Zoro stepped out the shower feeling refreshed. Looking around, he paused.
" Shit. Forgot to bring my clothes in." Zoro said before sighing.
Zoro wrapped his towel around his waist. Turning around, Zoro walked towards the mirror and rubbed an area free of fog. He stared at his reflection hard. He noticed the bags under his eyes from not sleeping as much and the weight he had gained. No one could actually tell he gained weight but he could.
Lately, he hasn't been training as much as he should. The only times he trained was when Chopper wasn't around to see since he didn't want Zoro training at all.
* Flashback *
" Zoro, you shouldn't train while your pregnant." Chopper said as he walked over to his desk.
Chopper had just caught Zoro outside training with his heaviest dumbbell. Feeling concerned about his pregnant patient, he had asked Zoro to come with him back to his office so that he could get his blood checked again. The blood check thing was a lie to cover up the real reason from the rest of the crew. Even though he felt bad for lying to them, Chopper knew that he had to keep the pregnancy a secret for Zoro's sake.
Zoro walked to the doctors bed and sat down.
" Why?" Zoro asked. If there was something he couldn't go without, it would be training.
" Well because it could affect the baby and since its hard finding medicine for pregnant people to take as it is, I want you to try and cause as little damage to your body as you can." Chopper said.
" But if I don't train, how am I suppose to keep my strength up. If I plan on defeating Mihawk , I'm gonna need to train as much as possible" Zoro replied, trying to reason with the reindeer.
" I know Zoro and I understand, believe me. But I'm trying to keep you in good health, so you have to listen to what I say. Just be glad I didn't take your swords away yet." Chopper stated as he observed a heater with tubes.
"My swords?! You can't take my swords away. What if the marines come?I need to be able to help fight them with the crew!" Zoro yelled.
Chopper turned around angrily and yelled back " I get how you feel Zoro, but you can't just go out and fight! Not in the state your in now! Your my patient and as my patient I have to make sure I do what's best for you whether you want me to or not! You have to stop thinking about yourself for a while Zoro! Now you think, sleep and eat for two!"
* End Flashback *
That was one of the first times he saw the doctor get so angry. So instead of arguing back with him, Zoro decided to listen, kinda. Chopper wasn't usually on the deck in the mornings unless it was an hour before breakfast even if he was up way before that and late night's he stayed in, which explained Zoro's lack of sleep.
Since nobody knew about his situation other than Robin and Chopper, he waited until they were away from eye sight to train.
Running a hand down his face, Zoro stepped back from the mirror. He was so tired and it showed. He sighed again and started for the mens room. When he got there, he saw that almost everyone was still sleep, aside from Brooke, who wasn't in the room. Zoro thought nothing of it and went to put his clothes on. When he was done, he quietly made his way to Choppers room.
"How does your back feel after the shower, Zoro?" Chopper asked as Zoro took a seat on his bed.
" Fine, I guess. It only hurts when I bend over or sit down or raise my arms too high. " Zoro replies as he took the cup of tea Chopper offered him.
Zoro took a sip. The warm liquid slide down his throat and settled nicely in his stomach. Zoro smiled. The last time he had tea this good was when he was sick in bed and his sensei had made it for him. With a smile still on his face, Zoro let his eyes slide to the clock that hung right above the medicine cabinet. As soon as he saw the time, the smile wiped right of his face. Luckily, Chopper hasn't noticed.
Suppressing a sigh, Zoro took another sip of the tea. ' Guess there's no morning training for me today' Zoro thought. It was an hour before breakfast, which meant that any minute now, he would hear-
"Sanjiiiii! Foooooood!" Zoro smirked as he heard his captains voice. 'There it is' Zoro thought as he finished the tea.
Looking up, Zoro saw Chopper already walking to the door with a big smile on his face. Once he reached the door, he stopped. Zoro stopped as well since he was right behind the reindeer. Chopper turned around facing Zoro with a serious look on his face.
" Zoro. I talked to Nami yesterday and she said that she miss calculated the time it was going to take to get to the next island. I'm warning you that we should reach it by this afternoon or by tomorrow morning. While we're there, I suggest you buy bigger clothes. When you start to show, you probably won't be able to fit those clothes anymore. As for me, I'll be looking for a lot of baby medical stuff. I'll try and get some machines, like the baby monitor and stuff, to check if the baby is okay. Sadly I think I may have to take it from the hospital, either here or the next island, but I will get it. Your my first pregnant patient and if you could get pregnant, I'm going to need as much items in my possession to help anyone else who may become pregnant." Chopper finished.
