Remember how happy I was last chapter about the response to Chapter 47? Well, the response to Chapter 48 was actually even better, and I have you guys to thank for that. Big thanks to "DarkJewel999", "Natylol", "PhantomWinds" and the ever reliable "ChemistryDeaf" for reviewing. Its great to see some new readers, even at this late point in the story.

Robin coughed loudly, smoke surrounding her. Around her, the room was on fire. That, and the fact that she was still tied up meant that she had no hope of escaping.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the door swing open. Someone was entering the house.

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Zoro raised his shirt over his mouth, trying to avoid breathing in the smoke-filled air inside the house. He frantically looked around,

"ROBIN!" he shouted, as loudly as he physically could, coughing at the end.

"H-here..!" someone weakly coughed from somewhere to the left. Zoro immediately jerked his head in that direction. There was a doorway, but Zoro couldn't see anything through the flames. Zoro breathed deeply in before sprinting through the flames.

"I'm coming Robin..."

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Daz stared at the piece of paper in his hand. He had to admit, he felt kind of bad about what he had done, but if the boss wanted something done, he had to do it. Still, he could have saved that green haired kid.

Daz shook his head, clearing those thoughts from his head. It didn't matter to him what happened to anyone else. The boss' will was all that mattered.

After a further few minutes of walking, Daz reached the house. He looked around, making sure that no one was around, before he cautiously tried to turn the door handle. The door was unlocked. Daz smirked.

"Looks like the boss is waiting for me..."

Well, Crocodile was waiting for him, but not in the way he was expecting. For, as soon as he entered the house, Crocodile was indeed in front of him, but was handcuffed.

"Oh dear," he sighed, his eyes dropping from Daz to the floor.

"Boss?" Daz Bones exclaimed, alarmed. Suddenly, armed police officers appeared from either side of the entrance hall, their guns pointed on him.

"Old man, we've got them both," Ace said into his headset as Marco handcuffed Daz Bones. After the police officers exchanged a few high-fives, Crocodile suddenly began to smirk. Then the smirk turned into a wide smile. Then he started to chuckle. Ace glared at him.

"What the hell are you laughing at?"

"Just the stupidity of this town's police force."

"We caught you," Marco replied.

"Yes, but you haven't noticed that someone is still missing. You may have saved Olivia, but you can't save Robin," Crocodile then turned to Daz, "You did follow the plan, right Daz?"

Daz Bones nodded, "Of course. Some green haired kid jumped into the burning house though."

"Zoro!" Ace gasped.

Suddenly Ace's phone rang. He picked it up, his eyes widening at the news. After hanging up, he looked at Marco. "1 have to go," Marco nodded. As he left, he turned to the living room, where Luffy and the others were waiting. "Luffy! You come too! Zoro's in trouble!"

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"Z-Zoro...cough... cough,"

Zoro smiled at the sight of Robin. Despite in reality it only being a couple of days, it felt like he hadn't seen her in years. For a second, he seemed to forget the burning building as he leaned down and stroked Robin's hair. It felt as soft and smooth as ever.

Robin smiled too, enjoying what she had been missing, but suddenly a loud crashing was heard from outside the room. The house was starting to come down.

"Y-You shouldn't have... cough...cough... come here," Robin muttered.

Zoro shook his head, picking up Robin bridal style. "I'm not leaving you... ever."

"Thank you... cough... cough"

Zoro jumped out of the living room, back first, to take the brunt of the flames and also so that he could land on his back and take the impact of the fall. He grunted in pain as he hit the ground hard, still feeling the effects of his earlier fight with Kaku.

Robin frowned, feeling completely helpless. Zoro saw this, and struggled back up. He stumbled towards the front door but unfortunately, that was no longer an option. the ceiling was collapsing and had formed a flaming heap where the front door once was. Zoro couldn't even see make out anything past the fire.

"Damn, they really picked a crappy house, didn't they..." he jokingly whispered to himself. The staircase leading upstairs was also blocked, meaning that the only option was the room to the left*. He threw himself into that room, twisting around so his back absorbed the impact when he hit the wall on the otherside of the room, causing him to cry out in pain this time. His body was really at it's limit.

"There!" Robin exclaimed, weakly pointing to the other side of the room. Zoro propped himself up against the wall, and looked where Robin was gesturing to. There was a small window, barely big enough for Zoro himself. For both Robin and Zoro, it would surely be impossible.

Zoro sprinted across the small room, and jumped, twisting his body to shield the impact completely from Robin.

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Ace's car skidded to a halt in front of the house and Ace and Luffy jumped out. Luffy began to run towards the house but was held back by Ace.

"Stop! Its not safe!"

Luffy frowned, "I know that! But I have to save Zoro and Robin!"

"I know! But I can't let you!" Luffy stopped struggling and just stared at the house, tears beginning to well up in his eyes. Ace loosened his grip on Luffy, as he also began to cry.

