"I never seen a house this big before" They made it to Usopp friends house, it was huge. There were trees cut as animals, a ton of red roses, a big well in the center? "Why is there a big well?" Miyu asked Usopp's "Uh, I'm not sure.." Luffy jumped on the well and looked inside, he whistled inside, with a echo. "Luffy, I'm about to kick you inside" Luffy quickly got up from the well "You wouldn't." "You never know what I can do." She grabbed a strain of his curly hair that peaked out and curled it. 

"where are we going?" Miyu looked at Usopps "We are going in the back way" He answered. There was a big pond with pink flowers floating ontop of it "aw that's pretty" her eyes were glued on it "So if you have an invitation, why are we going around the back way?" Luffy asked Usopps. Miyu went close to the pond, she put her finger on the pink flower, it slightly moved. 

"I never use the front entrance. This is more of a VIP entrance reserved for special guest" Miyu stared at her reflection in the water, she never realized how much of a mess her hair really was,  she needed a hot bath full of shampoo and conditioner. "Come on" She heard Usopp, she got up and joined the others. She looked ahead of her, there was a guy cutting a bear open, Miyu felt like she was going to puke. "you know, there's actually a more exclusive entrance this way" The guy threw a knife towards Usopp, it landed between his feet.

"The hell are you doing here Usopp?" The guy walked down the steps with two women near him. One had bright teal hair,she had a mop in her hands, the other had dark curls and carried a broom. "Buchi, buddy, uh, Kaya's expecting me."  "another one of your lies!" He grabbed Usopp's clothes which took him off the ground. "You ain't welcome here and you know it." He said coldly "I know nothing of the sort. I'm here to give Kaya an extra-special gift" He lied to the man.

The curly haired woman was staring at Miyu, full of anger. Her jaw was clenched, her hands around the broom were tight.  "Usopp!" A woman yelled, she looked very pale, almost matching her hair color in a way. She had on a light pink dress that reached her angles, ruffles on the bottom. Besides her was a tall man with slick black hair, he wore a all black outfit with circled glasses. "what a wonderful surprise." The guy beside her helped her walk, she must be sick, despite how pale she was.

"Kaya!" Usopp walked to her "Happy birthday." Kaya looked a bit surprised "You remembered?"  she peacefully spoke, her voice was as soft as Angels. "of course I did" the guy besides her used his palm to fix his glasses, "Usopp. We had this discussion. You must've show up unannounced."  Usopp scratched the back of his head "nonsense Klahadore. Have you come to tell me another story?  I do love hearing about your adventures." Kaya looked at him "I'll do you one better. I brought my crew!" He turned around with his arm out, Miyu waved her hand at Kaya, she kindly enough waved back.

"Is he talking about us?"  Luffy looked at Miyu "yeah, that's why he turned around"  "it's so nice to meet you. You all must stay for dinner." The guy near her got her attention "it is a bit last minute. I'm afraid  the kitchen hasn't prepared for any extra guests." Kaya insisted the straw hat crew to join for dinner, she wanted it to be her birthday gift. 

"of course miss Kaya, anything for you." Miyu nodded her head with a smile "Alright! When do we eat?!"  "You don't. Not dress like that. Sham, kindly show Usopp and his friends to the guest suites."The woman with bright teal hair moved away from the man and the other woman, "you will bathe and change before dinner." Miyu clapped her hands, a shower. Something she needed badly. 

Unfortunately Miyu was the last one to take a hot shower, everyone ran inside before she could.  While she walked to the shower door, Zoro stepped out, wearing a robe, it was untied so she could see his muscular torso and his abs.  Miyu eyes opened widely, she couldn't help but stare at his broad torso, he was very muscular. She felt like she stopped breathing as if her heart stopped for a minute "you're staring." Zoro broke her out of her thoughts, she gulped and looked at his face,  water droplets fell from his hair, down to his face and exposed chest. Her face turned a bright red color, and Zoro noticed too, but he didn't say anything. "There's a towel in there for you." After that he left.

Miyu ran into the bathroom, slammed it, then locked it. She just embarrassed herself, she hoped Zoro didn't notice her heated face, but he probably did. He notices the littlest things. "calm down"She took deep breaths, she turned water on hot and waited for it to get the right temperature. She ran her hands in the water, perfect. She stripped from her dirty clothes and hopped in the water, she sighed in relief. The hot water made her feel fresh, even though she just got in. 

