One Piece Assassins Love
Zoro is an assassin indebted to the White Beard Corporation for saving him all those years ago. So he serves them without a question or a moment of hesitation. One day he is given a string of jobs, it is an odd set of assignation jobs. He has to save these people who are enslaved to other corporations because they are different. These people have special powers that make people fear them. So he saves them one by one and allows them to live with him. But he starts to care for them like they are his family and that's the wrong move to make. Because if he's not careful his new almost family could be used against him.
?One Piece Assassins Love?
The birds chirped outside in the crisp spring air. The cherry blossoms just opened and pedals cascaded down from the pink trees, making a snowfall of flowers. Everything was calm and quiet…for the most part…
"ANIKI!" two voices screamed at the same times as 2 bodies whizzed through a large dojo. The two people ran bare footed, their feet slapping the hard cold wooden floor with every step. They skid to a stop in front of a pair of Japanese style sliding doors. The 2 people pulled the door back to reveal a young man with grass green hair lying on the floor with his arms folded behind his head and 3 katanas lying on the ground by his side. The young green haired man didn't move or acknowledge the pair and continued to sleep on the matted floor. Only a snore escaped his mouth in response to him. One of the 2 males that ran into the room walked forward. He had short black hair and wore a pair of sunglasses he had a deep purple short sleeve shirt with a long sleeve denim jacket over the top and a pair of tan long jeans and black boots. He kneeled down and leaned in the sleeping mans ear, the other man followed behind him. That man had a shaven grey haired head he wore a black sleeveless shirt and a hair of yellow plaid shorts. On top of that he wore a lime green long sleeve trench coat with black boots. He knelt down to the other side of the sleep man and leaned down to whisper into the green haired mans ear. The pair looked up at each other briefly and nodded to each other. They took a deep breath and yelled…
"ANIKI!" They both yelled as loud as they could in the sleeping male's ear. The man flinched and cracked open an eye and looked at the two males that yelled. He sat up and yawned and stretched like a cat. He then turned his attention to the two other men in the room he looked at them questioningly.
"Johnny, Yosaku what are you two doing here this early in the morning?" he asked looking bored as he stretched some more. The two males Johnny and Yosaku sweat dropped.
"Aniki it's already midday." Johnny the one with sunglasses informed him pointing out the door to where the garden was alight with sunshine to prove his point. The green haired man looked in the direction he was pointing and looked stunned a little.
"Uhm ok… well anyway what did you want?" the man asked turning back to them.
"Well Aniki the White Beard Corporation has another job for you. This was outside on the front steps." Yosaku reached into his trench coat pocket and pulled out a letter and handed it to the young man. The man took it and looked at the envelope. It said 'To Roronoa Zoro' well it was for him and it did have the White Beard Corporation mark on it. The insignia was purple 2 bones crossed to form a plus sign on top of the purple crossed bones was a purple smiling skull on the upper lip of the skull was a white mustache what curved upward in a crescent moon fashion.
"Well open it Aniki and see what it says." Both Johnny and Yosaku encouraged at the same time. The man Zoro by name sighed at the pair's antics but opened the letter all the same wondering what it was the White Beards needed from him today.
"Dear Zoro your services will be need for the next few months for a very important job we need you to fulfill. Please bring everything you will need with you and report to White Beard at 9:00 this afternoon sincerely Marco." Zoro read aloud after he finished reading he blinked in surprise. Zoro looked up in confusion at Johnny and Yosaku trying to see if they knew anything about this. But their faces only held the reflection of the same confused looks he wore. Zoro looked back down at the letter thinking. Normally if the White Beard wanted him for something Ace or Marco or even Yasopp would come to the dojo and inform him of his new job. This new job must have been too important to tell him out in the open with a shrug Zoro stuffed the letter into the pocket of his long black pants and stood up.
"Johnny what time is it now?" Zoro asked not turning around to look at the sunglasses wearing male.
"It's almost 5:30 Aniki. Are you going?" Johnny replied
"Yep once I pack and lock up the dojo I'll go." Zoro answered.
"Can we come with you Aniki?" Yosaku asked with a pleading look in his eyes. Zoro fell silent for a moment thinking about it he really wanted them to come with them. They were his best friends and even his family, but by the way the letter sounded, he guessed that the White Beard wanted him to come along.
