Chapter 1 The Arrival to the Fated Island

In the Great Pirate Era, crews around the world muster all of their strength and courage to sail for the great treasure known as the "One Piece" and to earn the title of King of the Pirates. To say that the Straw Hat crew was ordinary would be the greatest insult to the word "ordinary." The musician of this particular crew is a skeleton with an afro and over 8 feet tall. The shipwright is a cyborg with a blue pompadour and powered by cola. The doctor is a blue-nosed reindeer that can change in size and happens to be the youngest member of the crew. After those three main obscure-looking crew members, the rest of the crew looks normal, save for one. While the remaining relatively normal looking crew, the first mate has a peculiar hair color: green. This had never been an issue before. That is, until their newest adventure.

The Thousand Sunny dropped anchor at a small island known as Tsukikage Island. Usopp the sniper and inventor went out to pick up more gunpowder and various other tidbits for his weapons. Sanji the chef stepped off to buy some more ingredients and food as well as pick up some of the local dishes that caught his fancy. Nami the navigator went to buy more clothes and map-making equipment. The Straw Hats' captain, Monkey D. Luffy, walked around with Brook the musician and Tony Tony Chopper the doctor, picking up medical supplies and trying out the local meat vendors. Franky went off to pick up some supplies to make repairs to the various parts of the Sunny as well as new materials to build new enhancements to the ship too. Nico Robin, the crew's archaeologist and most-knowledgeable person, loaded up her backpack to look around for more historical artifacts and ancient ruins to learn more about the world.

Zoro offered to stay behind and watch the ship until one of the other crew members returned. There was nothing really for him to buy in town except maybe a pint of rum or two at the local bar. He decided to kill the time by working out with his newly acquired sword, Shuusui. This sword had a weight to it that was in contrast to its predecessor, Yubashiri. As he unsheathed Shuusui to begin his workout, a weird sensation swept over him. He hadn't had one like this since his encounter with his old friend Saga and the evil Seven Stars Sword that possessed him. He felt the blade but felt that the sensation was not from the sword itself. As an experienced swordsman who was in tune with his swords, he knows his swords have a style and an energy that can be read. "What the hell is going on here?" thought the swordman. There was something weird going on, and knew his swords were not to blame. Little did he know how right he was.

Usopp was the first to return with his haul to see our green-haired swordsman swinging his sword. Zoro's swings were enough to cause the ship to rock a bit as he swung the heavy blade. "Oi, Zoro." said the long-nosed comrade, but Zoro continued to swing. "Zoro must be lost in his training," thought Usopp as he started to approach Zoro. As he took a step towards the swordsman, he paused as he was stopped by an unseen force. Fear began to grip Usopp as it usually does, but this time was weird. "What the hell is this? I've never felt this type of fear before," he thought as he hollered out to Zoro again. "Oi, Zoro. I'm back. You can go into town now." he said much louder, but the swordsman's swings became stronger, shaking the ship even further with each swing. Usopp was becoming even further scared as he looked at Zoro's face, and he became mortified. Zoro's eyes were wide open and zoned out, his face was distressed, and his mouth open with his teeth pressed hard, like he was possessed. Usopp took another step forward with all of his might and yelled out, "OI ZORO! WHAT'S WRONG?" The swordsman's body spun around and headed towards Usopp, with the sword pointing towards him. "Oi, oi, OI, ZORO!"

The swordsman stopped inches from Usopp; the blade nearly nicking Usopp's ear as a few strands of his hair fell upon his shoulder. Terror-stricken Usopp watched as Zoro's possessed eyes returned to normal as Zoro looked and saw the position he was in. "Usopp? What's happening?" Zoro asked as he pulled the sword back and resheathed it. Usopp fell to the ground; his legs giving out to the fear that had consumed his body at that moment of near death. Usopp shook his head and stood up with anger. "What's happening? WHAT'S HAPPENING? You nearly cut my head in two just now," yelled the angry and scared sniper. "WHAT THE HELL CAME OVER YOU, ZORO?," he yelled as he felt for blood on his ear. Zoro looked at his swords and back to his frightened and angry shipmate. "I don't know. I was getting ready to train with Shuusui when I felt a weird sensation. Next thing I know, I staring at you in the face," said the swordsman. Usopp became a little more frightened over this bit of revelation. Zoro has never been the kind to loose control like this, granted he can be scary when a challenge is presented to Zoro, and he relishes in overcoming it. To loose all control though? Something else was coming into play here, and it had to do with his swords. "Well, I've off to get a drink," said the swordsman as he headed towards the side near the pier. "W-w-w-wait, Zoro," hollered Usopp. As Zoro turned around, he could see that Usopp had concern and worry across his face. "What is it?," inquired the swordsman. Usopp cleared his throat as he continued, "Please don't unsheath your swords while in town. Something is going on, and I don't want this to happen again while your in town, okay?" Seeing his shipmate's concern, Zoro nodded, "Sure." With Usopp breathing a sigh of relief, Zoro hopped off of the ship and began to walk into the town.

