Can you trust me?
Rating: PG
Pairing: ZoroxRobin, LuffyxNami
WARNING: May contain spoiler!
Luffy cursed loudly when he ended up being stuck in the middle of two buildings. All he remembered was the memory of Lucci knocking him out and flying out into midair. That was when he started to lose consciousness, and when he woke, he was stuck there.
Suddenly he heard a cry, "LUFFY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?"
Luffy turned to look at the direction of the voice. He couldn't see who the owner of the voice was, since he was facing the opposite direction of where the voice was coming from; he couldn't even turn his head since his head was stuck as well. But he knew for sure that the owner of the voice was…Nami.
"Nami! Is that you?" cried Luffy in relief. "Hey, that pigeon guy knocked me all the way over here. I got super lucky and got stuck here!"
Nami was gasping for breath; she already knew everything. From the fact that Robin was trying to sacrifice herself for their sake, to the fact that if they didn't stop Robin to go with the government people, she would be executed. Paulie had explained to the people of the whole island that the straw-hat pirates were not the bad guys, but still kept the CP9 identity from the people to avoid any chaos or confusion. In order to stop Robin, Chopper, the town's people, and herself, they were running everywhere to find Luffy and Zoro. Yet, she was too late and she had left them, and her only option was to find Luffy and Zoro to get Robin back from the government.
She was glad to find Luffy, but at the same time pissed, due to the fact that he was stuck in the middle of two huge towers, "DON'T JOKE AROUND! THIS IS IMPORTANT! THEY TOOK ROBIN AWAY!"
Nami couldn't take it anymore; Robin was her best friend. She lost her foster mother, Bellemere, she lost her childhood life, she lost everything until Luffy and his crew came and rescued her. Yet, ever since she became one of Luffy's crew, especially ever since the day one of their crew left, she lost one of her best friends, Ussop. Then Robin had betrayed them in order to save the lives of her friends. Her sacrifice resembled Bellemere so much it pained her the most. Last time, she was unable to save her foster mother. So this time…she must at least save her best friend. She was so determined, yet felt pain because of the action Robin took. She couldn't help but let her tears to flow down from her eyes.
"YOU'RE WASTING TO MUCH TIME, LUFFY!" cried Nami, "ROBIN IS GOING TO LET THEM KILL HER IN ORDER TO SAVE US ALL! To keep us from being attacked by the government, SHE SACRIFICED HERSELF! Even though she knew they would kill her if they took her away…"
Luffy gasped as realization came to him, he mentally smiled in relief. "So…she was lying…all this time…"
"YES!" cried Nami as she begun to sob harder.
Luffy started to brighten up. "Thank goodness…"
He then began to push the two buildings away from him. Using all of his power, he would do anything to break free from there and stop Robin from sacrificing herself.
"DON'T WORRY! I WON'T LET HER DIE!" screamed Luffy as he pushed the two towers away. Amazingly his powers broke both of the towers into pieces.
Nami smiled in relief, and also in surprise; it was great news that she had finally found Luffy, but there was still one more problem. The Aqua Laguna was coming right at them.
Luffy jumped towards Nami and grabbed her. He ran away from the attacking water but found no luck since it could easily drown them from their distance.
Suddenly a rope appeared before them and saved them, and they saw another rope near them. The other rope went and saved both Zoro and Chopper. Luffy was relieved to find Paulie had come and saved them all.
"We made it," gasped Luffy in relief as he held Nami with great protection.
"NOT YET!" Cried all the people, "HURRY AND RUN FOR SAFETY! THE AQUA LAGUNA IS GOING TO CRUSH THIS PLACE!"
Everyone started to run towards the Galley Deck 1 for safety. Luffy continued to hold Nami as she buried her face on his shoulder; she slowly closed her eyes and circled her arms around his neck tightly.
Zoro, Chopper, and Paulie raised their eyebrows when they looked at the couple. "Get a room you two." Said Zoro in annoyance.
"SHUT UP ZORO!" cried Luffy in embarrassment, "I'm just carrying her away from the Aqua Laguna you JERK!"
