Supreme Swordsman Zoro

As Zoro followed Smoker around the city he also observed the architecture of the city, the houses were near each other and the alleyways were narrow, after a while they finally got near the execution platform and Zoro looked at it for a bit, Smoker observed Zoro's actions the whole time, it seemed he was sightseeing, Smoker realized that it truly was Zoro's first time in Logue Town, Smoker continued to walk and after a while, they finally reached the marine base.

Smoker opened the door of his office and invited Zoro in, the room was clean and neat, there were some papers on his desk that he needed to complete and a bunch of cigars in a special cigar holder, Smoker wanted to look for his lieutenant so she could get Zoro his bounty but the woman was missing, Smoker inhaled deeply from his cigar then threw the b.u.t.t away and sighed:

"Well since she is away I will get you the cash and write the papers, goddamit when I became a Captain I thought I have finished with this boring stuff." Smoker left the office and came back with a briefcase full with bellies which he gave Zoro then he made him sign some papers which we also signed then he said:

"Ok now you have the money from the bounties, as for the money from the pirate's treasures and sh.i.p.s you will have to wait for a bit till my lieutenant comes back so I can inform her, I would do it myself, but she is better at identifying stuff she would give you a better price, in a maximum of half a day you can get the rest of your money since it's your first time in Logue Town I recommend more sightseeing."

Zoro smiled towards Smoker took the briefcase from him and then said:

"Thanks, Captain Smoker, actually I have a favor to ask, can you tell me where I can find a shop which sells swords?" Smoker nodded his head it was easy for him, he couldn't leave the office as he had to wait for his lieutenant so he gave Zoro the directions towards the best sword selling shop in Logue Town then said his goodbyes to the green-haired swordsman.

Zoro left the marine's office and used the directions to find the shop which had the best swords in Logue Town after a while of walking he finally found it Ipponmatsu's swords shop!

The moment he entered the shop he found out that there were two swords here that had souls! Using his Observation Haki he found that one was in the barrels which had swords with prices ranging from one hundred thousand bellies to ten thousand bellies and the other was in the back of the shop.

There was no one else in the shop beside the clerk the man had a big red nose small beady dark eyes and the middle of his head was balding he had hair on the parts of his head which were defying gravity as it was going up, the man known as Ipponmatsu was reading the newspaper his eyes wandered from the paper after he heard the bell signaling that he had a new customer, his eyes transformed into belli signs as he saw the man's briefcase, he must be a big spender! That's what he thought.

Zoro walked towards the barrels with the price range of one hundred thousand and ten thousand and Ipponmatsu started to become disappointed, what do you come with that briefcase for if you don't want to spend money!

Zoro immediately found what he was looking for when Ipponmatsu saw the sword the man picked his eyes bulged out and he shouted:

"Sir that sword isn't for sale it's..." But Zoro interrupted him with two words:

"It's cursed." Ipponmatsu eyes widened at Zoro's words, how did the young man know about this? Zoro unsheathed the sword and inspected it, the sword is a moderately curved katana with a white edge and a distinct blue Hamon that has the appearance of flames. Its tsuba is golden and shaped like a rounded cross pattée; the hilt is wrapped reddish-brown, with a golden clasp around its middle and a golden kashira pommel.

The sheath of the sword is deep red and continues the design of the hilt, having two golden clasps in short succession around its middle, and the kojiri end cap also being golden.

After he finished inspecting the sword he did a few practice slashes, the sword was extremely sharp and it radiated an extreme bloodl.u.s.t in his senses, it felt like the sword itself wanted to drown the world in blood, Ipponmatsu tried to dissuade Zoro from buying the sword but Zoro shook his head then said:

"Curse or not let's see if the curse is stronger or my luck is stronger." Ipponmatsu's jaw almost hit the ground as he saw Zoro throwing the sword into the air and holding his arm out:

"Customer that Sword is extremely sharp retake your arm immediately!" but Zoro didn't and somehow centimeters off from the sword hacking his arm off the sword deviated from its path and buried itself in the floor. Ipponmatsu was sweating extremely hard but his jaw hit the floor again when he saw how the sword didn't hack Zoro's arm off. He immediately went to the back of the shop and came back with a long katana with a black handle. It had a cross-shaped guard and a black lacquered sheath. The blade itself was normal in appearance and its pattern was midareba or irregular pattern. Though mostly black, the sheath and the handle both had thin yet elaborate gold designs on them.

Ipponmatsu unsheathed the sword then said:

"This sword has been in my family for generations and it started to gather dust, I would be honored if a true swordsman like yourself took it and used it, Its name is Yubashiri." Zoro smiled at Ipponmatsu's words then took both of the swords and asked:

"How much do I owe you old man?" Ipponmatsu was torn on this situation the man looked like he had money but he didn't want to take money from a great swordsman like him so he quoted a relatively low price compared to the quality of the swords, Sandai Kitetsu was worth one million bellies but it was cursed so no one would buy it so he decided to sell it to him for one thousand bellies as for Yubashiri he decided to sell it to Zoro for one million and five hundred thousand bellies, the price of the sword was original seven million but he would feel bad to take so much money from the man.

Zoro gave Ipponmatsu what he owed him then left the shop, he had what he came from now he would wait to get the rest of his bellies and he would get back to east blue, his ship wasn't good enough to travel the grand line and he felt that he wasn't ready yet after he could fully use Armament Haki whenever he wanted and could keep up Observation Haki at least for few hours he would go for the grand line, he grew at relatively normal speeds which was quite slow for him but at least he didn't hit any bottleneck yet if he would hit a bottleneck he would have to go to the grand line earlier.

