One Piece Fan Fiction ❯ Catch Me If You Can ❯ Success And Failure Of Many Plans ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Iceis

Disclaimer: I do not own One piece in any way shape or form……….if I did then I would have picture of Zoro naked already………..damn……..

A/n: Normally I do Dragon ball z fan fiction about Bulma and Vegeta, but I decided on a break. I'm hoping by doing a different show (One piece which is my favorite right now other then dragon ball z) I can get back into my Dragon ball z works. I've developed a passion for Tashigi and Zoro so that's become the topic of this story……..I'm actually completely undecided on whether I like Nami and Luffy together or Nami and Sanji. When I figure that out then that will be in the story as well. Probably Luffy………..

Hope you enjoy….

Fore note: The prison is really close together. As much as I tried to picture a prison cell on a marine ship I just saw a dark room with lots of cells and a small hallway down the center. So please don't flame me for how `unrealistic' the scene might be….please have an open mind. (Ether that or Zoro has really long legs……..hehe…you'll understand when you read it.)

Beli: Form of money used in One piece

Katanas: Swords

(Just in case someone didn't know.)

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Catch me if you can

Zoro groaned quietly as he woke up. His blurred vision was accompanied by a horrible migraine from the hit he took. He tried to move his hand to hold his head only to realize that his wrists were chained together behind his back. He looked around instantly for his Katanas and saw none in sight. From the view behind the bars of his cell he saw a man standing on the outside. Smoke clouded around the man and some more blew out of his mouth as he laughed.

“Smoker…” Zoro growled.

“Well now…It does seem that we've caught the first mate huh?” Smoker's deep voice only irritated Zoro's headache more. “Maybe now we can get Luffy and that 30 million beli that's been placed on his head when he gets here to save you.” Smoker walked up to the bars so that his face poked out from the mist of smoke surrounding his head. “It's funny how easily you were captured. You ran right over to our ship when we pulled up to you. Are you sure you're supposed to be on HIS pirate ship.” As smoker spoke he held up the wanted picture of Luffy and pointed to Luffy's face as he spoke the word `his'.

Zoro's eyes narrowed.

“Well, anyways, you're just a pirate and we all know how stupid they are. Luffy won't last long ether.” Smoker grinned as much as he could with the two cigars poking out of his mouth. “You've been down here for two days now. Ill bet you're hungry, but don't worry I might send down some bread and water if you're a good boy.”

“Don't worry, I'll escape. For now I'm just resting.” Zoro smirked as Smoker laughed loudly.

“Well see little man. Well see.” Smoker continued to laugh as he walked out of the prison area.

Zoro tested the strength of the restraints. “I can get out of them. If I only could get a good sleep and some good fresh food to regain my strength, then I could pull out of this easier.” Zoro's eyes started to blur slightly while in thought and his need for sleep once again set in. “I've been in worse situations.”

Not even a few seconds after he seemed to fall asleep he was being tapped in the foot and awakened. Zoro groggily opened his eyes and looked to see what was going on. The dark lights in the cell made it hard for him to see clearly. Once he was finally focused he saw Kuina kneeling before him, reaching to him.

Zoro was up in an instant after that. “What?” He accidentally yelled out loud.

The girl screamed and jumped back against the cell directly behind her, dropping the tray of food in the process.

Arms reached out from the other cell to wrap around her and grasp her neck squeezing slightly.

Zoro fought to stand up without using his hands and walked closer to the cell door.

“It's you!” Zoro's eyes widened with surprise. “The girl from Louge Town.”

“Help!” She gasped

The prisoner holding her licked his lips. “Hey now I've been starved down here for almost a week and already this newcomer gets food?”

“Please…” The girl choked out.

“Why should I?” Zoro grinned and walked deep into the darkness of his cell out of sight. “I'm a prisoner here.”

While the girl was struggling he tried to remember her name. “Tashi? No….Tasmi….no…..Tami….?” Zoro watched as her face started to turn blue. “Tashigi. Hm….How about if I save you, you give me a good meal?”

Tashigi shook her head as best she could. She started to struggle more seeming to try to get in a good position to punch him. While she was struggling she knocked her glasses off.

Zoro watched them clatter to the floor and frowned. His eyes trailed back up her body and to her face. “Kuina…” He groaned inwardly.

Tashigi started to dig her nails into his hands. She could see blood slowly dripping from them. Her gasps of air were only short lived as he tightened his hold. “I refuse to give in, I can fight!” Her thoughts were cut short as a black boot shot out of the cell across from her slamming full force onto the mans arm.

