Zoro woke up the next day feeling happier than he's been in a while. Last night was one of the only times he actually let loose and he enjoyed every minute of it. Sitting up, Zoro couldn't wipe the smile off his face. He remembered all the laughs and jokes shared among friends and strangers and couldn't help but want to have that all the time. I mean sure, he knew that he could on his ship, but when it came to his crew, you never really knew what to expect.

Walking towards the bathroom, Zoro paused. He walked towards the pants he had on yesterday and picked it up. Digging in the pocket, Zoro pulled out a small picture. The picture was of him, Nami and Robin. In the picture, Robin was leaning back laughing while Nami was reaching over the table collecting money that she had won with a huge smile on her face. Zoro's smile widened when his eyes landed on himself. In the picture, he was laughing as well but was holding a bag that contained the money that Nami had already won from previous gambles that night. To say he looked like he had fun, was an understatement.

Just as Zoro was musing about all the great things that happened the night before, a knock sounded at his door. Putting the picture on the bedside table, he went to the door and opened it, already knowing who it was.

" Jeez Zoro, you aren't ready yet?" Nami asked with a bewildered look as she entered the room with Robin close behind.

" I just got up. You could at least cut me some slack." he said as he closed the door and started for the bathroom again.

"Yea but it's noon Zoro. Your the only person I know that can sleep that long." Nami replied as Zoro stepped into the bathroom. After a second she heard the shower start so her and Robin left. Right before they entered the hallway, Nami yelled back in to Zoro.

" Be ready in an hour!"

An hour and a half later, Zoro and the girls were having breakfast at a small diner. The diner they were in was a really quiet one and not many people went there.

" So, baby shopping." Nami said excitedly as she put some eggs into her mouth before looking at Zoro.

Zoro froze in his eating. He had honestly forgotten all about that. " Umm...Yea. Baby shopping." was all he could manage to say with how he was feeling. He offered a shaky smile before turning back to his food.

' So this is really happening, huh.' Zoro thought as he let out a shaky breath. He was going to have a...baby. Closing his eyes, Zoro prayed it was only one baby. He didn't think he'd be able to raise more than that by himself, but then again, he's not alone. But he still didn't feel like waking up to take care of two babies by himself. No one is going to actually watch them at night besides him. In an alternate universe, Sanji would be the one helping but at the moment, Sanji wanted him gone. Zoro mentally slapped himself. ' You will not think of that asshole right now. Your going to enjoy your last day here before leaving tomorrow.' Zoro thought.

" ZORO!"

Zoro's head snapped up to see the concerned faces of Nami and Robin.

" This is the umpteenth time we're calling you Swordsman-kun. Is something wrong?" Robin asked with worried eyes.

Looking down at his plate, Zoro decided that he had had enough and the girls were already finished. Ignoring Robin's question, Zoro called for a waiter to bring the bill. He could feel the girls staring at him while they all waited for the bill. When the bill got to the table, Nami placed the correct amount of money over it with a small tip, but otherwise made no move to leave.

" Swordsman-kun," Robin said gaining Zoro's attention and finally making him look at them. " You look disturbed. Is something bothering you?" she asked again and Zoro took in their worried eyes. Sighing, he decided to just tell them.

" I'm... It's just... Well.." Zoro sighed frustrated. What the hell did he want to say? How the hell did he even feel? He knew he felt something, but it was so unfamiliar to him. It was a feeling he'd see in the eyes of someone who he was fighting. It was in Usopp's eyes when it was time to fight, and Chopper's eyes when he didn't know what to do. Then it clicked. He knew how he felt and it made him feel sick. He was scared.

Looking at the ladies at the table, Zoro noticed both their eyes were wide. He them noticed that his mouth was open, making him touch his lips. He said it out loud. He just told them he was scared. He felt like throwing something. You never tell people your scared because then they'll pity you.

" It's normal to feel scared sometimes Zoro." Robin said, gaining his attention with just the mention of his name. " You have a right to be scared. No one gets through things like this without feeling it, and since you're a male, a being who wasn't meant to go through this, it gives you all the more reason."

" You called me by my name." Zoro said looking like he saw a ghost.

Laughing lightly, Robin replied. " Of course I did. Does it not sound right coming from me?"

Zoro continued to stare but then smiled. Maybe it was a sign that they were getting closer. Looking towards Nami, he saw her smile lightly before placing her hand over his.

" Come on you. We gotta go baby shopping, remember." she said to him.

Nodding his head, Zoro got up And walked behind the girls as they exited the diner. When they were outside, he stopped and looked around. Robin and Nami, noticing him looking around, stopped as well.

" What's wrong now?" Nami asked as she turned to him with her hands on her hips.

Zoro stopped looking around for a second and turned to them with a frown.

" Don't you feel like we're being watched?" he asked.

" Oh your being ridiculous." Nami said as she approached Zoro and grabbed his arm before continuing on. " You are not getting out of baby shopping."

" I'm not trying to."

