Hi everyone! Here goes the second chapter of the story. I had this idea yesterday just before I went to sleep, so here it is. Hope you will enjoy it!
Same as me.
Not you alone, not me alone, but the two of us. Robin repeated those words in her head while she was in her bed. Even though she couldn't see zoro's face that moment then he said those words she knew, his face was all red from embarrassment. Zoro wasn't a type of person who could say words like that without a problem. Well he wasn't a type of person who would often say words like that anyway. But robin liked that side of zoro because than he does say sweet things like that, it feels like a very special moment. A moment, only the two of them would share with each other. Robin liked that. It felt like she knew things about zoro that no other person would ever know. But now than she thought about it, she didn't know that much about zoro herself. Well, she knew that he has the weirdest hair color she has ever seen, his sense of direction was bad beyond belief, he can be sweet sometimes, and is very reliable, he is a very good swordsman for his age, he looks nice, his embrace feels so warm and gentle, and his lips felt so good, warm, gentle, sweet….wait, how did I end up here robin thought. Because of this robin again felt that warmth surrounding her heart each time she remembered that simple touch, and like always, her face was all red from embarrassment, she put a blanket over her face as if hiding it so no one could see her blushing face even though she was alone in her room.
Yea…..it…did…feel nice, robin thought one last time, and only than she realized that maybe she knew quite a lot about zoro, but what bothered her was the fact that she knew nothing about zoro's past. Could it be that he too experienced a lot of hardships before they met, the same pain and suffering that I had to endure. No, I hope he didn't robin quickly thought. She hoped that zoro has easier childhood that she has, she really did. Maybe I should ask him tomorrow. Oh and about that white sword too. It would be interesting to know, that kind of history is hidden behind it. Yea, I will definitely ask him. Robin felt a little bit excited now. Tomorrow, she will learn something new about zoro and his sword. And so she slowly fell asleep.
Next day.
Robin woke up, still feeling that little excitement from yesterday. She quickly dressed up, went downstairs and ate her breakfast. Then she quickly went outside and headed to waterfall. Then she arrived there, she wasn't surprised to see zoro doing his usual workout routine.
Robin: Good morning zoro(she said with a bright smile)
Zoro gave her a quick glance and simply said : good moorning. Then he continued his workout. Robin said nothing more, she didn't want to interrupt zoro's training, because she knew how serious zoro was about his dream of being the world's greatest swordsman and plus, she simply loved to watch zoro training, so she sat down and waited until he would finish his workout. Today it felt like zoro would never stop, robin didn't know if zoro really did more than other day's or was it just that robin wanted to finally ask him those two questions she wanted to so badly. After, that to robin seemed like a very long time, zoro finally finished his workout. Robin felt relieved, finally she will be able to ask him what she wanted to. Zoro sat down and then he looked at robin's face, he could see that robin had a certain uneasiness showing on her face, so he said:
Zoro: Oi robin, what's wrong?
Robin looked at him for some time and said nothing. For some reason, it wasn't as easy as she thought it would be. Zoro could see what robin was tense. He again wanted to ask what was wrong with her, but before he could say anything, robin finally spoke:
Robin: zoro?
Zoro: mmm?
Robin: would you…..mind if I ask you something.
Zoro: if it's you, of course not….i mean….sure….you..can.
Robin felt relieved, after hearing that zoro said to her, she could finally say it:
Robin: that white sword of yours which you are always carrying with you, is it somehow…special to you, it's just it feels like you have, I don't even know how to say it, maybe deep connection with it?
Zoro looked at robin, than at his sword. Robin immediately noticed that zoro had…pain and sadness in his eyes. Without even a second thought she said: you know you don't have to tell me, it's just I was a little curious.
Zoro: no…it's okey. If any other person would ask him the same question, he would simply say" none of your damn business" but it was robin so it was alright. He knew what sooner or later she would ask anyway. He then sat next to robin, he looked at her for a little while and started:
Zoro: This sword, it belonged to my mother. Robin noticed how zoro tighten his grip around it.
Zoro : She was a swordsman, but unlike me, she was one sword style user, Emiya was her name. As for this sword, it's called wado ichimonji. I don't really remember that much about my mother, but I do remember that she was a very good swordsman.
Robin: wait, all this means that…
Zoro: yea she….she died three years ago.
Robin: you know, there's no need for you to continue, it…must be hard for you to speak about you mother(she said quietly, now robin regretted that she asked zoro about his sword)
Zoro: robin, he placed his hand on robin's shoulder, it's alright, yea it was…..hard at the beginning, but three years have passed since then. Robin calmed down a little bit after that. Seeing that robin feels better zoro continued:
Zoro: My mother was the first person who taught me swordsmanship. I remember she was very strict. She would always hit me on the head than I did something wrong, but…zoro stopped for a moment, she would always caress my head and gently kiss me on forehead afterwards, and she always said: you did good zoro. Robin noticed a small smile on zoro's lips, yet his eyes showed only sadness.
