dragoscilvio requested an injured tail and a dog whistle.

Non-humans: WW Zoro


The sun rose over the Sunny and the uninhabited island. The full moon had risen the previous night and the crew had decided to let Zoro roam free while in wolf form over the island.

As they gathered for breakfast, Luffy looked around. "Hey, hasn't Zoro come back yet?"

"I didn't see him," Usopp commented. "You think he got lost coming back?"

"Wouldn't put it past him," Nami muttered.

"I can go look for him," Chopper offered.

But as they started on breakfast, they heard someone coming up on deck, trudging across, and opening a door. Sanji got up and looked out just in time to see Zoro disappearing into the men's room.

"He's back," he said, returning. "Must've just wandered in circles until he spotted the ship."

Franky snickered. "Probably."

When lunch came around, Zoro finally left the men's room and came in the kitchen. He sat down with the others and began eating.

"Zoro?" Luffy asked, staring at him with everyone else.

"Mm?" Zoro mumbled.

"What the hell happened?"

Zoro's face had a bruise and streaks of dried blood. His arms had trails of dried blood, frozen in their path down to his elbows, and his shirt and haramaki were lightly stained as well.

"Oh, yeah," Zoro said, glancing down at the blood. "Sorry, guess I should've washed up before I came in."

"That's not—Zoro, what happened to you?" Chopper cried.

Zoro shrugged. "It's not my fault, exactly . . ."

"Answer the damn question," Sanji snapped.

Zoro sighed. "Okay, there was a wolf pack. I was just passing through, but the alpha got pissed at me for coming through their territory and challenged me to a fight. I wasn't interested, but he started attacking, so I fought back. I guess it was a tie, since I transformed back when the sun rose and left them alone." He smirked. "I did leave him with some wounds to remember me by."

Luffy laughed. Nami hit him.

"Come to the infirmary right after lunch," Chopper told Zoro sternly.

Zoro shrugged and looked away. "Sure, whatever."

"Zoro!"

After lunch, Chopper dragged Zoro to the sick bay and began to fuss over him, asking where it hurt and where he'd been wounded. The wounds were fairly small and mostly closed, so all he needed were a few bandages and disinfectant.

"Try not to get into another fight," Chopper reprimanded him as he finished up.

Zoro scowled and winced as his tail twitched. "Seriously? It was self-defense."

Chopper frowned at him. "Zoro, can you move your tail?"

"Huh?"

"Wag your tail or something."

Zoro flicked his tail back and forth, wincing slightly.

"Hold still," Chopper said firmly. He came around to Zoro's backside and examined his tail. "Zoro, your tail's hurt too . . ."

"It's not bad," Zoro muttered, wincing sharply as Chopper prodded the still-open wound.

"Hold still," Chopper snapped as Zoro tried to leave.

Zoro eventually exited the infirmary with a bandaged tail. He growled at anyone who stared at it and started a fight when Sanji fell over laughing.


"Where's Zoro?" Usopp asked as the crew prepared to set sail.

"Idiot probably got lost again," Sanji muttered as Franky went inside to hoist the anchor.

"Well, that's why I have this," Nami said, bringing something out. It appeared to be a tiny silver rod.

"A whistle?" Brook asked, peering at it.

Nami nodded, lifted it to her lips, and blew hard. No sound came out.

"It's broken," Luffy said, staring at it.

"Chopper? What's wrong?" Usopp asked, looking down at the little reindeer, who had covered his ears suddenly.

"A dog whistle?" Robin said, smiling.

Nami nodded. "Hopefully he'll be able to—there he is!"

Zoro was coming towards the ship with a disgruntled expression. He jumped up on board and looked around.

"Who the hell blew that whistle?" he demanded, his tail twitching in annoyance.

Nami smirked and held it up. "I figured it was the best way to get you to come b—"

Zoro seized the whistle and heaved it overboard into the ocean.

"What the hell did you do that for!?" Nami yelled.

"That thing's annoying as hell!" Zoro yelled back.

"How dare you throw Nami-swan's whistle into the ocean!" Sanji yelled at Zoro.

"Actually, it was kind of annoying," Chopper said, yelling to make himself heard.

"I can yell too!" Luffy yelled.

And so this was the state that the crew set sail in.