Chapter 3- Foiled Plan

He sighed, leaving really hurt, and he was almost tempted to go back, but chose not to. Then he heard it.

" Zoro wait!" a voice yelled from behind him. He turned to find Robin running towards him, the other members of the crew just smiled and walked below the deck. Actually forced to go below by Nami.

She finally caught up to him and simply stood in front of him staring at him. He opened his mouth to say something but was silenced by her finger on his lips.

" No" she said softly not removing her finger " I need to talk. You can't leave; I, and the other members of this crew need you. Please don't leave us, don't… leave me…"

He sighed; she removed her finger, and took a step back.

" Robin…I … I can't…" he started but was cut off first by Robin stepping forward and putting her arms around him and second, by the sound of footsteps coming up behind them. He turned slowly, and found a small army of marines standing there, looking extremely happy.

" Shit" he muttered under his breath, the rest of the crew hadn't heard the marines yet, it was just him and Robin up against about two hundred marines.

" Sergeant" shouted the marine standing at the very front " we found two of the Straw hat pirates." Zoro's eyes widened he knew who was coming; he couldn't see her he just knew. She came racing through the crowd of marines, and came to a halt staring at him at first with shock on her face and then anger. He realized Robins arms were still around his neck, Robins arms were gone a second later though. He looked over and saw her preparing to do her ' clutch' attack on the marines.

" No" he said softly putting a hand on her left arm to stop her. She stared at him with shock.

" Think about it" he snapped the rough force returning to his voice " if you kill two hundred marines, we will never get out of this array of islands."

" Good point" she said " but what do we do?"

" Get the others out here" he said shooting her a smile " and then we fight, together."

" So you're not leaving," she asked with hope in her voice.

" I'm not sure," he remarked as he pulled out his katanas " not at this moment at least."

" Luffy" he roared in the direction of the ship " get your lazy gum but out here for a fight!" they heard a crash and a couple of nasty words, and then Luffy came flying off the edge of the ship.

" Idiot" screamed Nami " don't knock me over just to get out here…." She trailed off when she saw the marines. The rest of the crew came running out, and stood on the edge of the ship ready to fight.

" Everyone ready?" asked Zoro as he pulled on his black bandana. The only answer he got was everyone jumping off the edge to stand on the dock, in a line.

" Ussop" called Luffy " you and Chopper stay and make sure that no marines get on our ship. We'll take care of them, but just in case."

" Roger" they shouted as they ran up the gangplank back onto the ship.

" Everyone else" started Luffy " TAKE OUT THOSE MARINES!" the straw-hat crew started running towards the marines. They didn't even step back, they stood their ground looking at Sergeant Tashigi waiting for a command on what to do. She was silent watching Zoro as he ran towards her with his swords drawn. In her mind she saw him and that Nico Robin again and fury swelled inside her.

" We fight" she shouted and the marines started running towards the pirates with her in the lead. She headed directly for Zoro but he avoided her by jumping over her and taking out about ten marines behind her with his 'Oni Giri' strike. Swearing loudly she spun around to find him, and couldn't until she saw another ten of her marines go flying from inside a circle. Running towards the circle, she sidestepped Nami who tried to hit her, ran from Luffy who was going crazy and punching anything that moved and avoided Sanji who simply tried to hug her. Then she saw him, fighting off a ton of marines, she ran towards him still debating on whether to attack him or hug him. But was stopped about ten feet from him, due to the fact that Nico Robin was standing in her path.

Wow! Short! Sorry bout that, but I wanted to end this chapter with Nico Robin versus Tashigi :P still not sure about the pairings. Review and tell me what you think. Next chapter will be much longer, promise. Enjoy:D