Can A Shadow Really Love?

By: MacchiNightmares

Disclaimer: Nyu, I dun own One Piece, but I do ownz Rin! =D

Legend:

/thoughts/

"talking"

~*Zoro's POV*~

I watched in shock as I saw Rin's body fly up into the air due to an explosion. I knew that silver haired guy was up to no good. He seemed the type to use cheep tricks. Sanji was ready to run towards the man, but he knew there was still a possibility that he could get caught in whatever Rin did. The man laughed as Rin's unconscious body fell into his arms. I wanted to chop him up into little pieces.

"Well, now that that's over with…" the man stated as he looked at Rin, "I have what I came for, pirates. Leave before I decide to arrest you."

"Gum- Gum, Rocket!!!" before we knew what happened, I saw Luffy's arm extend and he took Rin from the guy's arms.

"Uhh…" I blinked as Luffy handed her to me.

"Take her to the ship… She could be injured. Sanji, go to wherever she was staying at and get all her stuff… I'll deal with Silver." Luffy gave us orders, a serious look on his face. Sanji and I nodded and just ran away from there, Sanji towards the inn and me towards the ship. Nami ran with me, while Robin went to go help Sanji. We arrived to the ship quickly and seemingly scared Ussop and Chopper.

"What's going on??" Chopper asked, all scared.

"Yea! It sounds like a war's going on out there!" Ussop stated.

"Well, close to it in a sense." Nami told them.

At that moment, both Ussop and Chopper looked at my arms and noticed Rin. Their eyes went big as they noticed the way she looked.

"What happened to her?" Chopper asked as he walked up to me.

"She was caught in an explosion." I told him, "I'm not sure how bad her wounds are…"

Chopper nodded, "Just leave her to me!" I placed her down on the deck hall and Chopper began to do his doctor thing.

A few minutes later Sanji and Robin arrived, carrying bags and boxes of things. Sanji put what he was carrying on the deck and knelt down next to Rin. He lightly stroked her face.

"Is she going to be alright?" Sanji asked Chopper.

Chopper looked up at him and nodded, "She'll be fine, Sanji! She just needs a few days of rest, that's all!"

I sighed lightly; who knew the troubles that peaceful looking girl would get into. But then again, as I learned the hard way… she's not very peaceful at all.

"Hey, where's Luffy??" Ussop asked as he looked at the people who came back.

"Ummm… He's-"

"Here!" we all looked to the side and saw Luffy standing on the deck.

"What the? What happened to the silver haired guy?" I asked him, wondering how he got there so fast.

"He's right there…" We all looked towards the docks and saw a large group of marines rushing towards the ship. At the front of the group was the silver haired captain, a line of blood coming from his head.

"Way to go, Luffy! You should have just knocked him out!!" Nami yelled at the black haired captain as we all hurried to set sail.

"I did, I did!! …but he just woke back up." Luffy said as he grinned.

I was about to move when my eyes caught the sight of Rin again, she really shouldn't be on the floor like that. I sighed at myself. Who knew what was really going to my head at the moment…

"Zoro?? Where are you going?" Nami asked as she saw what I was doing.

I fixed my grip on Rin and looked behind my shoulder as I began to walk, "I'm taking her inside. I don't think it's a good idea to leave her on the deck. I'll place her in the free room." Without waiting for a response from Nami, I went down stairs and walked over to the only empty room in the ship. I opened the door and placed her in the bed, she was still unconscious. As I sat there next to her, I couldn't help but think I had seen her before, before I saw her singing today. I could swear it, but it was hard to remember from where. I sighed and decided to leave the room, knowing they probably needed me on deck.

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The wind was blowing softly and the sun was high in the sky as a young girl was walking along the shore line, looking out to the sea. She looked six years old, and had short black hair; she was wearing a small white dress. As the little girl walked along the shore, she would stop at times and pick up any rocks or seashells she found interesting. She continued this until the sun began to set.

"Hey! Imooto-chan! Come on, time to go home!" a male voice called out to the little girl.

She looked back, showing her vivid blue eyes and smiled at the person who called her. She ran over to them and gave them a hug.

"Look, onii-san, look! All the pretty rocks and seashells I found!" the little girl said, giggling.

A 16 year old boy, who also had black hair, smiled at the little girl, "Wow, that's a lot of stuff you found!! We'll put them with the rest of the things." His eyes were also blue, but not as vivid as the little girls.

"Yay!" the girl exclaimed. The boy smiled a little more and ushered the girl though the trees.

"I bet I can beat you home!" the little girl exclaimed as she ran in front of the boy.

"Ah! Imooto-chan! Hold on!" the boy yelled to the girl, "Not so fast!"

The little girl continued to run, "Come on big brother! Run!" she said as she laughed. The little girl ran as fast as her little legs could manage. After running for a few minutes, the girl stopped and looked back. Her face grew worried as she saw no sight of her older brother, nor heard any sound of him running behind her.

"On- Onii-san??" the little girl called out, fear in her voice. "Onii-san!!?? Onii-san!!"

MacchiNightmares: Awwwww… poor little Rin-chan!!

Macchi: .:sniff, sniff:. She's all alone and lost!!

Mari: .:sniff, sniff:. Mari feels soo sad for Rin-chan!!

Rin: .:Anime vain:. Oh shut up… I'm soooo killing you for this M.N.

M.N.: .:blinks and smiles:. I wuuub chu!! Anyway! Thank you for reading! =D please read and review!! Big chocolate cookies for everyone who reviews!!! .:shows the cookies:. See you all later! Hehe.