Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

(EXACT PIC OF NEW SWORD ON SIDE)

Zoro's POV

I can't believe she just walked off with that reindeer forgetting about me...

Actually I can believe it.

"So, Zoro! You got anything to eat?" Luffy asked smiling widely.
"Nope, where did you get all these paintings of meat?" I asked scratching my head at his walls.
"Katou does them for my birthday! See her initianios at the bottom," "you mean initials?" "Yeah that!"

I looked closely at one if the paintings and in the right hand corner was a fancy looking NK.

"I'm hungry Zoro! Let's go have lunch! Students are still in class so I can eat!" "Alright..." I let him take me to the cafeteria, I'm surprised he doesn't make that place his office.

"It's not as good because Sanji's away but the cooks here still make yummy food!"

Once Luffy sat down cooks rushed out of the kitchen and laid various foods out.

"Wow..." This defiantly not a normal school cafeteria.

"So you and Katou are good friends now right? You guys seem to hang out a lot." Luffy said stuffing food in his face mindlessly.

Can this guy ever stop eating?

"You could say that..."
"That's good because she needs taking care of, I used to hang out with her everyday when she was younger but when her trainer died and for awhile she wouldn't talk to anyone, the last couple years she's been better though. I only asked because I noticed you guys hang out pretty much everyday."

I was a little shocked at seriousness in face.
"How did her trainer die?" "I don't know, no one but her and Sanji know. I need to go see Usopp now, promise me you'll look after her?" He asked shoving the left over food in his pockets. "I will."

πŸ’œπŸ’šWeek LaterπŸ’œπŸ’š

Katou's POV

"Nami, I can't believe you went to the Grand Line without us and just Luffy!" I yelled at Nami which made Chopper jump who was mixing some ingredients for a rumble ball.

"I had something to pick up there! It was really important, I even had an two eternal poses, one for Nihoji and one for Drum Island. Where we found Chopper!" "What did you need to get on Drum Island? There's not much there. I also heard the mayor jumped ship after a pirate attack six months ago." "I know the place was still re-building itself and I can't tell you...It's personal." Nami looked down causing her short hair to fall forward but then her head shot up and she laughed.

"I brought you a sword!" Nami ran to her bag and ran back to me with a giant box in her hands.
"Really? Nami I love you girl!" I hugged her right.
"Ch-ch-choking!" "Sorry..." I let go and she passed me the box.

"I remember when we were little before Nochiko left and you told us about how swords are graded for their skill and stuff like that, also how it was your dream to own a O Wazamono sword, but then Mr Li died and you didn't want to use his one. So I got you this sword here."

I was shocked at what she said and I opened the box slowly.

The swords hilt is pink all over with a silver emblem of a lily and the base ring was black with gold patterns of oriental fans and flowers on it, the covering was light purple shiny sheath with a pink ribbon stuck tightly to it.
I unsheathed and gasped in admiration.

It had a swirling blade line and it was the size same size as Zoro's sword Kitetsu.
It's seemed to call to me, like I had owned it for years.

It's perfect.

"Nami... This is amazing... This is really one of the 12 Saijo O Wazamono's? I love it, I feel a connection to this sword... What's it's name?"

"Let's see the man wrote it down for me somewhere... Here! Kyodou Yuuga! Pretty! Guess what? Uma Raida made this, it was the first sword his crafted, interesting right? That's probably why you feel a connection to it. Now you have the first sword he crafted and the last sword... They are quite similar in detail right?"

I was completely shocked.

"This blade is Kishhi Jikkou's brother? I have sibling swords... This is amazing Nami, I don't know what to say... Thank you so much."

"No problem, I got it at one of Islands we stopped at before reaching Drum Island, the man just happened to blabber on about this sword in particular, so I stole it when he wasn't looking, lucky right? Anyway I'll leave you two alone. Bye!" She flew out the window before I could say anything else.

Of course she stole it.

Can't believe she just ran out I wanted to ask what kind of ship her and Luffy used to sail that far into the Grand Line.

I studied Yuuga and Jikkou closely side by side, they are both male swords, the details are so similar apart from the lengths that it is undeniably Uma Raida's work... Now I have to learn Nitoryu from Zoro... If he will teach me, if he doesn't I'll bribe him with sakè, that always works.

πŸ’œπŸ’™THAT FULL MOON NIGHTπŸ’™πŸ’œ

I was just about to go to sleep when I hear a knocking on my door.

