~Nicole~

"Woohoo! This is gonna be so fun!"Luffy yelled excitedly as we had just made land fall at Roguetown "Every pirate headed to the Grand Line stops here to resupply it has everything you could possibly need"Nami said taking the words right out of my mouth "If that's the case then i'm gonna go on a shopping spree, i bet they have all sorts of stuff here"Usopp said "I'll be able to stock up on produce and fresh women"Sanji said.

"You think there'd be a swordsmith around here?"Zoro asked wondering outloud "I thought you were broke are you gonna steal a sword?"Nami asked probably scheming to let Zoro borrow money from her and the jack up the return price indefinitely "Don't even think about it Zoro, you can have some of the money i get from my swords"i said, Zoro visibly relaxed a bit "You're a life saver"he said.

"Well i'm gonna find where they killed people, i gotta see where the King of the Pirates was executed"Luffy said before running off "Hey wait we have to pick a meeting place!"Usopp called after him but Luffy was far gone "Uh that's not good"Usopp muttered "I wouldn't fret too much we'll just meet up back on the ship"i said patting Usopp's shoulder as i walked off with Zoro following me, we walked around for a bit looking for a shop and eventually spotted one "Just wait out here i'll try haggle a good price"i said turning to Zoro before stepping inside.

~skip~

"Haggling took longer then i thought sorry Zoro"i said walking out the shop putting my hair up and pinning it in place, but as i looked over when i was done Zoro was gone, i sighed, of course he wouldn't listen to me, i walked off to find another sword shop, i knew from the jacked up prices this shop had nothing but cheap knock offs or crappy swords that will brake in one swing, i'll focus on finding Zoro later cause his sense of direction is the worst.

Anyway after a while i found a smaller sword shop and decided to have a look  and went in, the shop keep was sleeping at the counter so i left him to it and silently browsed through his collection, pretty quality stuff for swords in barrels, one in particular stuck out to me "Nicole"i heard and jumped a bit looking over "Oh Zoro, where'd you been? Why'd you run off?"i asked walking over to him "Sorry didn't mean to, some things just happened"he said.

I hummed a bit looking at him, something was definitely different about him "Alright you can tell me about it later, oh here's your share of the money"i said handing it to him "Thanks"he said, i nodded at him and went back to the merch but Zoro called me to wait, i looked back at him, he was blushing a bit "You look nice with your hair up"he said, i blushed and looked away as Zoro walked over to the counter.

"I'd like to pick up some swords"he said waking up the shopkeeper "Of course, of course welcome, have a look at anything you'd like, we have extremely large verity to choose from"the shopkeeper said, Zoro put the money i gave him on the counter "I've got one hundred thousand berries for two swords can you do that?"Zoro asked "Two for a hundred thousand?"the shopkeeper asked clearly not pleased that even with the money Zoro was basically broke and that's half of what i got for my swords.

"For fifty thousand a piece i can only give you two dull blades"the shopkeeper said, "Bullshit"i muttered "I can make do with whatever i just don't have the money right now"Zoro said, he definitely could since i can improve them, then i noticed the shopkeeper notice Zoro's sword, oh yes, i knew exactly how valuable that sword actually was "N-now h-hold on a second i just wanna have a look at that sword you got there is that okay with you pal?"the shopkeeper asked.

"You okay there buddy?"Zoro asked "Let me see!"the shopkeeper said "Yeah okay whatever" Zoro said giving the sword to him, i walked over and leaned on the counter "What this guys deal?"Zoro asked me "He's just freaking out over the value of that sword"i said "Oh yeah? How much would it be worth?"Zoro asked "I can give you two hundred thousand berries for it, what do you say?That would leave you with three hundred thousand  which would give you some pretty good steel and at a hundred thousand a piece there are bound to be three swords you like in here"the shopkeeper said.