Zoro dug his heel deep into the strangers arm causing him to scream and slowly give way to the girl. Tashigi dropped to the ground panting for air.

The man started cursing and once again reached out for Tashigi.

Zoro prepared for attack again, but before he could move Tashigi had finally took on the offensive. She grabbed his hand and bent it back snapping his wrist in the process.

“That's effective too.” Zoro commented to himself chuckling at her suddenness.

Tashigi back away form the strange mans cell and headed to the door. “Pirates….your all…just…..just so…..STUPID!!” She yelled then ran out the door.

“Just like a little baby.” Zoro laughed. His ran forward again attacking the strangers hands as they grasped for the food on the floor. Zoro nailed the center of one palm as the other started tearing at his foot to get it off. “That's my food you bastard.” Zoro shouted at him.

“I'd like to see how you're going to get and eat it with just your feet.” He spoke in pain.

“I have my ways.” Zoro looked at disgust at the man who was planning to kill Tashigi. “How did you free your hands?” Zoro asked.

“I have my ways.” The Pirate grabbed Zoro's ankle and twisted it forcing Zoro to practically flip in the air and land face first on the ground.

Zoro groaned and pulled himself up. He looked at the pirate curiously, stunned at his brute power. He saw the man reach into his pocket and pull out some keys that he must have pulled from Tashigi and start putting them into the key hole one by one to find which one fit.

Zoro just watched fascinated at what the pirate would do once he freed himself. He heard the door click and the man push the sliding door to the side to walk out. Zoro finally noticed the Pirates feature. He was dirty, almost so much that it was impossible to make out what he really looked like. His unshaven face and shaggy hair added to his already intimidating composer. Zoro didn't even ask for the guy to help him out.

Instead he watched as the pirate set the keys on the floor of his cell just out of reach of Zoro and turn to look at him with a huge grin. He picked up the bread that was on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth.

Zoro narrowed his eyes wondering what in the world this guy was thinking taking his time to get out of here just to piss him off. A moment later a bullet had launched itself into the pirates head. Blood splattered just out of reach of Zoro's feet. Zoro used his heels to push himself towards the back of his cell until his back was against the wooden wall. The man was dead instantly.

Zoro listened closely as heavy boots pounded on the floor. Smoker appeared with a gun in hand down at his side. He shook his head at the body and pointed the gun at Zoro.

Zoro could hear his heart beating in the stone dead silence of the room. “I can't die now. It would be the perfect time for Luffy to appear.” Zoro thought, staring directly down the barrel of the gun.

“Normally I don't use a gun but I'm pissed off. I guess were going to have to find Luffy without using you as a hostage.” Zoro listened intently as the gun was cocked.

“Wait!” Tashigi yelled running over to the gun to stop him. She pulled the gun towards her as it went off. Just barely did the bullet graze her cheek. With wide eyes Tashigi dropped her knees on the floor and felt her cheek. When she looked at her hand she took a few deep breaths to keep herself calm.

“IDIOT PULL THE GUN AWAY FROM YOU!!!” Zoro yelled jumping to his feet.

One of Smokers cigars dropped from his mouth. “Tashigi! What's gotten into you?”

“He saved my life....” Tashigi fidgeted while staring at the ground. She had one hand covering her cheek and her hair fell in front of her face.

Smoker looked at her curiously. “Tashigi, go and get your face checked ill deal with things here.”

“He didn't have anything to do with what happened.”

“Go Tashigi!” Smoker spoke again.

Tashigi stood and ran from the room.

Zoro breathed a breath of relief that it didn't hit her directly. Before he knew it he felt a fist hit him in the face flinging him against the wall. He looked at Smoker with one eye open. Both his eyes widened when he saw that it wasn't a fist that hit him, but a cloud of smoke in the shape of a fist. “Sit down and shut up.” Smoker demanded.

Zoro's back slid against the wall till he was flat against the ground Indian style. He watched as a few more marines ran in and started to clean up the mess of blood and picked up the body.

“Who was he?” Zoro asked watching the pirates lifeless body be dragged from the room.

“A rapist.” Smoker looked as if he was distant, probably from the near miss on Tashigi. Zoro didn't blame him. Smoker walked from the room.

Zoro sat stunned not only from what Smoker had just said but from the complete ignorance of the keys in the opposite cell. For a few more minutes some marine started mopping up the blood and even closed the cell door without taking notice of the keys. Zoro didn't make a sound and continued to hope. After the prison was cleaned and the last person left the room Zoro still sat stunned.