"Come in." "Excuse me Katou... Do you mind if I, I, I sleep with you? I had a really bad dream..." Chopper walked up to my bed side with a fluffy blanket wrapped around him.

"Of course you can! Come here cutie!" I lifted him onto the bed and he settled into the other side of the bed in the middle like a cat.

"Goodnight Chopper, if you ever get scared you can always come in here, okay?" "Thanks Katou." He smiled at me and went to sleep.

πŸ’šπŸ’œπŸ’šMORNING RAW!πŸ’œπŸ’šπŸ’œ

I woke up and noticed that Chopper had already left, he must be reading in the library.

He fell in love with the library as soon as I showed it to him.

It is Saturday so I don't have to do anything if I don't want to but there's something that cannot wait.

Today I was in luck because when I went I go make coffee Zoro happened to be sitting on my couch looking at all my sketch books.

"BAKA!" I flew at him and he dropped the book in surprised and fell off the couch.

"Good morning sunshine, your in a good mood as always." He stood up and looked at me like I was crazy.

"Sarcasm isn't appreciated, I actually wanted to tell you something today but now it has to wait." I poked my tongue at him and went to go make coffee.
"What is it?" "Coffee first." I held up my hand and he grunted sitting on a stool.

After two cups of coffee I walked into my room to get Yuuga.

I walked into the lounge and held the sword up.

"This sword... Where is it from?" I took the sword from me and studied it closely.

"Nami brought it for me, it's the first sword Uma Raida crafted, same guy that made Jikkou... Zoro, I want you to teach me two sword style." He looked up from the sword and smiled at me (a once rarity now becoming more common.)

"Alright." "Really? I don't have to convince you?" I tilted my head towards him.
"I'd do anything you want me to do." He looked into my eyes and I started to blush.

"Thank you... I love you." I said the last part really quickly and kissed him on the cheek and rushed to my room.

I'll never get used to this.

Zoro's POV

"I love you too." I said but Katou already rushed away to her room.

I love the fact she said it.

If she could say it every moment I'm with her I would be nothing but a piece of meat at her command.

She walked back into the room with a tight, black half top showing her stomach and a cropped, black leather jacket with black, shiny jeans.

She looked damn sexy in leather.

"W-what are you doing? I'm going into Silcena, then your going to start to teach me Nitoryu. C'mon you can ride my motorbike with me." She threw a white helmet at me and carried her black one outside.

"That's alright, really I'll just stay here." "What are you chicken? Bawk Bawk Bawk Bawk!" She started making chicken noises and I got angry.
"IM NOT A CHICKEN! I JUST DONT THINK ITS VERY MANLY FOR A GUY TO RIDE ON THE BACK OF A MOTORBIKE WITH A GIRL! ITS MENT TO BE THE OTHER WAY!"

Her eyebrows shot up and she laughed.
"Seriously? You think I care? Sweetie, I know your manly, you don't have to prove it. Just seeing you use those weights is more than enough. Just get on and shut up." She tapped my cheek and put her gloves on and her helmet, then she put a bunch of white flowers in the hatch.

You know those pin up posters of those girls in leather and motorbike gear and leather showing heaps of cleavage?
Well... This is just like that.

"Zoro! Your bleeding what happened!" "I'm bleeding? Where?" I looked at my arms and legs and suddenly she bursts into laughed and pulls out a tissue from her pocket and passes it to me.
"Your nose, sweetie. Now that that's fixed get on, when I start the engine hold on to my waist tight. That shouldn't be a problem right?"

I stopped myself from saying anything, clenched my teeth and walked in shame to her motorbike.

GRRRR...

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She parked her bike underground and took off her helmet and all her hair was wind blown and wavy from riding.
She took the flowers out, looked at them intently and started walking.

She gestured for me to follow her and we ended up in a cemetery.

A cemetery?

"What are we doing here?" I ask scratching my head. "Just keep up."

Finally at the other end of the cemetery we reached a grave with a giant tomb stone of a sword looming over.

She dropped the flowers on the grave and began to speak.
"Hi Xiou, I brought some hyacinths for you from Nami's garden, she says hi, I also brought someone hear for you to meet."
She looked at me and I looked at the graves with wide eyes.

This is where Xiou Li rests.

"Say hi Zoro."

I knelt down and I breathed in smell of soil mixed with flowers.