"Sorry guys not this time. I think they just want me this time." Zoro whispered. He didn't turn around to see the sad faces of the males behind him as he began getting ready.
"Well be careful Aniki?" Yosaku called as he headed out of the room.
"Yeah come back in one piece Aniki." Johnny followed behind Yosaku as they slid the door closed behind them to give Zoro some privacy. Zoro padded over to his wardrobe and began to pack his duffle bag with extra cloths and began to dress. He pulled on his famous white linen shirt that had 3 buttons on the top. He pulled on his black army boots tucking his pants legs inside them. Around his waist he put on his green haramaki around his waist. He also put on his 3 dangling earrings on his left ear once he finished and decided he was ready to leave he reached down to grab the three swords that lie on the ground where he had been sleeping before his friends woke him up. He slid them into the loop in his haramaki on his right hip. He sighed in contentment as he felt the familiar weight of the swords at his side. Looking to make sure he didn't forget anything he headed out the door the letter still in his pocket. He headed to the front door and grabbed his long sleeve jacket that was white with the White Beard insignia on the back with black fur lining in it and also grabbed his black bandana. He tied the bandana around his left bicep. Stuffing the fur lined jacket into his duffle bag he pulled out a black leather jacket and shrugged that on. He pulled the door open and shut it behind him and pulled out his keys making sure to locking it behind him to keep Johnny and Yosaku safe inside knowing those two wouldn't hear if someone walked through the door. He headed down the street toward the direction the White Beard Corporation building was on the other side of the city.
It was almost a quarter till 3 before Zoro reached the lobby of the White Beard building. Once inside the building he walked up to the front desk. A young woman with short blue hair and a with pink lip gloss on sat behind the desk she wore a yellow sleeveless shirt and blue caprees and a pair of red sandals. She seemed busy on the phone with someone yelling at them about someone on the upper levels being busy and they demanded that they didn't want to be disturbed. The person on the other side of the phone didn't seem to get the hint and the girl began cursing them out. Zoro leaned against the counter with mild amusement waiting for her to finish. He rested his chin in his hand that was set on the counter. The female slammed the phone down on the receiver and muttered darkly under her breathe at the phone.
"Don't take your anger at the phone it didn't do anything to you." Zoro chuckled. The woman's head shot up her dark green eyes glared at him before they recognized who he was then her face broke into a wide smile.
"Hey there Zoro." The woman greeted him.
"Hey Nojiko." Zoro laughed smiling at her.
"What are you don't here? Did they give you another job?" Nojiko tilted her head to the side giving him a questioning look. Zoro nodded his answer to her.
"Alright I'll call Marco and tell him you're here to see the boss." Nojiko spun in her swivel chair to a phone that was behind her and dialed a number into the pad. After a moment she spoke into the phone saying Zoro was here. She nodded then hung the phone back up and spun back around to look at him again.
"Marco will be right down to pick you up. But doesn't someone normally go to you to tell you your job?" Nojiko asked she knew a lot about what went on in the building and if Zoro came in to see the boss about his job then it was very important and had to be discussed in private and not out in the open like some other jobs.
"Yeah normally but this one must be one of those special jobs that they give me." Zoro groaned and rubbed his head he could just tell this job was going to be annoying. The elevator at the far end on the empty lobby dinging and the doors slid back to reveal a male inside. The male stepped out a smile plastered on his face the moment he caught sight of Zoro. He was a tall blonde haired man with stubble on his chin. He wore a purple long sleeved jacket with a white long sleeve shirt on underneath both completely unbuttoned revealing his bare chest. On his chest was a purple cross with an upturned purple crescent moon that looked like the White Beard insignia. He wore a pair of blue pants that came down to his knees and a light blue sash around his waist and a decorative belt dangling from it and on his feet was a pair of simple sandals.
"Yo Marco." Zoro raised a hand in greeting as he pushed himself off the counter and turned to greet the man.
"Welcome Zoro good to see you again. Glad to see you got our message." Marco looked down at the note grasped in Zoro's hand.
"Yeah and I'm curious about this new job that's going to take a few months to complete." Zoro looked at Marco hoping the man was going to give some hint about his new job.
