Author's note:
;A; So sorry for making everyone wait! This chapter is short too... I am a failure... Boo..
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Zoro woke with an awful groan escaping his lips. It shouldn't have surprised him, because it had been three years since his last encounter like last night. As he stood from the spot he had fallen asleep from he had to place a strong hand on his lower back to steady himself. Once he had a firm grip on himself he glanced out at the sea. The calm belts were in sight and Zoro felt excited for the first time in a while. His captain was close, he was almost home now. However, the swelling feeling in his chest was soon lost as a pair of strong arms wrapped around his middle and a butterfly kiss placed on his nape. Zoro tensed... the man behind him was unpredictable.
"Mmm... Zoro. No need to be so tense. I already recieved my reward and will ask for no more... unless I deserve it." Zoro didn't relax however. He shrugged Mihawk from his shoulders and stood at the front of the ship. The sea kings didn't even risk bringing their heads above the water... they could feel the blood lust and tension from the small ship above them. Zoro and Mihawk spent the rest of the short journey in silence.
As soon as they landed Zoro hopped from the ship and didn't look back as Mihawk set sail once again. It didn't take long for Zoro to be discovered. Strangely enough it wasn't the women of the island that discovered him first. Zoro glared at Law as the other smirked before him. It felt like an hour before either talked and it only angered Zoro more as Law's smirk widened as he stated. "It took you long enough." Zoro just replied with a grunt and was about to walk past the other pirate when that damn talking bear ran up to him and Law. "Huff... huff... Sir, its Straw Hat Luffy! He's opened his wounds again!" Zoro heard Law groan and turn away from him. Zoro followed as fear gripped his heart.
What Zoro saw gripped his heart, more so than the first night spent with Shanks or the encounter with Mihawk the night before. Luffy was on the ground before him, covered in blood and unconscious. Many women surrounded him, looking worried. They were clothed in oufits that left little to the imagination. Zoro pushed them aside and cradled Luffy in his protective arms. He turned to Law, waiting for the other to tell him where to go. Law sighed, but a light smile graced his lips. "Follow me." It was a short walk to Law's submarine. Zorro reluctantly laid his unconscious captain on the plush bed Law had lead him too.
He watched nervously with his hand on the hilt of his sword. Seeing Law stitching up Luffy was something he couldn't trust. Luffy didn't move an inch the whole time that the needle poked in and out of his skin, but Zoro had considerably paled. He didn't like that Luffy was in such a condition, ultimately... he had failed as a first mate. Zoro's mind began to wonder back to Shanks. Seeing Shanks in over three years... he had known it wouldn't eventually happen, but even so... he was unprepared. The sorrow and hurt in his eyes... the anger. He wondered if the man was more angry that he had left him to join Luffy's crew, or mad that Luffy had taken him from him.
Zoro's mind snapped back to the matter at hand as Law stepped away from the table and surveyed his work. Zoro scrutinized it. Law turned to him and smiled, "He will be alright for now, Zoro. Let him rest, there is something I want to talk to you about..." Zoro couldn't help but inwardly cringe. Oh how he had heard that sentence so many times before, usually leading to some kind of 'payment' with his body. Zoro glanced over at Luffy once more, it would be worth it... to protect Luffy.