Zoro opens her eyes again and this time sees the ceiling of the infirmary. She's back, she sits up quickly and looks around. This is real, it's not a dream, she really is back on the Sunny. She gets up and looks around the infirmary, her katanas are nowhere to be found. Not only that but it's also very quiet. Maybe they reached an island when she was having that weird dream. Zoro stands up and walks into the kitchen. It's empty. Thinking about it how long did she sleep? Zoro then decides to go to the deck.
There she found the whole crew standing around the foremast for some reason. Zoro found herself smiling. She didn't know why but she felt really happy seeing them there. For some reason it felt like forever. She look around to see that they are still at sea. She let out a sigh of relief. She didn't want to have missed an island. She didn't show it but she actually like seeing new islands. Yeah she couldn't do much with no money but it was still fun and entertaining.
"ZORO!" She looks up to see Chopper looking at her. He must have heard her sigh. Next everyone else turns to her too. All of their expressions go from shocked and surprise to happy and calm. Zoro walks to the left to go down the stairs.
"Hey." She says. As she gets closer to see that they are all gathered around her two new katanas. She sees the crimson on and she gets engrossed in it. Like it's pulling her in. Everything becomes numb, her surrounding becomes clouded. She doesn't hear anything or think anything like she's in some white void.
"Zoro!" She hears being called and feels a hand on her shoulder. She breaths not knowing she wasn't and everything, her surrounding, her thought and the fact that she had no idea what just happened came to her all at once. She looks to see Luffy was the one with his hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah?" She asks. 'What just happened?' They all ask themselves, including Zoro.
"It's good to see you awake." Luffy repeats Chopper. Everyone nods their head.
"Glad to be awake but I don't even remember falling asleep or taking a nap." Zoro walks up to her katana.
"You just fainted." Chopper says but all they got is a nod from Zoro.
"You were 'asleep' for a week." Robin announced. Zoro paused from touching her crimson katana. She was out of it for a week? She stood up straight and turned to Robin. Eyes even wider, if possible, in shock. Chopper nodded and stepped up. He is the doctor.
"What?" Zoro whispered. She couldn't believe it. Her dream seemed like a few minutes, could pass for a few hours but a whole week? No way.
"It's true." Chopper confirm. Everyone else nodded in acknowledgement.
"A-a w-week?" She stuttered. Again they all nodded. She saw them stealing glances at each other. She felt herself sink to her knees. Her hands reaching forward to catch her weight. The air around her became gloomy. They heard her all mutter something but it wasn't clear.
"Sorry what?" Nami asks. They all get closer and cup their ears to make it easier to hear. Well not Brook, he just got really close and Robin just sprouted an ear on Zoro's shoulder.
"I missed a week of training for no reason." She says more clearer. That's why she was so upset! They all gave up and walked away except Chopper. He's still worried. No one healthy like Zoro passes out for no reason and for a whole week. Zoro also felt bad. She was not able to help for a week when she is healthy enough to do so. She wasn't injured. She just passed out and through all that she could have trained.
This might be serious but... was it really? Zoro look at the katana. It has to do with the new katanas. She knows it, she could feel it. As much as the crimson one seems to be trouble she cant throw it aside, or the other one either. She feels she needs to do something. What? She has no idea yet. But she'll figure it out somehow.
Finding her resolve she felt Chopper still standing there, he seems to be observing her. She looks at him in his eye.
Chopper seemed to have also come to a resolution. His eyes showed his determination as it burned. "I'm going to be watching you." Is all he said. He knows Zoro. She's not going to talk until the problem is really bad. She's not going to tell or hint at anyone that something, even small, is wrong. Where that habit started he has no idea but she's his patient and he's not going to let it slip, he's not their doctor for no reason. He didn't get recruited because he's cute no he got recruited by Nami for his medical skills and Luffy because he has seven forms but that part doesn't matter.
Lunch rolled around and they all gathered in the galley. Zoro is still a little mopey about not being able to train. But everyone else is glad that she's awake. Nothings happened but still, it's good to see their friend awake after a week of being comatose.
Throughout lunch Zoro's mood did improve. She got back her zeal of shoving food in her mouth till her cheek couldn't hold anymore food. She started smiling more too. It was all thanks to Luffy though, he raised her spirits up. He does that with everyone he meets so it's no surprise. Plus its not like Zoro could stay sad about it. She can't go back in time and change it. Can't make herself wake up.
"Zoro," Chopper says catching everyone's attention. Zoro just hum in acknowledgement that she heard him. "What do you remember before you woke up again?"
"I remember fighting the cook and the next thing I know I'm dreaming." Zoro says with a shrugs like it doesn't matter. Well she doesn't see why it does matter.
"Dreaming?" Chopper asks. Zoro just nods. It's not weird to hear. Everyone dreams some just don't remember when they wake up. "So nothing was wrong? But why did you faint abruptly then?" Chopper began muttering to himself. They knew it is serious, its Zoro but they can't focus on it all the time. Plus Chopper is the doctor he'll find out what's wrong. He always does.