"That's only natural you would be curious." Marco laughed as he gave a lopsided grin and led the way to the elevator. Zoro sighed. He should have known Marco wouldn't say anything about his new job. He followed the man into the elevator. Marco pulled out a card and slid it into the card slot on the wall and put in the number of the floor they were heading to. The elevator whirred and started to climb. Zoro didn't pay any attention he knew exactly where they were going. They were going straight to the top floor where White Beard himself was. This job must have been very important to have to go all the way to him. Zoro leaned against the interior wall of the elevator and waited for the elevator to slow to a stop.
"Do you have everything you're going to need?" Marco asked sending Zoro a sideways glance. Zoro smirked and nodded patting his duffle bag what was slung over his shoulder. The elevator shuttered to a stop and the door slid back. Marco walked out with Zoro hot on his heels as they walked down the hall they passed others along the way but the people didn't even give them a second glance. They reached the room at the end of the hall Marco grabbed the handle and opened the door and pushed it open motioning for Zoro to enter first. Zoro nodded and walked in Marco shut the door behind him and followed him inside the room. The room was very large with a big black round table in the middle. Three men sat around the table. One was a young man with short black hair freckles were scattered across his face; on his head was an orange cowboy style hat that had had a ring of red beads running around the middle with 2 little bobs on them. One had a smiley face and the other had a frowning face. He wore no shirt at all around his neck was a circle of red beads. He wore a pair of dark blue pants that were rolled up to his knees and an orange belt with a buckle that had a red 'a' on it and on his feet was a pair of black army boots. Tattoo on his left arm was the an uppercase 'a' and a 's' that was crossed out and a 'c' and a 'e' that spelled out his name. Sitting across from the young man on the other side of the table was an older more scruffier looking man with a flame of red hair on his left eye were 3 scars. He wore a long sleeve white shirt that was only buttoned halfway down and was tucked into a red sash that was wrapped around his waist. He wore a pair of brown pants that came halfway down his shins and a pair of brown sandals. On his back was a black cloak. The sleeve of his left arm was limp with no arm in it. Just looking at it made Zoro's heart twinge in guilt. The third man at the table was large than the other two height wise. He was sitting at the head of the table. He had a smile on his face. On his head was a black bandana he had a white beard that curved upward in the trademark crescent moon shape that was the logo of their company. He had no shirt on. At his waist was a black sash and a pair of tan pants that were tucked into a pair of black boots. Draped across his shoulders was a coat that looked like a navy captain's coat.
All three men were talking in hushed voices at the table and by the way they looked it was a very heated talk. Marco cleared his throat gaining the attention of the three men.
"Zoro is here Sir." Marco bowed to the large man at the end of the table.
"Well good to see you Zoro." The larger man at the head of the table greeted spreading his arms wide in greeting. Zoro bowed low at the waist.
"Good to see you too White Beard-san." Zoro replied adding the honorific at the end of the man's name, for the man deserved that much and more for all he had done for Zoro and countless others. The younger male at the table smiled and stood up walking over to Zoro and raised his fist to him. Zoro smiled and bumped his fist to the young man's.
"Hey Zoro long time no see." The young raven haired man laughed.
"Not long enough. Ace." Zoro teased as the raven haired male, Ace pulled him into a headlock and rubbed his fist into his moss green hair. They both laughed and pushed each other around.
"Hello again Zoro." The red haired man greeted. Zoro pushed Ace away and looked back over at the man still sitting at the table.
"Hello. Shanks." Zoro smiled warmly at him. Shanks had done a lot for Zoro over the years and Zoro could never thank him enough for all those times.
"Alright now let's get down to the important business at hand." Whitebeard ordered Ace clapped Zoro on the shoulder and they both sat together at the table next to each other.
"Now Zoro we called you hear to give you your next assassination job slash rescue mission." Shanks began. Zoro gave him a confused look.
"Rescue mission?" Zoro questioned. Surprised he wasn't questioning his job it was just that rescue missions weren't a normal part of his job.
"Yes rescue mission. You see there are some people you're going to have to rescue from some other corporations." Whitebeard replied. Zoro nodded not questioning his orders. Whitebeard reached under the table and pulled out a folder full of papers and slid them across the table to Zoro. Curious Zoro opened the folder. Zoro always got folders like these so that he could get information on the people he was supposed to kill. But this folder was full of people he was supposed to rescue. The first one was a picture of a young teen with raven hair and a big goofy smile on his face and a straw hat on his head.
