Disclaimer almost everything belongs to Eiichiro Oda that genius of a man

Now thing took an unexpected turn and he reacted in a much too violent way which leads to his current situation, a crap ton of Germa clones hunting him down for attacking Ichiji. He had hidden away in a part of the lab hoping nobody would be able to sniff him out while he waited for them to get close enough to an island to hop off. He hid above one of the giant test tube-like things containing a Germa soldier, he relaxed knowing that fighting the entirety of Germa at once was possible but not a wise idea.

Though this was the smarter route he was growing tired of camping out as the sirens blared and people continued to yell while running around searching for him. He was bored out of his mind as he wanted to do something but Nazuna already scolded him when he attacked a group of eight Germa soldiers earlier as it would lead them to search around the lab more thoroughly which proved more difficult for Zoro as he grew more and more restless with each person that ran by his hiding spot.

Finally having enough he slowly emerged from his hiding spot and looked around cautiously before taking off with Draco curled around his neck, he expertly maneuvered his way around the lab so to find an exit for himself. Though swimming through miles of the sea was unfavorable it was better than staying stuck on a ship filled with people that wanted his head on a silver platter, as he continued forward Draco unfurled himself and shot forward and made his way down a corridor. Zoro followed behind annoyed ready to berate the little creature, as he followed behind Draco surprised him by leading him towards an open exit. Zoro chuckled and rubbed its head, "Didn't think that was what you were doing."

He lifted Draco up and rested him on the back of his neck, "Well, let's get out of here, I'll call for Nazuna later we head out now."

As he stepped through the sudden emergence of a voice put him on edge, "Knew you would eventually try to escape instead of hiding out on the ship, though I expected you to come out a lot sooner than this but never the less it'll work."

Zoro unsheathed his blades and pointed the towards Reiju who was attached to the wall like some kind of spider, he glared at her, "Don't try to stop me, you know I'm more powerful than you are."

She raised her hands to symbolize that she wasn't here for a fight, Zoro narrowed his eyes, "What are you here for then?"

She sighed, "To get a story straight."

He quirked an eyebrow at this, "What do you mean?"

She dropped down from where she was, "You cutting my brother down is believable but you deliberately gunning for him seems a bit odd, he picked a fight with you didn't he?"

Zoro grumbled and looked around trying to find an island of sorts as a backup plan, he was kind of regretting not taking Warpclaw with him, "Yea, you're right is that all? Cause I have to get off this ship soon if you didn't notice everyone's kind of hunting me down."

She shook her head, "There is one last thing."

Zoro looked around cautiously while fidgeting slightly, "What is it?"

She distanced herself from him before dropping into a stance he didn't recognize, "Fight me."

Zoro blinked before giving her a disbelieving look, "Huh?!"

He gripped the bridge of his nose and groaned, "Didn't I just fucking say I don't have time for this."

She grinned at him, "Who said I had to listen to you, it is my family that's hunting you down. I never said I was on your side."

He glared at her and took Draco off his neck, "Look for Nazuna we're getting out of here now."

Draco yip in response and sped away looking for Nazuna while Zoro turned his attention back to Reiju, "Let's get this over with, I've had enough of you and your families lack of hospitality."

Reiju smiled, "How mean, and when we treated you so nicely."

Zoro rolled his eyes and shot forward intent on ending this as quickly as possible, "Kiki Kyutoryu: Ashura!"

Now out of everything this was one of the last things she expected Zoro to do, she had heard people calling him a demon before but as he is now he's literally a demon, "Don't regret what you asked for."

Though he might have regretted this later on Zoro decided not to kill her and flip the blades that he used against her to the back, causing more so bad bruises and possibly a concussion rather than cuts and a decapitated head. She collapsed roughly and Zoro let out a breath and dissipated his form before turning back towards the hole that he had entered through and waited for Draco to return, he wouldn't have to wait long as Draco quickly emerged with a tired-looking Nazuna in tow. The moment that she saw him her expression changed to one of anger, "What the hell were you thinking?! All you've done is cause more trouble than necessary!"

Zoro gave jaded look, "Well that won't be a problem anymore, we're getting off this ship now."

She growled at him, "How the hell are we going to do that? If you didn't notice there's no land in sight you buffoon."

