This is my collection of pretty much every single ZoLu moment I've found, As I'm re-watching the series. Yeah, I know, I'm kind of obsessed ^^; But, uh... Read, and Enjoy!
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'Thoughts'
Implied
"Talking"
Narrative
"Multiple people saying some thing at the same time."
Captain's Mate - Means change of scene
captain's mate - means time skip/perspective skip
"D-d-don't take another step! Y-you hear me? S-stop!" The gun trembled in his shaking fingers as Helmeppo held it to Coby's temple, tears running down the pink haired boy's face.
"I don't want to interfere with your dream Luffy, even if I die!" Coby knew he was about to die. But he wouldn't back down, because he owed this man, this pirate, Luffy.
And Luffy smiled.
"I know." He reared back his fist and swung.
"LUFFY! Behind you!"
But the straw-hat didn't dodge, or even turn, because he knew he didn't have to. And he laughed as his fist collided with Helmeppo's face.
"Nice..."
He said, turning to Zoro, grinning all the while as Morgan's body fell to the ground.
"... Zoro."
"It was nothing..."
And they shared a glance.
"... Captain."
-Captain's Mate-
"Run, Zoro." He said and his eyes implored.
"What?" He replied, and his eyes questioned.
And in that moment where their eyes connected, Luffy smiled and Zoro smirked.
"Aye, Captain."
Because that's all that was needed. One moment, one second, one glance and one breath. One thought and one affirmation for the two men to know.
Grinning Dangerously, Zoro placed Wado in his mouth, and charged.
-Captain's Mate-
"Ne, Zoro?" Nami looked over to the green haired man in inquiry. "Why did you flip the canon?"
Raising a brow, Zoro snorted. "Why else? Because Luffy told me to."
"Eh? But- that's not-" The thief girl stared at him, mouth twisting into a frown. "But he told you to run, he didn't say-"
"You just weren't hearing him right." The swordsman interrupted her, eyes closed as he leaned back against the side of the boat.
"B-but Luffy- you didn't say anything, did you?" How could she not have heard him right? He'd said to run away, clear as that.
But Luffy only smiled, because he knew exactly what Zoro meant, even if Nami didn't.
-Captain's Mate-
"What are you doing, he's going to be killed!"
Luffy's hard eyes stared forward, penetrating Zoro's back as he watched his swordsman fight, but he didn't move.
"Is it that much fun? Hitting my wound?"
Wincing in sympathy for his friend, Luffy smiled.
"I'll show you the difference between you and me."
Grin widening, Luffy raised an arm, and shouted "Go, Zoro!"
Because he knew Zoro would win, wound and all.
-Captain's Mate-
"Zoro's fight..." Luffy said in a dangerous tone. "... Don't interrupt it." Because Zoro's fight was Zoro's fight and as his Captain, it was up to Luffy to make sure no one interfered.
-Captain's Mate-
"Not thieves... pirates." Zoro smirked, laying his head down against the cold flagstones.
"Luffy. I'm going to sleep." Luffy, I'm putting myself in your care.
"Yeah, sure. I'll take care of the rest." Don't worry Zoro. Sleep well.
-Captain's Mate-
Smirking, Zoro tapped Luffy's rear with the but of his sword, shaking his head.
"This guy..."
Because obviously falling off a cliff wouldn't be enough to kill this rubberman.
-Captain's Mate-
"We don't need to go after that woman."
"But I want her as my navigator!"
The two stared off, stubborn black against mutinous green.
...
"Keh." Turning away, Zoro rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Fine, fine. What a pain in the ass captain." He said, smiling all the while.
-Captain's Mate-
"Be careful Luffy. Things are abnormal here."
"Yeah, I will be."
-Captain's Mate-
"Oi, Luffy! Going Merry is almost out of our sight! Luffy!"
But he didn't answer Usopp's call, eyes trained on his swordsman as he challenged Mihawk.
"Zoro..!" Luffy's eyes widened, brows creasing as his attack was blocked simply by such a tiny blade.
-Captain's Mate-
Gasping as he was chopped in the neck, Luffy had to restrain himself from running to his friend.
But when Johnny and Yosaku charged, he stopped them. Because no one, absolutely on one, was allowed to interrupt this fight.
-Captain's Mate-
Luffy turned as he heard Zoro's voice.
"I can't afford to lose."
-Captain's Mate-
The world whited-out.
'For Kuina... for Luffy.'
"Tora..."
"World's greatest swordsman eh? Well, I'd be in a dilemma if you're weren't at least that."
"... GARI!"
-Captain's Mate-
"Attacking from behind is a shameless act upon swordsmen."