"That's Monkey D. Luffy." Ace informed him. Zoro looked over to Ace who wore a sad look on his face.
"Who is he?" Zoro asked reading the information on the page the picture was clipped to.
"Luffy was my adopted brother much like you Zoro. He disappeared over 5 years ago and we just got a lead on where he was." Ace sighed. Zoro was shocked. Ace had never mentioned anything before about having an adopted brother who was missing.
"We need you to retrieve him from a rival corporation called the Axe Hand Corporation. Run by a man named Morgan." Shanks continued. Zoro nodded in understanding Zoro being a well trained assassin knew a lot about Whitebeards enemies Axe Hand was one of them a very large man with a very annoying son that would flaunt his power. They were both very corrupt people.
"Zoro, Luffy here is a lot like you. He is feared because he has special powers. He was taken away because of that so other companies could use him. We want you to save him before his situation become much like yours was." Ace pleaded for Zoro to help him. Zoro looked at the ground. So this boy was like him hated because he was different? Zoro had to rescue this kid before the same situation happened to him like it did to Zoro. With that thought Zoro ran a hand along his chest where many scars were etched across his toned body.
"Will you take this job Zoro? You're our best assassin." Whitebeard asked. Zoro looked up at the people around him. Marco looked at him from where he stood at Whitebeard side. Whitebeard looked at him waiting for his reply. Ace looked at him pleadingly and Shanks only stared at him but Zoro could still see the begging look in his eyes buried deep away. Zoo stood p from his chair.
"Why wouldn't I take this job? You've done so much for me let me do this one thing for you." Zoro replied. Smiles broke out across the men's faces Ace sighed in relief and Whitebeard nodded approvingly. Zoro was glad to finally find a way to replay these kind men for everything.
"What time do I leave?" Zoro asked.
"12:00 tonight when it's dark out." Whitebeard ordered. Zoro nodded Ace got up and slung an arm across Zoro's shoulder.
"Thanks Zoro you don't know how much this will mean to me." Ace smiled.
"No problem." Zoro waved it off. Ace poked Zoro in the cheek. Zoro growled a tick forming on his forehead.
"I DON'T GET LOST!" Zoro yelled pushing Ace away in a brotherly way. Ace only rocked back laughing holding his stomach. Marco chuckled as he led the way to the elevator Ace and Zoro close behind him. Marco hit the button and they headed back down to the lobby. The pair followed him out of the elevator and to the reception desk. Nojiko looked up at the amused as Ace and Zoro picked at each other like they always did.
"I see you two are having fun." She laughed as she watched them Ace and Zoro glanced at her then quickly pushed apart muttering stuff under their breaths. Nojiko and Marco snickered at the pair.
"So the Axe Hand Company is how far from here again?" Zoro pulled out a paper from his folder and looked at the location of the building Luffy was at. The building was in a town a good ways away.
"About 30 miles north of the city. Don't worry Ace is going to drive you there but you're going to have to do this job alone." Marco shooed Zoro and Ace out the door and yelled at them to get on their way. Sighing Zoro prepared himself mentally for the long drive to the building ahead of him. Of Ace was driving Zoro was going to need every bit of awareness and courage to make it through. For you see Ace was notorious for falling asleep at the drop of a hat. He could fall asleep and lose control of the car and crash. Groaning the green haired male followed the raven haired man to where his car was parked and rode shotgun so he could grab the wheel at a moment's notice. Ace pulled open the driver side door and slid into the seat beside Zoro. Zoro pulled his swords out of his belt loop and set them between his legs and stared out the window as Ace pulled out of the parking space.
"Don't start getting road rage halfway there because I'd rather not get burned today and I don't have an extinguisher." Zoro teased remembering the last time he had road with Ace in a car.
"Hey that guy almost took out the front part of my car!" Ace argued back Zoro threw his head back and laughed. That had been an adventure and a half. Ace had begun cursing and swearing at the guy in the car in front of them. Ace had gripped the steering tight and his hands burst into flames and began to melt the wheel and Zoro had to knock out Ace and pull the car over and pull Ace out of the car and extinguish the fire before anything happened. Thankfully the car was saved and Zoro and Ace weren't burnt to death. Well Zoro more than Ace. Ace had the hidden power to control fire and could turn into a torch in a second if he wanted to.
