"Luffy and His Riddle"
(c) Mei Evelyn
A One Piece Fanfiction
One Piece (c) Eiichiro Oda
Ch. 3: Zoro
This rubber guy named Luffy gets my interest. Somehow he seems to be so satisfied for having me as his pirate crew. He has neither proper ship nor pirate property at all, and it turns out that I'm his first crew. To be called pirate hunter or to be pirate entirely does not concern me so much. I only have one ambition after all, it does not matter what I would do as long as it doesn't get in my way.
But after getting some time with Luffy, I begin to wonder whether my decision to be on his crew has been right. This guy nags a lot at being hungry, and turns out to be a fool. How come he doesn't know how to navigate on the sea when he seems to be so eager at becoming a goddamn Pirate King? And he dares to say that I'm a fool for being lost, hey, the course I took had been confusing and being the best swordsman doesn't have anything to do with navigation, right? It is that simple.
This guy always states that he will become a Pirate King with determined eyes. I wonder why he's being quite adamant about stating it every once and then. So I ask him the reason, which he answers that he has none. But he does have a background to it, it turns out to be a promise between men, that he will have his own pirate crew, collect One Piece the legendary treasure, and become the Pirate King. A promise that had been sealed with his strawhat as the witness. So I figure that his strawhat is a treasure for him. It is silent for once, until Luffy brings up a new topic which is rather strange for him to ask.
"Zoro, what does it mean to be the best?" he asks me in a light serious manner, in which almost sounds funny because his dumbness, but the question itself get me thinking.
"The best? I think it's to be on top of everyone else, or to be number one in simple meaning. Why did you ask?" I ask him back.
"Hmm? Speaking of which Zoro, you want to be the best swordsman, right?" he gives a question without bothering to answer mine first.
"Yes. So what? You aim to be the best among pirates as well. So why asking?" I ask him again. This guy can have a surprising side, really.
"So after you achieve the title of being the best, what will you do about it?" more question is thrown back to me.
"Huh? What will I do?"
"Yup," he gives a nod once.
It get me quite some time to think of an answer. What would I do if I become the number one swordsman? It seems like I haven't thought that far. All I ever have is a vow that I made with my late rival—or shall I say childhood friend? The vow in which I swore to fulfill whatever it takes to get there. It doesn't matter what I must face, or how I would be there, but eventually I have to be the best someday. The question has been given, and I contemplate what action would I draw after becoming one that I dreamed of for all my life. Would I travel the world, daring swordsman to come at me? Or would I go anywhere my mood goes, and fight people brave enough to challenge me? Nah, I'd rather not. None of those is my style, I don't really care much about other's motive, so action concerning other people stuff doesn't bother me at all. And I don't have bluffing attitude as my style, and fame is never in my objective in the first place. So, what would I do, huh? Should I stay a pirate, or should I make new aim after all? What would be the best option?
"Oi, Zoro."
"Huh?"
"You should stop thinking too hard. You look like an old man with that face."
That get me snapped from my deep thought to his dumb grinning face. "What did you say, Luffy?! I'm old man, you say?!" I'm close to choke him to death when he bravely laughs his ass off.
"Shishi—akh...khh... Zo...ro...akh...st—stop...ekk...I...'ill...die..."
"Go die, you asshole!"
Next chapter: Nami
Unimportant side question: I'm seriously wondering what had happened to Zoro's left eye. There are people who said that he went blind during his harsh training, some people said that he close his left eye to restrain more of his still-hidden power (many people relate his case with Rayleigh, being the first mates and also have almost identical scar crossing their eyes). Or maybe you have your own theory? Let me know what you think! *wink
05/06/2016 (it's my birthday!^^ And I'm updating two chapters since it's been a long time since I updated. Enjoy)
-Mei Evelyn