Book One: Treasure of the Heart (Zoro X OC)

Chapter Thirty One ~ Poses and Paint

~Nicole~

"What are you doing now?"i asked Zoro as he held up Wado Ichimonji "I'm posing, if i'm gonna be a statue might as well be a cool one"he said, i sweatdropped at him "This is no time to be playing around!"Vivi yelled at him "Who said anything about playing?"Zoro asked "Could you at least do something about all this blood i'm getting sick just looking at it"Nami said "So quite looking at it then"Zoro said "It's kinda hard to ignore"Nami said.

"It is a lot of blood, are you okay?"i asked concerned "Yeah i'll be fine"Zoro said, i sighed a bit "Still did you honestly think you could fight like that?"I asked "Who cares, all i planned was to win"he said, i sweatdropped "Sometimes i wonder if you have a brain behind that thick skull of yours"i said "Sure i do, i thought of a plan to cut my legs and fight these guys"he said, i sweatdropped more "Yes and what a great plan that would have been"i said "So what? Not like you had any better plans"he said "I was trying to think of one when you went and did something reckless!"i yelled at him.

"Hey sword guy"Broggy called before we could get bicker any further "Is that all the fight you've got left in ya?"the giant asked "Yeah i think i'm gonna have to let someone else take over from here"Zoro said "Heh, alright"Broggy said.

"If you wanna die in a cool pose Nami you better hurry up"Zoro said "I've got other things to worry about"Nami said "You think i should mirror you or do my own thing?"i asked Zoro "I don't care, just make it cool"Zoro said "Yeah but which would be cooler? if we were symmetrical? or mirrored? Or should i just do whatever?"i asked, Zoro paused for a minute "That is an interesting question"he said "Could you two please take this a little more seriously?"Vivi asked "Hey your pose could use a little work too"Zoro said "Shut up about the posing already!"Nami yelled at him.

Anyway the fight between these Baroque Works clowns and Luffy, Usopp and the duck were getting started, of course Usopp and the duck ran back to the jungle hiding there as Luffy while distracted by them got his feet locked in wax "Luffy!"Vivi gasped "Damn he got caught already?" Zoro asked "Well maybe let's just see what happens next"i said.

Luffy used the wax as a mallet braking the pillar, only for the top to fall closer to us, though at first i thought it would fall ON us "We're okay now"Nami sighed in relief, Vivi sighed in relief too "We didn't die"she said "We're still alive but that didn't really help at all"Zoro said "Yeah if anything we're only going to die faster now"i said "That was a close one but why didn't you guys run away?"Luffy asked.

"Because we're stuck here isn't that obvious?!"Vivi and Nami yelled at him "Oh really? So that's what's going on? The only thing you guys kept saying was i needed to brake the pillar so that's what i did"Luffy said "We meant this whole structure"i said "Oh"Luffy simply said "Mr. Bushido do you really think it's a good idea to put our lives in that guys hands?!"Vivi yelled asking Zoro.

"Well we don't exactly have much of a choice do we? I don't know about you but i'm having a little trouble moving right now"Zoro said "Yet you don't seem to be bothered by it somehow!" Vivi yelled at him "It's all about keeping calm, just relax and forget your regrets and die in peace"i said "You're awfully morbid!"Vivi yelled, as this went on Nami was freaking out about not being able to move.

"You fools! All you did was move the candles closer! And by doing so you only sped up the solidifying process, you'll become wax figures even sooner now! Well done!"Mr.3 laughed, "Wait you guys are gonna turn into wax figures?"Luffy asked "That's what we've been trying to tell you!"Nami yelled at him "Please just hurry up and destroy this thing Luffy!"Vivi said "Right yeah i'm on it"Luffy said "I don't think so strawhat now get out of my way!"Mr.3 yelled and the fight continued.

"This isn't really looking good for us ladies this damn thing is speeding up good thing i got my pose ready"Zoro said "Well damn, i guess i'm going to be stuck like this forever"i said, my arms crossed and posture straight, i couldn't really move anything any more "Morons the both of you!"Nami yelled "Come on Luffy you have to hurry!"Vivi yelled at him "Right so the pumpkin thing has to go!"Luffy said aiming for the pumpkin thing as he called it but Mr.3 got in the way and the fight picked up again.