"Embracing each other in the middle of a dangerous situation like this. Do you HAVE NO FEELING OF PUBLIC SHAME?" protested Paulie, "ESPECIALLY WITH A GIRL WITH SUCH A SHORT MINI SKIRT! DO YOU PEOPLE HAVE ANY MORALS?"
"SHUT UP! AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!" cried Luffy once more in embarrassment, Nami too, was blushing from head to toes, hearing their somewhat harsh towards them.
"Grown up people do this kind of thing huh…?" Mumbled Chopper.
"YOU TOO, CHOPPER!" cried Luffy angrily while running ahead from them to hide his blushing face.
They finally arrived into their destination for safety. Everyone was tired after running with such speed from the Aqua Laguna. Right after that, Nami finally told them the truth about Robin's betrayal.
Luffy went crazy like usual and asked people for ships so they would be able to save Robin. He didn't care if the people around him were calling him insane to go to such another island with a terrible condition ahead of them. He had made up his mind to do something, so the word impossible meant nothing to him.
Due to Luffy's stubbornness, everyone finally gave up and let him do whatever he wanted. Seeing their determination on bringing their friend back, Kororo offered them a ride, using an old train called "Rocketman" which of course pleased Luffy the most.
On the way towards the station, flashbacks were played inside Zoro's mind.
FLASHBACK
"In order to fulfill my wish," said Robin darkly; "I am unable to travel again with you people."
Zoro glared at her, "And what kind of wish will that be?"
Robin stared at him with her emotionless mask, "It's none of your concern."
ENDFLASHBACK
FLASHBACK
"If you know you'll be executed, then why are you helping them?" cried Zoro angrily
Robin glared at him, "Because I have a wish that only the CP9 are able to fulfill!"
"And just because of that wish, you don't care about your life?" shouted Zoro in frustration.
"I DON'T CARE!" shouted Robin back, also in frustration, "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY LIFE! SO JUST BUG OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"LEAVE YOU ALONE? WHAT KING OF FUCKING SHIT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU DAMN WOMAN?" Zoro was so frustrated he had no idea what should he do.
Robin gritted her teeth, "YOU HATE ME, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO HURT ME, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO KILL ME, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF MY BETRAYAL, YOU DIDN'T TRUST ME ANYMORE, RIGHT? THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? WHY WASTE YOUR TIME FIGHTING WITH ME? THE MARINES WILL TOTALLY TAKE CARE OF ME, BY EXECUTING ME! CAN YOU ALL JUST GO AWAY FROM THIS ISLAND SAFELY?"
ENDFLASHBACK
FLASHBACK
She sobbed weakly, "Please leave me be…Zoro…"
He stared at her in surprise, his desire on killing her slowly faded away and was replaced by something familiarly new.
"Zoro…" she sobbed once again, "I don't want to do this…Zoro…"
He had such a hard time deciding on which he should trust, the fact that she actually betray her friend for her selfish need, or the real expression of herself he was seeing right in front of him.
"…go away…I'm begging you…Zoro…" she started to whisper, she could swear she was starting to lose her voice from the stress, screaming and crying, as she just did.
ENDFLASHBACK
Zoro finally knew Robin's real intention from what he had heard from Nami. He had no idea how thankful he was to himself, because at the end, he chose to listen to her feelings. If he kept on listening to his mind, and became too overwhelmed with anger, he would have ended up killing Robin. If he did end up killing her and finally learned her real intention afterwards, he had no idea how he would be able to recover from the feeling of grief, and regret.
"Zoro…" started Chopper, "When we get to the train, I advice you to rest. You got most of your ribs broken. Wait, how you DID you get most of your ribs broken, anyway?"
Zoro looked at Chopper and said nothing. He decided not to tell anyone about his fight with Robin, since it could lead him to face his friend's wrath.
"I forgot…" Replied Zoro.
Chopper gaped at him. "What kind of person actually forgets the reason why he got MOST OF HIS RIBS broken? Did it happen when you fell down, or what?"
