On to season 2! You guys do like this, right? I'll continue to write and post this anyway, just so satisfy myself, but I would like to know...
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'Thoughts'
Implied
"Talking"
Narrative
"Multiple people saying some thing at the same time."
Captain's Mate - Means change of scene
captain's mate - means time skip/perspective skip
-Captain's Mate-
Being attacked by Luffy had been a big surprise. The idiot had roared and charged at him with all his might, big belly bouncing away. A strange feeling of betrayal had invaded his chest as Zoro clashed with the man. Pushing it away immediately, Zoro cursed as he continued to try and explain the situation.
"Luffy- just listen for a second will you-"
"No! Shut up Zoro! I'm not going to listen to your excuses!"
"Luff-"
"I won't forgive you! These kind people fed us and threw a party! And you go and kill them all? You bastard!"
"They were our enemies! They're all bounty hunters!"
"Don't lie to me Zoro!"
They met again, a shock wave spreading from the direct clash.
"Fine." The green haired man growled, shoving away the feeling of hurt echoing inside his chest. "If you're so eager to die, then I WILL kill you." His eyes glinted menacingly as he shifted grip on his blades. he wouldn't be using the backs anymore. "Just don't come crying to me over your dead body."
-Captain's Mate-
When Luffy had seen all the injured and dead bodies littering the ground, he was shocked. When a survivor had told him it had been Zoro that had done this, something inside him broke. When Zoro tried to explain himself, Luffy closed his ears to the lies and stared forward, eyes determined. This man who he'd trusted... Apparently wasn't who he'd thought he was. Something niggled in the back of his mind, but the rubber captain ignored it with a single minded purpose.
"ZORO!"
"LUFFY!"
Meeting again with a fierce killing intent, they each flew back from the impact, crashing into and through the buildings behind them.
Springing back once more with a slash and a punch, they grinned in the middle.
"I guess this is the perfect time to see which is stronger..." Zoro smirked with a purr. "My Blades, or your Fists." Luffy grinned in return with a menacing intent.
Dodging the nuisances known as Baroque works (Not that Luffy probably noticed; Too intent on his First Mate) the two continued to fight, with an almost gleeful joy.
"Don't. Interrupt. Our Fight." They growled at the agents as they persisted in trying to eliminate the Death List Duo.
Luffy and Zoro turned back to each other, eager to commence the battle again, heart racing and blood pumping as they prepared their attacks-
But then of course Nami had to interrupt them, stopping one of the most exhilarating fights they'd had in a long time. Zoro huffed, determinedly /not/ pouting as Luffy smiled idiotically. And if there was a part of him that was thankful to the witch for ending the fight that for some reason made his heartache, then he shoved it away stubbornly.
-Captain's Mate-
"You... captured Zoro?" Luffy asked incredulously, breath coming in painful gasps.
The bomb-man sneered, slipping his hands into his pockets. "Of course. It was a rather pathetic fight too."
"Zoro... Zoro's gonna cut you up." Luffy smirked. There was no way his swordsman would lose to an idiot like this.
-Captain's Mate-
"Vivi! I thought you were with Luffy!" Nami gasped as she saw the desert princess in Miss Valentine's grasp.
"I-I was... but..." The blue haired girl looked down, biting her lip.
"Oh? You mean Straw hat? I finished him off."
Zoro paused in his struggling, blinking up at Mr. 5 in disbelief.
"It was was an easy job." The snot man shrugged.
"You?" Zoro scoffed, raising a brow. "Heh." The swordsman smirked. Let the idiot believe what he would. He'd see just how wrong he was when Luffy came to the fight, guns blazing.
-Captain's Mate-
"Dammit Luffy- Give me back my food!"
"No! You had enough! Give it to me!"
"Dammit you two, stop it!"
Of course, little did Nami know that they're supposed brawling over food was really just an excuse to touch each other, though neither of them was really sure why.