She grabbed the bottle of lavender bodywash and rubbed it on her pale skin, after that she washed it off with water... obviously. She put shampoo in her long, dark, hair and put her head under the water, that's when the thinking started. 'Why was the woman staring at me?'  'did Zoro notice?'  'is my dad really  disappointed in me?'  her dad.  She opened her eyes, ran her hands through her hair, then closed it again,she started to think about her fathers death. The tears, the violent sounds of yelling, screaming, and gun shots. Her 7 year old self, witnessing her father bleeding out. 

She opened her eyes and turned the water off quickly. 'stop thinking. stop thinking.' she repeated to herself, she closed her eyes, took deep breaths in. She was ready to get out of the shower, she squeezed her hair so the water would come out, after that she grabbed the light pink towel and dried herself off. She grabbed the light colored robe that had many. many, lines on them for the design. The fabric was silky, it felt expensive.

Soon after she dried her hair with a hair dryer, she walked into the room where tons of clothes were thrown up in clothes hangers, known as the 'guest suites area'. When Miyu walked into the room, the only one was Zoro, who was looking in every angle of his black and oranged color suit, it fit it well.

"and you say you aren't into fashion" Miyu caught Zoro off guard, he instantly stopped looking at his outfit "I just wanted to see if it looks good, does it?" He asked her, now she was confused and scared. "Uh" She looked at his outfit "It... it looks great" He cheeks started to flush 'what is wrong with me!' she said in her mind.

"ok, I'm going to leave now." Zoro started to walk away, but Miyu stopped him in his tracks. "Nah uh, I graded your outfit so you'll grade mine." Miyu smiled at him, he was mad. "What? Why can't you ask Luffy, since hes your friend." He suggested, Luffy was most likely eating every food they serve and Nami, was probably stealing. "We're friends too!" Miyu went to the stack of dresses that hung  "are not" Zoro declined "then why do we hang out often?" She asked, she found a green dress that fell to her thighs, it was a bit too tight on her. 

"because I want the one piece." Zoro answered her, she revealed her dress and did a little twirl. "So?" She waited for Zoro's opinion "Nope." He answered "Nope? Not good?" She did another 360 "nope. Pick a new one."  After trying on three dresses and Zoro saying no to each one. Miyu got extremely bored. Might as well pajamas.

"Okay if you don't like this one I'm going with the blue one!" Miyu shouted from behind the racks of fancy clothes "Okay" She spoke, about to come out of the racks. She put on a white long dress that had pink roses printed on them, it looked more like a princess dress than a dinner dress but it'll do. "What do you think?" She got out from behind, Zoro expression was odd, even for him. His eyes trailed up her dress a couple of times, he cheeks changed colors to red, he shifted in his seat uncomfortably. 

"Now you're the one doing all the staring" She teased him "No, I'm not. I'm simply judging you." He lied, but he was telling the truth as well, he was judging her outfits after all.  "And what do you think?" She spun in one circle, the dress flowing with her. "It looks... good." He admitted, it fit her well. "Really?" She smiled brightly "mhm, now can we go?" He asked, he placed one of his hands on his three swords, ready to get up. "Yeah but uh, can you zip me?" Miyu brought her hand up to her mouth, she started to bite her nails.

"Okay, come here." Zoro stood up from his chair while Miyu walked towards him, she turned around, her back facing his front. He grabbed the zipper that was behind the dress, he slowly pulled it up but in the middle, it got stuck. "damn it!" He angry yelled "what's going on?" Miyu didn't know the situation.   "zipper got stuck" He put his other hand on her bare back to help with the zipper, he pulled on the zipper tightly, after a bit,  it worked, the zipper zipped fully.  

"Thank you" She ran her hands through her hair, she decided to leave it down "Yeah, let's go now. I smell wine." Miyu laughed at him, he was impatient.  Miyu quickly grabbed the matching pair of high heels, she put it on her feet as she ran, probably a bad idea. They both made it on time, Luffy and Usopps were eating the samples, Nami was talking to some guy with horns, and Zoro was by the alcohol. Miyu went over to him, grabbed a glass and drank out of it. "Wow this is good." She admitted.

"Miyu! Zoro! You gotta try this!" Luffy yelled to them, he took a bite out of one of the small portions the maid gave him "Okay" Miyu went over, she took the one from Luffy's hand "hey that's mine!" He pouted while he eyes were glued to the food she stole "Not anymore" She ate it. right. in. front. of. him.  "NO!" He whined "Don't worry there's more" She rolled her eyes, she shook her glass of alcohol so it could taste better.