"What are you kidding me?"Zoro asked "Alright i'll give you two hundred fifty thousand, no wait three hundred thousand, fine final offer five hundred thousand"the shopkeeper said "Just stop i'm not selling the sword is mine"Zoro said "Though guy! I'll buy it from you for six hundred and fifty thousand berries! Okay fine i give up! How does eight hundred thousand berries sound to ya?!"the shopkeeper yelled.

I couldn't help snicker a bit, there was no way Zoro would ever sell that sword, besides it's worth no less then ten million berries, "I'm back! Did you finish polishing my Shigure?"a girl asked running over, Zoro grew a little stiff "You're okay! I was worried about you, see some marines were attacked earlier right by where you had been mopping the floors you were gone though so naturally i assumed you were kidnapped"the girl said.

I glared at her, who does she think she is! "Just who is she?"i asked also giving my glare to Zoro, he stiffened further, before he sighed and whispered to me "I don't know her name but she looks just like Kuina"he said "Ah, i see, no wonder you're as stiff as a board"i smirked a bit as the girl was rambling on about something, she then gasped "That sword looks just like the Wado Ichimonji, is this really the sword?"she asked just taking it like that and drawing it, somehow i didn't like that but Zoro was fine with it "It's beautiful, this has to be one of the twenty one O Wazamono swords "the girl said looking at the sword.

"What's she talking about?"Zoro asked turning to me "She's talking about the grade of your sword, there are four in total Wazamono, the lowest, there are probably as many of them as there are swordsmen, fifty Ryo Wazamono, twenty one O Wazamono which is what your Wado Ichimonji is and twelve Saijo O Wazamono, Yoru is one of them"i said smirking a bit at Zoro, he remembered that blade well.

"Although any sword with a name could be considered a meito, a term for the status of a blade, just not a specifically classified one, oh what i wouldn't give to get my hands on a Saijo O Wazamono!"i sighed dreamily just thinking about it, of course eventually i'd love to make swords that could be graded as Saijo O Wazamono but those would be for someone else, like maybe the strongest swordsman, it's a dream to have either one or two existing ones for myself.

"Enough! You just had to keep talking didn't ya! I'm gonna sue your ass for obstruction of business!"the shopkeeper yelled at me "Yeah no, he's not gonna sell the sword even for one hundred million berries ain't that right?"i asked Zoro "Yeah"he nodded, "Fine just take your precious Shigure and get out, i don't wanna see you here again!"the shopkeeper yelled at the girl showing the sword in her hands which made her stumble all over, i sweatdropped.

"Just get out before you tear my shop apart!"the shopkeeper yelled at her "Did she ever help you dodge a bullet? It is a complete waste to have such a legendary sword attached to someone who has no idea of it's true value, you can pick from our lovely collection of barrel sword for fifty thousand a piece take any two you like"The shopkeeper said, Zoro took his sword back and went over to the barrels "Now then you and i have some business"i smirked turning to the shopkeeper.

I put two swords on the table, ones i found had the best quality and also i liked them "How much for each of these?"i asked and thus the bidding war began, i got them both at fifty thousand a piece and walked over to Zoro as he was riffling through the barrel swords.

(sword 1)

(sword 2)

"A swordsman who's just a bounty hunter is no honorable swordsman at all, everything's backwards, it's really too bad for real swordsmen, pirates and bounty hunters as sword masters? That just doesn't make any sense, they have most of the worlds legendary swords too it's a real tragedy"the girl said as i walked over "I don't know, it's the kind of thing you have to look at by a case by case basis"Zoro said, i leaned on the wall watching him.

"This is my Shigure, i'm going to work as hard as i can to perfect my skills and then one day i'll take back all the legendary swords because the filthy hands that hold them now have no right to wield them, i'll find them all!"the girl declared, i couldn't help but laugh a bit.

