Heyoo~ I really liked writing this chapter… so I'll hope you like it too! But it's kinda… well you'll find out! Also thanks for the reviews I got on the past chapter ^^ You'll find out about Ace here…. So… yeah…. :I

By the way "mo" means like "oh my gosh".

Here y'all go~ :)

Chapter 36:

"HEY YOU! How many times do I have to try to get your attention?!" Perona floated in front of a certain green-head.

"AH? Get away from me woman! Can't you see I'm training?!" Zoro snapped to the pink haired woman; he was lifting some weights waiting for Mihawk to come and train him.

"Like I said! You don't have time for that right now!" She shouted back.

"WHY NOT?!" The swordsman angrily dropped his weights and glared at the ghost girl.

"BECAUSE~" The girl crossed her arms and a smirk fell upon her face. "There's someone I want you to meet!"

"Ah? Why the hell would I wan-"

"Mo! I wanted to keep it a damn surprise but you're so damn hard to convince so I'll just tell you! You should be lucky at how nice I am!" The girl sighed.

"What the fuck are you-"

"ONE OF YOU'RE NAKAMA IS HERE! IN THIS ISLAND!" Perona shouted, clearly annoyed at the swordsman's stubbornness. Zoro's eyes widened and a slight gasp could be heard from his mouth.

"WH-WHAT?! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS EARLIER?!" Zoro yelled and ran off somewhere, leaving a bewildered and angry Perona behind.

"I WAS TRYING! AND YOU'RE GOING THE DAMN WRONG WAY!" The girl called after and sighed. "He's hopeless!" And with that she floated after the swordsman, trying to get him to the right direction.

\(ºvº)/

"Wh-where are we?!" Marie trembled, questioning her two older siblings; they both sweat-dropped and looked around. There were in an old and scary room; filled with only beds and chairs inside; the walls were cracked and insects were crawling everywhere.

"I-I don't know…" Kayla shivered.

"We just woke up like this…." Ryuu turned to their savior who was still fast asleep. "Oi!" He went over to the girl and shook her: no response. The boy sighed and sat down on a chair next to the bed. "She's hopeless." He muttered.

"Do you think we're back at the lab?!" Marie asked the worst question possible for them.

"N-No! Of course not! Wherever we are, someone bandaged our wounds and let us sleep in a bed; we're not back there!" Kayla disagreed while Ryuu nodded his head.

"Yeah, that's not possible. Besides, if we were, she would've done something." The older brother pointed to the blacksmith; he still hadn't called her by her own name or 'Onee-san' like Kayla and Marie did.

"Hm…. That's true." Kayla hummed and saw her little sister walking towards a door. "H-Hey Marie! What are you doing?!" She whispered, calling her sister over with her hand.

"Just one second, Kayla-nee, Ryuu-nii." Marie smiled weakly and opened the door-just a crack. She looked up to see a man standing right there. Immediately shrieking, the girl slammed the door and ran towards her siblings, hugging them.

"What's wrong?!" Ryuu asked, worried.

"I-It's someone scary!" She cried out. "He's going to kill us! I saw a sword!"

"EH?!" The two elders panicked and went to shake Yuki.

"O-Onee-san! Wake up! Someone's at the door! He's going to kill us!" Marie cried out. The doorknob was slowly turning and the siblings flinched even more.

"ONEE-SAN!" Marie shouted making Yuki wake up with a jolt, she sat up causing her head and Ryuu's to hit.

"Ow!" The blacksmith rubbed her head and looked at Ryuu and smirked. "Sorry~" The boy grumbled but didn't say anything about his injury.

"We have a damn problem, so stop sleeping!" The oldest sibling snapped.

"EH? Problem?!" Yuki looked around and saw where they were. "Where are we?" Her question wasn't answered since the door flew open. The four heads' turned to see a man in his early 40s standing at the door. He looked quite surprised to see just who was in the room; as well as Yuki.

The blacksmith's eyes widened and she instantly got up from her bed; causing the siblings to look at her questionably. "O-Onee-san? Do you kno-" Marie began but her question was answered when the blacksmith ran towards the man screaming, "MASTER!" Three jaws dropped and they gasped.

"M-MASTER?!" Ryuu, Kayla and Marie shouted, but were ignored. Yuki went and hugged the man with delight.

"This is such a coincidence!" She shrieked happily. Mihawk's surprised look faded to a small smile and he patted the girls' head.

"The world is a small place." He simply stated.

"Hell yeah it is!" She broke the hug and looked up to the taller man. "I can't believe it! It's really you!"

Mihawk nodded his head with a grunt and then had a questionable look on his face. "Why aren't you…. Home?"

