The Kept Promise

Part 2

Flashback...

"So that's it then you won't help me find them!?! Those who are responsible for Kuina's death as well as my own family!! Do you not care someone murdered her! Just because she was a girl! How can you not care!?" You shouted with all your might. "I don't care for revenge! I don't care about you or anyone else! I care about fulfilling her promise!" He turned away from you. You spun him around and slapped him across the face. "I hope I never see you again!" You shouted after and ran off the ship. You didn't say goodbye to him. You left him standing there. You were gonna admit your feelings, you were gonna kiss him goodbye. Your heart was now permanently shattered. You wouldn't let another man in as long as you lived.

Back in present...

You fixed your dinner and sat on your rooftop balcony overlooking the forested part of the island. You looked over the dossier handed to you by a contact in the Marines. Your last enemy! Your last fight. You will kill him, no matter the cost. "Oi! Open the door woman! Let me in!" You heard the old swordsman shout. "Why? You can just shout to me from there and I won't have to look at you," you shouted back. "Let me in! I want to talk!" He said more insistent. "Please," he grumbled. Even though he never said please, you knew he wanted to say something important. Might as well get it over with. You huffed and made your way down the ladder to the door.

When you swung it open, there stood Marimo after all this time. You didn't really get a look at his features in the cemetery, nor did you care enough to look. He looked a little wrinkled, but to you he was still as good looking as ever. "What?" you said. He walked by you and sat down on the chair in the kitchen. "Yeah sure come on in," you shut the door. "What do you want Zoro?" You said sitting across from him. "I tried finding you. Talking to you, fixing things. It took a while to get me to find you and now I do you won't even look me in the eye," he said.

You looked at your hands. "I don't need to look you in the eye Zoro. You hurt me, in your own conquest and selfishness. Now your done and your promise is fulfilled your hoping I won't hate you anymore," you said. "I want to help," he said monotoned. "No, you don't. You can't help me, you shattered my heart and my soul, made me a shell of who I was. Everything I've done, I've done on my own," you shouted. "Shattered heart?" He asked confused. "Bloody hell, your fucking dumb. Did you not have a fucking clue I was in love with you!? Did it not occur to you all the things we did and said. The nights we spent together just you and me. The scars on my body, it was all because I fucking loved you! You told me yourself you don't care, so why is it I should let you back into my life?! I don't trust you at all," you let the tears show. "If your staying here, fine, sleep on the couch, but I am leaving tomorrow. To fulfill my own promise," you said quieter. You walked to your room and went to bed leaving him there to think.