Striken

Promises

Aikyō spoke,

"We need to get back to the others.I hope we see each other again.Goodbye."

She waved at everyone on Whitebeard's ship boarding her own with Rapa, Miles and Zoro.Ace felt a bit anxious not wanting to see her leave asking,

"You know you can call or we can meet up with each other whenever you have time right?"

Aikyō looked at him,

"I left something for you in your room.See ya.."

Aikyō filled the sails with wind watching Miles and Rapa get to work on cleaning because of their wounds they struggled. She crossed her arms,

"Stop and just rest we'll be in Arabasta soon.Zoro you can train in the foreyard if you'd like, Miles you need to train too."

Rapa said,

"If you get hungry Captain Jep pre-made some meals for you."

Aikyō smiled,

"Thanks Rapa, get some rest, you did great."

She watched Miles train hard and Zoro took off his robe leaving himself in just his pants.He was lifting some extremely heavy weights that motivated Miles to start lifting too.Aikyō stared at him the gleam on his muscles and tanned skin brought goosebumps all across her body.She noticed the wounds he had were trickling with a bit of blood,

"You took off the bandages?Were they soiled?"

Zoro set down the weights looking down at his body,

"They were constricting, I'll be fine."

Aikyō put a hand on her hip,

"I can't have you dripping blood on my deck. Miles keep a lookout shrink us if you need to-"

Miles nodded,

"Aye Captain."

Aikyō was glad to be wearing gray shorts and a cobalt blue camisole. It was getting hotter as they were nearing desert territory.Zoro followed her remaining shirtless she led him to her medical room she pointed to the examination table so he sat on it.He looked around subtly amazed by the amount of equipment she had in just this room alone.Aikyō brought out a special sterilized gauze, a needle syringe with a small bottle of antibiotics to keep wounds from festering with infection and alcohol wipes to clean up the blood/wounds.

Aikyō washed her hands unbothered by the silence as well as Zoro he sat there watching the young woman wash her hands then put purple colored tight gloves on.She had him lay on his back so she could clean the wounds, she was very attentive and carefully gentle.Aikyō explained,

"The injection I'm going to give you is purely homemade, it's an antibiotic for wounds. It'll keep it from getting infected, though I must ask if you've ever had a Tetanus shot. It's a shot that helps prevent life threatening diseases and lockjaw. See swordsman run the risk of getting cut of course but more so with a blade that hasn't been properly taken care of-Rust, dried blood from previous fights and so on. Lockjaw is the most common side effect of contracting a disease from metals and in no shape way or form has it ever been cured.The name implies exactly what happens if you have that symptom."

Zoro hummed,

"I trust you.."

Aikyō's face lit up,

"Let me change my gloves, I'll get that Tetanus shot done for you. I'll even make a medical chart and do a medical examination for you if you want. I can give a copy to Chopper in case he needs it."

Zoro smiled,

"I feel like you're enjoying this."

Aikyō met eyes with him smiling brightly,