Zorro was on the way to look for Robin, Nami, Chopper, Luffy and to his bad luck also Tashigi. He had already made a cave and was hopelessly lost when he reached a small cave.
Since he couldn't see anything in the fog, he decided to stay here and wait until the fog cleared, or at least cleared.
What kind of weird stuff that apparently stole the emotions of everyone but him. After pondering a den, he fell asleep.
When he woke up the fog was gone and the sun was just rising. He stretched himself extensively and watched the sun as it slowly pushed itself over the horizon. When it was completely open he wanted to go to his friends and look for the ship. But after just a dozen steps, a strangely familiar voice called him back. Kuina's voice.
He turned and actually saw her standing in the cave entrance. It looked strangely translucent, as if it were a ghost."Kuina? How is that possible?" he asked cautiously.
"Hello Zorro! I am a soul. I am here because I made a promise and it has not yet been kept."
"How do you mean?" asked he.
"We have made a promise to ourselves that one of the best swordsmen in the world will be and if you fail to do that, you and I will have to stay on this island forever after your death."
"So that means I have to make it, right?" he looked her carefully in the eye.
“Yes, you just like this island so much,” she says ironically. "But that's not why I went to see you."
"Then why?" asked he.
"I came to you because I want to help you. You have been lonely for too long. You have to let go of me. I can tell that you have secretly fallen in love with my big sister ..." she was interrupted by Zorro: " Your sister? You never told me about a sister, "he said.
"I didn't know until I met my mother here.Tashigi is my big sister, "she explained to him.
"That is why this agonizing resemblance," he thought out loud.
"She doesn't have to be tormenting a Zorro. We were never more than good friends, but you could find your great love in my sister, you just have to let it go. You have to be able to let go of me. You can't just live in the past ... and I am the past. But Tashigi is now your present. You have to live in the present - with the present. "She sounded so different than before. Adult.
"How could I? I can't just forget you," he said.
"You shouldn't forget me either. You should accept my death and go on living. I don't want you to be sad. I want you to be happy and laugh again. I want you to be able to love."
"But Tashigi reminds me of you every day."
"Dan keep me in good memory and love Tashigi as she deserves, because you deserve to love too.I can tell that you've fallen in love with her. When you are dead you notice something like that. "
"I don't want to offend you. I feel like I'm cheating on you then, even if we were just good friends." He confessed to her.
"You don't need to feel guilty about anything when you are with my sister, but I have two more favors to ask," she said.
"And what about?" he asked now slightly suspicious.
"First: tell Tashigi that I wasn't allowed to talk to her tonight because I didn't promise her anything. And please tell her that I'm very happy to have seen her."
"I will. I promise! And secondly ???" asked he. He had made her the promise on purpose and intended to keep it as soon as he returned to the ship.
"Second, train her !!! She has the same potential as me and it would be a waste if she didn't use it."
"Let's see." He grumbled now a little morosely.
"Promise me Zorro !!!" she said louder now."Kuina I ..." she interrupted: "Promise me !!!"
"Okay!" he said. "I promise you to train her if she wants it!"
"Thank you" said Kuina and then she was gone and he thought he heard her voice somewhere in his head: "Goodbye Zorro!"
"Farewell Kuina. I will free you from this island. I promised you." Then he makes his way to the ship, which he could see in the distance.
On the way there, he thought a lot about Kuina's words. She was right. He couldn't just live in the past. "Life goes on!" he said resolutely to himself.

When he arrived on the ship, Nami was just about to insult Usopp and Sanji because they had misappropriated their things.
"But we just wanted to show you the way!" Usopp defended himself and Sanji.
Now Nami noticed Zorro strolling onto the deck with a smile on his face.
"Sanji! When will we eat, I'm really hungry," he said.
Then he went to Tashigi, who had leaned against the Rehling and was looking out to sea to deliver her message from Kuinas.The others just start after him, speechless. He went to Tashigi voluntarily? They couldn't believe that. They watched the two of them, Zorro seemed to be telling her something important and when he stopped speaking Tashigi fell around his neck and instead of pushing her away, as the rest of the straw hat gang would have expected, he also hugged her and everyone knew that now Another fun time would break for the Flying Lamb.

So that was the 6th chapter. Look forward to number 7, because I still have tons of ideas. And don't forget: hand in clerks !!!! Otherwise I won't write any further ;-)
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