"Sure sure…" Zoro smirked and sent his half brother an evil smile. Ace glared at him but smirked back at him. The time flew by soon it was 10 o'clock then it was 11 o'clock.
"Do you think your adopted brother will be ok?" Zoro asked after a long silence had engulfed them. Ace didn't respond immediately.
"Yeah he'll be ok he's strong and smart even though he doesn't look like it. Also you're going to be with him so I don't have a doubt you'll keep him safe." Ace finally answered not looking at Zoro. Zoro felt shocked that Ace seemed to trust him that much. Ace knew Zoro would keep this teen safe and wouldn't let a single thing happen to him till Zoro got him back to the White Beard Corp after his job. He felt honored to have such trust from the other assassin. The lights of a city came into view through the windshield the town was a large one with many tall buildings and small houses. Ace stepped on the on the gas and whizzed through the city. Zoro grabbed the handle above his door and braced a hand against the dash board this was another one of the things he hated about Ace driving. Ace was a born dare devil and loved doing stupid stunts and driving fast through the streets. Ace laughed in enjoyment as he slammed on the breaks and the car did a 180 and turned down into an alley. Ace continued his madman driving down the alleys slamming on the breaks and jerking the wheel in different directions. Zoro was trying his best not to be knocked around or have his head make contact with the windshield or the window. But above all he was trying not to lose the food he ate today. The raven haired daredevil slammed on the breaks again and the car jolted to a stop and Zoro slammed against the dashboard.
"You dumb ass what the hell do you think you're doing!" Zoro yelled as he held his head trying to stop his world from spinning.
"Well you're here." Ace smiled over at him completely blind to what he had almost done to Zoro.
"Yeah yeah just shut up." Zoro growled getting out of the car with shaky legs holding his head.
"Hey what's wrong you look a little green around the gills there Zoro." Ace looked at him with pure innocent look in his eyes. Zoro cursed at him and slammed the door shut and walked away toward the back entrance of the building. Zoro shook his head to clear his thoughts as he pulled his swords out of their sheaths he place the white one in his mouth and gripped the black one and he red one in ether of his hands. He tested the door and it was locked. He snorted with a quick slash of his sword through the slot where the door and the door post was at the location of the lock he unlocked the door. With a swift kick the door swung open without a sound. Zoro walked into the white hallway nobody was around. Knowing the layout of the building from his studying of a map of the building on the drive here Luffy would be 7 stories down below Zoro's feet. Zoro smiled knowing this was going to be a blood bath. Besides half these basterds needed to die anyway Zoro ran silently down the hallway toward the stairs. Zoro grabbed the railing and jumped over the edge and landed with a soft thud on the base of that set of stairs and opened the door. There was a security checkpoint ahead of so Zoro hid in the shadows and shrugged off the leather jacket and tied his black bandana around his head hiding his green hair and pulled on his Fur lined Whitebeard jacket and took off into the hall silently keeping to the shadows. He reached the door to the checkpoint he slipped into the door. One of the security cops sat with his legs propped up against the control panel and the other was leaning back in a chair fast asleep. Zoro almost laughed for they had no idea what was about to happen to them what so ever. Zoro sliced the sleeping guards throat a quick painless death. The other guard still remained unaware of him till a sword appeared protruded his chest he only gave a gurgle as Zoro thruster another sword into his chest right through his heart killing the man, also he slit his throat to make sure. Plucking his security key from his belt Zoro left and headed down the hall using the card to get through points along the way. There were more people on the next level people in lab coats and others with black suits on.