Zoro stared at the small doctor for a moment before speaking.
" So basically, I'm like your test subject."
Smiling, Chopper looked up at Zoro.
" HeHe..I guess you could say that."
Zoro walked out onto the deck feeling better then he had this morning when he had woke up. The pain in his back was nothing more than a small throb now. Looking into the distance, Zoro saw a group of dark clouds in the sky. He looked behind the ship and saw a clear sky. Turning his gaze back towards the group of clouds, Zoro thought ' You have got to be kidding.'
" Hey guys! We've got a problem!" Zoro yelled over his shoulder before glancing back at the darkening clouds. Looking closely at the clouds, Zoro noticed lightning and thunder.
"What kind of problem?" Zoro heard Nami ask as her and the rest of the crew garhered around him.
Casting a glance at the crew, Zoro pointed to the sky ahead of them
" I think we're about to enter a serious storm."he said.
Everyone looked to where he was pointing and he heard Nami gasp.
"Oh no."
Turning around to face the crew she yelled over the roaring sea. " Every hand on deck! Steady the ship! Hurry!"
The crew mates ran to both sides of the ship and grabbed the ropes, trying to steady the ship against the angry waves.
" Usopp set the sail!" Usopp obeyed Nami's order and ran to set the sail.
" Robin, Chopper, Set the ship on a 65 degree angle."Both members went to the navigation room to do just that.
A moment later the ship was slowly turning at the angle Nami wanted. Zoro and Luffy stood on one side of the ship holding the ropes, while Sanji, Franky and Brooke stood on the other side steadying their side. Usopp came down from the setting the sail and went to Zoro and Luffy's side to help.
" Alright guys! You better hold on tight to something! We're gonna circle around the center of the storm! That's where the least amount of damage could be done." Nami yelled over the waves.
By now, the Thousand Sunny was already in the midst of the storm. Everyone ran to hold on to something, but something hard hit the boat, throwing Luffy off.
"Luffy!"
Zoro turned around at hearing the crew scream the captains name. Running over to the edge of the boat, Zoro jumped after him without thinking about it. As Zoro entered the ocean, he was hit with multiple strong waves. Opening his eyes he looked around for his captain. 'Damn devil fruit users.' Zoro thought as he continued to search.
After what felt like forever, Zoro saw a familiar straw hat and swam over to grab it. Knowing his captain was close by, Zoro started to look around again. Looking down, Zoro noticed the body floating and swam to retrieve it. Grabbing Luffy, Zoro stated to swim to the surface. He didn't know how much longer he could hold his breath so he had to get there quick.
Reaching the surface, Zoro gasped for air. He looked around for the ship and turned around when he heard screams directed at him. Zoro started to swim towards them and grabbed onto the rope that was thrown out to him. Tightening his hold on Luffy, Zoro waited for the crew to finish pulling him up. When he saw a few awaiting hands, Zoro handed Luffy over before climbing onto the deck himself.
As soon as he landed on deck, he collapsed. Fighting against the waves tired out his muscles but he pushed them to the limit when he carried a Luffy with him. Zoro felt his eyes starting to close and fought to keep them open. He looked towards where Luffy lay and saw him spot up water before jumping up. Chopper who was right next to him smiled at the captain before looking at me. The smile erupted right of his face as he said something but Zoro couldn't hear him. The last thing Zoro saw before his eyelids slid shut was Chopper running towards him.
Opening his eyes, Zoro noticed he was in Choppers room. Sitting up, Zoro began to get out of bed. He noticed the lack of sway the ship had ans walked to the window. Outside was an island filled with a lot of people. Upon hearing his stomach growl, Zoro walked out the room and towards the gallery.
When he entered the gallery, a lot of talking was happening.
" -He couldn't even take me on. The giant tried his best to push me back, but the great Usopp was too strong." Usopp was saying.
Everyone shook their heads while Luffy and Chopper told him how cool he was.
" Don't listen to him Chopper. The only thing he dieswhen faced in danger, is get shaken up." Zoro said as he took his seat art the table and began eating like the rest of the crew were.
" It's about time you woke up moss head. Thought I'd have to come kill you for missing another meal ." Sanji said add he poured Nami another glass of his fruit juice.
Zoro rolled his eyes and glanced over at the cook. " No Matter how many meals I miss, you can't do anything. You can barely beat me in a fight."
Turning his attention to Zoro, Sanji replied " I think you bumped your head a little to hard when you fell on deck idiot. What you meant was that you can barely beat me."
Zoro stood to Sanji's eye level and launched a retort back " Well if your sure that's what I meant, why don't we find out right now."