Zoro: she owned a little dojo club, and was very respected amongst other swordsman. She was known as the best women swordsman in the world. In fact, there was only one man in the world who could beat my mother in swords fight. That man, and again zoro stopped for a moment, now robin could only see hatred, insane amount of hatred, this man is known as the best swordsman in the world Dracule Mihawk, the man…who killed my mother.
Robin: Dracule Mihawk…
Zoro: yea, he's the man who I will beat, I will take his title away from him and finally….I will avenge my mother and fulfill my promise I swore to her just before she passed away. I can clearly remember that day….that day than she challenged mihawk to a duel. Being the second strongest swordsman in the world didn't satisfy her at all, even though she knew that no other women in history had achieved as much as she did in swordsmanship, she wanted to be the best, to be on the top, she wanted to prove to the world that even if she is the women, she can achieve the greatest title a swordsman could ever get, and so she challenged him. Of course, knowing how strong my mother was, Mihawk accepted her challenge. And so they fought. I remember how intense that fight was. They moved so fast that I could barely see them, but their swords even faster, I couldn't see a single strike they made, I could only hear the sound of steel clashing with each other. And so they fought and fought, until I could finally see my mother clearly. She was all red from the blood, deep wounds covering her whole body, of course mihawk had his own serious injuries too, but my mother got the worst of it. I remember how I….cried back then, how scared I was. Robin noticed that zoro's eyes there full of tears. It hurt robin to see zoro like this, seeing him…..so sad and lonely, it hurt her more than anything she had ever experienced, now robin too had her eyes full of tears. She gently hugged zoro saying: I am so sorry you had to experience such an awful thing. Now robin was crying, she couldn't hold her tears anymore. Zoro let a few tears running down his cheeks, but somehow managed to hold the most of them, he then hugged robin back but with one hand gently caressing her head: it's….okey robin…it's okey, I am sorry…you had to see me like this. Robin said nothing, she still felt very sad about zoro, zoro was the only person robin didn't want to see like this. But after a little while she calmed down because now zoro was holding her and caressing her head. Zoro noticing that robin had calmed down continued with his story, still holding her and gently caressing her head, as gently as he could.
Zoro: My mother, she somehow managed to get near me and right next to me, she fell on her knees. I simply continued to cry only now I was hugging my mother and my face was on hers shoulder. I remember how I said to her that she can't die, she just…..can't die. She said nothing, only gently caressed my head. I looked up to see her face, and saw….. a smile. I still don't understand why did she smile back then. I remember that I even asked to her" how can you smile in a situation like this?" She didn't answer my question, instead she said: zoro, if you have a dream no matter what others say or think, protect it. No matter how impossible it seems, fight for it, no matter how many times you will end up losing, don't give up on your dream, she then slowly placed her hand on my chest and said : and always remember, protect the ones you love and care about, always. After that I said: that means that you have to protect me, I don't want you to die….you have to….care about me…because you love me right? She was crying, I remember, after whose words, she…..was crying. She looked into my eyes and with a little strength she had left said: Of course I do, but…..see….i….am.. a bad mother, but even…if this sounds….selfish…..i love you zoro…I always had….. after that she gently kissed my forehead and collapsed next to me. I could do nothing to save her, only to cry. And that moment I swore to her: I will become the world's greatest swordsman. Can you hear me, I will, no matter how hard it will be, I will achieve that you couldn't, so please….stay with me. She somehow managed to say: th..thats….my…boy…I ….wish….you….the…best..of luck. And after that,she…..died. I continued to cry…..i just simply didn't know that else could I do at that moment, so I….cried. Mihawk saw everything. He looked at me for a moment and then said: Lad, If you are serious about being the world's greatest swordsman, than train, train everyday like hell, and don't you ever dare to think about losing to anyone, until we will meet and just like your mother, we will fight to see….who is the best in the world. Carry your mother's sword and fight, fight anyone who dares to stand in your way and….win. And then the day will come, then our swords will clash, our hearts, dreams, willpower will meet in the way, win me, with your mother's sword, bring that final victory so you could shout to the whole world: I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST SWORDSMAN. I will wait, wait till that day will come. And after that, he left. That's it, that's the whole story. Since that day, I have trained hard to fulfill my promise, and will continue till the day will come, the day than I will finally be the greatest, with this sword, I will bring the final victory.
Now zoro wanted to see robin's face. He wanted to see if robin was still sad about zoro's loss of his mother. He looked but couldn't see her face, only her hair. Zoro was feeling a little bit uneasy, he didn't want to see robin sad, no not at all, he wanted to see her smile, her beautiful, warm smile. Zoro couldn't describe just how much he loved to see robin smiling. He would never admit it though. Always than she smiled, zoro felt like he wanted to smile back. In a dictionary, next to the word beautiful, zoro would simply write "robin's smile." Only that, nothing more. They stayed like that for a moment until robin finally spoke:
Robin: Zoro?