"Ahhh…." Yuki smirked to her master. "You haven't been to Jii-san's then I'm guessing. Well~ I'm kinda a pirate now!" She pointed to herself happily. The master swordsman looked at her surprised but just smiled.

"Interesting, so you're a rival now?"

"Yup!" The girl laughed. "Oh! That reminds me! When are you going to see Jii-san, Master?"

Mihawk sighed and shrugged. "I'm…. caught up in something at the moment, it's going to be at least 2 years for me to go."

"EHHH? Two years?! WHY?! I wanted someone to make sure he's okay!" The blacksmith whined, pouting. The swordsman raised a brow in amusement.

"Who's crew are you a part of?" He asked.

"Eh? Hmmm….. It's someone you've fought before, or at least met." The girl smirked sheepishly.

"Someone I fought?" Mihawk asked, quite interested now.

"Yup! It's-" The girl began but was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"YUKI!" Zoro came running through the door, all sweaty from the running he had done looking around for her. The blacksmith's eyes widened once again and she went up to Zoro.

"Z-Zoro?!" She gasped, poking the man to see if he was real. He simple nodded, a smirk falling upon his face. Yuki's face lightened up and she hugged the man. "Oh my gosh! I'm so glad you're okay! I was so worried that you would've died or something!" She shrieked.

Zoro patted the girls' head, slightly embarrassed at the sudden outburst. "Y-Yeah. When you disappeared first I thought you were dead, too. But I figured you'd be okay since I disappeared right after you and appeared here."

"Eh? You got blasted too?!" The girl broke off the hug and asked, completely shocked.

"Yeah." Zoro's eyes became cold with anger. "It was fucking hell. I'm pretty sure everyone else got sent somewhere too."

"Ehhhhh….. then it's only you here?" The blacksmith questioned, a little disappointed at the fact.

"Yeah, sorry about that." Zoro smirked making the girl chuckle.

"Ahem." Five voices tried to get some attention from the two.

"Mo! I bring you guys here, almost done, and you don't even thank me!" A slightly familiar high voice made Yuki flinch and turn to the cause of the noise. She saw Perona floating in the air, obviously angry at the way she ignored her.

"Aren't you that girl from Thriller Bark?" Yuki asked, surprised to see Perona here.

"Just ignore her, Yuki." Zoro interrupted. "She's not important." He spat making Perona angrier.

"You idiot! Just who do you think you are?! I nursed you back to health and this is what I get?! Mo~ I'll never help anyone again!" The girl floated away angrily.

"So, you're part of the Mugiwara crew?" Mihawk asked, very interested. Yuki turned to her Master and nodded her head.

"Yup! This guy here is the one I was talking about, the one you fought." The blacksmith pointed to Zoro.

"I see." The man acknowledged.

"U-Um… Onee-san… can you tell us just who this is?" Marie stepped in nervously.

"Ah! Marie! Sorry I forgot about you guys!" The girl went by the three siblings and smiled. "Remember that lazy ass swordsman I was talking about, the one who is in my crew and fought my master?" The three nodded hesitantly. "Well that's the marimo over there." Yuki finished, causing a "HEY!" from the swordsman. Yuki chuckled in response. "And then the old ma- I mean the… 40 year old man there with the red hat is my master." Mihawk nodded his head with a grunt, acknowledging the three.

"Ohhhh~" Marie, Ryuu and Kayla hummed together. "That explains a lot." Ryuu noticed.

"Yup!" The blacksmith smiled happily. "It's just a coincidence to see the both of you here together though. I'm surprised Zoro didn't try to fight you, Master."

Mihawk smirked at this comment while Zoro coughed nervously. "The thing is…." The younger swordsman began. "He's kind of training me…"

"….. Eh? Wait, whaddya mean by that? Aren't you going to meet Luffy and the others?!" Yuki questioned completely confused. Zoro and Mihawk stared at her for a few seconds blankly.

"W-wait you don't know…." Zoro asked in disbelief. "That explains why she's acting like this…"

"Don't know what? Wait, what's going on?!" The blacksmith's voice was rising slowly.

Zoro rubbed the back of head nervously. "Why the hell do I have to break the news to her?!" "Uh…" He looked at his 'teacher' for help who simply shrugged.

"I have…. Business to attend to. I'll leave you guys alone." Mihawk said and motioned for the three siblings to come as well. They twitched and were hesitant, but noticed the atmosphere between Zoro and Mihawk so they listened. Yuki didn't seem to even pay attention to the four leaving at all. She was more nervous and scared to hear what Zoro had to say.

