Zoro ran forward frantically looking for Nami. He ran by two kids playing and he stopped. "Did you see some boys take a girl?"

"We did. They went that way."

He ran toward the way the girl was pointing.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

It was nighttime and Bellamy had his own secret place where he had brought Nami. It was an old abandoned iron warehouse. Inside were only a sofa and an old bin with fire inside and some old iron bars left behind.

"Sit down!" He threw Nami down onto the sofa. "Why aren't you cooperating when we just want to have a good time?

"Where am I?"

"Can't you see? Forgot … you can't see!" he waved his hands in front of her face.

Sarquiss was laughing along with the others. "She can't see! Hahaha!" They all started waving their hands in front of her face.

"Do you want to work? I hear the massage parlor is looking for a blind masseuse."

She got up, but Bellamy grabbed her. "Hey, hey. What are you doing?"

"She wants to leave! Hahaha Make it worth our while!" He brought out some beer bottles and cigarettes. Bellamy grabbed Nami's mouth and tried to pour some down her mouth. She pushed him away and bottled shattered on the ground. Bellamy stood up and slapped Nami.

"Heh, you're prettier when you're angry." Nami felt so helpless and couldn't hold back her tears anymore. She shoved Bellamy to the ground. Eddy grabbed a hold of her, but she still tried to struggle. Bellamy got up and slapped her again this time she fell to the ground. Eddy picked her back up again.

"Hold her, you jerk!" Bellamy grabbed at her clothes and started pulling them off. "Where are you now Zoro?! You can't even save your blind girlfriend!"

Zoro had arrived outside of the warehouse where other people had pointed out to him. He was breathing hard and stopped. He had been running for a couple hours straight. He started running again when he heard Nami screaming for him.

"ZOROOOOOO!!!!"

"I said hold her!"

Zoro ran in and stopped and saw Nami with four guys around her undressing her. He dropped the teddy bear he had been holding onto. He ran and picked up an iron bar and slammed into Bellamy's face. He tried striking the others, but one of them had punched him in the face. He fell, but only to his knees, stopping himself from falling all the way. His glove that was in his pocket had fallen out into the dirt, but Zoro didn't notice. He got back up and swung the bar into Eddy. He ran over to Nami and took her hand and put her behind her. He swung blindly in front of him to be able to get out, but it didn't work. He kicked Eddy behind him, but before he could put his foot down he was punched by Sarquiss. He completely fell to the ground. Nami screamed for him. Zoro tried to get up, but was kicked in the face by Ross.

Sarquiss picked him up and held him. Ross punched him into the wall and they each punched him and kicked him. Ross and Eddy grabbed each of his arms and Zoro was barely standing up. Sarquiss had picked up the iron bar he had been previously been using. He struck Zoro as hard as he could across the chest. He fell from both of their grips and fell into the sand. Nami had been crying and screaming throughout the entire fight.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

All 5 of the guys had been taken to the hospital. Zoro was the only one who was conscious. He had won his fight and was bandaged in the hospital. Robin had walked into the room where she heard some woman screaming over Bellamy.

"Does it hurt? All you all right? Bellamy!

Robin looked into Zoro's eyes and he too made eye contact, but broke away instantly.

"Are you the thug's mother? What are you going to do about my son? What are you looking at? Is your son going to come to his senses only after I put him behind bars, huh?"

"Do you think your son will be all right if my son goes to jail?"

"What?"

"I know my son well. He wouldn't have fought your son for no reason. You must know your son's a jerk. He assaulted a blind girl, so I can imagine how he treats you.

"What did you say?!"

She sighed and threw an envelope at her. "Here, take it and leave, or press charges. I'm not giving it to you because I'm afraid. I just don't want to ruin your kid's future."

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

"You should've woken me up! What hospital is he in?" Bellemere screamed.

"I didn't have time to ask because she left in a hurry." Usopp said.

"I wonder what happened!"

