Can you trust me?
Rating: PG
Pairing: ZoroxRobin, LuffyxNami
WARNING: May contain spoiler!
It was an exhausting day, the stupid battle called "Davy Back Fight" with the Foxy pirate group had finally end. Luffy had given all his crew a fantastic victory. A victory that very well declares how much love and friendship the captain has for his crew.
The captain, Monkey D Luffy was sleeping tiredly after a long fight with the captain's of the Foxy Pirate crew. The crew was sitting down around their captain smiling happily of the fact that they had won the competition.
"Who do you think Luffy will choose?" Asked Nami
Zoro looked at her, "What do you mean?"
"You know, a new crew, he need to choose one of the crew from one of the Foxy pirate." Said Nami nervously, "And I don't really like any of them."
"Who cares," said Zoo tiredly, "He'll make a good decision, he always did."
"Yeah," Smiled Nami while looking at Luffy with a gentle face, "That's true."
Ussop was still crying happily, "Man, that was totally one crazy fight!" He then begun to poke on Luffy's face happily, "You crazy freak! You crazy freak!"
"Hey stop poking him, he's hurt you know!" cried Chopper in a panic tone.
Nami sighed again, "He had me so worried... Especially with all that Afro power garbage."
Sanji chuckled, "Actually, I do believe that the afro is a mighty thing, Nami-san."
Chopper then notices Luffy sudden movement, "Ah, guys! He's awake!"
Luffy then jumped and in a panic tone he begun to asked, "Ah…the game! What about the game? Did I win? Or I think I won? Is it just a dream? Or my imagination?"
Zoro started to calm his captain down with just a simple statement, "Don't worry, you won."
Luffy sighed in relief while lying himself down to the ground, "That's great!" He smiled happily.
Chopper chuckled happily and Robin was giving her captain a gentle smile.
Ussop sighed and gave Luffy a proud face, "I was not worried for a second, because I know that there's no way you'll lose."
"Liar," state Sanji towards Ussop, since it was so obvious that Ussop was so worried that their captain will lose.
"Now that I think about it, I have no reason to continue being a pirate, without this ship." Said Zoro, which made Luffy to smile even more.
'Friendship, is really a good thing.' Smiled Robin to herself.
Finally Luffy had made a decision, and just like what Zoro said, the captain had made the right decision, he chose the flag.
Nami sighed in relieved, so as the others who were also relieved that Luffy did no choose anyone from crew of the Fox pirate. Sanji was the only one who was upset since he was expecting Luffy to choose a sexy and hot shipwright women.
The day went great, until a few hours later, when they had finally finished their business with the Foxy pirate, the shadow of trouble still follow behind their back.
Robin eyes were wide in shocked as her worst fear was standing in front of her, standing straight and tall giving her lazy glare. Her body was shaking and her lips were trembling. She could feel her legs weakening more and more.
'Oh no, not him! Oh God, please don't let it be him!' she gasped uncontrollably.
Everyone begun to notice her strange behavior when she fall to the ground.
Luffy was worried and at the same time panicked, "Robin? What is it? You know this guy?" He cried while pointing at the guy in front of him
The guy just mumbled lazily, "Well…we did meet before."
"To terrify Robin until this extent." Gasped Nami, "Who's he?"
"Look here guys," Said the guy lazily, "I'm not here because of orders, I just felt that the weather is nice and I just want to take a walk."
"Orders?" Cried Zoro, "What organization are you in?"
Robin replied his question nervously, "He's from the marine, Marine Headquarters 'Admiral' Aokiji."
Everyone gasped in shocked, the position of being an admiral is not just any ordinary marine position. In fact, it's the highest rank of all the other rank in marine.
Robin was still shaking silently when her friends started to talk harshly to him and when they realized that he was a good guy. She was shaking even more knowing that her friends knew nothing about the greatness of power owned by Aokiji, and even if he's a nice guy, he's still a marine and they're pirate which made them enemies no matter what.
It was a few hours later when her worst fear had finally came to her.
Aokiji had finally decided to kill all of the strawhat pirate crew just because he thinks that they'll be a big thread in the future. He seems to realize that the straw-hat pirate will someday brought danger into this world and trouble to the marine.