Luffy knocked Mr.3 back with a punch "Luffy! Brake this thing before we die up here!"Nami yelled at him "Um no"he said "Quit joking around and hurry!"Nami yelled at him again "Nah uh"Luffy said "Quit being an idiot now's not really a good time!"Zoro yelled at him "Luffy please just do it!"Vivi yelled "Not now, i just don't feel like saving you"Luffy said "Luffy what's wrong?" Nami asked.

"Hey Luffy, there's no time to be spacing out now do something about this already!"Zoro yelled at him "Yeah i know"Luffy said "Then quit just standing there will you?!"Vivi yelled at him "Come on Luffy!"Nami yelled, i noticed the spot he was standing on had something painted on it, what's that about i wonder "I know what i should do but i don't feel like it"Luffy said "Damn it! Why do you keep saying that?! We're about to be turned into wax statues! Do you understand me we're going to die!"Nami yelled at him.

"Yeah but for some reason i can get motivated to help"Luffy said "What do you mean can't get motivated?!"the others yelled at him "Hold on, look at the spot he's standing on"i said pointing it out "Yeah there's a black pattern on it"Nami said "But why? More importantly who?"Zoro asked "Miss Golden Week is responsible, i know that this is your doing!"she yelled at the little girl that just appeared right by Luffy eating a cracker.

"It's my colors trap, betrayal black, if you touch the pain you want to betray your friends no matter what they say, even if they beg an plead for help"the little girl said "What she talking about? I don't understand what's going on here"Nami said "She's a painter, she uses her paint to create different emotions, each color is a feeling"Vivi said Huh?"Nami asked "Her sense of color is so complete she can manipulate your mind just a splash of one her colors and you'll be under her control"Vivi said.

"Under her control? Well that's not good that simple minded fool is already too easy to control, the last thing we need is someone messing with his mind"Zoro said "Does that mean all he needs to do is move out of the pain and he'll be okay? Luffy move away from there quickly!" Nami yelled "No don't! Luffy listen whatever you do please don't step out side the black circle alright?! I'm begging!"Vivi yelled at him "What are you saying?!"Nami yelled at her "We don't want you to save us Luffy, please stay away from us!"Vivi yelled and Luffy stepped away from the black mark.

"I get it now, we just needed to say the exact opposite of what we wanted him to do"Zoro said "Reverse psychology"i said "Oh hey, what just happened? I was acting really strange"Luffy said "Luffy! Help us now!"Vivi yelled at him "Okay i'm on my way right now!"Luffy said before he started to laugh like crazy, ugh i have a feeling we might die after all.

"This is bad if the wax keeps falling at this rate we might be lucky to stay alive for five minutes" Zoro said as Luffy just continued to laugh, Usopp came running over just then and knocked Luffy over rubbing the pain off his shirt, Luffy tried saving us again only for his attack to be redirected to the ground "What were you aiming at?!"Zoro yelled at him "I can't let you brake it Mr.3 wouldn't be happy about that at all"miss Golden Week said "What you do?!"Luffy yelled at her "During a bull fight the bull can't help attacking the red cape, like wise you can't attack anything but that red circle that's what i did"miss Golden Week said.

"Except it's the movement and not the color that makes the bull mad!"i yelled as Luffy tried attacking again but his attack went to the red circle again "Oh great at this rate he's never going to beat her now all of his strength is useless"Nami said just as the color on Luffy's was turned green and he started to have a picnic instead "Luffy!"we yelled at him "So what happens now?" Nami asked "We accept our impending doom"i said "Yeah, sounds about right"Zoro said.

As the flakes continued falling and Luffy continued having a picnic, i looked over to Zoro "Since this is our doom i'd like to say something to you Zoro"i said "Don't"he said cutting me off, he looked back at me "We'll get out of this, one way or another"he said with a smirk, i sighed a bit and smiled "Yeah"i simply said as slowly everything went dark.