Smoker and Tashigi must have been too caught up in the moment to realize the keys. Zoro scooted forward and looked as much as he could down the hall to the entrance to the room. No one was around. He quickly tried to get his foot through the cell bars and into the other cell to pull the keys in. After about a half an hour of fiddling with the keys he finally got them over to the edge of the cell door, but he was having problems getting it over the bottom metal piece attached to the ground. His ankle started to cramp so he brought his foot back over to rest for a moment. He leaned his head against the cold metal bars and had a flashback of Tashigi losing her glasses for the first time back in Louge town.

“I wander what the purpose of me meeting her is?” Zoro thought his expression tightening. “It has to be to torture me.” Zoro opened his eyes once again. “I need to get out of here...to get away from her.”

Once again Zoro extended his foot and with more determination and started to fiddle with the keys. He closed his eyes and twisted his ankle painfully one last time. Zoro opened his eyes when he heard the clang of the keys hitting the ground.

With new motivation he continued to pull the keys to his cell. As soon as they got close enough Zoro turned his back to them to reach out with his cuffed hands to grab them. Just as he started to pull them up he realized they were stuck to the ground. Again Zoro tried to gently pull at them and when they didn't budge turned around to be face to face with Tashigi.

“I knew he probably stole them from me.” Tashigi picked them up and put them in her pocket. When she looked up she realized there faces were only inches apart and darted back against the cell opposite again then jumped in fear from being close to that same cell again. Holding her heart she looked at Zoro.

He had a look of defeat on his face.

Tashigi sighed. “I brought you a good meal.” She brought the tray out and set it in front of him.

Zoro tried not to drool. His stubbornness wouldn't allow him to touch the food that the person who ruined his plan gave to him.

“Not to sure how your going to eat it though...I could feed it to you.” Tashigi added in all seriousness.

“Why don't you just let me use my hands?”

“I'm not that stupid.”

“I'm not that dishonorable!” Zoro said with offence.

“Dishonor also includes lying does it not?” Tashigi plopped on the floor in front of him.

“I have never lied to you!”

“You didn't tell me you were a pirate!”

“You never asked!!!” Zoro was growling now. “I've done nothing to deserve your hate, nor your pity! Now take your food and leave me alone!” Zoro pushed himself to the darkness of his cell again.

Tashigi brought her hand up to her cheek where there was now a piece of white medical tape protecting the cut. “He…he was a rapist.” Tashigi stuttered.

“So I heard.” Zoro sounded mad and uncaring.

Tashigi opened a slot in the door with the keys and slid the food in. She pushed it in as far as she could and quickly took her hand out. “You don't know how much it means to me…and even smoker that you saved me.”

“Smoker's thankful to me?” Zoro scoffed.

“Well…it's complicated.” Tashigi blushed heavily causing Zoro to raise his eyebrow.

“He's your lover?”

Tashigi turned even redder. “No!! No, it's not like that!! It's just…” She shook her head wildly as she spoke. In her nervousness she pulled off her glasses to clean the lenses.

Zoro stared intensely at Tashigi and reached out with his foot to grab the food.

Tashigi jumped slightly when she saw his foot reach out of the darkness and pull the food back towards him.

“He's….He been asking me to marry him but that's off topic. Don't get the wrong idea. I don't plan on getting married anytime soon.”

“Why get on the defensive when speaking about it?” Zoro interrupted enjoying the torture it seemed to be putting her through.

“Cause I ….I don't love him.”

“Then don't marry him. It's not that hard.”

“It's not that simple!” Tashigi caught herself getting ready to keep going on that topic. “That's not what I came here to talk to you about!” Tashigi yelled. Hearing nothing in return she started her questions. “Why do you consider yourself honorable with your swords!? You're a Pirate! Pirates are not honorable.”

“Then you must not know a lot of pirates…” Zoro sounded bored but irritated at her words.

“Trust me I know A LOT of pirates. I've thrown over 2000 of them in jail.” Tashigi defended herself.

“Did you even really know them or there ambitions?”

Tashigi shut her mouth and tried to come up with something to say. Her thoughts were halted when the plate slide back toward her completely empty.

“Where are my Katanas?” Zoro asked calmly.

“Somewhere a pirate like you can't get them.” Tashigi put her glasses back on and examined the plate with her eyes. “That was quite impressive. I'd like to know how you did that.”