Robin had lose her cool when Aokiji had frame her for being a betrayal to many pirate crew she was with, and the fact that it would give them misfortune if they still have Robin in their boat.
Everyone had warned her to stay away from him, but she was so pissed off and scared she accidentally attacked Aokiji. And of coarse, her power mean nothing to him, so at the end, Aokiji turned her into an ice statue.
Everyone eyes were wide in shocked, they were speechless and at the same time frozen on their track.
Luffy as so furious, "WHY YOU LITTLE!" He screamed towards Aokiji.
Aokiji was then looking at Luffy lazily, ignoring the thread given by Luffy, he attempted to crush Robin. It was a great luck that Luffy had come to the rescue in time.
Robin was crying in her heart, telling everyone to run, but she was unable to speak nor move. She was unable to resist of the pain of chill around her that kept on biting every tissue of her skin slowly, and slowly. So seconds went by until she loses total conscious.
Hours went by, when Robin had finally opened her eyes, blinking heavily into her conscious self. She was confused, she's not dead yet? Was she frozen? Where are her friends?
When she looked ather surrounding, and once again her mind started to create questions. Why were her friends doing sleeping everywhere around the floor of the room? Why wasLuffy the only one sleeping on the bed just like her? What happened to Aokiji?
She sighed helplessly while looking at the ceiling of he room. It was such a happy day on the afternoon, and that bastard Aokiji just had to ruin everything.
She slowly walked towards the kitchen. She could feel her body freezing, it's not really her fault knowing that a few hours ago she was covered by a huge amount of dry ice.
While trying to find a beaker to boil the water to make coffee, she suddenly could feel a warm cloth warped around her shoulder. She looked around and was surprised to see...
"Mr. Swordsman?" Said Robin
"You forgot your blanket." Said Zoro pointing at the blanket he had put around her.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Robin
"That's my line." Said Zoro annoyed, "You're suppose to be resting."
"I just want to make a coffee for myself." Smiled Robin
Zoro rolled his eyes, "You can easily ask that stupid cook, he would be more than willing to make you a simple cup of coffee."
Robin chuckled, "I don't want to wake the others."
Zoro raise his eyebrow, "Oh, and you mind waking me up?"
"Oh did I?" Smiled Robin, "But as far as I remember Miss. Navigator told me that even a hurricane unable to wake you up."
"That witch." Grumbled Zoro angrily, he then opened one of the drawers in the kitchen. "And you actually believe her?"
"Off coarse." Giggled Robin
Zoro sighed, "Whatever you say." He then pours a crushed powder of coffee into the boiling water.
Robin looked at Zoro, "What're you doing?"
"Making you a cup of coffee." Said Zoro, "And I thought you're smart."
"Well, that's so nice of you." Smiled Robin
"It's nothing." Said Zoro lazily, he then points his finger towards the chair, "Sit down. Chopper is going to kill me if your condition is getting weird."
Robin chuckled silently while sitting down on the chair and placed her arms on the table. She was watching Zoro silently from her seat, she then remember something, "It reminds me, what happened to Luffy?"
Zoro was stiffed, he then slowly looked at Robin. "What do you think happened?"
"Well, based on our captain way of nature, he might get hurt for doing something stupid." Answered Robin
Zoro was silent while stirring the coffee in the boiling water. Robin watched him while he poured the coffee into the mug. She was getting nervous when Zoro wasn't giving her any answer.
"Mr. Swordsman…" Said Robin nervously, "What with the your sudden silence?"
Zoro still stay silent while bringing her the cup of coffee. Robin was nervous and at the same time curious on what exactly had happened.
Robin once again tried to speak, "Mr. Sword…"
"It's nothing." Said Zoro cutting Robin's word, "It's nothing important."
Robin suddenly realized something and gasped, she then grabbed Zoro's arm. "Where's he?"
"He who?" Asked Zoro while putting the cup of coffee on the table.
"Aokiji!" cried Robin, "Where's he?"
Zoro remove Robin's hand away from his arm, "Calm down, he went away."
"Went away?" Gasped Robin, "What are you talking about? He won't leave us just like that unless Luffy…" Her eyes then wide in realization, "Oh my God, Luffy…"
"Yeah…" Sighed Zoro, "That stupid captain of ours challenge Aokiji on one and one match."