Zoro ignored her and lifted Draco up placing him around his neck, "I would recommend holding on tightly."

She gave him a confused look but Zoro didn't give her time to react before grabbing her by the waist and jumping off the ship, as Nazuna screamed in surprise Zoro started gathered the demonic energy residing within him forming an orb once again but this time instead of controlling it he instantly released it sending it hurtling into the Germa base. The moment he let go of it he wraps his other arm around Nazuna and turned his back to the ship as the explosion occurred sending them flying, now Zoro had done many stupid things during his life. Enough to give a normal person a heart-attack just thinking about them, but this, this takes the cake as he released something similar to a miniature supernova implode behind him trying to propel himself away from the Germa ship. Now he never thought about the repercussions of such an act until the explosion reached him, feeling the searing heat and the shockwave collided with his body.

The pure power from the explosion hitting his body caused him to yell in pain as it far surpassed what he had expected from it, griping onto Nazuna with Draco tightening himself around Zoro's neck he could feel himself begin to fall unconscious as his vision began to get blurry. As he fell unconscious Zoro could only hope that Draco and Nazuna didn't go through the same pain and that they would be able to land a reasonable distance from a safe island, but knowing his luck he knew it would never happen. Thinking of this, two words sounded off in his head, "Well, shit."

~An Unknown Amount of Time Later~

Zoro awakened with his entire body feeling hot yet cold, he tried getting up but this just made the feeling grow stronger now joined by pain spreading throughout his body. He let out a suppressed grunt while trying to sit up. Though it took a while and quite a bit for groaning he finally managed to sit up, finally taking a look around he found himself in an unfamiliar location. He ignored that for now in exchange for searching for the whereabouts of his weapons, this was interrupted as the door to the room opened and the light blinded him. A voice he recognized emerged through the light, "Zoro!"

The person slammed into him inciting a couple of louder groans of pain, Zoro forced his eyes open to try to see who it was to be met with the sight of an embarrassed Nazuna. She let go and sheepishly chuckled at him as Zoro rubbed the back of his head, "Where the hell are we?"

Another person entered the room this time a bulky old man with a cane, "You sonny boy are in the Thiyerus Kingdom, situated on the island of Harby Cay."

Zoro narrows his eyes at this new unknown person, "That's a weird fucking name for an island and a kingdom."

The man chortled at him, "Not to us it isn't, we take pride in our kingdom and bear its name without an ounce of shame."

Zoro just gave him an odd look before trying to get out of the bed, the old man tsked and used his cane to roughly push him back onto the bed inciting a string of curses from Zoro, "Boy I don't know what you've been through but moving in that condition is something I wouldn't recommend."

Zoro angrily brushed the cane of, "Yea, I get it no need to be so violent bout it."

The man chuckled and slowly moved himself over to a chair, shakily sitting down his expression changed drastically. He removed his hat and gave Zoro a dark look, "Now that you're awake I got some question for you boy."

Zoro noticed the look and narrowed his eyes accessing his situation, his body was in some of the worst shape he's ever been with moving any part of his body causing an intense amount of pain. Then that leads to the question of where his blades were even if his body was in pain he would still be able to fight to a certain extent, though having Nazuna here was a relief of sorts he was still unsure of what would happen as he didn't know who else there was on this island, "Let me ask you a question first."

The man reclined in his seat his harsh gaze never once wavering, "Well go ahead boy I got time to spare."

Zoro sat up, "How long have I exactly been out."

The man shrugged, "I found the two of you along with that dragon of yours roughly six months ago, but who knows how long you had been floating around in the sea."

Zoro gave him a surprised look, six months that was a fourth of the time that he was supposed to return back to Sabaody, he had lost track of time quite frequently but it would seem that he should start making his way back. Though it would still be a while before he would be able to move at a decent pace without pain flaring up with every action, and the fact that he was still far from strong enough to fight off every threat to the crew. Coming back to reality he turned towards the old man, "Do you know of a place called Sabaody Archipelago?"

The old man brushed his beard with a thoughtful expression on his face, "Yes if I'm correct it should only be about three days journey South East of this island."

Zoro nodded, "Well, on the topic of your question go ahead."

The old man showed a small smile, "Took you long enough."

