Saturday, September 23, 2006

  yay! it is saturday and i gots in luv wit Sanji wit me! we is just hangin round! in a few minutes, we is gonna go to 1) get anime DVDs! 2) go read graphic novels @ da bookstore 3) then we is gonna go to this place called caqlled hot topic and get some anime swag! so yay!!! so i will visit every one through out the day! so here is my story peeps!

“Well, I guess we should eat up. If the others are going to be late, then we might as well eat.” Sanji said as he seated himself. Zoro was sitting at one end of the table, eating quietly, while Michiyo was at the other end. Everyone was quiet until they heard a loud crash come from outside. Zoro and Sanji stood up and walked to the door. When they opened it, they found a round middle aged man with a moustache staring at them. He cleared his throat. “Yes, well I’m the manager of a local restaurant and I came to tell you that a few of your friends will be staying the night in my destroyed restaurant.” “What did Luffy do.” Zoro rubbed his temples. “Your friends ate more than they could pay. Then a nice lady friend of theirs came in and got very mad.” “Sounds like Nami.” Said Sanji. The man nodded and continued. “She didn’t have enough money either so I’m making them stay all night and wash dishes. That Nami volunteered to stay behind and watch them.” After a short silence, the man looked into the kitchen, noticed Michiyo and nodded. Michiyo gave him a weird look. “Well I must be off!” and with that, he left. Zoro shut the door and said “weird.” He sat back down. He glanced up at Michiyo who had a horrified look on her face. “I’ve got to go.” She said standing up. “What, where?” Sanji asked. “Thank you, dinner was extremely good. It’s nice to see you guys again.” “Whoa! Wait a minute!” Zoro stood up. “What’s going on?” “Nothing.” Michiyo looked down and tried to leave. Zoro grabbed her arm. “Michiyo…” she pulled away. “Zoro, I have to go right now. I can’t tell you why. Please.” “What’s the big deal? Don’t you want to see the others? They’ll be back in the morning. And I’m sure Nami won’t mind you to use her bed.” Sanji tried to reason with her. She opened the door and looked around. She furrowed her brow and sighed. “Alright. I’ll stay. At least let me help you with dishes Sanji.” She said quietly and with one more look out towards the town, she went inside. Zoro shook his head and headed down to the cabins.
It was late when Michiyo finally headed for bed. She knew if she waited until morning, it would be too late. She went down to her cabin to make Sanji and Zoro think that she was in bed. She could here them talking in the next room. She turned towards the bed and gasped. On her pillow was the little green ring that she and Zoro had seen earlier. Her eyes filled with tears as she picked it up. She slid it on her finger and smiled. She held her breath as she looked at it. Now, she felt a little guilty for yelling at him earlier.
She waited until she couldn’t hear Zoro and Sanji talking. She didn’t want to add eavesdropping to her guilt list. She quietly made her way on to the deck. She snuck over to the side of the boat and jumped off onto dry land. She headed for the forest. She hated going this way. Especially in the dead of night. It brought back nightmares of what happened to her years ago. She walked on keeping silent. She had come to a clearing when she heard a twig snap. She spun around to see Yumi. “You’re late.” Yumi said coldly. “I ran into...” Michiyo began, but Yumi interrupted. “Are you alone?” She asked. “Yes. Please, tell me what’s going on.” Yumi looked at her friend. “HE has them.” “Well, I know that. Yumi, can’t you just put what ever it is you have in common with this guy aside and help me if he has our friends…” Michiyo was trying to beg Yumi. Before she could go on they heard a noise. “Michiyo where are you?” Yumi glared at Michiyo. “I thought you said you were alone.” “I was. Someone must have followed me.” Michiyo looked long and hard at Yumi. “I’ve got to go get the other two. They stupidly forgot to nab them too.” Michiyo looked down and nodded. She disappeared into the shadows. Michiyo smoothed her hair back and sighed. She plopped down on a large rock. There was a slight noise from behind her. “Just go away Zoro.” She said. “Michiyo, what’s wrong? Why are you all the way out here? You can tell me.” He put his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him with angry tears in her eyes. “That’s just it Zoro. I can’t tell you.” He grabbed her hand and pulled her up. He faced her and looked her dead in the eye. “Michiyo. Remember when we had our first kiss on the ship?” “Zoro...” Michiyo tried to pull away. “After that, we both tried to say it never happened. But I don’t want to pretend it never happened. I know you feel the same. So if you care for me as much as I care for you, you’ll tell me what’s going on so I can help you.” Michiyo stared into his dark eyes. She leaned up and kissed him the same way she did the first time. The same intoxicating feeling came back. She pulled away and looked at him. He looked down and held her hand. Michiyo looked down too. She looked at the ring he had given her. “Zoro. How about I give you the truth.” Zoro nodded. She took a deep breath. “I told you how I went undercover as one of HIS minions. As it turns out, Yumi has been working for HIM for years. Ever since she was a kid. I’ve been trying to get the details from her for months now. She’s getting suspicious of me too. She’s HIS most trusted accomplice.” She paused for a moment. “I think he’s after you guys. You all have one of the biggest bounties out there. So we really need to find the others.” Zoro looked like he was trying to fit everything together in his head. “Trust me. Yumi is not as guilty as she seems. That time she held a gun up to me was her first time holding a gun in her life. She’s not all bad.” Zoro seemed to understand. “So I bet now, they want you to turn me in too?” Zoro looked at her. She nodded. “Alright. I’ll go without a fight.” He smiled slightly. Michiyo looked at him questionably. But the smile on his face told her what he was thinking.
As they tried to find their way back to town, Michiyo found that Zoro was staring at her. “What?” she said. “Are you alright?” he asked. Michiyo raised an eyebrow and nodded. “I mean your old injuries.” “Oh. Yeah I’m fine. My arm is a little weaker though. It’ll start hurting for no reason at all.” She looked at him. When she saw the worried look in his face, she smiled. “I’m fine.” She said again.

