I'm sorry Luffy. That was the only was to get you to listen to me. Zoro said to himself, as he sprinted towards where he thought the dock was, but like usual, he got lost. Fuck. Perfect timing to get lost. He began wandering around aimlessly, getting some looks of suspicion from marines, as he was carrying an unconscious young boy on his back. He was glad his wanted poster was not updated yet, but unluckily for Luffy, the boy hadn't really changed. Expect for a few extra scars, he looked identical.

"Oi Shitty swordsman!" Zoro spun around, glad to hear a familiar voice, even if it was Sanji, who had sprinted towards Zoro, and came to a halt when he saw Luffy.

"Sanji we need to get out of here now!" Zoro spat out before making sure Luffy hadn't woken up.

"Why..?" Zoro just handed him the newspaper, and waited for him to agree. Sanji's face turned a grey colour and he went grim. "Okay. Does he know?" He asked, his boney finger pointing directly at Luffy.

"Unfortunately, yes."

"You and I both know he's not going to agree with this..." Sanji stuttered.

"By the time he wakes up, it'll be too late." Zoro replied, as he pulled Sanji along.

"Are you sure about this?" Sanji looked Zoro directly in the eye.

"About what? Protecting Luffy from becoming obsessed with revenge and charging at 3 admirals and like 100,000,000 soldiers? Yes, yes I am."

Sanji had nothing else to say, he knew better then to argue with Zoro right now. He was already stressed, and as much as he didn't care for the swordsman, he knew that he and Luffy always shared something, and even Sanji knows better then to come between that currently.

"But Marimo," Sanji stopped

"What?" He snapped back

"You're going the wrong way." Sanji grinned as he grabbed Zoro's arm, and led him south, towards the docks. Zoro rolled his eyes, but didn't protest.

"Zoro! Sanji!" Nami's voice rang out to the 2 males running towards the ship. At her voice, they both glanced up, sighing in relief as they boarded the ship.

"Nami, Don't question anything, there's no time we have to-" Zoro was cut off

"I know about the Ace thing."

"Good, let's go." He responded without a glance back, he carried Luffy into the Boy's room, laying him gently down onto his hammock before heading back out to deck.

"Are you sure..." Nami sighed, "He'll be really pissed at us.. And we know how scary he is when he's pissed." Usopp and Chopper were already hiding behind Brooke at the mere thought of the captain being mad at them.

"Please. Just please trust me." Zoro's voice was small, and they knew they needed to follow his order, no questions were needed.

"Alright, If you say so Zoro." Nami signalled to Usopp, "Set sail."

"Okay..."

And with that, the crew set sail, hurrying away from this "death" island. But Zoro still had a tangy feeling he didn't like, and it wouldn't go away no matter how far they got away from the island. He couldn't shake it off, so trying to forget about it, he strolled into their room, and sat down next to Luffy.

Luffy's eyes shot open, they were bloodshot and cold. He only had one thought on his mind, and was mad beyond belief at one person.

"ZOOOOROOO!" He yelled as loud as his voice could reach.

The whole ship froze. As the footsteps of their captain got louder and closer, they all moved as far away from the door as they could. Only Zoro remained stable. The door creaked open, and slammed behind Luffy.

"Zoro you fucking listen to me, you little prick," Luffy stormed up to Zoro, hat covering his eyes, he grabbed his collar and yanked him up, there eyes meeting.

"Luffy-"

"No. Listen to me. Zoro I told you to let me go and you didn't. Captains word is law. Prick." He said the last bit under his breath, but they all heard it. With that, he stomped over to Nami, who was hiding in between Sanji and Robin, and yanked her out. "Nami."

"Y-yes?"

"Turn the ship around. We are going back. NOW." He yelled in her face before turning back to Zoro, who was about to say something.

"Oh, you finally going to say something, are you?" Luffy mocked, shooting him a death stare. "What part of AVENGING MY BROTHER do you not understand?" He screamed

"Luffy. Ace is dead." The words rang out into Luffy's mind.

"Zoro..." Sanji placed a hand on his shoulder, but it was shaken off.

"Listen to me Luffy, and listen well. Don't you dare call me a prick when I practically saved your life-" Zoro said loudly

"I don't need saving." Was his cold response.

Zoro was getting pissed, and he didn't know why, the next bit came out without him thinking.

"Well you certainly needed saving two years ago didn't you? You made a mistake that cost your brother his life. Yes Luffy, it was your fault. So stop acting all stuck up. You are not immortal, you do need saving and we can help you. So shut the fuck up. I did you a favour" Zoro was yelling now, but instead of getting a response from Luffy, like he expected, he didn't. Luffy just stood there, as the harsh words Zoro said rang back in his ears. He realised how bad they sounded, but it was too late to apologize, Luffy was already out the door.

They all stood there for awhile, kind of too stunned to do anything.

Sanji moved quietly over to Zoro, and landed a good punch in the face.

"What the fuck Zoro?" It was his turn to yell. "Why the hell did you say that to him? We all know how much Ace's death hurt him, and here you are rubbing it in his face!" Sanji punched Zoro again, who wasn't doing anything or protesting in the slightest.

"Sanji-kun. Stop." Nami marched over to Sanji, and pulled him away from Zoro. "That wont change anything. What has been said, has been said." She sighed. "Right now we just have to stay calm and-"

There was a splash on deck, that alerted the rest, as Zoro snapped out of his faze, and they all ran onto the deck, thinking Luffy had fallen over board. Sure enough, he was no ware to be seen, but he hadn't fallen.

The small submarine had been tossed into the water, and they knew Luffy was inside it.

"LUFFY GET OUT NOW" Zoro's voice came out without thinking, but it was no use. The small ship submerged, and Luffy was gone. Just like that.

Usopp was the first to talk.

"Where is he going?" He mumbled. Though the answer was obvious, he just needed someone else to say it. But no one did. They all just stood there, before Sanji moved towards Zoro again, who braced himself for another hit, but his face wasn't met with a fist, but he heard Sanji talk in a tiny voice instead.

"This is all your fault marimo." Was all he said, before turning around and walking into the kitchen. That hit Zoro harder then anything. Because it was true.