She saw Robin come in with Nami. Bellemere ran up, "Nami! Are you all right?" She only nodded. "Those creeps! How's Zoro?"

Robin looked at her for a while and sternly asked, "I want to talk to you."

She walked into Robin's room. "I'm sorry Zoro was hurt.

"Go to Busan [A/N: A random city don't worry about what it is. I'll get you a job there, and the pay will be better."

"B-but …"

"Nami! You're still pale! Go inside and lie down." Usopp said. "What happened to those creeps? They should be punished!"

Nami didn't listen to them when she overhead her aunt.

"Why do we have to leave?! What are you saying?!"

"Zoro's coming back in 2 days, so leave before then."

"No, we can't leave! Why do we have to leave?? Why?"

"He'll be a senior soon. I can't watch him get into more trouble. Your wish is to pay your debt. You don't have to pay me back. So just leave quietly."

Nami came in crying, "Please, I'm so sorry. I won't bother Zoro again. Don't throw us out. I won't hang out with him anymore. Please let us just stay here…"

Robin couldn't look at her, but she still had her cold personality on her face. "What are you going to do when you're 20 or 30?"

"If they still like each other then…"

"Then they can get married? That's laughable! You want them to get married?"

"You're being too hard on her. She lost her parents and became blind because of me. She wasn't born blind! I'll make sure she gets her sight back or die trying!"

"I have nothing to say or to hear from you." She got up and left.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Zoro was in the hospital with an IV drip in him. He had a look of intense deep thought on his face. He took a hold of the IV and ripped them out of his arm. He started taking off his hospital gown.

As Zoro was walking in front of his mom's club he saw a taxi. He saw that Bellemere was shoving Nami into the taxi. Nami struggled to stay out of the taxi.

"Get in! Hurry!"

"I can't leave like this. I have to see Zoro."

Nami… "Nami!"

Nami stopped. "Zoro!"

"Get in now!" She shoved her into the taxi.

Zoro started to run after the taxi. "Nami! Nami! NAMI!"

Nami reached out from the back window. Zoro was still running after them, screaming her name the entire time. He had almost fallen from his lack of breath. But he was still able to scream out,

"NAMIIIIIIIII!!!!"

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Robin walked into the hospital room to see that Zoro was not in there.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

"I think she stole from the safe!" one of the dancers screamed.

"How could she really leave?" Usopp said.

Zoro just sat on the ground leaning against a pole, not paying any attention to anything they said. Robin walked up to him and shouted, "What are you doing home?!"

"Robin, Bellemere took everything in the safe!

"That's good. I won't ever see her again."

"What did you say to her, Mom?" Zoro sounded angry, but he hadn't raise his voice.

"I told her to leave immediately."

He got up and walked right up to her. "Why?? WHY??!"

"You don't know?"

"What did Nami ever do? I'm the one who got into the fight!"

"Hopeless boy. She's just a girl…"

"Nami is just a girl? And what am I? Eh, what am I? I'm a whore's son, and EVERYONE KNOWS IT!"

"You!" she picked up her hand, but the dancers stopped her. Usopp held back Zoro.

"Who do you think you are, Mom?" he yelled. He shoved down Usopp and ran out.

"Zoro!"

Before they could run after them Robin felt a throbbing sensation in her chest and she fell to the ground.

"Robin!"

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Zoro ran all the way to their hideout. He ran in and stopped at the doorway and looked around. He slid to the ground as he was inside. On the desk in front of him he picked up some papers lying on there. It was his music that he was going to give to her. On the top the sheet read "TO NAMI" He crumpled up the papers in his hands. Tears were streaming down his face.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

In Itaewon Bellemere and Nami had found the apartment where her old friend lived at.

"It's been so long!"

"I know!"

"The room's not that nice is it?"

"No! This is a hotel suite!"

"Tell me, what kind of trouble did you get yourself into this time?"

"No, no I'm not in any trouble, what are you talking about?"

