In an instant after the bell dinged Zoro found his way in front of the woman, with his leg he kicked her in the stomach and off the small arena. With that he won.

Fast and simple.

He was also a little glad. She was the only woman to have made it this far, he doesn't know about anyone else but he does know that if Sanji was paired up against her he would have lost. Zoro hoped to see how far he and the cook can go. He wanted to fight the cook.

To be honest he did go easy on her. He used his legs. They weren't as strong as Sanji's but they packed a punch. It still hurt to get hit by them. Plus his goal here isn't to injure even if he does want to go all out but he can't. Which is why he wants to go against Sanji. He's the only one he knows that could take him on as an equal.

The crowd stayed silent as they looked at Zoro standing alone his leg lowering.

*DING**DING*

That was the fastest they've had to ring the bell after the fight started. They had some paramedics run to the woman and check on her as Zoro walked to the others. "Mommy that was fast." Megumi says Sanji putting her down.

"It was." Zoro answers. A little disappointed that it ended so fast.

"You could have held back." Sanj says.

"I did. I didn't think it would end already."

"If that's the competition then there really is no reason to keep your hopes up." Nami says.

"Not true. I have a person." Zoro answer.

"Who?" Sanji asks. Zoro smiles then laughs at him. How could he not know? Maybe he didn't feel the same.

"You, you idiot." Zoro says.

"Oh." The blonde voices with a blush.

"I almost forgot what a monster you were, aere, Zoro." Nami says looking at him.

"Imagine if Luffy signed up." Zoro points out to which they all turn to look at Megumi and Luffy hyping each other up.

"I would fear for every normal person." Vivi says.

"Up second is green!" A different referee says.

"That's me." John says scooting past them.

"Good luck!" Mary says.

The group stands there looking as John walks on stage with the other man. Zoro looked at the other man suspiciously. He was the guy that was staring at him earlier. Zoro flinched when the man turned to him and gave a mischievous grin.

"Do you know him?" Sanji asked.

"Not that I know of." Zoro shakes his head. He doesn't seem familiar to him. He also wasn't an old customer. Zoro calms himself and focuses on watching the fight. If it's important it'll come up. If not then there is no need to worry about it. Plus he's fine, the others are with him here.

*DING**DING*

John goes into a starting pose but the other man kicks him. Lucky for John he blocked it in the nick of time. Already this fight lasted longer than Zoro's.

It became interesting to Sanji and Zoro who didn't get a chance to see John fight before, too busy with their own fight.

It was getting fun until John took a hit. A nasty hit. It happened so fast but Zoro and Sanji saw it and they frowned. So did Luffy. Mary's face fell, her smiled gone. John had a good stance but got knocked down onto the floor. The other guy didn't follow the rules and aimed for his legs. It was quick but it happened.

"What happened?" Mary asks.

"He cheated." Zoro says under his breath.

"Who John?" Vivi asks surprised.

"No. The other guy." Sanji says.

"What? How?" Mary asks a little worried. "How did the referee not see it. I'm going to go tell them." Mary says. Zoro stops her though.

"Don't. You'll make it worst." Zoro says.

"What? But he cheated." Mary says not understanding what is going on.

"He's dangerous." Nami says calming her down. They had gotten some eyes looking at them. "If you do tell them, then he might injure John more, and openly than he just did."

"How do you know that?"

"We've seen those eyes before." Robin says. "He has a goal in mind and he's not afraid to hurt people that get in his way."

"What's his goal?"

"The prize. That's what everyone else is playing for I think."

"Don't worry. You're forgetting he'll have to go against the two most strongest people that I know." Nami smiles.

"Who?"

"Them," Nami points at Zoro and Sanji looking at the fight. John started out so great but now he's getting his ass handed to him. The other guy kept cheating and doing under the radar. Small things that you wouldn't notice unless you were Zoro, Sanji and Luffy or you were looking for it. It would seem like the referees aren't looking for it.

He would step on John's toes. Purposely miss his torso and hit his legs. When he grabbed on John's hand that were about to hit him he would twist it enough to hurt but he did it slowly so even John didn't know what was happening until he felt it. It was all small things.

John fell. It was a good fight. He used his military training, that's why he lasted as long as he did but it just wasn't enough for a cheater. Who knows if John knew what was happening.

*DING**DING*

The end of the fight. John slowly made his way to them. He had a small limp. Getting a closer look they saw that small bruises were taking form on his skin. Mary frowned. She ran to meet him, helping him get his way down to them. Zoro walked to help. "Are you okay?" Zoro asks.

"Oh, you look so hurt." Mary says, her eyes getting misty. She didn't like to see him this way. He was a soldier, she worried that he wouldn't even make it back to them so to see him like this here, at home. It broke her heart.

"Dad." Kiki says. She too has never seen her dad like this. In her eyes he's the strongest there is. But maybe that isn't truly the case.

"Chopper." Zoro looks behind to see the doctor already walking towards them.

"I got him." Chopper says taking Zoro's place. The green haired man stands up and looks to see the man staring at him, glaring at him. Then he straightens up and grins before turning away.

"What was that?" Nami asks.

"I think that was a challenge." Zoro says.