" Yea right." Nami replied with a snort.

Robin didn't follow right behind them. Instead she blocked out their bickering and cast a look around. Now that Zoro mentioned it, she did feel like eyes were burning into her from every direction. Seeing nothing, she turned around and caught up with Zoro and Nami, who were still arguing. She glanced behind them once more before turning her attention infront of her and keeping it there. She would have to be more cautious until they left the island.

" I like this one."

Zoro looked up from the rack of clothes he was at to glance at Nami. She was holding a pink shirt in her hand that said

' Pink is for Princess ', with a crown hovering over the word princess. Zoro scrunched up his face.

" It's pink." he stated.

" No really captain obvious?" Nami said sarcastically. " I already know it's pink. It would be good if you had a girl."

" But we decided to only get unisex clothing , didn't we ?" Robin asked as she came from a rack close by with tons of green, white and yellow clothes in her hand.

" Well yea but we could get clothes for girls and boys along with the unisex stuff. We don't know when we'll be able to go shopping again, so we should just get tons of stuff for both genders." Nami said as she picked up more clothes that varied from purple to hot pink.

" Don't we have to look at our budget though? " Zoro asked.

At that, Nami beamed. "With the amount of money I won last night, it doesn't even matter what we buy. I'm not even using the ships money anymore." she replied.

Zoro sighed and went to a neat by rack. He picked up one shirt and immediately put it back down with a light blush on his cheeks. No way was he getting a 'Mommy's Boy ' shirt.

" You should get that shirt Zoro." Zoro turned to see Nami holding in her laughs and Robin smiling. They were both at the same rack which made it even worse.

" I'm sure it will be a great shirt for him. It'll suit you both." Robin said.

" Shut up!" Zoro yelled back with an even more noticeable blush.

The rest of the day went by pretty fast with all the shopping that was being done. After they had brought enough clothes and diapers, they headed to a store to get toys. Since there was a lot of toys they got, they only took the small ones back with them. They agreed to have the bigger toys delivered to the ship the next morning. They had dinner at another diner and then went back to the hotel to get ready to go to sleep.

As Zoro stepped into his room, he couldn't help but feel dreadful. As much as he loves his crew, he wasn't sure if he was ready to face them. He snorted and made his way to his bed. ' More like I'm not ready to face him' Zoro thought as he layed on the bed. He stared at the ceiling for a long time before feeling his eyes start to slide shut.

A grass field was laid out in front of him. Laughs were heard around him. Glancing around, he saw that he was on top of a hill. He could see his crewmates at the bottom of the hill. They were playing a weird Game with different fruits. He didn't understand it, but he caught on that if you dropped your fruit during their very dangerous Game, you would then have to do a dare.

As he watched his crew play, he realized that not all the members were there. He looked around but couldn't find the missing member. Just as he thought that the person was missing, Zoro noticed how warm his legs felt. Bringing his gaze down to his lap, Zoro held his breath. The golden locks in his lap felt so soft, and those blue eyes reminded him of the ocean. He was indeed a beauty to bask in.

Blue eyes finally looked into his own golden eyes. A hand reached up and rubbed against his cheek. At the simple action, Zoro blushed and sucked in another breath.

"Zoro."

The voice sent shivers down his spine. The way his name sounded on those lips was just too much. It was such a soft, loving voice.

"Why did you do this to us?"

The voice was still soft and loving but Zoro could hear something else in the voice. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"How could you do this to us, Zoro?"

Now Zoro was completely confused. He then felt a change in the atmosphere and looked up. The crew was gone. There was no ship. There were no laughs. Nothing. Only darkness. Looking down at himself, Zoro didn't see the golden locks.

" How Zoro?"

Zoro's head snapped up to see the person talking, still with the soft, loving voice.

" How could you do this to us?" Now the voice sounded angrier, rougher. " How could you do this to me?" the last word was spoken with so much anger, that Zoro flinched.

" Look what you made me do. Just look at what the heel you made me do Zoro!"

Zoro looked at the man noticing something in his hands. It had a lot of blood on it and a chord was connected to it. Zoro looked confused. 'What the hell is that?' he thought before feeling pain in his abdomen. Looking down, Zoro felt his blood run cold. His stomach was bleeding from a large cut on it. He looked back at the man. He killed them. The babies,... They were...

Zoro woke up with a gasp. His hand went instinctively to his stomach. He still had a small bump there and he didn't feel a cut. He took a deep breath and ran a hand down his face. At that moment, Zoro didn't know what to think about the dream. He got up and headed for the shower thinking. ' I'm definitely seeing Chopper when we get back on the ship' he thought.

By the time Zoro and the girls got to the ship, Zoro was trembling. He couldn't stop thinking about that dream. It had felt so real but so unreal at the same time. He glanced at the girls and tried to absorb some of their calmness.

" Alright Zoro, take these to your room." Nami said to Zoro as she dropped her bags and started walking to the kitchen.