Sanji's eyes turned on him as he matched Zoro's ready pose.
" Let's see who can beat who then Marimo."
By now all the guys at the table were rooting for the fight to begin. But Chopper was determined to stop it.
" Zoro you can't!" Chopper yelled , but no one heard him.
As he watched Zoro started to pull out his
Swords, Choppers mind went blank.
" But Zoro, the baby-". As soon as the words left his mouth, Chopper covers his mouth with his hand.
Zoro, Robin and Chopper all froze. Their gazes shifted to Sanji to see him sit down and pull out a cigarette. Zoro followed suit and glanced at Robin, helplessly. ' This can't be happening' he thought, resisting the urge to put a hand to his head.
The room was silent for a moment before the noises came back.
" That's awesome. We're gonna have a new member on board." Luffy yelled.
"I always knew you'd be the girl." That earned Usopp a punch to the noise.
" That's super Zoro bro." Franky said.
"I'm not sure how it's possible, but I'm excited for the new member to come already. I wanna pick out the clothes." Nami stated while smiling, for once not minding spending money.
" Yo Ho . I'll make lullabies." Brooke said, getting excited about mashing new music.
Throughout the shrills of happiness, Sanji didn't make one peep. He stared at the crew and then starred at Zoro who only nodded his head with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. Standing up , Sanji cleared his throat. When all heads were turned his way, he began to speak.
" Could everyone leave please." He said rather then questioned. One look Aust his face had everyone leaving the room. Except Zoro. Looking up, Zoro's eyes met Robin's, who sent him a silent good luck. As soon as the door closed, all hell broke loose.
" You mind telling me what he meant." Sanji said to Zoro and it didn't take a genius to know he was talking about Chopper.
Zoro stayed silent.
" You trying to tell me that you, Mr. BadAssWithSwords, not to mention a guy, is pregnant with a baby." Sanji stated and then began to laugh a humorless laugh that caused Zoro to face him.
Still he said nothing.
" And if I remember correctly, I'm the only person who you've been having sex with lately, which means I'm the father."
"That's the way a pregnancy works." Zoro said, finally speaking.
"Bullshit." Sanji said with so much venom, that Zoro had to look away.
" You want me to believe that you got pregnant? By me?! For God sakes, your a guy." Sanji said, disbelieving.
"It was that perfume that Luffy sprayed on me that got me this way." Zoro said, turning back to face him.
" So all this time you knew I could get you pregnant!" Sanji yelled.
"what, no-"
You just wanted me to get you pregnant. Is that what it was?!"
" If I had know-"
"How could you have been so selfish? What, your gonna cause the baby problems just like you do for us!?"
"I would neve-"
"Is this some sick game to you? I told you I wanted what we did a now you've gotten attached?!"
"If you could just-"
" All this time, you've been trying to find ways to get on my bad side. To get me to actually hate you. And now, you've succeeded cause you did just that."
"Sanji" Zoro uttered desperately. He wasn't listening to him and he wasn't making sense. If he could just get him to see reason, then maybe he'll understand.
Sanji looked taken aback for a moment before his expression turned dark. " Don't you call me that. Don't you ever call me that again!" Sanji said as his voice went from a whisper to a yell.
Before Zoro could respond, Sanji was speaking again.
" I wish you'd just disappear. That way, I wouldn't have to deal with you or the trouble you bring. So maybe you should change your goal from becoming the best swordsman to disappearing because then, people really will know your name in heaven." Sanji said in an even tone before grabbing his grocery list and leaving the room.
Zoro just sat there. His heart was in pain. The person who he'd grown to love from afar said that he hated him. That he wanted him to disappear. He even went as far as telling him to change his goal to it. Just thinking about it made his heart hurt more. Zoro felt the familiar wetness in his eyes but he sucked it up. He was not going to cry. He was Zoro fucking Roronoa and he did not cry. No matter how hurt he was.
He didn't know how long he had been sitting there at the table, but it couldn't of been long because Nami came in and pulled Zoro off the boat and towards Robin. Turning to look over her shoulder, Nami smiled.
" Your staying with us until the logs up. We've got a lot to do so be prepared to shop." Nami said with an even bigger smile.
Looking over towards Robin, he saw her flash him a smile as well.
" Smile Swordsman-kun. Things will look up soon." She said as Nami let go of Zoro's arm, letting him walk between them.
Zoro looked at the two women. He may not like to admit it, but maybe they weren't as bad as he wrote them off to be. Offering a small smile at both women, Zoro looked ahead and whispered
"Thank You."
