Venus and Adonis: Sanji and Nami
Nami rebuffs him one time too many, and in a fit of rage Sanji shouts what no one would have guessed him capable of even whispering.
There is a tense pause, and the rest leave the galley silently, even Luffy (this should be handled privately; and whatever he says, Sanji will never, ever hurt a woman.)
They lock eyes. Sanji is near tears from frustration; Nami is near tears from shock.
The only thing he can say to excuse himself is paraphrased poetry.
"Love hath two tongues: and never a man yet,
Could rule them both without some ten men's wit."
Iphigenia and Agamemnon: Ace and Garp
A man, a pirate, the son of Gold Roger by blood and Whitebeard by bond, kneels on the execution platform and silently waits to die.
Garp the Hero may not be the one about to plunge the blade into his beloved grandson's chest, but he knows there are people at home who will not care about the distinction.
He will not stop the execution—the sacrifice. He has been told it is necessary, knows in his gut it is necessary. There is a war on, after all, and he will not be its coward.
Garp waits, and prays for a miracle.
The Three Brothers: the Three Admirals
Three brothers were traveling together when they came to a river, which was swift and had claimed many lives; but the youngest brother built a bridge of ice, and they crossed safely.
Death, cheated, appeared before them and offered them rewards for evading him successfully.
The eldest brother, Sakazuki, arrogantly demanded the power to burn even fire.
The middle brother, Borsalino, slyly requested the power to move as quick as a thought.
The youngest brother, Kuzan, asked for a sandwich.
The first two brothers laughed at Kuzan for his foolishness; but they met messy ends, whereas he enjoyed his sandwich.
Odin: Luffy
When they arrive at Raftel, there is a test; there is always a test.
The captain, alone, must climb to the highest tree of the island and hang on it, wounded and starving, presenting himself as an offering to himself, the future Pirate King.
Luffy picks his nose when Robin is done decoding the message, saying that that's silly, of course he'll bring his friends. They all ascend together and Zoro gently wounds Luffy with Wado until blood flows freely to Raftel's thirsty earth.
They wait for nine nights. Then come the last sunrise, they cut the Pirate King free.
The Strong Man: Zoro
When a strong man guards his ship, his crew is safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils.
Zoro is left alive by the attack, clinging to wreckage and bobbing in the waves.
This can't be how it goes, he thinks desperately. They had gotten stronger, they had reunited, they had sailed triumphantly into the New World with smiles on their faces and dreams in their hearts; that shouldn't have to end like this, burning in a calm sea.
Zoro, outmatched, can only weep.
Done for The Sacred and Profane's Fantastic Five prompt. These drabbles follow a strict form: six sentences each, one hundred words total.
1- "Venus and Adonis" is a long poem by Shakespeare about the goddess of love, Venus, falling in love with Adonis, a handsome mortal who rejects her advances. The quote is somewhat modified to change gender and tone while preserving meter.
2- In order to sail safely for Troy, King Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis. This earned him the fury of his wife, Clytemnestra, who later killed him.
3- "The Three Brothers" is the story in The Tales of Beedle the Bard that describes three brothers cheating Death and earning the Deathly Hallows as a result.
4- Odin, in myth, hanged himself from the Yggdrasil for nine nights and thus gained knowledge.
5- The Parable of the Strong Man is found in Matthew, Mark, and Luke; the first two sentences are a modification of the version in Luke.