" Your not gonna help?!" he asked in exasperation. Wasn't he the pregnant one?

" Smells like Cook-San came back early to make lunch." Robin said as she picked up half of the bags Nami was carrying, while Zoro picked up the other half.

"She must be hungry."

"I bet." Zoro mumbled under his breath as him and Robin descended down the stairs.

" So Swordsman-kun," Zoro turned his head to look at Robin. "What's bothering you today? I could tell by the way you were trembling on the way here that it wasn't just from the thought of returning to the ship. "

Zoro stared at Robin for a while before facing forward. He wanted to ignore her. But he also wanted to tell her. He looked back at Robin and sighed. Chopper wasn't here yet so he couldn't tell him, so he agreed to tell Robin. As they walked to the men's room, he poured his heart out. He told her how he was feeling and about the dream. Robin nodded at everything he said but didn't interrupt at all.

When Zoro finished, Robin told him the only thing she could."It might be that your mind is trying to tell you to work things out with Sanji before it gets too late."

Zoro stared at her and said " Incase you haven't noticed, he doesn't want me any where near him and he won't even hear me out so how am I suppose to ' work things out' with him'."

Both Zoro and Robin stopped in front of the mens room doors. Robin didn't really have an answer for Zoro so she just told him to try his best. Putting her hand on the knob, Robin began to open the door. Just as she had it cracked open a little bit, it opened by itself and Franky stepped out. Upon seeing Robin, he smiled wide and took the bags from her.

" No need for you to carry these in here. Zoro doesn't sleep in here anymore."

Both Robin and Zoro looked surprised and both chorused " Oh?"

"Yeah. Follow me."

Franky walked passed a stunned Zoro, leaving him and Robin behind. Sharing a glance at one another, they turned down the hall and began walking behind Franky. When they got a good distance from the men's room, they came to a door. The door looked like it had been made just for him. Engraved in the door was three small swords crossing each other. Zoro stood staring, stunned.

" I put this bed frame up myself, so it should be comfortable to sleep on." Zoro heard Franky say, just now noticing that they were now in the room. " Over there is a few cribs that I made myself and the toys that I assumed you ordered are over there."

Franky stood in the middle of the room pointing out various things. Zoro was honestly amazed that the room looked this good. The floors looked polished, the room was actually painted. The walls were lined with green and white. Looking at the cribs Frankly had pointed to, Zoro stared confused. There were four cribs in the corner and he was certain that he'd only need one.

" Why are there four cribs?" Zoro asked still staring at them.

Without even looking, Zoro knew that Franky looked at him before looking at the cribs.

" It's for whatever room you go to. If you gotta bring the kid, just roll the crib up."

Nodding his head, Zoro headed for the window. Staring out it, he could see birds flying. He didn't know how many times he was going to ask himself the same question, but he kept asking it. Was he really ready for this? Is this what he really wanted?

While he stood at the window, he heard Franky bid him goodbye. He was alone in his 'new' room now. Robin had left a while ago, saying she would be in the library, but he knew it was only meant for Franky. Zoro turned away from the window and headed for the kitchen laughing bitterly. It was almost as of everyones love lives we're going great except for his.

When Zoro got in the kitchen, he noticed the atmosphere. Everyone seemed to be confused. Not knowing why, Zoro walked to the table to see what they were starting at. When he say it, he stood confused as well. His seat held no plate of food, no utensils, nothing.

"Oi, Cook. " Zoro called out. He stared at the cook as he resumed what he was doing as if no one had called him. Zoro tried again. " Cook."

Not receiving any type of response, Zoro looked at the other members of the table. Reaching Luffy's face, Zoro saw how bothered he felt.

" Sanji." Luffy called out.

" What is it, Luffy?" Sanji answered, sitting at the table to eat.

" Where's Zoro's food? And why are you ignoring him?" Luffy asked as everyone leaned closer to hear.

" What are you talking about Luffy? I served the crew. If anyone else is here, then they serve themselves." Sanji said, pouring the girls some fruit juice he made.

Zoro looked at Sanji like he was stupid. The idiot was accruing childish and it was getting him mad, so he went up to him and grabbed him but his collar, pulling him from his chair.

" Stop messing around Cook. This ain't funny."

Sanji grabbed Zoro's hand and took it off of his shirt. Zoro stared into Sanji's eyes and held in a gasp. He stood frozen as Sanji fixed the front of his shirt.

"Careless me." he heard Sanji say. " a cook should never walk around in wrinkled attire. Especially with beautiful women around."

Zoro couldn't move. He watched as Sanji sat back down and ate. The emotion he saw in Sanji's eyes made his heart clench. Sanji looked at his him as if he wasn't even there. It was like he was looking through him. Swallowing hard, looked at Sanji. It was like he actually made it seem like he disappeared. Turning around, Zoro ignored the sympathetic looks he was getting. Leaving the kitchen, Zoro went back to his room. ' Guess I'm not that hungry.' Zoro thought as he closed his room door behind him.