Zoro: yea, robin?
Robin: do you feel lonely now?
Zoro: no.
Robin: sad?
Zoro:no
Robin wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by zoro who whispered into hers ear: just…..show….me your smile…..and…I will be okey. Robin then finally looked at zoro, and the moment zoro saw her face, he felt relieved and happy, and like always, his heart started to race a little bit faster…..that beautiful smile. The more he looked at robin's smile the less he could control himself, he closed the distance between them so much, that their foreheads and noses there in touch. One slight move and their lips would meet. He hugged robin with his left hand and with his right gently caressed her cheek. Both of them couldn't describe how much they enjoyed this moment. Robin's heart was beating so fast it felt like it would explode any moment. Both of robin's hands were on zoro's chest. She could push him away any moment she would like, but of course, she didn't, quite opposite, she wanted to close that little distance between their lips. "should I do it" this thought was running through robin's head multiple times. She slowly crossed her hands over zoro's neck. Just one more slight move, robin thought, she very slowly moved closer to zoro, their lips were so close, so close but before robin could finally touch them, zoro finally snapped and gently pushed robin away.
Zoro: I…i…..am…..sorry…..i….was….just…
Robin: it's…..okey…..
Needless to say that both of them were so embarrassed, they couldn't even look each other in eyes. Zoro couldn't believe that he was doing, but couldn't deny how…good it felt either, how warm it felt….to be that…close to her. Zoro somehow managed to look at robin. Her face was just as red as his. They both stared at each other for a very long time. Zoro then looked around and noticed that it was getting quite dark outside so he said:
Zoro: y….. yo….. you know…..it's….ge..getting dark outside…..so you…should…go home…(what a miserable excuse it was, he thought)
Robin: y..yea…you're…..right…..
Robin slowly got up, turned around and started to walk. Zoro just looked at her, still thinking about that moment between them. Only after a minute or so, he noticed that robin was standing. He had no idea why, so he asked:
Zoro:r..robin..why..are..you just standing there?
Robin: y…you…could….could i….with..you…..could i…stay….could….i stay with you.(robin said with a shaky voice)
Zoro looked at her, and slowly processed that she had said to him.
Zoro:i…..i….wi…will…be…sleeping…here….so….it…would ….it….would….be..uncomfortable…..for..you…and..bes ides…won't..your parents..worry about..you…
Robin: i…would..be…fine…sleeping..on the ground…and…my parents…won't be..worrying….they…they..don't..care..about..me…re member.
Zoro: w..well..then…okey…
And so just like that, they both shared their first night together. Robin was resting right next to zoro. It was already night, but both of them there still awake. No matter how hard they tried to fell asleep, they just couldn't. zoro because he couldn't forget that moment than their lips almost touched, robin had the same reason plus it really wasn't that comfortable to sleep on the ground. She tried many postures, but none of them felt good. Zoro saw just how much she didn't enjoy to sleep on the ground. Feeling that he should do something about it he said:
Zoro: y…you..know..you..can..rest..your ..head..on..my..chest..if..you..want..
Robin looked at him with a surprised expression. Did..he really offered her that.
Zoro:but…only..if..you….want….to….
Robin smiled at him and said: if….you don't mind…..
She then slowly placed her head on zoro's chest. If before she felt uncomfortable, now sleeping on zoro's chest felt ten times better than in the bed. She somehow ended up thinking about zoro's past. Now she knew that zoro had experienced a lot of hardships for his young age. Same as me, robin thought. But now, together, they will overcome their past…..no…..they already had. Now, sleeping on zoro's chest, robin finally felt sleepy, she closed her eyes. She knew that there was no point in returning to that house…beacause zoro wasn't there…..he was here…right here, next to her. She then noticed that zoro slowly, with a little bit shaky hands, hugged her. There was nothing more, robin needed. No that house wasn't her home, not anymore, this…..was her home now. And after a few moments, robin fell asleep. Well zoro….he still couldn't and it's not like you could blame him for that. He looked at robin and saw how peaceful she looked, zoro chuckled a bit, even then she's sleeping, she still had that smile curved into her lips. He gently caressed her head and after some time….he too fell asleep, holding robin, not too tight, not too loose, but with….care.
Okey it's done. Leave in your reviews if you liked my idea about wado ichimonji. I just didn't want to write that story with kuina, not beacause I disliked it , but I just wanted to invent something new, not that story we all know about and have read in other people fan fictions. Well, if you disliked my version of wado ichimonji past, it's fine too. And don't forget to write If you would like me to continue this story! Bye!