"What happened to Luffy? Why aren't you going back to the crew? Where's everyone else? What's going o-"

"Alright, alright! Just shut up and I'll tell you!" The swordsman sighed and motioned the girl to sit down on a bed next to him; she obeyed immediately. "You see…" Zoro avoided eye contact and continued. "Luffy went to save Ace-"

"Yeah I know about that!" Yuki interrupted.

"Y-You do? Then how come you-" The swordsman realized what she meant and sighed once again. "How far do you know?"

"I know how Luffy went to Impel Town to save Ace but was too late, and then he went to save him from Marineford… but that's all I know. I had his Vivre Card but kinda lost it, so I don't really know anything after that… Is Ace okay?" Her voice began to crack as she could slowly realize what was going on.

"I see…." "That makes it a little easier." Zoro noted. "Well a lot happened since then… Ace…" The swordsman took a deep breath. "Is dead."

Yuki felt like her whole world just shattered. The girls' eyes widened and tears formed in her eyes. "Wh-what?" She asked, hoping that she heard wrong. "That's not possible… A-Ace couldn't die…"

The marimo awkwardly patted the girls' head. "Sorry, Yuki. He died, protecting Luffy and he died right in front him too; just imagine how he feels." That was the only thing that Zoro could come up with to make Yuki feel a little better.

"Oh my gosh… Luffy." The girl choked out, tears strumming down her face. "I-I can't believe…." Yuki put her hands on her face, covering her eyes. "Can you… leave me alone for a while….?"

"Y-Yeah…" Zoro awkwardly agreed and then hurriedly walked outside the room and closed the door. "Damn… I'm never doing that again." The man shivered.

\(ºoº)/

"EH?! Onee-san's fiancé?!" Marie gasped along with Kayla and Ryuu.
"Yeah. He passed away; just leave her alone for a while." Zoro simply told them.

"Poor Onee-san…" Marie cried out while Zoro sighed.

"I'm not good with tears damn it." "So who the hell are you guys?" The swordsman decided to change the subject.

"Who are we?! That's all you're going to ask?!" Kayla jumped in, annoyed by the way the swordsman was acting. "You're nakama there is heartbroken and you're over here acting like nothing happened!"
A vein popped in Zoro's head. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He shouted angrily, causing the three to flinch. The swordsman sighed once again. "Damn…" He flipped his head towards Kayla, Ryuu and Marie, who were scared of him at the moment. "People die every damn day, its reality. And that's something Yuki will have to face. I know her fiancé died, but if she's going to mope around about it every damn day then she doesn't deserve him." He growled. "From what I've seen, Ace was a strong, caring person and he wouldn't like it if she was crying about him all the time, she needs to move on. It's going to take some time I know, but I'll give her a week."

"A-a week? Then what?" Marie questioned nervously, though she secretly admired the swordsman's speech.

"If she doesn't get over it in a week, then I'm not going to tell her about meeting up with the crew it two years." He stated making everyone in the room gasp.

"What?! How could you do that?! Onee-san described you as a person who was strong and lazy, but very caring at the same time! Then how could you be like this…?" Marie croaked out, regretting admiring the man. Ryuu glanced at his two sisters and sighed.

"That's exactly why he's like this." Ryuu stepped in, realizing why Zoro was like this. "How do you think he feels?" He asked his sisters who looked at their brother questionably. "How do you think he feels not comforting his friend? He probably feels worse saying this, but he does have a point. People do die, and people will have to eventually move on. But the quicker for her is better. I don't know what he means by meeting up with his crew in two years… but she won't be able to face her captain if she doesn't get over it soon."

"Ryuu-nii…." The two looked at him, admiring his speech.

"At least someone understands." The swordsman yawned. "I'm going to sleep."

"E-Eh?" The three looked at him with surprise. "RIGHT NOW?!"

Yeah that's how I ended it xD

I APOLOGIZE FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTED ACE TO LIVE! I tried writing a version where he didn't but it just didn't go well with my story, so it just happened this way… You guys don't know how bad I felt writing about Ace :( Poor Yuki

And I hope you get why I put Yuki in the island with Zoro. I apologize if Zoro seemed harsh, but this is the way I saw Zoro would act. He seemed the best compared to the others to 'comfort' Yuki.

I know people are probably disappointed that I didn't make Yuki go ahead and at least try to save Ace, but there's a reason why I didn't and you'll find out later on :)

I hope you guys continue to read my story, because the story gets more… developed (in my opinion) later. And don't forget about her dream! That comes in soon too. I would appreciate some reviews as well ^^ Until next time~ (hopefully if you don't hate me enough).