"Never mind, I'll get you some stew, okay?"

"Okay."

"Nami, let's sit. Sit down."

"Bellemere, let's go back."

"Go back where? I'm done with those people."

"Then I'll go back alone." She suddenly got up, but Bellemere pulled her back down.

"What are you going to do when you get there? Do you think Zoro's mom will welcome you?"

"Bellemere…"

"I'm responsible for your blindness, but I can't stand to see you mistreated. She said it was laughable for you to marry her son! Hah!"

"Bellemere, please!"

"I said no!"

"Even if I want to die?"

"Die? Okay, die! You can die, and I'll die too. How dare you even utter that word! I'll make sure you get your sight back, and have you marry someone a lot better than him!"

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Zoro had fallen asleep in their hideout. He woke up to see what he had written on the window. I Love You. A thought had just hit him. He got up and left.

He arrived where he had fought for Nami with Bellamy. He walked in the warehouse and started looking around. He looked down to see the mitten Nami had knitted for him. It was covered in dirt, so he started wiping it off.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

"Do you think Bellamy is going to get revenge when he gets out of the hospital?" Eddy asked.

"Of course he is because he is determined." Sarquiss said as he sunk the eight ball into the corner pocket.

Zoro had run into the room and started punching all three of them. He had lost his head and he continued beating them until they were unconscious.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Robin and Usopp arrived at the police station and saw inside that Zoro looked a little beaten, but the other three guys looked as if they have been through a war. Zoro couldn't make eye contact with her. She walked up to the desk.

"I'm his mother."

"This is serious; he beat those three boys pretty severely."

"Put him behind bars! He needs to suffer!" one of the mothers said behind her.

"We don't want to settle! Lock him up!"

"Please calm down" the police officer said.

"Say something! I understand you run a bar, so say something! You must plan about what you're going to do now!"

Robin walked up to the three mothers; all three of them backed up. She got onto knees. "I have nothing to say. This is all because he was born to a bad mother. Please don't ruin his future." She didn't sound sad, but she did sound sincere. Zoro didn't make a single facial expression when he heard this.

In his room, Zoro had fallen asleep and Robin got a blanket and pulled it over him.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

The next day Zoro walked out and saw that Usopp was washing his face.

"Oh you're up, Zoro. Stop upsetting your mom when she's not feeling well." Zoro didn't respond he sat where he was staring into space... Usopp grabbed his arm and picked him up. "I think Nami is in Itaewon, a small district in Seoul. One of the dancers said Bellemeres's best friend lives there." Robin walked outside and Usopp jumped. "Oh, where's my shampoo?"

"You're up?" she asked.

…

"Get ready to go out. We're going somewhere."

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Mr. Dain had driven both of them to a city that Zoro had never seen before. They walked up to a house where a man was getting the paper. He looked up and saw Robin and stood there, stunned. He had red hair and beard.

"Say hello to your father."

Inside the house they all had sat down in the living room.

"What brings you here without calling first?"

Robin went into her purse and pulled a stack of money and set it onto the table. "This will be enough for you to raise him until he goes to college. I can't raise him at the club. You raise him."

Zoro finally looked up at her. "Mom."

"You're not the only one who doesn't want to live with me. I don't want to live with you either. You've wanted to live with your dad. So forget about everything back home, and live here with you dad." She got up and left the house.

"Robin. Robin!"

"What's all this noise?" some strange woman had come out of a room. "Huh, who's this?"

"Get back in your room, Olivia."

"What are you talking about, Saul? … What, your son? You have a son?"

Zoro couldn't stand where he was and just walked out of the house. He walked around to see his mom had actually left. He didn't care. He walked on to the road even though he didn't know where he was headed.

Saul walked out of the room to see it was empty. "Zoro? Zoro?!"

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

"So where did Zoro go?" Valerie pleaded.

"We're not telling you, we promised Robin." Mrs. Dain said.

"Besides what would you do in Seoul?"

