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Chapter Twenty Nine

Not All Who Apologized were Forgiven

Everyone stopped walking as soon as they recognized the voice of the person behind them. Without a word, Nami quickly turned around and furiously grabbed that person's hair making that person scream out of pain. Nami was so angry that she didn't stop yanking the person's hair even if the others were already stopping her. "You fucking bitch! You still have the guts to show up!? You really are a slut!" she yelled and attracted a lot of attention.

"Nami, stop! We're in a public place!" Usopp was slapping her hand for her to let go of the person's hair.

"I don't fucking care! Let the whole sanatorium know that this girl is a bitch!" she didn't let go.

"Nami, let go!" Luffy yelled as he grabbed Nami's waist and pulled her away.

"Let go of me, Luffy!"

"Nami-san, please stop." Sanji pleaded as he held Nami's arm.

"Let go of me, you bastards! I'm going to make sure that this girl will go home, bald!"

"Nami, it will damage her brain if you kept on yanking and shaking her head like that! Please, stop!" Chopper held Nami's other arm.

"I don't care!"

"Nami, stop. She's not worth it." Robin said firmly.

Nami slowed down for a while and said "But this bitch ruined your relationship!"

"Don't ruin your reputation just because of her. You're being like her."

Nami slowly let go of the person's hair leaving that person crying. There were some hair left on her hand and she quickly removed it making a bundle of hair on the floor. Robin walked towards behind the person and bundled up her hair with a clip making the person squealed for moment. After she's done, she went next to Nami, who was across the person, and asked "Why are you here, Tashigi?"

"I-I wanted to apologize." she wiped her tears away.

Robin raised an eyebrow and asked "Isn't that what you already said before, when you came into my house?"

"Y-Yes, but—

"Aren't you satisfied yet? You already succeed on tearing up our relationship, yet you still have the face to show up? What did we ever do to you that made you do something like this? Blackmailing Zoro to ruin our relationship? To kept me waiting for three years? I can't believe you. Did I ever do something wrong to you? Maybe I shouldn't have treated you nicely from the start."

"I-I'm really sorry, Robin. This… This is all my fault. You didn't do anything wrong to me. It was all because of him. I was so mad at him. I thought we were all okay now. But he still treated me as if I killed you. I used the opportunity at China to let out my anger to him. All of the things Zoro told the others about me were true. But there was one thing that Zoro didn't know. I was the one responsible for his accident. I paid the truck driver to hit Zoro with his truck. I told him that if ever Zoro won't save me, he will turn his wheel to avoid me and hit Zoro. I paid the dojo and school we've inquired not to tell about the accident. That's why our school told you that he was alright." Tashigi said while looking at Robin's narrowed eyes.

"You fucking—

Nami was held by Sanji behind. "Nami-san, I think it would be best if I hold you like this."

"Let go of me! I'm going to kill her!" Nami shouted.

"What did you say? You were responsible for Zoro's accident?" Chopper asked with shadows in his eyes. Usopp quickly went behind the doctor and held him because he was about to attack her. "You have no idea what hell he went through! His body was messed up because of you!" Chopper cried.

"I-I'm sorry." Tashigi cried. "A-Actually… Blackmailing Zoro wasn't really part of the plan…"

"What do you mean?" Usopp asked.

Tashigi looked down and said "I didn't really intend to blackmail him. In fact, I was already contented with him comatose in the hospital."

"Grrrr!" Chopper glared at her.

"Then why did you blackmail him?" Usopp asked again.

"It was because of Franky." she admitted.

Everyone's eyes widened and Usopp asked "Franky? You mean, he knew all about this!?"