Slash.
"ZORO!"
A scream of anguished pain for his comrade- his friend.
"Damn it... damn it, damn it, Damn it!" Blinded by rage, Luffy launched an arm towards the Hawk-Eyed man, thinking of nothing but avenging Zoro. "Bastard!" He yelled, missing by a long shot as Mihawk dogged, plunging into the wood of Krieg's broken ship.
"You're the young swordsman's comrade? Thank you for watching over him." Luffy stared up at the man from the position he had fallen in after extracting his head. "Rest assured, he is still alive."
Johnny's voice sounded from across the water. "Aniki! Aniki, say something!"
"Zoro..." Luffy cried hoarsly, eyes pricking with moisture. But... he was okay. The tight feeling in his chest relaxed a bit. "Zoro!"
"He's alive!"
"Zoro..! The rubber man gasped, body sagging. He was alive.
"Luffy! Can you hear me?"
"Yeah."
"Sorry for worrying you." He panted, raising Wado into the air. "If I don't become the greatest swordsman, you'd be in a dilemma now, right?" Zoro gasped swiftly before coughing up a mouthful of blood.
There was silence, punctuated only by sharp painful gasps.
"I will... I will never... LOSE AGAIN!" He suddenly declared these words for the world to hear, tears streaming down his face.
"Until I defeat him and become the greatest, I'll never lose again!" And he said this with such certainty, such determination, Luffy knew it was true. His face lit with a joyful smile, proud of his friend.
"Any problems with that..." Zoro panted, hard of breath as he shouted his words. For they were words that needed to be said and needed to be heard.
"... Pirate King?" These last two he roared with his all and his entire faith.
At this, Luffy smiled, a giggle bubbling up in his chest. Because even if /he/ knew he was going to become Pirate King, It was nice to see that someone else realized it too. "None!"
-Captain's Mate-
"I don't care. Luffy asked me to bring that woman back." Zoro scoffed at the two cowards hiding behind him. "It doesn't matter who the opponents are. I'll cut them all down."
Because if Luffy wanted the damn navigator, he was gonna get her.
-Captain's Mate-
"Zoro-aniki! Why don't you run? Arlong and his gang are after you, so you should leave!"
"Yeah, now that we now what kind of low-life Nami is, there's no reason for you to be here."
Smirking at the two bounty hunters, Zoro simply nodded to the boy sleeping in the middle of the road. "There's my reason."
"Do... do you mean you want Nami back as a partner too?"
Snorting, the green haired shrugged lazily. "I don't care what happens one way or another. I'm here because he's here. He chooses who our navigator is going to be. And he wants Nami." Simple math, right?
-Captain's Mate-
"Hah... hah..."
One more... just keep going... you're almost there...
"Kuso..."
Briefly, the world went black, and his body wavered, pained gasps for breath coming back out in heavy pants.
"Luffy..."
Almost there... just get to the edge...
"Oi, baka! What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Luffy... he can't wait around for you to finish your fight... He'll drown."
Sanji scowled, eyes incredulous. "With your wounds you'll be as good as dead when you hit the water!"
"His time's almost up..." Zoro continued to struggle towards the edge of the water.
Sanji growled, rolling his eyes and spitting out his half done cigarette. "Which is exactly why I'm stopping you..." A flutter of cloth and clack of shoes.
"... And doing this!" Cool droplets of water splashed the green haired man's feverish face as Sanji jumped into the ocean to save their captain.
"Dumbass! An underwater fight is just what they want!" The swordsman yelled, then wavered as he blacked out again.
But still... He knew he'd left Luffy in capable hands...
-Captain's Mate-
"What do you mean only half of him!?"
-Captain's Mate-
"Thirty seconds... That's all I can last..."
Sanji grinned arrogantly. "That's more than enough." And with that he plunged back into the blue depths.
And when Arlong stabbed that damned nose of his into his chest, Zoro hoped to hell that he'd been right about that stupid love-cook.
Crimson blood flowed from his now open chest wound as Arlong stared at him in shock. Why, he wasn't quite sure, but it didn't really matter right now.
Ears twitching as an obnoxious yell was heard in the background, the marimo's lips turned.
"You're late idiot."
-Captain's Mate-
And even as he was flying through the sky because of Luffy's fucking moronic Switch idea, Zoro smiled. Because his chest felt warm- though perhaps that was the fever and the blood oozing from his surely infected wound- with relief as he saw the rubbed boy spring right back up.
Game. Set. Match.
Take that, stupid fish bastard.
-Captain's Mate-
"Have you guys seen Luffy?"
"I thought he was with you?"
