Chapter 2: Try Outs
(The day of tryouts)
*knock knock knock*
Zoro opened his eyes to see the plain white wall, he slowly sat up stretching his arms out
*knock knock KNOCK*
"im coming, give me a second" zoro got out of the bed and look around for his bag of clothes he brought with him, instead of putting them in the offered storage area on campus
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
"jeez, alright I'm coming calm down!" zoro simply threw on yesterdays pants, after failing to locate the bag, and walked towards the door, he stopped in front of the grey painted metal and looked out the peep hole and saw a tall dark figure.
"Mr. Roronoa, would you please stop staring at me and get out here, it's your try out right now." The man said backing away from the door and disappearing from the peep hole's view
"shit" zoro quickly grabbed his three swords and threw on a shirt, from what luffy had told them about the tryouts yesterday, the physical ones were extremely brutal, and would start at any point during the day… randomly. Zoro quickly ran out the door, with two swords drawn and he was drawing the third when it was removed from his hand. "what the"
"unprepared when entering a hostile zone, that will cost you some points" the unknown voice sang from somewhere zoro couldn't pin point
Suddenly, 3 swordsmen appeared one guarding zoros third sword the other two, right in front of him.
"williow shot!" the two yelled in unison as they began charging at zoro
"oni giri!" zoro said as he ran past the two men, he straightened up right as they fell to the ground. His shot was a little off without the third sword
"wind slicer!" the third yelled and began throwing slices through the air at zoro
"the hell is that!" zoro said as he began dodging the attacks
"hmm, showing weakness in front of an enemy, that will also cost you points" the voice said
Zoro smirked "what weakness?" zoro charged at the enemy zig zagging around the sharp air
"oh? Perhaps some skill?" the voice thought out loud
*slice*
The last enemy dropped to the ground, and zoro reclaimed wado
"I see, so you managed to take down some grunts, impressive" the voice said sarcastically "very well roronoa, let us start the fight to see where to place you"
"what do you mean where to place me?" zoro asked from behind wado
"well, you see, there are different sections of swordsmen, the stronger teach the weaker, you understand right?" the voice said, suddenly appearing right in front of zoro
Zoro stared into piercing yellow eyes "it's you"
"what did you expect someone else?" Mihawk asked raising one of his eyebrows
Zoro jumped back and took his stance, waiting for the battle to start, while Mihawk simply took a dagger from around his neck and held it out ready, a slight wind signaled the start
"onigiri!" zoro yelled as he launched and mihawk, only to have all three swords stopped at once by the dagger
"well Roronoa?"
Zoro backed up and quickly reengaged Mihawk, swing as fast as he could, forming so many techniques so fast that he couldn't bother to say them all, but they were all stopped by one little dagger
"rahhhh!" zoro began to push his limits, swing faster harder, but still no affect
"zoro is it? You must be tired by now, your sweating like a pig" mihawk said in a mocking manner as he faked a yawn with his free hand
Zoro jumps back from his onslaught, panting "h-h- how!?"
"many things are possible when you are not so weak, zoro"
"rrahhh!" zoro yelled charging again, determination in his eyes
Mihawk side stepped zoro and closed lined him with his arm
"Dedication is pointless without skill to match it" mihawk said backing away from zoro
"rahhh!" zoro jumped towards mihawk, hitting the dagger hard enough with wado, to create a small dome of dust to rise from around them
Faster than zoro could see, mihawk removed the dagger from wado and stuck it in too zoros chest
"*cough* shit"
"it appears that you have lost"
"I anit dead yet" zoro said smirking
Mihawk smirked, and removed the dagger from zoros chest "while I admire the attitude, im not here to kill you, congratulations, you can replace the teacher of kendo 203 (author note: in this college the first number is the skill level, and the last number is the class number) perhaps we should take you to the medical room now?"
"that would be nice *cough cough*"
"very well come on" mihawk said throwing zoros arm over his shoulder and putting his own arm around zoros waste helping him walk
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"Already zoro? Shishishishshi!" luffy laughed from the the side of zoros bed
"oi! Stop laughing! It hurts like hell!" zoro roared from his position on the bed, with all sorts of Iv's and a pulse monitor hooked up to him
"so zoro, your hair, can I eat it? it looks good!" luffy was face down on the ground drooling "oi zoro im hungary, wheres Sanji?"
"haha, luffy, hey, did you already have your try out?"
"hai! Wheres Sanji im really hungry!"
"you suck at staying on topic, Sanji should be done with his tryout soon, and remember he is bringing what he makes to you" zoro leaned back into his inclined bed "ow ow ow shit!" zoro shot up holding the cut on his chest "damn it, when's chopper getting out of his tryout!"
"oi oi oi zoro! Hang in there I'll go get him! Stay here!" luffy then proceeded to run out of the room shouting about needing a doctor
(5 minutes later)
"ZZOORROO! I found him!" luffy came rushing into the room holding chopper under his arm
"ah your bleeding we need a doctor someone get a doctor!" chopper began screaming and running around
"I take it this is monkey d. luffy, and tony tony chopper?"