"No. You see, Franky and I were childhood friends. He might not have told it to all of you because you were all mad at me. Our parents, when they were still alive, were business partners. Enough of that. A week after Zoro's birthday, Franky messaged me and asked what happened to Zoro and why was he not contacting any one of you. I lied to him. I said that Zoro was just busy with all of his training and had no time to cope up with all of you. But then he told me that your eyes, Robin, were telling him that you were lonely without Zoro. I made an excuse that you shouldn't bother to be sad without Zoro because he already has a girlfriend. At first, he didn't believe me but as time passed by, he believed me because Zoro wasn't contacting anyone. He was in the state of coma that time. Anyways, Franky was so mad at Zoro, he said that he's a coward by just leaving you alone, hanging. And then I told him that he should tell it to you but he didn't. I knew that he likes you so I told him that he should take the chance to get you. He said he'll try and in order for him to succeed, I need to hinder Zoro from you. That's why I blackmailed him."

"Still, I can't believe Franky agreed to your plan." Usopp said.

"He didn't actually know about anything that I did. I'm really sorry, Robin."

"It still doesn't change how angry we are to you!" Nami and Chopper yelled.

Tashigi sighed and said "Messaging Usopp was a set-up too. I knew everyone won't believe with what Usopp says, especially like that. That's why I told Zoro to message him."

"What did you say!?" Usopp was about to reached her but Luffy got a hold on him and Chopper.

"Let go of me!" Usopp, Chopper and Nami said in chorus.

"I also lied to you about the video. It wasn't really meant for you. I just used it so that you will only have the choice of moving on and the chance of being Franky's girlfriend will increase. It was also my fault that's why Zoro's flight was delayed. I knew that you won't be able to move on to him within a day. I convinced his doctor not to let him travel yet because he's not yet stable. I'm really sorry… You got affected by my anger towards Zoro. I don't expect you to forgive me but I just want to say I'm sorry. I'm going to Los Angeles next week, so I won't bother you anymore. I'm really sorry."

"Robin will never forgive you!" Usopp, Chopper and Nami yelled in chorus.

Robin sighed and closed her eyes for a while. After a few minutes she walked in front of Tashigi and smiled at her. Tashigi smiled as well and said "Does it mean you— Robin slapped her on the face. Everyone went silent as they looked shocked to what Robin had done. Sanji and Luffy finally let go of the others and looked at Tashigi and Robin. "That was for everything you did to me and Zoro." Robin said with disgust. Tashigi looked into her eyes and saw rage, anger and hatred. She knew Robin was just holding back the whole time and now, she let it out. "I deserve that. I'm really— Robin slapped the other side of her face. Tears were now falling from Tashigi's eyes as she looked back again to Robin's eyes. "That was for the pain you've caused." Robin said with hatred. Robin finally let out all of her anger towards her. Tashigi was crying. She knew she deserved to be treated like this. She just wished that as time goes by, everybody will be able to forgive her. She wiped her tears away and was about say sorry for the last time, when Robin gave her another slap on the face. Tashigi felt it. It was the strongest slap she had ever received from Robin.

"What was that for, now?" Nami asked curiously.

"I just felt slapping her face. Her face was very 'slappable'. You should try it sometimes." Robin mocked before turning around and walked away making the others to follow her; leaving Tashigi crying.

"That's my girl!" Nami held Robin's arm while walking away.

"Where is Zoro's room?" Robin asked curiously.

"It's over here." Chopper stopped in front of room 513.

"Are you ready? He's really cranky." Nami joked.

"Robin-chan, if ever he hurts you, I will make sure he will be sent in to the emergency room and will be treated because of multiple broken bones." Sanji said with pride.

"Robin, go get him!" Luffy and Usopp encouraged.

"I'll be fine." Robin smiled and opened the door. She peeked first and saw Zoro asleep on his bed and Brook sleeping on the couch. She went inside and quietly shook Brook. As soon as Brook saw her, Robin quickly covered his mouth and said "I'll continue your duty."

Brook nodded and Robin let go of his mouth. "Good luck, mademoiselle." he said before going out of the room.

Robin made a quick peek outside and whispered "No matter what you hear, don't come inside." Everyone nodded except Sanji who whispered "But Robin-chan…" Robin shook her head said "I'll be fine." She closed and locked the door behind her and looked at her sleeping swordsman.


Cliff-hanger! Woo! Who wants to slap Tashigi's face? I do! Anyways, are you all excited? This fic will be ending soon! I'm going to miss you guys! XD Review please!