Zoro grimaced and resisted the urge to rub the wound across his chest. "We got separated after he ran off..." Idiot was always going off on his own.
"I'm sure he'll be fine."
Turning green eyes to the sky, Zoro hummed quietly. "I dunno... I have a bad feeling about this..." And by bad feeling, he meant the feeling where his wound was tingling and his heart felt like it was being shoved in a blender and he really needed to see Luffy right now.
Of course, the feeling had been right.
-Captain's Mate-
It was as if the world had frozen, time stopping and holding it's breath as Buggy's sword descended in a shining arc towards Luffy's neck. Millions of thoughts that had previously been running through the swordsman's head when he saw the rubber boy up there stopped, giving way to a single word.
No.
No, no, no, no, NO.
Because Luffy wasn't allowed to die dammit. They weren't even at the Grand Line yet. They'd only just... They hadn't even... He didn't want...
No.
And lightning struck, bathing the sky with white.
-Captain's Mate-
Heart palpitating dangerously, Zoro breathed a relieved sigh as he looked at his captain lounging on the deck. The past few hours had been some of the most stressful in a long time, what with the Kuina look-a-like and almost execution.
Growling light heartedly, Zoro whacked his captain on the head, giving no explanation why as he walked away, Luffy complaining in the background. That boy was going to give him heart problems.
Fucking Logue Town.
-Captain's Mate-
"Luffy, go back to the ship." I'll take care of this bastard.
Luffy smiled and tilted his head. "Okay." Okay.
"I'll be back later."
Luffy grinned and said nothing. I know you will.
"Is Zoro really going to be okay?" Apis' worried voice was just barely audible over the thundering wind.
"Of course he will." Was Luffy's simple response.
"But that guy has the power of a Devil Fruit! There's no way he'll be able to win!"
Laughing, Luffy tightened his grip on his hat.
"Even so- he'll be okay."
-Captain's Mate-
"Luffy- Luffy, the birds said Zoro was in trouble! We have to go help him!" Apis cried, eyes wide and scared for the green haired man.
"... Hm?" Luffy crinkled his nose, clearly unbelieving. Looking at her worried face, he smiled and took a deep breath.
"ZOOOOOOOOOOORRRRROOOOOOOOOO!"
-Captain's Mate-
Zoro halted, eyes widening in disbelief as he felt a hand fasten on the back of his shirt, shout still echoing in the air.
-Captain's Mate-
"Bingo!" Luffy grinned, flashing a thumbs up to Apis.
-Captain's Mate-
"Luffy... no..." Zoro's grin twitched nervously as he felt the hand tighten. "No..."
-Captain's Mate-
"Let's go!" The rubberman pulled back his arm, summoning the marimo to him.
-Captain's Mate-
"You little..."
"Sorry Zoro..." Luffy giggled, wiggling around on Zoro's lap a bit as he tried to distangle his long limbs.
"Kh!" Zoro shoved him off, face flushing as he cursed.
-Captain's Mate-
Hand spasming as the swirl haired man made large gashes across the boy's chest, Zoro growled lowly, thumb pushing Wado from her confines as he prepared to defend his captain.
"He's mine."
Raising a brow, Zoro tilted his head to look at Luffy.
"I made a promise."
Quietly observing the injured boy for a few moments, Zoro smiled, shaking his head at his resolve and releasing Kuina's blade from his grasp.
-Captain's Mate-
It was ridiculous how many scares you could get from just one man, Zoro thought as he extended his arm to the puffed up kid.
"Luffy! Grab my hand!"
It was ridiculous how one boy could grow on you so much, in such a short amount of time. It had been... what, a month? Maybe two?
A warm hand clasped his own.
Ridiculous how his chest squeezed and body heat rose every time he saw that smile turned towards him.
He pulled the younger man towards him.
Ridiculous how happy it made him, just to see /him/ happy.
Luffy came flying towards him, dazzling smile and all.
Heart clenching, Zoro smiled back, a light and soaring sensation in his stomach as he pulled his captain to safety- to him, to the Grand Line, to his dream-
-and threw him into the deck, scowling.
Because even if he felt an odd happy-sick when looking at the boy, even if his skin flushed the tiniest amounts when they touched, even if he cherished that boy for some reason that he didn't quite understand yet-
He was still pissed off at that idiot for jumping off the boat and scaring the shit out of him.
Green hair ruffling in the wind, sea water spraying on his skin, Zoro grinned fondly, crossing his arms as he watched Luffy struggle to extract his head from the hole it had created in the deck.
Dumbass.
There! All 62 episodes of the first season! What'd you think?