He reached back and grabbed onto something revealing it to be Zoro's blades and raised up two fingers, "I have two questions for you, first what exactly does is this blade? It gives off quite an ominous feeling that I can't quite put my hand on and with it being here it makes it quite difficult for me to feel comfortable with it hovering around here."

Zoro glanced towards Sandai Kitetsu, "The only one of the blades that should be able to give off such an uncomfortable should be the black and red blade, it gives off this feeling since it's a cursed blade."

The man glanced towards the blade cautiously before placing it down with care, he turns back to Zoro, "I'm not going to be haunted by a ghost cause of it am I?"

Zoro shook his head, "It's a curse of the weapon itself and those who wield it, you should be fine if you don't try using it."

The old man nodded still not completely sure as the frequent glances back to the blade showed, "Then how about what exactly happened to place the group of you afloat in the middle of the ocean."

Zoro sighed, "In simple terms, we escaped from a ship filled with people that were hunting us down, the ship exploded on our way out which lead to the sorry state that I'm in now."

The man sat there for a few seconds thinking whether or not to believe what Zoro just told him before ultimately sighing, "I don't know if I should believe you or not but there isn't any definitive way to prove what you said was true, but I'm not going to question it. You can stay here until you recover from your injuries though I think those will take quite a bit of time to achieve."

Zoro nodded as the old man started to make his way towards the door, "Thank you for your hospitality and I never did ask for your name."

The man chuckled the dark expression on his face nowhere to be seen anymore, "Just call me Old Man John."

Zoro shook his head with a small smile on his face and watched as John left the room, he turned to Nazuna who was completely quiet throughout that entire interaction, "How long do you think it would take for my body to heal to a degree in which I'm able to move around comfortably?"

She pauses for a moment with a thoughtful expression on her face before answering, "I'd say without any type fo healing it would take about two months for you to naturally recover to comfortable traveling health. But I do possess a few abilities that could speed up the process to give or take four weeks, to have to completely recover from your injuries it would take a minimum of four months without my help, three months at best with my help."

Zoro sighed knowing just how badly he had fucked himself up this time that it would take an entire four months for him to recover completely, he sighed at this and took off his shirt turning his back to Nazuna, "Well, let's get this over as soon as we can and start making our way to Sabaody."

She nodded and her right hand ignited with a light purple flame which she hovered just inches from Zoro's back where the worst of his injuries from the blast resided, the flames slowly moved closer and closer towards Zoro before it finally touched him causing Zoro to let out a quiet hiss. Before long the flames spread throughout his entire back creating a small protective layer that periodically shifted, Nazuna clapped her hands and stretched, "That should hold out for the day, it should relieve a bit of the pain as it numbs your back, though this helps this isn't incentive to do anything stupid so try to relax a bit and restrain from training until I've determined that training won't have any negative effects on your current recovery process."

Zoro slowly put his shirt back on with a displeased look on his face, "Sure."

He got up this time with slightly less difficulty as the pain was not as intense as it was when he had first awakened and he exited the room with Nazuna close behind keeping a careful eye on Zoro just in case anything went awry. Finally stepping out of the house Zoro got a good look at the island that he and Nazuna had washed upon, it was a very medieval island with a massive castle in the center and knights patrolling around in bulky silver armor. They gave Zoro odd looks as he passed by them but ultimately did nothing as he and Nazuna didn't pose any immediate threat to anyone, thought their clothing and appearance did make them stand out quite a bit. John would appear behind them quite suddenly surprising the duo quite a bit, "You're already up? I thought I told you not to get out of the bed especially with the type of injuries that you have on your body."

Zoro shrugged him off, "I've taken worse and lived to tell the tale, this is only a slight inconvenience for me."

John gave him a blank look before sighing, "Well if that isn't going to stop you then come along and help me with my farm, it should be a good start to recovering your atrophied muscles and isn't strenuous enough to cause anymore complication with your health."

Zoro knew that training was something that he should avoid but if he stayed in this condition things would most likely only get worse for him when he reunited with the rest of the crew, a slow start like using farming tools would slowly but surely help him regain a bit of the strength that he had lost in the months that he was unconscious. He turned to Nazuna with a questioning look on his face to see if doing something like this was too much for his body as it currently was, she narrowed her eyes using the flames on Zoro's body to regulate and keep track of his condition before nodding to him. Zoro turned back to John, "Sure, I should bee able to help out a bit without straining myself too much."