Zoro decided to do a bit more sightseeing before he left for his ship, Kuina was also shopping around for supplies and some other stuff she wanted like some new clothes, etc, Zoro decided to get some things for himself as well, he got three gold earrings which represented his three sword style and a black bandana which he tied to his right arm Zoro was a simple man so he didn't care about many things he also got some more clothes like his.

On his way back to the ship he bumped into someone who said:

"My glasses! I can't see without my glasses." Zoro got the glasses for the woman but his eyes widened as he saw her, she looked exactly like Kuina! He almost said Kuina when he saw her face, they looked too much alike, but she looked a bit younger. Zoro coughed then gave the woman the glasses, the woman bowed to Zoro then said:

"I'm sorry I'm doing this all of the time so clumsy so clumsy, I'm also running late, Captain Smoker will be mad!" She was ready to run off but Zoro grabbed her by the shoulder and said:

"Does the name Kuina tell you anything?" The woman shook her head then said:

"My name's Tashigi I don't know who this Kuina is, why do you ask?" Zoro shook his head then said:

"You look like her, very strange, you said you work with Smoker? You are a marine?" Tashigi nodded her head at Zoro's questions and Zoro continued:

"I know what Smoker needs you to do, I just finished talking to him a while ago after I cashed in my bounty, come with me to the docks." Tashigi wasn't sure if the man said the truth, but she decided to follow him. After a few tens of awkward silence, they finally reached the docks where Tashigi's eyes widened as she saw no pirates, this place was infested with pirates daily but now the docks were empty but there were still lots of sh.i.p.s docked.

Tashigi adjusted her glasses then asked Zoro:

"You are a bounty hunter right?" Tashigi didn't particularly like bounty hunters but at least she didn't hate them as much as pirates, Zoro nodded his head at Tashigi's question, he didn't like to call himself a bounty hunter, he just needed money and this was the best legal way to make it.

Tashigi gave him another question:

"So I guess Smoker would want me to inspect the sh.i.p.s and confiscate the stolen treasures and sell the sh.i.p.s afterward... Ok, let's see." Tashigi was a smart young woman, she knew what she needed to do before Zoro even said anything, She walked towards the sh.i.p.s but almost slipped and fell but Zoro caught her easily, out of nowhere Kuina appeared with Johnny and Yosaku carrying some of her bags.

Something seemed wrong to her seeing a younger version of herself being caught by Zoro so she sprinted towards them, Tashigi looked at Kuina and her glasses almost fell off her face as she said:

"Kuina?" Kuina eyes narrowed then said:

"How do you know my name?" Zoro interfered and said that he told her about Kuina and how they looked extremely similar, and it was true, they looked like two peas from a pod, but they couldn't be twin sisters as their ages didn't match, Tashigi was a bit younger, she was as young as Zoro both being sixteen, Kuina was eighteen.

They started talking about their past immediately to see if there was anything they could remember, Kuina even told her about the things that happened before she came to east blue, Tashigi, however, didn't remember much of her childhood she knew that she was abandoned and a marine orphanage found her and took her in, she was a good and talented child and she got enrolled in the marines at ten years old, after instructage and training she became a marine, after a few more years of training she became a petty officer then she started to skyrocket ranks till she became a lieutenant and was put under Smoker's tutelage, it looked like there was no connection between the two of them on the surface.

But it seemed like Kuina was holding something back, it was unknown what but it would solve the strange situation at hand, Johnny and Yosaku were still looking back and forth between Kuina and Tashigi, they weren't sure what they were supposed to say here so they just kept their mouth shut.

Zoro himself had nothing to say as it wasn't his job to wander into this, Kuina thought to herself for a while then said:

"The best chance to uncover this would be to meet with my father, he should know about this, I also know something but I'm not sure about it as I can barely remember it." Tashigi herself felt that it was very strange, the resemblance between them was uncanny, might they be sisters? even though they weren't twins sometimes brothers and sisters could still look like each other even though they weren't twins.

Tashigi shook her head of these thoughts then said:

"I could come with you to your father but first I need to do my duty as a marine lieutenant then I would have to ask Smoker-san for a vacation." She got a little notebook from her shirt pocket and a pencil then started to inspect the pirate sh.i.p.s, she entered them and then left them with a few more lines on the notebook, after one hour of inspection she sighed then put her notebook back then said:

"I will go to Smoker-san give him the report then come back with the money, hopefully, he will give me a vacation too." Tashigi left quickly and came as quickly with a briefcase of bellies but she didn't come alone Smoker was with her, his eyes widened as he laid his eyes on Kuina and he mumbled to himself:

"It's true they look the same!" Smoker nodded at Tashigi then said:

"Ok you got yourself a vacation Lieutenant Tashigi, go and find out about past." Smoker wasn't an absolute justice follower, he cared about his subordinates unlike an angry magma man from Marineford

Tashigi saluted Smoker and said:

"Thank you, Captain Smoker!" Smoker smiled at her then he ruffled her hair and told her:

"I know your background kid, it's quite pitiful, go find what happened in your past, you deserve it!"

Tashigi blushed at Smoker's actions and pushed his hand away Zoro shook his head at their actions and said:

"Ok, I guess it's time to go now, embark the ship and we can go back to our Island, right Kuina?" Kuina nodded her head then waved towards Tashigi indicating it was time to go. Tashigi smiled then embarked on the ship Johnny and Yosaku immediately made themselves useful and the ship left the docks of Logue Town, the town of the beginning and the end.

The next destination will be Kuina's and Zoro's hometown!