Suddenly, there was a huge crashing noise as Zoro and Robin flew out of the window, with Zoro's back hitting the ground with a large thump.

"Guys!" Luffy shouted, as he jumped at the two. Robin however was just staring at Zoro, tears forming in her eyes. Zoro wasn't moving. "Zoro? Zoro!" Luffy shouted as he shook Zoro, whilst Ace untied Robin, who was also immediately at Zoro's side.

"I need to get him to the hospital," Ace said. "You take Robin home Luffy. Everyone will be really happy to see her."

"I'm not leaving him... ever" Robin quietly said, mimicking what Zoro said earlier, her eyes fixed on his unconscious form the whole time. Ace sighed.

"Fine, but Luffy, call Marco and tell him that Robin is safe. Olivia needs to know that." Luffy nodded and set about this task, whilst Ace laid Zoro across the back seat of his car, and Robin jumped into the passenger seat.

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On the way to he hospital, Ace had been frantically making calls, and when they finally reached there, Medics were waiting and professionally whisked Zoro away, with one leading Ace and Robin to a waiting room. After about 20 minutes, Luffy came bursting into the waiting room, with Olivia close behind him. Oliva pulled Robin into a tight hug, tears streaming down her face, whilst Luffy immediately asked Ace about Zoro.

"We don't know, they haven't told us anything yet," Ace dully said.

Luffy groaned in frustration and slumped down in the seat next to Ace. Olivia sat next to Robin, who hadn't said anything since outside the burning house, and tightly grasped her hand. Luffy looked at her, understanding how she was feeling. Suddenly, he did the unexpected.

He got up and went to Robin's side. He took her hand, tilted her head up so that it was level with his, and smiled his usual wide, goofy smile. "Don't worry. Zoro's strong. I know that better than anyone."

Robin stared at Luffy for a second, before weakly smiling back.

After a few more minutes, a woman emerged from the door leading into A&E, and made her way directly over to the four.

"Roronoa Zoro?" she asked. Ace nodded. "His body is covered in burns, and he has a couple of fractures on his right arm. Fortunately, nothings broken. He'll be fine in a couple of days."

Luffy grinned, throwing his hands into the air in a celebratory fashion. Robin smiled widely, and thanked the doctor. Ace breathed a sight of relief and relaxed back in his chair and Oliva hugged Robin, feeling very happy for her daughter.

"You should go home and get some rest. It sounds like you've had a long night. Feel free to come visit in the morning," the doctor smiled.

Ace thanked her one more time, before the four left the hospital.

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"Ace! Nice to see you're still in one piece," Marco chuckled, pulling Ace into a manly embrace. By now, Whitebeard had been to the house and picked up the two criminals, with most of the police leaving with him. Only Marco remained to protect the others.

Behind him, Robin entered. For a second the room was still, everyone just staring at her, unable to put what they were feeling into words. The first person who reacted was Sanji.

"My dearest Robin," Sanji coolly began, gliding towards her. He leaned down to kiss her hand, "I'm so glad you're-"

"Robin!" Nami and Chopper cried throwing their arms around her and sending Sanji flying in the process.** Robin giggled at the two. Sanji meanwhile was sent flying into the wall. Luffy laughed, patting Sanji heartily on the back.

"Haha, you're always so funny Sanji!"

"Shut up." Sanji grumpily replied, before angrily muttering something about wishing he was cute and cuddly like Chopper.

"Hey, where's Zoro?" Usopp asked, the first to notice his absence.

Robin frowned slightly. "He's at the hospital. He was hurt," Luffy answered.

"Oh my god," Nami gasped.

"It sounds like he'll be ok though, he has a few minor injuries and burns," Ace said, sensing that the others were getting the wrong idea.

Everyone breathed a sight of relief at this.

After a few minutes of everyone idly chatting to each other, Robin made her way to the stairs, standing two stairs up. It seemed like she was about to make a speech.

"Everyone... Thank you," she looked like she wanted to say more, but didn't really have the words to say. It wasn't like she got the chance though, as Nami and Chopper tackled her into a hug again.

*Just remember that when Zoro entered the house he was facing away from the front door, whereas here he is facing towards it. So the room on the left is the one opposite the living room.

**Enies Lobby anyone?

Whew, looks like its finally over. Robin's safe and Croc, Daz and the CP9 have been caught. I'm thinking I'll write 3-4 more chapters, so that should only take 3 weeks at most.

Anyway, seeing as we're nearing the end of this story, I feel like I have to ask this question. Would any of you guys be interested in a sequel to this story? I could write a story about summer vacation, or I could even go straight to next year and introduce a couple of new characters into Mr Shanks' form (I'm sure you can guess who ;) ). If you are, leave a review saying what you want to see or even send me a PM, I log on here pretty much every day, so I'll definitely see your PM.

Thanks for reading guys, your supports is amazing.