Zoro shrugged, "Maybe…"
"Zoro!" protested Chopper, "Come on, tell me…"
Zoro ignored Chopper and looked at Luffy and Nami talking to each other. They were talking in the corner to avoid any public gazes that fell upon them.
Luffy looked at Nami in confusion, "You wanna go and get something?"
Nami nodded with a smile. "Come on, it's only for a while, I have some things to get and the train won't leave in 15 minutes, anyway."
"Are you able to get your things in just 15 minutes?" asked Luffy skeptically.
Nami rolled her eyes, "Puhlease…I'm a thief remember? I'm good at running and all of those kind of stuff, so don't worry, okay?"
"Want me to come with you?" asked Luffy.
Nami giggled. "That's very nice of you, but you must stay here and rest. You have wounds all over your body."
"You have some too..." Protested Luffy.
"You call these wounds? Luffy, this is nothing but a mere scratch." Nami smiled.
"But…" Before he could even protest back, Nami kissed Luffy on the lips to shut him up.
Choppers jaw dropped in shock to see the lover birds' right in front of him, kissing each other. Zoro just raised his eyebrows in annoyance. "They really need to get a room."
Kororo sighed, "Teenagers these days…"
Zoro nodded, "Tell me about it…AHH! SINCE WHEN ARE YOU STANDING NEXT TO ME, YOU FREAKING OLD HAG? AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING TO THE TRAIN?"
Kororo laughed in her drunken state, "Oh yeah I forgot." She then went back to the train.
"Can we really believe that this old hag can do something to the train?" Asked Zoro in disbelief.
"Why not?" asked Luffy who suddenly appeared next to him.
Zoro yelped in surprise. "Don't just pop out like that, I hate it when people do that!"
"Sorry!" laughed Luffy innocently.
"You don't look sorry," said Zoro annoyed, he then looked around, "Where's Nami?"
"Oh, she suddenly ran away telling me that she wanted to get something." Said Luffy.
Zoro smirked. "And you let her go AFTER she gave you a kiss?"
Luffy blushed, "That's rude! She…she just ran! That's all!"
"Luffy was too stunned to stop Nami," said Chopper who had seen everything, which made Zoro laugh.
Luffy blushed from head to toe, he then shouted in embarrassment, "CUT IT OUT!"
"Ha ha ha, it's good to be young." Said Kororo while drinking her bottle of wine.
Zoro, Luffy and Chopper looked at her with their face expressing, 'what-the-heck-are-you-doing-here-old-hag?'
"Huh?" asked Kororo as if nothing was wrong, "What?"
"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE TRAIN SO WE CAN GO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM THIS PLACE AND SAVE ROBIN!" cried Zoro, Luffy, and Chopper angrily.
Kororo laughed, "Very impatient, aren't you people. Okay, okay, just wait 20 minutes, then things will be ready."
"What?" cried Luffy, "But 5 minutes ago, you told us that the train would be ready in 15 minutes!"
Kororo looked at Luffy, "I did? How long are 20 or 15 minutes anyway? I dunno how to count."
"JUST DO YOUR THINGS MORE QUICKLY, YOU DRUNK, OLD, HAG!" cried Luffy and Zoro in unison.
Zoro sighed in annoyance because of their current situation. He then slowly looked at Luffy, who suddenly dropped to the ground in exhaustion.
Unable to know why, seeing Luffy and Nami together had caused him to remember Robin. He then looked at the train with one goal in his mind: 'I'm going to get you back Robin, because I made myself a promise.'
FLASHBACK
"If you want to die, I will kill you," whispered Zoro in a threatening manner. "If you betray me, I will kill you. If you chose to leave me, I'll kill you. If you play me as a fool, I'll kill you. If you choose to be with someone else, I'll KILL you!"
ENDFLASHBACK
Zoro closed his eyes with great determination. 'That's my promise…and to avoid myself from killing her, I'll get her back and I will NEVER let her leave me like this again!'
TBC
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