"One and one match? Is he crazy?" cried Robin in a panic tone.
"Look!" Said Zoro angrily, "Luffy is alright, he's fine, everyone is alright, you are alright, and there's nothing you should not be worried about ok!"
Robin trembled, "What is he thinking? He could get killed."
"Look who's talking." Said Zoro, "There's a possibility that he will not ice cube you if you didn't attack him in the first place."
"His target is me!" cried Robin angrily, "Stop messing with my business! Why can't you people just run and leave me to die…"
Zoro grabbed her mouth harshly and pushed her on the corner of the wall. He glared at Robin who was surprised on Zoro sudden reaction.
"Don't you dare," growled Zoro angrily, "Don't you even dare say that again!"
Robin gasped loudly when he removed his hand from her mouth. Painfully she could feel her body aching everywhere, which made her to fall down to the ground.
"Shit," mumbled Zoro, he slowly kneels down to take a good look on Robin "Hey, you okay?"
He was surprised to see Robin trembling on the floor while clutching her blanket around herself.
"Robin?" Asked Zoro worried if he had done too much.
"Mr. Swordsman…" whispered Robin, "I'm sorry…"
Zoro gasped seeing tears start to come out of her eyes, 'Man, not again!'
"I'm sorry…" Sobbed Robin again, "I'm so sorry…"
"Why would you be sorry for?" Asked Zoro tiredly, "You've done nothing wrong."
"Yes I did!" Cried Robin, "You guys are in trouble because of me!"
"You've got to be kidding me." Said Zoro while raising his eyebrow, "For your information, we are pirates and that bastard admiral is a marine. We fight and we create trouble, it's our normal life!"
"Bringing you guys the greatest rank of marine to kill you is not our normal life!" glared Robin with tears flowing even more from her eyes.
Zoro sighed in defeat, he had no idea how to give some senses to the depressed young women in front of him. So he finally decides to speak the truth.
He took a deep breath and said, "Look here, for your information, we're friends."
Robin was surprise but before Robin could say anything, Zoro interrupted her, "No, don't say anything, let me finish of what I'm about to say. Ok, here goes."
He then took another breath and continued, "We need you, Lufy, Nami, Ussop, that bastard cook, Chopper and I need you. So don't you even dare to say that you rather die for us. If you die, think of the consequences. We will be very sad. Luffy will only blame himself. Nami, Ussop and Chopper will not stop thinking about your death and you being not with them, you know very much that they're your best friends. That bastard cook will only look at his life as a great misfortune and spend all his life regretting for even being born in this world. And I…" Zoro stopped his sentence while looking at Robin with silence, fearing of his next word.
"Mr. Swordsman…" Whispered Robin, hoping for him to continue.
Suddenly she could feel Zoro's strong arms pulling her towards him and giving her a tight embrace.
Zoro then whispered silently into her ears, "I will never imagine the sorrow I will have to have lost the person who are very special to me again."
Robin eyes were wide in surprised, but then she started to calm herself by folding her arms around the shoulder of the man she love.
She may not know if he loves her back or not, she may even not know if the word 'special' given by a certain swordsman means friendship or love. On the other hand, he himself didn't know why he was hugging her, he even had not realize of his true feeling towards her.
But they didn't care, all they wanted was to be with each other company.
Zoro then pushed her away while blushing slightly, "I'm sorry, I just go back to the room."
Robin then grabbed Zoro's arm, "No…" she whispered, "Please stay…"
Zoro looked at her, "You're sure?"
Robin nodded and smiled while wiping her tears away, "I want you to be with me."
Zoro chuckled, "Fine by me then." He then lay himself on Robin's lap, "I hope you mind, let me borrow your lap for a while." Before Robin could say anything towards him, he was asleep.
"What a strange guy." Blushed Robin while smiling towards the swordsman she had love for quite some times.
She then grows her hand on the table to take her coffee. She silently sipped he coffee and slowly placed it on the floor next to her. She then gave him her last smile of tonight and slowly closed her eyes to sleep with her friend who was sleeping on her lap calmly.
TBC
Note: Ok, maybe this chapter is not really that good, but I promise you guys that the next chapter I will update next week will be better and more ZoroxRobin.