"Would you like some more?" The girl with dark skin and curly hair came out, with a try of similar food that Luffy had "sure" Miyu went to grab one, but the girl threw the tray at her, knocking down the food and her drink, luckily it didn't go on her dress. "Oh my! My apologies." She faked, she didn't feel sorry, in fact she did it on purpose. 

"My food!" Luffy went on the floor, grabbed it and ate all of them. "You did that on purpose!" Miyu shouted at her, their faces were close. The woman smirked in response, she didn't feel threaten because of Miyu's height, nor her little swords. "What's going on?" Zoro came over, he looked down at the floor, then back up. "This woman purposely threw the food at me!" She shoved the maid with her hands "Akira! How dare you!" The butler came over, he looked at the ground in disappointment. "Sorry! It was an accident. I swear." "just clean it up!" The butler yelled at her, full of anger. "you'll regret this." The maid threatened, she grabbed her cleaning supplies to clean the mess she made up.

"Here" Zoro gave her a new glass of the drink they served  "such a gentleman." Everyone looked up the stairs when Klahadore cleared his throat, Kaya was holding his hands. "may I present... Miss Kaya" They both slowly walked down the stairs, the guy with horns walked up to Kaya "Kaya, you look absolutely Radiant."  She smiled at his comment "Merry, I'm so glad you could make it." Kaya was now in Merry's arms, he helped her walk down the big stairs.

Zoro got up from the chair, Miyu grabbed his wrist "can you bring me another?" She asked him, giving him puppy eyes. "Sure" Kaya went up to Miyu "Oh, Miyu. You look absolutely beautiful." Kaya kindly spoke in that nice soft tone "Thank you! You do too." Her dress matched her personality a lot, it was cute and pastel. "you're so sweet." Kaya told before Klahadore called her over.

"Here." Zoro gave her the glass when he sat down on the chair "thank you" She brought the glass to her mouth, took a sip with a sigh. "shall we all move to the dining room?" Klahadore turned around,  "YES!" Luffy shouted, it's like his stomach is made out of rubber... oh wait... it is.

They made it to the dining room, there was a huge table with nice cloth laying on it. There were a whole bunch of foods, it could feed a whole village. Miyu took her seat besides Zoro, she put her sword against the table, it held it up nicely. "Keep this coming." Zoro handed Sham the bottle of wine, she took it. Miyu reached over to a bottle over by Zoro, she poured it in her glass "That was mine" Zoro looked over at her, then at the bottle. "You're going to drink this all?" She questioned him "Yes, and two more." She rolled her eyes at Zoro's comment, she put the bottle on the other side so he wouldn't be able to touch it "wow."

"I would love to have fish tonight." Kaya told Klahadore, fish does sound nice "I'm sorry, Miss Kaya, but that is not possible." He informed her, but she really wanted fish "Maybe just a small piece?" Miyu looked over as she grabbed a piece of expensive fish, she placed it on her plate, the smell hit her in the face, she was starving. "now, you know that certain foods can affect your constitution. Here, Buchi has prepared your special soup."

The big guy handed her a glass bowl to her, she looked disgusted. "Kaya it's your birthday. You should be able to eat what you want."  Nami looked over at Kaya, Miyu agreed with her, let her eat whatever she once, at least only for today. "Miss Kaya's medical condition necessitates that I look closely to monitor her dietary needs." the butler explained "what medical condition does she have?" Miyu placed her glass down on the table "I won't discuss that personal information with you." "Understandable."

"i'll take her fish!" Luffy raised his hand in the air, swallowing his food. Usopps cleared his throat, he got straight to the point, "Luffy, isn't there something that you want to talk to Kaya about?" He asked Luff, talking about the whole boat thing.  "Oh!" Luffy yelled, remembering why he came here for the first place. "Usopp told me that you own the whole shipyard!" Kaya looked at him "well, actually my parents founded the shipyard..." Miyu grabbed her silver knife, sliced the fish up and took a bite, the fish was well made with the perfect seasoning.

"and Merry's been running the business since... well, since they passed. But all of that's about to change. Tonight at midnight, I will be the sole owner."  She proudly said "good for you Kaya!" She smiled at Kaya, she nodded her head. "ah well, that's great because we want to buy a ship from you." Luffy told her, Kaya tilted her head "I see. Usopp mentioned that you were sailors." 