John nodded, "Well follow me then and watch your step the roads are a bit uneven the closer we are to my farm."

~Two Weeks Later~

If anyone ever told you farming was easy Zoro would personally show a foot up there ass, especially since he had collectively shared the load but Nazuna and an old man that Zoro should have been far more productive than. It got easier once his body once again got used to the strain of training but even then spending hours upon hours of the day in the blazing heat tilling land was exhausting even to him, someone who many consider being a monster of stamina. John got quite a kick out of watching Zoro struggle for the first couple days and Zoro hated him for that which only served to force Zoro to train even harder despite the protest from his body. Even due to a miscalculation of the injuries or Nazuna's own abilities, Zoro had recovered quite nicely almost feeling no pain at all from the injuries despite it only being half of the time that Nazuna had estimated for him to recover enough to safely travel.

Though he was thankful that he had recovered he would grow restless as he searched throughout the island for a suitable ship that would be able to transport him and Nazuna to Sabaody, though the journey wasn't too long it was still difficult for him to come across a ship that was able to traverse the distance and someone who was willing to sell it. Though this problem would be solved in a much different way than he had expected with the sudden arrival of a Celestial Dragon, he came in a medium-sized boat filled with an entourage of armed guards.

The Celestial Dragon came strolling into the kingdom without a care in the world taking whatever wished whether it was physical objects or women he found attractive, Zoro snarls at their behavior but did nothing of it for now concentrating on something else. He sent Nazuna to inspect the ship and remove anything unnecessary for their journey as he was determined to use the ship to return back to Sabaody, and if they put up any resistance he would simply cut them down which was something he was hoping to happen as he's been itching to test out his blades against human flesh ever since he had awoken.

He waited for a few days gathering whatever supplies he would need for the trip, as he was running over everything he had John walked in with a smile on his face, "You leaving so soon boy?"

Zoro nodded without turning around he closed up the bag and slung it over hid shoulder and rested his hand on the handle of his blades before turning towards John giving him a slight bow, "Thank you for your hospitality, I shall remember what you've done for me for the rest of my days."

John chuckled at this and ruffled Zoro's hair inciting a grumble from him, "Don't worry about it sonny, just make sure that I won't regret saving you that day now go out there and cause some hell."

Zoro smiled at this and left the house knowing exactly what to do, donning a grey hooded robe he quickly made his way to the market place where the commotion sounded the largest and came across exactly what he was hoping for. He picked up his pace hoping to not to gather any attention before he struck, which was exactly what he achieved as everyone was too focused on the man who was trying to keep the guard from taking his wife away. Zoro unsheathed his blade in one smooth motion decapitating two of the rear guards before cutting one of the other guard's sword-arm off, taking advantage of their surprise Zoro continued forward on his rampage slashing through everyone in the entourage making his way to the now quivering Celestial Dragon, "S-S-STOP! D-DO YOU KNOW WHO I A-AM?! I AM-!"

Zoro rolled his eyes and plunged forward stabbing his blade into the shoulder of the Celestial Dragon, "Shut your damn mouth for once, I don't know exactly who you are but I know what you are and I don't like your kind, so I'll give you two options either you leave them alone and I'll let you live or you don't and I kill you. Do make up your mind up fast I am a very busy man."

Before he could answer the guards collapsed onto him and Zoro got the answer he wanted drawing Shusui Zoro does a three-sixty splitting them all in half before turning back around to the Celestial Dragon and decapitating him easily, Zoro flicked the blood of his blade and smile at his handiwork, sheathing his blade he ignores the frozen guards who aren't sure what to do in this situation and the horrified stares of the civilians that were watching. He makes a beeline to the shore to where the ship was anchored while running there a familiar sound appeared above him as he ran he looked up and saw a very distinct shadow slam into him, though it wasn't enough to knock him over it was enough to make him stumble. Balancing himself he continues running with a large smile on his face, "It's been a while since I've seen you Draco."

The dragon let out a high-pitched growl at him, Zoro glanced at him and noticed that he seemed much larger than before this was made apparent by not only the size difference but the much larger weight on his neck, "You got a hell of a lot bigger, hell were you eating while I was asleep?"