"He went to Seoul?"

"Why should you care that he went to live with his father?"

"He went to live with his father?"

"Tell her everything why don't you?"

"Where does his father live?"

"Be quiet and study if you're not going to eat!" her mom yelled.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Zoro was walking down the streets of Seoul and looked at his hand to see the mitten.

Your hands are icy! He remembered how she put his hands into her jacket and how he was so close to kissing her when the snow fell on his head.

Nami was in her new room knitting his other mitten.

How do you read this?

I…love…you.

I'm not ready to say those words yet. How could a girl use them lightly?

Tears were flowing down both there faces as they had thought about each other. Later Zoro went around asking if they had either seen people that fit the description of Nami or Bellemere.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

A few weeks later Zoro had gotten a job working at a gas station.

"What will it be?" he asked.

"Fill it up."

Another came up to him in skates. "Welcome aboard, I'm Luffy." He held out his hand, but Zoro swung by him not even giving him a looking glance.

"50 dollars, please."

"Aw come on. Aren't you going to say hi to me?" He gave the biggest grin he could. Zoro just ran by looking through him. "Dang, why's he so secluded?"

It was almost Christmas. All done!

We're going to have a party here this Christmas? If we are then you have to let me here your song.

Don't worry. Just knit the other mitten.

Promise?

Okay. Promise!

Zoro looked at her song that he had kept with himself and then his mitten. He got up and walked to the pay phone. "Hello, Usopp. Hey, uh, have you heard anything from Nami yet?"

"Zoro! No we haven't, but when are you coming back?"

"On Christmas eve."

"Really? Uh-oh Robin's coming." He hung before Zoro could say anything else. On the window in front of Zoro he left the Braille letters for Nami. A car was honking and Zoro ran to the pump.

Inside the car was Sanji and some other girls.

"Welcome."

"Is Luffy here?"

"No. How much?"

"Fill it up."

"Okay."

Zoro filled up the car and saw Sanji flirting with all the girls in the car.

"80 dollars please."

Sanji reached into his pocket and felt that nothing was there. "Excuse me." He got out of the car. He got Zoro to walk away from the car. "I forgot my wallet. Get it from Luffy."

"I can't do that."

"Don't you know Luffy? I'm his friend."

"I'm sure the girls have money."

"How can I ask a girl to pay? Dang, you sure are inflexible. All right!" They both walked to the car, but was interrupted by Sanji's teacher.

"Sanji is that you? Are you already getting into trouble even though school's out." He looked into the car. "who are they?"

"Uh, my older sisters."

"Older sister's my butt." He pinched his cheek. "You're almost a senior at high school! Hey 20 dollars."

"Okay." Said Zoro.

"A senior in high school? You're a high school student?! Unbelievable!"

"I'm sorry, older sisters." He smirked.

She gasped and got out of the car and slapped him.

"Hey, ma'am, 80 dollars?"

She went into her car and slammed the money into his hand.

"Thanks."

She drove off in her car, leaving Sanji behind. His teacher cam up and slapped him across the head. "Just study hard, kid!" He hand the money he had to Zoro. "Keep up the good work." He got into hid car and left.

Sanji glared at Zoro, but he shrugged it off and walked away. Just then Luffy came running up.

"Hey Sanji. What'cha doing here?" His head was cocked to emphasize his confusion.

"Thanks to your shitty timing I lost some older girls because my cover was blown to that seaweed-head! They slapped me in the face and then dumped me."

Luffy brought his face to his usual grin, "It's so surprising for Sanji to be losing a girl."

"Shut up, I was going to break up with her anyway." He shifts his view over to Zoro, who is helping another car. "What's with him?"

"I'm not sure. He doesn't talk to any of us."

"Whatever, when do you get off work? Let's go to the studio."

"I'll be done soon. Wait for me." He runs off into the station to get his stuff.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

"Teeeell meee. Where is his house?" Valerie had grabbed onto Usopp's arm and promised not to let go.