"Ha! i'm sorry but you're delusional, what gives you the right to dictate who has and who doesn't have the right to hold a sword? This is why i hate marines, your view of the world is only black and white and you see nothing beyond what you're told to see, maybe open your eyes and you'll see there are more colors"I said, Zoro chuckled a bit before getting serious as he grabbed one sword, i noticed which one "Oh yeah, i spotted that one too, i thought you'd be more interested"i said.

"You know me so well"Zoro smirked taking the sword out and having a look at it a super serious look on his face "This sword is cursed"Zoro said after trying it out, i smirked a bit, "How do you know?"the shopkeeper asked "Just do"Zoro simply said.

"The Kitetsu swords are superior in all respects but they've been cursed since their beginnings you have to believe me, there are storied of master swordsmen all over who have met their death after taking up a Kitetsu sword no body is even stupid enough to touch them these days, you'll fall to it's curse as well if you decide to take it, i'm scared to let you buy it, i'm afraid it'll curse me too just leave it alone"the shopkeeper said.

Zoro smirked however "Sounds great, think i'll take it"he said "I can't sell it you fool! Cause if something happened to you with that sword the curse could come back to me!"the shopkeeper yelled before he was bonked on the head by i assume his wife "Now don't be an idiot let him buy the sword you fool!"she yelled at him "Don't hit me!"he yelled back.

"Well we'll see how about we find out which one is stronger? The swords curse or my good luck?"Zoro asked with a smirk, i smirked too "Go for it"i said i believed in him so i wasn't worried at all, now if it was Kitetsu the first i'd be a little worried, though i'm hoping to find and take that one for myself, Zoro tossed the sword up and held his arm out, the sword went right passed it not even nicking Zoro's arm, he smirked "I'll take it"he said.

"Any other swords of interest you noticed?"Zoro asked turning to me after he pulled Kitetsu out of the ground "Quite a few actually, these are very well made"i said turning to the barrel swords "Hold on! Wait there!"the shopkeeper yelled before running off, he came back with quite a beautiful sword, i recognized it as Yubashiri "It's the finest sword this shop has"the shopkeeper said "I told you i'm broke, it's too much"Zoro said looking back "No matter i'll give it to you free of charge if you take it, you're welcome to the Kitetsu as well, you deserve it haven't run across a real swordsman in a while i'm sorry i tried to cheat you before you must have some damn good luck friend"the shopkeeper said.

"Now hold on"i said walking over to the counter with Zoro in tow "I'm not so quick to trust anyone, how do we know you're not trying to cheat my friend again?"i asked "You can have a look at it if you'd like"the shopkeeper said "I'd like that very much thank you"i said drawing the sword out and trying it out as well as having a close look at it "It's the real deal"i said putting it back "You have sharp eyes and a quick mouth"the shopkeeper then smirked "You and your boyfriend over there are quite the pair"he said.

Zoro took the sword and we left without correcting the shopkeeper "Seems i didn't need this money after all"he said handing it back "That's fine, more to put in towards the next shopping trip or maybe materials, i'll think about it, into the savings it goes for now though"i said putting the money away in my pocket for now "Anyway are you now gonna tell me where'd you run off?"i asked "Huh? Oh yeah, sure"Zoro said and went to explain the story.

~skip~

Zoro and i have been wondering around since we aren't in any hurry to get back to the ship, eventually we came across the others "Hey"Zoro greeted them "Zoro, Nicole"Nami said "Have you guys seen Luffy anywhere?"i asked "No, why do you ask?"Usopp asked "I've just got this feeling that something bad is going to happen"i said looking at the dark clouds rolling in, a crowd ran past us screaming about Buggy.

Ugh, i remember him, unfortunately, "It's time for the execution, Buggy the clown is gonna kill strawhat Luffy yeah!"we heard someone yelling "They're gonna execute him?!"Usopp asked slightly freaking out "Let's go!"Zoro said running off with Sanji, i went with Nami and Usopp to get the ship ready for a quick escape since it seemed we would definitely need one.