"nope not sailors" Luffy corrected "We're pirates" He told Kaya, Usopp spit out his drink, Miyu grabbed the whole bottle of wine, opened the cap, and drank out of it. "pirates?" Kaya asked him, wanting to make sure she heard him right "Yep. We haven't sailed together for long, but we have already defeated an evil clown, raided a marine base and taken down a captain with an axe for a hand" Luffy proudly spoke  "these sound a lot like your adventure's Usopp." Kaya looked at Usopp, he let out a laugh "yeah, that's... that's crazy."

Miyu moved her plate away with the fish, she put her head down on the table with her hand still on the wine bottle "Oh yeah. and we're just getting started!" he got up on the table with the glass in his hands, Miyu took her head off the table, looking at the boy. "Being a pirate has been my dream for as long as I can remember, and i'm finally making it a reality" He bent his knee, put his arm on it and looked at Kaya "we're going to the Grand Line, where even more adventures await us."

Luffy walked closer to her, Miyu grabbed the wine bottle and drank some more "And at the end of the journey, I'm gonna find the ultimate treasure, the one piece, and become King of the Pirates" He finished "you're serious?" Kaya questioned, Luffy gave the butler his glass, Luffy put his hands on each side of Kaya's shoulders "Kaya, you have a beautiful ship out there. A caravel with a sheep figurehead.  It spoke to me. That's the ship we need to follow our dreams. I promise you we'll take care of it. Maintain it. Treat it like any other member of our crew, because a ship is also a home." 

"that will be quite enough!" Klahadore yelled "I should've known Usopp would bring riffraff to our doorstep."  he walked to the other side of Kaya "Klahadore it's oka-" before she could finish, she broke out in coughs "Now look what you done, you've upset Kaya. All of you out of this house at once!" He ordered, Miyu drank the last bit of wine in the bottle, she felt tipsy. "No. It's late, let them stay the night." she insisted. Klahadore helped Kaya up from the chair "As you wish Kaya, but they are out first thing in the morning."  He held her in as he brought her out of the dining room.

 Everyone started to leave, Luffy was the last to leave. Zoro got up, Miyu decided to follow him, she grabbed her sword and went besides Zoro "H- how was the food!" Miyu slurred, she wobbled as she walked "decent enough." He replied, he looked over at her drunken state "are you okay?" He stopped in his tracks to look at her "Mhm!" she burped "excuse me!" Miyu laughed with a hiccup "Yeah, you're wasted. Come on." Zoro walked again "where are y-you taking me?" Miyu asked him, each time she took a step she would bump into Zoro's arm. "To you room" He informed her "You. Taking me into my room? Why's that?" She asked him "because you are drunk, don't want you to get hurt." He admitted. Miyu stopped talking for a little bit until she spoke again "you are so hot" She dragged her hand down Zoro's arm "uh, yeah, let's get you to that bed." 

Miyu giggled "to my bed? Ask me out on a date first!" Miyu let out a cough "Not like that, you need to rest" "Can I tell you something?" Miyu stepped in front of him, which stopped him from walking, he rolled his eyes "what?"  Miyu put her pointer finger on Zoro's jaw, she trailed down to his lips "I want to kiss you!" She went closer to Zoro "No." Miyu tripped on her foot, landed onto Zoro's chest. He caught her, his hands on her arms. Miyu looked up at him, smiled and leaned forward, her lips met his. Due to his surprise, he didn't know how to act.

Miyu pulled away, she pointed to his face "You should've see the look on your face!" She giggled "enough with the games." Zoro started to walk in front of her, hoping that Miyu would follow behind. "I don't feel so good." She put her hand on her head, Zoro turned around to see what's wrong.  Miyu closed her eyes and fainted. "Well, that's great." Zoro walked to her unconscious body, picked her up with her sword, and carried her bridal style.

He carried her to a guest room, he opened the door and carefully placed her down on the bed, he put her sword on the wall, so it was leaning. He looked through the drawer and found some pills that could help her with a hangover, he placed it on the desk. After that, he looked down at Miyu, she looked so peaceful. He wondered if she will remember that she kissed him. Maybe she won't. 

A/N

Hey! I started to watch the anime and its good so far (although their voices are a bit annoying) Anyways, Akira (curly hair girl) is a made up character I made, you'll see why she hates Miyu in the next chapter (hopefully) and the faceclaim for her is Antonia Gentry! :)

Published:  September 21st