"I don't know. Leave me alone. I'm busy with setting the Christmas tree for the club."

"But someone told me that he saw you talking to Zoro."

"Whoever told you that was a liar."

"I'm going to run away to Seoul if you don't tell me."

"Do whatever you want. I don't care."

"Tomorrow's Christmas Eve, and I have something to give him."

"Then just sit down. He'll be here tomorrow."

"Really? When?"

"I don't know!" Usopp had been on his last fuse with her.

"Thanks, Usopp!!" She stood on her toes and kissed him on the cheek and ran off.

"You hopelessly idiotic girl!"

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

"Hey! Welcome, come on in." Bellemere and her friend had welcome two guys in. One had blonde hair that ended at his ears and turned outwards. He had squinted eyes, a face that looked like it was blushing constantly, and lips that were ready for kissing any day. The other had long black curly hair big burly muscles and stood himself high as if he was the greatest in the world.

"You sure you want to do this, Arlong?" the blonde haired whispered to the black haired one.

"Come on, these ladies are cute beyond belief just trust me." He whispered back then said out loud to Bellemere. "Merry Christmas ladies!" He handed them a mini Christmas tree he had in his hand.

"Thanks for the tree." Bellmere said.

"He's cute." She said under her breath.

"He's not bad." Bellemere said, not too audible.

"He's a big spender, and he's very popular."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Hey Arlong, this is Bellemere."

"Hi, I'm Arlong."

"Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. You're very beautiful."

"Really? Thank you! You're very handsome."

"Thank you, Bellemere." He took her hand a kissed it.

"Oh, I'm blushing. Hey, how about we get something to eat."

"Shall we?"

In the other room Nami had been sitting in her room, feeling her finished mitten for Zoro. She heard that Bellemere had left with those people she was with earlier. She walked out of her room and then the apartment. In the street Nami called a taxi.

"Where to?"

"To Seoul Station."

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

At Seoul Station…

Valerie was waiting outside to finally find Zoro after so long.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Zoro was sitting outside the gas station staring at his music for Nami. Sanji rode up on his bike and saw Zoro sitting with a look of deep thought on his face.

"What's that?" Sanji asked with a curious voice.

Zoro looked up at Sanji, got up, and walked inside.

"That bastard sure is cold." Sanji said to himself.

Zoro took off his jacket and went into another room. Luffy was sitting at the table, eating his heartful.

"Hey Luffy. Why are you eating when there'll be food at the party."

"Don't worry. I can always still eat." Outside a truck starting honking for some gas. "Maaaaan. Why do they always come when I'm eating." He stuff every bit of food in his mouth. He took a jacket and ran outside with Sanji following him. Zoro came out and checked a jacket pocket for his music. He found it wasn't there. He looked around and saw that Luffy was wearing the jacket with his music.

Luffy checked his pocket and found a mitten with a smiley face. He shrugged and put the mitten on his hand. "I want to eat all the food at the party!"

"Well I'm gonna dance with some hot girls tonight. I convinced some flight attendants to come."

"This is going to be so much fun."

"Oi! Give me the mitten." Zoro voice wasn't angry, but stern.

"I'm sorry. Was it yours? Why do you wear this instead of the ones that were given to you? What weird taste in fashion! Hehehe!"

Zoro grabbed his mitten out of Luffy's hands. He didn't respond to any of Luffy's questions or his laughing. They stopped abruptedly when they saw he wasn't laughing.

"You don't have to look at us like that…" Luffy whined.

"He said he was sorry." Sanji took out money from his pocket. "Buy a new one, or have it cleaned. Don't ruin such a nice day." Zoro didn't move. "It's okay. Take it." Sanji just tucked it in his jacket pocket. "I can't wait until that party."

Zoro looked down at his pocket and Sanji in the face and knocked him to the ground. He took out the money and threw it a Sanji. "Don't ruin such a nice day."