"INTRUDER!" one of the suited men yelled as he pulled out a gun and fired it off at Zoro. Zoro smirked and ran forward with a single wave of his sword he delivered a fatal blow to the man's chest. Then a shot ran out a bullet cut Zoro's cheek as he spun around and ran at some more men with guns and lab coats on. Zoro spun and sliced Blood danced in the air with ever cut. Some blood spattered onto his clothing and face and flung onto the walls. Zoro continued down each floor more and more people became aware of him as he continued his decent into the building. Most of them seemed confused that no backup came from the levels above that was because Zoro took the extra second to cut off communication to the levels above so they had no clue what was happening down in this area. After what seemed like hours and a few bullet wounds later Zoro reached the room where Luffy was being held in. Zoro raised his swords and cut an x across the door. With a strong kick the door collapsed on the ground inside the room with a loud bang. Luffy the young boy sat on the ground with his knees pulled up to his chest and his head resting n his knees. The teen wore a red unbuttoned vest and a pair of blue jean shorts that came to his knees. On his feet was a pair of sandals and perched on his head was a straw hat with a string attached to it so the hat wouldn't fly away. Luffy jumped at the sound of the door falling to pieces to the floor. Zoro pulled the white sword out of his mouth and sheathed the swords in hand that was in his dominant hand so he could use it.
"Yo." Zoro greeted. Luffy blinked up at him in confusion.
"Who are you?" Luffy looked at him tilting his head to one side. Zoro smiled at him warmly happy to see Luffy wasn't hurt or injured and looked safe. Zoro stepped into the small windowless room and knelt down and offered a hand to him.
"I'm here to save you and take you back to your family." Zoro smiled Luffy's face brightened and a large grin broke out across the teens face.
"You mean you're going to take me back to Ace!" Luffy exclaimed Zoro chuckled but nodded Luffy whooped and jumped into the air and took Zoro's hand. Zoro pulled Luffy to his feet. The raven haired teen wasn't much shorter than him maybe an inch or 2 at most. Zoro nodded and grabbed Luffy's wrist and drug him out of the small room and down the hall. Zoro's eyes darted back and forth ready for anything to come out. Any survivors from Zoro's initial attack would have gone from help and there would be more people waiting for them now.
"neh… where are we going?" Luffy asked as he placed a hand atop his hat to keep it from flying away as they ran. Zoro didn't respond he listened for any noise that wasn't them.
"We're going back to ground level. You're going to hide till I come and get you. Do you understand?" Zoro replied hastily as they rushed up a flight of stairs.
"Hide why? Why are you going to leave me?" Luffy demanded sounding angry at him.
"I have a job I have to finish." Zoro answered they got about 2 levels from the ground floor. They were halfway to the next set of stairs when Zoro spun pulling Luffy behind him a shot rang out and a bullet lodged itself into Zoro's shoulder. Hissing Zoro let go of Luffy and rushed the man with the gun and slit his throat before he could take another shot at them. The man's body fell to the floor. Breathing hard Zoro returned to a wide eyed Luffy.
"You killed him." Luffy gasped Zoro ignored him and motioned for Luffy to follow him.
"Hey mystery man who are you?" Luffy asked running Alongside Zoro.
"Zoro I'm an assassin. I was sent here to save you and kill the people that locked you away." Zoro slid the security card through the slot allowing them to get by the check point. They reached the ground floor Luffy had complained the whole way about Zoro leaving him. Zoro didn't blame him for wanting Zoro to remain with him Zoro had been the same way when Shanks saved him years ago. Five years in a small room will make you really want to see anyone again. Luffy skid to a stop and Zoro stopped just in front of him the doorway outside was blocked. There in the doorway was a bunch of gun wielding men standing in a formation their guns trained on Zoro and Luffy. Behind the wall of men was a larger older man with short blonde hair and a steel lower jaw. He wore a captain's uniform the coat hung over his shoulders a cigar hung out of his mouth. His right hand was a huge axe.
"So I see the famous assassin Zoro is here to steal my property." The man commented.
"Who are you?" Luffy asked tiling his head to the side. Zoro tensed up this guy was Axe hand Morgan strong and tough as nails very hard to beat. Most people feared him even the people in town feared him.
"Axe Hand Morgan. And you little kid need to go back to your cage." He commented. Luffy shook his head and crouched down into a fighting stance fists ready.
"Then I'm just going to have to shoot you." Morgan sighed in mock sadness. This man loved killing people. Zoro moved in front of Luffy drawing his other sword and holding a protective arm in front of Luffy.
"Over my dead body." Zoro hissed through the sword in his mouth.
"That can be arranged." Morgan smirked as he gave the order for his men to fire. The first shot rang out and Zoro watched the bullets fly at them he wasn't afraid of them he just glared at them as the bullets came closer.