“I'll ask you again. Where are my Katanas?” Zoro's voice raised a little scaring Tashigi. “A Person who can't understand the difference between human life and stereotypes would not be able to comprehend the meaning of those Katanas to me!” Zoro continued.

Tashigi turned from red in embarrassment to red in anger. “And a person like you can't understand the difference between a sword of justice and a sword of revenge and anger.” Tashigi returned. “My sword Shigure is my honor and my life. I dedicated my soulto that sword and this way of life.” Tashigi stood and grabbed the bars willing them to be crushed under her blazing eyes.

Zoro shot at her from the other side of the bars. He brought one hand around her back and the other to hold both her hands. He pulled her face near the bars. “You soul huh?”

Tashigi was too stunned to scream.

“Are you scared I might rape you?” Zoro said furious. “Then scream or you can show me the honor of your sword! If you know I'm a rapist then kill me.” Zoro allowed his fingers to trail down her arm to her elbow as she reached to unsheathe her sword. “If you know I'm a murderer then kill me.” His voice lightened and he stared at her eye to eye. He brought his fingertips back down to her hand as she slowly pulled it out. As she did so Zoro let his finger slide on smooth cold blade till the tip was visible, just barely missing from slipping into his skin.

“If you think I deserve to die for any reason. Then show me the honor and justice of your sword.” He enclosed his hand around the blade and drew it up to his neck and allowed it to linger in the hollow of his throat. “Don't hesitate. Ether I'm a good person or a bad person. Can you vouch for me to be a good person or a dishonorable person? Be careful if you kill a good man, you must live with the guilt, but if you don't kill a bad man it could mean the end of your life or hundreds of other.”

Zoro started to slowly push himself forward against the sword edging it into his neck.

“Stop it.” Tashigi whispered. “Stop it I say!”

He brought his hand up to her face and allowed it to linger on her cheek, but continued forward. “I could kill you right now. Prove to me how sure you are by your honorable sword of justice and prove me wrong.”

“Please stop.” She whispered not sure whether she was referring to his flat lining words or his self impalement on her `soul'. She continued to pull her sword away to keep him from cutting himself, but as she did so he pulled her toward the cell.

“Then scream for help.” Zoro ran his thumb over her bottom lip as he continued forward. “Why do you have to look like her…..why her….” Zoro brought a shaking Tashigi's face up close to the bars. Right as there lips just barely touched and Tashigi had dropped Shigure to her side. Zoro paused.

“Stop.” Tashigi whispered again.

“Stop me.” Zoro closed the small gap between them. He nearly lost all concentration when the soft dry heat from her lips pressed against his. He put his hand behind her neck as he let the kiss go so that he could hold her face still near inches from his.

“How did you free your hands?” Tashigi asked half interested, her eyes half lidded, her face red with embarrassment, nervousness and arousal.

Zoro let loose a lust filled smirk, his face also red, than brought her lips to his again this time tilting his head as much as the bars would allow, which wasn't much.

Tashigi melted as his lips rubbed hers over and over causing her to lose count of just how many kisses there were. Her hand fell through the bars and rested on his hot sweaty shoulder then slid up into his dampened hair.

Zoro slipped his tongue through to lightly touch her lips and just as she opened her mouth to allow it Zoro caught him-self and pulled away. “So much for Smoker.” He spoke with an evil grin.

Tashigi slapped him hard across the mouth. “You BASTARD!” She pulled away out of his grasp. I should have slit your throat when I had the chance. You're just the person I thought you were.” With that Tashigi ran from the room deeply disturbed and flushed.

Zoro took a minute to cool him-self down. “You almost lost it you baka…” Zoro thought to himself. “Why aren't there any windows down here it's so damn hot!” Zoro tried not to scream. Shaking his head to clear his own aroused thoughts he took his mind back to the current situation.

Again a smile graced his lips. He brought his hand up in front of his face. In-between his fingers dangled the keys.

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A/n: Wow that was hot…. A lot of the stuff on there could have been taken so bad……..wooh! Zoro might seem like a scheming bastard to some of you but hey he's a pirate! Lol. I really hope you enjoyed this enough to read more as I get it out. Please let me know what you think if I should keep going or not. Also for those who don't know the show all to well `Shigure' is the name of Tashigi's sword.

In the next chapter: Zoro escapes? Tashigi a hostage? How far will Zoro go to ensure he gets back to his captain and how will Zoro find his swords. Smokers not going to be to happy about this chapter. Not that he should about this one ether. Also find out how exactly Zoro got caught.