"yeah that's them," zoro said coughing a little bit
"oi zoro who's the guy in the cape?" luffy looked at the guy sitting in the chair
"oh allow me, to introduce myself, I am mihawk, I actually know your godfather red haired shanks" mihawk said rising out of the chair and holding out his hand
"oh you know shanks?" luffy said shaking mihawks hands "how do you know him?"
"ah a story for another time, right now mister roronoa needs the doctors help"
"oh right, oi chopper-"
"already on it luffy, OI zoro stop moving around!" chopper began rambling on about zoro to stop moving around.
"oi luffy I brought the food from my tryout, wheres that idiot marimo" Sanji walked in followed by nami and robin
"oh my, captain-san who is this?"
"oh sorry for the intrusion, im the top swordsman Draculie mihawk" mihawk bowed a little "well I will check on you later roronoa, sorry I could not properly meet you all, perhaps another time" Mihawk then left the room with a hat tip to zoro and luffy
"oi zoro, was he the one who did that to you?" nami pointed to the bandaged chest and to the door
"oh yeah, he stopped by after luffy went to get chopper"
"what the hell are you doing with a man that nearly killed you!" nami started shirking
"oi navigator-san calm down" robin calming stated, while sitting down in the sit previously occupied seat "swordsman-san, where did you get placed?"
"ha that's assuming he even got in stupid marimo" Sanji said
"oi you want to go curly brow?!"
"bring it moss brains!"
*punch punch*
"ow, witch!"
"oh mellorine, loves pain!"
"idiots!... so zoro, where did you get placed?" nami said while shaking off her hands
"class 203, I start in two weeks when im fully recovered"
"oh congratz zoro!" luffy smiled
"good job swordsman-san" robin said, while pulling out a book and flipping through the pages
"ah the marimo got somewhere eh" Sanji mocked
"only two weeks to rest?!" chopper yelled
"good" nami smiled
"so how did you all do?" zoro looked around the room at his friends
"ah I got into the third best mapmakers class, and im also the new class 405 navigation teacher" nami smiled from beside robin holding her thumb up
"congratulations!" the crowd cheered
Zoro gestured towards robin "what about you?"
"oh im teaching class 303 history of west, east, south, and north blue, and taking a few intro classes" robin smiled sweetly and looked around and looked to chopper who was still fussing with some bandages in his bag "doctor-san what about you?"
"eh?! Oh I got a assistant position on the infirmary and into a herbolgy, disease study and treatment, and advanced anatomy classes." Chopper blurted out while wrapping up his bandages back in his bag
"shishishi nice!" luffy blurted out while finishing the food Sanji brought
"good job doctor-san" robin smiled at him
"whoa, impressive for your age" Sanji said while patting chopper on the head
"oh shut up assholes! Your compliments don't make me happy!" chopper yelled while wiggling back and forth
"Hahaha, so shit cook, did you poison anyone at your tryout?" zoro stabbed at Sanji when the laughter died down
"Oi! I'll have you know that I am teaching the 4 highest kind of cooking from the four blues, not to mention I passed the entrance exams to grand line cooking courses, and unlike you I didn't get hurt, I even got to help out with the snack tables in the lobby" Sanji retorted angrily
Just then there was a knock on the door and a doctor entered
"Oh hello, sorry im here to check on miter roronoa, mister roronoa, im trafalgar law, are you experiencing any numbness, exceptionally in your arms and legs?" law said walking to the bedside and taking the clipboard from the side.
"Um, no just a lot of pain, think I could get some pain medication so I can sleep tonight?" zoro replied
"Of course mister roronoa I'll have a nurse come by later and work that out for you"
"um excuse me, will he have a full recovery? Or will there be permanent damage?" luffy asked
"well if he abides by the bed ridden recovery term then he should, now im afraid visitor hours are coming to a close for mister roronoa, he needs some new bandages and them some rest." Law said motioning everyone out "and mister roronoa I'll send that nurse by in a minute" law said while walking towards the door
"oi zoro get better soon!" luffy yelled
"make sure not to die idiot marimo" Sanji smirked closing the door behind law
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Sanji closed the door and walked by law "thank you for taking care of the idiot"
"its my job, Sanji was it?"
"ya"
"I overheard that you made some stuff for the snack bar, did you perhaps make the baked potato and corn chips with the fantastic salsa?"
"well I accept the compliment, I assure you it was nothing" Sanji smiled
"nothing? How can that be?"
"hahahahaha, if you wanted real food, you would have to try my open flame cooked ham"
"perhaps I could then?"
Sanji's eyes widen in shock "eh? What do you mean?"
"oh sorry, allow me to elaborate, I would like to hire you for a event, I'll pay well of course"
Sanji smiled brightly "I'll take the job, any chance to cook!"
"cool, so it's a party, nothing too fancy, but there will be a sit down dinner, and the party is in a week, I hope that's not too soon"
"of course not! Im getting excited" Sanji said smiling
"cool can I have your number so I can get in touch with you for details" law said smiling
"of course um heres my cell" "Sanji took the offered pad from law, and wrote down his cell number
"cool I'll be in touch" law said walking down a side hallway
"cool" Sanji said jogging to catch up with his friends
"oi whered you go?" nami asked with a curious look on her face
Sanji simply smiled "I got my first job as a cook!"