As Zoro began his stroll into the town to the nearest bar, Robin was halfway across the island when she discovered an ancient wall with hieroglyphs similar to those of poneglyphs. As she began to ascertain a translation, she heard a sound behind her. She used her Hana Hana no Mi powers to grow an eye on the wall in front of her to view behind her, catching sight of a club being raised to strike. Robin dashed to the side to see an elderly lady holding the club and held her hands up. "I mean you no harm, madam. I just wish to observe and learn, and I will be on my way," she said with sincerity. Robin backed up against another one of the walls as the old woman walked towards her but stopped short as she jaw began to drop. "It's...it's you," she said as she lowered the club. Robin turned to see what had caused the reaction, and her eyes grew in shock and wonder. The ancient depictions on the wall showed a likeness of Robin with her multiple arms ensnaring something that was covered by the natural moss and lichen. She brushed away the plants to reveal a picture of a green dragon with three fangs. "What is this?," usually composed archaeologist muttered as she began to decipher.

"Only the Maiden of the Flower can prevent the death of the world from the Tri-Fanged Dragon as he attempts to eat the moon and shroud the world in darkness," said the old lady as Robin turned to hear her. "I take it you were trying to read that," she said once again as Robin turned back to the wall and continued to brush off the plant life that had grown onto it. "This legend has been passed down ever since the last occurrence of this fate nearly 370 years ago. I am Mamiya, the descendant of the Maiden of the Flower who vanquished the dragon so long ago." Robin continued to brush away the plants until the full exposure of the wall was complete. Much to the horror of Robin, it shows something she did not wish to see. It showed that the dragon was originally a man, a man with green hair and three swords. "Kenshi-san," she said as she continued to view the wall. The depictions showed the swordsman changing into the dragon, flying up and devouring the moon, and returning to a dead world. The panels behind this shows the dragon confronting the Robin look-alike and ultimately killing her and itself. Mamiya picked up on the words said by Robin and grew puzzled. "You know of this man?" Robin turned back to the old woman. "Yes, he is one of my fellow crew members, Roronoa Zoro," she said calmly, trying to hide her concern. "RORONOA?," yelled the old lady as she dropped her club and began to fall. Robin used her powers to grow arms behind Mamiya to catch her as she fell. "What does Kenshi-san's family name have to do with this?," asked Robin as she fetched her canteen from her backpack for her. The old lady raised her hand and pointed at the depiction of the man. Robin went over and deciphered the symbols above the man's head. The Man of Roronoa. "There's no denying it. This is Kenshi-san. He is the dragon that will destroy the world," she said as she packed up her things and went over to the old woman. "You must kill him before he changes during the full moon, or you will die along with him," Mamiya said as she was raised back to her feet by Robin. "There must be another way to...," said the raven-haired pirate, but she was cut off by Mamiya. "You must get off of this island before then, if you wish to spare both of your lives. This island is the sole reason for the change, and he must not allowed to live if you cannot go as far away as possible." As the sun began to set, Robin looked to the sky to see that their time frame was quite short. The moon was but 2 days away from reaching its full phase.

Meanwhile, Zoro had reached the bar and walked up to an empty stool. He looked at the elderly bartender and held up a couple of berri. "A pint of rum please," he asked as he looked around. It was your typical bar, nothing too fancy. As the old bartender handed him the tankard, he noticed the swords on Zoro's hip. His eyes began to widen as the gears of his memory slowly turned as he pieced together the characteristics of his customer. "Excuse me, sir. What is your name?" Zoro looked up at the bartender as he could see fear building up inside. He responded, "Roronoa Zoro. Why do you ask?" The bartender began to back up slowly, maintaining his stare of fear at Zoro. He reached for a gun placed behind him and raised it at the swordsman. Zoro began to go for his swords, but Usopp's words rang through his head. He simply raised his arms and replied, "You treat all of your new customers like this?" The bartender stopped shaking a bit before he responded, "You need to leave this place and this island if you know what's good for you." Zoro stepped up, finished his tankard, and walked out of the building. The old man set the gun down as his hands shook like crazy. "I've got to tell Mamiya. The Man of Roronoa is here. The Prophecy is happening soon," he thought as he left it in the hands of one of the other staff members.

Tsukikage = Moonlight