaze and began to move towards her. She did also. Michiyo’s heart began to pulsate faster. Her mind went blank. She was so close, that she could feel the heat coming off from his skin. Finally, their lips met. Michiyo couldn’t breath. The feeling was intoxicating. But after a split second, she pulled away, breathing heavily. Surprisingly, so was Zoro. Michiyo took a step back, not sure of what to say. Right when she was going to say something, a bolt of lightning streaked the sky. The wind became more violent. Michiyo looked at Zoro. The same word came to their minds: Storm.
Hard drops of rain began to fall. Zoro and Michiyo ran to wake the others. When Michiyo ran into her cabin, she found that Nami and Yumi were already awake and getting dressed. “Hurry!” Michiyo yelled over the howling winds. They ran out to find that the guys were already trying to pull down the masts. So all three girls helped by pulling as hard as they could. Yumi pulled and pulled when suddenly her rope broke. Sanji rushed over and helped her to keep it down. Luffy was hard at work when his hat went flying off. Michiyo heard him yelling as he tried to get it back. “It’s just a hat…” she thought to herself. But Luffy looked really worried. She watched as the hat landed on the edge of the deck. “Zoro!” she signaled for Zoro to take her rope. She ran and dived for the hat. She grabbed it right as it was going to fall overboard. She stood up immediately and rushed back over to Zoro. She plopped Luffy’s hat on his head. Before he could say anything, Zoro shouted: “Go help Usopp! I got this!” Michiyo nodded and ran inside to help Usopp with the steering.

They all struggled like that for a long time. Finally there was a break in the clouds. The wind lightened up. Then the rain let up. They all headed for the kitchen where Sanji prepared them breakfast.
“Thank you for saving my hat. It means everything to me.” Said Luffy with gratitude in his eyes. “It was no big. Why is it so important to you anyway?” Said Michiyo taking a mouthful of egg. “A great pirate gave me this hat. Captain Red Haired Shanks.” Michiyo almost choked on her food. “Shanks?” Michiyo was dumbfounded. “Yeah. Do you know him!?” Luffy was getting excited. “Know him? He saved my life!” Michiyo only told them about how she was attacked by a wild animal and Shanks rescued her. She told them how he gave her a ride to the next island since she had no family left. Zoro gave her a strange look but said nothing. “He basically inspired me to go out to sea.” She concluded with a smile. “You never told me that…” said Yumi somewhat distantly. “You never asked.” Replied Michiyo with a smirk. “That’s strange. The same pirate inspired both of you…” Chopper said thoughtfully.
After they finished eating Michiyo left so she could change into some drier clothes. Zoro left right after and stopped her before she entered her cabin. “Michiyo? About what happened…” He began, rubbing his neck. “Never happened.” She replied with a tiny smile. He returned her smile and said “Never happened.”

so???whatdoya thinK?!? it probably sux...but oh well...i know i know....the action WILL come...trust me....and come on...every one needs a little romance story in their lives!
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