Yumi snuck down to the docks. She spotted the Merry Go and put her plan into action. But as soon as she got on bored, a light came on in the kitchen. Yumi snuck towards the door and peaked in. Sanji was sitting alone at the table. He had a cigarette in his hands. But he didn’t light it. Instead, he tossed it into the trash. Yumi seemed to watch him for awhile. But finally, she snapped out of it and threw the door open. Sanji jumped a mile. When he saw it was Yumi, his eyes lit up. “Yumi? What…” Yumi just kept her eyes angry. No matter how happy she was to see him. She walked up to him and calmly tied his hands up. “Yumi! What…what’s going on?” he took a step back.
“Just come peacefully. I don’t want to hurt you.” Yumi took another step towards him.

Zoro and Michiyo had been walking for what seemed like forever. “We’re lost, aren’t we?” Michiyo looked around. “What? I thought you were leading the way.” Michiyo let out a groan. Zoro couldn’t help but smile. Michiyo tensed up. She shushed him even though no one had said anything. Zoro sensed it too. He put his hand on his swords. Someone was watching them. “Split up.” He said calmly. “But you can’t find your way out of a paper bag. How are we gonna find each other?” Michiyo looked to him for the answer. He held up his sword. Michiyo saw her bracelet on the end of it. “Hey, it helped me find you once.” Michiyo smiled.
They both ran in different directions, trying to escape whatever was after them. After a short while, Michiyo was out of breath. She leaned against a tree to catch her breath. She turned around to see Zoro. “What? I thought you went the other way.” Zoro grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him. “Wha…” she looked up at him. He leaned down. She didn’t know what he was doing. He gave her a kiss on the lips. But it didn’t feel anything like last time. He held her close. “Zoro…” after a short period, Michiyo got a weird feeling. “You’re…not Zoro.” She said in a horrified whisper. This Zoro squeezed her tighter. “Bring Zoro, or I will kill him.” Its voice was raspy and nightmarish. It then threw Michiyo to the ground. When she stood back up, it wasn’t there anymore. Well in the same way anyway. Instead of Zoro, there now stood a white wolf. It had blood red eyes and a bloody mouth. Michiyo’s mouth hung open. She tried to scream but couldn’t. “No, this is just a night mare.” She whispered and shut her eyes tight. She heard it growl as it approached her. All at once, she didn’t want to stick around to find out if she was dreaming or not. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She ran and ran. She was so scared that that she almost couldn’t breathe. Tears in her eyes blurred her vision. That meant she couldn’t see who she bumped into. She looked up to see Zoro. “NO! Get away from me! Leave me alone please! What do you want!” she screamed and cried and struggled. Zoro held her tight. “Michiyo, calm down!” he held her close to him. He tried to calm her down as best as he could. After a minute of freaking out, Michiyo seemed to calm down. She pulled away and looked him in the eye. She finally decided it was really him and threw her arms around him. She sobbed quietly into his shoulder. Even though he didn’t know what was wrong, he held her to comfort her.

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