Draco lets out an amalgamation of different sounds the only made Zoro chuckle at him, "We going to meet Nazuna at the shore go ahead first I'll make my way there eventually."

Draco let out a small huff before yipping at him and taking off and racing towards the shore at a much faster pace than Zoro, he gained a satisfied look on his face as not only did he managed to recover in half the time that was expected but also grabbed a ship that take them back to Sabaody and it was from a Celestial Dragon which he had killed. This was a bit more of an exciting return than he had last time but it was great nevertheless, to start up a journey a bang is a great way to begin and nothing was more exhilarating than murdering one of those accursed Celestial Dragons. In his past life, he never got close to killing any of them since they were all holed up in Mary Geoise and had the complete protection from the Marines that even the Revolutionary Army had difficulty breaking through.

Every encounter he had with a Celestial Dragon before had always left a bad taste in his mouth and he was determined to tear apart everything that had led to his crew's demise, Blackbeard's crew was first then the Marines before he would ultimately massacre the Celestial Dragons freeing everyone that was suffering under their control. It would take a lot of time and effort but that's exactly what he's willing to do so that the past events won't be repeated, thinking this over he would finally arrive at the ship with a single bound he jumped onto the ship, "Nazuna! Let's go I killed the bastard and a few of the guards, leaving now would cause the least trouble for us."

Nazuna grumbled and made her way to the anchor pulling it up, "Not killing them and just stealing the ship without them knowing would cause us the least trouble but you had to go ahead and kill him now didn't you."

Zoro rolled his eyes and heaved the anchor onto the ship, "If I didn't kill him it would just torture for the people on this island and I couldn't allow that."

She rolled her eyes and headed towards the ship's helm, "Are you sure you didn't just kill him to satisfy your bloodlust?"

Zoro chuckled at this, "That too but the main reason was for the livelihood of the inhabitants of this island."

Nazuna mumbled under her breath, "You keep telling yourself that."

Draco let out a loud roar as he circled above the ship before finally landing he found a spot that he found comfortably and settled down as Nazuna finally got the ship to set out. Nazuna sighed and laid against the main pillar of the ship, 'You know dealing with you is such a pain in the ass sometimes."

Zoro chuckled at her, "Don't worry about it in a few more weeks my crew should arrive and you don't have to deal with me individually as much."

She sighed in relief, "Thank god, you're just so troublesome to take care of sometimes."

Zoro ignored her and stared off into the distance placing a hand on his back, feeling the scar that had remained from the explosion it was a large and ugly thing that encompassed most of his back. Though the tattoo of his wings still remained as it seemed like it was drawn over the scar itself, this was a testament to his mistakes and what he had to do achieved what he has now along with how difficult it was to continue on this journey. Though it didn't feel like it was two years since he was unconscious for a quarter of it along with the time he spent in hell he was truly looking forward to reuniting with his crew after all this time, and as they sailed into the sea Zoro fell asleep staring off into the endless sea.

That's a wrap, well what can I say it's been a long time since I've updated and I'm sorry, but I had exams about a week ago and I was stressed about them the entire time studying (Even though it didn't do me much good). Then right after I've been sick for a while which made it difficult to work on this since I had constant headaches and felt like throwing up a lot, but I finally got through the rest of this. I had something planned for Zoro with the Vinsmokes but I had completely forgotten what it was so I had to improvise and entirely different thing for them which lead to him washing ashore on Harby Cay, I was thinking of putting another small storyline in there but decided that I think it was about time that Zoro reunited with the crew so I just tossed the Celestial Dragon in there for him to kill instead of dragging it out any longer. So next chapter he's going to reunite with the rest of the Strawhats though I don't possess the creative capabilities to change the Strawhats much Imma just make them really similar to how they were when they emerged from the timeskip maybe with the exception of Robin since Zoro actually changed exactly what had happened to her with his appearance at the revolutionary base. I would like to say I'll get the next chapter done within the next two or three weeks but even then I don't think I will as a whole new semester of school is starting for me and I actually have to work for once to pass with a decent grade seeing as I have my worst subject ever this new semester. I'll try fit in time to complete the chapter but I would say don't get your hopes up on me updating too soon while I try to figure out what the fuck chemistry is. Once again if you're reading and enjoy it thanks for reading.