-Captain's Mate-
"Crocodile!"
"Wh-what?!" Of course. Luffy was hallucinating again.
"Snap out of it-"
"Crocodile!"
"Or I'll snap you out myself." Zoro growled, glaring at the rubber boy. Glancing at his swords, Zoro decided against using them. It just didn't... didn't feel right to draw his blades on his own captain, not after Whiskey Peak.
Dodging Luffy's blow, he readied his fists. Fist fighting wasn't his best area per say, but Zoro knew enough that he'd at least be able to do some kind of damage.
'Why the hell did follow a captain like this?' Maybe not in the beginning, maybe not even until recently, but Zoro knew the answer now.
And then they punched each other square in the face.
-Captain's Mate-
"Zoro!" Chopper exclaimed, passing smelling salts under the swordsman's nose. "What the hell were you doing?!"
"A lot of things." He growled, glaring at Luffy, who was still knocked out.
"He's still buried in the sand..." Chopper remarked.
"Leave him like that." Zoro mumbled, still a bit pissed off. He would never EVER admit it, but it kind of hurt that he would mistake Zoro of all crewmates as Crocodile.
-Captain's Mate-
"Are all pirates like this?" Chopper wondered, sighing. "Climbing up snowy mountains, trekking across deserts... I wonder if I boarded the wrong ship?"
Zoro smirked at his companion in response. "What a coincidence. I was wondering the same thing myself, earlier." Of course, though he might occasionally wonder, Zoro knew with all his heart that he'd never choose any other crew or captain in the world.
"Zoro... you're the oldest member of the crew, right? Why did you join him?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Well... every one in the crew looks pretty wild and independent... especially you, Zoro."
"That's true." Zoro said, smiling a bit. "In my case it just... kinda happened this way... or something like that anyway." Yeah, something like that. He actually still didn't know why he joined...
"Why do we keep on being his crew... We all have different goals, all striving for different things, but..." Zoro mused, looking over his shoulder at his captain. "Since we've been together so long... another purpose has started to emerge."
"Another purpose?"
"Sorry Chopper, but I can't really tell you what that is." He smiled at his captain, an unfamiliar feeling swelling up inside him.
-Captain's Mate-
"Zoro, carry me."
"Shut up you wuss." Zoro growled.
"Ooh, Zoro, carry me!" Of course, when Luffy asked, he actually considered it. He couldn't just agree to it though.
"Do Janken. I'll carry the winner."
He was more than a little disappointed when it was Usopp who won.
-Captain's Mate-
He hadn't wanted to rescue Smoker- far from it. If he'd had his way, Zoro would have let the stupid marine die.
But Luffy had asked him to, and so he did. He could just imagine the look on Luffy's face- a look of utter disappointment, a look that would truly hurt- if he hadn't.
-Captain's Mate-
"Ne, Zoro, you shouldn't waste your strength like that!" Nami groused as she watched Zoro lift Eyelashes into the air over and over.
"Leave him be Nami-san," Sanji interjected, taking a drag of his cigarette. "He's full of tension... and he just got a full-blown taste of what a real Shichibukai is like."
"The hell are you trying to say bastard?" Zoro growled, stopping his lifting momentarily.
"What I'm saying, baka-marimo, Is that you're scared. You're scared that Luffy might lose."
"Me!? Scared?!" He yelled, shoulders tense, hands shaking. "Y-You..!" No. No. Luffy... he couldn't lose. He wouldn't lose. And that was just that. Because he was Luffy. Because...
"Shut up Pretty-Brow!"
Yes, a fight would take his mind off the situation. Definitely.
-Captain's Mate-
So. How do you guys like season 2? Btw, I judge seasons by when the Opening changes. Officially, Season 2 is 16 episodes and season 3 is 15 episodes and all that, but I'd have even less moments than are right here if I went by that. So I guess my version of season 2 is season 2, season 3 and a bit of season 4 all mashed up together.