Oop. Chapter 4 is up! Thanks to all those that have viewed or read it so far (which is few, which is also to be expected). Uh, I received a review from a guest and I decided to make this a ZoNa story. It's not gonna be super "romance-y" and it's just super light. Anyways- here goes Chapter 4!

Zoro draws in another breath and sits on another tree stump and waits for Luffy to arrive. Why is it that whenever we get to another island, there's always some kind of danger that follows us around? At least the Marines haven't followed us here. He lets out a sigh and hears a loud crash in the distance. May have spoken too soon.

"ZOOOOOOOOOOROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" An extremely familiar voice yells, scaring many flocks of birds off the island. Once again, Zoro sighs, waiting for his captain to come crashing through...3...2...1…

"ZORO! I FOUND YOUUUUUU!" Luffy comes crashing out of the bushes and grabs Zoro by the waist and blasts off in his Second Gear.

"Oi, Luffy. Wait. I'm seeing a pattern here. I better not fuckin' hit the ship I swear to GOD!" Zoro screams as Luffy "rockets" his way back to the ship which took a total of...3.845 seconds. Of course, this also means that Zoro didn't get his way and his head smashed right through the deck of the Thousand Sunny, almost like Franky's supplex.

"...I swear I will kill you someday...I swear it…"

"Nahahahahahahahahaha! Sorry Zoro! Hey, did you see earlier? There's Marines! They found the island! I don't think they know we're here yet though so-!"

"Wait. You said the Marines are here. Did you see them? Do they have a ship docked?" Zoro's eyes narrow into slits.

"Ye- wait. HOLY SHIT THE MARINES ARE HERE!" Luffy yells. He then proceeds to run around the deck screaming, which causes the rest of the crew that came back to walk on deck. Franky, Brooke, Usopp, and Chopper walk out of the men's cabins looking sleepy and lazy.

"Bro, we were taking a nap after walking around all morning...what's the racket?..." Franky yawns and rubs a droopy eye. Zoro explains the situation to them and within two minutes of hearing what's been going on (which included talking about the Akuma, but he didn't tell them he got stabbed), they were up and screaming just as Luffy had only moments before. With all of the screaming, Robin, Nami and Sanji emerged from the kitchen, two of the three asking "what the HELL is going one?!" and the other watching in amusement.

"All this means is that we have to be more careful when we explore, keep an eye out for the Marines, we should probably find an area to hide Sunny better. Oi, Luffy, do you agree?" Zoro asks. Luffy gives his trademark grin, his smile stretching from one ear to another.

"Nope! Zoro has good instincts and can take care of himself."

"Urgh, alright. But we still must have some level of caution. This area isn't safe with all the weird shit going on and now with the Marines. Just be cautious, that's all I'm asking." he says with a shrug. Everyone nods in understanding before breaking up to go and fix their bags for their next exploration of the island.

Zoro wanders towards the men's cabin, trying not to limp while walking. To his disadvantage, it's pretty noticeable. You can't hide a limp too well when your leg has been impaled, now can you? If you know anyone, please, enlighten me. He continues to limp to the cabin and closes the door, locking it behind him and wincing as he moves towards his bunk. He sets down his swords next to his hammock as he peels the makeshift bandage away again.

Looking at the damn thing, it looks like Hell has settled into his leg. The gray discoloration has spread all the way up to his kneecap, and all the veins in the area has turned a fluorescent orange and with each pulse of Zoro's hammering heart, he can watch as the hole leaks out a yellow colored pus that almost hisses with each time it comes out. Zoro throws his "bandage" off to the side of the room, and cringes when it makes a wet splattering sound once it hits the floor. Zoro then brings out his backpack and takes out his bandages that Chopper gave him before the excursion, as well as hydrogen peroxide, a chemical that disinfects cuts. He grits his teeth as he pours the peroxide on his cut, grunting as the chemical begins to hiss as soon as it touched his wound.

God DAMN this stings! He squeezes his eye shut, as he pours a little bit more onto his wound before giving up in a huff. The burning sensation has come back, fighting the peroxide and it grows from his leg all the way up towards his lower abdomen and settles there. Zoro gags at the burning in his stomach and dry heaves multiple times before he slowly stands up, leaning on a wall for support. His lungs constrict, leaving him almost gasping for air. He packs his bag up, but with each time he moves, a wave of nausea hits him and his leg begins to cramp.

After getting everything back in his bag, he staggers his way to the door. Shit! I can't breathe! I can't knockout in front of them! So, with those thoughts in mind, Zoro does the only thing he can do. He falls asleep.

Nami watches as Zoro walks into the men's quarters, and then closes the door. I really know there's something wrong. He keeps limping and he tries to play it off but it's too obvious. I wonder if he got hurt? Nami bites her lower lip, debating on whether or not to check on him and ultimately decides to go talk to him about it. She takes one step forward and is immediately blocked by a noodling man.

"NAMI-SWAAAN! Don't concern yourself with the shitty Marimo! He's probably just sleeping! How about I make you a drink? Or a dessert? Or a sandwich?" Sanji exclaims as heart eye grows towards her. She sighs, and looks at him with a bored expression, but nonetheless orders her Orange Special and a dessert.

"Right away Nami-swan!" With that, Sanji ran off into the kitchen with Nami following behind him. The two enter the kitchen where Sanji swiftly makes Nami's orange special and makes her vanilla ice cream to complement the drink. Sanji takes in a long drag of his cigarette before exhaling a puff of smoke.

"Nami-san, are you okay? You look concerned about something…" Sanji stares at her chocolatey eyes while he hands her the drink and ice cream.

"Yeah, Zoro has been limping lately and it looks like he got hurt...I...I really hope he didn't get hurt earlier, he saved my life when we found those...Akuma things." Tears began welling up in Nami's eyes.

"Look, I'm sure the Marimo's fine, he's a tough guy, and you know it. He probably just tripped or something," Sanji responds in a soothing way, "even if he did get hurt, he would talk to Chopper about it right?"

"Mm, you're right. He should be- "

THUD

"- Sanji-kun, did you hear that?" Nami's eyes widened slightly before she charged out of the room.

"NAMI-SAN WAIT!" Sanji yells after her, he then begins jogging the path that Nami took towards the men's cabin.

Welp, this is how it ended so far. Please R&R! I would really like some feedback on how to make it better and stuff. Thanks a lot guys :))