"Mr Li, it's a pleasure to be here among you. My name is Roronoa Zoroz I grew up looking up to you as my hero and idol, you helped everything I fight for today. I promise you that I won't let any harm come to Miss Natsumi."

I looked at Katou and her eyes were glistening with tears but before they could fall she wiped them away.

"This is the man I've been telling you about every week, you don't need to worry about me anymore because he's here to protect me."

I looked at the grave in surprise, she talked to him about me every week?

"Sanji will be back soon, he sent a letter that he will be a few weeks early but he's not sure when so I'll make sure the first thing he does is come visit you. Now I have news, I found the brother of Kishhi Jikkou, the first sword Uma Raida ever created is in my possession, that's right. Kyodou Yuuga, Nami got it for me. Zoro is going to teach me two sword style so I'll be just like you, a sword on my back and a sword on my hip. I promise to look after both of them because I know you'd tell me too."

She laughed a little and I just watched her as she continued.
"Let's see, what else has happened... Oh yeah! Luffy and the others brought back a friend from an adventure, he is a reindeer that ate the human human fruit so he can transform into all different reindeer/human forms, his name is Tony Tony Chopper and is still only little. He's so cute and did I mention he has blue nose! He's a fantastic doctor and has taken a liking to your medical books. He also said that he thinks your stitching work on my scars is impeccable and you can't even see the stitching. Hehe... He's the first person to not be shocked at my scars and find them intriguing. I think that's about it... Thank you Xiou, good bye."

She suddenly got up and started walking away after talking to him like he was really standing in front of her.

"Bye." I looked at the grave and walked off in her direction.

She'll never cease to surprise me.

πŸ’šπŸ’œAT THE DOJO!πŸ’šπŸ’œ

"No not like that, you need to hold them in balance with each other so they don't clash. This is the most important thing!" "It's hard to keep them in balance because they are two different weights! How the hell did Xiou do this? This isn't any normal Nitoryu he had going on."

She shifted the weight of Jikkou slightly and regained balance.
"Perfect, now hold that and attack the left dummy."

She did accordingly and succeeded.

She dropped Yuuga and Jikkou and sat down next to me panting.

"That was really good for your first time with two swords, you should be proud of yourself."
"It's in my blood." She drank the drink bottle next to her and wiped sweat of her forehead.

She had sweat rolling down her neck onto her...

WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO WEAR A BRA EVERY TIME SHE TRAINS?!

"Your parents where swordsman too?" I asked trying to look at the ceiling or something other than her.

"Yeah, they fought together as swordsman and swordswife that's what my father would call her. They were pirates, bloody good ones too. My mother had a two billion beri bounty and my father also had a two billion beri bounty."

"Hmm..." "What?" She asked spraying the water bottle over her head.
"DONT DO THAT!" I shouted.
"What? It's not wasting water, I have plenty!" She continued tip the water on herself.

"It's not that..." I dragged myself into a corner and sulked.

Teasing women...

Katou's POV

"It's not that..." He started crawling to the left corner and I raised my eyebrows at him.

Then suddenly it came to me.

Ohh... I looked down at my boobs and laughed really hard, that baka!

The water had seeped over my chest and he was embarrassed.

If we are going to be in a relationship he needs to get over this.

I walked over to where he had his head resting on his knees.
"Zoro." I poked his head. "I'm afraid that darling... Your a prude, so we need to fix this issue quick smart."

As soon as his head comes up I'll put my plan into action.
I really don't want to do this but I'm afraid there isn't any other way.

Forgive me Zoro.

"How-" His head came up and I shoved his head into my chest and he shouted in surprise.

"And you can stay there until you learnt how to act normal around me when I'm not wearing a shirt. Because I like training like this and I'm quite comfortable showing skin around you, because it's you and you need I get over it, okay?"
"OMKAY JUSM LEMME GOM!"

I let go of his head and he breathed deeply and looked at me like I was crazy and then let out a surprised. "Huh."

"So, did it work? Are you comfortable around me again?" "Surprisingly that worked, but they're a lot more squishy then I originally thought."
"HENTAI BAKA!" I hit head hard and he fell to the floor.

"Opps... To hard..."

A/N Wahhhaahhaa! *cries and laughs* I just couldn't not put that scene in once I'd thought of it. She's learning two sword style!! I think I made Zoro a real perv in this chapter... All for the sake of comedic effect!!Β 

Cat.

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